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| Dead Space |
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5 | 5.10% |
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37 | 37.76% |
| System Shock |
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24 | 24.49% |
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codo27 posted:I hate Nintendo so much. I want to live in a different timeline where they failed instead of Sega, and you can just buy the 2-3 exclusives that justify their consoles' existence on every platform instead of having to buy a loving Switch just for Zelda. We already had the lite for my wife for Animal Crossing, but I picked up the full version a few months ago so she could play on the TV and I could also finally try BotW and TotK, but god drat it you cant even get a sensible price on the games second hand. How goods your PC? Cause my launch day Switch died recently, and the Ryujinx/Yuzu emulators work great. Jerusalem posted:You got a fun 2 weeks ahead of you! Yup, couple of other things to knock out and then I'm onto it.
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Dec 11, 2023 14:33
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codo27 posted:I hate Nintendo so much. I want to live in a different timeline where they failed instead of Sega, and you can just buy the 2-3 exclusives that justify their consoles' existence on every platform instead of having to buy a loving Switch just for Zelda. We already had the lite for my wife for Animal Crossing, but I picked up the full version a few months ago so she could play on the TV and I could also finally try BotW and TotK, but god drat it you cant even get a sensible price on the games second hand.
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Dec 11, 2023 16:00
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Baldur's Gate 3 is such a great game but Spider-Man 3 still wouldn't be my game of the year. I'd put Pizza Tower and Zelda ahead of it. And Street Fighter 6. And Final Fantasy 16. Hell I haven't even finished Spider-Man 2. I kinda petered out. heh
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Dec 11, 2023 16:08
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I still haven't played any Spider-Man game but I have Spider-Man and Miles both sitting on my PS5 ready to go since I bought them like...a year ago. I think that's up next once I'm done with the last bit of Alan Wake 2.
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Dec 11, 2023 16:09
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Shard posted:heh Peter vs. Pizza
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Dec 11, 2023 16:40
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Shard posted:Hell I haven't even finished Spider-Man 2. I kinda petered out. with miles to go
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Dec 11, 2023 16:42
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it's almost like goty is a completely subjective subject that will vary from person to person because different people like different things unrelated but I don't talk my goty stuff because Also every game I had a fun time with is goty.
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Dec 11, 2023 16:49
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A real big hit to the morales
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Dec 11, 2023 16:49
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I'm waiting until Spiderman is 20 bucks next year
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Dec 11, 2023 16:52
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spoorder
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Dec 11, 2023 16:54
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Evil Kit posted:it's almost like goty is a completely subjective subject that will vary from person to person because different people like different things People put niche games no one’s heard of or decade-old games as their #1 in the GOTY thread all the time, post about your favorite games you coward
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Dec 11, 2023 16:58
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Haven't played Spoderman yet because I'm not spending £62 on a videogame
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Dec 11, 2023 17:00
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$70 is too much for a videos game
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Dec 11, 2023 17:02
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Infinitum posted:How goods your PC? Cause my launch day Switch died recently, and the Ryujinx/Yuzu emulators work great. I wonder if it's because the hardware is so much closer to just being a stock tablet this time but yeah good Switch emulation seemed to happen pretty quick I have a Nintendo complaint and it's that their online store is not 1/20th as fun and whimsical as the Wii/WiiU stores (for god's sake there's not even any music) while still being just as lovely to navigate
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Dec 11, 2023 17:02
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Owl Inspector posted:People put niche games no one’s heard of or decade-old games as their #1 in the GOTY thread all the time, post about your favorite games you coward this.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:10
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hatty posted:$70 is too much for a videos game Perhaps, but have you considered that games used to be $70 like 25-30 years ago? They'd be something like $130 now. Maybe that's why F2P games flooded with microtransactions were made.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:11
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Remembering how I almost sold several people on Super Robot Wars in last year's thread lmao
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Dec 11, 2023 17:11
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also i genuinely want to hear your hipster GOTY. mine is Case of the Golden Idol which i am counting because its DLC dropped in 2023.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:11
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codo27 posted:I hate Nintendo so much. I want to live in a different timeline where they failed instead of Sega, and you can just buy the 2-3 exclusives that justify their consoles' existence on every platform instead of having to buy a loving Switch just for Zelda. We already had the lite for my wife for Animal Crossing, but I picked up the full version a few months ago so she could play on the TV and I could also finally try BotW and TotK, but god drat it you cant even get a sensible price on the games second hand. I never thought about getting a Switch because I still have 3DS games I havent played, but fingers crossed the Switch 2 can play all Switch 1 games because I want to play those Mario games and someday the next Metroid Prime whenever that actually shows life That being said I'm having a great time with my n3DSxl lately, I replaced the battery a few months ago and I want to get my use out of it.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:13
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Blurb3947 posted:Perhaps, but have you considered that games used to be $70 like 25-30 years ago? They'd be something like $130 now. Maybe that's why F2P games flooded with microtransactions were made. Wages haven't kept up with inflation so videogames should cost even less now. F2P games should mail you a check for exploiting your time.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:35
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https://twitter.com/shinobi602/status/1734234088955933172?t=Vt3w8ADYxWl66U26lVYxfw&s=19 Free Radical is officially dead
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Dec 11, 2023 17:41
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Owl Inspector posted:People put niche games no one’s heard of or decade-old games as their #1 in the GOTY thread all the time, post about your favorite games you coward I'm planning on waxing lyrical about my #1 when I get to my write-up. I always enjoy reading peoples #1s and why they're important to them.
