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Turbam posted...

If you're gonna play any version of RE1, it should probably be the DS version.

Yeah thats the one Ive played the most. Quick turn, skippable doors, and knife not taking up an item slot are all appreciated. Im not saying the DC DualShock is the definitive version by any means, but just saying that it deserves a fair shake and has genuinely good tracks.

80/80

Not an huge fan of the theme for the caves either, but seriously, having now played it, I hate that its a running joke for YouTubers to play the basement theme as proof of how terrible the DualShock edition is. Its actually really good, and has some standout Resi tracks that have never seen the light of day! The balcony where you find Forrest is amazing, the jumpscare music when the dogs break the window is great, the theme in the area at the top of the mansion (accessible by the elevator late game, where you find the Battery) is amazing, and the west wing 2nd floor (the stairs above the west wing safe room) is all great. Seriously. Forget those YouTubers who probably havent even touched this version. Its a great change of pace for a replay of the game.

I also played on Arrange Mode for the first time, it was a cool experience with some mix ups, but I wouldve liked things to be even MORE mixed up. Progression took place in pretty much the same sequence, and Id say ~75% of key items were still in their original spots. The few new mix ups were good, though.

TL:DR dont listen to the homogenized views of YouTubers who just copy each others opinions, try out the DualShock version of Resident Evil 1, with its inferior soundtrack. I still prefer the original, but some of these tracks really deserve more recognition.

ssjevot posted...

Ex Machina spoilers:
I like the movie but I never get what people mean by "twist ending". We are told she is an AI and she is an AI. Is the twist that you can't trust her? We were told that too.

That one and Gone Girl arent exactly ambiguous or recontextualize much, but Id categorize both of them as giving that WHAM feeling.

Its a game and not a movie, but The Wolf Among Us had a pretty interesting ending too

What are some other movies with great endings that leave the viewer on a wham moment, where the implication is left ambiguous, or has a full-circle revelation?

The absolute pain of finding the perfect white t shirt only to ruin it

Wdym? Fallout 4 just came out in. 2015!?

Reddit topic

Like which one does the best job at retelling the Naruto story in a digestible way with good presentation

I only really use it when I need to download video game mods and stuff, but just wondering if I should be mindful of that when joining a discord for school or something

I have a PC. How can I Play the first 3 gears game without the Microsoft store?

Gonna start fiddling with getting Linux onto my laptops and PC. Next build will be entirely Linux

Just make sure you dont special summon more than 4 times in a given turn

Dark Half for the Super Nintendo.

and definitely play Pokemon Team Rocket Edition

Im playing it on ps4 rn, and gotta say, its ASS

The writing is cringe af all the characters just talk about sex 24/7 and use corny how ya doing fellow kids? Slang that just absolutely takes you out of it. Since its a narrative/movie game I was considering getting someone to sit and watch me play, but holy fuck I would die from the embarrassment. Game is slow paced af too and theres so much busy work, even in just picking up and interacting with objects.

I love many Narrative and Point-and-Click games, and there are a lot of schlocky B-Movie slasher flicks I enjoy, but I am not enjoying this game much at all. Im still gonna finish it out of obligation and the hopes that it turns itself around, but I dont see how it can.

Things went down by like 2% that happens all the time. News outlets have an interest in sensationalizing these things. Lets see if its bad for a full quarter or two.

Insane card congrats

At least their entire bodies get swapped. Not sure how the science of that all works.

Samus Aran

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The noob bridge wasnt an issue cuz Run is one of the remappable controls, so I knew it was a thing. If I didnt already know about the noob pipe idk how long it would take for me to figure out. Did I mention I hate the controls lol. I mapped Run to the R button so my thumb wouldnt cramp while running+jumping+shooting, but the trade-off is that I cant aim downwards while stationary. Zero Mission wouldnt have this problem.

I like the livelier music in Zero Mission more. And the controls. Holy hell I miss using L to aim and R to fire missiles. I look forward to replays of this game using control hacks like the Redux one I mentioned

The reserve tank near the walking chozo statue requiring shinespark having a bottomless pit is a d**k move lol

The game is so good at subtly telling you what is and is not possible, and what to look out for. Theres a pipe with broken wires you MUST roll through to get to the bottom section of the wrecked ship, and theres also the same tile leading to the passage to the boss. The game did this a handful of times already but this was just the most recent.

Also loved that surprise facehugger hidden inside the blocks at the end of the forested Brinstar area and the pit into Norfair. Forces you to use a bomb to kill the facehugger thing and the bomb blows up the ground youre standing under, seamlessly guiding you to the next area.

I asked about the Maridia thing first, cuz I noticed I was able to Power Bomb the pipe any time I wanted to. I used save states because I know Im not supposed to know about that yet. That noob tunnel is the subject of many YouTube analysis videos of this game and I was forced to learn about it as it was the inspiration for escaping the Space Pirate Ship and exploring Zebes postgame in Zero Mission. I also know from zero mission that Ill be able to push these little tin can robots using missiles. Just gotta beat Phantoon now and go from there.

edit:t the exposed pipe leading to phantoon also has those green bugs that scurry off when approached, leading your eye to it even more! This game has a great invisible hand

Not sure if Wrecked Ship is supposed to come before Maridia, but thats where I am now. I like how all the doors dont work and I instead need to get around by blasting all the destructible walls, of which there are a lot more in this area, signifying how the ship is old and falling apart

I own SA2Battle on Steam, but is it better to just play on Dolphin? Upscaling and Save States and stuff

Finding Paradise was really good. Really intrigued by whatever is being built towards in the real world. Dr.Watts scenes at the end of To The Moon and FP, as well as the Dr.Eva cliffhanger at the end of the Christmas minisode seem to point towards something sinister. I also like how much levity there is in these games despite the sentimentality, as well as they dont ignore that fact that Sigmund Corp is deeply dystopian

Oh right I havent played since they implemented evil teams. I should check it out again.

