@MSaturn Yeah those circles are a giveaway. The sitting crowd... at a rock concert... also not what an artist would think of. And take a look at the drum set. The speakers also look weird.
At first glance it may not look super obvious, but dig just a tiny bit deeper and it becomes apparent.
The Crash one is less obvious, but that flying bazooka is odd at least...
@TheVaudevillain @MARl0 Yes, I was referring to 2. I know it's not floating in the sky but it has the same feel. And hearing now how 1 and 2 are apparently conceptually very different just convinces me more that it's not a series for me.
Still, wish the devs of this all the best. It does look good.
It looks amazing and I wish the dev all the best. It's not for me, I never liked the idea of sky ships and floating islands, but for what it tries to do, it does it extremely well.
Never liked Skies of Arcadia, and by extension, I also disliked Xenoblade, so I guess the whole idea just doesn't work for me.
That said, I am very envious of the team's clear skill. I wish I had the skill and time to make a game. Sadly, I lack the time to learn the skills.
You may laugh at this, but I have had similar ideas.
An F1 racing game without F1 cars in it. A WWII game but it takes place in 1768 and features no humans. A soccer game but without a ball. And no, not something else as the ball. Just 22 humans on a field.
If Sony re-released the PS1 and games were re-issued with potential new games in the same vein, I would buy it.
I stopped buying PS after 2. I only bought a PS3 off of a friend, hardly touched it, and I only happen to have a PS4 as a hand me down, and while my kids played a few games on it, I haven't even touched it for one second.
I would be all over a new PS1. Still a few games I missed out on, and it just plays better on original hardware.
First off, good call. Then I was like "Well, now he deserves at least a cameo" before reading about not one, but two games to feature him. And I also never heard of that battle royale game so learned something new.
Lost Eden. Man, that takes me back. One of my first PC games. I remember it as a very odd game for sure. It wasn't very long. In fact, I feel like it was possible to finish it very, very quickly indeed... I had to look up some gameplay, I seemed to remember only small portions of it. Good times though.
Dune, not so much. That game was BRUTAL! Okay, okay! Still good times, but I never could get far.
@jimmytodgers Well, it worked in America, so why not in Spain? Honestly, with all the leftfield plot twist things constantly happening next in the SuperSegaSaga, I wouldn't be surprised if this guy ends up trying to become the president of Spain.
He won't win, but he might try!
@profkross That was actually the previous episode.
Anyways, Ricky Gervais and his team could definitely make this into a hit series.
That image is 100% Guile about to tell us to not do drugs, or he is about to walk up to a couple of bullies and instead of sonic boom their behinds will kindly tell them it is not okay and they immediately understand.
Honestly, by the looks of the art style, this may just have well been a crossover with G.I. Joe anyways. Guile certainly fits the part.
@hste It might be. I don't know. Quite a few different ones popped up the past few years. Some clearly retro, some very modern. All pretty expensive though, but what isn't these days.
Sad. Meanwhile, Alkmaar, the Netherlands recently OPENED a sort of arcade, though not dedicated solely to arcade machines. Can't speak for its quality yet, though I might visit soon. Amsterdam has a few too.
@DestructoDisk But it is SO MUCH FUN!! And it's not like Time Extension is sending people his way. They are themselves very clear of what this guy is up to. No good.
I couldn't have come up with a better, worse written letter if I tried, and I consider myself a rather competent writer.
This is beyond delusion.
Everything they have written thus far was poorly done. This at least has some competence, but also clearly isn't created by ai. This leads me to believe they actually asked someone to check their work for mistakes, something they should have done for everything else...
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Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
@MSaturn Yeah those circles are a giveaway. The sitting crowd... at a rock concert... also not what an artist would think of. And take a look at the drum set. The speakers also look weird.
At first glance it may not look super obvious, but dig just a tiny bit deeper and it becomes apparent.
The Crash one is less obvious, but that flying bazooka is odd at least...
