[Physical copies of games with only a code inside]

Yeah it's mind boggling. I guess it's so they can have a retail presence without having to print any actual discs. lol

[Best and worst eras for various developers and publishers?]

I think Activision had their prime time in the 80's when they released some really good titles for the Atari 2600 among other things. After that they became purely a publisher with no in-house development so staying loyal to Activision makes little sense to me given they no longer actually do any development. In fact they may always have been a publisher, it's just that in the 80's, giving credit to developers was actually very uncommon.

That's what made EA special in the 80's. They actually were the first publisher that straight up put the developers in the spotlight, releasing games in record style LP sleeves with artwork that highlighted the talented people behind the games. Which is a far cry from how they became in the late 90's and onwards with more and more focus on their branding, and up until now where their branding is all over the place and they've consumed developers and ruined franchises left and right.

So as for EA and Activision, both of them were at their best in the 80's and even early 90's. EA in particular released a lot of great titles for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis with their signature "yellow button" cartridges.

Bethesda's prime time probably came around the 2000's when they released Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind. Up until that point they had been kinda obscure. I at least had never heard of them until Morrowind released. They had a fairly good track record up until Fallout 76 all things considered. Fallout 4 got its fair share of criticism sure, but Fallout 76 is what I consider a big turning point for the company.

[‘Disney’s Aladdin’ and ‘The Lion King’ HD Remasters Coming To Switch, PS4 and Xbox One]

I never played them growing up simply because neither my family or friends owned either games. I knew about the games existing but never ended up getting them. I have played them later though when I got Lion King and Aladdin for my Mega Drive and played the SNES games on emulator.

[Uk Children's Commission Wants Lootboxes To Be Classified As Gambling]

4 hours ago, skyfire said:

Yeah gaming companies completely lack moral and in fact they set the left wing and SJW narrative on society which is pretty sad if you ask me. 

Dunno what it is with you and having to bring up SJW stuff every time someone mentions something bad a gaming company does. It's not even related to loot boxes. Does it just bother you that much that big publishers cater to a vocal group of people?

[Most wanted game you want for Switch?]

Nintendo has always charged more money than necessary for their games.

[Retro Style Graphics and Gameplay]

8 hours ago, skyfire said:

Looks good. Let the VGR forum know once you release the game. 

Oh you will know about it, trust me

[Most wanted game you want for Switch?]

Just now, kingpotato said:

True and second hand games are not bad either, I mean they are cartridges so you dont have to worry a lot about the condition compared to blue ray discs

I mostly buy second hand Switch games nowadays since they can be up to 50% cheaper than the new ones.

[Most wanted game you want for Switch?]

1 minute ago, kingpotato said:

Black Friday is coming up, last year they where selling a Switch with Mario Kart for 330 dlls, considering that the standard switch goes for 300 dlls and the Mario Kart 8 deluxe for 60 dlls a 30 dollar saving wasnt that bad, hopefully this year there will be better savings.

Yeah for a new Switch that isn't bad but getting a second hand one could be even cheaper.

[Most wanted game you want for Switch?]

On 10/21/2019 at 8:47 PM, killamch89 said:

I want a Switch at an affordable price ffs - people are either selling their second-hand ones for more than the original price or not selling at all. After that I'd definitely target Smash Bros Ultimate.

Just keep looking for a good deal. Around here you can get a second hand one pretty fairly priced.

[What's your favourite Disney film?]

19 hours ago, The Blackangel said:

I'm going to have to add Alice In Wonderland/Alice Through The Looking Glass and A Nightmare Before Christmas to my list. I'm just as obsessed with Tim Burton as I am with Johnny Depp.

A nightmare Before Christmas is good but those Tim Burton Alice movies are not my cup of tea...

[Popular games that don't make sense to you]

6 hours ago, killamch89 said:

The flying around looked epic and it's too bad that was the only excellent feature about the game...

I'll say this, they nailed the combat and gameplay. One of the most fun albeit short experiences I had this year.

[Popular games you haven't played]

I thought Fallout 4 was great. But how they've handled Fallout 76 makes me worried about their future.

[What Are Your Favorite Hitman Games?]

I might.

[Last Game Played]

Deus Ex

[Worst case of exploit abuse you ever witnessed?]

8 minutes ago, killamch89 said:

Sounds more like the latter to me as he's using a hard-to-spot area on the map to his advantage rather than an outright glitch to gain an advantage over the competition.

Yeah lol

[What's your favourite Disney film?]

Yeah I guess I just have so many favourites I forgot about it. I agree it's one of their best.

[Worst case of exploit abuse you ever witnessed?]

19 hours ago, kingpotato said:

Same here I dont think I ever encountered something like that, well except maybe in COD Blackops 2 there was this little crawl space where you could duck and camp and kill anyone from a  distance and no matter who tried to hunt you they where always on your sight of fire.

Not sure if exploit or tactical advantage.

[Games you've replayed the most]

1. Deus Ex
2. Doom
3. Borderlands 2
4. Duke Nukem
5. Fallout 3
6. Mass Effect
7. Star Fox
8. Tomb Raider 2
9. Duke Nukem 3D
10. Super Mario World

[Unpopular Gaming Opinions]

Fair enough. I just played it and was like "this is... kinda losing me quickly" so I guess it wasn't made for me.

[Best ending in a video game?]

I cry easily so it would probably make me cry too. I've never played it on account of never having a PS4 console though.

[Games you regret buying]

17 hours ago, kingpotato said:

Here is one I regret buying, but not because the game sucks. Dark Souls 2, the game keeps asking me for an update every time I try to play it, I'm not sure if the disc has a problem or maybe my Xbox 360 console but the update will always take around 20 minutes it will make my console restart 1 or 2 times . the game cost me 2 dollars, but I regret not getting a more updated version to avoid this kind of problems

That's just kind of modern gaming in a nutshell though...

[Opinions on games no one talks about]

It's kinda hard to think of any games that are really popular yet barely talked about. I know a lot of obscure games but they are usually games either everyone talks about or nobody discusses because nobody has played them.

[Anyone planning on picking up The Outer Worlds?]

I'm gonna avoid reviews for it until I've played it myself.

[Best modern 2D plataform games]

I recommend checking out Shovel Knight and Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Both have amazing music and addictive gameplay. Rad Rodgers is also worth checking out.

[Gray area cheating behaviors]

15 hours ago, UleTheVee said:

It's called Pay To Win nowadays...

or TIME SAVERS!!!!

SURPRISE MECHANICS!