SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman, 2 dni temu

You look like you could use some… Surgery…

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SnotFlickerman, 19 dni temu

Insult Sword Fighting taken to a new level.

SnotFlickerman, 20 dni temu

I’m gonna love/hate this game just like the original.

SnotFlickerman, 23 dni temu

Justin Roiland hasn’t been with Squanch Games since the abuse allegations and lawsuit regarding his sexual harassment of an employee. Roiland was not named specifically in the suit, but the suit was settled out of court and Roiland left Squanch at the same time, so we can all put 2 and 2 together and make “Roiland is a disgusting freak.”

He wasn’t even in the DLC from the first game, High on Knife.

So yeah, no worries on that front.

SnotFlickerman, 23 dni temu

They lost their main VA because he’s a creep. I wonder if they’re gonna hire the same guys Adult Swim hired to replace Roiland on Rick and Morty. The obviously had to emphasize something other than the voice acting, so they went with the skateboarding mechanic.

SnotFlickerman, 23 dni temu

The story in 1 was also weak. When you’ve got shit like Disco Elysium out there, the pandering “ooh capitalism is big bad” while also not giving it a serious critique falls pretty flat.

The trailer for 2 even jokes about how its “by capitalism.”

SnotFlickerman, 24 dni temu

Absolutely. Fucking. Hyped.

Patapon was one of my favorite PSP games. Always wanted it outside of the PSP. Ratatan looks amazing!

SnotFlickerman, 24 dni temu

That might be more suited to me, I feel wrecked by Ratatan already because it wants me to keep up a beat and control my herald for my Ratatans outside of the beat. That might be more than I can handle haha.

SnotFlickerman, 25 dni temu

Shades of the Neverhood.

SnotFlickerman, 25 dni temu

Bonus: you also get to play as a pretty boy.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

To be clear, the early 2D series of Sonic was relatively story-light, the detailed stories and characters didn’t really arrive until Sonic Adventure. Some of these you will need emulators on your PC to play. Make sure you have a good gamepad, either an Xbox controller or PS4/PS5 controller or a knockoff in the same style are ideal.

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Best 2D Sonic (light on story, heavy on gameplay): Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Close 2nd 2D Sonic: Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles

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Best 3D Sonic (heavy on story and gameplay): Sonic Adventure

Close 2nd 3D Sonic: Sonic Adventure 2

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3D “Sonic” with a cult following: Shadow the Hedgehog

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Honorable Mention because it’s so fun in terms of gameplay and story: Sonic Generations and/or Shadow Generations

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

If I recall correctly it’s related to licensing issues with the person who composed the original music in Sonic 3. Some people see it as evidence of the rumor that Michael Jackson was involved in the Sonic 3 music development.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

Holy shit somehow no one has mentioned:

Nier Automata

It counts as a masterpiece because of how well it blends game design, gameplay and story. I have played very few games as thoughtful, or that weaved the gameplay together into the story it was telling in such a meaningful way. I never thought once in my life that I would think philosophically about bullet hell but somehow Nier Automata has something profound to say and even manages to say it using bullet hell as a gameplay mechanic.

On top of all this, it also has a lot to say about classical philosophers, their works, and honestly deeply subverts things they had to say. It asks tough questions about their thoughts and ideas, once again, through gameplay. Numerous characters are named for classical philosophers: Pascal, Jean-Paul, Simone, Engels, Immanuel… (Yoko Taro obviously has feelings about how Jean-Paul Sartre treated Simone de Beauvoir.)

Further, Yoko Taro is doing something that a lot of game developers fail to manage to do: He is embracing gaming as a storytelling medium and eschewing the traditional three-act arc from film. Because gaming is not film. As Marshall McLuhan posited, “the medium is the message” and unlike other developers Taro’s writing is aimed at the medium he is working in instead of leaning on the ropes and tropes of other mediums. (Referring back to above, tying the gameplay into the story, focusing on the medium)

It’s basically impossible to not break down into tears at the ending.

Don’t write it off because of the scantily clad anime women. Stay for the depth of the human condition. It is truly a masterwork in multiple respects.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

For a moment I thought you were talking about the Newsmax host and I was very offended and confused, but it looks like there is another, lesser known Chris Plante in gaming journalism.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

spoilerThe wild part is that he’s so good at subverting anime tropes, too. The “killing god” trope is mentioned in the first lines of the game… and then going on to battling the end credits themselves?? Literally killing the gods who created the world this all exists in? Taking it to the absurd yet logical extreme, so brilliant.

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SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

It actually is directly tied to the movies. The character who first gives Furiosa a chassis to build from isn’t quite as hunchbacked as in the game but he is credited as “Chumbucket!”

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

Yeah for a third person isometric RPG with non-linear branching storylines and deep thoughtful story, Disco Elysium positively blows BG3 out of the water.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

Props for DE being at the top of your list.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

Glad to see some love for Shenmue

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

From what I understand it is actually the most plot heavy Doom to date, so some people might actually care.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

I wholeheartedly agree… but then I think getting upset about spoilers is silly in general. If a plot point or piece of information wrecks a book/film/television show/video game for you, odds are it wasn’t a very quality one anyway.

Still, I try to respect that I’m deeply in the minority in that opinion.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Remember when people lost their shit over an Xbox console being all digital distribution and no ability to sell used games like 10 years ago maybe?

kotaku.com/that-xbox-one-reveal-sure-was-a-disast…

Nintendo fans are fucking masochists.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

No and they don’t plan to federate it. Not on their roadmap.

