Just about every creative decision from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Bros was made as a way to work with or around technical limitations
Mario is a carpenter (and later a plumber) because giving him suspenders made it easier to distinguish his arms from his torso
He has a mustache to add more definition to his face
He can shrink and grow because small Mario made more sense gameplay-wise in the early form of the game's design, and that's how he looked in Mario Bros., but big Mario gave them the opportunity to draw a higher fidelity sprite. You grow with a mushroom as a reference to Alice in Wonderland
Border Break coming to smart phones and tablets in the US 2017
The smart phone game for border break is like, the pinnacle of everything awful about Japanese mobile game design distilled into a single app.
Like, I know folks think we have some grindy, microtransaction, pay to win, time sink garbage over here but holy shit the stuff they've got in Japan is far worse.
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Border Break coming to smart phones and tablets in the US 2017
The smart phone game for border break is like, the pinnacle of everything awful about Japanese mobile game design distilled into a single app.
Like, I know folks think we have some griny, microtransaction, pay to win, time sink garbage over here but holy shit the stuff they've got in Japan is far worse.
The worst most depressing part is that shit makes bank
I don't understand the popularity of mobile games.
But I guess I'm so used to controllers I rarely find a tiny touchscreen to be a good input method.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Border Break coming to smart phones and tablets in the US 2017
The smart phone game for border break is like, the pinnacle of everything awful about Japanese mobile game design distilled into a single app.
Like, I know folks think we have some griny, microtransaction, pay to win, time sink garbage over here but holy shit the stuff they've got in Japan is far worse.
The worst most depressing part is that shit makes bank
And this summarizes what I put for the "how do feel about mobile question".
yeah, the average person is not going to pay 100+ dollars for a dedicated portable gaming device when they can play games on the thing they already own and carry everywhere
3DS, Vita, and iOS/Android are all mobile gaming platforms that all have good stuff on them.
Some folks might not have a smart phone so spending the cost of a handheld (especially if they go for a previous generation) might be a pretty good deal for them, some folks may have a powerful smartphone and therefore not see the need for a handheld, some folks want both!
There are darn good games on smart phones, turn based stuff, card games, and other stuff all can work really well on a smart phone. There are a lot of great digital boardgames on there. There is also god awful microtransaction laden garbage fires but, hell, that's on every gaming platform these days
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
If it weren't for Fantasy War Tactics, then my mobile games platform would be a lot more stale. But it's an actual SRPG on the mobile platform!
I used to have a few fun RPG or management style games on my phone/iPad but they eiither stopped updating, got the data lost when my phone died, got the data lost some other way, or ran out of interesting content.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
If it weren't for Fantasy War Tactics, then my mobile games platform would be a lot more stale. But it's an actual SRPG on the mobile platform!
I used to have a few fun RPG or management style games on my phone/iPad but they eiither stopped updating, got the data lost when my phone died, got the data lost some other way, or ran out of interesting content.
Oooh, Fantasy War Tactics looks pretty neat, I may have to grab that.
Most of my iOS gaming has been roguelikes (868 HACK and Hoplite) and tower defense. With the occasional odd standout title like Device 6.
3DS, Vita, and iOS/Android are all mobile gaming platforms that all have good stuff on them.
Some folks might not have a smart phone so spending the cost of a handheld (especially if they go for a previous generation) might be a pretty good deal for them, some folks may have a powerful smartphone and therefore not see the need for a handheld, some folks want both!
There are darn good games on smart phones, turn based stuff, card games, and other stuff all can work really well on a smart phone. There are a lot of great digital boardgames on there. There is also god awful microtransaction laden garbage fires but, hell, that's on every gaming platform these days
Mobile and portable are not the same platform or market! They are as different as the PC and console markets were in the early 90's.
Just about every creative decision from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Bros was made as a way to work with or around technical limitations
Mario is a carpenter (and later a plumber) because giving him suspenders made it easier to distinguish his arms from his torso
He has a mustache to add more definition to his face
He can shrink and grow because small Mario made more sense gameplay-wise in the early form of the game's design, and that's how he looked in Mario Bros., but big Mario gave them the opportunity to draw a higher fidelity sprite. You grow with a mushroom as a reference to Alice in Wonderland
Etc etc
Eh, Super Mario was closer than Mario to what he looked like in Mario Bros. But yeah, agreed otherwise.
What gets me is when they lump in his white gloves with that, seeing as they never appeared white in-game until Super Mario World.
Like Mega Man Legends? Then check out my story, Legends of the Halcyon Era - An Adventure in the World of Mega Man Legends on TMMN and AO3!
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
If it weren't for Fantasy War Tactics, then my mobile games platform would be a lot more stale. But it's an actual SRPG on the mobile platform!
I used to have a few fun RPG or management style games on my phone/iPad but they eiither stopped updating, got the data lost when my phone died, got the data lost some other way, or ran out of interesting content.
