Game collecting is not what it once was

[MrPopo]

the original point of contention was the comment that a backlog of RPG's is more daunting than a backlog of Shooters

WHICH YOU WRONGLY AND ARCHAICALLY INTERPRETED TO MEAN SHMUPS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO DESPITE ME EXPLAINING THREE TIMES THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT I WAS ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT.

Sorry to shout but maybe this fourth time you will actually read it.

I think you'd be better off accepting that even if your original comment was not about Cave games that's what it turned into. And now you've learned that on a site like Racketboy you should refer to them as FPS's/TPS's, although most TPS's aren't worth talking about.

[Exhuminator]

And now you've learned that on a site like Racketboy despite clarifying yourself multiple times once certain members misconstrue your statement it is forever set in stone in their minds as such.

FTFY

No MrPopo, I am not going to hobble my gaming lexicon to be artificially retrograded to appease anyone. Nor will I sit idly by as I am accused of saying something I absolutely did not imply. I am simply not okay with being misrepresented. Internet vidja forum or not.

Now please excuse me while I go snort some Midol.

[pepharytheworm]

And now you've learned that on a site like Racketboy despite clarifying yourself multiple times once certain members misconstrue your statement it is forever set in stone in their minds as such.

FTFY

No MrPopo, I am not going to hobble my gaming lexicon to be artificially retrograded to appease anyone. Nor will I sit idly by as I am accused of saying something I absolutely did not imply. I am simply not okay with being misrepresented. Internet vidja forum or not.

I also replied to the original statement and I was under the assumption that shmups were being discussed. So even if you didn't mean it I sure did. I just didn't feel like arguing with the 1cc arcade crowd so I shut up. I assumed the conversation would be about console or PC games, not arcade games where the rules are not on the same plane and the only way to play would be to emulate, buy an arcade cab or super gun, of course not counting Neo Geo AES/CD which sometimes added a life continue system and not freeplay.

[mjmjr25]

I just didn't feel like arguing with the 1cc arcade crowd so I shut up. I assumed the conversation would be about console or PC games, not arcade games where the rules are not on the same plane and the only way to play would be to emulate, buy an arcade cab or super gun, of course not counting Neo Geo AES/CD which sometimes added a life continue system and not freeplay.

...but, we're talking about shmups here. So regardless if they are on console now, almost every shmup in your console library is a port of an arcade game - even the late 80's early 90's games.

If you're playing R-Type II, regardless if the PCB, the Amiga or Gameboy port, the game can still represent 30+ hours of gameplay to the casual gamer, or a couple hundred hours to a hardcore gamer, and thus, as daunting as an RPG as far as time to clear a backlog.

[theclaw]

And now you've learned that on a site like Racketboy despite clarifying yourself multiple times once certain members misconstrue your statement it is forever set in stone in their minds as such.

FTFY

No MrPopo, I am not going to hobble my gaming lexicon to be artificially retrograded to appease anyone. Nor will I sit idly by as I am accused of saying something I absolutely did not imply. I am simply not okay with being misrepresented. Internet vidja forum or not.

Now please excuse me while I go snort some Midol.

Live with it. Sometimes you have to conform to a community's expectations in order to not be ostracized.

The bigger picture is that by and large we do not enjoy first or third person shooters in the vein of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, and have no desire to give them fair acknowledgement.

[KalessinDB]

The bigger picture is that by and large we do not enjoy first or third person shooters in the vein of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, and have no desire to give them fair acknowledgement.

:lolz: Oh it's funny because it's true. FPS is one genre I just have never gotten into and I don't know why.

[pepharytheworm]

I just didn't feel like arguing with the 1cc arcade crowd so I shut up. I assumed the conversation would be about console or PC games, not arcade games where the rules are not on the same plane and the only way to play would be to emulate, buy an arcade cab or super gun, of course not counting Neo Geo AES/CD which sometimes added a life continue system and not freeplay.

...but, we're talking about shmups here. So regardless if they are on console now, almost every shmup in your console library is a port of an arcade game - even the late 80's early 90's games.

If you're playing R-Type II, regardless if the PCB, the Amiga or Gameboy port, the game can still represent 30+ hours of gameplay to the casual gamer, or a couple hundred hours to a hardcore gamer, and thus, as daunting as an RPG as far as time to clear a backlog.

You may not buy a lot of console exclusives but I do and there are a lot of them. I have not counted them but I might even have more exclusives then ports. Some of the best shooters there are are console exclusive.

[dogman91]

The bigger picture is that by and large we do not enjoy first or third person shooters in the vein of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, and have no desire to give them fair acknowledgement.

...but... I do...

[mjmjr25]

Some of the best shooters there are are console exclusive.

I would love to see this list. Truly.

EDIT: nm, I found it:

Gradius V

[Jmustang1968]

There is the rub Mjmjr.

We arent talking potential hours of gameplay, or even how much gameplay until you put the game down. We were strictly talking how long to beat it. I could potentially put thousands of hours into the Disgaea series, but thats not ehat we are talking about.