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Esroc posted:Yeah, if you don't finish the quest and let it sit in your journal forever. By that logic the conclave technically doesn't go nuclear if you never click "new game" at the main menu. What? No I choose the option to leave him and never heard anything else about it and had no quest in my quest log about it.
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DoubleNegative posted:Golden Sun is not an inversion of that idea. If I remember right sometime in the second game there's a twist where you actually find out that not having done anything is the correct choice and the world is only put in jeopardy because you went on your journey in the first place.
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May 25, 2015 17:45
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The little thing dragging Golden Sun 2 down was they didn't release Golden Sun 3 on GBA and I leveled up my entire party to 99 for nothing aside from link battles, which are so retarded against another level 99 person that you have to intentionally gimp yourself by restricting the use of certain djinn or the battles last indefinitely.
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May 25, 2015 17:57
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DoubleNegative posted:Golden Sun is not an inversion of that idea.
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The Witcher 3 continues the series' disappointing trend of "here's some NUDITY look at this nudity aren't we progressive?? the characters are having sex. no but like look at them have sex. everyone wants to have sex with your sex god main character." Like, thanks but no thanks guys, I play this game in a room where other people sometimes wander by and I am already embarrassed enough that I am doing so without that added element present. edit: Although from a Youtube vid I've seen Geralt gets totally owned if you try to bone Triss and Yennefer and has to be bailed out by Dandelion so at least they're self aware about it I guess. CJacobs has a new favorite as of 04:34 on May 26, 2015 |
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May 26, 2015 04:20
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CJacobs posted:The Witcher 3 continues the series' disappointing trend of "here's some NUDITY look at this nudity aren't we progressive?? the characters are having sex. no but like look at them have sex. everyone wants to have sex with your sex god main character." Like, thanks but no thanks guys, I play this game in a room where other people sometimes wander by and I am already embarrassed enough that I am doing so without that added element present. A main draw of the Witcher is that the main character is sterile and disease-immune so he can gigolo his way across the land without fear of repercussion. It's trashy, but that's because it's a house built in a garbage dump, if you catch my meaning.
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May 26, 2015 04:33
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im pooping! posted:The little thing dragging Golden Sun 2 down was they didn't release Golden Sun 3 on GBA and I leveled up my entire party to 99 for nothing aside from link battles, which are so retarded against another level 99 person that you have to intentionally gimp yourself by restricting the use of certain djinn or the battles last indefinitely. The thing dragging Golden Sun down is that their JRPG characters and the obvious plot twists are somehow shocking to these incredible simpletons. I bought and enjoyed Dark Sun/Dawn whatever it's called. It would've been nice with a cutscene skip or fast forward button since they managed to make them five minutes longer than they need to be. And it's all just talking straight through with some characters occasionally nodding. In the first 'dungeons' of the game, when they're still trying to introduce you to how magic works you can try and move things along by doing them before the triggers hit and you get the stuff explained but it's no use! they'll still go through the tutorial even if you say you're fine!
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May 26, 2015 06:38
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CJacobs posted:The Witcher 3 continues the series' disappointing trend of "here's some NUDITY look at this nudity aren't we progressive?? the characters are having sex. no but like look at them have sex. everyone wants to have sex with your sex god main character." Like, thanks but no thanks guys, I play this game in a room where other people sometimes wander by and I am already embarrassed enough that I am doing so without that added element present. *rappels into the room by crashing through the skylight ala James Bond* GUYS THE WITCHER GAME HAS SEX IN IT I AM DISPLEASED
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May 26, 2015 06:39
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Alouicious posted:*rappels into the room by crashing through the skylight ala James Bond* I play video games to kill giant demon monsters with magic blood powers, not flick peasant clits because my guy just can't help but be ruggedly suave at all times
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May 26, 2015 06:44
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May 26, 2015 06:46
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CJacobs posted:I play video games to kill giant demon monsters with magic blood powers But enough about sex scenes
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May 26, 2015 06:47
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Alouicious posted:your first mistake is playing video games around other people Very true. And at least it's not like God of War where there are comical sex scene QTEs.
