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| Video games (sincere) |
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44 | 10.89% |
| Video games (ironic) |
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14 | 3.47% |
| Video games (the mod) |
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74 | 18.32% |
| Video games (but only for my platform of choice) |
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10 | 2.48% |
| Video games (but only the one game I play) |
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13 | 3.22% |
| Video games (but only the ones I played as a kid) |
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17 | 4.21% |
| Family, friends, your job, the forum (sincere) |
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38 | 9.41% |
| Family, friends, your job, the forum (ironic) |
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14 | 3.47% |
| Bowsette |
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117 | 28.96% |
| That this Bowsette meme seems to be dying |
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63 | 15.59% |
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Phantasium posted:what does that have to do with consumables? all i said was that it takes like 30 seconds to get arrows and poo poo back, because it sounded like people were saying this was some herculean task or something. the whole point of the game is it repeats, that doesn't mean you have to do everything every time. It isn’t just consumables like bombs you lose. It’s also the content that’s in your bottle. When you beat Snowhead Temple you can go to the Goron races. To unlock Goron races you have to blow up a rock with a powder keg. So you have to get the powder keg. Beating the races gets you gold dust. It comes in a bottle. Gold dust is used to make the gilden sword which doesn’t break at the forge. More than likely you will have beaten Snowhead on day three. It takes a day to make the gilden sword so after unlocking the forge you can’t use it because it’s on day three. So you have to reset. But resetting takes away your gold dust because it’s in a bottle. You can go to the forge and unlock it with fire arrows but you still need that gold dust. So you have to go back to the temple, step on the boss activator to beat the boss again which heals the area on day one. Which allows you access to the race so you can get gold dust again. Which means buying another keg and winning the race and doing poo poo over. It’s badly designed and would be mitigated if you could keep the gold dust in your bottle even with a reset. That’s the rub. And it’s impossible to play Majora’s Mask without running into a similar scenario at least once.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:09
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Regy Rusty posted:But what if instead they cut most of the bullshit time wasting stuff and made a shorter game focused on well designed assassination missions... Have you been playing Dishonored? That comes closer to getting what you want. codenameFANGIO posted:I thought Horizon: Zero Dawn’s story was actually extremely cool science fiction and I usually ignore the poo poo out of stories in games. Yeah it’s real good. Though I was playing doingitwrong fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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Nov 23, 2018 16:09
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Horizon has a legit great story but it seems pretty typical for the first few hours. When you leave the tribe though it changes considerably because your meeting new cultures, talking to tons of people and learning about what happened to the world. I do really love that game though. In a typical year it would've been my goty but last year was insane so it won't but God drat it ruled
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Nov 23, 2018 16:09
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I like repeating content in MM bc it makes you realize how much better you get after doing something even one more extra time, playing games again but faster is fun
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Nov 23, 2018 16:10
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Also feeling pretty depressed by now because this Thanksgiving is really start to drive home that I'm pretty much the gently caress up of the family. Not in terms of people being mean but just in terms of how much more successful and fulfilled literally everyone else in my family seems to be
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Nov 23, 2018 16:12
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In Training posted:I like repeating content in MM bc it makes you realize how much better you get after doing something even one more extra time, playing games again but faster is fun The problem is that this kind of only rewards spergs. I’ve beaten the game and I had completely forgotten about some things. Essentially you need to remember every limitation and every storyline and every possibility every run. I mean, it’s not an arcade game with stages.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:13
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Himuro posted:It isn’t just consumables like bombs you lose. It’s also the content that’s in your bottle. Then don't try to do the race at the end of a cycle if it's pointless?
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Nov 23, 2018 16:15
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get infinite bombs with bomb mask. you can do it
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Nov 23, 2018 16:15
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Phantasium posted:Then don't try to do the race at the end of a cycle if it's pointless? I had forgotten that it would be pointless. After all, I beat it in the wee hours of day three. “Then don’t do this” is a bad game design defense. Never mind that like I said, to get everything you must repeat content. See: Anju and Kafei.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:17
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Horizon Zero Dawn rules, it's like someone went into my childhood and scientifically extracted every single thing I thought was cool into one video game. I think everybody should have that experience at least once.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:17
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exquisite tea posted:Horizon Zero Dawn rules, it's like someone went into my childhood and scientifically extracted every single thing I thought was cool into one video game. I think everybody should have that experience at least once. That might be Resident Evil 4 for me or Bloodborne
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Nov 23, 2018 16:20
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Himuro posted:The problem is that this kind of only rewards spergs. I’ve beaten the game and I had completely forgotten about some things. Essentially you need to remember every limitation and every storyline and every possibility every run. I mean, it’s not an arcade game with stages. So? It probably takes like...ten minutes to get back to Goron races from a clean reset. It's not the end of the world really...hell I used to just roll around termina for a while bc I liked doing it
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Nov 23, 2018 16:22
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chumbler posted:That's not how you spell Ghost Trick. oh no I am sad about Missile again  also when is katamari switch Im getting antsy
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Nov 23, 2018 16:24
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Himuro posted:The problem is that this kind of only rewards spergs. I’ve beaten the game and I had completely forgotten about some things. Essentially you need to remember every limitation and every storyline and every possibility every run. I mean, it’s not an arcade game with stages. I don't see how learning more about characters and how their actions fit together over the course of three days is "for spergs". The game even gives a notebook that records who and when (and has blank spaces for events you haven't uncovered).
