It is funny to see people complain about prices that have stayed static for at least a decade and a half. (except oceanic sales which are outrageous) If we look at investment into product, time play to complete campaign, and inflation compared to say 1990 most games are getting cheaper not more expensive.
Turning off vita chambers in Bioshock wasn't bad at all, it helped the game because encounters would then require some planning. Even on hard mode it wasn't that bad.
4:35 this example isn't inflamatory it's nonsense. the typical playtime of super mario brothers 3 was not 4hours it was far higher. as a platformer you had to do things like... get better at it before you could beat it... which isn't true of modern shooters :-p you can't compare a rails shooter to a platformer. well you can, but you need to calculate playtime a bit more sanely. heck, replay value of super mario bro's 3 is just higher than modern warfare in single player!
i my self am only 15 but when i was about 5 i play my first fps it was called black thorn and was part of the tom Clancy series of games and ever since then i have infatuated with pc fps gaming and it has increased my hand eye coordination ten fold im not suggesting you get a bunch of 6 year olds and make them play battle field 3 instead of do pe but i believe games that develop motor function and teach cause and effect would be a great teaching tool
could you please add timer tags for each question. It would be really convenient for skipping questions we dont care about. e.g: in a mailbox not long ago (i think the first "star wars: force unleashed 2") you were talking about trading card games, which do not interest me. It would have been great to skip that question and view the next one.
The original Castlevania: Constant flying enemies that appear to knock you into a deathpit before your brain can respond, constantly knocking you back 5 ft regardless of what hits you (sever handicap)n
Sad to see how LucasArts abandoned the Jedi Knight franchise for this hack n slash garbage. Force Unleashed is just so retarded, just look at how the guy holds the lightsabers, it's way too funny. They used that stuff to parry blows and laser blasts, it just doesn't even make any sense than it's our style so derp.
On the note of educational games, I grew up with jumpstart and bodyworks. I believe however, a game does not have to be strictly educational in order to help kids learn. For example, the legend of zelda. Those titles have a great deal of puzzle solving that teaches kids logical reasoning skills that can be absolutely invaluable in life and just make them clever individuals.
Dark souls has an easy mode. Its called mage. Once you get homing soulmass you no longer need skill in pve because enemies dont roll away from it and once you get crystal soulmass you can roflstomp anything.
Seriously, soulmass and soul spear make most boss mechanics pointless because you can rape them like bitches.
After i completely cleared out Lost Izalith like it was nothing and later 4 hit Gwyn i decided to never play a mage again.
DA2 may have a relatively shitty combat system, horrible difficulty scaling and lots of reused zones but the RPG elements like story, character personalities and interaction are among the best i have ever seen.
I was willing to put up with the gameplay issues for the story and it was worth it. I have finished the game 2x and will probably do it again.
Furthermore the DLCs for DA2 are brilliant and put the DAO DLCs to bitter shame.
It's true with the price of games nowadays but I'm still shocked with New Zealands prices. $99-$130 for a new release. I was furious when I saw MW3 at $125, I'm English so I decided to do a general Pound estimate of £65 on a good day, that's a lot.
I've been wondering about the term 'skill' in videogames, and I couldn't have dreamed to explain it as nicely as you just did. Memorization and skill are and should be two completely different things.
Again I've gained valuable knowledge from you, and I doubt this will be the last time either.
7:38 concerning the intelligent AI/unpredictable I would say you should take a closer look on the Hitman 5: Absolution... a walkthrough entitled: "Run for your life", is raising the animations, graphics, and Artificial Intelligence to heights not yet seen... you can experience how your gameplay is having an impact on the npc's behavior... and conversation... there is more than 1 way to complete lvls... and more even better: You don't know if you get recognized even IF you are desguised as a cop.
I don't know if you're in charge of the advertisements before your vids but I REALLY liked the 13 min vid for Ron Paul. I just wanted to say, I and everyone I freaking know will be voting for him. Not Obama, not Romney, not pArry (you know what I did there)
Now back to gaming, well you can throw people around and do stupid physics stuff... always the classy comedy to contrast Jessie.
Call of Duty Elite is for the Call of Duty Elitists.
Reply coming, the next topic is inducing a rant in me
Some of the hardest campaigns I've played versus AI have been made by modders, but you need look no further then LoL for a Campaign that is not only challenging, but BECAUSE of the cowardice of the usual AI, I feel trying to kill them actually prepares you for playing against real people and is pretty fun assuming you have a team that actually helps. If they don't, just think of it like ramping up the difficulty to impossible. It can be frustrating as all hell, but it does its job.
Thank you TB, thank you!! For the past few months I have been trying to remember a game I played long ago with a friend (so much so that I had to stop because I had nightmares from it) and, for the life of me, I could NOT remember the name. All I remember was a playing as a frog and kicking everything with a huge boot. Goodness, Battletoads, wow... /nostalgia
Always hated that about the total war games as well, you play it on normal and everything is easy as hell, you play it on hard and it just seems to halve your mens morale and make every enemy unit start at 4 or 5 experience, and instantly beat any unit of the same type with the same experience
The part about game difficulty is exactly why I hate pve MMOs, I just don't get how somebody can do a raid 20 times when they know EXACTLY what will happen so if they take the same group know for a fact they will win unless they do something retarded.
How is that fun compared to fighting a human player that you never know what they will do?
Let me tell you as a former feral druid tank raider that it can be fun under the right context because you have human allies. Players are unpredictable and even though you'll have vets who have done a run a thousand times and walk a group through it, they will still mess up, and if you're lucky, happen to be in the right situation, and pick a tank or healer, it's up to you to save them.
THAT can be extremely challenging, but you can't blame yourself if you still lose.
I remember a platformer that would teach you math, you would jump up into a mario-like questionark and you would be given a math problem, then you should go find the proper number... OR YOU WOULD DIE.. xD
Math Blaster? Maybe the older one. I remember seeing it but never played it. I played Math Blaster ages 9-12 (when I was 9-12 mind you) a newer version I think. I actually had a fully fleshed out campaign with a silly cartoon story about a robot monkey king. It was pretty awesome at the time. The problem is that it didn't teach me what everything means. It just expected me to know. I had no idea how to do crazy long division or work with percentages, but that's they throw on hard mode.
I completely agree with you about DLC, i really do think its ruining games tbh. We used to spend £30 on a game (eg time splitters) and get a full package. Now you get a half of that and have to pay for the extra content, its sad really
@DaNefariouz Well, there's also the consideration that we must take that it is getting more expensive to develop games. More sales must be made to even break even.
Yeah I think you should consider how games used to be 50$ and now they're 60$ on release. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a 20% inflation in the past 2-3 years this has happened?
