Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:I started with MM2, then picked up 1 and then 3 came out. I think 2 and 3 are the best, much like pretty much everyone else. Not because of the gameplay changes -- I can take or leave the charge and slide elements -- but to me they had the most enjoyable, colorful graphics.

I liked the X series a lot, but the simplicity of the original series has always been very appealing to me. From day one the controls were incredibly tight, you can only blame yourself when you die.

Everyone loves 2 and 3. I kind of prefer the Robot Masters of the first game and prefer the gameplay in the later titles everyone hates.

The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

To me, they're all good... but I prefer the first 3 X games. I'm not a huge fan of the games after that. Maybe it's just me, but the way he controls in later games doesn't feel as fluid. I played them within minutes of each other and I def. feel a difference.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:I started with MM2, then picked up 1 and then 3 came out. I think 2 and 3 are the best, much like pretty much everyone else. Not because of the gameplay changes -- I can take or leave the charge and slide elements -- but to me they had the most enjoyable, colorful graphics.

I liked the X series a lot, but the simplicity of the original series has always been very appealing to me. From day one the controls were incredibly tight, you can only blame yourself when you die.

Everyone loves 2 and 3. I kind of prefer the Robot Masters of the first game and prefer the gameplay in the later titles everyone hates.

The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

To me, they're all good... but I prefer the first 3 X games. I'm not a huge fan of the games after that. Maybe it's just me, but the way he controls in later games doesn't feel as fluid. I played them within minutes of each other and I def. feel a difference.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

That's my problem with it. I need a power-up that allows me to skip parts of the game for it to be enjoyable. Plus, it's not really enjoyable to skip. I'd prefer a more fun challenge... and what sucks is that those disappearing platforms are like a staple lol.

Yeah, the later ones have no surprise element, but they feel like improved versions of previous games. Also, I'm playing these side-by-side, so maybe that has something to do with it. I didn't grow up with the classic series, waiting for new games to come out.

I do prefer Megaman classic's personality. It's ironic... As a kid, I loved the super seriousness of the X series and X's broodiness.
As an adult, I prefer the fun, light-hearted feel of the classic series... but everything else about X is much better.

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:I started with MM2, then picked up 1 and then 3 came out. I think 2 and 3 are the best, much like pretty much everyone else. Not because of the gameplay changes -- I can take or leave the charge and slide elements -- but to me they had the most enjoyable, colorful graphics.

I liked the X series a lot, but the simplicity of the original series has always been very appealing to me. From day one the controls were incredibly tight, you can only blame yourself when you die.

Everyone loves 2 and 3. I kind of prefer the Robot Masters of the first game and prefer the gameplay in the later titles everyone hates.

The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

To me, they're all good... but I prefer the first 3 X games. I'm not a huge fan of the games after that. Maybe it's just me, but the way he controls in later games doesn't feel as fluid. I played them within minutes of each other and I def. feel a difference.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

That's my problem with it. I need a power-up that allows me to skip parts of the game for it to be enjoyable. Plus, it's not really enjoyable to skip. I'd prefer a more fun challenge... and what sucks is that those disappearing platforms are like a staple lol.

Yeah, the later ones have no surprise element, but they feel like improved versions of previous games. Also, I'm playing these side-by-side, so maybe that has something to do with it. I didn't grow up with the classic series, waiting for new games to come out.

I do prefer Megaman classic's personality. It's ironic... As a kid, I loved the super seriousness of the X series and X's broodiness.
As an adult, I prefer the fun, light-hearted feel of the classic series... but everything else about X is much better.

I watched an analysis vid and in it the guy was comparing stuff and commenting and when the guy gets to MMX4, he describes things playing as Zero and he goes: "Or if you play as X....uh...Who plays as X?" Which gave me a laugh, cause I actually came to prefer Zero, after I could play MMX 4-5-6-7-8.

Found it:

Around 04:40

Been playing the first Witcher, bit buggy and 8 years is a long time in gaming, but still enjoyable. The huge strides made between the first and second game and then on to the third show how opening up to the console market can be a good thing for a game.

Anyone following Kojima .. depart, with upcoming title?

Report: Konami Is Treating Its Staff Like Prisoners - http://kotaku.com/report-konami-is-trea ... 1721700073

same stuff

Inside Konami: public shaming, tyrannical management and punitive reassignment - http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2 ... n-disarray

I just want to say that while I do believe someone would like to reinforce such practices I have hard time believing someone would take it. But .. *shrugs* On tube, Angry Joe? said that in interview with Konami he had to agree not to mention Kojima, else no interview. I mean wtf?

