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Super Best Friends EX |OT2| We Didn't Win
- Thread starter Fat4all
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I havent been subbed to Plague for a few years because he got a bit too questionable for me but Ill occasionally see what he's been up to.
His new video essay is interesting and while I disagree with some of his grand assumptions of metaphysics and big philosophical concepts about humanity, he did give us this:
His new video essay is interesting and while I disagree with some of his grand assumptions of metaphysics and big philosophical concepts about humanity, he did give us this:
Hmmm, I'm curious to see what happens in this Wha Happun with how much the narrative around a certain (misblamed) producer has changed. I feel like its slight mediocrity can probably be explained summarily by Konami having unrealistic projections for it and putting it through some zealous focus testing, but I'm curious to see what Matt presents.
I'm curious what he can say about Downpour other than the game is bad, Konami handed the IP off to people not capable enough to make a good Silent Hill game and that Konami suck.
I wonder if he'll bring Tomm Hulett up at all?
Oh look, another game that decided to have a theme song by Korn.
Like they said so themselves, Sonic 06 has boatloads of problems. Its controls are awkward at best, awful or broken at worst. The plot and artistic choices are baffling and the whole thing reeks of poor management and crunch. But by god it's memorable.
There's something to be said at least for Sonic team during the Dreamcast era, which culminated into this game, and that for all their faults, they at least always were willing to take risks and experiment. It's only until recently where they really are playing it safe, which is why stuff like Forces will leave no dent in history, but 06 will always be remembered for better or for worse.
Also that Silent Hill video made me sad. But every silent hill retrospective video does that now. The loss of that license is just a tragedy for the gaming world
There's something to be said at least for Sonic team during the Dreamcast era, which culminated into this game, and that for all their faults, they at least always were willing to take risks and experiment. It's only until recently where they really are playing it safe, which is why stuff like Forces will leave no dent in history, but 06 will always be remembered for better or for worse.
Also that Silent Hill video made me sad. But every silent hill retrospective video does that now. The loss of that license is just a tragedy for the gaming world
I dunno if I agree with that.
I'd say boom is gonna have a hell of a legacy.
Forces isn't the comparison point. Forces problem is its a 4 that is directly opposed to a 9 like Mania vs 06 abject 0 which stood alone.
Boom is also a 0 and people aren't forgetting that game any time soon.
I'd say boom is gonna have a hell of a legacy.
Forces isn't the comparison point. Forces problem is its a 4 that is directly opposed to a 9 like Mania vs 06 abject 0 which stood alone.
Boom is also a 0 and people aren't forgetting that game any time soon.
Listen they were professionals in that they wanted a paycheck above anything
i bought Downpour day one and at full price, and needless to say i was very disappointed, but there was a few things i liked about it:
- i was a fan of the moral ambiguity of being a prisoner (up until the backstory reveal/ending)
- I liked that everything tied back to the prison, tho this was to the detriment of the variation of enemy designs
- even tho the main story's writing is pretty butt, i liked almost all the 'side story' quests scattered about, tho they were mostly contained to notes/logs
- i liked the pace up until the final prison sequences, then it gets slogged down with frustrating puzzles
- outside of Korn, the music is ok
- i was a fan of the moral ambiguity of being a prisoner (up until the backstory reveal/ending)
- I liked that everything tied back to the prison, tho this was to the detriment of the variation of enemy designs
- even tho the main story's writing is pretty butt, i liked almost all the 'side story' quests scattered about, tho they were mostly contained to notes/logs
- i liked the pace up until the final prison sequences, then it gets slogged down with frustrating puzzles
- outside of Korn, the music is ok
Man, I completely forgot about him until it was brought back up recently, that dude had it ROUGH.
Matt brings up Hulett a couple of times and is pretty even keeled about it.
There was definitively some good intentions behind Downpour. I think all in all, the team itself wasn't experienced enough for the genre, especially considering it's Silent Hill.
I remember mostly hearing when it released that it was a mechanically sound/okay game, but just had no scare factor at all
I remember mostly hearing when it released that it was a mechanically sound/okay game, but just had no scare factor at all
I don't think Downpour was a complete trainwreck, it was just too ambitious for its own good and victim of bad decisions all around.
Last gen was rough for japanese publishers in general, but man, the way Konami managed to bury pretty much every big IP they had is really something else.
Last gen was rough for japanese publishers in general, but man, the way Konami managed to bury pretty much every big IP they had is really something else.
Yeah quite honestly, this is the one thing about Pat that really genuinely disappoints and shits me.
Lemme guess, something he said on the podcast? Glad I'm not listening anymore
Wow, figured he'd keep buttering us up and leave this and Bayo 2 for last on his Plat LPs.
Seems like it had less weird cereal than my Walmart tbh. Family Sized Unicorn cereal and Banana Cream Frosted Flakes is Target tier weirdness.
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