Can someone please explain why people think this piece of shit game is so fucking great?
>generic pixelshit, made even more hipstery by the fact that it was made before pixel art was cool among normies
>fucking 50 FPS framerate means it stutters and screen tears like shit on a 60 Hz monitor
>decent soundtrack is ruined by the constant use of horrendous, raspy waveforms, like a bad TurboGrafx-16 game
>plot is based around the "waking up with amnesia" trope
>characters are bland and uninspired
>map layouts make no sense, who would build a house on a suspended platform with no easy access? Why is everything like that?
>many puzzles are unintuitive
>requires lots of exploration which ends up not being fun due to the indistinct graphics and endless long corridors
I couldn't even finish it, I was having so little fun.
>>337275453
>generic pixelshit, made even more hipstery by the fact that it was made before pixel art was cool among normies
So is Super Mario Bros. hipster too?
>>337275801
No, because they were forced to by the hardware. By 2004 PCs were capable of so much better, yet he chose to use outdated graphic styles to seem like he's so out of the mainstream.
Jeez,OP, play Cave Story+ then
>>337275453
Didn't play it much but it didn't seem like a bad game, it had solid mechanics and decent art.
>>337276253
>had to release an updated version just to make the game playable
Not surprising.
>>337278936
They are almost the same thing, and i like the original more.
This is obvious bait but in all seriousness, terrible music aside, Cave Story has some top tier game design. If you can't enjoy it have you considered that maybe you don't like video games?
>>337279179
>gives legitimate reasons why the game is badly designed
>"y-you just don't like video games!"
Cave Story fags are truly cancer.
>>337275453
(You)
Or at least I find it difficult to take you seriously.
>screen tearing in Cave Story
>plot based around waking up with amnesia
Neither of these are true. Or at least, the second is a stretch since the plot is more about saving the Mimiga and less about you recovering your memories, which aren't important at all. Your amnesia only serves to make making discoveries more interesting.
>puzzles are unintuitive
There are no puzzles in Cave Story.
>characters are bland and uninspired
What does uninspired even mean? I see this word used a lot and I don't get it. The characters each had distinct well defined character traits, and the more information you learn about some of them the more complex they are. Sue changes and grows to care about the Mimiga as the game progresses. Balrog and Misery are learned to not truly be evil, but merely forced to work for the Doctor. King acts tough and mean, but its all simply to protect the village, and truly he has a kind heart, so much so that he would die for the village.
I don't understand how you could find these characters to be bad.
>why do people like this game
Great story, characters, music, and gameplay. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the music, but gameplay wise its extremely solid. Very fast paced, has extremely precise platforming that is never too difficult but never too easy, a decent buildup from an easy start to a difficult end, lots of extra content, etc.
>>337275453
In short, muh realism.
>>337279428
>legitimate reasons why the game is badly designed
where?
>>generic pixelshit, made even more hipstery by the fact that it was made before pixel art was cool among normies
how can it be generic then? Also completely unrelated to game design.
>>fucking 50 FPS framerate means it stutters and screen tears like shit on a 60 Hz monitor
made before le 60 fps mustard race meme was a thing, also completely unrelated to game design.
>>decent soundtrack is ruined by the constant use of horrendous, raspy waveforms, like a bad TurboGrafx-16 game
personal opinion, also completely unrelated to game design.
>>characters are bland and uninspired
completely unrelated to game design.
>>map layouts make no sense, who would build a house on a suspended platform with no easy access? Why is everything like that?
>why isn't this game realistic like cod?
>>many puzzles are unintuitive
if you're a retard, maybe. My 12 y/o brother beat cave story.
>>requires lots of exploration which ends up not being fun due to the indistinct graphics and endless long corridors
there's no exploration in the game, it's pretty much linear. proof that op didn't even play it
http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=416
>>337280064
>here's no exploration in the game, it's pretty much linear. proof that op didn't even play it
Woah, calm down there. I don't disagree with you on most of those but getting into Hell for instance requires some level of exploring, and getting from place to place still requires you to look around and see the sites of each area. Its linear yes, but its not as if you're moving through a straight hallway; you have a lot of freedom and can move back and forth between areas, and finding items that you need to progress often requires searching the area carefully. Finding all of Jenka's dogs for example requires a good bit of exploring.
>generic pixelshit
This game was released in 2004 by one person. This one dude literally programmed his own game engine in C++ during the Gameboy Advance era.
>>337279428
(You)
Go on man, take it. You deserve it for all your hard work.
>The only 3d port of this game is on the fucking 3ds
post a better game in the same genre that has come out since then
>>337283278
There are nonethe genre sucks
>>337283267
>It's even worse than Cave Story Plus
>>337275453
This is just bait to try and get a Cave Story thread going isn't it OP?
