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Great! 180 32.61%
Awesome! 212 38.41%
Good! 160 28.99%
Total: 552 votes
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fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

ratbert90 posted:

Yeah, whoever decided to greenlight Cindy is an embarrassment. Her outfit actually makes me feel uncomfortable.

It really is. Its literally pornography.

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Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


fridge corn posted:

It really is. Its literally pornography.

You watch some really tame pornography.

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord

fridge corn posted:

The main draw for the combat for me is its responsiveness to input that makes it satisfying even if the game is not particularly difficult

Did...did we play completely different Witcher 3s?

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
My girlfriend wears the same stuff as Cindy but only at the beach. It's kind of weird at work.

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

fridge corn posted:

As for the writing, I guess Witcher 3 is well written for a video game but theres a long way to go for video game writing in general before even approaching anything resembling "good"

Plenty of games have good writing. For instance, Ghost Trick is the best pet movie ever made.

Heavy Metal
Sep 1, 2014

America's $1 Funnyman

Max Payne has such good hard boiled noir similes, Chandler would nod approvingly... like a thing that nods...

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



Demicol posted:

I'm glad I was highly overleveled for that place when I decided to do it. I tried it once before finishing the game at lvl 50 and when nearly everyone died in the first room I just ran out. Some times I wish you could tell your party members to get the gently caress away from the enemies. I was fighting the optional boss in the sewers and when its telegraphing a huge AOE attack for 10 seconds and all I can do is watch from the other side of the room as my idiot friends keep hitting it until it goes off.

When fighting a boss which is better use of the Armiger (more damage), just attacking the whole duration or immediately using the Armiger Chain?

I use the chain immediately. The chain does more damage the more armiger bar you have. I only use the armiger buff when attacking stuff that your buddies can't hit so basically anything off the ground like the Angelus weakspots.

3D GAY WORLD
May 15, 2007
Just picked this game up, I don't suppose anyone still has any duplicate pre-order DLC codes to spare (PS4 version)? I have PMs if anyone feels like messaging me about it. Thanks!

I havent played a FF game since FFX, and with the sale going on I couldnt this game up.

EDIT: I'm referring to the "sets," I got the Masamune code as part of the Day One edition.

3D GAY WORLD fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Dec 30, 2016

SectumSempra
Jun 22, 2011

Bi-Han now we've got Bad Blood

Deified Data posted:

So do you basically need the 555 AP spell intensity ability to be able to craft poo poo like quintcast -aga spells?

Or even worse do you need the 999 one? If so I'm never going to bother.

No,

basically get a bunch of ridiculous strong items

Zu beaks work

behomoth horns are sold right by the ice dungeon and give quad or quintcast IIRC

SectumSempra
Jun 22, 2011

Bi-Han now we've got Bad Blood
Yo so story question.

this is something I'm like 80% was dropped in importance in development.

Where the gently caress does lunas dog go?

Does it die?

or

is it also shiva?

Since Umbra can travel through time I would assume that the dog would be useful.

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



I bought Witcher 3 when it was cheap on Steam sale or something and played about an hour or so of it. Never played the first two but I couldn't get into it but it might be because I partly didn't like the kb/mouse controls and wasn't using a controller. If I actually bother playing it, will I understand what's going on in the long run?

Levantine
Feb 14, 2005

GUNDAM!!!

triple sulk posted:

I bought Witcher 3 when it was cheap on Steam sale or something and played about an hour or so of it. Never played the first two but I couldn't get into it but it might be because I partly didn't like the kb/mouse controls and wasn't using a controller. If I actually bother playing it, will I understand what's going on in the long run?

Yes, though it's a much deeper game for people who know a lot more of the lore (especially outside of the games) however it's totally legible if you go in blind (I did). Also play using a controller. It's just a superior experience.

SectumSempra
Jun 22, 2011

Bi-Han now we've got Bad Blood

3D GAY WORLD posted:

Just picked this game up, I don't suppose anyone still has any duplicate pre-order DLC codes to spare (PS4 version)? I have PMs if anyone feels like messaging me about it. Thanks!

