What makes a video game good?
Lots of cute girls.
>>344418146
>>344418154
Can I get some serious answers please?
>>344418146
>Nights of Azure
>good
It's decent at best.
It's fun?
>>344418321
I think this is the best answer so far.
>>344418256
LOTS and LOTS of cute girls.
Good ost.
For the most part.
>>344418405
I can't play a game when I have a boner.
girls you can jerk off too.
Things outside the gameplay, you might laugh at this staement but it is true
The development values say a lot about a game, and that's why you can allways tell when AAA game devs cut corners on
Things like graphics, music, writing, atmosphere really add up to a game and makes you think whoever developed it really put some time and love into the game for you to enjoy
Take it from me a guy that loves New Vegas not because the gameplay is that fun, but everything around it is so great
>>344418531
>hings like graphics, music, writing, atmosphere really add up to a game and makes you think whoever developed it really put some time and love into the game for you to enjoy
This is why the early Silent Hill's were so good.
>>344418059
I like birds!
>>344418059
Dumb birdposter.
>>344418735
why don't you like birds DX
>>344418735
Anon...
>>344418531
>>344418638
Yes, is not like the gameplay doesn't make up for a good game either. I hate walking simulators who bank on this idea by having ok development values and NO gameplay. That is a shit practice that i feel like devs should stay away from
I like the idea of designing things around the gameplay to make it more worthwhile and give you options on how you can play it. Some other games do that shit of "It's only fun the first 10 hours" and then it becomes nothing but a repetitive mess
>>344418735
Birds are scum
>>344418735
Dumb grackleposter
>>344418059
if its buzzword
>engaging gameplay
>replayability
>no fucking glitches
>>344419442
"good" is a buzzword
anon, what is your vocabulary like?
![AZ_LazuliBunting04[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Gr9vnEC.jpg "AZ_LazuliBunting04[1].jpg")
Is this the new bird thread?
Report your latest sightings anons. I saw some lazuli buntings the other day.
>>344419787
I saw a seagull on my way home and was fearful that it was going to shit on my head.
If it lasts longer than I play it.
If I can formulate strategies and refined my technique when I'm busy at work.
If I can listen to the soundtrack and nearly start crying while out on a walk.
Then it is good. Any game that only matters during the short period of time that I'm playing it is a pointless waste of time.
>>344420191
Are birds the smartest beings next to man?
>>344420282
>birds
that is a very large group anon
>>344419540if it's fun
>>344420059
Good answer.
Can you give me an example of games like this?
>>344418059
Cute little girls.
>>344419442
More like buzzard
>>344420914
hah!
>>344420570
Monster Hunter and grand strategy are good for the first aspect, anything with strong moments and great music fits in the latter, Super Mystery Dungeon would be the latest I've been able to experience.
>>344420914
well played
>>344419787
I saw one of these in my yard a while ago.
>>344421763
acadian flycatcher. forgot i have randomized file names turned on.
>>344421883
How can you tell? All flycatchers look the same to me.
>>344418059
the player opinion.
Enjoyment
>>344420282
Crows are like 3rd behind apes and dolphins, but some birds are also dumb as bricks.
>>344424083
Dolphins aren't so great either. Just big water slugs. Grow some arms for fuck's sake, it's 2016
>>344424083
Owls are the dumbest of them all.
>>344424164
Orcas are the real dolphins. Apex predator, always friendly towards humans, social and emphatic etc.
>>344420191
I enjoyed this webm too much.
Post more
>mfw a Ren is in the garden
>>344424712
It's wren anon, but post pics anyway, they're cute.
>>344418059
Lots of cute birds.
>>344424461
>Owls are the dumbest of them all.
Nah, active hunting predators are always decently intelligent. They have to be able to predict their prey, while a herbivore doesn't need to predict a plant.
Species such as chickens have very primitive brains though.
>>344424164
They're literally the smartest thing besides humans.
>>344424461
>Crow knowing how to fish
They just need to learn how to make tools and agriculture and they'll be in their way to create a civilization.
>>344425225
Scavengers are typically the smartest of animals, as they require more problem solving skills than predators and herbivores.
>>344425248
>implying they don't have civilization
Humans basically just banged rocks together for 800.000 years before we started erecting cities you know
>>344425248
They already make tools. There was some test where they gave a grow a piece of metal wire and a hole with food in it. Many of the crows understood that they could bend the wire into a hook to get the food.
>Saw a bird with a damaged wing who couldn't fly last week
>It walked up to me and looked pitiful
>I didn't save it because I had no idea how to
>>344425353
Hmm.. out of the top 3 intelligent animals, only one is really a scavenger though.
