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CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Escobarbarian posted:

Played like half an hour of Sonic Forces and lmaoooo that it’s a ridiculous dystopian future game about making your own poo poo Sonic OC

do not disparage HotWheelsMaster69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGhQHO3RcA&t=547s

CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 14, 2020

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imhotep
Nov 16, 2009

REDBAR INTENSIFIES
I watched a bit of that Daft Punk thing, but a few Youtube videos later, this was one of the related videos and HOLY gently caress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBdnfF2vbA
Like I had no idea, Daft punk are incredible DJs, like, they're doing insane juggling with vinyl and it's 1997 so you couldn't really 'fake it' then so it makes sense, but not only are they perfectly beat matching every record but they're also just doing stuff I've only seen like one person do before, like some DMC world dj championship poo poo... My mind is seriously blown right now, I didn't know Daft Punk had such good taste and I didn't even realize that the song 'Teachers' named all of the classic club music dudes that I now loving love, I feel like I've seen half of the people that make up the lyrics in 'Teachers' DJ live, like Paul Johnson, DJ Deeon, Jammin Gerald, Lil Louis, Parris Mitchell, DJ Slugo, Todd Edwards, Jeff Mills... Sorry, but you just made me lose my mind BP, god drat

edit- to make this post even tangentially related to video games, this came on auto play after i listened to one of the cajmere tracks in that mix on youtube, and it's at the end of the mortal kombat movie, orbital's halcyon on and on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-hSgL1R74

imhotep fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Mar 14, 2020

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Daft punk eh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQUpg795iBo

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

so rad this was a thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASYLSQCa97w

Too bad the movie was overall meh on action

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



The grid.... a digital frontier.

I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer.

What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways?

I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see.

And then one day... I got in.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4wJSqQRy8

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yujm-d3W8Q&t=887s

CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Mar 14, 2020

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMU-Zwd0oCo
Sora you dumbass

Heavy Metal
Sep 1, 2014

America's $1 Funnyman

Veib posted:

Blood Rocks for 60 Insight

I haven't played Bloodbourne, but I'd just like to say, this sounds really cool out of context. I did watch a friend play the first hour of it or so.

I dig the MGS, Doom, Yakuza talk and whatnot in recent pages! Masterpieces. Daft Punk is also cool.

I finally started Witcher 3 this week, good stuff! Also loved the show, and picked up the first book. Did enjoy Witcher 2 back in the day as well. Witcher is hot right now folks!

I will say, it is funny how RPGs get you with that addictiveness and kind of nudge you in that direction. Like the starting area has a side quest with good sword papers etc, and it recommends level 6. I was fine doing it at level 3, but point being I've been in the starting area for 15 hours and just cleared every icon. I gather that later on you should ignore a bunch of the ? icons though.

Anyways, RPGs are addictive, they are cocaine and cocaine accessories in digital form, and they are good when they're good. And this does seem good.

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox

Moe_Rahn posted:

every 3D Sonic game is terrible so no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olncUSNaUGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsDrXUc6gQ

I mean obvi if you're not into the gameplay you're not into it but I found the majority of Generations levels to be really fun and satisfying to perfect.

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦
Generations introduced chubby mute retro Sonic as being a different character from modern Sonic, and he’s adorable, so it’s the best one.

Also yeah even the modern-style levels in it are pretty decent.

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

so rad this was a thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASYLSQCa97w

Too bad the movie was overall meh on action

I actually really dig that movie, man. It's far out.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




I can't believe it's going to take Beyond Good and Evil 3 console generations to make two games.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010


I quote this on a monthly basis

Steve Yun
Aug 7, 2003
I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.
Soiled Meat

Imhotep posted:

I watched a bit of that Daft Punk thing, but a few Youtube videos later, this was one of the related videos and HOLY gently caress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBdnfF2vbA
Like I had no idea, Daft punk are incredible DJs, like, they're doing insane juggling with vinyl and it's 1997 so you couldn't really 'fake it' then so it makes sense, but not only are they perfectly beat matching every record but they're also just doing stuff I've only seen like one person do before, like some DMC world dj championship poo poo... My mind is seriously blown right now, I didn't know Daft Punk had such good taste and I didn't even realize that the song 'Teachers' named all of the classic club music dudes that I now loving love, I feel like I've seen half of the people that make up the lyrics in 'Teachers' DJ live, like Paul Johnson, DJ Deeon, Jammin Gerald, Lil Louis, Parris Mitchell, DJ Slugo, Todd Edwards, Jeff Mills... Sorry, but you just made me lose my mind BP, god drat

Can you explain what some of the tricks are and give me time codes to identify them? Curious about this in a Wikipedia k-hole sort of way

Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



Heavy Metal posted:

Like the starting area has a side quest with good sword papers etc, and it recommends level 6. I was fine doing it at level 3, but point being I've been in the starting area for 15 hours and just cleared every icon. I gather that later on you should ignore a bunch of the ? icons though.

