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Be fair That's Grandpa Who DID think it was perfectly fine to leave his daughter alone with loaded guns while an infant. Then again, Grandpa had some REALLY weird look at history and the future. Dude knew all about Sburb and what was going to happen and that he had to prepare Jade to make her choices and I think even knew that she would stuff him and he stuffed her of course. Frankly, with the Troll Queen as his mom, he's lucky he's as normal as he is.
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Oh yeah, I forgo HIC was on Pre-scratch earth as well. I don't even remember how she got there, was that explained? It's been quite some time.
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CuddlyZombie posted:Oh yeah, I forgo HIC was on Pre-scratch earth as well. I don't even remember how she got there, was that explained? It's been quite some time. It's because Pre Scratch Earth is the original iteration. That's why John did the baby making and no one in the Scratch time line did. So she went, as much as anyone could in this nonsense, linearly from universe to universe. And yeah I think a lot of people need to realize that we're only really getting Joey's POV here, and she's quite biased in her views. It doesn't make Grandpa RIGHT, or even a good person, but when you remember his whole deal it makes a fair bit more sense.
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The whole grandpa thing seemed like a rehash of Jade's relationship with him, but not as funny
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Dolash posted:Did anyone pay particular attention to the music? I can't say I did, though I seemed to remember it sounded nice enough and there were some good touches like the transition when the lights went out. On a similar note, the UI shift when you cross worlds was also good. I particularly liked some of the music played in the houses on Alternia.
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Tunicate posted:The whole grandpa thing seemed like a rehash of Jade's relationship with him, but not as funny It comes off as a few shades more real, since Jade's whole deal was crazy and her grandad was dead and she had a magic murder-dog companion while living alone on an island. "Pa" as an absent, disinterested father whose wife passed away and he subsequently failed to take up his family obligations while his teenage daughter harbors resentment for him is all very believable, even relatable for some. I think it helps ground Joey's character as a kid with a weird upbringing but not so weird you can't tell where she's coming from. I'm actually interested in what Jude thinks of him, since we didn't get too many indications of that this time through. He doesn't seem quite as hostile as Joey (he's kept his last name, for example). Dammek's outsider perspective on the situation might be interesting too, the same way Joey critiqued his relationship with Xefros. I suspect Dammek might like Pa, with their shared interest in guns and fighting and Pa's relative freedom in a not-run-by-a-tyrant world. It'll also be interesting if Babysitter Lalonde shows up and meets Dammek, considering the future Mom Lalonde is going to meet baby Rose pretty soon and will go on to work for Pa for years to come figuring out the whole Sburb deal. Dolash fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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pretty sure this is not the same universe as homestuck proper we are in another iteration of everyone's favorite story that refuses to end, with similar-but-not-identical players it turns out if jade has even the remotest understanding of what a social norm is she's significantly less cool with grandpa
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Sep 20, 2017 19:36
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Ze Pollack posted:pretty sure this is not the same universe as homestuck proper
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Sep 20, 2017 19:39
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Pretty sure it's impossible to define which universe is Homestuck proper. evidence for my proposal continues to mount at a frightening rate
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There is no way to know that the Homestuck universe we're observing is the same one from frame to frame, any continuity is merely implicit, true knowledge of Homestuck is impossible, the solipsists were right, Descartes never escaped his first meditation. Cogitostuck
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And now Prequel dropped an update, while Homestuck is relevant again, and I'm pretty sure steam suddenly pulled some mysterious download into Undertale quite recently. Did all the old MSPA era popular people just make some kind of a pact for September 2017 or something
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The Undertale update was just adding the Japanese language support they made for the console version. I don't think it did anything else Also, played Hiveswap part 1. Kinda short but it's pretty good. Never frustrated me like most adventure games tend to. Music was not as memorable as I had hoped but was still good too. Liked the art a lot
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Kelp Plankton posted:The Undertale update was just adding the Japanese language support they made for the console version. I don't think it did anything else It also restores some lines of dialogue that were present in the original data, but did not display in-game due to a formatting error. Most of them are in the Sans fight. Oddly enough, it doesn't restore all lines of accidentally dummied out dialogue, only most of them. It is kind of weird that they would wait this long to push a fix though.
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I wonder if Hussie will go the grim route and have the epilogue feature a minor bit with Grandpa Harley and stuffed Jude and Joey. (Yes I imagine the game will end with their fates not being a forgone conclusion.)
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hahaha this game actually came out?
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A fraction of it did. None of the content comes with LTI, though.
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Bilirubin posted:hahaha this game actually came out? Also it was charming and fun. Seriously, most of the early reviews contained the word "charming".
