tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post8242406804287391585..comments2024-03-28T13:24:46.023-07:00Comments on The GAME OVERTHINKER: EPISODE 79: "In Praise of Clones"MovieBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226832228090053258noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-27850939938112135142013-04-28T18:44:12.335-07:002013-04-28T18:44:12.335-07:00I like how the Super Mario Land music played as Iv...I like how the Super Mario Land music played as Ivan flew by... Also, the Nintendo Power magazine... *sigh*<br /><br />Wait, IS Bad Dudes available on the Wii? I honestly forgot...<br /><br />"clones" huh? I dunno, if something is similar to something else, that doesn't necessarily make it bad. Hell, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is clearly aping the Mario Kart aesthetic, but I think it's superior to, say, Mario Kart 7 is SO many ways.<br /><br />I never really thought about gambling online because I don't gamble. I think it's stupid, and I don't get that same "thrill" as others do when they gamble.<br /><br />So yeah, don't dismiss games outright because they choose to use something similar to a previous game.<br /><br />So the red guy's the Devil? That's... well, I'll be honest, I feel that's a LITTLE anti-climactic. I dunno, I feel like once "the devil" gets involved, it's almost like a "jumping of the shark" moment... Unless this is simply a different guy who most people associate with the devil, which seems like is what you're going for.<br /><br />So now he's just gone? What was all that about?!<br /><br />Also, how could you go through that list of licensed beat-'em-ups and yet not mention The Simpsons, yet mention freaking C.O.W.boys of Moo Mesa?! Which I actually remember, pathetic as it sounds.<br /><br />But yeah, I get what he's saying, and I agree. Templates are fine, just use them in different ways, whether it be narrative or visuals or whatever.<br /><br />OH, a link to the Extra Credits episode about Spec Ops: The Line! Yeah, those guys rock! I like hearing them talk about games...<br /><br />OH, The Binding of Isaac! I REALLY want to play that game, since I love Super Meat Boy so much! And Braid, that's a very thinky game, nice for discussions and interpretations.<br /><br />Back to the story, oh boy... You know, it's funny, I was wondering why Pyrothinker and Cryothinker were still part of the opening credits even though they're dead... See, that always bothered me about openings, sometimes they spoil, and it's annoying. You know what's annoying? How the screen went "Oh shit! Cryothinker's back!" I HAVE EYES, YOU FREAKING COCKFACE! I don't need you to tell me how I should feel about a given situation!<br /><br />...Although it is funny how both straw ninjas are basically just standing around and gloating while Retrothinker sneaks around them. They're funny like that.<br /><br />...Sorry about the cockface comment, I just felt it was approrpiate in conveying how freaking annoyed I was with that shit.Smashmatt202https://www.blogger.com/profile/05993678210896932119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-66094880141599801742012-12-31T14:45:55.687-08:002012-12-31T14:45:55.687-08:00When it comes to games, fun's the thing. Inno...When it comes to games, fun's the thing. Innovation helps fun, and is needed, but not in great strides.<br /><br />I cover this topic in my presentation "Fun, You, and Innovation"* found below:<br /><br />http://campbellgrege.com/work-listing/fun-you-and-innovation/<br /><br />*Because you always get caught in the middle.Endarirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928275094037235508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-88183736521818154132012-12-23T23:02:22.024-08:002012-12-23T23:02:22.024-08:00So... after going through the comments I've co...So... after going through the comments I've come to the conclusion that no one here can ever reach a conclusion. I hear something from one side and I go "Hhm, that sounds reasonable" then I hear something from the other and I think, "Oh, so that's how it is, well I guess this makes more sense." And then the side from before then counters that point or says they didn't get it right and it just goes on and on and on.<br /><br />I've come to the conclusion that, even if I don't always agree with his points, that I need to just assume that Sabre is the person I should trust the most in these discussions.