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[Piston Hyundai]

No More Heroes is the best game of last generation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEn60keGiMQ&t=0m31s

 

[Hot Coldman]

Left 4 Dead, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Sins of a Solar Empire, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts...

Exactly! The list keeps growing. (Although, to be honest, fuck Brawl.)

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I don't think I've ever been as bummed out about a video game as I have playing Brawl's online multiplayer for the first time.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Exactly! The list keeps growing. (Although, to be honest, fuck Brawl.)

i'm going to strap C4 to you and then when you try to recover, drop a box on your head

 

[stump sock]

Exactly! The list keeps growing. (Although, to be honest, fuck Brawl.)

brawl is the only smash game that I ever liked. I thought the quest mode or whatever that dumb thing was called was a blast and I ended up unlocking basically everything in the game

I think I played against other humans like twice

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I'm with you, I (somewhat unsurprisingly probably) have a fondness for Suda51 games, but I dunno, past aesthetics, NMH never really stuck with me. I bought the ps3 version not long ago, hoping that playing it with normal people controls would make me like it more... but I've never even opened it for some reason. it was like $6

PS3 version sucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEn60keGiMQ&t=0m31s

What would you pick?

 

[Hot Coldman]

i'm going to strap C4 to you and then when you try to recover, drop a box on your head

Yeah, well, I'm going to throw fruit at you and then drop a fire hydrant on your head.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

brawl is the only smash game that I ever liked. I thought the quest mode or whatever that dumb thing was called was a blast and I ended up unlocking basically everything in the game

I think I played against other humans like twice

The Subspace Emissary is like a fucking bootleg Kirby game, which is tragic because Kirby already plays like shit. Even worse, Brawl's event mode is pathetic, so Melee and Wii U are much better single-player games despite lacking a dedicated story mode.

 

[chogidogs]

I think I don't like Charisma.com anymore. The quirky pop/hip-hop is gone all they are is boring pop with rap songs.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I didn't even know Brawl was considered a bad game until I actually cared to look on forums a few years ago.

I had just as much fun with it as I did Melee with friends.

 

[justjim89]

I was about to ask how in the hell people like Dan or Danielle could even run 10 miles at a time on a regular basis, then I figured out my typical walking route is about 2 miles, so I could see how people who don't have a sandbag-sized gut could run that kinda distance.

 

[stump sock]

I think I don't like Charisma.com anymore. The quirky pop/hip-hop is gone all they are is boring pop with rap songs.

weirdly that's one of their best songs in a while but, yeah they fell off HARD

you should probably track down Itsuka's solo stuff (Meliyas) if you like the rap side of it, at least that maintained some sense of grit.

 

[- J - D -]

Brawl haters are trippin'.

 

[Anjin M]

How have not a single one of you listed Grand Theft Auto IV? Bunch of freaking hipsters.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I was about to ask how in the hell people like Dan or Danielle could even run 10 miles at a time on a regular basis, then I figured out my typical walking route is about 2 miles, so I could see how people who don't have a sandbag-sized gut could run that kinda distance.

I used to run 5 miles a day a few years ago when I had more time for things. But man I got lazy and just make up for it by counting calories and drinking only water.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

What would you pick?

Burnout Paradise, Rock Band 2, Fallout 3, Saints Row 2, Mirror's Edge, and Left 4 Dead are all better games than No More Heroes.

As for the generation as a whole, then you include series like Mario Galaxy, Portal, Skate, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Gears of War, Arkham Asylum/City, and the list goes on.

No More Heroes is cool and all, but I don't think it stands up to all of those games.

 

[stump sock]

WAIT I'm an idiot, I was thinking of Melee, not Brawl. I never bought Brawl because I didn't have fun playing it elsewhere

PS3 version sucks.

figures

 

[BUNTING1243]

Are we still talking about the best games of the last generation?
1. Spec Ops: The Line
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Gone Home
4. Bioshock Infinite

 

[Hot Coldman]

Brawl's not a bad game, but it's awfully drab looking nowadays. And it's soooo slooow and heavy. If it was the only Smash game, it'd probably be more appreciated, but it isn't. Melee and Smash 4 both blow it away, imo.

I like that it went for the full-on single-player campaign, but it fucked it up.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

The more I see of it the more I am convinced that MGS 3 is not a good game.

 

[skLaFarebear]

The more I see of it the more I am convinced that MGS 3 is not a good game.

Agreed. Its an amazing game.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Burnout Paradise, Rock Band 2, Fallout 3, Saints Row 2, Mirror's Edge, and Left 4 Dead are all better games than No More Heroes.

As for the generation as a whole, then you include series like Mario Galaxy, Portal, Skate, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Gears of War, Arkham Asylum/City, and the list goes on.

No More Heroes is cool and all, but I don't think it stands up to all of those games.

Nah.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Nah.

a+ super well thought-out post

way to go up to bat for the game you love so much

 

[OdysseusVA]

Are we still talking about the best games of the last generation?
1. Spec Ops: The Line Red Dead Redemption
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Gone Home
4. Bioshock Infinite

Fixed
You misspelled Red Dead Redemption

 

[nckillthegrimace]

a+ super well thought-out post

I explained just as much as you did.

Fine, though, pick your favorite out of that entire list, and I'll explain why it's actually the worst.

 

[Jintor]

weirdly that's one of their best songs in a while but, yeah they fell off HARD

you should probably track down Itsuka's solo stuff (Meliyas) if you like the rap side of it, at least that maintained some sense of grit.