I remember DK64, it was $90-$100 over here (Australia) when it came out, loved it, it was my first game (although I played my dads games, Monkey Island, etc)
While I certainly see the points against older games being difficult as being something to lengthen gameplay time, I would also like to point out that certain games (and it isn't specific to older games, it's not common) will allow opportunities to witness certain scenarios before actually playing through them, rendering the need for instructions void. The given example of megaman as a hard game which forces failure onto players to make them learn isn't accurate. /watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM
Why do you always look back to older console games for a price question... TB here in America playstation 1 games were 39.99.. ps2 and xbox games were 49.99 and now ps3 & xbox 360 games are 59.99. With wii games staying at 49.99. Pc goes back and forth.. so for all intent and purpose game prices ARE rising.. I do not believe you can use 15 year old cartridge examples to "win" your argument. Old nintendo game cartridges were notoriously expensive. So I disagree with you. Love your videos though:)
@lordcool Well, looking at an inflation calculator, the price of a PS1 game (assuming that the prices for a ps 1 game remained constant), was almost the same as a modern game (give or take a dollar). And the price for a PS2/ Xbox game (again assuming the prices remained constant), was actually higher than a modern game. Go check yourself if you don't believe me... :)
@uhMuzoki GoW did duel wielding weapons well considering this game has them how could they get them so wrong when that got them so right. Actually listen to what he says -.-
@s0m30n3el5e He tried saying they ripped god of war off but failed to do it good (as apparently the action is boring and un-fluid) Also what do you mean 'Gow done it so why can't the force unleashed 2 do it?' That's like saying ''BF3 had immense graphics, why cant mw3 ?''...
Didn't he say that if they're gonna have dual wielding, they should just rip off GoW instead of trying to come up with their own inferior implementation?
@uhMuzoki no it really isn't one is to do with gameplay and can be changed relativly easily compared to the graphics which are more to do with the game engine itself
i rember playing a game called learning land when i was a kid at school.....it sort of taught me a few things but most of the time we would just talk about the fps games we were aloud to play :)
and today in high school we just play cod zombies on an ipod touch or phone :) technolgy aint it a thing :)
I remember playing this stupid math game where you fly a jet. Needless to say I was the last one to leave the computer lab because I always got the questions right and wouldn't crash.
I like how people are complaining that they hate it for paying $60 for a crap game. Firstly, you have the goddamn internet, do some research before you buy. Second, most games today have demos, try them out first before you buy. Or you can simply rent the game or use Gamefly.
bastion has a cool way of altering its difficulty, which is good becaue it had a difficulty curve where it was hard at the start and easy at the end because of overpowered weapons...
@SWEmanque Indeed. Playing PC games and watching movies in English (the German synchronization is okay, I guess, but not nearly as good as the original) is pretty much the reason why I'm good at English and continue to learn. Games have also sparked my interest in writing because I love stories and computer games have helped me realize that.
Yes, there are dumb games, stupid games, but anyone saying that PC games impair creativity or learning has simply no clue.
@TheRealJulien The most able games are games with a lot of dialog, even if your not active. Most of my English comes from GTA Vice city which had both text and dialog. I think Skyrim would be vary very good also.
@SWEmanque That is true in my case, i'm swedish, and when i was about 10, i started playing world of warcraft. Before i played world of warcraft i was REALLY bad at english, but because i played it, i got better, until i finally was the best in my class in english. :D
Gaming is really good for language, I learned nearly all my English by playing GTA Vice city. You both had to read and listen to do the missions so English was forced on me at the same time as I was having a blast.
@smil111yea I can see you have nothing of value to say anymore, so, good day sir. I hope you lead a happy and fruitful life, good luck in your endeavors.
@MyCrownOfWorms pretty much you give up cause you cant think of a good reason to justify piracy and taking money from the developers? A good day to you too sir...
@MyCrownOfWorms and i told u how i felt and all you can say is my point is invalid because you cant see it from my point of view, and if thats not what ur saying u need to make it clearer why you think piracy is ok...
@smil111yea The thing is I made my point, I said why piracy is not stealing. In short, that being because the original product is never removed, it is copied and the copies are distributed. I'm not saying piracy doesn't hurt the developers and publishers (though that is what I mean to do in doing it). All you came back with is "stealing is stealing", make and actual point I can discuss and then I will discuss it. Otherwise, quit wasting my time.
@MyCrownOfWorms Dude really? Think of it this way, if you work for two years on something you think is really cool/fun/useful/etc and then instead of paying you to get it, people simply pirate it meaning you've just wasted two years of your life without gaining anything from it. Think of it that way and then say that piracy is acceptable.
@PlastigBurk So you're saying piracy rates are 100%, that's bullshit. Even more so when you factor in games where the appeal lies in multi-player. What I am saying is, if developers/publishers want to release games (specifically singleplayer ones) with tons of dlc, pre-order bonus' and exclusive content, then fuck them, I am just going to pirate it. The point is that I HOPE I am hurting them, I don't care if they think their game is all cool and whatnot.
@MyCrownOfWorms Easy, tiger. DLC and stuff like that is bullshit, I agree. BUT: If a game IS cool, if it is fun, has lasting appeal and offers a great experience and/or story, pirating it just because it doesn't have multiplayer makes you a dick. Period. If what they offer is great, you have to pay to keep them going.
@TheRealJulien I never said I wasn't a dick. However, I agree with you, I don't pirate everything, I just pirate a bunch. When I say multiplayer makes me often not pirate it's moreover because of friends I want to play with, I will ignore all the dlc in said games anyways. Publishers and developers just need to stop being asswipes, look at Saints Row 3, yes it's fun, but the dlc and exclusive preorder bullshit is absolutely insane, just.. insane...
@MyCrownOfWorms I'm careful with games, too, these days, because many are crap (I'm looking at you, CoD Black Ops, AC Brotherhood and F3AR [just three off the top of my head I'd refund in a heartbeat]) and the developers need to get the message that it is crap, but that has nothing to do with multiplayer. It's about overall quality and rewarding such at a point in time when more than half the AAA titles are below standard in what I expect to be worth 60€.
About the question with education: There's also a lot of possibilities for when a game touches upon a subject in the context of its mechanisms without fully explaining or teaching it. That often speaks to the human curiosity and the people who play the game might get interested in that. For example, I know of a few people who got into geology because of Dwarf Fortress.
L.A Noire's season pass had SO MUCH VALUE for its cost. 10 dollars for every piece of dlc, including the best case in the game, The Naked City. Must've been a good 15 hours in that season pass.
want a game that actually gets harder, not just in terms of enemies life and damage they do, but the actual challenge of the game. A lot of people will kill me for this, but minecraft is one of them. Think about it, the harder the mode the more monsters spawn, the faster your food bar decreases, the more health passive creatures have so it is harder to acquire food, less rare blocks spawn, many factors change in minecraft depending on the difficulty, don't kill me over this though, my opinion
Google has replaced a lot of the teachers here in the Netherlands, because the schools can't afford the manpower to teach the kids. The leven of education (in a knowlage-based country) has nearly hit rock-bottom. I'm currently following a course in Game Design to follow my dreams after a year of working as a multi-media designer... and I think schools might think games can actually be a replacement instead of a tool for the remaining teachers. That's bad.
