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I wish you guys had started making GBS threads on Code Vein like this before I bought it and also mentioned that the character creator doesn't go as in depth as even Saint's Row the Fourth. Also you can't get a shirt and pants if you're making a female character either.
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RareAcumen posted:Also you can't get a shirt and pants if you're making a female character either. does this mean you start naked or that that's just not an available clothing option
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Dec 31, 2019 04:08
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razorrozar posted:does this mean you start naked or that that's just not an available clothing option Even disregarding the sexualization, the character creator outfits are very Anime Characters Refuse To Wear Normal Person Clothes. There aren't any female outfits that have pants, just weird skirts and leather chaps and stuff. It's got this goth punk kinda aesthetic to it that doesn't apply to the rest of the game for some reason. The game is basically an anime OC simulator with all the good and bad that entails. CJacobs has a new favorite as of 04:17 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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Dec 31, 2019 04:14
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if you're going into an anime game and looking to wear pants idk what to say to you
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Dec 31, 2019 04:17
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Honestly they nailed the tone they were going for, the way the grungy character designs clash with the low fantasy game world is pretty cool and makes everyone look really distinct. It's got this cool DMC style progression from urban decay to dark palaces and mythological fantasy. I can see how the ode to sexiness-as-a-character-trait would turn some people off though. It might make you feel better to know that the visuals are where it stops, the game doesn't fall into the trappings of being perverted in the name of humor or drama like many of its peers. CJacobs has a new favorite as of 04:25 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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Dec 31, 2019 04:21
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CJacobs posted:Even disregarding the sexualization, the character creator outfits are very Anime Characters Refuse To Wear Normal Person Clothes. There aren't any female outfits that have pants, just weird skirts and leather chaps and stuff. It's got this goth punk kinda aesthetic to it that doesn't apply to the rest of the game for some reason. The game is basically an anime OC simulator with all the good and bad that entails. drat this game sounds badass
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Dec 31, 2019 04:25
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It's genuinely really good and unique imo but no game is perfect.
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Dec 31, 2019 04:26
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Overwatch Porn posted:if you're going into an anime game and looking to wear pants idk what to say to you I was expecting that it wouldn't matter afterwards and you'd get armor that changed your appearance like usual and that didn't actually happen. A much bigger problem is that you can't actually make your character buff at all.
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Dec 31, 2019 04:31
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code vein is really good and i love the anime but the level design is incredibly bad. just abysmal.
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Dec 31, 2019 04:36
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RareAcumen posted:A much bigger problem is that you can't actually make your character buff at all. "Most realistic game yet," rave critics
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Overwatch Porn posted:code vein is really good and i love the anime but the level design is incredibly bad. just abysmal. The level design opens and ends really strongly imo but yeah there are some areas in the middle that are... not good. The minimap with breadcrumb trail and height variance is really cool though and I'm glad the game has it.
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Dec 31, 2019 04:37
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Go to the cathedral they said. It'll be fun they said. 
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Oblique Angle posted:Go to the cathedral they said. It'll be fun they said. The game developers looked at how mad people were about Anor Londo and took that as a challenge. RareAcumen posted:I was expecting that it wouldn't matter afterwards and you'd get armor that changed your appearance like usual and that didn't actually happen. It's half a problem, you can get armor. But not in the way you're expecting. The game suggests at some point there was an armor system since certain blood codes reference things like "this blood code allows you to wear heavy armor" but heavy armor literally doesn't exist. Instead you can wear varying types of robes or coats; 
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Dec 31, 2019 08:13
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CJacobs posted:Even disregarding the sexualization, the character creator outfits are very Anime Characters Refuse To Wear Normal Person Clothes. There aren't any female outfits that have pants, just weird skirts and leather chaps and stuff. It's got this goth punk kinda aesthetic to it that doesn't apply to the rest of the game for some reason. The game is basically an anime OC simulator with all the good and bad that entails. I tried the demo and was honestly offput that you HAVE to wear a jacket over your shoulders the wrong way with your arms not in the sleeves in that super emo / anime way And that's the part of your gear you customize, you get different armor sets and they change the jacket that you don't wear but instead drape like a shawl Meanwhile your chest armor / pants are a selection from like 4 options, all of which are basically just slightly different sleeveless shirts and shorts. Brother Entropy posted:drat this game sounds badass Better than Let It Die but not as good as Souls or Nioh IMO
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Dec 31, 2019 08:30
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Away all Goats posted:I got a switch for Christmas and while the games I got for it (BotW, Mario Rabbids, Into the Breach, Overcooked) have been really good, there's a couple things dragging the system down.
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Dec 31, 2019 09:29
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U.T. Raptor posted:Also the Switch still doesn't have themes for the home page beyond the default light/dark ones, for some godforsaken reason. The 3DS did years before the Switch launched. It was awesome to open my 3DS and be greeted by the Snake Eater opening trumpets.
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Dec 31, 2019 09:53
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Zaphod42 posted:I tried the demo and was honestly offput that you HAVE to wear a jacket over your shoulders the wrong way with your arms not in the sleeves in that super emo / anime way That armor changes how your parry attacks look. I don't know if it affects damage because there's like nine different things changing every time you hover over a new piece of armor and I can't be bothered to evaluate all of that. The one you were wearing would turn the blood whatever into a pair of dragon heads that bite on the enemy. The first one I got was a big beast claw and then another one later after that was like a scorpion tail that had a sword at the end instead of a normal stinger.
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Started playing through the 'nu-Wolfenstein' series, and started with The Old Blood, since it's first in the new chronology, and I haven't played it first. For those who don't know, the game has a perk system where you unlock perks/bonuses based on stuff you do. A small challenge system to encourage you to do specific stuff. That is good. However, the one to unlock the first armor boost is to pick up 100 helmets. Helmets are a pickup that give you like +5 armor. But you can't pick these up if you're at full armor. That (And of course the peeve that you don't pick up non-overcharge food/armor automatically.) is just weirdly annoying to me. 'tee hee, find enough of these, but you can only pick them up if you pop out and let and enemy shoot at you first for a bit.' I kinda wish I could just hold down E to pick them up regardless of them being wasted, since they're integral for a perk. Though granted, this is mostly an issue in the stealth segments of the game, where you are likely to end up not getting shot at for a while. e: Also, while it's kind of amusing how the game goes 'Pipe! the most useful of tools!' I really dislike first-person-climbing-mechanics like this, where it's pretty drat slow. And in an earlier-gen-game would feel like something used to mask loading. Just let me shimmy up it with W instead of slowly going left mouse right mouse left mouse for 'immersion'. e: and this 'retro wolfenstein' thing I unlocked by accident is very very terrible and kinda nauseating. Having a 3d character + camera combined with every single sprite billboarding towards you while you move quickly around is impressively wonky. (The retro Doom levels in Doom2016 were good though, on the other hand. Possibly due to far far far fewer billbording sprites?) SubNat has a new favorite as of 15:33 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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Dec 31, 2019 15:14
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It was a real let down for me that you never unlocked more clothing in Code Vein. Yeah you get more armor but that never covered more than my character's shoulders and some of their chest. One of my favorite parts of God Eater is that you're continually unlocking more clothing throughout the game, so I assumed that would be the case here, but nope what you see during character creation is what you get. Also yeah the level design is real bad. Standouts are the fire level where half of the ground continually damages you and you take major damage if you bump into a wall, and the obligatory swamp of shittyness. Most of the levels feel like procgen even though they aren't.
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Things dragging Disco elysium down...literally nothing. Maybe that there’s not more? Or that i couldn’t save everyone? Or find out what was in that bunker?
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Dec 31, 2019 19:47
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navigating the map is a pain in the rear end after day 4 or so
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Dec 31, 2019 19:59
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I'm a big ole idiot and Oxygen Not Included is beginning to get 'juggling way to many flaming chainsaws' level of keeping everything going.
