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| Topic | Did you play any games for the first time this year... |
| Advokaiser 12/27/21 5:49:33 PM #27 | I always had the impression that the majority of dedicated gamers' first time playing a game (at least from what I've seen in boards) was only with the current-year ones, and that any older games they played throughout that year were already games they'd beaten or played in the past. Nice to be proven wrong! --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Tales of... |
| Advokaiser 12/27/21 5:39:14 PM #54 | UshiromiyaEva posted... ??? Oh... That makes sense (to a certain extent). --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Tales of... |
| Advokaiser 12/27/21 9:00:06 AM #37 | KamikazePotato posted... Honestly surprised Symphonia is still this dominant here. Well, it's the FFVII equivalent of the Tales of franchise... It's not going anywhere for a while. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Tales of... |
| Advokaiser 12/27/21 8:55:31 AM #36 | I'm serious! Why was Tales of the Rays so ignored after its release when it was the only extremely hyped and advertized game in the franchise (AND considering it was a crossover of many protagonists)?! Was it cancelled or something? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Did you play any games for the first time this year... |
| Advokaiser 12/26/21 11:48:07 AM #1 | ...that were NOT from this year?
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If so, which were your favorites? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Tales of... |
| Advokaiser 12/26/21 11:44:30 AM #18 | I wonder why no one ever mentions Tales of the Rays... (especially considering the great amount of publicity it had) --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Is Castlevania a "horror game franchise"? |
| Advokaiser 11/01/21 7:23:40 PM #88 | |
| Topic | Is Castlevania a "horror game franchise"? |
| Advokaiser 11/01/21 7:13:02 PM #86 | lordjers posted... That just sounds to me like you've played the easy ones. Nope. That isn't a valid argument in this case. Believe me, I've played nearly all of the Classicvanias (the ones pre-SotN), and the difficulty doesn't make it "scarier" or anything. In fact, it only makes it more frustrating/annoying if it goes off the charts, just like any other game. As far as modern ones, I've also played Curse of Darkness on Crazy mode and it's pretty much the same thing (save for the "frustrating" part, since that game's combat system is one of the best implemented in any game ever). --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Is Castlevania a "horror game franchise"? |
| Advokaiser 10/31/21 5:29:12 PM #71 | Amazing topic. The amount of divisive points of view really met my expectations. As for myself (being someone who absolutely hates horror, scary things, gore, grotesque sights, and unsettling stuff), I absolutely love Castlevania as an action-adventure, fantasy game franchise. The level of artistry achieved by the aesthetics, musicalization, and animations is just beautiful. The way the enemies get destroyed is quite artistic as well. It manages to give you the opposite feeling of fear and uncertainty, since you actually feel like a land-cleansing hero that no monster can stand against. It's outstanding. I'd go as far as to say that it's practically an anti-horror game franchise in the sense that it constantly shows you how good always triumphs over evil. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Is Castlevania a "horror game franchise"? |
| Advokaiser 10/29/21 8:50:28 PM #1 | From your own personal perspective?
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| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/17/21 9:36:39 PM #291 | --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/08/21 2:04:38 PM #272 | Bathtub Geralt too strong. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/06/21 6:48:53 PM #265 | But Sephiroth was really weak in 2018... --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/06/21 4:57:35 PM #263 | Zylothewolf posted... Do Smash appearance even matter now? I mean most of us who votes are over 30. After seeing Cloud's resurgence in 2018 (and Smash reps in general, for that matter) I think there's no doubt Smash appearance has a noticeable positive influence in a character's strength. I mean, we're talking about the same Cloud that lost to freaking Squirtle 5 years prior. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/02/21 2:57:52 PM #227 | Leonhart4 posted... Link only has so much room to boost Well, we're talking about variables here. I'd take 2018 Link over 2013 Link without a doubt. But that's just at face value. Relatively speaking (in terms of current votals), not even the strongest Link of any era could beat another Draven-like menace of that magnitude. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 10/02/21 2:49:24 PM #225 | After seeing Alucard and Witcher 3's boosts in the recent years, my biggest regret out of CBX was not rallying for Hector into the contest, especially considering Simon and Richter did fairly well. LeonhartFour posted... I get 2018 Link is a stronger Link but not by some overwhelming margin Strongly disagree. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/24/21 6:37:31 PM #208 | I thought it was a joke post at first... Now I don't know what to think... --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/21/21 3:14:05 PM #205 | Not to mention Persona 1 and 2 are extremely rare as well. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/17/21 11:42:25 PM #201 | Look at the history of this poll: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8124-why-are-you-visiting-gamefaqs-today The percentage for I'm just here for the poll has been consistently increasing by big chunks over time, meaning that people (at least poll voters) have been losing interest in everything else. At the same time, though, people who are into videogames but don't use GameFAQs, they DO fully recognize the site for various reasons, mainly contests, boards, and guides for old games. Maybe unsurprisingly, I've come across people who weren't actually aware the site still existed and keeps going to this day, but they still have interest in it because they mainly associate the site with retro games (which is ironically the lesser relevant part of the site in terms of traffic compared to newer games, despite being the actual main interest in social boards like this one), so they're actually willing to get back to it. tl;dr: GameFAQs regulars are probably losing interest due to monotony, but the right publicity could bring people back and gather more interest, therefore injecting liveliness into a small community. