Son Of General Retro Discussion

Jack burton · 13-02-2012 11:14pm

Bioshock Infinite will definitely be an amazing game. Third times the charm sure. Second game is again a great game but it just didnt have the same flare are the first game. If it was released on its own it would have done a lot better thats for sure!

Never played SS2 but really need to get on that, heard nothing but the best about it

johnny_ultimate · 13-02-2012 11:40pm

TBH I'd barely even consider Bioshock 2 a proper sequel as it was made without all of the original's team. It's more like an (admittedly impressive) expansion pack ala Gearbox's Opposing Force. It's an incremental improvement to some aspects of the game (mainly the combat, which hugely benefits from the addition of 'siege' moments and the like) but little more than, well, more of the same. Nicest thing I can say about it was that it was worth playing, if a little redundant in some respects.

Bioshock Infinite really looks like a truly ambitious sequel. I'm sure the studio pressure to stick with Rapture was huge (probably the main reason for Bioshock 2) but Infinite looks like a pretty much total reinvention without abandoning the tone & lofty thematic goals of its prequel(s).

Jack burton · 13-02-2012 11:46pm

Yep, an expansion is basically what it was. Well worth playing though as you said.

Doesn't Infinite have the original team back together for it?

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 12:03am

So... there's this:

Doge · 14-02-2012 12:06am

DinoRex wrote: »

So... there's this:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

Ah man, that's one of the funniest gifs I've seen in a long time!

CiDeRmAn · 14-02-2012 1:17am

Now that's what I call frakked up!

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 3:25am

Still shocked that Ghostbusters on the NES didn't make the list of best game endings:

Mr.Saturn · 14-02-2012 4:54am

Just looking at Aladdin on the Megadrive, and I got to wondering, can anyone think of other high-quality, licensed titles that manage to not only be an excellent game, but also stand the test of time? I can think of Castle of Illusion. The Disney license got looked after well thanks to Virgin Interactive. Brainfart, can't think of anything else.

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 5:21am

I've always been a huge fan of Batman The Movie on the Amiga:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrLiERV6zn0

ghostchant · 14-02-2012 10:57am

Liked Aladdin on the SNES too, though not a good as the MD one. Ridiculously easy too. Always thought it was strange that each format was handled by a different developer.
Disney games of that era tended to be rather good.

Quackshot is still fun to play, as is Ghostbusters 2 for the NES. I've never played that SCUMM-based Indy game but presumably I should.

Myrddin · 14-02-2012 11:01am

ghostchant wrote: »

Liked Aladdin on the SNES too, though not a good as the MD one. Ridiculously easy too. Always thought it was strange that each format was handled by a different developer.
Disney games of that era tended to be rather good.

Quackshot is still fun to play, as is Ghostbusters 2 for the NES. I've never played that SCUMM-based Indy game but presumably I should.

I loved Aladdin on the Snes, havn't actually played the Megadrive version.

The Magical Quest is also a brilliantly fun Mickey Mouse game, 1st stage notwithstanding.

Jack burton · 14-02-2012 11:26am

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Just looking at Aladdin on the Megadrive, and I got to wondering, can anyone think of other high-quality, licensed titles that manage to not only be an excellent game, but also stand the test of time? I can think of Castle of Illusion. The Disney license got looked after well thanks to Virgin Interactive. Brainfart, can't think of anything else.

Ehh...Cliffhanger COME ON!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD7xpLjJpfs

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 11:32am

If it's a disney license and by Capcom... well other than Talespin... then you can be sure it's an amazing game. Their NES and SNES games are outstanding.

Professey Chin · 14-02-2012 1:17pm

DinoRex wrote: »

I've always been a huge fan of Batman The Movie on the Amiga:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrLiERV6zn0

Ah Ocean Software. How recognisable you are :pac:

johnny_ultimate · 14-02-2012 1:23pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g80_d8PaSs

Good times.

Pyongyang · 14-02-2012 1:26pm

I loved Ocean games back in the C64 days. I always wanted to get Terminator 2 on cartridge but I think back then it was £19.99 which was around £30 in today's money taking inflation in to account). Too rich for my diet.

