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bony tony posted:Orichalcum, now that's a system that belongs in the other thread. The same thing is in both Valhalla and Immortals under different names.
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Jan 10, 2021 21:27
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Assistant Manager Devil posted:I can't believe I spent money on Oraclecum Lol if you dont get all the Oraclecum you could possibly need for free
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Jan 10, 2021 21:30
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muscles like this! posted:The same thing is in both Valhalla and Immortals under different names. Being a big fan of Hades and reading this discussion has been infuriating because I keep having to remind my own brain "no, stupid, they're talking about a different game right now"
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Jan 10, 2021 21:37
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I've beaten Immortals: Fenyx Rises now. If it weren't for the bugs it would definitely be a GOTY contender, but it kept crashing on my switch (so in future to avoid that I'm gonna try going back in and stopping the software entirely after putting the console in sleep mode as I think it was because the software was running for too long in the background, plus one of the optional bosses bugged out occasionally and refused to agro and the textures could be pretty muddy as they seemed to not pop in in some areas) but I loved the ending and the general tone of the story, and while the bosses are kind of easy at the end I considered the final puzzles to be the real boss..
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Jan 10, 2021 22:03
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I've started playing Hitman cause the new one is coming soon and i've never played the modern Hitman games. They were also on sale so Hitman 2 with the Hitman 1 DLC was like 20 bucks. Those games are pretty good! I love how they have a fun mixture of really smart and really dumb AI. When soldiers are escorting a target and see something suspicious like a body they fall back to a safe position, secure the target and wait till the problem has been taken care of. You can also use this to drop a body in their path, plant some explosives at their fallback position and just blow them up when they run back to it! When you drop a gun somewhere its not an immediate alarm like in some other games. Every map has a ton of soldiers or armed bodyguards so a stray gun isn't that weird. They don't ignore it either. They walk over to it, pick it up and put it in a gun locker all while mumbling how people shouldn't let their guns lying around. Good way, to get a guard to stray off of his patrolling route. They're also dumb as a brick! You can knock someone down and if someone sees you they get a guard. You can then disguise yourself as the guy you just knocked out and the guard ist none the wiser. He even told me to get out of here because someone is attacking and undressing people and its not safe here! All while i was standing over the naked body... Its also perfectly normal that there is a weird bald guy in a servants outfit with a can of expired spaghetti sauce in his hand sprinting everywhere and following you into the toilet. Also, i dropped a moose on a guy. That was pretty cool!
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Jan 11, 2021 10:14
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Shai-Hulud posted:Also, i dropped a moose on a guy. That was pretty cool! Like, a live moose? Or a stuffed one?
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Jan 11, 2021 10:31
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Shai-Hulud posted:I've started playing Hitman cause the new one is coming soon and i've never played the modern Hitman games. That seems odd but believe me the alternative is way worse, in the first 2-3 Hitman games running was inherently suspicious and it was hell to play. So yeah it's a bit goofy but it makes the game so much better.
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Jan 11, 2021 10:34
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The Lone Badger posted:Like, a live moose? Or a stuffed one? Sadly only a stuffed one. It was in the swedish embassy so it made total sense! Hel posted:That seems odd but believe me the alternative is way worse, in the first 2-3 Hitman games running was inherently suspicious and it was hell to play. So yeah it's a bit goofy but it makes the game so much better. Yeah i remember playing some of the older games and it just never clicked. It always felt to restricting. In the new ones you start out going "i have no idea how to get to my target, the whole floor hes on is locked down" and two hours later you have figured out like 12 ways to get there and now you just need to figure out how to do it while dressed as a vampire magician to kill him with a battleaxe cause thats a challenge you need to tick off...
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Jan 11, 2021 10:57
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Shai-Hulud posted:They're also dumb as a brick! You can knock someone down and if someone sees you they get a guard. You can then disguise yourself as the guy you just knocked out and the guard ist none the wiser. He even told me to get out of here because someone is attacking and undressing people and its not safe here! All while i was standing over the naked body... The Hitman games are slapstick comedy games (from dressing as a clown in the Blood Money tutorial on) and it all owns so hard.