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I just wish games would make up their minds and either present sex in a de-sensationalized, legitimately mature context (Wolf TNO), pure shameless schlock (DOA) or just not do it at all. Just stop showing me Skinemax and telling me it's mature and adult. If you want to have titillation in your game, loving own it, don't hide behind pretension, and loving especially don't act like your wank fodder somehow makes the game more mature. I think that's the specific combination that rubs so many people the wrong way: art is cool, and porn is cool, sexy art is cool and pretentious porn is pitiable, but art that thinks that adding porn makes it more artful is just juvenile. Literally juvenile. It's how a teenager thinks of sex, in games made by people mostly in their thirties.
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May 26, 2015 06:58
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CJacobs posted:Very true. And at least it's not like God of War where there are comical sex scene QTEs. The sudden disgust on Aphrodite's handmaidens' faces if you botch that QTE is solid gold.
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May 26, 2015 07:04
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Oxxidation posted:A main draw of the Witcher is that the main character is sterile and disease-immune so he can gigolo his way across the land without fear of repercussion. It's trashy, but that's because it's a house built in a garbage dump, if you catch my meaning. If Geralt was real, women would be lining up around the block to have sex with him. So despite being written as a juvenile fantasy, it is at least understandable within the series's universe.
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May 26, 2015 07:08
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:What? No I choose the option to leave him and never heard anything else about it and had no quest in my quest log about it. Yup. For that character, if you don't resolve their quest, then in the postgame they're gone forever because you missed your window of opportunity to deal with their issue and they've been executed. I mean I guess if you really wanted to execute him yourself then you can be mad that you don't get to do that, but that's what local law enforcement is for!
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May 26, 2015 07:18
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I didn't really ever get the idea that The Witcher devs were thinking themselves progressive or mature for including sex scenes and nudity, it was always so matter-of-factly "two (or more) people want to have sex, have at it". It's just a part of life.
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May 26, 2015 07:18
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I remember playing Witcher 2 and some lady character tried to seduce me. Ruined my immersion for the rest of the game.
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May 26, 2015 07:34
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Sex in video games is just like my sexual experiences in real life since everything fades to black before the thing actually happens. Ugh.
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Mildly Amusing posted:I remember playing Witcher 2 and some lady character tried to seduce me. Ruined my immersion for the rest of the game. You're missing the point, games should be different from real life for you, the player
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May 26, 2015 07:39
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Szurumbur posted:I didn't really ever get the idea that The Witcher devs were thinking themselves progressive or mature for including sex scenes and nudity, it was always so matter-of-factly "two (or more) people want to have sex, have at it". It's just a part of life. Yea but you see people might see me playing the game and I'm already embarrassed to be playing videogames in the first place. 
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Alteisen posted:Yea but you see people might see me playing the game and I'm already embarrassed to be playing videogames in the first place. Video games are not easy to explain to your grandmother, I do not need to add another thing to explain onto the pile edit: This is why I should've gotten the game on PC, because then I could be embarrassed about the shoehorned-in sex scenes in the privacy of my room
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May 26, 2015 08:39
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Witcher 3 is rapidly approaching Dark Souls' reaction time when someone criticizes it.
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May 26, 2015 08:40
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poptart_fairy posted:Witcher 3 is rapidly approaching Dark Souls' reaction time when someone criticizes it. nobody even obliquely mentioned gamergate, go away
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May 26, 2015 08:43
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For as perfect as everyone makes Dark Souls out to be it doesn't let you gently caress your way through the world. Thats a major downside imo.
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DStecks posted:I just wish games would make up their minds and either present sex in a de-sensationalized, legitimately mature context (Wolf TNO), pure shameless schlock (DOA) or just not do it at all. Just stop showing me Skinemax and telling me it's mature and adult. If you want to have titillation in your game, loving own it, don't hide behind pretension, and loving especially don't act like your wank fodder somehow makes the game more mature. quote:I just kinda think: There's so much porn in this world, why do we have to sexualize even things that aren't porn while pretending it's definitely not porn and not to be masturbated to, what are you talking about, don't be silly. Y'know, like how there's a secret, plot-related justification that Quiet is dressed in a bikini for a war and that when we find out why this mute sex thing is the way she is we "will be ashamed of [our] words and deeds." Sure. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure. I will be incredibly surprised/impressed if there's a real, justifiable plot reason that Quiet has her titties hanging out, even though Kojima was quoted as designing her with cosplayers in mind, so he can see more sexy cosplayers. Surrrreeeeeeee. I'm sure the boobies will be a very important plot point. Every game needs a little porn in it now unless it's a JRPG, made by Nintendo, or LEGO I guess.
