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[ayayrawn]

I love this for you. Borrowing my friend's game boy and Red in the late 90s was my introduction to rpgs; I'm on the record already in this thread, but I feel deep annoyance at the franchise's movement away from and simplification of RPG mechanics.

I got my sister's log in to the N64 NSO emulator on switch. Checked out Pokemon Stadium and it's outrageous how much better and more characterized the animations are than even Scarlet and Violet. Game Freak has gotten criminally lazy with this franchise.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Just beat Spiritfarer. I have quite a few nitpicks with the game like the controls and the “minigames” but overall I was pretty addicted to the gameplay loop and the emotional moments that hit REALLY hit.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

I got my sister's log in to the N64 NSO emulator on switch. Checked out Pokemon Stadium and it's outrageous how much better and more characterized the animations are than even Scarlet and Violet. Game Freak has gotten criminally lazy with this franchise.

All the fans of the franchise desperately want a new title built for maximum graphics and large open world but are resided to the fat that Game Freak is going to keep the "pocket" minimal fidelity forever.

 

[wokeupnew]

I got my sister's log in to the N64 NSO emulator on switch. Checked out Pokemon Stadium and it's outrageous how much better and more characterized the animations are than even Scarlet and Violet. Game Freak has gotten criminally lazy with this franchise.

Pokemon Stadium is GOATed. Those mini games are so much fun.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

The new Pokemon Snap actually had some pretty good graphics. I wish that was the bar for the next main line game.

 

[EvanBenner]

Posting here since the regular TV thread crowd is def not the audience. Powered through the Secret Level series on Prime this past week — easy to do since episodes are only 15–20 minutes long. Quite a strange mix of short featurettes created around video games of past and future eras.



Personally, only four episodes really stood out, and they're not even based on franchises I'm all that familiar with!

Essential episodes: Warhammer 40000, Honor of Kings, Armored Core, and Pacman.

Each of these plays in an elevated conceptual space and eschews pedantic plots. Visually stunning and incredibly well directed.

1. Warhammer has the sparsest script and the most experimetnal effects, but feels like a complete questline.
2. Honor of Kings is incredibly philosophical and has no business being as stylistically stunning as it is for an offshoot of a MOBA.
3. Armored Core was fricking badass and action packed.
4. Pacman is a super off-kilter, horror-adjacent interpretation of the core game premise. Very original!

The rest of the episodes are a total mixed bag, most of which fail to justify their worth. Take this cynicism with a huge grain of salt because I very well could be discrediting something others might appreciated from another, more familiar angle.

 

[Thackeraye]

Posting here since the regular TV thread crowd is def not the audience. Powered through the Secret Level series on Prime this past week — easy to do since episodes are only 15–20 minutes long. Quite a strange mix of short featurettes created around video games of past and future eras.

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Personally, only four episodes really stood out, and they're not even based on franchises I'm all that familiar with!

Essential episodes: Warhammer 40000, Honor of Kings, Armored Core, and Pacman.

Each of these plays in an elevated conceptual space and eschews pedantic plots. Visually stunning and incredibly well directed.

1. Warhammer has the sparsest script and the most experimetnal effects, but feels like a complete questline.
2. Honor of Kings is incredibly philosophical and has no business being as stylistically stunning as it is for an offshoot of a MOBA.
3. Armored Core was fricking badass and action packed.
4. Pacman is a super off-kilter, horror-adjacent interpretation of the core game premise. Very original!

The rest of the episodes are a total mixed bag, most of which fail to justify their worth. Take this cynicism with a huge grain of salt because I very well could be discrediting something others might appreciated from another, more familiar angle.

I've only watched the Warhammer and Pac-Man ones, which were both great. The WH one had strong Astartes vibes, which I was pretty happy with.

 

[EvanBenner]

I've only watched the Warhammer and Pac-Man ones, which were both great. The WH one had strong Astartes vibes, which I was pretty happy with.

This? Astartes (TV Mini Series 2018– ) 9.2 | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Because I'd take more of whatever that Secret Level episode was dishing.

 

[Thackeraye]

This? Astartes (TV Mini Series 2018– ) 9.2 | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Because I'd take more of whatever that Secret Level episode was dishing.

Here's the trailer for season 2. The first video was a guy working on his own who released a five minute video over about 6 parts over the course of 2 years or so. For one guy, this thing was amazing. Games Workshop hired him, but took the videos off YouTube. I think some folk have still got versions of it on YT if you search for it.