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sometimes, things that used to be in lots of video games just start to disappear. for example, in a turn based RPG, in older games, you'd often whiff if you targeted a monster with two party members and the monster died before the second party member came up in the combat initiative. most of those things you probably don't miss, but some of 'em you might get nostalgic for. i get why they don't do this anymore, but back in the day it used to be fun when character creation would involve answering questions about a series of weird moral dilemmas that feel like they were cribbed from a bad intro to ethics philosophy textbook:  the ultima games were the biggest example but the sweetroll meme comes from a similar thing they used in the first Elder Scrolls game. what are some tropes and mechanics you wish you could see again?
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May 13, 2021 07:14
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cheat codes at the start screen
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May 13, 2021 07:17
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games not taking a billion dollars of sweatshop labor to make
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May 13, 2021 08:00
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Sham bam bamina! posted:games not taking a billion dollars of sweatshop labor to make JOHN CENA posted:cheat codes at the start screen
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May 13, 2021 08:28
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Rail grinding sections in platformers.
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May 13, 2021 13:55
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Bad Simpsons games coming out every year ripping off the current popular gaming trends. Imagine Simpsons Fortnite. Simpsons Among Us.
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May 13, 2021 14:38
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The Kins posted:cheat codes in general, really. let me noclip around and check out your cool environment art, pls yeah! i really miss cheat codes, even the dumb ones for poo poo like big head mode
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May 13, 2021 15:07
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Highly customizable multiplayer modes, I've always liked games that let you set up the conditions of a game and do crazy stuff, like in Time Splitters where you could set it up so that the more kills someone got the bigger and slower they'd get or something. With competitive online gaming being the main purpose of shooters these days you see way less of that in the name of balance. Sometimes it was fun to just make a one hit death game with your friends and arm everyone with bats and only bats
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May 13, 2021 15:19
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GorfZaplen posted:Highly customizable multiplayer modes, I've always liked games that let you set up the conditions of a game and do crazy stuff, like in Time Splitters where you could set it up so that the more kills someone got the bigger and slower they'd get or something. With competitive online gaming being the main purpose of shooters these days you see way less of that in the name of balance. Sometimes it was fun to just make a one hit death game with your friends and arm everyone with bats and only bats I used to love logging into random servers in Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament and finding someone's dumbass instagib mod with altered physics. Multiplayer in the late 90s/early 2000s kicked rear end
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May 13, 2021 15:23
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getting to the end of the credits and just as you think it's over... it's the game thanking me personally for playing
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May 13, 2021 15:26
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Cheat codes ftw Games are starting to do it again but only being able to have two weapons at a time in a shooter is a scourge and sucks rear end. Let me have access to them all once I pick it up. Especially in games with upgrades
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May 13, 2021 15:26
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GorfZaplen posted:Highly customizable multiplayer modes, I've always liked games that let you set up the conditions of a game and do crazy stuff, like in Time Splitters where you could set it up so that the more kills someone got the bigger and slower they'd get or something. With competitive online gaming being the main purpose of shooters these days you see way less of that in the name of balance. Sometimes it was fun to just make a one hit death game with your friends and arm everyone with bats and only bats smash bros is still pretty good about this at least, they just don't let you do it if you're playing online.
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May 13, 2021 15:27
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Pablo Nergigante posted:I used to love logging into random servers in Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament and finding someone's dumbass instagib mod with altered physics. Multiplayer in the late 90s/early 2000s kicked rear end i think i told this story before but my brother sucked poo poo at doom multiplayer and made his own wad with one level where he started right next to a hidden room with a switch that killed the lights, nvg, and a plasma gun. it only worked once and then the guy he would lan party with saw him enter the room and brutally murdered him whenever he went near it
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May 13, 2021 15:28
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Fungah! posted:i think i told this story before but my brother sucked poo poo at doom multiplayer and made his own wad with one level where he started right next to a hidden room with a switch that killed the lights, nvg, and a plasma gun. it only worked once and then the guy he would lan party with saw him enter the room and brutally murdered him whenever he went near it Lmao
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May 13, 2021 15:29
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The gaming equivalent of Mr. Burns using the snowmobile to get to the mountain cabin
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May 13, 2021 15:30
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Pablo Nergigante posted:The gaming equivalent of Mr. Burns using the snowmobile to get to the mountain cabin lol
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May 13, 2021 15:32
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simpsons fortnite/apex where everyone is assigned a random simpsons character would kick rear end. congratulations to champion squad scratchy, hugh jazz, and mr. burns much? just a thoughjt..
