Good Game Design - Super Mario 64: Accomplishment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2014
- In this episode of Good Game Design, we look at how Super Mario 64 makes you feel good about yourself. Accomplishment is important in gaming, have you felt that in other games? Tell me in the comments! Thanks for watching!
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I always tried to fling King Bob-Omb off the mountain
LOL me too!
I thought that that was how you beat him lol
Same here. I couldn't beat him until a friend came over and did it for me. Which is why I take issue when people claim this boss to be too easy.
People do that?
I've encountered at least a couple who say that. Some fail to put the battle into context.
"All in his 3D glory and uglier than ever" LOL
You forgot to mention the ending, and how it rewards you with one of the best songs you'll ever hear in a game. That REALLY makes you feel accomplished. It's definitely one of my favorite endings.
+Natok the Dragon [PresStarToPlay] Oh I love the ending music in this! Same with the ending to DKC, one of the most rewarding songs ever :D
DKC2, Yoshi's Island, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart DS also had amazing ending themes.
Anyway, to be on-topic, the game that made me feel the most accomplished is definitely Super Mario Galaxy. I remember I got all of the 121 Power Stars with both Mario and Luigi in 5 days on my first playthrough since all I did was playing it, and I beat it the second time on the weekend the same week. I imagine I'll feel even more accomplished when I finally beat The Perfect Run in SMG2.
I haven't seen the ending of Paper Mario, but I feel similarly about the ending of SM64. Don't spoil it though.
When I jump 10 QPUs and suckerpunch a scuttlebug.
I can't give this a full +1 since I'm on mobile. Would you settle for one half?
a +1 is a +1 you cant say it's only a half
10 PUs, not 10 QPUs.
Timestoppa But a PU is only 0.25 of a qpu and we know that A presses only go down to 1. That is, if you're doing an entire run. If its just one star you can have half a pu. Just make sure to transport the scuttlebug first.
But to jump that much you first have to build up speed for 12 hours
This is where proper game introduction levels help. When I play a game like this, where it lets you explore to learn, when you replay it, you breeze right through in minutes as opposed to the "Let's pause the game and teach you how to jump for six minutes", that just has me dreading replaying them.
Yeah good point! Another reason this is nice, the signs and stuff are all optional
I updated my Temple Run 2 app today which introduced a new world, and I don't know why I didn't press the "skip tutorial" button (which only appeared for a few seconds in the start)… but I had to sit through doing what I already knew how to do. It's interesting to think about this from the perspective of "what if I reset my phone or reinstall the app?" I can't do what I can in SM64.
does anybody feel light physically when they complete a hard moment in a game
yes
It's that adrenaline rush, man. Shadow of the Colossus made me numb after a while.
Yeah, like Sans from undertale, moon lord from terraria, and yama from spelunky.
lol. yeh light.
I just completed Darker Side in Super Mario Odyssey yesterday. It was tense but when it was done, I felt that light-headed accomplished feeling.
Sno: "To truly understand this game, we need to..."
Me: "...Talk about parallel universes?"
I know this video is way older than that one, but I couldn't not.
Epic joke! ^
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When I beat Super Mario Galaxy for the first time I cried. Then years later I replayed it and got all 120 stars, and then did it all again as Luigi. What a great game!
The end is literally the most emotion and best end to anything ever. I like how calm the music is and I like the spinning top as well as Rosalina talking to you through the cosmos.
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Ganondorf Wind Waker.
The first game I beat on my own without cheats.
Never ever had I felt so accomplished in my life at that point.
All this while barely knowing english.
That theme song reminds me all about the wonderful adventure I had on the gamecube.
Seriously one of the best games ever.
The sense of accomplishment came from me beating Super Castlevania IV for the first time. The tension of heading for Dracula. And when I got there, and beat em, I jumped for joy, and felt so accomplished also felt sentimental when the ending theme started playing, the castle crumbled, and the credits rolled.
Super Mario 3. no internet. no guides. pure joy.
I remember finding a flute above the screen once. That was quite accomplishing. However to this day I don't know where to get a single anchor.
I think exploration is the most fun when you feel like you've found something special that others wouldn't see. Nowadays with the internet it's just a different thing.:/ Why would I feel proud if there are 10 youtube videos showing how to do it?
Unfortunately, I've been playing that game since I was 5, so I know it like the back of my hand. It would be cool to be able to experience a game fresh...