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/15/21 12:44:04 AM #180 | Godot was in a contest before? How many Ace Attorney characters have gotten in before? I'd root for Gumshoe so hard. He's awesomely funny (at least in all the classic YTPs I've seen him in). Maya would probably be fodder (if she hasn't been in already), but seeing Von Karma with her whip and all would be awesome as well. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/12/21 8:16:19 PM #166 | Leonhart4 posted... Kazuya probably beats most of those. Ah, 2013... The darkest year for Minecraft. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/12/21 8:14:35 PM #165 | Big Bob posted... Here's a list of characters I think have good chances to get in due to recent game releases since the last character battle. Feel free to rank them in order of presumed contest strength: Pretty surprised nobody mentioned Lady Dimitrescu. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/09/21 1:07:34 AM #137 | LeonhartFour posted... FFVIIR becoming one giant series crossover would be something else In the words of Bully Maguire himself... https://youtu.be/urDjTx3x5Wo --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/09/21 1:02:36 AM #136 | pjbasis posted... In a twist before our next contest, FFVII Remake Part 2 will be announced as taking place in the world of FFVIII due to a huge temporal disturbance and Squall becomes top 10 again. This multiverse hype is getting a little out of hand... And I love it. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Would you say purple is a feminine color? |
| Advokaiser 09/09/21 12:40:38 AM #53 | LeonhartFour posted... the color of the pen that I hold in my hand is Purple, feminine, or royal? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Videogame-based movies, or movie-based videogames? |
| Advokaiser 09/09/21 12:39:03 AM #13 | Snake5555555555 posted... There have only been like 2 well-received video game movies (Werewolves Within & Detention) but there have been several more well-received or even critically acclaimed movie-based video games (Goldeneye, Sweet Home, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Spider-Man 2, The Punisher '05, Alien series games). It a question of sheer numbers though as there have been far more movie video games made than vice versa. I always thought the only pretty-well-received movie was Advent Children. Never heard of the ones mentioned. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/08/21 9:42:53 PM #127 | AxemRedRanger posted... FFVII previously broke 80% playrate in 2003 with a slightly different poll question: No wonder FFVII always wins. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Would you say purple is a feminine color? |
| Advokaiser 09/08/21 9:41:58 PM #49 | BTW, what do you guys mean with "color of royalty"? I can only think of red, gold, and blue in terms of royalty. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Would you say purple is a feminine color? |
| Advokaiser 09/07/21 7:30:33 PM #46 | Paratroopa1 posted... I don't think you sound insecure, by the way. It is an act of bravery to wear something that you reasonably suspect others will judge you for, even if they're wrong. Yeah, I agree. I mean, I literally have a Spotify playlist labeled as "Songs For Alpha Males" solely featuring artists like Taylor Swift, Alize, GFRIEND, Katy Perry, etc. lol. The thing is, even though I'm not gay or insecure about that aspect, I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable if the people surrounding me had a wrong or skewed perception about me (this includes other aspects in general, not just this specific topic). I'd rather be clear from the get-go. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/07/21 6:52:24 PM #124 | I thought so too... But I'm not sure how many votes actually come from people that have only played the Remake (since the title doesn't explicitly specify "original FFVII" this time). --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Would you say purple is a feminine color? |
| Advokaiser 09/07/21 6:27:35 PM #44 | Surskit posted... You sound deeply, deeply insecure. Haha, no, it's just not something that has been constantly mentioned among us over the last 12 or so years. They've always known purple is my favorite color. (...Though I do have to admit, hearing such a statement from him actually made me insecure about that decision ever since...) --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/07/21 6:15:28 PM #121 | LusterSoldier posted... Another FFVII playrate poll: Holy... 80.48% Is that a new record for the original? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/06/21 8:53:25 PM #117 | pjbasis posted... When you jump from animation to live action there's just so much that doesn't come across the same. You just can't depict things the exact same way, even if you try it'll come across differently. CG can look pretty bad if its not done right. Is Luffy going to blow up like a balloon? Even something like just punching very fast can look dumb af in live action. That's a good point, but I still think they can work around some of those details if they're creative enough, like how they made Scott Pilgrim vs. The World an extraordinary live-action adaptation by not taking itself too seriously while simultaneously adding lots of stylish details. And I'm talking about a MUCH more complex adaptation there. Like Safer said with the RE movie, they have one very simple job by choosing the right cast and respecting the game canons and they can't even do that right. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Videogame-based movies, or movie-based videogames? |
| Advokaiser 09/06/21 8:41:21 PM #9 | Underleveled posted... Pretty sure Sonic has usurped it as generally being considered the best one. Have you seen that? Huh... Is it really? I actually haven't. Not after the initial backlash regarding the horrible design, which was later (thankfully) redone, Jim Carrey starring as Eggman, and the guy from the movie Hop being his companion. I could be stuck with a false perception, though. But hey, talking about that, I'm thoroughly convinced the initial design was a planned self-bad-advertisement so it could gather attention once the redesign was done, but surprisingly few people believe that. Mr Crispy posted... what about games based on movies based on games?????? If we're gonna jinx it like that, then I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game takes the cake no contest. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Videogame-based movies, or movie-based videogames? |
| Advokaiser 09/06/21 3:32:09 PM #1 | What's usually more decent?
