Naturally, it's because of plot reasons that such things happen. But it's still a shame.

I believe Tekken handled such contrivance rather well. Whenever a character from. A previous game didn't make the newest one, they'd usually add one with a similar moveset. Usually a relative, a friend or a student of the missing character.

Yes, besides, it's not like animators aren't usually generous when it comes to videogame chicks. How old would Taki and Sophitia be in that timeline? In their 40s? Just make them look a bit more mature and that would be enough. It's not like they're 80 years old. Animators can afford to be generous there.

The story is usually the least interesting part of a fighting game, anyway. They usually just do the bare minimums to give each character some background and motif. Funny enough, it seems like the major conflicts in fighting games can always be settled by beating your rivals and the main bad guy in a fighting tournament. So I guess it's kinda like wrestling haha

I have not played Armageddon, but I've played MK9 which was the return to 2d and a reboot of the series and I remember nearly everyone making the roster except Motaro. Even Rain made the cut lmao.

I'm different; since I almost never actually play against other people, a huge part of what keeps me coming back to fighting games is the Story mode and learning about all the characters. :lol: It's funny, right now despite my wife technically having more time in on games like the Mortal Kombat and SoulCalibur series over a lifetime, I actually know more about the lore and the characters' backstories from playing as more different characters and paying more attention to the stories than she does. I'm altogether really impressed with the stuff going on in the SC and MK "universes" over their respective lifetimes; whereas with the Street Fighter series, I'm mostly impressed by how it's in the same universe as "Final Fight" and "Saturday Night Slam Masters". :lol:

My wife would know more about Tekken than I do; she's played most of them, I myself was never great with that series. But yeah, it's similar in SCV, most of the removed characters have a nearly-identical replacement character so it's not all that different from a gameplay experience.

Like, I don't like Natsu more than Taki, but I do appreciate that Natsu wears shorts rather than long pants. :lol: And I swear she sounds like she's saying "Ahhh, F*CK IT!" when she does her Critical Edge finisher. :lol: She isn't, I'm sure, but it's so close that it's hilarious.

I mean, I don't either. There was a time where I played Street Fighter a lot online. But it's been a few years since the last time I did that. Competitive fighting is just too difficult and too arduous of a journey for me to feel motivated to keep on playing SF online nearly everyday to become a great player. After a hundred hours online I was still pretty much just a bit better than a noob.i hibedtly think that's why fighting games are so daunting to so many people. It's the video game equivalent of working out. Takes time and dedication. But a game is supposed to be fun and not almost a job/lifestyle. I like Street Fighter and other fighting games and all, but I got other **** to play and do meanwhile.

Yes, MK is clearly the fighting game series that puts the most effort in its lore. Street Fighter never needed to do that as much since people play it for the gameplay. And Virtua Fighter is even a bigger example. It practically doesn't even have a story.

Interesting that you are better at Soul Calibur than Tekken. Tekken is the most basic fighter out there after Mortal Kombat. Soup Calibur is essentially Tekken with weapons. Which makes it slightly more complex. I certainly find Tekken easier than SC. Also, both games are by Namco. So I'm not surprised SC does the same thing as Tekken when it comes to replacing characters.

That being said, despite not having that much of story, Street Fighter characters are memorable and iconic. Tekken characters might have more detailed backstories, but I find them overall less interesting than SF characters. The Tekken characters that stand out the most to me are King and Yoshimitsu. Some of Tekken characters look a little too much like regular humans to stand out. Street Fighter having a more cartooish art style makes its cast stand out more.

I beat Final Fantasy VII Remake on hard mode, including the secret super boss, so I'm feeling preeeetty good.

Sony/Insomniac is making a Wolverine game in addition to Spiderman 2.

Tales of Arise sucks so I beat it on Easy just to be free of its self-imposed shackles.