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Ocarina of time was one of my first games that wasn't solely for children. The buildup to Ganondorf when climbing the tower made beating him feel like way more of an achievement than anything I'd done before.
Same for me. I was so in love with all my non-racing N64 games that I 100%ed them all. The concept is so well-executed that I can't remember exactly how far I got on the first day of SM64 or OoT. Actually, the Nintendo Power promo video showed me how to beat Bowser.
The whole buildup, the meeting, the fight and everything that comes after is so fucking good. As a kid I used to watch my mother try to beat him over and over again. Many sections of that ending are ingrained in my mind since
Great video! You're 110% right, this is one hell of a game to beat!
Thanks for watching!
Nice! It's TetraBitGaming!
Ah so many good memories. I remember finishing mass effect trilogy for the first time, and all the battles I had fought, all the friends I had lost, the friendships I had formed along the way, and my ultimate decision at the end... It was magical when I look back. Such a long and exciting story with lots of choices. And in the end for me it was not about whether these choices mattered in a long run, but the words that came out of my character that represented me in that fictional world. There was something so different about it that I lack to find in other games even till this very day.
Awesome! I still need to play the series, I've only done a tiny bit of the first game
When I got the "true pacifist" ending in Undertale, the final boss was nothing to write home about, but the dialogue, the story, the characthers, they made me so happy.
+Cwovictor Yeah I agree, my favorite final bosses were in neutral and genocide, but the pacifist ending was certainly the happiest :P
I hate the pacifist boss, but everything else was great.
When I beat Giygas in Earthbound. He was so much bigger and different than any other boss, it was almost uncomfortable since it was different than what I've been doing the whole game. Also Flowey from Undertale for the same reason lmao
+Eathams Yeah thats awesome! I really need to play Earthbound to see the comparison :)
+Eathams i also think Omega Flowey is totally like giygas... well Toby Fox did make Earthbound Rom hacks before Undertale
Flowey was like that for me too. It helps that I was on the brink of death throughout the fight yet still managed to beat him on my first try & my brother (who took several tries like most people) was watching.
I like fights like that. Where it's super intense & almost seems impossible but there's really nothing to stop you from beating it on your first try if you play well enough.
Super Monkey Ball 2, on the other hand, gave me a great sense of accomplishment when I finally beat Master Extra because I died an ungodly amount of times on my way through the game.
Fun fact: the Flowey fight lies. Flowey is toying with you, and each of his attacks does less damage if you're at lower health - at full health, it'll do half, at half health a quarter, at quarter health an eighth, always making you feel like you're in more danger than you really are. In my opinion, that's ingenious.
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When I first performed a waveshine in Smash Bros. Melee.
:v
When I first performed a wobble in Smash Bros. Melee.
Same
When I surpassed that layer of training room practice to being an above average anthers player.
I did it with falco 7 times by accident on my second try.... now I can _sometimes_ make it past 2
I felt accomplished with the DS version of Mario 64. One of my favorite games of all time.
Dro1126 Same on the DS version.
Dro1126 I also grew up with the Ds version and it is even better than the original! It was an awesome expierience and I sometimes come back to my dusty DsLite and enjoy once again!
Pazl lol the n64 version is definitely better. The ds controls and sound are shit
That has to be because you grew up with it because I really disliked that one. 64 is still one of my favourites.
You do you buddy, but for me, 64 DS was a disgusting excuse for Super Mario 64. I played it because it was fun, but never did it come close to the real thing. Controls were worse, sound effects were worse, the levels were worse. The only upside was Luigi and Wario.
first time I got the good ending in starfox 64 was pretty awesome
that feeling of "die here or live forever" after andross explodes, the ultimate buildup as you race for your survival and finally accomplish it
good times
+Luis Silva yeah thats a great game
This is such a great game. Never beaten it myself (about 40 stars in) but it's fun as hell.
My greatest accomplishment, as a child, was beating Super Mario World. I was about 5 years old, and I could never figure out how to actually damage Bowser. Once I finally discovered it, I was ecstatic. Beating him just felt amazing. I felt like I truly accomplished something.
My greatest gaming accomplishment nowadays was also ridiculous: 100%ing Super Meat Boy. Holy FUCK that too forever. That game is hard as fucking balls. It's so much fun, and when I finally beat the final level, with an A+ rating, I nearly fucking died. Like I was so hyped and happy for a solid month.
That feeling is totally the best isn't it? Beating SMW was a big one for me as well, even the Star Road. Geez that was tough! Thanks for watching and replying!
