/v/ - Video Games

Um, aren't you acting a little bit entitled? ;)

Gaming isn't just a children's toy anymore sweetie. Games are not mature and that's a good thing!

Hollywood-quality cutscenes, mature characters and accessible gameplay is the future. Get with the times grandpa XD

>>15755911

Why does this faggot have a chipmunk voice?

>>15755915

You are an idiot

Okay, so that this does not turn simply into a whining thread, let me mention some games that did it RIGHT:

WipeOut Pure and Pulse - just turn the game on and race. As it should be.

Sid Meier's Pirates - One skippable (and actually fun) cutscene showing you overthrowing the ship's captain and becoming one. No tutorial after that, you just play.

Contra 4 - would be hard to fuck this up, but there it is. Just start and shoot.

1 problem with unstoppable cutscenens is that they diminish my want to replay a game. I'll use Doom 1 and Half Life 1 as an example. Let's say I have beaten both games and want to replay one of them, with Half Life if I want to even start playing the game I have to wait though the rail section how ironic then walk around until I can start shooting, which by then takes almost half an hour, makes me not want to replay the game put bluntly. Now Doom on the other hand I can start it and being killing with seconds. When I want to play my video games I want to play them now, not in 30 minutes, this entire problem could have been avoided if Valve literally just put a 'Pres x to skip cutscene' in the corner. One thing, and probably the only good thing about ME3 was the mode to skip the cutscenes all together and make it just one fight after another, a good idea that I think should be a staple in all games with cutscenes in them. And just for clarification I am not saying cutscenes shouldn't be in games, i'm just saying that all cutscenes should be skipable.

that thing where it is like a cutscene but you have some meaningless little bit of control is even more infuriating

Obligatory

>>15755911

>For the first time ever, video games are being considered ART

this kills the anon

>… and that's a good thing!

oof, you know just what they're like

what started 'oof' by the way? was it just soyboys trying to make a word out of an exhalation?

>>15759924

>zoomer

is this what they call a gen z?

>>15759935

I know what onomatopoeia is, but in the way you might say "jingling keys", or "it made a loud boom", you'd never say "oofing soyboys", nor "there was a single, quiet oof" or would you?

>>15759936

That's a believable story, but people don't actually grunt when they say oof. They say it like it's a direct reading, u:f

>>15760722

No the problem is that he wants to PLAY a fucking VIDEO GAME not WATCH it you tremendous faggot.

>>15755915

>secondary objections won't show until you beat this shit mission first

>have to play this trash again

>200 hours later you unlock this very same mission yet again in hard-mode or whatever

>at least 3 runs of a non-interactive intro without skippable cutscenes.

mfw

>>15755874

>The 3rd Birthday

>Contact

>Kenka Bancho - Badass Rumble

>Scurge: Hive

I haven't heard of any of these, so I'm just wondering what attracted you to these specifically, rather than going with something that's recommended more often, and then delving into the more obscure ones later, especially since it seems you're just playing them to pass the time on the bus. Or were these just the worst out of a bunch more that you had downloaded.

>>15761534

>They are all from the /v/ recommended game charts

I checked those earlier, and you're right, but I just didn't see them discussed so often, then again I hardly entered the DS/PSP threads so maybe it is just me. /v/ charts have a lot of great games, but I find they sometimes have ones that are just okay, or because of a lack of alternatives for their genre on that platform, or recommended just for their uniqueness.

Here are some recommendations from me, from most to least recommend for each platform while I'm here, plus I'll try to note the amount of talking in each game:

PSP

>Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Little to no story/talking, pretty sure tutorial is optional. Can be kind of hit and miss for some people, and very grindy if you are autistic about getting matching sets of armors, and it has a high learning curve, but it can be also lot of fun once you get the hang of it. Personally I'd first go for 1 or 2 skills that I like and make a mixed set of armor from whatever I can scrounge up, then grind for something better if I'm having trouble. Sword and Shield is probably the best choice for a beginner weapon. As far as I can tell they're all supposed to have roughly the same dps though, but I had faster kills switching form Long Sword to Great Sword once I understood the basics of monster movement.

>Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Good, but I'm not sure I recommend without having played the previous games. The bosses kind of suck until you get to Pupa, where I felt the game picks up after that. I remember being able to skip cutscenes (except the few with QTEs), but I don't know if you're required to watch them first.

>Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

Ace Combat on the PS2 was surprisingly a lot of fun, presumably the same here.

>LocoRoco

Little to no story. You make blobs jump by tilting the whole Earth. Personal favorite of mine though it's kind of dumb.

>Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

Actually I haven't played this one yet but /v/ often praises it. This and the FF tactics game.

>What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!?

