Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

I think everyone is well aware that RA doesn't know anything about anything. This was a fun one though. I wonder how that guy is planning on getting home to England now. I would suggest a boat but I don't know how feasible that is. Maybe the Royal Family will send him their private yacht.

The plane was going to England, they were all heading there.

Blame England.

Only if the royal family is involved.

gm ffxiah

Good evening

Good morning, how is everyone?

One cup at a time and living alone yeah a basic keurig would be perfect for that.

Today I earned more Game Nerd™ Points...

I beat Devil May Cry 2, both discs.

Once upon a time, people said this is one of the worst game on Earth, if you want to torture someone, make them play DMC2. And completing it is considered an accomplishment for having great endurance for bad games.

So I decided to play it and see how bad it is exactly.

Truth to be told, it's actually kinda fun in the first 3 hours. Although the bland gameplay and the severe lack of moveset quickly shows after 3 hr.

But what's the worst is the fixed camera system tbh. I have no idea why Capcom designers in early 2000 liked fixed camera in action games so much. Onimusha also used fixed camera.

Fixed camera means I constantly got confused as camera changes angle 180 degrees next screen, or I have to fight/dodge enemies that I can't see off screen. Or even solve certain environment puzzles off screen.(Omg)

Beating both discs takes 5-6 hr, but many levels and bosses are repeating the old ones. So the real content is shorter than it looks.

After I complete the game, I felt my Game Nerd™ level has increased. Being able to beat this legendary black sheep title in the DMC universe. There is a great sense of satisfaction that comes with it after all. ;)

i went outside for all of 15 minutes and my left half is sunburnt.

What time zone are you in?

Earthworm Jim has no save points ...

The leap in quality from DMC 2 to DMC 3 was drastic at the time. I could never play 2 again.

We got +300,000 Indians last year

I don't remember it at all but I did play DMC once

Going from 5 to 2 is such a feat

Next on the list is Ninja Gaiden 2 (original 360 version)

It's hard to answer this while being detached from that era. I believe they worked back then, and felt like a Capcom thing (after the success of Biohazard). I don't remember people complaining about it tbh, instead we were busy being blown away by DMC1 and Onimusha. Maybe there were technical limitations that would downsize the scale of the game otherwise had they gone for a more free camera, but I wouldn't know about that.

From a gameplay perspective, an argument can be made that it's part of the environtment vs player engagement: you need to figure out where the camera angle changes, and try to avoid that happening in a way that is disadvantageous to you. Think getting pushed to the corner in fighting games (in the sense that, you accept the existence of an end to the horizontal plane aka the corner, and if you get trapped there, it's on you).

It's from an era when we complained less about design and took it for what it was, and considered it part of the challenge, intended or not. I kinda miss those days. I'm sure some really janky games are still fondly remembered to this day for there jank, at least in part. Not saying I'd needlessly want jank nowadays, obviously.

or... did we assume what we were given was the best we could have?

Is it the one where the player kick dogs?

main reason I never played Resident Evil/Biohazard was because of the fixed camera and tank controls. I guess it's part of the charm now but ain't no way, not for me.

I'll gatekeep that one any day.

Tank controls are a strong love hate relationship. All the real homies love to hate it.

They better not ever make any new games with it, but the old ones, gotta love it.