Make sure you keep that fusion on your team until the end. Thats how you unlock Fused Endless.

I found wall jumping easier here than in ZM. Maybe its just cuz its not a brand new concept to me anymore. But I also find one-wall jumps easier than jumping back-and-forth between two jumps lol. Anyways just beat Crocomire and got the grapple beam via that always cool running jump. That reminds me, I got really good at shinesparking and ball sparking in all directions when getting 100% completion in Zero Mission, but its so much more finicky in Super. So I havent bothered with it much.

As of right now, Super Metroid clears SotN pretty confidently imo. Although Im weird cuz I think Aria of Sorrow might be better than SotN too; it stands on the shoulders of a giant so credit must be given, but it trims a ton of the fat. Super Metroid is fat-free to begin with.

Does it give me one red life bar square thingy or all of them? Would be cool if it instantly refilled missiles and superbombs once depleted

Played it a ton but dropped it for now. My coolest starters were a Shiny Battle Bond Froakie with 3/4 of its egg moves, a Tier-2 Shiny Tinkatuff, a Latias, Chi-Yu, Rayquaza, Shiny Sticky Web Caterpie, an Abra with Flamethrower and Moonblast, a Shiny Tyrogue that allows me to start with any Shiny Hitmon as well, a Zapdos, and a bunch of other cool stuff. But its way too grindy for my tastes if youre trying to get all the Pokemon and passives etc

As for Finding Paradise, Im beginning to think Faye is an imaginary friend, and Colin simply has an overactive imagination that mixes with his real memories

Im at the famous-for-good-game-design-reasons room with the lone missile tank that is juuuussssst out of reach until getting the grapple beam. Stopped there for now. I also found an Energy Tank power up when exploring Crateria and the left/west side of Brinstar. What do they do? It sounds to me like its just another E Tank that only kicks in when I die.

I plan to intersperse some of the Prime games in there, but yes, Fusion will be my next 2D Metroid. And I plan to play AM2R BEFORE getting around to Samus Returns and Dread

Yeah my other question was that it doesnt really let me load from the save room I used last. Each area of the game seems to start me in the most basic save room. Samus ship for Crateria, the first save room for Brinstar, etc

not that its really an issue, I just use savestates to pick up where I left off

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__aCEr__ posted...

No that definitely doesn't sound right.

Im playing via emulator on 3DS but there are no cheats enabled and it was a fresh save https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6754e3b9.jpghttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6533906b.jpg

Youre too slow!

. When loading up a save the game really just allows you to begin from anywhere huh? Is that a bug? No way thats intended.

Fiddled around with it and it literally allows me to get dropped off in the wrecked ship I havent accessed yet, a giant water body in Maridia I havent come across, and even smack in the middle of the action in Tourian, with those evil rings on the way to the Mother Brain fight. Is this how it is for everyone? I havent even fought Ridley or Phantoon or Crocomire yet and Im allowed to load up a save right in front of the final boss?

Im gonna see it through obviously, but Super Metroid Redux seems really appealing for future playthroughs. Same game but it adds auto run without needing to hold a button, as well as GBA-style controls for aiming and missiles, and the heavier GBA-style physics.

Got the Speed Boots, Phazer, Wave Beam, and Ice Beam. I believe now my time in Norfair is done, and I use the ice beam to create some platforms to go back up that giant pit I fell down (I actually spent some time wall jumping to climb out, but I hit a dead end that required the Ice Beam anyway)

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Also Finding Paradise, but I doubt anyone cares about that.

Ive played most of the Castlevanias but this is only my 2nd Metroid game after Zero Mission.

Just beat Kraid. Ran out of missiles/super missiles and had to rely on charge shots and the odd missile drop from his projectiles. Much harder than his Zero Mission incarnation. The Chozo robot statue at the beginning was scary too.

the path forward is much more obscure than Zero Mission. The elevator room where you need to super missile the blocks to the right seemed so secret that I thought I found a secret collectible or something. The one leading to the blue room with the demonic face, towards Kraid.

The crack/fissure you need to bomb to create a path downwards towards Kraig also took me a while, despite the fissure being pretty unique-looking for the area. Didnt really scream bombable 4x4 pixel square so I thought it was just set dressing. This tells me Ill have to inspect the environment more thoroughly than just looking for inconspicuous tiles.

Rip man fan died

So did Eggsy become the new Galahad by the end or is he still just considered Eggsy?

also, is there some Knights of the Roundtable lore about Galahad being one of the more important Knights? Galahad was the MC of The Order 1886 as well.

Watched it yesterday. It was nice.

REmake

played Xevious on 3ds for a solid half hour and could not get to the first boss