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What game, if any, are you currently playing? What's your favorite video game or series?

Groundskeeper Willie :P

LeoRavus posted...

What's that guy supposed to be doing? Looks like he's in a locked cell tripping on something.

It's like blacklight theater without props. The ad agency probably said, "Don't worry, western gamers will get this."

[ If I had seen this commercial before getting the game, I might have decided to *not* get the game. ] lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhZ06k2QL8

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5b0c8fbd.jpg

Douch, dude. You've just earned a block. ;P

What's the in-game camera view: side (Child of Light), overhead (most 8/16-bit RPGs), isometric (Diablo), third person (Monster Hunter), or first person (Elder Scrolls)?
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Frostmourne posted...

It had 3 classes I think. The Ranger was in the middle.

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (2017), maybe?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6666c704.jpg

Umbreon posted...

We could have had this man as President.

It's both why he should be and why he won't be.

From the characters listed, Lightning; from the characters not listed, Fang.

HOON posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2fe7d8df.jpg

ITT, a greedy dude after being told that they "can't have it both ways."

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

I've no doubt.

But regardless of how the publisher described it, RPG and action-adventure are separate genres and it definitely fits the latter.

It can be argued that packaging and ad descriptions are loose references to the game; they do not necessarily represent the game's actual content--they can be separated from the game. However, instructions and in-game text are direct references; they represent the game's actual content--they cannot be separated from the game.

Pre-1990s RPGs in Japan...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5e3691e.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bd26f025.jpg

And *this* is where the RPG/Adventure disagreement comes from: Management (studio) and Promotion (agency) were told by the Publisher to hide any glaring western-RPG influences by localizing the look, feel, and description of their RPGs to appeal to the sensibilities and preferences of Japanese gamers.

tl;dr: The Legend of Zelda (1986) is not an action adventure with beefed-up mechanics, it is an action RPG with simplified mechanics.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

The fact that both RPGs and action adventures have things like NPCs and upgradeable stats is largely by coincidence.

Do you know what the first Japanese console RPG was to officially use the term "RPG" in its self-descriptions (ads, copy, and instructions)? The answer might surprise you.
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Here is the release sheet for the English translation version it from allGame (former professional video game classification database with a paid subscription service).

Title: The Legend of Zelda
Platform: Nintendo [Entertainment System]
Genre: Role-Playing
Style: Third-Person 2D Action RPG
Release Date: 1987
Developer: Nintendo R&D4
Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc.
Controls: Joystick/Gamepad
Flags: Historically Significant, Available for download on Wii

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

Guys, Zelda is an action adventure game, not an RPG.

Guy, Zelda is an Action RPG.

The only exception, here, is if you strictly use the definition Gary Gygax (TSR's D&D co-creator) used for tabletop Role-Playing Games, which are group-based, cooperative, and face-to-face live.

"If you are not role-playing as a character to another person [in the same game], who are you role-playing to?"

It also means you also accept that, to-date [as of 2024], there are no video game RPGs--only simulations.

CountCorvinus posted...

D. Xbox 360 or PS2

Agreed. Both of these systems offered the most to gamers.

Dungeater posted...

mayne no one wants to talk about vancouver huh

I just saw this topic. :P

It has been so long since I was there last it seems like a different world... and, in many ways, it is. Friends and family there have mixed feelings about it: Some never want to leave because it's so nice; others can't wait until they can leave because it's so expensive. Both have asked me to go visit them, but I just can't seem to muster up enough enthusiasm to do it.
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What place did you go to and see there [in Vancouver] that was your favorite of the trip?

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s0nicfan posted...

There was a good long period of maybe a decade where GameStop was going so hard on pre-orders that they would intentionally under stock new games so that if you tried to buy it on release day they would tell everyone they were sold out and they should have pre-ordered.

The only time I saw this situation happen was with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on release day.

I was told all regular edition copies were gone, so they up-sold me to the [last] LCE copy they had for my system. IDK if CT had a pre-order option but, att, I felt lucky to get a copy.

The Saboteur 2

ArkhamOrigins posted...

Zelda 2

Zelda 1
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GenXer posted...

The first one ever played: Phantasy Star.

Awesome! :)

invertedlegdrop posted...

If I recall most graduate hours last for 8 years-after that its tough to get credit for those courses

Undergraduate credits do not expire, but courses can be discontinued with no equivalent in a current program (LIT).

Graduate program course credits expire in five years (Master) and seven years (Ph.D), respectively.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/xbox-game-pass-2024-cloud-gaming-why-can-i-play/4e24c98c-76b4-4d69-b91c-e209e63ca4e5

tl;dr: If you have a friend with an XBox & Game Pass, you can play Gears 1 & 2 with them on your PC (via cloud gaming). Btw, this was posted in January.

Sean Devlin and Claire Farron.

As things get worse, he jokes with a straight face and she responds with sarcasm, which makes me laugh harder.

It's crazy, but we survive.

PraetorXyn posted...

Are you forgetting the RROD?
Youre right for most of the generations, but never is just wrong.

For launch 360s, the console wasn't the problem; it was the solder that certain factories used for some of the components when they assembled the consoles for Microsoft.

Also, don't forget YLOD. Heat dissipation is an issue for any device.

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Tentacles seem to be AI's go-to for content it generates.

WWJD? :>

Saints Row The Third (original version, not the remastered version...)

SHRlKE posted...

Will probably start something this weekend. Any ideas? I've got a lot of games on backlog. I might try Pacific Drive.

I'd suggest an RPG, but you just finished one. It's better to take a break and avoid burnout... unless it *is* Burnout. <)

spanky1 posted...