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I'd go with movie-based videogames. I've played a good chunk that I've enjoyed a lot, like Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter 1 & 3, and I've yet to see an inverted Goldeneye-esque case (though that's from an outsider's perspective). It also doesn't quite help that the best movie I've seen is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Would you say purple is a feminine color? |
| Advokaiser 09/06/21 3:11:08 PM #1 | Do you consider it feminine?
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BUT, my brother recently told an aquaintance that if he saw a guy wearing purple, he would genuinely wonder if that guy was gay, since he considered it a girly color. My mom also somewhat agreed with that statement. I was naturally shocked, since I've never seen purple "feminine"... ever. Only pink. I'd maybe argue for a few colors, like yellow, or pastel colors like salmon, teal... but that's probably it (and I'm not even sure). What's your take on the matter? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/06/21 2:57:31 PM #112 | There's something I just don't understand... What makes a live-action anime adaptation so extremely complicated to develop properly? Like, why don't they actually try to be as faithful to the original sources as possible? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/04/21 2:05:27 PM #108 | I love their accent. "'Ave you eveh ploid Metul Geah Suled?" (Maybe that's a little too Aussie...) --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 09/04/21 1:08:09 PM #106 | LusterSoldier posted... Looks like the mistake was corrected at some point while the poll was still in progress. What did it say? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 08/31/21 7:55:06 PM #85 | Um... I'm also pretty bothered by that too, but... why are you bringing it up...? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 08/24/21 1:15:14 AM #75 | To be fair, Goldeneye has remained as an extremely powerful game despite many people complaining it's aged horribly. It's basically Pokmon R/B/Y at a smaller scale. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 08/21/21 2:47:08 PM #69 | Nice:  --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | If you could add a videogame song to an Olympic sport for a dance routine... |
| Advokaiser 08/20/21 8:24:23 PM #23 | Bumping this up a few days so I catch up. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 08/18/21 6:59:04 PM #66 | DARN IT, LEON! Do I need to remind you of this?! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7342-division-5-semifinal-squall-vs-zelda --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367 |
| Advokaiser 08/18/21 12:03:19 PM #64 | Leonhart4 posted... yeah it could have easily gotten 2, maybe even 3% in this poll! https://youtu.be/_bJXV_Mnttc --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | ATTN: People who've played FFXII... |
| Advokaiser 08/18/21 11:36:04 AM #27 | MoogleKupo141 posted... it feels like youre overthinking this LeonhartFour posted... Yeah, Balthier is just super cool. It's a compliment. Oh thanks. That's awesome, then! It's super hilarious to see you guys say the craziest inside jokes, but I felt the need to get the clear message out of them, lol. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | ATTN: People who've played FFXII... |
| Advokaiser 08/17/21 6:43:54 PM #16 | O...kay... Let me see if I get it: -He's the second most important character in the story. -He's the "leading man". -He's British Han Solo. -He's the hottest of the group, despite looking like Billy Idol. -His dad's superior in every way. -He is a furry. Well, it sure sounds confusing, but let's see: Getting rid of the things that definitely do not apply those being: my dad (they don't know him), having a furry best friend/being a furry, being British, and looking like Billy Idol, we get a leading-man, hopefully-good-looking Han Solo with relative importance to some people's own stories, correct? According to Star Wars, Han Solo is a cocky bounty hunter that shoots laser guns and is pretty popular among the fanbase. Granted, a guy like that would probably not be so likeable if treated directly, but still admired if seen from afar. He also doesn't care what others say. Hmm... It sounds to me like an I think Halo is a pretty cool guy. he shoots aliens and doesn't afraid of anything kind of situation. ...But if he's the "leading man", does that mean people see him as a role model? Or as the guy who knows da wae? --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | ATTN: People who've played FFXII... |
| Advokaiser 08/17/21 12:09:25 AM #3 | redrocket posted... Vaan is not the protagonist either. Huh... --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | ATTN: People who've played FFXII... |
| Advokaiser 08/17/21 12:07:06 AM #1 | Could anyone explain to me who exactly is Balthier (most notable features, his importance in the story, personality, popularity, likebility, etc)? The only thing I know is that he's not the protagonist (Vaan). I'm asking this because a friend of mine compared me to Balthier, but I didn't really get what they meant since I haven't gotten around to FFXII yet. So naturally I want to know how good (or bad) that is. (Feel free to go as in-depth as you want, but marking spoilers, plz.) --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 99! Id (Purpose) vs resurrectedreplayer!! THE FINALS!! |
| Advokaiser 08/16/21 11:50:44 PM #35 | Oh hey, it's the finals, just over an hour ago! Definitely tagging for later. Wait, Id Purpose made the finals of a VGMC?! Wow... Then Reach For The Moon can do it as well if it keeps trying, lol. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! |
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