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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #650 on: June 02, 2008, 11:18:10 pm
no, by slight British accent I mean heavy yet intelligible roaring growl gibberish and a slight British accent. and though it was not Cockney, Scouse or Geordie either, it was totally British by all means. ;)
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #651 on: June 03, 2008, 01:20:47 am
Just in the middle of watching the flashback videos, and I must say, it is quite a spiffing game from the looks of things.  I like the design of everything, and it looks like it'd play quite well.  Then again, i think thats just Helm.
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #652 on: June 03, 2008, 01:58:46 am
Hello. I did a video longplay of Flashback. Watch here if you desire. There isn't much talk about pixel art, as this isn't directed at us, but everyone. I hope it's halfway entertaining. Bear with the hilariously bad-idea captions on top in the first video, I come to my senses by the second one.

http://www.vimeo.com/user470672/videos
It's called a "Let's Play" ;)
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #653 on: June 03, 2008, 02:37:07 am
LP can be a 'Let's Play' but since I haven't made a thread in SA for it or anything, I am using the term 'Longplay' since essentially that's what it is. I am not having any audience participation or anything, I am playing through the game, showing all it has to show, that's a longplay too, right? Search youtube for 'longplay' for more of this.

Anyway, thanks, I hope you liked. I wasn't going to do a voiceover version because I have a heavy accent that would distract quite a bit, I think.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #654 on: June 03, 2008, 02:58:06 am
You should hear some of the accents on SA, most of the time it's the main reason they're popular :P
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #655 on: June 03, 2008, 03:40:47 am
i had it for dos and i must say i think there were a number of things added in the genesis port, i don't remember for example nearly so many cutscenes.  I also think i had trouble with that jump right inside the second part >.< (though obviously moved past it..)
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #656 on: June 03, 2008, 04:48:41 am
You should hear some of the accents on SA, most of the time it's the main reason they're popular :P

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #657 on: June 04, 2008, 08:43:32 am
I only watched the first video for now, but I'm surprised at both how much I don't remember and how much subtle detail in this game I didn't get.  I know I had to resort to a walkthrough several times in the game.

But I blame the rest of the game industry for my ineptitude, for not preparing me to expect such attention to detail!  Seriously, I can't remember the last game I played with genuinely creative and designed puzzles.  In most games with flaunted puzzle elements I rarely think about what I'm doing.  The Zelda games are good example--I hardly ever have to stop and think about how to get a door open, I just do what I was trained to do, that is, place a rock on a button tile, light this torch, shoot this eyeball thing.  I often "solve" a puzzle without realizing I'm supposed to be solving one, or without any thought about where I am trying to go or what I am trying to do.  It's not that the puzzles are too easy.  I'd accept that--it is supposed to be a widely accessible game.  But it's like they're not even there.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #658 on: June 04, 2008, 03:05:43 pm
Darien; if you like challenging puzzle games then maybe you should try the Professor Layton or Phoenix Wright/Gyakuten Saiban games? They have great puzzle solving, where you actually have to stop and think to go on.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #659 on: June 04, 2008, 03:35:55 pm
I know I had to resort to a walkthrough several times in the game.

I was too young to know there was such a thing, the first walkthrough i had was Prima's official Pokemon Red and Blue guide :P

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