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I'm ready to buy Bayonetta for the third time
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Apr 11, 2017 13:56
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I'm not since it would probably run worse than the PS3 version on my lovely old pc.
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Apr 11, 2017 13:58
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I don't want it since I have the wii u collection of 1 & 2 but I'm curious if the steam version will have any exclusives so I'm excited to see what they'd have
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FirstAidKite posted:Captain invictus, I know there is that decepticon train. Are there other train transformers, and if so, what are they    There is also, of course, Astrotrain.  Sakurazuka posted:The only ones I can remember off the top of my head are Aerialbots, Ramjet, Megatron and that Jetfire toy that was a repainted Valkyrie from Macross.   Nate RFB posted:I had a variety of Transformers but I can't recall which ones specifically, other than I was definitely able to build the original Devastator by individually buying all of the constructicons. They have since been lost to time, I have no idea where they are now.  Basically, the last few years, it has been a VERY good time to be a Transformers fan, especially if you enjoy the comics, they're the best they've ever been by a wide margin, probably the best fiction Transformers has ever had and makes it more than just ~4 million year long robot war~. The Beast Wars Masterpieces are apparently really good too, I wasn't able to get in on the preorders for them in time though.    edit: the mighty max-style beast wars playsets were total butt
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I remember when I was a kid I would go to my neighbor's house and watch beast wars with him in the morning before going to school. One day his mom came in and said "you know, I don't like you two watching such a violent show." I said to her "it's not violent" because I'd never even seen any major violence in it, just standard kids cartoon lasers and stuff. Literally the moment I said that the show isn't violent, someone clawed open Optimus Primal's chest. also, Rail Racer looks really cool and I hope he is, in fact, really cool.
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Apr 11, 2017 14:13
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FirstAidKite posted:also, Rail Racer looks really cool and I hope he is, in fact, really cool. Rail Racer looks like a robot from some sort of train-themed super robot anime, rather than a transformer. Maybe all three trains are driven by scrappy 11 year olds.
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Apr 11, 2017 14:28
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I used to have two Happy Meal transformers, one of a burger and one of a milkshake. https://twitter.com/Sorcerobe/status/850697253220044800
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Apr 11, 2017 14:35
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Bayonetta trending in 2017. What a time to be alive.
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Apr 11, 2017 15:13
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The best kind of April Fools joke.
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Apr 11, 2017 15:19
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did they ever put out the bayo amiibo
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Apr 11, 2017 15:34
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Still waiting on Bayo and Cloud.
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Apr 11, 2017 15:36
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FirstAidKite posted:I only ever had one transformers toy and it was a really cruddy one imo. It was "orcanoch" which was an orca that transformed into....this ...a cat tree?
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Apr 11, 2017 15:49
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having still not fired up my gift copy of nier automata yet for various miscellaneous reasons i might drop the $20 on bayonetta and play that instead
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Apr 11, 2017 16:18
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Cowcaster posted:having still not fired up my gift copy of nier automata yet for various miscellaneous reasons i might drop the $20 on bayonetta and play that instead Haven't played Automata yet, but Bayonetta is a fantastic game. Can't really go wrong there.
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Apr 11, 2017 16:20
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Real hurthling! posted:did they ever put out the bayo amiibo No :c
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Apr 11, 2017 16:21
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The max setting footage on PC looks really drat good. I missed Bayonetta last generation so I think I'll get this sooner than later.
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Apr 11, 2017 16:23
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they're probably trying to get sega to make them or pay for them and sega doesn't want to
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Apr 11, 2017 16:23
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They aren't really comparable. Nier is an RPG with surprisingly unsucky controls, a bleak wrenching story, and minimalist artsy graphics. Bayonetta is a brawler with near-perfect controls, an over-the-top batshit story, and a visual style that's a 3D animated version of that poo poo gently caress drat gif.
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Apr 11, 2017 16:27
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bayonetta  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HoSdUmIgAE
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Real hurthling! posted:did they ever put out the bayo amiibo They're probably waiting for Smash Bros. 4 Switch.
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gently caress I need to close that window or I'll be listening to Bayonetta music for the rest of the day
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Apr 11, 2017 16:57
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I've been playing some Diablo 3. I hosed around with it a bit way back when it first came out on 360, but I hadn't seen any of the changes since Reaper of Souls. It's definitely a much better game now, loot in particular is much more interesting. That said, it's really easy now. I feel like the problem with diablo-likes is that if you're playing with 4 people there's so much poo poo going off during every battle that they have to make it hard to die or you'd just constantly be getting wiped by attacks you couldn't even see.
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FirstAidKite posted:I read some of jim sterling's 2/10 review of yooka laylee since I think yooka laylee is coming out today and I'm excited for it and I wanted to see what he didn't like about it and drat, a lot of his complaints are things that I am just fine with and didn't see as complaint at all. It just sounds like he's not a fan of collectathon platformers in general but there were several times in his review I was just like "wait why is this a bad thing" or "but this wasn't an issue with banjo kazooie" It's the game entirely appealing to nostalgia, being reviewed by the guy who despises nostalgia. What did you expect? But I watched the GB quicklook of the game, and I think I could see a lot of those exact same criticisms you bolded. Sterling is just characteristically harsh and un-tactful about it. The combat did look pretty brainless, and Rykert was also talking about no map or other way to navigate the convoluted world easily leading to a lot of wasted time. I have zero love for the N64, Rare platformers, or any banjo-kazooie game, because I never played any of that stuff. If I played yooka laylee I might give it a pretty low score as well. OTOH I had no problem with the 'mwah-mwah-mwah' talk and thought the writing was cute, so maybe not 2/10. Most outlets have reviewers who like a game, or at least that style of game, review it. Sterling picks whatever's prominent and reviews it, and if he hates it well tough. I don't know that it's very useful, but it's what he does and at least the honestly is refreshing. (Unless he's turning the hate-beam on something you like ofc.) quote:idk. games journalism.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:08
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I skipped around the gb QL and that boss with the rolling logs looked pretty garbo.