Weird game that isn't talked about enough. You manage a dungeon's ecosystem that kills adventurers. Weird game.

>Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Remake of Rondo of Blood, one of the most praised classic Castlevania games (before they became metroidvanias).

DS

>Trauma Center

Doctor game where you slice up genetically engineered bioweapons and defuse bombs. Quite a bit of talking though.

>Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Pheonix Wright is probably the most interactive VN I've played, being a VN it has lots of dialogue so maybe not recommended if you don't like dialogue IN GENERAL, but the first case of each game basically thrusts you right into the thick of it so I think it's definitely worth a try.

>Chrono Trigger

I played the SNES version, it's my favorite RPG.

>Professor Layton

Puzzle/Riddle game.

>Ghost Trick

Decent story but goddamn did it seem to have more talking than actual gameplay.

>Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Initially a SAW-esque VN that become focused on urban legends, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. Lots of fucking talking, esp. at the beginning, before it starts to get good and you actually care about any of the characters. You also have to fast forward through it each time you replay for a different ending.

GBA

(I think the DS should be able to play these, but you can also use TempGBA4PSP)

>Metroid: Zero Mission

Remake of the first Metroid for NES, contains new bossfights and additional section after the main game. Should be no dialogue.

>Wario Land 4

My favorite Wario Land because it's the fastest paced. Basically no dialogue.

>Metroid Fusion

Criticized by /v/ for being overly linear compared to previous metroids, but being chased around by a fully-upgraded clone of yourself is an unforgettable experience. Little to no dialogue.

>Any mario platformer (they're all pretty good).

Little to no dialogue.

>The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Decent Zelda game. I don't remember much dialogue aside from the intro, I don't know what you'd consider to be "too long" though. Has some permanently missable items.

>Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Good Metroidvania. Mostly no dialogue?

GBC

>The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Good Zelda game. As far as I remember little to no dialogue.

If you rob a store you will be labelled a THIEF permanently.

GB

>Adventures of Lolo

Hard as fuck puzzle game. Euro version has more levels.

>turn on game

>start playing immediately

Just play better games, problem solved. There are entire genres of games with little or no story at all.

>>15755874

>picked the game himself

>can't wait for muh cutscenes

>can shitpost

>better make it about buzzwords so /v/eddit will approve!

Your growing up was in the 00s-10s, wasn't it?

>>15755874

You don't even know the half of it. I'm so autistic about time management that I ragequit Quake Champions; not because the abilities were poorly thought out and the only gamemode worth playing at launch was Deathmatch, oh no. Or because the game performed like shit while also looking like shit. But because the menu animations and matchmaking took way too fucking long. Here I was, waiting for a game that I could jump in, play for as little as a half hour and get enjoyment out of it. Quake 3 and previous was very efficient at getting the menu away from your face. You click three times and you're in a server and playing, and one of those is a double-click (Multiplayer server list > click on server). It was as fast as you could click and load the servers with your connection, and subsequent times you could favorite a server and not even wait for that. If you were a true time management autism king, you could set up a desktop shortcut that launches the game and instantly connects to your favorite server. Menu bypassed fucking entirely.

Let's compare this to Quake Champions. I recorded the amount of time I spent in menus between matches. This was at peak community interest level, the open beta, mind you, so matchmaking times were as short as they were going to get. First you have to wait for your super cool animation featuring your most played hero to show up. If you just played a match, this takes longer because you have to dismiss the "you got pointless shit for playing the game" screen. Then you click the matchmake button and wait. After about 2-3 minutes, a large enough group of sad motherfuckers who also had the misfortune of playing this game is gathered. Then you're not done; oh no. You have to wait for these cum guzzlers to vote on a FUCKING MAP. The timer is set on 30 seconds and you better believe there is always one asshole who doesn't give a fuck and lets the clock run out. Finally, after one more stupid animation, the game loads. 3 and a half minutes of wishing my life was over. And how long are the matches you ask? 30 minutes? No, no. That's far too long for the Modern Gamer (tm). 20 minutes? Nope. FIFTEEN FUCKING MINUTES. For those of you with a career in programming or a math degree like myself, thats over a 20% ratio of your life wasted to your life wasted while actually trying to enjoy yourself. That is absolutely unacceptable. I was going to enjoy killing fags who relied on crutch abilities like the invulnerable ghost slut and the acid hag while not knowing how to move and land a rocket simultaneously, but not if it cost me that much time.

Why does every game these days treat you like you've never even seen a keyboard or controller before?

>>15755911

CEASETH

I know it's satire and the webm is satire of the actual retard who made that crude drawing but it is painful to watch nonetheless.

>>15761895

>MHFU

>MGS: PW

>AC:X

MY ABSOLUTE NIGGER