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Phantasium
Dec 27, 2012

just play Hotline Miami again

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Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Penguin Patrol posted:

Zero personality protag who guns everyone down? There are countless John Wick games.

I did find it weird that in the John Wick world everyone seems to genuinely like John Wick the person

AdmiralViscen
Nov 2, 2011

People like a guy who’s exactly what he says he is and keeps to himself

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Relax Or DIE posted:

We could all play The Specialists mod for Half Life

I would love this but my Steam account is VAC banned on GoldSrc games from some stupid graphics .DLL from over a decade ago I was using

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

what’s blinx the time cat up to

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

or should i say when hahaha

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

the real question is 'when' is blinx the time cat up to

e: i got blinxed

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"
VAC bans are a sign of moral failure imho

Cowcaster posted:

man i was trying to remember the name of this just last night when me and my friend were talking about how wild and wooly the pc game modding scene was back in the late 90's

Yeah half life mods were like, my entire life alongside Diablo 2 for a few years. I probably played most every one that had any kind of players. Aside from the specialists (which at the time I defended as being strictly superior to action half life) my other favorites were Science and Industry and Natural Selection.

And Battle of the Millennium though that was usually less of a real game and more several people swinging around as spider Man while one dude charged a spirit bomb at the top of the map and another just bitched about how much Megaman sucked.

frajaq
Jan 30, 2009

#acolyte GM of 2014


Actually enjoying Apex Legends so I have to play this fast before it loving dies feels bad man

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Beat Claire B in RE2Remake and now I'm ready for the DLC/Mercenaries mode/etc. that has to be coming, hopefully, fingers crossed

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009
This pic, but it's bubsy

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




FirstAidKite posted:

This pic, but it's bubsy



This is the hang in there poster of the 20teens

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

al-azad posted:

Find a way to play Strangehold, you fools.

Stranglehold was alright but it really dropped off after the first few levels.

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

RBA Starblade posted:

Stranglehold was alright but it really dropped off after the first few levels.

The demo was really the best part of that game. A real shame just how bad it got after that first level.

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord
Sleeping Dogs is the real best John Woo game.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Jay Rust posted:

Why are there no John Wick veegees?

There's a John Wick VR game.

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


How far did I get in Sleeping Dogs if my home was a houseboat, anyway

Just sorta drifted off and stopped playing right around then

singateco
Jan 28, 2013
Kirby is like baby but better

Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



nioh having a lot of overlapping stat names with dark souls/bloodborne but swapping what they do all willy nilly is loving with me

Looper
Mar 1, 2012

Cowcaster posted:

nioh having a lot of overlapping stat names with dark souls/bloodborne but swapping what they do all willy nilly is loving with me

is resistance the best stat?

that's a little dark souls joke for the fans at home

Danakir
Feb 10, 2014
Trying to play Nioh like it's a straight copy of the Soulsborne games in general is going to make you die a lot more often than you need to.

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Doing that worked pretty well for me until I got bored with it

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!

Danakir posted:

Trying to play Nioh like it's a straight copy of the Soulsborne games in general is going to make you die a lot more often than you need to.

Yeah but the stats specifically can be a little jarring. For instance there is a stat called Stamina. It does not increase your stamina stand-in (Ki) amount like you might expect coming from souls.

Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



there’s both a “skill” and a “dexterity”, and the dexterity stat seems to be a stand in for an int/faith stat

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Cowcaster posted:

there’s both a “skill” and a “dexterity”, and the dexterity stat seems to be a stand in for an int/faith stat

:staredog:

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

For Resident Evil 2 Remake, I just finished Leons campaign. It's worth it to do Claire next, right? I loved my playthrough, this game is a massive amount of fun, beautiful looking, and well done.

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!

Cowcaster posted:

there’s both a “skill” and a “dexterity”, and the dexterity stat seems to be a stand in for an int/faith stat

Kind of yeah since ninjutsu is sort of the sorcery of Nioh, but then there is like actual sorcery which the magic stat effects. Pro tip dex is the best stat since ninjutsu is pretty strong and it scales the damage of kusarigamas which are the coolest weapons

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
Not interested unless there are separate dexterity and sinisterity stats

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

there’s both a “skill” and a “dexterity”, and the dexterity stat seems to be a stand in for an int/faith stat

It's more that Ninjutsu (and some weapons) scale with dex. Ninjutsu is similar to magic but kind of different.