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May 14, 2021 00:00
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innovation
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May 14, 2021 03:35
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Launching a game for the first time and going directly into gameplay rather than a tutorial
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May 14, 2021 04:00
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Bicyclops posted:
they were because lord british developed his moral system and self insert godhead alternate persona also called lord britih when he was like 16. the ultima character creation was cool tho even tho by age 8 [same age i devoured descartes] i figured out that it was basically rigged and was a series of 8 choices you could easily game to get the best start [warrior obvs]
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May 14, 2021 04:11
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Sham bam bamina! posted:games not taking a billion dollars of sweatshop labor to make i like this because computer programmers, artists, sony, microsoft, nintendo, etc employees deserve to suffer.
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May 14, 2021 04:12
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Bicyclops posted:sometimes, things that used to be in lots of video games just start to disappear. for example, in a turn based RPG, in older games, you'd often whiff if you targeted a monster with two party members and the monster died before the second party member came up in the combat initiative. most of those things you probably don't miss, but some of 'em you might get nostalgic for. I like the one in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines because the questions are all graphic tee slogans like "The world is a joke...I'm just here to laugh at it!" and "If someone gets in my way I'll kick their rear end!"
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May 14, 2021 04:29
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Fungah! posted:yeah! i really miss cheat codes, even the dumb ones for poo poo like big head mode THPS1+2 was super disappointing in this regard for me because in the original, every skater that you completed career mode unlocked a new cheat in the cheats menu. Sometimes it was a QOL upgrade like different starting locations on the map, sometimes it was a whole new secret character, and sometimes it was just a dumb fun thing like making your skater 400lbs. In the remake you only unlock like two cheat menu items and they're super lazy sepia filters on the graphics. Another game with a memorable cheat menu is Beetle Adventure Racing. It was a very wide open arcade racer with spacious tracks and plenty of hidden paths and shortcuts, and in each level there were hidden bonus boxes that unlocked stuff like new cars, cosmetics, and a cheat menu. American McGay fucked around with this message at 09:06 on May 14, 2021 |
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May 14, 2021 09:04
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May 14, 2021 11:48
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Bicyclops posted:sometimes, things that used to be in lots of video games just start to disappear. for example, in a turn based RPG, in older games, you'd often whiff if you targeted a monster with two party members and the monster died before the second party member came up in the combat initiative. most of those things you probably don't miss, but some of 'em you might get nostalgic for. It didn't fully disappear, Tyranny had that on the character creation and the choices you made actually would be brought up a lot in the game.
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May 14, 2021 16:52
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I miss games being complete and functional day one.
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May 14, 2021 17:53
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i miss being able to put a game into a console and play it
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May 14, 2021 17:55
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tao of lmao posted:I miss games being complete and functional day one. tbf a lot of them were super glitchy and broken back in the day, there's a reason there are version numbers on roms
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May 14, 2021 17:58
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i miss unlockable cheats and cheats in general. i wouldnt have played san andreas for 1/10th the time i did if it werent for flying cars & chaos
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May 14, 2021 17:59
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tao of lmao posted:I miss games being complete and functional day one. you have to go back to the mid 90s for PC games for that lol - and hell its been since 2006 on so now 15 years for consoles
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May 14, 2021 17:59
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Bicyclops posted:tbf a lot of them were super glitchy and broken back in the day, there's a reason there are version numbers on roms
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May 14, 2021 18:07
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extremebuff posted:i miss unlockable cheats and cheats in general. i wouldnt have played san andreas for 1/10th the time i did if it werent for flying cars & chaos same.
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May 14, 2021 18:07
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Bicyclops posted:tbf a lot of them were super glitchy and broken back in the day, there's a reason there are version numbers on roms That Little Demon posted:you have to go back to the mid 90s for PC games for that lol
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May 14, 2021 18:10
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Sham bam bamina! posted:the genesis sonic games rule but technically they're barely functional piles of junk. it's easier to fall through the ground in sonic 2 than in effing action 52. 
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May 14, 2021 18:10
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lmfao
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May 14, 2021 18:15
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Sham bam bamina! posted:the genesis sonic games rule but technically they're barely functional piles of junk. it's easier to fall through the ground in sonic 2 than in effing action 52. youve got extreme games energy and you need to cleanse yourself of it
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May 14, 2021 18:15
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Sonic fans are truely sick people
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May 14, 2021 18:22
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May 14, 2021 18:24
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Watch out! That crafty Alduin has cast time magic on some of the quests. You may not be able to complete them unless you reload a previous save or access console commands (press ~ on your keyboard).
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May 14, 2021 18:29
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Uh oh! Johnny Silverhand's chip can only hold so much data. If you purchased the console version, choom, you better be careful. Johnny can brick an old PlayStation 4 faster than Rogue can hack an Arasaka drone!
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