Deadly Towers for me.

Sorry for no pic.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/27e21146.jpg
[ Enjoy... ? ]
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Wizards & Warriors (NES, developed by Rare)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d91b0296.jpg

The box art shows your character as a light "golden" armored fighter, but in the game you play as a fully armored knight. IIRC, his helmet face-shield always stays closed.

Is your current username a reference to the character from Red Faction II?

What are you currently playing? What's your favorite game or series?

HOON posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e94c5c59.jpg

Keeping with the spirit of the original cartoon, this is the moment right before the spray funnel catches on-fire and causes the compressed gases in the cylinder to explode.
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HOON posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0950170e.jpg

This seems like a real Hot Ones take. ;P

creativerealms posted...

Us MegaMan one. No wait the 8 bit graphics looked better than that.

The PAL (EU-UK) format version has the best official box art.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d5e8f60.jpg
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The interesting thing is the guy in that photo irl was a fairly well-off jack-of-all trades who owned a successful construction company. He did volunteer stints as Santa for many years. A photographer at the ad studio hired to do the boxart had worked with him on an album photo. The game was average, so they used this guy for a *wtf* boxart. lol

https://www.destructoid.com/discovering-the-mystery-behind-the-phalanx-cover-art/

I find myself regularly "at the pleasure" of the brewed leaf (not the smoked or steamed one...), but not the Bean.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f9928a31.jpg

[ Btw, I still think that Black Adder is Rowan Atkinson's best character. ] ;)

What are you playing, now? What's your favorite game or game series?
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kage_53 posted...

Do you like King Crimson

Crimsoness posted...

I don't know what that is

A [UK] English prog rock band that formed in 1968. Their style has similarities to Genesis, Yes, and Pink Floyd.

Try King Crimson's "Three of a Perfect Pair" (1984; it includes layered technical parts and odd time-signatures):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P9Gf1MPlR0

So you, a mod, got modded by mods on a modded pic you petitioned to unmod and the mods met to unmod.

I wonder if it was unmodded only after said mods saw the unmodded pic placed in your modded post? :P
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Link for the modded "modded" posted pic (I hope I don't get modded for this...): <P
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/[delete this text and brackets]b3f8fd9e.jpg

Super Mario Bros 2
Every Final Fantasy game after FF IX
Every Splinter Cell game after Chaos Theory

Secret of Evermore (SNES) is a JRPG made by a US development team.
Magna Carta (PC, PS2, 360) is a JRPG series made by a Korean development team.
Chained Echoes (PC: WIN/MAC/LIN, PS4, XBO, NS, XSX/XSS) is a JRPG made by a German KS project team.

So, style is determined by the game's stylistic gameplay elements, not the game team's geographic location of development.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

This isn't even specific to bread or even food. Toyota has a factory in Kentucky. It's still a Japanese car, it's just made in America.

KFC made in Tokyo with KFC-standard recipes, supplies, and equipment does not auto-magically become TFC. :)

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/the-kfc-restaurant-in-tokyos-grandberry-park-has-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-063023

BlueKat posted...

What's LUE stand for?

Life, The Universe, and Everything... a reference to Douglas Adams Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.
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Vicious_Dios posted...

42

Another in-HGttG reference: "42" is the answer to the question that Deep Thought, a supercomputer created to give the ultimate answer to the question: "What is the meaning [of LUE]?", gave. Deep Thought then gave its petitioners the plans for a greater supercomputer that could [and only it could] give the ultimate question.

Hint: We live on it (that greater supercomputer *was* the Earth).

No wife? No sis? No problem.

No Series X... that could "shake my faith" (Series S is okay, though). :|

So, what's going on in Vancouver, Canada? I know people there.

[ From another topic (idr) I thought that you meant "in Washington state." ] <P

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"And the Academy Award for 'Most Riveting Console-Specs Monologue in a GameFAQs Topic' goes to..."

[ Hospital emergency cases probably spiked after haters read this and their heads blew-up.** ] lol
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** I hate to add it to your burden of thoughts but, sometimes, words have consequences. Remember...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5afa268.jpg
... although, depending on your frame of reference, you might know this from Marvel (Stan Lee, Spiderman, etc.).

SwordMaster13X posted...

I have a YouTube channel but Im not really famous. A couple of my videos do have a couple thousand views.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-uUAhDc-0

Ngl, Sword, I lol'd. ^_^

Did you post this in the garden, too?

Frostmourne posted...

I was like F it and got one anyway.

I can almost feel the warmth of the haters seething at this. lol

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1cfc0fb5.jpg

Do it. :)

It's the current-gen console with the greatest "value proposition" (Game Pass, Backwards Compatibility Program, XBO peripheral support, etc.).

sonichu posted...

If I really like a game I might try harder difficulties later but Im mid 30s I just wanna play a game and relax after work. Am I a traitor?

But *what* do you play? Give us some game-and-type-of-system examples.

I heard someone describe the appeal of Stardew Valley as its sense of accomplishment: You look at your options, come up with a plan, get things you need, coordinate them, and see what the results are on the next day turn ("one more day" is the addictive part). If it doesn't turn out, unlike real life, you can just try again or turn it off for later.
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CRON posted...

Why do people compare it to Animal Crossing then when it seems like the gameplay is just farming?

Why *do* people compare it to Animal Crossing? Stardew Valley was made as a tribute to Harvest Moon. ;P

buddah86 posted...

We need more Gray jedi! Jolee was great!

Hidalgo has said that Gray Jedi are not canon and that they never will be.**

** Until Disney tells Hidalgo...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/698912b1.jpg

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-gray-jedi-not-canon-why/