The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

[TheMissingno.]

And when you go to do something for a second, and then when you get there, you immediatly forget why you're there.

That happens because when you go through a doorway, it signals to your mind the beginning of a new episode. Your mind likes to discretize events so it doesn't get overwhelmed with a constant stream of information, and stepping through a door into another room often signals the end of one episode and the beginning of another to your subconscious. That's why you forget things like that sometimes, because your mind is kind of starting fresh.

I decided to rebuy Sim City IV, because it's pretty fun to play, and I've lost one of the disks for the original game, so I can't re-install it from that. Not that it really matters, it wasn't expensive, and it was pretty much one of the last good games from Maxis anyways (or at least one of the few games that didn't get run down with expansions, with just one pretty okay one). My guess is that the new Sim City will be shit, so I'm not getting that.

Now to load in the mods I have on my previous computer, maybe even export the better region I have as well... And hope it actually works on my computer, with a newer OS. Shouldn't be a problem tho.

Yeah, Maxis pretty much sucks now that it's a puppet of EA. Spore was the most disappointing thing since Star Wars Episode 1.

[Jack Pschitt]

That's trippy.

[Ghetsis-Dennis]

Then why did Spore get a lot of praise unlike Episode 1?

[H-con]

Yeah, Maxis pretty much sucks now that it's a puppet of EA. Spore was the most disappointing thing since Star Wars Episode 1.

True, but the same can be said about Criterion, Westwood and Bioware (and probably others, but that's what I've got now).

Then why did Spore get a lot of praise unlike Episode 1?

Have you even played the game? Because then you would understand. I have, and it was very disappointing, the potential was extremely big, but EA shat all over it, methinks.

That said, Sim City IV is pretty horrible to actually manage to get a city working financially. It's extremely punishing at your every move, balancing the budget. So yeah, I'll probably be loading in the buildings that give you minus 4 billion in expenses just to build the city I want to. That's really what I want. Oh, and some of the transport buildings as well, seeing how trying to make a working transport system in a bug city is like gouging your eyes out with a spoon.

All that aside, it's still loads of fun when I get that massive region with many cities with loads of people in them.

[Ghetsis-Dennis]

Have you even played the game? Because then you would understand. I have, and it was very disappointing, the potential was extremely big, but EA shat all over it, methinks.

I've seen the gamplay and X-Play's review of it, which they gave it a 5/5, so I don't see how is that a disappointment.

[TheMissingno.]

Yeah, Maxis pretty much sucks now that it's a puppet of EA. Spore was the most disappointing thing since Star Wars Episode 1.

True, but the same can be said about Criterion, Westwood and Bioware (and probably others, but that's what I've got now).

And of course my favorite video game company of all time, Rare. Though that was Microsoft, not EA.

[H-con]

I've seen the gamplay and X-Play's review of it, which they gave it a 5/5, so I don't see how is that a disappointment.

Allow me to elaborate a bit about why Spore was a disappointment, if you will.

First of, we're dealing with a pretty awesome concept for a game here. The development of life, from cellular to space faring species, with the player driving that evolution, with everything from the creature itself to buildings and vehicles. Just a space exploration game of the scale Spore is would be pretty good (I know other space colonization games exist, that's not my point), and I'll give it to Maxis for creating a large galaxy. However, it doesn't matter if that galaxy isn't filled with ... anything of interest. Colonies are bland, you can't really do much with them. You can only have a small fleet, not micro manage a whole array of ships (which is at least what I presumed, at least compared to civ phase, albeit that was on a small scale). Now, if you add that to the extremely cartoony graphics and very boring editing abilities that could have been so much more, it's very disappointing to see Spore. Every phase is hollow, lacking content, and you can't strap together five phases without content and call it content. That right there is Spore's problem.

Most of that was directed at space phase, but it is, and rightly should be, a prominent phase of the game. Saying "I saw reviews and gameplay" is nothing, and the only real way to feel the lack of actual content is to play the game.

And of course my favorite video game company of all time, Rare. Though that was Microsoft, not EA.

Huh, I thought that was EA as well, but not that it matters much though. Can't say I can recall playing many of their games.

I'm still pissed at Lucasart for rushing KOTOR II.

[Ghetsis-Dennis]

Allow me to elaborate a bit about why Spore was a disappointment, if you will.

First of, we're dealing with a pretty awesome concept for a game here. The development of life, from cellular to space faring species, with the player driving that evolution, with everything from the creature itself to buildings and vehicles. Just a space exploration game of the scale Spore is would be pretty good (I know other space colonization games exist, that's not my point), and I'll give it to Maxis for creating a large galaxy. However, it doesn't matter if that galaxy isn't filled with ... anything of interest. Colonies are bland, you can't really do much with them. You can only have a small fleet, not micro manage a whole array of ships (which is at least what I presumed, at least compared to civ phase, albeit that was on a small scale). Now, if you add that to the extremely cartoony graphics and very boring editing abilities that could have been so much more, it's very disappointing to see Spore. Every phase is hollow, lacking content, and you can't strap together five phases without content and call it content. That right there is Spore's problem.

Most of that was directed at space phase, but it is, and rightly should be, a prominent phase of the game.

In other words, an original IP that failed to be in the same ranks as their other popular franchise: The Sims. But then again, the same can be said to the early Pokemon games because this is the first installment, so the sequels will no doubt fix the flaws.

[TheMissingno.]

And of course my favorite video game company of all time, Rare. Though that was Microsoft, not EA.

Huh, I thought that was EA as well, but not that it matters much though. Can't say I can recall playing many of their games.

I'm still pissed at Lucasart for rushing KOTOR II.

Yeah, that was Microsoft. They pretty much just wanted Rare for the Banjo-Kazooie rights. When they were with Nintendo, they made some of the greatest games of all time, such as Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing (so much better than Mario Kart in every way), Banjo-Kazooie, and Goldeneye.

Now they just kind of suck. Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts was pretty miserable. Though I do have to say, Viva Pinata was surprisingly good.

[Shinjiro Aragaki]

I'm mad at Square Enix for not making a TWEWY sequel yet.

[TheMissingno.]

You should probably write an angry letter.

[H-con]

Angry letters get shit done.

[Nick of Time]

@コジロウ; Dat Mawile. <3

[☆♪Мёгоётта♪☆]

@コジロウ; Dat Mawile. <3

Hehe. Blue Dragon did it for me. I love it. :P

[Nick of Time]

@コジロウ; Dat Mawile. <3

Hehe. Blue Dragon did it for me. I love it. :P

May I ask where you got that Mawile art from?