Posts by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
 (DIR) Post #Ain8l9T6s0V9yHLCLI by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lykanthrocide @s @coolboymew @romin how the fuck do you think wl4 is the worst of them, you can't even compare it to the first three
       
 (DIR) Post #Ain8lAXOtXWnHsM8fY by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lykanthrocide @s @coolboymew @romin >devs were familiar with the hardware and could push the console to its limits.this is the common excuse i see critics use to mark wl4 down a point. but remember, it's one of the few gba exclusives that wasn't an snes port or a licensed property, and it made *good* use of the console's form factor, controls, and hardware. that's all it has to do. i feel like "pushing to its limits" gives devs an excuse to add gimmicky gameplay, something the wii's motion controls were really guilty of encouraging, and something a lot of other consoles suffer from as well>It wasn't as creativei can see this being argued both ways. wl1-3 had novel gameplay ideas but wl4's gameplay loop is something we never saw until of course pizza tower, at least no other games i know of have you go to the end of the level casually and then race back. that, plus the bosses and lack of much RNG in the game make replayability and "getting good" more of a priority than other games. it was almost as if the devs made it for speedrunning before that was actually a popular thing>or thematically consistenthard disagree on this; each hall has a consistent theme and avoids many clichés other games "suffer" from>a pile of obstacle coursesdo you just not like platformers? wl4 is extensively a platformer; i don't get the impression of "obstacle courses" but the genre isn't for everyone, just like the earlier wario lands weren't for me. i felt that those were too slow to enjoy playing through>instead of a cohesive adventure.compared to wl3 i can see this, but wl4 never really sold itself for being story-focused. we have the zelda series and other adventure/RPGs for that
       
 (DIR) Post #AinFaeLWQWskEKjOOu by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @s are you playing them in order?(please play wl4 eventually it's fun in its own right)
       
 (DIR) Post #AinGNC1OWfGsZYSovA by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       >i.imgur.com redirects to a full webpage>i.redd.it redirects to a full webpagei just want a picture of a got dang hot dog
       
 (DIR) Post #AinGODHXKEcIlrV6KO by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @Suiseiseki is literally /g/ meets fedi and i mean that in the worst way possible
       
 (DIR) Post #AinH84yOY7A0K4PyL2 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @s they dont make games like they used to
       
 (DIR) Post #AineK6IdjzsqrEaYUK by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lykanthrocide @coolboymew @romin @s also i never played final fantasy so sorry that the comparison went over my head lolbut yeah wl4 is one of the few reasons i even like the gba as a platform
       
 (DIR) Post #AineK8CKgQ1ikFeXw0 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lykanthrocide @s @coolboymew @romin >pushing a console to its limitswell the only things i can think of for GBA (and the only things ive seen critics remark on) are wl4's lack of utilising layer-7, and maybe not the *best* sound engineering to target the console's speakers. admittedly it sounds crusty but i think it adds charm and still fits the game>Oh, please.i did ask you it as a question because i don't know your preferences>As for the race back to the beginning of a stage, Metroid II and Super Metroidah i stand corrected, thanks
       
 (DIR) Post #AineK9fRDgu1IoHIwK by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @coolboymew @s @romin i guess i misread this at first:>the same way I can find FFVII to be inferior to FFVI: WLII & III were released at the end of a console's life cycle when the devs were familiar with the hardware and could push the console to its limits.so what @lykanthrocide means is that wl4 could have been even better if it wasn't released at launch? maybe, but it was still damn good, and it had no outright issues or slowdowns even with the lack of dev experience for the gba
       
 (DIR) Post #AipsId9yNr3lroeDom by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       it's unfair to compare the game with its predecessors but you did it anyway :^)
       
 (DIR) Post #AisJD5e2eONfYKDMki by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       had a fucking dream i was about to go to the moon but i ended up upset, crying, and woke up when i found out spacex was responsible for this
       
 (DIR) Post #AisJD68Wp2ld4sTiGu by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       can i have dreams about riding a dragon instead
       
 (DIR) Post #Am31aVchGe1J3YvX5E by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lewdthewides you should jump off a bridge
       
 (DIR) Post #Am52NsQjeGtmITnBLs by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lewdthewides stuck in hell all year with no money and no way to afford anything i host.
       
 (DIR) Post #Am52NtaLM2B7sZIMy0 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       @lewdthewides it's a pain coming back here just to see retarded distro takes
       
 (DIR) Post #Am8rI1aENmhY5H52e0 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       ayymd bros we lost
       
 (DIR) Post #Am9fs4HaoqfQaak7RA by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
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       i'm pirating electricity