Muscle March Thread: Let's MSPaint Games related shit.

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style / art gimmick combo you want to see next This poll is closed.
Commodore 64 hi fi 16 colors Drawing goons drooling over anime (or muscle men)	35	20.71%
Everything in MSPaint Black and White and Undertale Characters	22	13.02%
CGA in CYMK tones and rising stars of gaming like Hololens and Star Citizen	36	21.30%
Only Purple and Waluigi and Kirby ship fiction	76	44.97%
Total:	169 votes

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bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

8-Bit Scholar posted:

I thought the creator of that show said she was too depressed to keep making new episodes

stop posting high

# ? Apr 1, 2016 02:56

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# ? May 5, 2024 05:37

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

IShallRiseAgain posted:

Lara Croft is a badass in the new Tomb Raider games. The fact that she keeps on fighting despite her hosed up injuries makes her a John Mcclane like action hero.

Lol if you believe this.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 02:58

8-Bit Scholar: Jan 23, 2016; by FactsAreUseless

bloodychill posted:

stop posting high

I live on top of a mountain though

# ? Apr 1, 2016 02:59

codenameFANGIO: May 4, 2012; What are you even booing here?

bloodychill posted:

stop posting high

No.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:00

absolutely anything: Dec 28, 2006; ~As for dreams, she has enough and more to spare~

In Training posted:

Really? What's different in the new one? Because I didn't even like the gameplay in the first one

old post BUt you can only pick one weapon at a time from hotkeys you assign to the dpad instead of assinging 5 weapons to different combat roles and switching between them is really clunky, they remapped the controls and it all feels really awkward and all the enemies except for the last one you basically just hold circle to win. the last fight you're a cool anime teen again and doing all the stuff you could do in the first demo felt like way more of a hassle

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:02

absolutely anything: Dec 28, 2006; ~As for dreams, she has enough and more to spare~

Motto posted:

lol

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:02

Plebian Parasite: Oct 12, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zU7wNWpJDY

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:07

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Lurdiak posted:

Lol if you believe this.

the fifteen million graphically realistic ways you can make lara die in that game are incredibly hosed up

i dont mind gore but something about tomb raider 2013 just felt really... gross

not to mention it's a pretty cheap way to get you to care about a character.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:10

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

Endorph posted:

the fifteen million graphically realistic ways you can make lara die in that game are incredibly hosed up

i dont mind gore but something about tomb raider 2013 just felt really... gross

not to mention it's a pretty cheap way to get you to care about a character.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:13

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

goodbye March Thread

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:15

8-Bit Scholar: Jan 23, 2016; by FactsAreUseless

Endorph posted:

the fifteen million graphically realistic ways you can make lara die in that game are incredibly hosed up

i dont mind gore but something about tomb raider 2013 just felt really... gross

not to mention it's a pretty cheap way to get you to care about a character.

I'm the last person to take this stance on things, but I actually agree; I got a weird fetishistic feeling about how Lara's "injuries" are handled in the Tomb Reboot. Like, they just HAVE to get her smacked around a bit, it has to happen. She can't even stick a landing, she'll get knocked about, thumped, smacked, we have to shimmy her through a blood river canyon that's super narrow to hide a load screen...it's like "good god, whoever's getting off on this should just finish so we can get back to actual gameplay" but no it's just like that all game.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:19

codenameFANGIO: May 4, 2012; What are you even booing here?

no one will miss you, March Thread. Burn in Hell.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:23

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

FirstAidKite posted:

I'm also thinking about that mad world gears of war commercial where it tried to make the game look more atmospheric than it actually was.

Were the gears of war games actually any good, I never hear anything about them anymore tbh

They were OK but in ways that have been copied by much better games since then. Like the modern style of cover shooting was really popularized by Gears of War and so there's no real reason to go back to it.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:25

Instant Sunrise: Apr 12, 2007; The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

rise of definitely toned down that aspect quite a bit, which is a good thing. also less linear with more of a focus on a couple of hub areas.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:26

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

If it weren't for Gears of War, Mass Effect 2 and 3 would probably play like their predecessor and for that I am eternally thankful Gears of War exists.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:30

Mr E: Sep 18, 2007

codenameFANGIO posted:

no one will miss you, March Thread. Burn in Hell.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:33

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

codenameFANGIO posted:

no one will miss you, March Thread. Burn in Hell.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:35

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

That said Tomb Raider 2013 was one of my favourite games of that year and I didn't see Lara die a whole bunch because I wasn't terrible at it.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:36

Plebian Parasite: Oct 12, 2012

Sakurazuka posted:

That said Tomb Raider 2013 was one of my favourite games of that year and I didn't see Lara die a whole bunch because I wasn't terrible at it.

only the normal storyline based maimings and impalings for you!

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:38

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

No Such Thing posted:

only the normal storyline based maimings and impalings for you!

