@Zuljaras Haha! I liked the orginal and it had some great moments but they all seemed to be in the first half of the game. And then there was Xen... It's just a game where the if they kept the quality of it up throughout it'd be shoe-in GOAT but it fell apart a little for me once the miltary appeared. Plus it just goes on for too long imho.
The importance of video game preservation is largely overblown. I think it's a streaming-era mindset where not being able to access something is seen as some kind of cultural loss. I would argue that being able to access anything from anywhere 24/7 has done more damage to art and culture than losing a piece of media ever has.
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@moomin I would like to hear the argument of how it did damage to art/culture. I guess you mean emulators? If that is the case well ... emulators do ZERO damage on anything as it does not steal profits from something that is no longer offered for sale.
Creating scarcity and then pretending that somehow increases the value of a piece of media is pure capitalist gaslighting. Things shouldn’t just be handed out for free, but all media and art should be preserved and accessible to all to appreciate always, or as reasonably as they can keep it maintained.
I also think platforms like Netflix do flood their services with crap, and there is too much emphasis these days on “content” over a truly quality experience - do we really need another 90 plus hour open world game or three hour plus long movie? No.
But it isn’t like this is a new thing, the rise of the VHS and the concept of the Summer Blockbuster saw people making absolutely the same complaints about the death of quality, as markets are flooded with content for the sake of content. And I’m sure in a decades time a new platform will come along a new generation will complain.
@Dev9417 First time I played through DKC3 was such a miserable experience that I dropped it after beating the first world. However, I recently gave it another shot about 2 months ago and lo and behold: I actually quite liked it. I still have to beat it but I more than tripled my previous progress within the span of a couple of days I was enjoying it that much. As for my personal ranking of the trilogy, I'd probably place DKC3 at last (though like I said, I still haven't beat it so this could change), the original in 2nd (beat this one for a second time a few months back as well and it's still pretty good) and then DKC2 in 1st (this is one of the best retro 2D platformers alongside Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Bros 3, hands down).
Oh and I'd love to play DK64 for myself at some point. I've heard character swapping can be a pain and that there's too many collectables to grab but I'd still be game for trying it out at some point (perhaps through NSO? It'd definitely be nice).
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Emulators are nothing new; we've had them for a very long time, without them ever doing much to destabilize the games market, and pretty much every Nintendo console has been emulated during its commercial lifetime. The GameBoy Advance was famously emulated before the hardware was launched but went on to sell over 80 million units.
As such, the idea that games preservation has anything to do with the streaming era seems rather off-base to me. I don't recall there being a lot of streaming services in the early 90s when I was dumping Spectrum games from tape, at any rate.
I'd think that what has happened is that a lot more people have been exposed to the emulation scene of late and it's a common reaction to dive into it and accumulate vast collections of game images, most of which you'd never play, as well as having a selfish and entitled attitude when it comes to commercial attempts to exploit the same games.
Most people do tend to grow out of that though in much the same way that most people's Netflix usage eventually tends to just watching a relatively small number of high quality (at least in their opinion) shows while ignoring the vast mass of crap that's also on the platform.
Creating scarcity and then pretending that somehow increases the value of a piece of media is pure capitalist gaslighting. Things shouldn’t just be handed out for free, but all media and art should be preserved and accessible to all to appreciate always, or as reasonably as they can keep it maintained.
I also think platforms like Netflix do flood their services with crap, and there is too much emphasis these days on “content” over a truly quality experience - do we really need another 90 plus hour open world game or three hour plus long movie? No.
But it isn’t like this is a new thing, the rise of the VHS and the concept of the Summer Blockbuster saw people making absolutely the same complaints about the death of quality, as markets are flooded with content for the sake of content. And I’m sure in a decades time a new platform will come along a new generation will complain.
Oh it's not a new thing at all but I don't think that cheapens the argument. I'd say skepticism over AI is a parallel to earlier concerns of job automation, but they're both completely justified complaints. I would agree my critique of streaming culture stems all the way back to VHS, but it's still an instrument of cultural stagnation.
The highlight of upcoming games such as Fire Emblem, zelda BOTW 2, metroid prime 4, the announced edgy games from Game Award on Switch, etc are something that really disturbing me as I don't want to like the vibes and such of popularity from those games. They are not the games I want to like nor even want to play.
Glad I oftenly get covered by unpopular / niche games from play-asia for the upcoming games.
Ryan's Rescue Squad actually looks quite good for 2D platformer style game.
I don't understand the hatred with Ryan games just because it published by Outright Games.
Not every games published by Outright Games are crap.
I personally like this Ryan games on PS4.
And I want to see another Ryan games again in different genre, maybe party games or rhythm games.
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Yeah, but I mean, there's always going to be people complaining. I think overall most have been very impressed with this year's output.
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If you interested with 2D platformer games, I can recommend some of my recommendations.
MAX The Curse of Brotherhood
Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
Meteoheroes (PS4 only)
Edit: I was surprised to see the dislikes for Yoshi's Story today. Personnely I think it is an atmospheric and relaxing game full of Yoshi magic. Of course I will not argue against their opinions, I was simply surprised that the game is not liked.
Mario Odyssey has way better movement than Super Mario Galaxy and structure (constant dopamine rush of getting moons vs 1-3 stars and wide open spaces vs linear areas). But SMG has a vastly superior aesthetic and is more visually imaginative. I want the next Mario game to be Super Mario Galaxy 3 but with Mario Odssey's movement, structure and map sizes.
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