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
Call of Duty: Zombie Defender... even the title sounds like shovelware trash. AI art simply reinforces that.
Re: This New Tiny Toon Adventures Hack Is A Love Letter To An Old Mario Bootleg From The '90s
I miss my illegal 31-in-one NES cartridge, and the other so many-in-one cartridge my friend had. Those games felt so exotic. Even the obvious hacks.
Re: Superdeluxe Is Giving Us Serious FOMO With These Castlevania Deluxe Editions
So glad FOMO hardly affects me.
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
So who is this guy, the nephew of the SuperSega dude? They talk the same type of nonsense.
"That happened to be my nickname." Really? That's what you are going with?
Re: The Commodore 64 Is Getting A New Ultima-Style RPG
This looks amazing. Hope it will be ported. I would be down for this on Switch.
Re: Anniversary: I Don't Wanzer Believe It, But Front Mission Turns 30 Today
@RG-Riven What makes them awful?
Re: The Obscure PS1 Action RPG 'Prisoner' Is Now Playable In English
Well, it certainly looks cool. I would read through it for mistakes if I had any time. Alas, I severely lack any. I don't even have time to play it...
But it looks cool!
Re: Legendary's Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Has Found Its Director
@HoyeBoye Prime Video. It's not bad, actually. Not great, but also not bad.
Re: Legendary's Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Has Found Its Director
@slider1983 Not as good good? Or not as good bad?
Re: Legendary's Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Has Found Its Director
So a director with slapstick, slapstick and some... slapstick under his belt is going to direct this. Sounds like another Van Damme film.
Re: Excited About Sega's Mooted Skies Of Arcadia Remaster? Horizons Of Achaea Might Also Be Worth A Look
@TheVaudevillain @MARl0 Yes, I was referring to 2. I know it's not floating in the sky but it has the same feel. And hearing now how 1 and 2 are apparently conceptually very different just convinces me more that it's not a series for me.
Still, wish the devs of this all the best. It does look good.
Re: M2's 'Operation Night Strikers' Collection Adds Two More Classic Taito Titles
@RejectedAng3L Someone already mentioned it is an S, not an 8. It just really looks like an 8.
Re: Excited About Sega's Mooted Skies Of Arcadia Remaster? Horizons Of Achaea Might Also Be Worth A Look
It looks amazing and I wish the dev all the best. It's not for me, I never liked the idea of sky ships and floating islands, but for what it tries to do, it does it extremely well.
Never liked Skies of Arcadia, and by extension, I also disliked Xenoblade, so I guess the whole idea just doesn't work for me.
That said, I am very envious of the team's clear skill. I wish I had the skill and time to make a game. Sadly, I lack the time to learn the skills.
Re: James Bond Producer Didn't Want Guns In 2010's GoldenEye Wii Reboot
You may laugh at this, but I have had similar ideas.
An F1 racing game without F1 cars in it.
A WWII game but it takes place in 1768 and features no humans.
A soccer game but without a ball. And no, not something else as the ball. Just 22 humans on a field.
These are GOOD ideas.
Re: Random: "This Is Hilarious" - 'New' Iranian PS1 Consoles Cause Amusement Online
If Sony re-released the PS1 and games were re-issued with potential new games in the same vein, I would buy it.
I stopped buying PS after 2. I only bought a PS3 off of a friend, hardly touched it, and I only happen to have a PS4 as a hand me down, and while my kids played a few games on it, I haven't even touched it for one second.
I would be all over a new PS1. Still a few games I missed out on, and it just plays better on original hardware.
Re: Yuji Naka Updates Eight-Year-Old Smartphone Title, Pirates Of Coin
Well, he himself ended up a real Pirate of Coin, so it is only fitting to update it.
Re: The PC-98 RPG 'Appare-den: Fukuryū no Shō' Is Now Playable In English
Is all that art from the original game? My word what a beautiful game for that era.
Re: Streets Of Rage Composer Yuzo Koshiro Worked On SNES RPG Terranigma, He Just Forgot About It Until 28 Years Later
@Azuris That would indeed be cool. Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma wrapped in a bundle.
