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Oxxidation posted:among other things nier:a is an interesting case study in how the slightest degree of non-conventional game design makes some people's brains absolutely crumble Nailed it. Waltzing Along posted:This is exactly why I never posted my feelings about the game here. I got the E ending, ejected the disk immediately after, and will never play again. I can see why others enjoyed it so much. I can also see why people don't. And I agree with Fix that stopping at C is a good place to stop if you aren't emotionally invested. That's not what happened here. Fix implied that they were emotionally invested in the game enough to decide that the ending they did get was somehow sacred and should not be tampered with. And the eyes of the world went  But whatever. JollyBoyJohn posted:I wish i could play more games i disliked for 40 plus hours I've done it, and I've been rightfully mocked for it in this space.  veni veni veni posted:It did not crumble my brain personally, but unconventional does not automatically equal good. in this case it does tho because the game's name has it built in veni veni veni posted:I’d have liked Nier more if it was like 8 hours long without all the repetitive stuff. Just completely resented having to play 3/4th of the game twice in a row. Demonstrably 1/8. And I know you well enough to say that you've spent time in much dumber ways and just laughed it off. CharlieFoxtrot posted:I am OK with someone saying they're going to stop playing a game and that it didn't work for them, no matter how nonsensical it may seem to me to stop at that point, because games are a wide landscape and time is fleeting. I totally agree with this. Bust Rodd posted:In earnest more people should play it if only because Shadow of the Colossus is so amazing it drove a mild-mannered salaryman to go on and create Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Sekiro. That was ICO, but the point stands. A single game influenced said 30-something cubicle worker in digital finance or some poo poo to quit his job and work his way through the ranks to become the single most broadly influential person in the last decade of videogames. haveblue posted:No, it's the exact same game except made with 2018 quality assets. It's the Gus Van Sant Psycho of video games. Not the best comparison. More like the The Passion of Joan of Arc on DVD vs all known prints being lost to the ravages of WW2, of videogames. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe that would actually be Panzer Dragoon Saga.  Quantum of Phallus posted:Death Stranding is the best looking game on PS4, it looks absolutely phenomenal for the hardware it's running on It's such an incredibly polished game. I'd almost say its presentation is verging on overstuffed/overcompensating. Even moreso, the sound design is gobsmacking.
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nitsuga posted:Any recommendations on local multiplayer games? It looks like I'll be getting a PS4 Slim, and I'm curious what might be fun to play with some friends. Also, looking for games for a not-so-serious gamer with a good story too. For what it's worth the console I'm getting did come with: Diablo 3 and the better Lego games are fun.
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Man, Judgment was going to be my favorite of the Yakuzas, but I'm nearing the end and the constant street gang takeovers on top of the fighting system that I actively dislike is causing me to just plow through the story because I'm getting jumped every 2 blocks when the gangs come out. I need a yakuza game where you don't have to fight...
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nitsuga posted:Any recommendations on local multiplayer games? It looks like I'll be getting a PS4 Slim, and I'm curious what might be fun to play with some friends. Also, looking for games for a not-so-serious gamer with a good story too. For what it's worth the console I'm getting did come with: Do you like beat-em-ups? There's Double Dragon IV available for fairly cheap, Mother Russia is really good, and I think a new Streets of Rage is coming out this year.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Demonstrably 1/8. And I know you well enough to say that you've spent time in much dumber ways and just laughed it off. Dumber ways? Yes probably, but that was by my own choice and not something games made me slog through to see it through. By my estimate, the second route in N:A is about 75% of the same content as the first route, amounting to doing around 5 hours of the exact same content that I’ve literally just played through that I had no interest in playing again. I didn’t find it novel and it ultimately made me think way less of the game. Just felt like extreme padding to me that made me less engaged in everything that came after it.
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Feb 26, 2020 21:56
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veni veni veni posted:Dumber ways? Yes probably, but that was by my own choice and not something games made me slog through to see it through. By my estimate, the second route in N:A is about 75% of the same content as the first route, amounting to doing around 5 hours of the exact same content that I’ve literally just played through that I had no interest in playing again. I didn’t find it novel and it ultimately made me think way less of the game. Just felt like extreme padding to me that made me less engaged in everything that came after it. In a 40 hour game 5 hours would be 1/8. Route B is about 25% of the total length of the first half of the game. It's truncated and goes by quickly. It was also your own choice to continue to play.
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Morpheus posted:It's a Sonic game where you play as your own Sonic OC do not steal. Yeah it's pretty great. Fine its okay at best because its still a Sonic game and it actually kind is a gritty Sonic game in parts but still, Sonic game. Making the worst best looking Deviant Art level design of a Sonic character can be funny though.
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Kibayasu posted:Yeah it's pretty great. Nothing you can do can beat Infinite on the DA levels, though.
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Feb 26, 2020 22:46
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Finally I can be cold steel the hedgehog. Nothing personnel.
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I still don’t like the art direction of the SotC remake
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The PS3 remaster also owns big time.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:
Christ, you're insufferable. For what it's worth though, I feel like I was right. For some reason I let the lot of you badger me into playing through a credits shooting sequence not only once, but twice (to make sure that I wasn't doing it wrong when deciding to do the message at the end) and I gotta say that I was in a happier place merely making my selection and enjoying the end of the story than I was in a bullet hell with Squeenix's Business division.
