Morning, folks.

Words can't properly explain.◊

edited 27th Mar '13 5:42:14 AM by dRoy

God, I love winning.

A mite too exaggerated?

This artist needs to do Pinkie too

And you, my gloriously mad fellow, have earned every one of them.

@Princess G -

Damn straight, it is. It is one of my favorite mangas of all time. If nothing else it has such a lovely art-style.

edited 27th Mar '13 5:47:16 AM by dRoy

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@ D roy: As I loved Azumanga Daioh, I take it Yotsuba& is better or at least comparable?

Oh yes. If nothing else, it has a vastly improved art-style.

By the way, people were lumping Battlefield and COD into same title, I personally prefer Callfield: Battleduty.

As for lumping many popular games:

Call of Skyrim Theft Minecraft: The Legend of Fallout Effect Solid Mario: Final Resident Pokemon Creed

edited 27th Mar '13 5:49:49 AM by dRoy

Speaking of winning, we should get this as a reaction image.

I think that just won more.

@d roy: Sweeeeeet.

I should love a graphical mod for Terraria that ponifies it :D

Hoodieshy :3

edited 27th Mar '13 6:03:51 AM by AceOfScarabs

-collapses to the ground- so... cute... -foot twitch-

Man, nowadays it is practically forbidden to say you like Call of Duty on the Internet.

As for me, I just love all the mindblowingly awesome moments. And these are from just one game.

Multiplayer is awesome too, although I don't play it that much due to time. Some people can be annoying, but that's the Internet to you.

edited 27th Mar '13 6:22:55 AM by dRoy

You can blame that on the underaged part of its fandom. Honestly they need to put a better agecheck into it to keep the brats out.

I like COD, because there isn't a load of effort needed to play it. It is literally point and shoot.

That, and when my internet is out, it's what I play. (Splitscreen with brother, against bots.)

Indeed. That is almost literally impossible, though. As for me, I just learned to get used to them. They are not THAT bad, really.

@D Roy: Nah, just slip in some 70s and 80s pop-culture, and refer to technology the underage crowd would normally be unfamiliar with, like floppy drives, VHS cassettes, vinyl LP records, punchcard computers, Atari/C64/NES stuff, and other things that predate their existence.

I personally disagree with the design decisions on it. Not that they're bad, quite the contrary. For what they're aiming for they've done it very well. I just don't like what they're aiming for.

/designdesigndesign

@Kegi: ...You lost me. (Anyways as far as shooters go I prefer the likes of Serious Sam, Doom, and Metroid Prime Hunters)

edited 27th Mar '13 6:33:17 AM by AceOfScarabs

@Ace - I am not sure that would actually be a deterrent, but sounds like it wouldn't hurt to try.

@kegisak - Whuh?

I think he means that the design decisions work for what they're trying to achieve, but he personally doesn't like them.

Call of Ponies: Lunar Warfare.

I'm looking forward to a graphical ponymod of Zelda Classic plus matching quest :D

Okay, so basically there are two directions shooters can go: Aim for realism, or aim for... admittedly a much broader direction, 'flavour'.

Flavour tends to come in a pretty wide array of packages. You get your Space Marine, your Halo, your Lost Planet, etc. etc. Realism, to counter, is just that. It aims to be an at least semi-simulation of an actual war scenario. Obviously there are still going to be embellishments, but overall it definitely tilts more towards the realistic side of the field. No health bars, real-world weapons, and realistic health levels.

COD and Battlefeild and such games fit into the latter category. They aim to be as realistic as they can without sacrificing the fun outright. I, personally however, feel like they still make sacrifices for it. The learning curve, for example, is immense. It's hard to see your opponents and you can die within seconds of an encounter happening. For a player jumping in for the first time, you will get cut to ribbons. The first time I played I think I got a single kill, and bear in mind that playing video games is literally my job. I'm no major league gamer, but I'm not shit either.

There are other elements I'm not sure I agree with, such as the positive feedback loop inherent in the packages you get for kill streaks(Get enough kills and it becomes easier to get more kills), but overall I feel like the approach towards realism makes the game less fun because of the wall that it poses to new players. Once you can get past that I'm sure those same frustrating features can actually be quite gratifying in their own way - low health means that encounters are quick and intense and also ensures, perhaps ironically, that even and intermediately skilled and equipped players stands a bit of a chance against experts. Legitimate battle tactics and teamwork become emphasized, and your focus is up for the entire match, really. However, when I do play shooters I still gravitate towards a bit of flair and gratuity. I'm a pacifist. If I'm going to shoot at someone I don't want it to feel real. I want them to explode into a shower of meaty chunklets that paint the walls red so I can laugh at it.

Like I said, there are a lot of personal factors involved in it. They're well designed games, but I disagree with the premise of their design, both from a player and a designer standpoint.

Teal Deer: They're designed for realism, and they're designed very WELL for realism, but I don't want realism in my shooters.

edited 27th Mar '13 6:46:31 AM by kegisak

I think you may have spontaneously created a brand new race in MLP just by saying 'Teal Deer'.

That has been around for a while, actually.

As for the multiplayer, like I said, I play for the campaign.

What, Teal Deers?