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Why are there so many video games with sand levels? I mean it's
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Why are there so many video games with sand levels? I mean it's just, I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere
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>>318209130
From my point of view, sand levels are beautiful
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It's not like plain levels, where their everything is soft... and smooth.
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Op is a faggot.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy8e-0IDKcs
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>>318209130
Why are there so many video games with ice levels? I mean it's just, I don't like ice. It's cold and slippery and annoying and it melts everywhere
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>>318209285
Wel,l then you are lost
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So you were blinded by sand?
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I like levels with a lot of vertical mobility, since there you can truly feel like you've got control of the high ground.
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They should have never put the spin jump in the Mario series, it's simply too strong
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>>318209786
it's necessary, especially for the bullshit that is super luigi u
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>>318209786
I agree, spinning is way too much of a good trick.
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>>318209130
>It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere

why is this becoming a meme?
not really against it, but why?
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>>318209564
That's not what I meant you dumb faggot.
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I also hate sand, main reason I hate beaches.
Nothing says uncomfortable more than getting grains of it stuck in your skin and clothes.
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The rainbow of generic locations

underworld
Volcano
rocky mountains
Sand dunes
Forest
water
sky and clouds
ice and snow
celestial and light
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Every level in Aladdin is a sand level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdOYNnKJUnY
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>>318209545

Agreed. Ice levels suck more than water levels.
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>Stronghold Crusader
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>>318211101
Prequel shitposting has been increasing steadily since Sheev.
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Name a single water level that isn't complete shit.
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>>318212264
most games with water levels only
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>>318209130
I dunno, they seem to always be just as obnoxious as water levels, just in different ways.
Usually if theres no puzzle/pyramid/sinking sand gimmicks it's fine though. Though I really liked Desert Ruins Zone 1 in Lost World. Dat music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9Vg0rG31Y
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>>318212264
also best boss
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>>318210553
It still looks and sounds stupid, and doesn't really fit the characters personality.
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>>318209130
i like sand levels because they remind me of that webm of that woman pouring sand in her vagina
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>>318212673
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
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>>318212264
Wet Dry Land.
Is good because you can dry out the water in it.
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>It's a clockwork level
>it's a autumn level
>it's a tree top level

Other GOAT tropes?
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>>318215624
Snow levels always have the comfiest music and avoid the annoyances of ice levels.
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>>318209130
annie pls
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>>318215036
fuck youuuuuuuuuuu
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>>318215713
They almost always have shitty music though, and are very annoying while slipping all around the place. Lava levels usually have more thrilling music and more straightforward hazards (usually lava)
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The worst thing about sand levels is the allah akbar music. If they have actual good music then I like them but it's rare.
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>>318212264
this dungeon
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>>318215036
post it
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Have I ever told you about when luigi vaccuumed a youngling ghost?
He was a good friend.
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begin the prequelposting
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>>318216021
>le generic chanting/sitar/flute music
Only makes desert/sand levels even more annoying.
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>>318216424
This is barely related but the music in Great Canyon in PMD Blue Rescue (which is kinda a desert level) is some of my favorite vidya music
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>>318212264
Flying Duckman
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>>318215624
>Maple Treeway
>autumn & treetop
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>>318216049
well i'm not going to post it because i dont want to get banned but here's the sauce
http://xhamster.com/movies/831488/queensnake_com_desert_heart_2.html

you can torrent the full video somewhere
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>>318215624

Warehouse/Industry/lab

pretty good desu.
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>>318209130
I'm much more of an ice level kinda guy myself, OP.
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>>318209545
this ice level was actually pretty alright
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>>318216987
what a fucking pussy
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>>318209630
Obi-wan?
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>>318209130
Sand is probably one of my least favorite level themes. Just can't see how someone could find that shit interesting.

>>318212264
Bayonetta 2 had several.
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>>318209130
>complaining about a land-based level

So, do you like... enjoy water-based levels or something?
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>>318215624
>>it's a tree top level
I love these a lot for some reason.

