Games Beaten 2014

[BoneSnapDeez]

Sadly, that's a pretty accurate representation of the game.

Gotta love Sage's Creation too...

[pierrot]

I had a somewhat similar experience with Galaxy about half way toward beating it, I started playing it just to beat it, and didn't really have that much fun. I'm surprised you collected that many stars, I did the bare minimum to beat the game and moved on with no intent of continuing at all. The actual stage designs from a platforming/challenging point of view, are not very engaging. The camera angles are kinda messed up too, and there are a lot of times when you're pressing one direction and Mario is going the opposite because of how small a lot of the platforms were. The actual controls with Mario are good, but the levels he's in are boring if you get past the aesthetics.

Sometimes I'm surprised by what I'm willing to subject myself to, as well. I can think of a couple level designs, or elements of a level, that I found interesting, but otherwise, I agree with pretty much all of that.

I was giving it some thought, and to me, it feels like the idea of a 3D platformer, as laid down by Mario 64, is fundamentally flawed. There's almost always issues with perspective and camera—I've heard that 3D Land overcomes this somewhat with the 3D functionality, but I'm still skeptical. A lot of other games try to avert this crisis with a bit more leniency in the platforming and a wider range of attacks. Mario straight doesn't care about your first-world problems, though. It's you, a Goomba, and Mario's feat, and that's all there will ever be. For all the hate, FLUDD made Mario much more versatile, and as a result, I thought it was a much more fun and interesting game to play. The camera was still janky, but I appreciated the design much more. The other thing is, nothing will ever jump as well as a 2D sprite, so maybe trying to get something akin to pixel perfect platforming in a 3D environment isn't the way to go.

That said, I'll probably give Galaxy 2 a go at some point. I keep getting mixed messages about it, but you seem to have had the nearest experience to mine with the first game, so I'm willing to place more faith in your assessment of the sequel.

[Stark]

I was giving it some thought, and to me, it feels like the idea of a 3D platformer, as laid down by Mario 64, is fundamentally flawed. There's almost always issues with perspective and camera—I've heard that 3D Land overcomes this somewhat with the 3D functionality, but I'm still skeptical.

It overcomes it with a fixed-perspective camera not with the 3D functionality.

[Xeogred]

The fixed camera was incredible. Sonic in that style would be beyond perfect.

3D World was definitely a nice break from 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, etc. It's straight to the point awesomeness. You could almost compare it to the original Crash more than anything or something.

[pierrot]

I was giving it some thought, and to me, it feels like the idea of a 3D platformer, as laid down by Mario 64, is fundamentally flawed. There's almost always issues with perspective and camera—I've heard that 3D Land overcomes this somewhat with the 3D functionality, but I'm still skeptical.

It overcomes it with a fixed-perspective camera not with the 3D functionality.

Ooh, that's not good to here. I find that the fixed camera in 3D World creates a lot of problems with relative perception of depth and perspective, for me. Especially in cases where the target is more into the screen on a single plane. I think it's actually worse, in that sense, than the 64 style 3D Mario games.

[BoneSnapDeez]

3D Land is insanely good. Can't wait to play World.

[MyNameIsVince]

So earlier tonight, I finally beat this game, after countless times of playing and getting close and dying, hundreds of times:



I should get a nobel prize for this.

[Luke]

1) Kung Fu NES
2) Altered Beast Genesis
3) Golden Axe Genesis
4) Golden Axe GBA
5) Golden Axe Dreamcast
6) Golden Axe PS2
7) Golden Axe Sega CD
Golden Axe 360
9) Ninja Gaiden xbox
10) Ninja Gaiden NES
11) Cool Spot Genesis
12) The Duel Genesis
13) Pit Fighter Genesis
14) Hard Drvin' Genesis
15) Death Duel Genesis
16) Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis
17) Mutant League Football Genesis
18) TMNT Hyperstone Heist Genesis
19) Streets of Rage Sega CD
20) Streets of Rage 2 Genesis
21) Golden Axe 2 Genesis
22) Sewer Shark Sega CD
23) Chiki Chiki Boys Genesis
24) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Genesis
25) Mega Man 2 NES
26) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES
27) TMNT Fall of the Footclan Gameboy
28) TMNT Something Sewers Gameboy
29) Punch-Out!! Wii
30) Diddy Kong Racing N64
31) StarFox 64 N64
32) StarFox snes
33) Metal Gear nes
34) Mario Superstar Baseball Gamecube
35) Star Wars Rogue Leader Gamecube
36) Super Mario Land 2 Gameboy
37) Duck Tales Gameboy
38) Sleeping Dogs 360
39) Sonic Triple Trouble Game Gear
40) Batman NES
41) Actraiser snes
42) Bioshock Infinite 360
43) Street Fighter II snes
44) Maximum Carnage snes
45) Super Empire Strikes Back snes
46) Madden 94' snes
47) Super Star Wars snes
48) Super Return of the Jedi snes
49) Super R*Type snes
50) Super Mario World snes
51) Final Fight snes
52) DOOM snes
53) Aladdin snes
54) Earthworm Jim Genesis *new*
55) Earthworm Jim 2 Saturn *new*

EWJ 2 seems too polished on the Saturn. I'm going to play it on the Genesis later today and see how it compares.

[Violent By Design]

So earlier tonight, I finally beat this game, after countless times of playing and getting close and dying, hundreds of times:



I should get a nobel prize for this.

A nobel prize for killing countless animals?!

[Stark]

I should get a nobel prize for this.

A nobel prize for killing countless animals?!

Dude, that bird had it coming ...