Salty Catfish
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The 64 is weird because in terms of games its library's peak is insanely good (Goldeneye, SM64, OOT, a few others)...but there's not much else there. It's an extremely top-heavy selection.
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It's likely because it was the first console I owned, but I can't think of a single Nintendo franchise on both N64 and SNES that was better on the SNES.
-Ocarina of Time is much better than Link to the Past
-Mario 64 is miles ahead of Mario World
-Star Fox 64 is better than Star Fox
-Mario Kart 64 is better than Super Mario Kart
-F-Zero X is better than F-Zero
Just my thoughts, but I'll admit it's almost assuredly because I grew up with my aunt's NES and my own N64, and SNES I only played later on Virtual Console. So for me SNES is kinda the most middling, underwhelming Nintendo console.
-Ocarina of Time is much better than Link to the Past
-Mario 64 is miles ahead of Mario World
-Star Fox 64 is better than Star Fox
-Mario Kart 64 is better than Super Mario Kart
-F-Zero X is better than F-Zero
Just my thoughts, but I'll admit it's almost assuredly because I grew up with my aunt's NES and my own N64, and SNES I only played later on Virtual Console. So for me SNES is kinda the most middling, underwhelming Nintendo console.
stump sock
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I played so much Wave Race. I had Mario, Wave Race, Pilotwings, and SW:SotE at launch. I think I did 100% of everything in every one of those games, even SotE
yikes
So like every Nintendo system post 1996.
It's on his YT channel.
Like I said, it's mostly just because of how I grew up and what I was playing. I loved the NES when I was little, and then when I got my own consoles I loved the shit out N64, Gamecube, and Wii. But the SNES is just kinda one big shrug. I'd take any of those other 4 over it to this day.
Salty Catfish
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Heh, pretty much. Kind of a trend for them at this point.
Death Metalist
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Mortal Kombat Trilogy or bust.
stump sock
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one thing that Wave Race did really well was balancing difficulty. like a lot of good racing games, it was about trying to shave off fractions of a second off your top time. My dad and I used to try to top each other. I went back and played it a little while ago and it's still pretty decent.
PW64 was never that great, just something to play. SF64 got old super fast.
stump sock
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rip shortsfortallpeople
What is up with Brad and that game? Whenever he criticizes Mario games, which is totally fair it's his opinion even if it's a bad opinion because it's not my opinion, he then continues to talk highly about this game as if it was any good (it's ok but come on).
SuperSonic1305
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The Crash trilogy are some of the best platformers of that gen. I would probably play 2 and 3 before i'd play Mario 64 again to be honest.
TheMrPliskin
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I don't necessarily want another Crash game but I would like more decent platformers on the PS4.
The WoW stream was probably the most I've enjoyed Rorie. Probably because he's not reading chat all the time and googling random trivia.
Jeff does it too.
Jeff does it too.
I never liked those games as a kid. If there's an audience for it, though, I guess it can't hurt to revisit it.
man, i could get used to coming home to a jeff stream every day
awesome, awesome, awesome
it's fantastic, even
awesome, awesome, awesome
it's fantastic, even
stump sock
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Marios 1, 2, and 64 are all essential, with a "pick one" of 3 and World (I'm in the 3 camp, mostly)
Twin Tails
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what is the patreon stretch goal for that
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Noray
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I think one of these days we, as a society, are going to have to have the "Goldeneye actually isn't good" talk. It's impossible to play now with those controls, the awful framerate, everything. And I say this as someone who played and loved the shit out of it on the N64. It had some good level design and cool ideas like the objectives on various difficulties, but man it sucks to play. Whereas OoT and SM64 you can play perfectly well today and enjoy them without having to put on some heavy 1997 filters.
This is all true and the real reason Nintendo never made Metroid 64 is because they knew Super Metroid is like, scientifically perfect. You can't improve on it.
stump sock
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oh goldeneye totally sucks to play. it's a shame because I still think the level/mission design is really neat and not many people ran with those concepts afterwards. I'd love a remake like Perfect Dark got but of course we'll never get one.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Golden Eye was a era of time that has long since past. I tried playing it this week and it didn't age well.
MassiveNights
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Crash Bandicoot was a decent platformer but so was Pandemonium and you don't see people making fools of themselves over that.
stump sock
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such a good series. it's a shame we never got 2-4 on the SNES in the west because I genuinely think they're among the all-time best games on the system.
