The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Maynard]

you guys certainly dont have to defend your opinion. im not knocking you for liking a game. I just dont get it is all. if i look at a game and see it looks like it came from 1985 i wont even consider playing it. these games are step back.

[Bomberooski]

you guys certainly dont have to defend your opinion. im not knocking you for liking a game. I just dont get it is all. if i look at a game and see it looks like it came from 1985 i wont even consider playing it. these games are step back.

They aren't a step back at all. You just don't like them which is a-ok.

[Maynard]

how is it not a step back? it looks like its from the 80ies, so it would have to have some sort of complex challenging gameplay to make it not be a step back. is that the case?

[Bomberooski]

how is it not a step back? it looks like its from the 80ies, so it would have to have some sort of complex challenging gameplay to make it not be a step back. is that the case?

Challenging gameplay, deeper gameplay, more options, online play, size/scope of the game. Lots of stuff they couldn't add to games in the 80's that don't include graphics.

[Leftwich]

Do tell...I am curious and want to be rid of it. It's embarassing that all it takes is a Mom kill. I likely would have done it one time, as I had worked my way up to 5 hearts, but then I stupidly spent 3 of them in a Devil room, and then had the wheels totally come off at Mom. And once you drop once on that stupid thing, it's pretty much impossible to bounce back.

Gabe, give me some stats man. How many of the challenges have you done? Have you beaten Satan yet?

I've beaten the game a lot of times. I've logged 100 hours beaten satan like 4-5 times, beaten isaac a 2 or 3 times, beaten mom like a bazillion times.

For the Guppy Challenge (9 lives) have means to kill yourself 8 times. Be it bombs or kamikaze pick up. Make it to the boss room, kill the boss but don't pick up the item in the boss room. DO NOT LEAVE THE BOSS ROOM. Kill yourself in the boss room and you will respawn outside of the boss room. Go in and you will see your previous item on the pedestal, do not pick it up. Kill the boss again and continue the kill yourself until you are down to your last life. After you kill him the 8th time collect your items that have stacked. It doesnt work for "Pin" for some reason. I find Larry Jr and Lord of the Flies to be the easiest bosses to beat the challenge on. Monstro isn't bad either but i wouldn't recommend doing it if you get Famine or any of the Horseman as your boss.

Just check my steam account and look at the achievements i have. I plan on 100% the game and when rebirth comes out i'll do the same damn thing. If i were to do my top 100 games of all time, this game would probably be in my top 10. I haven't logged time like this in a single player game in a very long time.

[SethMode]

I've beaten the game a lot of times. I've logged 100 hours beaten satan like 4-5 times, beaten isaac a 2 or 3 times, beaten mom like a bazillion times.

For the Guppy Challenge (9 lives) have means to kill yourself 8 times. Be it bombs or kamikaze pick up. Make it to the boss room, kill the boss but don't pick up the item in the boss room. DO NOT LEAVE THE BOSS ROOM. Kill yourself in the boss room and you will respawn outside of the boss room. Go in and you will see your previous item on the pedestal, do not pick it up. Kill the boss again and continue the kill yourself until you are down to your last life. After you kill him the 8th time collect your items that have stacked. It doesnt work for "Pin" for some reason. I find Larry Jr and Lord of the Flies to be the easiest bosses to beat the challenge on. Monstro isn't bad either but i wouldn't recommend doing it if you get Famine or any of the Horseman as your boss.

Just check my steam account and look at the achievements i have. I plan on 100% the game and when rebirth comes out i'll do the same damn thing. If i were to do my top 100 games of all time, this game would probably be in my top 10. I haven't logged time like this in a single player game in a very long time.

Larry Jr. sounds like a winner. One suggestion I read was to do 4 deaths against a Horseman, getting a cube of meat each time, and then letting Meat Boy do the rest. That seemed a bit daunting to me. For one, I hate the Horseman, so beating them 4 times with 1 heart sounds no fun. For two, my issues were never really with firepower with this, it's hitting that one crummy room that either decimates what little hearts I have, or has me trying over and over and over again (I seem to always encounter crap like tight walkways and those worms that rush you, or rooms with like, 6 of those fat dudes that shoot the creepy little biter creatures from under their trenchcoat/stomach).

This idea sounds much better, so thanks. I'm at about 57 hours myself, so I'm happy with 16 Mom kills and 2 Satan kills. At this point, Satan seems like a synch, after my first soul crushing go at him. We'll see how Isaac goes. Reading about it makes it sound extremely daunting.

[SethMode]

how is it not a step back? it looks like its from the 80ies, so it would have to have some sort of complex challenging gameplay to make it not be a step back. is that the case?

