Kane99

Honestly, I think it would have been cool if Nintendo's Virtual Boy worked and was a success. Imagine if VR officially broke out back then? Could you imagine how advanced VR could be today if that was the case? It does make you wonder.

What sucks about friends dropping off the internet, is that there was some good times. I met some awesome people playing COD and other games over the years. People who I even tried to get to come visit. I wish I could go back and reconnect with some of them, but sadly I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I'm kinda tempted to go through my friends list, just to see if I can reconnect with people I haven't gamed with in probably 5-10 years now.

Also, some of the Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus were a lot easier than I thought. I remember coming back to my save a many years ago, and had to fight a colossus and it turned out to be pretty easy to get back into. The controls are still messy on the PS2, but it still plays well. I still have like 5 or 6 colossus to defeat yet, and I think I still have the save file from way back then. lol

Another thing that bugs me in video games, is when games don't have a manual save option. Or a save option that you can only get in certain areas. Give me a manual save for all of my games, so that I can save anywhere I want. I've had too many problems in the past with auto saves not working, so I've gotten into the habit of manually saving each time I think it's needed. Because you can never 100% trust the auto save features these days.

I hate when games force you to go a long distance to get to your mission. I get open world games did it because back in the day they were new and cool. But these days, it's just tedious to have to drive from point A to point B, to point C and then back to point A. It's why I found RDR2 to be quite repetitive, because of how long it took to get from mission to mission. Yeah you could use fast travel sometimes, but usually not during actual missions where you're meant to ride to that destination on horseback. The same can be said for GTA V and past GTA titles. Back in the day I'd be psyched to see these open world games, now I find them to be a chore to get done, because it's usually the same "Drive here, shoot bad guys, drive back, end mission" rinse and repeat.

I'd say by now, 2002 is retro. Considering it's now 20 years ago. I think a lot of people are classifying that generation as retro by now. So I'd say it counts. Especially if you grew up then, and have that nostalgic feeling towards it. Retro is just another name for old, and I'd say 20 years is pretty old in terms of video games.

There are a lot of jobs that require you to stand for long hours. I think our bodies could do good with standing for a little while longer. I mean, it's got to be better than sitting down most of the day. But I know some have mentioned working out would give the same effect. And I guess so.

The sad truth is that this is in regards to studios in China. China is notorious for poor treatment of their citizens and are very strict when it comes to video games. I wouldn't doubt it's partly due to China's rules that have caused issues for many of these studios. A lot of them may be legit studios trying to make good games, but doing so in China is kinda a lose lose situation.

True, but you gotta be constant with the skills. I wish I was able to be a pro gamer and make money each time, but so many people do these tournaments that it'd be tough to win them all.

Do you guys get into those gamer foods or beverages? I've never been a fan of them myself. Mainly because I think it's garbage upon garbage. I remember mountain dew did a lot of those gamer drinks. Never was a fan of them. Do you guys drink any of that stuff?

Even the psone, ps2 slim, ps3 slim, etc. Do you guys own all the available models or just the main ones? I own a regular ps1, phat ps2, and that's it at the moment. I wouldn't mind getting the psone, ps2 slim and ps3, ps4 and 5. 😄

That's true. But you also have to consider how many people work for gamestop. If gamestop closes, losts of people will lose their jobs. Of course that's to be expected, but I think if gamestop stepped up and did the work needed to fix their business, they could still succeed.

Yeah rdr2 has some dumb things going for it. The controls have been weighty since the first game. Idk why, but it seems Rockstar has to make character movement slow and awkward at times. Also, if you have trouble with shooting, try turning off the auto aim and try free aim. I know sometimes when you aim on something it will sometimes aim on another enemy if they run close to you. Turning it off may help.

Do you guys know of any other classic retro guides like these? I'm open to collecting others, as I kinda want get a bunch of them. From retro to current gen consoles. Any suggestions?

It's a show, but I agree. This show could easily be made into a video game. Especially with the amount of super heroes in it. I'm hopeful they make a game based on it.

Same here. If it's useful I don't mind. And sometimes I don't mind if they explain some of the story in loading screens either. Sometimes it gives us some much needed backstory.

I've never been banned from a game before, but was banned on a gaming forum when I was 13 lol. I did get into some glitches on COD back on the 360, so I was worried I'd get banned because of that. But I stopped doing that so I wouldn't get banned.

I was aware of most of that. I liked max Payne 3, but I get why fans wouldn't be into it. I still have yet to play control, but quantum break was mediocre and forgettable. I hope their next Alan Wake is what they originally wanted to do. I just hope they don't end up selling all of their stuff to tencent.

Fmvs were done because it was an easy way to get a story across. Graphics back then weren't on par with what devs wanted, so fmvs were a way to get what they wanted. Then graphics gradually got better with each new generation and fmvs became kinda obsolete of pointless.

Aww, why don't you play retro games anymore? Retro games are great. Theres a lot of them that still control really well.

It's because they are lazy and do the bare minimum in terms of character creation. I think it's needed when it comes to online multi-player games. Especially when it's a massive online game. I want to be able to make a unique character that is close to what I look like.

Well considering the topic is about the game you had in your backlog the longest, I couldn't tell you what the oldest game in my backlog is. A new purchase is going to be fresh in the mind.

Last time I saw I thought the prices went up. But idk, maybe i was looking at the wrong site or something. But yeah, you need a lot of space for these. I don't even have space myself, but I think I'd make room for at least one or two. But I'd prefer a classic arcade machine over the 1up ones, but still I'll take what I can get.

Have you guys ever had to deal with any pain because of guitar hero and other instrument games? I remember cramping up when I used to play guitar hero. It's why I rarely went up difficulty, because I couldn't handle the additional button.

Not really no. I bought myself rdr2 on PC so that I can replay rdr2 single player. I might even play online again as well. Oh I also got a hyper x headset for gaming. That's really about it.