@Arcaneraven I'm attempting game design as well. I'm not taking a course in it, due to my lack of age (I'm 15), so I'm learning to create games with a great engine called unity, I recommend it to anyone as i uses C, C++ and java, its very good (oh, and it works on mac)
Disagree with you on somethings when you talked about games and difficulties. Bioshock being a huge one, since I strongly disagree about vitachambers breaking the game if you had them off.. especially since even before the change I never used one once.. even on the hardest settings. Heck I don't know a lot of people who had to use them either. So I thought your small rant about it was a bit.. odd.
I'm listening to these mailboxes (the few I have so far) and generally nodding all the way through. The questions and comments are quality, which means that there will always be some good, thought-provoking points made by at least one party.
When I was in elementery school (grades 1-5) we had games that taught stuff, typing, math spelling, typing, geography, typing, etc, typing; Every now and then you'd see stuff like that in 6, but at 7, you just never saw it anymore. Part of the issue I think is that the most well known educational games seem to all be made by three or four companies, who only care about young kids, it's as if they, or the schools, think games are inappropriate for, or beneath kids aged 12-18.
@Ziraya0 yeah true, i played alot of those games in school too :P i remember a couple of those beeing egyptian themed, and and was based in a kind of pyramid xD
Can you imagine that on a 360 or PS3? Achievement unlocked, History 101. I would play it, I really would. Course, it would have to be made by the same developers who make the games that numb your brain for it to work because you wouldn't want educators attempting to design the game. Nor would you want the developers to design it alone. You would need both for it to work. Educational gaming on console is something I've been thinking about since SNES and there's no reason it wouldn't work
@bansheeownz I learnt a tonne about history from the total war series :P If winning requires you to subtly know certain things people will learn them :P
yogscact fans/simon and lewis are in for a treat i have made a vid espacialy for simon, im set on them seeing it because its amazing , cheack out my channel to laught ur bollocks off
Me:*rolls eyes and skips until next email* It obviously is simply not a game you like if you think that. I'm going to believe you were a genesis kid. :P Every kid I have every talked about it with played that game to death. That would be like saying kids would play through Megaman 2 or Mario 1 only once and be done. Sometimes TB, you are crazy :)
The only reason most of these teens think games prices have gone up is because when they were really young there parents just bought the games so price was never a factor. Then during the PS2/Xbox/cube era games were $49.99 (where I lived) and they actually had to pay using part time job money. Now they bitch and moan because it went up to $59.99. if we go by the logic of games prices always increasing like the whiners like to think then games must of have been virtually free at one point lol
@mikethies0 I agree with everything you said. I remember when I was little and got a copy of Toejam and Earl for the Genesis for Christmas. "Santa" left the tag on that said $50. I was like "Meh, not my money."
I'm so glad i dont play cod or mw games that would drive me batty 20+ dlc, as for the price point it not that games have got more pricey (although swtor/diablo 3 collectors edition is the first $150 i have seen).
That when you can beat most games in under 60 hours you have to think do you really want to buy this game or just rent it say from gamefly for 2 months., yes it hurts the game company if you dont buy but it also hurts you if you buy 5 games at $60 a pop.
I remeber paying 120 dutch guilder for a pc version of the first harry potter game, converting that to Euro would be about €54,- thats even without inflation. and most video games i buy these days are €50 or less.
He's right you know, back in the 90's i paid 50 guilders for Pokemon Yellow (well my mom did) and i paid 50 € for Battlefield 3. Although Guilders and Euro's are of different value, the numbers stayed the same.
And I don't think modern games are easier or less challenging. I think it's the opposite but the players are getting better much faster than they used to be able to. The internet gives people the ability to learn whatever they want in very short periods of time. You can now research a game before it even comes out and learn most of the tricks and skills you will need to be good at it the day it launches. So games are not easier, the internet is just making the average player better.
Skill is your natural ability to react to situations but it does also involve a large ammount of "memorization" or knowledge of how your character works, his moves and when to use what. So, take MMOs for an example. Boss Fights in Raids or even Dungeons can be very tough but you eventually learn the mechanics and your able to beat them. It still takes skill your 100th time downing the boss though. It might be very familiar and almost natural to you, but the boss isnt easier, your better.
The magic school bus games were amazing. I played them for hours when I was young. There's lots to explore with kind of arcade-y mini games and stuff... they were excellent.
no offense but guy listed NINJA GAIDEN! as one of more fair games diffculty wise obviously has never either gotten very far or hasn't played it in a long time. ninja gaiden is NOTORIOUS! for mobs that knock you off platforms and into pits...same with castlevania and megaman to a lesser extent.
i dont even think mario games are actually than fun :/ this isnt even a troll, i just cant see it :/ i guess the technology and such of the time, but still...
I went to an IT academy and in the first few weeks learning about cmd, we had a task to create an emulator, and if we succeeded we got the code to play the old school trio, Quake, Duke Nukem and Doom :)
@rjt83ab Not that replying to your troll account will do any good, but get with the program fucker. Since you'll probably troll this with your real account, I'll tell you how much a prick you are and a total pussy for not using your real account to tell me this. Especially when you put an "83" in your name which more than likely denotes what year you were born.. that or it's the number of brain cells you have left. I have a clue, the clue is the world is filled with stupid people and you're one.
Haha Encarta:Mindmaze was awesome! I played that game so much that I'd memorised all of the answers for the level 4 Sports, Hobbies and Pets... admittedly the question pool was shockingly small.
Lets put it this way... a digital download of a game, should be cheaper than it's retail/hard copy counterpart. If we buy directly from developer, we avoid retail interest and prices for workmanship for a CD, box and - contents, etc. The developer is getting the same amount of money for making the game, we just don't give money to another company, just because we used them to obtain the game... sigh
Actually, Egoraptors Mega Man to Mega Man X review thing shows that Mega Man always shows you how to beat something, but in a logical way. If there is an enemy that throws something, he'll be on a higher platform so that you can see him throw it before you go in, so that you dont have to react to something that you may not be able to react to.
Activison only cares about money and sells the rights of getting the dlc before anyone else to microsoft. BUT because they so much like cod elite and the new way to get dlc:s they should release it for cod elite subscribers on ps3 at the same time so people actally will buy elite. The ps3 cod elite users don't want to see videos in 1 month before they can play! And it looks like they dont care about non elite users or consols because i haven't seen anything about releasing dlc for them.
sorry total biscuit you almost definatly won't read this but you mentioned old cartridge games the reason they were more expensive was because they were expensive to make the price of making a dvd/cd game has not gone up yet games on that platform like the old ps2 games were not at this ridiculous £50 mark they were £35-40 so they have increased in price your catridge arguement is pretty invalid.
@CharlieGladwell Ok, so if the cartridge argument is invalid, how about production costs and the like? It costs an insane amount to make a mainstream game now. As a result, I'd expect the prices to go up too.
I like how game informer gave MW3 best shooter of the year (on all consoles and PC) when there were 100+ PC games that are way better. Looks to me like someone got bribed....
I think that halo embodies alot of what you were saying about difficulty in games, it does make enemies tougher but there are also skulls that can make the AI smarter. And I don't think it's immersion breaking in it if you snipe someone in the face and they dont die because of the shield factor.
