@batmanbud2 Looks like you need a bit of backup. So im going to offer you some defense.
@Fangleman32 @glaemay @LadyCharlie @The-Chosen-one. I think having a story being part of the game is fine. Especially if the devs manage to make both interweave brilliantly so each shines together.
Now will a game's story be as a good as a book? No, of course not nor should strive to it. It's a different medium that calls for the story to be told in a way a book can't and vice versa.
But, the wonderful thing about storytelling is spans multiple forms of art and what's important is the teller, and how the audience perceives it.
I've played games where the devs mixed a personal journey from their real life into game form because to them that was the best form to express themselves. And some of the games left good impressions. These types of games the story is mixed in with the gameplay.
@N00BiSH Yes, because we all know Link is the only videogame character in history to wield a sword and shield, therefore every videogame character that ever existed who wields a sword and shield is just a palette swap.
@Haruki_NLI All jokes aside, I 100% agree. When Im 93 years old and Nintendo finally makes a new F-Zero game, I'll be the last one laughing for actually having patience.
@JokerCK Of course it's inspiration. For instance I was so inspired by Mario, that now im working on game starring a mechanic in red overalls and a blue hat who gets sucked through an exhaust of a pickup truck.
He's magically transported to a far away kingdom to save the queen from a terrifying crocodile that breaths fire, and his army of anthropomorphic truffles.
Only problem is Nintendo keeps sending me copyright infringements. I guess the company doesn't know what inspiration means.
@Lightsiyd @SalvorHardin My criticism of SA2 is not the speed levels. In fact that is the best part. It's everything else that drags down the overall package. My main issue with SA2 is the momentum fades the moment you're no longer in control of Sonic or Shadow.
SA2 is overstuffed. It's too many ideas that are not polished or executed well. It's in a sense too bloated for it's own good which does more to make the product feel a bit dated.
The bloat comes from playing two sides of essentially the same characters. There's nothing to differentiate in gameplay.
The hunting levels are the weakest part of the game. Dragging down the momentum and in place repetitive stages that are just not fun to play.
The on rails shooters themselves are nothing interesting because the gameplay is too basic and simple.
You could cut out all those extra playable characters, just have the game alternate between Sonic and Shadow, and that would been perfect.
It's not the extra playable characters are bad, it's just they aren't fun. The game would have benefited if all the extra characters didn't play the same. It's essentially a mirror mode when you play as the bad guys which is a little boring.
I think the game is fine, but it's all the extra baggage that brings it down rather than elevates it.
Had the game either opt to cut out all the extra characters together, or the very least put more effort into making their gameplay unique, the game would be much better.
As far Shadow's character is concerned, it did take a bit of a nose dive in his debut game. The game comes along and essentially opts to "reset" the character in order to make him "darker". This comes at the cost of the character growth in SA2.
Kids today are lucky. Back in my day you could could fix a cup a coffee, have dinner, go to bed, work tomorrow, come home, and a game would be 30% loaded.
@GameOtaku Woah oh. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea such a show existed myself. Haha, the 90's were a fun time for Saturday morning shows.
@Ryu_Niiyama Yep, that show has cult following to this day. There was a site some years ago that did it's best to preserve it. Shame. Many shows from back then will eventually become lost to time.
I hope one day we get a mega collection of these shows remastered just so we don't end up with lost media.
@dkxcalibur Power Rangers is just the American adaption of the popular Japanese TV show Super Sentai. Why the Zords weren't more of a focus?
Well truthfully alot of Power Rangers just reused footage from the Japanese Show, and even some plot lines from the Japanese show. They've been doing that since the shows beginning.
What some people might not know is the creator of Power Rangers attempted to make an American version. Now I know that sounds weird, but what I mean is a show that was original on it's own yet inspired in part by Power Rangers.
That show was called "Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog". A short lived series that could sorta be summarized as Power Rangers, but they are Medieval Knights instead. It borrowed heavily from Irish Mythology. It was cancelled after one season.