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:I started with MM2, then picked up 1 and then 3 came out. I think 2 and 3 are the best, much like pretty much everyone else. Not because of the gameplay changes -- I can take or leave the charge and slide elements -- but to me they had the most enjoyable, colorful graphics.

I liked the X series a lot, but the simplicity of the original series has always been very appealing to me. From day one the controls were incredibly tight, you can only blame yourself when you die.

Everyone loves 2 and 3. I kind of prefer the Robot Masters of the first game and prefer the gameplay in the later titles everyone hates.

The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

To me, they're all good... but I prefer the first 3 X games. I'm not a huge fan of the games after that. Maybe it's just me, but the way he controls in later games doesn't feel as fluid. I played them within minutes of each other and I def. feel a difference.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

That's my problem with it. I need a power-up that allows me to skip parts of the game for it to be enjoyable. Plus, it's not really enjoyable to skip. I'd prefer a more fun challenge... and what sucks is that those disappearing platforms are like a staple lol.

The magnet beam was pretty broken in the first game, but MM is all about getting items to help make things easier. You could sit there and fight every boss with your pea shooter, taking them down one life bar at a time, or you can exploit their weaknesses. You can sit there and watch the disappearing block pattern, or you can use Rush. The games cater to your playing style in that way. It's not like the stages suddenly become a breeze just because you skip the occasional disappearing block pattern.

I'll admit, some of the disappearing block patterns are tedious as fuck (second one in Ice Man stage, I'm looking at you), but I don't think there's THAT many instances of it in the first series...is there?

Picked up Diablo 3 for cheap. Real hold-your-hand kind of game, plot is stupid as fuck, but otherwise an enjoyable mindless button-masher so far.

Also picked up the first chapter of the new King's Quest series. Beautiful graphics (when they're working), enjoyable gameplay (when its working), great voice acting and character design. Visually it reminds me of Dragon Quest 8, which is never a bad thing. Having some serious problems with loading screen freezes though, and there's no way to skip dialogue you've already heard, which is REALLY annoying. Some glitchy graphic stuff with Graham's cape. But if they can fix those problems then I think we've got a classic PC adventure game on our hands.

I thought the KQ series was somewhat overrated. I have a rant that involves jarring thematic mishmashes, unfair timing puzzles where you'd never know an element existed unless you entered a screen at just the right time, paper thin story/characters, and puzzles that ranged from tedious fetches to absurdly impossible (Rumpelstiltskin). Two-four I never finished because they seemed to get stuck in those problems. 5 was pretty, but had killer dead-ends. I have no complaints about 6 or 7, expect the ending for 7 would seem to be out of the blue if you were unfamiliar with the series.


Started Warlock 2 after getting it for three bucks as part of a bundle.
https://www.paradoxplaza.com/warlock-2-the-exiled

Seems almost like an expansion pack to the first one rather than a sequel. Same engine, minimal game-play differences (they changed random tech to a tech tree and changed how upgrades apply). The city-cap is interesting, and it seems a little more challenging, so for a $3 expansion pack I'm not unhappy.

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:
Everyone loves 2 and 3. I kind of prefer the Robot Masters of the first game and prefer the gameplay in the later titles everyone hates.

The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

To me, they're all good... but I prefer the first 3 X games. I'm not a huge fan of the games after that. Maybe it's just me, but the way he controls in later games doesn't feel as fluid. I played them within minutes of each other and I def. feel a difference.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

That's my problem with it. I need a power-up that allows me to skip parts of the game for it to be enjoyable. Plus, it's not really enjoyable to skip. I'd prefer a more fun challenge... and what sucks is that those disappearing platforms are like a staple lol.

The magnet beam was pretty broken in the first game, but MM is all about getting items to help make things easier. You could sit there and fight every boss with your pea shooter, taking them down one life bar at a time, or you can exploit their weaknesses. You can sit there and watch the disappearing block pattern, or you can use Rush. The games cater to your playing style in that way. It's not like the stages suddenly become a breeze just because you skip the occasional disappearing block pattern.

I'll admit, some of the disappearing block patterns are tedious as fuck (second one in Ice Man stage, I'm looking at you), but I don't think there's THAT many instances of it in the first series...is there?

What I like about Megaman X is that I can get through the whole game with just the buster. I don't have to use certain items to skip boring parts. A lot of the other games don't allow for that. I love a challenge, but remembering patterns of disappearing platforms is not the type of challenge I like. A boss having a difficult pattern you need to learn is more my style.

I am complaining, but I am really enjoying the games as a whole. I just don't think you get a better Megaman game than the first Megaman X. It's right in that sweet spot.

