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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Are you sure you're not secretly thinking of the PS1 here?

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  • Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yes, yes, Psychonauts YES.

    I've played that at least 3 times through.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Defender wrote: »
    Are you sure you're not secretly thinking of the PS1 here?

    yes

    a good example is Shadow of the Colossus

    a game whose graphics everybody and their mom praised

    but were hideous to me

    don't get me wrong, the design and the art direction were breathtaking

    but the models of anything that wasn't thirty stories tall were awful and the textures just meh

    these in addition to the aforementioned lack of anti-aliasing combined to form a very underwhelming graphical experience

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm just saying that it is my understanding that anti-aliasing can be (and has been) implemented on the PS2.

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Defender wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    JC of DI wrote: »

    The best part was when it got ported to the PS2 wayyy later and ended up looking and sounding worse than the DC version; a point I routinely brought up among the DC haters at school.

    that's an easy argument to win

    point to any game on the PS2

    then point to Skies of Arcadia

    game over

    I mean the game itself sucked dick but at least it was pretty

    shit that game could come out now and the worst people might say is that the graphics are just okay

    Wait, seriously, any PS2 game? So, like, God Of War 2?

    One game that I think was underrated was Out Of This World. I think it just didn't really get the exposure it deserved. It was an absolutely brilliant puzzle/platformer. Short, but it avoided repetition and thus every moment was gold.

    Out of this world was awesome. I also loved Flashback and Blackthorne. Then I played the ps1 sequel to Flashback but I cant for the life of me remember what it was called.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Defender wrote: »
    I'm just saying that it is my understanding that anti-aliasing can be (and has been) implemented on the PS2.

    oh I wasn't clear up there

    it's there, I know that

    it just isn't any good

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Defender every time I see you mention God of War my life becomes just a tiny bit less worth living. I swear to Christ you would work a reference to that game into an argument about abortion.

    And yes, the argument would probably be impeccably well-reasoned and the reference both apt and valid, but this would only serve to make the prospect of a murder-suicide all the more tempting.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    just wait, any second he's going to talk about mixed martial arts

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    Defender every time I see you mention God of War my life becomes just a tiny bit less worth living. I swear to Christ you would work a reference to that game into an argument about abortion.

    And yes, the argument would probably be impeccably well-reasoned and the reference both apt and valid, but this would only serve to make the prospect of a murder-suicide all the more tempting.

    Dude, he asked about good-looking PS2 games. How the fuck can I not mention that game?

    Besides, I think the series I officially harp on is Thief.

    And on top of that, I've been mentioning Shenmue a lot lately. I think you have a sore spot for God Of War. Did Kratos murder your family?

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Shorty wrote: »
    just wait, any second he's going to talk about mixed martial arts

    ...That's Pony. He had an MMA career of some sort. I didn't.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    No, that was Metroids.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Shorty wrote: »
    Defender wrote: »
    I'm just saying that it is my understanding that anti-aliasing can be (and has been) implemented on the PS2.

    oh I wasn't clear up there

    it's there, I know that

    it just isn't any good


    So what do you think of the graphics in a game like Final Fantasy 10, or Resident Evil 4? Are they terrible? I've never noticed RE4 be anything but nice and smooth. And the anti-aliasing seemed fine in FF X. Gran Turismo 4, Rainbow 6, there's lots of games which aren't jagged messes.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    FFX, to me, was like the graphics guys went to the design team and said "guys, guys, check this out: We can do a fade from one sequence to another!" and the design guys were like "THAT IS GOING IN EVERY CUTSCENE FOR EVERY TRANSITION!"

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    No, that was Metroids.

    That's your own fault, then. Without any anti-aliasing, you should've seen them clearly coming from all the way across the dot matrix.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Wait, wasn't there a dude who paid his bills in underground streetfighting matches?

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Larlar wrote: »
    Butler wrote: »
    No, that was Metroids.

    That's your own fault, then. Without any anti-aliasing, you should've seen them clearly coming from all the way across the dot matrix.

    My car was in to be serviced at the time, and wouldn't you know it, I'd left the Ice Beam upgrade in the trunk.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Wait, wasn't there a dude who paid his bills in underground streetfighting matches?

    Yes, Pony had the unlicensed MMA career.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That's pretty hardcore right there.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yeah it's not very smart, though, and he'll tell you that.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    Larlar wrote: »
    Butler wrote: »
    No, that was Metroids.

    That's your own fault, then. Without any anti-aliasing, you should've seen them clearly coming from all the way across the dot matrix.

    My car was in to be serviced at the time, and wouldn't you know it, I'd left the Ice Beam upgrade in the trunk.

    So roll your parents through a concealed crack in the nearest cliffside and keep the metroids at bay with your Plasma Beam until the mechanic calls. Sometimes I think you wanted them to die.

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  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Are we still on the topic of underappreciated games

    if so, Timesplitters 2

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Red_Faction.jpg

    My favorite FPS of all time.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Raze's Hell is a lot of fun

    And goddamnit I want to play TA

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
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    My favorite FPS of all time.

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  • QuadropheniaQuadrophenia Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Shenmue. I want like 5 more of those games like the original, goddammit.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Larlar wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
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    My favorite FPS of all time.

    This was so awesomely gory. I loved that shit back in the day.

    It's no Red Faction, though.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    also the correct answer for the favourite FPS is

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    Teefs, i love you so much.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Also:

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    Marathon at launch. Playin' it on my Macintosh when I was like six, fuck yeah

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I've played a silly amount of random missions in SoF2. It's such a cathartic experience, tearing a man apart with a shotgun at close range.

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Also:

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    Marathon at launch. Playin' it on my Macintosh when I was like six, fuck yeah

    You are correct sir. I love infinity. Did you play Pathways to darkness?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    honkymcgoo wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Also:

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    Marathon at launch. Playin' it on my Macintosh when I was like six, fuck yeah

    You are correct sir. I love infinity. Did you play Pathways to darkness?

    Nope. But I remember hearing about it.

    Can anyone remember a game like this: you played a secret service agent or something. It used a marathon-like engine, and the missions involved you in a big marble office building and a big green estate. It had lots of American flags and very-old school animations. I've been thinking about this game for over a decade and I can't remember the name.

    I got it on a Mac demo disk years and years ago, I think.

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  • MitsuhideMitsuhide Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I never liked Tales of Symphonia, ever. The characters were stupid, the dialogue was horrible, the voice-actors bugged the shit out of me (especially that 12 year old girl who was voicing that blonde angel chick), AND the battle system was too random to be any fun.

    IMO, all of the 3D "Tales Of" games are crap. My favourite in the series was Tales of Destiny II on the PS1, but I blame that on my hard-on for sprites in RPGs. The battle system made WAY more sense in 2D.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I loved serious sam for xbox

    I was so pissed when I rented serious sam II and it didn't have co-op

    I was all "well, fuck this noise"

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I have a couple sisters obsessed with tales of symphonia and tales of the abyss

    I don't know if they've played anything else in the series, though

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i think it does on the pee cee though

    I can't rent PC games, though

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  • FromAlpha2OmegaFromAlpha2Omega Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    secret of evermore

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