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Thin Privilege
Jul 8, 2009
IM A STUPID MORON WITH AN UGLY FACE AND A BIG BUTT AND MY BUTT SMELLS AND I LIKE TO KISS MY OWN BUTT
Gravy Boat 2k

Sniper Party posted:

Wait, which one?

Dishonored 2. I thought that was clear by my quoting the other guy/gal


Guy Mann posted:

I got HunieCam studio in the Humble bundle and since there was some funny dialogue in what I saw of HuniePop I thought I'd give it a shot and that whole game is just really baffling on every level. Like it's ostensibly supposed to be a "sexy" management sim about running a camgirl empire but the art style is like something out of a casual Facebook game and you can get AIDS and despite the subject matter expert is just really clinical and detached and you spent the game clicking on buildings, there's not even any funny dialogue outside of a few jabs in the tutorial about what a loser you must be to be playing it.


Andromeda as it is was basically thrown together with bubblegum and toothpicks at the last minute after they had to scrap their original No Man's Sky procgen universe game, including a an automated facial animation system that didn't actually work. Their performance capture tech also had a ton of issues and they basically offloaded it to a bunch of foreign outsourcing workshops so blinking was probably a bridge too far for pushing that trainwreck out the door in time.


That explains why this game is so stupidly put together. Sucks because I like it otherwise. BUT it constantly tries to make me go online and there's no option to say "NO I NEVER WANT TO PLAY ONLINE"

E: ah what the gently caress I just got to another cutscene and this generic character blinked? The gently caress?

Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 17:20 on Sep 15, 2017

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Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

RagnarokAngel posted:

Ok im sorry but i have to ask how did you get a look at that bundle and not run in the other direction?

I'm not sure what's funnier, the casual post about it or the fact that this is an actual god drat humble bundle. :psyduck:

Frosty Mossman
Feb 17, 2011

"I Guess Somebody Fixed All the Problems" -- Confused Citizen

Thin Privilege posted:

Dishonored 2. I thought that was clear by my quoting the other guy/gal
Yeah, sorry, which achievement? I don't remember any of them being too much trouble.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax

RagnarokAngel posted:

Ok im sorry but i have to ask how did you get a look at that bundle and not run in the other direction?

Because I dabble in the Steam trading card market and the three cards that always sell for a ton are anime, memes, and boobs and those games are all three. I made a profit off of the $1 tier and I have like 1600 games on Steam so it's not like a bunch of softcore fauxnime titty games are ruining the sanctity of my library.


Dewgy posted:

I'm not sure what's funnier, the casual post about it or the fact that this is an actual god drat humble bundle. :psyduck:

I'm glad of it because Humble Bundle lets you choose where your money goes so I can just send all the money to charity and make sure the Hunie dirtbag doesn't get a cent. It's also the only reason I own Fez.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


I'm genuinely disappointed that Camgirl Tycoon isn't at least slightly enjoyable from a joke aspect. How do you make something like that and not just crank the absurd jokes up to 11?

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
I'm playing Tales of Berseria right now. The last Tales game I played a lot of was Tales of Symphonia, and in fights in that game they essentially took place on a 2D plane even though it was in a 3D environment. You locked on to an enemy and you really only moved forward or backward.

At some point between then and now the fights transitioned into a full 3D arena, but you're still forced to be locked on to an enemy despite groups of enemies swarming you a lot. I wish you could aim freely because AOE is important in mopping up encounters quickly and a lot of times that means you want to hit a point between two enemies.

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters

RyokoTK posted:

I'm playing Tales of Berseria right now. The last Tales game I played a lot of was Tales of Symphonia, and in fights in that game they essentially took place on a 2D plane even though it was in a 3D environment. You locked on to an enemy and you really only moved forward or backward.

At some point between then and now the fights transitioned into a full 3D arena, but you're still forced to be locked on to an enemy despite groups of enemies swarming you a lot. I wish you could aim freely because AOE is important in mopping up encounters quickly and a lot of times that means you want to hit a point between two enemies.

There are three fighting styles: Auto, Manual, and Semi-Auto. Auto is, well, AI controlled. Semi-Auto is what you're referring to: when you use an attack, your character will run to the enemy and attack it. Manual, however, doesn't do this. When you attack, you simply attack where you are, which I think fulfills what you want.

Caphi
Jan 6, 2012

INCREDIBLE

RyokoTK posted:

I'm playing Tales of Berseria right now. The last Tales game I played a lot of was Tales of Symphonia, and in fights in that game they essentially took place on a 2D plane even though it was in a 3D environment. You locked on to an enemy and you really only moved forward or backward.

