March Games Chat Thread: So Bland Only The Worst Stand Out

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Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

MP2 had the best boss fights. Quadraxis was rad as hell.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 22:43

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 14:14

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

FactsAreUseless posted:

Counterpoint: The Xbox One is the new Colecovision, which was the console that caused the great video game crash by having the wrong kind of RAM and making every game you put in it just play E.T.

Hey man that was the Atari, the Colecovision did nothing wrong.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 23:57

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Kefka and Emperor Palamecia are far and away the best Final Fantasy villains.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 02:12

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Lurdiak posted:

Didn't a game made with RPG maker base assets make it into the wii shop at one point?

I was really confused to learn FF12 and something called Vanguard Story(I think) are supposed to take place in the same universe as FF tactics, because those games look nothing like it in any way shape or form and strike me as having pretty dramatically different tones.

Vagrant Story, and yeah they all take place in the same world of Ivalice, just many millennia apart.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 22:52

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

It's kind of surprising that EA is still around considering everything that they touch turns to poo poo. Must be all that sweet Madden money.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 01:55

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Or maybe Lucas Arts was sharing part of the burden.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 02:10

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Bugs Bunny Lost in Time for PS1 was a legit good game.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 02:13

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

corn in the bible posted:

i am boycotting ea for their lovely business practice of never releasing any games worth buying

Same.

Ubisoft at least has really good budget games.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 04:30

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

A Steampunk Gent posted:

Only Platinum Games should be allowed to use QTEs, they're literally the only time I've seen them used to do things which wouldn't be better done as an automatic animation or an actual gameplay sequence

Telltale also did some neat things with them in TWD Season 1.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 17:01

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

PantsBandit posted:

My friend and I need a new badass coop game to play. We finished Divinity, got burnt out on FC4 and though Portal 2 is fun it makes me feel stupid sometimes and I don't like that.

What are some sick nasty coop games. Preferably $15 or under.

Oh and we're definitely gonna get Hotline Miami 2, pumped for that.

Broforce, Battleblock Theatre, and Double Dragon Neon

# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 20:37

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Excels posted:

doesn't it turn out at the end of mgs4 that ocelot was never actually hypnotized or controlled by liquid and he was faking it the entire time or something?

He was actually possessed by Liquid in 2 due to having latent spirit medium abilities thanks to his dad, The Sorrow. Before 4 he chops off Liquid's arm, get's a new one, and then just fakes being possessed in order to fool the Patriots.

Yeah...

# ¿ Mar 16, 2015 16:43

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Man I played Way of the Samurai 3 because I thought from everything that I read it would be the type of game I'd love but I found it way too disjointed to get invested in.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 19:56

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

A Steampunk Gent posted:

They just did, it's called Codename STEAM. Apparently it's not very good though

^^ what that guy said

That sucks. It looked cool what with looking like a fusion between XCOM and Freedom Force with historical figures.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 21:49

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Final Fantasy hasn't been really good since 9. 12 was solid though.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 23:54

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

6 and 9 are both good games, though 6 is better.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 00:00

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Shadow Hearts is better than Final Fantasy anyway.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 00:08

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

FactsAreUseless posted:

It's a shame the series died and had a bad third game.

The third game had the best gameplay, it just had worse characters due to being more like a generic JRPG. Still good though.

God, Johnny was a bland as poo poo protagonist compared to Koudelka and Yuri.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 00:19

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

FactsAreUseless posted:

I want a Chrono Trigger remake that looks like DQ8 and gets rid of stupid minigame poo poo like chasing the rat, which is really the game's only issue.

Also give Crono dialogue, he really needs dialogue. His death would have been far more effective if he wasn't practicing for mime school the whole game.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 20:02

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Bicyclops posted:

The seething hatred for silent protagonists in video games has been consistent for about half a decade now, and it still makes absolutely no sense at all. Silent protagonists are fine.

They're not if you actually want to have a story and/or you don't have them emote to make up for their lack of talking like Mario in the RPGs. Half-Life 2 is awkward as hell for example because everybody talks to Gordon and he doesn't say anything.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 20:18

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

elf help book posted:

Stories are dumb.

They are good, video games just have been pretty bad with them. They're getting better though.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 20:26

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Lunchmeat Larry posted:

this was my reaction because I unironically want all FPSs to be like Doom and not turn my character into a pussy bitch who loses sometimes

"Oh no I'm surrounded by ten guards, who I already killed dozens of already. Whelp time to surrender."

