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My three favorite Split Screen memories all come from Perfect Dark...There is ALWAYS screen-watching. Even if you don't notice it, you're subconsciously watching it. That's the delicious factor of splitscreen. =P
1. During one of our many, MANY multiplayer matches, my friend Crazy Dave & I are in the middle of a shoot out between two rooms in the desert level. He comments on how this is a good fight, and I respond in this way:
PB - "Yeah, it's a great fight. But of course, like every great fight we have, it'll be ruined by Lou coming behind one of us and shooting us in the back. HERE, allow me to demonstrate!"
I turn around and just start shooting INSTANTLY as Lou somehow comes around the corner into the room. No screen looking was involved.
2. Another match involving myself, Crazy Dave, and Ninja Lou. This time we were on the level with the elevator & glass floor. As with every match, we had License to Kill mode on (one shot kills). Lou was above me and fired a grenade literally at my feet. My screen went from Orange to Red back to Orange again, and I didn't die. I literally walked right out of the fire. As Lou was struggling to make sense of it all:
PB - "Yeah Lou, I'm gonna have to let you kill me. I have no idea how the [tornado fang] I'm still alive."
This was both a gesture of honor on my part, as well as a reassurance that Lou wouldn't smash his controller.
3. This last one was just between me & Lou. I had left a Dragon gun Proxy Mine on Felicity level (the one from Goldeneye) door between the lab & bathroom. Lou was holding the K7 Avenger, the one with the threat detector, and I was literally watching his screen as he looked DIRECTLY at the point where I put the Proxy Mine, with the threat detector not detecting the threat. So, as he opens the door, KABLOOEY! My response:
PB - *laughing* "I was looking RIGHT at your screen. It DIDN'T detect the threat. That was awesome!"
And there we have it!
Yeah, Flash, you did use that exact video in this exact argument before.Not exactly an argument, he just asked what horribleness to expect. I showed it to him. =P
Did someone start a New Game+ on the forum or something?
Bitching about a game not being what it's not even trying to be is not something that makes a lot of sense to me. Same applies to offline Brawl discussions.Yep, most of the reasons I hate "tournament players", is because every single game has to be perfectly balanced and amazingly competitive. Jesus Christ, Melee was accidentally competitive. Just let it go, guys.
See, I wasn't clear on what you meant by "identity". The whole game-specific-code-crap, not knowing what your friends are playing, and all? There's a club for complaining about that. It's called Everybody, they meet at the bar. The 3DS is taking steps to rectify that, though IMHO there is absolutely no reason they shouldn't have had their act together with the Wii.
Communication ain't Nintendo's forte, either. I've been as frustrated by that as anyone else and I haven't even played an X-Box Live game. You don't have to run XBL comparisons to see the problem, by any means. The simple feeling of being cut off from your fellow players when online versus sitting down for a good local multiplayer session is pretty self-evident. But those are complaints against basically the entire Nintendo WFC service, not of any particular game. In that sense, Brawl is superior to Kart in that you at least get some personality in your customizable taunts. But it is just that, customization, not communication.
Crash, I haven't played. Sonic is fun, though the courses seem somewhat less interesting and less well-marked. But the balance is better, gotta give it that.
Oh poo, Lets just ignore most of my comments except for the Warhawk and Mordern Warfare 2.'s cool. I honestly loved those games too, but let's not deviate into a "multiplayer general" thing.
There was that one time I went to a Gameworks with a bud and blasted through Time Crisis 4, goshdarn was that third boss hard.Split. Screen. Means no game where you can see both players in the same screen. Or else this would be a "local multiplayer memories" topic.
My more recent memories would be playing Modern Warfare 2 and Warhawk, very enjoyable, especially the Spec Ops missions.
The greatest memories would be of fighting games, Marvel VS. Capcom 2, Melty Blood, Street Fighter, Smash Brothers, Fate/Unlimited Codes, and Naruto, to which I'm a bit ashamed of playing-but it was good mindless fun!
Here's my very own video, everyone~ (I tried as best as I could nya) >u<;I can't see much, but it looks pretty nice. Thanks for the vid, Vix.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubnn8C9a1Os[/youtube]
Lol, I know. or even the Metroid Primes. Consiering they share the same aspect of huge elaborate maps.Problem is, every 3D well-made Metroidvania was made by a really good developer. I'm afraid Konami needs better talent when making their 3Dvanias.
