It's just asking the wrong question to ask if it's "actually" a game. What good can that conversation bring?
Like, what other medium has to prove itself worthy of being in that medium?
Occasionally people get angry at some movies for not being movies, or books for not being books, generally when they get too experimental for their tastes.
Nah people believe this about Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs because people don't like good games.
this is an opinion people have about any video game that's not Pac-Man.
Pac-Man is an atrocious game
From it's shameless retro-attempt to appeal to eighties kids, to it's idiotically simplistic gameplay, the whole package is just insultingly indie. Ghosts are added, perhaps as some sort of ham-fisted symbol of death, and the whole game revolves around eating flashing pellets, perhaps reflecting the creator's obsession with food. Pac-Man himself controls like a sack of potatos, and the whole game seems destined to be played by those who have only played classic games through the use of emulators and save states.
Fine, if you're one of those insipid manchildren who prefer hamburgers to steak, Spec Ops to CAVE shooters, beer to wine, and Russell to Nietzsche, but for those of us who are adults, Pac-Man offers little.
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if Pac-Man had never existed before, and came out today, and was for iOS and Android, people would slam it as casual garbage.
the "no endings" thing to me has always felt kinda insulting because it ties into this larger attitude I sometimes see where people think that how good you are at video games has some correlation to your character as a person.
It's just asking the wrong question to ask if it's "actually" a game. What good can that conversation bring?
Like, what other medium has to prove itself worthy of being in that medium?
Occasionally people get angry at some movies for not being movies, or books for not being books, generally when they get too experimental for their tastes.
The endings aren't that hard to see imo; sometimes even an Easy 1cc is enough.
I am reasonably certain that if you could survey everyone who plays video games in the world, most would not find the Easy difficulty of any shmup to actually be that easy.
See Dark Souls, where despite using a shield being recommended, supported, part of the default game, done by most of the NPCs, and extremely helpful, parts of the fandom still persist in seeing shield usage as a crutch for scrubs.
Note that Dual Wielding was not really supported until Dark Souls 2.
I don't really have anything to add to this conversation, except to say that being "casual" doesn't necessarily have to mean dumbed down, like many gamers seem to think it does.
Plants Vs. Zombies is a good example of a "casual" game that holds up as a real game.
See Dark Souls, where despite using a shield being recommended, supported, part of the default game, done by most of the NPCs, and extremely helpful, parts of the fandom still persist in seeing shield usage as a crutch for scrubs.
Note that Dual Wielding was not really supported until Dark Souls 2.
Someone actually compared me to a racist once because my DkS 2 character is a sorcerer.
Don't ask me how they came to that conclusion because that still baffles me to this day, and that was months ago.
I don't really have anything to add to this conversation, except to say that being "casual" doesn't necessarily have to mean dumbed down, like many gamers seem to think it does.
Plants Vs. Zombies is a good example of a "casual" game that holds up as a real game.
"Casual" is literally a meaningless descriptor.
It is possible to play almost any game casually and it's possible to play almost any game obsessively and in a "hardcore" way.
See Dark Souls, where despite using a shield being recommended, supported, part of the default game, done by most of the NPCs, and extremely helpful, parts of the fandom still persist in seeing shield usage as a crutch for scrubs.
Note that Dual Wielding was not really supported until Dark Souls 2.
Someone actually compared me to a racist once because my DkS 2 character is a sorcerer.
Don't ask me how they came to that conclusion because that still baffles me to this day, and that was months ago.
Sorcerers have a HARDER time in the early game, IMO.
Comics trying to remain hip has lead to an odd situation where some jokes can only be understood if you have the same level of cultural knowledge and ignorance the author has.
I was also relatively recently accused of being a corporate sabotager (sabotagist?) when I said that people are going to be disappointed with Bloodborne. That was also fun.
See Dark Souls, where despite using a shield being recommended, supported, part of the default game, done by most of the NPCs, and extremely helpful, parts of the fandom still persist in seeing shield usage as a crutch for scrubs.