I actually never have played the game all the way through, other than the demo on the Commodore Format Powerpak. It looked brilliant.

Optimus Prime · 14-02-2012 2:01pm

Batman the caped crusader was great on the c64 and dont forget chip and dale on the nes!

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 2:13pm

Hated the vague have I completed it or not ending on Caped Crusader though.

Did love it though. It came with my C64 so it was one of the first games I played on the thing.

Optimus Prime · 14-02-2012 2:27pm

yeh i got it with mine too, it had another "adventure" on the opposite side of the cassete too.

Mr.Saturn · 14-02-2012 3:00pm

Can anyone think of anything post generation 3 & 4? And no, not Goldeneye.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 3:17pm

Batman on the NES is really good as well. I liked the Gameboy one as well even if Batman had a gun which was weird.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 3:19pm

The spiderman PS1 games as mentioned were great and of course there's yahtzees favourite, Spiderman 2 on PS2.

Professey Chin · 14-02-2012 3:21pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The spiderman PS1 games as mentioned were great and of course there's yahtzees favourite, Spiderman 2 on PS2.

I actually had so much fun with that game! Spent a stupid amount of time doing spins through fire escapes and just arsing around
That and Incredible Hulk

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 3:24pm

Have a few more. Riddick Escape from Butchers Bay was better than the film. The Warriors is the best thing Rockstar has done that isn't called Bully. Tron 2.0 on the PC is a forgotten gem that had a lot in common with Deus Ex.

Batman games seem to be quite high quality thinking about it. I loved Teh Adventures of Batman and Robin on the SNES and the Gameboy even if the GB one was rock hard, a friend of mine broke his GB when he head butt it while playing that game.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 3:25pm

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

That and Incredible Hulk

Ultimate Destruction? That game was such a blast, really great open world playground to mess about it. The creators went on to make Prototype.

Professey Chin · 14-02-2012 3:31pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ultimate Destruction? That game was such a blast, really great open world playground to mess about it. The creators went on to make Prototype.

Yep. This car is now boxing gloves! HULK SMASH!!!
Prototype is fun enough but its not the Hulk

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 3:39pm

King Kong on the 360 was pretty damn good... although the levels at the end controlling Kong in New York were rubbish.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 3:42pm

I played it on the original Xbox and I enjoyed it although it felt really rushed. It had some nice ideas like the way there was no HUD and you could really use the environment to your advantage. I heard the 360 game had a problem where it's unplayable in HD since there's a bug where the screen is way too dark.

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 3:54pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I played it on the original Xbox and I enjoyed it although it felt really rushed. It had some nice ideas like the way there was no HUD and you could really use the environment to your advantage. I heard the 360 game had a problem where it's unplayable in HD since there's a bug where the screen is way too dark.

That was if you were playing on a standard definition TV. Was a big issue back then as it was a game very early in the life of the 360 and HD TVs were still a rarity.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 14-02-2012 4:02pm

someone put this up last night
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Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 4:05pm

I'm in the library trying not the laugh

Doge · 14-02-2012 6:27pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Hated the vague have I completed it or not ending on Caped Crusader though.

Did love it though. It came with my C64 so it was one of the first games I played on the thing.

I thought it was self explanatory,
if it didn't say 100% FIN you gots some mo' work to do homie!

I actually managed to clear the first side of the tape back in the day, the one where you're up against the Penguins goons in the city.

The joker campaign (the funfair) was an absolute **** in comparison, I could never figure out how to untie Robin from the foundations of the Rollercoaster ride, tried using daggers, grenades, wire cutters, everything!

I still think to this day he enjoyed being tied up too much and didn't want to be set free.

I also didn't know you had to defuse every single bomb to get 100% in that campaign, until watching a gameplay video recently.

Was a pretty awesome game actually, the graphics and comic book style of the game were great.

Each scene popped up as a window, which faded into the background as you went onto the next scene. Must have been a challenge to fit it into 64k of memory.