<br /><br />As to the video itself, I was just boggled by it simply because it seemed to go completely against Bob's usual arguments (Not his motives or goal mind you, just how he goes about it). And I also believe that the lead up to the actual topic is too. Freaking. Painfully. Long. It made me long for the story I don't care about simply because stuff is actually happening in it instead of "two" guys not talking for long periods and occasionally making short comments in a semi realistic way in order to set up a discussion that the video should have just started with. I read the title of the video, you don't need to pretend that this is an organic conversation that just happened to come up.Specter Von Barenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392664888363510085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-56009079788550581242012-12-17T19:46:05.884-08:002012-12-17T19:46:05.884-08:00From BuffaloBeast.com, this is a much better anti-...From BuffaloBeast.com, this is a much better anti-Obama argument (that does compare him with Bush) that anything James could ever scrap together<br /><br /><i>6) Barack Obama<br />Crimes: A post-constitutional demagogue who ran on closing Guantanamo Bay, and ended up signing away Americans’ right to trial. But you can’t blame him for it. Really. Because he’ll be out of office when it begins. The guy is literally ordering flying robots to murder people throughout the Arab world — Americans even — but if you call him a fascist people think you’re in league with Glenn Beck or Lyndon LaRouche. While playing ninja assassin abroad, he takes a decidedly different tact with the terrorists at home, often folding to the whims of insane Republicans like so much origami. In too many ways, his first term may as well have been Bush’s third — with weak Wall St. regulations, an unconscionable war on medical marijuana and whistle-blowers, and total inaction on global warming. Seemingly more concerned with the rights and prosperity of those in the Middle East, his silence on the often violent OWS crackdowns was nothing short of galling.<br />Smoking Gun: “I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters. The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere.”<br />Sentence: Toothy head from Jonathan Chait.</i><br /><br />Source: http://buffalobeast.com/the-50-most-loathsome-americans/3/KaiKasparekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949304087156615911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-28181667600356311752012-12-17T15:34:26.025-08:002012-12-17T15:34:26.025-08:00That's actually an accurate description of a l...That's actually an accurate description of a lot of the Obama admin, that he's a quieter version of Bush.<br /><br />For example, he's deported as many illegal aliens as Bush ever did, more actually, but again he makes it quiet and less embarrassing. That's really the greatest sin of Bush, is that he was no more or less of an asshole than most politicians (I'm recalling a study years ago which found virtually ALL politicians had significant sociopathic tendencies) but he was a lot more open, vocal and "uncivilized" about it.<br /><br />Western civilization is no more enlightened now than it was when MY people (I'm black, BTW) used to be used as cheap farm equipment. The difference is that the west has developed this obsession with keeping its cataclysms as quiet and demure as possible. <br /><br />Now Obama's views on many social issues match my own, since he's nominally liberal (centrist actually but who cares, close enough) so on things like health care, taxes, etc I agree with Obama. <br /><br />But on the other hand, he's still a politician, and like all politicians, he's effectively a sociopath. I don't know about Bob or anyone else really but I realized a LONG time ago that you just write most politicians off as lost causes (morally, ethically) and vote for whichever one is going to kill the fewest poor people. That's Obama.Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-6195954500477800142012-12-17T15:26:03.161-08:002012-12-17T15:26:03.161-08:00If I may...
As a liberal, I did vote for Obama tw...If I may...<br /><br />As a liberal, I did vote for Obama twice, however in all honesty we also have to admit that--yes--the UCAV bombing raids in Pakistan and Afghanistan are some pretty fucked up shit, and kill many innocents for little gain.<br /><br />The best I can say, and this in no way a defense of such tactics, is that Obama kind of talked himself into a corner by deriding direct military actions such as in Iraq while at the same time KNOWING he had to do something about the terror camps and such throughout the region.<br /><br />Too clever by half, you dig?<br /><br />So, with no other option (or, no option that wouldn't have meant political suicide and been extremely embarrassing for liberals in general and democrats in particular) Obama had to just cut his losses and keep literally bombing Pakistan into the stone age. <br /><br />The thing is that the Democrats in particular and liberals in general have a vaguely isolationist view about geopolitics, or more so a "it's everyone's problem not just ours" kind of doublethink going on, citizen of the world and globalization and yadda yadda...and because of this they can't do what the neocons want to do which is just invade anyone who openly poses a threat.