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Bust Rodd posted:Wow 3 pages of bitching about ME and no one brought up the creepy abusive romance option where you seduce the psychologically damaged biotic after killing her captors? I've done a lot of hosed up poo poo in video games but the Jack romance is easily, without question, the cringiest thing ive ever seen in a western video game, and im including the literal sniper rifle demon abortion sequence from Devil May Cry's reboot She pressured me into it! The only options were to be nice and do the romance or cruelly reject her! 2house2fly fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Aug 10, 2018 |
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Bust Rodd posted:Wow 3 pages of bitching about ME and no one brought up the creepy abusive romance option where you seduce the psychologically damaged biotic after killing her captors? I've done a Her relationship with the Shepard is "gently caress you dad" and... that's pretty much it. Yeah, it's kind of creepy. I think she even has an outburst where she's confused why you keep talking to her if you aren't trying to gently caress her? They tried to do the thing with playing surrogate parent to difficult teenager with Grunt but somehow missed they accidentally did the same thing with Jack. Or this being Bioware having sex with your angsty teen step-daughter might have been a completely intentional choice, who knows. DrPossum posted:I don't know what you guys are talking about with the bioware romances being cringey I always thought that was intentional with Morrigan being one awkward fucker when she tries to be nice in any way. I vaguely recall you could pick an option that ends with something like "yeah OK but please stop speaking like that" and she's like "oh thank god, I have no idea what I'm doing"? Then again DA:O is one of those Bioware games I haven't even tried replaying and they are always a lot worse than how I remember them. BioMe fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Aug 10, 2018 |
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Morrigan was raised in the woods alone by an elf god/dragon/janeway so of course she is a weirdo.
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Lol if you didn't play Mass Effect as a weird looking woman using the default face only to somehow discover makeup and get hot in the third one for some reason
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Aside from some nice improvements in the 2.5D engine department, Duke Nukem 3D is overrated. The gunplay is terrible. All the guns sound like wet poo poo smacking against a trash can. The fact that autoaim is a necessity means that the guns should be in the center of the screen so that you have a general idea of your shot's trajectory, but they're held off to the side instead. The pain sounds and animations are too short and weak to be satisfying, and occasionally make it difficult to tell if you're hitting anything. Also, every level that isn't a porno theater or strip joint is boring as hell to look at. olives black fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Dec 8, 2018 |
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Aug 10, 2018 17:26
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A lot of the dungeons in Xenogears were so boring and the battles so repetitive by the end (spam the same deathblows every fight) that watching a character in a chair narrate instead of instead of dragging through another anima dungeon was a relief.
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olives black posted:Aside from some nice improvements in the 2.5D engine department, Duke Nukem 3D is overrated. Yea Duke 3D has an excellent first half of a first episode and tahts about it. Since its all people played, though, they remember it fondly The space station was a horrible mess of a maze and the return to LA was just bad
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if someone says "it gets good after the 20-30 hour mark" the game is trash
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Verisimilidude posted:if someone says "it gets good after the 20-30 hour mark" the game is trash It never even does, but you can sort of see where the Stockholm syndrome might kick in.
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Fried Watermelon posted:Lol if you didn't play Mass Effect as a weird looking woman using the default face only to somehow discover makeup and get hot in the third one for some reason
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Fourth Wall posted:A lot of the dungeons in Xenogears were so boring and the battles so repetitive by the end (spam the same deathblows every fight) that watching a character in a chair narrate instead of instead of dragging through another anima dungeon was a relief.
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bruvs be4 luvs
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mega man x4 is way good mega man 3 is way good mega man legends 1+2 are way good mega man zero 1-4 are way good mega man battle network 2, 3, and 6 are way good mega man x6's bad points outweigh all of those games' good points combined and capcom is a trash tier company that is going to Konami the gently caress up in the next decade due to atrocious leadership
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a hole-y ghost posted:I did not play Mass Effect at all, actually. Is it good, aside from this thread's description? Not 100% sure how well the first game holds up now, but if you mean the series as whole, yeah. It's the best thing Bioware have ever done other than BG:2. If you like RPGs in general, you'll like it. If you don't like most RPGs it probably won't kindle a new love.
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a hole-y ghost posted:I did not play Mass Effect at all, actually. Is it good, aside from this thread's description? Yeah, I’d say so. The first game is kind of a slog to play through but it probably has the strongest story of all three (even if it is just a rehash of the old Bioware story formula). The second game is usually considered the best and while it’s starting to show its age a little bit I think that’s true. The main story is a little disjointed, but it mostly revolves around building your squad and winning their loyalty for a big suicide mission, and those individual team-building missions are pretty good. Also the gameplay is way stronger than the first one. The 3rd one is divisive. The story is a bit all over the place, but there are still some satisfying wrap ups of the various plot threads. The gameplay is the strongest in this one imo. Start with 1 if you care about the plot. Start with 2 and watch the little recap cinematic if ydgaf.
