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Best Touhou?
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Alice Margatroid 23 15.86%
i'm wrong 61 42.07%
Any/every other Touhou except the one Boom Boom Boom likes 61 42.07%
Total: 145 votes
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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Davincie posted:

the map design isn't great but the whole every map is just an open field thing that gets repeated is an outright lie
i mean not really an open field but there's no... gimmicks? there's nothing to them other than moving forward and hitting people 90% of the time. villages are barely in it, and thieves only go for treasure chests like twice. there's nothing like night of farewells or anything where you have to juggle multiple objectives. you need things to encourage you to not just move forward one space at a time in a giant deathblob.

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Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

http://webm.land/media/KLCp.webm

has fire emblem gone too far?

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Davincie posted:

http://webm.land/media/KLCp.webm

has fire emblem gone too far?
female ike is cute, and there is lots of good art of her

Futaba Anzu
May 6, 2011

GROSS BOY

Davincie posted:

http://webm.land/media/KLCp.webm

has fire emblem gone too far?

not far enough imo

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer

DoubleDonut posted:

This is legitimately the most baffling post I've ever seen

I think it's cool that they publish leaks even thou it pisses off Bethesda and Ubisoft, and when they talk about weird gaming drama they're usually pretty evenhanded about it. They also published an interview with a speedruner who's starting HRT and it was way cool.

Like, I don't read it everyday and they have published some obnoxious stuff but like, I don't have to read that? And they're cool about comments so you can insult the writer all you like down there lol.

I have no idea why they're some kind of boogieman.

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
I apologize for the game journalism post.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

The Devil Tesla posted:

I think it's cool that they publish leaks even thou it pisses off Bethesda and Ubisoft, and when they talk about weird gaming drama they're usually pretty evenhanded about it. They also published an interview with a speedruner who's starting HRT and it was way cool.

Like, I don't read it everyday and they have published some obnoxious stuff but like, I don't have to read that? And they're cool about comments so you can insult the writer all you like down there lol.

I have no idea why they're some kind of boogieman.
they make really awful clickbaity articles and also post outright lies

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009

The Devil Tesla posted:

I think it's cool that they publish leaks even thou it pisses off Bethesda and Ubisoft, and when they talk about weird gaming drama they're usually pretty evenhanded about it. They also published an interview with a speedruner who's starting HRT and it was way cool.

Like, I don't read it everyday and they have published some obnoxious stuff but like, I don't have to read that? And they're cool about comments so you can insult the writer all you like down there lol.

I have no idea why they're some kind of boogieman.

i thought the thing with the leaks was that kotaku had access to information they werent supposed to publish for nda reasons and they published it anyway?


all i know is i remember seeing an article posted once where it was kotaku talking about which animal crossing character had the most pornographic fanart drawn of them. gj kotaku.

Gyra_Solune
Apr 24, 2014

Kyun kyun
Kyun kyun
Watashi no kare wa louse

Endorph posted:

female ike is cute, and there is lots of good art of her

is this literally just rule 63 ike or an actual character in fates

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum

Endorph posted:

i mean not really an open field but there's no... gimmicks? there's nothing to them other than moving forward and hitting people 90% of the time. villages are barely in it, and thieves only go for treasure chests like twice. there's nothing like night of farewells or anything where you have to juggle multiple objectives. you need things to encourage you to not just move forward one space at a time in a giant deathblob.

This. Good map design is gripping because it makes you battle on multiple fronts. For example, as to deserts, FE usually does that very well because you're splitting your desert-mobile units off from your main force. Or another one—the GBA games always have you sending units off to beat brigands to the villages, but then they get tied up because the reinforcements don't end for five turns or some poo poo, and in the meantime reinforcements are coming from the rear on turn 15 so you have to defend Merlinus, etc.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Gyra_Solune posted:

is this literally just rule 63 ike or an actual character in fates
the former

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

FirstAidKite posted:

i thought the thing with the leaks was that kotaku had access to information they werent supposed to publish for nda reasons and they published it anyway?


all i know is i remember seeing an article posted once where it was kotaku talking about which animal crossing character had the most pornographic fanart drawn of them. gj kotaku.

Naw they weren't under any NDA, their sources were but that's why they remained anonymous sources.

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib
I mostly just can't stand the way most of their articles seem to be written. Like, this Witcher story summary is just unreadable

Also yeah there's just a lot of clickbait and pointless articles

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Endorph posted:

they make really awful clickbaity articles and also post outright lies
They'll also post things that have nothing whatsoever to do with video games, which while not heinous or anything isn't particularly professional.

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

Like for instance that Assassin's Creed leak that got them blacklisted was info they heard from an Ubisoft employee who they left nameless for obvious reasons.

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Endorph posted:

lol, i just read that kotaku article and


i have no idea how that translates to 'facepetting is out.' it's way more likely that the guy is talking about suggestive dialogue in it being toned down.

