>tfw plebs enjoy what i enjoy
>tfw starting to hate the game i previously enjoyed
Anyone else has the same problem?
Yes. That's happened to almost everything I've enjoyed except for some /a/ content, mostly because weebs are very unpleasant to new people for that exact reason. Simply liking something is not enough but if that happens enough the culture around the hobby changes. See neo-/v/ or even /co/, christ.
No, because I'm not an edgy contrarian.
No, I unironically only play hidden gems.
I've never really been able to see why people make such a huge fuss over certain JRPG's and hate on others so harshly. To me most of them don't even seem that different, honestly.
Like take FF6 against FF9. People regularly praise FF6, but hate on FF9... but they both seem pretty equal to me. The gameplay is very similar all considering, the characters are about the same level of depth and writing quality, the story as well, etc.
Very, very few JRPG's tend to stand out to me in any substantial way. I honestly can't see a single thing about one that makes it so "amazing" while others are so "terrible".
About the only except to this is FF7 ironically, which I still think is fine but I really see NOTHING special about it even compared to others, and found it kind of boring. Heard it was incomplete, too, but wouldn't know much about that.
I might just have shit taste, but I just don't really get why people get so passionate over these things. They're all pretty much the same, really, when you get right down to it.
...or am I just missing something monumental?
>>4163162
Eh it's like saying you don't get why some platformers get praised while others are hated. Yes the concepts of the games are similar but they haves differences.
If you don't get that with jrpg's then they're probably just not for you and that's ok. There are plenty more games/genres luckily
>>4163169
I guess, but like... I'm genuinely interested in hearing what about them makes people THAT passionate.
What about things like FF2, FF9, FF13, BoF5, Chrono Cross, etc is SO terrible? When I've played them they were pretty enjoyable and were easily on par with praised games like FF6, FF7, Chrono Trigger, BoF3, etc.
>"whaaat, is up, with JRPGs?"
don't you ever get tired of making these threads?
Don't mind me, just the GOAT mecha series
>>4163069
It always bothered me that you could never dual wield in the original games like you see on the cover art. I realize that there are arms that are basically two giant cannons though
Virtua On is better
>>4163080
TAKE IT BACK BILLY
Concept art thread?
Whats the best concept/design book you've read related to vidya? Double plus good if you can provide a link to it.
What was the biggest disappointment when you discovered an idea that was dropped from a game?
>>4163046
>What was the biggest disappointment when you discovered an idea that was dropped from a game?
finding out that the countryside in Daggerfall was supposed to look like this and that the cities were supposed to have balconies through which you could break into the buildings.
the final game just feels rather flat in comparison.
>>4163052
>tfw you can't get Arena or Daggerfall to work on your shitty Win7 PC
>>4163064
You should be able to.
Bethesda even spoonfeeds you on how to set up dosbox to play them.
I use pic related for emulation, and games on ps1 that don't use the joystick. The dpads on these are, in my opinion, fantastic. Also, feel free to post your comfiest controllers for 2d emulation.
modern ergonomics with a great dpad. also only $15
>>4162857
i have a couple myself, good pads but they go flat dpad and wear out faster than the stock ps1 pads.
i want to eats it
what if...
-the saturn was released on the original launch day
-a sonic game had been in development specifically for the saturn since 1994
-the n64 shipped with a disc drive instead of a cartridge port
-the playstation was a nintendo addon
how would things have turned out? feel free to post your own alternate timelines
Your life would be perfect instead of the way it is now.
Nah. Everything would have turned out exactly the same except that Nintendo would be a part of the Sony corporation.
>>4162804
would nintendo really have lost all that much money from a SNES playstation? it's not exactly like addons are or were ever particularly popular so I can't imagine it actually killing nintendo. sega fell into that trap, but they failed to climb out more so due to overall incompetence than anything
Nintendo never went into the vidya business and still ran taxis and hotels and shit.