Jesus, some of those Stormtroopers put the TROOPER into their name. One had just had an arm sliced off, and was still firing at TB as he sliced off a squadmate's head.
Playing games teaches you how to design games = educational! But if games were to teach anything besides decision making and strategy they would need to be realistic, without fantasy stuff. And realistic games are boring
Megaman was not a good example, that game was praised for NOT being unfair! There was no part in that game which killed you where it wasn't your fault.
Most games are really bullshit in the way they ramp up the difficulty. Fallout 3, bloody hell that thing became tedious after it would take 50 bullets to kill 1 guy and about 5 to kill you. Skyrim is also guilty of that shit because master difficulty is plain boring for me. In things like Hearts of Iron 3 they would just give the enemy AI bonuses and nerf you. Suddenly I can't beat one of your infantry division with 5 of mine attacking from 3 different places + air support. Sigh.
They way to increase the difficulty of Fo3 is to use mods, not use the difficulty setting.
It's ridiculous how skill reduces weapon damage - you need 100 in a skill to do 100% base damage - so removing this mechanic makes firefights much deadlier.
As for Skyrim, what bothers me most is how Dragons are pushovers while random crabs can tear you to pieces in seconds, just going by Jesse Cox' LP.
that combat looks so stupid he impales a dude then trow him away the sabre blade isent a solid object the guy have no reason to be stuck to it and if hes using the foce why bother doing sutch a pointless move.
Yeah - games may have come down in real terms over the last decade. But the price differential between countries has widened immensely.
pbk718 5 hours ago
what about 'you don't know jack?'
neotruekaiser 4 days ago in playlist Season 1
It is funny to see people complain about prices that have stayed static for at least a decade and a half. (except oceanic sales which are outrageous) If we look at investment into product, time play to complete campaign, and inflation compared to say 1990 most games are getting cheaper not more expensive.
mtetzloff01 1 week ago in playlist Season 1
lol battletoads, call an ebgames and ask them for battletoads.
playguu 2 weeks ago
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Mind Maze!
1337Quartz 1 month ago
Turning off vita chambers in Bioshock wasn't bad at all, it helped the game because encounters would then require some planning. Even on hard mode it wasn't that bad.
Onijak 1 month ago
super mario brothers 3 is the sort of game people play for decades :-/
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4:35 this example isn't inflamatory it's nonsense. the typical playtime of super mario brothers 3 was not 4hours it was far higher. as a platformer you had to do things like... get better at it before you could beat it... which isn't true of modern shooters :-p you can't compare a rails shooter to a platformer. well you can, but you need to calculate playtime a bit more sanely. heck, replay value of super mario bro's 3 is just higher than modern warfare in single player!
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@dbouya Single player. Yes. Multiplayer. Not so sure :)
sebcoolest 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
Game prices in Australia are ridiculously expensive, at the said $100-$115, so we get shafted a little..
Dananingonaninga 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
i my self am only 15 but when i was about 5 i play my first fps it was called black thorn and was part of the tom Clancy series of games and ever since then i have infatuated with pc fps gaming and it has increased my hand eye coordination ten fold im not suggesting you get a bunch of 6 year olds and make them play battle field 3 instead of do pe but i believe games that develop motor function and teach cause and effect would be a great teaching tool
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could you please add timer tags for each question. It would be really convenient for skipping questions we dont care about. e.g: in a mailbox not long ago (i think the first "star wars: force unleashed 2") you were talking about trading card games, which do not interest me. It would have been great to skip that question and view the next one.
Thanks :)
ExpensiveProduction 1 month ago
The original Castlevania: Constant flying enemies that appear to knock you into a deathpit before your brain can respond, constantly knocking you back 5 ft regardless of what hits you (sever handicap)n
Trollgamingnews 1 month ago
Sad to see how LucasArts abandoned the Jedi Knight franchise for this hack n slash garbage. Force Unleashed is just so retarded, just look at how the guy holds the lightsabers, it's way too funny. They used that stuff to parry blows and laser blasts, it just doesn't even make any sense than it's our style so derp.
RedOutlive10 1 month ago
Well, for PC titles in Australia the prices have not changed much, and in fact most are less than they were 10 years ago.
However, the fact that we pay up to 90% more than the US and UK does not simplify things.
surg23 1 month ago 8
i played oregon trail in school it was awesome
Rpearz 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
On the note of educational games, I grew up with jumpstart and bodyworks. I believe however, a game does not have to be strictly educational in order to help kids learn. For example, the legend of zelda. Those titles have a great deal of puzzle solving that teaches kids logical reasoning skills that can be absolutely invaluable in life and just make them clever individuals.
yaroslavsky 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Solidus1086 Can't tell if trolling or just an idiot.
Archonicable 1 month ago
@Solidus1086 Can't tell if trolling or just idiot.
Archonicable 1 month ago
Dark souls has an easy mode. Its called mage. Once you get homing soulmass you no longer need skill in pve because enemies dont roll away from it and once you get crystal soulmass you can roflstomp anything.
Seriously, soulmass and soul spear make most boss mechanics pointless because you can rape them like bitches.
After i completely cleared out Lost Izalith like it was nothing and later 4 hit Gwyn i decided to never play a mage again.
Solidus1086 1 month ago
Force Unleashed 2 is one of the most epic games of that year. Purchase some taste please.
Then again what else can i expect from someone who called DA2 an awful game...
Solidus1086 1 month ago
@Solidus1086 You can even troll about that, Dragon Age 2 is one of the most awful "rpg" that ever got release.
Nhekes 4 weeks ago
@Nhekes Have you even played it?
DA2 may have a relatively shitty combat system, horrible difficulty scaling and lots of reused zones but the RPG elements like story, character personalities and interaction are among the best i have ever seen.
I was willing to put up with the gameplay issues for the story and it was worth it. I have finished the game 2x and will probably do it again.
Furthermore the DLCs for DA2 are brilliant and put the DAO DLCs to bitter shame.
Solidus1086 4 weeks ago
DARK SOULS IS AMAZING!!!!
Cheezis1 1 month ago
i saw cod 4 for 99$ in EB games, then MW2 for 95$.... /clap EB games
1337r34p 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
Portal 2 is fucking education! so much thinking in that game be so kool if they gave shit like that for a test use your thinking skills
TheWaRGFX 1 month ago
Education in games? Ok, some off the top of my head.
Okami: TONS of Japanese mythology, Japanese culture such as calligraphy and woodblock painting (and if you have a sharp eye some kanji as well)
Harvest Moon: careful planning, setting routines and healthy habits
9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors: Math, reading skills, physics, psychology, supernatural (all kinds of stuff)
Any typing games: how to spell, type quickly and efficiently
Zantillia 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
It's true with the price of games nowadays but I'm still shocked with New Zealands prices. $99-$130 for a new release. I was furious when I saw MW3 at $125, I'm English so I decided to do a general Pound estimate of £65 on a good day, that's a lot.
SnowracerX7 1 month ago
TB, thank you for choosing the question 2.