>>344425467
>>344425539
So you are saying there is a possibility to have a qt human-level smart crow gf in the near future.
>>344425735
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-WqSCIskE
>>344425606
Put it in a box and feed it. See if the damage is permanent. If it turns out permanent you can try calling a shelter, if they won't take it, at least you tried.
>>344425539
Not just that, I saw one where the crow had to assemble his rod out of smaller pieces. Basically he realized that 3 smalls = 1 large and attached them to reach the hidden food. It was on PBS a long time ago so I don't know how he attached them, but it was probably like a plastic toy one where they snapped together, or magnets, who knows. But something like that did happen.
>>344425606
Call the local Audubon society office. They take injured birds.
>>344425606
>FFXIII_weapons.gif
>>344425648
Yes that's the top 3 though, on average they are more intelligent (not so much socially intelligent however)
Remember humans evolved from scavengers originally, as did most mammals
![↑↗→↘↓ + [FIRE].gif](https://i.imgur.com/fWv7Lv8.gif "↑↗→↘↓ + [FIRE].gif")
Sadly birds are surprisingly expensive to care for, especially the smart ones.
>>344418059
a sense of progression, good level design, good gameplay/combat, trying to be innovative
for example i was BLOWN away by how amazing resonance of fate was a couple years ago, before that, demons souls was also hard to believe someone could make such an amazing game
you dont really get that feeling too much anymore, and if it comes its usually from japan which is sad
>First woodpecker i've ever seen splatted itself and broke it's neck against the window
>Find it's corpse later on with it's heart torn out
>Gull takes the remains later
t-thanks nature.
>>344425735
I've owned a crow before actually. Best pet ever.. not sure what gender it was.
It looked through magazines and pecked the eyes out of anyone they didn't like. Had him in a cage at night, but he patiently unscrewed the hinges. Hides treasures from me, checks if I'm looking, re-hides if I noticed. Loves the exact same bad food I like, put anything that's too hard in water to soak it (can't chew). Watches TV. Throws glass objects off shelves because he loves how shiny the shards look.. hides them. Hates my sister, does dive-bombs on her whenever she stops by.
Never had a more fun pet. Cookie, was a true bro.
>>344426440
>saw woodpecker yesterday
>couldn't ID it because glimpse was too brief
Still bothering me tbqh
>>344426505
I'm jealous. I'd love a bird but I couldn't bring myself to keep them in a cage, and I don't want them shitting all over the house. I already got that problem with the damn cat.
>>344426669
Yeah, that was the one downside. Though I hear you can potty train them pretty easily, I never tried. Their shit doesn't really smell much at least.
I found him at the bottom of a tree as a chick, couldn't leave him to die. Turned out great.
Pic is the owl I saw the other day. Pretty cool.
>>344427459
Pretty big guy.
Owls are very interesting. I love how they can fly completely silently.
>>344427773
Owls are augmented to fly silently.
Flying aug when?Deus Ex with birds when?
>>344428074
Dues Pecks
>>344427773
it's some cool shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FEaFgJyfA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP4Ro2gRl8
>>344419787
prettiest bird I've ever seen. Granted it's been a few years now. Latest would be a Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
>>344429084
Yeah, so cool.
>>344425606
look for a wildlife rehabilitation center next time
>mfw the local one closed down
>>344426418
holy fuck that gif is brilliant
Are magpies god bird pets?
>>344420191
Lol, he thinks it's an egg.
>>344430429
Dang it, I mean good bird pets.
>>344430429
>magpies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGGTcYfrEZU
>>344430429
Yeah, they're just smaller crows with white bits.
>>344430429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMqs75sd144
Prepare for nightmares.
>>344431050
How can birds imitate human speech?
Which of these is a real bird?
>>344431154
Very wide vocal range. They don't have vocal cords, so they use a completely different system. It works more like a flute.
They're also good at learning and imitating.
Good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXU7o0fYII
Classic (skip to :35):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qG2dmi2aqw
>>344429105
It's stupid face while doing that made me chuckle
>>344430685
>>344431154
Parrots are the best at it though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48JNlRIERw
>>344431901
>>344432240
That's pretty amazing. I wonder if you could teach them the meaning of the words and how to use them in a proper context and have somewhat basic conversations with.You probably can't, but still, is fun to imagine having a bird pet to talk when playing vidya.
>>344431901
>mischief going from low as fuck voice to anime highschool girl
That will never not make me laugh
if it's fun
>>344431901
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwUn0O9BRQ
They can also drop some sick beats.
>>344432240
is this parrot's name XxXg0dslay3rXxX?
>>344432993
Reminds me of this bird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq-yQ
>mowing my lawn
>saw a bird lying in the grass in my way
>wouldn't fly away when I approached it
>go around it, thought it was injured
>come back later and it's gone
Birds are assholes.
