/arcade/ - vidya gaems and other gaems too

>>196
Forget the games, the *mods* are what was up.
Brainbread, The Specialists, Action HL/Quake, Firearms, Zombie Panic, Jaykin' Bacon, I could go on for hours. Where would we be right now without Carmack?

Does anyone play Day of Defeat?

>>196
Older games are creative & fun first; accountants (aka Bachelor of Business types) being in upper management don't get that but are the ones making the decisions.

It's not just the video-gaming industry either. Boeing is a most obvious example of what happens when only accountants are in charge.

I simply don't have the mechanical skill for Arena FPS. I have this painfully slow tracking muscle memory that doesn't keep up on any reasonable sensitivity. I've accepted just being a spectator in that respect.

Any of you guys play hldm? What's your opinion on wallgauss? Personally, I think it's an element of skill, like learning smoke lineups in counter strike. But I know it's very controversial in the community. Either way, I think hldm is pretty fun.

>>2332
The rivalry continues…

>>2314
Third pic goes hard.

>>2334
Glad you like it.

Went to my college's Smash local as a spectator, got cocky and fought some Bowser player way out of my league for a few matches. Didn't say anything big, just thanked him for playing against a massive scrub. It reminded me that I love WATCHING and analyzing games but I don't have any mechanical skill of my own.

>>2338
Play more games then.

i was real big into TFC back in the day. anyone got the rent vs shark on openfire ?

EG Momochi vs MCZ Daigo Umehara - Stunfest 2015 Grand Final - CPT 2015

The tf2 competative scene absolutely sucks because the format is fundamentally broken, the scene is dominated by basically just one team and has been forever, and the meta is incredibly stale with very little will to experiment. Nonetheless, I think it can be one of the most thrilling esports with highly pog moments.

>>1830
b4nny is a genuinely nice guy but yeah. Wish the game was playable in pubs.

>>1830
I prefer the Heavy or Spy POV; ones that emphasize the little nuances on how a guy positions himself against his team. I don't really learn anything from it though.

sanrio thread?
https://youtu.be/ft3bnFIrqXU?

Also, Ape Escape seems to be one of those games that has radical changes when it comes to region localization.
I ended up playing the American release [NTSC], and from seeing some comparisons, it seems like the European version had much better Voice Acting. But things like the UI seem much more stylized.
It is not Ace Combat 3 JP/Us and Europe tier, but there are differences here and there.
Which one would sushi pick?

Not a full video game, but I finished the Twilight Forest mod from Minecraft. It's a weird feeling, actually. I liked a lot of bosses, but didn't really like the huge castles and areas because it's super tedious and long to go through them. The best thing to do tbh is to skip these huge areas and go to the top of them by bridging or an elytra. The only boss I really had a problem with technical-wise was the hydra. It just wouldn't work when I fought it. It eventually worked, but not without a lot of pain. After that though, it was a cute boss fight. A lot of the boss fights are simple, but still very charming, like the ghast boss fight. You had to draw him in with a ghast trap and hit him when he's temporarily trapped. The biomes are also really nice as well. I'm going to have a lot of use for the flat biomes for sure. Finally, when I went to the final area to fight the final boss, I knew that it was never finished. The mod has been notorious for that. However, I really didn't mind, and even preferred it in a way. It may feel cathartic to some people, but I'm just glad I'm done fighting the bosses. I just fought all of them in a span of two days.

When I finally beat the game, there was a sense of completion that I usually feel for games that were in my backlog. It's an odd feeling. I knew about this mod, but never played it. I had no connection to it at all, but still, I think the fact that it's so old makes me feel similarly to those other games. I feel like I've completed a part of Minecraft history.

Been playing a lot of Quake recently. Mostly Arcane Dimensions. Very good stuff, everything from core mechanics to visuals is significantly improved, without going out of style. Many new weapons and monsters too, and the best thing is maps, those are heavenly good. I did finish it yesterday, and today gave a try to some standalone maps from Siteseer. Found this gem on 2-3 screenshots in the latest Black Fog Zine. Quite small, but very well made and with a nice final fight.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is probably the best mario kart i've ever played. All the cool technical stuff you can do while still being a relatively simple and streamlined process compared to Mario Kart DS or Mario Kart Wii is really refreshing and makes me more engaged in learning the game on a competitive level. Time Trials are really fun.