When I first beat 4/20 mode on Five Nights at Freddy's, I lept out of my seat and started yelling from that feeling. For a while, nothing felt harder than beating that night.
6 months and nobody was salty due to your comment.
canihaveyourRNGmanipulatingmachineokthxbai
*TRIGGERED*
When you said you watched your Dad beat it, I felt really old. Because I was a teen when this came out and my Dad would never even look at games.
I love this video!
When I first got SM64 (ds) I played over and over and OVER AGAIN trying to beat Bowser, then about 5 or 6 years later (now) I beat Bowser. I felt EXTREMELY accomplished. You deserve more subscibers!!!
5:26 by now your a master of this game!
*has one health left*
Beating Wind Waker for the first time, That's why it my favorite video game of all time
Never heard of Monster Hunter? That game is a party of farm, grind and accomplishment.
Boring game imo
When I 101% completed Donkey Kong 64 and got the secret ending, knowing that Donkey Kong 64 was actually in the GWR for the most amount of collectables in a game... Accomplishment.
GWR for most overrated waste of time. The gaming press rated +90% then. They were either lying or retarded.
+Schtolteheim Reinbach
I mean nobody asked you to sit around bitching and complaining about a small amount of text in a youtube comment that mentions the Guinness Book of World records. Well, considering that the new Game Awards thing in America named Overwatch Game of the Year I think Guinness holds a bit more ground.
Wahaller when i beat kirby super stars ultra true arena
you didnt get everything ;)
Anthony Campbell
Yeah, they almost definitely didn't get everything. That's kind of sad to think about.
Beating Super Mario RPG was crazy for me. I was in fifth grade, and apparently I had been talking to my mother a lot about the game because when I ran and told her how happy I was that I just beat the game, she presented me with a Geno doll she had created herself! Not only did I beat one of my favorite games of all time, but my mother took the time to create my favorite character from that game for when I beat it! Oh, it was great. I'm getting all excited just thinking about it again...
That's AWESOME! Super cool of your mom to do! I have only played about a chapter of Super Mario RPG, but my goal is to play through it sometime soon. Thanks for watching!
That's so awesome! :) I think it was really wonderful for your mom to do that for you :)
My first game I ever beat was Halo 3 back in 2007, that final level was amazing!
I have to sadly say that the first game I had ever beaten was Madagascar the Video Game. Most of the time before hand I'd switch between games and never really finish them. But the game was short enough to beat in a single sitting.
Mytru Mara I played that lol
One of the things I loved about Super Mario 64 too was that there were almost no interruptions to the gameplay: no long cutscenes and very few "walls of text" you had to go through. I love it because it's pretty much a pure videogame not a videogame/movie and also almost EVERY SINGLE important decision in the game is made by the player, not by the player character in a cutscene.
I think the fact that every single important decision is made by the player, and that you never had a perfect cutscene Mario doing cooler things than you or doing the finishing move, just resulted in all of the success being personally attributed and increasing that sense of accomplishment.
+Joshua Powlison Yeah it was very much a gamey game lol, meaning its all about that gameplay!
Mario Galaxy felt so good. Fighting with Bowser inside the *FREAKING SUN* , while going from planet from planet, having 3 Phases with Opera playing in the background was so good. The final cyst scene is amazing. Punching him inside the sun, the Sun Exploding and a Black Hope destroying the entire universe, and Lumas sacrificing themselves to save the universe was amazing
This is super enjoyable. Thanks for uploading this and not cussing in the video. In my programming class at school, we're doing a unit on game design, so I'm definitely sharing this video with the teacher & class!
That's awesome! I really appreciate that, that would be super cool. Yeah, I like to keep the channel family friendly. I don't need to cuss to get a point across. Glad you enjoyed!
one of the things i loved about this game was how u could get stars and do things in various ways and orders. i liked how open it was and it allowed things to be interesting or fun when u replay the game. i always compare this to super mario galaxy which is more linear in a sense that its not wide open and theres typically one route to get a star. i loved both games but the openess of 64 was awesome
Beating a boss in any of the Souls games is up there for me. I can still vividly remember every moment. Slightly shaking, heart pounding in my chest, that little bit of tunnel vision you get right at the end. It's definitely an amazing feeling.
