Cool details in old games

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Animated enemy/NPC/PC images from Tales of the Unknown Volume I: The Bard's Tale for the Commodore 64 (1985) ported to the Commodore Amiga (1986):

Also for The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight for the Commodore 64 (1986) ported to the Commodore Amiga (1988):

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

It was also cool how the first Stronghold could literally greet me by name. I guess my first name must have been common enough for them to include voiceover for it.

 

[NecroLord]

A wooden door allows a greater deal of noise to pass through than a steel door in both Thief games.

The demon ninjas in Shadow Warrior 3D will sometimes blow their own brains out with their gun if they fail to kill you and you do a certain amount of damage to them.

 

[Strig]

Far Cry 2, while not a particularly good game, had a ton of rather neat detail. These comparison videos are depressing, distilled and condensed decline in design philosophy.



EDIT: Just click "Watch on YouTube", ya lazy bums.

 

[sebas]

These comparison videos are depressing, distilled and condensed decline in design philosophy.

 

[NecroLord]

I find the lack of boob jiggle physics disturbing.
Bloodrayne has it, as does VTMB.

 

[Fargus]

But...but... i read on reddit and resetera that boob jiggle in vidya is disrespectful to wumbyn. You should be ashamed. Do better.

Anyway, what was the first game with titty physics?

 

[adddeed]

A wooden door allows a greater deal of noise to pass through than a steel door in both Thief games.

The demon ninjas in Shadow Warrior 3D will sometimes blow their own brains out with their gun if they fail to kill you and you do a certain amount of damage to them.

Thief really had superb audio design. I wonder if it was kept in System Shock 2 or not.

 

[KafkaBot]

Anyway, what was the first game with titty physics?

Probably Fatal Fury 2.

Mai Shiranui, my beloved.

 

[NecroLord]

A wooden door allows a greater deal of noise to pass through than a steel door in both Thief games.

The demon ninjas in Shadow Warrior 3D will sometimes blow their own brains out with their gun if they fail to kill you and you do a certain amount of damage to them.

Thief really had superb audio design. I wonder if it was kept in System Shock 2 or not.

It was, though I am not entirely certain if the sound propagation is different from the one in Thief.
Eric Brosius also worked on System Shock 2.

 

[rumSaint]

Far Cry 2, while not a particularly good game, had a ton of rather neat detail. These comparison videos are depressing, distilled and condensed decline in design philosophy.



EDIT: Just click "Watch on YouTube", ya lazy bums.

Yeah was meant to post that. Crowbcat has interesting videos regarding Dead Rising and Gta IV vs V.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Animated enemy/NPC/PC images from Tales of the Unknown Volume I: The Bard's Tale for the Commodore 64 (1985) ported to the Commodore Amiga (1986):

Also for The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight for the Commodore 64 (1986) ported to the Commodore Amiga (1988):

If it's not done yet, these should be immediately posted into the avatar thread.

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

Cool little detail in LotRO, moths come out at night and flutter around lanterns. Sadly, the lanterns don't flicker though.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

If it's not done yet, these should be immediately posted into the avatar thread.

These Bard's Tale animations were all added as Codex avatars in September 2020, but the forum transfer in the summer of 2022 disabled all avatar animations.

If enough people complain, staff might finally correct this issue.

 

[Alienman]

Location based wound decals on models. So you can see your handiwork. The psycho in me misses that very much.

 

[Arrowgrab]

In the 1998 game Hardwar, you had to enter a player name when starting a new game. If you entered "Gandalf," the program blocked you from proceeding and displayed the message "Please choose a name that is not inherently sad."

 

[Zarniwoop]

In the 1998 game Hardwar, you had to enter a player name when starting a new game. If you entered "Gandalf," the program blocked you from proceeding and displayed the message "Please choose a name that is not inherently sad."

Shit, never knew that.

And I LOVED that game.

 

[Zarniwoop]

But...but... i read on reddit and resetera that boob jiggle in vidya is disrespectful to wumbyn. You should be ashamed. Do better.

Anyway, what was the first game with titty physics?

Not boob jiggle, boobs of any kind is disrespectful now.

Unless it's whores flashing them on Onlyfans and becoming rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Then it's a strong, empowered wombun.

 

[deuxhero]

Doom and Rollercoaster Tycoon are cheating, but I'll Definitely Do Quick Drops regardless

 

[Kev Inkline]

If it's not done yet, these should be immediately posted into the avatar thread.

These Bard's Tale animations were all added as Codex avatars in September 2020, but the forum transfer in the summer of 2022 disabled all avatar animations.

If enough people complain, staff might finally correct this issue.

Regarding avatars, even the highest of artistic quality of avatars may take time to implement, I know this from the experience.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Location based wound decals on models. So you can see your handiwork. The psycho in me misses that very much.

Dark Corners of the Earth did the inverse; you can see the injuries on yourself, and treat them.

Plenty of opportunities in such a system for survival horror games released since then... but how many use it?

 

[Alienman]

Plenty of opportunities in such a system for survival horror games released since then... but how many use it?

Alone in the Dark from 2008 uses it. But it looks terrible. The wounds look like puke, which to be fair, is terrifying too.

 

[adddeed]

Mafia 2 (2010) - Tires deform realistically as you move (in fact anything to do with car physics is impressive, by far the best in the genre, even better than some racing sims)


Hitman 47 (2000) - Stair walking animation

 

[adddeed]

Race Driver GRID (2008) - Crowd reacts if you crash into barriers.

 

[Gorgiy]

Magic Carpet (1994) - real-time terrain deformation, reflections in water.