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StrixNebulosa posted:The Last Door: a point and click adventure game. I'm only a few episodes in but it does something I wish more games would copy: once you've been to a room, you can double-click on the door to it to warp into it. No waiting for the dude to walk across the room when you're backtracking to look for clues, just a series of clicks and warps and you're back to grab something you missed. After a long wait for it to hit IOS I just got The Last Door season 2 and what I absolutely love about the games is that they rely far more on eerie soundtrack and ambient sound effects rather than the visuals. The yowling cat echoing through the house in episode 1 was surprisingly unsettling. For me it pretty much let my imagination take over a lot more than a visually focused game would (for the unfamiliar, The Last Door is pixelated to the point where facial features don't exist so you're going a lot more off the text descriptions of things than anything you can see)
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BROCK LESBIAN posted:In the Deadpool game you get an achievement if you spend long enough slapping an unconscious Wolverine. I'm pretty sure the achievement triggers at the same time Wade stops making comments with every slap. Also, on the subject of game prices, Deadpool (a 3 year old game) is still $40 regular price, but is frequently on sale for $20. (I suppose if they dropped regular price to $20 they'd have to go even lower to call it "on sale", though.)
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Replaying Borderlands: Pre-Sequel and I like how they continually remind you that there's a story being told about what you're involved in, literally step by step. There's a part with a lot of dialogue and before it's over the characters that are being told the story cut in and talk about how bored they are with it and to get back to the killing. At one point you're charged with saving a scientist or engineer and you find the guy and Tiny Tina chimes in "Ohhhh this guy is gonna die isn't he?". Then there's an argument over spoilers. I'm also pretty sure they change dialogue based on if you're going through the game the first time or second (or third).
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Joey Freshwater posted:Replaying Borderlands: Pre-Sequel and I like how they continually remind you that there's a story being told about what you're involved in, literally step by step. There's a part with a lot of dialogue and before it's over the characters that are being told the story cut in and talk about how bored they are with it and to get back to the killing. I love how at the end of the first run, Tina's like "Tell it again! Tell it again! But make it sound more difficult!"
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Tempest_56 posted:It worked fairly well in City of Heroes - there were already pre-existing billboards scattered. Since it was a modern (if fictionalized) city, so seeing a billboard for Coke or the new Tony Hawk game as you flew past was entirely natural. When the actual advertising money stopped, the billboards were just replaced with ads for in-game background companies, like personal injury attorneys that went after superpower-related accidents or superspeed-themed energy drinks. It worked pretty great, even if I doubt it was even slightly worthwhile in terms of advertising dollars. Considering those ads existed for all of like two months tops before being pulled, definitely not. I think afterwards they filled in the ad space billboards with random new stuff that you could tell didn't quite fit right. I'm not sure if that was at all related to them screwing up the texture pool at one point so that a prominent industrial warehouse in the middle of a villain zone was apparently a Mexican restaurant.
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Nov 2, 2016 03:58
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m2pt5 posted:I love how at the end of the first run, Tina's like "Tell it again! Tell it again! But make it sound more difficult!" "And change the names of the bad guys!"
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John Murdoch posted:Considering those ads existed for all of like two months tops before being pulled, definitely not. I think afterwards they filled in the ad space billboards with random new stuff that you could tell didn't quite fit right. There was a Goonmade texture replacer that changed those to the most hilarious image macros of 2009.
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m2pt5 posted:I'm pretty sure the achievement triggers at the same time Wade stops making comments with every slap. I remember it being dirt cheap before the film but I could br wrong
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Joey Freshwater posted:"And change the names of the bad guys!" I discovered yesterday that I somehow own that game even though I know I never bought it, so I might try it out.
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I remember it being dirt cheap before the film but I could br wrong According to IsThereAnyDeal.com, the last time it was  (the lowest it's ever been) was January 2014 on Gamefly, which didn't correspond with any major release of something Deadpool, at least that I can find.
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m2pt5 posted:According to IsThereAnyDeal.com, the last time it was I definitely didn't pay that much for it but 2013-14 sounds about right. My roommate at the time was huge into comic books so I probably got it on his advice.
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The Deadpool game is in kind of a weird place because it came out a couple of years ago before the movie, got pulled from digital stores due to a licensing issue, eventually was able to be sold again and then was re-released on current gen consoles.
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Since it's Activision I assume it's not a licensing issue and more of a "this isn't worth investing money into so let's drop this... *TIME PASSES* oh wait, it's a hot property now, bring it back!" thing.