You should definitely do all the ?s in the starting area as they are tutorial examples of all the kinds of things you can find in the game proper, and you'll also get 5 extra skill points for finding all the places of power, a decent xp boost and some diagrams for good starting weapons (also a very easy way to get the trophy for having 5 places of power effects active at once, if you care about that sort of thing).

In the rest of the game, you can mostly ignore any ?s in the water unless you're desperate for money, which is only really the case for the very early game. Almost all on land are worth visiting, though!

imhotep
Nov 16, 2009

REDBAR INTENSIFIES

Steve Yun posted:

Can you explain what some of the tricks are and give me time codes to identify them? Curious about this in a Wikipedia k-hole sort of way

for sure, or I can at least sort of describe what's going on, I just asked my friend for like a more technical breakdown/names of the techiques, but for instance like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBdnfF2vbA&t=2121s he's just playing two copies of the same thomas bangalter record, or one is like the b side 'sratch mix' and i'm pretty sure he's beat juggling which is playing the same record on both turntables, but one is a quarter note or 1/8th note ahead and like slamming the crossfader back and forth to make it sound like the track is like playing the same down beat or whatever twice in a row, and in that in particular mix you can hear that snare sound like it's repeating, but i assume it's just on the 2nd and 4th beat he's just going from one record that's on the 2, and when that goes to the 3, he cuts to the other record that's a quarter note behind, still on the 2, then back in time to the other record hitting the 4. also you can just hear them scratching a bunch in that mix, and in general they'll play 3 records at the same time sometimes, or you can hear them speed up a track and it's just a few milliseconds behind and they'll nudge the turntable to get it perfectly in time, which isn't as much of a trick as it is just being a good DJ.

here's a video of my friend/old roommate djing on 4 CDJs, with bok bok who's regularly on bbc radio and rinse.fm, he's basically the only DJ i know of right now at least in house/bass/techno etc that does that sort of old chicago house style like, not too flashy, but still like scratching and juggling, and generally just doing crazy poo poo with the fader instead of simply beat matching two tracks which is what i feel like literally every DJ does now, if they even bother to actually manually beat match that is. but this video let's you see what's going on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5pDomPDEQ&t=704s
his music is really great too and I was a fan of his stuff before I had met him, and is how i met him, but the label he's on, 'night slugs', is one of the best labels in club music right now. Not sure if you were just curious or if you're into this sort of stuff, but I recommend the tracks 'whoosh ice dispenser' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PXFjNPzHzI- or 'stacks riddim'-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sJI4zyuxY

imhotep fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Mar 14, 2020

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

PantsBandit posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olncUSNaUGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsDrXUc6gQ

I mean obvi if you're not into the gameplay you're not into it but I found the majority of Generations levels to be really fun and satisfying to perfect.

It has some great levels in it, especially Rooftop Run, but it's very much a mixed bag due to some real godawful levels existing like somehow turning one of the better levels from Sonic Colours into an utter slogging mess. That and focusing way too much on Sonic '06 for god-knows-what reason. Sonic Colours is a much better game, and probably the only 3D Sonic game I'd consider to be outright-good without an asterisk after it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjQPpWEXcOU
Also the soundtrack is a real banger :rock:.

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Imhotep posted:

for sure, or I can at least sort of describe what's going on, I just asked my friend for like a more technical breakdown/names of the techiques, but for instance like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBdnfF2vbA&t=2121s he's just playing two copies of the same thomas bangalter record, or one is like the b side 'sratch mix' and i'm pretty sure he's beat juggling which is playing the same record on both turntables, but one is a quarter note or 1/8th note ahead and like slamming the crossfader back and forth to make it sound like the track is like playing the same down beat or whatever twice in a row, and in that in particular mix you can hear that snare sound like it's repeating, but i assume it's just on the 2nd and 4th beat he's just going from one record that's on the 2, and when that goes to the 3, he cuts to the other record that's a quarter note behind, still on the 2, then back in time to the other record hitting the 4. also you can just hear them scratching a bunch in that mix, and in general they'll play 3 records at the same time sometimes, or you can hear them speed up a track and it's just a few milliseconds behind and they'll nudge the turntable to get it perfectly in time, which isn't as much of a trick as it is just being a good DJ.

