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I'm honestly still upset about hearing port misused so I think I'll ramble some more. A port is trying to directly lift a game and move it to new hardware, sometimes it ends up accurate, sometimes it doesn't, but it's always a port. It's just about intent really. Spelunky HD, XBLA Robotron 2084, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, these are all ports.
Pacman CE Galaga Legions, Space Giraffe, and Space Invaders Extreme are all definitely not ports. I'm honestly not sure about Jetpac Refueled or Bionic Commando Rearmed, but I didn't play them or the originals much and if someone else wants to get into a discussion about at what breakpoint new features override having the same levels in regards to being a port, honestly I'd be really interested in reading it.
I think 'clone' isn't a term that makes much sense now-a-days but when you call Galaxian a Space Invaders clone I think it's pretty obvious what we're talking about. I guess we could call Watch_Dogs a clone, but maybe Chimera is a better word for it. Sequels I think are pretty fucking self explanatory but with Western games you have maybe 1 to 3 sequels that might as well have been expansion packs and then you have one that's an actual sequel.
Talking bad about clones is silly since it's just a term generally for a sequel done by a different company. Bitching about ports only makes sense if they blow. Sequels are just a blight because of this modern era of gaming, video-game sequels used to be pretty fucking great, before game developers adopted the habits of CBS Comedy producers. |
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I admit defeat. You've beaten me, id. by Rafiki 06/12/2014, 2:02pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I want to see the same movies forever and play the same games forever NT by laudablepuss 06/12/2014, 3:27pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
The problem is we get the same games and movies, but worse by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:10am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
This is also why I keep reading Warhammer 40K books by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:19am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Something I loved about Doom was the thematic consistency of the episodes. by Jerry Whorebach 06/13/2014, 3:55am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Excellent writeup, totally legit by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:27pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
No, the real problem is with sequels by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/13/2014, 6:46am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I can't complain about that, because I just bought Mario Kart 8 after owning 1-7 by Rafiki 06/13/2014, 9:55am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I wonder if Jonesy is bitter that endless reheated crap didn't get served by a generation earlier - WITTGENSTEIN 06/13/2014, 10:50am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: I wonder if Jonesy is bitter that endless reheated crap didn't get served by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2014, 11:28am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
This is a really crazy post to find in a thread about Galaga... by Jerry Whorebach 06/14/2014, 6:53am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I would call those ports, not sequels NT by WITTGENSTEIN 06/14/2014, 11:59am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
That would make them astonishingly inaccurate ports. by Jerry Whorebach 06/14/2014, 12:51pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I admit the Galaga title is a sequel, the Pac Man CE was a port. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 06/14/2014, 8:26pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Aren't all the levels different? I feel like you're abusing the word 'port' here by Worm 06/14/2014, 9:25pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Also by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/14/2014, 10:41pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Tons of great arcade games are clones! Come on! by Worm 06/15/2014, 10:42am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Oh man, you have got to play Pac-Man CE *right now* by Jerry Whorebach 06/15/2014, 6:50am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
In an effort to get even more off-topic has anyone played Wonder Project J? NT by Worm 06/15/2014, 10:19am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Have we ever talked about Gaming in the Clinton years? by fabio 06/15/2014, 10:35am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
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