I think there was a time for Ash being in stuff. But that time was like fifteen, twenty years ago. I don't mean that to be a dick about it, I love those movies.
But at the time I think DVD had really breathed new life into a lot of those sort of cult movies, never mind the Spider-Man bump really shining a light on Raimi's old work. Add the timing of kids growing up having heard about Evil Dead and Army now being of that age to be "into" that older stuff, as opposed to now when we're like two generations removed from those movies being relevant. But back then? There were a bunch of game attempts, comic books, nerd memorabilia, "special edition" rereleases, etc.
When they were talking about that Freddy vs Jason vs Ash movie at the time, it didn't seem totally out of place.
I think in 2019, it pains me to say it but, I don't think Ash stayed as relevant as Freddy & Jason. Those guys are iconic movie monsters even today, despite the lack of new movies featuring them. I think Ash missed the boat. 2005 or so really was the time to try to push the Evil Dead over the top but it never really worked out for them.
The TV show kind of works. But the gist of that is that Ash is a washed up over the hill hasbeen who has to get get back into things. It's a clever premesis that is probably the only way to justify that character coming back in 2019. Just being... Ash, as he was, would be almost like being Duke Nukem in todays world.
Ok. He's not as bad as Duke.
That's why Ash in Mortal Kombat is so weird. I mean it kind of keeps in line with their other guest characters, it's more of a time with all their other 70's and 80's guests. Spawn being 90's man probably makes him their "most current" guest character funnily enough. But it seems like they're getting into a really specific demographic (ie me).
I think they might make it work though. Amusingly all three guest characters have canonical Old and Young versions they could pull for MK11. Having both Army of Darkness and modern old man Ash might actually be a really cool way to go, even justifying his inclusion a bit if only because he adheres to the games gimmick.
I'll never understand why people groan about rogue-likes so much. There are so many bad games.
Bad FPS'. Bad fighting games. Bad open world games. Bad MMO's. Bad RPGs. Bad Battle Royales. Etc, ad infinum.
So why is it that when yet another rogue-like crops up that isn't the next Binding of Isaac, or other top tier genre mate, everyones is all "Boo! Stop making rogue likes! Too many!"
I mean we still get great new ones pretty often. Innovative, different ones too. Dead Cells, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire. All amazing.I
Not every game is good. Most examples of any genre are less then stellar. To be kind. So ignore them and move on, t he goods ones will rise to the top.
Just a pet peeve. Not really directed at the Giant Bomb folks; I think it's a funny bit every time they introduce another one with such chagrin. But still. Same complaint about people who bitch about "yet another pixel game" as if they were all of some ubiquitous quality. Meh. Sorry for the vent.
Sorry Brad but you are 100% wrong about the MK ending thing. The triggers online must be incomplete but there are definitely different versions of it.
I don't want to put spoilers in the comments but suffice to say I beat that game and didn't know about some of the things you mention happening until days later when they came up online.
Unless they patched the ending, which is possible, you can get a final scene that only has the two characters in it.
I believe the characters without a "series" are from unreleased, also unannounced, games. At least that was the initial pitch back when this and Blade Strangers were announced.
I've no idea if Helen or bootleg Belmont are still getting games though.
@chrisflavin: It's an american thing. I believe in the rest of the world Smarties are the M&M style chocolate candies and the things Brad mentioned are called Rockets.
It's not identifying the actual Mona Lisa, or whatever object, based on your drawing. It doesn't know what the Mona Lisa is. What it knows is that everytime it prompts a human to draw the Mona Lisa the result is the same generic human shape in a rectangle.
So to the AI that IS the Mona Lisa, which is how it correctly identifies the drawing.
It's literally like teaching a child. You tell a child what a dog is enough times they'll be able go proudly proclaim "Dog!" when they see one.
Similarity if you teach a kid the a dog is a "Cat"; A - you're an asshole and B - they'll incorrectly, but "correctly", identify dogs as "cats". Just like how generic face in frame = Mona Lisa. It only knows what it's been told.
Over time, with enough samples, the AI will be able to differentiate between these simple shapes and the actual Mona Lisa. But it takes time.
The existence of non-swappable tile sets is very exciting. Forget Mario 2 (or not. Mario 2 please) they could do anything as DLC now. Provided it's a tile based set.
The way this game works already there's no real reason you couldn't sell premium tool sets for things like Metroid, Kid Icarus or, who am I kidding the real exciting stuff is all third party. Mega Man, Castlevania, Contra, Ninja Gaiden, hell Monster World, Faxanadu, whatever!
The engine in theory could support any kind of 8-bit tile set. Sell them as premium dlc for $20 bucks a pop and print money.
So what struck me while watching this was the idea of; But what else is there? In the genre I mean to say.
Not the biggest FPS person but a lot of that boils down to how few of the them are made that I'd have any interest in.
Modern military, online centric team multiplayer, battle royales, mmo-lite loot shooters, etc. No thanks. Like, sure whatever, I'm ok with you dang kids playing on my lawn. Have fun. I'm just not going to play with you.
So what's left? Doom and Wolfenstein? I suppose Far Cry as well. Maybe I'm forgetting a ton of games but...? BioShock is dead, Titanfall seems dead, Half-Life is dead, even stuff like Alien vs Predator seems gone.
I'm the last person to bemoan the death of the glut of mediocre FPS's that flooded the PS3/360 generation but it's still kind of sad that this style of game is so, I dunno, on life support?
Like I'm sure Doom Eternal and Wolfenstein The Next One will be great, you know the other Bethesda/ID games, but again. What else is there?
Because this seems surprisingly unappealing for having so little direct competition.
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