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Leal posted:For as perfect as everyone makes Dark Souls out to be it doesn't let you gently caress your way through the world. Thats a major downside imo. try tongue but hole edit: I should mention I guess that I do really like the game. It's just that the dead-eyed jiggly mocap creatures made out of triangles don't exactly make sex look convincing or show to me that it's a useful inclusion. In fact that's really one of the only things about it I DON'T like so far, almost everything else is an improvement over the second one. 
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Pretty much. The sex stuff simply appears to be there for fan service more than anything - that's fine but seeing the fanbase try to slap on some pseudo-intellectual bollocks about character development and realism is funny.
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May 26, 2015 09:03
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CJacobs posted:Video games are not easy to explain to your grandmother, I do not need to add another thing to explain onto the pile childe problems itt
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I'm fine with sex in video games. Witcher is The thing that annoys the poo poo out of me is the 'armor' that allows for giant gratuitous cleavage. I mean,  and all but loving really? What the gently caress is the point of a piece of armor if it doesn't actually cover the vital areas of your body, like your heart or lungs? I'm really waiting for a video game to make a running gag out of cleavage armor backfiring.
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A White Guy posted:I'm fine with sex in video games. Witcher is The only place cleavage windows have in clothing is when you're trying to be fashionable or a Jojo.  And that's kinda the same thing at most times. But yeah, armor that ever seems to cover less depending on who's supposed to be wearing it irks me too. What'd make the Souls series amazing but impossible to have PVP would be if there were a tool that let you transfer stats from different armors so you can just wear whatever you want without having to sacrifice defense to do it.
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CJacobs posted:The Witcher 3 continues the series' disappointing trend of "here's some NUDITY look at this nudity aren't we progressive?? the characters are having sex. no but like look at them have sex. everyone wants to have sex with your sex god main character." Like, thanks but no thanks guys, I play this game in a room where other people sometimes wander by and I am already embarrassed enough that I am doing so without that added element present. Why are you engaging in the sex scenes though? You do know you can just deny the people. Kiera's side quest allows you to turn her down. So really it's the player's choice of what to see and guess what? You chose to see two characters have sex. So don't blame the game.
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A White Guy posted:I'm fine with sex in video games. Witcher is Roche makes fun of Ves for wearing basically nothing in witcher 3 so at least they're self aware I guess.
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Contrecoup posted:All bad things that happen in games are entirely because you choose to advance the plot. Otherwise the villain is happy to just kind of hang out while you play blitzball or seduce and elf or whatever. Who's the real bad guy?
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I sure wish there was less sex in my fantasy games - it's distracting and creepy because
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Lord Lambeth posted:Roche makes fun of Ves for wearing basically nothing in witcher 3 so at least they're self aware I guess. A number of games recognize when they put their female characters in nonsensical outfits and it really doesn't make it any better. It's a bit like when games try to have some kind of genre commentary by saying "heh, isn't it annoying and dumb when games make you do this thing? Now we'll drive in the point...by making you do the thing anyway!! Commentary!" Recognizing you're doing something dumb doesn't make it any less dumb. The series has come a long way but let's not forget that the first game literally gave you a collectible sex card of every character you hosed. There is absolutely no way that was anything but shameless pandering, and that's what witcher 2 and 3 are building from. (disclaimer: I've only played 2 and thought it was not bad)
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DA:I did the same thing by having a character gush over someone else was wearing "practical" armour. It's a bit weird to give your characters massive tit windows and steel heels then mock how impractical they are, guys.
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Croccers posted:Introversion's Hollywood hacking simulator Uplink doesn't. The plot doesn't give a gently caress and plods along without you if you don't get your poo poo together. I used to love that game, but holy poo poo something about the UI has made it nearly unplayable for me these days.
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Oh man I love Pokemon Conquest but everything in it is so... loving... slow... The best part is that you can speed certain things up in the options, but only for what few things are fast enough normally, and sped up it just looks like you've used emulator speed-up, ie janky as poo poo.
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Phlegmish posted:If Geralt was real, women would be lining up around the block to have sex with him. So despite being written as a juvenile fantasy, it is at least understandable within the series's universe. lol what no
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