I finished Yakuza 5 on Sunday and stared playing Yakuza 6 on Monday! This series is amazing. For true ninjas like me! A must play for evryone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xchl-Dd8e1M

For my Birthday, my wife got me...
Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition (Xbox One)
Lego DC Super Villains (Xbox One)
Resident Evil 2 (Xbox One)
Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition (Xbox One)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (GameCube)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Gamecube)
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I pretty much "finished" SoulCalibur V, as in I did almost everything there is to do except get all the "Soul Of..." Titles, and I can always go back to that. But I somehow managed to beat all 240 opponents in the "Quick Battle" mode and got my Player Rank to Level 99, so there's not much else to do besides play as each character 50 times to get their "Soul" titles. Gives me a reason to go back to it later, I guess.

So I wanted to switch gears again to somethin different. I'm a few years behind on wrestling games, so I jumped into WWE 2K18. I played 2K16 a ton, but I skipped '17 because they de-listed all the DLC before I could get to it so there's no point even playing it, really, since like half the game is missing and I'll never be able to access it now.

So far I really like most of '18, though; it has some significant improvements of the last one I played, mostly in the graphics but I also like a lot of the things they added to the gameplay. I love the roster, but some of the characters they took out are pretty puzzling. Thankfully, most of them are easy enough to create in the mostly-excellent Creation mode, but by this point whenever someone like Roddy Piper isn't in one of these games I can only shake my head and sigh. Also, sometimes they do dumb stuff like giving the in-game character a really sh*tty outfit, to the point where you feel compelled to waste a spot creating an alternate version of them, anyways; their Randy Savage in this game has a really ugly outfit, in a color scheme I can't even remember him ever wearing, so even though he's in the game I feel like doing an alternate, anyway. It wouldn't be so bad if making an Alternate Attire didn't take up an entire Save slot the same as a brand-new CAW, but them's the breaks.

So far the "MyPlayer" career mode is pretty good. I'm not too deep into it yet but I like some of the "RPG Lite" elements they put back in, that stuff is always welcome. As usual, though, the rate at which you earn in-game currency is atrocious and it takes way too long to earn enough to upgrade your player character. But it's a bit more fun than some of the other games, so far. Haven't messed with Universe mode, yet, I hear that's been improved as well.

Regrettably, they don't have any sort of "Showcase" mode like some of the other games in the series did, where you'd re-play historical matches and whatnot. That's very disappointing as it was always one of the best parts in these games; I'm guessing they had to cut it to make room for other content like the expanded roster and so forth. Still a bummer, though. A game like this needs more than just Career, Universe, and Exhibition to add to the replay value.

Honestly, though, I mostly play wrestling games for the Creation stuff, making my own wrestlers, arenas, etc., and most of that is fantastic in this game. There's a ton more options for everything, and the in-game models come out looking way more realistic than they ever had before, which is terrific. Some look better than others - certain people have odd faces and sometimes the hair or whatever you'd need to give a person to make them "perfect" just doesn't exist in the game, so some guys you can only make 99% at best - but I made a few CAWS which 100% look like they were already programmed into the game. That's awesome.

Still, there's some drawbacks to that mode as well. First off, they removed most of the tattoo options, which will definitely make it harder to create certain guys. Really annoying, as I thought the options in 2K16 were a great way of doing it, but then the chick who did Randy Orton's tattoos sued about her IP being used without permission and I guess that ruined it for everybody, so now nobody's tattoos are in the game. I would've just put in some "close enough" lookalike options at the least, but I'm not in charge.

But the biggest problem I have with the CAW system in this game, is that due to the way it's structured it's impossible to create any really overweight guys in the game. Like I usually make guys like Yokozuna, King Kong Bundy, but you don't even have the option with what this game gives you. Anybody more husky than, say, Sgt. Slaughter, you can't do. Supposedly, it has to do with "clipping issues" between the characters and stuff like that, but I find it hard to believe there wasn't a way to work around it. The other limitations, I could work around, but plain and simply not being able to create guys like Yoko at all is a bummer.

Still, so far it's a lot of fun and I'm enjoying it. I just miss some of the stuff they took out but I already know I'll be spending a lot of time with this one.