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

SafeAsMilk wrote:
The MM1 robot masters are classic, but I find the level design to be crude and broken compared to 2 and 3. Once you've got the magnet beam, all that waiting you were talking about just disappears. After 2 and 3 it just became kind of standardized and easy, that's why I eventually lost interest anyway. I remember finally playing MM6 years later, and just blowing through it in a couple hours on first play. Seemed like no surprises.

I do like 9 and 10 though, those to me represent the ramping up in difficulty we should have seen instead of just giving us new items/skills that don't really add that much to the game.

I think part of the problem is I don't really like X. Not that the original MM had lots of personality or anything, he's basically just an Astro Boy clone. X, on the other hand, is a stick in the mud

That's my problem with it. I need a power-up that allows me to skip parts of the game for it to be enjoyable. Plus, it's not really enjoyable to skip. I'd prefer a more fun challenge... and what sucks is that those disappearing platforms are like a staple lol.

The magnet beam was pretty broken in the first game, but MM is all about getting items to help make things easier. You could sit there and fight every boss with your pea shooter, taking them down one life bar at a time, or you can exploit their weaknesses. You can sit there and watch the disappearing block pattern, or you can use Rush. The games cater to your playing style in that way. It's not like the stages suddenly become a breeze just because you skip the occasional disappearing block pattern.

I'll admit, some of the disappearing block patterns are tedious as fuck (second one in Ice Man stage, I'm looking at you), but I don't think there's THAT many instances of it in the first series...is there?

What I like about Megaman X is that I can get through the whole game with just the buster. I don't have to use certain items to skip boring parts. A lot of the other games don't allow for that. I love a challenge, but remembering patterns of disappearing platforms is not the type of challenge I like. A boss having a difficult pattern you need to learn is more my style.

I am complaining, but I am really enjoying the games as a whole. I just don't think you get a better Megaman game than the first Megaman X. It's right in that sweet spot.

Have guys seen the anime film they made for the remake of MMX1? Maverick Hunter X. The Days of Sigma.

I think they used the same voice-actors from X8. I liked it, but they say the game itself isn't as good of a remake as it should have been.

quixotecoyote wrote:I thought the KQ series was somewhat overrated. I have a rant that involves jarring thematic mishmashes, unfair timing puzzles where you'd never know an element existed unless you entered a screen at just the right time, paper thin story/characters, and puzzles that ranged from tedious fetches to absurdly impossible (Rumpelstiltskin). Two-four I never finished because they seemed to get stuck in those problems. 5 was pretty, but had killer dead-ends. I have no complaints about 6 or 7, expect the ending for 7 would seem to be out of the blue if you were unfamiliar with the series.

Haven't played the originals since I was in high school. I don't see any of those problems in this new game so far, but I've only played a bit more than half way through part one of five. I do remember the characters being not particularly deep in the original KQ series, they've definitely improved that in the new one. Not that I think this series really needs deep characters, it's always just played off/twisted classic fantasy and fairy tale tropes.

They also seem to be focusing more on giving you multiple ways to finish the same quest, I've spent much more time pondering how I should complete them rather than how to complete them.

MattHunX wrote:
I think they used the same voice-actors from X8. I liked it, but they say the game itself isn't as good of a remake as it should have been.

For a second I read 'X8' as 'MM8'. No voice actor from MM8 should be in that line of work ever again

Anyone playing Elder Scrolls Online, if so, which platform? I'm tempted as I've played every Elder Scrolls since Morrowind, lack lustre reviews have put me off and I'm also debating whether to play on PC or PS4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LBG51Pafig

This is pretty much why I have lost all credibility in Valve. Jim Sterling has been pretty critical of Valve/Steam before but even with Steam issuing refunds you still get shit like this.

Greenlighting is a on-paper brilliant idea, but in practically it does produce a sheer amount of disgusting shit that legit consumers have to shift through to actually find a quality game to play that is not a scam.

Fantasy Life on 3DS.

Totally posted this in the wrong thread yesterday.

Animavore wrote:Watch Twitch try to collectively play Dark Souls by typing in commands in the comments pane.

http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplaysdark

After over a day and they still haven't left Undead Asylum.

They play about as good as I do

I'm pretty sure it's just an excuse to post people's heads in the chat window.

I need more Dark Souls in my life. I'm tempted to buy Dark Souls: Scholar of the First SIn on PS4 even though I already owned it (minus the DLC) on PS3. Bloodborne is good 'n' all, but it doesn't have the same online community spirit.
3 couldn't come sooner.

Football Manager 2015. Have Wrexham challenging for the Conference title, the lads should at least make the play-offs. I'll be over the moon if we get do make it into League 2 but I'm taking one game at a time though and we're taking nothing for granted.