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LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

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

I must have missed this episode of Monster Factory. Is it Fallout 4 with mods?

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precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
wait, in the new Hitman, is there really only one story mission per episode? i know the appeal of the game is that you can do each mission in a stupidly large number of ways, but for those of us that are stupid and don't like wandering around for 2 hours memorizing someone's path and then groundhog day-ing that into some elaborate rube goldberg machine?

not sad i bought it or anything, just legit curious because i thought there was a lot more going on here

e: well, the insane loading times do make me not want to ever try anything cool because as much as i enjoy the game giving me enough time to pack an entire bowl and smoke half of it while i load my save from 30 seconds ago, i can only smoke so much weed

Poops Mcgoots
Jul 12, 2010

precision posted:

wait, in the new Hitman, is there really only one story mission per episode? i know the appeal of the game is that you can do each mission in a stupidly large number of ways, but for those of us that are stupid and don't like wandering around for 2 hours memorizing someone's path and then groundhog day-ing that into some elaborate rube goldberg machine?

not sad i bought it or anything, just legit curious because i thought there was a lot more going on here

e: well, the insane loading times do make me not want to ever try anything cool because as much as i enjoy the game giving me enough time to pack an entire bowl and smoke half of it while i load my save from 30 seconds ago, i can only smoke so much weed

Yeah, there's one story mission per map, but there's also the escalations and all the community made missions if you don't like going through and doing all the challenges for each map.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Each map has one main story assassination mission, but each also has like a dozen escalation missions, each of which has multiple completion tiers

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
Oh that's what Escalations are. OK, that's fine then.

Seriously though, these loading times are the worst.

Looper
Mar 1, 2012

Bicyclops posted:

I think it's okay if trash creative games are popular with children, honestly, like I loved Mario Paint back in the day.

the fly swatter game and music composition mode were loving rad

Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004

Looper posted:

the fly swatter game and music composition mode were loving rad

Music composition was my favorite, and it was fun to pair it with the pixel drawing "stamp" program and make little comic stories, with music.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

Looper posted:

the fly swatter game and music composition mode were loving rad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ns_GIZeTTk :unsmith:

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
If I ever go into a coma I'm pretty sure all they need to do is pull up the regular background music for Mario Paint to bring me out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbw2R3uIqc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdwfbqC8rMQ

:rock:

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

CJacobs posted:

It's amazing. Improves upon Lords of the Fallen in basically every way and the combat is very fun.



DOUBLE CLICK HERE posted:

It's okay. Solid 6.5 Dark Souls clone. It feels really good, graphics are okay,combat system is fleshed out and well realized. They pretty much failed to make the game actually compelling or interesting or not have the back half really show the limits of their time in terms of level design or keeping up enemy variety.

Don't buy at full price.

Cool. Thanks! :tipshat:

Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic01Vhiyrb4

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Guy Mann posted:

If I ever go into a coma I'm pretty sure all they need to do is pull up the regular background music for Mario Paint to bring me out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbw2R3uIqc

http://olremix.org/mp3/Eulogic_-_A_Day_at_the_Fair(Mario_Paint).mp3

Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004

I can't stop listening to Mario Paint compositions now. I've made a huge mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxa8WYydlEM

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Bicyclops posted:

I can't stop listening to Mario Paint compositions now. I've made a huge mistake.

It's an endless black hole, like trawling Wikipedia links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GquijoKJqwk

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Bicyclops posted:

I can't stop listening to Mario Paint compositions now. I've made a huge mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxa8WYydlEM



Ciaphas posted:

It's an endless black hole, like trawling Wikipedia links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GquijoKJqwk

What if you did......both.......:spooky:AT THE SAME TIME!:spooky:

Olive!
Mar 16, 2015

It's not a ghost, but probably a 'living corpse'. The 'living dead' with a hell of a lot of bloodlust...
None of those were actually made in Mario Paint :colbert:

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
oh god toto's "africa" in mario paint barely sounds different from the actual song lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_iaGf73Bq0

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
also not mario paint but youtube reminded me that the video for this extremely good song is an extremely good video holy poo poo
did they actually air it on adult swim? like on television? is that why when i asked jason about him playing the PL he said "he's like miley cyrus big now"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJqUvBj4rE

Olive!
Mar 16, 2015

It's not a ghost, but probably a 'living corpse'. The 'living dead' with a hell of a lot of bloodlust...
I like inFAMOUS more when I thought the first island was the whole game

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

Dead Cells looks kinda cool, and gives me some Mega Man X or Castlevania vibes, but early access. Any opinions on it?