The PS3 Prince of Persia game was a masterpiece in every way.

I finished yakuza 6 5 hours ago and it was amazing.

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Metroid Dread amiibo set

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I missed my chance to preorder them back in June, but I happened to be on Best Buy's site last night around 1am, and listings for both had the "add to cart" option. So I placed pickup orders at three different stores to increase my chances. Once I claimed both at one store, I went and canceled the holds at the other two stores. I'm no scalper.

I just finished Alien elite Fireteam. It was much better than the previous Alien game Alien isolaiton. Because elite fireteam is full of action while isolation dosent have much of action. Now i begin to play Psychonauts 2! I wait to download from Steam on my PC!

It's been a while since I've posted in this thread. I think the last time I posted, I was playing Luigi's Mansion 2 or something. lol Anyway, I am currently playing Final Fantasy XIV. I started last July, but stopped last October since I was working on my MA and couldn't focus on both, given how immersive that game is. I went back to it in August and still playing now. I wouldn't mind playing some other PC games, but mostly something in the fantasy or RPG genre.I didn't know that Nintendo still sold Amiibos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrNXkZOZBrI&t=10s

Psychonauts 2 is VERY FUN! After playing 2 hours of it i recomend it to all of you!

Just played Super Mario Odyssey and got every moon in the game.

finally did tat last month :)

I started playing Lollipop Chainsaw (Xbox 360) again yesterday for the first time in a few years. Figure it's Halloween Season, f*ck up some zombies and whatnot. There's still some Achievements and unlockables I didn't pick up yet, anyways.

Still holds up, to me anyways. Nothing game-changing; simple button-masher hack-and-slash, but the humor really puts it way over, as does Tara Strong's incomparable voice acting. She's great in everything but she's REALLY great in this.

Sometimes the camera gets a bit wonky but it hasn't had any negative effect so far. Different enemies and unlockables show up on higher difficulty levels, so there's some good replay value there. I'd beaten it a couple of times but only on Normal, so now I'm going back for High Scores and to get those Hard-level unlockables.

Juliet is also THE hottest video game babe ever, and I don't see how that's even a debate. :lol: I finally unlocked the barely-there seashell bikini, and suddenly, this game just got a LOT more interesting. :trazz:

I never got a chance to play that one. On that note, I would love to replay Bayonetta. I always wanted to be in on the sequels for that one too......

Bayonetta was great, too. I picked up the Wii U double-pack so one of these days I'll have to play both.

Lollipop Chainsaw is awesome but I'm just having no luck getting the Level 2 High Score. Apparently it's by far the hardest one to get; I spent a few hours on it yesterday and I think I might just have to skip it. I tried all the stuff people online said to do and I came REALLY close but just couldn't hack it. Bummer.

i started playing Guardiands of the Galaxy and Smurfs misison vileaf on my monster pc on Tuesday. Both released at the same time at that day. Guardiands of the galaxy is amazing action game one of the best of the year. I kill all the aliens! Smurfs mission vileaf is a fun game and the first smurfs game after so many year i recomend both of them to play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAWK_Zr5dPo&t=1s

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Finally picked up a vintage Japanese copy of Keio Flying Squadron 2 for the Sega Saturn this week at a respectable price. I expected the game to be quirky by predictable, but it really exceeded my expectations in every way. There are very few games today that I pop-in for the first time and don't stop playing until completion, but this is one of them. It's an action platformer with light shoot 'em up elements, but it's a real showcase of the Saturn's 2D sprite processing prowess.