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Fix posted:Christ, you're insufferable. Thank you for playing.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:00
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:In a 40 hour game 5 hours would be 1/8. Route B is about 25% of the total length of the first half of the game. It's truncated and goes by quickly. I finished all of the main endings in about 25 hours. And what I meant to say is 3/4ths of route A not the entire game. 5 hours is a lot to ask when you have absolutely no interest in replaying all of that stuff. And yes of course I chose to play it. I played it cause I wanted to know what happened and slogged through 5 hours of repeat content to see that, which was the whole point of my post. The thing that blows me away is not that people accept and embrace things that might be polarizing in a game they really love. I think everyone does that. It’s the total inability to recognize that other people don’t like things about it or just flat out don’t like it, even though there is a laundry list of logical things to dislike about it that puts a bunch of people off the game. Edit: and since I feel like I always need to clarify this itt,I actually like the game. Just to not the absolutely evangelical degree some people seem to. I think it’s a majorly flawed game that still has a lot to like. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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Feb 27, 2020 00:08
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Fix posted:Christ, you're insufferable. You hadn’t finished the story before though that’s the point
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Feb 27, 2020 00:26
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I don't think I will like SotC? I don't like hunting in games and feel bad for the animals. I generally feel the same about killing any sort of creature who didn't have "have it coming". Aren't the Colossus like endangered species that your killing off for fun? Kind of like something that Trump Jr. would do? or is there a good reason for killing them?
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Feb 27, 2020 00:32
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? Just play it and find out. There’s more nuance than trump jr. and no you are not killing them for fun. I don’t know why you’d even come to that conclusion lol.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:33
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? that's sort of the spoiler for the game, but if that stuff affects you deeply it'll bum you right the gently caress out
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Feb 27, 2020 00:34
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? It's definitely and intentionally an emotionally affecting game. I don't think any more can be said without spoiling something.
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Laughing so much at the idea of SotC being a safari hunting game where Wander is laughing as he kills the colossi
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? You're going to love Shadow of the Colossus.
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Escobarbarian posted:Laughing so much at the idea of SotC being a safari hunting game where Wander is laughing as he kills the colossi Hunt down and kill the colossi, cut them into pieces, wear the pieces as a hat. Colossus Hunter
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Feb 27, 2020 00:42
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Fix posted:Christ, you're insufferable. We know.
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haveblue posted:Hunt down and kill the colossi, cut them into pieces, wear the pieces as a hat. Colossus Hunter lol "you know how to get rid of colossi? you gotta shave one testicle, all the colossi go over to the other testicle, then you gotta light the hair on fire on that one...when they all go scurrying out you take an ice pick and you fuckin stab every single last one of them!" 
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Lobok posted:Do you like beat-em-ups? There's Double Dragon IV available for fairly cheap, Mother Russia is really good, and I think a new Streets of Rage is coming out this year. theres a kunio kun and double dragon collection thats just come out too. i know those are all really old games so the price might turn people off but also several of those kunio kun games never came out in america. it has crash n the boys! hell yeah!!!
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Fix posted:Christ, you're insufferable. I decided to see what Nier: Automata means when translated from Japanese into English. It turns out that Nier is the impolite way to speak of your own farts. And Automata means to take big hearty whiffs. It certainly explained a lot.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:58
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The colossi in SOTC are the exact same deal as the robots in Near: Automaton : Scum who deserve to die
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veni veni veni posted:Edit: and since I feel like I always need to clarify this itt,I actually like the game. Just to not the absolutely evangelical degree some people seem to. I think it’s a majorly flawed game that still has a lot to like. 
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? You are describing the exact narrative experience of the game. There is basically no story in SotC, but what little story exists is basically this.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:The colossi in SOTC are the exact same deal as the robots in Near: Automaton : The theme of SotC is "rip and tear"
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I wish I could summon goons in SOTC so we could slaughter those evil beasts quicker 
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It is still pretty strange that the new remake of SotC added a photo mode where you pose with the carcasses of each colossi and select different dumb faces Wanderer to make and upload them to get rated by the community.
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? You are killing Collosi because some mysterious voice/presence says it will resurrect your dead waifu if you harness their essences. Some Collosi are peaceful, some are aggressive. There are also some lizards you can eat to increase your stamina. There is nothing else to fight or kill in the game. Killing Collosi is not fun at all. It's hard work. Every battle is a struggle.
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Feb 27, 2020 01:05
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Today’s focused target is colossus 13. Kill it for 100 Icokens!
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Kibayasu posted:It is still pretty strange that the new remake of SotC added a photo mode where you pose with the carcasses of the each colossi and select different dumb faces Wanderer to make and upload them to get rated by the community. Bluepoint know what the fans want. When they ported Metal Gear Solid 2 to the Vita, they replaced all the gameplay with pre-rendered cutscenes so that you could experience the entirety of the story while playing Picross on 3DS
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Ico remaster when?
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It is canon that Wander will sit on a colossus's corpse and fantasize about killing it over and over
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Waltzing Along posted:Ico remaster when? 2011
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The Grey posted:I don't think I will like SotC? some of the colossi move and act like animals but they they were built, not born there's still a pervasive melancholy during your hunt for them, because they're all completely unique beings and pose absolutely no threat to anyone, but the act of killing them is more like smashing a piece of irreplaceable art than slaughtering an endangered species
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