MontyMole

I didn’t get Fifa at all. Sensible Soccer was a thing already and nothing could top that. Then ISS was a thing and who wouldn’t prefer that to FIFA?

@h3s “ But I think we are in a bit of a transitional phase.”

Absolutely and I think this unknown is what fuels so many one sided arguments.

And yes, Mythos has terrifying potential, well beyond hacking the Switch 2 and doesn’t even break mainstream news.

@h3s “ Well things change with the times”

People need to eat. That doesn’t change with the times.

““ But I care more about the original purpose of copyright (To encourage stuff to be created in the first place). ””

The US copyright law was ripped directly from British copyright law, which purpose was to prevent monopoly of book publishing, which in turn promoted more accessible education. In a way this promotes creation too, as the artist gets paid and can continue to work.

In my opinion, the problem with AI in general is not how it can help us do things efficiently and faster; but how it enables monopoly. Large corporations intend to use it for all fhe wrong reasons and after all, their goal is monopoly.

Allowing companies to use GenAi with abandon is simply enabling them to work without that annoying problem of paying people for their work.

Believe it or not, I’m not anti+AI at all. It’s an exciting technology in many ways and I use it almost daily, as most do I’m sure. We need boundaries though and they haven’t yet been established. If the companies piling their money into AI have their way, those boundaries will remain unchallenged and how can that not end badly?

@h3s “ using small bits of copywriter stuff has always been accepted (Like libraries were okay with 5% of a book being photocopied.) A lot of this is just updating long held principles for the modern age.”

I don’t get the comparison to be honest. Photocopying a book is fair usage for certain purposes, but replacing the authors name with your own definitely isn’t.

I’m reminded of when Biz Markie (or his publisher at least) got sued for using uncredited samples in the early 90s. The judge famously opened his verdict with “thou shalt not steal”.

“ You can literally never be sure it isn't ripping something else off when you generate an image, asset, or video.”

But isn’t that how GenAI works? You can literally always be sure it’s ripping something else off.

The 3 seconds of gameplay already look hard as nails! I’ve completed a lot of the so called hardest games on 8 bit systems, but can’t for the life of me finish Cuphead. I’m pretty old though, with the reflexes of… someone who’s pretty old.

I arrived late to the show with the Shining series, but absolutely loved Shining force 1 and 2 via the megadrive compilation. I just can’t get into “Darkness” though (and I’ve really tried), so Holy Ark is probably not going to be my thing.

It’s interesting that they made another Dungeon Crawler though, after the success of “Force”.

@ojisan “ if it's stupid and it works, then it ain't stupid”

Can’t argue with logic like that. Also, if it’s stupid and it works, then it doesn’t work.

It always breaks my brain when I consider it was meant to be a Virtua Cop knock off and became a seminal game in its own right.

They all sneered that the Wii was a GameCube 1.5. Now there’s a Wii that’s a GameCube 0.02 and suddenly everyone is impressed.

“ Rare is trying very original, new things all the time. And when you do that in the game business, most of them are going to fail.”

Not a statement I particularly agree with. I worked with game developers a few times and every single time I was astounded by all the talent and personal commitment that people put into a project, only to decide that marketing isn’t too important and is something they can do themselves.

The run that Nintendo had with Wii and NDS is proof enough that “very original things” will sell like hotcakes if marketed competently.

@KingMike witchcraft!

Gosh, this escalated quickly. Not much point in trying to shout above the din, but wanted to thank the site for publishing a well researched piece that clearly stirs a lot of emotion, as indeed it should!

II’m glad it was reported here, even if it does rub some people the wrong way. Our purchases very rightly should be a personal choice, without coercion from others. I will always be glad to be given an informed choice though.

Luckily for me, I can’t afford one, even at these prices, so I’m spared having to ride my own cognitive dissonance!

@Dr_Fresh Thanks. Was not at all trying to call you out, though I’m sure you know that. It’s really very disheartening to feel the need to be so vigilant about where we spend our money these days.

@Dr_Fresh “ and also I don't think Plaion Replai manufactures lethal drones, so that's a plus.”

True, but SNK are majority owned by EGDC, the same company who are slowly eating into Capcom (currently 6% owned). EGDC is owned by the “not for profit” MISK foundation and the person not profiting the most from that venture is none other than Mohammed bin Salman.

If anyone isn’t aware at this point of his track record, just give him a google; particularly for his coalition in Yemen, which murdered 1000s of innocent people by bombing schools and hospitals and a blockade that stopped medical supplies entering the country and resulted in famine. The list does go on…

“ the nostalgia of tape loading”

Yeah, I have lots of nostalgia for the Speccy, but that’s definitely not a thing I’m desperate to relive!

It was only a matter of time before he branched out…

That “attract” music is just iconic. If you were ever in an arcade that had a hang on cabinet, you knew about it long before you saw the machine.

@MontyCircus “ I've read people say that Kung Fu Master is the first beat 'em up.
But when I saw Double Dragon for the first time, I didn't say "Cool, it's just like Kung Fu Master". It was its own thing. ”

I don’t think there’s a strong argument against Kung Fu Master being a beat em up game, but Kishimoto also made Renegade before Double Dragon.

If I did play this, I would without hesitation choose to be the guy holding a wooden spoon at the wrong end.

I highly recommend maxutmost https://maxutmost.com/ for its huge (and entertaining) selection of retro reviews. The editor used to write for Destructoid before that website went to the bad place.

@JJtheTexan I highly recommend getting a midi keyboard/controller and attaching to a phone/tablet (or pc). There’s a heap of excellent freeware or very cheap apps that will do all of this (…hmm, maybe not play your NES cartridges)

The synth unit alone in this thing costs 250 rupees!