+77GunsarfuN77 Oh man, exactly! And it really was with most every boss haha! They all are so satisfying to beat
I'd have to say that my first real sense of accomplishment was when I was playing Pokemon LeafGreen for the first time, and was playing it pretty much alongside my brother with him playing FireRed. When we both got Surf at around the same time, he wanted to immediately go towards the Seafoam Islands as marked by the map, but I wanted to go to this place simply called "Power Plant". Me being like 8 at the time, it was kind of scary, yet fun to explore this part of the game, a portion of it that we didn't explore at the same time, and to encounter Zapdos while he found Articuno was this huge feeling of accomplishment that I was able to do something just as amazing as my older brother without anyone helping me out.
+Oblivionitus Thats amazing. I love stories like that, games were so much fun when we were younger haha!
Holy shit there is a warp on the mountain?
Mind = Blown!
Haha, glad I could help in the mind blowing, surprised you didn't know that :)
I know right, I didn't even know!
Hard to say, but beating Smithy on SMRPG:LotSS and King K. Rool on DK64 probably rank pretty high up there. Big moments from big games as a child.
One of my earliest memories is from when I first got my N64 and my parents and I spent the first few hours just running around the courtyard of Peach's Castle being totally amazed by the 3D movement.
When I beat a tough fighting game I feel great. Knowing I learned to put the beat down on the toughest foe is wonderful.
+Daegan Noel (Nagead-Pwns) Yeah thats a great example. Some fighting games are CRAZY hard lol
"Feel the burn" Laughing my ass off so hard
+GiggyTat64 Haha yeah man! He's gotta get his cardio in somehow
F-Zero GX Very Hard story mode was one of the most frustrating but most accomplished-feeling. Oh, and, Bonfire Lit?
Gears of War 1 on Insanity, solo. Raam was ridiculous.
I never feel more accomplished than when I get back to my ship in a Metroid game. It's just so fulfilling seeing how far you've come since the last time you saw that familiar space ship ... now that I think of it, my top 3 favorite metroid games all have the ship in a more accessible location than the others. Prime 1 and Super have it in in a room with many paths, and Prime 3's multiple landing pads. Especially in Super when you climb out of brinstar's red tower and hear that triumphant music.
Discovering how to find and get the secrets from Braid was one of the best senses of accomplishment in gaming. The feeling that you figured out something seemingly impossible in a way that minutes (or hours) earlier you had no idea could be done.
I tend to feel the most accomplished after I beat hard games, or even hard challenges. I think a big design key is to make a bunch of little challenges that lead up to a big one, so the player can always have something bigger that they want to accomplish!
Yeah thats a great call!
When I beat Contra and Life Force WITHOUT the Konami code.
Nothing has made me feel more like a badass than beating Ninja Gaiden Black on Master Ninja difficulty.
+Xevnest24 Haha thats awesome
+Xevnest24 fucking show-off
+Xevnest24 Same here!
I beat Dark Souls on ng+4.
When I killed Gruntilda for the first time ever when I was a kid :D Man I still get chills when the Jinjonator gets activated! All my hard work paid off :3! #BanjoKazooie
when i first beat yoshi's island on the gameboy advance, i felt so accomplished. i'd had that game for so long and i'd finally completed it! little me was not very good at video games (well i'm still not great but i was even worse then) so finally getting to the ending was really big for me.
The Ansem fight from Kingdom Hearts 1, and the Dhoulmagus and Godbird fights from Dragon Quest 8. Took me at least half a dozen tries for all three of em.
Oooo yes Kingdom Hearts made me feel that for sure! Great ending.
I just found your channel and ive been binging your videos for the past 3 days! I love your stuff, you speak super well and make lots of super interesting points. I loved your outro in this especially, so polite and genuine! Love this channel
Dustforce. When you string together a series of perfect moves, it feels like nothing else in gaming.
I beat Pocky and Rocky as a kid, after dozens of game overs. That game is brutal for how adorable it is.
Now I can beat it without continuing at all! Yay Video Games!
+Jade Venator Oh nice! Haven't played that one, I'll have to try it out
This video is RIDICULOUS good. You will go VERY far with this channel, such great quality, so well thought out and brilliantly organised / put together! A video to be very proud of and with some super interesting points in there. Keep up the great quality content! :)
Wow thank you so much, that means a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed. I certainly hope so for the future :)
Omg you're SOOO welcome! And you need to know how well you're doing for such a little audience (so far!) Josh's retweet should help you out and you know he wouldn't have done that if he didn't think the video was of great quality! PROPS!