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



OK after playing more Vanquish and watching a stream of it, I think I'm starting to grasp it. Hiding behind cover to cool down now feels like a punishment for not being awesome enough so I think that means I'm on my way

Serf
May 5, 2011


chumbler posted:

Dead Cells looks kinda cool, and gives me some Mega Man X or Castlevania vibes, but early access. Any opinions on it?

I've been playing it a lot lately and its very good. It doesn't feel like early access, this could be a complete game by itself content-wise. The controls in particular are great, it is smooth and it feels easy to maneuver during the hectic fights.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wziC6FrHaq0

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Wild Arms 2 owns. I think this game is cooler than 1 even though I like the aesthetic of 1 more. But the chunky 3D means more involved puzzle/dungeon design so its a worthwhile tradeoff.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

In Training posted:

Wild Arms 2 owns. I think this game is cooler than 1 even though I like the aesthetic of 1 more. But the chunky 3D means more involved puzzle/dungeon design so its a worthwhile tradeoff.

wild arms 2 owns until you get to the word puzzles, at which point it continues to own, you

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
i think wild arms 2 looks better than 1, mainly because all the characters in wild arms 1 were based on the same weird-looking template that gets really boring to look at by the end, while wild arms 2's character sprites are a lot more detailed, diverse and expressive

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

The Colonel posted:

i think wild arms 2 looks better than 1, mainly because all the characters in wild arms 1 were based on the same weird-looking template that gets really boring to look at by the end, while wild arms 2's character sprites are a lot more detailed, diverse and expressive

The sprites are definitely way better, buti just have a soft spot for that early early PSX/Saturn 2D era that lasted like 2 years before execs told everone to gently caress off and stop making 2D games.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
the 3d stuff in wild arms 1 is epic because it's literally only there cause some guy at sony was like "what the gently caress? you trying to make a 2d game here??" and the developers just did not have the resources to make 3d that looked good so they just gave up and slapped poo poo together

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Tbf to Sony reviewers at the time would mark games down just for not being in 3D, in much the same way that multiplayer would get shoehorned into games ten years later for the same reason.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Yeah but SOTN...

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

The UK official PlayStation mag gave SotN 7/10 because it wasn't in 3D.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Sakurazuka posted:

The UK official PlayStation mag gave SotN 7/10 because it wasn't in 3D.

:stare:

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Out of curiosity, what did they give Castlevania 64

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Sakurazuka posted:

The UK official PlayStation mag gave SotN 7/10 because it wasn't in 3D.

burn all video game journalism

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


In Training posted:

Out of curiosity, what did they give Castlevania 64

I don't think the UK official PlayStation magazine reviewed Castlevania 64

Raserys
Aug 22, 2011

IT'S YA BOY
Was there ever an Xbox or Sega magazine

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

:doh:

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
wild arms 2 with more detailed 2d environments instead of 3d ones would be pretty badass

i wish wild arms 2's translation was as good as the later games cause for all the game's style, the dialog gets kind of grating after a long time just for how stiff it is. some of the villains' dialog is kind of amazing for how garbled it is in a way that completely changes the way he comes off but there are a lot of scenes that just get choked dry

The Colonel fucked around with this message at 07:06 on May 26, 2017

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

In Training posted:

Out of curiosity, what did they give Castlevania 64

I seem to remember it getting 80% ish scores in the ones that did review it but I didn't really pay that much attention

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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Raserys posted:

Was there ever an Xbox or Sega magazine

Yes, there probably still is an Xbox one

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