<br /><br />Now, obviously, that's not a perfect solution either--there is no good or bad answer, it's war it's a bad idea from the start. But its also dishonest for liberal to pretend that Obama somehow stopped the slaughter, or whatever, because it's still happening. What Obama managed to do, and why our image in the world is much better now, is he managed to make it:<br /><br />A--distant<br />B--quiet<br />C--with robots<br /><br />So people around the world, or those whose opinions matter anyway, don't care. Some like China have monstrous human rights histories and wouldn't care one way or the other if we nuked the entire Mid East. Others, like the EU states, only "care" inasmuch as we keep the grim and gritty holocaust remake to a dull roar.<br /><br />So yeah. It's not UNTRUE to say that Obama is just as much of an asshole as Bush, it's simply that Obama is (for lack of a better word) "more east coast" or, even more bluntly, he does less to affront the allegedly enlightened worldview of white, western, First World civilization.<br /><br />That's not Bush apologia, that's just reality.Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-47283592257152267612012-12-16T21:27:33.121-08:002012-12-16T21:27:33.121-08:00Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me...Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me: will you ever admit you were totally wrong about Other M? <br />I man seriously man, those two vids are constantly posted as jokes now.<br /><br />Also the Simpsons defense was pretty weak too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-32607228480496972522012-12-16T12:52:37.005-08:002012-12-16T12:52:37.005-08:00Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me...Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me: how many people will Obama have to kill before you admit he's as bad as Bush?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-80684190700882448352012-12-16T12:39:21.836-08:002012-12-16T12:39:21.836-08:00Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me...Bob, I will keep harassing you until you answer me: how many people will Obama have to kill before you admit he's as bad as Bush?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-63908060229490587992012-12-16T12:17:59.128-08:002012-12-16T12:17:59.128-08:00Answer me, coward.Answer me, coward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-63447758971621829002012-12-15T13:21:20.888-08:002012-12-15T13:21:20.888-08:00Keep deleting my posts, Bob, but I will keep askin...Keep deleting my posts, Bob, but I will keep asking until you grow a pair and own up to your hypocrisy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-16380355656252152382012-12-13T23:46:38.264-08:002012-12-13T23:46:38.264-08:00Interesting Blog...really enjoy while reading..reInteresting Blog...really enjoy while reading..reAngry Birdshttp://www.parksonsgames.com/abtradingcards/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-6915627890190877132012-12-13T02:23:52.144-08:002012-12-13T02:23:52.144-08:00Really liking the back and fourth between the over...Really liking the back and fourth between the over thinker and the retro thinkerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668155677740636476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-82216759392826752682012-12-12T20:41:07.952-08:002012-12-12T20:41:07.952-08:00Nice PS3 behind retrothinker this episode, but why...Nice PS3 behind retrothinker this episode, but why is it in the kitchen? Wait a second!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-50597784039346274252012-12-12T20:16:42.502-08:002012-12-12T20:16:42.502-08:00Most of the hate was the extreme disconnect: A sin...Most of the hate was the extreme disconnect: A single firewarrior taking on hundreds of foes on his first day just broke their suspension of disbelief. <br /><br />A space marine Captain with over 200 years of battle experience butchering hundreds of orks and Chaos abominations? <br /><br />Soundsaboutright.jpg Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-83275164604881070392012-12-12T15:38:35.253-08:002012-12-12T15:38:35.253-08:00"Oh, I love that game! Damn shame it never go..."Oh, I love that game! Damn shame it never got a sequel."<br /><br />Re[public Commando. My favourite Star Wars thing, ends on a cliffhanger, and no sequel. :(<br /><br />There was a game like Xcom but 40k, was for the DS, was called Squad Command, or something like that. The problem was, as with most warhammer games, they botched the execution.<br /><br />Dawn of War Dark Crusade is a classic game, and yet despite being a great RTS, it pales in comparison to the mod Firestorm Over Kronus. I was actually a tester on that, briefly.