Yes, however will I cope with characters getting hurt in a videogame

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:40

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

So what if Custer rapes the indian women. I'm ok with protagonists in video games doing bad things to their enemies sometimes. I can deal with that as a mature adult.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:41

Scaly Haylie: Dec 25, 2004

I own Tomb Raider 2013 because I got it and literally every Tomb Raider for a pittance last year. I should really play it.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:45

Motto: Aug 3, 2013

Lurdiak posted:

So what if Custer rapes the indian women. I'm ok with protagonists in video games doing bad things to their enemies sometimes. I can deal with that as a mature adult.

yikes

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:48

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Sakurazuka posted:

Yes, however will I cope with characters getting hurt in a videogame

if you liked tomb raider 2013 cool but here's my big problem with it - it felt kinda like it was some sort of Female Protagonist Tax?

Like, you don't need to see Joel get violently beat down a ton in The Last of Us. He goes through some trauma, he's in danger sometimes, but the camera isn't constantly lingering on his terror, panic, and pain. In Tomb Raider every other cutscene is Lara getting menaced in some way, and it lingers on those shots. She's barely even a character. You don't learn a ton about her hobbies, she doesn't get to banter with other characters that often. She's just a woman who gets hosed up a lot. I can get what they're going for - Lara is scared, then she isn't - but it isn't like some sort of slow build. It just feels like at some point near the end they decided that the game should be a game.

And constant scenes of Lara getting beaten up or impaled in very uncomfortable ways made it hard to just enjoy the game. Tomb Raider, mechanically, is a game about shooting dudes and exploring, and it wants those two activities to be fun, but it's impossible to have fun when you turn the corner and Lara's falling down seventy rocks and crying.

And then everyone talked about how she was a strong female protagonist, or how it took a blank cipher and gave her an actual personality, but classic Lara had way more personality and fit her game way better. Like yeah, she was a dumb trope - cocky rich girl who liked exploring for the thrill of it - but she was having fun with it. She bantered, she flirted. Tomb Raider classic was also a game about combat and exploring, and classic Lara actually liked those things and could just do them without having to suffer for wanting to. It made it way easier to have fun with the game.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:49

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Lurdiak posted:

So what if Custer rapes the indian women. I'm ok with protagonists in video games doing bad things to their enemies sometimes. I can deal with that as a mature adult.

If Tomb Raider is Custer's Revenge then where do Mortal Kombat games stand on your rape-o-meter?

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:50

Adam Bowen: Jan 6, 2003; This post probably contains a Rickroll link!

Lurdiak posted:

So what if Custer rapes the indian women. I'm ok with protagonists in video games doing bad things to their enemies sometimes. I can deal with that as a mature adult.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:50

Adam Bowen: Jan 6, 2003; This post probably contains a Rickroll link!

Endorph posted:

if you liked tomb raider 2013 cool but here's my big problem with it - it felt kinda like it was some sort of Female Protagonist Tax?

Like, you don't need to see Joel get violently beat down a ton in The Last of Us. He goes through some trauma, he's in danger sometimes, but the camera isn't constantly lingering on his terror, panic, and pain. In Tomb Raider every other cutscene is Lara getting menaced in some way, and it lingers on those shots. She's barely even a character. You don't learn a ton about her hobbies, she doesn't get to banter with other characters that often. She's just a woman who gets hosed up a lot. I can get what they're going for - Lara is scared, then she isn't - but it isn't like some sort of slow build. It just feels like at some point near the end they decided that the game should be a game.

And constant scenes of Lara getting beaten up or impaled in very uncomfortable ways made it hard to just enjoy the game. Tomb Raider, mechanically, is a game about shooting dudes and exploring, and it wants those two activities to be fun, but it's impossible to have fun when you turn the corner and Lara's falling down seventy rocks and crying.

And then everyone talked about how she was a strong female protagonist, or how it took a blank cipher and gave her an actual personality, but classic Lara had way more personality and fit her game way better. Like yeah, she was a dumb trope - cocky rich girl who liked exploring for the thrill of it - but she was having fun with it. She bantered, she flirted. Tomb Raider classic was also a game about combat and exploring, and classic Lara actually liked those things and could just do them without having to suffer for wanting to. It made it way easier to have fun with the game.

lol good riddance March

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:51

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

unfortunately there's no good video of john mcclane sprinting across broken glass on youtube so just pretend i posted that

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:57

Instant Sunrise: Apr 12, 2007; The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

Endorph posted:

if you liked tomb raider 2013 cool but here's my big problem with it - it felt kinda like it was some sort of Female Protagonist Tax?

Like, you don't need to see Joel get violently beat down a ton in The Last of Us. He goes through some trauma, he's in danger sometimes, but the camera isn't constantly lingering on his terror, panic, and pain. In Tomb Raider every other cutscene is Lara getting menaced in some way, and it lingers on those shots. She's barely even a character. You don't learn a ton about her hobbies, she doesn't get to banter with other characters that often. She's just a woman who gets hosed up a lot. I can get what they're going for - Lara is scared, then she isn't - but it isn't like some sort of slow build. It just feels like at some point near the end they decided that the game should be a game.