If that's what happened then o have been trolled.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Bad Seafood posted:

They'll also post things that have nothing whatsoever to do with video games, which while not heinous or anything isn't particularly professional.
not to mention the guy going on about dragon's crown being sexist and objectifying right under an article where a dude posted pics of sexy cosplayers was pretty hilarious

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum

Endorph posted:

female ike is cute, and there is lots of good art of her

fem Ike is pretty cute, but having seen the artist draw my favorite girls, I can't agree with their priorities.

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Bad Seafood posted:

They'll also post things that have nothing whatsoever to do with video games, which while not heinous or anything isn't particularly professional.

I agree, and as such you should lock the Toonami thread

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

I'm only on the tutorials but The Witness is cool so far

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

found a new good fire emblem girl

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Endorph posted:

not to mention the guy going on about dragon's crown being sexist and objectifying right under an article where a dude posted pics of sexy cosplayers was pretty hilarious
I liked the bit where he tried to argue with some guy that photography as an art form never had to deal with X, Y, Z that gaming did, only it turned out the guy he was talking to was a master photographer with a decade of experience under his belt well-read on the history of "No, actually, we've been there."

Or whatever it was. I had a screencap of the conversation on my old computer but I've since lost it.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Davincie posted:

found a new good fire emblem girl


she's very very good

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib

Davincie posted:

found a new good fire emblem girl



She's good. I also like the wolf girl on Nohr but I don't feel like going to get fanart of her

Lemon-Lime
Aug 6, 2009

Davincie posted:

found a new good fire emblem girl

The artist is good:


DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib
Endorph is it true that if you play as a male character in Fates and marry one of the first-gen ladies you can't get all of the child characters? Because if so that's gonna be a tough decision for me

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Droyer posted:

I agree, and as such you should lock the Toonami thread
I'm a volunteer, not a professional.

Sylphid
Aug 3, 2012
I hate video editing and am glad I will not have to do it for a long time. Maybe an hour or two until the Shallie LP is finally over.

Futaba Anzu
May 6, 2011

GROSS BOY

Srice posted:

I'm only on the tutorials but The Witness is cool so far

steam just recommended this game for me, convince me on spending $39.99 on what looks like a puzzle game.

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib

pandaK posted:

steam just recommended this game for me, convince me on spending $39.99 on what looks like a puzzle game.

People who really liked Braid seem to also really like The Witness, which makes sense as it's Blow's new thing

two for the shoah
Jan 14, 2016

Gyra_Solune posted:

yeah it's really dumb even if you don't look at it from the lens of curing someone of lesbianism (which i do because the internet does this to me)

noa is allegedly changing this around, but it depends on to what. i mean apparently fates is a-okay with guys smooching guys and girls smooching girls? i would hope it's just toned down to 'man it's a little hard to get my poo poo together when i have a crush on every girl, can i like talk to you about this' and then you have a lovely chat about not putting romance above literally life or death situations and teach her about proper battlefield focus and compositions and then everyone is happy without all sorts of weird drink spiking

this creepy situation is supplemented by equally creepy dialogue:

"Kamui: Why… because before marriage, I can’t thoughtlessly touch a woman’s body. I understand your feelings… but please treasure yourself more.
Soleil: Okay… I get it.
Kamui: Good girl."

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer

Endorph posted:

they make really awful clickbaity articles and also post outright lies

I tried to look up something about kotaku posting something that wasn't true and got an article about how they're a force of evil and something about kickstarter so I'm leaving this path.

Lemon-Lime
Aug 6, 2009

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

drunken officeparty posted:

Harvest Moon is very anime but the difference is the graphics aren't anime. They are just generic sprite/gamecube-era 3d graphics. I've never played Rune Factory but just google imaging it blasts you with anime graphics.

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

pandaK posted:

steam just recommended this game for me, convince me on spending $39.99 on what looks like a puzzle game.

I've only been playing about about half an hour but it's a puzzle game that took 7-8 years to make so that alone caught my interest.

Plus I dug Braid.

Dick Spacious CPA
Oct 10, 2012


blast my rear end with anime graphics

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord

Davincie posted:

found a new good fire emblem girl



All of those are really good, and the characters are cute :3:

Wasn't sure whether I was going to actually get Fates but if the petting stuff is really out of the PAL version then it's definitely a point against it :( Also, holy wow, RF4 never physically came out here so no cheap used copies and no import because of region lock... ugggh 3ds :argh:

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

Lemon Curdistan posted:

The artist is good:




this artist is win!



devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
The Witness looks really cool but what's also cool is having $40

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Terper
Jun 26, 2012


Knorth posted:

All of those are really good, and the characters are cute :3:

Wasn't sure whether I was going to actually get Fates but if the petting stuff is really out of the PAL version then it's definitely a point against it :( Also, holy wow, RF4 never physically came out here so no cheap used copies and no import because of region lock... ugggh 3ds :argh:

Terper posted:

Fire Emblem: Fates is epic, and whether or not skinship is in and whatever your thoughts on that is, it should not be important enough to choose to not play an epic game

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