<br /><br />I can't remember if Final Liberation was real time or turn based. All I remember was that it was terrible, with awesome FMV scenes. You can see them on Youtube and are worth looking up. This is my favourite<br />http://youtu.be/LOi3CzZjV0M<br /><br />The problem with games based on Warhammer, as hinted at, is botched execution. The Relic RTS games were great, with Blood Bowl being ok, but I don't play much because I'm terrible at it. I think there was a fantasy game that was a knock off of total war, but never played it or heard of it since release (assuming I didn't dream it)<br /><br />Part of the reason is, ironically, something Bob once said "You can make a movie out of anything, but to do so you might have to rip it's guts out." It's a game where 8 billion people can die a horrible, torturous death, and be written off as 'acceptable losses', so making anything that isn't a RTS or TBS is difficult without it moving away from warhammer. I remember some people being mad at firewarrior because a piddly infantry man can kill a chaos demi god, let alone the hundreds of Space Marines, Chaos horrors and Imperial Guard that he does. Personally, I'm fine with that stuff.Sabrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-84137887227053338012012-12-12T11:30:38.700-08:002012-12-12T11:30:38.700-08:00Warhammer 40k would probably be better suited to s...Warhammer 40k would probably be better suited to something like the new X-Com game Enemy Unknown.<br /><br />Unless you play as an Imperial Guardsman or something it would be really hard to make since the setting is filled with weird magical "stuff" and melee combat.<br /><br />Space Marine was ok from what I've seen, but I've only played a little of it.Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-44120905109042539182012-12-12T11:26:30.291-08:002012-12-12T11:26:30.291-08:00Sabre:
"That's the big though. A game do...Sabre:<br /><br />"That's the big though. A game doesn't need story, though it is often nice. Like how films don't need music, most have a score, and for musicals, it's the focus. The story can be the same every time, provided the gameplay is different. Zelda is not only the same game as OoT, but has the same items. In a way, they are just texture packs for OoT with some of items moved around. Ok, that's exaggerating it a bit, but you get the point.<br /><br />JRPGs have a focus on story, and the gameplay is a tedious grind with little variation between games. Even Persona had this. With the story front, centre, and important, having the same story over and over is a problem. To use your example, it would be like remaking children of men over and over and over with only the tiniest of changes."<br /><br />While that's true, I give SOME lineancy to the Zelda series because at least when you play as the little elf boy again and again and again they have the sense to add some aesthetic changes. <br /><br />Also, the Link to the Past is kinda one of my favorite games, so my biases force me to defend the series somewhat more than I should. I also liked Wind Waker, or the look of it at least. That may just be because the "huge freakish head and giant eyes" thing is cute to me.<br /><br />Anon:<br />"A game like Psi-Ops: Mindgate Conspiracy"<br /><br />Oh, I love that game! Damn shame it never got a sequel. <br /><br />Also I want a Wild Guns sequel or remake, as a third-person shooter, and you kill the giant bosses like Shadow of the Colossus. (since we're spitballing here)Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-1670524968466547122012-12-12T11:22:19.167-08:002012-12-12T11:22:19.167-08:00"A CoD style FPS set in Warhammer 40K"
..."A CoD style FPS set in Warhammer 40K"<br /><br />They tried that, and it wasn't good. Warhammer 40k Firewarrior. I thought it was ok, but that's because I like the Tau.<br /><br />I've heard good things about Space Marine, but not played it myself.Sabrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-68567756932811967902012-12-12T10:56:58.312-08:002012-12-12T10:56:58.312-08:00"You're the one who invented this big, el..."You're the one who invented this big, elaborate masturbatory fantasy where your preferences were validated by sales figures"<br /><br />Says the person who tries to justify everything by pointing out the Wii sold a lot. <br /><br />"ME3 was a bit more subtle than that"<br /><br />Jesus, give it a rest. No, it's not about a "space dictator" and it's not some bullshit about "exploring the limits of power."<br /><br />It's basically a retread of the same "we have to band together to fight the Evil Empire!" story that has existed since time began, including Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. And 90% of all RPGs actually, including virtually all FF games and most Western RPGs. In that respect Mass Effect is quite stock. It's variance comes from the individual characters and their stories which are quite rich and nuanced, and change based on interaction with the player in many respects (see Jack's story in ME2). <br /><br />The ENDING on the other hand was EA rushing Bioware to get it done and out the door which resulted in a mishmash of endings taken from other games, namelt DX Human Revolution and Fallout 3, then later they released the ACTUAL ending as free DLC. It's not a meaningful statement on anything other than how fucking stupid EA is and how even a reputable company like Bioware will cave when pressured to push DLC...the only "deep" thing about it is that the backlash was so extreme EA ended up giving away the DLC ending for free anyway just to keep their fanbase from hoisting their heads on pikes.