I havent played a FF game since FFX, and with the sale going on I couldnt this game up.

EDIT: I'm referring to the "sets," I got the Masamune code as part of the Day One edition.

If no one gives them to you don't buy them they aren't worth the price and most things that effect game play will be useless early in. (besides the Leviathan lure, but that comes with DLC version. this lure works on most fish in the game and doesn't get lost if your line pops)

SectumSempra
Jun 22, 2011

Bi-Han now we've got Bad Blood

triple sulk posted:

I bought Witcher 3 when it was cheap on Steam sale or something and played about an hour or so of it. Never played the first two but I couldn't get into it but it might be because I partly didn't like the kb/mouse controls and wasn't using a controller. If I actually bother playing it, will I understand what's going on in the long run?

Yes you'll understand, the overarching story is fairly simple. The witcher also has bomb rear end datalogs that quickly sum up a person and what they've done in the story and what their fate is.

There is a bit in the very beginning where you choose the fate of characters in Witcher 2. One could have died. Keep him alive. It adds another sidequest and all the sidequests are good.

it picks up a bit faster a few hours in, then you'll be hooked pretty much. White orchard is pretty hit/miss IMO, but if you've only played an hour and skipped no dialogue you probably barely even got into white orchard.

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

Shoren posted:

You should consider wearing looser pants and maybe interacting with real women.

I'm married and have a daughter. Oversexualizing a woman like in that game is terrible and should make everybody who sees her uncomfortable.

fivegears4reverse
Apr 4, 2007

by R. Guyovich

ratbert90 posted:

Oversexualizing a woman like in that game is terrible and should make everybody who sees her uncomfortable.

Only if I'm wearing pants

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Am I the only one that usually has to try like 5 times to activate armiger before the game recognizes my input?

Renoistic
Jul 27, 2007

Everyone has a
guardian angel.

Centzon Totochtin posted:

Am I the only one that usually has to try like 5 times to activate armiger before the game recognizes my input?

Nah, it's pretty unresponsive IMO. You need to stand absolutely still, which can be quite difficult at times.

ThisIsACoolGuy
Nov 2, 2010

Shaped like a friend

ratbert90 posted:

I'm married and have a daughter. Oversexualizing a woman like in that game is terrible and should make everybody who sees her uncomfortable.

I've seen people dress like her when I'm out and about when it's super hot out around where I live so it's literally whatever to me. I'm sorry you feel that way though.

fivegears4reverse
Apr 4, 2007

by R. Guyovich
I've stood still trying to activate armiger during hectic moments where the game's performance is tanking, and if you don't hit both buttons perfectly, you'll get nothing. It's either bugged, overly demanding of precision, or affected by frame drops.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

fivegears4reverse posted:

I've stood still trying to activate armiger during hectic moments where the game's performance is tanking, and if you don't hit both buttons perfectly, you'll get nothing. It's either bugged, overly demanding of precision, or affected by frame drops.

It's all of the above. The actual input is bizarrely precise and frame drops make it worse. (Which I'd count as a bug but YMMV.)

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I've seen people dress like her when I'm out and about when it's super hot out around where I live so it's literally whatever to me. I'm sorry you feel that way though.

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

Ratjaculation
Aug 3, 2007

:parrot::parrot::parrot:



fridge corn posted:

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

:agreed: 100%

Its disgusting.

Heroic Yoshimitsu
Jan 15, 2008

Is the glitch to put Aranea in your team permanently still in the game?

