Pac Man Ghosts

[Ponch]

Thank you, Dual. Words to live by! 

Also, Kim wanted me to tell Snake that lil' Snakelet is adorable!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

At least this way she'll develop the proper reflexes and patience to deal with platformers that the youth of today lack.  Mario with built-in video and gameplay walkthroughs, seriously Nintendo?

[Snake]

Proggy, I couldn't agree with you more. I can't speak for shooters and more serious games, since I don't play them or even have an interest in them (to me they are all cut from the same mold, but that is an entire different discussion and completely my own opinion*), but it seems that developers today have given in to catering to these types of kids who can't make it through a game without cheats or a walkthrough. <-- I can't wrap my head around the correct words to say here, but I hope you get the drift. I've been sitting here for the past 15 minutes trying to get my thoughts on here

When I was a kid you had a game and you played it. You had the manual and the game. That's all you needed! You figured it the fuck out!

If you're going to hold their hand through the entire thing, just make a movie. Nothing wrong with hints if you really need them, but being shown what to do? Bah. Isn't reading the manual supposed to fill you in on all the different power-ups and special skills your character has? It should give you all you need to know and maybe a few TIPS at the end.

I'm all for the Tutorial Mode some games have, but when some games have the tutorial built in the first half of the actual game, it's very annoying. Show me the rules, I'll study them and then I'll play it If I'm no good at it, I'm no good at it. There's no fun in the game playing it for me.

There's no need for a Mario game to have built-in walkthroughs and video.. that's absolutely absurd. I was actually unaware of such a thing. Which Mario game is this, ProgZ? The New Super Mario Bros.? I've only played a little bit of it at my brother-in-law's house and I automatically decided I wouldn't buy it myself. I'm a huge fan of the first four mario games, but this one seems watered down. The 4 player part of it is cool, but it's dumbed down way too much (from what I saw anyway). <-- I really liked the castle where those huge spikes fly up from below you, though. Other than that castle, the levels seemed very plain and empty... I can't imagine playing it by myself. I wonder if the levels change for one player (I doubt this of course)?

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Also, Kim wanted me to tell Snake that lil' Snakelet is adorable!

Tell her THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

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Like I said to somebody on YouTube concerning the shit physics in the new Sonic the Hedgehog 4 game recently: They don't know how to make platformers anymore. We've spent too much time in the first person world. Make it look pretty all you want, but when it comes to physics, especially in a game like Sonic and Mario, it's got to be fluid and NATURAL, if not, it is shit. You can paint a piece of shit gold, but it's still a piece of shit (a quote my friend has used on a few occasions). <-- that is the link to the video I commented on. I agree with the video maker 100%. I commented on both of his videos (28SNaKeS).

*There are exceptions here of course because there have been some interesting sounding games that I would like to play, but like I said above, this is a different discussion that should have it's own thread...

[Snakette]

Boy you are passionate about this subject, eh? 

[Ponch]

Boy you are passionate about this subject, eh? 

About teaching the next generation to love the Atari? Of course we are! It are seriuz bizness!!