share your windows xp gaming stories
Most of my most vivid XP memories is from the dawn of the internet and discovering music via P2P networks. As far as games go, max payne 2 really sticks out in my mind. Played that on my girlfriends Dell prebuilt at the time in rural western NC. Have a flash bulb memory of sitting in the bed room with the windows up, storm was rolling in so strong winds was whipping the leaves around. Beat that game in one sitting while chugging bawls.
>>12840334I had a friend who formated his PC every single day. His reason was that his PC was much faster after a fresh installation and slower the next day when he turned it on again.He once invited me over to play some games, but I just stood there for nearly 2 hours watching him as he went through the whole process of installing the XP, the drivers and, finally, the games.
I had no idea what PC gaming entailed at all in terms of hardware differences and requirements so when I got HL2 due to all the rave reviews I had to play it with no lighting whatsoever and no shaders at about 4 fps. I welcomed the Xbox version, it actually let me beat the game.
not a zoomer btw>summer 2001, 13 years old>manage to finally get my own PC in my room with broadband internet>up late at night playing brood war UMS games, gta2, and subspace continuum while everyone else is sleeping>winamp mp3 playlist running in the background, have to minimize the game every 10 minutes to skip a song im tired of cuz my playlist has only like 200 songs i download from morpheus>TV in my room is playing a late night block of MTV music videos on low volume>9/11 happens>winXP comes out a month later but i stay on winME until 2005>no ragrets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIKmUx0loHw>KI players called two-in-ones "slappy combos"lol
>decide to try out pic related to see what the hubbub is about>boring generic "we're being invaded" story>graphics drenched in shit and piss>incredibly sluggish movement/gunplay despite being 30 fpse>braindead AI that will take a couple shots and then just stare at you>lasted 2 missions before i got bored and quitand this was supposed to be the best FPS on the PS2. grim.
>>12842002You did, because you can't show what happened after that fight.
>>12828339My hype for Killzone evaporated when I realized you arent playing as the notJinRoh guysAlso not retro but Resistance should've lived instead of Killzone
>>12842096Killzone didn't live either bro
>>12828339Killzone didn't get "good" until Killzone 2, and even then it was kind of mediocre.
>>12828552Halo has wide open levels with multiple objectives.Killzone has linear scripted missions.Halo has enemies that use evasive tactics and varying reactions based on enemy types.Killzone enemies have minimal intelligence and are just barely a step above static turrets.Halo has vehicles.Killzone has zero vehicles.Halo has varied level design ranging across multiple biomes with both claustrophobic interiors and wide open outside areas.Killzone has nothing but urban corridors.Halo has combat that can change based on your own strategy and weapon choice.Killzone's combat never changes. I don't even think the AI can throw grenades.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Ideally evil AI? I nominate the Marathon trilogy. Which runs and looks great now on most any computer thanks to a remade engine.
>>12841756>dreams about the internet I'm so glad this doesn't happen to me. I'm in my early 40s. I tried using a cellphone once in a dream, to give someone a number and it just doesn't work. The screen was all glitchy and I couldn't read anything. I woke up shortly after.
>>12841786How many games are in that series?
>>12835582>Silhouette MirageEverything in that game is an AI
>>12842079it's a marathon mod but it feels like a standalone game. if the dev had changed the enemy faction to something other than the pfhor it would stand on its own.
I have no mouth and must race.
This is so fun are all dating sims like that?
>>12835275Is he joking or is he a real male feminist?
>>12838486>get forced by patrons to review a "problematic" game>say someting positive about it and you are getting canceled>reiterate every 30 seconds how you don't like itbeing a "content" "creator" in ad mmxxvi is hell
>>12839584but anon that video is from ad mmxiv
>>12833082>>12835042Kek
>>12835364Got a problem with neoteny?
The best SNK girl
>>12834247Mai is a perfect combination of arrogant outside romantic inside
>>12835620She's a dime-a-dozen coomerbait character paired with Andy Bogard, the most boring character in fighting game history
>>12837916>the most boring character in fighting game historybut enough about ryu
>>12837916A. I can't think of any character who's got Mais personality. She's a lot less generic than Chun Li and Sakura B. Andy being canonically boring is what makes him kinda not, cause he's not stoic as much as he is just a retard or possibly gay, which is pretty unique actually even if completely unrelatable
>>12819890Is that somehow relevant?
