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Topic: General Gaming / Your list of 50 greatest game endings.

Or Link’s Awakening.

Oh, totally +1. +50. The ending alone made that game my favorite Zelda.

That may be true, however if i recall the list i mentioned from Guinness is also based on popularity with the 13k people it polled, so while a “true greatest ending list” may actually never exist, this is probably close to one as you can get within the gaming community.

My gripe is less with the method than the sample. Of course there’s something to be said for ’it’s people’s opinions’, but a sample taken from a relatively casual community like this one, I think, is much more likely to result in what’s popular, whether or not it’s deserved, even if it’s just because fewer people have played those more deserving games.

I fully admit this may just be a thinly-disguised jab at FF7 because I think it’s the most overrated game of the first five console generations, but on the other hand, most FF games have had poor endings, including 6, which I feel is the best of the main sequence Final Fantasies, so I don’t think I’m out of line for dumping on 7’s ending.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Fur Fighters?

Topic: General Gaming / Your list of 50 greatest game endings.

Suikoden 3, provided you count the epilogue earned when you have all the characters.

Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. 3 endings, all very good.

Warcraft 3. And Starcraft. Short, and in the latter case sequel bait, but wraps things up dramatically.

The problem with a list like this, of course, is it becomes more of a popularity contest than anything else. Like the idea that anyone would suggest FF7. Give me an ending with some kind of resolution, something that finishes the storylines of the characters we’ve become invested in.

That said, I’m kind of a sucker for endings with some tragedy to them, which makes me really like Final Fantasy Tactics, and FFX was pretty good until X-2 reversed the part of it that I liked.

Topic: General Gaming / Who do you think is gaming's most underated games that are actually awesome,and deserve to be well known?

Silhouette Mirage

Topic: General Gaming / Which Final Fantasy do you think is the best?

Originally posted by SuperCaliFragil:

FF7 is the first final fantasy? Wow.

ff7 fanboy BTW, the people who think ff12 is bad because of the license board are saying the game is too hard. Why? MAYBE SS noticed players were always using the best equip. so they implented it.

Anyway, back to the topic. FFX,ffxiii too hard at some points, and um uhh that’s all

Trolled by a post from two months ago.

FutureTrolling?

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by Shadendemon:

Originally posted by Darknyx:

@ Shadendemon: If it was free it might’ve been mythos, if not it sounds like Titan quest or Sacred.

Its neither of those

and it’s playable off line like sacred and looks similar but not it.

anyone else?

Total shot in the dark here, but Dungeon Siege 1 or 2?

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by humpleby:

Looking for a console or pc game.

I saw the trailer and a mini demo I think a year or so ago on a game review show.

It’s a sandbox game, where you get to play around with the enviroment, add dirt/stone/water/lava and suchlike, and the graphics looked VERY good.

Secondly, there was another, similar but onlline, game. In this you were a god making your tribe wage war, you could build up and remove the ground, on large flat expanses of land the tribe built bigger and bigger houses. and they couldn’t swim, so if you took away the ground from the enemy they drowned

From Dust? Not actually a sandbox game, but otherwise it sounds just like it.

The second game sounds very much like Populous, which is a very old game, but apparently it is played in some form online. Look into Populous Reincarnated or Populous Online if that rings a bell.

Topic: General Gaming / Help With Graphics Cards

I could be wrong—my computer building experience sort of skipped x1 PCIe slots—but I’m fairly certain it won’t. PCI-Express slots are defined by their width; an x16 card simply won’t fit into an x1 slot. PCIe cards are designed to be all sorts of compatible with each other, so if the card was able to fit (via an adapter or something, they do exist), it would probably work, just not at full speed.

Someone do correct me if I’m wrong, of course.

Topic: General Gaming / Would you consider this being a noob?

Knock yourself out. You’ve finished the game legit.

And besides that, it’s freaking Pokemon. I went through one Pokemon game completely legit, went through all the trouble of breeding and EV training, and did everything there was to do. That took hours and hours. Never again. I’ve duped, I’ve cheated, and I’ve AR’d every Pokemon game since, because if I’m going to end up in the same place as I would anyway, without the massive time investment, I don’t give a damn because it’s my fun. I play through the game normally, then once it’s finished, I start breaking it. Turns out the game doesn’t mind.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Probably Frontier.

Topic: General Gaming / Favorite retro game OST

Good for you for mentioning Axelay. Game had great music.

Mega Man 2
Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2
Actraiser
Rudra no Hihou (if you want to call a game most people have only played via emulation ’retro, but it was SNES)
Final Fantasy VI

And for the one song alone:
The Title theme to Wizards and Warriors

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by MasterToki:

There is ONE game I have been looking for for YEARS.

Here’s as much detail as I can try and explain:

• SYSTEM: Sega Saturn
• GENRE: On-Rail, Flying, Space, First Person Shooter
• Other details: I can remember the first two stages vaguely. The first stage was in a desert, approaching a large pyramid. The boss in question was a large butterfly-like creature (Kinda almost like an Aparoid from Starfox Assault) and the second stage was inside the pyramid, with its boss being this double pyramid shaped thing floating in the middle of this massive room.