It's the "Magic" stat that governs literal magic.

Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



MMF Freeway posted:

Kind of yeah since ninjutsu is sort of the sorcery of Nioh, but then there is like actual sorcery which the magic stat effects. Pro tip dex is the best stat since ninjutsu is pretty strong and it scales the damage of kusarigamas which are the coolest weapons

i figure if one’s sorceries the other’s miracles

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

i figure if one’s sorceries the other’s miracles

Most things in Nioh do not map directly to dark souls

Convex
Aug 19, 2010

I said come in! posted:

For Resident Evil 2 Remake, I just finished Leons campaign. It's worth it to do Claire next, right? I loved my playthrough, this game is a massive amount of fun, beautiful looking, and well done.

Yeah it should have unlocked the second scenario for her, absolutely do that next. Don't be put off if it seems frustrating at first.

MMF Freeway
Sep 15, 2010

Later!
There isn't really an analogue for miracles and utility spells are kind of mixed in with the ninjutsu and onmyo magic. You might think: well wtf does the spirit stat do then? It boosts your guardians and is a prerequisite for equipping them with some of the later ones requiring a decent investment

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


MMF Freeway posted:

There isn't really an analogue for miracles and utility spells are kind of mixed in with the ninjutsu and onmyo magic. You might think: well wtf does the spirit stat do then? It boosts your guardians and is a prerequisite for equipping them with some of the later ones requiring a decent investment

Also Spirit builds are really cool

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Some things to know about Nioh that are different from Souls
  • Every weapon type scales with two stats, and usually one of them boosts your health and/or ki (stamina). Splitting stats like that isn't a terrible idea, and using multiple weapon types is also the best way to get a lot of samurai points to unlock skills.
  • Equipment matters a lot. Nioh has Diablo-style loot, so you want to keep updating your weapons and armor as you go. It makes a big difference.
  • Enemies have ki just like you do, and you can see the meter under their health meters. Making enemies run out of ki while you manage your own through the ki pulse mechanic will make a lot of battles, especially the samurai duel battles, a lot more manageable. Keeping an eye on enemy ki and not letting them regen their ki is really important.

Andrast posted:

Also Spirit builds are really cool

Yeah I really liked Spirit in Nioh. I think I ended up going for a build that focused on katanas, spears, and spirits and had a blast.

Harrow fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Feb 5, 2019

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

haveblue posted:

Not interested unless there are separate dexterity and sinisterity stats

If you have less than 13 sinisterity you get eaten by Sinistar

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

where's the reboot of sinistar, where we can finally learn the dark backstory of the sinistar

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Harrow posted:

Some things to know about Nioh that are different from Souls
  • Stats don't appear to have any scaling caps. If you want to go all-in on one stat to boost the damage for one weapon type, go for it.
  • That said, every weapon type scales with two stats, and usually one of them boosts your health and/or ki (stamina). Splitting stats like that isn't a terrible idea, either.
  • Equipment matters a lot. Nioh has Diablo-style loot, so you want to keep updating your weapons and armor as you go. It makes a big difference.
  • Enemies have ki just like you do, and you can see the meter under their health meters. Making enemies run out of ki while you manage your own through the ki pulse mechanic will make a lot of battles, especially the samurai duel battles, a lot more manageable. Keeping an eye on enemy ki and not letting them regen their ki is really important.


Yeah I really liked Spirit in Nioh. I think I ended up going for a build that focused on katanas, spears, and spirits and had a blast.

Pretty sure most of the stats have (multiple) soft caps. The game also incentivizes using multiple weapons by giving you free samurai points if you do it.

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Andrast posted:

Pretty sure most of the stats have (multiple) soft caps. The game also incentivizes using multiple weapons by giving you free samurai points if you do it.

I remember testing stat caps and finding that things scaled pretty steadily the whole way. Maybe I'm misremembering and there's a soft cap somewhere along the way, though.

Either way, there's also no reason to try to limit your leveling in Nioh for multiplayer or anything like that. Combined with amrita and coins being separate resources and leveling stats to do anything you want isn't really a huge deal.

And yes, I forgot about that part with weapons: the game wants you to use multiple weapon types and it's worth doing so even if you don't use them all long-term.

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Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



what's the average level you finish off the game at? that'd help me figure out where i want to put stat points more than anything. perhaps not so shockingly the nioh wiki site is extremely empty and poorly written.

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