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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

Christ.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Lasa · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128

Street Fighter IV scans reveal total lack of re-designs for any characters. Oh, and absurd muscle definition.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

so street fighter IV is street fighter II?
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I am so not interested in Street Fighter IV. Man, the artwork is crappy next to Third Strike.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

yeah. street fighter III is a gorgeous game.

what i guess (re: characters) is that after the relative commercial failure of street fighter III (well, third strike's the only street fighter i've ever cared about, but my impression is it hasn't been anywhere near as lucrative as II), capcom wants to capitalize on the most iconographic and widely-known character designs in the series. ken, ryu and chun-li were reintroduced to street fighter III's roster by the third iteration of the game; this seems like the inevitable next step. and considering how small the arcade market is today, this may be the easiest way for the game to have the widest amount of appeal possible.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah, it makes sense from a business point of view, but still, :(

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

well, it's also really lazy.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

No kiddin'.

I suppose thinking positively, if this game is a hit it will at least reinvigorate the franchise and make future 2D hand-animated installments a bigger possibility than they are right now (that is, not a possibility at all after the commercial uber-flop that was SF3).

Did you know each character in SF3III has over a thousand frames of animation? It's true!

Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

not sure if this is news to anyone or not, but another eastern european developer is releasing another computer game based on another strugatski brothers novel that is also bound to be terribly buggy and fly under everyone's radar. unlike stalker, though, hard to be a god looks a little bland.

on the other hand, the plot hook is intriguing enough that i might have to give it a go. an in-depth preview of the game (and a brief description of the book) can be found here.

Faithless · . Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 153

It seems to me that Capcom has missed the point of retro/nostalgia and is just drag-and-dropping the old game into the new engine. Don't they know the difference between fanservice and a total lack of innovation?
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

i havn't gotten the chance to try it, but this nes lode runner level editor looks like what i think every rom hack editor should look like. someone make this for super mario bros. please.
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

I'm still pretty hopeful about two things. First, that we haven't seen the whole roster, and that Capcom is just trying to please people who bitched about sf3 missing the old cast. Secondly, we don't know a whole ton about how the game actually works, so I am hoping something interesting will happen there.

I do think it actually shows a bit of promise that none of the bosses from sf2 are there.

bleak · . Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 258

I just hope that they bring back SKULLOMANIA:

Oh, and D. Dark can come back too I guess.
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Lasa · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128

Skullomania needs to show up more, I don't think he even showed up in Namco X Capcom. Frank West needed an unlockable Skullomania costume.

Pijaibros · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

Self promotion ahoy...

We had the Klik of the Month Klub #8... not a bad turn out, not as rhinocerous as some previous, perhaps.

I turned my entry to the game, Virtual Sisyphus into the VENGANCE OF THE GODS TRILOGY:
VIRTUAL SISYPHUS! Drag the boulder to the top of the mountain!
VIRTUAL TANTALUS! Reach for the delicious grapes, or duck into the pristine water to slake your endless thirst!
VIRTUAL PROMETHUS BOUND! Drag the bound firebringer away from the eagle that seeks to consume his delicious liver

Clearly this is a one-note joke taken a bit too far...
So, by the time you get to Virtual Prometheus Bound, it starts feeling like self-parody, and maybe anything after Sisyphus is starting to gild the lily, such as it is.

And yet, I am pleased with the results. I had an abortive first pass at Virtual Sisyphus (which is blatantly stolen from "The Book of Sequels", as an "Existendo" game) in like 1997 or so, so it's nice that my skills and toolsets have increased to let me crank out a version in an hour.
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daphaknee · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:49 am Post subject:

can you make a VIRTUAL SYPHILIS

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

If you could I'm sure you'd have it1111!

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

invader receives an insightful review.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Well 'Gohst' is an idiot.

We need to develop an art style which will instantly signify 'though rooted in the design tropes of old arcade games, this game is trying something clever', so there's no room for this kind of misunderstanding.

Faithless · . Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 153

I don't think you know the definition of insightful.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

I should point out that site supports user reviews, which can change the original reviewers score. So, yeah. Pretty interesting feature.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

wait wait wait wait so is our verdict that the thundercats are or are not awesome?
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

It is a show for children designed to sell a line of toys. The writing is of poor quality and the direction is workmanlike and uninspired.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Harveyjams fails to "get" thundercats ITT.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Thundercats isn't the point here, guys

Although, if you can convince me Thundercats is a good show when viewed outside of the filter of nostalgia or irony I swear I will stick my lips out of the window, stretch them around the world, in through your window and kiss your balls, and that's a golden promise

daphaknee · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject:

thundercats is god i dont really like thunder cats but i sure do like their tight suits and that stupid pokemon that says snarf all the time

you know what else reminds me of thundercats, the outfits in the first season of star trek generations, they were so tight EVERYONE HAD TITS

re: review wow someone sure hates not being able to shoot up and down this is like 1ups review of the CLUB

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daphaknee · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:45 am Post subject:

http://senselessselfindulgence.googlepages.com/invaderreview%21

THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO ME

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

No-one is ever going to find that review on the internet ever, but thanks Cycle

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

also, cycle, i wouldn't describe the map of invader as non-linear. kind of exactly the opposite!
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

well i wrote the review entirely from memory!

also yes i know harvey, but the USER REVIEW thing for that site is broken and daph wanted to read it, so i just threw it up on there until acid play get their act together

also how did you know it was me
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Because you used the term 'bombtastic twat' on the main page, and you've used that term in the past to describe me.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Oh! CURSE ME AND MY TRADEMARK CATCHPHRASES.
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

That and we all know what your googlpages site is because we obsess over you.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

I can understand that!

Harvey, your review is up at acid-play! Why do I get an error when I try to submit one Sad

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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Probably because they put a ban on all IPs that originate from CLOWNTOWN AUSTRALIA

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

ha ha but seriously did you get an error page at all?
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Nope

Weird!

i wouldn't worry too much, that site is fucking retarded. I could write 'Invader Rules!' on the back of my pencil case and by day's end more people would have looked at it than that guy's review.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

LOOK

I SPENT OVER FIVE MINUTES ON THAT REVIEW

I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT DIE ON MY GOOGLEPAGE.

I'll try again in a few days or so, I guess!
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Well whatever, the review is up now. Invader now has a rating of 74%!

MOVING ON.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject:

you know, jonathan blow thinks the end boss is too hard.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

i'll listen to jonathan blow when i can play his game
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

The end boss is pretty fucking hard Dess. I kind of like games where I can just wander to the end and it'll have given me something to think about.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

I beat the final boss on my first try, so I don't know what all the complaints are about!
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