Viewtiful Joe 2 is just such a disappointment compared to the original.

I honestly can't be asked to complete the fucking game because of there being so much bullshit, and even then the little things annoy me to hell and back. Maybe it's because I'm playing it on Normal instead of Easy like I did the original since it was really hard.

Like, take Silva. Joe's Girlfriend and the second hero you play as. She can slow down time and such as well, but instead of having a good ability like speeding up time, she has a triple hit ability, in other words enemies are hit three times in a row when you use it and usually fly off screen. If this is done successfully, she gets an electrified aura, does more damage and can open electrified boxes. On the fucking flip side of this, if she gets his while in this mode SHE TAKES THREE TIMES THE DAMAGE.

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE REASONING BEHIND THIS? IF JOE GETS HIT WHILE IN HIS SUPER FAST MODE, HE DOESN'T GET HIT FOR TWO TIMES THE DAMAGE OR WHATEVER THE FUCK.

It's so incredibly frustrating to die to it as well, especially when YOU FUCKING DIE FROM THE ELECTRIFIED BOX YOU WERE ATTEMPTING TO HIT WITH YOUR TRIPLE HIT.

Even then, bosses are a bane. I spent so much time on one boss, who had some dumb gimmick of running around half the stage (stopping when he was JUST far enough away from you so that when you did get over to him, he would start running around again) and then throwing boomerangs that would target you and shit. Like I don't even want to explain how awful this boss was, but even then after looking up a guide and abusing some tricks I finally beat the fucker.

Only to be presented with the next stage which was a boss rush mode. A FUCKING BOSS RUSH MODE. YOU THINK I ENJOYED FIGHTING THE SHITTY BOSSES OF VIEWTIFUL JOE 2. NONE OF THEM WERE FUN AND THE ONLY CHALLENGING ONE WITH THE ONE I HAD TROUBLE WITH BECAUSE IT WAS JUST BULLSHIT.

I had to just drop it at this point and do something else. I eventually beat the fucking boss for a second time, and then fought the final boss.......or so it seemed. Turned out that there's ANOTHER FUCKING STAGE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

This wouldn't be too bad if it was just your generic stage, but it seems like it goes out of it's fucking way to make this awkward to play. On the SECOND SCREEN of the stage I'm stuck because of some dumb puzzle it wants me to complete which involves me timing a dodge so that I can slow down an enemy, uppercutting him into the air and then intercepting him with a kick so that his body can collide with a fucking button and open a door. This wouldn't be too bad if I could time shit correctly, but FOR SOME FUCKING REASON THE CAMERA PANS UPWARDS WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO DO THIS, AND THUS CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE MEANT TO DODGE SO THAT YOU CAN DODGE IT.

LIKE FUCKING WHY, WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF ALL THIS BULLSHIT. I JUST WANT TO BEAT PEOPLE UP, NOT HAVE TO DO STUPID FUCKING PUZZLES AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, IT'S NOT FUN IT'S JUST TIME CONSUMING AND ANNOYING.

I just want to finish this fucking game. I just want to finish it, but at every opportunity it finds a way to make this a chore. Video games should not be a chore so why the fuck is Viewtiful Joe one.

Getting the true ending in Hyperdiemension Rebirth 3 is way too complicated and there's no good guides on how to do it. It seems impossible to get all in the info in one place and getting it in bits make stupid confusing. Getting the true ending in this game is far more complicated than in previous games and I don't see a reason for it.

Once upon a time satan shoved his throbbing red cock so far up hitler's ass that it hit his liver, causing it to rupture. This putrid amalgam of blood, puss and demon semen fell through the cracks in the floor and was sucked up to earth in the form of Voltorb Flip.

This crap is breaking me.

I'm a puzzle guy too, like give me a suduko and I can ace that shit in minutes, but this is just probability and dumb luck. I understand the formula and how you're supposed to maximize your chances, but at the end of the day it's still you vs. the RNG. Not to mention that it'll randomly boot you sometimes out after you hit a mine/orb just because it can. Oh and unlike in older games, you can't just buy coins to get the stuff, this shit is MANDATORY if you want good moves on some of your guys.

10/10

(06-09-2017, 05:12 AM)retrolinkx Wrote: ^

You sure about that, buddy?

I just gave a listen to the Wii soundtracks and they sound pretty bad, with the exception of tracks like Mimiga Town.

Compare the remastered Labyrinth Fight (my favourite song and part of the game)



To the Wii Version.



It sounds like Mega Man. This would've been fine for a DS game, but not a Wii Ware title.

It does well for soft music tracks, but falls pretty hard on actual fast paced music tracks.

To be honest I like the Wii version of that track a lot better, I guess it just comes down to taste.

Voltorb flip makes me miss the slot machines.