<br /><br />No one but you gives a fuck about space emperors, nor does anyone (but you) think the ending meant anything other than "Thanks for buying our game, now buy more of our game--XOXO Electronic Arts". <br /><br />I mean, Bob hated the Retake Mass Effect thing but even still he admitted that, really, the ending was shit; that his logic was "to defend ALL art we must defend BAD art" shows that much (and yes he said that, or something like it, using the ridiculous Lost ending as an example of why we just have to take the rough with the smooth or some such). So even the, like, one guy who defended Bioware online thought it was bullshit.<br /><br />I don't care to refight that battle since its over now and literally EVERYONE involved (again, but you) has come to grips with it. I was just pointing out that your obsession with Japanese games in general and Nintendo in particular is so laser-focused that your claims of being some crusader for truth and justice is laughable on its face. You're just like all the other White Knights on the internet, and by that I mean when pressed you immediately start projecting as hard as possible.<br /><br />Keeping charging those giants Don Quixote.Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-66449381456786775032012-12-12T09:47:45.890-08:002012-12-12T09:47:45.890-08:00If we can agree that templates are tools for good,...If we can agree that templates are tools for good, here's some things I want to see in the future:<br /><br />A game like Psi-Ops: Mindgate Conspiracy<br /><br />A CoD style FPS set in Warhammer 40K<br /><br />A Dark Void style jetpack bruhaha<br /><br />More RPGs like Fallout 3 and Skyrim.<br /><br />More RPGs like Mass Effect (the first one). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-61509427244168131472012-12-12T09:22:46.209-08:002012-12-12T09:22:46.209-08:00"What do you think this is some kind of moral..."<i>What do you think this is some kind of morality play? I don't give a shit about what insane, self-indulgent notion you have about crusading for justice.</i>"<br /><br />You're a liar, and a lousy one: you are all about turning the world into a self-indulgent morality play:<br /><br />You're the one who invented this big, elaborate masturbatory fantasy where your preferences were validated by sales figures:<br /><br />You're the one you pretended that the JRPG genre was extinct because of its stagnation despite the fact that sales figures showed that not only was this genre far from extinct, but it was the most bland and/or generic products which were by far the ones selling the most among JRPGs, with the original games trailing far behind.<br /><br />You're the one who kept giong on about the lack of relevance about the Mario 2D plateformers despite sales figures showing it's ongoing dominance of the genre.<br /><br />You're the one who claimed that Nintendo's lack of devotion toward the hardcore gamers and their refusal to enter the hardware pissing contest spelled their doom despite the fact that it remains the biggest video-game company by far and despite <i>20 years worth of economic data showing that when they tried to cater to the hardcore crowds, they did worse than when they just ignored them</i><br /><br />All your pet theories have painted an imaginary world where the products which did not abide by your tastes were economical failures, and all of them have been proven false by the fucking public record.<br /><br />***<br /><br />"<i>If I based my view of games only on you (*snort* yeah right) then I would think all non-first party Nintendo titles are: "Power fantasies" "War fantasies" "Gun porn" "Derivative" "Unoriginal"</i>"<br /><br />And you'd be right: most "hardcore" games are power fantasies -often doubled with a militaristic flavor and some firearm fetichism- which are derivative and devoid of any new idea. And Nintendo is being "original" only insofar as they don't target hardcore gamers exclusively: the Metroid Prime are as much power fantasies than the Halo series, the Zelda games may not start as power fantasies when Link has only three hearts, but by the end of each game, it's pretty much another variation of the never-getting-old (alas) Kung-Fu Jesus motif, and the less is said about the pokemon brand, the better.<br /><br />***<br /><br />"<i>I'm pretty sure you said Mass Effect was about "fantasizing as a space dictator".</i>"<br /><br />ME3 was a bit more subtle than that: after playing the Cassandra for two games, Shepard is pretty much turned into Cincinnatus in Space. And of course, Shep's newfound political clout does not stop the end of the world from happening, thus showing that being in charge does not means that things will magically go <i>your way</i>, which is a welcome change from the too often <a href="http://flag.blackened.net/liberty/moorcock.html" title="" rel="nofollow">authoritarian tendencies</a> of military SF.