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Zereth posted:Bloodstained came out less than a year ago.
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:To be fair, every year from 2016-2020 has felt like at least 3-6 excruciating years. 
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Apr 29, 2020 12:35
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Azran posted:The tutorial is egregiously bad and it's very much something they improved on as the series went forward. The siege tutorial in particular was very, very bad. Personally, I gave up on Shogun 2 after trying to engage with naval warfare, which I could never figure out in any TW game.
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Apr 29, 2020 13:57
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Xander77 posted:The tutorial for Medieval 2 is outright broken, and you can't complete it. It's okay, CA never figured it out either. Either just get more botes than the enemy and autoresolve, or in Shogun 2, wait until you get botes with cannons. Otherwise, stay far, far away.
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Apr 29, 2020 14:13
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On Chapter 7 of Yakuza 0, and I increasingly get the feeling that I may not finish it; the combat is fun, albeit repetitive, and the side stories usually strike just the right balance of gameplay-to-story without taking themselves too seriously, but it's just so loving long, with too many cutscenes and not enough variety in the gameplay. wish it were about half as long as it is
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Apr 29, 2020 15:05
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Apr 29, 2020 15:09
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Barry Convex posted:On Chapter 7 of Yakuza 0, and I increasingly get the feeling that I may not finish it; the combat is fun, albeit repetitive, and the side stories usually strike just the right balance of gameplay-to-story without taking themselves too seriously, but it's just so loving long, with too many cutscenes and not enough variety in the gameplay. wish it were about half as long as it is Yeah, I'd say Yakuza games in general often suffer from too many trash fights that aren't actually challenging. Apparently the "Goddess of Children Amulet" item is supposed to lower the number of times you get stopped on the street, but it's hard to see a difference. It's true of the minigames as well, stuff like Hostess Club tends to have too much gameplay between the story points in it. Still an excellent game series everyone should play.
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Apr 29, 2020 15:20
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Rookersh posted:Depends on what you care about. I went with Clerics because their armor had glowy bits. Fashion for life.
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Apr 29, 2020 15:32
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Shogun total war 2 is free until the 1st.
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Apr 29, 2020 15:44
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Gort posted:Yeah, I'd say Yakuza games in general often suffer from too many trash fights that aren't actually challenging. Apparently the "Goddess of Children Amulet" item is supposed to lower the number of times you get stopped on the street, but it's hard to see a difference. It's true of the minigames as well, stuff like Hostess Club tends to have too much gameplay between the story points in it. I've played Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1, and Kiwami 2, and I love them, but could not for the life of me tell you what the plot of these games is because all of the trash fight and minigame padding means that by the time I get to the next story beat I've forgotten what happened in the last one. When it's about the people in Kiryu's inner circle of relationships I generally get the gist of it but as soon as they start talking about yakuza clans and patriarchs and whatever the omi alliance is my eyes just glaze over and I can't remember who's betraying who or why. I think I need to print out a yakuza org chart and keep it on my desk for reference or something Great series though, gonna get to 3 soon
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Apr 29, 2020 15:46
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Ainsley McTree posted:I've played Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1, and Kiwami 2, and I love them, but could not for the life of me tell you what the plot of these games is because all of the trash fight and minigame padding means that by the time I get to the next story beat I've forgotten what happened in the last one. When it's about the people in Kiryu's inner circle of relationships I generally get the gist of it but as soon as they start talking about yakuza clans and patriarchs and whatever the omi alliance is my eyes just glaze over and I can't remember who's betraying who or why. I think I need to print out a yakuza org chart and keep it on my desk for reference or something the game menus have those, as a matter of fact
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Apr 29, 2020 15:49
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I liked Y0's plot. I still can't remember why Kiryu was framed though, it's really more about having a series of dramatic moments than the whole thing put together.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:00
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Zereth posted:Bloodstained came out less than a year ago. It for sure feels like a very good game from 2016. I think that’s largely because of the visual design. Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:To be fair, every year from 2016-2020 has felt like at least 3-6 excruciating years. Also that. I’m tired. 
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Apr 29, 2020 16:14
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Has anyone played Crypt of the Necrodancers before? I was just browsing through Steam and this was part of the Buy Music to Your Ear bundle that caught my attention. I've been trying to find reviews and gameplay of this game but there aren't many out there and none of them seem to be able to explain adequately how the gameplay is like.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:18
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Oxxidation posted:the game menus have those, as a matter of fact
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Apr 29, 2020 16:25
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shoc77 posted:Has anyone played Crypt of the Necrodancers before? It's a rhythm game roguelike. All your actions are done to the beat of the level's song, and when the song ends even if you haven't beaten the level you move on to the next one. It's pretty challenging, especially if you make the mistake of playing on mobile like I did, but definitely worth $5 or whatever it goes for on sale these days. Some of the tracks are great too.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:27
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shoc77 posted:Has anyone played Crypt of the Necrodancers before? All in all, it's a very good fusion of top-down roguelite and rhythm game, it deserves its good reputation.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:29
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shoc77 posted:Has anyone played Crypt of the Necrodancers before? It’s a roguelite dungeon crawler with the twist that every move you make has to be timed to the beat of the soundtrack, meaning that when you find yourself in a hairy situation, you can’t stop and consider your options however long you want, you have to react NOW. Personally I think it’s fantastic, and it’s a fairly successful title, but it might not necessarily be everyone’s cup of tea.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:29
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Gort posted:Yeah, I'd say Yakuza games in general often suffer from too many trash fights that aren't actually challenging. Apparently the "Goddess of Children Amulet" item is supposed to lower the number of times you get stopped on the street, but it's hard to see a difference. It's true of the minigames as well, stuff like Hostess Club tends to have too much gameplay between the story points in it. I don't really mind the random battles in the streets, I mind that there's very little real gameplay to speak of outside the combat and that the cutscenes are ridiculously long in the main story missions. I just got to the part where the cabaret/hostess stuff is introduced, and that doesn't seem like it's going to be much fun based on the tutorial. I'll stick with it for at least a bit longer, but eh. if the game were only 8-9 chapters rather than 17, none of this would be as much of an issue
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Apr 29, 2020 16:30
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Barry Convex posted:I don't really mind the random battles in the streets, I mind that there's very little real gameplay to speak of outside the combat and that the cutscenes are ridiculously long in the main story missions. I just got to the part where the cabaret/hostess stuff is introduced, and that doesn't seem like it's going to be much fun based on the tutorial. 