Oooh, Fantasy War Tactics looks pretty neat, I may have to grab that.
Most of my iOS gaming has been roguelikes (868 HACK and Hoplite) and tower defense. With the occasional odd standout title like Device 6.
Fantasy War Tactics is great! It's grindy as all hell, but in a good way. It uses paper/rock/scissors as the battle triangle, literally.
If you want to get started, I would suggest getting it now. They are doing some promotion this month, and you can collect some items that basically let you purchase super rare stuff for free AND they have some exclusive characters that may disappear after the promotion is over. And these characters are good. If I could have started the game with them, I would have been so money.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
He made three long videos about the Witcher games and they're awesome and I love them even when he's critical, because he's smart and articulates himself well
I don't understand the significance of this particular pi day shenanigan. Is this a reference to Crush 40, or hinting that something will be announced on April 10th, or some other joke I've totally missed?
Also, it annoys me that there are five stacks of eight pies instead of four stacks of ten.
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Sonic was always meme humor.
He also helped bringing chili dogs back into the public consciousness, and basically saved the chili dog industry in the 90's.
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Mario is a carpenter (and later a plumber) because giving him suspenders made it easier to distinguish his arms from his torso
He has a mustache to add more definition to his face
He can shrink and grow because small Mario made more sense gameplay-wise in the early form of the game's design, and that's how he looked in Mario Bros., but big Mario gave them the opportunity to draw a higher fidelity sprite. You grow with a mushroom as a reference to Alice in Wonderland
Etc etc
http://www.audioentropy.com/
And then got really sad that the entire back half was about mobile games.
The smart phone game for border break is like, the pinnacle of everything awful about Japanese mobile game design distilled into a single app.
Like, I know folks think we have some grindy, microtransaction, pay to win, time sink garbage over here but holy shit the stuff they've got in Japan is far worse.
The worst most depressing part is that shit makes bank
But I guess I'm so used to controllers I rarely find a tiny touchscreen to be a good input method.
Soon you'll be shouting at clouds.
And this summarizes what I put for the "how do feel about mobile question".
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Steam | Twitter
3DS/Vita.
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Steam | Twitter
Some folks might not have a smart phone so spending the cost of a handheld (especially if they go for a previous generation) might be a pretty good deal for them, some folks may have a powerful smartphone and therefore not see the need for a handheld, some folks want both!
There are darn good games on smart phones, turn based stuff, card games, and other stuff all can work really well on a smart phone. There are a lot of great digital boardgames on there. There is also god awful microtransaction laden garbage fires but, hell, that's on every gaming platform these days
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
I used to have a few fun RPG or management style games on my phone/iPad but they eiither stopped updating, got the data lost when my phone died, got the data lost some other way, or ran out of interesting content.
Oooh, Fantasy War Tactics looks pretty neat, I may have to grab that.
Most of my iOS gaming has been roguelikes (868 HACK and Hoplite) and tower defense. With the occasional odd standout title like Device 6.
Everyone get iiiiiiit
Mobile and portable are not the same platform or market! They are as different as the PC and console markets were in the early 90's.
Pfft, way ahead of you. Goddamn OneDrive...
Everybody should play the Room
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Eh, Super Mario was closer than Mario to what he looked like in Mario Bros. But yeah, agreed otherwise.
What gets me is when they lump in his white gloves with that, seeing as they never appeared white in-game until Super Mario World.
Like Mega Man Legends? Then check out my story, Legends of the Halcyon Era - An Adventure in the World of Mega Man Legends on TMMN and AO3!
Fantasy War Tactics is great! It's grindy as all hell, but in a good way. It uses paper/rock/scissors as the battle triangle, literally.
If you want to get started, I would suggest getting it now. They are doing some promotion this month, and you can collect some items that basically let you purchase super rare stuff for free AND they have some exclusive characters that may disappear after the promotion is over. And these characters are good. If I could have started the game with them, I would have been so money.
He made three long videos about the Witcher games and they're awesome and I love them even when he's critical, because he's smart and articulates himself well
PSN ID : DetectiveOlivaw | TWITTER | STEAM ID | NEVER FORGET
Monument Valley is great but it's like 2 hours long
Which only sucks cuz I was ready to play it forever
Steam | Twitter
Also, it annoys me that there are five stacks of eight pies instead of four stacks of ten.
Edit: Enlightenment
Like Mega Man Legends? Then check out my story, Legends of the Halcyon Era - An Adventure in the World of Mega Man Legends on TMMN and AO3!
Isn't it great?
No. It's lazy internet ready meme humor.
He also helped bringing chili dogs back into the public consciousness, and basically saved the chili dog industry in the 90's.
This has become one of the threads I look forward to seeing new posts the most.
I was going to reply to this with various "party pooper" memes but I couldn't manage the wherewithal so pretend I did that
IS HIS SKIN A SHIRT