So i am over three hours in and the game is much fun, it feels like an typical agency series, what is a good thing.
From what i have read it was rated in europe between 70-80% and around 60 in the us, the european ratings are closer to what i am experiencing.
Edit: I am playing the sneaky way, i think i'll do a second playthrough as an aggressive A-Hole
Oh cool, i am very bad at the game but at the same time somehow returning often to it. So i can now measure how bad i am Will throw it on Mister and Everdrive for the Console.
@sdelfin On the linked Reddit Post it says up to two Years if connected. So it seems that the Battery is only used, if the System isn't pluged in and doesn't gets its Electricity. Would match your Experience, as normally the Systems stay plugged in when current
Ah i was asking myself how people managed to play through any longer Game with only a month of Battery. Guess you can swap it out while the Console is connected.
I think i stay with my Mister for Saturn, i only started to touch the Library.
at least the d-pad is parallel to the action buttons. For some games, as shoot em ups, a analogue one is quite nice. But yes, could be very cramped on that little device
Strange Order has come out. For Example, the Remake of Street Fighter 2 on the PS3 is good looking, has a great Fanmade Soundtrack, but the NPC are just soo unforgiving, i had absolutely no fun with it.
The ones i came back again and again are II and IV in different Versions.
My God i am "dumb", took the search again to see if i did eat up the K, but no. so 8kb
I am old enough to know it better, but i am not any longer used to it, that something works under a Kilobyte, even if i am messing around a lot with old Stuff.
@MSaturn Teach them that there is nothing free in Life, if it sounds too good, it is a Scam.
Than also that behind every Hyperlink could be a Virus (or a Scam that wants your Money )
And, if it is broken, there will be no new one.
About the Year 2000 me and my Cousin got Internet Accssess with about 12 Years and this got us through, as we were very suspicious about Links, we didn't want that something will break our beloved PCs.
I think nowadays it is even worse, back then it was the wild Days of Internet, but today they use addicting Tactics like in Gambling to get them.
Don't let them into social Media, block it or go with them into it and teach them how it manipulates them. Limit the Time at least, it will make them dumb.
Give them good Games, some where they can new Characters etc. while playing, without having too pay for it. That will help to turn them off from free2play Crap. Rather let them ask you to buy them a Game than to start addicting Crap that wants their Money. So also no Games with Microtransactions and Loot Boxes.
If they know there is better Stuff and they can have it here and there, there will be no need for them to test out the "free" scammy Stuff.
When i was very young, about four" i was at a Bar with my Dad and i saw a gambling Machine and a Man playing. I wanted to test it and my Dad gave me a Coin to do so. I threw the Coin in, pressed one of the Buttons, some Lights, some Sounds aaaand it was over. I tested a second Time and the same. I couldn't comprehend what is fun about it, you press only one Button and it wants your Money to proceed, meanwhile at Home i could play far better Games on the C64. Kids aren't as dumb if they know better
@_NetNomad It really isn't as easy to get something good looking out of that. I remember many games in wich it looks just very out of place and just cheap. Especially in the mid 90s were some really bad ones.
I never can remember those Names, two are Virtual Hydlide and Virtuoso, you can see that these Games are not good with one Glance.
But imo it does look good in a Game as in the Article.
You can add -nolegal and it not only skips the warning and legal text, but also the Logos, meaning you are instantly ready in the Menu!
To the Text itself, the Stuff happening in Tomb Raider is Fictional based on real Stuff. I don't see something offensive in tibetian Monks defending an ancient Monsetry with a mythological Treasure, it is not different as in depicting a Templat in Indiana Jones being a Ward to the Holy Grail. Nor is it racicst to depict a fictional aggressive Tribe in the Jungle, as Tribes as similiar ones existed in real Life and still do. It is just Fantasy, the same as they depict Templars or Assassins in Assassin Creed. It is based on something real, but fictional and mixed up. Or take a Look at Mortal Kombat, taking most of its Inspiration from asia Cultures, but also Johny Cage and Sonya being very much a Cliche, do we need a Warning for Mortal Kombat? Or do we clearly see, that it is just Fantasy.
The real Danger sits in "Documentaries" as from Netflix, as they want to depict real Events, but change Characters, Nations etc. for their Massage. Falsing History is something completly different, Nazis did that, Faschists did that. It is not Mortal Kombat or Lara Croft fighting Atlantians.
