AGDQ 2020: Ten years and twenty-two million dollars later

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raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

The Splash posted:

I honestly can't speak to details about why I didn't enjoy Super Meat Boy since I played it around release, but I didn't find it very fair or fun. I think I was a few "worlds" in before it just got too precise to be enjoyable? Though I could totally see how hardware could affect the experience.

The Warp Zone levels and the ones where you unlock side characters were awful poo poo, but the main levels weren't so bad. That said I've never felt that need to revisit it since I beat it like 10 years ago.

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Artelier: Jan 23, 2015

Celeste as a whole is a lot more encouraging than Super Meat Boy. The palette, the music, the themes of the game, it's all about pushing forward, even if the task at hand seems insurmountable. That really helped for me when I played it, and I managed to complete all the levels.

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Fantastic Foreskin: Jan 6, 2013; A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.

This makes me wish I enjoyed playing Pac-Man.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:05

Kuros: Sep 13, 2010; Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.

ItBreathes posted:

This makes me wish I enjoyed playing Pac-Man.

I enjoy sped up Ms. Pac Man because that's just fun frantic poo poo if you don't know the patterns.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:08

The Splash: May 30, 2011; I'll never say ~~hole~~ again.

The train of ghosts reminded me of last night's Terra clone army :allears:

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Artelier: Jan 23, 2015

Randomly generated Pac Man levels based on songs sounds like a great idea...

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:11

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

Mouse on screen keeps tricking me into thinking he's deliberately missing a pellet

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:11

The Splash: May 30, 2011; I'll never say ~~hole~~ again.

These skins are charming :allears:

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Shadow225: Jan 2, 2007

Most of this day is looking pretty dire to me.

What were the best awful games? I fell asleep after Animorphs and woke up during Barbie

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:17

TeaJay: Oct 9, 2012

Hoshi wo miru hito, Sword of Black stone, Cybergenic ranger. Super Hydlide was good too. I think the whole awful block was pretty entertaining.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:18

Fantastic Foreskin: Jan 6, 2013; A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.

Normally I don't care for pearlers, but they're super on point this year.

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Terminal autist: May 17, 2018; by vyelkin

3 pokemon runs this gdq...

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:24

The Splash: May 30, 2011; I'll never say ~~hole~~ again.

ItBreathes posted:

Normally I don't care for pearlers, but they're super on point this year.

Making them magnets is really clever. In the past I had no idea what would be done with them but on a fridge or file cabinet? Heck yeah

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:25

Fantastic Foreskin: Jan 6, 2013; A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.

Loving Saturday morning Lucario back there.

E: also, Sent, show me how big that Magikarp hat is! I need to know if it'll fit my ungainly head.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:30

Rosalind: Apr 30, 2013; When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.

I want that goose though.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:30

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Max Wilco posted:

Touhou is one of those franchises that seems to have tons of fan content (games and otherwise).

Is there any real starting point for Touhou? I'd would think the original schmup games, but I'm not the biggest shmup fan. I think I remember saving this game to my wishlist on Steam, but it looks like it's pretty difficult.

You can just start with anything that looks interesting. A lot of the plot and 'lore' is in the manga and official books, so you can look those up if you want ideas of who characters are, but you can just play fangames contextless if you want. There's a ton of fan content out there but a lot of it plays so fast and loose with stuff that it's not really like they're all taking things in any real consistent direction, so fangames kind of form their own context based on how they interpret stuff. Luna Nights is a fun play, I adore Fantasy Maiden Wars if that ever gets an official english release. You could give one of the shmups a try just because they're pretty short? There's lots of fun quick action games you can give a shot too, like Touhou Mystical Chain.

On the other hand the touhou manga are actually pretty good so they're worth a read just on their own. But yeah, there's no real official starting point, just engage with stuff you find interesting and you can poke around for context as you want it.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:31

mangler103: Jun 6, 2003; Metroid sighting huh? Well, I did just pour this coffee...it will still be there tomorrow.

I heard someone say that Celeste is the hardest game that anyone can beat, and I think that�s true. It�s hard, but really forgiving. Generous checkpoints and overall very fair.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:32

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

Did the song title say that was... Bravoman? I didn't know anyone knew that game existed besides me.

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Regy Rusty: Apr 26, 2010

Kinky

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:38

The Velvet Witch: Jul 24, 2017; "I don't have a "make better posts" spell, you're on your own."

This dude's couch may as well not even exist what the gently caress

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:42

Regy Rusty: Apr 26, 2010

I like when the two pacmans come together on a string of dots like lady and the tramp eatin spaghettis

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:45

Kuros: Sep 13, 2010; Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.

The Castle of Dragon run is a fun watch.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:46

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

Regy Rusty posted:

Kinky

You don't wanna see what he does with the power pellets when he catches Pac-Man.

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TeaJay: Oct 9, 2012

Okay, I'll use this opportunity to make some dinner, catch you up with MMX4.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:50

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Shadow225 posted:

Most of this day is looking pretty dire to me.

We're getting Mega Man X and TASbot today, you're nuts.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:52

Azza Bamboo: Apr 7, 2018; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021

You need to see the wild animal sports run.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:54

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

Lurdiak posted:

We're getting Mega Man X and TASbot today, you're nuts.

eh, all the X games beyond X1 bore the hell out of me, so between that and 4 hours of pokemon it looks like I'll be catching up on vods over the next 7 hours.

# ? Jan 10, 2020 17:54