As a synth nerd, I can tell that even if this were available commercially, I can’t actually afford to even look at the price tag. It looks amazing though and luckily for me, all those lovely 8 bit sounds are available in software form.

@Serpenterror I guess Jason is technically a zombie slasher anyway.

The only part of any of this that bothers me is that those kids’ first play through of those classic games is via a port.

Won’t somebody think of the children?!

I keep getting a feeling that people don’t realise that there’s a huge difference between using AI and relying on it. If your only tool is a hammer…

It’s pretty incredible what the Speccy could do, but I’m not sure 12 years old me could have tolerated just how many tape changes this would have required… and of course it would crash right at the end!

I imagine the “smaller reasons” are likely to be getting out of dodge, before the inevitable suits turn up. But yeah, the rising cost of RAM due to AI is probably the real reason?!

@RootsGenoa “ For me, the biggest problem is the enormous use of energy.”

Plus one for me. Possibly my only issue with AI, aside from how most people use it.

The rest is history repeating itself. I have an illustrator friend who made a multi million fortune, (which he frittered away in the classic manner.) He said he didn’t embrace digital tools when they arrived and stated many of the reasons I hear people complain about AI now. The people who replaced him are now in the same position. Jobs and quality of product threatened by an emerging technology.

@Jellyscare “ The great thing about this article format is that it tells you which are worth playing and which aren’t.”

To an extent, but naturally, it's a subjective article. I can’t find anything to enjoy about Shining in the Darkness, but it’s fairly high on this list. If I played that first (and probably would have originally, if I had actually realised it was the first game), I might have missed out on the next 2, which are classics imho.

@N64-ROX ironically enough, this entire saga has an air of tabloid press sensationalism. I haven’t really followed the story and possibly wouldn’t know about it at all, if not for the exposure here. He could have used that exposure to engage and inform and then more people might be on his side.

From the outset, the story has been drip fed and full of holes and feels more like a conspiracy or attention seeking to my spidey senses at least. I’m not saying it’s a fraud; I simply need more useful information to make an informed decision.

If he’s right, then he deserves the weight of all the gaming communities behind him, but currently (and again, I’m only going from what people say here) he just seems to be throwing insults and stomping his feet.

As for Nintendolife, the clue is in the name. You’re not going to get too much common sense there if it doesn’t fit the Nintendo PR template!

@N64-ROX Had to delete my original reply, as I skimmed your comment and misunderstood. Tabloid basically means condensed news, but in the U.K. at least became synonymous with trashy type magazine style papers aimed at the (ahem) working classes. I guess this site features tabloid type news, but not at all in the sense that The Sun newspaper does!

I’m genuinely surprised how many people are disliking this. I love pixel too, but I think this looks great. Closer to Metroid Dread’s art style and nobody seemed to mind that.

This is the first time I’ve felt excitement for a Castlevania title since the NDS games.

@Razieluigi The 3D was genuinely great at times. The old school Sega and Nes games especially stand out (pun intended).

It’s a shame that developers got lazy with the 3D so quickly. Even Nintendo’s own efforts were basically autoconversion’s eventually.

These days I rarely use the 3D effect, simply because I’m scared of breaking the slider!

Now we just need Anbernic et al to start releasing 20 consoles a month with 3D displays and my 3DS anxiety syndrome will be cured.

A good VR remake/port of Perfect Dark sounds amazing, but then I think of all the running and turning some of those levels require and it makes me feel nauseous just imagining it.

@slider1983 True, that!

So now it can play Doom? I do like the idea of being able to run PS2 isos natively, though it’s kind of ironic that I’d also unlock extra power in order to make it happen.

@Sketcz Thanks, I haven’t read that before. Interesting that he went into the project not having a great understanding of stereo imagery and to be honest, I’m not sure if he does now!

Imagine what a chore it was to develop for, just trying to ensure the image displayed correctly.

Poor David Seaman (or is it supposed to be Banks) left out in the cold, despite having the most made-for-porno moustache on the pitch.

The guitar hero games (on Wii as that’s all I have enough experience to comment) just felt more like playing an instrument. I’m a musician and maybe you are and disagree? That’s fine.

I played this game with the guitar hero peripherals and at the time I was playing a digital drum kit in real life. The experience was so much more realistic in guitar hero as my memory serves. I recently bought a Wii and guitar controller, but have yet to find a well priced drum controller to test my memory…

@mariteaux I realise my comment is almost directly in contrast, but I do agree with the boobs and ads/official licensing being too much! I think it was a time when games seemed to be tunnel focussed on bouncy breasts and the whole internet was shouting “bewbs” as if that wasn’t misogynistic in any whatsoever.

I wish neversoft had got it because the guitar hero games were very natural feeling for a musician, especially the drumming. It felt all wrong in the eventual game, although it looked and sounded amazing on the Wii.

The use of her bosom’s as 3D obstacles is as classy as it is innovative.

@Peteykins I do agree with you absolutely, but in this instance I don’t think there’s really any grey areas. They took someone else’s work and charged people to access it.

@Zeebor15 Calm down Ken Griffey, we’re your friends!

@GodlessPreservation I’ve been a sound engineer for close to 30 years and I hear stuff like this regularly. It’s not the notes you play, it’s the space between them that makes the track, etc. This is just a creative way of thinking and what sets them apart from the rest of us!

Reminded me of when Takemura said his final piece of music would be a single sound, 2 seconds long, or when Brian Wilson wrote Good Vibrations and called his friend into the room to listen and he just played the same note over and over again, haha.

@kirby2000 Thank you! I’ve just been googling for 20 minutes, trying to remember what brand of kempston joystick I used to have as a kid. Gave up and came back to read the comments and there it was!

I broke a lot of those playing Daley Thompson, Hyper Sports etc.