>yet it's so bare bones it feels like it's still in the alpha stage
Like others have said above, that's how it's supposed to be. You just go around collecting stuff. The appeal of it is that it is easy to get into and is simple. The Pokemon brand is also a large factor in getting the game to explode as I can't think of any other brand that is able to do this if swapped.

I'm having fun with it myself. I believe the Japanese version releases today? Would be real nice if I could go there to play.

Pokemon Go is very overrated but fun not going to lie.

I don't understand why this is so insanely popular. I mean I get the appeal of Pokemon IRL but you can't really do anything with them. You can't teach them moves or train them any other way than catching more of the same Pokemon and repeatedly trading the lower leveled ones for candy that's all specific to that Pokemon and its evolutions. It's fun for like a week and then you just get so sick of catching and discarding 500 magikarps so you can get a gyrados which kind of ruins the point of having magikarp in the first place because it's so obvious to new players that it's going to become something really badass.

>>12200
>It's fun for like a week and then you just get so sick of [it]
Which would explain why the number of players is plummeting already.
It's funny though, the devs don't seem to be doing much to prevent it. I understand why the game was designed this way but now that you hooked some people you should make an attempt to actually try to get them to stay. I think making the game a bit more complex would turn away some of them but many others would stay for this depth. At this rate people will forget this existed by November.
Not that I care either way; hell, it's probably for the better.

>>11616
Field a team of assaults with close combat specialist and cheese through it.

>>11618
Tank rush!

Turn-based games are more gentlemanly.

i like turn based games. they give me time to think. i hate games that are kinda turn based and kinda not, like some of the snes rpgs (chrono trigger, ff6). if you're gonna make me wait, dont punish me for taking a while to choose my move! still good games though.

Tiny Chess
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/squeezing-a-playable-chess-program-into-487-bytes/

>>10800
Thats hot.

I prefer poker
♣ ♦ ♥ ♠

Chess... chess never changes.

>>12164
They actually revealed 20-something by now, you can look them up here:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_National_Pok%C3%A9dex_number
Just scroll down to Generation VII.

I play POKKEN

I'm definitely going with Rowlett, but... somewhat off-topic, been thinking of making another thread, but since it might be deemed unwarranted:

What's your all-time favourite Pokémon?

Mine is Empoleon. I like penguins, and its design is so elegant yet strong. Haven't seen yet any other that even remotely makes me rethink my favourite's spot.

>>12181
I've played quite a bit of it. I like using Gengar since he's a bit different, even if his HP isn't the best and he has an HP degen moves.

>>12183
I'm going with Litten since it reminds me of Senketsu.

My favorite pokemon is Duskull. Although not really all that strong or decent for the metagame, especially with priority moves being a thing. But I still like its design and it being a ghost type.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdKFl7uK4Yc

>>12105
yeah, why the soldiers don't gib?

on an unrelated note:
Doom HD with shaders and Doom 4 Weapons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0XO-KOw33k

For now I only made mods for Street of rage 2, if you are interested here is the link: http://www.romhacking.net/community/3444/

Doom v20c confirmed!

Brutal Doom 64 confirmed!

unrelated gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAi2ukkK7eg

Wasn't it to stick it to Hayter? I think I remember hearing something about Kojima not getting along with Hayter and wanting to replace him for some time before finally getting to do so.

>>12175
Judging by his almost hysterical reaction to not getting the Snake role, Hayter does seem like a not so fun person to be around.

>>10902
Before the internet you would have inevitably encountered a bad game. Guess you're a bit young and had the internet as a kid or something.

>>11283
I am young compared to the general population, but probably about average for here. I am 26.

As a child, my game information came from other children and magazines rather than the Internet. To be fair, I'm pretty sure my family had Internet access since before I was born. However, I didn't know how to use it, and whenever I was allowed to use the computer I would just play Doom 1 or 2, some Star Wars rail shooter, or Battle Chess.

I would always rent a game before asking for it for my birthday or Christmas. There probably are some terrible games I don't remember that I rented. I think also, when I was a kid I was more easily impressed and my memory of childhood is kind of a haze. One time I rented a PlayStation game, and there was a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of it and I couldn't get it off. That was probably the worst game I ever rented.

Trying to think back now, I think I played Superman 64 at a friend's house once when he rented it. That game is obviously definitely worse than the games I mentioned earlier.

Catwoman!

maybe not the absolute worst I played but it's the first that comes to mind. I bought it from a bargain bin for $10 new back when the ps2 was in it's prime. It literally gave me migraines playing this game. I couldn't get far into it because I felt like it was killing me. I still think the concept is solid enough but the way it played was horrid. I vaguely recall one issue I had with it being endlessly re spawning enemies that made fighting feel pointless.

>>11186
The first one did have the best writing and world setting.
If Re;Birth is just a remake then of course it would become the best.

That's kind of a though question for me, but probably TF2.

>>5950
Max Payne is a close second though. I've been attempting to finish New York Minute Hardcore in Max Payne 3 for the past few days. It's actually the most fun I've had playing a game in a while.

>>12062
>I've been attempting to finish New York Minute Hardcore in Max Payne 3 for the past few days.
I gave that up when I went too fast and a door didn't load to let me through.

>>2631
Hello wikipedia!

>>12029
O-Oh my.. is there one for Pio?

>>12146
Of course.

>>12147
Cute!

Chinese Girls always have double-buns hair-style.

It takes money to make money, and the most effective way to make more is to play the markets.

>>12126
I've lost $200 in the stock market so far.

>>12128

The stock market is gambling, I meant the actual market. physical goods, not leaves of paper with markings on them made by the people who actually do the buying and selling.