Further Matrix is guided by the Matrix Foundation, a non-profit group.

But I mean sure let’s just dump one for-profit app for another as if it won’t follow the same path.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

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SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Commander Shepard tried for both Liara and Ashley at the same time.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Ms. Huang knows whats up.

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SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Also Starcraft: Ghost

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

I don’t play CounterStrike or Team Fortress 2 because I’m not a god damned masochist.

In the end, I’m technically already boycotting them.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Quite possibly because it shared a lot of DNA with Halo which they don’t own anymore.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

Only semi-related: Why do they always show pictures of Gates when he hasn’t been involved in MS in a long time? Why never Satya Nadella?

EDIT: Also, yes, related to the actual question already living Linux full time and when October rolls around probably gonna back up everything from the Windows side of my dual-boot and wipe the 1TB NVMe Windows is on to use as storage.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Maybe, he is indeed looking hella rough in this photo.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

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You’re right, it’s really hard to fill the shoes of someone who abuses their power and position to try to hook up with women.

SnotFlickerman, 2 miesiące temu

Two words: Mario Paint

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

The sequel is just getting a Remaster, not a Remake. SS1 was a full remake, SS2 is just a remaster. No idea if they plan on giving it the SS1 treatment, and I don’t really care as long as multiplayer works in the remaster.

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

I am so hyped for this weird game!

Centering a service animal is dope!

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

The soundtrack alone is still a must-play for me.

This one seems like it’s going to have a similarly great soundtrack.

I want to wad you up into my life

Let’s lump up to make a single star in the sky

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

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The worm one was Noby Noby Boy.

I think it’s interesting to note here that he was the Director of the first two Katamaris, Director/Designer of Noby Noby Boy, but from there on out is just a designer. I think it shows that not only does he want to work with other people but that he doesn’t necessarily want full creative control as much as he values the input from others in creative ideas.

Which also makes it a little frustrating that all the games are still marketed as “From the Creator of Katamari Damacy!” while it seems like he’s just another designer on a team and he’s happy with that. More like the businesses use him as a marketing gimmick, maybe?

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

I just want it to still have co-op so I can play with a friend who uses a different skill tree and we can complement our skills.

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

Like Musk, Zuckerberg is just trying to create a world where people actually like him.

Also like Musk, he will fail.

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

Chrono Trigger Is Timeless

I see what you did there.

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

If space dwarves drinking, burping, and dancing isn’t innovation then who needs innovation?

For Karl!

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

AMA

So, are you a masochist in other aspects of your life, too?

The video worked excellently, just so you know.

SnotFlickerman, 3 miesiące temu

Damn, incredibly sad. Soul Reaver was a relatively unique game at the time and had interesting writing and ideas.

SnotFlickerman, 4 miesiące temu

They ought to be doing it with Dreamcasts since pirating games for DC was way easier.

SnotFlickerman, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

To me, this is different choices in player autonomy/agency. No player is truly autonomous in a game world, but giving the player choices and having the choices have outcomes that actually impact the gameworld makes it feel like it’s your own agency making the choice.

For example, why would I eat the fish in Nier Automata? Doing so kills me. Why would they give me the option to have a game-ending early on in the game based on eating a fish? Because in giving you the choice to do so, they’ve given you a level of autonomy. They let you find out for yourself what the consequences are, and the consequences make sense in the context of the game world.

Rockstar is bad at respecting player agency, but you know what the worst was in my experience?

Hogwarts Legacy. (Note: I pirated this trash to not give Rowling any money)

Right off the bat, at the beginning of the game, you’re meant to follow your Professor through a dark seemingly endless empty space. If you leave the side of your Professor, nothing terrible happens, just big red scary words cover the screen saying you’ve failed because you lost track of the Professor.

In a game that actually respects player agency, you wouldn’t just be like “Hey, you’re doing THIS MISSION WRONG” (which is basically what the message said in nicer terms), you would give the player an actual event showing why it was dangerous.

What would be so hard about animating a shadowy horror coming out of the shadows and snatching you, instantly killing you? At least then you have learned why you shouldn’t venture alone. Because there are scary monsters in the dark and they could kill you! This respects the players agency by allowing them to explore but also giving them clear limits that fit the theme of the world in which they exist. There’s definitely scary horrors in Harry Potter, and a myriad of things that could kill a new student. We don’t see any of them, just big all caps “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!”

The game would pose further issues, like not being able to jump over obstacles that your character is clearly jumping higher than. Invisible walls is another thing which disrespects player agency and breaks world immersion.

It’s been a while since I played it, but the whole game was crammed to the gills with these kind of wag of the finger “we didn’t tell you to play that way so don’t” instead of using compelling story-based reasons to keep people from doing those things.

SnotFlickerman, 4 miesiące temu

I also read that on release, Star Wars Outlaws that being seen during a stealth mission was an insta-fail.

Unlike, say, Alien Isolation where you get to see yourself swallowed up by the Xenomorph when you fail.

Apparently they sent an update to Outlaws that changed that, because people hated it obviously.

SnotFlickerman, 4 miesiące temu

Shorter answer: games give us what real life refuses to give us anymore.

Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose.

They give us autonomy to complete things how we see fit in the frameworks given. They give us an opportunity to master a set of skills. Finally, the story gives us purpose and drive to continue the “work.”

SnotFlickerman, 4 miesiące temu

Achievement Unlocked: Get a raise!