Topic: Babble about a video game you are playing (Read 236775 times)

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #760 on:** September 13, 2008, 12:48:06 PM »

Quote from: Laser on September 13, 2008, 12:41:36 PM

9 out of 10 games made by Cactus generate a kind of anti-fun that doesn't normally occur in nature, but because every one of them is an eyesore he's an indie darling.

I'm relieved to hear someone come out and say this. I was starting to wonder if maybe people just really, really admired prolificity.

A² · « **Reply #761 on:** September 13, 2008, 12:55:12 PM »

Cactus?

LaserBeing · « **Reply #762 on:** September 13, 2008, 01:01:35 PM »

Cactus.

Kazz · « **Reply #763 on:** September 13, 2008, 01:47:02 PM »

I recall trying to play Mondo Medical. I got through like three levels before figuring out that the game lacked any kind of appeal whatsoever.

Norondor · « **Reply #764 on:** September 13, 2008, 02:04:08 PM »

Thank FUCK i'm not the only person who thinks Cactus is a heap of shit.

McFrugal · « **Reply #765 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:05:53 PM »

I liked the atmosphere in Mondo Medicals; it was pretty creepy. The puzzles were rather creative, for the most part. I could say the same about Psychosomnium's puzzles. Mondo Agency had some creative puzzles, but lacked most of the atmosphere in Medicals.

I haven't tried anything else of his, so I can't really judge his work on the whole.

LaserBeing · « **Reply #766 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:15:04 PM »

Mondo Medicals and Psychosomnium are basically the only ones I like at all, and even then it's purely for artistic reasons unrelated to any kind of actual enjoyment I experienced while playing them.

Shotgun Ninja is probably the one that comes closest to actual fun, although the controls are stupid.

Romosome · « **Reply #767 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:21:33 PM »

How many screamers are in Mondo Medicals? I can handle one but really don't feel the need to put myself through a game that's constantly popping out and shouting BOO at me for no real reason.

LaserBeing · « **Reply #768 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:26:42 PM »

I haven't been able to force my way through the whole thing but as far as I've seen there aren't really any screamers per se... it's just basically the TV-head guy gibbering weird stuff about cancer at the end of each level. It's off-putting, but not in the "BOO! HAHA GOTCHA" kind of way. The whole game is just kind of aggressively dreary and horrible. Playing it for a while actually made me slightly nauseous.

Which is the entire point, of course.

Romosome · « **Reply #769 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:31:27 PM »

I heard there was at least one screamer from some door opening or something. *shrug*

LaserBeing · « **Reply #770 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:41:58 PM »

Like I said, I haven't finished it, and also I played it a while ago so maybe I've forgotten something. There are a few weird surprises, but it's certainly not, like, a constant stream of cats knocking over garbage cans.

But yeah, it's not exactly a feel-good game.

Brentai · « **Reply #771 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:47:22 PM »

There's one screamer that you have to activate, and by that point if you don't expect the thing to start screaming at you then you haven't been paying attention.

James Edward Smith · « **Reply #772 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:55:51 PM »

Yeah, I fucking hate Cactus. I think he's liked JUST because he makes 9 games a day. But you know what? They all fucking suck, so who cares? Pixel has only ever made like two games, ever and he's way cooler than Cactus. You know why, because one of those games was Cave Story and it ruled. I'm all for people actually completing lots of games, but it shouldn't be a reason to love a developer if he has no other redeeming features.

Everyone loved Shotgun Ninja just because it had cool looking retro graphics, but the game is fucking ass. It's slippy as fuck and the level design is completely uninspired. I wish I had made more games than I have, but I never want to be like Cactus and have a list of 20 games I've made in the last year with stupid game makers that all suck and didn't need to be made for any reason.

Romosome · « **Reply #773 on:** September 13, 2008, 07:22:44 PM »

Quote from: Laser on September 13, 2008, 05:41:58 PM

a constant stream of cats knocking over garbage cans.

I smell a game concept

Brentai · « **Reply #774 on:** September 13, 2008, 11:26:41 PM »

So I'm not enjoying BG&E very much.

Is this normal?

LaserBeing · « **Reply #775 on:** September 13, 2008, 11:29:27 PM »

It's overrated!

McFrugal · « **Reply #776 on:** September 14, 2008, 12:46:47 AM »

I thought it was a great game, but yeah there are some bits in it that some people won't enjoy. Like the stealth segments.

Alex · « **Reply #777 on:** September 14, 2008, 01:15:57 AM »

Holy shit, Zoids Assault has been out for my blood since I started the game.

The Artist Formerly Known As Yoji · « **Reply #778 on:** September 14, 2008, 01:58:18 AM »

I revisited Doctor Strangelove recently, which put me in the mood to try Defcon again. But is the full version really worth buying? I guess some of the game modes sound neat, but I'm not so sure they're worth 16 bucks.

...wait, when the fuck did Mexico get a nuclear arsena- OH GOD

Bal · « **Reply #779 on:** September 14, 2008, 02:38:10 AM »

I don't regret my purchase of Defcon, but I also haven't really played it since the first few weeks it was out

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