Freakazoid_ posted:

There's a sega genesis game that's kind of similar called Cyborg Justice. It's a side-scrolling beat 'em up, you pick your starting parts and steal parts from other cyborgs.

pesty13480 posted:

Looking for the name of a game, possibly ten to fifteen years ago, and also not very much of a game.

There were a series of multiple choice questions, like of a space magic scifi fantasy theme. This isn't one of them. I would Google if I remembered anything more. I've tried. Your archenemy the grand spacepriest of whatever travels through the vortex of crystals:

1. Do you summon your crimson fleet of revenge.
2. Challenge him to a ten day dual..
3. Use the magical chains of Hell to bind his family.

All very outlandish. It may have been a tribute to something?

And the end, you get told "who" you are and, for the only graphics in the game I remember, a camera zooms in on a specific skeleton impaled on giant wireframe tree. Some of them had deer antlers.

I think about it occasionally and don't have enough in my brain box to search.

b_d posted:

this clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxrIURWX3XQ

edit: it could also have been 37, 38, or 39.

signalnoise posted:

What you're describing is a common way old RPGs used to handle character creation by having the player answer questions to determine their preference via a tournament bracket (i.e., the wireframe tree) and it was used in series like Ultima and The Elder Scrolls, but it was used in a lot of other games too. When you say it wasn't much of a game, do you mean to say that what you're describing was all of the gameplay?

Medullah posted:

Oh man that brings back memories. Kids these days with their character creation and customization never know the stress of trying to figure out what combination of answers gave you the class you want.

al-azad posted:

Getting poo poo on by the mean villagers?

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Same with Animal Crossing.

"Hey, here are a few barely-related questions that'll determine if you're cute or ugly as poo poo, good luck! No, there isn't a way to fix it later, why do you ask?"

Really gotta wonder if there's anything outside of nostalgia (and playable NES games) that draws people to the first game anymore.

Retro Futurist posted:

PYF things dragging games down: Player Agency

ALFbrot posted:

The next souls game should have every enemy approach you and say "would you like to defeat me: yes/no"

ALFbrot posted:

I loved the idea of a game where you were a citizen of a place you did not completely control. You were at the mercy of both the clock and the various whims of chance. If your favorite neighbor was leaving town, tough titty! That's their choice! Some piece of poo poo ugly hippo took their place? Deal with it! That's life, kid! They think you're ugly, too, and they'll let you know. DID YOU JUST RESET THE GAME WITHOUT SAVING? gently caress you!!

Now it's just a dollhouse where every pixel is able to be fine-tuned to the player's desire. You hit a villager with an axe sixty times and they go "gee whiz, pal, I didn't mean to get in the way! here is an antique table." and the player can uproot their neighbors homes, invite all their "dreamies" to the extent that every single loving player has Bob or Raymond or Marshall or the porno Egypt cat, kick out anyone they don't like, etc. Everyone inevitably puts all their villagers in a ghetto while reserving a mountaintop plantation for their mansion and yard surrounded by waterfalls.

I obviously still enjoy the game, but it feels sanded-down and anodyne. I deeply miss the feeling of place and occasional hilarious antagonism the game would drop on you.

Retro Futurist posted:

PYF things dragging games down: Player Agency

Retro Futurist posted:

Truly, Animal Crossing is the Dark Souls of videogames. Also you're not arguing for some kind of player skill, you're asking for the next souls game to have an enemy approach you, automatically defeat you, and go "Deal with it! That's life, kid! " (which is already my experience with Souls games)

Retro Futurist posted:

Truly, Animal Crossing is the Dark Souls of videogames. Also you're not arguing for some kind of player skill, you're asking for the next souls game to have an enemy approach you, automatically defeat you, and go "Deal with it! That's life, kid! " (which is already my experience with Souls games)

ALFbrot posted:

I don't think that player skill should matter in an Animal Crossing game. I just think it's a dilution of a fun and weird game idea to give the player uninhibited control over every aspect of both their environment and the NPCs that reside in it.

Pablo Nergigante posted:

I think it's fine, actually.

ALFbrot posted:

we are the opposite sides of the coin, the yin and yang of registering on April 16, 2002. the difference is that my opinions are cool and good

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Same with Animal Crossing.

"Hey, here are a few barely-related questions that'll determine if you're cute or ugly as poo poo, good luck! No, there isn't a way to fix it later, why do you ask?"

Really gotta wonder if there's anything outside of nostalgia (and playable NES games) that draws people to the first game anymore.

ALFbrot posted:

we are the opposite sides of the coin, the yin and yang of registering on April 16, 2002. the difference is that my opinions are cool and good

JackBandit posted:

This is reminding me how I used to try to play age of empires genuinely but every map would end up jam packed with missile-shooting convertibles.

boof posted:

Okay thread, hopefully someone can help me here because this has been driving me nuts all day.

I woke up this morning with a piece of game music in my head. It's a short loop that I recall playing over and over.

If I were to guess the era and type of game, it would have been mid-90s (Commodore 64 probably?) and probably a platformer.

I found a random website that would let me recreate the song as it sounds in my head. Hopefully this link works and there should be a play button on the page that loads.