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SpazmasterX posted:I was really excited by Legends 3 being announced. i bought a 3ds for it
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food court bailiff posted:i bought a 3ds for it 3DS has good games though so not really a loss
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fruit on the bottom posted:Yeah, I’d say so. The first game is kind of a slog to play through but it probably has the strongest story of all three (even if it is just a rehash of the old Bioware story formula). I generally care more about the story in RPGs anyway as long as the gameplay isn't tooo terrible
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Oscar Wild posted:Romance has no place in video game unless it involves Sonic the Hedgehog. The only realistic and healthy romance in a video game series is between BJ Blazkowicz and Anya in the new Wolfenstein games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrF-7CVWbj0 
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SpazmasterX posted:3DS has good games though so not really a loss eventually, yeah, but it had diddly poo poo for years after release, well after mml3 got canceled. I mean the whole Ambassador program was Nintendo goin "whoops sorry for selling you a game machine with no games, our bad", and part of mml3's cancelation was due to the low install base/attach rate of the 3ds the Vita came out a year later and had a stronger library for a solid couple years before the 3ds really got its footing
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a hole-y ghost posted:I did not play Mass Effect at all, actually. Is it good, aside from this thread's description? no
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Vakal posted:The only realistic and healthy romance in a video game series is between BJ Blazkowicz and Anya in the new Wolfenstein games. Psyched for 3.
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Verisimilidude posted:the only kinda decent game romance is in baldur's gate 2, and that's only because it's more story book/bad fantasy novel romance rather than weird pandering gamer romance, where the ultimate goal is to bang and get some 'chievos In BG2 you can also get a companion pregnant, and have an in-game child that takes up one of her inventory slots rofl a hole-y ghost posted:I did not play Mass Effect at all, actually. Is it good, aside from this thread's description? I only played the first 2 but I remember them being a lot of fun. It's just ME3 that a lot of people had a problem with, and IIRC that was mostly because of the ending, and some people just don't like Bioware games (not me; Dragon Age Origins and ME2 are simply good games imo)
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whats the mass effect where people were making fun of the faces
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they should re boot it as massiv effex with a drum and bass soundtrack
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a hole-y ghost posted:whats the mass effect where people were making fun of the faces Andromeda, which I forgot even existed until your post
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a hole-y ghost posted:Okay. I haven't played any Bioware games, so the whole rehash thing will go over my head anyway. i'll probably play the first one at some point thanks It's not terrible at all, if you enjoy RPG's I hope you'll enjoy the series (dont play andromeda)
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a hole-y ghost posted:whats the mass effect where people were making fun of the faces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6qH48bslA Old, but still funny
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a hole-y ghost posted:whats the mass effect where people were making fun of the faces The correct answer is, every single one
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QuarkJets posted:Andromeda, which I forgot even existed until your post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Du1Chreg0
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serious question, launch-time animation problems aside, and a few stand out pieces of bad dialogue, how does Andromeda stack up to other mass effect games? I'll never buy it but i dunno if a friend has a loose copy i may give it a shot if it's been made better somehow
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basic hitler posted:serious question, launch-time animation problems aside, and a few stand out pieces of bad dialogue, how does Andromeda stack up to other mass effect games? Very badly. It's in the same mould as Inquisition in that it's like a singleplayer MMO, but worse. It didn't just have comedy face issues, it's hamstrung by a number of things that make it a slog. I couldn't be bothered to go far in it.
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Mass Effect 3 is good if you want to see Vancouver get hosed up by an alien invasion. It's a good game but you can really tell they were rushed since you only get a few squad members and all the cool squad members from 2 are just cameos in individual missions. If you let them die in Mass Effect 2 they get replaced with a generic version of themselves too so you don't miss much.
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Vakal posted:The only realistic and healthy romance in a video game series is between BJ Blazkowicz and Anya in the new Wolfenstein games. The actual gameplay loving sucks but nuWolfenstein has a kickass story and production values, love it
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A. Beaverhausen posted:It's not terrible at all, if you enjoy RPG's I hope you'll enjoy the series (dont play andromeda) Yeah, the combat is a bit clunky but it never stood in the way of the game for me. It mostly just gets a bad reputation on account of the later games. Definitely skip Andromeda. It’s bad and is in no way necessary to complete the story. basic hitler posted:serious question, launch-time animation problems aside, and a few stand out pieces of bad dialogue, how does Andromeda stack up to other mass effect games? It’s pretty bad imo. The setup is forced, the villain is uninteresting and the characters are dull. The shooty bits are pretty fun though. Give it a whirl if you can for free/ diet cheap. Not worth AAA pricing though
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SMB > SMW > Super Mario Land > all the other Mario games
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a hole-y ghost posted:I did not play Mass Effect at all, actually. Is it good, aside from this thread's description? They're ok. The first one is solid b-grade sci fi with some good moments but fairly terrible gameplay and mechanics, the second is the best and upgrades it into a competent cover shooter with some great missions and character moments including a superb final mission, the third improves the mechanics, and has an even spread of fantastic and terrible bits. They're definitely worth playing. My unpopular opinion is that me2 planet scanning was fun, as long as you didn't feel compelled to grind it out. Also scanning Uranus lol.
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Even the 'best' video game story is complete garbage by conventional literary and screen writing standards. The problem is actually pretty simple; a good story is all about timing. Foreshadowing, conflict and then the payoff are tightly controlled in movies, television shows and books. Video games are excellent at vignettes, but an overarching story falls flat when you can't play the whole loving game in one sitting.
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basic hitler posted:serious question, launch-time animation problems aside, and a few stand out pieces of bad dialogue, how does Andromeda stack up to other mass effect games? I never beat it, and I'm not 100% clear on it's development history, but it feels like a wildly unfinished game. Everything comes across as half baked and unpolished. For example, every single Asari NPC, aside from your teammate, has an identical face. But even the stuff that does seem finished is dull as dishwater. The "story" is a wet fart. Instead of an engaging plot with trying to survive in a new galaxy and learning about these strange new lifeforms, it's just "kill the bad aliens". It's hard to tell if the game was rushed and released before it was finished, or if it's just lazy incompetence. Probably a bit of both. The actual alien shooting is alright I guess.
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