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 20:52

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Excels posted:

you just described the ending of ffvii crisis core

I thought it was more of a unending wave of enemies.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 21:13

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

A Steampunk Gent posted:

I think some games are good having silent protagonists and others are good having voiced characters. I spent alot of thinking this over and I'm pretty sure it's the best take on the subject

It is.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 21:19

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

gay skull posted:

Shenmue would have been a much worse game if Ryu were a mute

You have to perform a QTE in order for Ryu to pantomime looking for sailors.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 21:25

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Excels posted:

if samus never says another word in all the metroid games, i wouldn't mind at all

The Prime games did a quality job giving her personality without dialogue too.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 21:30

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

How is Nintendo making PC games a bad thing?

# ¿ Mar 19, 2015 20:53

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Excels posted:

it feels like the last company with a complete focus on quality console gaming has conceded that the console market can no longer sustain the company on its own

Gabe hungers.

This really isn't looking like a good gen for consoles. Like I was expecting PS4 to dominate a year or two back but now its just a whole lot of nothing like the rest of the consoles. Glad I stuck with PC.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2015 21:13

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Excels posted:

UPDATE: Kojima's Ground Zeroes cameo mission has been patched out of the PC version.

this is some far-reaching poo poo man

7/10, it made me reinstall the game and beat the mission again.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 00:49

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Lurdiak posted:

Sega's going to mobile, not to PC.

They've said they'll be focusing on PC as well.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 01:10

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Bicyclops posted:

Patching his content out of the PC version of a game is bizarrely petty though, although I wouldn't be surprised if that's him asking to be erased out of spite over whatever the disagreement was.

Excels was pulling our legs, the Save Kojima mission is in still in Ground Zeroes.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 03:53

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

If that day ever comes I immortalized Kojima in a Steam screenshot so his part in the game will never be forgotten.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 04:04

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Trochanter posted:

So WRT Kojima, how likely is it now he pulls an Inafune and funds his own games off Kickstarter?

I would be surprised if Sony or some other publisher didn't hire him on the spot. Kojima is a rather big name in the industry after all.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2015 07:38

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

You can tell Volition has fun making Saints Row. Rockstar, on the other hand, feels like really bitter middle-aged men who desperately want to be cool again.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 05:55

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Pretty much all the Mario Karts are good but I only really loved Double Dash.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 17:58

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

That's why Kefka's great, he's such an loathsome unapologetic rear end in a top hat that'll do anything to worm his way into power. He's a good balance of being a seemingly goofy buffoon and a serious threat as well.

Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Mar 22, 2015

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 22:19

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

FactsAreUseless posted:

Kefka's amazing because he's the scenery-chewing villain it what is basically an opera. It's why Kuja and Garland don't work as well in FF9. The game's designed to be theatrical but Kuja doesn't get developed until too late and doesn't get a really great scene. And Garland is, again, too late an addition. They both need a big loud moment to be crazy.

Yeah, its also neat how Kefka develops as a villain throughout the whole game. He starts off a goofy incompetent that the main cast just makes a fool of again and again, but then when he murders the people of Domah you realize that he was just putting on a facade and he wants people to think he's a moron. And then as the game goes on he's constantly clawing his way to the top to the point where backstabs the Emperor and becomes the main villain. You really don't get that much in video games, especially in Final Fantasies where the villains are pretty much non-entities or barely appear until the end of the game.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 22:27

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

As JRPG villains go Lavos was cool in the sense of being an ever-present, looming and alien threat. Also the whole storming The Black Omen is like one of the most climatic feeling endings I've played in a game. Chrono Trigger's writing ain't mindblowing at all but they really managed to make it feel like a fun grand adventure that I don't feel a lot of games successfully capture.

Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Mar 22, 2015

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 23:07

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Dork Souls.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 23:41

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

The Colonel posted:

I stand by my opinion that the first three Ratchet & Clanks are awesome and A Crack in Time is only okay

Tools of Destruction was just as good as the original trilogy which I agree are all great. Deadlocked is the weakest of the four but still solid. I never played anything past Tools.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 01:21

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 14:14

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

I really liked the stuff building up to + the end of Planescape Torment, that's my favorite final boss in an rpg

Agreed. Talking down the final boss is also far more climatic and rewarding than just fighting him too.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 14:32

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