Just finished Burnout 1 for the PS2. Great game with very fun gameplay. I would usually just play music over it while playing. I found the game to be very lenient at times, so I never was stuck in one place for very long. There's very obvious rubber banding, but it's really good rubber banding (unlike Mario Kart for the N64) where the racers behind you will be close, but not too close and the one in front of you will slow down or screw up more often. I kept that in mind when playing since the goal was to have fun instead of challenge myself to become better. I had a lot of fun doing that and I even made the top scores for best lap and best race a few times. Overall, pretty solid game that I really enjoyed playing. I probably won't be playing Burnout 2 any time soon, but I know if I do, it's probably going to be just as good.

I'm actually revisiting a childhood (and family) favorite game, Diablo 2 with Project Diablo 2. It's a hell of a mod. It's a perfect mix of vanilla diablo 2 with rebalancing and actual "unique" uniques with good end game content. lots of fun builds now viable. It's great.

I've been only playing on Battle.net. The peeps there aren't half bad.

For anyone interested on what I am running, I finished an frozon and got bored of her. Building on an enchantress with a unique bow with multishot. It's REALLY fun, but I've rediscovered the Passion runeword with Zeal. Idk what I want now!

>>1210
Street Fighter II is now 30 years old….

>>1302
Interested in the official Diablo II Remaster?

>>1376
Diablo II: Resurrected seems to have more players than Diablo4. Haha.

I love Morrowind. I have multiple characters with different classes and like, two in which I wasn't allowed to die once. I definitely recommend trying out Tamriel Rebuilt. It has a bunch of new quests and areas. I've been playing Burnout 1 for the PS2. It's actually a very fun racing game that takes place on highways, so you have to avoid cars. I'm also recommending Starwars Battlefront II for the PS2. I loved that game so much. I would play it for hours after school to the point where I got legendary on all the medals. I have no idea how many hours I put into it. It's a StarWars video game where you play as a soldier trying to capture control points and killing other (usually AI) soldiers. The gameplay is really smooth, the battlegrounds are nice to look at still imo, and the narrator really adds flavor and charm to the game. Highly recommended. Finally, check out some of those Wii games you missed. Mario Galaxy I and II are great platformers, Mario Kart Wii still has an active playerbase and is seen as the GOAT of Mario Kart games (with tons of modded content too), and Smash Bros Wii has what most people would say is the best story in all of the Smash Bros games. So really, yea, a lot of the greatest titles / achievements are on the Wii. Also, I recommend the Wii sports games and Wii Resort because those are just plain fun.

>>964
>Well pants isn't something you can wear unless you're a woman
That is very close-minded.

>>977
>That is very close-minded.
It's better that way

>>892
I prefer its competition, AZURE LANE.

>>892
The History Behind Kantai Collection
https://youtu.be/4IuCBj7WB0o

I prefer Azure Lane.

I just finished da capo 1, personally I really liked it even though it's quite trope-filled and a cliched. I found that aspect kind of charming personally, but I could see how it might put people off.
Now I'm reading Kazoku Keikaku, which seems like a strange case to me. It seems to always make it's way onto top lists of VNs in japan, but it seems like people in the west don't care about it as much. Even though I just started it today, I'm already really enjoying it.

>>2213
I read the first 2 9-nine games and I really did not enjoy them, I do not see what people get out of it. Kiniro loveriche is pretty good, it's kind of like the best yuzusoft game except it wasn't even made by yuzusoft if you get what I mean. I think how you react to the Ria route will make or break your feelings about it overall.

>>2187
Oh, I love Higurashi! I used 07th mod to get lip sync on the sprites.

Finished reading Cyanotype Daydream, my favorite VN in a long time and I highly recommend it.
It tells several separate stories that are enjoyable and unique in their own right and then successfully melds them into something greater.

anyone's buying since memories? the premise sounds awesome but i know nothing about the dev nor the writer.

>>2204
I have finished the second part to Kara no Shoujo story. I have no thoughts, I just suffer.

Little big planet

Have any of you sushis tried webfishing? it's pretty comfy and fun

>>2312
I can vouch for this since a lot of the friends I have online have gotten very into it. It seems like a very comfy little chatroom game. Wish there were more games like it that kind of just come up with silly ways to create avatars and hang out in a virtual space.