Extra Fact! Power Rangers isn't the only adaption of a Japanese Show Saban did. Another short lived series called "Big Bad Beetleborgs" used alot of it's combat footage from the "Metal Hero Series "
Final hidden secret fact! There was another show that was basically a sister show to the Power Rangers. It was called "VR Troopers". And what makes this last one so fun is it not only lifted footage from 1, but 3 different Japanese shows.
The reasons alot of these shows were cancelled can be boiled down to running out available Japanese footage to continue.
As to why the American original show was cancelled? Who knows. Maybe low ratings I suspect, as it's second season budget was used for Power Rangers.
@Yalloo Well mate, I've got great news for you. In the future adblockers are illegal, and you'll get to watch an ad within an ad within another ad, before getting to your video.
@Mana_Knight I've been waiting on a sequel to the Urbz for over 19 years now. EA just seems to not care for it's existence. Not even a remaster is in the consideration category.
@JohnnyMind When I was a kid I couldn't care less about the games. I just got whatever cool looking freaky creature was on the card regardless of game origin.
Either way, today I've read just how serious TCG has always been. X-ray scanning is a whole new level.
@Oppyz666 That's just a fairytale meant to frighten children. As someone who once hooked up every electronic to a single outlet, I can guarantee no fires will happen.
Just a city wide explosion instead. Nothing major.
@Oracles_fanboi What are you on about? Who are these people who can't stand others liking Persona? People still discuss games from 20 years ago rather it be positive or negative.
Seriously mate, your rant is just plain random and wild.
@VHSGREMLIN I don't understand the appeal of the the Mario franchise, Steve doesn't under the appeal of the Halo franchise, Bob doesn't understand the appeal of putting pineapple on a hotdog.
And you know what? That's A-okay. You don't have to understand, but the people who do? Well they're having just as much fun as the franchises you do understand.
@Platinum-Bucket I would be up for it as long as Black Panther's a character. Infinite may have had it's problems, but I was glad atleast BP made it on the roster.
Personally, I thought the mixing of Monster Hunter and Wakanda was neat. Out of all the blended settings in Infinite, that actually felt the most natrual.
Eh, the last good TF games I played were the "War for Cybertron" series. Save for the third entry which tried to tie into the Micheal Bay film based games and was terrible.
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Re: Random: 'BALLS: The Monster-Catchin' Musical Comédy' Is Already Half-Funded
A musical comedy eh? Well then, it's going to be pass for me.
Re: Nintendo Releases Its First Commercial For Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
@NinChocolate Abit late with my response, but thumbs up. Thanks for the laugh.
Re: Nintendo Releases Its First Commercial For Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
No option to doom Hyrule and save myself? That would be my preferred way of doing things.
Re: Takaya Imamura Sings Praises Of "Hard Working" Shigeru Miyamoto
@batmanbud2 Looks like you need a bit of backup. So im going to offer you some defense.
@Fangleman32 @glaemay @LadyCharlie @The-Chosen-one. I think having a story being part of the game is fine. Especially if the devs manage to make both interweave brilliantly so each shines together.
Now will a game's story be as a good as a book? No, of course not nor should strive to it. It's a different medium that calls for the story to be told in a way a book can't and vice versa.
But, the wonderful thing about storytelling is spans multiple forms of art and what's important is the teller, and how the audience perceives it.
I've played games where the devs mixed a personal journey from their real life into game form because to them that was the best form to express themselves. And some of the games left good impressions. These types of games the story is mixed in with the gameplay.
Re: Takaya Imamura Sings Praises Of "Hard Working" Shigeru Miyamoto
You forgot to link the song so we can hear his singing.
Re: Mario Party Dev NDcube Has Officially Changed Its Name
Great. So they didn't even consider my suggestion...Sigh.
Nintendo Rhombicosidodecahedron would've been perfect.
Re: Charles Martinet Reveals His Favourite Super Mario Games At Nintendo Live 2024
No love for Wario? C'mon Charles, you've voiced the anti-hero for decades. Surely, atleast one Wario game belongs on your list.
Have a rotten day everyone!
Re: Level-5's 'Vision 2024' Showcase To Share Multiple Project Updates And Announce Brand New Title
What about us adults who act like children because we never grew up?
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Reportedly Offers 'Normal' and 'Hero' Difficulty From The Get-Go
Missed opportunity to call it Heroine mode.
