2df254 No.13988170
What are some outrageous titles you've played that are way too good for whatever plot/budget/console/gameplay mechanic they have?
My own pick is the licensed games on the PS1, particularly those using the Bugs Bunny Lost in Time engine. I don't know how the hell they managed to make cartoon shading without the technology to do so, but the sunuvabitches did that. Also I really enjoyed Pepsiman just to watch the cutscenes (I've even heard that the actor making them was asked to act as bad as possible on purpose by the Japanese devs trying to capture the meriga spirit).
68f5f5 No.13988182
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All of Infogrames Looney Tunes games were amazing.
24a77c No.13988184
The NES McDonald's game. I remember when advertising games like these had actual effort put into them.
68f5f5 No.13988200
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>>13988184
Mcdonald's had a game made by freaking Treasure and its damn good.
3116e9 No.13988224
a free promotional game that you got in a box of cereal was better than a large portion of the games for sale by big studios at the time
2df254 No.13988263
>>13988224
I hear that people are irrationally devout to this. Is it just THAT good of a Doom Wad or is it because it's an example of how to make a good licensed game AND distribute it in a way that makes you want to buy the product?
8084c5 No.13988331
>>13988263
It's a meme, lad. The game is actually awful.
68f5f5 No.13988338
>>13988331
No it isn't, that is like saying that Doom is awful.
b38d53 No.13988366
>>13988170
None of the faggots ITT have any idea that sheep dog n wolf was the best early Mrtal Gear Solid clone of its time
8084c5 No.13988378
>>13988338
>saying this low-effort doom clone is bad is like saying doom is bad!
No. Have you actually fucking played it? It's novel, that's it.
68f5f5 No.13988381
>>13988378
I have played all the Chex games and they are OK. Also
>clone
>when it runs on the same engine and is little more than a mod
8084c5 No.13988398
>>13988381
>when it runs on the same engine and is little more than a mod
Ayy, you know you've lost when you (incorrectly) sperg out on my choice of words. It's a bottom-tier meme game, nothing more.
644074 No.13988403
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>>13988182
Oh Bugs Bunny: Lost In Time was my childhood right there, thank you for reminding me of such games!
68f5f5 No.13988406
>>13988398
>meme game
Oh so you are one of those.
00ed51 No.13988413
>>13988398
>I don't know what a mod is
8084c5 No.13988430
>>13988406
Not an argument, kiddo. Let me guess, you like Marathon too, don't you?
>>13988413
>i'm an illiterate nigger and draw arbitrary distinctions
68f5f5 No.13988435
>>13988430
I like Marathon, you like cock.
644074 No.13988445
>>13988430
He's just baiting at this point.
8084c5 No.13988480
>>13988445
Being right != baiting, but you redditors wouldn't know the difference. Shame you can't just downvote opinions that you dislike and make them disappear, isn't it?
As for a game that is, at the core, fantastic, but is dragged down to the point of nigh unplayability due to hardware limitations, pic very related.
2351b7 No.13988485
>>13988263
I wouldn't say THAT good, but for a free game from a cereal box, it has some good cartoonish textures and pretty well thought-out (for the time) "real" areas like a museum or lab. It's super-easy, but it's for kids.
e77047 No.13988488
>>13988170
looking at screenshots of the game, it doesn't look like "toon shading" but a lot of smart usage of flat shaded polygons and a vertex lighting model that compliments it by making the scenes bright with a low lighting contrast. It's not using any kind of special tricks, just using the available hardware to create the same kind of look and feel.
996cac No.13988498
>>13988263
Probably helps that the devs (the lead artist in particular) made a few more episodes over the years. That and a remake's in the works.
644074 No.13988502
>>13988480
>X is a meme
>Does not present a reasonable argument
>Expecting me to believe you
795651 No.13988505
At least until a week ago.
76dd3b No.13988516
8084c5 No.13988527
>>13988502
That's the incredible thing about imageboards, "anon". I don't need to abide by your arbitrary distinctions of what is or isn't "reasonable". Now if you want to play by your own rules, convince me that chex quest isn't a shitty meme game. Write up a few paragraphs of the merits of the game.
68f5f5 No.13988532
>>13988527
I bet you haven't even played it. Furthermore I bet you suck at Doom.
2eb757 No.13988553
>>13988331
>Chex Quest
>awful
>>13988430
>Marathon
>bad
>>13988527
>complains about arbitrary distinctions
>makes arbitrary demands yo anons defending Chex Quest
I think we know who the illiterate nigger is here.
