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FirstAidKite posted:Well, no, Silent Hill had melee weapons and the boss can be killed normally, it's just that the whole "last bullet" thing is a dramatic effect kind of thing to give the experience of "hoo boy I'm sure glad that last shot hit" or whatever. At least, that's how I understand it works. If you're going to present the player with a task that can be failed, then pull the interactivity out of it at the last second in order to achieve a dramatic effect, you should be making movies, not video games.
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It's also possible to make SH1 unwinnable. If you don't pick up the Rifle, but pick up Rifle Ammo, it doesn't do the "since you have no way to kill this boss you win" thing. You can't drop ammo so there's no way to get the game to understand you're hosed. If it's possible to kill the last boss with melee, I sure couldn't, I think it's impossible unless you have tons of healing maybe.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:If you're going to present the player with a task that can be failed, then pull the interactivity out of it at the last second in order to achieve a dramatic effect, you should be making movies, not video games. I hate (a specific mission in) Saints Row 2 so much
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StrixNebulosa posted:I hate (a specific mission in) Saints Row 2 so much which one was that? the mission i quit saints row 2 on was... man, what was it? i think it was some kind of bank robbery, or hi-rise invasion? and then you had to get away on a helicopter. but after barely making it to the helipad, some guys on the roof brought out rocket launchers and shot me down. it started me at the beginning of the survival section and i was willing to retry it, but then the game crashed (windows 7 dass why) 
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:If you're going to present the player with a task that can be failed, then pull the interactivity out of it at the last second in order to achieve a dramatic effect, you should be making movies, not video games.
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The White Dragon posted:which one was that? the mission i quit saints row 2 on was... man, what was it? i think it was some kind of bank robbery, or hi-rise invasion? and then you had to get away on a helicopter. but after barely making it to the helipad, some guys on the roof brought out rocket launchers and shot me down. it started me at the beginning of the survival section and i was willing to retry it, but then the game crashed (windows 7 dass why) The one where you have to rescue your homie from being dragged around by a chain attached to a truck. 
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oh yeah that one's way too rough and it's why i'm glad the two games since went in the direction they did
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The White Dragon posted:oh yeah that one's way too rough and it's why i'm glad the two games since went in the direction they did That plot was incredible and horrifying, but the gameplay attached to it, whoof.
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Lizard Wizard posted:http://freeso.org/the-impossible/ well that's interesting it was. I forgot objects in The Sims 1 were spites.
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happy birthday, to Metal Gear Solid
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I remember I didn't even get to fight the final boss of SH1 because I didn't walk into a specific shack 4 hours earlier.
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The White Dragon posted:which one was that? the mission i quit saints row 2 on was... man, what was it? i think it was some kind of bank robbery, or hi-rise invasion? and then you had to get away on a helicopter. but after barely making it to the helipad, some guys on the roof brought out rocket launchers and shot me down. it started me at the beginning of the survival section and i was willing to retry it, but then the game crashed (windows 7 dass why) Thats the first 5 mins of sr3
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In Training posted:I remember I didn't even get to fight the final boss of SH1 because I didn't walk into a specific shack 4 hours earlier. There's always a final boss, just two different ones depending on which ending track you're on. Well, uh, apart from the UFO ending.
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Eagerly awaiting splatfest results
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I've only just got the first neuromod in Prey and I'm already hitting analysis paralysis.  How should I use it?
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In Training posted:Eagerly awaiting splatfest results They'll arrive in less than two hours time. It takes time to tally all the results from all three regions. (Not really.)
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Really Pants posted:I've only just got the first neuromod in Prey and I'm already hitting analysis paralysis. Theres a side quest that lets you make as many as you want later so it doesnt matter. Just dont waste them on similar traversal skills. For instance theres almost always 2-3 ways through every door: lifting a big box, hacking a computer, etc. pick one of these to focus on instead of grabbing all of them.
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I did some clearing up of my backlog by beating Shadow Warrior and Transformers: Devastation this weekend. Both games had a save halfway through the second to last level, so I beat them both in maybe 4 hours. I had kept them downloaded for so long because I knew I was close to the end but it feels good to wrap them up. Shadow Warrior was pretty mediocre but I could really see the charm in Transformers. I think I had forgotten a lot of the abilities and once I beat the game I watched a combo video that was... impressive. Once was enough for me; too many other games to play.
