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Something I appreciate in Gears of War now that I'm near the end of chapter 4, is that the Hammer of Dawn isn't a purely scripted thing. It's not just something you use during an event, if you are fast enough you can find uses for it at long as the timer is still counting down, like after the second Berzerker I was able to use the Hammer to kill the guy at the turret immediately and then close both of the emergence holes as soon as they opened.
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BioEnchanted posted:Something I appreciate in Gears of War now that I'm near the end of chapter 4, is that the Hammer of Dawn isn't a purely scripted thing. It's not just something you use during an event, if you are fast enough you can find uses for it at long as the timer is still counting down, like after the second Berzerker I was able to use the Hammer to kill the guy at the turret immediately and then close both of the emergence holes as soon as they opened. The best part by far in that series was campaign co-op. Also in the first game baird is an unreedemably whiney bitch, so they made him less whiney and even more tech savey in the sequels lol.
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Jan 1, 2020 03:09
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I'm playing Ogre Battle 64 again and something that used to annoy me is how battles would play out. It was automated (though you could slightly effect targets depending on positioning and prioritizing attack weak/strong/leader) and after everyone used their attacks the battle would end and the loser (or both parties for a draw) would get pushed backwards. But now I'm thinking that hey, this is all taking place on a battlefield. Battles don't just end in a slaughter, people run and there is falling back and counter attacking and this back and forth tug of war and I started appreciating it some more for that. Sure each unit was only 5 people but if they ever make another one they should make units platoons and have each character lead a "unit" themselves. Throw some sprites of smaller characters around each character and suddenly it really gives the illusion of 2 armies fighting it out and going back and forth. It does suck though when an enemy loses, gets launched backwards and then runs to their HQ and leaves the map permanently, there goes their delicious xp and any loot drops 
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Jan 1, 2020 23:00
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So a mobile game I play, Honkai Impact, released a proper PC version with gamepad support and everything, and I'm not sure if that really counts as a "little" thing, but I'm impressed by how smooth it plays, the game was already fun on mobile but the PC edition makes some of the harder stages so much easier just by virtue of being able to react better rather than stumbling on the touch pad control scheme, and being able to play in 60 FPS since my phone is old and occasionally struggles at 30.
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Jan 1, 2020 23:15
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Olaf The Stout posted:The best part by far in that series was campaign co-op. Also in the first game baird is an unreedemably whiney bitch, so they made him less whiney and even more tech savey in the sequels lol. I thought Baird was fine in the first one, him complaining about Cole's hero worship by the Stranded was one of the only parts of the game that made me laugh.
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Jan 2, 2020 05:27
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Nuebot posted:Honkai Impact, Lol
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Nuebot posted:So a mobile game I play, Honkai Impact, released a proper PC version with gamepad support and everything, and I'm not sure if that really counts as a "little" thing, but I'm impressed by how smooth it plays, the game was already fun on mobile but the PC edition makes some of the harder stages so much easier just by virtue of being able to react better rather than stumbling on the touch pad control scheme, and being able to play in 60 FPS since my phone is old and occasionally struggles at 30. Honkai Impact is my porn name.
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It's a decent enough action game that updates with content regularly and hasn't gotten remarkably obnoxious about monetization yet.  I don't expect much out of mobile games because they're usually really, really bad.
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Jan 3, 2020 00:07
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Hades continues to delight. I love how the main character is the son of Hades and he's really polite most of the time. Because you're fighting the same people over and over, the dialogue is a lot of him going, "I'd really prefer to avoid fighting. This isn't about you." He also calls two characters (who were mortal heroes) "Sir" because he has huge respect for them.
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Jan 3, 2020 01:30
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Nuebot posted:It's a decent enough action game that updates with content regularly and hasn't gotten remarkably obnoxious about monetization yet. Honkai Impact
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Jan 3, 2020 02:44
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GelatinSkeleton posted:Honkai Impact
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BioEnchanted posted:I thought Baird was fine in the first one, him complaining about Cole's hero worship by the Stranded was one of the only parts of the game that made me laugh. Baird loving sucks in the first game, there is hardly a time he opens his mouth where he's not incessantly whining at high volumes.
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Jan 3, 2020 03:18
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I've stumbled into doing a replay of Fallen Order, and for all that game's strengths and weaknesses, the implementation of deflecting blaster bolts with your lightsaber is one of the most satisfying things ever. There's a slight skill component in that you have to constantly hit block at the right time to actually deflect them into enemies, but it hits the perfect balance between being simple and looking awesome. Between that and the upgrade that lets you just automatically parry all blaster fire whenever you're running, it hits a perfect level of easy but satisfying badassery.
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Jan 3, 2020 03:26
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I just beat Zanki Zero, a peculiar anime dungeon crawler. It had a surprisingly touching ending, one that I was definitely not expecting. It was a nice capstone to the game.
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Jan 3, 2020 04:12
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AI: The Somnium Files is a good enough game on its own, but there is also an insane amount of dialog and characterization in just looking around the rooms and examining things. Aiba's bug-spotting and brick jokes, Boss's innuendoes, everything in the idol office, and the huge number of baffling pun games from every character. Also Mizuki says trans rights.
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https://twitter.com/idiot_screaming/status/1181728994439434242 https://twitter.com/idiot_screaming/status/1182822652291043328 I love how stupid Warframe can be sometimes.