Re: Feature: Civilization VII’s Creative Director Talks New Ages, Frenzied Drama & Being On Switch Day One
So, how does this game work exactly? Like can you have George Washington facing off Nobunga while driving a tank?
Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Introduces Us To The 'Still World' And Dungeons
@N00BiSH Yes, because we all know Link is the only videogame character in history to wield a sword and shield, therefore every videogame character that ever existed who wields a sword and shield is just a palette swap.
Re: Upcoming Tactics Game 'Warside' Sure Looks Familiar
@SmaggTheSmug I didn't know that either. Thanks for sharing. You learn something new everyday.
Re: Upcoming Tactics Game 'Warside' Sure Looks Familiar
@Haruki_NLI All jokes aside, I 100% agree. When Im 93 years old and Nintendo finally makes a new F-Zero game, I'll be the last one laughing for actually having patience.
Re: Upcoming Tactics Game 'Warside' Sure Looks Familiar
@JokerCK Of course it's inspiration. For instance I was so inspired by Mario, that now im working on game starring a mechanic in red overalls and a blue hat who gets sucked through an exhaust of a pickup truck.
He's magically transported to a far away kingdom to save the queen from a terrifying crocodile that breaths fire, and his army of anthropomorphic truffles.
Only problem is Nintendo keeps sending me copyright infringements. I guess the company doesn't know what inspiration means.
Re: Sonic 3 Movie Director Reflects On "Full Circle" Shadow The Hedgehog Moment
@Lightsiyd @SalvorHardin My criticism of SA2 is not the speed levels. In fact that is the best part. It's everything else that drags down the overall package. My main issue with SA2 is the momentum fades the moment you're no longer in control of Sonic or Shadow.
SA2 is overstuffed. It's too many ideas that are not polished or executed well. It's in a sense too bloated for it's own good which does more to make the product feel a bit dated.
The bloat comes from playing two sides of essentially the same characters. There's nothing to differentiate in gameplay.
Sonic/Shadow = Speed levels
Knuckles/Rouge = Hunt Emeralds level
Tails/Eggman = On Rails Shooter
The hunting levels are the weakest part of the game. Dragging down the momentum and in place repetitive stages that are just not fun to play.
The on rails shooters themselves are nothing interesting because the gameplay is too basic and simple.
You could cut out all those extra playable characters, just have the game alternate between Sonic and Shadow, and that would been perfect.
It's not the extra playable characters are bad, it's just they aren't fun. The game would have benefited if all the extra characters didn't play the same. It's essentially a mirror mode when you play as the bad guys which is a little boring.
I think the game is fine, but it's all the extra baggage that brings it down rather than elevates it.
Had the game either opt to cut out all the extra characters together, or the very least put more effort into making their gameplay unique, the game would be much better.
As far Shadow's character is concerned, it did take a bit of a nose dive in his debut game. The game comes along and essentially opts to "reset" the character in order to make him "darker". This comes at the cost of the character growth in SA2.
Re: Green Ranger Will Be Unlockable In Digital Eclipse's Upcoming 'Power Rangers' Game
@Ryu_Niiyama To recognize the brave teenagers in colorful tights who protect our planet from intergalactic aliens in thier giant robot.
Re: Review: Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Switch) - A Stylish Mystery With One Foot In The Past
@PJOReilly Not in this day and age. If a game is anything less than 100/10 it's utter rubbish.
Re: Stardew Valley May Get A Crossover With Fortnite If ConcernedApe Gets His Way
Fortnite x Godfather. It's inevitable now.
Re: Review: Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Switch) - A Stylish Mystery With One Foot In The Past
@Olliemar28 I call on you to engage the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake. If you ask me, I will listen to your thoughts about it.
I look forward to how you examine the remake as a fan.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Movie Trailer Finally Reveals Keanu Reeves' Shadow
@AmyTheBrawler-64 Shigeru Miyamoto? I mean I agree with everything you said, but it's going to be tough getting him banned from Nintendo.
Re: Patrick Stars In New Open-World SpongeBob Game, Getting Goofy On Switch This October
@HotGoomba @nessisonett Yeah, I mean the Patrick Show. Which the game is titled after. Awful show indeed.