76dd3b No.13988557
>>13988527
Convince us that it is a shit game yourself.
aa411d No.13988585
The Speedy Gonzales game on the SNES (source of the famous Sonic 4 bootleg) is pretty good.
Taz in Escape from Mars on the Megadrive is really cool from what little I've played. Would recommend to fans of Wario Land.
Holy Diver for NES. Yeah, a game based on a Dio music video. Makes for a pretty decent Castlevanialike.
Beetle Adventure Racing. Despite being promotional material for the Volkswagen beetle is one of my favourite racing games.
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti. A simplified kiddy spinoff of Splatterhouse for NES. Might be my favourite Splatterhouse game.
fbae2a No.13988590
>>13988527
>>13988557
Stop.
Stop it right there.
This is /v/ in its purest form.
It is an argument not about who has played the game and whether or not they enjoyed it, but whether or not you can convince the other person and the audience at large about whether or not your opinion is correct.
60b4e7 No.13988610
>>13988527
Because the levels for it are solid enough to be a part of the main Doom episodes.
>>13988430
>Not an argument, kiddo. Let me guess, you like Marathon too, don't you?
You can't just go talking shit about Marathon like that without backing yourself up.
40fb16 No.13988704
>>13988505
>tfw still no robot operator
So much potential. Like tears in the rain.
988b36 No.13989080
>>13988731
lol funny meem dude!!!
2df254 No.13989180
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>>13988366
That game was fucking awesome, harsh and unforgiving, like all god-tier vidya should be. Some stages were absurdly difficult to pull off for a kid's game and it's one of those titles where you feel genuinely accomplished when you catch a sheep, especially in the late stages that get long as fuck and where stealth takes a backseat to the puzzles. The music and jokes were top notch, too.
9fa361 No.13989230
>>13988224
I've only ever bothered with the first episode but I wasn't very impressed.
7fdf0c No.13989246
>>13988505
what did they fuck up?
71a274 No.13989840
>>13988430
>implications against Marathon
41a5b7 No.13989864
>>13988403
>Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
This is a criminally underrated game.
148780 No.13990360
>>13988170
This game. It's basically just 3D Breakout but it's just perfect except for one thing. Single player only.
a7baeb No.13991289
>>13988527
>hurr, imageboardzz let me me dumve Xd
Mark, get the banhammer.
8084c5 No.13991543
>>13991289
Nice on-topic post :^)
1d0d09 No.13991610
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South Park Rally was for a very long time the greatest kart racer ever for multiplayer (at least until the current console generation), and all the critics had to say about it was that they couldn't beat the first level and they found the humor offensive.
1d0d09 No.13991644
>>13991610
Note that the PC version is the only viable version of the game. PS1 and Dreamcast versions were awful.
10de8f No.13991758
>>13988403
that merlin fella looks an awful lot like a jew
3d43e3 No.13991793
>>13988170
The 7-Up Spot games were great.
97cb43 No.13991804
>>13991793
>games
was there more than one?
that's also one of the few instances were the snes version was better
3d43e3 No.13991841
>>13991804
Yes, there were multiple Spot games.
And the Sega Genesis version of Cool Spot was superior.
0e4ea6 No.13991911
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>>13988403
>silky smooth 15 fps
yet people still to this day cry about muh frame rate
bbbcea No.13991917
>>13991911
There was a PC version as well so.
0e4ea6 No.13991938
>>13991917
I was only partly joking on account of binging on a bunch of old fun PS1 & N64 games that had questionable frame rate.
9cce8d No.13992096
I read that as 'too good for their own good' and immediately remembered the story of TimeSplitters 4
2df254 No.13993348
>>13990360
>perfect game
>either no multiplayer if it's old or no both local and online if it's post 2007
Why do they always do this shit and why do crappy games like Spec Ops The Line have tagged on multiplayer when they don't benefit from it
>>13991758
They're all voiced by Mel Blanc so it checks out.
>>13991911
Yeah this is one of the weirdest things: BBLiT had plenty of moments where the framerate would drop for absolutely no reason (there was very little in terms of textures or numbers of objects, but I guess the problem is that they loaded in the whole sublevel each time), yet Sheep Raiders ran perfectly fine, even at 60, with way more detail and with a draw distance that honestly was the same as other games at the time.
>>13992096
Which is?
