/vr/ - Retro Games

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>>3486446
agree

I personally find there to be a pretty distinct line between games made for 98 and games made for XP but the rule for PC games is hard relase date unless there's a port on a retro console oddly enough.

>>3486443
Some really popular games like deus ex the janitors will tolerate as long as the thread stays civil.

>>3486443
Max Payne isn't but Deux Ex has been accepted since the beginning.

>>3486443
don't answer that

PC games released in 2000 have it the worst on this board. So close yet so far. RIP Diablo II, The Sims, Deus Ex, etc.

i'd say dudesex is allowable round these parts because "kids" these days won't play it because it seems antiquated to them.

the same probably goes for max payne, and that's especially so, considering nobody talks about it.

diablo 2, on the other hand, is worth keeping away from this board since it has the baggage of diablo 3, blizzard, WoW...

except people who might talk about old and obscure videogames, such as ourselves.

anybody who saunters into a thread about a game from the early 2000s with the "not retro :))))" bullshit and isn't being ironic about it is a legitimate retard and should be ignored forever

>>3486707
more like the opposite

>>3486707
yeah, you have to be very careful about games from the 2000s. in fact, i wouldn't be opposed to banning discussion of anything before 2000 until 2020.

otherwise, people like you will just haggle, which will affect the purity of the board. and then you'll say

>purity

which means you have low standards.

sometimes you have to be autistic to be sane.

yeah, you have to be very careful about games from the 2000s. in fact, i wouldn't be opposed to banning discussion of anything later than 1999 until 2020.

otherwise, people like you will just haggle, which will affect the purity of the board. and then you'll say

>purity

which means you have low standards.

sometimes you have to be autistic to be sane.

Can you imagine the caliber of manchildren we are dealing with here, that argue whether to let other people discuss games from 1999 vs 2000?

>>3486761
can you imagine turning every board everywhere into a shithole of vagueness because you feel insecure about your intelligence?

>>3486764
desu I enjoy going to new boards, using up all of their current content and then encouraging their destruction

>>3486764
What are you using 4chan as a substitute for? It's not healthy to care about what people talk about on a mongolian fishing secrets site when you can hide threads you don't like

>>3486768
thing is, i hide so many threads on some boards, like /v/, that when i go there literally everything on the front page is hidden.

considering i have an interest in videogames, that's really bad.

i use 4chan x to filter subjects that don't interest me.

>>3486768
>It's not healthy to care about what people talk about on a mongolian fishing secrets site when you can hide threads you don't like
i like this board, and wouldn't you like to have a place you can to go to discuss things relevant to your interest?

if you knew a group of dildo hobbyists, and you brought in a buttplug, so they pulled you aside and discouraged you from bringing it, would you be mad? the point is they're being very specific about their interested in. peripheral interests can exist, but they should be kept to a minimum, a minimum, for the sake of preserving the quality of the group's original intention. this benefits you.

>>3486776
I like this board too and it's slower than a constipated nun. That's not a good thing. If Deus Ex and classics like it started to not be allowed here I would be forced to turn every thread into a sonic thread out of spite.

>>3486784
>that's not a good thing
you belong on /v/. stay there.

I kinda think there should be an exception and all games released in 2000 should be permitted.

It would even let us discuss launch title PS2 games which are impossible to discuss on /v/ since they were released when the average poster was 2 years old.

>>3486797
I don't. And fuck you.You have no power here. Your threads are probably terrible.

>>3486806
whu.. wait what? what does that have to do with anything? you want a fast board right? then /v/ is right up your alley. go talk about deusex and mp there.

>>3486776
>>3486784

It i definitely a balancing act. On the one hand, if you make a board too narrow in scope, you will have so few posters that nearly no discussion occurs or have mostly relevant topics get purged because they might stray a little too far from the board's intention. On the other hand, a broadening scope that drifts too far from the original intent can bring in too many people, make the board lose focus, and generally reduce the quality of posts due to becoming more focused on inclusion (of both posters and topics) instead of making new members learn the ropes and focus their discussion to what the board allows rather than what they personally want out of the board. All that said, I generally go for the belief tht if a community doesn't talk about what you want to talk about, find another community - it isn't like the internet is devoid of places where you can talk about post-2000 games. As it stands, /vr's rules are /vr's rules.