here's a video of my friend/old roommate djing on 4 CDJs, with bok bok who's regularly on bbc radio and rinse.fm, he's basically the only DJ i know of right now at least in house/bass/techno etc that does that sort of old chicago house style like, not too flashy, but still like scratching and juggling, and generally just doing crazy poo poo with the fader instead of simply beat matching two tracks which is what i feel like literally every DJ does now, if they even bother to actually manually beat match that is. but this video let's you see what's going on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5pDomPDEQ&t=704s
his music is really great too and I was a fan of his stuff before I had met him, and is how i met him, but the label he's on, 'night slugs', is one of the best labels in club music right now. Not sure if you were just curious or if you're into this sort of stuff, but I recommend the tracks 'whoosh ice dispenser' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PXFjNPzHzI- or 'stacks riddim'-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sJI4zyuxY

Rad post.

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
I just platinumed ac odyssey :geno:

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

fridge corn posted:

I just platinumed ac odyssey :geno:

The day the rock just nestled on top of the hill and Sisyphus said "well... I guess, uh... I guess I did it."

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

JBP posted:

The day the rock just nestled on top of the hill and Sisyphus said "well... I guess, uh... I guess I did it."

It wasnt too bad in all honesty. Mostly just do all the content stuff, not a single really asinine trophy on the list. Never set out to get the platinum but by the time I had gotten to the end of the game I had gotten most of them anyway.

Zonko_T.M.
Jul 1, 2007

I'm not here to fuck spiders!

Neddy Seagoon posted:

It has some great levels in it, especially Rooftop Run, but it's very much a mixed bag due to some real godawful levels existing like somehow turning one of the better levels from Sonic Colours into an utter slogging mess. That and focusing way too much on Sonic '06 for god-knows-what reason. Sonic Colours is a much better game, and probably the only 3D Sonic game I'd consider to be outright-good without an asterisk after it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjQPpWEXcOU
Also the soundtrack is a real banger :rock:.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNp0Boas721kdXyVrMyRCaDIRWSSQQgq

Sonic Colours was dope.
Sonic Generations was good too, the best part was past Eggman and future Eggman arguing. I thought it did a nice job of paying homage to the older games while still making fun and PLAYABLE levels (looking at you, Sonic 06).
I played half off there first level of Sonic: Lost World and just couldn't get into it. I don't think frankesteining Mario Galaxy into Sonic worked out.
Sonic Mania made me realize I enjoy normal Sonic levels but the bonus levels and boss fights can gently caress off.


Tron: Legacy was a dope movie. I really liked the aesthetic and I'm bummed the spin off show died and the franchise didn't get to build on that. Sure, the plot was dumb and the whole concept falls apart if you look at it sideways, but the design was rad and the music was bangin. Same was true of the original Tron, so it was consistent.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

ya and the sequel they were hyping up with the blu-ray video, Tron: The Next Day, fizzled out quick cause Star Wars/marvel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPj8bjAxkwQ

I do have that dope reflective “89” logo/sticker Easter egg on my motorcycle helmet, in the same spot as he has it in the movie :coal:

JollyBoyJohn
Feb 13, 2019

For Real!
I am so burnt out on Bloodborne, I've done maybe 4 chalice dungeons, got all the trophies except for the final chalice boss. I've still got DLC to go as well but I've not touched any other games for 2 and a half weeks.

Free house tonight so gonna order a pizza and chill out to death stranding, only on chapter 4 but its the sort of game I could use just now

WaltherFeng
May 15, 2013

50 thousand people used to live here. Now, it's the Mushroom Kingdom.

JollyBoyJohn posted:

I am so burnt out on Bloodborne, I've done maybe 4 chalice dungeons, got all the trophies except for the final chalice boss. I've still got DLC to go as well but I've not touched any other games for 2 and a half weeks.

Free house tonight so gonna order a pizza and chill out to death stranding, only on chapter 4 but its the sort of game I could use just now

Death Stranding is the perfect chill out game.

pumped up for school
Nov 24, 2010

My buddy convinced me to get Monster Hunter. I have never played one before and am Bad at Video Games.

Is there an easier weapon to learn the ropes? Not like "this weapon damage in unbalanced" so much as "you dont have to manage 5 things going on at once."

Installing now!

