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Yeah, more than any game I've played (and more than most books and films I've seen) Witcher 3 seems to nail being miserable without being grimdark, and happy without glossing over everything that's wrong. It's a very genuine view of the world. The most obvious comparison is Game of Thrones which it blows out of the water in that regard (disclaimer: I have only seen the show) IMO, it perfectly reflects the tone of the Witcher books. One of my favourite things about them was the endless respect the author seemed to have for these random, disparate people (the main characters) who dropped everything in the middle of a war to help find a girl that most of them knew nothing about, and who almost all died doing it. Just because they were decent people and that was where their lives led them.
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Lord Lambeth posted:New Vegas was up to the gills with really excellent character writing. My favorite is the surgeon you can encounter in Novac who barely knows what she's doing. ""They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard.""
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In Fallout: New Vegas I paid a man to spread flattering lies about me and ever since then, Elvis impersonators flag me down in the street every five minutes to hand me corn. EDIT: It turns out I already posted this once in January but I think it bears repeating
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HMS Boromir posted:In Fallout: New Vegas I paid a man to spread flattering lies about me and ever since then, Elvis impersonators flag me down in the street every five minutes to hand me corn. 
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Strategic Tea posted:Yeah, more than any game I've played (and more than most books and films I've seen) Witcher 3 seems to nail being miserable without being grimdark, and happy without glossing over everything that's wrong. It's a very genuine view of the world. Yeah, for some reason, I actually enjoyed the Witcher books and game stories much, much more than GoT. It doesn't gloss over really lovely stuff, but embraces the supernatural stuff in such a way that isn't nearly so jarring as it is in GoT. I actually started to care for the characters in the Witcher, which is damned more than anything GRRM managed to do.
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omg chael crash posted:Love the little arcade games in Overwatch It amuses me that a direct hit with a Junkrat nade can take out a single one, but a well aimed punch can destroy more than that at a time.
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I was playing a VS AI match of Overwatch and usually if the AI choose multiple of the same character it will just be the character name with a number at the end, Tracer 2, Junkrat 2, etc. In the round I was playing there were two Soldier 76 characters. One was Soldier 76, the other was Soldier 77.TontoCorazon posted:Overwatch is a pretty cool game. If you're playing against AI and you win the AI will write in the chat box "GG" or "gg :l" This carries over to the results screen where an AI player will vote for themselves and then mention that they did.
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King's Quest (Chapter 3) after the first two puzzles, there's a scene where the elderly hero/king is looking into the magical mirror begging for just one more quest. now, when said magical mirror is not giving information, all it shows is magical noise. not necessarily a spoiler but -- after he begs, it shows his reflection right as the grand-daughter is about to enter the room. Telling his stories to his grand-daughter is his current quest. (also, Christopher Lloyd and Wallace Shawn are both incredibly well-cast for their voice roles.)
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SuddenCactus posted:This carries over to the results screen where an AI player will vote for themselves and then mention that they did.
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Samovar posted:Yeah, for some reason, I actually enjoyed the Witcher books and game stories much, much more than GoT. It doesn't gloss over really lovely stuff, but embraces the supernatural stuff in such a way that isn't nearly so jarring as it is in GoT. I actually started to care for the characters in the Witcher, which is damned more than anything GRRM managed to do. I think it's because the Witcher series is very... Polish, for lack of a better term, and the world-building by the original author, Andrzej Sapkowski, is a reaction to Solidarity and other organizations and events that occurred in Poland in the early 80s. The grim tone of the games, with Geralt doing his best to protect his loved ones in a harsh and rapidly changing world, reminds me of Polish literature, especially stuff written during the Soviet era. While the Witcher is strongly influenced by Slavic mythology and historical events--such as the Church of the Eternal Flame playing the same contradictory roles in society as the Catholic church did in Poland in the 80s--it is all filtered by the author's own personal experiences, just as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is a reaction to WWI. Geralt constantly being dragged into politics when he just wants to live his life, his diverse set of friends and allies that stretches from the bottom to the top of society, it all just feels similar to Poland in the 1980s. With monsters. Game of Thrones, on the other hand, is basically just GRRM asking, "What if there were dragons and zombies during the War of the Roses?" I don't think Geralt is a Mary Sue or anything, just that Sapkowski was able to use his own experiences to create a compelling universe and set of characters, and later CD Projekt was able to expand this universe to create some kick-rear end games.
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And to boot (and I don't really mean to rag on GoT here it's good), it's the War of the Roses as written by an American. Coin and whores! Whereas the Witcher is Eastern European as gently caress in all the right ways  I don't really know much about Poland, but Witcher feels exactly like my imaginary version of it.
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I like the little hints in Witcher 1 to the wild hunt and Ciri that don't pay off till 3. Or I guess easter eggs
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Flying around in Just Cause 3 with the wingsuit. Best superhero game ever made.
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Strategic Tea posted:And to boot (and I don't really mean to rag on GoT here it's good), it's the War of the Roses as written by an American. Coin and whores! GoT feels like Tarantino trying to write a medieval history. A poor Tarantino.
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In the Shovel Knight DLC (Plague of Shadows), if you press and hold down to duck, Plague knight will start waltzing by himself! 
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Cory Parsnipson posted:In the Shovel Knight DLC (Plague of Shadows), if you press and hold down to duck, Plague knight will start waltzing by himself! Hey, Mona likes dancing, maybe you should try doing it with her!
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Strategic Tea posted:Whereas the Witcher is Eastern European as gently caress in all the right ways I can't really compare since I don't have a non-Polish perspective on it, but I gotta say, it felt really reassuring when I read the saga (and again when I played the games) to see that the magical swordmaster superman struggles with crapsack reality about as much, if not more, than any other person. I'm actually surprised there are so many people familiar with the whole thing in this thread, especially since afaik, there still isn't an official English translation. Glad to see it getting around anyway.  Content: Stellaris is still not quite perfect, but not for the lack of good random events. Here's my science ship trying to make sense of a Russell's teapot. 