I've been wondering about the term 'skill' in videogames, and I couldn't have dreamed to explain it as nicely as you just did. Memorization and skill are and should be two completely different things.
Again I've gained valuable knowledge from you, and I doubt this will be the last time either.
Thank you.
MikaAst 1 month ago
7:38 concerning the intelligent AI/unpredictable I would say you should take a closer look on the Hitman 5: Absolution... a walkthrough entitled: "Run for your life", is raising the animations, graphics, and Artificial Intelligence to heights not yet seen... you can experience how your gameplay is having an impact on the npc's behavior... and conversation... there is more than 1 way to complete lvls... and more even better: You don't know if you get recognized even IF you are desguised as a cop.
MrExillion 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
I don't know if you're in charge of the advertisements before your vids but I REALLY liked the 13 min vid for Ron Paul. I just wanted to say, I and everyone I freaking know will be voting for him. Not Obama, not Romney, not pArry (you know what I did there)
Now back to gaming, well you can throw people around and do stupid physics stuff... always the classy comedy to contrast Jessie.
Call of Duty Elite is for the Call of Duty Elitists.
Reply coming, the next topic is inducing a rant in me
bansheeownz 1 month ago
@bansheeownz
Some of the hardest campaigns I've played versus AI have been made by modders, but you need look no further then LoL for a Campaign that is not only challenging, but BECAUSE of the cowardice of the usual AI, I feel trying to kill them actually prepares you for playing against real people and is pretty fun assuming you have a team that actually helps. If they don't, just think of it like ramping up the difficulty to impossible. It can be frustrating as all hell, but it does its job.
bansheeownz 1 month ago
Thank you TB, thank you!! For the past few months I have been trying to remember a game I played long ago with a friend (so much so that I had to stop because I had nightmares from it) and, for the life of me, I could NOT remember the name. All I remember was a playing as a frog and kicking everything with a huge boot. Goodness, Battletoads, wow... /nostalgia
ccon96 1 month ago
Always hated that about the total war games as well, you play it on normal and everything is easy as hell, you play it on hard and it just seems to halve your mens morale and make every enemy unit start at 4 or 5 experience, and instantly beat any unit of the same type with the same experience
MrWarbarney 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
The part about game difficulty is exactly why I hate pve MMOs, I just don't get how somebody can do a raid 20 times when they know EXACTLY what will happen so if they take the same group know for a fact they will win unless they do something retarded.
How is that fun compared to fighting a human player that you never know what they will do?
MrWarbarney 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@MrWarbarney
Let me tell you as a former feral druid tank raider that it can be fun under the right context because you have human allies. Players are unpredictable and even though you'll have vets who have done a run a thousand times and walk a group through it, they will still mess up, and if you're lucky, happen to be in the right situation, and pick a tank or healer, it's up to you to save them.
THAT can be extremely challenging, but you can't blame yourself if you still lose.
bansheeownz 1 month ago
SOPA HAS BEEN SHELVED
HuaJaiSiam 1 month ago
I remember a platformer that would teach you math, you would jump up into a mario-like questionark and you would be given a math problem, then you should go find the proper number... OR YOU WOULD DIE.. xD
monotar 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
Math Blaster? Maybe the older one. I remember seeing it but never played it. I played Math Blaster ages 9-12 (when I was 9-12 mind you) a newer version I think. I actually had a fully fleshed out campaign with a silly cartoon story about a robot monkey king. It was pretty awesome at the time. The problem is that it didn't teach me what everything means. It just expected me to know. I had no idea how to do crazy long division or work with percentages, but that's they throw on hard mode.
bansheeownz 1 month ago
I completely agree with you about DLC, i really do think its ruining games tbh. We used to spend £30 on a game (eg time splitters) and get a full package. Now you get a half of that and have to pay for the extra content, its sad really
levimilk 1 month ago
@DaNefariouz Well, there's also the consideration that we must take that it is getting more expensive to develop games. More sales must be made to even break even.
ylyoojin 1 month ago
Am I the only one who has noticed how much totalbiscuit says 'its as simple as that'?
Dazznap 1 month ago
Back when I was in school we used Maths Blaster and now they use Mathletics. Damn kids now days have it bad :P
hughjarse1337 1 month ago
i know a physics class that uses garrys mod its pretty cool
jayslaughter1 1 month ago
@mac2095 most modern military shooters have you kill either brown or russians, what rock have you been living in
ploglo13 1 month ago
1:30 Game prices going up?
7:16 The challenge in games today?
12:36 Games for education?
ximortalpwnr 1 month ago 72
@ximortalpwnr Thaaaaaaank yooooooou! :D
pitofomen 1 month ago
Yeah I think you should consider how games used to be 50$ and now they're 60$ on release. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a 20% inflation in the past 2-3 years this has happened?
leongradoazz 1 month ago
@leongradoazz What cost $50 in 2002 would cost $60.23 in 2010.
KurosawasHouseBand 1 month ago
I remember DK64, it was $90-$100 over here (Australia) when it came out, loved it, it was my first game (although I played my dads games, Monkey Island, etc)
s0m30n3el5e 1 month ago
While I certainly see the points against older games being difficult as being something to lengthen gameplay time, I would also like to point out that certain games (and it isn't specific to older games, it's not common) will allow opportunities to witness certain scenarios before actually playing through them, rendering the need for instructions void. The given example of megaman as a hard game which forces failure onto players to make them learn isn't accurate. /watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM
lonew0lfz 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Stealth force unleashed 2 rant, this is why i unsub th
DrTheKay 1 month ago
I subscried to this guy about a week or so ago, and I think im done with him now.
TheRiddam 1 month ago
Why do you always look back to older console games for a price question... TB here in America playstation 1 games were 39.99.. ps2 and xbox games were 49.99 and now ps3 & xbox 360 games are 59.99. With wii games staying at 49.99. Pc goes back and forth.. so for all intent and purpose game prices ARE rising.. I do not believe you can use 15 year old cartridge examples to "win" your argument. Old nintendo game cartridges were notoriously expensive. So I disagree with you. Love your videos though:)
lordcool 1 month ago 10
@lordcool
but ya inflation blah blah blah.. still a higher number!
lordcool 1 month ago
@lordcool Well, looking at an inflation calculator, the price of a PS1 game (assuming that the prices for a ps 1 game remained constant), was almost the same as a modern game (give or take a dollar). And the price for a PS2/ Xbox game (again assuming the prices remained constant), was actually higher than a modern game. Go check yourself if you don't believe me... :)
sebcoolest 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
@lordcool
Inflation. Account for it. TB mentions it a lot.
castilater2 1 month ago
DARK MESSIAH YEEEEEAAHHHH
ipacha1234567 1 month ago
It implemented dual wielding weapons, so it's automatically ripping off GoW3. Yeah good one.
uhMuzoki 1 month ago
@uhMuzoki GoW did duel wielding weapons well considering this game has them how could they get them so wrong when that got them so right. Actually listen to what he says -.-
s0m30n3el5e 1 month ago
@s0m30n3el5e He tried saying they ripped god of war off but failed to do it good (as apparently the action is boring and un-fluid) Also what do you mean 'Gow done it so why can't the force unleashed 2 do it?' That's like saying ''BF3 had immense graphics, why cant mw3 ?''...
uhMuzoki 1 month ago
@uhMuzoki
Didn't he say that if they're gonna have dual wielding, they should just rip off GoW instead of trying to come up with their own inferior implementation?