JollyBoyJohn
Feb 13, 2019

For Real!
If you are just starting out the hammer is good, simple premise but its got some flashy moves

Pipski
Apr 18, 2004

Can anyone give me an idea of how tolerable Stellaris is on PS4? I like it a bunch on PC, but I get fed up of it crashing my machine, so wondering if the PS4 version is a viable alternative. Is it pretty much interchangeable, beyond the interface I guess?

WaltherFeng
May 15, 2013

50 thousand people used to live here. Now, it's the Mushroom Kingdom.

pumped up for school posted:

My buddy convinced me to get Monster Hunter. I have never played one before and am Bad at Video Games.

Is there an easier weapon to learn the ropes? Not like "this weapon damage in unbalanced" so much as "you dont have to manage 5 things going on at once."

Installing now!

Lance if you want to block everything.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Sword and Shield is the starter style weapon. I love it because I can pretend I'm playing Dark Souls. You have quick attack, low attack investment, Iceborne updates gave it some insane DPS, and it can block too.

Attitude Indicator
Apr 3, 2009

pumped up for school posted:

My buddy convinced me to get Monster Hunter. I have never played one before and am Bad at Video Games.

Is there an easier weapon to learn the ropes? Not like "this weapon damage in unbalanced" so much as "you dont have to manage 5 things going on at once."

Installing now!

You’ll be sent to a training area after the intro sequence to test the different weapon types. Each one has a short video that shows it off, explains the basic idea behind it and ranks them according to how beginner friendly they are.

But yeah, sword & shield is fun. Also long blade, hammer and light bowgun are fairly simple. You can change weapons whenever if you want to, as well.

Have fun. It’s a great game.

imhotep
Nov 16, 2009

REDBAR INTENSIFIES
I got Monster Hunter World without knowing a single thing about the franchise and chose the switch axe on day 1 and never looked back. I chosse it cause I wanted to feel like I had a trick weapon from Bloodborne.


heh no thank u for leading me down the daft punk youtube rabbit hole, i was just like genuinely shocked because I was just trying to say 'holy poo poo this Daft Punk DJ mix is insane', and like aside from the song selection being great, i wanted to explain the weirdly specific context of why my mind was blown, like that type of Chicago/Detroit house/jersey/baltimore club or 'ghetto club' music as it's colloquially referred to by a lot of those older producers that they name in 'Teachers' is amazing and weirdly specific and I didn't expect Daft Punk to play a whole set of it, just because i'd never have associated the sort of stuff daft punk have always played with the very minimal, lo fi and cheaply made stuff you'd hear on labels like Dance Mania. And on top of that I was impressed by their DJing chops, but it's like a specific style of DJing that I think myself and a lot of people would associate with black, American club music from the early 90s, and someone in the comment section said that some old Chicago house dude taught Daft Punk how to DJ. And in general I've just never really been into Daft Punk, like I enjoyed a few singles like Digital Love when I was in high school, but even then I was just into different types of electronic music, so to hear that set is really weird and all of that stuff is a really huge influence on a lot of the club music that I love and some of them still tour every now and then, and if I go to shows it's either weird electronic stuff like OPN or whatever, or seeing DJs like that (I drove to portland from like where I live, a bit north of the bay area, a few years ago to see bok bok and a couple other people on that label DJ, because they're from London and hadn't really ever played in the US).

also

remember DJ Hero tho?? lmbo, i never played it and even though I loved the first 2/3 guitar hero games, I just assumed that it was shite, like, the reason why guitar hero even works is the clickiness of the buttons and the 'strum ba'r.and i haven't even seen any videos of dj hero being played, but it looks like you sorta press random buttons on it which doen't really make sense then you fake 'scratch' for the entire song is that right??

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦
DJ Hero’s a decent game but they really screwed up the “making it feel like using a turntable” aspect. Most of the time you just tap the buttons or slide the cross fader. Because, you know, tapping randomly on a non-moving record is a thing that DJs do all the time.

Activision never really knew what to do with the Hero games after they bought the rights from Harmonix.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Fuser might be cool, Harmonix took their DropMix game and made it so you didn't have to buy another peripheral or packs of cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udxnpK5W0ws

TheDarkFlame
May 4, 2013

You tell me I didn't build that?

I'll have you know I worked my fingers to the bone to get where I am today.
I had a lot of fun with Monster Hunter World (need to get properly into Iceborne at some point) and after I'd made my way through most of the game I started trying out other weapons to see what they could do. I found that there are a lot of different styles and each weapon has its own quirks and combos to get acquainted with.

