Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2ED7:3508:12B2:7608:C87C-20190928212228

The 2D Sonic games are great in the way that at first, they are kinda labyrinthy but wherever you go, you will make it to the finish. It also includes secret areas and passageways. And if you replay it, you can figure out the fastest route to the finish, thus kinda changing the experience since the different routes do differ a decent amount in some levels and also intersect at various points. Actually, Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 are pretty similar in that way. And the Chaos Garden rocks. When I played it for the first time, I easily swept through the Super Mario Bros. games, including Super Mario World. They are super easy and basic platformers in my opinion. No idea how you wouldn't make it to the finish in your first try, unless you are just starting out as a gamer. Also, Japanese SMB2 is what I consider to be the actual SMB2. That Doki Doki Panic game is just a different game. You can just fly over most levels in Super Mario World. It's similar in Kirby where you can also just skip a lot. Not a fan of those kinda design choices/possibilities. Sonic 1 had the chaos emeralds in the big rings at the end of a stage and Sonic 2 had them at those savepoints, provided you had 50 rings of course. Good to know, thanks. So I can easily just never play those titles. And yeah, some people praise those two games to the heavens, for some reason. The DK arcade changes between the versions are interesting. Don't think I would play it though since it's too much of the same. Absolutely. And even if you don't buy it, the .pdf is definitely worth it.

It's unfortunate but that just what happens when one MMO becomes too successful. And as you say, early WoW isn't even bad, the difficulty is definitely there and you can die during questing and such. However, over the years it has become easier, lamer and in general, just worse. Unfortunately, other MMOs copied that style and there is/was a race to the bottom when it came to difficulty. There are enough MMOs these days where you auto-run to everything, your character uses potions automatically etc. Ah, you also gain tons of exp these days. I played Aion several months ago and I actually reached level 80 (max level) in a week IIRC. That was actually a change made later down the line: "You can’t be stopped! The improved level progression of levels 1 through 75 ensure a more rapid and entertaining ascension. Enjoy a reworked and captivating story." Such bs. I didn't even need to do all the quests in the game or barely any even and one quest at your level gave you at least 1/3 to your next level. So terrible. Basically, modern MMOs aren't really worth playing. I dunno, I thought of Kefka more as being a joke, comedic relief basically since he did and said stupid things. And yes, that's the point. He lucked into destroying the world. The actual emperor was the one that got things done. I think the first part was interesting story-wise and battle-wise while the second part basically had no interesting battles IIRC. Getting the party together was what you had to do after all. It's still a pretty good game, with awesome music and memorable scenes (the opera was great). But Kefka is definitely way overrated.

Sounds like they just tried to do something to see whether it sticks. Basically, try out how how the new media can be used. Of course, experimentation is always fun to see, especially when looking back.

Haha, I wouldn't call them hardcore but at least my friends had decent taste when it came to games. Also, since you mentioned Fifa, I don't think any of them played those kind of sports games. Some of them were also decently good at games in general (of course, not as good as I am :P (maybe with one exception who was on a similar level)). Yep. Especially Valve did an unfortunately good job (seeing how popular Steam is) buying the developers of mods or small games. If you look at the ones they actually developed themselves...there isn't much: Half Life 1, 2 and Artifact (which was a huge flop). Team Fortress, Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, Garry's Mod, Portal, Left for Dead, Alien Swarm, Dota Underlords, all done by other people who were then just bought. Even their Source Engine came from id originally. They just modified it along the way. Did it? At least I had no issues playing AoE II on my Windows 7 PC, hehe. It had some charm in its game and campaigns. Empire Earth was kinda different, less charm but technically better missions/mission design.

Hm, really don't think I've played any of those events. Maybe I just was busy with different ones when they were a thing (likely during Christmas etc?). 15k matches? Addict. That's an issue I have with game development in general. I see including the fanbase in game development as a negative. They aren't designers or developers, so they shouldn't voice too strong opinions. Of course, having some general ideas is fine but wanting a specific direction in certain things is annoying. Also, I want to play a game from the developers, not from fans or supporters. Additionally, a lot of people who are resonable don't bother with any kind of social media, as such they can't give any feedback...or they just straight up have no time for that. Studios forget that some vocal people are only some vocal people, nothing more. The vast majority of people doesn't give any feedback at all. Actually, it's not just studios but companies in general who give way too much attention to Twitter mobs and the like...

Yes. I have no interest in digital goodies either. Digital manuals, digital maps, urgh. And the price being that high for a digital game disqualifies it anyway. They were half games and that's why they also mostly cost less than half of a full-price game. They actually do give a lot of features via normal patches as well. It's just that some DLC is basically mandatory while some other isn't. I do agree that it's overpriced and they are sucking people dry. The main issue is that they aren't reinvesting that money into the series but are expanding by buying IPs or new studios (Triumph Studios would be the most relevant to you but also White Wolf and its IPs). They have released Stellaris and Imperator: Rome on GOG...and it's very likely they will release the current Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron game after they are done releasing all DLCs. The main issue is that the focus in development lay on Steam, so integration with GOG wasn't planned. Also, GOG isn't a fan of mass-DLCs, so it will come as a Complete Edition most likely. After all, their older games of those series are already on GOG. I have no clue and have actually asked the same before. Not having Siedler there is such a shame. I wish they would tell us that it's because of reason X. And regarding the Kickstarter game that I backed: Realms Beyond. If you look at the graphics style, it's basically exactly what I want. https://www.realms-beyond.com/forum/index.php?topic=193.0 But yeah, I'm not sure whether they will sell it physically after release. Then again, I also haven't been paying attention in that regard since I will definitely get mine.

Wading through the trash wastes too much time. And I'm generally not a fan of monetization and prefer if people do things for fun or entertainment. Otherwise it has a way different character and often time, it's also noticable. Hehe, I get that. But then again, you can always watch games you have already played and can help the streamer out if he/she wants that. Alternatively you can watch a game where you can't be spoilered or anything like that. For instance, watching Europa Universalis IV would definitely help you with the game mechanics if you play it yourself at a later point. Reply girls? Are you talking about the video replies which used to be a thing on Youtube? Even back then I never paid attention to anything of that sort. For me, it was more about AMVs and some random stuff. I stick with how my memory and age treat it. That way, things never change, hehe.

Exactly. I remember Afreeca (the Korean live-streaming service...I think it was the first proper and big one in the world even) using it which was why I installed it many, many years ago. Ouch. That's why you don't deal with Windows 10. If some games require Windows 10...easy, I will just not buy and play those games. Money saved. Ah, ok. Yeah, I see three different options for Japanese (Shift_JIS, ISO-2022-JP and EUC-JP). Never used any of them though.

Pff, Editor all the way. Just embrace the mistakes and never ever re-read your posts.