66f3d4 No.13993352
461d2b No.13993385
>>13988170
chaos theory would have been way better if it had been something better than a Tom Clancy bowel movement
0f7003 No.13993458
These 2 games were way better than i expected
41266e No.13993474
Burnout 3 with a modern physics/destruction engine would be literally the perfect game. Burnout 3 is the peak of the series and I don't need you trying to argue otherwise.
865c0b No.13993480
>Could be a PS2 or PC title
>Made for the fucking PSP
Niponland is truly the savior of gaming
dac830 No.13993486
>>13988170
God I loved that game. Fuck chaos theory or thief, that one was the best stealth game
ddf3ff No.13993491
>>13993474
>and I don't need you trying to argue otherwise.
lol, you're a fag. I don't even disagree.
9e7d04 No.13993527
>>13993480
Sony begged Konami for a Metal gear exclusive only for the PSP because of how pathetic the sales were for it.
Japan was the only country were the PSP saw any kind of commercial success
9e7d04 No.13993535
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>>13993527
<- Actual ad used on western market for the PSP
ce82c3 No.13993538
>>13993474
You forget that publishers don't want games to be either good or fun aymore
241c34 No.13993540
>>13993527
It did well in Europe, because Europoors would buy a piece of shit with the PS logo on it, and because of piracy. I made a decent amount of shekels modding the thing here. The Vita was the only exception to this, as no one bought it anywhere.
865c0b No.13993556
>>13993535
>a nut you can play outside
eb117a No.13993608
>>13989246
The new operators are slightly annoying. But /v/ has blown their impact on the game completely out of proportion. I think, the fact that ubisoft is actually removing whole maps from the map pool for all times a lot more worrying on the other hand.
9cce8d No.13995170
>>13993348
>Which is?
Basically Free Radical had been working on TimeSplitters 4 for a while and were trying to offer it up to publishers. They had a demo, but the general response was 'this game has too much content, we're not really sure how to market this.'
Due to other shit going on at the time like what happened with Haze and Battlefront 3, the company went under and got purchased by Crytek.
'Free Radical vs the Monsters' is a pretty good read and tells about things that were going on.
http://archive.is/ASlyy
ae8b56 No.13995530
>>13988263
The base game was already made and it was fucking DOOM. What Chex adds is a coat of paint and a set of original maps that happen to be good.
969c3b No.13995547
>>13995170
Western video game companies are cancer.
921084 No.13995558
>>13995170
>the general response was 'this game has too much content, we're not really sure how to market this.'
>this game has too much content
>too much content
Holy fuck. You've got to be shitting me.
aa411d No.13995620
>>13995170
Free Radical really got fucked in those final years.
>Haze releases a buggy mess thanks to publisher meddling
>Timesplitters cancelled for stupid reasons
>Battlefront cancelled for stupid reasons
You'd think someone had it out for them.
969c3b No.13995634
>>13995620
It sounds like (((western publishers))) have it out for anyone not willing to be their bitch.
0e4ea6 No.13995643
>>13988378
>>13988331
>>13988398
>>13988430
>>13988480
>>13988527
>>13991543
I like the cut of your Gib sonny Jim. (you) are a chip off the old block. (you) have learned well padawan. NOW ACCEPT YOUR PHANTOM PAIN
5476dc No.13995650
>>13993535
I remember that advertisement. With how hard I rolled my eyes, I believe that advertisement was the first time I saw the inside of my skull. I miss my PSP. Those were good times.
9cce8d No.13995679
>>13995558
Yeah. Whoever's left under Crytek hasn't done anything worthy of note, though they did have the whole TimeSplitters 2 campaign playable in that new Homefront game as an easter egg.
I recall hearing how one of the big guys left and does mobile games.
2df254 No.13996238
>>13993480
What about that other PSP MGS game that was so bad that Kojimbo practically retconned it all? I forgot what it was called but IIRC they created ideas that would go on to be perfected in PW.
>>13993458
There was also another Daffy Duck game for the gameboy that was a simple platformer with a hunger mechanic and time-delayed dynamite as an attack and a damage boost that had so many fucking animation frames on everything for no goddamn reason. It looked absolutely gorgeous despite being mediocre as hell. What's up with WB games having so much detail?
>>13993486
The best part is how reactive Sam is despite how many ways you have to trick him. In the second half of the game he gets so paranoid that even the tiniest mistake can send him running after you and there's almost no way of making it out alive. Also I just discovered there's two bonus levels I never even played just by searching for old clips of the game one is in a dark area of the tv studio which just looks like a random wall but can be jumped on to reveal another door, another secret level is accessible by entering the time-warp level FROM THE BACK of the door.
