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My Lovely Horse posted:Saints Row 4 was developed from a planned SR3 DLC that was different from how the game ended up, but had the basic ideas of aliens, the Matrix environment and superpowers. Don't forget the planned DLC also would've been chockablock with tedious sex jokes. The president angle was weird since the marketing laid into it in a big way and then it's basically inconsequential past the intro, a few jokes with Keith David aside. While I'm complaining, it's also frustrating and odd that 3 and 4 have intro missions where you're forced to play a generic masked but obviously male boss instead of allowing you to play as whoever you want from the word go. John Murdoch has a new favorite as of 03:30 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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John Murdoch posted:While I'm complaining, it's also frustrating and odd that 3 and 4 have intro missions where you're forced to play a generic masked but obviously male boss instead of allowing you to play as whoever you want from the word go. I can understand that, because it gives you an opportunity to get right into the action without first getting a bunch of exposition, scene-setting or character customization. That's useful for PC players who might have to fine-tune some settings in action first (I've hit a bunch of examples of this where you only get to feel out the graphics settings after some important early cutscene I'm not paying attention to because of it), but it also lets you get into the swing of things gameplay-wise before the plot starts, which is a huge thing. You don't notice how integral having a scene like that can be until you hit a game that needs it but doesn't have it. Final Fantasy XV was interminable for how much scene-setting it wanted you to sit through before giving you actual gameplay or in-game access to settings.
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Sep 9, 2018 03:42
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In Spider-Man if you choose the Spider-Punk costume it has little Spidey faces on his Chucks.
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Sep 9, 2018 03:54
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I get why it makes some sense, but it's a bad fit for a game where a big part of the appeal was always the ability to customize the protagonist. I never thought SR2 was poorer for it instead of having you break out of prison while still bandaged up, but even still a quick gender choice would've at least sat a bit better with me than not addressing it at all.
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Sep 9, 2018 03:57
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Strom Cuzewon posted:More games need unnecesary emote buttons - Oddworld's farting, Transistor's humming, all the dark souls bullshit. I love all of it. Okami's barking! Which becomes a pee button in combat with the right upgrade.
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Sep 9, 2018 07:18
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BTW On Yakuza Kiwami - does it allow you to heal during the rail shooter section on the highway, because that was the only reason I never beat the original - the menu button just brings up the controls and you have to do the whole terrible thing with one healthbar.
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Red dead redemption was funny And when he was in Mexico he tried and failed to speak spanish to the locals.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:More games need unnecesary emote buttons - Oddworld's farting, Transistor's humming, all the dark souls bullshit. I love all of it. In Earthbound there's a dedicated button to ringing a bicycle bell (most people will not ride a bicycle)
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In Conker's BFD, one of his idle animations was to pull out an old Game Boy and play something. He'd get frustrated and say, "Gumble fumble!" which IMO is an excellent swear. I also laughed more than a young adult should have at the Poo bgm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUCr8A4UvIM
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BioEnchanted posted:BTW On Yakuza Kiwami - does it allow you to heal during the rail shooter section on the highway, because that was the only reason I never beat the original - the menu button just brings up the controls and you have to do the whole terrible thing with one healthbar. The game gives you the option to lower the difficulty setting if you die enough times during the highway section.
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One of the unlockable costumes in Marvel Spider-Man is old-school Spider-Man... literally. This seriously has rocketed to the list of my favorite costumes in a game ever, it looks amazing for what it is. ImpAtom has a new favorite as of 11:33 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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doctorfrog posted:In Conker's BFD, one of his idle animations was to pull out an old Game Boy and play something. He'd get frustrated and say, "Gumble fumble!" which IMO is an excellent swear. iirc, he's playing the gameboy version of Killer Instinct.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:iirc, he's playing the gameboy version of Killer Instinct. It does sound like a version of Sabrewulf's theme, except with a way better sound-chip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOgQK8JtHns Here is the version they composed for the modern Killer Instinct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gPGsJc5H4 Mierenneuker has a new favorite as of 11:46 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Cleretic posted:I went from not caring about the new Spider-Man, to wishing I had a PS4 to play it on, the moment I saw a gif making the rounds on Twitter. I was watching someone play it earlier and they fluffed a webshot and ended up falling onto the sidewalk and Spidey was all, "Sorry, sorry. Oh, my bad!" to everyone. Such a simple, great moment that felt really true to the character.
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Alhazred posted:And when he was in Mexico he tried and failed to speak spanish to the locals. Now I'm picturing Peggy Hill as the protagonist of a Read Dead game.
