=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-294 since the entire building is oriented around a central elevator shaft, you could have a 2d map that wraps around if you go far enough left/right. Traditional metroidvanias tend to be very vertical though, so you might have to take some artistic liberties with the level design. Unfortunately each floor in most office buildings tends to be fairly flat, topographically... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3381 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1520 After a certain point you realize there's little to be done with that design space that Star Fox didn't do better! Also I think people tend to associate them with arcade "gun games" which are tbh more fun than clicking with a mouse or whatever since they're tactile and physical. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3578 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── It's so sad how some of the best games ever made get glossed over because the fun you remember is the friendship and fantasy you felt rather than the game itself time marches forward, and culture changes to no longer fit the old tools quite right. Plus they look like PS1 graphics ewwwwww look at those muddy textures and blocky bits arranged into triangles and meshes! how dorky, how retro ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/24 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-30 Well maybe that's okay :) Dark Souls is a hell of a game that has stood the test of time. It's a classic now. It's okay if you're not much of a gamer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1189 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa cool 🤩 Dragon Warrior was the first game I ever played. When I was ~5 years old or so, my mother bought a gameboy color for me with two games before we went on a plane ride. I don't even remember where we were going, but the fact that she knew that a portable video game console with two games (Dragon Warrior 1&2, and Super Mario Bros Deluxe) would shut my autistic ADHD ass up enough to be respectable on an airplane makes me realize how much she saw me. Thank you, mom, I love you Anyway I was the eldest "brother" (I'm trans lmao jokes on you, family in the past) so if anyone deleted my save I would kick their ass :D It still happened once or twice and I did not, in fact, kick their asses, though I wanted to. Shame. Missed opportunities I guess Though to be fair it's not like anyone in my family ever expressed the slightest interest in anything I was into. Not like they'd want to play games because it was something they wanted, oh no - they would only do it to be close to me. Whatever >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4608 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted or bored and left the people to rot. how tragic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1184 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa, cool! So with one of these you can flash any ROM you want onto the cartridge and it should play any GBA/GBC game you uhhh legally own and have pulled the ROM from? If so that's pretty neat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2747 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── easiest way to solve an entire class of accessibility problems: in the tutorial, instead of having button prompts, have keybinding confirmations. "what button do you want to use to jump?" "super triple mega backflip spin-dozer needs three jumps and a kick" "use the boost to get through! [game pauses] (which button do you want to use to boost?) [displays a map of previously bound keys]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/20 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-30 What does "just like dark souls" mean to you? When people say that they usually mean it's timing/reflex based, kinda hardcore, and based on memorizing boss patterns. Which imho isn't all that useful of a description because lots of games are like that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── steel witch hat to protect against metroids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6402 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── Dragon Warrior I on the SNES is, in my opinion, the perfect JRPG eclipsed by Golden Sun, then Bravely Default (slight edge over Final Fantasy III) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3210 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1209 well, every boomer shooter is about moving as fast as possible and shooting with pinpoint accuracy, so... that's-the-game.jpg : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3723 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1218 sadly no, I only have one that's a legit gameboy. And I realized that puts it at 5. 6 if you could my 3DS too. so two handhelds capable of linkage, and they're the wrong generations! T.T The others are Anbernics https://anbernic.com/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4944 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: tech-madness-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I love Mechabellum general chat it's a great place to be if you like talking │ ║ about politics and have a thick skin │ ║ │ ║ [gets doxxed and bullets to death] │ ║ │ ║ -- stack overflow -- │ ║ │ ║ a company headquarters from a foreign country is sorta like an embassy. │ ║ │ ║ Nintendo of America yeah │ ║ │ ║ something something sega does what nintendon't [something I heard from the CIA] │ ║ │ ║ like can you imagine if the CIA was caught putting microphones in Microsoft's │ ║ headquarters │ ║ │ ║ that'd be just silly right │ ║ │ ║ but c'mon a foreign entity? sure why not [steals trade secrets and damages │ ║ diplomatic relations] oh no how could anyone have seen this coming │ ║ │ ║ [meanwhile google sees all that you do because they see everywhere you go] │ ║ │ ║ -- stack overflow -- │ ║ │ ║ me rolling up to an interview like "I want to help my country and I was hoping │ ║ that I could help your country because I consider them an ally" │ ║ │ ║ ... [is she trying to simulate the level of accurate communication lost when │ ║ translating from a different language?] │ ║ │ ║ trying and sucsfailing...! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4072 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I like games that test my reflexes I also like games that test my wit but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/977 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-696 to me, the most technically and gameplay impressive video games tend to be the ones that develop their own engine specifically for the project. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3704 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── Growing up, I started with 3 video games - Super Mario Deluxe, Dragon Warrior 1&2, and Asteroids. For the gameboy color. Then, a year or two later (what felt like forever), Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Classics. I was so lucky. Not because it was more expensive than my peers, but because I had the right games. Others joined later, Tetris, Mario Kart, Star Fox, etc... But having so few that were so good for so long made me adore them. I would play for about an hour a day, any more would cut into my imaginative play-time. I did not dream of games. But I craved their moments. These days, I play games for so long that I dream of them. In my most vulnerable moments I treat them like my baseline state, rather than a prescribed appointment of delight. I miss wandering around without thinking of my objective. The games seemed to change, rather than progress. They felt alive to me. I never beat them, because I didn't need to. I'll raise my kids the same way, if I ever having any... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4906 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── @user-763 use the gameboy as a database there's a 0 percent chance that any network spy guys would be able to see what's stored on a gameboy cartridge. truly the most remote of classes of places. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3382 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── first rule of Nintendo games: if you rush things, you'll have to do it twice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/84 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Life is just a series of minigames for your primate brain to solve that are generated by an impossibly complex algorithm with a dash of ethical value-based choices thrown in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/567 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── If I had a MILLION dollars I'd probably spend it all by hiring software developers to create open source mods for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But if I had a BILLION dollars you can bet your butt there wouldn't be any starving kids in my country anymore. At least, until my money ran out, but frankly it'd be well spent. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ |