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devtesla wrote

Reply to Bring back the start and select buttons by Caoimhe

Things are even weirder on the PS4 and PS5 where the options button kinda works like "start" but the share button is an entirely different kind of thing, and the "select" button is basically the big touchpad in the middle that doesn't need to be a touchpad.

Pretty much every game uses these buttons in slightly different ways. Big budget games generally map them to "open menu" and "bring up the map" which is why the xbox and valve controllers are the way they are, but I've seen them used for everything from saving to resetting to gestures, basically anything that doesn't need to be pressed quickly.

Ultimately I think Nintendo going with symbols that don't really mean anything is the right call, but they are still start and select in my head because I'm old.

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twovests wrote

Reply to Bring back the start and select buttons by Caoimhe

I agree on all points

I really like the "Home" button thing that is common nowadays, at least. Being able to pause games at any time on the 3DS was mindblowing to me, being able to change settings without losing the game was mindblowing. I loved that.

There is something to be said about replacing start-select with share buttons, but on the Xbox, it's unclear what effect the share button has (maybe I disabled it?), and on the PlayStation controller, the share button appears to share dual duty with the Bluetooth connect button. I don't have a PlayStation, but this controller confuses me.

I agree entirely with the face buttons. The Xbox controller has translucent plastic with opaque, colored letters injected into them, and they're the only ones still with color. It's my favorite for it, and AFAIK they've been doing this ever since the first Xbox controller.

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twovests wrote

Reply to comment by Caribou in What is a normal video game? by devtesla

Wow, it was almost three years since the Marathon trailer dropped.

From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes a new sci-fi PVP extraction shooter: Marathon.

So disappointing. Extractiom shooters were tired in 2023. Bungie hasn't released anything worth playing in 15 years but that still stings.

I was a big Halo fan and got really into Bungie's lore. When I was twelve, it seemed really mysterious and magical how Halo was almost a sequel to Marathon.

I didn't realize at the time that it was very normal for "spiritual successors" to reuse ideas and incorporate scrapped concepts of their preceding works (like Halo did). So, Marathon was this mysterious thing that made Halo seem so rich and mysterious. It was the thing behind the curtain. It was the marrow that nourished the blood of the franchise. It helped that the Halo fanbase being largely Marathon fans with unanswered questions.

With Bungie going all-in on generative AI, it really kills the striking / uncanny / visceral visual identity they're purporting. I can't resonate with something that just reads as unintentional.

Sorry to ramble at your comment, I've been thinking about Marathon after reading it.

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twovests OP wrote

Reply to new 3d zelda leaks by twovests

That's all the time I have. I have to get back to playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf on my Nintendo 3DS. Because I want to sell my Animals Crossing on the Block Chain

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twovests wrote

Reply to What is a normal video game? by devtesla

I've been thinking about this all day because it gets at something I've been feeling for awhile.

You should play Battletoads if you haven't already. The first one I mean. It's really good. It's like playing what a ~2020s indie game dev thought old games were like, but I guess they'd be correct.

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