Quick Questions XIV: A Question Reasked (Part 1)

shelter · July 4, 2021, 9:50pm

finally, another steel battalion: heavy armor stan

villain · July 5, 2021, 1:42am

It gives me Monkey Island vibes.

Rudie · July 5, 2021, 1:54am

Sekiro because you can pause Sekiro.

ticky · July 5, 2021, 2:19am

is Street Racing Syndicate worth playing? it’s like less than a dollar and I have more than that in steam credit from selling trading cards

anothergod · July 5, 2021, 2:22am

I’m not sure if Sekiro is better with a pause button, but Dark Souls is, and if I hadn’t already bought Sekiro, this post would’ve made me reconsider buying Sekiro.

anothergod · July 5, 2021, 2:23am

Is Sekiro better with a DS4 or XB1 controller?

vodselbt · July 5, 2021, 2:47am

DS4 cause the bumpers on the Xbox One controller are clicky, plastic garbage and you’re gonna be feathering that block button untill you get the timing down.

tacotaskforce · July 6, 2021, 5:08pm

Does anyone have a copy of escape velocity override set up on a mac/emulator? Can you get a copy of the game’s credits from the readme or game’s about page or wherever they are?

meauxdal · July 6, 2021, 9:33pm

there’s a credits button on the main menu. i’ll make a little recording

meauxdal · July 6, 2021, 10:11pm

tacotaskforce · July 6, 2021, 10:15pm

Awesome, thanks. After one of the updates on the remake of Override Peter Cartwright is working on I noticed mobygames didn’t have any credits for it on file, and I don’t think there’s any other good game credit sources on the internet.

bib · July 7, 2021, 7:56pm

is there a word for when you see a treasure chest or a collectible in the background of a cutscene and you’re like “yeah dude” and then after the cutscene you go grab it

slime · July 7, 2021, 7:59pm

the “yeah dude” effect

VastleCania · July 7, 2021, 8:01pm

how about the opposite of this feeling, when you see a treasure chest or a collectible in the background of a cutscene and you’re like “yeah dude” but then after the cutscene you get transported elsewhere and realize you’re going to have to backtrack to get that chest that you could literally see 2 seconds ago

VastleCania · July 7, 2021, 8:01pm

THANKS BATEN KAITOS

Polygonzo · July 7, 2021, 8:02pm

score·shad·ow·ing

/skôrˈSHadōiNG/

verb

gerund or present participle: scoreshadowing

1 . be a warning or indication of (a future “get”).

“The unskippable cutscene at least scoreshadowed a sweet loot drop.”

physical · July 7, 2021, 9:25pm

vaguely associated vibe: because Real games have to both be 80+ hrs of unique #content but also look like movies, when extremely distracting procgen carnage in the background undermines not only countless hours of animation/acting/scripting work but completely flips the concept of a cutscene on its head (exact authorial control used to make the player have a specific experience)

Myspace_Mavis · July 7, 2021, 11:48pm

Myspace_Mavis · July 9, 2021, 6:55pm

getting into STGs but dont truly understand input lag & the ppl talking about this stuff r working from a place of tech knowledge that i am nowhere near.
If im playing a PC engine game on a Pi 4 with a frame of ‘runahead’ is that going to be relatively okay? I understand the ideal would be like a CRT or FPGA or messing w/ something like “shmuparch” - but like…if im already pretty much just playin things i already got on Switch will it be noticeably worse than that, or, bad enough 2 matter?

Annetts · July 9, 2021, 7:01pm

If you don’t feel like you’re fighting against the game then you’re probably fine. A lot of STG people like to talk shit about ports and emulation to justify their astro cities and pristine Cave marquees.

I will say that certain games in specific emulation scenarios can be less than ideal, but you have to know the game well first to even discover this fact.