It's so fucking kino its unbelievable
>>12131802I liked AC2 more.
>>12134163>>12133937>zoomers when they play a game without a battle pass
>>12134459But the newest ace combat does have some sort of a battle pass and it's the same thing. I also doubt zoomers are even trying out these games
>>12134459What does the lack of a battle pass have to do with the game being dull? Are you retarded?
>>12133880I don't know who this is but I feel like you could easily edit it into someone bitching about anti-Belkan stances and/or young Erusean officers.
I love how controversial Mortal Kombat is for all the various reasons it's inspired anger in people whether for moral, social identity, or nationalistic reasons. the outrage is such a hilarious contrast to the people enjoying it who love it seriously yes, but are fully aware of the tongue in cheek nature of it all. MK basically trolls the self important just by existing
>>12129554>>12129559MK3 feels Satanic
>>12134067cause Kitana has no chance when Mileena mogs her so hard all the time
>>12129159MK had an rad feeling if you were a kid at the time of being something bad and infamous that you probably shouldn't be playing as a child but you were and it was fucking awesome. Just like more adult music and movies, it was almost like a form of rebellion consuming them as a kid and they executed that perfectly, making it all the more appealing. It's hard to explain but if you were a kid at the time the original games were coming out you know exactly what I mean.
>>12129556That's the one that really riled the boomers up, that's the one they played on the news and at those senate hearings, that and Kanos fatalities. They are the goriest ones in the game but they are so cartoony ny today's standards.
>>12134146Why do people love Mileena so much when she's the Evil Stick woman
What's the most pretentious retro game?
>>12134170>it's pretentious because I find it complicated!I suppose computers are pretentious then
>ITT: What's the most pretentious retro game. Also none of us know what pretentious means so we're just gonna post ragebait.
>>12128130This game isn't pretentious, though some of its fans can be. Ueda just makes games he thinks are cool, he's always extremely down to earth in interviews. A western journalist once told him that there are some who consider his games to be art, and he said he was flattered, but didn't really consider his games to be art, just games.
>>12134481Not complicated, just boring for the sake of complexity. I actually beat MW3, and most of the time spent on mech inventory and walking around 900km of desert on autopilot did not make for an entertaining game.Nerds make things uncool and pretentious with pointless technicalities.
>>12134481Nah he is right, it's supposed to be a game not a job, it takes itself more seriously than it has any right to be to the point it's not funny, it's by definition pretentious
DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>12122043Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etcGameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source PortsAll other 90s FPS welcome~ Let's post like gentlemen ~FAQ/GENERAL GUIDEhttps://rentry.org/vrbinSO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXzSame thing, in video format:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>12134182>>12133814>>12127319HOTPOTATO97.WAD https://files.catbox.moe/4ikfn6.zipFixed the multiplayer starts in MAP02 only existing on Easy (assuming that wasn't an intentional design decision, apologies if it was)Added a missing potato in the exit tunnel in MAP02Honestly, couldn't even think of anything to add, the maps are basically all doneI do think the final room in MAP01 (marble staircase) could use an art pass though, but I'm not confident enough in my mapping skills to do that
>>12129928why is there still no Doomguy character mod in Megabonk?
brb, gonna unload on a moo or two
Anyone got Edge mod recs? Tried Arctic Wolf Revisited and was kinda surprised by how good it felt.
>>12134410There aren't a lot of them.Like, if you're into gameplay mods, you should try other ones from CeeJay. Like, I've heard a lot of good things about Duke it out in Doom for example. Or if you want a mod made with a specific wad in mind there's one for Epic 2.Outside of that, out of older mods, I guess QDoom is fairly decent.
I miss Splinter Cell so much, bros.
Why is Ubi-Soft so anti-fun and anti-immersion?>you can't do that because you're the good guy. this mission is over >:((>no playing, only these exact steps in this exact order. We can't make a game that doesn't break otherwise :(
>>12132821>the other is American propaganda that was only popular on the dudebro console.And that's bad because...
>>12133895I know Blacklist gets a lot of hate but I genuinely prefer it over Double Agent and Conviction.
>>12134032Everyone who's played it does. People forget how bad those 2 were.
