Hot takes

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

I love Koyasu's voice but I agree, he sounded more monstrous/otherworldly in there.

Just listen at this:

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Just listen at this:

It's still incredible how close the modern voice was to that one.

Maybe the low-fi sample made him even more threatening.

PS: I don't mind his OVA voice but he sounded more... raspy? Like an old man (which is what he technically is since he is around Jotaro's great great grand-father's age).

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

It's still incredible how close the modern voice was to that one.

Maybe the low-fi sample made him even more threatening.

Dunno why the David productions guys didnt hire him back

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Worrying about the others makes me a bad person

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

I don't like the art style of Final Fantasy past VII, with the software upgrades they should've stick with making the games look like Amano's art as much as possible, anything past VII is not aesthetically cohesive to me at all

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I don't like the art style of Final Fantasy past VII, with the software upgrades they should've stick with making the games look like Amano's art as much as possible, anything past VII is not aesthetically cohesive to me at all

FFIX was more classic but I kinda agree that VIII and X onwards made it more realistic instead of keeping the "fantasy" part of the series.

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While I find it very interesting I think that the Half-Life² we got in 2004 is much better than the fabled "Dark and Gritty" beta

 

[Big Finger Jim]

I don't like the art style of Final Fantasy past VII, with the software upgrades they should've stick with making the games look like Amano's art as much as possible, anything past VII is not aesthetically cohesive to me at all

I'm guessing you just mean Nomura's art in general.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

No I meant Yoshitaka Amano, I expressed myself wrong

 

[Big Finger Jim]

No I meant Yoshitaka Amano, I expressed myself wrong

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They should've used this art style for some of the remasters, but I know that requires WAY more effort and creativity than Square is willing to put in.

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One day, maybe someone'll do a throwback rpg inspired by his style, or there could already be one out there.

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

Mortal Kombat wasnt good until 9

This hurt my feelings. I enjoy led Trilogy even if it is kusoge. That and I have a soft spot for the 3D titles on PS2 even if they didn't age well. Now the question remains...

Are you correct?

Mortal Kombat wasn't refined until 9 so on those terms then yes.

 

[AkiraSO4]

This hurt my feelings. I enjoy led Trilogy even if it is kusoge. That and I have a soft spot for the 3D titles on PS2 even if they didn't age well. Now the question remains...

Are you correct?

Mortal Kombat wasn't refined until 9 so on those terms then yes.

That's the thing. It never got really refined until 9. If we're talking broken, well, almost all of them are, lol.

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

That's the thing. It never got really refined until 9. If we're talking broken, well, almost all of them are, lol.

It is the truth and I don't like it

 

[Bonkers225]

100 men can totally take out 1 Gorilla. I can't believe this has to be a hot take as well.

 

[AkiraSO4]

It is the truth and I don't like it

Ehhhh, lots of people like broken games anyways, ask 3rd Strike fans, lol. But as long as YOU are having fun, does it really matter?

 

[MasterEn]

100 men can totally take out 1 Gorilla. I can't believe this has to be a hot take as well.

this guy covered this rather thoroughly.

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

Ehhhh, lots of people like broken games anyways, ask 3rd Strike fans, lol. But as long as YOU are having fun, does it really matter?

I am very nostalgic for classic MK. I also enjoy 3S but that is arguably far more refined and the AI of that game is nowhere near salt levels of classic MK. It is like having to take off the rose tinted glasses and see the game for what is truly is. I'm going to put those glasses back on now.

 

[Aisf]

I don't like mega man games. I don't like the controls. I just don't like mega man.

 

[snes9x]

I can't find it in me to get truly upset $70 games. Even $80. I'm already used to waiting for sales, and if anything it's more incentive for me to mine away at the ol' backlog (which I've actually made a lot of progress toward this year). The price hike sucks, but life sucks in general so whatever.

 

[Audrissa]

The DS is only good for JRPG's, otherwise it's just a delivery system for bad movie games.

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final fantasy 7 is bad
gameplay - boring
story - nonsense
world - forgettable
characters - unrelatable
artstyle - incoherent
sound - jarring
music - infantile
no redeeming qualities, better watch advent children

This is bait

 

[99nereids]

The DS is only good for JRPG's, otherwise it's just a delivery system for bad movie games.

yea the amount of DS games that actually take advantage of its unique capabilities (which is kinda just 2 screens & later 3d functionality) are soo slim. & the ones that do are jrpgs!! or 1st party games. ily style savvy

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anyways my hot take is we should stop buying games that cost more than $30 usd or whatever the equivalent to that is in your currency.

 

[Audrissa]

Mortal Kombat wasnt good until 9

Hell, if this isn't accurate, I don't know what is. The first three were excellent arcade games, but 4 was hot garbage, the 3D trilogy was...well it wasn't MK, and DC vs. MK? Forget about it. 9 had a mostly coherent story and above all, it was FUN. Yeah, the story was ridiculous, and the timeline merge in MK10 was a laughable way to roll back the aging cast, but you know what? I had fun. I really, really had fun.

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yea the amount of DS games that actually take advantage of its unique capabilities (which is kinda just 2 screens & later 3d functionality) are soo slim. & the ones that do are jrpgs!! or 1st party games. ily style savvy

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anyways my hot take is we should stop buying games that cost more than $30 usd or whatever the equivalent to that is in your currency.

I agree - if we keep buying at the price they set, they're just going to keep ramping it up.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I can't find it in me to get truly upset $70 games. Even $80. I'm already used to waiting for sales, and if anything it's more incentive for me to mine away at the ol' backlog (which I've actually made a lot of progress toward this year). The price hike sucks, but life sucks in general so whatever.

I cannot really afford to complaint about high prices about non-vital products.

When food, water, clothes and even shelter are no longer affordable is when we should claim to drop the prices.

The DS is only good for JRPG's, otherwise it's just a delivery system for bad movie games.

Bad/mediocre movie adaptions plagued the PS2, Xbox and Wii, it's not a hardware but more of the zeigeist of that epoch.

On the other hand you cannot ignore Nintendo's first party games, the good platformers, the good puzzle games (thanks to the tactile screen) and even the "programs" like the cooking one or even Kawashima's games.

 

[snes9x]

The DS is only good for JRPG's, otherwise it's just a delivery system for bad movie games.

Hard disagree. The JRPGs were one of its strongest aspects for sure but there's a plethora of great games outside the genre. Picross 3D, Mario Kart DS, the three Castlevanias, Chibi Robo Clean Sweep, Kirby Canvas Curse, the Ace Attorney games. Just to name a few.

 

[AkiraSO4]

Mortal Kombat wasnt good until 9

In a competitive sense, yes.
The old MKs were six shades of broken and while MK9 has some cheap things, it's not MKT Noob Saibot or MK Gold Sektor levels of broken.

I like the pre MK9 games. UMK3, MK4, Deception, Armageddon, etc. But the arcade era games are very easy to cheese all the way, and the 3D era games are ridiculous in their broken-ness. Hell, Drahmin of all people is top 3 in MKDA, lol. Almost 70% in three hits. And then there's Armageddon with all the free throws and infinites and whatnot. Sure, MK9 has Cyrax TODs and Kenshi being the Satan of zoning, but it's not as bad as it used to be.

 

[Bonkers225]

this guy covered this rather thoroughly.

Obviously there are going to be guys who's going to get injured, and maybe even killed. However if you got a reasonably sized dude who knows what the fuck he's doing behind a Gorilla and apply a chokehold, chances are, that monkey is done.