At some point between then and now the fights transitioned into a full 3D arena, but you're still forced to be locked on to an enemy despite groups of enemies swarming you a lot. I wish you could aim freely because AOE is important in mopping up encounters quickly and a lot of times that means you want to hit a point between two enemies.

If you hold the stick while attacking, you ignore targeting and do the attack on that vector. If the stick is neutral, you automatically attack towards the target.

(This might only be true on Manual, but like Morpheus said, it sounds like you want to be playing on Manual.)

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.

Morpheus posted:

There are three fighting styles: Auto, Manual, and Semi-Auto. Auto is, well, AI controlled. Semi-Auto is what you're referring to: when you use an attack, your character will run to the enemy and attack it. Manual, however, doesn't do this. When you attack, you simply attack where you are, which I think fulfills what you want.

Caphi posted:

If you hold the stick while attacking, you ignore targeting and do the attack on that vector. If the stick is neutral, you automatically attack towards the target.

(This might only be true on Manual, but like Morpheus said, it sounds like you want to be playing on Manual.)

Well, son of a bitch, thank you.

e: Whoa that's a huge difference, thanks a lot. Makes the bigger fights a lot more fun.

RyokoTK has a new favorite as of 20:09 on Sep 15, 2017

Perestroika
Apr 8, 2010

I'm finally getting around to playing through Divinity: Original Sin before getting started on the sequel. For the most part it's fun and good, but goddamn the combat is altogether too fond of throwing disabling effects around. Seemingly every other fight starts out with half my party being stunned, knocked down, frozen, petrified, charmed, or some other poo poo that prevents them from acting. And while I can return the favour, playing "who gets lucky with the stun chances more often" is not all that interesting. Besides, there've been plenty of (mini-)bosses that have something like 80% resistance chances to such effects while I can only put a single point into the relevant defensive skills so far.

Also, the game really could do with some quality of life improvements. After every fight I have to spend way too long healing up, because even though healing abilities are unlimited they still have excruciatingly long cooldowns even outside of combat. And if one of your characters does get killed, you need to use one of the fairly rare resurrect scrolls that get consumed upon use. Which is a tad lovely, since between the aforementioned stuns, gimmicky bosses, and grenades and skills that deliver huge burst damage, it's entirely possible to have characters go from full health to dead in a single turn or two without being able to do anything about it.

Caphi
Jan 6, 2012

INCREDIBLE
I remember thinking that since out of combat durations are converted to time, there's no real reason not to automatically heal your HP after every encounter except to bait impatient players into starting a combat during a heal spell cooldown.

Leave
Feb 7, 2012

Taking the term "Koopaling" to a whole new level since 2016.
I decided to replay Dead Space 2, and I forgot how much Nicole looked like a jack o' lantern.

Spoilers just in case.

RagnarokAngel
Oct 5, 2006

Black Magic Extraordinaire

Guy Mann posted:

Because I dabble in the Steam trading card market and the three cards that always sell for a ton are anime, memes, and boobs and those games are all three. I made a profit off of the $1 tier and I have like 1600 games on Steam so it's not like a bunch of softcore fauxnime titty games are ruining the sanctity of my library.


I'm glad of it because Humble Bundle lets you choose where your money goes so I can just send all the money to charity and make sure the Hunie dirtbag doesn't get a cent. It's also the only reason I own Fez.

You seem awfully defensive homie.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
Nice of Guy Mann to stop by and drop off a primo self-own for a change of pace in the bad game thread.

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

We found BioEnchanted's black lodge doppelganger.

Zinkraptor
Apr 24, 2012

Honestly, I've seen a few clips of HuniePop dialogue floating around on Tumblr and for once I'm totally willing to give someone a pass for wanting to see what's up with that poo poo. From what I can piece together it's a dating sim where every girl cusses like a sailor and is a massive rear end in a top hat literally all the time, and I don't think the writer and the artist knew they were working on the same game.

Like I just googled "Huniepop dialogue" right now and this was the first result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGPYxpPt6Q . That poo poo is out there. Like, I'm not so far gone that I'd actually play the game myself, never mind spend actual money on it (I'm sure the bulk of the game is more embarrassing than amusing), but I'd at least watch like... some kinda "retsupurae meet n' gently caress"-style mock video on it.

Jeesis
Mar 4, 2010

I am the second illegitimate son of gawd who resides in hoaven.

Leavemywife posted:

I decided to replay Dead Space 2, and I forgot how much Nicole looked like a jack o' lantern.

Spoilers just in case.

