what makes a bug a good bug ?
>>59222025Paldean Looney Tunes eyes was unironically one of the best gaming oopsies ever published.
Having Sovl.
>>59222025Mystery and being able to benefit.>S/V chugsNot mysterious, just poorly written code. Not beneficial, just makes the game unfun to play.>S/V limb distortionNot mysterious, just fucked up models. Arguably beneficial just because its silly to see if it can be triggered intentionally.>MissingnoMysterious strange Pokemon that has a "censored" static image and a built in secret name. Beneficial because it can clone items, expose ACE, and be used to manipulate the game in predictable ways.>Mystery Zone/TweakingHas mystery right in the name. A black void that can be explored and lead to secret special event areas and Pokemon. Beneficial because it can be used to skip around, sequence break, and get powerful unreleased Pokemon.
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>>59222025top:million dollar companybottom:small indie dev
>>59222025>what makes a bug a good bug ?Having a second type that isn't shit.
>>59222065company decide where the money goes thus not in gamefreak because ever since the pokemania, merch and TCG raked up more money consistently while game even if higher price are way harder to sell than a booster pack or a plush.if pkmn company could cut main game and shut down game freak bet they would, thing is the game are the most effective ads for new gens and thus new waves of card and merch, i never took the games has anything more than passable for a new waves of cute critter to collec which... heh is the main tagline of the franchise... gotta catch em all.
>>59222025Utility.
>>59222025Good bugs are bugs that usually dont render the game unplayable and offer a benefit to the player (without coming at the expense of others in multiplayer). Funny game models, infinite items in single player, bugs that let you catch legendaries that are otherwise unavailable, those are good bugs. The Lumiose City save glitch in XY is not.
>>59222098The toxic leech seed combo in gen 1 was based. Focus Energy making you weaker was cringe.
>>59222034Except there is no soul in pokemon. They made it thinking of the money since red and blue.
>>59222025The ones at the bottom are things you have to go out of your way to do and require a certain degree of knowledge and skill to pull off.They don't just randomly happen during normal gameplay and interrupt your experience like the glitches in SV.
>>59222112>Focus Energy making you weaker was cringeFunnily enough, there are many scenarios where lowering your crit chances is actually a good thing.
>>59222025It has to either be funny or explotaible.Missigno was both because you could catch one, and get tons of the 6th item in your backpack. Perfect for Master Balls and rare candies.The glitch zone is great for sequence breaking and getting event items/pokémon that otherwise would be impossible to get (or without going out of your way to buy subscriptions/new consoles).Just like in other games: being sent flying by a Dragon or a Troll in Skyrim, the retakes in Oblivion, random dudes glitching in Fallout 3/NV, the entirety of Gmod/Skate 3. Even the swings glitch in GTA 4.Glitches are only good if you get a laugh, or you can exploit it. Also, it has to be something you go out of your way to do, not something broken that at one moment it went "yeah, I'll fuck with this guy's game now."
Exploits like Missing No. are completely different to characters or floors glitching out during normal gameplay.>>59222098>Lumiose City save glitch Even this was something pretty contained. A single street in one city, and not the whole game being buggy.
>>59222025Old = good
>>59222025No such thing, anyone who argues otherwise is blinded by nostalgia and cannot think objectively.
>>59222025When it makes a move work in the way it should've like gen 1 hyper beam.
>>59222025There are 3 main things which make a good bug>it must be funny/cool/useful>it must not be overly harmful to the save/game.>it must not be commonly seen in a normal playthrough.Bugs which are quirks of code or small oversights that do neat stuff are good. Bugs that screw with the experience and happen constantly due to poor quality are bad.
>>59222025Shitty physical glitches as the result of developer incompetence is not the same as a placeholder or mystery zone which even had its own slightly tweaked theme. Back when devs actually had some fun with their mistakes.