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Is there a metroid thread and if not is anyone planning to make one? Figure i might make a megathread to serve as a thread for both samus returns and eventually prime 4.
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transformers isn't really worth replaying tbh. it's a decent enough action game and the highlights towards the end are pretty cool but even with how short it was, i just couldn't replay it. the mechanics are too cluttered and weird and it messes up a lot of what makes the core gameplay satisfying, and a lot of bosses in the first half are just suckier versions of bosses from the later half now that bayonetta's on steam i'd only even really recommend people to pick up transformers if they find it on sale for like five bucks
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A friend is recommending Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice so I look up trailers on youtube. The first trailer is just footage of who I assume is Senua walking around with morose music while Dr. Claw narrates and nothing of the game is shown The second trailer is again footage of Senua stumbling around dark and rotting areas while her sad, soft spoken narration is drowned out by morose music turned to 11 FInally I find a 2 minute "Gameplay Trailer" of which 90 seconds are again Senua looking sad and grimy and 10 seconds of Senua blocking attacks but getting her rear end kicked in doing so and the other 20 seconds being the COMING SOON screen Do I uh, want to get the game or
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Calaveron posted:A friend is recommending Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice so I look up trailers on youtube. Its a walking sim with some light shallow combat. The draw is the narrative, presentation, and msrp. Not for everyone
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Calaveron posted:A friend is recommending Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice so I look up trailers on youtube. Hellblade is a hard game to market because it's difficult to describe exactly what it is. There's no HUD, it takes 6-8 hours to complete, there's some combat and light puzzling but neither of them really define what the game is about. Do you like very atmospheric, immersive experiences with beautiful and disturbing imagery? Does the idea of combining norse mythology with visual and auditory symptoms of psychosis sound cool? If I namedropped Shadow of the Colossus and SpecOps: The Line, would you react favorably or unfavorably? If so then you'll probably really like Hellblade and you must 100% play with headphones. If you're looking for a more traditional hack n' slash with replay value then no worries, it is definitely Not For Everyone.
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Sounds like fantasy SOMA with mythological symbolism, mental health themes replacing human identity themes, and the wonky stealth replaced with wonky combat. back in my day game puzzles were so hard you had to spend days with a notebook figuring it out, and that's how we liked it
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In Training posted:Eagerly awaiting splatfest results Team Flight, hell ya
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Real hurthling! posted:Thats the first 5 mins of sr3 nah i know what you mean but the first five minutes of sr3 is scripted so you basically can't die. the one i'm thinking of is i think really late in the yakuza quest line
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:If you're going to present the player with a task that can be failed, then pull the interactivity out of it at the last second in order to achieve a dramatic effect, you should be making movies, not video games. Not really? Playing around with mechanics to achieve a specific effect sounds like something entirely specific to games. Not every game is about demanding peak systems mastery.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Team Flight, hell ya The good guys won
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Would that one part of eternal darkness count, the bit where the player can't actually die and it becomes slowly apparent to the player that they're becoming a zombie? Without straight up announcing to the player "hey you're a zombie and you can no longer die"?
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It was long enough for me, the game is out in less than two weeks anyway.
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The Colonel posted:have you played silent hill 2 For like ten minutes on the PC version before I gave up because the controls were so bad.
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I like how the major endings of SH2 all judge you by your gaming habits. Water is the most canonical feeling to me though.
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Sakurazuka posted:It was long enough for me, the game is out in less than two weeks anyway. I got lost for 40 mins cause the gap i hadnt explored was obscured by map icons. Its good game!
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exquisite tea posted:I like how the major endings of SH2 all judge you by your gaming habits. Water is the most canonical feeling to me though. I'd be amazed if anyone didn't get In Water first time through
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Sakurazuka posted:I'd be amazed if anyone didn't get In Water first time through i got Leave Tuxedo Catfish posted:For like ten minutes on the PC version before I gave up because the controls were so bad. silent hill 2 is rarely ever even remotely hard outside of the puzzles because that is just entirely not the point of the game
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Calaveron posted:A friend is recommending Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice so I look up trailers on youtube. You don't
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