Hot takes

[God-Shattering Twink]

Sonic P-06 is at least decent for most people around. In fact this is the only way people should experience it (unless they really, really want to have the "authentic" feeling but I don't really think this would be worth it).

No, on the other hand I wouldn't use that game to claim that the original was good, it's like saying Simon's Quest is the best NES Castlevania just because there's a patch fixing the game's flaws.

I would say at least 3 really bad games (Boom included even if it's not canonical I'll still add to the series) and Lost World + Forces while not being good are nowhere near as tedious as Shadow nor 2006, just extremely bland games that tried to be too safe (and the opposite of the spectrum of those two).

As said above it'd be like taking Mario is Missing (yes, even if it's not developed by Nintendo EAD), Bomberman Act:Zero and even Metroid Other M then claim all of these franchises aren't good and anybody actually claiming they are would just be doing "revisionist mental gymnastic" which is a bit too easy to deflect any counterargument...

As an Adventure fan, P06 is frustratingly good, it really makes me wish the original 06 wasn't a such a trainwreck. However I will always encourage people to play the most faithful versions of games with popular patches/fixes, just to get an idea of why they're so infamous. Recently i've seen a large uptick in people calling 06 "misunderstood" after playing P06, because they don't have the context of how awful the original game was.

 

[KaiserMk7]

No, on the other hand I wouldn't use that game to claim that the original was good, it's like saying Simon's Quest is the best NES Castlevania just because there's a patch fixing the game's flaws.

Which Simon's Quest fan remake is the best though?

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Sheesh you guys write too much , on waffle comment about fan patches yea they are cool but the thing is they aren't "official" that will always be an obstacle because you can't get these cool stuff when you first install the game you have to look for it.

 

[MasterEn]

Sheesh you guys write too much , on waffle comment about fan patches yea they are cool but the thing is they aren't "official" that will always be an obstacle because you can't get these cool stuff when you first install the game you have to look for it.

if we want to write a post with enough words to rival the page count of ace attorney justice for all [1500 pages], then we will. and you can't stop us.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

if we want to write a post with enough words to rival the page count of ace attorney justice for all [1500 pages], then we will. and you can't stop us.

That would be too much lol , how about this hotcake , video game dialouge should consist of a round 20 words at most

 

[MasterEn]

That would be too much lol , how about this hotcake , video game dialouge should consist of a round 20 words at most

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

The more we are gaining, the less time we have for them.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Sheesh you guys write too much.

Sorry for using an internet forum for its intended purpose.

That would be too much lol , how about this hotcake , video game dialogue should consist of a round 20 words at most.

It depends of the genre. RPGs having little to no dialogues would be harder to produce.

Especially when said genre is built around narration with 428 or Zero Escape.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Vivendi should have relegated crash bandicoot and Spyro to only vicarious visions

 

[solnK!]

Vivendi should have relegated crash bandicoot and Spyro to only vicarious visions

true

 

[Viviana Santos]

Now, another hot take I have is that BlazBlue is a much better franchise than Guilty Gear.

 

[Bakuma1997]

If you need to break a game, be using OP setups or exploiting cheats for the game to be beatable, then your game isn't easy

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Now, another hot take I have is that BlazBlue is a much better franchise than Guilty Gear.

I personally disagree because BB feels a bit like "weebish" like how Persona was compared to Shin Megaten. But I'm fine with both series coexisting, just that GG X2 already beats every BB entries.

 

[eyixon]

god of war ps4 sucks, the story is nonexistent, characters are at best mediocre and at worst annoying, that bearded bald guy is Kratus in name only, characters and settings are tonally inconsistent, gameplay is janky and stiff, camera placement is horrible, every puzzle is a pushover, difficulty is super artificial due to the change in genre, and I didn't like any of the boss fights
I can talk about how much I hate this game for 10 hours because I am so disappointed

bruh, i didnt know it was that bad...

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i think this is because modern gamers(not just journalists) hate any sort of difficulty and want games to literally just play themselves

100% I wish we still had more old school gamers to set the record straight and start encouraging modern ones to take the challenge

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

A cancelled licensed game doesnt count as an unlicensed game

 

[Adrastia]

That would be too much lol , how about this hotcake , video game dialouge should consist of a round 20 words at most

Ok. But they have to be really long words. Really long Welsh style words. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Sometimes, as good as a beta could look like, a release can still be ultimately be the better product.

Half-Life²'s beta is fascinating yet I feel like if it was released as such back in 2003 (or early 2004) it could've been disappointing or not as praised as the current game is.

Still, for preservation's sake, we still need to have some access to those betas like with Duke Nukem Forever from 2001.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Ok. But they have to be really long words. Really long Welsh style words. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

A solution but the player base will need to come up with translation because Welsh style words are impossible to read

 

[KaiserMk7]

Maddeningly difficult-to-navigate videogame settings are perfectly fine.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

- Engrish is legitimately charming. I can excuse older games having it as long as it's not misleading the player.

- UIs/HUDs that are intra-diegetic (ie: existing within the game's world) are immersive but I'd also rather have an easier readability at the cost of immersion. If a game makes the players having a harder time understanding their HP because of realism it fails at that simple gaming rule.

 

[KaiserMk7]

- Engrish is legitimately charming. I can excuse older games having it as long as it's not misleading the player.

- UIs/HUDs that are intra-diegetic (ie: existing within the game's world) are immersive but I'd also rather have an easier readability at the cost of immersion. If a game makes the players having a harder time understanding their HP because of realism it fails at that simple gaming rule.

Does Metroid Prime/2 do that sort of UI and HUD well?

 

[MasterEn]

Does Metroid Prime/2 do that sort of UI and HUD well?

i would say the games do. all of that stuff is supposed to be in samus' helmet. so she is seeing the info as well, so; it shouldn't be considered immersion breaking.

 

[werewolfx]

There were just as many "bad games" back in the day as now.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Does Metroid Prime/2 do that sort of UI and HUD well?

i would say the games do. all of that stuff is supposed to be in Samus' helmet. so she is seeing the info as well, so; it shouldn't be considered immersion breaking.

Well, the UI is literally the helmet which is a genius choice from Retro Studio. Not only that but also very readable.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

• I personally don't like calling A Link to the Past "Zelda 3" simply because, while it's the third entry in the franchise, is not a sequel to Adventure of Link. I don't see anybody calling Link's Awakening (or Ocarina of Time if people only count home console releases as the mainline ones) "Zelda 4".

• I know that it's mostly older fans using that term since it was teased with this name back when the SNES was coming yet I feel like it's abuse of language. It should've even been called "Zelda 0" if we wanted to count the timeline back then. It's the same issue with PSX for the PS1 when the PSX is a specific PS2 model but I'm also used to that name to make sure I'm talking about the first model of the brand.

• Also I don't consider Yoshi's Island to be part of the Super Mario Bros series simply because while it's called Super Mario World 2 (despite being a prequel) it's also a game with a different playable character, a different gameplay (yes, it's platforming but not with the same mechanics) and if DKC and Wario Land are seen as separate series then this one as well.