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darkprince45
07/04/21 6:53:29 PM
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When you could be playing super Mario World. Or Yoshis island

or mother fucking donkey Kong

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ShyOx
07/04/21 6:56:25 PM
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It was for smart people. Platformers never appealed to me. Still dont. I only play Smb3 to show other people how much they suck at it

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KILBOTz
07/04/21 6:58:02 PM
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DeadlyNinjaBees
07/04/21 7:41:31 PM
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ShyOx posted...
It was for smart people. Platformers never appealed to me. Still dont. I only play Smb3 to show other people how much they suck at it
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tri sapphire
07/04/21 8:09:31 PM
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Kids who liked to both read books, and play video games. And anyone who liked the fantasy or sci-fi genres.

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ooger
07/04/21 8:12:06 PM
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Me.

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Giant_Aspirin
07/04/21 8:16:56 PM
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I liked them because they had a rich story and gameplay more focused on thinking / strategy and less on reaction time / reflexes.

But I also loved Mario World, Yoshi's Island and DKC too, so

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Makeveli_lives
07/04/21 8:18:11 PM
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To be fair RPG's were the only games giving us more then 12 hours of solo play. Else you needed fighters, sports, shooters and other multiplayer focused games to get any real length out of them. Platformers were still more fun but they didn't last long enough to justify despite AAA status.

But these days? Nah. God I would kill for developers to stop making games over 40 hours long and open world that don't need to be. Most obvious offender being Assassins Creed. Give me a city to go wild in, fuck an open world, tighten that shit up.

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BettyWhite
07/04/21 8:23:20 PM
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ooger posted...
Me.


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PesticideDream
07/04/21 8:30:00 PM
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Makeveli_lives posted...
To be fair RPG's were the only games giving us more then 12 hours of solo play. Else you needed fighters, sports, shooters and other multiplayer focused games to get any real length out of them. Platformers were still more fun but they didn't last long enough to justify despite AAA status.

But these days? Nah. God I would kill for developers to stop making games over 40 hours long and open world that don't need to be. Most obvious offender being Assassins Creed. Give me a city to go wild in, fuck an open world, tighten that shit up.

I think this is a good answer. When you're 8 years old and your parents only get you one game every now and then, the long game with a story gives you pretty good value.

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Zikten
07/04/21 8:48:27 PM
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Rpgs are for fans of epic stories. back then rpgs were the only video games that actually had worthwhile stories. Everything else was a barebones plot
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Lairen
07/04/21 8:49:55 PM
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People who were tired after being with your mom.

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KeeperOfShadows
07/04/21 8:51:00 PM
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Why not both? Who commits to only 1 genre of gaming?

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dj1200
07/04/21 9:00:27 PM
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Squaresoft owned it.

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ooger
07/04/21 9:45:12 PM
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KeeperOfShadows posted...
Why not both? Who commits to only 1 genre of gaming?
People who play CoD.

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MadDewg
07/04/21 10:01:05 PM
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Those of us that liked having a bit more details when it comes to a game's plot other than your princess is in another castle, along with those who just like fantasy stuff in general.

Personally, I liked rpgs and other games that went way more detail into their plots and whatnot. (The ninja gaiden NES trilogy and that one game vice: project doom freaking blew my mind for their time, lol. Loved those cutscenes).

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ModLogic
07/04/21 10:08:55 PM
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PesticideDream posted...
I think this is a good answer. When you're 8 years old and your parents only get you one game every now and then, the long game with a story gives you pretty good value.
not a hater like tc but dkc2 lasted me quite a long time as a kid.

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Alucard188
07/04/21 10:09:34 PM
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Platformers suck ass, though. RPGs were for nerds that liked fantasy bullshit and numbers.

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FL81
07/04/21 10:37:11 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
Platformers suck ass, though.
Says the guy with the Castlevania username

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Alucard188
07/04/21 10:39:40 PM
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FL81 posted...
Says the guy with the Castlevania username

Symphony of the Night was more RPG than platformer. Might as well be an action RPG.

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tiornys
07/04/21 10:40:05 PM
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night didn't play like a typical platformer. I mean, it's literally half of the reason we call them metrodvanias.
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Frizzurd
07/05/21 12:38:51 AM
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They had too much grinding.
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Bad_Mojo
07/05/21 12:40:27 AM
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TC is in the wrong here - Arcade Fighters ruled the 90s, not RPGs

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Wii_Shaker
07/05/21 12:51:55 AM
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Frizzurd posted...
They had too much grinding.
Agree.

All of the stereotypical gaming tropes that modern RPGs are moving away from were running rampant in the 90s.


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Illuminoius
07/05/21 1:26:50 AM
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ShyOx posted...
It was for smart people.
is this a meme? rpgs hardly ever require deep thought because they tend not to be designed with any real cleverness or intent
"just spam your strongest attack and heal when low" is such a common perception because it's actually a perfectly adequate description for the grand majority of rpgs
even "hard" rpgs like smt don't ask for more of you than to just memorize a resistance table and hit the correct attribute
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ooger
07/05/21 1:35:53 AM
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Illuminoius posted...
is this a meme? rpgs hardly ever require deep thought because they tend not to be designed with any real cleverness or intent
"just spam your strongest attack and heal when low" is such a common perception because it's actually a perfectly adequate description for the grand majority of rpgs
even "hard" rpgs like smt don't ask for more of you than to just memorize a resistance table and hit the correct attribute
Laughs in Final Fantasy Tactics

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Bad_Mojo
07/05/21 1:37:52 AM
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ooger posted...
Laughs in Final Fantasy Tactics

What? You can easily solo FFT with just Squire and Chemist, the first two starting Jobs you get. Easily.

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Tyranthraxus
07/05/21 1:38:09 AM
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ooger posted...
Laughs in Final Fantasy Tactics
I can't hear your laughing over Orlandu soloing the whole game

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Your-Mom
07/05/21 1:39:16 AM
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Lairen posted...
People who were tired after being with your mom.

Can confirm.
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Bad_Mojo
07/05/21 1:39:46 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I can't hear your laughing over Orlandu soloing the whole game

Yeah, the whole game is the last 10% of it. Yep /s

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FLOUR
07/05/21 2:22:22 AM
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I think the term you're looking for is otaku. I enjoyed them regardless and that's all that matters.

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ssjevot
07/05/21 2:41:57 AM
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I like platformers just fine, but if you know what you are doing and don't suck those games are like a few hours at most. An RPG has a lot more content, and games were really expensive back then. I still play say Mario 3, World, DKC sometimes, but it's a small investment of time and then that's it for a few years until I feel like reliving it again. An RPG is a much more involved experience.

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BettyWhite
07/05/21 3:33:55 AM
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After beating 2 or 3 RPGs as a kid they pretty much all stopped being difficult.

I largely play for the satisfaction of the grind, character development, and the story.

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Frizzurd
07/05/21 8:51:45 PM
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Illuminoius posted...
is this a meme? rpgs hardly ever require deep thought because they tend not to be designed with any real cleverness or intent
"just spam your strongest attack and heal when low" is such a common perception because it's actually a perfectly adequate description for the grand majority of rpgs
even "hard" rpgs like smt don't ask for more of you than to just memorize a resistance table and hit the correct attribute

To be fair, you have to have a high IQ to understand Chrono Trigger or some shit
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