Opinions on this?Debating on whether I should download NTSC rom versions or wait for some autist to include the PAL version
>>737114610I love it!
>>737114610You should always download the NTSC version of roms, because European consoles ran at 50hz instead of 60, and most game studios were too lazy to alter the game to compensate so most PAL versions just run in slow motion compared to their US and Japanese counterparts
>>737114663Yeah, I only got autistic about it once I learned it exists and I want to experience all the functionality retroarch has to offer.>>737114753You are right but playing the games in the language you played them in as a kid is more soulful.
>>737114610i treat retroachievements as the Steam for retro stuff, i like tracking the games i play and participate in their events. its coolif ur not intrested in this or 100% the games you play, then its kinda pointless i guess
The system itself is okay, the admins around the website are a disaster, and actively harm future development from interested parties.
>>737114610whens clover
>>737115180Just having this extra layer on top of playing retro games is pretty cool, I don't need to 100% them
>>737114610it's good as long as the achievement set that you're playing wasn't made by a fun hating spergThe entire website, however is proven irreversibly compromised by the puritan crybully rainbow autistic lefty crowd, as evidence by Scott kneeling to xkeeper's seething over Pokemon Clover, while failing to protect his staff from doxxing
>>737115218>adminsThere's only one retarded admin that does 99.9% the the whole work and he's actively ruining the website. Recently, he limited total badges shown on your profile to 800 (unlimited before). Claims it's to save server performance and only 50-60 users should be affected by this, while crying about any criticism on discord with his AI copy pasted messages. Fucking over your power users is not the way to do things.
>>737114753But PAL is also 576p instead of 480p so some games are sharper at native res, and also if you emulate PS2 games on some weaker hardware you sometimes get cleaner results with PAL because the 17% performance difference makes it easier to reach full speed.Moot if you're just on PCSX2 or Deck I guess. I know this isn't compatible with RetroAchievements but i'm playing PS2 games on my PS3 lately and the PAL versions are often able to reach full speed when NTSC is not.
>>737114610I thought this was bigger how it is shilled on /v/. the most played game Super mario World doesn't even have 100k players
>>737114610Mei
>>737114610I liked it for a while but then I started caring too much about cheevos instead of the games so I stopped using it.
>>737114610I wonder why some games only the US or Europe version is support while others both are, my guess it has something to do with the console itself, for example Skies of Arcadia there is only cheevos for europe but most of SNES and GBA games I checked supports both, so maybe the more recent the console is the higher the difference between regions, or maybe its more of a nintendo thing since they were always annoying with region lock in their consoles
>>737120497the one that implements the cheevos decides what version is "the best" and then that version gets them
>>737120745yeah but I thought supporting the same game for different regions in the game hash probably varies on difficulty by console, if it was just something as simple as adding a check it wouldnt matter what version the guy think is the best
>>737114610For PS2 and below, you almost always want NTSC. But if you're achievementfagging, you should really check which version is supported on the site.Shout out to the retard that made the Mario Party 8 set for the Wii rollout - they chose the PAL version for the extra supported languages, but didn't notice this game doesn't support PAL60 in Dolphin so it runs 17% slower than the NTSC version and they haven't allowed the 60fps AR code yet, kek.
>>737118069Yeah the general consensus is to use PAL jf you have a weaker pc or chinkheld to emulate at full speed otherwise you want NA for 60 fps.
>>737114610>>737114663>>737114753>>737114876>>737115180cheevofaggots are mentally ill
>>737121564pretty sure you're the only mentall ill faggot here
>>737114610Fake and gay cheevos. Just play the game
>>737114610The best thing about RA is the fact that it punishes save state fags
>>737123805Only if it's single segment
>>737121564post retro games you've beaten recently
>>737114610Fucking hate it. It turns anyone who uses it into an autistic motherfucker who can't help but bring it up every time people start talking about retro video games. Nigger, no one cares that you got every fake achievement in Ice Climber. Stop bringing that shit up uninvited.
>>737123805this though tryhard leaderboardfags can die in a fire in front of me
I just use it to keep track of games I've played and beat. I can't be asked to 100% games because most the shit they want you to do is autistic
>>737121350>doesn't support PAL60 in Dolphin so it runs 17% slower than the NTSC versionwhy cant it use the usa mario party 8?
>>737117232In fairness who the fuck has 800 badges? That's 800 mastered games, no? Even while I was jobless I didn't play THAT many games
>>737115180I rarely 100% games. A lot of sets are dog shit with retardedly hard shit that should be relegated to a challenge subset>>737121564A lot of autism for sure. I think achievement hunting is acceptable so long as you aren't basing decisions on it. I.e, I had a friend in high school that would look up achievements before hand and only bought games with easy to 100% sets. Lots of shovelware and baby games
>>737129353As anon mentioned, PAL games are sometimes preferred because they support more languages. This is generally fine for handhelds and in some cases is superior, like Luigi's Mansion's PAL version has a 60fps patch and has an entire new mode that's missing from the Jap and NA releases. Why this wasn't taken into account for Mario Party, probably retardation
>>737118167If you want to go further, the peak online users is around 6,000(was around 800 when I started) and unlike something like steamcharts there's no offline players that could shift the number. That 6,000 number is literally every active player. If it was a multiplayer steam game it could be easily be considered "dead". I like it but I'm still shocked there's enough people on /v/ to get a thread going. Maybe it's the drama that happens on occasion.