Even though all the text and sound recordings are in Japanese, things are simple enough to follow. And I was delighted to discover I had only beaten the game on Easy difficulty (the game actually classifies them as "Monkey," "People, and "Tengu," so now I've got some challenge left for me.

i started playing Sniper Ghost warrior Contracts 2! Another very good Sniper Ghost Wrrrior game for ninajs like me! I kill all the terrorists very brutally and i enjoy see them suffer! You need ninja skills like mine for a game like this as even on easy it hs arder than many other current games are on hard. It also has movie quality graphics on max settings 1440p 60 fps on my monster pc RYZEN 7 1700 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZCL15 RX 6700XT 12 GB RED DEVIL MP 600 2TB WRITE:4950MB/S READ:4250MB/S DELLP2416D 24'' 2560X1440 60 HZ IPS!
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I finished Psycchonauts 2. It was a very fun game. But the graphics are not good not even with my new monster graphics card RX 6700XT 12 GB RED DEVIL at max settings 1440p. The minds of the people i explored and i killed all the monsters there were realy crazy! You must play it i recomend it. Now i have to finish Guardians of the Galaxy and Sniper Ghost Warrior contracts 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Ad0rBPZmw&t=2s Also tomorow is the release date of Asterix and Obelix Slap Them ALl and i will start playing tomorow when it releases. I will kill all Romans!

I feel like I downloaded a Psychonauts game sometime back as a PSN monthly "freebie". Wasn't it a tower storming game of some kind?

While we are on Tower Storming, man I LOVED Plants vs Zombies. How about that theme song? "There's a zombie on your lawn". LMFAO!

iT IS a action game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrNXkZOZBrI&t=13s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfOokKHNK2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELiZ1QQHWsI&t=2246s

It seems you must confuse it with another game becuase now it i has nothing to do with towers.

Coming off the hype of how great the new Ghostbusters movie was, I decided to finally take a swing at Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Remastered (Xbox One). I'd played the original Xbox 360 release a few times and the Wii version once - that's a good game, too, definitely recommend checking out the Wii version - but hadn't gotten around to the Remaster even though I bought it a while ago already. I figured no better time than now! So that's what I've been playing for the last few days.

Right upfront, I'm admittedly not the best person to judge but I don't see a ton that's been "remastered", although perhaps a side-by-side comparison would do well to help me. It definitely doesn't look "bad" at all - I thought the original always looked fine - but it doesn't seem to be miles better than how the original release looked in my memory. There's still some bad lip-syncing and in a few shots the characters still look like they're wearing Ghostbusters masks, but on the whole it was originally a great-looking game and this one looks great, too. I do think they tinkered with the brightness a little bit, and that's great. Sometimes the original was rather dark, especially in the graveyard level. So I'm not sure just how much more polish the graphics got but I definitely can see the game better, so good for them on that.

Otherwise, it's exactly the same game (minus the online component the original had, which I never bothered with anyway). It was a blast to play originally and still is. I sometimes read people saying they wish the shooting controls were better but it always felt fine to me and still does, other than the basic proton stream feels a TINY bit under-powered. But all the other upgrades make up the difference anyway, and switching on the fly between weapons is super-smooth. Some of the fights get pretty chaotic and it can be a chore rushing around to revive your AI partners, but I don't have as much problem with that as some people seem to, to me it's just part of the strategy. The only two parts I've ever had any trouble with still give me the same amount of trouble, the part in the first level where you get swarmed by Candelabra ghosts in a narrow hallway before you've got a good enough weapon to kill them easily so survival is 50/50, and the part in the cemetery where you have to Slime Tether the attacking statues into the gate while avoiding a bunch of other attacks. Those are the only parts in the whole game where I've ever died more than twice, and everything else is pretty easy and straightforward. It's generally pretty easy to stay alive (and keep your partners alive) as long as you keep moving.

All in all, it shows its age in spots - such as the very bare-minimum interaction you have with much of the environment, and how outside of scripted scenes the other Ghostbusters just stand around like silent statues; you just know that if they made it today, you'd be able to hit A and interact with just about everything, at least in the firehouse, and that the other Ghostbusters would each have a couple of stock lines that they'd loop through when nothing else was going on. But it's still a lot of fun and a great game to blow through in a weekend or a couple of days. It's not very long or incredibly challenging but it feels like exactly what it needs to be. I can definitely see how if they'd ever made a sequel it could have been even better, though; especially with at least one proper driving level.