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Nov 23, 2018 16:27
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I just woke up from a food coma and two hours later my left pinkie and ring finger are still tingly so I must be having a heart attack. Black folk don't mess around thanksgiving Baked turkey Smoked turkey Smoked brisket Roast beef Cornbread stuffin (get that white bread poo poo outta here) Salmon Collard greens Succotash Shoofly pie Beat Spyro 1, started Spyro 2, played a little Thimbleweed Park (why did I sleep on this game??), watching some divorce court about to go back to sleep for 20 hours
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Nov 23, 2018 16:28
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Let's just all agree no one has ever enjoyed MM and it's a bad game so everyone can walk away happy.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:30
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I think some people just have different mentalities about anything that could be considered grindy, even if it's brief. It's like how some people really can't stand how they changes the healing in Bloidborne and others don't care because like ten minutes of grinding every once in a while isn't a big deal.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:30
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MM can be made much more fun (albeit even more spergy) by figuring out which activities you can fit into the gaps between stages in others. Like, you saved the farm from the aliens, but it's probably 4AM now and the milk defending mission isn't until 5PM, so you can go do the dog race or some of the minigame shops in town or the witch mushrooms or the runup to the next dungeon or etc. You can give Link a really busy day without much downtime once you have a handle on the schedules. Course, you can only really do this in replays or by spoiling yourself.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:35
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For me I just don't like doing content I've already done and Majora's Mask asks you to do that a lot partly because aesthetics but mostly because the game would be 5 hours long if you didn't have to spend so much time testing new solutions then resetting to execute them. If Nintendo had more than a year to develop the game it probably would've been a lot friendlier.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:41
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axelblaze posted:I think some people just have different mentalities about anything that could be considered grindy, even if it's brief. It's like how some people really can't stand how they changes the healing in Bloidborne and others don't care because like ten minutes of grinding every once in a while isn't a big deal. I was going to say Bloidborne is the version where you're against Zoidberg, but that's already sorta the case.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:42
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People get really weird about nintendo's rare forays into making games that aren't rehashes huh.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:51
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In Training posted:Have you tried 2016/2 at all? They've got a lot of tools built in to guide new Hitman players to figuring out how to approach their frankly overwhelmingly dense levels. 2016 was the first one I ever played and after one or two runs with the tutorial overlays in the training missions, I was going into Paris with no HUD at all and absolutely loving every second the game since. You can probably get season 1 for dirt cheap these days too Yeah and I think it's my best shot at getting into it. I played it when they provided a few levels available for free back during the summer and really enjoyed the tutorial and first smaller mission, doing everything I could in them. The third one available though was Marrakesh and I got overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place and how many soldiers there were constantly guarding one of the targets. I did intend to go back and try again, but I didn't get around to it before the free trial period ended. I should just bite the bullet and buy the full game and play the levels in order. doingitwrong posted:Have you been playing Dishonored? That comes closer to getting what you want. Yep it totally is. I absolutely love Dishonored.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:52
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Motto posted:People get really weird about nintendo's rare forays into making games that aren't rehashes huh. Uhh are you referring to the game that reuses 90% of the assets from another game and was specifically designed to quickly follow up on a major success without the 4 year development time?
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Nov 23, 2018 16:57
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al-azad posted:Uhh are you referring to the game that reuses 90% of the assets from another game and was specifically designed to quickly follow up on a major success without the 4 year development time? Yeah and it's a 10x better game
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Nov 23, 2018 16:58
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More games should reuse assets, I don't know why it's considered "bad". Nobody complains when the same actor appears in different movies.
