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i miss that old PopCap feel
- Thread starter Fat4all
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Chuzzle the GOAT.
And Peggle 2 unironically made me lose my shit when it was announced that E3. I'd love another one.
And Peggle 2 unironically made me lose my shit when it was announced that E3. I'd love another one.
I played so much Zuma's Revenge. Bookworm to a lesser extent but both great games.
I feel like now they'd be made overly complicated in order to sell you microtransactions
I feel like now they'd be made overly complicated in order to sell you microtransactions
Popcap shamelessly ripped off a lot of those games.
Check out Puzz Loop.
I don't miss them at all. They can fuck off.
A shameless Puzzle Bobble rip off.
Fuck Popcap.
Check out Puzz Loop.
I don't miss them at all. They can fuck off.
Dynomite was always my jam, would love to see it revived and not EA'd.
A shameless Puzzle Bobble rip off.
Fuck Popcap.
did i do that right? i swear i had bookworm on my ipod touch like ten years ago what the hell happened
forgot this was a thing. it owned. there was a harmonix game that used your own mp3s too.
It appeared on Android, but was an Amazon exclusive. Then delisted because Peggle Blast.
Man, remember the absolute shit show/storm that was the Plants vs Zombies 2 launching with timers and microtransactions etc.?
I still can't believe how good the first one was and how they completely fucked it up with the second.
I still can't believe how good the first one was and how they completely fucked it up with the second.
Oh yeah, I forgot Pop Cap did that Amazon app store exclusivity back in the day, but I had no idea that Peggle was a part of that too.
I remember hating that PvZ 1 lacked some features from the PC and iOS version because it took them so long to update the Amazon version.
a day in the 2000's without Poodle Hat was a day not worth living
Yeah. I feel this a lot. The Steam collection of Popcap games is as close as we get now.
What's crazy is play Plants vs Zombies 1.
I dare you. Open up PvZ, start fresh, from a new save and play it.
I guarantee you, you'll be SHOCKED at how there's no banner ads, no popups, no in-app purchases. When you lose a level, you TRY AGAIN instead of being offered to buy a key. There's no 'hard currency' you have to earn or buy. There's no daily reward calendar to keep you coming back.
It's nuts how many things we've let become normal in casual games now.
Edit: Also, there's nothing wrong with cloning games like this. If we didn't clone games, we'd never have new games beyond Pong. The entire INDUSTRY is built off of trying to do similar things to what people did before. Hell, Bungie was founded off of their Mac rip-off of Doom.
What's crazy is play Plants vs Zombies 1.
I dare you. Open up PvZ, start fresh, from a new save and play it.
I guarantee you, you'll be SHOCKED at how there's no banner ads, no popups, no in-app purchases. When you lose a level, you TRY AGAIN instead of being offered to buy a key. There's no 'hard currency' you have to earn or buy. There's no daily reward calendar to keep you coming back.
It's nuts how many things we've let become normal in casual games now.
Edit: Also, there's nothing wrong with cloning games like this. If we didn't clone games, we'd never have new games beyond Pong. The entire INDUSTRY is built off of trying to do similar things to what people did before. Hell, Bungie was founded off of their Mac rip-off of Doom.
Vaporwave captures an aesthetic which expresses nostalgia for the 80s/90s.
We need a word /genre which encapsulates the 2000s cheapo popcap games which we will be nostalgic for in 10yrs.
This is that "100,000 games in 1" type shit yeayeaye
EDIT: casualcore or smthng like that
We need a word /genre which encapsulates the 2000s cheapo popcap games which we will be nostalgic for in 10yrs.
This is that "100,000 games in 1" type shit yeayeaye
EDIT: casualcore or smthng like that
People were more willing to pay money to buy these games back then. When you look at mobile games now how often do you overlook all the games that come with a cost? It's race to the bottom, basically.
If the pandemic wasn't a thing I'd tell you to go to some hole in the wall bar and see if they have a bar top touch game machine. All those games ended up on those things. They're great and you can drink.
No love for Insaniquarium. *shakes head*
I still randomly get sad every once in a while that they never made a second one of those
I remember playing the Cartoon Network and Disney flash games on the family Dell every morning before school.
Surprised no one posted this.
While I was studying at DigiPen in Redmond, WA, one of my artist teachers worked at PopCap. He talked a lot about his job and how he loved it. He left PopCap few year later for some reason, didn't get a chance to ask. Seems after EA bought PopCap, things started to go downhill.
While I was studying at DigiPen in Redmond, WA, one of my artist teachers worked at PopCap. He talked a lot about his job and how he loved it. He left PopCap few year later for some reason, didn't get a chance to ask. Seems after EA bought PopCap, things started to go downhill.
Popcap games were the epitome of B grade children's cartoon design. Everything has this designed by the book, no personality style.
No I do not miss it.
I do love Peggle though.
No I do not miss it.
I do love Peggle though.
Oh man, Bookworm was my SHIT back in the day, I spent so much time on that game.
I'd like to propose Shockwave.
I'd like to propose Shockwave.
I should reinstall Peggle on Steam, an old friend and I played the hell out of that a decade ago.
Anyone remember the 'Sold Out' game series in the UK? Its all i ever could afford when I was young and remember places like PC world having a big collection.
I desperately need a Peggle 3. And a new Zuma.
Peggle XBLA's ranked Peg Party multiplayer mode was like crack. Was so addicted to that. Servers have been turned off now though, just a fragment of history :(
Peggle XBLA's ranked Peg Party multiplayer mode was like crack. Was so addicted to that. Servers have been turned off now though, just a fragment of history :(
I don't get why Peggle and Zuma aren't on every modern console. Easy money, surely. My wife was addicted to Zuma on Xbox 360
Still playing Peggle, 2 player hotseat, random map, random guide(cuz horse OP), honor agreement: you cant shoot directly at the last red peggle. Those are the rules, amen.
Peggle 2 is shit btw, avoid. I kinda pretend i does not exist.
Peggle 2 is shit btw, avoid. I kinda pretend i does not exist.
