/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8030047
How can people take a game like this seriously? I'm not morally opposed to this kind of thing but it completely takes me out of the story.

>>8030058
Why? If what he's saying matches his personality, I wouldn't find it off puting.

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>>8030085
That's true. I haven't played Policenauts so I guess I should withhold judgement, but I thought Jonathan was supposed to be some hardened ex-cop, not Harvey Weinstein.

>>8030107
jesus christ a man can't even be safe in his own internal monologue without being put on the same level as a rapist

>>8030058
Because it's based

>>8030047
This is something Duke Nukem would say as well. In fact, on my playthrough of Policenauts, I read that line in Duke's voice.

>>8030119
I was being hyperbolic but it seems incongruous to have a hardboiled police drama where you go around jiggling random girls' boobs

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>>8030129
based

>>8030128
>but it seems incongruous to have a hardboiled police drama where you go around jiggling random girls' boobs
it's literally a different time, space and universe

>>8030140
It's modeled after the real world. The main character is from the LAPD. And regardless of where it's set it's out of place to have such a goofy option in an otherwise serious game.

>>8030160
go be triggered elsewhere if you're not gonna post images

>>8030178
>This game seems kind of silly
>TRIGGERED!!!
Here's a murder mystery point and click with actual thematic consistency

>>8030229
bro have you ever played a single Kojima game? he's a specialist in including silly puns and stupid humor in otherwise serious games.

>>8030241
how am i supposed to take the narrative seriously (which he dedicates a lot of game time to) if it silly? i bounced off mgs3 for same reason. unplayable

>>8030262
by having a sense of humor and not taking vidya as seriously as scientific papers

>>8030241
I played a couple of metal gears and had fun. I can't understand how people think the stories are profound though. The stories were enjoyable in the same way a shounen anime is

>>8030269
i grew up on hardcore pc gaming, books, and good movies
sorry that ive been conditioned to want to be invested in a world

>>8030276
I thought MGS 1 was deep and profound... when I was 12 years old. But, even as an adult, they're fun, full of details and generally soulful compared with other mainstream titles.
>>8030283
>"I want mature games for mature gamers such as me"
Yours the real childish attitude.

>>8030229
Jesus christ, Buzz, your scaling. WOOF.

>>8030294
I think most people are referring to that one 90 minute cutscene in MGS2 where the characters describe social network censorship and filter bubbles. For 2001 it was a pretty avant guarde idea.

>>8030283
Kojimbo was a Sean Connery era James Bond fan, that should jump at you when playing MGS3 that he likes to designs bosses like bond villains.

Go play it.

>>8030283
>i grew up on hardcore pc gaming, books, and good movies
>sorry that ive been conditioned to want to be invested in a world
Just neck yourself, faggot. You can't even understand a simple joke in a story which isn't supposed to be good or taken seriously. You are a true retard. The game is called "Policenauts" for fuck sake.

>>8030294
never claims i want maturity, just tonal consistency. barney the dinosaur doesnt go on a tirade about the gulf war and nuclear disarmament
>>8030452
but james bond is fucking shit. literally british propaganda.
>>8030542
all his games are like that though not just policenauts. even games that aren't meant to be jokes.
Kojima is a joke and so are his rabid fans.
Just because you thought something was cool as a teen doesn't mean you have to stick to your guns now. A lot of his shit is just lame.

>>8030614
>just tonal consistency
I still don't know why a couple of humoristic moments in games lasting 10 to 20 hours bothers you so much. It's not 90 minute film where consistency makes more sense. When you watch a series, do you want it to maintain tonal consistency for an entire season? What do you think of something like Better Call Saul, which mixes humor and drama to great effect?

>>8030630
i dont watch netflix television

>>8030634
What about The Sopranos? or are you going to just keep ignoring examples to fit your bias?

>>8030645
gabbagool

>>8030542
>story which isn't supposed to be good
What is the draw of this kind of game if not the story

>>8030645
It's not the humor per se but the nature of it. Maybe the Sopranos has funny scenes that feel natural, but I bet there isn't a scene where the main character trips over his shoelaces and farts

>>8030058
Many video games, even if their premise is serious, will allow the player to do silly or audacious things. e.g. in Grand Theft Auto you can ignore all objectives and just drive around town running over pedestrians for no reason.
Adventure games often had humorous responses coded for players trying stupid commands like "eat door."

>>8030047
They're all wearing a blue version of Fa's outfit in Zeta, I never noticed that before

>>8030058
Most, if not all the sexual harrassment in Snatcher and Policenauts only happens if you LOOK and INVESTIGATE women over and over, which makes sense.

yes I know it's from the remaster shut up it still counts

>>8030514
Looks neat, adding to my backlog.

>>8030262
By not being socially retarded.

