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Guilty Gear Xrd is to this day one of the best looking games in existence, maybe give that a go. It can be pretty hectic, for sure, but it's so absurdly good looking if you're going for spectacle it's really hard to think of a fighting game with more of it than GGXRD. release trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCNRXZ0iEPc&hd=1 gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQevVmCEWGo&hd=1 The whole thing is entirely based around the idea of "3D, but made to look 2D in animation, frames, and model design" and they specifically styled the animations to look like they were hand-drawn sprites with proper motion blurring and such like you'd get on sprites, except when they go into special moves and the camera changes. It's such a brilliant design and done so well, that I'm really eager to see if, or how, they'll top themselves with the next one that they've been putting teasers out for. these are all 3D models, designed to animate like sprites, many from prior games using the same animations as their former sprite versions(whole bunch more here):  (old Sol Badguy idle stance for reference)       god, this game came out almost six years ago! It still totally holds up.
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ultrafilter posted:Check out Skullgirls. I'm probably the biggest Skullgirls defender who still posts here and even I wouldn't say it's a particularly good spectator sport. So much of the game revolves around being able to spot the exact moment where players had a chance to escape a reset / continue their combo, which is not visually obvious at all unless you've played the game for hundreds of hours. Guilty Gear (for reasons already covered), Vampire Savior (because it's a relatively simple and extremely aggressive game, which makes it easy to follow -- 95% of the time whoever is moving forward the most, is winning), or Tekken (I've never played Tekken in my life and it was still entertaining to watch a few EVOs ago) would be my choices.
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Thanks for the recommendations! Skullgirls I found pretty impossible to follow, what with each side having three characters that are constantly popping in for assists. I'm having better luck with Guilty Gear Xrd, and will check out Vampire Savior and Tekken later. I'm getting the impression that SF5 is the slowest-paced of the fighters currently being played; is that an accurate assessment?
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Tekken is easy to understand from a spectating standpoint, Tekken 7 especially is played at such a high level that the best players in the world are very visibly godly at what they do. Watch EVO 2019 culminating with Knee vs. Arslan Ash in the Finals. I don't even play Tekken and it was hype as hell.
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I have both the witcher 3 and hollow knight and I have some free time to kill this week. Anyone have an opinion on which is more fun? I know this is a super arbitrary question but I'm hoping someone has a strong opinion because everyone else I talk to says "both are really good"
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:I have both the witcher 3 and hollow knight and I have some free time to kill this week. Anyone have an opinion on which is more fun? I know this is a super arbitrary question but I'm hoping someone has a strong opinion because everyone else I talk to says "both are really good" Witcher 3 has strong writing but boring combat. Hollow Knight has minimal (but good) writing with a focus on excellent platforming/combat. They're both good, but what are you looking for?
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StrixNebulosa posted:Witcher 3 has strong writing but boring combat. Hollow Knight has minimal (but good) writing with a focus on excellent platforming/combat. Mostly just rpg+open world exploring but I think I'm less interested in the story, although if the writing is That Strong maybe it would change my opinion?
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:Mostly just rpg+open world exploring but I think I'm less interested in the story, although if the writing is That Strong maybe it would change my opinion? As someone who reads a lot of books: I found the Witcher 3's writing to be good. It's real solid low fantasy with detective stuff and some baller character dramas. Compared to regular books, that is. Compared to video game writing it's easily some of the best in the medium, especially in the AAA space. It won't beat Planescape Torment, but then, what could? Are you in the mood for that, or do you want to platform and explore and fight bugs?
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StrixNebulosa posted:As someone who reads a lot of books: I found the Witcher 3's writing to be good. It's real solid low fantasy with detective stuff and some baller character dramas. Compared to regular books, that is. Compared to video game writing it's easily some of the best in the medium, especially in the AAA space. It won't beat Planescape Torment, but then, what could? Thanks for the clear rundown, I am! Your av just makes me want to play more baba though 
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nessin posted:I'm legitimately wondering if there is any game that has a more "you may actually poo poo your pants" moment than the first time you see a Reaper? I mean it isn't really that scary after you see it a few times or look at it from an outside perspective, but the in game moment of the alien underwater environment, that roar, maybe the shadow of something moving way out, and then munch time? Added on to the fact that you know there has to be something scary in the game but you have no point of reference, it's not like this is an Alien game, or a ghost horror, or psycho killer, or whatever you know what to expect to be scared of. I had this moment yesterday. I found an enormous sinkhole surrounded by barren sand dunes so I parked my seamoth to take a look around. A couple minutes later I had collected what I wanted, looked up to find my seamoth, and... it was gone. So I'm frantically swinging by camera to and fro, and at one moment I turn around and this guy is up in my face. I screamed. Only after I had swam to safety did I make the connection that this rear end in a top hat killed my kitted out seamoth 
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Only after I had swam to safety did I make the connection that this rear end in a top hat killed my kitted out seamoth Shouldn't have left the lights on
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StrixNebulosa posted:As someone who reads a lot of books: I found the Witcher 3's writing to be good. It's real solid low fantasy with detective stuff and some baller character dramas. Compared to regular books, that is. Compared to video game writing it's easily some of the best in the medium, especially in the AAA space. It won't beat Planescape Torment, but then, what could? last question I promise, kb+m for either or is it controller for both?
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:last question I promise, kb+m for either or is it controller for both? I didn't have a controller when I played both so... I enjoy platformers with keyboard though. I'd say use what's comfortable?
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Both games are great with kb+m or controller imo. For hollow knight I guess controllers are more comfortable for platforming.
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Hollow Knight is a very atmospheric game, and a lot of the details of the game's setting and backstory are never spelled out for you. It's also pretty slow at the beginning but if you stick with it gets amazing later on.
