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Posted by exodus on October 30, 2019 at 20:26:32 EST in reply to You didn’t mention if was made from lovable 20 year old sprites or horrible new 3D bull shit. Come to think of it, you didn’t even mention the name of the thing. I looked it up and it’s called KOF All Star and it is indeed made from ratchet old PS2 models instead of Geo graphics but it’s a beatemup and that can sometimes work (Cannon Spike) so I’m downloading it now. from SignOfZeta.

good ole reliable chad

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Same to you.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:19:22 10/31/19 EST)

In a way I feel sorry for you guys who work in the game biz. Of course you have to actively decide to like whatever the current state of the industry is. It would be very unhealthy to go to E3 every year and hate everything like I would if I ever went. For me it’s easy to just write off KOF or Sonic or Shenmue forever. I don’t need to rub elbows with those people every day so I can just accept that games have changed and I’m not obligated to somehow fabricate or fake a positive attitude towards crap. Essentially I’m a coward but I feel like I win. Well, sorta. I don’t have enough space on my phone for this game at the moment so that’s sort of a loser situation.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:31:03 10/31/19 EST)

Oh you can hate the 3D stuff and be into the 2D retro thing, even if you're working on 3D stuff--or the other way around (I ran into someone on a fighting game site comment section yesterday who "hated sprites" or something, I had to do a double-take at that comment ; ).

(Paleface wants to be into the (new) 2D retro thing but most of them suck & the rest have flashy graphic FX that try to give him migraines)

(01:06:08 11/01/19 EST)

whenever we put out a trailer for a pixel art game people are like "WHAT ARE THESE ATARI GRAPHICS LOL" every time. there's a huge contingent of people who absolutely hate pixel art, think it's very easy to do/a cop out, and just generally think it means a game is "indie crap."

(exodus)

(14:19:02 11/01/19 EST)

My pixel art indie darling balloon has for the most part popped as well. I haven't quite given up looking just yet, but I am now mostly reconciled to not counting too much on new 2D games coming along that I like and can play, because there don't really seem to be any modern pixel art designers that like non migraine-inducing action games. Eh so mostly I'm just hoping for the occasional re-release of some good old one I don't have yet, or a superior re-release of one I do have. And if ever a new one comes along that rocks my socks, well, that will be a neat bonus.

(Paleface saves a lot of money this way too : P)

(22:39:12 11/01/19 EST)

there's good stuff! but there's also too much, so it's hard to filter

(eodus)

(16:38:29 11/04/19 EST)

I just look at all the promo videos that come along with the new games on the PSN store. If something there looks like a possibility, I'll go check out actual gameplay videos on YouTube.

(Paleface)

(17:31:17 11/05/19 EST)

that's cool - I think you're a rarity, as I believe the PSN store is pretty anemic in terms of sales these days.

(exodus)

(19:11:55 11/13/19 EST)

That doesn't seem to be the trend as far as I can tell from the numbers of reviews the store reports getting for games, particularly highly hyped game releases--they've gradually been going up, as far as I can remember. What makes you think the store is doing worse? (But yeah I wouldn't think most people use that as their game newsish thing, it crashes all the time, the videos are low resolution, and of course you can get them well in advance elsewhere.)

(Paleface)

(22:54:26 11/13/19 EST)

general talk among indie devs, so maybe that's who it's bad for. I can say for myself that our sales on switch versus PSN are roughly 100 to 1.

(exodus)

(23:13:25 11/13/19 EST)

Whoa interesting. Yeah I guess it does seem like mostly the big games sell big and everything else is fighting for crumbs.

(Paleface)

(18:46:36 11/14/19 EST)

that's this cool industry!!

(exodus)

(14:57:40 11/15/19 EST)

Every day I go to work to help develop an engine that will power a product and every time I see someone using the eventual product I will flip them off. Only an asshole would buy the thing I'm making. I spent last year on a similar project. All the money is in the expensive bullshit. Pay is up an and down but the "cool jobs" are very hard to get regardless. That thing I worked on last year went on sale with defects which the customer hopes to fix with software updates and I have my doubts that that is realistic considering at some point they'll have to stop working on this and get busy cooking up the next disposable box of shit who's engineering integrity will be equally undiagnosable by the overly monied knuckleheads who are %99 of its demographic. Does it matter that something which is inherently worthless and stupid also doesn't work properly if the easily distracted airhead using it doesn't know either way? In court, sure, but ethically? I work in the auto industry, btw.

(SignOfZeta)

(03:25:55 11/16/19 EST)

Last night that engine made 650 HP from 3L, sometimes its cool to do this stuff but rarely.

(SignOfZeta)

(00:28:46 11/28/19 EST)

it's nice that it sometimes delivers anyway! I complain about the game industry but I don't think I'd do anything else... for the time being

(exodus)

(13:42:33 11/29/19 EST)

*raises hand*

(substance J)

(09:15:14 11/02/19 EST)

I definitely don't have to pretend to like anything! though I will sometimes not mention that I dislike something. Anyway our next game has 3D and I think you will probably like how it looks, so I GUESS WE WILL SEE.

(exodus)

(14:17:55 11/01/19 EST)

I don’t really have a huge issue with 3D now that it’s been totally mastered. I just don’t like seeing a 3D KOF of Sonic. If there is one then it’s time for Iori to get a new outfit. There’s no need to update the old shit if it doesn’t come easy, just do something new. I like lots of 3D games, particularly sims and sports. There’s never going to be a better episode of Samurai Shodown than the Geo ones though so for fuck’s said I wish they’d stop trying.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:55:41 11/03/19 EST)

people seem to really like that new samurai shodown! personally I'm more into the experimental floppy and weird era of 3D, where they weren't sure how to do anything and tried a bunch of stuff. there are a lot of unrealized potential directions the industry could've gone hidden in there. I hated it at the time, because it looked so much worse than 2D - but I find it pretty neat to look at and think about now.

(exodus)

(15:42:28 11/08/19 EST)

So you like Robo Pit and Floating Runner more than Metal Gear Solid?

(SignOfZeta)

(09:30:51 11/16/19 EST)

more or less!!

(exodus)

(13:23:21 11/18/19 EST)

I guess I do too, really. I certainly wouldn't reach for MGS if I hooked up my PS right now.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:50:44 11/29/19 EST)

yeah, the look of floating runner has a real appeal to me these days, and the less realistic something looks the more stilted controls feel acceptable to me.

(exodus)

(15:41:07 12/03/19 EST)

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