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Now that I've completed it, another few things from Metal Gear Rising: I love how after 3 bossfights of escalating levels of ridiculous bullshit (Fighting a 10-armed femme fatale while being swarmed by robots, killing a meme-obsessed nihilistic edgelord who throws tanks at you, and dispatching a warmongering sadist armed with a set of jumbo-sized shears who beats you with 30 foot lengths of piping while helicopters circle overhead and machinegun you), you're then faced with Jetstream Sam. Sam is arguably the only one of the antagonists who doesn't take almost cartoonish levels of glee in killing civilians and popping orphan kids' heads open to use their brains in combat machines, and who has doubts about what they're doing. So the fight between you two is something like a cross between a Samurai film and a duel in an old Western (complete with a stray tumbleweed): no gimmicks, no minor enemies intervening, just two dudes with swords going at each other, and it makes the fight that much cooler as a result. The Armstrong fight at the end has a bunch. There's the moment that you realize that you're fighting a Nanomachine-fuelled Donald Rumsfeld. There's the bit where he kicks a field goal with you, complete with an audio sting of a cheering sports crowd. Also, through the entire game there have been 3 or 4 instances where Raiden has had a very near miss with an enemy sword, or chainsaw, or helicopter blade coming close to decapitating him, and in each instance sending out a shower of sparks as it glances off his (cybernetic) chin. In the Armstrong fight there's a bit where he takes a punch at you causing another near miss, and if you look closely you can see that the only reason he's not managed to scrape you like in all of the previous instances is that Raiden wiggles his jaw backwards as he ducks under the punch. The happy little smile he gives afterwards is amazing. Watch the first 45 seconds of this to see what I'm talking about. MGR is a video game that is completely unashamed of being a video game and it willingly leans in to how ridiculous it is, and it is the better for it.
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Breetai posted:
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Whaaaat It took me 3 playthroughs to notice it, but when I did I laughed so hard I made honking noises.
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Oxxidation posted:The cheesecake is just cheesecake. Its developer confessed that he likes it because he likes T&A. It is a refreshingly honest position and you do his noble vision a disservice by trotting out bargain-bin metaphors. Exactly. The - heh - half assed metaphors and art the fandom come up with for what's intended and presented as fan service is pretty goddamn embarrassing, especially when you don't see that same sort scrambling elsewhere. Tits and rear end are sometimes just that. You don't need to pretend theyre about elevating the platform, or whatever bollocks you throw together. Larva Crofts tits weren't insight into themes and backstory, and that's fine. Don't take this poo poo so personally Somfin.. You don't have to bend over backwards to justify your lust for rear end.
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You're projecting really hard, gamergate.
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Since it came up in the past few pages, Steamworld Dig is currently free on Origin (I know I know ugh) and its a fantastic little game. Didn't even know there was a sequel! Also I've been playing Just Cause 3 and one of the standard items you have to destroy to liberate areas is a projector which projects propaganda onto a big screen. I got curious how they actually did it though so I hooked one up to my car and was presently surprised the projection is actually rendered separately and not just an image tied to the screen. As you pull the projector away the image lowers in perfect real-time off the screen. Means nothing to gameplay but I appreciate that level of detail in modeling and rendering rather than using a cheap shortcut.
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Oct 1, 2017 10:07
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Somfin posted:You're projecting really hard, gamergate.  Point is you're getting weirdly defensive about costumes the creator said came about due to his love of rear end and titties. He even made a cheeky set of tweets soliciting porn that was made in response to it. All this drivel about having deep meaning, and the comparisons to classical art, is ridiculous. Fan justification for titillation doesn't elevate it: Lara Croft doesn't have tits that represent a burgeoning career, she just has big tits the development team found funny after a slider scale error.
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It turns out that all along, the real asses and butts were the people getting into prolonged slapfights in the PYF little things thread.
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I like that in Monster Hunter World, you'll get a deep Cat Partner customization menu. My Palico is gonna be the coolest, and nothing can stop me.
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Kanfy posted:It turns out that all along, the real asses and butts were the people getting into prolonged slapfights in the PYF little things thread. Feel free to put down the pom poms and tell us you're favourite little things about computer games, friend. So there's a Nioh mission called The Grand Tournament that has you fighting 100 opponents one after the other, and when you beat one they're instantly replaced - a few spawn in groups but, again, the next lot come in before the first are completely beaten. It's a frantic juggle of resource management, battling and conserving your abilities. What I really love about it though is how a ton of human opponents from the main game return here, but they're not nerfed in any way. You're cutting through everything that was once a massive challenge and these guys are barely road bumps now. A running theme in the DLC is far you've come, but that stuff really cements it.
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2B was just a cover, her real designation, is 2Butts.
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poptart_fairy posted:Larva Croft 
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I'm new to phone posting. 
