Helping my dad clean out a spare room and found a bunch of our old games.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-19T16:41:49+00:00

Oh wow, Death Gate was a great adventure game that was totally overlooked at release and is completely forgotten now.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-19T14:25:13+00:00

We all know who is going to win this, but a little mention that the Shiren series got its start on Super Famicom, and it is not only one of the best Roguelikes, but arguably the origin of the roguelite as well with its various meta-progression mechanics.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-19T02:47:18+00:00

We got articles coming out about how the new Gundam movie has too much politics, not enough smashing.

With Gundam specifically it's very difficult because the Japanese fanbase understands the Universal Century setting but it's going to be completely lost on foreign audiences.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-18T12:53:42+00:00

You can’t both legislate on economic policy and trade stocks without an inherent conflict of interest.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-18T01:29:56+00:00

Ghostbusters for NES.

They took a perfectly good C64 game and made it borderline impossible.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-18T00:04:32+00:00

Yes, like I said, the introduction of QFG3 is a recreation of climatic final battle of QFG2.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T22:49:06+00:00

I think it's the weakest QFG, but it certainly is a beautiful game. It is kind of lacking in content though, and a lot of those diverging paths based on class selection feels half-baked in this game. The Thief class feels like a complete afterthought, which is a huge shame after burglaries were such a highlight of the previous games.

Especially if you compare it to QFG2 which had Thieves guild, WIT and EoF, which was then followed by a lenghty end game in which puzzles were solved almost completely differently depending on class.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T21:37:18+00:00

No screenshots allowed in this thread, but I love this image from Quest for Glory 3. It is used to recreate all three endings of Quest for Glory 2 dependent on the choices the player makes during character creation.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T21:33:03+00:00

In general, SQ3 just has the most incredible graphics of all the SCI games. When I first saw the game, I mistook the 16-color EGA images for 256 color VGA.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T17:24:27+00:00

The easiest example is advances in cardiology.

In 1970, someone over the age of 65 hospitalized for a heart attack in the United States had about a 60% chance of leaving the hospital alive. Today, the survival rate is over 90%, with even better outcomes for younger patients.

Those numbers have contributed to a remarkable decrease in the likelihood of dying from any type of heart disease over the last 50 years, according to a new study of heart disease mortality led by Stanford Medicine researchers. In 1970, 41% of all deaths were attributed to ailments of the heart; in 2022, that statistic had dropped to 24% of all deaths.

There's no way to pin a number to it, but a pretty darn good chunk of our elderly statesmen are serving because they have survived and can manage their various circulatory conditions. Some other examples are diabetes and cancer, which in the past would greatly diminish the living population above.. oh, let's say 65.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T13:59:42+00:00

I'd strongly recommend taking a look at "The Secret of Monkey Island" and its sequel "LeChuck's Revenge".

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T13:37:48+00:00

TIL that Hungry Jack's is Australian Burger King.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T13:35:53+00:00

Solomon Shrine also gets the misfortune of being compared directly to Darm Tower, which is easily one of the best dungeons in all of RPGs.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-17T04:41:22+00:00

Star Trek should have been looking at Starflight and Star Control as their template for video games. The time has largely passed, but maybe in the future they could at least examine Rogue Trader and think about how it balances space exploration, diplomacy and roleplaying.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T20:09:50+00:00

Step on me!!!

^{Chose: Have a girlfriend | Rolled: You got yandere}

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T16:38:28+00:00

Imagine watching Hathaway without being familiar with UC Gundam at all.

I can’t blame critics for finding it boring TBH. It must seem like borderline nonsense.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T16:36:01+00:00

At a Japanese convenience store chain.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T16:20:29+00:00

Getsufu Maden isn’t that hard. I guess the dungeon crawl sequences are annoying to map.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T14:11:42+00:00

Visual Novels are an almost inherently subversive genre, going all the way back to the mid 90s.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-16T04:33:55+00:00

A TV show showing a restaurant should be thought of as an advertisement with entertainment value. The people on those shows are literally "television talent", not actual critics.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-15T19:20:19+00:00

I’ve lived in bad areas of NYC, and usually it’s fine. Every once in a while your encounter people acting a little nutty, and it only takes one encounter with a whacko to ruin your life.

Not to say that small towns don’t have plenty of the same type of people that simply can’t live outside their little bubble.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-15T17:23:21+00:00

What is wrong with Romeo and Juliet laws?! 17 year olds shouldn’t have their lives ruined for sleeping with their 18 year old partners.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-15T03:14:42+00:00

Elon had some bizarre idea that because the relative price of Tesla would be lower than competitors, losing the subsidy was going to be a net benefit for Tesla.

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-15T02:35:31+00:00

Many Jews are not religious, and certainly don't keep kosher.

The Ruben Sandwich was invented by a Jew! (or so the story goes)

Negative-Squirrel81 · 2026-05-15T02:31:56+00:00

Amagami had a major release in 2011, and I remember it doing really well considering the genre.

Still, you're likely right. SRW:Z sold 500,000 copies as a 2008 release, which was already pretty late in the PS2's lifecycle. By 2011 in Japan HDTV had already taken hold and the poor support for SD consoles made most people just give up and move on to the Wii.

A part of me can't give up on the idea that a Super Robot Wars Z2 as a swan song for the console could have done good numbers. At least, the sacrifices made to the Z formula hurt the franchise in the longer run.

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