Is Ultima Online good or is it jank trash like the rest of the series?
>>12840716So you don't know.
>>12839875UO is good. But you're late.It's biggest problem is that it's "solved". You'll just end up going online and looking up a build guide instead of creating a character with the skills that you think sound cool. You'll optimize the fun out.Same with every MMORPG these days.But back in the day, before all that, it was fuckin magic. You had to talk to people in game to learn things. People didn't just run past eachother and talk to guildmates only on Discord or whatever.It's still a lot of fun. I play it time to time, mostly solo. Fishing up sea serpents looking for treasure. Taming animals. It's comfy.
>>12839875Ultima Online from 1997 to 2000 was the best game I've ever played. It started going downhill when OSI split shards into Trammel and Felucca.
>>12840340>combat sys was assYou either never played UO, barely played it, or couldn't take the heat so you ran to Everquest with your tail between your legs like all the other carebears. UO combat was awesome.
>>12841076After watching some of that Majuree video, I would say I'm interested in a MMO that would let me be a blacksmith, lockpicker/trap finder or that one clerical type worker job than being an adventurer. I just enjoy supporting roles more, but it seems like this game and Runescape are the only MMOs that have stuff like that.
Man I wanted to love this one. The artwork and the graphics are immaculate. It has one of the best scores I've heard in a videogame period. It's so close to being one of the GOATs of not just JRPGs but RPGs in general, but the character progression system ruined it for me. For comparison I've played DQ1-3 and this, haven't played any of the others yet, but it doesn't even hold a candle to 2 and 3 honestly. I wont even hold the animation slowness against it as it can be fixed with a fast forward button and a lot of it has to do with the limitations of getting this to run on the PS2, whatever. What annoyed me was the class system or lack thereof, and the shitty fucking alchemy pot the game practically forces down your throat. The Hero is a fighter, spellcaster and healer, but so is Yangus, Jessica and Angelo. There's very little separation between the characters. You'd think Yangus would be the damage dealer but the hero's falcon slash ability + oomph makes him far more powerful offensively. Jessica becomes a weak link whos always dying and just ends up using the powerful endgame items. I played most of the game without even using the alchemy pot because I hate it, then I got to that gay fucking purple bird which raped my ass 3 times before it hit the grass and so I looked up a guide and crafted some of the "essential" late game items (sage stone, tension timbral, falcon sword) only for all the subsequent bosses to be complete pushovers. I didn't even craft any armor or resistance items. The last 4 bosses just went down about halfway before I expected to and I was like "that's it?" No sense of accomplishment that I felt from 2 and 3.
The game just goes on too long, especially with such a simple growth system. It should end right before the shadow world
>>12841440play 6 and 7 if you want DQ kino
>fast forward button Well this is why you can't enjoy DQ8. Dragon Quest has always been slow, it's the entire point of it. It's supposed to be an hypnotic soothing experience, the slow rythm is part of that, it's like a song at 120 BPM which syncs with your hearbeat.And DQ8 doesn't leave you a choice. It's not just the animations, it's the voice acting too, which is purposely delivered slowly and with long pauses. Either you get in tune with the game, or you're not going to enjoy it.
Should I play the PS2 or 3ds version?
>>12841781The pacing is slower though than normal DQ up to that point and it dies come down to the unnecessary battle animations. Compare delivering an attack in DQ3 where the enemy briefly flashes to the drawn out animations in 8. Multiply that by the whole round, then the whole fight and then the whole game and you can really see how it fucks up the battle flow.
>Kino Japanese game>American execs force Treasure to gut the story and increase the difficulty to combat rentals in the WestTruly despicable behavior that happened over and over. Kalinske was a demon.
>>12841809Yes
>play retro rpg>everyone talks in ye olde english
>>12838396yes
>>12838396no
maybe
i don't know
Can you repeat the question?