Death Metalist
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Mother of balls, my life is awesome.
That's an actual line in a video game.
Man, Crash is more charming though and it certainly looked way better than Pandemonium ever did.
That's an actual line in a video game.
Man, Crash is more charming though and it certainly looked way better than Pandemonium ever did.
MassiveNights
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Pandemonium has dope as hell music
Salty Catfish
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It's aged like absolute shit, that's true, though I think "aging well" is only one measure of a game -- a ton of great games have aged poorly in certain respects (Deus Ex comes to mind, visually and its combat).
stump sock
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what a shame.
My favorite console is probably the PS2 or 360, honestly. We had pretty much everything, and the PS1 barely ever clicked with me beyond like Tony Hawk. I didn't like JRPGs, so that never worked for me. SNES had some fun stuff, but ultimately, I've always preferred 3 dimensional games to 2d just because exploration is so important to me and I felt that 2d games never captured that for me. Which would make sense as I got older that the GTA series would capture me so well, going back to the first 1 and then the 3rd one making it my favorite series ever.
PS2 and 360 for me are no doubt my favorite two consoles. SNES and NES aren't even in the top 5 I'd guess. PS1 definitely not. I played a lot of Saturn as a kid though.
PS2 and 360 for me are no doubt my favorite two consoles. SNES and NES aren't even in the top 5 I'd guess. PS1 definitely not. I played a lot of Saturn as a kid though.
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Noray
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GANBARE SO GANBARE. Man I loved that game.
Deus Ex combat was always kind of awful, to be fair. I don't feel like that was ever good, it was (and is) considered good because of the amazing possibility space and atmosphere. I think it holds up in that respect, dated visuals and all. I mean, Human Revolution is a great game and all, but it's not even half as open-ended as the original in its approach to map and mission design.
MassiveNights
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360 was a hell of a console.
Like the Mass Effect trilogy, dude. That's up there for me.
Like the Mass Effect trilogy, dude. That's up there for me.
stump sock
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Felix Lighter
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This whole conversation inspired me to crack open my old PS1 game collection to see what I had kept (this was a time when I was selling most of my games to afford new ones).
I kept a lot of the biggies it turns out:
Gran Turismo 2
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX
Tomb Raider
Driver
Castlevania SOTN
Street Fighter Collection
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Metal Gear Solid
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver
Vagrant Story
I kept a lot of the biggies it turns out:
Gran Turismo 2
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX
Tomb Raider
Driver
Castlevania SOTN
Street Fighter Collection
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Metal Gear Solid
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver
Vagrant Story
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I have a lot of fond memories for the orginal PS2 and xbox, but those were my first home consoles too.
BreezyLimbo
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I don't know why people want Crash Bandicoot to come back. That game had a place and a time, and well...it had a place and a time.
It took me a while to come around to the PS2 initially because my brother had the PS2 and I had the Xbox. And I played a shit ton of Riddick, Fable 1, and Halo CE. Those are still some of my favorite games of that generation. But I remember when my brother got San Andreas and I had played his PS2 before to play 3 and Vice City, but he had moved out of our parents house at that point nad he'd bring it over to play after work sometimes and I watched that and that was the most I've ever been like 'I have to have this fucking game right now'
That's also where I played a lot of the original Deus Ex.
That's also where I played a lot of the original Deus Ex.
DS is still probably my favorite game device ever. I've always been a huge handheld guy and the DS had pretty much everything you could possibly want (aside from a good Fire Emblem). By the end of its life, though, it looks like the 3DS might finally top it.
It's pretty much the same kind of people who funded Yooka-Laylee I would say. There's a huge nostalgia boom around old style 3D platformers, even though that genre disappeared for a reason. Pretty soon you'll see people begging for a new Gex and Spyro.
It's pretty much the same kind of people who funded Yooka-Laylee I would say. There's a huge nostalgia boom around old style 3D platformers, even though that genre disappeared for a reason. Pretty soon you'll see people begging for a new Gex and Spyro.
TheMrPliskin
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It's certainly one of the stand out games I've played so far this year.
Now I have music from Pandemonium stuck in my head.
stump sock
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hey that PS2 port of Deus Ex was just fine.
BreezyLimbo
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