>>12131496MGS was raped in all but the stealth and espionage mechanics, so...
Personally I consider this the best FPS of all time. It even manages to top the original and remains a classic to this day. An 11/10 game, you could even say.
>>12134081Yup. It's like they just gave up on actual level design. Nothing but arenas.
>>12132402A downgrade from 1 in every way.
>>12134258The story is better and the energy sword is great. But you're mostly right. The visuals are so much worse but still lightyears better than 7th gen Halo.
>>12132402Halo 2 is my favorite but I'm waiting for the Halo 2 rebalance mod to replay it. The mod looks pretty good so farhttps://nitter.net/RubyofBlue/status/1830419455475589333#m
>>12134441I don't like the way they've implemented the Engineers, and they made the HUD look stupid; it's objectively bad graphic design. Pic related is more what the health meter should look like.
>We got Virtua Racing at home
Fun game actually.>Nooo you MUST dislike it!! Low framerate! Low polycount!The game was designed with the super low framerate and the simple polygon graphics are charming.Game is actually fun and very challenging and rewarding.The bike is super fun to use.
>>12134262This is a great game. Feels more like a kart racer than Virtua Racing’s arcade style.
>virtua racing at home is pretty funThanks mom!
>Hmmmmmm where did I park my huge fucking flying Hogwarts machine
>>12134061You know that meme image with apples where some see an outline and some can rotate a 3D apple in their mind?What I see in picrel is a seaside village in France, and it's cozy as fuck. I'd gladly do an AI upscale of backgrounds, but the only one I know of requires a "donation."
Oh look, another lengthy Laguna & Friends episode!
>>12134025>this game has some ass-ugly cars.>>12122989
>>12133970>>12130757>>12126178She perfect empresses
>>12132826>>12132143>>12122386Ultimecia can mindfucked me with her long finger.https://youtu.be/LD721J-vMac
The new Croc remaster is 24 gigabytes. The original PSX iso for Croc is 370 megabytes. That's like downloading 64 copies of Croc. And what do you get for it? Upscaled textures and widescreen.
>whining about more content
>>12122239It's largely future-proofing. They use the largest textures possible, because they know what's considered "HD" now will probably look blurry a decade from now.
>>12128932No... the download is easier than the storage. The storage is of considerable size for such an old game. I say that as someone who grew up with Croc. I haven't pirated this game - not worth the space
>>12133198My issue with that argument is that diminishing returns is a thing and a game with 4k textures will look pretty much as good as a game with 16k textures. It's really not worth the size tradeoff just so they can rerelease the game on the PS8 and idiots can play it on their 32k TV and pretend it looks better.Also model
>>12134454I died before I could finish.Models are still low poly shit that the average person hates and rending them at higher res or subdividing them to hell isn't going to change that so there's no use appealing to normies.
The Super NES used a 16MHz 68020 for it's CPU instead of a 3.58MHz 65816; What changes?
>>12132381This is not even close to being true. MVG has at LEAST 60 billion subscribers. People in other universes have heard of him. Everyone knows him. Everyone loves him.
>>12133254There isn't even 60 billion people on this planet.
>>12133267OTHER UNIVERSES. Also some ghosts are fans of him. MVG is extremely big. He is THE YouTuber.
>>12133215>x-ray specs: $1.99>woopie cussion: $0.99>hand buzzer: $1.49>the look on mfw a child claims a 68020 was $5 in 1988: pricelessThere are some things money can buy. For everything else there's mastercope.
>>12134456Not the case. read >>12131903
>he plays NES and SNES games incorrectly in 4:3 ratiomy biggest ick
>>12112962So what’s the right way to do it?If >>12113168 has the initial dimensions (256x240) correct, then isn’t the best stupid resolution (256*8) by (240*7) or 2048x1680?
>>12134050Use the aspect ratio setting called "NTSC" if your core has itAs for the scaling itself, you have two options in RetroArch:>use a pixel scaling shader so all pixels look uniform and to eliminate all shimmering, like sharp bilinear for example (not to be confused with old shitty blurry bilinear filtering, sharp bilinear looks close to integer scaling sharpness at high enough res)or>set integer scale axis to Y + X. RA will integer scale both axes separately to try to get as close to the aspect ratio as possible. No shader required to make the scaling look good but it probably won't get you the exact aspect ratio unless you have a really high res monitor
>>12134085Mesen's NTSC aspect ratio resolution is in fact wider then 284x240 (without overscan) but not fully stretched to 640x480 4:3Now of course, this is all for games that were 256p wide.