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Nov 23, 2018 16:59
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Motto posted:People get really weird about nintendo's rare forays into making games that aren't rehashes huh. A game that does new and weird stuff being divisive isn't exactly remarkable In Training posted:More games should reuse assets, I don't know why it's considered "bad". Nobody complains when the same actor appears in different movies. Yeah it's a great way to save on costs and get something cool out faster.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:05
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RIP that skeleton from Rondo of Blood, from 1993 to 2010
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Nov 23, 2018 17:05
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axelblaze posted:Also feeling pretty depressed by now because this Thanksgiving is really start to drive home that I'm pretty much the gently caress up of the family. Not in terms of people being mean but just in terms of how much more successful and fulfilled literally everyone else in my family seems to be Sometimes I get the same way, but I remember that despite my failings, I still have people who care for me and enjoy my company. And you have us spergs! Life is good, my dude.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:08
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axelblaze posted:I think some people just have different mentalities about anything that could be considered grindy, even if it's brief. It's like how some people really can't stand how they changes the healing in Bloidborne and others don't care because like ten minutes of grinding every once in a while isn't a big deal. I think that might have more to do with how well people can handle the combat in Bloidborne. If basic fights are a cakewalk then yeah you can waltz through grinding back up your healing items, but if even basic enemies are at least getting some hits in on you and some of the larger ones are actual threats, then it can take a lot longer to feel ready to take on a boss. Phantasium posted:RIP that skeleton from Rondo of Blood, from 1993 to 2010 Pour one out for Morrigan sprite.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:13
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In Training posted:More games should reuse assets, I don't know why it's considered "bad". Nobody complains when the same actor appears in different movies. It's not just reusing assets, it's reusing assets and ideas wholesale. Without the dungeons to build the content Majora's Mask has to take the between dungeon adventures and extend them beyond the breaking point. Gerudo stealth dungeon 2.0, unfair horse racing 2.0, extended trading sequence but entirely contained in a dungeon so it's just a lot of backtracking 2.0, lost Majora's Mask was an intentional rehash. The 3 day time limit was self admitted by Miyamoto and the developers to be a workaround to extend the gameplay in a game that is pretty thin. Wind Waker and its triforce hunt was the same thing but there was nothing clever in that so no one mentioned it.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:14
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LawfulWaffle posted:It's decent. Definitely not trash. My friend has a Fire that they use for everything, which is mainly internet browsing and reading pdfs of tabletop game books. It looks like Amazon has them on sale for the same price if you want to mosey on over there and check out the stats and reviews and whatever. The meh one is $50 for a 32 gig versus the amazon page which has the 32 gig for $80 so it's definitely the better deal of the two but now I'm suddenly thinking "wait, what would I use a tablet for" because like... I know tablets are useful but I can't actually think of anything I'd do with one.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:15
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FirstAidKite posted:The meh one is $50 for a 32 gig versus the amazon page which has the 32 gig for $80 so it's definitely the better deal of the two but now I'm suddenly thinking "wait, what would I use a tablet for" because like... So meh is offering both he 16GB and the 32GB tablets for the same price? It doesn't go up to $79 once you click Buy It and select the 32GB option? I mean, that's a pretty good deal. At home I use my aging iPad mini for just about everything. My laptop sits untouched until I want to play a game or I need to make something. Mostly it's an internet machine but having an internet machine that's super thin and light is a lot more preferable to a laptop which is big, hot, takes up my whole lap, is less convenient to take from room to room or even outside of the house like whenever I've needed to stay overnight at a hospital. They're also fun for doodling on or sketching out things.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:34
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In Training posted:Yeah and it's a 10x better game Now you're just trolling.
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Nov 23, 2018 17:51
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LawfulWaffle posted:So meh is offering both he 16GB and the 32GB tablets for the same price? It doesn't go up to $79 once you click Buy It and select the 32GB option? I mean, that's a pretty good deal. At home I use my aging iPad mini for just about everything. My laptop sits untouched until I want to play a game or I need to make something. Mostly it's an internet machine but having an internet machine that's super thin and light is a lot more preferable to a laptop which is big, hot, takes up my whole lap, is less convenient to take from room to room or even outside of the house like whenever I've needed to stay overnight at a hospital. They're also fun for doodling on or sketching out things. Yeah, the pic they used mentions 32 or 16 but the actual listed specs only include the 32 gig option. I looked up some reviews and KCB's laptop is definitely on the out (it doesn't keep powered unless it's plugged in and we can hear jangling inside of the laptop) so maybe a tablet would be a nice alternative for a while. Plus she wouldn't have to deal with our cats walking on the tablet's keyboard when we eventually get one Thank you for the info!! Gonna definitely order the meh one 
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Nov 23, 2018 17:54
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DOUBLE CLICK HERE posted:Now you're just trolling. Yeah, Majora is at least 20x better than OOT
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Nov 23, 2018 17:57
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FirstAidKite posted:Plus she wouldn't have to deal with our cats walking on the tablet's keyboard when we eventually get one Your cats will absolutely hack into your tablet
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Nov 23, 2018 17:58
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Well yeah, they're always gonna do that, but now we can be madder when they do because there'll be more space for them to walk around the tablet and they'll still walk over it or on whatever keypad thing we get for it 
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Nov 23, 2018 18:01
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J.A.B.C. posted:Sometimes I get the same way, but I remember that despite my failings, I still have people who care for me and enjoy my company. Thanks, I appreciate it. Still feeling kinda poo poo but I'm reletively keeping it together
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Nov 23, 2018 18:05
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If my back wasn't so sore I would be throwing things at the people disparaging Majora's Mask. Y'all are getting off easy today...
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Nov 23, 2018 18:06
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I still haven't played Majora 
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Nov 23, 2018 18:07
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