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Post by toei on Jan 10, 2019 11:59:09 GMT -5
Go Go Ackman was just a short-lived promo manga for V-Jump (a videogame Shonen Jump offshoot), so yeah, it never really went anywhere. It had potential, though. The animated short was subtitled last year. I personally don't like the games at all, though the first is probably more playable. I think it's either the second or third that I really hated. My understanding is that Toriyama pretty much destroyed his health doing Dragon Ball, which is why he never did a long series again. But I really dug Kajika (which is like DBZ in concentrated form) and Cowa (which is more pre-Z DB), and Sandland was good too. Toriyama also admits to being lazy af. He would rather play videogames than work . If you haven't read them yet, his Nekomajin short stories are really good too. I would also rather play videogames than work, but sadly, I can't afford to. Honestly though, being lazy by Japanese norms is probably equivalent to working full-time here. A lot of mangaka with successful series burn out after working on that kind of schedule for a few years. Plus let's not forget Toriyama wanted to stop DB like 5 times throughout the series' run and was never allowed to work on anything else by his editors because it was too popular. I have the Nekomajin volume, it's pretty good. The Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater collection has some really good stuff too, mostly short-lived stuff published in his early years, including the first Dragon Ball prototype, Dragon Boy, plus Go Go Ackman and failed DBZ replacement Cashman. I like the one-volume one-shots the most, though, because they allow for a more complete story. Woody Alien I know the first one is better than the other two, but after verification, it's the 2nd I really hate. Your sword doesn't seem long enough and the enemies are just poorly balanced.
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Post by dsparil on Jan 10, 2019 12:33:26 GMT -5
I'm poking around the second one right now in between playing Shining Resonance Refrain (which is meh) and the hit detection seems wonky compared to the first one. All the hit boxes seem smaller.
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Post by JoeQ on Jan 10, 2019 13:00:41 GMT -5
I always just quote someone else and copy what they did
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Post by nerdybat on Jan 10, 2019 15:36:13 GMT -5
The Messenger (Switch) - First Playthrough, Time: 15h 26m 29sJumping around and destroying lanterns as a lovable ninja doofus who made me chuckle much more often than I would probably want to admit. Honestly, I didn't expect The Messenger to be such charismatic and wholesome game - it spreads it's fourth wall breaks well enough to be consistently amusing without appearing too cheeky for its own good, and the game in general has some really solid comedy to it. As for the game itself, it's 50/50, quite literally at that: it starts as a well-designed Ninja Gaiden'esque platformer, but after second half turns into somewhat uneventful and bare-boned metroidvania. The premise and build-up for mechanical shift are actually pretty brilliant (though sadly easily spoiled by promotional material and reviews); it's just that playing the game after said mechanical shift becomes kinda boring, since amount of funny dialogues decreases, and there are barely any cool unlocks to traverse levels in new ways, like it is with most of the other metroidvanias. Despite all above, it's a worthwhile experience to stick with to the end, since there's still enough cool stuff to see and read during the second half, not to mention I liked the ending quite a bit. On an additional note, soundtrack is made by Rainbowdragoneyes, a chiptune veteran and 8bitpeoples contributor. This makes it another entry in my list of "Cool games with OST composed by chiptune musicians I enjoyed a lot as a kid". There's something nostalgic in that :v Final time is 15h 26m 29s. Can't say the game is super-challenging (though there are some annoying areas), but I've spent a big chunk of time backtracking and trying to obtain all the collectable seals - got 3/4 of them, but haven't bothered to get the rest after finishing the story; I mostly did it for fun and additional challenge anyway. Rating: 7/10. Flawed for sure and with pacing issues, but I can't deny there's a lof of heart and effort behind it, and I still readily recommend the game to other people (My savefile is the first one)
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Post by zerker on Jan 10, 2019 18:37:38 GMT -5
Just a reminder that we decided that "PC" is not a platform. I presume you played this on Windows? dsparil , how granular do you want to go with Windows versions?
Windows 3.x, then "Windows" for everything else? Add a Windows 9x in the middle there? Add a 64-bit Windows on the modern end?
If we go by exact Windows version, should the version tracked by the minimum supported version by the game, or the version the user played on?
My personal preference would be Win 3.x, Win 9x, everything else, but the Win 9x to everything else boundary is a little muddy.
You need to wrap the text in a font tag with color="#66ff00" as an attribute which is probably more trouble than it's worth. If it's the top line, it's pretty easy to see just bolded. Or just use the word " lime". Green will "work" but you'll get forest green instead.