I guess what I'm not understanding regarding your point in this Maynard, is that you claim to not be a "graphics whore", but literally the graphics are the sole thing keeping you from trying some of these games.

The look definitely plays to a level of nostalgia in a lot of these retro-looking games, but they go so much further. Isaac is like a weird blend of rogue-like, adventure, action, and Zelda 1 of all things.

Kind of on the topic of this, considering the game looks crazy pixel art style, has anyone here that's a fan of Dungeon Crawlers looked at Crawl? The concept sounds amazing, and is a very interesting twist on the genre. Basically, it's Torchlight/Diablo in nature, but it's ideally 4 player, where 1 player traverses the dungeon, while the other 3 control ghosts that they utilize to set off traps or possess monsters to kill the player. The player wins if he completes the dungeon. The ghost that manages to kill the player, then becomes the player.

[Leftwich]

Larry Jr. sounds like a winner. One suggestion I read was to do 4 deaths against a Horseman, getting a cube of meat each time, and then letting Meat Boy do the rest. That seemed a bit daunting to me. For one, I hate the Horseman, so beating them 4 times with 1 heart sounds no fun. For two, my issues were never really with firepower with this, it's hitting that one crummy room that either decimates what little hearts I have, or has me trying over and over and over again (I seem to always encounter crap like tight walkways and those worms that rush you, or rooms with like, 6 of those fat dudes that shoot the creepy little biter creatures from under their trenchcoat/stomach).

This idea sounds much better, so thanks. I'm at about 57 hours myself, so I'm happy with 16 Mom kills and 2 Satan kills. At this point, Satan seems like a synch, after my first soul crushing go at him. We'll see how Isaac goes. Reading about it makes it sound extremely daunting.

Just getting to isaac without a treasure map can be frustrating. The flying angel things take a lot of hits and decimate you if they hit you. I still gotta do runs with Eve, Cain, ??? and I think Judas.

My best run was a full meat boy, Polyphemus, Mutant Spider, Little Gish and a few good deals with the devil and lucky heaven rooms to get hp up.

[Maynard]

I guess what I'm not understanding regarding your point in this Maynard, is that you claim to not be a "graphics whore", but literally the graphics are the sole thing keeping you from trying some of these games.

The look definitely plays to a level of nostalgia in a lot of these retro-looking games, but they go so much further. Isaac is like a weird blend of rogue-like, adventure, action, and Zelda 1 of all things.

oh you are 100% right. i wont look at it when it looks like an old school game. that doesnt make me a graphics whore though. I dont mind less than great graphics if the game plays great and is fun. But it at least has to look like its from this century.

[Bomberooski]

Are there any fun sports games on iPhone?

[JayDizzle]

So... instead of 12 days (or so) that I thought it would take for my camera to get here...

It may show up here on Wednesday Night according to the UPS Tracking number.

From Blamtucky to Tennessee to here.

...one of the perks of not living in a frozen-solid State I guess.

[Maynard]

i got fucking owned doing the nightengale quest in skyrim. its the one where you become a nightengale and you and the other 2 go find mercer. you cant take your followers which is normally not a problem, but for whatever reason i was getting 1 or 2 hit killed in this area. it was very annoying.

i dont know why all games dont have enemies scale to your level.

[SethMode]

i got fucking owned doing the nightengale quest in skyrim. its the one where you become a nightengale and you and the other 2 go find mercer. you cant take your followers which is normally not a problem, but for whatever reason i was getting 1 or 2 hit killed in this area. it was very annoying.

i dont know why all games dont have enemies scale to your level.

I go back and forth. It's good for a longer lasting challenge, especially in RPGs, but it's at the expense of some of the roleplaying elements I think. I don't want to have issues with bandits when I'm this all-powerful dragonman.

Skyrim gets pretty ridiculously simple though (at least, it did on 360, I didn't have a PC that could run it when it came out). The game basically broke for me. I killed everything with ease, and all quests meant was either more money or more chances to raise my level, neither of which mattered at all.

[Maynard]

im reaching the point where loot isnt a big deal anymore. i have 70k in coin. i own a house in all the major cities and they are all upgraded. the only thing i am missing is the 3rd hearthfire house

[PepperNY]

I was finally able to re-up my Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked today. I never got the coupon last fall and they were all of a sudden checking if people were eligible or not last week. So I went through the Best Buy forums. They sent me the email today for the 2 years/$30 deal. Hooray! 20% off new games for 2 years is going to be fantastic. And while I was there I went ahead and pre-ordered inFamous from them.

I got the coupon back in like October but lost it and figured I'd try the bestbuy forums as well and they just send me an email with the coupon so thanks for the heads up.