From the ones I tried and became most familiar with:

DUAL BLADES are a whirling frantic fast attack weapon, you dice up the enemy in front of you with a flurry of combo attacks, building up a meter that allows you to go into DAEMON MODE where your combo attacks are slightly different, same basic idea but more damage through more chaotic swings. You use dash/slide attacks to move around into the enemy's weak zones and then mash attacks where you stand in place whirling your blades to do all the damage to their weak points, then dodge away with more dash attacks if you become threatened at any point. They also have a sweet jumping attack where you Beyblade your way along the back of the monster dealing a lot of damage. They're alright, but very one-note weapons, and I feel like there aren't too many interesting designs (ice chainswords are pretty cool though, and learning to farm the battlegoose will earn you a sick pair of axes) or particularly powerful options. My first weapon, and I liked it for a while but wanted something more interesting. Hack and slash is the name of this game.

SWORD AND SHIELD is a solid all-round weapon, no two ways about it. You've got a mix of attacks, fast jabbing combos for breaking parts and sapping health, a slower shield-bash combo that can build up stun damage, a backdash that can get you out of reach and combo straight into a lunge attack, and if you know how to use all these attacks it keeps you very mobile and gives you a lot of options. Your shield can tank some damage but isn't going to stop everything (if you're after a defensive build, there are Guard skills that can be helpful here) but it again is another tool giving you more opportunities to stay in the fight. It also allows you to use items with your weapon drawn (though this ability miiiight not be so valuable now Iceborne exists). A ton of utility and a lot of potential, while it might be a "beginner" weapon there's actually a whole lot you can do with it. A few really nice versions of these, such as the slick Legiana blade or Rathalos blade, or if you want to use a weapon called the Master Bang that's also a good one.

BOW is one of your very few choices for ranged damage, and boy is it a choice. It's all about moving, targeting weak points and breakable parts, and using consumables to build and apply status effects. Your attacks increase in damage as you continue to attack, like a combo increasing the damage of your second, third and potentially fourth attack with the right skill points. You can also advance these stages by dodging around, also allowing you to be mobile and get better angles on a monster. Your damage drops if you're too close or too far from the monster, so you also need to keep at a comfortable range to get the most out of it. It's a lot to juggle and compared to all your melee weapons it's a really different way to approach a monster, but it can be a very potent weapon once you learn how to use it. The elemental consumables available change for each weapon so you might find something you really like that lets you down by not having your desired effect as an option. Some don't even have the basic Power one available, which can be a bit restricting on the amount of damage you can do, but may have more elemental options to compensate. I loved this weapon, but only after spending way too long with the Sword & Shield's bigger brother...

CHARGE BLADE is a monstrosity of a weapon, often referred to as the most complicated weapon because of how its mechanics and its two forms work. It's a heavily defensive choice in sword/shield mode that packs a huge amount of offensive damage in its massive axe mode, but unleashing this requires charging a meter through attacking with the sword, performing one special move to empower your shield with the sword's energy to buff its defense and also enable more powerful attacks, then building that charge meter again with sword attacks, then transforming to the axe to deal massive charge-consuming blows, or performing another special combo move to let all that power out in one super ultra explosion of power that is super embarrassing when you miss the entire monster with it. Takes a lot of getting used to, and learning how to combo each move into the next while positioning correctly can take time. Between this and working on your guard point counters that require some rather specific timing sometimes, it's a hell of a weapon to master. If you want an easy time, try something else first then move onto this if it intrigues you. Diablos Charge Blade was, for the main game, The Thing You Wanted. Highest base damage and no element meant you could buff it a lot in a way that was more effective for your big fully-charged super-ultra splash attack.

Onto some weapons I didn't really use properly/myself, so can't be so specific about :

INSECT GLAIVE is a complicated weapon with quick sweeping attacks, a ranged element that can be used to gain buffs in combat when you target numerous specific areas on each monster, and the ability to be annoying as piss by perpetually chaining aerial attacks that will keep you off the ground and in the monster's face for the duration of a battle. You'll dive, dash and flit around keeping away from all the monster's more painful bits and find it easy to take the fight to any dumb winged arsehole who stays two feet off the ground at all times. I never used this myself but my flatmate took to it immediately and never even tried anything else. I couldn't recommend any of these myself as he built just about all of them to mix and match weaknesses in the early game.

