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LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

TheScott2K posted:

My wife is a champion bargain hunter, I bet she's all over that.

I was recently informed of the strangely named website https://www.camelcamelcamel.com that tracks Amazon prices. You can use it to set up alerts too so if there's a game, or anything really, you want and only want to pay a certain price it's kind of handy. My mom told me about it when I was talking about Christmas shopping. I don't know if your wife (or the rest of the thread) would benefit from it, but I thought I'd pass it along in the spirit of the holidays.

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Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

my definitive game of the year list in no particular order
- Overwatch
- Fire Emblem
- Dark Souls
- Pokemon
- Hitman
- Zero Time Dilemma
- Uncharted 4
- Stardew Valley
- Dragon Quest Builders
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix
- Tomb Raider
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions??
- Picross in general

I haven't played enough FFXV yet + did not buy Titanfall/D4thM/Dishonored 2/Last Guardian

I also thought Mirror's Edge 2/Deus Ex were fun

CrashCat
Jan 10, 2003

another shit post


LawfulWaffle posted:

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is $19 on Amazon right now.

That was quick, it was just at $30 on Black Friday I thought

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Seems like more and more people are picking up the 'Atlus model', sell at full price for people who can't wait, drop for a sale in three to four months.

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

Sakurazuka posted:

Seems like more and more people are picking up the 'Atlus model', sell at full price for people who can't wait, drop for a sale in three to four months.

I hope I remember this in 2017. I paid full price for DE:MD and I regret it. Not as much as I regret pre-ordering No Man's Sky the day before release though. That was my biggest gaming mistake of the year.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

my goty list:

1) hitman
2) eu4
3) tms #fe
4) stardew valley
5) furi
6) titanfall 2
7) no man's sky

games i wanted to play but didn't:

fire emblem
the witness
digimon cybersleuth
xcom 2
phoenix wright
dishonored 2

shame of the year:

enter the gungeon
100 foot robot golf

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

oddium posted:

shame of the year:

my goty list:
7) no man's sky

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

i didn't hate it

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

someone in my timeline keeps retweeting the 'foodporn' account on twitter and their pictures of food have gotten exponentially less appetizing over time

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
GOTY:

The Witness
Doom
Dark souls 3
Witcher 3 B+W
Hitman

GOTY from the past that I only just played this year:

Dragon's Dogma

GOTY that I couldn't play because my computer has the wrong kind of cpu:

Dishonored 2

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
Nice looking turd cone

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

oddium posted:

my goty list:

1) hitman
2) eu4
3) tms #fe
4) stardew valley
5) furi
6) titanfall 2
7) no man's sky

games i wanted to play but didn't:

fire emblem
the witness
digimon cybersleuth
xcom 2
phoenix wright
dishonored 2

shame of the year:

enter the gungeon
100 foot robot golf

Cybersleuth was surprisingly good

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

oddium posted:

i didn't hate it

i stand by you, no mans sky is also on my goty list this year. haters can step off imo.

Mr E
Sep 18, 2007

GOTY:

Witcher 3 + Expacs
Doom
Dark Souls 3
Hitman
Dishonored 2
Titanfall 2 Multiplayer

I also played a whole bunch of games from previous years that I never played, and am currently loving Metro 2033. I may actually finish my backlog by mid next year. Maybe.

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry
I don't think I've played even 5 games that got released in 2016. It's been backlog or games that are getting released now but actually came out in other countries earlier like Cold Steel 2.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax

E Equals MC Hammer posted:

Actually speaking of TotalBiscuit, what became of him?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-totalbiscuits-curati/lddakpdpnkmhbgaoniaiiljkfomdfljm?hl=en-GB

CrashCat
Jan 10, 2003

another shit post


Stux posted:

i stand by you, no mans sky is also on my goty list this year. haters can step off imo.
If nothing else it belongs on a Game of the Year list in the same sense as Time Magazine would do

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp

Trolled to Death: the TotalBiscuit story

boy are my arms tired
May 10, 2012

Ham Wrangler

lmao poop comes from butts haha

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


TB is still alive but quite sick last I heard???

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Quest For Glory II posted:

someone in my timeline keeps retweeting the 'foodporn' account on twitter and their pictures of food have gotten exponentially less appetizing over time



Look at enough food porn and you become desensitized and seek out more esoteric and more bizarre niche stuff until you are only excited by things that an unacclimatized person would find horrifying. Much like actual porn

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
Rip in peace, commissioner of the frames per second police.

