Our fav. Videogames

[Carlx]

Originally Posted by deadgrandma

What I wouldn't pay to hear a metal band cover this. And the rest of the soundtrack for that matter.

Reminded me of this:

Captain Tsubasa 2 NES Music

Captain Tsubasa 2 Guitar (Part 1)

By the way, it's incredible how TECMO programmers were able to make this game out of those 8 bits. It's pure magic, even today.

[Maou]

Originally Posted by so_cold

What are people's favourite retro games? I've never played Zelda (or any kind of RPG really) so will start with that on SNES.

Single player: Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania and Zelda.
Multiplayer: Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, River City Ransom

Originally Posted by Glathannus

Shogun 2 has been way too much of a time vampire for me recently. I don't want to put a campaign on hold unless I feel that my borders are sufficiently secure. Since I rarely ever have that feeling, the game could easily consume an entire Saturday.

I tried to play Shogun 2, but I was having all kinds of issues with slow loading and freezing so I gave up. I'll probably give it another go when I upgrade my PC next year.

[zombiestrip]

Decided to restart playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 since I never finished it.

[TeslaGuy]

Why Japanese Games are Breaking Up With the West

excerpt:

Critics in the west have been crowing about the supposed death of the Japanese industry for years. And while their critiques have a certain degree of truth to them, they're missing the point. Japanese game development did run into trouble during this console generation, but their issues are so removed from the average gamer's experience (workforce and labor management) as to be meaningless. The games themselves are as good as they've ever been, but they're just not made for the entire world anymore. Japanese games are now by and large made to appeal almost exclusively to Japanese gamers. Rather than this being another piece that focuses on the alleged downfall of the Japanese industry, we thought we should focus on why Japanese games and western tastes have diverged so much in recent years. There's no single cause that can explain the phenomena -- the possible reasons range from the social and economic, to the practical and mundane. Regardless, the fact remains that Japanese gamers are now seeking different experiences from North Americans and Europeans.


Gamer taste in both regions underwent a massive sea change in recent years. While the slow takeover of the AAA console space by former PC heavy-hitting franchises, genres and studios like Fallout, FPS games, and BioWare changed the tastes of the western market in the past decade, other forces have been working on Japan in the same time. The reasons for the shift in Japanese gamer taste are numerous, but there are three that western gamers in the country continuously note -- a peculiar emotion called moe, the Japanese concept of hobbies and adulthood, and a tradition of disparaging foreign games.

[The Most Curious Thing]

Interesting article. Lots of truth in there -- that Bioshock story in particular is rather striking.

But I think it misinterprets the effect of moe culture on the industry, and overstates the "yogei kusogei" mindset (I've seen "洋ゲー糞ゲー" and "洋ゲー＝糞ゲー" bandied about, but I don't think it's every Japanese gamer's mantra.)

[W3iHong]

We should really play APB RELOADED together.

[Mr Sands]

Got myself a Nintendo 3DS around Christmas and I must say I've been loving it. Mario #D and Mario Kart 7 have been a wonderful tonic to all the bs news I've gotten recently.

Anyone else on here with one?

[W3iHong]

i want to get an xperia play to play FF tactics and harvest moon...

[so_cold]

Originally Posted by W3iHong

i want to get an xperia play to play FF tactics and harvest moon...

I love mine! I can't say I know the compatibility of those games with FPSE or any other PSX emulator though. I'm also liking the Android port of Sonic CD and having OnLive on a phone is pretty sick as well if you have a fast enough Wifi connection. Just as long as you're not expecting it to be a PSP. I think the only PSP game for Android as a whole is Spectral Souls, and whatever PS Suite is going to be, it's not out yet.

But how much are they in Singapore? The main reason I have one is that the buttons had fallen off my old iPhone 3G and the Xperia Play is cheap for a smartphone in the UK (<£200 contract-free, plus something like a giffgaff £10 calls/unlimited data a month). It also doesn't have a dualcore CPU or TV-out, but since I needed a new phone and could afford it out of contract, it's the only one that excited me particularly.

[W3iHong]

Originally Posted by so_cold

I love mine! I can't say I know the compatibility of those games with FPSE or any other PSX emulator though. I'm also liking the Android port of Sonic CD and having OnLive on a phone is pretty sick as well if you have a fast enough Wifi connection. Just as long as you're not expecting it to be a PSP. I think the only PSP game for Android as a whole is Spectral Souls, and whatever PS Suite is going to be, it's not out yet.

But how much are they in Singapore? The main reason I have one is that the buttons had fallen off my old iPhone 3G and the Xperia Play is cheap for a smartphone in the UK (<£200 contract-free, plus something like a giffgaff £10 calls/unlimited data a month). It also doesn't have a dualcore CPU or TV-out, but since I needed a new phone and could afford it out of contract, it's the only one that excited me particularly.

(I converted the units just for easier comparison.)

It is around £292.30 for no contract and £120.34 with a 3g contract. It is out of stock apparently. I just checked the online shop.

But it is pretty cheap considering iphone4s is £547 here.

(I converted the units just for easier comparison.)