They tried making her look scary and do a bunch of horror elements when isaac is freaking out, but holy gently caress those parts take all the tension out of the game and gets comical at times, I just start melee attacking NPCs or stomping in circles the second I am forced to be around them. First time actually playing through the game even though I beat the first one long ago, have to say the "cutscenes" that happen all over the place are getting really old. Especially nearing I assume the end and how they keep throwing them at you every other area/room, I kind of completely checked out of the story as it seems to be the exact story as the first game but this time you have companions who do nothing. Other gripes are thinly veiled load screens hidden behind doors and elevators and drowning in stasis packs while never getting any loving ammo or health drops. Dead space 1 did it so much better with all the voice and text logs that explained poo poo going on.

Watching 2011 hair physics go apeshit while the character stands still is hilarious though. Also that time when I loaded the game and a corpse spawned inside a vent and made loving loud fapping noises as it spazzed out.

Here is the spoiler that Leavemywife is talking about. Also pictured, the amazing writing and dialogue. Prolly also spoilers for late game story but honestly this poo poo is introduced in the first 30 minutes of the game.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax

Zinkraptor posted:

Honestly, I've seen a few clips of HuniePop dialogue floating around on Tumblr and for once I'm totally willing to give someone a pass for wanting to see what's up with that poo poo. From what I can piece together it's a dating sim where every girl cusses like a sailor and is a massive rear end in a top hat literally all the time, and I don't think the writer and the artist knew they were working on the same game.

Like I just googled "Huniepop dialogue" right now and this was the first result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGPYxpPt6Q . That poo poo is out there. Like, I'm not so far gone that I'd actually play the game myself, never mind spend actual money on it (I'm sure the bulk of the game is more embarrassing than amusing), but I'd at least watch like... some kinda "retsupurae meet n' gently caress"-style mock video on it.

Yeah, it was basically a Bad Rats-level meme in the Steam thread only unlike Bad Rats the core gameplay is actually decent (it's a match-3 game with RPG elements, the dating sim stuff is just set dressing) and when it's funny it's usually on purpose. Also like Bad Rats it's been in a bunch of cheap bundles so being gifted it was almost a rite of passage.

Zinkraptor
Apr 24, 2012

Wow those screenshots are like... really bad. I feel like I dodged a bullet even though I was never actually going to play the game.

Zinkraptor has a new favorite as of 15:48 on Sep 16, 2017

Jeesis
Mar 4, 2010

I am the second illegitimate son of gawd who resides in hoaven.
I Played 5 hours of huniepoop according to steam and this was about the only real funny thing in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGPYxpPt6Q I also prominently display the achievements I got from it on my steam profile, this helps stave off people who think it would be a good idea to friend me on steam.

The writing is attempting to be funny but is mostly ":lol: aren't women dumb/emotional AND CONSTANTLY HORNY!?" with a smattering of character interaction that kind of goes places in some cases but is mostly there so the characters do not come across as being in their own nebulous spaces of existence for you to suddenly appear and try to date/gently caress them. Also all the VAs sound like children with auto-tune.

The gameplay is one part shoddy memory game and other part bejewled knockoff with powerups (bejewled may have had powerups). The memory game IIRC does not randomize the parts you have to memorize and does not have many options to maybe keep it interesting or throw trivia in to at least add some flavor. I know it is completely shocking that a game based around arousing women by matching 3 types of icons has bad writing.

You can also get porn in it if you really want to, the steam version just has it removed.

This is the superior steam dating sim anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatoful_Boyfriend
http://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/Hatoful_Boyfriend/
It also has a bunch of DLC to keep u happy with burds.

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Jeesis posted:

I Played 5 hours of huniepoop according to steam and this was about the only real funny thing in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGPYxpPt6Q

...Why isn't :sever: an option in that dating sim? It looks like it should be an option.

rydiafan
Mar 17, 2009


Jeesis posted:


This is the superior steam dating sim anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatoful_Boyfriend
http://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/Hatoful_Boyfriend/
It also has a bunch of DLC to keep u happy with burds.

This is currently free this month for PlayStation Plus members.

im pooping!
Nov 17, 2006


I bought Hunie Pop on Steam for $20 and installed the naked mod and jacked off a bunch of times while playing it.

Trick Question
Apr 9, 2007


im pooping! posted:

I bought Hunie Pop on Steam for $20 and installed the naked mod and jacked off a bunch of times while playing it.

Eeeugh, actually playing one of the games you've bought on steam? Disgusting.

MiddleOne
Feb 17, 2011

Buying games in 2017? hosed up if true

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Dewgy posted:

I'm not sure what's funnier, the casual post about it or the fact that this is an actual god drat humble bundle. :psyduck:

The humblest bundle.

thepopmonster
Feb 18, 2014


The Moon Monster posted:

The humblest bundle.

