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Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8. (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeze64@midwest.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] sheepishly@kbin.social 53 points 7 months ago

Now this is the gaming news I want to hear

[-] jeze64@midwest.social 14 points 7 months ago

You're welcome! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[-] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

Give me a cannonball run that has real roads and realistic speed and traffic

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

This is what I always wanted from The Crew. It's sense of scale is all off though

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 7 months ago

Did you see the news The Crew is Shutting Down their servers in April? If you bought this game, and live somewhere where your consumer protection agencies might have teeth you could help this guy put up a defense against companies bricking games you paid for.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 19 points 7 months ago

Does it come with the random fly that hits the windshield?

[-] jeze64@midwest.social 12 points 7 months ago

Like Cruis'n' USA!

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Finally

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

No, thank you.

[-] jeze64@midwest.social 21 points 7 months ago

You'll play it, you'll go marginally faster than a bus, and you'll like it!

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Damn you!

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

They should make it so you can find chaos emeralds and turn into super or maybe even “hyper” sonic to go double or triple the speed

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

If nothing interesting happens in the game for 8 or 3 hours, why would you willingly play it? Also, why is Sonic only 2⅔ times faster than a bus, isn't the point of Sonic that he can run at the speed of sound?

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 82 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Desert Bus was released as a protest game. In the 90s video games were demonized for being nothing more than violence simulators. Penn & Teller took that as a challenge and had some developers make the most non-violent game they could think of.

It was made as a novelty. The people who made it knew it was boring, that’s the joke. The main group that still actually plays it is a charity group who suffers through it while getting donations for Child’s Play charity.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Thank you, this is very interesting.

[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Vinesauce Joel's playthrough of it is also very iconic

[-] trigonated@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Joel also has a real-time flight from Sweden to Brazil in Flight Simulator that's very entertaining despite being several hours long.

[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah, I remember that

[-] jeze64@midwest.social 16 points 7 months ago

You're asking questions you donut want the answer to.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Get a group of friends and drink while doing it?

Nothing interesting happens at a mall, pub, but people still enjoy those solo with friends.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Ok, that does sound hilarious. Especially if there is a mod that you get a DUI in the game if you drive poorly.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

I heard he only hits the speed of sound when he's rollin' around.

But part of the legacy of Desert Bus is that it was a big charity series that kind of set the stage for GDQ later in gaming history. A sort of virtual road trip.
So a lot of people have nostalgia for it.