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Inzombiac posted:There was a Goonmade texture replacer that changed those to the most hilarious image macros of 2009. I liked the one mod that changed the thumming noise of interactive objects to one of (I believe) some goons kid who would start yelling "I HOPE I'M NOT RUINING YOUR IMMERSION"
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marshmallow creep posted:I discovered yesterday that I somehow own that game even though I know I never bought it, so I might try it out. I love all three games. I know some people here bag on them so maybe I'm just easy to please but I think they're a lot of stupid fun. There's a bunch of "run here, grab thing, run back" side quests but they're themed for the most part, like the one about Top Gun. Then there's the really silly ones like the one where you have to shoot the guy named Shooty McFace in the face. That's it. You find the guy, he tells you to shoot him in the face, you do, side quest over. (Those are both examples from borderlands 2, my favorite of the 3)
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I appreciate any mission in a game that lets you solve a problem Gordion-Knot style. An early mission in MGSV has you either kill or extract a spetsnaz commander from an outpost. You could go through the whole rigmarole of sneaking past and knocking out the guards there, or you could simply subdue the one guy manning a searchlight and just snipe the commander in the head as he orders a drill. Going this route nets you an S-Rank and you only have to replay it once to do the side stuff. Compare this to your highly-scripted Assassin's Creed where they expect you to pilot a tank without getting damaged, even though you want to destroy the tank anyway, and it's like pulling teeth.
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Nov 2, 2016 14:12
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Hell, you don't even have to go into the camp. The spot where the chopper lets you down gives you a perfect vantage on the commander if you just chill out for a couple minutes while he walks around yelling at his troops. You can just snipe him from there and you're immediately out of the combat zone so the mission just ends. If you use a silenced sniper you won't even raise an alarm if you wait till he finishes speaking and goes back to his bunker alone. 
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MGS5 has a whole host of not-so-obvious hidden routes to objectives. There's one mission you can complete without leaving the chopper. You just blast 'em with the minigun. Tactical! Espionage! Action!
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If you wanna get even MGS-ier with it, you can snipe him with a tranq sniper rifle, then collect him from afar with your dog that is equipped with black-hole vortexes that suck men up and take them back to your ocean-based soldier club for badasses. Little thing in games: I got to say the phrase "your dog that is equipped with black-hole vortexes"
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marshmallow creep posted:I discovered yesterday that I somehow own that game even though I know I never bought it, so I might try it out. My friend messaged me last week to say Micro$oft hosed up and made the game free. I think they then backpedaled and said it was free for "Multiplayer Co-Op Weekend." and gave it to everyone. Not sure if you can still play it outside of last weekend. Any one else have a better understanding of what happened?
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Neito posted:product placement in a video game 
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The most annoying product placement in a game for me was the Honda Element and dnL in SSX3. The way EA kept slapping you in the face with both was really irritating.
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CJacobs posted:If you wanna get even MGS-ier with it, you can snipe him with a tranq sniper rifle, then collect him from afar with your dog that is equipped with black-hole vortexes that suck men up and take them back to your ocean-based soldier club for badasses. you can ace one mission with just the water gun.
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swordfish duelist posted:I liked the one mod that changed the thumming noise of interactive objects to one of (I believe) some goons kid who would start yelling "I HOPE I'M NOT RUINING YOUR IMMERSION" To those not in the know: Most City of Heroes missions (instanced randomly generated maps) ended by killing all dudes and/or clicking on a mission objective. The objects out glow and hum a bit BUT sometimes the maps would put them in really lovely locations. At one time there was a map that had an object location that could only be reached by teleportation. Another hum replacer was a VERY nasally guy yelling, "Hellloooooo! I'M OVER HERE! OVER HERE! HELLLOOOOO!?" It was so obnoxious that you'd find the objects in record time.
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Beastie posted:My friend messaged me last week to say Micro$oft hosed up and made the game free. I think they then backpedaled and said it was free for "Multiplayer Co-Op Weekend." and gave it to everyone. Micro$oft? How old are you? No, they didn't gently caress up. With Xbox Live gold they give different games away every month. Usually it's small random stuff you've never heard of or older games. In addition to this they have "Free to play" weekends to promote gold where they give a game away free and also let you play online for free for that weekend. The game is yours to keep but the Xbox Gold goes away after the weekend. This weekend it was The Handsome Package (Borderlands 2 & TPS) e: just checked and it's still there but instead of it being free it's 60% off Joey Freshwater has a new favorite as of 03:34 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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well why not posted:MGS5 has a whole host of not-so-obvious hidden routes to objectives. There's one mission you can complete without leaving the chopper. You just blast 'em with the minigun. Tactical! Espionage! Action! Most of the "kill tanks" missions can be beaten by just airlifting tanks out. One of the more annoying missions where you have to escort kids out, but takes place long before you can get the kid-safe balloon, has an airpad you can unlock right near where you first find the kids. So you can unlock that, call in a chopper and just tranq every kid and chuck them in the helicopter and be on your way, skipping like half the mission. There's at least one mission you can finish really early on by running in the wrong direction, catching up to the target early and lifting the jeep out with him and his buddies inside.
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Nuebot posted:One of the more annoying missions where you have to escort kids out, but takes place long before you can get the kid-safe balloon, Trsnq kids, stick them in a convenient truck, balloon truck.
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Inzombiac posted:To those not in the know: On the other hand, 21 magician hostages didn't hum or glow. 