Dude, I’ve been watching a lot of your good game design and other series about game analysis, and I think they’re excellent. Congrats.
Okami was defiantly that game for me, the game is so long and can be really tricky if you don't know what to do. First time I beat it I cried, but mainly because the ending has some beautiful feels. 10/10 favorite game ever!
When I beat Whitney's Miltank in Crystal version I felt so accomplished I shouted out in joy. The bad news was I was in church... I had played Gold and Silver, but I was too young to read when I played Silver so it was essentially my mother's game, and I got lost in Dark Cave in Gold. Crystal version was a harder copy of those two games and when I beat the Goldenrod Gym all on my own I was elated!
That's hilarious. I remember how hard Whitney was! Pokemon Gold was like so much of my childhood man.
Hope to see your channel grow. Just followed on twitch and subscribed here. =)
I beat Whitney's Miltank as an adult and I have to recognize It was an intense battle. Lol.
Damn milk drinks... She killed all my pokemon and I had a lvl 15 sandsrew I didn't intend to use (HM slave) and I said "what the hell". Glorious Cut to Miltank and she was down at first try, but not an easy one.
The first time i really feelt accomplished were then I finished Crash Team Racing 100% for the first time and unlocking the boss characters. My was mind blown away then I suddenly discoverd that I unlocked a freaking BOSS character.
+Fredrik Linusson Haha yeah thats awesome! Love it when games do that
When I beat Bowser in Super Mario freaking Galaxy... I never knew that a video game could be so epic. When the Grand Star shot into the sky and then landed right in front of me, I truly felt like I saved the entire universe.
About the Bowser fight, I need to mention the scream Bowser releases when he hits a bomb. It's loud and impactful, as if he felt a sharp pain. Aligned with the sound of the bomb exploding, it's really satisfying: it feels like you did some good damage to him.
Beating Ogre at the end of Tekken 3 made me feel like I just solved a major, historical problem!
I was just 9 :p
+Da666ManIsBak Especially his final form. Jesus, it makes you feel like a God when you kill him. lol
Banjo kazooie on N64 was the first game I ever played when I was 4 years old. Beating Grunty at the end was the best feeling ever when i was a kid. It probably took me a few months to win (school and other video games). I played that game so much in my life and I still play it to this very day. I've been 100% the game for years now. Every time I play I learn something new. THE best game of all time. I hold that game close to my heart.
+Nicholas RL Hawkins True story, I got to the Grunty fight as a kid, but I never beat her. She was too hard in the last phase! I only ever beat her in the XBLA remake where the notes didn't respawn if you died, so i could 100% the game and get the health bonus at the end
+snomaN Gaming I feel like the xbl remakes are too easy but thats actually the ones i been playing for the past few year so i cant complain.
SM64 was just a special game. Its timeless. I still go back and play it a few times a year because it just never stops being fun even after getting all the stars
Most recently? Metal Slug Advance. A patron asked me to beat it 100%, and it was so, so satisfying when I hit my last goal. How awesome that I captured that moment on camera, so I can just go back and relive it if I want to.
mario world in my case, the moment you reach the special world... A SECRET WORLD INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD, GENIUUUUUUUUS
+Làzaro Angel (SVX) YEAH I love Mario World for that alone!
Jak II was an accomplishment because of how hard it is. 284 precursor Orbs, 4 bosses, all really hard, and the GUNS. I remember getting the first gun, and then getting the hardest mission yet. That mission took so long, and the gun sucked at the time. I had to get faster rate of fire and maxing out ammo capacity and getting the other guns and it was satisfying. The final boss was scary, because he was three phases, and the last, he chased you around and swiped you with his arm thing. I was so glad to have finally beat his metal head ass.
Man, I loved Jak and Daxter, and I played Jak 2 & 3, and while they were fine, they really changed up everything, I preferred the simple platforming more :/
=P idk why Jak II is hated by so many people. I know it's hard, but I had no trouble. Idk why, but it was so easy. Not to be rude, but I think I did better on that game than many others who played. =P
No it's definitely not the challenge, just how completely different it is from the original. It's still fun, just odd how different it is
Ever played the mission where Kor wants you to destroy the eco tanks? The first part where you have to kill the 40 Krimzon guards? That is officially the hardest mission in the game. And try doing it in Hero Mode I learned a glitch where you dark bomb just before going in the turret rider and it kills all the guards.