Note that Dual Wielding was not really supported until Dark Souls 2.
Someone actually compared me to a racist once because my DkS 2 character is a sorcerer.
Don't ask me how they came to that conclusion because that still baffles me to this day, and that was months ago.
Sorcerers have a HARDER time in the early game, IMO.
even if they don't, who honestly cares
90% of the people who play Dark Souls are just there to play, the remaining 10% go to r/darksouls2 and bitch about how pyromancy is unbalanced.
Well, O&S is a pretty significant spike in difficulty if you solo it, owing to how that fight works in the first place.
Yeah but that's like the only major stopping block I can think of unless you insist on doing the bonus boss at the end of the DLC.
I'm not saying I'd want to do it, but it's possible.
Dark Souls 2 has even less of a difficulty discrepancy when you're soloing vs. playing with summons. Summons actually make some fights much harder because goddammit you fucking idiot stay away from the ballista.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I am reasonably certain that if you could survey everyone who plays video games in the world, most would not find the Easy difficulty of any shmup to actually be that easy.
I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but I think that an Easy clear isn't very demanding and only asks the minimum of players, enough to understand the basic mechanics and strategies and not much beyond that.
I am reasonably certain that if you could survey everyone who plays video games in the world, most would not find the Easy difficulty of any shmup to actually be that easy.
I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but I think that an Easy clear isn't very demanding and only asks the minimum of players, enough to understand the basic mechanics and strategies and not much beyond that.
Fair enough.
I still think that the idea that the narrative of the Touhou series is something so good it has to be protected behind a skill wall is very silly though.
I would play Dark Souls (I still have it) but I probably need better specs for it, and I also haven't looked into how well it emulates on Wine.
I don't have a Linux but popular word is that it basically doesn't.
The PC port of the first Dark Souls was fuck awful in every technical aspect. It speaks to the game's quality that it's as well regarded as it is regardless of that.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I still think that the idea that the narrative of the Touhou series is something so good it has to be protected behind a skill wall is very silly though.
Me too, especially since the stories are essentially nonsense and dark humour, and the endings in particular are anti-climactic and non-serious. The mythology of Gensokyo is rich and does interest me a lot, and some of the characters have some nice (and often dark) back stories, but it's not like the series has, well... a plot of any kind. XD
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
No, because Touhou is incredibly difficult and is possibly a cause of the same Repetitive Motion and Sensory overload related problems my mom has been havingfrim medical-transcriptionist-ing all the time.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
Not getting into Touhou is a personal choice and one that will perhaps better preserve one's sanity. But for me it has been wonderful and introduced me to new things and helped me through difficult times!
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See also: Team Ninja.
Don't ask me how they came to that conclusion because that still baffles me to this day, and that was months ago.
It is possible to play almost any game casually and it's possible to play almost any game obsessively and in a "hardcore" way.
Also strictly speaking you do not need to ever interact with anyone. I'd argue it doesn't even really make the game that much harder.
90% of the people who play Dark Souls are just there to play, the remaining 10% go to r/darksouls2 and bitch about how pyromancy is unbalanced.
I'm not saying I'd want to do it, but it's possible.
Dark Souls 2 has even less of a difficulty discrepancy when you're soloing vs. playing with summons. Summons actually make some fights much harder because goddammit you fucking idiot stay away from the ballista.
I still think that the idea that the narrative of the Touhou series is something so good it has to be protected behind a skill wall is very silly though.
The PC port of the first Dark Souls was fuck awful in every technical aspect. It speaks to the game's quality that it's as well regarded as it is regardless of that.
No, because Touhou is incredibly difficult.
Not all of us have superhuman reflexes, Miko.
He's got all those O and H units, but they're scattered all over the board! Such recklessness.
Nah, Touhou probably has no I'll health effects, and I'm just looking in for an excuse not to get into it.
Won't be posting tomorrow, real life stuff.