That’s about as much as I can remember, but if ANYONE knows what this game is I would really appreciate it!

This doesn’t appear to be a Saturn game (Pioneer LaserActive, apparently), but I’d be really surprised if you’re not talking about Pyramid Patrol

Topic: General Gaming / Why I hate PS3/Xbox360/Wii

since when did the criteria for a good game be “just make it look good”.

Since you—the general second-person ‘you’, not you you—kept buying it. The biggest mistake you make in this post is to go on like this is all a problem with the consoles, and by extension the developers. Guess what? It’s the players. The previous generations had lot of interesting titles, and were mostly ignored in favor of the mainstream fluff. Can’t blame the developers from serving up what their market wants.

Two asides:

1. This benzai fellow doesn’t understand fighting game releases.

2. I’m amused that you seem to think there’s something inherently wrong with people that play WoW.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Mud and Blood 2.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by Fireseal:

Memoir Text Adventure

This is getting repetitive.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by Fireseal:

The Great War of Prefectures

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

*Cy*beria has a lot in common with that, except for the part you’re 100% sure about. >_> Might be worth a look though.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Memoir Text Adventure?

This is a simplified version of an old game called Alter Ego, which you can find playable online if you’re interested.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Sprout?

Topic: General Gaming / Quick question about D&D Online.

D&D != Board Game.

I can’t truly speak for “most” players, but I’d venture to guess the vast majority of players have “progress” that “saves.” I’ve had players playing the same characters in my campaign for about ten years.

I think DDO was fun, though there’s better out there. Probably one of the better F2P games though.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

You’re sure that was the name? It sure sounds like Defender of the Crown to me.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by joppelarius:

Hi, I’ve been looking for the following game title for years now. In the mid-90s I got a Sega Genesis (here in Europe it was called Megadrive) for my birthday, and it came with a game. The game was a top-down fighter plane shooter. You flew in a green (not sure) plane on the bottom of the screen and you had to shoot enemy planes, ships and whatnot coming from the top. Distinctive features included a power-up: you could summon a whole fleet of similar planes that fought alongside you, a level with a HUGE battleship as a boss and a long level with a mini-boss which were two huge tanks that merged after some time if you didn’t defeatthem in time. I’ve searched for this game a lot, and games like 1944 (or 5?) are very similar but never quite exact. Any help?

Twin Hawk?

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by uint:

It’s a flash game I played a few days ago, probably on Kongregate on another PC. I have this irresistible urge to find and finish it. I… must finish it. Damn.

It was a pixelated adventure platformer. The MC was some sort of animal (dog?) with a strange pattern on its forehead. Not far from the beginning of the storyline could you find a statue of one of MC’s species kneeling before a human…oid thing, at least.

One random thing I remember is the choice between three control layouts. Oh, and pretty cool chiptune music.

Anyone?

http://www.kongregate.com/games/ChainedLupine/legend-of-kalevala ? Just look in recent badges.

Topic: General Gaming / A message to developers, concerning upgrades

The absolute WORST way to use a variable reward system is to have an in-battle currency be one and the same with your reward currency. For example, one Protector game gave you leftover gold after each battle to spend (they had two reward paths – gold and skill points). While Protector 2 was one of my favorite tower defense games ever, I couldn’t stand the one that included this terrible system. It is very frustrating for players try and spend the absolute minimum amount of in-game currency required to win so they can maximize post-battle rewards.

Essentially what you’re saying here is that it’s a bad thing for developers to include a system that rewards strong play. Even if a game doesn’t directly convert leftover currency into an after-map reward, any sort of ranking system that affects the reward will have the same effect, causing players to alter their strategy (whether it be minimal use of towers, life remaining, whatever) in order to maximize their reward. As long as the rankings are properly set up, though, a player should be able to at least advance no matter what. If they’re unable to without pigeonholing themselves due to the rewards, then that’s a problem with the game balance, not a problem with the design.

Topic: General Gaming / The "What was that game called?" Thread

Originally posted by EpicWinz:

I’ve got another one. It’s a game for the NES. In the game you are either a party of 4 or you have the ability to transform yourself (I can’t remember). Every character has a special ability however I can only remember two of the four. The first one was a rock golem, who could take a lot more hits but his jumping was way worse than the other characters. The second one was a rat who couldn’t attack but he could climb walls and get through narrow spaces where the others wouldn’t fit. The idea of the game was to use the different characters abilities to progress through each map. It was a classic sidescrolling platformer and the setting was pretty dark. It sort of reminded me of the early castlevania games and when you beat a level you got to the level select screen which was a big map and you would unlock different paths and sometimes you could choose which path you would take, just like in castlevania.

Anybody remember this awesome game?

Little Samson?