Video Games - a general discussion thread — Page 321

Meh.  I just played through the entirety of the original Paper Mario, not going to play through it again any time soon.  Perhaps next playthrough I'll try that.  For now I'm playing Super Paper Mario for the Wii (which I actually like alot), and after that I'm going to play TTYD, which I love.

Supposedly there’s a live action Mega Man movie in the works. I wish it were based off of the “Mega Man X” series, as in my opinion the characters, story, and tone are much cooler than the original Mega Man, and the “X” series always seems to get passed over when it comes to anime and stuff like that.

Although, it will probably be horrible, so perhaps it’s good that it isn’t based off of the X series, as I’d hate for it to become tainted. (more than X7 already has tainted it… although x8 more than redeemed it IMHO)

I haven’t played any actual video games in almost four years.
The problem is I don’t what system to to get; the Wii U is going to be replaced by the NX in less than a year, and that will belly flop and Nintendo will go out of business. That leaves us with PlayStation and Xbox. I don’t care about Xbox, and I already have a bluray player so buying a ps4 is redundant.
Now the games, I have no idea what to buy/download because really terrible games are getting perfect or near perfect scores based on what franchise they belong to and not the gameplay itself. So the cycle continues and I stare at a blank wall because I have nothing better to do.
Can anyone help me get back into gaming, or is modern gaming just not worth it anymore?

I’m almost afraid to ask, but is there a reason you think the NX will put Nintendo out of business?

Possessed said:

I’m almost afraid to ask, but is there a reason you think the NX will put Nintendo out of business?

It would be analogous to the Sega Dreamcast.

Which means the worst that would happen would be they become a third party publisher and make games for other systems…

I don’t see that happening anyway. I don’t see the demand for Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, and StarFox (just to name a few) going away.

Okay I might pick up an NX when it is released.

But another question: How can anyone figure out whether a video game is good or not anymore?

Hard to answer. I kinda feel like Nintendo is the only game console that still makes fun games. The PS4 and XB1 have shinier, slicker graphics, and a more cinematic feel, but they don’t feel very fun to me. They are all about the presentation instead of being about the actual game. The only way to tell is if you genuinely enjoy playing the game.

Games made by Nintendo have intuitive, viscerally satisfying play control.
All other developers churn out clunky, awkward “graphics” spectacles that can only be crudely manipulated with highly arbitrary-feeling inputs. Not more powerful. Easier for developers to make. More seductive to graphics-oriented superficial players.
That is how you can tell the good from the bad.
Nintendo = good. All else = the lies side dark there.
That fail is why do you.

For once I find myself agreeing with something Darth id said.
Honestly the only Sony games I like are the mega man games (okay so I’m a huge mega man geek) and those were based off engines built for the Nes (snes for the x games) so go figure.

And for that matter, what about Conker?

1 - Atari 2600
2 - NES
3 - SNES
4 - Playstation
5 - Playstation 2
6 - PC
7 - PC

N64

Gamecube

Jimmie Vaughan.

Im deciding between getting MGS 5 and Fallout 4. Help?

You should probably just get pitfall.

I have been particularly fond of the Batman Arkham series, even with their dlc shenanigans. Each one has improved game play and story wise from the last. nothing tickles my peach like pummeling twenty men down as The Batman and then grappling away into the night sky for more heroics.