We all tend to look away from the past that was once Atari's ruling in the video game industry. You know, most adults of our generation would tend to know more about Atari than all of us. With us, we have the knowledge of current video game systems. But the past holds more of a greater accomplishment than today's current system. Let's go back about twenty-five years or so to the 80s, can you actually believe we have to say that now? There's a game out there that brought attention to many young people's souls. This game was known as Swordquest.
This game has it where they're not only having you play the game, they're making you scavenge comic book panels for clues that are revealed when a certain action takes place in the game. You must find a secret in a panel to discover a word that's a part of a giant list of words. These words soon become a sentence, but only a few of them are useless words. To figure out what these words, you must look throughout the booklet for a clue. The game's story has two words written in different colors, Prime and Number. Therefore, this hint is to help you solve the mystery behind the five words that you must find out of the group of words you found in the comic.
You later mail the clues out to the company of Atari and there, whoever gets the right answers will have the right to play the game again, only this time, you're playing the company's version of the game that is to determine who wins the grand prize of, get this, jeweled possessions. You have a crown, a talisman, a chalice, and a philosopher's stone all made out of gold with various jewels attached to them. But wait, with those prizes, then there must be more games out, right? Well yeah, there's Swordquest: Fireworld, Airworld, Waterworld and Earthworld. Each game had their own prizes to win. The winners of all four of these games would go on to compete for the better prized, this giant sword that had various jewels and made out of gold and silver. All of these prizes ranged up to about $150,000 total. This competition was not a joke.
But sadly, judging from the title, you can tell that what appears to be one of the video game industry's grandest challenge ever, won't have a good ending. You see, the video game crash took place, Atari was bought out by Jack Tramiel, and Airworld was never created. Rumors were stated that Tramiel has the crown, the stone and the sword because when Waterworld came out, which the prize for that game was the crown, the competition stopped. It stopped because the great video game crash took place. And after everything got better, the competition never took place again, nor did anyone try to do anything to resume it. People claims that Tramiel may have sold the remaining prizes somewhere, but there's really no hardcore proof he did anything. These prizes do exist because there were pictures everywhere showing what this competition would be like.
Atari people had a great thing happening to them and sadly, the only thing we have is MLB's win $1,000,000 to pitch a perfect game. The thing is that there's cheats out there now and days to figure out how to do such a thing, but when Atari had this competition, not only did you have no internet, but you actually had to rely on your own for once. It's really sad that video games now and day's really can't have something like this happen again. I'd love to see another competition like this take place where you have to work on your own and such... But I doubt it'll ever happen.
Cheers to you Atari folks. You did have a great era of video gaming.
>'-'<
Monday, June 25, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Convinced G4's 100 Video Games List Was Created By Idiots
Come on, just see it for yourself:
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Mario Party 2 Works Well In Relationships... I'm Not Kidding
Mario Party 2 is a game I desperately wanted back into my N64 collection. I successfully own a Mario Party 2 copy since last Friday. My boyfriend and I would play this game with another couple two years ago, and what was so funny was that we'd play teams.
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
Friday, June 1, 2012
Perfect Questions for Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark and Goldeneye helped defy first-person shooter games during the late 90s. Goldeneye made it fun first with the countless of different weapons, characters and levels for multiplayer, Perfect Dark doubled that. What’s interesting about Perfect Dark’s multiplayer in general was it’s amazing ability to add computer AI to fight against if you’re not playing with anyone. You can spend nearly hours just fighting against random scenarios in multiplayer whether it’s challenges or modes that you designed by yourself. But there’s always been a few questions I’ve asked myself while playing against these characters...
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
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