>>2312
>>2313

How would you compare webfishing to something like VR Chat? Is it that kind of active interaction or is it more slowed-down and text-based or something?

>>2312
I love it. Me, my bf and friends spend time there just fishing and chatting in a code-lobby. we stopped for a bit because of the pool staffs kindly advising us that the pond is closed because the pond has aids and they were so thoughtful to take control of host commands and kick us <3 /s
Just has the usual early chatting platform hiccups atm. Nothing serious. I do find it amusing that they are bringing back the pool's closed meme.

>>2321
The only thing the two have in common, really, is the chatting and social aspect of the game. You have an avatar you can customize and the chat is txt based. The game is alot closer to Animal crossing's multiplayer than VR chat.

You'll be fishing or treasure hunting, playing guitar or drawing on the map while chatting with other folks in the lobby along the way. While interacting and playing with the few grief tools the game has like the boxing glove to push folks around (You can toggle the grief option off if that is not your style.)
It's silly fun.

Pic rel this was our first "big" catches :)

>>2235
Last years' Dead Space was a good remake too, but totally not necessary. I guess it was just a right move from the Excel spreadsheet standpoint. I wish big companies experimented more with new IPs, new ideas… This is why I go out of my way to learn about cool indie games and don't really bother with big series.

Personally, I liked the original Resident Evil REmake. It felt like an improvement on the original bringing back pure survival horror. The prerendered backgrounds still look gorgeous too. Its an example of a remake done right. Generally, remakes are too faithful to the original or they change too much that they loose a connection to the source material. A good remake should be an alternative spin on the original, it has to get the spirit and feel of the original without being a predictable rehash. REmake nails this perfectly. The newer Resi remakes feel more like homages to the originals but I'm just happy to see some new survival horror.

Really they shouldn't remake classics but old games that were good but fell short and remained cult classics. I'd rather see a Clocktower remake than SH2.

>>2234
>It definitely must suck seeing your favourite game warped and twisted to modern, politically correct standards.
Yeah it does. I've not been following the news on SH2. I'm really not looking forward to the remake. Did they remove the abstract rape scenes or something? Its pretty central to the plot of SH2. Why remake it anyway? SH2 was so good there's really not that much to build upon. Its near perfect as it is. You want to make a cynical cash grab? Just rerelease it simple. Its probably gonna flop anyway because hardcore SH2 fans won't buy it and most gamers these days have zero interest in horror that isn't the same Slender Friday Night and Freddy cheap jumpscare game.

>what irks me is that these remakes that have been coming out lately are for games that aren't even that old.
Corpos borrow strategies. Disney pumps out remakes because they know the children that watched this stuff in the 90s and 2000s are now adults with kids of their own, so they can appeal to people's nostalgia. I'm guessing video game corpos are just aping this trend. It doesn't make sense in SH2's case because I can't imagine introducing kids to that game and most gamers these days hate a narrative heavy single player horror. Since creative decisions are now made by suits and gaming is less auteur driven, the winning strategic is formula = $$$ so just mass produce stuff according to established formulas. Its why everything is so samey now. Remakes are low effort and low risk. Its basically rehashing anPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

I understand that some games simply cannot be accessed anymore and the only way to provide them is to make a port/remake, but I don't see the need to remake good games other than a quick cash grab. Demon's Souls certainly could have used a remake since it was a tech demo at best, but Silent Hill 2 doesn't need it. Resident Evil 1 had some nice quality changes, like preserving the direction you're moving across screen changes without moving the joystick. The newer REs with the 3rd person camera are junk if you ask me. At that level of investment, I think you would have a better time calling it something else.

I liked the RE4 remake it felt different enough from the original that it was fun to play through again and it didn't kill my desire to ever play the old one either

HD remasters of early 3D games with shitty graphics (or early 2D games without color) can be good if they're faithful and just strict graphical upgrades, but remakes are basically always bad. In theory they can be good when the original creators weren't able to achieve their vision because of technical limitations or production issues and want to go back and do it right, but in practice only games that were popular enough to sell on brand recognition get picked for remaking and those achieved that reputation by already being good. At best you get to buy the same game a second time but with a little bit of its soul sucked out. At worst you get a generic modern game wearing the skin of a classic to trick people into forking over cash. It's really telling how they stopped trying to replace the originals and are now trying to have them exist alongside the originals.