As far as Spongebob goes, Idk. I tuned out around 2006. 2004 movie was the offical finale as far as where my journey ended.
Re: Patrick Stars In New Open-World SpongeBob Game, Getting Goofy On Switch This October
Oh my gosh that show is just awful. There are no redeeming qualities.
Re: Random: Nintendo Reveals The Player Prediction Methods Used To Cut Zelda: TOTK's Load Times
Kids today are lucky. Back in my day you could could fix a cup a coffee, have dinner, go to bed, work tomorrow, come home, and a game would be 30% loaded.
Re: Hands On: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - A Simple Brawler With Promising Enemy Variety
@GameOtaku Woah oh. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea such a show existed myself. Haha, the 90's were a fun time for Saturday morning shows.
@Ryu_Niiyama Yep, that show has cult following to this day. There was a site some years ago that did it's best to preserve it. Shame. Many shows from back then will eventually become lost to time.
I hope one day we get a mega collection of these shows remastered just so we don't end up with lost media.
Re: Hands On: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - A Simple Brawler With Promising Enemy Variety
@dkxcalibur Power Rangers is just the American adaption of the popular Japanese TV show Super Sentai. Why the Zords weren't more of a focus?
Well truthfully alot of Power Rangers just reused footage from the Japanese Show, and even some plot lines from the Japanese show. They've been doing that since the shows beginning.
What some people might not know is the creator of Power Rangers attempted to make an American version. Now I know that sounds weird, but what I mean is a show that was original on it's own yet inspired in part by Power Rangers.
That show was called "Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog". A short lived series that could sorta be summarized as Power Rangers, but they are Medieval Knights instead. It borrowed heavily from Irish Mythology. It was cancelled after one season.
Extra Fact! Power Rangers isn't the only adaption of a Japanese Show Saban did. Another short lived series called "Big Bad Beetleborgs" used alot of it's combat footage from the "Metal Hero Series "
Final hidden secret fact! There was another show that was basically a sister show to the Power Rangers. It was called "VR Troopers". And what makes this last one so fun is it not only lifted footage from 1, but 3 different Japanese shows.
The reasons alot of these shows were cancelled can be boiled down to running out available Japanese footage to continue.
As to why the American original show was cancelled? Who knows. Maybe low ratings I suspect, as it's second season budget was used for Power Rangers.
Re: Hands On: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - A Simple Brawler With Promising Enemy Variety
@Yalloo Well mate, I've got great news for you. In the future adblockers are illegal, and you'll get to watch an ad within an ad within another ad, before getting to your video.
@canaryfarmer "The Ordinary Boring Rangers!"🎶
Re: Rumour: Wii & DS Favourite 'MySims' Could Be Coming To Switch Soon
@Mana_Knight I've been waiting on a sequel to the Urbz for over 19 years now. EA just seems to not care for it's existence. Not even a remaster is in the consideration category.
Re: Hands On: Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - A Fresh Coat Of Paint For A Once-Flawed Platformer
I would have called it "Epic-er Mickey" personally. Looks good though.
Re: Talking Point: Would $499 Be Too Much For 'Switch 2'?
$499 is cheap. If it was $500.99 then it would be too expensive.
Re: Feature: Here’s How Trading Card Companies Could Stop CT Scanning In The Future
@JohnnyMind When I was a kid I couldn't care less about the games. I just got whatever cool looking freaky creature was on the card regardless of game origin.
Either way, today I've read just how serious TCG has always been. X-ray scanning is a whole new level.
Re: 'The Knightling' Takes Inspiration From 3D Zelda In A Promising Debut Trailer
@MeloMan I've always said the fist is mightier than the sword.
Re: Minecraft Gets Yet Another Extensive Update On Switch
Got around to playing this game for the first time. Was disappointed you couldn't craft any mines.
Re: Random: Man Sets World Record By Connecting 400+ Working Game Consoles To One TV
@Oppyz666 That's just a fairytale meant to frighten children. As someone who once hooked up every electronic to a single outlet, I can guarantee no fires will happen.
Just a city wide explosion instead. Nothing major.