I've been watching several of your videos as well as those done by Mark Brown (ie: Boss Keys) and I'm very, very happy with the work you have put forth here. As an aspiring game developer, having no formal education and literally learning as I go EVERY. STEP. OF. THE. WAY, I'm finding your reviews and analyses very easy to comprehend as they tend to get right to the point in simplistic terms. You make it clear and obvious and show different examples of what it is you're addressing (either from multiple points in the focused game or from other games in your intro segment) to best illustrate what you're getting at. Thank you for all your hard work and for helping me to PUT WORDS TO things I am only AWARE of but now can start being specifically conscious of and can address in my own projects. God bless you and keep up the good work!
When I defeated Masa & Mune in Chrono Trigger. As an 8 year old delving into the world of RPGs, this was a huge accomplishment for me.
Awesome! I still need to play that one
I like your channel, you pinpoint very well why we love video games. I have never played Mario 64 - or any mario besides the first one - but themes you touch on are universal. Subed!
Great video man! This game has a special place in my heart as well! Loved this as a child and still do today. But I think the biggest feeling of accomplishment I got out of Super Meat Boy! I haven't completed it 100 % but in that game every single level (well maybe not the first world xD) feels like an accomplishment! :)
+Jimmy Cage Oh man, SMB is crazy! Feels so good when you beat it tho, I never 100%'d either tho haha
really think this feeling was also implemented in many of the jiggies in banjo tooie, specially the big bosses fights! they made them feel really epic, some of them quite hard, and the feeling of getting through them, seeing the beaten bosses curse at you or the characters thanking you for defeating it, on top of getting a jiggy out of it, all of this made the game feel really rewarding to me.
+Kotau Yeah for sure! Some of them are really rewarding
An accomplishment I can remember from when I was younger is when I had 100% completed Sly Cooper 2. I spent maybe three weeks getting all of the bottles together and seeing how fast i could do my favorite missions. I did this with the other games, but 2 just happened to stick out because it was the first
Beating hell. No I mean a level just called "Hell". (pssst you all should play cave story it's great)
+Divi Forrester
_Amen!_
+Divi Forrester one day I will know that feeling
+Divi Forrester God, that took me 3 weeks...
What about Spelunky and Super Meat Boy?
That level was tough
i felt so accomplished when i beat chaos 7 in sonic adventure, i was all like oh HELL YEAH.
you see in sonic adventure there is this huge bulid up to chaos getting his final form you spend most of the game trying to prevent it, and its show throughout the game the chaos' true power was no joke as he completely wiped out the entire ekidna civilization. in the last story you have to take him down as super sonic it was just so god dam coooooooooool
Beating Mega Man 9 last year for the first time was an amazing feeling. I had died a lot and it was frustrating the whole way through, but the feeling of accomplishment when I finally beat Wily was incredible, unlike anything I've felt from a game before.
Melee makes me feel accomplished because it just shows how much you can accomplish putting your heart and soul just to beat that one kid down the street that thinks he is the best and when you do finally beat him you feel like you did something that seemed impossible before
*and also doing 8 multi-shines with falco*
when I got 96 exits on all 3 save files in SMW.
Oh man. Finally killing Gore Magala for the first time in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Such sweet victory.
Yeah, the MH series also gives that sense of accomplishment very well.
i remember the feeling so well. Damn it was so satisfying.
Especially since i use a SnS
Shagaru Magala has to be one of my favorite boss battles of all time.
***** i agree
Woah, I'm almost three years later, but man... you described my EXACT experience and feelings towards this game, even the dad part!
Super Mario 64 was my first introduction to 3D gameplay too. I remember stepping into Bob-omb Battlefield on Christmas day and being blown away (no pun intended) by the expansive, colourful landscape and catchy music.
I love the game as much to this day, and despite the visuals being fairly dated, it doesn't matter when the rest of the game is near-perfect. Koji Kondo's music for SM64 has remained prominent in my mind throughout the years and I often find myself humming the main theme when feeling upbeat. I still really love the level designs of SM64 and SMS and I hope that Nintendo will give us more nonlinear gameplay in the future.
Anyway, great video, snowmaN Gaming. Keep up the good work! =)
+MrChristopherCourage Yeah my thoughts exactly :) Thank you so much, that means a lot
1:08 - Darkthrone-Transilvanian Hunger for me
+fataxel I don't know, Blaze in the Northern Sky is pretty good too
mitchell2719 it’s better imo. OG blackened death metal
When I first beat new super Mario Bros. on the DS
100%-ing majora's mask & ocarina of time, best feeling ever...