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Apr 29, 2020 16:32
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shoc77 posted:Has anyone played Crypt of the Necrodancers before?
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It's still in early access and rough around the edges but Polyball is a really good little Marble game. I think I like it more than Marble It Up. It was free a while ago too, not sure if it still is or not. marble marble marble
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Apr 29, 2020 16:47
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Barry Convex posted:I don't really mind the random battles in the streets, I mind that there's very little real gameplay to speak of outside the combat and that the cutscenes are ridiculously long in the main story missions. I just got to the part where the cabaret/hostess stuff is introduced, and that doesn't seem like it's going to be much fun based on the tutorial. The tutorial has that problem that’s common in a lot of Japanese games, where the first few hours are slow as hell for no reason. Persona and Digimon Cyber Sleuth both introduced some fun stuff then hit the brakes and didn’t let you actually engage with it for 3 hours or so.
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Apr 29, 2020 17:05
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Tryin not to get mad at video games any more but yeah if you don't like the hostess minigame then I don't know what to say frankly
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Apr 29, 2020 17:06
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Ainsley McTree posted:Tryin not to get mad at video games any more but yeah if you don't like the hostess minigame then I don't know what to say frankly I guess this is where I ask what you find so enjoyable about it
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Apr 29, 2020 17:17
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Barry Convex posted:I don't really mind the random battles in the streets, I mind that there's very little real gameplay to speak of outside the combat and that the cutscenes are ridiculously long in the main story missions. I just got to the part where the cabaret/hostess stuff is introduced, and that doesn't seem like it's going to be much fun based on the tutorial. EDIT: It's not worth it unless you're hoping the later entries are better (which I have no idea yet).
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Ugly In The Morning posted:The tutorial has that problem that’s common in a lot of Japanese games, where the first few hours are slow as hell for no reason. Persona and Digimon Cyber Sleuth both introduced some fun stuff then hit the brakes and didn’t let you actually engage with it for 3 hours or so.
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Apr 29, 2020 17:18
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Barry Convex posted:I guess this is where I ask what you find so enjoyable about it
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Apr 29, 2020 17:21
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Barry Convex posted:I guess this is where I ask what you find so enjoyable about it It's like, scientifically designed to trigger the pleasure center of your brain; you perform simple tasks and are rewarded with an explosion of money that makes numbers go up I'm mostly being facetious, obviously it's fine for people to like different things, I just like that minigame a lot. Also your reward for it at the end of the storyline is incredibly OP
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Apr 29, 2020 17:24
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No Wave posted:I hated the hostess minigame. Just skip it if you don't like it, you don't have to do 90% of the content in Yakuza 0 - the main story isn't that that long so I'm guessing you're doing too many side quests. I actually like the side stories better than the main story, tbh
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Apr 29, 2020 17:39
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Most people do. But if you feel like the game is dragging it's probably better to do the main story.
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This page has some extremely cursed opinions about Yakuza 0 on it. The game’s biggest sin is taking a long time to fully open up. You don’t have the “whole” game until you’ve unlocked the cabaret business minigame. The game’s heart and soul is in the sidequests, the minigames, the experience of wandering the streets of Kamurocho. Those of you who are complaining about how hard it is to barrel through the story missions are making my head spin.
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Not doing the side stuff in yakuza is like ordering a pizza with no toppings.
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Apr 29, 2020 17:43
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There's like 90 hours of side content in Yakuza 0 (some of which like the real estate stuff is unbelievably repetitive without cheating). There's no real reason to do all of it before the main storyline if you want to see things happen it's not going to disappear.
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I have four Yakuza games Sony has given me for free and I will never play any of them
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If you're not enjoying the game, just stop playing it. 0 is probably the best in the whole series, so if that one isn't clicking for you then you're not going to enjoy any of the others. Personally, I found the plot really engaging and loved doing all the side content. The only part that dragged was waiting around for the real estate minigame's meters to fill up. But like if you're checked out of the main plot and not enjoying the combat and don't want to slog through the side content... why are you still playing?
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I tried playing 0 for a few hours and hated the combat tbh
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Begemot posted:But like if you're checked out of the main plot and not enjoying the combat and don't want to slog through the side content... why are you still playing?
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StrixNebulosa posted:Good morning literally all I want to do is play this drat fishing game. It's so soothing but also deep enough and I enjoy making lures and what's that, I have AAA games installed calling for me? no, I must fish Yeah, I've been playing a bunch of it too. Getting data out of the unexplored lakes or trying to catch contract fish feels like a little puzzle in figuring out what the drat fish wants. It's also surprisingly pretty in motion given how simple the graphics are. Ainsley McTree posted:It's like, scientifically designed to trigger the pleasure center of your brain; you perform simple tasks and are rewarded with an explosion of money that makes numbers go up Yakuza's cabaret minigame is basically Diner Dash with perverts, and Diner Dash is a pretty well-proven formula
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