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General Gaming Discussion / Re: Favorite Video Game Sound Effects

« on: February 27, 2013, 05:00:06 PM »

Basically every single thing the announcers in the Thunder Force series say. Some pronounciations are just hilarious, and the crappy PCM hardware of the 16-bit days doesnt help either. (Latharr (for Laser and Lancer), Wave Shut, rayde (Blade), Lol (for Claw) and so many more)
And I really like the voices used in Gradius Gaiden, too. (A giant moai statue saying: "You can't beat me with that, loser" is just too good for words.)

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Forum Games / Re: Rate the avatar of the user above you

« on: February 27, 2013, 02:22:45 PM »

200% Just yes. It is the best ever.

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The WWW board / Re: The music thread

« on: February 27, 2013, 04:43:31 AM »

I love Cage the Elephant.

Why is that video unavailable in Germany ...

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Anything Goes / Re: New to Cutstuff? Post here.

« on: February 27, 2013, 04:31:18 AM »

Welcome, MythosSnakey! Enjoy your stay~

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Forum Games Archive / Re: Ask xColdxFusionx (and friends!)

« on: February 27, 2013, 04:18:58 AM »

Why do all your names contain at least one L? Is that some sort of conspiracy?
And why do Elena, Alexis, Alphonse and Celeste all have an "E"?
And why does my name have an "E" and a "L" too? Am I another one of you because of that?

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Forum Games / Re: Rate the avatar of the user above you

« on: February 27, 2013, 03:34:36 AM »

8.1/10 cuuute

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Forum Games Archive / Re: Ask xColdxFusionx (and friends!)

« on: February 27, 2013, 03:34:00 AM »

Why is your avatar so adorable ...?

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Forum Games Archive / Re: Ask xColdxFusionx (and friends!)

« on: February 27, 2013, 03:20:07 AM »

Would xColdxFusionx x xHotxFissionx be a good pairing?

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Forum Games / Re: Rate the avatar of the user above you

« on: February 26, 2013, 08:55:47 PM »

9/10 *smiles*

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Forum Games / Re: Rate the avatar of the user above you

« on: February 26, 2013, 08:47:07 PM »

17/20 I am serious. It ... just looks ... good.

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General Gaming Discussion / Re: Video Game songs you love

« on: February 26, 2013, 03:36:44 AM »

OH GOD SALAMANDER 2. It is the sequel to Life Force/Salamander. Such a good game, but i like the original version of Planet Ratis/Latis from the japanese arcade version of Life Force more:

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Actually I find many of the re-arranged versions in Salamander 2 disappointing, here is another example:

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Salamander 2 is the weakest arrange of those imo. Its not bad, it is just so much less epic.
It is a great game though. Really. Play it. I know it got ported to PSP in a collection, maybe Sega Saturn or PS2 in Japan, not sure.

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General Gaming Discussion / Re: State of the Gaming Industry - Discuss

« on: February 25, 2013, 09:39:49 PM »

If you want to see THE prime example for "All games are the same", look at the software selection of the PC-Engine / Turbografx-16. More than half of the games are vertical or horizontal shooters (many of which I really love). The N64 has a very large number of 3D-Platformers where you had to collect things (be it stars, machine parts, tv remotes, bananas, or jigsaw puzzle pieces). And coincidentally the current genre that many people make games in is ... FPSes. And look at all the "Platformer with a mascot with attitude/bad Sonic clones" games of the SNES/Genesis era: Sonic himself, Bubsy, Socket, Awesome Possum, Radical Rex and so many more (no offense to anyone who likes those games).
The difference between today and back then is: You have a lot more old games you can play or buy if you don't like the current ones (for me that would be PS2, SNES and old PC games).
Seriously whining about it will not help. Buying remakes or the old games themselves would be more helpful.

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General Gaming Discussion / Re: State of the Gaming Industry - Discuss

« on: February 22, 2013, 11:25:01 PM »

But weren't Sega and Nintendo profit-focused, too, in the good old 16-bit days? Weren't EA and Activision already there in the Nineties?
No, the industry is not the only one to blame for too easy games. The general acceptance of gaming in the society and that people who can not/are not willing to invest time want to play games are other factors that led to it. And also the fact that arcades died because of the increasing popularity of consoles (arcade games are harder than console games in most cases, and death of arcades = death of a reason to make a game hard).
And as I said, nobody forces you to play new games. We have more games in the world than anyone could play already. And many of them are good.
EDIT:
Why were Arcade games so hard? Because they were made to eat quarters like crazy. Just something to think about ...

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General Gaming Discussion / Re: State of the Gaming Industry - Discuss

« on: February 22, 2013, 11:13:17 PM »

Complaning about the online focus in the forum about a mostly multiplayer-oriented doom 2 mod on a multiplayer-oriented sourceport? Totally legit.
Also quality is so very subjective. Graphics got better, quality of programming got better/stayed equal, controls are often less awkward as time goes on, storyline used to be better in the past and innovation is mostly only found in indie-games nowadays.
What is correct is that games got easier (but they ALWAYS DID ever since the arcades died ... NES -> SNES/Genesis is an example where the games got better in many ways but mostly also easier).
But for me the biggest problem is that I have so many games already, yet don't have a lot of older games regarded as classic or innovative ... which is why have been buying those mostly in the last two or so years (I even bought a SNES two years ago because of that).
And also, old games are often cheaper (at least PC games, mass effect or c&c first decade for 10€ = win).
The newest game that I have is Portal 2, btw. (Ys doesn't count because it is just a port)
And I regret having wished for that 3DS for Christmas back in 2011. (I only bought 3 games for it, and they were all VC games).
And the fact that Microsoft is trying to discourage PC gamers with Windows 8 is just unfair. I really hope that Linux gaming can obsolete Windows 8.
I think i forgot a few things, but that's just some of my thoughts on it.
(i wont give a vote, because I seriously dont care at all about new games, unless they are ports/localizations/remakes of games i wanted but haven't been able to play)

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