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Ciaphas posted:like take those 'easy to parry' giants for example, you can't tell while waiting if they're gonna go for a long parryable attack or that four hit combo that's impossible to parry and eats half your life bar That's why you wait for the slow attacks that you know you have time to parry. The fast attacks come fast and you have to dodge fast, but with the slow attacks you have enough time to see they're doing a slow one, not dodge, and shoot. Pro tip for parrying Gascoigne specifically: Shoot when you see sparks on the ground.
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Lizard Wizard posted:cat was put out of his misery today...that's all there is to say on the matter... ah man that sucks  , at least you had 19 long years with him
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CJacobs posted:That's why you wait for the slow attacks that you know you have time to parry. The fast attacks come fast and you have to dodge fast, but with the slow attacks you have enough time to see they're doing a slow one, not dodge, and shoot. maybe i'm too old for this poo poo then, because i can't react fast enough to get the parry when i wait to be sure of the slow attack for the giants they just kinda stagger a touch, i'm running in to get the visceral that i don't realize yet that i've whiffed, and eat four bricks to the nose for my trouble (e) i'm clearly just getting frustrated and worse at the game as i get angrier, so time to put it down and walk away Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Nov 15, 2016 |
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In that case my recommendation would be to just not bother with parries unless you're sure you can get it in time. Parrying is a pretty important part of Bloodborne's combat but it's never necessary to win a fight, and in a lot of cases focusing too hard on parrying will get you killed because you can't move while firing. Since you have the blunderbuss, instead try jumping into enemies' faces and blasting them with it to stumble them in the non-parryable way. That's what it's better for, as opposed to the pistol which is good for precision parries.
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I need a new game I can play with the keyboard only as my cat keeps stealing my chair and I don't have the heart to budge him. I'm still taking a break from Caves of Qud/Dungeonmans though as I burnt out hard on them and related roguelikes, so...hrm. I mean it's not an urgent need, and I'll keep browsing and stuff, but it's times like this that make me wish I hadn't marathoned all of Dungeonmans in like a week. Games need savoring or they become tiring very, very quickly.
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Lizard Wizard posted:cat was put out of his misery today...that's all there is to say on the matter... I'm here if you want to talk okay? I know how you feel and I want you to know that it is okay to vent your emotions, that you don't need to keep them pent up inside (though if keeping them pent up is what helps you the most then by all means, continue doing what works best for you) I'm here for ya, bud
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FirstAidKite posted:
All I can do to keep from being a mess is to not think about it. 
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Lizard Wizard posted:cat was put out of his misery today...that's all there is to say on the matter...
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Lizard Wizard posted:All I can do to keep from being a mess is to not think about it. That's perfectly fine and acceptable. Go ahead and take a breather and let your thoughts drift off for a bit. I often find it helps me best to let my brain rest and not think about things for a bit. Usually I'll play some kind of puzzle game or just go to sleep so that I can keep my brain off of the subject for a while, then by the time I am done, my brain will be feeling more up to thinking about it. You're a good person and nobody of any worthy is going to think bad of you for trying to avoid thinking about it. Good luck, Liz, and stay gold.
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I am definitely going to take a day off, because nobody needs their order taken by a blubbering idiot who made the mistake of thinking about his cat.
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Lizard Wizard posted:cat was put out of his misery today...that's all there is to say on the matter... Good night old friend. I'm sorry for your loss lizwiz.
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Man, sleep, escapism, and good company when I'm under a ton of anxiety is the best. Especially sleep. I'm sorry about your cat. Your cat for COTY 2016.
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we're probably not replacing him, so this'll be the first time in my life that we just don't have a cat. tomorrow morning is gonna be weird.
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https://twitter.com/batsugeemu/status/798300952478580736
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Conan O'Brien got to try Final Fantasy XV. He's not impressed. https://youtu.be/eXJFbsQBvLw
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GOTY: Witcher 3 Blood & Wine I still need to play Titanfall 2, I heard some people call its campaign better than Do4m (what). Other than that - I have more fun with Battlefield 1 than with Overwatch. Operations mode owns hard.
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Nov 15, 2016 10:44
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Playing Metro 2033 Redux for the first time. It's pretty good! Very linear, but shooting feels noice and it's still quite a looker.
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anatomi posted:Playing Metro 2033 Redux for the first time. It's pretty good! Very linear, but shooting feels noice and it's still quite a looker. Yeah, they're quite railroad-y  Joking aside, the Metro games are fantastic, and while 2033 Redux is good (the original was not bad, but was janky as hell), LL is just brilliant.
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Looking at what actually came out in 2016 I don't think I actually wound up playing any of the major releases, 2016 has been a year spent playing backlogs and Trails of Cold Steel. I did play AM2R though and would probably pick that if given the option.
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Has anyone played the cyberpunk bartending game valhalla? I'm looking for something kinda chill and story - based, does that fit the bill?
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Red Bones posted:Has anyone played the cyberpunk bartending game valhalla? I'm looking for something kinda chill and story - based, does that fit the bill? It's cool as long as you want a VN where you occasionally get to make drinks for people, rather than a bartending sim or whatever.
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Keep an eye out during the Steam sale for Obduction if you like adventure games. It's new and was made by the original Myst people. It's really underrated.
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Finally getting around to playing Arkham Knight on PS4. Probably one of the most fiddly games I've ever played and the Batmobile stinks. I want to finish it because I liked the other games in the series but everything about it is awkward as gently caress.
