A game design student, chillin' in the desert.
@binarymelon I don't have a Switch yet, I'm still saving up, but the 5 games I want are: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, Breath of the Wild, ARMS, and Mario + Rabbids. There are other games I want to try like Overcooked and Sonic Mania but they're available on other systems.
I don't really know why other people find it appealing or don't, I just know what it does for me. I come from a family where you have to fight for TV time, the only times I ever got the TV for gaming were on my birthday, at Christmas, and after everyone else had gone to sleep. Which is coincidentally, when I would like to sleep. So basically home console games didn't do much for me until I was older and started to have more time for games at different times of the day. Because of this, I grew up a primarily handheld gamer. What other people complain about is kind of the norm for me. I don't mind games being less technically impressive as long as they're fun to play. And I love to sneak in a few minutes of play time in between classes or when I'm waiting in line. Plus I can take a handheld console to bed. Can't do that with a home console unless you're not like me and have your consoles in your bedroom for some reason.
For me the Switch is the best of both worlds. I can finally play the kind of games I've always wanted to play (home console Nintendo games), but in the way that I'm used to and most comfortable with. I'm not a spec enthusiast, so the lack of power and occasional frame rate issues doesn't bother me. The bottom line is that first party Nintendo games from mainline series, are generally amazing. Zelda is amazing, Splatoon 2 is amazing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is amazing, Mario Odyssey is going to be amazing, the new Pokemon game is going to be amazing, Metroid Prime 4 is going to be amazing, Project Octopath Traveller is going to be amazing, Kirby Star Allies is going to be amazing, and the next Fire Emblem game is going to be amazing! I'm the type of person who will buy a console for a single game. I only had Journey for my PS3 for about a year, and I only had Nintendo Land for my Wii U for longer. And I was happy. I thought those games were enough to hold me over until another game I wanted popped up. The Switch has like 5 games that I want, and even more on the way.
So yeah, I think the Switch is an appealing console. It's more than enough for me, and I think a lot of other Nintendo fans feel the same.
@GoTaco If you like stomach sliding and fluid movement I would recommend A Hat in Time. It has some of my favorite movement ever in a platformer.
I also think that Red Velvet are underrated. They're popular, but not as popular as they should be.
We've talked a lot about underrated games, and we've talked a lot about music. But what about underrated musicians.? What are some great musicians you feel don't get the love they deserve.
Here are some that I feel aren't or weren't popular enough:
Nine Muses:
Ladies' Code
AfterSchool:
You've made the list, now it's time to narrow it down to a winner!
Ravenholm (HL2)
Rapture (Bioshock)
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle (Bloodborne)
Wall Market (Final Fantasy VII)
Midgar (Final Fantasy VII)
Forgotten Vale (TES V: Skyrim: Dawnguard)
Velvetopia (Psychonauts)
Lei Colmosna (Gravity Rush 2)
River City High (River City Ransom)
Sentinel Beach (Jak & Daxter)
Hyrule Field: Upper Eldin (TLoZ: Twilight Princess)
The Citadel (Mass Effect)
Asgore's lair (Undertale)
Nate and Elena's house (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)
Dry Ice Mines (Brutal Legend)
MCAS Banco de Panama (Splinter Cell Chaos Theory)
Ragnarok Club (Max Payne)
Fortified Residential Zone (Jet Set Radio Future)
Anor Londo (Dark Souls)
Olympus Coliseum (Kingdom Hearts 1)
Darnassus (World of Warcraft)
Alden's Tower (Infamous)
Bamboo Island (TLoZ: Skyward Sword)
Lindblum (Final Fantasy IX)
The Clockwork Mansion (Dishonored 2)
Rules Are:
-You can only eliminate an additional game once 4 or more people have also eliminated games or 12 hours has passed.
-Keep an updated list of remaining games with your post.
-There will be a straw poll that last 24 hours to decide the winner between the final 2 locations.
I can't cotribute to the list but I'm really hoping we get some Ni No Kuni, Okami, or Paper Mario locations.
@bard91 Velvetopia is my favorite level in Psychonauts! I can't wait for Kyle to play it!
Hey everyone! I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring of Selective Creation/KYB threads so here's mine.
Let's create the ultimate list of the 25 best video game locations! To be more specific, not whole game worlds. I'm talking specific locations, for example: Ding Dong Dell or Shinshu Field. It can't be the whole world map, but rather a smaller section of it. Small individual worlds/levels like the Disney Worlds from Kingdom Hearts are OK. The location must be named in game to count, so no "Northwest Corner of etc.". Dungeons are also exempt as those deserve their own list.
We'll be using traditional rules:
-You can only give one title until four people have added after you or 12 hours have passed since the last addition to the list.
-Keep a running list of the locations previously mentioned so that everyone can keep track of the list.
-Only 3 locations per franchise are permitted.
Live performances and music videos are both big parts of promotion in the music industry. What I want to know, is which do you prefer? Which do you think is more entertaining? I'd like you to cast your vote and maybe include some examples o your favorites.
I personally prefer live performances. I get more of a feeling from performances that aren't edited. I like to see the expressions of the performers and the their movements. I especially like dancing, even though that is very difficult to do while singing. That's partially why I don't really mind lipsyncing, if a performer is going all out on everything but vocals, I let it pass. (None of my examples have full on lipsyncing though.) I also really love crowd engagement, hearing the chants of the audience makes you feel like you're really there at the performance. I should clarify that I prefer recorded live performances, I've only been to two concerts and perhaps I feel this way because they were both for artists I wasn't really a fan of. But concerts just seem too loud and too boring for me.