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I forget, is Stellaris a Paradox game? Because that is definitely a Paradox quality random event.
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Yes, it is! I was actually pretty anxious because I hadn't played a Paradox strategy game and they're kind of notorious, but Stellaris's basic mechanics are fairly simple, about on par with, say, Master of Orion 2. Diplomacy in particular is disappointingly straightforward, but I think that's one of the things they want to improve in future patches. Of course, that's a mechanical gripe, events are still gold. Have an unrelated anomaly going wrong.  "Unfortunate" is a stock response for bad events, but here in particular it's ice cold.
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And there is the infamous 'Governor X has developed an addiction (+20% chance to die)' 'Good for her!'E: There are also the even more infamous Paradox comet sightings. If you're playing a super rationalist empire, your response is along the lines of 'An uneventful day  '
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I really like that Overwatch lets you customize the controls for every character separately. Some even have special options for their more unique skills.
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All characters in Battleborn have taunts that can be used after a kill, on the incursion mode if you are killed by the enemy's sentry robot they even have a taunt.
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So in Total Warhammer you get pre-battle speeches in quest battles if you bring the commander that the quest is actually for. Usually it's a rousing speech to rally the men etc, although in the case of the vampire counts it tends to be a monologue about your greatness to an uncaring horde. Sigvald, favoured by the Chaos god of narcissism, hedonism and general self-obsession, gives this as a speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skFKNudZuWM
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Dr Christmas posted:Hey, Mona likes dancing, maybe you should try doing it with her! Before I figured it out I made her mad when I caught her talking with Black Knight and now she is gone.  Totally gonna do it when I get a chance though!
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I'm playing through Bully for the first time and in the boys dorm there's an arcade game that's a decently fun top down Death Rally style racing shooter. Later on in the game there's a quest that I think might be fully optional where the reward is your own lighthouse crib off campus. I visited it for the first time and saw a much cooler version of the arcade game from the dorm, this one with a seat and wheel and I noticed the name on the side now says "3D". I play it and it's exactly the same game from the dorm but now in full 3D Wave Runner style graphics. Its a really fun mini game and as far as I can tell there's no prompting in the game that you can play them at all until you try.
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jojoinnit posted:I'm playing through Bully for the first time and in the boys dorm there's an arcade game that's a decently fun top down Death Rally style racing shooter. Bully ruled and started a shitstorm back in the day cause you could kiss a boy (gasp!!)
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I always thought that the European/UK title fit better, Canis Canem Edit Translating to Dog eat Dog. I prefered this title because bullies are a very small part of the overall problem, which is an ongoing cultural schism between 4 cliques with the fifth and sixth generally being impartial (The Townies just want to be left alone mostly, and the bullies are just general forces of chaos). Also it was a misleading title because Jimmy isn't a bully. He is a kid forced into violent situations due to said schism, egged on by the mentally unstable Gary Smith, and the only good role model he has is the kind but somewhat milquetoast Pete Kowalski, who acts as his conscience and common sense. Added the spoilers as Jojo may not have met them yet and the other 5 cliques are introduced right off the bat.
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RentACop posted:I like the little hints in Witcher 1 to the wild hunt and Ciri that don't pay off till 3. Or I guess easter eggs
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Eredin stalks you by projection and tries to freak you out I think. Also there's an innkeeper who tell the story of Ciri. To which Geralt replies 'princess, sorceress and a witcher? Isn't that a bit much?'
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Bully ruled and started a shitstorm back in the day cause you could kiss a boy (gasp!!) My favorite little thing is the Achievement you get in the 360 version for making out with a boy 20 times. 
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codenameFANGIO posted:My favorite little thing is the Achievement you get in the 360 version for making out with a boy 20 times. http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/bully-scholarship-edition/achievement/13570-OVER-THE-RAINBOW.html Be sure to read some of those wonderful comments from people earning meaningless points in a video game.
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I got a Vita a couple months ago and have been going through it's backlog - just finished Tearaway, which is a very charming game about a paper craft world. And everything is made of paper here - characters, enemies (though they're made from newspaper), terrain, items, everything. It's really cute, and the ability to add your touches of customization here and there are great as well. I've got a frowny heart tattoo on my character, who has nine blinking eyes, there's a giant poster in one area with a big middle finger on it, and every picture that the game has of me makes me look psychotic. Pretty awesome.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Bully ruled and started a shitstorm back in the day cause you could kiss a boy (gasp!!) I don't think one kook complaining about it counts as a shitstorm.
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Guy Mann posted:I don't think one kook complaining about it counts as a shitstorm. I know that was around the time of "Hot Coffee" in San Andreas so I wouldn't be surprised. Twas a different time.
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jojoinnit posted:I know that was around the time of "Hot Coffee" in San Andreas so I wouldn't be surprised. Twas a different time. God knows what would've happened if Skyrim and its deep black pit of porn mods had existed at the time  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:God knows what would've happened if Skyrim and its deep black pit of porn mods had existed at the time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESRB_re-rating_of_The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion
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Only perverts play games on PC, so that was no big deal.
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OK, Witcher 3 kinda spoiled it's tastefulness in the second major area with the witch. The first town your in there mentions that soldiers are abusing their power but instead of just insinuating that they're rapists they go cartoonishly out of the way to make sure the player gets it. It's not "Oh no, the soldiers aren't allowing people their dignity" it's more like " ALL RIGHT EVERYONE LINE UP FOR YOUR MORNING RAPIN'!"
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