They also were free some years ago on gog. I don't like the newest Patches that add higher Resolution, as it just makes everything so small. I recommend to use a lower original one and upscale it with your GPU internal Method or Losless Scaling.
Most Filters are way too intrusive, no matter if VHS or Scanline Filters.
I was messing around A LOT to get something near to how it looks on a CRT, not a "blurryness", more a Merge of the Pixels.
Some good Examples for that on the Super Nintendo are the Lion King and Donkey Kong Country. In the Lion King the Sky uses Dithering, those are isolated Pixels on a modern Display, on a CRT you have a smooth Transition. The Models of Donkey Kong and Diddy are looking very dated on a modern Display. The Arm of Donkey Kong has a very strange bright brown Stripe. That doesn't look as weird on a CRT as it just transitions, the Sprites are overall smoother and with that better looking.
I am a bit late to this Article, but he actually helped to make the new 3D Realms in Europe and than claims that it is a whole different Studio? Guess that alone gives it more Right to claim that Title than other Companies buying the Rights of older Brands, as Atari, that has changed Hands a lot of Times.
I've bought an PS3 Memory Adaptor back then, hoping one Day someone will make it compatible with the PC. Kudos to Menxard Rex, last Year i brought all my Data to the PC. Btw. having any PS3 it is possible to have "infinite" Space, as you can backup the whole Data and delete it on the Card, to save other Stuff.
I've got that Silverbox, some of those Games have a good Base, but need more polish.
But Heroes of the Lance is actually pretty fun, it should have a modern Port with bigger Screen and out of the Box Control Scheme (you can remap it in Dosbox )
Mixed for me, Nostalgia isn't changing bad or good Games for me, the Nostalgia is there because a Game was good from the Beginning. Some i replay because i had fun with them and still have, some i get to play something new that was released back in the Time. And sometimes, i am replaying some bad Games too see if i can manage them a bit better as an Adult haha Such as Hulk for the Super Nintendo, but i play them maybe a couple of Minutes
I played over the last couple of Years the original about 50 hours and than changed to the Unity Port, mostly to avoid some Bugs and to have more Content.
This is one of a Kind Game and is very very immersive.
The Thrill going slowly through a deadly Dungeon for Hours is insane.
I had to change some Behaviour of the Unity Port, as the better AI and fluent Combat, as they stroke incredible fast and killed my Character brutally (Enemies i had no Problem before), but that was well enough than
I like that Mod that sets free Events that were disabled in the original Game, as Pandemics happening and Piles of burning People in the Outside, or Religions that get baned and if you are such a Worshiper, you better start runing haha
edit:
Yes, you can import your Character from your Dos Save Game, but Quests will be reset
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Re: We Almost Got A Mecha Godzilla Designed By Metal Gear's Yoji Shinkawa
@Fenrikoth
Yeah, it is as they mixed typical Anime Stuff with Godzilla and Power Rangers.
Great Movie.
Re: This Fanmade Terranigma Prototype Has Us Once Again Wishing For A Remake
No, i am fine, no need for a Remake
Re: Remember When Virtua Fighter 2 Was In The X-Files?
Oh there is also Primal Rage
Re: Interview: Factor 5's Julian Eggebrecht On Star Wars, Indiana Jones And Choosing N64 Over PS1
Their Star Wars Games were System Sellers.
Re: Even Yu Suzuki Didn't Expect 3D To Become So Big, So Quickly
The early 3D Games were ugly and clunky to play, i had no need to get the new Consoles and was very content with my Super Nintendo and PC
Re: Analogue Pocket Is Getting A Game Boy Micro-Style FPGA-Based Handheld Rival
They should make one in the Formfactor as the V-Models of Anbernic, so you can play PSX Games
Re: Obsidian's Spy RPG Alpha Protocol Lands On GOG, 5 Years After Licensing Issues
So i am over three hours in and the game is much fun, it feels like an typical agency series, what is a good thing.
From what i have read it was rated in europe between 70-80% and around 60 in the us, the european ratings are closer to what i am experiencing.
Edit: I am playing the sneaky way, i think i'll do a second playthrough as an aggressive A-Hole
Re: Game Preservationists Unearth New Footage Of Cancelled N64 Racer
Does look very good
Re: Flashback: The Fallout Ad Which Mocked JRPGs Like Final Fantasy And Dragon Quest
@Spider-Kev
Fallout 4 is crap,
you shold try 3 or Vegas.