>>344432525
Some progress has been made on this. It requires a lot of time teaching however, and their lifespans aren't as long as ours.
Does anyone else here use eBird? I just started and already have 54 species on my list. Waiting for winter when all the ducks come back so I can nearly double it.
>>344433630
>want to approach bird
>literally all species in existence fly away if you get closer than 8 meters except the shitty pigeons
FUCK
If it has soul. No, really. If a bunch of brain dead lifeless devs being whipped by a publisher made it, usually it's garbage. Take the copy and pasted, mass produced Call Of Duty games as an example.
New gameplay mechanics or existing mechanics with new additions make for a good game. As long as they work and aren't riddled with game breaking exploits or glitches.
Good audio. I find myself muting music on most games now because the music just simply doesn't suit or is awkward and clunky.
Suitable story. I recently got that Valkyrie Chronicles game in a humble bundle. Bunch of happy teenagers being over the moon as an "evil" empire invades and they have to do battle with them. Rubbish.
>>344433982
Pigeons are special.
>>344434347
WHO YOU CALLIN' A PINHEAD
>>344433982
not all of them. In my experience Chipping sparrows and Carolina Wrens are pretty tolerant.
Hell, this morning I had a hummingbird hover just out of arms reach this morning. Seemed like she was trying to figure out what the fuck I was.
>>344419787
Saw one of these when I was in Coasta Rica last month.
>>344434720
>knowing bird names
I don't even care, i just want to look at the pretty bird
>that time a baby bird fell out of his nest and all it could do was breathe faster and faster, no feathers or anything just a bulbous veiny mass.
>died a couple of hours later
Good lord, i wanted to see a bird up close and instead i got monkey-paw'd
It's not exactly exotic, but I did spy a trip of wild turkeys in a graveyard last winter.
They look a lot leaner and meaner than their usual depiction.
>>344433982
Use binoculars
>>344435265
That's weird, the pic didn't attach.
>>344434745
Pretty jelly, but then again >Costa Rica. I couldn't tolerate the jungle bugs.
And this is a month or so later
>>344435396
Well yeah, farm animals are abominations unfit for actual life.
>>344435323
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T344_tXUlHs
Good idea, now i can run faster and get closer to them
>>344435536
Cold climate peacock?
>>344435668
The Detroit Zoo has "semi-domesticated peacocks." At least half a dozen of these things just wander around and will walk right up to you.
I was pretty amazed, because I didn't think peacocks could survive in cold weather.
>>344435668
>>344435781
In Germany, South American Rheas escaped from captivity and are now living in the wild, no one thought they could survive through winter.
>>344433982
Some birds you can train to come to your window. Which can be a mixed blessing. The blue jays here are my alarm clock on weekends.
>>344436480
Nature finds a way..
>>344435536
>his beautiful feathers are dragging on the dirty pavement
>>344436923
It'll grow new ones anon.
Saw 3 azure jays today.
And a FNAF OC based on one when I was googling for this pic, th-thanks.
>>344437653
>>344438190
Cool, never seen that before. Where do they live?
>>344438341
According to Wikipedia it's south of Brazil.
If it's fun or enjoyable
>tfw there's no birdwatching game where you gain exp to buy better binoculars/scopes and can open up new areas by finding, recording, and photographing birds
Like Afrika but for birds.
>>344439595
Pokemon Snap..?
>>344432626
Thats touching and sad at the same time.
Cockatoos are the qtest burd
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChdxP6pv8k
>>344440416
Not really the same though. Should have real life birds to help people learn them.
>>344443287
Make it.
>>344443520
Will you fund my Kickstarter?
Birds are best you faggots.
What videogames have the best birds?
Pic related: my birds.
>>344443847
Is that their nostrils on the tops of their beaks?
>>344443847
Do they do cute things?
Tell me about them pls :3
>>344443775
I'm a shit broke indie dev myself.. fund mine please.
>>344444078
Yes.
>tfw no big enough smart bird to have consensual sex without problems
Saw this nigga in my backyard yesterday. Smaller than a tennis ball
>>344443847
Here's mine
>>344444619
>>344444619
My europeon starling and i have two cockateils aswell
Where I live we're flooded in swallows right now
>>344444185
They chatter to each other all day whether they're in or outside of their cage. There's a curtainrod just behind them in that picture and that's their favourite place to perch when they're out and about, because it's nice and high up.
They'll crawl over my arms and hands and stuff. The white one sometimes likes to have his head scratched.
>>344418146
>playstation fan
>black
Stereotypes are true!
>>344444487
wrens are bro-teir