>>3486812
No, what I want is a classic video game board in which new blood is allowed in yearly and not a stale board filled with retarded autistics who blabber on about the stupidest shit.

when did the ps2 come out again?

i wouldn't mind extending retro to 2005 to compass ps2/gamecube/xbox era.

>>3486820
Nobody cares what you want, you underage shit. Fuck off.

>>3486825
>i wouldn't mind extending retro to 2005
That means 360 would be allowed to.

>>3486834
there goes that plan.

>>3486834
Even first release PS4 games are practically retro by now to be honest

>>3486834
ABORT

>>3486443
Yeah why not. If you compared Unreal and Deus Ex side by side without any prior knowlege I'd think Deus Ex came first.

>>3486828
My opinion is just as valid as yours or anyone else here. If you don't personally care then don't assume wrongly again and again or ask. Cunt.

retro rule should be 18 years or older
anyone that disagrees is a manchild that can't accept the passage of time

>>3486887
>retro rule should be 18 years or older

man that's 4chan rule since the beginning of time

>>3486914
as in 18 years or older for a game to be disccused on /vr/

>>3486914
>games can only post on 4chinz after aged 18 years or older

sounds legit but they would have to have hands first... brains still optional

>>3486918
>>3486923
you were talking about games?

meh, w/e

The rest of 6th gen should be allowed. We're at a point where /v/ is too young to have experienced most of 6th gen. Also, OG Xbox is pretty much Dreamcast 2 with all the Sega exclusives it got. 2004 (sans the DS) is a good cutoff point.

>>3486945
I don't know, I think it should eventually be allowed but not right now.

>>3486951
It will only hurt the first time, after that you'll start enjoying it.

>>3486825
The day HALO becomes retro is the day I wash my hands of /vr/ forever

What is the current retro status of counter-strike? The mod came out in 1999 and each update is a mere update rather than it's own separate game. Yet, a lot of anons treat counter-strike as non retro.

>>3486825
>i wouldn't mind extending retro to 2005 to compass ps2/gamecube/xbox era.
I'd say 2003 for hardware (Means DS and 360 still wont be allowed), and 2005 for software releases (provided they are on pre-2003 hardware).

>>3486443
>ywn play max payne on a geforce 2 gts in a pre 9/11 world ever again
why even live

Is serious sam retro

>>3487595

>>3486875
I have a been a bit harsh towards you. but /vr/ isn't meant to be a fast board. That's what makes it great. If it were fast that would attract more shitposters. and imo a lot of kids that grew up in 6th gen have shit taste and I'm not a fan of 6th gen. It shouldn't be discussed here until the next gen, so 20 years.

>>3487597
to add on this, theyre the type to say "i know this is perfect, but what gave it that retro feel" or "so now that the dust has settled" or "what did he mean by this?"

I played them both on windows 98, on a machine I built in 1999, so I don't see how they're not.

We're gonna reach 2020 and retro is still gonna be considered 1999 and under

>We can discuss games that are at least 17 years old.
>We can't discuss games that are at least 16 years old.

>>3486945
Well, I usually participate on discussions where we talk about this and it doesn't get deleted or anything.

So is Thief 2 and Deus Ex not considered retro because they came out in 2000?

>>3487806
Only if you're an idiot who cares more about autistic rules than making discussion.

Good discussion should prioritize the rules.

>>3487775

THis is my problem with the board's rule. It should afjust every year. Dues Ex and Max payne or what 14 years old, maybe 15? In 1999 that would have been 1985 or 1984 time, and definitely retro.

>>3487595
are you serious?

>>3487890
yes

>>3486443
Deus Ex is considered honorary retro alongside some other PC games from 2000. Max Payne misses the cutoff, though.

>>3487821
Retro gaming was a single static time period, not a constantly shifting window. In 2116 Call of Duty Black Cops will still not be retro.

>>3489182
>Retro gaming was a single static time period, not a constantly shifting window.

But thats wrong.

Okay, you 6th gen niggers are getting uppity. Here's what we do:

/vr0/ 8 and 16 bit hardware and games
/vr1/ whatever the fuck you want

That's my only compromise. I will not ever join you in an inclusive board. The day the rules are changed and 6th gen is allowed here is the day I leave.

>>3489494
We wont miss you.

>>3489494
6th gen is already allowed here with the dreamcast. I'm sure you'll figure out some mental gymnastics to shit up this board if PS2 is ever allowed.

>>3489495
We'll miss him more than we'll welcome you.

>>3489708
No "we" won't.

Guess I should join /v/ in a body bag