I love the little quotes on this one:

HunieCam Studio
I'm trash and this game is exactly what i needed.
—Daniboy

Sakura Agent
Intense Plot :D
—AnimeEDM

Sakura Fantasy
Japanese Voice Acting
I sold my CSGO guns to get this game.
—S A B E R

Sakura Beach
Finally a game I can play with my dad.
—Portman

Sakura Beach 2
Still a better lovestory than twilight
—Ghostface

Sakura Angels
thanks dad
—rive

Sakura Spirit
A foxgirl's tail touched me and it was scary. 10/10
—Bolu Man

Pay more than the average of $7.15 to also unlock!

HuniePop
I play it for the gem matching, I swear.
—rocketpineapple

Sakura Swim Club
Japanese Voice Acting
I read it purely for the story.
—Tablepros

Sakura Nova
Japanese Voice Acting
I got this for the Trading cards I swear.
—Darth Tormounus

Sakura Space
hot
—Mashiro Shiina

Sakura Shrine Girls
Today I proposed to Nyaoko if she wanted to marry me. She accepted and I literally bursted out screaming "Nyaaaaaa~"
—Anonymous

Sakura Magical Girls
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
—Ethral

Sakura Santa
Better than Black Ops 3.
—~Opie~ Sora

Pay $10 or more to also unlock!

Sakura Dungeon
Everyday, we stray further from god's light.
—Regret

Yardbomb
Jul 11, 2011

What's with the eh... bretonnian dance, sir?

The "Just Have All The Fuckin 'Sakura' Games" bundle.

BioEnchanted
Aug 9, 2011

He plays for the dreamers that forgot how to dream, and the lovers that forgot how to love.
Anima Gate of Memories has a weird difficulty curve that it seems the designers realised fairly late on - the boss of the 4th level is really annoying while the boss of the 5th level is at least more straightforward. I think they realised that 5 was easier than 4 because in the menu when you look through the level stories, levels 4 and 5 are switched in the menu, with 4 at the bottom. However the numerals denoting the level entrances still denote the original order.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
The primary outfit for Velvet, the main character of Tales of Berseria, looks terrible.



loving come on, game.

At least you have the option of putting her in her humble villager outfit from the prologue instead so I don't look like a walking embarrassment.

World Famous W
May 25, 2007

BAAAAAAAAAAAA
Random mummy arm.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
Well her arm turns into this big demon claw so that's the one part of her outfit that makes any kind of sense.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




RyokoTK posted:

Well her arm turns into this big demon claw so that's the one part of her outfit that makes any kind of sense.

Smh that Tales of Beseria stole that from Hyrule Warriors.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
She uses it to consume the souls of other demons so it's more a Bloodborne thing than anything else.

Zinkraptor
Apr 24, 2012

I'll have you know that it was done first in Devil May Cry 4, and nothing like it was ever done at any point before that game came out, ever.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.
I was always under the impression that violent Japanese action RPGs were really distinct and unique from each other but maybe they're not? :thunk:

e: On second thought though the way she uses the demon claw in game is actually extremely like Ganondorf in Hyrule Warriors. But Ganondorf is pretty fun to play and so is Velvet so I guess it pays off :shrug:

1stGear
Jan 16, 2010

Here's to the new us.
I played the demo for Tales of Berseria having only ever played Symphonia ages ago. The combat system just layered more and more poo poo on until I got to something called "theronization" and called it quits.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


RareAcumen posted:

Smh that Tales of Beseria stole that from Hyrule Warriors.



You mean Resident Evil 4 and Krausers arm right?

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.

1stGear posted:

I played the demo for Tales of Berseria having only ever played Symphonia ages ago. The combat system just layered more and more poo poo on until I got to something called "theronization" and called it quits.

I'm in pretty much the exact same boat and this is definitely true. It feels like there's so many legacy mechanics from previous Tales games that they didn't want to get rid of, because there is a ton of poo poo. Therionization basically doesn't matter at all. Velvet uses her super and gets a buff/applies a debuff based on what she hits with the super; it actually doesn't impact how the super functions at all except for the final attack when she runs out of meter, so I pretty much just ignore it.

The thing is that you can actually pretty much just mash attack and spam your super pretty aggressively and it's working fairly well for me, at least on Moderate. So a lot of the ancillary mechanics I don't even fuckin pay attention to. Maybe the higher difficulties demand better play but I feel like those are for people that have played a lot of Tales games and are a little more familiar with that stuff.

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RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




Len posted:

You mean Resident Evil 4 and Krausers arm right?

Krauser isn't a playable character you quack!

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