If you've never played it, it's an obvious recommendation for Ghostbusters fans. If you've played the original, it's still worth playing again. If nothing else, you can puff up that Achievement score (they're all exactly the same as the original game's, minus the online-based ones of course).

Most recently I got Undercover Cops for the SNES, it's decent I guess. I can't tell if the game's controls are off or it's just my ancient SNES controllers.

Idk it's tougher than I thought, the enemies are cheap and they love to do the thing where they attack you just as you're about to get up again, therefore you're knocked back down on again and again. And having the first boss throw you into an insta-kill steel press is super cheesey.

Also it's based on a 3 player arcade, and the game is one player. Like dude, at least make it 2 player.

Oh, I just saw it - it wasn't Psychonauts it was "Awesomenauts" which was released in 2012and I guess it was a battle arena game. I DL'd it but never played it.
Also, "Tower Storming" is a genre. Tower storming.... ummm doesn't have to involve actual, literal "towers".

OOookay......

-sigh-

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Today i finished Guardians Of The Galaxy! It was a great action game! And i just started playing Asterix and Obelix Slap Them All that released few hours ago!!:D:D Here you see me killing all the Romans and pirates! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kXX0Uh1tlk&t=2s

I Started playing Halo Infintiie few hours ago and i just uploaded a viveo and another one is currently uploading. See here how brutally I THE SHREDDER kill those weak coward aliens! Max settings 1440p 60 fps on monster PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lveOzIctgfw

I finished Asterix and Obelix slap them all on Saturday. It was very fun. I killed all Romans and all Pirates!! Graphics were amazing almost like real !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelXPfCSsZM Since then i continue playing Sniper Ghost warrior contacts 2

Today i fnished two games. GHOST AND GOBLINS RESURRECTION and NECROMUNDA HIRED GUN. Both are old school hardcore games epsecialy Ghost and goblins which is as hard as From Software games are! Necromunda hired gun is like doom serious sam and shadow warriro games with lot of action and blood!!! Both are must play. Ikilled all monsters very brutally!!!

I had to look that one up. Man, it looks wickedly stylish! How am I only finding out about this now??

I picked up Far Cry: Primal again. I've dabbled in it before, but never stuck with it. This time, I'm embracing my inner caveman and sinking my teeth in. Cracking skulls and taming beasts has been a nice change of pace from the formal sci-fi diplomacy of Mass Effect.

Yes it is a old shool fps like DOOM , Shadow warrior and serious sam games! A must play. With fast paced gameplay and lot of gore! It released on June. The next serious sam game announced 4 days ago iti s called Seriosu sam syberian mayhem o irecoemnnd it to play it too and cant wait for. Also i JUST FINISHED Sniper GHOST WARRIOR CONTACTS 2! Amazing game! I played car cry primal jn release date in 2016. It was very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeNdR9oy8nY iT RELEASES ON January 25! We also have 3 more games like these this year in the next months:
Shadow warrior 3, Evil West and Metal Hell Singer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4EW85BKB28&t=316s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou_rV8AIYwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaTIK69YulQ

Damn, I didn't hear about this one either. It looks solid! And the price is right, too. Thanks for the heads up.

I'm stoked for Shadow Warrior 3. SW2 was such a frenetic and acrobatic fun-fest: One of my favourite PC games ever.

Now is tarted God of war that released today on pc! Amazing game! Now i understand why it won so many awards! Also while other similar games to it liek assasin creed odyssey didnt have full Greek language tranlation this has it and is the best way to play and enjoy the game as it takes place in Ancient Greece and has many elements from the mytholgoy of the coutnry and monsters like Assaisn creed Odyssey. After 2 hours i must say it is very good!! And 2 days ago i finished Sniper ghost warriro contacts 2.

I got Pokemon Legends Arceus. Have not cracked it open yet,but I will do so tonight, despite having a backlog.