1& 2 are very different, but they have such a deep atmosphere, they are incredible.
Re: Remember When Steve Jobs Promoted PS1 Emulation On National TV?
@notreallyhere
Bleem actually did win against Sony, but the Costs were 5o hight...
Re: Remember When Steve Jobs Promoted PS1 Emulation On National TV?
Still have my bleem CD
Re: Altered Beast Can Finally Save Your High Score, Even After You Rise From Your Grave
Oh cool, i am very bad at the game but at the same time somehow returning often to it.
So i can now measure how bad i am
Will throw it on Mister and Everdrive for the Console.
Re: This Might Be The Easiest Way To Fix Saturn's Irksome Save Data Issue
@sdelfin
On the linked Reddit Post it says up to two Years if connected.
So it seems that the Battery is only used, if the System isn't pluged in and doesn't gets its Electricity.
Would match your Experience, as normally the Systems stay plugged in when current
I think i would be brutally paranoid ...
Re: This Might Be The Easiest Way To Fix Saturn's Irksome Save Data Issue
Ah i was asking myself how people managed to play through any longer Game with only a month of Battery.
Guess you can swap it out while the Console is connected.
I think i stay with my Mister for Saturn, i only started to touch the Library.
Re: Sega's Releasing A Streets Of Rage Action Figure, And We Have A Mighty Need
I guess with the next ones will be a departure between the japanese and western release.
One will show you whats underneath the skirt.
Re: Anniversary: Super Metroid Is 30
Sexy TV on the Picture
Re: Miyoo Is Launching The Game Boy Micro-Style A30 This April
@-wc-
at least the d-pad is parallel to the action buttons.
For some games, as shoot em ups, a analogue one is quite nice.
But yes, could be very cramped on that little device
Re: Flashback: Xbox Got Its Name Because The Other Suggestions Were "F**cking Appalling"
Microsoft knows how to mess up Names, they went from Spartan to Edge.
Now they go full AI and got rid of Cortana...
Re: Best Street Fighter Games, Ranked By You
Strange Order has come out.
For Example, the Remake of Street Fighter 2 on the PS3 is good looking, has a great Fanmade Soundtrack, but the NPC are just soo unforgiving, i had absolutely no fun with it.
The ones i came back again and again are II and IV in different Versions.
Re: Somebody Wants $45,000 For Panasonic's Unreleased Nintendo 3DS Rival
@Sisilly_G
Sony had such a Smartphone, was very tempting!
https://i0.wp.com/www.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/Xperia-Play-Controller-head-on.jpg
Re: Dungeon Keeper, Populous, & Even More EA Classics Come To Steam
I want the C&C Games on Gog.
They gave some of them out for free and without DRM around 2007, no Reason to keep them wirh DRM
Edit:
Oh, i've read the Games aren't running out of the Box, you need Fan Patches and they are the censored german Versions for that Region.
Re: "Tap To Play" NFC Tags Give MiSTer FPGA A Much-Needed Physical Connection
@smoreon
My God i am "dumb", took the search again to see if i did eat up the K, but no. so 8kb
I am old enough to know it better, but i am not any longer used to it, that something works under a Kilobyte, even if i am messing around a lot with old Stuff.
My fault
Re: "Tap To Play" NFC Tags Give MiSTer FPGA A Much-Needed Physical Connection
@_NetNomad
if it is too big, please insert Disc 2 haha
Edit: up to 8192 Bytes, so 8MBs.
So 8bit and 16bit Systems are covered.
But holy molly, this Device looks really Great, would love to have it.
Re: Former PlatinumGames Staffer Accused Of Sexual Exploitation Of 13-Year-Old Boy
@MSaturn
Teach them that there is nothing free in Life, if it sounds too good, it is a Scam.
Than also that behind every Hyperlink could be a Virus (or a Scam that wants your Money )
And, if it is broken, there will be no new one.
About the Year 2000 me and my Cousin got Internet Accssess with about 12 Years and this got us through, as we were very suspicious about Links, we didn't want that something will break our beloved PCs.
I think nowadays it is even worse, back then it was the wild Days of Internet, but today they use addicting Tactics like in Gambling to get them.
Don't let them into social Media, block it or go with them into it and teach them how it manipulates them.
Limit the Time at least, it will make them dumb.
Give them good Games, some where they can new Characters etc. while playing, without having too pay for it.