<br /><br />What I said was that many players did not want to delve into the story interesting point about the limits of power and authority and just wanted to play Space Emperor Supreme, something <a href="http://penny-arcade.smugmug.com/photos/i-dfFJj7N/1/L/i-dfFJj7N-L.jpg" title="" rel="nofollow">I'm not the only one</a> to have noticed.Nixouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203869206404691176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-84804341326086659042012-12-12T09:21:35.272-08:002012-12-12T09:21:35.272-08:00"I did that once and my mom handed me the vac..."<i>I did that once and my mom handed me the vacuum and didn't give me a choice.</i>"<br /><br />Your mom not allowing you to become a lazy, blasé tosser before you even hit puberty has nothing to do with the problem at hand.<br /><br />It's not that people "do not say what they want": it's that people lie about what they want: they say they want new stuff, but the fact that they vote with their wallets for the established brands shows that they want more of the same. When a good original game sells a lot less than bland-o-matic episode fifteen, it's not the result of some miscommunication between the poor developpers and players failing to give them detailled clues about what they want: <i>it's the result of most players never wanting a good original game in the first place</i>.<br /><br />***<br /><br />"<i>the point of Spec Ops: The Line is NOT War is Bad. It's looking at shooting gallery games and the definition of choice and agency</i>"<br /><br />I think the point of Spec Ops is to adress the "John Wayne Syndrome": people who grow up with a vision of the army deformed by fictions which try to idealize and/or make it look much more exciting that it is in reality, then who end up with massive PTSDs when they get to experience the real deal. Spec Ops is about giving us happy civilians a "taste" of what it is. And if Bob's video is to be believed, it worked on him.<br /><br />***<br /><br />"<i>When you think of it, Arkham City is closer to <b>Assassin's Creed</b>, Arkham Asylum is closer to a 3D Metroidvania - as it's more enclosed and uses gadgets to encourage backtracking, with some inspiration from 3D platformers like Prince of Persia. </i>"<br /><br />I always considered Assassin's Creed to be more of a Zelda-like (much more than a grindfest like the soulds series), you get around by auto-jumping, you have, starting with Ezio"s games, quasi dungeons with a few (simple) puzzles to contend with, you get a battle system built around duels (so much than in AC the ennemis wait for their turn to fight the hero one on one) with an "Errol Flynnesque" aesthetics, and of course, you have this long line of similar looking heroes who grow from brats to terminators during the course of their games.Nixouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203869206404691176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-83820458816899470392012-12-12T05:28:36.563-08:002012-12-12T05:28:36.563-08:00That's the big though. A game doesn't need...That's the big though. A game doesn't need story, though it is often nice. Like how films don't need music, most have a score, and for musicals, it's the focus. The story can be the same every time, provided the gameplay is different. Zelda is not only the same game as OoT, but has the same items. In a way, they are just texture packs for OoT with some of items moved around. Ok, that's exaggerating it a bit, but you get the point.<br /><br />JRPGs have a focus on story, and the gameplay is a tedious grind with little variation between games. Even Persona had this. With the story front, centre, and important, having the same story over and over is a problem. To use your example, it would be like remaking children of men over and over and over with only the tiniest of changes.Sabrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-89508051500831750412012-12-12T05:16:41.320-08:002012-12-12T05:16:41.320-08:00"Conversely", I used that wrong. Shit.
..."Conversely", I used that wrong. Shit.<br /><br />But you get my point, all the Castlevania games are the same basically but they change enough from one to the other that each one can be genuinely called "original".<br /><br />Simon's Quest is a totally different game than Castlevania, while SOTN was almost a JRPG but done as a Castlevania game, and one of them was a fighting game etc etc. <br /><br />Also to be PERFECTLY FAIR to Mario, at least three Mario games I'm aware of have broken the mold somewhat--not counting Mario Party or the kart games which are just "Mario brand titles" not games in the canon series--being that one of the Yoshi games was a shooter for the Super Scope 6, Mario 2/Doki Doki Panic turned it into what amounts to a very cute Double Dragon clone and however shitty it was Hotel Mario was at least a change of perspective.Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704476259803360210noreply@blogger.com