So many great videos, man!
Glad I found another game design channel.
I just discovered it now through your episode about the Morality Principle, using Undertale, and binge-watched half of your principles since, haha.
Really good conceptualizations of those various principles, and their illustration with games that do this just right.
Amazing series with a high quality overall. You definitely deserve more subs, man!
+LinkEX Regarding further examples for this episode, I guess Super Meat Boy definitely doubles as good example for the Accomplishment principle as well.
Especially due to the "Meatboy Slaughterhouse replay" design, where you see all of your failed attempts start along with the successful one, only for your final attempt to make it through.
This strengthens the accomplishment experience by visualizing the gradual progress in mastering subsections and finally overcoming the challenge.
That replay feature aside, generally speaking, _any_ games that meet a particular difficulty level pay off with a sense of accomplishment for that matter.
If your heart is still pounding after making it due to the tenseness the difficulty induced, you know you just got to experience the most rewarding payoff for this kind of game, haha.
+LinkEX Awesome thank you so much, that means a lot :D
+LinkEX So true!
snomaN Gaming Glad to see you wholeheartedly appreciate the feedback -- although considering it was exclusively positive, I guess that's not too surprising, haha.
But credit where credit is due.
omg, all of the ratchet and clank games on challenge mode.
Today I beat the Cleric Beast in Bloodborn. That felt good.
When I was younger I felt so happy and accomplished every time I beat one of those really difficult bonus levels on Yoshi's Island DS. Even just beating parts of them felt really good.
Just stumbled upon your channel, I love this video series. You have really captured all the concepts that are important to video game design. Cheers!
+JakubAusobsky Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it :)
After playing Undertale I can't help but wonder...
How difficult life is to Goombas? Are they happy or do they live in fear?
What hobbies do King Bob-omb have? What's his favorite food?
What does Bowser like the most in life? What motivates him?
Oh... They are there just to be killed?
Oh...
+Nooze Arts Hahaha yeah! It makes you think about other games that way its so crazy
+snomaN Gaming Can't wait for the day when bigger games borrow the morality system from Undertale. Maybe, just maybe, we can finally just talk to the imps and cyberdemons instead of shooting them.
or maybe it's a mushroom and it isn't sentient.
i guess.
every boss battle in the binding of isaac
The heart-pounding victory rush hit me twice with Dark Souls for the first time. Gaping Dragon for the first time, and then again with Ornstein and Smough.
I loved this game as a kid. All that sense of accomplishment? Yep...that was me. I really enjoyed the explanation of the beginning and having the ability to test out the controls. That's how I like learning, so to have that without a bunch of forced tutorials was awesome.
I beat the final course of SM3D land
Champion Road in Super Mario 3D World... that level makes grown men cry.
+Mr A-Game that is seriously an INSANE level I never beat it
+snomaN Gaming I honestly think it took me about 3 months and then I finally beat it on multiplayer, single player is even harder!! But I reckon it's so well made - it combines almost every trick in the game to create the most brutal challenge ever!
That was easy compared to The Perfect Run
Man, these videos are awesome, snomaN. Keep up the great work!
+various Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy :D
One of my biggest VG accomplishments was completing every single Trial for every character in SSF4 (with the PS3 controller). Spent doing it over the course of 3 months. Not only seeing the Gold Trophy notification for completing this task gave me a great sense of accomplishment, but doing the trials over and over taught me how to link combos more easily in Street Fighter games. :P
+TheTJWorks Nice! Thats awesome!
Good video as always, but you put huge Final Fantasy X spoilers right in the intro.
I felt so accomplished when I beat the final battle with bowser in super mario 64 DS. (My first experience with mario 64)
+jfnoxus Yeah it's awesome huh? I still need to play the DS version
snomaN Gaming I tried the N64 version on emulator once but the DS version feels so much more polished. Definitely worth checking out :)
Same here
Beating ganondorf in ocarina of time was so awesome, because he had many mechanics that you had to figure out, they were pretty obvious but as a kid that was a little hard. AND you had to use the items you worked so hard to get through out the game.
+Miguel Yeah good call!
Dustforce. I still remember the day I beat the Night Temple level... I was sweating and incredibly focused, and when I landed the final blow, it felt like everything I've learned, every trick I picked up from previous runs had paid off in full.
It was glorious.
sapphirinedreams Oh man I love Dustforce, what a phenomenal game!