Fuckyoubloodymoron 1 month ago
@uhMuzoki no it really isn't one is to do with gameplay and can be changed relativly easily compared to the graphics which are more to do with the game engine itself
s0m30n3el5e 1 month ago
i rember playing a game called learning land when i was a kid at school.....it sort of taught me a few things but most of the time we would just talk about the fps games we were aloud to play :)
and today in high school we just play cod zombies on an ipod touch or phone :) technolgy aint it a thing :)
will3450 1 month ago
Call of duty elite isn't a service in which you pay monthly, you pay yearly.
SorryThreeFingers 1 month ago
@SorryThreeFingers Failure...
snobben97 1 month ago
@snobben97 on whos behalf ?
SorryThreeFingers 1 month ago
I miss the old series of games Freddi Fish.
TheDarthcool 1 month ago
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TheDarthcool 1 month ago
@ecmartz haha, I remember that game too.
420FreeLife 1 month ago
I remember playing this stupid math game where you fly a jet. Needless to say I was the last one to leave the computer lab because I always got the questions right and wouldn't crash.
ecmartz 1 month ago
I like how people are complaining that they hate it for paying $60 for a crap game. Firstly, you have the goddamn internet, do some research before you buy. Second, most games today have demos, try them out first before you buy. Or you can simply rent the game or use Gamefly.
halo10001 1 month ago
bastion has a cool way of altering its difficulty, which is good becaue it had a difficulty curve where it was hard at the start and easy at the end because of overpowered weapons...
DJBranden 1 month ago
Jedi Academy was the best out of all Star Wars games
CELLERTOTEN 1 month ago
I think Gaming is the reason why boys are better at English and reading comprehension than girls in Sweden.
SWEmanque 1 month ago 42
@SWEmanque It is a very possible theory.
Rattlepiece 1 month ago
@SWEmanque Indeed. Playing PC games and watching movies in English (the German synchronization is okay, I guess, but not nearly as good as the original) is pretty much the reason why I'm good at English and continue to learn. Games have also sparked my interest in writing because I love stories and computer games have helped me realize that.
Yes, there are dumb games, stupid games, but anyone saying that PC games impair creativity or learning has simply no clue.
TheRealJulien 1 month ago
@TheRealJulien The most able games are games with a lot of dialog, even if your not active. Most of my English comes from GTA Vice city which had both text and dialog. I think Skyrim would be vary very good also.
SWEmanque 1 month ago
@SWEmanque That is true in my case, i'm swedish, and when i was about 10, i started playing world of warcraft. Before i played world of warcraft i was REALLY bad at english, but because i played it, i got better, until i finally was the best in my class in english. :D
Mickelagoz 1 month ago
@SWEmanque It most certainly is responsible for most of my english.
Niklasthelazy 1 month ago
Gaming is really good for language, I learned nearly all my English by playing GTA Vice city. You both had to read and listen to do the missions so English was forced on me at the same time as I was having a blast.
SWEmanque 1 month ago
Super Mario Bros 3 doesn't have replay value?
percival132 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms taking a product w/o paying... yup thats steeling, even if u make a copy of that product ur STEALING
smil111yea 1 month ago
@smil111yea I can see you have nothing of value to say anymore, so, good day sir. I hope you lead a happy and fruitful life, good luck in your endeavors.
MyCrownOfWorms 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms pretty much you give up cause you cant think of a good reason to justify piracy and taking money from the developers? A good day to you too sir...
smil111yea 1 month ago
@smil111yea I told you what I thought and you just replied "STEALIN IS STEALIN!!!!1"
MyCrownOfWorms 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms and i told u how i felt and all you can say is my point is invalid because you cant see it from my point of view, and if thats not what ur saying u need to make it clearer why you think piracy is ok...
smil111yea 1 month ago
@smil111yea The thing is I made my point, I said why piracy is not stealing. In short, that being because the original product is never removed, it is copied and the copies are distributed. I'm not saying piracy doesn't hurt the developers and publishers (though that is what I mean to do in doing it). All you came back with is "stealing is stealing", make and actual point I can discuss and then I will discuss it. Otherwise, quit wasting my time.
MyCrownOfWorms 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms Dude really? Think of it this way, if you work for two years on something you think is really cool/fun/useful/etc and then instead of paying you to get it, people simply pirate it meaning you've just wasted two years of your life without gaining anything from it. Think of it that way and then say that piracy is acceptable.
PlastigBurk 1 month ago
@PlastigBurk So you're saying piracy rates are 100%, that's bullshit. Even more so when you factor in games where the appeal lies in multi-player. What I am saying is, if developers/publishers want to release games (specifically singleplayer ones) with tons of dlc, pre-order bonus' and exclusive content, then fuck them, I am just going to pirate it. The point is that I HOPE I am hurting them, I don't care if they think their game is all cool and whatnot.
MyCrownOfWorms 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms Easy, tiger. DLC and stuff like that is bullshit, I agree. BUT: If a game IS cool, if it is fun, has lasting appeal and offers a great experience and/or story, pirating it just because it doesn't have multiplayer makes you a dick. Period. If what they offer is great, you have to pay to keep them going.
TheRealJulien 1 month ago
@TheRealJulien I never said I wasn't a dick. However, I agree with you, I don't pirate everything, I just pirate a bunch. When I say multiplayer makes me often not pirate it's moreover because of friends I want to play with, I will ignore all the dlc in said games anyways. Publishers and developers just need to stop being asswipes, look at Saints Row 3, yes it's fun, but the dlc and exclusive preorder bullshit is absolutely insane, just.. insane...
MyCrownOfWorms 1 month ago
@MyCrownOfWorms I'm careful with games, too, these days, because many are crap (I'm looking at you, CoD Black Ops, AC Brotherhood and F3AR [just three off the top of my head I'd refund in a heartbeat]) and the developers need to get the message that it is crap, but that has nothing to do with multiplayer. It's about overall quality and rewarding such at a point in time when more than half the AAA titles are below standard in what I expect to be worth 60€.
TheRealJulien 1 month ago
i don't mind paying 59.99 for a game when its a good game but come on every new release is 59.99 even when the game is total crap.
DeadyD0right 1 month ago
About the question with education: There's also a lot of possibilities for when a game touches upon a subject in the context of its mechanisms without fully explaining or teaching it. That often speaks to the human curiosity and the people who play the game might get interested in that. For example, I know of a few people who got into geology because of Dwarf Fortress.