And yet, we still have things like Castlevania 64... And after it's failure, (Symphony was merely a side game to 64's "main current gen castlevania") they decided to go with what works, and gave IGA full reign over the series. after which we got all metroivanias.
then eventually, they tried to tackle 3D again, and came out with Lament. I guess it did alright enough to warrant Curse of Darkness, but they were both rather unimpressive. Fun, but unimpressive and meh.
And so once again, the aversion to 3D came back. And Cox comes in, and proves that you CAN make an amazing 3Dvania.
That is true. For the most part I did enjoy the game, Level design was good at first but later just got cheap (Empire City was fine, it was Adabat day that ripped me to shreds. And don't get me started on Eggmanland.)Thing is, games can be made hard, but not bad. Unleashed level design had all the professionalism of a 12-year old who makes romhacks. The whole game is pretty much a guide on "how not to make a game" in terms of design.
Oh yeah, that stage, forgot about it.
Yeah, Trial and Error was big in the later levels (ADABAT).
My main issue was the Hot Dog missions, and to be more specific, the Eggmanland ones. The time limit isn't the issue (75-65 minutes? I can get it done in 48, WHILE taking my time.) Its not dying, and in my case not dying to to PS3-version framerate hiccups. And all for a lousy hotdog that doesn't help me any (I have every stat maxed out.)
Ah, that sounds horrible.
Can't wait!
Wait.I used it as a euphemism for "next model after the standard 3DS".
Hang on a second.
Flash, did I honestly see you say you wanted a "3DS Lite" on the last page? The thing's already smaller than every other DS that's ever been made.
Lol, good sir, new gen games aren't a possibility for me.Why aren't they a possibility for you?
Also there is a psychological reason I don't play RPGs that often. While playing a RPG I can swear that I hear inside my head some nerd yelling "YOU ARE DOING IT WROOOONG!". No really.
Oh, I know that the games I mentioned aren't real horror games. After all I've mentioned that I can't play those longer than a few minutes
Also..I had my fair share with RTS. I've played others too but as I said, it's not really my type of games.
...Spiral knights isn't even out yet...
Well..to be honest I've never found WRPGs that appealing. Played Fallout and Elder Scroll I believe and I quit after one hour or so.There are very different kinds of WRPGs. Try playing a Bioware one, like KOTOR or Mass Effect. Jade Empire is amazing for beginners. Those are more story-focused, and less focused on big worlds full of nothing.
Most Horror games I've played were FPS(Half life, Doom, Unreal, Return to castle Wolfenstein). Clocktower was so frightening for me because you can't fight back.
Age of Empires 1 and 2,Soldiers of anarchy. I had fun with these games but each of them had thing that kept me from playing them more often.
AoE - the campaigns...yeah I never played them. Nobody I knew played them. Everyone played and enjoyed the free mode where you just build your own city and wait till you get to the highest age. Once you had it all built, everything evolved to the max and the enemy defeated there wasn't really much else to do... I replayed it a few times but then I lost interest. As I said the campaigns weren't as fun so those lost my interest really fast.
Soldier of anarchy - I bet if I was a RTS fan I would love this game. It's surely an underrated gem, and that is saying something from someone who doesn't play RTS. Not sure if anyone here knows this game but it's set in a post-apocalyptic world. An army group was cut off from civilization and only after years decided to check out what happened to the rest of the world.
You don't control an army of nameless mooks. Each character has it's own name and story and you get to meet more people that will join you. The story is pretty good...I wish I was able to get further.
This game is HARD! You have to carefully plan each and every move. I needed more than 3 hours to beat the first mission. I strongly recommend it for RTS fans though.
Simulators- I mostly mean those like flight simulator/train simulator/truck simulator. Where you drive a vehicle like in real life. Video games are escapism to me, I don't want to be reminded of real life!
My dad loves these games though.
I've played Sims and Sims 2. I've enjoyed it but the fun didn't last long. I stopped played it when I realised that I'm playing a simulation of everyday life...
EDIT: It looks like that besides MMOs I've played a game from each genre I don't like...
I don't get the point of a watermark on a black and white image.It's obviously for ORIGINAL ARTS DO NOT STEALS purposes.