HORMELCHILI
Jan 13, 2010


fridge corn posted:

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

it makes me freaking horny and she looks badass and it makes me feel good while i play my childrens toy

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
I don't find her clothing that bothersome but boy howdy that accent

Maybe just having lived in socal and Hawaii I am used to women just walking around wearing less than that most of the time

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
watching Ignis obliviously wander through the middle of a fight with a bunch of crocodile monsters with his dark sunglasses and cane is one of the funniest bits of unintentional comedy I think I've ever seen in a video game

Mechafunkzilla fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Dec 31, 2016

fivegears4reverse
Apr 4, 2007

by R. Guyovich

fridge corn posted:

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

I dress Noctis all the time in the jacketless civilian outfit, even when he complains about it being cold after shiva deigns to help the party, does this make me a war criminal


Big Bowie Bonanza posted:

I don't find her clothing that bothersome but boy howdy that accent

The accent is REALLY bad and definitely sounds forced. The game isn't chock full of amazing vocal performances outside of the lead four, but hers stands out as being especially obnoxious in a world where everything outside of the cities is Southsouth, USA and NotForest Whitaker is around at Hammerhead to suffer violent heart palpitations whenever you talk at him in a non-threatening manner regarding the next monster hunt.

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

fridge corn posted:

Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

I think the outfit's goofy but lol

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

fridge corn posted:

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

what if you like boobs and thongs

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Let's rank this game's voice acting. I'll start:

1. Dino
2. Everyone else.

fivegears4reverse
Apr 4, 2007

by R. Guyovich

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Let's rank this game's voice acting. I'll start:

1. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaans :(
2. Everyone else.

a good list, otherwise

Heavy Metal
Sep 1, 2014

America's $1 Funnyman

Itsa me, Dino! Gladio's voice is game-tastic, he went to king David Hayter's voice school from the sound of it. Every sentence he says... has that kind of voice actory funny oomph to it.

Renoistic
Jul 27, 2007

Everyone has a
guardian angel.
Ignis' VA is the best just for his "I've come up with a new recipe" delivery.

Cindy sticks out like a sore thumb, both in style and tone, but I can't muster up any energy to care since she's such an insignificant character anyway. Then again, she has like 10 times as many lines as the female main character.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Renoistic posted:

Ignis' VA is the best just for his "I've come up with a new recipe" delivery.

Cindy sticks out like a sore thumb, both in style and tone, but I can't muster up any energy to care since she's such an insignificant character anyway. Then again, she has like 10 times as many lines as the female main character.

Hey now, the list goes Iris > Cindy > Random NPCs > Some monsters > Lunafreya.

Renoistic
Jul 27, 2007

Everyone has a
guardian angel.

ImpAtom posted:

Hey now, the list goes Iris > Cindy > Random NPCs > Some monsters > Lunafreya.

Can't argue with that, honestly.

Now that I think about it, the fact that the super self-serious Kingsglaive movie and stripper mechanic Cindy are part of the same story, is pretty darn funny.

Not to mention Luna's role in the movie and how her character arc turned out in the game.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Renoistic posted:

Can't argue with that, honestly.

Now that I think about it, the fact that the super self-serious Kingsglaive movie and stripper mechanic Cindy are part of the same story, is pretty darn funny.

Not to mention Luna's role in the movie and how her character arc turned out in the game.

I forgot Aranea who is the best though.

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Let's rank this game's voice acting. I'll start:

1. Dino
2. Everyone else.

I dunno, Ardyn chews up some lines pretty good.

Invisible Handjob
Apr 7, 2002

by FactsAreUseless

fridge corn posted:

Except that a living human being has a choice in how to dress themselves and will choose their outfits for a variety of reasons. The video game character Cindy does not have free will and somebody designed her in that outfit explicitly for the purposes of sexual titillation. Unless you can come up with some other reason why she would be wearing such a ridiculous outfit, it's pornography and wholly inappropriate and indefensible given the circumstances

I haven't had a chance to play the game yet, but I made the mistake of googling this character... Oh my God. This is without a doubt one of the most offensive things I've seen in any artistic medium, period. I actually looked it up at work, and unfortunately my boss saw and now I have to answer to her about why I was looking at literal pornography.


edit: it's OK! I explained to her I was just doing some research for my ludicrous virtue signalling over a video game. I get to keep my job.

I still feel incredibly uncomfortable, and more than a little bit guilty, for having viewed those awful pictures in the first place.

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Motto
Aug 3, 2013

Imagine scooping yourself a delicious dish of ice cream, but you have to be careful because there's a turd in the ice cream tub. The turd is Literal Pornography.

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