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PantsBandit posted:I've been playing some Diablo 3. I hosed around with it a bit way back when it first came out on 360, but I hadn't seen any of the changes since Reaper of Souls. It's definitely a much better game now, loot in particular is much more interesting. That said, it's really easy now. I feel like the problem with diablo-likes is that if you're playing with 4 people there's so much poo poo going off during every battle that they have to make it hard to die or you'd just constantly be getting wiped by attacks you couldn't even see. The difficulty is completely modular, most people level on Hard/Master and are capable of starting Torment I shortly after hitting 70 on any character. For normal difficulties it goes up to Torment XIII and for Greater Rifts, which are Diablo's infinitely scaling dungeons, there is theoretically no limit as to how hard it can get. Most classes in endgame sets can solo up to GR90 and beyond, or well into the 100s in full groups (for reference, T13 is roughly equivalent to GR60).
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Klyith posted:But I watched the GB quicklook of the game, and I think I could see a lot of those exact same criticisms you bolded. Sterling is just characteristically harsh and un-tactful about it. The combat did look pretty brainless, and Rykert was also talking about no map or other way to navigate the convoluted world easily leading to a lot of wasted time. What the gently caress is exploration? Please give me a map with icons all over it and a gigantic golden arrow floating in the air pointing in the single direction it's possible to go.
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Adam Bowen posted:What the gently caress is exploration? Please give me a map with icons all over it and a gigantic golden arrow floating in the air pointing in the single direction it's possible to go. If those are the only two options, yes, I would take an ubisoft map over a game with no map that requires repeated visits to large maze-like levels. Exploration is discovering something new. Getting back to something you've already been to, but have difficulty finding because you haven't yet memorized the world like Ulillia, is frustrating.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:39
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Oh. Oh, Bayonetta PC is out right now according to the steam store. Huh.
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CJacobs posted:Oh. Oh, Bayonetta PC is out right now according to the steam store. Huh. Looks like I know what I'm going to play after Persona! (so probably in May)
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CJacobs posted:Oh. Oh, Bayonetta PC is out right now according to the steam store. Huh. loving bought. I double dipped. The only version I had was the ps3 version of this game. I"m so glad it came to PC.
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FirstAidKite posted:idk. games journalism. Journalists don't have personas and costumes.
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FirstAidKite posted:I read some of jim sterling's 2/10 review of yooka laylee since I think yooka laylee is coming out today and I'm excited for it and I wanted to see what he didn't like about it and drat, a lot of his complaints are things that I am just fine with and didn't see as complaint at all. It just sounds like he's not a fan of collectathon platformers in general but there were several times in his review I was just like "wait why is this a bad thing" or "but this wasn't an issue with banjo kazooie" You might find the Easy Allies review more helpful. Their reviewer approached it sort of more like, "How does this do by the standards of the 3D collectathon platformers that I enjoy?" I think Sterling looked at it as a standalone thing and as someone who isn't necessarily sold on its genre or the entire concept of nostalgia, so I think the potential flaws inherent in the genre are more of a big deal to him than they might be to you if you're just super into that genre already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiuYNE5dKhQ Guy Mann posted:Journalists don't have personas and costumes. Sure, but he doesn't use those for his reviews. His reviews are gimmick-free. (That said, at the risk of reviving this discussion I've stupidly started more than once, I'd probably use the term "games criticism" instead of "games journalism" to describe reviewers, or at least reviewers who at least try to write good reviews.)
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Apr 11, 2017 18:27
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Guy Mann posted:Journalists don't have personas and costumes. They should though.
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Guy Mann posted:Journalists don't have personas and costumes. So Jim Sterling is the Hunter S. Thompson of video games, got it
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Shindragon posted:loving bought. I double dipped. The only version I had was the ps3 version of this game. I"m so glad it came to PC. You're in for a treat, the PS3 version was garbage. I have 2 copies of Bayonetta but one of them came free with B2 so I don't think that counts as double dipping.
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Guy Mann posted:Journalists don't have personas and costumes. umm what are you talking about yeah they do at least the ones that report in any type of video format so put that in your peace pipe, mister
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Apr 11, 2017 18:46
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I think someone linked a guy who does reviews as a muppet or something once
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Apr 11, 2017 18:51
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Help Im Alive posted:I think someone linked a guy who does reviews as a muppet or something once thats Arlo. he says embarrassing poo poo all the time so the puppet is probably a good idea.
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Real hurthling! posted:thats Arlo. he says embarrassing poo poo all the time so the puppet is probably a good idea. isn't the puppet a vastly more embarrassing way to come across though
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