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Breetai posted:Watch the first 45 seconds of this to see what I'm talking about. Well holy poo poo. I didn't think that game had any surprises left, but there you go. The whole MGS series is just insane for the amount of tiny details they put into it.
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Breetai posted:Also, through the entire game there have been 3 or 4 instances where Raiden has had a very near miss with an enemy sword, or chainsaw, or helicopter blade coming close to decapitating him, and in each instance sending out a shower of sparks as it glances off his (cybernetic) chin. In the Armstrong fight there's a bit where he takes a punch at you causing another near miss, and if you look closely you can see that the only reason he's not managed to scrape you like in all of the previous instances is that Raiden wiggles his jaw backwards as he ducks under the punch. The happy little smile he gives afterwards is amazing. Watch the first 45 seconds of this to see what I'm talking about And then Armstrong punches him so hard that he goes sliding along the metal ground, chin first, dor fifty feet. When he gets up is chin is glowing red hot. He is no longer smirking. Somfin posted:You're projecting really hard, gamergate. Am I reading correctly that the developer of this game has gone on record as saying that he put a hot lady in the game for no reason other than he likes hot ladies? Yet, you're still calling people names because they won't believe your theory, which is the opposite of that?
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He's very opinionated 'bout games, but he thinks people who have strong opinions 'bout games are losers. In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel you have to go through a customs check to get into Concordia, the first hub city of the game; 4 of 6 characters cuss at the guard and get detained for violating a verbal morality statute. The other two still get detained, one for speaking French and confusing the guard, and the other for saying "mother-trucker" and still getting arrested. As he's lead away, he complains "But I said mother-trucker!" In the most gloriously childish whine.
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I've just completed the Dolce de Postcard substories for Kiryu and Majima in Yakuza 0 and appreciated some of the little moments in both of their paths. I liked that Kiryu totally comes across like "hah this is so stupid I'm doing this ironically for reals" in order to protect his machismo, it's a funny little quirk of his character. But I was pleasantly surprised as Majima to hear Kiryu's name get called a couple times on the radio. It was a little touch that helped sell the idea that the two protagonists are moving parallel to one another. Also "Judgement Kazzy" is a fantastic pen name.
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Ariong posted:Am I reading correctly that the developer of this game has gone on record as saying that he put a hot lady in the game for no reason other than he likes hot ladies? Yet, you're still calling people names because they won't believe your theory, which is the opposite of that? Yes, that's correct. It's possible this is because Somfin is a goony sperglord.
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Breetai posted:Also, through the entire game there have been 3 or 4 instances where Raiden has had a very near miss with an enemy sword, or chainsaw, or helicopter blade coming close to decapitating him, and in each instance sending out a shower of sparks as it glances off his (cybernetic) chin. In the Armstrong fight there's a bit where he takes a punch at you causing another near miss, and if you look closely you can see that the only reason he's not managed to scrape you like in all of the previous instances is that Raiden wiggles his jaw backwards as he ducks under the punch. The happy little smile he gives afterwards is amazing. Watch the first 45 seconds of this to see what I'm talking about. You forget to mention that while he's distracted smiling to himself and feeling smug, he takes another punch that sends him sliding and grinding 15 feet, face down, solely on his chin.
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Ariong posted:
Death of the author's boner.
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Ariong posted:
He's gone on record saying that he likes pretty girls. And the game's story is based on a stage play he wrote for an idol group that he created, which is where the name of the main android organisation comes from, as well as a bunch of design elements (and probably the proportions of the androids). And his writing philosophy is to start with the final image and make every part of it as meaningful as possible. And he's famously evasive and playful during interviews. So yeah, basically what he said is it's meaningless and anyone looking for meaning in it is clearly autistic.
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There is something really cathartic about FFXII in that, even after losing to Yiazat's cheap shots at the final 4 million HP, you're still so gratuitously overpowered that you can literally walk through the Bahamut without ever opening a single menu command. Vayne and Gabranth just go down like chumps.
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Somfin posted:He's gone on record saying that he likes pretty girls. And the game's story is based on a stage play he wrote for an idol group that he created, which is where the name of the main android organisation comes from, as well as a bunch of design elements (and probably the proportions of the androids). And his writing philosophy is to start with the final image and make every part of it as meaningful as possible. And he's famously evasive and playful during interviews. christ shut the gently caress up already you weirdo
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Somfin posted:He's gone on record saying that he likes pretty girls. And the game's story is based on a stage play he wrote for an idol group that he created, which is where the name of the main android organisation comes from, as well as a bunch of design elements (and probably the proportions of the androids). And his writing philosophy is to start with the final image and make every part of it as meaningful as possible. And he's famously evasive and playful during interviews. I still don't know what exactly it is you're saying, but you sure are being a jerk about it. So, I think you're wrong and everyone else is right.
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Ariong posted:I still don't know what exactly it is you're saying, but you sure are being a jerk about it. So, I think you're wrong and everyone else is right. ... yeah, you're probably right. Carry on, all.