>>737117232He also listened to a delusional tranny on bluesky who has a decades long history of starting drama on the internet when that Clover fiasco happened
why do people who hate RAchievements know more about the admin and some trannies than people who actually play games and get achievements? kinda embarassing ngl
>>737129760>I had a friend in high school that would look up achievements before hand and only bought games with easy to 100% sets. Lots of shovelware and baby gamesMy friend group in high school had a copy of King Kong for the 360 that we passed around like the town bicycle. Good times.Glad Microsoft just decided to break the economy one day or I might still be on that grind. It feels like Sony never did and created monsters. They are quite good at making game guides though and there would probably be no incentive without platinums.
>>737126640Actually, the more I think about it the more I just hate achievements in general. It turns people into insufferable faggots who can't help but talk about them at every chance they get.
>>737130673Sony fucked up when they changed how the levels worked. I had a decent amount of trophies and was level 10 or 12. I instantly new who was an autist like me and now the numbers are so inflated, they're meaningless
>>737114610Shit that's taken over by trannies. Don't even bother.
Im not trans! Sorry cant help you ”sis”
>speedtrannychievements
>>737114610>I was skeptical.>Played my games that for some reason didn't work with Retro Achievements.>Find out you need very specific Roms >If your rom isn't the right version you can't get achievements Yeah, nah I gave up this. Not about to play Easter egg hunt with roms on the Internet to get things working.
>>737129439A lot of people on their just look for the shittiest, sloppiest shovelware with quick, easy achievements. Rather than a supplement to your games, to these faggots retro achievements IS the game. Seems like it defeats the fun of the site to me, but if you're the type of person to play through Elmo followed by Thomas the Tank Engine for internet points-or hell, for any reason, you're not someone who's playing with a full deck. Kind of destroys the whole point of the leaderboards too.
>>737131717>Easter egg huntThey tell you which ROM you need on the site.
I'm not ashamed of my hobby so I like achievements
>>737114610My opinion is that it's kino and anyone who has a problem with it is retarded for not simply avoiding things they don't like.NTSC vs PAL is a game by game case. PAL is better for language support and there's no downside if it isn't slower.You can check on each game page to see which files are supported, sometimes it's both.I'm at 22 points for the Wii event i think but i haven't been playing for a couple days because i'm busy with other shit.
>>737132516>anything short of artistically bragging and over stating your gaming achievements is being "ashamed"fuck off, no one likes autists who can't read a room
>>737131717same, i was about to swap every rom i have with one that has achievements support but it's too much of a hasslebut i have to say it's amazing that it just works and it's free
>>737114610>retroonachievements
>>737114610Why the fuck would you ever not use NTSC roms. Do you just enjoy games being artificially slowed down to run slower than they were designed for?
>>737134398about a quarter of PAL games have 60hz as an option
>>737131117You've got it wrong. The numbers were meaningless before the change. Because every level after 20 required such large amounts of points, most people were stuck in the 20-22 range. It was basically like hitting a brick wallNow there's a much smother progression curve so people can be anywhere on the scale
>>737135025Maybe, but with the same amount of trophies I went from like level 12 to well over 100. It's meaningless now
>>737114610Still no Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. What the the fuck is the point of the Wii event if the greatest Wii game isn't finished!?
>>737131717>>737132805It was a pain in the ass until I realized the same autists that put together and host rom collections are the same people who use the site. Just have to find a Retroachievements rom collection and you don't have to deal with any of the patching yourself unless the set just came out.
>>737131717>>737132805>>737136217Myrient had a retroachievements directory that included patched roms. I think the archive is working but it's all torrents
>>737114610I scrape their icons for other shit, pretty great database
>>737136331Thanks anon, I got work to do
>>737114610I enjoy it a lot, but I noticed that sets vary in quality quite a bit. There are devs who design them after challenges and milestones clearly defined by the game, like beating developer times in Crash 3, and then there are retarded ones where it's something like "do this repetitive thing 100 times because it's tracked by the stat menu".In general it's cool some of them really push you to see all parts of the game and see number go up. It's a positive thing you can just avoid if it's not your cup of tea.
>>737138941The variety in set quality and philosophy keeps it interesting though, would be dull if every set was samey.And it's cool that sets are open to revisions atleast if they really do suck.
>>737138941yeah, i spent like 2 hours last night checking missable achievements in a jrpg im about to set and cataloging which chapter i can get them in. sets with tons of missables are annoying as fuck
>>737138941Sets can be very hit or miss>>737138997Sure, but I think in some cases main sets have achievements that are more appropriate for a challenge subset. Castlevania Circle of the Moon has ones for beating bosses with no hits under specific circumstances. The fact these all have like 2% unlock rates I think speaks for itself. Maybe I'm just a shitter
>>737140576The rub for me is that a lot of the games I play I'm playing for the first time. I'm not gonna look at a list of missable shit because I'll likely get spoilers but if it's a long JRPG I'm not going to be inclined to go back and unlock everything
