I feel like part of the problem is that it came out late in the NES’ life, though I could be mistaken.

I think this is two different issues. Yes, when a game is very difficult, it is common to say the game cheated, though that’s not necessarily true. When a game presents itself as having a specific set of rules, but the game’s AI can break those rules (i.e. has it’s own separate rule set) then that’s cheating by…

Technically the AI gets to play by a different set of rules, as opposed to just being better at taking advantage of the existing rules.

Back in the day I tried to get really good at SF2 on SNES by playing on the highest difficulty (I lived too far from anyone so I didn’t really have anyone to learn with/from). It quickly became apparent that something was amiss with the AI. The “no charging” charged specials were pretty obvious to me, though I’d…

I feel like this cover would only be acceptable if people buying the game are automatically able to download the later parts for free.

The game that publisher Square Enix is calling “Final Fantasy VII Remake” is actually an expanded and enhanced version of the Midgar section of the original Final Fantasy VII, which comprises roughly the first four hours of the game. 

Just put a mask on him and add him to Slipknot. He’ll blend right in with the 37 other band members.

My gaming is all over the place this weekend. I’ll being playing tabletop on Saturday (supers game with the Hero/Champion system), but also A Link to the Past and Sword of Mana on GBA.  I’ll probably also continue playing Strange Brigade with a friend, and if I have time I might get in some play on Days Gone and…

And also the origin of Superman being able to fly (much easier to animate than the motion and arc of a very high jump over tall buildings).

What you say makes a lot of sense. I remember the Daily Deadpool events, though the Gwen Prix is unfamiliar and was probably introduced after I quit. My key problem was probably the pvp events. For a while there it was the best way to get covers and gold, though all my gold went to new character slots for the many new…

It’s definitely a ‘YMMV’ situation. I also had a large roster, even including several 1* and 2* characters that were useful for the matches that required low tier characters. The problem is the grind required to get 4* and 5* characters anywhere near max level. The key problem with those tiers is just getting the…

I started with MPQ a few months before 4* characters were introduced, and played it off and on for a few years. I also wouldn’t recommend it at this point. The interesting part of the Puzzle Quest design is character powers, but it’s way too difficult to get the interesting/useful high level character powers. The…

As far as I know streamers aren’t required to show themselves, it’s just a common thing. For example, the most common Twitch streams I see are for random games I look up in the XB1 store, and those are purely gameplay with no video (and usually very little audio) from the streamer.

Late last week, IRL streamer Bridgett Devoue was given a three-day suspension for “sharing or engaging in sexually suggestive content or activities,” but Twitch did not elaborate any further.

“Considering the thread was submitted after her ban by Twitch it’s pretty hard to argue that it’s the result of a LSF brigade.”

That’s not much of a counterpoint. For one thing, I said rarely, not never. Also, it shouldn’t be surprising that games have innovations when they’re part of a series of games by a creator known for innovation. On the flip side, I wouldn’t consider all of the games in the Metal Gear series to have innovations, just…

The way that the “crappy controls” are implemented and how players can control/modify/avoid them is the innovation there. Most other games with crappy controls are just that way as a matter of fact, and the player has no ability to avoid or affect them. 

That’s kind of their point, that innovative games are rarely the most popular games. Gears 5 is popular and fun and highly polished, which is to be expected for a series that has maintained enough popularity to reach a fifth iteration. However, very little in the series is doing anything innovative.

Before that point they’re just additional tools for money laundering and tax evasion.

To be fair, he was 81 when he died.