*fails irony forever*

edited 3rd Nov '09 6:14:06 PM by Inkblot

^Thank you, Oh Lord and Master of Understanding Irony

Oh yeah, PC emulates them all... so, retro gamers can just use their computers if they're that sneaky.

Yeah, who needs those game engines, physics, innovative gameplay...

Two buttons and the thruth!

I don't have anything against old games, but nostalgia filter much?

I would be mildly curious about a game that sold itself as being "two buttons and the truth". I wonder what that truth would be, and how it would be presented.

Well, we don't remember games for using C++ or what the name of the hex codes are or how the graphics were bitmapped... we like the characters, music, story, and worlds dang it. =B

-ninja'd

edited 3rd Nov '09 6:05:14 PM by AJ the Black Dragon

Which are all enhanced by using C++ or what the name of the hex codes are or how the graphics were bitmapped and all those technology thingies I don't know much about.

"I would be mildly curious about a game that sold itself as being "two buttons and the truth". I wonder what that truth would be, and how it would be presented."

Wasn't the Wii originally based upon that idea until they introduced the Nunchuk attachment?

True, but not everyone really cares about them... Some even have preached that those things "ruined" gaming (which is a crock of bull), and all I ever hear about is how this current gen is the worst of the bunch.

-ninja'd, because I'm too slow...

edited 3rd Nov '09 6:17:44 PM by AJ the Black Dragon

@ Cliche: I thought the Wii was more about having fun and stuff.

I meant a game that presents itself as being real and meaningful and paints other games as pretentious and inferior. I was being Literal Minded, slightly facetiously. Sorry.

edited 3rd Nov '09 6:18:13 PM by BobbyG

Yeah, I missed the pretentious part, but certainly "two buttons" was Nintendo's remarks about how so many buttons on controllers nowadays overcomplicates games and "the truth" was simplifying games to be more intuitive. Concerning your definition, though, I heard that La Mulana was designed as a Take That towards newer generations of gamers. Also, tangentially related, No More Heroes referred to itself as a "punk game".

edited 3rd Nov '09 6:24:34 PM by Cliche

They do, only they call coding "why does the game crash?" or "I'd really like to be able to interact with this in other ways than hitting it with a hammer", and they call "bitmapping" "dude, that's mountain looks great"... or whatever.

Indeed it is, what are we arguing again?

Nothing really.

What are we ever arguing about, Noimporta?

Nothing of relevance, that's for sure, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a direction in our conversational ramblings, right?

No, but I do remember why I said the stuff, I was just saying it because I don't buy a game for the graphics and power like some people do.

"Well one perk of owning a PS 3 is that you can still play PS 2 games which are still being made IIRC. That and avoiding the Red Ring Of Death."

But the versions of the PS 3 that can do that don't do it very well. At least for the games I play.

*hugs his PS2s and PS1 that he uses for one game that doesn't work right on a PS2*

edited 3rd Nov '09 10:34:52 PM by TsundeRay

I hate the PS 3 for being hard to develop for and basically killing the momentum of the PS 2 and all its franchises.

I might consider one if it (and its games) weren't so prohibitively expensive. I know there aren't many games for it that don't find their way onto the other consoles, but I hate hate hate the Xbox gamepad.

edited 3rd Nov '09 11:01:48 PM by zeroplusalpha

My PS 3 seems to emulate the PS 2 games I still care about, but it was the early top-of-the-line model. They got progressively worse at it with time as Sony made them cheaper.

Xbox 360 blows for 2D gaming if you aren't willing to invest in a third-party gamepad or an arcade stick.

Well...

I don't own either the PS 3 or the Xbox 360, but at least Sony is making an effort to makes games in many genre, while all Microsoft do is regurgitate Halo and uh, Forza Motorsport.

Glowsquid: XBLA?

People complain about the Xbox d-pad all the time, but I don't think it's that bad. Maybe it's because I have no interest in the fighting genre.

...actually, it's probably because it's nowhere near as bad as the Gamecube d-pad. I hate that bloody thing.

Please, I come to this forum to get away from console debates. As much as anything about consoles comes close to a "debate".

Sorry, I am grouchy today. And I do come to this forum for other things as well.