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

CrashCat posted:

If nothing else it belongs on a Game of the Year list in the same sense as Time Magazine would do

its unironically one of the games i enjoyed most this year and it was all i was hoping for namaste

ONE YEAR LATER
Apr 13, 2004

Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!
Oven Wrangler

oddium posted:

my goty list:
3) tms #fe

Word, this game is good and makes me want to play the older and newer Persona games.

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.
My 2016 GOTY rankings

1. Doom
2. Superhot
3. Madden 16
4. Forza Horizon 3
5. SimCity 4

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
Games I Really Liked From 2016 in no order:

Final Fantasy XV
Hitman
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
The Witness
Overwatch
Titanfall 2
Stardew Valley
DOOM
Dark Souls 3
The Witcher

I feel like there were some indie games that I enjoyed that I'm forgetting about, sorry guys. I also played a lot of pinball on Steam, probably more in The Pinball Arcade or Pinball FX2 than most of the games above.

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Wish I could play TMS#FE but I sold my Wii U like a moron

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
What is "tms #fe" and is it on ps4?

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

Word, this game is good and makes me want to play the older and newer Persona games.

It made me want to play Persona 4, and then I did and it is also great

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Snak posted:

What is "tms #fe" and is it on ps4?

It is the SMT/Fire Emblem crossover and so no, it isn't.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions and Persona 5 both owned so this was a good year for Atlus JRPGs.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

FirstAidKite posted:

What was with that one jump scare real early on in Until Dawn where a spooky face jumped out at the characters and none of them even reacted like anything happened

Dude I have no loving idea. I played through that game twice and wondered exactly the same thing the second time. It's so quick that as the player I'm not even sure if it's supposed to be an early glimpse of the wendigo, a dumb movie effect Josh was using to try and jumpscare them, or something else entirely.

boy are my arms tired
May 10, 2012

Ham Wrangler

Snak posted:

What is "tms #fe" and is it on ps4?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Mirage_Sessions_%E2%99%AFFE

CrashCat
Jan 10, 2003

another shit post


Stux posted:

its unironically one of the games i enjoyed most this year and it was all i was hoping for namaste
Yeah like I said, in the same sense as Time Magazine

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

oddium posted:

i didn't realize the two targets in the hitman holiday mission were the home alone burglars. that's epic, to a millennial like me

That Feat for hitting Marv with a brick three times before assassinating him is magnificent.

Also, when you think about it, killing them in Hitman is less violent than the Home Alone movies because in the game they can actually die from a somewhat appropriate level of physical damage. The Home Alone movies are basically:

ONE YEAR LATER
Apr 13, 2004

Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!
Oven Wrangler

Regy Rusty posted:

It made me want to play Persona 4, and then I did and it is also great

I am waiting for Golden to go on sale, gonna play the heck out of it.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

VideoGames posted:

I don't think people hate Stux, it's more that the discussions he creates are Fishmech style.

You might think so but every once in a while you catch Fishmech doing what he does best and realize that Stux is minor league.

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

haveblue posted:

Look at enough food porn and you become desensitized and seek out more esoteric and more bizarre niche stuff until you are only excited by things that an unacclimatized person would find horrifying. Much like actual porn

Opposite reaction over here. The more I see of "food porn" and "epic meals" and all that crazy poo poo the more simplicity appeals to me. Food porn can often seem really juvenile, like a kid at a buffet stacking up all their favourite foods on top of each other because how could a combo of my favourite things not be better than any of them individually? Or that part in Elf where he pours maple syrup and marshmallows and stuff on his spaghetti.

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

grieving for Gandalf posted:

I didn't look to see if anyone answered this but there's two, but only one I've played. they're both the kind of thing where you need to be really familiar with ALttP's systems

Parallel Worlds I've played and thought was cool. I haven't gotten to give Goddess of Wisdom I try yet

I played some Parallel Worlds. Some of the changes are pretty cool, but I thought the dungeon designs were awful and it has the typical ROM hack problem of being stupid hard. I'm willing to give it a second shot, though. I'll check out that second one you mentioned. The Master Quest hack seems neat too.

codenameFANGIO
May 4, 2012

What are you even booing here?

Ciaphas posted:

Wish I could play TMS#FE but I sold my Wii U like a moron

Yeah that was dumb of you.

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codenameFANGIO
May 4, 2012

What are you even booing here?

Keep All Your Games And Systems!

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