Nixitur 1 month ago
L.A Noire's season pass had SO MUCH VALUE for its cost. 10 dollars for every piece of dlc, including the best case in the game, The Naked City. Must've been a good 15 hours in that season pass.
adrianbeloo 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
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SexyBoysHumour 1 month ago
want a game that actually gets harder, not just in terms of enemies life and damage they do, but the actual challenge of the game. A lot of people will kill me for this, but minecraft is one of them. Think about it, the harder the mode the more monsters spawn, the faster your food bar decreases, the more health passive creatures have so it is harder to acquire food, less rare blocks spawn, many factors change in minecraft depending on the difficulty, don't kill me over this though, my opinion
DazNoobs 1 month ago
DLC's piss me off. Companies deliver uncomplete games - both with lack of features, and buggy to say the least.
Soon we'll have to pay for regular updates>.<
Sam0Swee 1 month ago
using sim city as a sort of city planning game? why dont you use anno?
TheCubeforce 1 month ago
Google has replaced a lot of the teachers here in the Netherlands, because the schools can't afford the manpower to teach the kids. The leven of education (in a knowlage-based country) has nearly hit rock-bottom. I'm currently following a course in Game Design to follow my dreams after a year of working as a multi-media designer... and I think schools might think games can actually be a replacement instead of a tool for the remaining teachers. That's bad.
Arcaneraven 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Arcaneraven I'm attempting game design as well. I'm not taking a course in it, due to my lack of age (I'm 15), so I'm learning to create games with a great engine called unity, I recommend it to anyone as i uses C, C++ and java, its very good (oh, and it works on mac)
DazNoobs 1 month ago
When i listen to the mailbox when doing my homework i get awesome grades! Thanks TB
SaikouHD 1 month ago
when i bought the original x-wing on pc (on i believe 8 3,5" diskettes) it costed 130 DM wich is about 65€ and that was 1993
plspirit81 1 month ago
Mondern Warfare 3 is $120AUD in Australian brick and mortar stores.
CrimsonRaven47 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
Disagree with you on somethings when you talked about games and difficulties. Bioshock being a huge one, since I strongly disagree about vitachambers breaking the game if you had them off.. especially since even before the change I never used one once.. even on the hardest settings. Heck I don't know a lot of people who had to use them either. So I thought your small rant about it was a bit.. odd.
CaptinTrips 1 month ago
I'm listening to these mailboxes (the few I have so far) and generally nodding all the way through. The questions and comments are quality, which means that there will always be some good, thought-provoking points made by at least one party.
DemonHide 1 month ago
When I was in elementery school (grades 1-5) we had games that taught stuff, typing, math spelling, typing, geography, typing, etc, typing; Every now and then you'd see stuff like that in 6, but at 7, you just never saw it anymore. Part of the issue I think is that the most well known educational games seem to all be made by three or four companies, who only care about young kids, it's as if they, or the schools, think games are inappropriate for, or beneath kids aged 12-18.
Ziraya0 1 month ago 31
@Ziraya0 yeah true, i played alot of those games in school too :P i remember a couple of those beeing egyptian themed, and and was based in a kind of pyramid xD
megamage911 1 month ago in playlist Season 1
@Ziraya0
Can you imagine that on a 360 or PS3? Achievement unlocked, History 101. I would play it, I really would. Course, it would have to be made by the same developers who make the games that numb your brain for it to work because you wouldn't want educators attempting to design the game. Nor would you want the developers to design it alone. You would need both for it to work. Educational gaming on console is something I've been thinking about since SNES and there's no reason it wouldn't work
bansheeownz 1 month ago
@bansheeownz I learnt a tonne about history from the total war series :P If winning requires you to subtly know certain things people will learn them :P
emikochan13 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
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MrSimonminecraft 1 month ago
"Super Mario 3 can be beaten in 5 hours"
Me: True
"and doesn't have any replay value"
Me:*rolls eyes and skips until next email* It obviously is simply not a game you like if you think that. I'm going to believe you were a genesis kid. :P Every kid I have every talked about it with played that game to death. That would be like saying kids would play through Megaman 2 or Mario 1 only once and be done. Sometimes TB, you are crazy :)
CamTheKitty 1 month ago
@nemesisnick66: I'm unemployed because of this economy. And for the record, an IT position is a great job in terms of income... when you have one.
AceStrife 1 month ago
My questions is why are AAA titles $60 on PC while other ones that aren't so popular are $50. Probably because of the games popularity IMO.
FOGSHIE 1 month ago
The only reason most of these teens think games prices have gone up is because when they were really young there parents just bought the games so price was never a factor. Then during the PS2/Xbox/cube era games were $49.99 (where I lived) and they actually had to pay using part time job money. Now they bitch and moan because it went up to $59.99. if we go by the logic of games prices always increasing like the whiners like to think then games must of have been virtually free at one point lol
mikethies0 1 month ago
@mikethies0 I agree with everything you said. I remember when I was little and got a copy of Toejam and Earl for the Genesis for Christmas. "Santa" left the tag on that said $50. I was like "Meh, not my money."
mattman91c 1 month ago
I'm so glad i dont play cod or mw games that would drive me batty 20+ dlc, as for the price point it not that games have got more pricey (although swtor/diablo 3 collectors edition is the first $150 i have seen).
That when you can beat most games in under 60 hours you have to think do you really want to buy this game or just rent it say from gamefly for 2 months., yes it hurts the game company if you dont buy but it also hurts you if you buy 5 games at $60 a pop.
Then there is steam =P
swardinc 1 month ago
I remeber paying 120 dutch guilder for a pc version of the first harry potter game, converting that to Euro would be about €54,- thats even without inflation. and most video games i buy these days are €50 or less.
More expensive? I doubt it.
Watch3r15 1 month ago
Also I disagree about Bioshock. I got the Brass Balls achievement no problem and it was a lot more fun without Vitachambers. Abuse quicksave yo!
hmp22 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Okay I love Turtles in Time but WHEN THE HELL DID THAT GAME FORCE YOU TO "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX"?
You're a ninja turtle and you kill all the things. That's it!
hmp22 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
He's right you know, back in the 90's i paid 50 guilders for Pokemon Yellow (well my mom did) and i paid 50 € for Battlefield 3. Although Guilders and Euro's are of different value, the numbers stayed the same.
mikemoos 1 month ago
Mortal Kombat II SNES, 60$ on release day
VegetoStevieD 1 month ago
90-115 dollars? Hell of a lot less than we pay in Aus.
broo234 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
And I don't think modern games are easier or less challenging. I think it's the opposite but the players are getting better much faster than they used to be able to. The internet gives people the ability to learn whatever they want in very short periods of time. You can now research a game before it even comes out and learn most of the tricks and skills you will need to be good at it the day it launches. So games are not easier, the internet is just making the average player better.
Croner2323 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Skill is your natural ability to react to situations but it does also involve a large ammount of "memorization" or knowledge of how your character works, his moves and when to use what. So, take MMOs for an example. Boss Fights in Raids or even Dungeons can be very tough but you eventually learn the mechanics and your able to beat them. It still takes skill your 100th time downing the boss though. It might be very familiar and almost natural to you, but the boss isnt easier, your better.
