Aging Millenial posted:

Yea but I cannot get over the "embarrassment of riches" problem -- so much stuff vying for your attention, so little time...it's easy to become disengaged and just play Overwatch.

Stux posted:

they are

CJacobs posted:

Man, I miss classic Spelunky's graphics. The HD version just looks so... eh.

CJacobs posted:

Let me explain why I feel that way then: The blocky pixelated look of the classic version made the game much, much more clear about where the boundaries of tiles and your character lie. It's hard to know where your hitbox is in Spelunky because your guy isn't one tile tall/wide. This leads to situations where you can get hit (or not get hit) by something that still physically touches you. But that problem is solved in the classic game, because your guy's hitbox is as big as they are.

Additionally, the HD version's graphics have all these extra little gubbins that poke out of the tiles and make it a bit harder to see where their corners are. There have been lots of times I've overstepped the edge of a tile because there was a pebble or something poking out that made it look like it went farther. Also, the extra stuff along the ground (trees in the jungle especially) can hide gold and even enemies from your view, which is very bad given how important it is to be aware of your surroundings.

edit: Also, I just like the pixelated look better than the cartoony look, but that's the subjective part.

In Training posted:

final boss in the game being 100% gimmicky and defeated by one weapon.

Shindragon posted:

gently caress 7 the most. loving hell that was bullshit how they added lasting damage I really hated fighting Wily's final form in that one.

In Training posted:

Now that I'm approaching the end f the NES mega mans I'm torn on how to continue, to split each of the series out and approach them separately (eg # series, X and Zero) or to play all the games in order of release, platform be damned.

Wildtortilla posted:

Mega Man 9 is the best MM.

It gave us this mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cA06uWV_-c

Phantasium posted:

hoo hah hoe!

oddium posted:

crazy that super metroid and link to the past are perfect games when they aren't even the best games in their series. nintendo, does it again

quote:

a zelda list

majora's mask
link's awakening/wind waker (tie)
twilight princess
the rest

oh. i feel it. i feel the metroid !!

fusion
zero mission/metroid 2 remake (tie)

the rest

Harrow posted:

Doing pretty good on that Patreon (depending on how many people are involved). I really enjoyed Danny O'Dwyer's stuff over at GameSpot but I didn't see that he'd set up something new after he left and clearly it is going well. But now I get to watch more Danny O'Dwyer videos, so, cool.

When I say "depending on how many people are involved" I'm thinking of Easy Allies, which is pulling down $38k/month in Patreon money but there are so many people doing it that it can't really be anyone's full-time job except I think maybe Brandon Jones.

In Training posted:

I started MMX over and beat Penguin Man and its night and loving day with the dash + jump boosting through every level and not giving a crap about enemies. This game is amazing now, why in the world do they hide this ability in one of the stages??

Quest For Glory II posted:

grieving for Gandalf posted:

yo if you still talk to disgruntledferret tell him I thought his webcomic was good

Olive Garden tonight! posted:

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

I guess the run got too rowdy. I think it was at like 2 AM. He and the couch kept making jokes about actors after being told not to, a couple times during the run he muttered swears. It was a fun run, and the audience messing with him by clapping was great. The stuff I quoted above was a pastebin he linked on his Twitter (because it was too long). Oh, he also told people to tweet at Air Canada, probably without realizing just how many people watching were stupid enough to spam them.

e: Actually it was at 11PM.

Guy Mann posted:

I used to think that live speedrunning was way better than tool-assisted because of the crazy amount of skill it took, but but now that speedrunners are all trying to put themselves in the spotlight and become personalities and entertainers I love TAS way more because a clever and concise video showing something crazy and explaining how they did it is so much better than hours of a bunch of dudes on a couch trying to make jokes.

haveblue posted:

No Man's Sky

In Training posted:

Mega Man 8 is a really bizarre game. I kinda dig it but they broke a very basic design principle and made each boss stage 2 stages which is kinda hosed up and ruins the whole flow of Mega Man. Usually you want to reach a boss, try the weapons you have and if there's no weakness, give it an honest shot and then if it's too overwhelming just jump to a different level. You can't do that in 8 because there's a halfway point save that gets made, so if you leave you lose progress that you don't have to. So it always forces you to stick with the stage you chose which is antithetical to the spirit of Mega Man. Absolutely gorgeous sprites, although the art direction seems to have been somebody standing over a computer yelling MORE! COPY PASTE ALL THOSE SUCKERS!!

VideoGames posted:

I really like peppers.

oddium posted:

spend christmas with chie

Grapplejack posted:

Now that I'm older I realize the true best waifu is Yukiko.

precision posted:

serious post someone find me a place to buy this

i want dat lego eevee

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I was googling this out of curiosity and found a Lego Ideas submission which is almost exactly the same but with a few slight differences in the Pokemon figures, the plants in the pots outside the door, etc etc. I wonder which one came first and which one is ripping off the other one.

In Training posted:

It's an autoscroller that moves so fast you can't react to obstacles quick enough to deal with them so they left in audio cues that just say "jump" and "slide" instead of reworking the idea

In Training posted:

OH no