All in all, was a cool early inventory based puzzle game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EhPUvEx7DE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YehPVWBP1M

Optimus Prime · 14-02-2012 6:52pm

waveform wrote: »

I could never figure out how to untie Robin from the foundations of the Rollercoaster ride, tried using daggers, grenades, wire cutters, everything!

Thats gas, i could never figure that out either! can you actually free him or what?

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 6:58pm

But didn't it just sort of keep going after you completed the 100%?

And you could never actually beat up the Joker or Penguin properly either.

Definitely did the Penguin one back in the day, but yeah... could never do the Joker one.

Doge · 14-02-2012 7:08pm

keithgeo wrote: »

Thats gas, i could never figure that out either! can you actually free him or what?

This guy managed to do it by using the rope? WTF?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmdqvtHJgQ

That makes no sense whatsoever!

Someone replied in the comments to me before saying you should be able to do it with the dagger too,

but I doubt it.

Doge · 14-02-2012 7:20pm

After I uploaded gameplay videos of Platoon for the c64 a few years back, I got talking to a Finnish youtuber who's pretty big into his retro stuff.

He got his girlfriend to make do cross stitch artwork for the Platoon Title Sceen and it looks awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fdjw7lBtP0

The info says it took several months to make.

You should also check out the hilarious "Sports Documentary" he filmed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOjmGxK5EQ

You can turn on the English subtitles by hitting the CC button.

Doge · 14-02-2012 8:09pm

There's some really strange Finnish people out there o_O....

Check out user MarkoRepairs with his ultimate VCR collection that got him 1 million views...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4iw8Ppo1o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA

PSU in the sink, WTF?
The guy has about 1000 repair videos on his channel.

Whatever you do, DO NOT smoke cigarettes near him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oJnHBlXkA

He even made some finish rap video called "Anti Tobacco rap!"

I love when you find this obscure random **** on youtube.

Jack burton · 14-02-2012 8:43pm

Catherine with its non autosaving makes me feel really stupid

johnny_ultimate · 14-02-2012 9:10pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Can anyone think of anything post generation 3 & 4? And no, not Goldeneye.

Scott Pilgrim was one of the few that seemed to have a deep understanding of the (admittedly not quite grade A) source material. And an awesome soundtrack. Was probably better than the film. Definitely was, actually.

Wasn't Gregory Horror Show an adaptation of something equally insane as well?

DinoRex · 14-02-2012 9:12pm

I don't like either of the Catherines... the waitress at the bar is cute though.

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2012 9:19pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Wasn't Gregory Horror Show an adaptation of something equally insane as well?

Yup think it was some weird anime show.

johnny_ultimate · 14-02-2012 10:17pm

Just recalled a surprising Street Pass exchange today.

Opened up my sleepy 3DS to discover a SP hit. Yay!

Into Mii Plaza, where I'm introduced to Amy.

'Hi my name is Amy!'

Hi Amy!

'Nice to meet you...'

You too!

'...rapist'

Not cool, Amy, not cool.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 14-02-2012 10:20pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_CxFnKrMBw

johnny_ultimate · 14-02-2012 10:24pm

The girl in that sounds like Chunk from the Goonies at the end.

YOU GUYS!!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 14-02-2012 11:08pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzDtoYx4vU

Dale Parish · 15-02-2012 1:44am

Which should I hunt for first(next):
Compaq Portable II

or
Apple III

?

DinoRex · 15-02-2012 1:52am

Trying out the Mass Effect 3 demo.

It looks lovely and really like how it cuts seamlessly from cut scenes to gameplay.

Sound doesn't seem very beefy though. I'd expect a planetary invasion by Reapers to be a bit louder but it's like these massive guys are just tip-toeing about the place.

Steve X2 · 15-02-2012 2:35am

My hosting is moved and I'm back online at last.
Two days to migrate all my data and services across to new servers, madness. They need to hire better people.

.

DinoRex · 15-02-2012 4:23am

Pyongyang · 15-02-2012 9:02am

Dale Parish wrote: »

Which should I hunt for first(next)?

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