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For someone who's never played a DS game, should Bloodborne be any more intimidating than the Devil May Cry series? spudsbuckley posted:Finally getting around to playing Arkham Knight on PS4. Curious what you mean by "fiddly". One thing I noticed was how there was a weird, small zone you had to be in to activate things. Like you'd think for pressing a button being closer to it would be a sure thing but it's possible to be too close.
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Lobok posted:For someone who's never played a DS game, should Bloodborne be any more intimidating than the Devil May Cry series? As someone who's played both, yes and no. Bloodborne is probably harder than Devil May Cry 4, but it's also got much friendlier controls and doesn't use the same type of combo systems. Bloodborne also doesn't have the ranking system of DMC. So while I barely limp through DMC getting C ratings, there is no such judgement in Bloodborne. Getting all S rankings in DMC is probably much harder than beating Bloodborne.
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Snak posted:As someone who's played both, yes and no. Bloodborne is probably harder than Devil May Cry 4, but it's also got much friendlier controls and doesn't use the same type of combo systems. Sounds pretty close to what I expected. The thing about combos is I have no problem executing them - I just have a problem remembering them. When the Arkham games came along and moved beat-em-ups away from combo memorization it was a god-send. It's why playing Transformers Devastation felt so old, moreso than the 80s aesthetics.
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Lobok posted:
There's that, there's too many gadgets, too many moves/different "systems" (fear takedowns, eject gliding, two different control systems for the car, etc), the map is too big and filled with icons. I feel like if I take a break from it for a day or two I'll forget a lot of how to play it because it is really unintuitive.
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Lobok posted:Sounds pretty close to what I expected. The thing about combos is I have no problem executing them - I just have a problem remembering them. When the Arkham games came along and moved beat-em-ups away from combo memorization it was a god-send. It's why playing Transformers Devastation felt so old, moreso than the 80s aesthetics. There's no real combos in Bloodbourne short of mashing one of the attack buttons. Really if you go in expecting DMC style anything you may be a little disappointed, but then happy cause BB is real good.
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This month is gonna murder me as I spread my attention 3 ways between Dragonball Xenoverse 2, Dragonball Fusions, and Pokemon. Which one will win? It is honestly a toss-up because I love Goku and Pikachu equally. Luckily I only barely interact with the Pokemon competitive community, so there's not a huge rush to finish it.
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Sakurazuka posted:It's cool as long as you want a VN where you occasionally get to make drinks for people, rather than a bartending sim or whatever. Thank you. Is it a relaxing vn or a serious drama vn? I am looking to soothe life's problems, rather than finding some fictional problems to stress out about.
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spudsbuckley posted:There's that, there's too many gadgets, too many moves/different "systems" (fear takedowns, eject gliding, two different control systems for the car, etc), the map is too big and filled with icons. Yeah, I get that. The game's a bit bloated with control features. Unleashing gadgets while gliding seemed especially frivolous. The one thing that I kept getting caught up on until late in the game was being unsure how much stuff I could do. Because the game starts you off already equipped with certain skills and gadgets from previous games, but not all of them, and because I grew familiar with the stuff available in the upgrade menu, I would hold off on performing certain actions or try to perform them without unlocking them and that was frustrating when combos need every button press to be measured and sure. Playing as the other characters was the worst form of that. The game says "here, play as Azrael for a sec" and I'm like "ok... so what can he do? Oh, he has exactly the same equipment as Batman for some reason? But you gave me control of Nightwing and he's very different."
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Bloodborne has basically my ideal "combo" system. Where combos are just that, sequences of regular actions flowing together, instead of entering a specific sequence of inputs in order to get a discrete unique output.
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Snak posted:Bloodborne has basically my ideal "combo" system. Where combos are just that, sequences of regular actions flowing together, instead of entering a specific sequence of inputs in order to get a discrete unique output. Mash R1 forever is my ideal combo system.
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deadly_pudding posted:This month is gonna murder me as I spread my attention 3 ways between Dragonball Xenoverse 2, Dragonball Fusions, and Pokemon. Which one will win? It is honestly a toss-up because I love Goku and Pikachu equally. Luckily I only barely interact with the Pokemon competitive community, so there's not a huge rush to finish it. I'm waiting to get Pokemans due to still playing Xenoverse 2, Dishonored 2, and Yakuza 4. It's not like I'll miss out on much since I never do online battles or anything.
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Mr E posted:I'm waiting to get Pokemans due to still playing Xenoverse 2, Dishonored 2, and Yakuza 4. It's not like I'll miss out on much since I never do online battles or anything. Yakuza 0 coming soon!!!
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Snak posted:Bloodborne has basically my ideal "combo" system. Where combos are just that, sequences of regular actions flowing together, instead of entering a specific sequence of inputs in order to get a discrete unique output. Yeah, that sounds like the best. I don't need flashy finisher moves, just give me different attacks that have varying ranges, speed, directions, damage, etc. (even if it's just two or three) and let me string them together in the best way based on what's going on.
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The end of the year is rough: Dishonored 2, Titanfall 2, Tyranny, Watch_Dogs 2, FFXV, The Last Guardian, Dead Rising 4, Owlboy. There are also a few titles released some time ago that I should think about getting like the new Deus Ex, Hitman, Civ 6 and Gears of War 4. I'll probably get like 2 games from this list. Decisions, decisions.
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