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Dec 11, 2023 17:41
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F2P games came about once hosting and distribution became free (or at least paid for by facebook/apple/sony/microsoft/valve rather than you) and the infrastructure appeared to support making very small digital payments so you could plan a business model around an infinite number of copies of your game in the field and very low ARPU
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Dec 11, 2023 17:42
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codo27 posted:I hate Nintendo so much. I want to live in a different timeline where they failed instead of Sega, and you can just buy the 2-3 exclusives that justify their consoles' existence on every platform instead of having to buy a loving Switch just for Zelda. Oh, no, I'm thinking way too much about this now. This is all speculation but My supposition for this alt history is a world where Nintendo failed would be one where 2 significant changes occurred. 1) Gunpei Yokoi dies suddenly during the secret development of the Game Boy, resulting in none of the game boy systems existing. 2) Nintendo never 'invented'? the 3D platformer, and instead Sega did so with Sonic. 3) Ocarina of Time probably also gets fowled up in some way. As for things that do not exist in this time line this includes: Most of the Tetris games Satoru Iwata and Masahiro Sakurai's careers Kirby Pokemon and the entire genre of monster collection Smash Brothers Pikmin Animal Crossing Metroid Prime series Wii Sports/Fitness/Bowling Splatoon Probably there would be basically no real handheld market for a decade. It's hard to predict who would step up into that gap? I assume eventually someone would about the time of the DS, probably the PSPortable would kick things off? I also expect that Nintendo's games would not generally be as good as they don't have a console advantage. However, in return, I would expect that there would be little impact on 3rd party publishers who could turn to either Sega or Playstation for a primary home. Sega would have greatly expanded offerings, maybe Puyo Puyo (here replacing the popularity of Tetris during this era) Golden Axe maybe moving into a more God of War style space? NIGHTS Toe Jam and Earl, or perhaps Billy Hatcher, some secondary platformer Virtua Fighter Panzer Dragoon Probably some shooter series coming from arcade to console like Night of the Dead? Another question is the identity of positioning of the third major party to enter the market. Would SNK be able to stay afloat, or would Microsoft still enter? (To clarify, I don't think that Atari or NEC would have survived.) Would Microsoft position the XBox as a family friendly/budget system resulting in a set of console games I can barely even imagine, or would Sega 'drop down' to fill Nintendo's role, or would everyone in the market just gun it resulting in a much more expensive baseline console experience? (This would be the most likely result where Microsoft claims that market on PC and never makes the XBox, here you would see some absolutely bonkers output from our outsized SNK Playmore that exists in this timeline.)
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Dec 11, 2023 18:21
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Nintendo ftw. I call them "Wintendo" on account of all their Win games.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:22
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And because you can play them all on Win10, on your PC.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:23
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Illegal, and reported.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:24
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SNK Playmore has once again licensed Godzilla for King of the Monsters 2024. Could be GOTY.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:27
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We already know what Sega needed to beat Nintendo. 
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Dec 11, 2023 18:30
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Owl Inspector posted:People put niche games no one’s heard of or decade-old games as their #1 in the GOTY thread all the time, post about your favorite games you coward How about no.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:31
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Has Embracer done widespread and lasting damage to the industry I guess it depends on, how many of the studios that are shuttering would have been fine if they hadn't gotten Embraced
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Dec 11, 2023 18:33
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Is there a timeline where Sega makes good Sonic games, instead of whatever Frontiers is? 
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Dec 11, 2023 18:34
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Evil Kit posted:How about no. My game of the year is Train Sim World 4 what weird garbage do you like
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Dec 11, 2023 18:36
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No because they liberated Crystal Dynamics and Eidos from the vile clutches of SE 
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Dec 11, 2023 18:36
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Evil Kit posted:How about no. lazy gamer
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Dec 11, 2023 18:38
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Snake Maze posted:We already know what Sega needed to beat Nintendo. 
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Dec 11, 2023 18:39
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Infinitum posted:Is there a timeline where Sega makes good Sonic games, instead of whatever Frontiers is? shadow the hedgehog already exists next question
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Dec 11, 2023 18:39
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I was thinking more like fail at hardware at the same time Sega did, rather than from the get go. Its almost as maddening as Apple's success, that they've remained so popular solely on the backs of a small handful of IPs. Imagine if you could just buy Zelda and Mario on Steam or Xbox instead of having to have another useless piece of hardware taking up space. Really makes you think, as its been proven so many times that success and longevity in business is never about being on the cutting edge or delivering the best product. I think its mainly about people knowing what they are getting and being consistent in delivering that. Think about iPhones, think about McDonalds. For several generations now Nintendo has released hardware that, even for a console, is outdated on release. Doesn't matter. People know what they are getting, and thats all that seems to matter.
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Dec 11, 2023 18:41
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VostokProgram posted:shadow the hedgehog already exists next question This fan movie trailer popped up on my feed the other day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlKawAOKEKQ
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Dec 11, 2023 18:42
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hmm yes the portable console that had nothing even approaching competition for 6 years was outdated on release
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Dec 11, 2023 18:43
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