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axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

CJacobs posted:

This is too big to make into an avatar and I'm upset


:colbert:
balls in your court.

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hyphz
Aug 5, 2003

Number 1 Nerd Tear Farmer 2022.

Keep it up, champ.

Also you're a skeleton warrior now. Kree.
Unlockable Ben

MysticalMachineGun posted:

It actually was, thank you for providing extra context. Horrible, horrible context.

I think the English translation has one of the bosses throw the words “by the way I am actually eighteen” into their defeat quote. Bear in mind the character is introduced as an elementary school student and is in a conspiracy specific to elementary school students.

Genocide Jill and the Lil’ Ultimates haven’t had a good song since, well, ever.

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009
I saw these banana cat things at gamestop. They look cute. I guess they're based off of some short anime thing.



They're called bananyas.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

glam rock hamhock posted:


:colbert:
balls in your court.

Hell yeah, nice, I am saving this for when I get tired of my The Evil Within 2 avatar in 2033

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


I can't wait to kill some Nazis.

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Palpek posted:

I can't wait to kill some Nazis.

Sir, the DSA thread is over here,

AngelesXO
May 15, 2009

https://twitter.com/sonic20th/status/919785589842460672

why

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Sonic was never your friend

Sonic is, however, my friend, when I go to Hooters Japan, to enjoy some fresh chicken wings and the company of female waitresses who missed me so much as a patron of their establishment

And to think, I never even thought to preorder Sonic Forces

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
Everyone talking so much about Witcher 3 made me say: "OKAY THEN! I will start it!".

Like I said, I was worried about really getting into it because a lot of the people here say it took about 150 hours to play through the game and I am very slow at games. I took 75 hours to beat Horizon Zero Dawn and I only finished 62% of the game according to the little counter thingy. I'm not sure why I was so worried, maybe a little overwhelmed is all.

So I started it and have played just over three hours.

Good grief. Everyone was correct. I have been wandering around White Orchard, played a gwent game and have finished 1 quest: The dwarf blacksmith one.

It is beautiful and absorbing and engaging. The voice acting has been stellar so far and I am liking talking to so many random people. Reading the notice board is really great and I've taken everything off it multiple times. I thought the map was huge, then realised I wasn't actually looking at the world map!! I have no knowledge of the story lines of Witcher 1 and 2 but that hasn't been much of a barrier so far!

Kanfy
Jan 9, 2012

Just gotta keep walking down that road.
Just wait 'til you get out of the tutorial area.

Sunning
Sep 14, 2011
Nintendo Guru

SEGA is teaming up with Hooters to sell Chili Dogs for the release of Sonic Forces.

goferchan
Feb 8, 2004

It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.
Oh man tfw when you realize White Orchard is just a tutorial zone and not actually the real world map is so good

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
Will more cities pop up on the big map? Or is it only the five things I can see currently. I think my mind would explode if there were more still to be revealed.

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry

Sakurazuka posted:

Even the worst of the DR games (not counting Ultra Despair Girls) was better than the wet fart of an ending that was ZTD and the trials are fun and cool looking and I'd say I'd prefer them to the 'my first adventure game' puzzling of the Zero Escape games too.
Late replay but while I don't necessarily disagree, I think I still would take the bulk of ZTD's story over the bulk of DR1/2's story. ZTD's ending is unequivocally worse than at least DR1's but I still like that setting/cast more. And in the end if I'm honest, I mostly like that series on the back of 999/VLR anyway. ZTD coming out at all was a nice surprise but a part of me honestly kind of liked leaving it all at the Empire Strikes Back cliffhanger in VLR.

Wildtortilla
Jul 8, 2008
I'm looking for the next game to grab my attention and I don't like Witcher 1 or 2 but all this W3 talk to having an effect on me. Maybe now is the time I buy W3!

Important question: is there fast travel? I'm trying to play for the third time Dragon's Dogma (PS3) and the lack of an easy fast travel solution combined with a never ending supply of wolves I'd I'm outside at night is quickly killing my enthusiasm.