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The Lone Badger posted:Trsnq kids, stick them in a convenient truck, balloon truck. Also my favorite little thing about MGSV is that every mission where you "fight" Eli you can totally legit just rocket punch him in the face and the game is okay with that. It's very satisfying to punch him with a rocket powered metal fist.
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Nuebot posted:Also my favorite little thing about MGSV is that every mission where you "fight" Eli you can totally legit just rocket punch him in the face and the game is okay with that. It's very satisfying to punch him with a rocket powered metal fist. Punching a patrol of child soldiers with the rocket fist is extremely therapeutic. No I'm not harming the children Miller, the fist isn't a lethal weapon!
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Leal posted:Punching a patrol of child soldiers with the rocket fist is extremely therapeutic. No I'm not harming the children Miller, the fist isn't a lethal weapon! Bodyslamming, Shooting kids with rubber bullets, doing the 6 million dollar sprint punch, or calling the power of Thor to zap the entire outpost don't count as harming them either.
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Spalec posted:or calling the power of Thor to zap the entire outpost You are now imagining Kiefer Sutherland, as Big Boss, screaming 'I say thee nay!' as he unleashes the Stun Arm.
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I've been playing Meadow, which is apparently part of a series of games I haven't heard of before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVLoibSwhCQ It is a pretty relaxing experience, and reminds me of being a child. Flopping around all over the place as a badge cub, while squeaking at things, is adorable. TheMostFrench has a new favorite as of 11:07 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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TheMostFrench posted:I've been playing Meadow, which is apparently part of a series of games I haven't heard of before.
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Titanfall 2's single player mode has a pretty neat gimmick level. You're exploring a ruined research facility and while there you start experiencing some weird flashes of the past. Turns out their experiments made time unstable in that area and you get a device that lets you jump between the present and the past at will. You use it to get by obstacles in both time periods, like a security laser in the past or a collapsed hallway in the present. Also in the past they start sending guys after you, what with being an enemy soldier in the base. However time doesn't move when you jump so you can do stuff like circle around behind a guy in the present, jump back to the past and shoot them in the back. There are also some jumping puzzles where you're switching time periods in mid air to jump from platform to platform. Its pretty cool but it is only for that one stage.
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Telltale Batman episode 3 just released and I love how DC apparently gave Telltale carte blanche to go nuts with established characters. Thomas and Martha Wayne were brutal gangsters. Carmine Falcone gets capped by Renee Montoya. One of my choices apparently prevented the creation of Two-Face. None of these things would fly in your usual Batman: Year One story and it's great. I have no idea where the story's going to go now, which is not what I was expecting in a game about Batman's early years. Also, and I feel this is important: no goddamn Joker. That cackling plot vortex is nowhere to be seen so far, thank god. Polaron has a new favorite as of 13:25 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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Polaron posted:Telltale Batman episode 3 just released and I love how DC apparently gave Telltale carte blanche to go nuts with established characters. Finally, after 77 years, they start to just do whatever with the story of Batman in his video games.
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Polaron posted:Thomas and Martha Wayne were brutal gangsters. Carmine Falcone gets capped by Renee Montoya. One of my choices apparently prevented the creation of Two-Face. Your third thing in particular is something I want to rave about a little. In this timeline it's heavily implied that Harvey Dent is schizophrenic and bipolar, but this gets played with depending on whether or not you prevent his scarring. While this is a Telltale game and I have no doubt even an "uninjured" Harvey will eventually become mutilated, whether you save him or not significantly changes the reasoning behind why his schizophrenia becomes a full-on mania. If you save him: He becomes extremely paranoid that he's going to be attacked again, and his split personality preys on that, pushing him towards turning Gotham into a police state and demanding more extreme sentencing for criminals as he settles into his mayoral role. When he discovers Bruce and Selina together he becomes angry and sees it as a betrayal because they could have been planning anything behind his back, and what if Bruce has ties to crime like his parents? What'll happen? He goes absolutely nuts and a genuinely angry person, lashing out indiscriminately. If you don't save him, he falls into a massive depression and the split personality preys on his "weakness as a man" that he was unable to defend himself, that he thinks he won't be able to protect the city, etc. While Gotham isn't in any danger of becoming a police state, Harvey's split personality will lead to him beating mercenaries to death with his bare hands and almost pride in the fact his face is mutilated. He tries to hide the injury but at the same time becomes increasingly de-sensitised to what other people think, allowing it to bleed through his facial prosthetic and beginning to feel proud about it. When he catches Selina and Bruce together his split personality starts demanding he asserts himself as the man in what he thinks is his and Selina's relationship, attacking out of jealousy. What surprised me is that absolutely none of this is played for laughs. It's a very tragic portrayal of the condition, helped along by his fantastic voice acting.
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I liked what the animated series did, with his split personality only being exacerbated by the attack - "Big Bad Harv" already existed, hell he almost beat Falcone to death, the acid just brought him to the surface.
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