>Be me
>Be 6
>Dad owns an Atari 2600 and plays games
>Sometimes lets me play
>He somehow owns Halloween and lets me play
>My favorite game
>Fast forward until present
>Dad has died a year ago
>He asked to be buried with his sons favorite game, Halloween for Atari
>Go to his funeral and I put it in his casket right before the burial
>Cry
>Takes a month to get over it.
>Last week I was searching through my attic.
>Found old atari
>Buys a switch so I can actually hook it up to my tv
>Starts to play and cry because I miss him and how fun we had
>Literally the next day I get a call
>its my mom
>"Hey anon, I got a call today, your fathers grave was dug up, and they only took that game you put in, so I wouldn't worry about it."
>Must be someone I told because who would know
>Still looking for the sick fuck today
>Can't trust friends anymore
That is an exceedingly strange funeral request but if you really did lose your dad recently I feel for you. The 2600 definitely brings back the childish memories of my dad when I just assumed he'd live forever.
>>4162801
No, I just like writing stories with greentext, I was trying to go for a goofy version but it ended up being serious. Thanks for your concern though!
>>4162802
This is too goofy to be a serious story and too serious to be a goofy story. I think the only goof here is you, OP.
>walk into local game store in Spring 1995
>pick up Metal warriors since it has a cool cover
>blown away by it
>read years later it only had 50,000 copies
>absolutely no one in real life has ever heard of it
>Beat it once as a kid
>beat it once as an adult 3 years ago
>>4162675
A friend of mine had this and another mech game that played DAMN similar to it. Like almost exactly like it. I don't even think they were made by the same company and I'll be damned if I can remember what the game was called.
Just read an interview with the lead devs. The highlights:
>Both inspired by VOTOMS, Gundam and Blaster Master
>only played Assault Suits Vulkan (Cybernator) a few times
>Key influence from ASV was actually how to do the controls
>Uses a modified ZAMN engine
>Never heard of Front Mission or Front Mission:Gun Hazard
>was gonna be a Nintendo Published game
>1995 hit and everyone stopped caring about cartridge games
>sold it for very little to Konami
>50,000 copies
>Got the name "Battle Droids" but Konami wanted to call it Metal Warriors
>>4162690
It was probably Cybernator. The original was called Assault Suits Valken.
What are some retro games that feature gays, lesbians, cross-dressers, etc? Bonus points if you can play as them~
>>4162553
Fuck off buzzfeed
>>4162553
>>4162553
oakarina of time
btw does shiek have a dick?
This game is very dull and overrated, the level design is pure garbo and the majority of the weapons suck.
https://lparchive.org/Quake-2/
I agree
Thats why quake 1 is better
>>4162551
Indeed indeed
this is the super acan, a taiwanese 16-bit system that came out in the 90s. has anyone actually played one of these/own one? its piqued my interest beyond belief. I'm moving to taiwan in september and gonna see if I can pick one up for cheap.
>>4162512
intredasting
>>4162512
is it not just a super famiclone?
>>4162512
>I'm moving to taiwan in september and gonna see if I can pick one up for cheap.
They're actually very rare and very expensive as collector's items.
>>4162585
It's actually its own proper thing with a 68000 processor and some fancy video effects. Sound capabilities is roughly equivalent to a card-based TG16 game. Games looked like 2D Jaguar ones in terms of colors and such. Launched very late (1995) and cost an obscene amount of money though I never found an exact price.
DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread >>4155986
DOOM/II/ULTIMATE/FINAL/64/CHEX/QUAKE/DUKE
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other retro FPS welcome
~~ Let's post like gentlemen ~~
FAQ/PASTEBIN
http://pastebin.com/hzDnLpct
SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME...