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Charming is a buzzword that bad reviewers use when a game's graphical style is cartoony enough, and the only people who would be truly charmed by Homestuck are people who always wished Homestuck was more like their own OC fanfics
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Lol
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Freak Futanari posted:Charming is a buzzword that bad reviewers use when a game's graphical style is cartoony enough, and the only people who would be truly charmed by Homestuck are people who always wished Homestuck was more like their own OC fanfics
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Are you implying that FPS games can't be charming
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Freak Futanari posted:Are you implying that FPS games can't be charming Edited because that was dumb.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:
Undertale was only 30 FPS, that's at least 30 less FPS than most games on the market
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1 fps or bust
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AriadneThread posted:1 fps or bust I think you have described "Choose Your Own Adventure" books?
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Freak Futanari posted:Are you implying that FPS games can't be charming She mentioned Slime Rancher
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maou shoujo posted:It also restores some lines of dialogue that were present in the original data, but did not display in-game due to a formatting error. Most of them are in the Sans fight. Oddly enough, it doesn't restore all lines of accidentally dummied out dialogue, only most of them. It is kind of weird that they would wait this long to push a fix though. I was under the impression they were dummied out intentionally because they're basically saying the same joke twice with worse timing
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Or, you know, it's a phrase used by people who like non-FPS games that leave you in a good mood. Stardew Valley. Slime Rancher. Machinarium. Unless you're saying that every single non-realistic-depiction game is charming -- hellooo, Analogue: A Hate Story, Tropico 4, and Papers, Please -- then you're completely missing the point. He kinda has a point. I often see charming used in situations where a game has a certain type of aesthetic and the reviewer (often) goes into it trying to interpret it in a positive way. It's sorta like the compliment you use if you can't think of anything else. Like, something can be "charming" and also have a good story, characters, gameplay, etc, but "charming" by itself is often used in reference to kinda mediocre games that people are trying to interpret optimistically.
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I don't think charming is an empty buzzword. There are games I like that were not charming, and games that were clearly trying to be charming that I did not like, and games that were charming but otherwise didn't have much going on for them. It does speak to a certain cozy aesthetic and pace, and when a game successfully charms you playing it can be thought of as a "comfortable" experience. It's true that sometimes charm is used as a cover for a lack of substance, both in games and generally. How much you're okay with that is going to vary a lot from person to person and sometimes how seriously you're taking the game. A game with a lot of baggage and high expectations will have people seeing the charm as a deliberate distraction to cover up other shortfalls. I can admit that I thought Hiveswap was pretty thin content-wise, but that wasn't very surprising considering the apparent development hell it went through, so I'm pretty willing to settle for charm and will even be a little impressed if they manage to put out all the episodes they're planning (or to be honest, even one more episode). On that note, has anyone heard any mention of plans for the next episode yet? I wouldn't be surprised if they're maybe keeping their heads down for a bit to see how it's received but it might be interesting to know if they've started on the next one at all or even (shock, imagine!) have a timeline in mind.
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KaosMachina posted:And now Prequel dropped an update, while Homestuck is relevant again, and I'm pretty sure steam suddenly pulled some mysterious download into Undertale quite recently. They're just trying to pull the world back into 2015, because 2016 was hell.
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Am i the only person that noticed that Hiveswap dropped Alternian being written Right-to-Left and bottom up?
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Zemyla posted:They're just trying to pull the world back into 2015, because 2016 was hell. How can you still be complaining about 2016 after living through 2017? Have you been in a coma for the past ten months or are you a misguided time traveler? Either way I feel like I should warn you: the situation has NOT improved.
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look can a dead poster please just hmu w/r/t the location of a device that will let me scratch the last couple of years of general uhhhh *gestures towards everything* i will happily field all complaints about canonical whatever in exchange
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:How can you still be complaining about 2016 after living through 2017? Have you been in a coma for the past ten months or are you a misguided time traveler? Either way I feel like I should warn you: the situation has NOT improved. Going back to 2015 would allow us to fix both 2016 and 2017.
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2017 owns though ???
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that homestuck clone with the oblivion khajiit came back after a 2 year hiatus this is the only group on the forums that could even know what im talking about, so im telling you
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ArgumentatumE.C.T. posted:that homestuck clone with the oblivion khajiit came back after a 2 year hiatus you want the general webcomics thread
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AriadneThread posted:you want the general webcomics thread my apologies
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Bilirubin posted:2017 owns though ??? Only because people are trying to take it back to 2015, tho.
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I just finished a complete reread of this titanic mess, because I have no respect for my free time. I am apparently the only person who actually liked the ending, and I think it works better when you didn't wait like a year or whatever for it to come out.
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