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PC port for Neir even worth getting it yet? Heard the devs still haven't released any patches.
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I'm not going to spend money on Nier because even though fans say the story and music in the original is better than Automata, everyone agrees the gameplay is not as good, and the gameplay in Automata is already decidedly not great so that really makes me nervous. I liked Automata but only because other people urged me to finish the game, since the first 15-20 hours really tested my fuckin patience.
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It's not Revengeance, but Nier is a fantastic, charming game that won't make you commit suicide, but might make you contemplate it.
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Guavatin posted:PC port for Neir even worth getting it yet? Heard the devs still haven't released any patches. PC port is still graphically a trash fire but the mods to fix it are easy to work with.
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Somfin posted:PC port is still graphically a trash fire but the mods to fix it are easy to work with. That's good to hear then. Might pick it up next time it's on sale.
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RyokoTK posted:I'm not going to spend money on Nier because even though fans say the story and music in the original is better than Automata, everyone agrees the gameplay is not as good, and the gameplay in Automata is already decidedly not great so that really makes me nervous. You can find the first nier for like, twenty bucks or less. Somfin posted:PC port is still graphically a trash fire but the mods to fix it are easy to work with. What is it with PC ports that turn people's graphical standards completely insane?
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Nuebot posted:What is it with PC ports that turn people's graphical standards completely insane? It's part of the whole PC master race wankery.
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It's a trash fire because it doesn't render at the actual resolution you set it to. Even the UI. It renders smaller and then blurrily stretches to fit. Somfin has a new favorite as of 05:44 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Somfin posted:PC port is still graphically a trash fire but the mods to fix it are easy to work with. Does said mod still have that weird DRM? Nuebot posted:What is it with PC ports that turn people's graphical standards completely insane? Having a game run at your resolution/aspect ratio/framerate of choice and not run like garbage compared to other similar titles from the same console is like the bare minimum you can expect from a PC port and they hosed that up. People react poorly because it's a sign of incompetence and/or laziness when a professional publisher can't provide basic functionality that a single modder with no access to the source code can mod in the day after the game comes out; even if you can't do it yourself, give Durante a call and pay him to get it working for you or something.
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Nuebot posted:What is it with PC ports that turn people's graphical standards completely insane? My computer's specs massively outstrip any console on the market, I feel like having it render at a steady FPS (whether it be 30 or 60) at a resolution native to my monitor (i.e. 1920x1080 since that's been the standard for several years) is the absolute barest loving minimum for a AAA-produced game released on PC. Automata's port is so bad you need to install a 3rd-party mod just to get the goddamned cutscenes to render in the resolution you selected for the rest of the game at 30 FPS, regardless of system specs. It's not a question of "maximum distance the grass will render at" or something similarly asinine. And woe betide you if your computer has the wrong astrological sign because the game just might not function no matter what! It's not insanity -- I still spent $40 on the loving game and "bare competency" is a fair expectation for that price tag. Especially since these games run just fine on the PS4 and Xbone [when applicable]. RyokoTK has a new favorite as of 06:54 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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In general it's that people, both dev and consumer, underestimate how much coding work goes into implementing graphical efficiency. Shadow of Mordor looks amazing on a potato, N:A struggles on a 1080. It's a priority that is either central to how the game is made or an afterthought that barely works. Also there's that block of Total Biscuit fans that cargo cult specific settings and benchmarks and think that higher graphical fidelity is just a thing that devs either turn on or forget to turn on. Like, blacklisting Undertale for not running at 60fps.
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If you've never read Durante's blog posts about working on XSEED's PC ports they are absolutely worth a read. He makes everything pretty accessible and shows how even when something originated on a non-x86 platform all it takes to go from a garbage port to a great one is a willingness to hire someone who knows what they're doing and a little time. http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/156725636690/little-kings-story-pc-relaunch-guest-blog http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/163180020530/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-pc http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/163454030210/loh-trails-of-cold-steel-pc-guest-blog-2-from http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/163720373505/loh-trails-of-cold-steel-pc-guest-blog-3-from
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Somfin posted:In general it's that people, both dev and consumer, underestimate how much coding work goes into implementing graphical efficiency. Shadow of Mordor looks amazing on a potato, N:A struggles on a 1080. It's a priority that is either central to how the game is made or an afterthought that barely works. Goalposts are shifting more and more too with what counts as a good PC port -- we're not super far from when games like Resident Evil 4 were shipped without a lighting engine when they got ported to PC and yet Dark Souls gets poo poo for being 'a godawful port' when it's basically identical to the console version (and even might be considered the best version of the game even unmodded, since it runs better in places like Blighttown than on consoles.) IMO, being identical to the console version should be baseline decent, with stuff like higher resolution/fps being an improvement. (this is on topic because the original RE4 port is genuinely one of my favorite things, since it's just hilariously bad:   
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