>>13993535
I remember the PSP being the first emulator console for plenty of my mates, I had already been using the DS for the same purpose but for some reason the PSP just felt better.
>>13995170
>this game has too much content
This hurts to read, betcha if they had the tech for microtransactions up and running they'd have released it as an episodic title with multiple DLC batches. Fuck nu-industry companies.
da0b5e No.13996268
>>13988184
I also like M.C Kids, it's one of the few cartridges I still have from back in the day.
I think you'll this article about programming it:
https://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids/
A team of four people and the game was made in 8 months. We've lost this kind of simplicity these days. Games are huge, bloated and expensive, that means you have to use a tried and successful gameplay experience. That means games get more and more stalled, because there's little room to creativity.
Only when games get simpler again we'll have the good times back.
969c3b No.13996323
>>13996268
>Only when games get simpler again we'll have the good times back.
You mean when corporate structure in western companies stops being kike-run communist shit.
969c3b No.13996898
>>13996238
>What's up with WB games having so much detail?
Infogames seemed to like Looney Tunes and videogames in general well enough to produce halfway decent games. Sunsoft's releases aren't too awful.
2df254 No.14009788
a06815 No.14010219
The best period for console gaming
>inb4 console
every console generation was more powerful than PC hardware at the time, and what consoles were doing with 1998 hardware in 2001 blew away everything being done on the PC until 2003 hardware hit the scene. /r/masterrace revisionist history is the cancer killing this board.
aa411d No.14010413
>>14010219
I hope no one seriously thinks DOS platformers were better than what consoles were offering at the time.
60bf2a No.14013339
It helps that the game never showed a lot of scenes with the shitty father and the shitty town in general and replaced them with actually fun platforms.
969c3b No.14014178
>>14013339
Definitely not born before 96.
90c8e7 No.14014231
>>14010219
I admit I started out with consoles in 1987 of all years but finally got into PC gaming with Doom
e19be1 No.14018764
>>13988182
Taz Wanted had no right to be as fun as it was.
37c884 No.14018831
Its amazing what Falcom has done on the PSP with a tiny budget.
When I look at Ubisoft and EA I'm glad there's still some good in this industry.
41b6b2 No.14019204
>>13993608
>Completely removing maps from rotation
For what reason? I remember when EVOLVE was doing that shit and it just hastened the demise.
82485a No.14019311
>>13991793
>>13991841
Great?
You should have said they were spot-on.
9e2194 No.14019319
>>13988182
This was my first PC game.
2e323e No.14019354
>>13996696
Holy shit the Sponegebob games on Ps2 were legit great games.
0422e9 No.14027098
>>14019354
patrician taste my friend
2c624f No.14027269
>>13993474
>My friend and i changed out the word takedown to rape
>Instanteously way more hilarious
6adcfe No.14027929
>>13996696
>Riddick
Didn't Vin Diesel actually fund the studio for those games?
55c139 No.14027947
>>14027929
He created the character even.
31b00f No.14030642
>>14027929
>>14027947
Wasn't Riddick based on a D&D character of his, and the movie being like a retelling of a tabletop game he had?
56f12c No.14030699
>>14030642
>Wasn't Riddick based on a D&D character of his
That's how the legend goes.
380746 No.14038426
>>13988398
>meme game
What?
2c624f No.14048582
>>14027947
Isn't the character from the movie Pitch Black?
c2b20d No.14048647
>>13993348
>Why do they always do this shit and why do crappy games like Spec Ops The Line have tagged on multiplayer when they don't benefit from it
It's 99% of the time the publisher forcing/persuading them to do it. The Lead Developer of all three Dead Space games basically explained how corporate suits from EA would come down or call and tell them that if they put so and so amount of DLC in the game they'd get a larger budget to help with the main game, and if they added multiplayer they'd get even more budget and a slightly longer development time. It's why DS1 had cosmetic DLC, DS2 had multiplayer, cosmetic DLC, and story DLC, and DS3 had all three plus microtransactions added.
Considering Spec Ops: The Line was published by, "Shark cards are not the same thing as microtransactions." 2K, I'd say 2K forced them to do it.
62be0a No.14049346
Spider-man 2 was the first spider-man game to get web-swinging around a city right.
It is unfortunate however that this new fun style of gameplay was wrapped up in an average, mediocre game.