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Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by Izkata »

mrisoli wrote: post #78
p1necone wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a sequel to a game that came out in 1999 which was pretty successful ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Snap ). The focus of the game is taking photos of Pokemon, but it's more involved than just that. It's really a puzzle game - where you need to work out what to do to get certain Pokemon to come out, or get them to do certain things to get better photos. (Getting Pikachu to surf is a stand out moment…

It also had a competitiveness to it by using a points system in photos, it was quite clever and it rated photos based on a wide set of criteria, including pose, framing, you'd get multipliers for having groups on the frame, it was quite unique for its time. I loved that game, I'm glad they are coming out with a sequel but I outgrew Pokemon as the newer generations came and I am probably not as interested in the seque…

> It also had a competitiveness to it by using a points system in photos

And to top that off, there was an arcade version of the game (or possibly just the normal game in arcade stand, not sure anymore). We had one in the local Blockbuster, so kids could do a quick run while their parents were looking for a movie.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by vmception »

klmadfejno wrote: post #92
vmception wrote: post #59

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I didn’t find HzD voice acting to be atrocious Does anyone have a side by side comparison of good vs bad voice acting in video games, I know plenty of example of universally bad voice acting but when it comes to flagship or AAA titles the criticisms seem arbitrary This is analogous to someone telling me Red Dead Redemption has bad voice acting or Detroit Become Human was the worst due to that reason I cant really tel…

Silent Hill 2 vs HD remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI

This is helpful but even here it took me a few of the clips to know which one was the bad one

Halfway through it was obvious that the remake was bad

I can still see how I would have ignored this in other games

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by ericlewis »

ryukafalz wrote: post #36
ericlewis wrote: post #13

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I don’t agree with that. At the height of tama mania everyone had one. Usually, digi was a more complicated knock off that fit a different niche of people who like battling Pokémon. Edit: I had both, but digi personally wasn’t all that fun and everyone did tama because it was mellow and easy. We played Pokémon if we wanted to battle.

>Usually, digi was a more complicated knock off that fit a different niche of people who like battling Pokémon. "Knock-off" is a strange description for a product made by the same company as the Tamagotchi. Can they make knock-offs of their own product?

Heh, I guess. It seemed inferior hence the knock off bit.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by anthk »

freetime2 wrote: post #37

The most memorable video games of my childhood were Final Fantasy 2 (aka FF4 in Japan), and FF7. And the most memorable moments from those games are when they killed off playable characters that I had become quite fond of. Those 16 bit graphics on the SNES, combined with the right musical score, could create a pretty moving experience. I never had a Tamagotchi, but I can understand how the loss of a digital pet could…

I still play text adventures because of that.

A good script can inmerse you better than most ultraHD graphics.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by anthk »

nerdponx wrote: post #84
Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #79

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I don't think it's age. These days I've replayed The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall and I find it more immersive than The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Both are of the same genre. The latter has much better graphics (and it's a great game) but the former's labyrinthine dungeons, with foreboding music, rats and bats screeching and skeletons roaring, never fail to make me feel the oppression of being in hostile underground tu…

I suspect that the difference is that, if the graphics are just "bad" enough, the player starts filling in details from their own imagination, and I suspect that this increases immersion. Being young and impressionable probably also helps.

More than just that. Think about "artsy with personality and taste" artwork in 2D games, which was enforced because of limitations.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by anthk »

knolax wrote: post #95
mensetmanusman wrote: post #91

I remember the moment when lag killed my hard core Diablo2 paladin. Every game seemed more interesting when you had everything to lose. I found it interesting that this isn’t true for the general public, and all games started going easy mode to appease the masses (who wanted to experience games more like movies).

> I remember the moment when lag killed my hard core Diablo2 paladin. This is why I don't play roguelikes.

Roguelikes are turn based, you have plenty of time to set up a strategy.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by sam86pa »

During my childhood years, I can't afford to buy a Tamagochi. I always wonder how it does feel to own a virtual pet during my childhood years. I will love to try it if there is a modern-day counterpart of the immersive and enjoyable game.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by klmadfejno »

vmception wrote: post #112
klmadfejno wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Silent Hill 2 vs HD remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI

This is helpful but even here it took me a few of the clips to know which one was the bad one Halfway through it was obvious that the remake was bad I can still see how I would have ignored this in other games

I don't know if the HD remake would have bothered me so much as the original felt really engaging and ethereal.

Re: The Tamagotchi Cemetery

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Post by IgorPartola »

Aeolun wrote: post #22
IgorPartola wrote: post #18

When I was a kid Tamagotchis we’re all the rage. My parents weren’t exactly in a position to spoil me so I never had one while a good deal of my friends did. And then I learned about this. I could not believe my ears when I heard about it because how is it fair that I can’t afford one of these while others somewhere else in the world get to just throw them out? I know it’s silly but yeah that was a moment that really…

Were these really ever expensive? Maybe they only reached my part of the world when it’d become cheap plastic. At least I certainly don’t remember ever considering them expensive (though for a child nothing is cheap).

I grew up in Ukraine. I don’t remember what they cost back then but post Soviet Ukraine got a lot of Western goods at a premium.
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