Topic: Nerds suck

[DocSavage]

Several years back, this tech nerd I know who techs web development classes laughed at the idea of paying any money for an SNES game.  Actually said he wouldn't spend hardly anything on them, which came off as kind of elitist to me, but I let it go..

Lately, I've been listening to a podcast called Smartvideogamefan, and the two video game geeks noticed the PS2 is still selling, both here and in Japan.  Than they went on a tangent about who could be buying the things, joking maybe it's the same kind of people that buy an extra DVD player just to have one..

It can't be because the PS2 has a big variety of games, and very very good games, can it?  So many games, that it would take five console generations to play them all?  Seriously, wtf is this "If it's old, it's junk" attitude some of these nerds have?

And when the next console generation comes around soon, and they eventually shut down the 360 and PS3 servers, a good chunk of games from the current gen will be virtually unplayable because you can't patch them up through the live services.  But the PS2 doesn't have that issue..  That's why I'm glad I got a PS2 over the Xbox, the games were perfect to play out of the box without this update bs..  I'm sure some bugs slipped through the cracks, but imo the patching business makes developers lazy and lets things slip through that normally would get taken care of in the pre "Live" era..

So, anyone here still play their PS2 sometimes?  ^_^

[Leatherface]

So, anyone here still play their PS2 sometimes?  ^_^

Torgo fired his up a few months ago to play Fireprowrestling for a couple hours.

[FreebirdSTF]

I still have mine, but the controller port is getting wonky on it.  Haven't fired it up in years since I have the PS3.

[Zandrax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEdDMQZaCU

[RealMarchHare]

I have my SNES with Super Game Boy, my Game boy Color, my N64, my Dreamcast, my PS2, my DS, my PC, and my 360

[Little Jimmy]

Several years back, this tech nerd I know who techs web development classes laughed at the idea of paying any money for an SNES game.  Actually said he wouldn't spend hardly anything on them, which came off as kind of elitist to me, but I let it go..

Lately, I've been listening to a podcast called Smartvideogamefan, and the two video game geeks noticed the PS2 is still selling, both here and in Japan.  Than they went on a tangent about who could be buying the things, joking maybe it's the same kind of people that buy an extra DVD player just to have one..

It can't be because the PS2 has a big variety of games, and very very good games, can it?  So many games, that it would take five console generations to play them all?  Seriously, wtf is this "If it's old, it's junk" attitude some of these nerds have?

And when the next console generation comes around soon, and they eventually shut down the 360 and PS3 servers, a good chunk of games from the current gen will be virtually unplayable because you can't patch them up through the live services.  But the PS2 doesn't have that issue..  That's why I'm glad I got a PS2 over the Xbox, the games were perfect to play out of the box without this update bs..  I'm sure some bugs slipped through the cracks, but imo the patching business makes developers lazy and lets things slip through that normally would get taken care of in the pre "Live" era..

So, anyone here still play their PS2 sometimes?  ^_^

That is nothing compared to the PC gaming community, were if you don't have the latest water cooled, hexa-core, 22 jiggabyte PC, your system is a piece of shit.

My PS2 broke, the old lady wants to get another.. They're like $30 at EBgames, so one of these days, I'll spring for it.. She likes Kingdom Hearts.

[DocSavage]

I never could get past Sephiroth in the original KH.

My timing sucked, and I always ended up jumping into his sword attacks instead of over them.

[RealMarchHare]

I never could get past Sephiroth in the original KH.

My timing sucked, and I always ended up jumping into his sword attacks instead of over them.

You don't have to get past him. He's just an optional boss.  Not even the hardest one

[DocSavage]

You don't have to get past him. He's just an optional boss.  Not even the hardest one

I know, I just wanted to get past him..

And who's the hardest?  Ice Titan wasn't so bad, once I got his patterns down.  Was actually hindered more by the camera than his attack patterns.

I never beat that robot boss, but the main thing with him seemed to be going into the fight with a good supply of magic.  The Phantom mostly required patience... 

[RealMarchHare]

I know, I just wanted to get past him..

And who's the hardest?  Ice Titan wasn't so bad, once I got his patterns down.  Was actually hindered more by the camera than his attack patterns.

I never beat that robot boss, but the main thing with him seemed to be going into the fight with a good supply of magic.  The Phantom mostly required patience...

Ice Titan is the easiest.  Just don't case Aeroga so you can deflect the ice missles back at him.  Next I would say is the Robot.  Just go into it with full elixirs and magic and cast Tinkerbell right away.  Then Sephiroth.  He's a joke with simple attack patterns.  What makes him "Hard" is the instant KO combo he has but as soon as you see the debuff that will remove all your health and magic just have yourself ready to use an Elixir as soon as it happens.  The hardest is the Phantom because of the timer and changing weakness in my opinion.

BTW, I have beaten all of them on Proud Mode. I actually grinded from level 70 something to 100 fighting Sephiroth over and over again 

[Prime]

That's why I'm glad I got a PS2 over the Xbox, the games were perfect to play out of the box without this update bs..

Yeah, cause having the latest rosters for your team, or the latest DLC characters, or the newest maps is such a pain... 

[RealMarchHare]

Yeah, cause having the latest rosters for your team, or the latest DLC characters, or the newest maps is such a pain... 

It is when they charge for it.  You realize that CoD: Black Ops released for 59.99 then over the course of the ensuing year they released DLC that equaled more than the price of the base game.  What was that DLC?  Maps....just maps....that's it.....just new maps that they prolly made in a day.  They released more maps than the game itself came with

[Prime]

No one's forcing you to buy it.

[DocSavage]

Yeah, cause having the latest rosters for your team, or the latest DLC characters, or the newest maps is such a pain... 

Yeah, like all that dlc on MvsC3 they released as a separate game.  That's how they'd have done it in the PS2 era as well

But I'm not saying there aren't advantages to dlc.  Only that the system isn't legacy gaming friendly, because of the dependency on patches that will eventually be unavailable once the servers close up shop.  And even the dlc in "updated rosters" you're talking about will be unavailable..

  It doesn't exactly lend itself to the enjoyment some fans have firing up with their old Genesis, NES, or Super Nintendo, for example.

[DocSavage]

No one's forcing you to buy it.

No, but when he puts it that way, it sounds just like the incremental update system they used in the PS2 era with titles being released every year with minor updates..

Which makes dlc not an advantage over a non dlc system, but simply a different way of doing business.