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MZero posted...

Roosters can't lay eggs

this one clearly can. because the question says it did. i'm not going to accuse the question of lying. clearly we're in a hypothetical world where roosters can lay eggs.

prosecutor themes is a thing, but AA1 doesn't have one. edgeworth and franziska kind of share one in JFA, though edgeworth takes it for himself later, but i think every other prosecutor has their own, as do the main prosecutor-role people in investigations

PW1 and JFA both good. PW1 better melody but JFA more sad. T&T and AJ both good, don't like the style of DD/SoJ.

Super close between AAI2 Middle and T&T Middle for me. The former sets a mood better, the latter is just a really fun melody.

DD's is one of my favourite tracks in the series so it's an easy vote, but I feel bad because I really like SoJ abroad too. I like all of these though, particularly Edgeworth 1 and AA1&2.

AA1 Investigation Core is not necessarily my favourite track in the series, but I consider it to be probably the most iconic. It plays a lot during AA1, and at basically the most compelling points in the game other than Pursuit, but Pursuit is rarer. And I think it's just a really good track even without that.

It ranked really high the last time I did rankings, and most of what I had above it was post-trilogy so can't compete for iconicness really.

i think splitting would be a good idea as well. the two music types are just not really comparable.

Some others I tried now, all deckbuilders or platformers:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332090/Void_Tyrant/
Roguelike deckbuilder. It's, like, alright. I can't say I'd go out of my way to play it but it wasn't bad.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069690/Rogue_Lords/
Not deckbuilder, but similar, but party of 3 and you collect random skills rather than cards. But otherwise has Slay the Spire mechanics. The gimmick being you can spend your life points as a resource, literally, to deal damage, modify buffs, teleport on the map, heal yourself, untap skills, etc. This one's more compelling, I'll probably buy the real thing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1461960/Baby_Goat_Billy/
More roguelike deckbuilder, except it's... not very good. Very strange design decisions, notably cards don't tell you what they do, and you can only play 1 card per turn?????? No matter what. But cute goat and it's neat how they made a grid-based movement system. Not polished at all, doesn't feel professional. But I like the spirit of it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/541310/Tiny_Thor/
Super polished 2d platformer, very satisfying to control. Levels so far didn't really stand out as super exciting but it plays well and jumping/attacking is very satisfying, good physics.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205170/Super_Magbot/
2d platformer where the gimmick is "no jumping" but it's kind of misleading because you have magnets so you just stand on top of a red platform and aim your red magnet at it, which is not a "jump" but does propel you away. Aim your red at a blue ceiling to swing from it, etc. I can't play this, I'm not good at platformers that require aiming with your mouse, and keeping track of which button is red magnet or blue magnet is too much for my brain. Seems good though for those who can handle that.

LeonhartFour posted...

Added it for you in part 2!

Oh thanks!

It's a little bit out of place here but I don't particularly like any of the others so it gets my vote in this group too. (Maybe Town at Night too but I don't really feel fair comparing that to the others either)

I would've voted for the theme for (4-4) Kristoph's Prison Cell but I guess maybe you considered that more of a character theme

Paratroopa1 posted...

AA3 is the best game in the series but the awkward usage of reused songs really bothers me in a way, it makes the game feel unfinished in a way that no other game is. Investigation core 2002 sounds like a placeholder every time it's used.

it does technically have about the same amount of new tracks? 34, compared to JFA's 35 and AA's 26 (35 with 1-5)

maybe they wanted to use their budget on more character/location/reminiscence themes and thought they could re-use stuff, idk

We have very different taste in games

I've played these so far:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493260/Spiritle/
Tactical board game - Very pretty 2D art (Animal-themed, like Armello) but I found it unintuitive and not fun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1561660/The_Lightbringer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569150/Glyph/
Both 3D platformers with similar graphical styles. Both very simple, but fun. Would play the full games.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569150/Glyph/
OG Resident Evil / Silent Hill inspired. ( for @Snake5555555555 maybe?) Captures the style really though with some awkward design choices, will certainly play the real game when it releases

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119980/In_Sound_Mind/
More horror, but more the modern first-person kind. Mostly exploration/atmosphere in the demo, not heavy action. Would buy.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1356280/Kitaria_Fables/
I don't play the genre much but I think this is like Recettear, or those other games that combine gathering/farming with simple dungeon crawling. Seems pretty good.