LONGSWORD is like the default "I want to be an anime" weapon, even though other weapons have a huge helping of anime weirdness to them you just can't out-weeaboo a fifteen-foot katana. It's popular, quick, kinda stylish (but like every weapon, suffers from its many copy-paste designs), does a fair amount of damage, has some kind of parry/counter mechanic that I didn't get working in the few hunts I used it for, but its biggest deal is its huge melee range. It's great for hitting things like wings, heads and other high breakable parts on large monsters. The downside is you actually want to be careful with this one, as if you're just flailing at the enemy in a multiplayer hunt you'll find that your attacks also end up knocking your teammates down and interrupting the things they're trying to do which is incredibly frustrating. There are skills that will counteract this effect too, allowing you to just go for it and be as in the way as humanly possible while only hitting the monster.

HAMMER is good for smashing things, breaking parts, and knocking monsters down on their arse. Can be slow, but packs a hell of a punch and can do a lot of stun damage. Similar to the Longsword, it didn't really hold my interest in the few hunts I used it either, but if you want to smash the poo poo out of a monster I think the Hammer might be your first and second choice. I've seen a lot of them and they were very effective, it just isn't for me.

HUNTING HORN. Okay so this one is one I'm going to have to tell you to avoid. Not because it's bad. If you know how to use it this thing can be brilliant, but learning how to use it is a whoooole thing. It's like an enchanted support hammer, your attack chains build short combos, and then you end the combo by playing a song that gives some kind of buff to you and your team. Each button input corresponds to a type of hit, but also a type of note, each of which varies depending on the specific Hunting Horn you use. Different combinations of notes will give you different buffs when you end the combo, which means each horn has certain buffs it can cast that may or may not end up being useful in certain fights. So you're going to not only want to know what patterns give you what combos, but what buffs your weapon will be capable of and how effective they'll be in a given fight. If you want to learn this weapon, please, do so, but accept that it's going to take some time to get into it, and you have to think about a lot more about your weapon than just what damage type it is, what numbers it does and what sharpness it has.

If I haven't mentioned it, it's not because the weapon sucks, just that I never gave it enough or a chance or it just didn't appeal to me (Neither of the Lances were something I was interested in after I'd had my fill of shields) so don't think I'm dismissing them. Every weapon in this game is definitely viable and I've seen some great players using all (Hunting Horn mains are super rare but they can happen, alternately the two Bowguns are hugely effective if you know what you're doing with them but tracking all those ammo types was too much inventory management for me), so if something takes your fancy I think you should give it a try in the training area (accessed from your housecat) and then if you really want to learn how to use that thing there are some great tutorials on all of them, look up Arrekz's guides to each as he gives you all the key moves and combos that will make your particular weapon type work to its fullest.

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pumped up for school
Nov 24, 2010

Thanks, didnt realize it wasnt a hard spec option. Definitely going to starr with hammer, because I'm into smashing things.

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



pumped up for school posted:

My buddy convinced me to get Monster Hunter. I have never played one before and am Bad at Video Games.

Is there an easier weapon to learn the ropes? Not like "this weapon damage in unbalanced" so much as "you dont have to manage 5 things going on at once."

Installing now!

I'd suggest sword or bow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycMIKonIZ4

mdxi
Mar 13, 2006

to JERK OFF is to be close to GOD... only with SPURTING

Pipski posted:

Can anyone give me an idea of how tolerable Stellaris is on PS4? I like it a bunch on PC, but I get fed up of it crashing my machine, so wondering if the PS4 version is a viable alternative. Is it pretty much interchangeable, beyond the interface I guess?

I haven't played it, but the Elite Dangerous thread is also very fond of Stellaris, and I remember people talking about the PS4 release when it happened. General consensus was that they did a surprisingly good job of mapping the controls onto the controller, and that it played well (the chief worries had been "there's no way to map all those keys onto the controller" and "it's a Paradox Grand Strategy game, won't it run like crap on a console?").

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Heavy Metal
Sep 1, 2014

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Quote-Unquote posted:

You should definitely do all the ?s in the starting area as they are tutorial examples of all the kinds of things you can find in the game proper, and you'll also get 5 extra skill points for finding all the places of power, a decent xp boost and some diagrams for good starting weapons (also a very easy way to get the trophy for having 5 places of power effects active at once, if you care about that sort of thing).

In the rest of the game, you can mostly ignore any ?s in the water unless you're desperate for money, which is only really the case for the very early game. Almost all on land are worth visiting, though!

Oh yeah, got all the ones in the starting area. Thanks for the tips, sounds good, here goes 150 hours or so of wild Witcher adventure. Got to Velen, game rules.

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