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I'm playing Batman: Arkham Asylum. If video games want to be taken seriously as a medium, there needs to be more games like Arkham Asylum and NieR: Automata, and fewer games that are glorified interactive movies.

Another day, another company completely destroying any goodwill they had. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/game-developers-unite-against-unitys-new-per-install-pricing-structure/

Video game stories have come a long way since the "Defeat the villain and save the princess" days. What games would you say have great stories?

Which game should I play after NieR: Automata? The Walking Dead Final Fantasy X Spider-Man Arkham Asylum (Only played a little of Arkham City) Disco Elysium Beyond Good and Evil Ghost of Tsushima Ocarina of Time

Has a game ever made you cry? If so, which ones?

Hard to believe, but 10 years ago, Microsoft's Xbox One was revealed. I still remember exactly where I was when it happened, and I still remember the absolute shitstorm that followed. The XBone never really recovered from the absolutely disastrous reveal.

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door builds upon the first game. It has more sidequests (The Trouble Center, Pit of 100 Trials, winning back the Championship Belt in the Glitz Pit), more nuanced combat (Superguard, more advanced Action Commands, the crowd, and Stylish Moves), and a better story.

I can't stop playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

I once read a post saying that Nintendo drags down the rest of the gaming industry and are just as anti-consumer as Activision and Ubisoft. Yeah, no. That person is full of shit. Even at their worst, Nintendo is NOWHERE NEAR as bad as Ubisoft or Activision. Having a lackluster online service...

What female characters would you like to see in Smash?

Is anyone else REALLY bad at finishing games? Here are just some of the games I've started, but never finished: Katamari Damacy Mega Man 4 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Ratchet and Clank Red Dead Redemption 2 Grand Theft Auto V Super Mario RPG Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Super...

120%ed Spyro 1.

Just 100%ed a childhood favorite, Ape Escape on the PS1.

I'm working on FINALLY 100%ing an old childhood favorite game, Ape Escape.

Just 100%ed Kirby Super Star.

I'm playing Kirby Super Star (The SNES original). I decided to see how many bosses I can beat in The Arena with no abilities. I can beat Combo Cannon, Dyna Blade, King Dedede, one of the Mid-Boss All-Stars, Heavy Lobster, Kracko, and Lololo and Lalala without any abilities. But not in one run.

I just beat Paper Mario.

Why are Nintendo's handhelds so much more successful than their home consoles?

I'd argue Nintendo hasn't made a traditional home console since the GameCube.

Would you say that Sony and Microsoft made Nintendo leave the traditional console market and start making handheld/console hybrids?

I remember the dark days of the Wii U, when there were calls for Nintendo to stop making consoles and go software only, and people were pointing out every Nintendo console besides the Wii had sold less than the previous one. Meanwhile, Microsoft has NEVER won a console gen in terms of sales...

I got my PS1 replaced, and the new one works MUCH better.

Wait, the store's site says they do console repairs.

Do you know if the store will replace the laser for me?

I have trouble getting past the black PS logo screen. What do I do?

Yeah, I had to take 3 of my SNES games to a store to get their battery replaced, and I'm afraid to play them again because the battery might die again.

I got an original Xbox and found out that you need to remove the clock capacitor, and I got a gray PS1 with a dying laser. Is this something you have to deal with for old consoles, or do I just have bad luck?

The other day, I bought an original Gray Playstation from a game store. On my new (New to me) PS1, I keep getting the "Memory Card/CD Player" screen, even though my discs aren't that scratched. Could it just be the age of the console?

Given how monstrously incompetent Atari was, I think the NES would have failed if the deal had stuck.

Did you know that back in 1983, Nintendo made a deal with Atari to help them sell the NES outside of Japan, only for the deal to fall through at the last minute? What would the gaming landscape have been like if the deal had stuck? Would Atari still be making consoles today?

Speaking of ads that wouldn't fly today.

I thought a thread where we post old video game ads would be fun.

Yeah, too bad like 60% of those 8,000 games are garbage. For every FFVII or Metal Gear Solid, there were 3 terrible licensed games that were thrown together in a week to make a quick buck.

This is an actual quote from the guy who inspired this thread: I've read some bad takes, but that has to be one of the worst.

Someone on another site told me that people and publishers "immediately flocked" to the PS1. Anyone who was old enough to be there, what was the hype for the PS1 like? How would you rate the launch lineup?

Let's not forget that after the failed deal with Nintendo, Sony approached Sega for a console partnership. Sony and Sega joining forces to make a console to fight a common enemy. Wouldn't that have been interesting?

I've never had a problem with the N64 controller, and really don't see what the fuss is about.

Third parties would have had no reason to take a chance with a newcomer in Sony if the N64 used CDs, because Nintendo was still the market leader at the time. If the N64 used CDs and Nintendo kept all the third parties, the Playstation might very well have just been another also-ran in the...

I think Sony would have entered the home console market with or without Nintendo. The SNES CD add-on was just their way of getting their foot in the door.

I see no reason to believe the SNES CD add-on would have succeeded, given how badly the Sega CD flopped. Even if the partnership didn't fall apart, there's still a chance that the SNES CD add-on fails and Nintendo sees its failure as proof that CDs aren't the future and still sticks to...