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Post by Snake on Jan 10, 2019 20:15:51 GMT -5
My understanding is that Toriyama pretty much destroyed his health doing Dragon Ball, which is why he never did a long series again. But I really dug Kajika (which is like DBZ in concentrated form) and Cowa (which is more pre-Z DB), and Sandland was good too. I loved this bit in Sandland. Doesn't seem too far off from becoming true; though it's very possible Koichi Sugiyama may pass away before we get to a Dragon Quest XIII. Having Dabura make a cameo was a fun touch too.
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Post by toei on Jan 10, 2019 20:41:05 GMT -5
I remember that reference. like that the PlayStation VI looks like a Sega Saturn. Even the controller looks similar, except it looks like it has four face buttons instead of six.
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Post by foopy64 on Jan 10, 2019 21:56:37 GMT -5
The Talos Principle
I Played on Windows 7 through Steam, this is a REPLAY, my second time beating the game, but I forgot the puzzles in the 3 years since my last play-through. One of my all time favorite games, this replay took me 22 hours to get the messenger ending which requires 100 percent completion. I give it a 9/10 and highly recommend it to those who like puzzle games. I'll probably try to tackle the expansion, Road to Gehenna, soon.
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Post by nerdybat on Jan 11, 2019 4:03:17 GMT -5
The Talos PrincipleI Played on Windows 7 through Steam, this is a REPLAY, my second time beating the game, but I forgot the puzzles in the 3 years since my last play-through. One of my all time favorite games, this replay took me 22 hours to get the messenger ending which requires 100 percent completion. I give it a 9/10 and highly recommend it to those who like puzzle games. I'll probably try to tackle the expansion, Road to Gehenna, soon. you're my rival foopy
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Post by dsparil on Jan 11, 2019 9:01:12 GMT -5
Just Windows is fine for Windows games irrespective of version. Be aware that some "Windows" games are actually DOS games with Windows based installers or launchers. GOG releases at least are more obvious when this is the case as they use DOSBox.
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Post by dsparil on Jan 11, 2019 9:08:40 GMT -5
Go! Go! Ackman 2 (SNES, Replay)
GGA2 is quite a step down from the first one even though it does have a few little improvements. The run is gone and more or less replaced with a high jump you can do any time. Weapons can be upgraded by collecting multiple pick ups and you always have one (start with the sword), so you don't lose them when hit anymore. Your punch is always available and can also be used as a throw although this is fairly useless and only required in a single boss fight. There's a rudimentary "level up" system where you gain a hitpoint every 50 souls (I think). On the minus side is pretty much the rest of the gameplay. It just doesn't feel as good for some reason. The main problem is that hit detection is either finicky or the hit boxes are smaller. I got so many cheap hits because an attack would pass through an enemy. For someone that actually speaks Japanese, the increased amount of story might compensate for the shortcoming, but without that knowledge, it feels diminished.
Rating: 6/10
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Post by foopy64 on Jan 11, 2019 13:52:47 GMT -5
The Talos PrincipleI Played on Windows 7 through Steam, this is a REPLAY, my second time beating the game, but I forgot the puzzles in the 3 years since my last play-through. One of my all time favorite games, this replay took me 22 hours to get the messenger ending which requires 100 percent completion. I give it a 9/10 and highly recommend it to those who like puzzle games. I'll probably try to tackle the expansion, Road to Gehenna, soon. you're my rival foopy I see.... Well then we will see who is the ultimate gamer....
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Post by foopy64 on Jan 11, 2019 19:13:43 GMT -5
Mega Man III (Rockman World 3)
I died so many times I would say this took me around 8 hours. It was my first time playing. Seemed like a pretty good implementation of Mega Man on the Game Boy, with a couple levels that were super harsh... I give it a 7 / 10. Much better audio than the last one on game boy.... Played the JP version on a Retro Freak (A multi console that takes game cartridges)
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Post by Null0x00 on Jan 11, 2019 20:09:06 GMT -5
Killer7 - Windows Time: 10 hrs Scientifically Accurate Game Rating: 8/10
First time I've played this in over 10 years, and I argue it's just as great as when it came out. Also, playing this with mouselook in 4K is a wonderful experience. Best version of the game.
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Post by dsparil on Jan 12, 2019 8:11:08 GMT -5
Go! Go! Ackman 3 (SNES, Replay)
The third and final GGA is an overall improvement over the second. The story is expanded even more, the gameplay is more varied and it feels a lot fairer. Oddly though, the punch is replaced with an "Item" button that only seems to be used one time. The story is totally inscrutable though beyond the broadest strokes of Ackman teaming up with Tenshi (the small angel) to take on the angel police. The main antagonist is some kind of leather man / cop named Rafael that's somehow not the most inexplicable aspect. That would happen to be the floating dentures that seem to be a major character. I'm kind a curious about what the story actually is, but there aren't even transcriptions available of the second and third games.
Rating 8/10
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