I'd love it.
Re: Streets Of Rage Composer Yuzo Koshiro Worked On SNES RPG Terranigma, He Just Forgot About It Until 28 Years Later
This game needs a re-release. Doesn't even have to be remade, just a rom running on new hardware would be fine. I'd double dip.
Re: "There Is Only So Much I Can Take" - Creator Of Roland MT-32 Emulator MT32-Pi Calls It A Day
@Steel76 Seeing as the account was made a minute before this comment, I would say that assessment is quite accurate.
Imagine going through the trouble of registering an account just to post such a ridiculous comment.
Re: M2's 'Operation Night Strikers' Collection Adds Two More Classic Taito Titles
@segasteve Well... I definitely need glasses now... sob sob
Re: M2's 'Operation Night Strikers' Collection Adds Two More Classic Taito Titles
Why... why is there an 8 in the title?
Re: Shuhei Yoshida Reflects On 'Polygon Man', The PlayStation Mascot That Never Was
First off, good call. Then I was like "Well, now he deserves at least a cameo" before reading about not one, but two games to feature him. And I also never heard of that battle royale game so learned something new.
Fun stuff.
Re: Dune, Lost Eden And MegaRace Composer Stéphane Picq Has Passed Away Aged 59
Lost Eden. Man, that takes me back. One of my first PC games. I remember it as a very odd game for sure. It wasn't very long. In fact, I feel like it was possible to finish it very, very quickly indeed... I had to look up some gameplay, I seemed to remember only small portions of it. Good times though.
Dune, not so much. That game was BRUTAL! Okay, okay! Still good times, but I never could get far.
Re: Your Next Retro Emulation Handheld Could Cost You 35% More Than Usual
Well, the trolls have infected this place too.
For example, our good friend and loyal reader Craftylover, a valued member of this site since 3.35, 2 minutes before posting this.
Talk about getting a life and growing up. Imagine creating an account just to tell people you grow tired of the fear mongering.
Oh well... I guess I will go to the next article. Hopefully no trolls there.
Re: Random: The Gloriously Unhinged SuperSega Saga Now Has Its Own Song
@jimmytodgers Well, it worked in America, so why not in Spain? Honestly, with all the leftfield plot twist things constantly happening next in the SuperSegaSaga, I wouldn't be surprised if this guy ends up trying to become the president of Spain.
He won't win, but he might try!
@profkross That was actually the previous episode.
Anyways, Ricky Gervais and his team could definitely make this into a hit series.
Re: Saturn Strategy RPG Classics Farland Saga I & II Are Coming To Switch And PS5
@DestructoDisk Gematsu states it will be released in Japan, so doubtful.
Shame...
Re: Become A Travelling Salesman In 'Merchant 64' - A Cozy N64-Inspired Adventure For PC
@smoreon I'm the other way around. The game's premise sounds good, but I never liked the N64 era graphics.
Re: SuperSega Refunds Are Still Missing As Creator "Cheats Death"
But what happened to the Christmas miracle?!?
Re: Dino Crisis Spiritual Successor Code Violet Will Be Console Exclusive To Avoid "Vulgar" PC Modding
Unreal Engine has pretty assets. Almost makes me want to try and make something.
But that trailer looks... uneventful.
Re: Street Fighter's Critically-Panned Animated TV Series Is Getting A Blu-Ray Release
That image is 100% Guile about to tell us to not do drugs, or he is about to walk up to a couple of bullies and instead of sonic boom their behinds will kindly tell them it is not okay and they immediately understand.
Honestly, by the looks of the art style, this may just have well been a crossover with G.I. Joe anyways. Guile certainly fits the part.
Darkstalkers looks terrible.
Re: Streets Of Rage 2's Delisted 3DS Port Lives On Thanks To This Genesis Patch
@OldManHermit Oh they ALL did!! And we love it!