What are some retro games that will challenge me, break down my world views and ultimately make me grow as a person? Pic related
>>12835038don't tell me, you need MORE
>>12839978Unironically yes.
>>12840034The cool thing about that bootleg is that it had an infinite cheat built in, you press B at the map screen, and you can select any of the powerups. >didn't beat the gamemaybe but as a kid it was glorious to explore every inch and corner of every level using the P-wing, or using as many tanuki or frog suits as I wanted.
>>12839212Cut content from halo 1 that included the dogs
>>12840191>tanukiThat anything like tanooky?
What was it like to be around the 80s and 90s as all the classics were coming out in real time?
>>12834973This pretty much.>1980s:>Wow, this NES thing is awesome, way better than the 2600!>Holy shit, computers at home!>VHS makes it so I can record TV or copy movies to watch later, fucking awesome!>Arcade games just keep getting better!>Special effects in movies look more and more realistic every year!>1990s:>Woah, 16-bit and 32-bit consoles are incredible!>Holy shit, 3D and FMV, everything's looking amazing!>CDs allow for games to be fuck-heug now!>Arcades have 4-6-8 player games more, and lots of unique experience games like Prop Cycle and Time Crisis!>X-Band and that Sega network brings internet multiplayer to console gaming, and the big companies are thinking about including internet built-in to the next generation of consoles!>2000s:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>12839392>You are just ignorant and probably bought all your games at kb toys or some shit.I lived in three different cities in late 80s and 90s, and bought my first car in 93 so I got around. I have never seen a game store like you are descrcribing that carried import anime games in the 16 bit era. Decades later those stores emerged, but not the mid 90s.The only non-chinese import game I saw in the wild was the bootleg mario 3 carts circulating a year before real mario 3 dropped (it was in a grey NES cart but the sticker showed the famicom cover). The demand was so high, one of the specialty game shops had 3 copies of it for rent. The shop that had the mario 3 bootlegs went on to rent saturn and even 3DO titles for a while, but even they never touched 16 bit era imports of anime games. That would just be weird as most anime besides sailor moon and pizza cats wasnt even on tv yet, and stuff like ranma was available for rent but an extreme niche audience (and they even localized one of the ranma games for SNES but it was underwhelming and sold like shit).
>>12839305Completely lost on me.
>>12833776Yeah, but none of them the old ones we missed out on in our youth.
>>12839468>because fuck your legal right to make a personal copy of the media you buyThat one's actually understandable due to its sheer abusability. Because, y'know, piracy?
I know there are a lot of Sonic threads but I just want to say I played 1-3 recently and they all suck balls. Fuck sonic in his little blue asshole. And fuck carnival zone. Just a bunch of random stupid shit put in your way in big mazes. Actually going through the 16-bit generation made me realize if you had a Genesis you were an unlucky cursed child.
Git gud
What is the lore behind COPE?
>>12837416Some guy who can't breath over 6 years ago.
>>12837432>not dragons trap on the sms
It's a reference
>>12837429I thought that was CPU.
>>12840237You have to go back.
After RE2 released in 1998, Capcom started developing>RE3>Code Veronica>RE0>DMCWas RE2 really that successful?
>>12839439nah
>>12839439RE1 is a more complex unrefined game. RE2 is a more straightforward refined game. 2 is my favorite, and what I’d suggest to a first timer, but 1 is definitely harder on a blind playthrough and I think has a better tone and story. I’ll never understand anyone who likes 2 but can’t stand 1 and vice versa.
>>12839439>>12839523The original mansion setting is better than the police station that also happens to be like a mansion, but yeah, I think RE1 and 2 share a lot of similarities.
>>12837201>Was RE2 really that successful?This is one of the all time GOATS OP. Its in my top ten games of all time. I only prefer RE4 over it by like a hair.
it was good bc capcom went balls out on the development for the game. It was nearly at completion as 1.5 when they scrapped and redid everything. Something that could and would never be done today. They got an actual tv writer to do the scenario. They pushed themselves with the gore, the design and presentation to basically allow it to stand as the last game in the series. Don't forget, RE is their biggest hit outside of Japan so they had major incentives to make it work.