That will help to turn them off from free2play Crap.
Rather let them ask you to buy them a Game than to start addicting Crap that wants their Money.
So also no Games with Microtransactions and Loot Boxes.
If they know there is better Stuff and they can have it here and there, there will be no need for them to test out the "free" scammy Stuff.
When i was very young, about four" i was at a Bar with my Dad and i saw a gambling Machine and a Man playing.
I wanted to test it and my Dad gave me a Coin to do so.
I threw the Coin in, pressed one of the Buttons, some Lights, some Sounds aaaand it was over.
I tested a second Time and the same.
I couldn't comprehend what is fun about it, you press only one Button and it wants your Money to proceed, meanwhile at Home i could play far better Games on the C64.
Kids aren't as dumb if they know better
Re: Colin McRae And Sega Rally Fans Take Note: This PS1-Style Racer Looks Amazing
@_NetNomad
It really isn't as easy to get something good looking out of that.
I remember many games in wich it looks just very out of place and just cheap.
Especially in the mid 90s were some really bad ones.
I never can remember those Names, two are Virtual Hydlide and Virtuoso, you can see that these Games are not good with one Glance.
But imo it does look good in a Game as in the Article.
Re: Sega CD JRPG Vay Is Getting An Improved iPhone Port This Year
Great Artwork, love it
Re: Poll: Should Retro Game Remasters Carry Warnings About "Offensive" Content?
You can add -nolegal and it not only skips the warning and legal text, but also the Logos, meaning you are instantly ready in the Menu!
To the Text itself, the Stuff happening in Tomb Raider is Fictional based on real Stuff.
I don't see something offensive in tibetian Monks defending an ancient Monsetry with a mythological Treasure, it is not different as in depicting a Templat in Indiana Jones being a Ward to the Holy Grail.
Nor is it racicst to depict a fictional aggressive Tribe in the Jungle, as Tribes as similiar ones existed in real Life and still do.
It is just Fantasy, the same as they depict Templars or Assassins in Assassin Creed.
It is based on something real, but fictional and mixed up.
Or take a Look at Mortal Kombat, taking most of its Inspiration from asia Cultures, but also Johny Cage and Sonya being very much a Cliche, do we need a Warning for Mortal Kombat? Or do we clearly see, that it is just Fantasy.
The real Danger sits in "Documentaries" as from Netflix, as they want to depict real Events, but change Characters, Nations etc. for their Massage.
Falsing History is something completly different, Nazis did that, Faschists did that.
It is not Mortal Kombat or Lara Croft fighting Atlantians.
Re: Three Classic Fallout Games Are Free On The Epic Store Next Week
They also were free some years ago on gog.
I don't like the newest Patches that add higher Resolution, as it just makes everything so small.
I recommend to use a lower original one and upscale it with your GPU internal Method or Losless Scaling.
Re: N64 Emulation Comes To Evercade Via Piko Interactive Collection 4
@RupeeClock
Yep, after seint the Title i was thinking the same, without having certain clues, good from you bringing them up.
Would have been reallly impressive, if they were able to do some black Magic and emulate the N64 on that Machine.
So it is much more logical to spare CPU Power to have more native Code running.
Netherless, impressive to see that it can bring up 3D Games and that Fans possibly can expect more 90s to early 2000 3D Games.
Re: Konami's Parodius Comes To Analogue Pocket And MiSTer
Love Parodius on my Super Nintendo, great to see a Port of the Arcade Game to the Mister.
Re: Poll: What Is Rare's Best Game?
Donkey Kong Country
Perfect Dark
Conquers Bad Fur Day
Re: Super Mario Speedrunner Is Just Frames Away From Machine-Level Perfection
Sarah Connor will observe this
Re: JoeyN64 Lets You Legally Back Up Your N64 Games And Save Data
@Handy_Man
If you have that, nope.
The only thing you have to do with your save files is to swap the header or something to use with some emulators.
Re: Amazing "Holy Grail" SNES Mod Fixes One Of The Console's Biggest Problems
@BulkSlash @Scollurio
Most Filters are way too intrusive, no matter if VHS or Scanline Filters.
I was messing around A LOT to get something near to how it looks on a CRT, not a "blurryness", more a Merge of the Pixels.
Some good Examples for that on the Super Nintendo are the Lion King and Donkey Kong Country.