Re: Where To Pre-Order Super Mario Party Jamboree On Switch
@Zeebor15 A Visual Novel huh? Well, Im way ahead of you there. I already took the time to pre-order Mario Party instead.
Re: Persona 5 Is Getting A Huge 'Official Design Works' Artbook This Year
@jedgamesguy It never became popular. No one in these comments are even hating this game.
Re: Persona 5 Is Getting A Huge 'Official Design Works' Artbook This Year
@Oracles_fanboi What are you on about? Who are these people who can't stand others liking Persona? People still discuss games from 20 years ago rather it be positive or negative.
Seriously mate, your rant is just plain random and wild.
Re: Best Persona Games On Switch And Nintendo Systems
@darkswabber Ah okay, Im not familiar with the franchise. Just got my curiosity going after looking at the list.
Re: Best Persona Games On Switch And Nintendo Systems
Why hasn't Persona and 2 been ported yet? Seems weird to have a collection of games with two missing titles,
Re: Video: Sega Shares 'A Brief History Of Shadow The Hedgehog'
@VHSGREMLIN I don't understand the appeal of the the Mario franchise, Steve doesn't under the appeal of the Halo franchise, Bob doesn't understand the appeal of putting pineapple on a hotdog.
And you know what? That's A-okay. You don't have to understand, but the people who do? Well they're having just as much fun as the franchises you do understand.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings
@Samalik @Ruler-Of-All-Evil Reminds me years ago when someone I knew stated they hated English dub with a passion.
Thing is the guy couldn't speak or understand Japanese. So I asked him how would he even know the difference between a bad performance and a good one.
It's been 12 years since we last spoke.
Re: Gundam Breaker 4 X Pac-Man Collaboration Announced
@JohnnyMind We need more random crossovers that no will see coming from every game company.
Super Robot Wars x Custom Robo
Ace Combat x Star Fox
God of War x Final Fantasy
Persona x Animal Crossing
Re: Feature: Where Does 'Echoes Of Wisdom' Fit In The Zelda Timeline? Here Are 3 Theories
There is a timeline, and by timeline I mean the development, and release dates of each subsequent titles.
Personally, I find that timeline a bit more interesting. Delving deep into creative minds behind the Zelda franchise.
Re: Random: Finished With Your Old GameCube? Why Not Turn It Into A Cereal Bowl?
@Maulbert @Thomystic I still don't find cereal in a hollowed out GameCube interesting.
Also no waste of energy. I've enough to spare.
Re: Random: Finished With Your Old GameCube? Why Not Turn It Into A Cereal Bowl?
Might come off as a jerk but...nothing about this idea is cool or interesting.
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Jailed For Carrying Small Master Sword Replica
@Gorlock They should be arrested. You know how dangerous a sword is? I once saw a man single handily kill an entire army.
In fact, I think I still have the dvd of that movie. Either way it's getting wild in England.
Re: Cosy 'Polly Pocket'-Inspired Farm Sim 'Tiny Garden' Smashes Kickstarter Goal In One Hour
@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot Then you must be one of the ancients. Tell us olden one, what were the before times like?
Re: Random: Zelda Fan Jailed For Carrying Small Master Sword Replica
@quinnyboy58 Seems fair to me actually. Could have poked an eye out.
Re: Marvel Really Excited About Capcom's New MvC Fighting Game Collection
@Platinum-Bucket I would be up for it as long as Black Panther's a character. Infinite may have had it's problems, but I was glad atleast BP made it on the roster.
Personally, I thought the mixing of Monster Hunter and Wakanda was neat. Out of all the blended settings in Infinite, that actually felt the most natrual.
Re: New Transformers Game Mixes Arcade Racing And Roguelite Combat This October
@shoeses I agree 100%. I would've enjoy it if that EM became it's own spinoff game detached from Dark Spark.
I didn't go into Dark Spark with intention of hating it. But outside of Escalation Mode, everything was just such a disappointment.
Re: New Transformers Game Mixes Arcade Racing And Roguelite Combat This October
Eh, the last good TF games I played were the "War for Cybertron" series. Save for the third entry which tried to tie into the Micheal Bay film based games and was terrible.
And lastly Transformers Devastation.