Well, I'm sad now.
We got our PS2 in 2001. It was a gift from our aunt and uncle.
Little bastard went strong for almost 16 years
the little motor that spins the discs ain't firing off proper

Can I ask why we can enjoy new games? I'm getting sick and tired of being spoiled by videos that I'M NOT EVEN SUBSCRIBED TO.  From Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam to Kingdom Hearts 0.8 to Mario + Rabbids, I'm really pissed that I can casually look over and see "All bosses in this game" or "the ending to the game that comes out in two days" on a video for that game that's taking about non-spoilery stuff. Now just because I'm not planing on playing Mario + Rabbids any time in the near future since I don't have a Switch, I AM still watching someone playthough it and I would like to be surprised when a certen boss shows up.

This is why I unsubscribed to Gamexplan, just because they got to games I wanted to play before I got them. This is my fault for not buying the game before they showed off tips and tricks for the game but still, this was to prevent me from spoiling myself. How can you get a "this boss is in this game past level 2" video out when Ubisoft says "don't show people anything past level 2 until this date"?!? Now I guess I have to stay off YouTube when Kingdom Hearts III, starting three days before the game comes out.

I know that feeling. Something's gonna happen in DBS special next month, and I've known about it for literally 2 months.

(08-30-2017, 01:24 AM)gamemaster1991 Wrote: Can I ask why we can enjoy new games? I'm getting sick and tired of being spoiled by videos that I'M NOT EVEN SUBSCRIBED TO.  From Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam to Kingdom Hearts 0.8 to Mario + Rabbids, I'm really pissed that I can casually look over and see "All bosses in this game" or "the ending to the game that comes out in two days" on a video for that game that's taking about non-spoilery stuff.

Well... don't watch those videos. Simple.

(08-30-2017, 12:39 PM)ZpaceJ0ck0 Wrote:

(08-30-2017, 01:24 AM)gamemaster1991 Wrote: Can I ask why we can enjoy new games? I'm getting sick and tired of being spoiled by videos that I'M NOT EVEN SUBSCRIBED TO.  From Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam to Kingdom Hearts 0.8 to Mario + Rabbids, I'm really pissed that I can casually look over and see "All bosses in this game" or "the ending to the game that comes out in two days" on a video for that game that's taking about non-spoilery stuff.

Well... don't watch those videos. Simple.

That would be a wonderful idea. Tiny problem bring the thumbnail that they put on the video. The title "All Boss Battles in the game" or "the ending to this game" is not what I worry about, it's when the thumbnail shows all the bosses or that the main character/love interest/whatever dies at the end. That and, like I said, the videos come out days before the game comes out so there's no surprise when Bowser shows up in mecha armor (not a real thing to my knowledge) because the thumbnail of a random video showed it to you before you were even able to buy the game.

(08-30-2017, 01:31 PM)gamemaster1991 Wrote: That would be a wonderful idea. Tiny problem bring the thumbnail that they put on the video. The title "All Boss Battles in the game" or "the ending to this game" is not what I worry about, it's when the thumbnail shows all the bosses or that the main character/love interest/whatever dies at the end. That and, like I said, the videos come out days before the game comes out so there's no surprise when Bowser shows up in mecha armor (not a real thing to my knowledge) because the thumbnail of a random video showed it to you before you were even able to buy the game.

Oh ok, got it.

Well, I have nothing else worth adding to the subject outside of "that sucks".

I'll just let the video do the talking. 

There's a reason why people laugh at the gaming 'journalists'. They're not even gamers. They dont even know how to freaking play a game. Look at when Crash N sane Trilogy came out. EVERYONE was comparing it to Dark souls. They never played a single crash game in their life to know that its  A FREAKING PLATFORMER. Just because a game has a bit of difficulty. Doesn't make it dark souls. These people need to do the three things. 1. Find better video games to play that aren't dark souls, 2. respect other genres of what other games that are out there, and lastly...LEARN HOW TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES. Not everything is going to be realistic, not everything is going to be violent. Think outside the box when it comes to video games.

Devil's Advocate here but the Crash Reboot had some really shitty sections where you needed pixel perfect timing with the weird camera angle in 3D, an issue the originals lacked.

That being said JESUS FUCK CAN WE STOP CALLING EVERYTHING THAT'S HARD A FUCKING DARK SOULS LIKE THING

True, the first Crash bandicoot game does have some challenging moments, its all about skill. There are MUCH HARDER video games than dark souls. You want examples? I can give you some examples. Battletoads, The adventures of Bayou Billy, TMNT(Nes), Ghost n goblins, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Super meat boy, just to name a few. Not everything is like dark souls, yet, people are referring to it like it is. Its annoying.

i've started playing through conker's bad fur day again for the first time in a good while, and honestly, i don't think i ever truly realized how much it's influenced me in terms of my sense of humor and the kind of wit that i want to achieve with my own projects