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Hollow Knight has a very dark souls esque "figure out the story from sparse clues" thing going on, but it's very well executed. Witcher 3 ruled to have good writing that explained most things but I bounced off the combat system pretty hard so I don't really know.
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Witcher 3 has great writing but mostly because the characters are funny and the short to medium questlines are fantastic, some of the best ever. The actual overarching plot is kind of nonsense but it makes cool fights happen.
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double nine posted:Any recommendations for games that The Trine series (4 of them as of recently) should tick all of those boxes.
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I haven't seen it come up so I want to recommend Equilinox for those who like chill games. You have barren land and have to cultivate ecosystems. When you fulfill certain requirements you can evolve the things in your ecosystem to unlock more stuff. It's good for those who just want a fishbowl game, but some of the combinations are complicated enough that it's still somewhat challenging for those who like to unlock all the things. I picked it up in the steam sale and promptly spent 6 hours clicking on grass and trying to evolve chickens into sparrows...
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Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much.
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Galick posted:Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much.
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Galick posted:Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much. Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations and Coloring Pixels. Both are free with paid DLC.
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Galick posted:Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much. Deadly Rooms of Death Blockwick 2 LYNE
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Galick posted:Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much. Slay the Spire fits this imo. In the beginning its hard to get a lot done in 3-5 minutes but once you get more comfortable you can make a lot happen in a short amount of time
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Galick posted:Kind of a weird request, but does anyone have any games that are good to play for literally 3-5 minutes at a time, put down for 10 minutes, and pick back up again? Preferably something where I don't even have to pause, I can just turn away from it. Genre doesn't matter too much. Downwell, maybe? You'd have to pause, but you can get a lot of the game done in 3 minutes.
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games like state of decay?
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Gonna try State of Decay, Downwell, and LYNE! Thanks folks. I also already have Slay the Spire, but I'm a bit burnt out on it at the moment. Thanks for the suggestions, everybody!
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Turns out, I really loved Outer Wilds, and other similar games like Witness, Papers Please, Obra Dinn, etc. I like anything with a "mystery", and whodunnit type stuff. I've already played the Phoenix Wright series.
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Tagra posted:I haven't seen it come up so I want to recommend Equilinox for those who like chill games. You have barren land and have to cultivate ecosystems. When you fulfill certain requirements you can evolve the things in your ecosystem to unlock more stuff. It's good for those who just want a fishbowl game, but some of the combinations are complicated enough that it's still somewhat challenging for those who like to unlock all the things. I've been looking for ecosystem-building games, will try that, thanks!
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Capsaicin posted:Turns out, I really loved Outer Wilds, and other similar games like Witness, Papers Please, Obra Dinn, etc. Aviary Attorney is a game like Phoenix Wright, but with the added complication of having to do investigation locations in the right order to conserve time since it's limited during investigation. It also has a lot of storyline branches you get to by accepting or declining cases, and many endings based on the verdicts you get. You can even fail every single trial and get an ending for that. I feel like it takes itself less seriously than the Phoenix Wright series though.
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Yes, phoenix wright is well known for taking itself way too seriously
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already finished disco elyseum. other games with good story-writing?
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Capsaicin posted:Turns out, I really loved Outer Wilds, and other similar games like Witness, Papers Please, Obra Dinn, etc. Definitely play Puzzle Agent 1 + 2. Also Beyond Good and Evil, if you haven't already. The rest of my suggestions don't exactly fit as much. Westerado is all about the relatively shallow (but mechanically raw) mystery of which of the npcs loitering around the gameworld murdered your family and shooting him dead, and you do so by doing quests that give you hints as to his appearance. There's also multiple possible endings. The Sam and Max games have mysteries happen in them, but they kind of happen incidentally in the overarching plot while most of the gameplay is normal adventure game stuff. VA-11 Hall-A is kind of a lighter, more anime version of Papers Please but with bartending in a horrible cyberpunk dystopia. Not really a lot of mystery though. Beholder is a game about working for a dystopia as a building manager and snooping on your tenants. 2064 I've heard good things about and involves some investigating, but I haven't actually played it.
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DoctorGonzo posted:already finished disco elyseum. other games with good story-writing?
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DoctorGonzo posted:already finished disco elyseum. other games with good story-writing? The gameplay and narrative is less focused than Disco Elysium, but Torment Numenera is rewarding in the same ways. Great writing, and some weird as hell ideas. Just make sure you have Erritis in your party.
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Capsaicin posted:I like anything with a "mystery", and whodunnit type stuff. I've already played the Phoenix Wright series. Disco Elysium Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments AI: The Somnium Files Unheard
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Capsaicin posted:Turns out, I really loved Outer Wilds, and other similar games like Witness, Papers Please, Obra Dinn, etc. Ghost Trick on the DS The Zero escape games which are also on Steam now and not Nintendo only. Dangan rompa games but I haven't tried them personally Also play Disco Elysium. It is that good
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The old Blade Runner adventure game is playable on modern PCs now and is a fantastic mystery/investigation game where who is/isn't a replicant is random
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Some good mystery games hewing away from the Ace Attorney genre are Oxenfree and Firewatch. Her Story might be up your alley as well, if you have the patience for fmv.
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Fruits of the sea posted:Some good mystery games hewing away from the Ace Attorney genre are Oxenfree and Firewatch. Her Story might be up your alley as well, if you have the patience for fmv. Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea - “Her Story has fmv”isn’t what you think. It’s a game about watching an interview with a murder witness and you are trying to piece together all the clues to solve the murder. It definitely does new and cool things with FMV, and it’s not the old school “play a sequence, and then watch a poorly acted FMV cutscene” that you expect.
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