And constant scenes of Lara getting beaten up or impaled in very uncomfortable ways made it hard to just enjoy the game. Tomb Raider, mechanically, is a game about shooting dudes and exploring, and it wants those two activities to be fun, but it's impossible to have fun when you turn the corner and Lara's falling down seventy rocks and crying.

And then everyone talked about how she was a strong female protagonist, or how it took a blank cipher and gave her an actual personality, but classic Lara had way more personality and fit her game way better. Like yeah, she was a dumb trope - cocky rich girl who liked exploring for the thrill of it - but she was having fun with it. She bantered, she flirted. Tomb Raider classic was also a game about combat and exploring, and classic Lara actually liked those things and could just do them without having to suffer for wanting to. It made it way easier to have fun with the game.

i pretty much agree with this post. i had a lot of lesbian friends recommend it to me, but the amount that the game lingered on lara's injuries was pretty uncomfortable to play through.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 03:58

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUPT70aAxKk&t=328s

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:01

Adam Bowen: Jan 6, 2003; This post probably contains a Rickroll link!

Instant Sunrise posted:

i pretty much agree with this post. i had a lot of lesbian friends recommend it to me, but the amount that the game lingered on lara's injuries was pretty uncomfortable to play through.

yeah women should be protected you know?

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:02

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

StashAugustine posted:

unfortunately there's no good video of john mcclane sprinting across broken glass on youtube so just pretend i posted that

yeah but john mcclane sprinting across broken glass is presented as a cool, tough guy thing to do

lara just gets beat up on. sprinting across broken glass is an active choice, a decision you make to try and get something done. hitting fifteen rocks on your way down a waterfall is just getting owned.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:02

8-Bit Scholar: Jan 23, 2016; by FactsAreUseless

Joel gets pretty horribly injured in TLoU too.

Y'know who doesn't get badly hurt? Samus Aran. She's too cool for that poo poo, she brought a space suit. Suck her dick, she'll gently caress your face with a plasma beam. No you can't apologize now; only death will forgive you now.

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:05

Motto: Aug 3, 2013

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Joel gets pretty horribly injured in TLoU too.

Y'know who doesn't get badly hurt? Samus Aran. She's too cool for that poo poo, she brought a space suit. Suck her dick, she'll gently caress your face with a plasma beam. No you can't apologize now; only death will forgive you now.

Other M

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:07

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

Holy gently caress, I just realised: M Other

This is like Ekans all over again

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:08

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Endorph posted:

if you liked tomb raider 2013 cool but here's my big problem with it - it felt kinda like it was some sort of Female Protagonist Tax?

Like, you don't need to see Joel get violently beat down a ton in The Last of Us. He goes through some trauma, he's in danger sometimes, but the camera isn't constantly lingering on his terror, panic, and pain. In Tomb Raider every other cutscene is Lara getting menaced in some way, and it lingers on those shots. She's barely even a character. You don't learn a ton about her hobbies, she doesn't get to banter with other characters that often. She's just a woman who gets hosed up a lot. I can get what they're going for - Lara is scared, then she isn't - but it isn't like some sort of slow build. It just feels like at some point near the end they decided that the game should be a game.

And constant scenes of Lara getting beaten up or impaled in very uncomfortable ways made it hard to just enjoy the game. Tomb Raider, mechanically, is a game about shooting dudes and exploring, and it wants those two activities to be fun, but it's impossible to have fun when you turn the corner and Lara's falling down seventy rocks and crying.

And then everyone talked about how she was a strong female protagonist, or how it took a blank cipher and gave her an actual personality, but classic Lara had way more personality and fit her game way better. Like yeah, she was a dumb trope - cocky rich girl who liked exploring for the thrill of it - but she was having fun with it. She bantered, she flirted. Tomb Raider classic was also a game about combat and exploring, and classic Lara actually liked those things and could just do them without having to suffer for wanting to. It made it way easier to have fun with the game.

I started typing up a big reply to this but it was mostly dumb, the honest truth is I don't really think about stuff that much and I thought the game was fun and none of the other stuff really bothered me apart from the occasional sympathetic wince, sorry :/

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:10

absolutely anything: Dec 28, 2006; ~As for dreams, she has enough and more to spare~

Jay Rust posted:

Holy gently caress, I just realised: M Other

This is like Ekans all over again

the abbreviation is also M:OM. incredible... what will shigeru miyamoto think of next

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:10

8-Bit Scholar: Jan 23, 2016; by FactsAreUseless

Motto posted:

Other M

Never heard of it, was this an indie title?

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:10

Motto: Aug 3, 2013

8-Bit Scholar posted:

Never heard of it, was this an indie title?

https://youtu.be/1_kyQU9IUPM

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:13

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# ? May 5, 2024 05:37

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

I wish they never introduced Samus' skintight blue suit. Now half of the Google Image results for "Samus" are pornographic

# ? Apr 1, 2016 04:14

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