>>337275453
>Generic Pixel
In 2004 pixel games dont exist, cave story invented that style.
AndA fucking evil toaster
>characters are bland and uninspired
Characters are really unique
>>337284172
>implying Cave Story+ isn't the best version
Why don't you like the slightly faster pace of +? Or the ability to play as Curly? Or the difficulty settings? Or the changes in art with regards to holidays? Or the Challenge modes?
>>337284483
What in the world are you doing?
>>337279179
>game design
The part of getting the TNT required triggering a random flag that doesn't seem necessary to actually ask for/use the TNT, and that desert/bone corrider where you have to go across, then backtrack to ask for the key (from someone who tells you to go there but doesn't mention a key) and go back across again because "lol?" can both go fuck themselves, rest of it was pretty good.
>>337284483
>In 2004 pixel games dont exist
>what is literally every game from 1977-1992 and then some
>>337285007
>Why don't you like the slightly faster pace of +?
Because it soils the balance and design of the game
>Or the ability to play as Curly?
Oh boy a reskin, it's not like there aren't a bunch of mods for Cave Story already
>Or the difficulty settings?
Easy mode is cancer, hard mode is retarded.
>Or the changes in art with regards to holidays?
Why would I play the game on Halloween or Christmas?
>Or the Challenge modes?
See: Cave Story mods
>>337275453
Because it was made by one man years before indiegames became huge.
>>337288264
This is similar to the argument Undertalefags use
>>337288791
>>337288264
But Cave Story and Undertale are both fantastic games and them being made by one person doesn't make them any less great. The statements made in the OP are moot points argued against in this thread. Cave Story is fantastic and OP is wrong. Being made by one person does not forgive quality issues.
>>337289334
no but its pretty impressive desu
>>337275453
>Thinly wrapped Cave Story thread
How's that hard mode going Anons?I'm still stuck on Monster XFuck that part before the boss comes
>>337290154
If you are capable of It, abuse level 2 sword,It's very effectice against It.
>>337290648
effective*
>>337289334
>undermeme was good
>>337290978
>[game name]meme
I want this meme to end
>>337291284
>It's an "I want this meme to end" post episode.
>game made, coded, and put out by one guy, and released FOR FREE (THAT MEANS NO MONEY WAS REQUIRED)
>wondering why it looks low budget
Flippity floo, here's your (you)
>>337291284
>tumblr still hasn't left
>>337290648
>>337290758
I've tried this shit. I've tried everything. My issue is the part right before the boss, where those Cockroach faggots are still around, just when the boss comes out. I can never take them out, and they fuck me up each time.
It might be because I'm playing on the 3DS version why I'm getting my ass handed to me
For real tho, the tow rope and ignoring the professor when he falls down the hole are pretty dumb design.
>>337290154
Haven't tried hard mode cause I still can't beat Hell on normal
I just fucking suck at platforming in general, and every time I put the time into it, by the time I start to git gud again I'm also getting too frustrated so I quit for a month then when I come back I'm bad all over again
>>337292054
You're not supposed to find it in your first playthrough. It's a SECRET.
>>337292879
Thisbut it's still retarded because it means a forced replay to get the great ending
>>337293110
>forced replay
well yeah that was the incentive
To make you replay the game, it's not like it's really all that long.
>>337275453
>OP uses the word "trope"
it's my favourite game, too bad you can't enjoy it OP. Your mother is a very nice person.
>>337275453
If you wanted a Curly thread you just had to ask
>>337293504
I really love Curly's simple design
Post your face when curly diesAlternatively, post your face when you found out you could resurrect her
>>337293854
I didn't expect this game to have such soul crushing moments when I first started playing.
>>337279472
ARE YOU CRAZY!?
>>337291841
Yeah, If you use an analog or a + controller that your fingers oversizes, you're definitively nailing your feets.
Patience and paractice Is key, my mango.
>>337294315
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH. THE MACHINE GUN IS THE ONLY WAY.
WHERE THE FUCK IS MY UNDERWEAR BITCH
>>337294596
Most people own multiple sets of clothes. Those two robots included given how clean they look.
>>337293950
Neither did i, it's felt like just a nice little game for the gameplay since it's free
>Going through the egg corridor
>Everything is going nicely
>Story is there, but it's silly
>Curly dies
>Mimiga village is empty
>You go through the egg corridor
>You have to fight zombie baby dragons
>That asshole who wants to leave this place when you can still put your machine gun into the Doctor's face for Curly's sake
hey op nice thread, can't believe people fell for it
>>337294578
>not using snake to detonate countdown blocks before angels swarm