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Cleretic posted:I can understand that, because it gives you an opportunity to get right into the action without first getting a bunch of exposition, scene-setting or character customization. That's useful for PC players who might have to fine-tune some settings in action first (I've hit a bunch of examples of this where you only get to feel out the graphics settings after some important early cutscene I'm not paying attention to because of it), but it also lets you get into the swing of things gameplay-wise before the plot starts, which is a huge thing. It's also that way so you can play the intro mission while the rest of the game is installing on the console versions. Those missions have to keep the assets down to allow that.
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SR3 did something similar with the Gat mascot costumes.
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The first hour of any PC game experience is dedicated to adjusting settings and running the benchmark, so those assets should always be the first to load.
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It doesn't help that in SR3's intro mission the boss is clearly voiced by Troy Baker. SR2 was best about it by jumping straight to the character creator, SR4 did okay by having the boss be mute. They shoulda just have Daniel Dae Kim do everyone in that intro, in slightly different voices.
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ImpAtom posted:One of the unlockable costumes in Marvel Spider-Man is old-school Spider-Man... literally. Welp, definitely gonna buy this when I get paid on Friday.
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ImpAtom posted:One of the unlockable costumes in Marvel Spider-Man is old-school Spider-Man... literally. I had to see this in motion and it's pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMx2Plc3N8&t=1312s 
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There's also an in-game twitter which is amazingly accurate.
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There are also people in the twitter making note of you constantly switching costumes too. One was asking if Spider-man had acolytes or a gang or something because they see a dude swinging around on webs but it doesn't look like him...
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My Lovely Horse posted:Saints Row 4 was developed from a planned SR3 DLC that was different from how the game ended up, but had the basic ideas of aliens, the Matrix environment and superpowers. Counterpoint, SR 2 doesn't have anything as good as "Girls Night Out". I legit think SR4's comedy writing is top notch, because they move beyond the edgy wackiness of SR3 to really being focused on character dynamics. Even the minor characters get cool bits- Jane Valdarama hosting the EDM station is a cute gag, and the MOM announcers are wonderful.
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Just picked up Spider-Man, and while I haven't even started the game yet the game's difficulty levels are "Friendly," "Amazing," and "Spectacular." This game's branding is just on point.
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My Lovely Horse posted:It doesn't help that in SR3's intro mission the boss is clearly voiced by Troy Baker. SR2 was best about it by jumping straight to the character creator, SR4 did okay by having the boss be mute. Just use Robin Atkin Downes, because why would you want any other voice for the Boss? Unless you get Lori Alan.
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Lord Lambeth posted:I had to see this in motion and it's pretty great Sooooo cool.
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Sunswipe posted:Just use Robin Atkin Downes, because why would you want any other voice for the Boss? Unless you get Lori Alan. The Latina boss voice was the best until they got rid of it in 4
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:The Latina boss voice was the best until they got rid of it in 4 I liked the zombie voice more than most, I suspect. What I really want is a robot voice but it is obviously a person pretending to be a robot.
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:The Latina boss voice was the best until they got rid of it in 4 I want to agree, but Laura Bailey is the best voice actress of all time.
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I picked the British voice in every single one I played
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Screaming Idiot posted:I want to agree, but Laura Bailey is the best voice actress of all time. The pc in the first game was just a Playa, not the Boss, so he doesn't count. edit: nope, sorry, just looked it up. Katie Semine (Female Voice 1 in SR2) is the Best Boss. Laura Bailey is a close second. Then the English guy in Also, they used the same guy for "African-American Male" in 2, The Third, and IV (Kenn Michael), so good on him for being the only consistent protagonist voice throughout those 3 games. Fifty Farts has a new favorite as of 00:18 on Sep 10, 2018 |
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I love that they got Kevin Sorbo to voice Hercules in GoWIII. Like, Sorbo may be a regressive chud jerkoff, but that the show Hercules was fun and goofy, and it was a fun wink to have him reprise his role in GoWIII.
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Samuringa posted:I picked the British voice in every single one I played
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Cleretic posted:
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Deceitful Penguin posted:I was a black woman in most of them with all the sliders maxed out and the cockney, because why not use the options you have? Tired: Use the sliders to make a realistic and cool looking character Wired: Max out every slider Inspired: Alternate between minimizing and maximizing every other slider.
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Ariong posted:Tired: Use the sliders to make a realistic and cool looking character Then make your skin neon blue and run around naked with the electric blue dildo bat.
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I told you not to tell people what I do on the weekend.
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Samuringa posted:I picked the British voice in every single one I played The fact that Charles Shaughnessy is a no-poo poo actual literal baron makes his voice option in SR2 that much better.
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Cythereal posted:Then make your skin neon blue and run around naked with the electric blue dildo bat. Friend of mine has a screenshot of Morgan Freeman and Hulk going on a rampage in a golf cart
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