Leonhart4 posted...

Oh, I didn't even realize that had been left out. I guess it doesn't have "people" in the title so it didn't get included?

Well, it is specifically called Grossberg's theme.

MSN was what the kids at school used, but i would've gotten AIM around the same time for online. no clue which i got first but vague feeling i started with MSN.

Ooooooh

This is so exciting!

I sort of wonder if they have it in them to release a truly non-linear game in 2021. Probably not. Will probably be more guided like Fusion. That's alright, I liked Fusion.

RikkuAlmighty posted...

I've been doing prntscrn -> mspaint -> crop -> save as jpg up until this point in my life.

wtf

oh. i didn't know either.

well this will be convenient...

Yes

oh, according to the steam board, if you'd already downloaded it when chapter 1 was free, you need to remove the game from your account and re-"buy" it and then you'll have all 3 chapters.

so wait, if you download it now do you have it permanently? or is it just that you'll only have access to all chapters for the next month?

Janus5k posted...

My immediate thought was Ys Origin, although there are probably better

That's a good answer, might be mine as well though I'm probably forgetting something.

wow 1-5 unanimously winning

(it has ALL 3 of the first votes!)

would love to see puns do it, have always thought that'd be great

None. Basically been Steam and 3DS/Vita only for a few years.

also, cases lets you get 8-9 done per poll. by game would be only 4-6. would take longer.

I'm predisposed towards not wanting to count "Samus is a girl" as a plot twist, but I suppose since so many disagree I'd have to try to articulate why.

Poka already got most of it.

But I'd also say... if the only reason something is a twist is because the player assumes something they have no reason to assume, I wouldn't say that's a twist. Granted, players in 1987 do have a reason to assume the main character is male, just by default, but... someone playing the game for the first time in 2021 with (somehow) no previous knowledge wouldn't. And then the question is: is it the developer's intent at time of creation that matters either way...?

Dels posted...

May I have Song of Horror please?

thank you!

will likely stream this at some point.

May I have Song of Horror please?

Nanis23 posted...

This topic made me check my purchase history of bundles...
And despite me checking every 2 weeks for a new bundle, turns out the last one I purchased was in December 2019, which had Soul Calibur VI and Yakuza Kiwami, and it was a follow-up to the amazing bundle that was a month earlier, which had Crash N-Sane Collection and the Spyro trilogy for I think it was $10

oh. i signed up for the monthly thing precisely when someone on this board mentioned crash and spyro were in it

and then they changed their plan so i kept it to get grandfathered in but just pause it repeatedly 'cause i actually don't need that many games

(i also only enjoy like 2-3 genres of games TOTAL so most games in each bundle are irrelevant to me anyway)

Kyle Hyde

I voted Wendy Oldbag and I was surprised it wasn't even a particularly hard choice for me

She's hilarious, yes, but on replay I am always impressed that her story is actually sad underneath it all, and there's a reason why she is the way she is.

Brayze_II posted...

MM8 Dr, Wily 1 is the theme of Mega Man secretly buying robot abortion pills from a sketchy man in the sewers

how dare you

but also

valid

Paratroopa1 posted...

18. Mega Man II (GB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4pBERL1nk

Yeah, not this time Mega Man II, I've covered for you enough. Is this even where this theme belongs? It could have been a stage theme (it plays in a capsule room), it could have been a boss theme (it plays when you fight Quint), but it's really just too lame to be either of them, so I'm relegating it to a "Wily Map" theme since it basically plays for a full loop there anyway. Whatever it is, it's weak and I am only acknowledging it in the lowliest way possible.

man this is like the best and most respectable track from MMII so far!

do people really use their middle name anywhere for people to even know what it is?