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I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey There are many little moments, from the Pankration champion questline to the One Really Really Bad Day DLC. The main character is a mercenary of sorts and there are other mercenaries roaming the land. If you get caught stealing, murdering, sinking non pirate ships, or killing pets, someone might place a bounty on your head. Which will be picked up by one or more mercenaries, depending on how much you've raised the bounty-meter Anyway, I must have killed over 100 mercenaries for *reasons* Walked by a new one called "Sorbos the Demi-God" 
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Screaming Idiot posted:https://twitter.com/idiot_screaming/status/1181728994439434242 I don't even know anything about Warframe but I support Pumpkin Head
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Screaming Idiot posted:https://twitter.com/idiot_screaming/status/1181728994439434242 I regret more than ever that I missed the halloween event. Your cat is as ugly as mine though, what up ugly cat haver. 
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Captain Hygiene posted:I've stumbled into doing a replay of Fallen Order, and for all that game's strengths and weaknesses, the implementation of deflecting blaster bolts with your lightsaber is one of the most satisfying things ever. There's a slight skill component in that you have to constantly hit block at the right time to actually deflect them into enemies, but it hits the perfect balance between being simple and looking awesome. Between that and the upgrade that lets you just automatically parry all blaster fire whenever you're running, it hits a perfect level of easy but satisfying badassery. Doing a perfect parry on the minigun troops with the upgrade never fails to put a smile on my face.
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Jan 3, 2020 05:43
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Nuebot posted:I regret more than ever that I missed the halloween event. Ugly cats need the MOST love!
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Jan 3, 2020 05:46
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Nuebot posted:I regret more than ever that I missed the halloween event. I told myself if I got a non-ugly cat it was gonna go in the garbage. Warframe is a game about making yourself look as stupid as possible.
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Screaming Idiot posted:. Warframe is a game about making yourself look as stupid as possible. You don't need a cat for that, your gameplay will do the job for you.
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BioEnchanted posted:You don't need a cat for that, your gameplay will do the job for you. Oh man Bioenchanted is dropping burns now? Is this a 2020 thing?
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Jan 3, 2020 10:40
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So I don't know if this counts as a little thing in a game, but Marcel Vos' youtube channel dedicated to roller coaster tycoon is fantastic. I love how much this guy loves roller coaster tycoon. His longest roller coaster ever videos are hilarious and evil.
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Hell yeah, I love that guy and his channel! Pick up the OG RCT 1 & 2 on Steam sale or from GoG and get OpenRCT 2, relive the old days. 
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I vaguely remember that this was the case in Sunless Seas too, but Sunless Skies handles gender/sexuality stuff with exceptional elegance and it's refreshing. Related, you can become lovers with some of your officers if you follow their stories, and this apparently has resulted in a lot of furious complaining about players "accidentally" getting into a gay relationship. The Repentant Devil at one point gives you the option to "Agree to a Private Rendezvous" for which the description explicitly says "He is in the mood for something more carnal than conversation." Turns out a lot of people either don't read the words in this wordy game or don't know what carnal means, and they get very upset when their genderless faceless trainfuckling avatar bangs a dude. The fact the dude in question is a bunch of bees wearing a man suit bothers them a lot less, for some reason?
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Partway into Gears of War 2, I like the underground section. It's alarmingly pretty given how brown the first game was, hell all the areas in the second game so far are actually visually interesting even with muted colours, and the rockworms are really fun ideas.
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Sunless Sea/Sky's writing is extremely good and the fact that it handles the gender spectrum with such grace is a testament to that. You never actually state your characters gender. You can pick gendered language, such as your title being Sir or Lady, but its detached from your portrait. You can have someone with mutton chops and a nuns habit and still be called whatever you want. In most cases it would feel generic and lacking but the writing is elegant enough that whatever is going on in your head canon feels like the game reflects that and you just happen to be in a tolerant society that has a concept of gender that's alien to our own.
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Werong Bustope posted:I vaguely remember that this was the case in Sunless Seas too, but Sunless Skies handles gender/sexuality stuff with exceptional elegance and it's refreshing. Carnal is slang for bro so maybe that’s why they were confused
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FFXIV's The Great Hunt is a raid where you go against Rathalos from Monster Hunter, with the usual messages changed to the MH kind   Its also the one bossfight where your healing items are replaced by Mega Potions and your character can get knocked down by attacks in a MH fashion, much like you have to knock down Rathalos itself. Plus you carve scales out of its body after you're finished, which you can trade with the Smithy for armor. And after you finish the quest you also win a Palico companion and a BBQ set  bonus: 
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Werong Bustope posted:The fact the dude in question is a bunch of bees wearing a man suit bothers them a lot less, for some reason? I know nothing about these games, but I'd love to hear more about this.
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Samuringa posted:FFXIV's The Great Hunt is a raid where you go against Rathalos from Monster Hunter, with the usual messages changed to the MH kind Monster Hunter World's guest quest for FFXIV where you hunt a Behemoth also does this, giving you "Duty Commenced" at the start of the hunt and so on. It also does the same with the Witcher guest quest, up to and including adding a dialogue system to a game that normally doesn't have one. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a counterpart quest in Witcher 3
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Leavemywife posted:I know nothing about these games, but I'd love to hear more about this. In fairness, his entire species is three bees in a trenchcoat adopting human form for, I think, largely commerce related reasons not just him, but it does explicitly come up on his questline just before you get the option to bone down.
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Playing assassins creed odyssey and saw this dude pissing against a tree I stopped for like 2 minutes and this dude pissed the entire time. Like how much piss can this dude piss? This dude is loving full of piss
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He’s still pissing!
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Samuringa posted:bonus: 
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oldpainless posted:Playing assassins creed odyssey and saw this dude pissing against a tree I stopped for like 2 minutes and this dude pissed the entire time. Like how much piss can this dude piss? This dude is loving full of piss Pissassin's Creed Gottapee
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oldpainless posted:He’s still pissing! Any update on this?
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Captain Hygiene posted:Pissassin's Creed Gottapee Pissassin's Peed, surely.
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