In the Lion King the Sky uses Dithering, those are isolated Pixels on a modern Display, on a CRT you have a smooth Transition.
The Models of Donkey Kong and Diddy are looking very dated on a modern Display.
The Arm of Donkey Kong has a very strange bright brown Stripe.
That doesn't look as weird on a CRT as it just transitions, the Sprites are overall smoother and with that better looking.
Re: Apogee Founder Really Wants You To Know That 3D Realms "Never Existed"
I am a bit late to this Article, but he actually helped to make the new 3D Realms in Europe and than claims that it is a whole different Studio?
Guess that alone gives it more Right to claim that Title than other Companies buying the Rights of older Brands, as Atari, that has changed Hands a lot of Times.
Re: Pinball Wizard's 'Balls Of Steel' Is Back On Steam, With 2 New Atari-Themed Tables
@PXAbstracftion
Haha was overviewing it to see where it is!
Re: Spec-Ops: The Line Has Unexpectedly Been Delisted From Steam
Ha, it was on Sale on Gog a few hours ago.
Was like: Oh, this Game is here?
Seems like it is gone now ^^
Re: Random: We Need This Fanmade Monkey Island LEGO Set To Be Real
It is the second biggest Lego Monkey Head i have ever seen.
Re: In Memory Of Memory Cards
I've bought an PS3 Memory Adaptor back then, hoping one Day someone will make it compatible with the PC.
Kudos to Menxard Rex, last Year i brought all my Data to the PC.
Btw. having any PS3 it is possible to have "infinite" Space, as you can backup the whole Data and delete it on the Card, to save other Stuff.
Re: Interview: "It's Never Easy" - SNEG's Quest To Make Old Games Available Again
I've got that Silverbox, some of those Games have a good Base, but need more polish.
But Heroes of the Lance is actually pretty fun,
it should have a modern Port with bigger Screen and out of the Box Control Scheme (you can remap it in Dosbox )
Re: Japanese Strategy Guide Reveals Disturbing Fact About Tekken 2's Bruce
Well, guess they were just inspired by the Plane Crash in South America.
Re: Vengeance Hunters Is A New Action-Packed Brawler For The Neo Geo
@Axelay71
Because it is slow
Re: Is Quintet's Robotrek The Most Underrated SNES JRPG Ever?
Graphics seem ok, love the artstyle.
Re: Going Back In Time - Do You Play Retro Games To Reconnect With Your Past?
Mixed for me, Nostalgia isn't changing bad or good Games for me, the Nostalgia is there because a Game was good from the Beginning. Some i replay because i had fun with them and still have, some i get to play something new that was released back in the Time.
And sometimes, i am replaying some bad Games too see if i can manage them a bit better as an Adult haha
Such as Hulk for the Super Nintendo, but i play them maybe a couple of Minutes
Re: You Can Dump A Game Boy Advance ROM By Crashing It And Recording The Audio
I think i will stay with my Retrode
Re: The Making Of: Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within, Square's Groundbreaking Box Office Bomb
Imo the Movie is too boring and way too much brown and grey, just as Quake or Doom 2 (yes, thats my Critic to those Games compared to Doom 1 ).
Sad that they didn't gave Aki another Roll somewhere.
Re: Does Your SNES Have A Ticking Time Bomb Inside?
@JayJ
Guess just some Chemical Reactions that the Current causes makes some Parts (Caps?) live longer
Re: The Elder Scrolls Daggerfall Now Has A Fanmade Remaster
I played over the last couple of Years the original about 50 hours and than changed to the Unity Port, mostly to avoid some Bugs and to have more Content.
This is one of a Kind Game and is very very immersive.
The Thrill going slowly through a deadly Dungeon for Hours is insane.
I had to change some Behaviour of the Unity Port, as the better AI and fluent Combat, as they stroke incredible fast and killed my Character brutally (Enemies i had no Problem before), but that was well enough than
I like that Mod that sets free Events that were disabled in the original Game, as Pandemics happening and Piles of burning People in the Outside, or Religions that get baned and if you are such a Worshiper, you better start runing haha
edit:
Yes, you can import your Character from your Dos Save Game, but Quests will be reset
Re: $38 'FlippyDrive' ODE Lets You Keep Your GameCube's Optical Drive
Looks very promising, give us an EU Reseller
Re: New SNES Game 'Dottie Flowers' Is Getting A Physical Release This Year
Can someone spoil me, will there be a EU Release?