>>318215946
>Lava levels usually have more thrilling music and more straightforward hazards (usually lava)
Lava levels are usually very annoying with the lava, but they're not always bad. Metroid usually does it pretty well actually.
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>>318209285
Right on.
>>318209557
You're the one who's lost, bitch nigga.
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>>318217803
>Lava levels are usually very annoying with the lava, but they're not always bad. Metroid usually does it pretty well actually.
Most of the time the lava acts like bottomless pits anyways. The ost interesting use of lava is in SM64, hands down
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>>318215624
Why the fuck can't NSMB have tropes like these? I really don't think the gameplay of NSMB is all that bad, I'm just so sick of grass, desert, water, forest, mountain, lava, yadda yadda yadda.
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>>318211101
/tv/ needs to force a new meme and now pretends that this is anywhere as good as baneposting.
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>>318218026
Idk man, it just pisses me off when there's lava fucking everywhere and if you accidentally touch it, you're fucked and lose a shitton of health.

The second or third chapter of Bayonetta iirc did this and it's probably one of my least favorite in the whole game. Fuck that shit, so easy to get damaged.
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>>318209481
>Lava level music is the same for the sand level
I fucking always hated this
Koji Kondo was a lazy hack for this game
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>>318217895
Is it worth it to buy this game now? I'm pretty sure I'll be the only one online
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>ELDER GOD TIER
Snow levels (Not the same as Ice levels), Thunderstorm levels, Island levels
>Great tier
Desert levels, apocalypse levels, air levels
>Ok tier
Forest levels, object levels (Think Shy Guy's Toy Box), at sea levels
>ABSOLUTE SHIT TIER
Ice levels (Shit where you sliding around all day)
>EVEN BELOW THAT
Underwater levels
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>>318218034

NSMBU has literally all of those
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>>318218496
>CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE TIER
Levels where you are in the midst of a storm/ Being thrown through the air in a tornado etc
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>>318209481
Katanagatari has a great OST
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>>318218496
>air levels
I always like the IDEA of air levels, but unless they have you on some kind of airship, they can go fuck themselves. Bottomless pits everywhere.
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>Game has an ice level, but no lava level to go with it

And vice versa
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>>318219086
Thats the point of them

Sky Chase Zone in Sonic 2
SMB3's Airships
The Glitz Pit in TTYD

All God tier
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>>318219357
>SMB3's Airships
I do like these a lot though.
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>>318211994
Since when did Sheev become a meme? what exactly about him did?
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>>318218312
It depends what console you intend to buy it on.
On PS3 it's unlikely you'll find another player but hey, there's a shit load of people in the world. On PS4 it having just been released this year you're far more likely to find a companion. Either way, alone or with a partner, the game is definitely an experience worth having.
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>>318218625
I didn't play it. Can you blame me when the last 3 were literally the exact same game? If they are actually in there they must not take up nearly enough of the game because the only outlier level I saw in promotional materials was the Van Goghst level.
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>>318218625
exactly
Mario should try more level themes in the next 2d game the same way Sonic comes up with new settings in every game outside of grassy plain 1 and casino zone
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>>318219480
His name brought attention to him, and from then people realized how silly the things he said in Episode 3 were.
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>>318219480
He was always the most beloved character in the pequel trilogy, he is fucking awesome and evil as fuck.

We could go into forever about that, but his first name being revealed as "Sheev", which is retarded, has accelrated prequel posting to all new highs. His name is Sheev Palpatine. It has renewed intrest in the awfulness of episodes 1-3.

Someone post "I believe in Sheev"
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>>318219824

I never saw how Sheev was any more retarded a name than Han, Lando, or Obi-Wan.
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>>318219086
What is the point of a platforming game if you don't have bottomless pits?
They are essential
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>>318219913
It's probably due to the retroactive nature of giving him a first name, and well quite frankly everything else is silly about Palpatine, now his name is too. That's my explanation.
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>>318212264
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0-aWXkolQ
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>>318219296
>game has a level with both lava AND ice
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>>318215946
I don't know if this counts as an ice stage or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-A_f7FV4ss
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>>318219913
It's probably because he is the big bad of both trilogies and is supposed to be threatening and mysterious but he has a silly name to ruin his appearance
The heroes or minor villains having silly names isn't that bad
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>>318216790
I hated how you had to shoot bacwards to go fast. The boss wascool but fuck tge flying duckman.
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>>318220392
>I hated how you had to shoot bacwards to go fast.
why's that? I think that movement by weapon recoil is a cool and underused game mechanic that really puts your precision to the test.
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I love sewer levels.
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>>318221042
>never actually look at these
>get curious this time
>Erect AnusSmasher

i can accept this
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>>318221042
>Feature-lenght
>Pussy
>Smasher

Nice
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>>318212264
E.V.O
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>>318216987
fake vag
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>>318209285
underrated post
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