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


VG! posted:

Will more cities pop up on the big map? Or is it only the five things I can see currently. I think my mind would explode if there were more still to be revealed.
As people are saying - you haven't gotten to the open world yet. White Orchard is the starting gated area where you're learning the systems, things will open up way more. Those towns you're visiting now are only a little taste - there are giant cities ahead, probably the biggest ones in any Western RPG to date. Knowing you, you'll probably get a heart attack when you see how Blood and Wine looks but that's way ahead.

Palpek fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Oct 16, 2017

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

https://twitter.com/pixelmatt64/status/919332546864807941

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


https://twitter.com/roqchams/status/918610815770644480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

ZTD's ending is fine IMO but yeah VLR was the high point of that trilogy.

Also I love how weird Uchiokshi's progression from the Infinity series to the end of the Zero Escape series is. Never7 is a dopey dating sim with not a lot going on and where one of the most exciting things to happen is a character not getting a pizza they ordered, and in ZTD characters are regularly getting their bodies dismembered as they fail deathtraps out of Saw. That there's a fairly linear progression between these two points is great.

Raxivace fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Oct 16, 2017

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Palpek posted:

As people are saying - you haven't gotten to the open world yet. White Orchard is the starting gated area where you're learning the systems, things will open up way more. Those towns you're visiting now are only a little taste - there are giant cities ahead, probably the biggest ones in any Western RPG to date. Knowing you, you'll probably get a heart attack when you see how Blood and Wine looks but that's way ahead.

There's also Skellige so once you're done traipsing through East Europe there's an entire Wind Waker sequence through Nordland.


I have it on good authority Russian hackers were dropping lures just out of range of your local voting center.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
If only we had Pokemon Gone to the polls

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Palpek posted:

As people are saying - you haven't gotten to the open world yet. White Orchard is the starting gated area where you're learning the systems, things will open up way more. Those towns you're visiting now are only a little taste - there are giant cities ahead, probably the biggest ones in any Western RPG to date. Knowing you, you'll probably get a heart attack when you see how Blood and Wine looks but that's way ahead.

I am filled with a mix of trepidation and wonder at the thought. This is going to consume my gaming time, I feel. Oh well! Thank goodness I have the GOTY edition :D

IdealFlaws
Aug 23, 2005

Wildtortilla posted:

I'm looking for the next game to grab my attention and I don't like Witcher 1 or 2 but all this W3 talk to having an effect on me. Maybe now is the time I buy W3!

Important question: is there fast travel? I'm trying to play for the third time Dragon's Dogma (PS3) and the lack of an easy fast travel solution combined with a never ending supply of wolves I'd I'm outside at night is quickly killing my enthusiasm.

There is fast travel! And I just started dragons dogma so I know that feel. Witcher 3 will have you running all over the entire map when you need certain ingredients for certain alchemy recipes

goferchan
Feb 8, 2004

It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

VG! posted:

Will more cities pop up on the big map? Or is it only the five things I can see currently. I think my mind would explode if there were more still to be revealed.

There are two main world maps, Velen (which contains a HUGE city that's very dense and basically treated like a map of its own) and Skellige. If you're still in White Orchard hunting the gryphon you haven't even seen the real open world part of the game yet.

edit: oh yeah and then you have a third map with the DLC that's probably bigger and more full of poo poo to do than either of the ones in the main game lol. Have fun. Witcher 3 is loving huge

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

VG! posted:

I am filled with a mix of trepidation and wonder at the thought. This is going to consume my gaming time, I feel. Oh well! Thank goodness I have the GOTY edition :D

What happened to your ideo ames

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
Yo CJacobs, I need to watch the Executioner DLC videos before I can call TEW truly finished. Keep me updated on when you get that copyright issue resolved or post a mirror somewhere.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
Unfortunately I think the video's just screwed internally on YT, and I don't have the source file anymore. It doesn't seem to be a copyright claim issue as the problem persisted even when they were under dispute and none of the claims have the "mute the video" consequence. Youtube also has no way to contact anyone to tell them about this problem because they are an impenetrable faceless entity so I don't think I'll be able to fix it.

edit: Hell, I might just download the soundless one and then go back and commentate on it again and reupload, since it's only like an hour long. v:v:v

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

CJacobs posted:

What happened to your ideo ames

I have been trying something slightly different. I am not sure why but I get a restless with avatars and online descriptors. It is a bizarre thing! (Though I did enjoy when I was called KirbySuperscare and I had that avatar of Bayonneta's legs attached to Kirby!)


goferchan posted:

There are two main world maps, Velen (which contains a HUGE city that's very dense and basically treated like a map of its own) and Skellige. If you're still in White Orchard hunting the gryphon you haven't even seen the real open world part of the game yet.

edit: oh yeah and then you have a third map with the DLC that's probably bigger and more full of poo poo to do than either of the ones in the main game lol. Have fun. Witcher 3 is loving huge

Also: goodness!! I thought Horizon was pretty large!

goferchan
Feb 8, 2004

It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

Wildtortilla posted:

I'm looking for the next game to grab my attention and I don't like Witcher 1 or 2 but all this W3 talk to having an effect on me. Maybe now is the time I buy W3!

Important question: is there fast travel? I'm trying to play for the third time Dragon's Dogma (PS3) and the lack of an easy fast travel solution combined with a never ending supply of wolves I'd I'm outside at night is quickly killing my enthusiasm.

Yeah and the fast travel's really generous. You're limited to set waypoints but they're absolutely everywhere and you can almost always teleport right next to your destination. It's a credit to the game's atmosphere though how often I decided not to use fast travel at all because riding a horse through stormy weather and soaking up the scenery feels so good

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


TW3 was too dense for me to ever feel like I was making a dent in it. I wish you could just send Geralt out on sidequests while you were at work and get the recap upon logging back in.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

send geralt out on sidequests while you play gwent

Tuxedo Catfish
Mar 17, 2007

You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

exquisite tea posted:

I wish you could just send Geralt out on sidequests while you were at work and get the recap upon logging back in.

this is how I felt halfway through Nier: Automata

then I remembered that if you find yourself wishing a game would play itself so you can get another little bit of video game (side)plot, it means you should just play something else instead

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

this is how I felt halfway through Nier: Automata

then I remembered that if you find yourself wishing a game would play itself so you can get another little bit of video game (side)plot, it means you should just play something else instead

Nier Automata can literally play itself on easy mode apparently. I need to go back and do that so I can finally see the endings everyone loves so much.

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry
I didn't really mind Nier:A's sidequests because usually they featured pretty solid character bits or introspection, and more often than not any fetch questing you had to do was marked clearly/deliberately on the map so there was never any question as to where you had to go or what you had to do. The only one I said no loving way to was the one where you had to find/fight every enemy type, including a bunch of rare spawns.

And in the end if they really are boring there's no problem with mainlining the story, it's not like the gameplay benefits of those sidequests are that immense.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

there's one nier quest where you have to escort someone and i thought it would be like an earlier escort where you can retry after failing. but you couldn't :(

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord

VideoGames posted:

Also: goodness!! I thought Horizon was pretty large!

In terms of size and pointless collectothons Horizon Zero Dawn was made with people who have godlike restraint compared to most other open world games. It only gets bigger from there!

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


Tuxedo Catfish posted:

this is how I felt halfway through Nier: Automata

then I remembered that if you find yourself wishing a game would play itself so you can get another little bit of video game (side)plot, it means you should just play something else instead

I kind of like games that play themselves when you're away for a little bit, even if it isn't the main draw. It kind of gives you a reason for loading it up again, just to see what your little minions are up to and if they brought home any phat loot.

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Evil Within 2 has a sidequest where your big reward is a fuckin' ghost that will continue to haunt you throughout the game like the ghost in the mansion level of the first game did.

It might be my favorite sidequest in recent memory just because of how hilarious that is.

Raxivace fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Oct 16, 2017

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I thought some of the sidequests in NieR: Automata were better-written and more emotionally moving than some of the main poo poo in "cinematic" games, even though they were just static models and typewriter text.

Also I guess it had the best soundtrack of 2017 to help with that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubMf__iB8iI

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some bust on that guy
Jan 21, 2006

This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.
Best soundtrack of forever you mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYxwe2FWEY

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

some bust on that guy fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Oct 16, 2017

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