Croner2323 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
The magic school bus games were amazing. I played them for hours when I was young. There's lots to explore with kind of arcade-y mini games and stuff... they were excellent.
findtheearth 1 month ago
no offense but guy listed NINJA GAIDEN! as one of more fair games diffculty wise obviously has never either gotten very far or hasn't played it in a long time. ninja gaiden is NOTORIOUS! for mobs that knock you off platforms and into pits...same with castlevania and megaman to a lesser extent.
Lokai99 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
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94657264028465084625 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
i dont even think mario games are actually than fun :/ this isnt even a troll, i just cant see it :/ i guess the technology and such of the time, but still...
BOB1million 1 month ago
@Blawsh my grandma plays age if empires :P
BOB1million 1 month ago
I went to an IT academy and in the first few weeks learning about cmd, we had a task to create an emulator, and if we succeeded we got the code to play the old school trio, Quake, Duke Nukem and Doom :)
Lewis120993 1 month ago
Well i know a few games that are kinda good for education..
Algodoo,for physics..
A lot of history-based fps/rts games are based on actual facts (generally speaking)
and then you also have just quiz-games like buzz etc.
namp007 1 month ago
How can anyone complain about prices in the US and UK, when games in Denmark cost 100$ on release?
kagedrengen 1 month ago
Dark Souls 1st playthrough is easy... That's what you tell yourself when playing the NG+...
elmato69 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
what about Nintendo DS and the brain quiz stuff?
spitfire1203x 1 month ago
@rjt83ab Not that replying to your troll account will do any good, but get with the program fucker. Since you'll probably troll this with your real account, I'll tell you how much a prick you are and a total pussy for not using your real account to tell me this. Especially when you put an "83" in your name which more than likely denotes what year you were born.. that or it's the number of brain cells you have left. I have a clue, the clue is the world is filled with stupid people and you're one.
Mikesaniceguy 1 month ago
Haha Encarta:Mindmaze was awesome! I played that game so much that I'd memorised all of the answers for the level 4 Sports, Hobbies and Pets... admittedly the question pool was shockingly small.
RoryGallaghertilidie 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Lets put it this way... a digital download of a game, should be cheaper than it's retail/hard copy counterpart. If we buy directly from developer, we avoid retail interest and prices for workmanship for a CD, box and - contents, etc. The developer is getting the same amount of money for making the game, we just don't give money to another company, just because we used them to obtain the game... sigh
pallypower3000 1 month ago
Actually, Egoraptors Mega Man to Mega Man X review thing shows that Mega Man always shows you how to beat something, but in a logical way. If there is an enemy that throws something, he'll be on a higher platform so that you can see him throw it before you go in, so that you dont have to react to something that you may not be able to react to.
vonpuppin 1 month ago 2
I just watched a commercial where a politician screamed FUS RO DAH at a newsreporter following him...... it is now my favorite commercial
ConnerMK 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
AVGN!!!!!! fucking legend :D as are you TB
shadowsenzor 1 month ago
Actually Battletoads was only difficult in the racing levels, everything else was enjoyable.
joujou264 1 month ago
But SMB3 was actually good. People bought it because of the gameplay, not as with CoD.
joujou264 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Blawsh Today's grandmas aren't THAT old.
joujou264 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Activison only cares about money and sells the rights of getting the dlc before anyone else to microsoft. BUT because they so much like cod elite and the new way to get dlc:s they should release it for cod elite subscribers on ps3 at the same time so people actally will buy elite. The ps3 cod elite users don't want to see videos in 1 month before they can play! And it looks like they dont care about non elite users or consols because i haven't seen anything about releasing dlc for them.
Eehable1997 1 month ago
AVGN yay!!! x
lucask117 1 month ago
sorry total biscuit you almost definatly won't read this but you mentioned old cartridge games the reason they were more expensive was because they were expensive to make the price of making a dvd/cd game has not gone up yet games on that platform like the old ps2 games were not at this ridiculous £50 mark they were £35-40 so they have increased in price your catridge arguement is pretty invalid.
CharlieGladwell 1 month ago
@CharlieGladwell Ok, so if the cartridge argument is invalid, how about production costs and the like? It costs an insane amount to make a mainstream game now. As a result, I'd expect the prices to go up too.
pedroandfrankensheep 1 month ago
I like how game informer gave MW3 best shooter of the year (on all consoles and PC) when there were 100+ PC games that are way better. Looks to me like someone got bribed....
HBFBajaRacer 1 month ago
TB went to primary school? I thought he just manifested from the universe's chaos.
Glitchiness 1 month ago
cod elite is more expensive a actual xbox live
spiiriitz4pwned 1 month ago
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is the best educational game, hands down.
wededlol 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TotalHalibut
I think that halo embodies alot of what you were saying about difficulty in games, it does make enemies tougher but there are also skulls that can make the AI smarter. And I don't think it's immersion breaking in it if you snipe someone in the face and they dont die because of the shield factor.
Tehroxxorz1 1 month ago
I... I... what? TFU2 was so very much better than TFU in every way... I don't even...
Fraxxxi 1 month ago
video games. Its the price we pay for being able to go to the beach on christmas day
ItsJokkul 1 month ago
Jesus, some of those Stormtroopers put the TROOPER into their name. One had just had an arm sliced off, and was still firing at TB as he sliced off a squadmate's head.
NotSoFamousPaul 1 month ago
Playing games teaches you how to design games = educational! But if games were to teach anything besides decision making and strategy they would need to be realistic, without fantasy stuff. And realistic games are boring
ItsJokkul 1 month ago
lovin' the AVGN mention :D
TheSupremeAuthority 1 month ago
Megaman was not a good example, that game was praised for NOT being unfair! There was no part in that game which killed you where it wasn't your fault.
spyrolad 1 month ago
Gotta dis-agree with you here TB Sounds like you were just whining about how some games are too hard for you. *Uses fire resistance spell*
wizzrobe301 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
This season pass crap is sickening, dont think id ever buy 1. Can't blame them for doing it becuase they know people will buy it anyway
yewu 1 month ago
Most games are really bullshit in the way they ramp up the difficulty. Fallout 3, bloody hell that thing became tedious after it would take 50 bullets to kill 1 guy and about 5 to kill you. Skyrim is also guilty of that shit because master difficulty is plain boring for me. In things like Hearts of Iron 3 they would just give the enemy AI bonuses and nerf you. Suddenly I can't beat one of your infantry division with 5 of mine attacking from 3 different places + air support. Sigh.
ResurgamZerg 1 month ago
@ResurgamZerg
They way to increase the difficulty of Fo3 is to use mods, not use the difficulty setting.
It's ridiculous how skill reduces weapon damage - you need 100 in a skill to do 100% base damage - so removing this mechanic makes firefights much deadlier.
As for Skyrim, what bothers me most is how Dragons are pushovers while random crabs can tear you to pieces in seconds, just going by Jesse Cox' LP.
Fuckyoubloodymoron 1 month ago
that combat looks so stupid he impales a dude then trow him away the sabre blade isent a solid object the guy have no reason to be stuck to it and if hes using the foce why bother doing sutch a pointless move.
Azrual87 1 month ago