Doom: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/vr/image/1467/42/1467421002740.png
Doom Downloads:
+ IWADs only: http://www.mediafire.com/file/edy3dhdbp33pdg7/IWADS.zip
+ IWADs and more (>3 GB): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B47V8l2eVZKxRU82S3JkZkdBRXM
Quake: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/vr/image/1476/78/1476783249877.png
Quake pastebin (2016-06-22): http://pastebin.com/XjBHDRFw
Duke: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/vr/image/1403/19/1403195896088.jpg
Thief: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/vr/image/1456/09/1456095399293.jpg
== INFO/LINKS ==
OFFICIAL DOOM WIKI
http://doomwiki.org/
WHERE TO FIND WADS
Vanilla/Boom: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/
ZDoom: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=19
/idgames: http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/
BT (2016-02-01): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13513277/idgames.torrent (dead)
TUTORIALS/UTILITIES
https://pastebin.com/7vKYWYp0
SOUNDFONTS
https://pastebin.com/y0Mnk9s4
RESOURCES
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=37
BUILD ENGINE LAUNCHERS
http://buildgamedosboxlaunchers.weebly.com/
== /VR/DOOM COMMUNITY ==
THREAD ARCHIVES
https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/text/%22doom%20thread%22/type/op/
MAKING NEW THREADS PROPERLY
https://pastebin.com/yzwgaLp7
IMAGE DATABASE
http://vrdoom.booru.org/?page=post&s=list
OUR WADS
http://pastebin.com/5sKRiJzS
http://pastebin.com/aiEgdB3K
=== CURRENT EVENTS ===
QUMP
-We're still waiting
-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zlfb2U2VCeS70uS6Klc2ZEOC9KtnYyCyBXEmeetjh0c/edit
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp_ZqCZPJKk
OP
-2016 torrent of idgames archive is gone
-Looking into replacing or removing outdated resources in the OP, need feedback
-Looking for more unique images to start each thread with
=== NEWS ===
[8-1] Map Jam 9 released (Quake)
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61494
[8-1] /newstuff Chronicles #532
https://www.doomworld.com/news/the-newstuff-chronicles-532-r5277/
[7-29] Press F as OBLIGE's 7.666 release will likely be the final version
http://oblige.sourceforge.net/
[7-28] Intermission E2M7, featuring Cage, Wartorn, and Pillowblaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13IDbeckDUM
[7-27] Lilith.pk3, the latest hot mod
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=57364
[7-26] Project Xenome: Interloper, a map set for Unreal
http://www.unrealsp.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4195
[7-21] Anon map release: LEISURE.WAD
https://mega.nz/#!UyhnEYxA!BvZc-FDnp2Z6DqiyB3xD1_AJ04NWw9sPDFKE3NVUkXY
[7-21] 12.5 Quadrillion Shades Of Doom (monster randomizer)
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=57310
[7-21] Anon map release: "an arena where you can practise fighting two archviles"
https://my.mixtape.moe/xlahtx.wad
[7-21] High Noon Drifter released
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=57098
[7-20] New Insanity's Requiem release
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37130&start=480#p1010044
[7-20] BloodGDX 0.771 released, fixes ROR
http://m210.duke4.net/
[7-19] Colorful Hell got updated to 0.90; adds gibs and White Archvile
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=47980
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=== PROTIP ===
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>>4162416
her's your meme
>>4162460
half assed as fuck
Is this worth playing
>>4162280
Maybe you shouldn't play video games, if you can't even put on in the machine and try it for five minutes yourself.
You make these threads every fucking day. Come on now.
>>4162280
Only if you like video games.
>>4162280
This is the best version of this game, hard but fun and rewarding do it op
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT GAY SHIT???
Dont disrespect Sonic 2...Sonic 2 is lowkey better than Sonic 3.
Being super sonic ruined this stage
>Save turtle inside robot
>Falls to its death
ITT: The most obscure games you can remember from your childhood
I assumed I was the only one who ever played this, until I saw a screenshot of it on /vr/ just recently.
Played the shit out of pic related in my old famiclone.
>>4162035
OP here, I played that one too. I lived right next to a store that rented out Genesis games, so I got to play a lot of weird lesser known games even though I don't remember most of it.