>>8030283
you must be 18 to post here

>>8030384
Why is the inside of the dark-haired character's mouth so light, & why doesn't he have any teeth? It makes it look like he's sticking his tongue up & trying to lick his nose.

>>8030241
What's that on your pic?

>>8031623
a fan edit reversing the "roles": main characters are portrayed as menacing badass bosses, and the bosses are portrayed as measly normal PCs

>>8030514
Tried it on hard and got mauled by the lizards at the start. I'll try again on normal, but I want to finish Brain Lord first.
>>8031626
That's neat.

>>8030085
you should be off pudding.

>>8030846
name?

>>8031717
Raw danger

>>8030058
Whats up with zoomers and hating anything titillating?

>>8031850
Raised by single mothers

>>8031850
total degenerates thanks to the most perturbed porn they consume, so they feel the need to overcompensate and act like prudes in the public sphere.

>>8032147
wat game?

>>8032167
Devilman

>>8032189
thx

>>8032267
Woah holy shit he's gonna falllllll!!!!!

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>>8030129
Imagine the shitstorm if Kojima made something like this today

>>8030746
>>8030283
>>8030262
You should get outside more and interact with humans. Funny shit happens all the time during serious things. Deal with it. It is more fake to have literal non stop serious bullshit every second with characters than the occasional funny or fuckup. You would know this if you were out of middle school.

>>8030058
It's okay, you can also have that funny ass-connoisseur moments in otherwise serious, critically acclaimed movies.

>>8031250
Yeah fair point, I guess it does make sense in that context

>>8030047

I know almost nothing about this game, but I always thought it looked cool.

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>>8031630
I haven't beaten it on hard yet, that is a challenge and a half. But normal is pretty good. It's a great game and gets better as you near the end.

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>>8030058
How can people be so insufferably full of shit? Game just isn't for you homo.

>>8030047
Is that an accurate translation?

Is there a translation for the pixel art of policenauts?

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>>8034801
refreshing take, I must say

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>>8035814
s-she's fast!

>>8035814
Source please?

>>8035831
I have absolutely no idea, but I recognized >>8035768 and remembered this one

>>8030058
nooo not the heckin testosterone filled malerinos...

>>8035835
No worries haha,i ended up finding it.


hissatsu pachinko collection 3

>>8035845
Some nice pixel art...wasted on a Pachinko game

>>8035850
I found the original artist on twitter and he apparently does H-doujins now.

>>8030058
I agree that is pure reddit tier dialogue

>>8035853
tell us who please

>>8035854
reddit would find that toxic and problematic

>>8035860
This guy
https://twitter.com/tukiwani

>>8035874
thank you!!

>>8035768
comfy

>>8035845
Apparently I have the Saturn port and I didn't even know what it was until now

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>>8035979
gemu?

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>>8030178
Based Alex

>>8035992

>>8030058
Zoomer SJW anti-sex militant detected.

>>8035850

>>8032070
What gaem

>>8035876
I want these cards.

>>8032248
why's the whole city strobing? imminent power outage?

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>>8030047
God Policenauts sucks! It's like a really bad Visual Novel. And I don't know, seriously, VN are like the easiest thing in the world to design. So when you design a bad one, that is remarkable.

Like the entire story of Policenaughts is not only a pixel hunt, but you basically have to try everything, and then try everything multiple times. So if you don't know this, like if you want to know about some photograph, you ask about the photograph, and she tells you something, and then you have to ask the same topic again. So that photograph entry can occur 3 or 4 times. And then you have to start from the beginning and try them all again because the third time might have opened something new up. And you have to exhaust every single option. ALL OF THEM. Before the game will let you move on. That is HORRIBLE.

It's not like an oldschool adventure game. Because in an adventure game you don't have to look at and inspect everything on the screen multiple times. You're just sitting there, desperately wanting to move on with the plot, and then you're stuck trying to inspect every little thing over and over again, and asking people the same questions over and over again. Ah it's bad. And when it finally gets exciting, it gets exciting for 20 seconds then you're right back at it.

Is the plot interesting? Not really. You know what the story is? It is 5% Blade Runner, 95% Lethal Weapon. It's straight up Riggs and Murtaugh. It's not even subtle. He rips off whole scenes. It's amazing.

>>8030058
In addition to Lethal Weapon, I think there's a lot of City Hunter in htere. However, his perviness is endaring and he has a girl to reel him in before he does anything. Kojima seems to have not understood that and just had a horny pervy lead.

>>8035876
Innocent Tour is a pretty boring board game, but its art is peak 16 colors goodness.

>>8038096
ryo is also just cool as fuck in general

>>8038096
Love City Hunter! Saeko is my wife.

>>8030229
What does thematic consistency mean to you?