Re: Konami's Bizarre Arcade Racing Game 'Escape Kids' Is Heading To PS4 & Switch
Lol, indeed.... Super Off Road... On Foot.
The automated subtitles on this YouTube video are hillarious by the way.
Re: Koei Once Created A $250 Handheld Console, And You're Forgiven For Not Knowing About It
@BulkSlash Oh wait, Game Boy POCKET.
Right, reading comprehension failed...
Re: Koei Once Created A $250 Handheld Console, And You're Forgiven For Not Knowing About It
I am guessing you meant 1986, or my recollection of past events is severely skewed.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Reveals More About Okami's Simulation Origins
@N00BiSH I do not mind in the slightest.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Reveals More About Okami's Simulation Origins
@mariteaux Merely saying I never have time. Meaning I wish I did. For this game too.
But hey, commenting on articles is by definition rather pointless, and reacting to others too, so thanks for joining.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Reveals More About Okami's Simulation Origins
Never played it. Doubt I will... what precious time I have is spent on easy access games or Animal Crossing....
There should be more hours in a day.
Re: Japanese Arcade Closure Could Erase Over A Decade Worth Of Fighting Game History
@hste It might be. I don't know. Quite a few different ones popped up the past few years. Some clearly retro, some very modern. All pretty expensive though, but what isn't these days.
Re: Japanese Arcade Closure Could Erase Over A Decade Worth Of Fighting Game History
Sad. Meanwhile, Alkmaar, the Netherlands recently OPENED a sort of arcade, though not dedicated solely to arcade machines. Can't speak for its quality yet, though I might visit soon. Amsterdam has a few too.
Re: Why YouTube Censorship Is Causing Headaches For Retro Game Historians
Thankfully we still have a million pieces of sludge reels, endless podcast clips and poorly done AI voice over clips to tie us over.
But I guess it's on me that I keep falling for the Shorts section. Horrible place.
Re: It's A Christmas Miracle, SuperSega Now Claims Sega Is Totally OK With Its FPGA Console
@DestructoDisk But it is SO MUCH FUN!! And it's not like Time Extension is sending people his way. They are themselves very clear of what this guy is up to. No good.
Re: It's A Christmas Miracle, SuperSega Now Claims Sega Is Totally OK With Its FPGA Console
I couldn't have come up with a better, worse written letter if I tried, and I consider myself a rather competent writer.
This is beyond delusion.
Everything they have written thus far was poorly done. This at least has some competence, but also clearly isn't created by ai. This leads me to believe they actually asked someone to check their work for mistakes, something they should have done for everything else...
I enjoy this saga greatly.
Re: SuperSega Boss Puts His Beloved Lamborghini Up For Sale After All Pre-Orders Are Refunded
So the Lambo was his? Wow. That maies everything even worse than it already was.
So basically he took everyone's pre-order money and instead of putting it into the product he bought himself a very expensive car.
Re: Game Boy Dev Commemorates His Late Grandma In A Unique Way
Would play.
I find "low stakes" games have more impact than so called save the world type games. We need more of these type of games.
Re: 21 Years After It Was Canned, This SAS Xbox Shooter Is Finally Playable
@JackGYarwood No prob. Honest mistake. The 90's were better, and also just sounds better than the 00's.
Re: 21 Years After It Was Canned, This SAS Xbox Shooter Is Finally Playable
Honestly, that looks amazing! I don't even see that huge a difference between this and more recent shooters.
Sure, those are graphically even more impressive, but this doesn't even lag behind all that much.
But uhmm... early '90s?
Re: Infamous Trademark Troll Tim Langdell Is Back, And He Wants You To Buy His Dusty Old ZX Spectrum Book
@BLAZINOAH Edgelord, lol... that's a very apt title.
Re: This Rare Super Mario-Related Trophy Just Sold For Almost $1,400
I have never heard of the game or peripheral before. Now I need some footage because it sounds super interesting.
The trophy is cute too.
Unrelated, this is the stuff I visit this site for. Utterly random and fun stuff!