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Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11860

My biggest issue with Mass Effect on PC was that it didn't offer 1980x1024 screen resolution, but apparently that can be edited in the config file. I might have to give it another spin in light of this...

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:26 pm

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

If anything, I think Ocarina’s atmosphere is enhanced by its technological limitations.

Ugh. It is so ugly. The grass is painted onto the ground most of the time. And hands are blocks. etc etc

......it’s an N64 game

tree_ · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:28 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

If anything, I think Ocarina’s atmosphere is enhanced by its technological limitations.

Ugh. It is so ugly. The grass is painted onto the ground most of the time. And hands are blocks. etc etc

......it’s an N64 game

Which has aged very poorly. It's an awkward stage for 3-D games.

Jammer XCI · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:32 pm

The only Gamecube game I still own is the Majora’s Mask/Ocarina of Time double pack.

My Gamecube broke over a decade ago.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:33 pm

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

If anything, I think Ocarina’s atmosphere is enhanced by its technological limitations.

Ugh. It is so ugly. The grass is painted onto the ground most of the time. And hands are blocks. etc etc

......it’s an N64 game

Which has aged very poorly. It's an awkward stage for 3-D games.

This is a terrible opinion

CopperTom · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:33 pm

Jammer XCI wrote:

The only Gamecube game I still own is the Majora’s Mask/Ocarina of Time double pack.

My Gamecube broke over a decade ago.

It's awesome that you kept the game.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:33 pm

Ello Sailor wrote:

My biggest issue with Mass Effect on PC was that it didn't offer 1980x1024 screen resolution, but apparently that can be edited in the config file. I might have to give it another spin in light of this...

Wait, have you never played it through?

Jammer XCI · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:34 pm

Okay if I really need to defend my SOTC PS4 pick I will after work.

Jorge said it’s actually my turn again, so I’m gonna go with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 - PS2, 2001 because he already took THPS2.

tree_ · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:37 pm

Mortal Kombat II (Arcade, Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy, Amiga, DOS, 32X, Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows)

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11860

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

My biggest issue with Mass Effect on PC was that it didn't offer 1980x1024 screen resolution, but apparently that can be edited in the config file. I might have to give it another spin in light of this...

Wait, have you never played it through?

Got about 4 hours in and wasn't feeling it. This was after ME2 had come out, which I had played the demo of. All I could think about was how much better ME2 looked and felt.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:39 pm

Ello Sailor wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

My biggest issue with Mass Effect on PC was that it didn't offer 1980x1024 screen resolution, but apparently that can be edited in the config file. I might have to give it another spin in light of this...

Wait, have you never played it through?

Got about 4 hours in and wasn't feeling it. This was after ME2 had come out, which I had played the demo of. All I could think about was how much better ME2 looked and felt.

Ohhhhh mannnnn you gotta try again. You’re missing out. I play through the full trilogy at least once per year.

CopperTom · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:49 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

My biggest issue with Mass Effect on PC was that it didn't offer 1980x1024 screen resolution, but apparently that can be edited in the config file. I might have to give it another spin in light of this...

Wait, have you never played it through?

Got about 4 hours in and wasn't feeling it. This was after ME2 had come out, which I had played the demo of. All I could think about was how much better ME2 looked and felt.

Ohhhhh mannnnn you gotta try again. You’re missing out. I play through the full trilogy at least once per year.

Seriously?

CopperTom · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 7:50 pm

Joey's pick.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:02 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

ABNorman wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC)

I really loved this game. Can't seem to get into newer games in the style though (I still haven't made it past the first 6 hours of Mass Effect).

Just skip to Mass Effect 2.

FUCK OFF AND DIE

Seriously, this is like telling people to just skip to The Godfather: Part II or The Two Towers or The Empire Strikes Back.

I just want him to play it so he can vote for my team.

tree_ · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:04 pm

I don't even know what Mass Effect is. Not even interested enough to google it.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:04 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

I think people kinda overstate the “aging poorly” thing with old games. They’re just different.

Do you feel the same about other old technologies? Like the original television models? Cause it's basically the same concept.

Games are more than just tech. A more apt comparison would be to music or movies, in which case my answer would be yes. It’s art created under the technological constraints of its time.

This is absolutely correct.

Super Mario 64's worlds look empty and blocky now but they were a revelation at the time. Very few pieces of art gave me the same amount of joy as running around as Mario in a 3D plane for the first time.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:08 pm

tree_ wrote:

I don't even know what Mass Effect is. Not even interested enough to google it.

Sounds like a good way to approach life.

Jorge · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:09 pm

tree_ wrote:

Mortal Kombat II (Arcade, Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy, Amiga, DOS, 32X, Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows)

This game is actually very bad. Have you played it recently?

tree_ · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:10 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

I think people kinda overstate the “aging poorly” thing with old games. They’re just different.

Do you feel the same about other old technologies? Like the original television models? Cause it's basically the same concept.

Games are more than just tech. A more apt comparison would be to music or movies, in which case my answer would be yes. It’s art created under the technological constraints of its time.

This is absolutely correct.

Super Mario 64's worlds look empty and blocky now but they were a revelation at the time. Very few pieces of art gave me the same amount of joy as running around as Mario in a 3D plane for the first time.

I agree that AT THE TIME it was amazing. But it hasn't aged well. I'd play Mario Odyssey over Mario 64 every time. But I'd play Mario 3 over Mario Odyssey at least half the time.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue October 23, 2018 8:10 pm

theplatypus wrote:

tree_ wrote:

Mortal Kombat II (Arcade, Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy, Amiga, DOS, 32X, Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows)

This game is actually very bad. Have you played it recently?

The SNES version in particular is widely viewed as an inferior version.

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