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Dec 31, 2019 20:00
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Things dragging Disco elysium down...literally nothing. it's the fact that you have to be a dude OP
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Things dragging Disco elysium down...literally nothing. Lack of simultaneous console release 
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Dec 31, 2019 20:03
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Overwatch Porn posted:it's the fact that you have to be a dude OP Doesn't seem to be that bad imho
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Dec 31, 2019 20:03
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The actual bad thing about disco elysium is ACAB
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i hope dudes continue to tell me how dumb i am for daring to want to play a woman in a game
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I'll also call dudes dumb for not wanting to play a woman in a game op
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Overwatch Porn posted:i hope dudes continue to tell me how dumb i am for daring to want to play a woman in a game Skibadee skibadanger! i am the gender changer
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Things dragging Disco elysium down...literally nothing. These posts are the thing dragging it down, I'm already tired of hearing about how perfect it is.
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Dec 31, 2019 20:20
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Speaking of perfect games... I am jonesing to play Turok 2 again. Thing dragging it down? Unskippable opening cut scenes.
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Samuringa posted:These posts are the thing dragging it down, I'm already tired of hearing about how perfect it is. Play it, ‘s good.
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Leal posted:I'll also call dudes dumb for not wanting to play a woman in a game op this is not even remotely the same thing lol
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Dash Rendar posted:Speaking of perfect games... I am jonesing to play Turok 2 again. Thing dragging it down? Unskippable opening cut scenes. I enjoyed how enemies would attempt to run away when you fired the Cerebral Bore at them, only to get caught from behind a few seconds later. Thing that dragged Turok down for me was it was way too easy to get lost, especially since the N64 didn't really have the capacity to pull of a longer draw distance. Fog fog everywhere. I still remember the password to turn on all the cheat codes though, funny how that stuff burns into your brain. BEWARE OBLIVION IS AT HAND
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Overwatch Porn posted:this is not even remotely the same thing lol Out of curiosity and genuinely asking a real question,what would playing as a woman have changed except for a few minor lines and a different character model and art?
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Dec 31, 2019 20:50
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Out of curiosity and genuinely asking a real question,what would playing as a woman have changed except for a few minor lines and a different character model and art? Its an RPG. Its totally understandable, since the whole point is playing a role. This is a deep discussion that isn't gonna go anywhere in this thread though.
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Out of curiosity and genuinely asking a real question,what would playing as a woman have changed except for a few minor lines and a different character model and art? you're right, being able to play as a female character wouldn't have involved much extra work from the devs and yet they didn't do it
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Doesn’t Disco Elysium have some toxic masculinity themes going on? I sadly haven’t gotten to play it yet but I’ve heard a lot about it and it certainly seems and sounds that way. Either way I get not wanting to play a game starring a man, especially one starring a man like DE’s protagonist, though I don’t think you can just slap a create-a-character into a game like that without losing a lot. Content- I’ve been playing through DMCV on new game+ and while the ng+ is handled very well, seeing everything again makes it even more clear how ugly and smart all the environments are. I don’t think there’s a single one I actually like. The game was apparently made on a somewhat tight budget, and if so I think they did put their money in the right places, but I would’ve really liked at least as much variety as DMC4
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Brother Entropy posted:you're right, being able to play as a female character wouldn't have involved much extra work from the devs and yet they didn't do it Aren’t they a relatively low-key new studio? Maybe they were stretched? Anyway to the guy above,you can play a racist misogynist but you’d be derided and your partner and everyone else would think you’re a giant turd,you can be many things.
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disco elysium is actually one game that's very much designed around its protagonist. the same story wouldn't work with a woman at the middle that said, knowing that it's a story that actually makes use of the fact that it's a man doesn't make me want to play it any more; i hear the devs are toying with a similar game focused around a pregnant woman and i would be thrilled about that Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Out of curiosity and genuinely asking a real question,what would playing as a woman have changed except for a few minor lines and a different character model and art? it's easy to not care about representation when your gender is the one that's everywhere. in the vast majority of games, you know you'll be able to play as a man. being able to identify with the playable character is something men take for granted, but is still immensely novel for women; hell i'd be happy if basically every game had a Prey-styled choice at the beginning. it's a little thing but makes such a big difference
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