AI AI syndrome remains legit. You can't take that away from me!

 

[Anjin M]

GOTG was:

1. Red Dead Redemption
2. Dark Souls
3. Mass Effect
4. Everything else can stop fronting.

 

[chrixter]

How have not a single one of you listed Grand Theft Auto IV? Bunch of freaking hipsters.

Or Fallout 3, which was the media's consensus GOTY of 2008.

Personally, I'd add Braid, Ninja Gaiden II, and Tales of Vesperia.

2008's major releases disappointed in some ways but it was still a great year.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I explained just as much as you did.

Fine, though, pick your favorite out of that entire list, and I'll explain why it's actually the worst.

well since you've clearly played all of them, why don't you just do that for the whole list

 

[chogidogs]

weirdly that's one of their best songs in a while but, yeah they fell off HARD

you should probably track down Itsuka's solo stuff (Meliyas) if you like the rap side of it, at least that maintained some sense of grit.

I was actually more of a fan of Gonchi's choice of samples and weird arrangements from the first album. She just sings more and everything is more straightforward and more EDM-e and boring now.

 

[Jintor]

I only really liked, like, two songs off their second album? Such a disappointment after loving the shit out of almost everything on their first.

I'll listen to this one after work

Still really glad Jeff discovered them for me though. Any other RECs if I really, really liked AI AI syndrome?

 

[Hot Coldman]

AI AI syndrome remains legit. You can't take that away from me!

one after that was good too

but I had enough after that

 

[chrixter]

Speaking of Red Dead Redemption, Brad mentioned a couple months ago during the hypothetical GOTG discussion that he was the only one arguing for Red Dead during 2010's GOTY deliberations. I've been meaning to re-listen to that 2010 podcast because I'm almost certain he in fact argued for StarCraft II and the rest of the guys genuinely considered his arguments because of how passionate he was. But maybe my memory is completely wrong.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

1. Trauma Team
2. Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
3. Trauma Center: Second Opinion
4. Trauma Center: Under the Knife
5. Trauma Center: New Blood
6. Team Fortress 2

 

[nckillthegrimace]

well since you've clearly played all of them, why don't you just do that for the whole list

Where do you want me to start?

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I'm glad we upgraded the Game of the Year talk.
As a PC owner I don't even know when the last generation began. Half Life 2? Cause that would probably be the GotG for me.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I'm glad we upgraded the Game of the Year talk.

Its still not enough for me.

Game of the forever or nothing.

 

[TharpDaddy]

Games of the generation for me: Fallout 3, Burnout Paradise, Mass Effect 1, Dragon's Dogma, Deus Ex: HR, Halo 3

 

[Hot Coldman]

I'm glad we upgraded the Game of the Year talk.
As a PC owner I don't even know when the last generation began. Half Life 2? Cause that would probably be the GotG for me.

2006 I guess

so Portal

 

[Fantastapotamus]

2006 I guess

so Portal

Yeah, agreed.

Well, that was quick.
Let's move on.

 

[stump sock]

I was actually more of a fan of Gonchi's choice of samples and weird arrangements from the first album. She just sings more and everything is more straightforward and more EDM-e and boring now.

fun fact: Gonchi seems to have next to nothing to do with writing or producing the songs; it's largely Itsuka and some of her friends from when she was with C.R.E.A.M SODAZ

at least, Gonchi doesn't get many writing credits in the liner notes.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Games of the generation for me: Fallout 3, Burnout Paradise, Mass Effect 1, Dragon's Dogma, Deus Ex: HR, Halo 3

After seeing those gifs on that DDO thread, I'm really tempted to get back to DDA. Though I have to start a new character after I found out I can make Guts.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Where do you want me to start?

fallout: new vegas, but let's not get carried away

do that, then speak your piece about NMH then let's cut it out because arguing on the Internet is dumb

 

[TharpDaddy]

After seeing those gifs on that DDO thread, I'm really tempted to get back to DDA. Though I have to start a new character after I found out I can make Guts.

It's the biggest reason I wish I still had a PS3. I want to replay it for a 3rd time.

Spoiler

I also miss Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. No shame.

 

[Anjin M]

2006 I guess

so Portal

Including PC games is a little weird in these discussions. Because you are right, the PC doesn't have the same discrete break points. If you include the PC in the generation before (Xbox/PS4/DC/GCN), then the winner become World Of Warcraft by default and shuts down all other discussion.

Well that's not entirely true. People will still argue, even if they are wrong.

Ah, no, I was wrong.

Minecraft.

And we're done here.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Ah, no, I was wrong.

Minecraft.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Ah, no, I was wrong.

Minecraft.

What.
Don't do this to me man. We had, like, a thing. Remember when you said "Portal" and I was like "Yeah!"? Those were good times.

 

[skLaFarebear]

It's the biggest reason I wish I still had a PS3. I want to replay it for a 3rd time.

Spoiler

I also miss Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. No shame.

It was pretty awesome from what I've played. I remember being genuinely surprised at how good an action RPG could play, until I found out it was made by Itsuno and it all made sense.

Spoiler

I don't hate All-Stars either.

 

[bigwinnerx]

This isn't but it could be his stunt double. Also it's creepy enough I'm making it my avatar.

 

[Incandenza]

Not a lot of Elder Scrolls fans here apparently.

Stuff that springs to mind immediately for me is Burnout Paradise, Skyrim, Forza 3, Bad Company 2, Just Cause 2, The Last of Us, Fez, Portal, Call of Duty 4, and Minecraft.