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>>12112962My PVM does both with a real SNES. At the press of a single button.I really like Super Mario Allstars + World. I've played it either filling the screen or with black bars and square blocks. Both are cool as long as the screen is 100% analog and the hardware is original.Also Golden Era Simpsons is only watchable via the DVDs on a CRT. Nothing else is even worth looking at.
Are the Dino Crisis games worth playing?
>>12134313Yes. Well maybe not 3. Actually idk it looked stupid. But yes, DC is good if you like survival horror. DC2 if you like fast paced arcade shit. Both are excellent
Play both. Never tried 3 it kinda looks like shit.https://youtu.be/_bQkbGD6RKQ?si=zBC4TEtFGjcSEKzC
>>12134313Do you like nondescript gray corridors? If so, boy, are you in luck!
>>12134313It's like RE but shittierNot terrible but MASSIVELY overrated franchise
2 is incredibly fun, one of the best games on the PS1
Are the prices ever going down? Back in 2020 you could get a decent 20in PVM for like $150, then I checked a few years back and it got to $400 and now it's like $1000......
>>12134063There are just scalpers and 1 dumb asshole is all it takes to sell a BVM for 2000-4000. Doesn't bother me I got what I needed when I knew faggots would ruin this once they caught up to it.
>>12134135The price is that high because of the high demand of something with a low supply. Not imaginary scalpers.
>>12134063>>12134139I've been looking at the retro computing as a whole for about a decade now, and I know for a fact they only increased once scalpers got into the market which is after people like LTT made videos on this shit. I've also seen COUNTLESS times on ebay and facebook marketplace people selling these things for about $50 and then the next day the same ones reappear at a price of like $600. EVERY group is aware of scalpers and flippers and keeps them out of said groups.So who do you think you're fooling? Fuck off.
>>12134167I'm just stating facts. The retro computing scene had the same thing happen to it. It was not scalpers you fucking retard. The exposure in those videos caused the DEMAND to INCREASE while the SUPPLY continued to DECREASE because old things break and are no longer being produced. Every single unit thrown away or not repaired is one less unit of supply while demand is ever increasing. Things that popularize an item like LTT's videos make the demand skyrocket and cause a burst in prices. This has nothing to do with scalping. Scalping is when someone buys the entire supply of something to control the price. There's surely some scalping happening like with anything but there isn't a centralized method for someone to control the supply of an item like CRTS or retro computers. You can't go to the store and buy them out like a ticket booth. You might think flipping something for profit is scummy but it's still not scalping. You would need the means to control the supply to a degree that lets you set the price. If you can prove that's happening do it, otherwise you just sound like a conspiracy theorist.
>>12134139Get a load of this grownup who understands how market economics works.
I've run out of "hidden gems". Post some mediocre PS1 games that you enjoy.
>>12134314That's Apocalypse. ONE is somewhat similar.
>>12132919>I've run out of "hidden gems"Uhhhh, bros?!Didn't you all tell me there were enough good retro games for a lifetime?!
>>12132919Tetris PLUS is a mediocre gem>32bit 2d game>early PSX sovl>classic everyboy knows>yet with underrated fun twist>perfect gf game
>>12133760Not crash 3 and especially not crash 2
Paranoia Scape if you want some fast action. It's basically DOOM meets Pinball, with some of the most absurd level design you'll see in gaming.
Finished my playthrough of Luigi's Mansion today.It's honestly a fun little romp you can finish over a weekend and it's on the GAMECUBE.Overall I'd give it an 8 out of 10, only because it's too short and the Boolosus fight is annoying.
A decomp pc port would be cool.
I got it the day it came out, at midnight.3/10.
>>12134431It's one of those games thats better when there's no hype surrounding it.
>>12134206dogshit tech demo, 3/10 at best, aged like milk
>>12134206played the shit out of this and THPS3 on christmas daygood times...