Crescent-Moon posted...

A case in my bottom tier has a lot of votes, interesting.

is it 5-3

not only do i think E2-1 wins this poll but i also think it's the best case in the game (and the competition isn't weak!)

(though i admit i haven't played 3-1 in a long time)

Xtlm posted...

This is a certified bop and criminally underrated lol

yeah this one really makes me want to get up and dance

Paratroopa1 posted...

You guys just don't get it, MMII GB is trying its hardest (and I genuinely do think the password theme is pretty cute)

is it a remix of the mm3 one...? it uses the same few intro notes, a few times?

i mean i don't think the get weapon theme could annoy anyone no, in the same sense that listening to the first 3 seconds of any random mega man track would not annoy me, but i'd be waiting for the track to, like, start.

the actual mega man 2's password theme is iconic tho idg the problem????????

also i am curious if "mega man 2's only mistake" includes the "get weapon" theme since surely those will be ranked at some point now

Paratroopa1 posted...

9. Mega Man II (GB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9uSu_94T78

Would you believe me when I say the ranking on this one's legit? I think this tune is really cute! It's trying! The sense of rhythm is completely off and it sounds like a broken music box, but that only kind of adds to the charm. Look, at the very least, you have to admit that this one is actually better than its NES contemporary, and that's kind of fucked up?

i wish you could've seen my face contort into horror and confusion while i was listening to this

the wily wars track is pretty awesome though, damn, they went really deep for a password screen on that one

i think this is why his color scheme was changed from japan vs america

https://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/c_limit,w_680/fl_lossy,pg_1,q_auto/qh0mtdxsmtt1nbhrj654.jpg

well, you don't have to imagine what the powered up tracks would sound like in 8-bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyvu_CSrE90

i'm sure there's oil man ones too but idk i also think oil man's theme is forgetable so i've never checked

i am surprised that bounce man has avoided the total slaughter of a) mega man 11 tracks and b) happy-go-lucky tracks

seems like the perfect intersection for an early demise

Earthshaker posted...

Of note: are you counting the instrumental/DLC tracks for 11? Some of them are hot garbage, too, but I am absolutely in love with Tundra Man instrumental.

Editing to avoid a triple post: your take on Aqua Man/Tengu Man Saturn is... something. (That said, they also sound different to how I remember them, somehow.) Also kind of surprised to not see MMIIGB down at the bottom, or are you listening to the pitch corrected versions for sanity?

Aqua Man actually has different versions for PSX and Saturn as well - but the changes aren't as big as with Tengu Man

yes

Suprak the Stud posted...

I thought MN9 was "fine". It wasn't great, but it got some hate it didn't deserve and a lot of the issues are absolutely issues in the lower quality MM games as well. The dashing mechanic was fun and I actually enjoyed the speed run/single continue challenge modes. Once you got a hang of the mechanics, it wasn't any more difficult than a standard MM title.

There is one level that is absolute trash though, and far and away my least favorite level in any of the MM games. The art style is also hideously ugly and the voice acting is embarrassing. Overall though, if you like MM games this one is disappointing but certainly playable imo.

which level?

true for nearly all of us i feel tbh

i don't get it though. its just a big ugly moth?

kateee posted...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c0w4s0/favourite_pok%C3%A9mon_survey_results/

survey on reddit, 52,000+ responses

no mentions:
Silcoon
Gothita
Eelektrik
Yungoos

i'm sure they would have gotten mentions if the sample size was larger

so i know i'm late on this but why is Volcarona the top pokemon for gen 5???

Is there something I'm missing??????????

yeah but this game is clearly a direct, uh, "spiritual sequel" to NiGHTS moreso than sonic