SecretAsianMan
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The thing is that Skylanders is a game. Disney Infinity is a game. These things tie into a game, but they have no game of their own. You either need to make a whole lot of games that support it, make them really cheap, or make them super high quality so that they work as something more than an NFC tag. Hopefully all of these happen.
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Somewhat related: There were more severed heads than women presenters
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I still think it's weird and bizarre that Nintendo has Bayonetta at all.
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I was very specific about putting that part in. I've known people to use the shower or tub as a toilet. That was gross.
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Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
I don't think anyone believed you were saying the game or its controls were bad. I don't think that Prime controls were perfect (I had the same issue as Architecture with trying to acquire lock), nor do I think dual analog controls are terrible. I played Prime before Halo so I didn't have a problem with it. I'm actually like you a lot in that I play a lot of FPS games, but these days I'm not really a console gamer anymore. My number one frustration with controllers is that almost all the buttons are face buttons to be pushed by your 2 thumbs. It's one of the reasons I prefer mouse/keyboard (along with the more common reasons like accuracy). That really didn't have anything to do with the topic. Metroid Prime is great. -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
The first Halo was released about 1 year before the first Prime, which is probably too late into the development of Prime to have made an impact. The Wii version did implement the free look that Prime 3 had, but even Prime 3 still relied heavily on the lock on which makes it different from a completely free look like a normal console shooter has. -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
I'm phrasing my arguments poorly if they're coming across as a genre definition, although now that I think about it maybe it is. I certainly don't mean to imply that all games that use the two stick control scheme are the same. I do still think that it would have changed the enemy design in Prime. To me a completely free looking system means you care about where your shots are being placed. The Prime system feels to me that it cares more about where I'm placing myself which was much easier to accomplish when I didn't have to worry about my specific aim too. Granted, I played Prime 3 with the free look on and aimed all around, but that was more because of the Wii's unique controller. Obviously Prime was much more limited in this so they had to work around it. -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
That's true, but I still think that making Prime a stick shooter would have significantly changed the design of the game, to it's detriment. Maybe it wouldn't have become Halo, but I think the encounters would be much less interesting if I were lining up headshots all the time instead of being more deliberate in my movements. I think the restraints they had in the controller made for a more memorable experience in the end. -
Didn't even answer my own questions. My family has always done shoes off. It's mostly because that's the practice in most of Asia, although we don't wear slippers around the house unless it's cold. The one exception to all this is formal occasions. If you're wearing fancy dress shoes, those stay on. That's such a rare occurrence though. I honestly never really considered peeing in the shower to be a health concern. Urine is supposed to be sterile (although apparently there's evidence this isn't true). Mostly I figured people would just consider it gross.
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Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
One of the things I like about Prime's design is that it figured out a way to do it without being a dual analog shooter. Metroid is not about fighting off waves of enemies, it's not even about fighting more than one enemy most of the time. I think making Prime play like Halo would have been a mistake. I like Halo too, but Prime is much more purposeful in it's combat encounters. It's fine to not like the way Prime controls but to me it's a strength more than a weakness. -
I just gave some interns work to do. It's the first time I've ever been able to order someone around at work. I feel like a big man.
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I've been having Tegan feed me info while I'm at work.
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Two questions. Not gross: Shoes on or off while in the house? Includes guests coming over or you being a guest in someone else's house. Gross: Is peeing in the shower while actively taking a shower acceptable?
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I think it was Alex Navarro on the Giant Bomb stream that made a comment about Scarecrow being the first character design in the Arkham series he actually liked. I agree with him. I haven't been into any of the character designs so far but Scarecrow looks genuinely... scary.
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Hate to derail the E3 train with talk of Minecraft but I feel the same way Griddlelol did. At first it was about surviving the night, but eventually that became trivial. Then it was about getting up to diamond everything, but then that became trivial. It wasn't until they added actual boss fights that I felt I had a direction and purpose but by that point I mostly lost interest. I appreciate games that have such a large degree of freedom and seeing the things people make in it, but I'm not the kind of person who's going to spend more than a few minutes playing around with that.
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Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
Super Metroid is definitely one of my favorites. It and Prime regularly compete in my mind for the top spot, with Prime edging out most of the time depending on my mood and which type of thing I'm most nostalgic for. I've covered all this before though so I'm not going to repeat myself. -
https://twitter.com/TimOfLegend/status/476179637987315714
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Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
Weird, I don't remember saying that. Oh well, it must be true. -
Idle Thumbs 160: Die Übiverse
SecretAsianMan replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
I was not at all vested in this conversation but you had to mention the Dresden files and now I disagree with everything everyone said! But actually I don't and agree with what Dewar said. -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
Joke answer: Clearly [insert AAA shooter] is the best game Real answer: Honestly I don't have a game I think is better because I don't think comparing them in that way serves any purpose. I don't think there is a greatest game, just great games and Prime is certainly one of them. -
I'm not there! (I'm not in the Steam chat either, I'm stuck at work ) (hey, that frowny face is actually appropriate for once)
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Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
Yeah I gotta agree with Twig. As much as I love Prime (and I do, a lot) I can't say that it's the greatest game. -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
I love the title screen for Metroid Prime! That music is rad -
Metroid Prime: Great Game or Greatest Game?
SecretAsianMan replied to Architecture's topic in Video Gaming
I love Prime for a multitude of reasons. The combat (while solid and enjoyable) is probably the last thing on the list of great things for me. I'm not really into collectibles in games but I really dug the scan visor and compulsively scanned everything. I think xenoarchaeology is an interesting concept and I enjoyed doing that. It's got a ton of little touches I absolutely adore such as Samus changing weapons by changing her hand configuration in the arm cannon and the reflection of her face in the visor if you get a bright enough explosion. What really sets it above other games for me is the atmosphere. Metroid has always had great environments and being able to wander them in first person, interact with the flora and fauna, and be a badass powersuit wearing lady was just fantastic. -
Idle Thumbs 161: The Eyes of Luigi
SecretAsianMan replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
That could be. I've never played FEAR so I have no idea what the AI is like, but in my general experience this is not a common tactic.