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Jan 11, 2021 10:57
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Shai-Hulud posted:Also, i dropped a moose on a guy. That was pretty cool! I love it when you enter a building and spot a moose head or a giant hanging swordfish model or something and you just know you're going to get to drop it on your target.
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Jan 11, 2021 11:07
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Shai-Hulud posted:Also, i dropped a moose on a guy. That was pretty cool! If you liked that, there is an easter egg for that map that makes a lot more of them drop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seC8Q_AcUxI&t=19s (you'd need another video explaining how to trigger it though) bony tony posted:The Hitman games are slapstick comedy games (from dressing as a clown in the Blood Money tutorial on) and it all owns so hard. One of the greatest non-lethal melee weapons in Hitman 2 is a fish.
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Jan 11, 2021 11:25
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Shai-Hulud posted:Also, i dropped a moose on a guy. That was pretty cool! Said guy is also played by Billie Eilish's dad.
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Jan 11, 2021 15:31
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One little thing about Naughty Dog is that they're really good and translations and subtitles. Not only does their games have subtitles in my language but all the prompts and notes that you find is also translated
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Jan 11, 2021 17:27
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in The Long Dark, the more you're encumbered, the slower you move. You also move slower if you a sprained ankle. But if you are both encumbered and have a sprain, your sprained hobbling speed takes precedence over your encumbered speed. Which means that injuring yourself can be a legit time-saving strategy for transporting large amounts of stuff.
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Jan 11, 2021 18:43
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Buttchocks posted:in The Long Dark, the more you're encumbered, the slower you move. You also move slower if you a sprained ankle. But if you are both encumbered and have a sprain, your sprained hobbling speed takes precedence over your encumbered speed. Which means that injuring yourself can be a legit time-saving strategy for transporting large amounts of stuff. is that game good yet or am i still going to spend 70% of my time waiting for ice to melt to have water to drink if i fire it back up
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Jan 11, 2021 18:58
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Its a survival sim, so yes and yes.
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Jan 12, 2021 06:08
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It's not really a little thing but the fact that in JRPG Yakuza Like a Dragon, you change jobs by literally going to the unemployment/social services office and seeing which entry-level part-time occupations you qualify for is very funny. My party has now gone from their default jobs of Hero, Homeless Guy, Former Cop and Barmaid to Breaker (breakdancer, presumably for hire?), Chef, Security Guard, and Idol (I assume at this stage, just a backup singer).
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Jan 12, 2021 11:38
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bewilderment posted:Breaker (breakdancer, presumably for hire?) Breaker was one of Majima's fighting styles in 0 (and therefore boss forms in Kiwami), indeed based on breakdancing skills he watched be performed, so I'm guessing you've got those skills. Which needless to say is amazing.
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Jan 12, 2021 12:35
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bewilderment posted:It's not really a little thing but the fact that in JRPG Yakuza Like a Dragon, you change jobs by literally going to the unemployment/social services office and seeing which entry-level part-time occupations you qualify for is very funny. Wait until you see some of the later jobs. Especially Clerk. Clerk may be the most amazing job in any JRPG ever.
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Jan 12, 2021 15:25
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Cleretic posted:Breaker was one of Majima's fighting styles in 0 (and therefore boss forms in Kiwami), indeed based on breakdancing skills he watched be performed, so I'm guessing you've got those skills. Breaker is 100% the Majima class, yeah.
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Jan 12, 2021 16:15
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ImpAtom posted:Wait until you see some of the later jobs. I wiped out so many crowds of enemies using the thumbtacks. It's ridiculous.
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Jan 12, 2021 16:52
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When I got that character/job unlocked the funniest part to me is she’s shy and polite and very low key and then walks into street fights with a loving box cutter as her primary weapon. Like, god drat girl, you got some issues.
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Jan 14, 2021 03:46
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Whenever you are included in the Special Thanks of the credits.
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Jan 14, 2021 05:43
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I picked up Odyssey on the thread's recommendation, but I'm a little lost; is there an overarching plot, or is it mainly a kill-guy get-numbers sandbox? I sailed off of tutorial island, and was told by I needed to do X fetch quests to unlock my jerk dad's cutscene. It's a super polished, beautiful game, but I think I'm missing why the player is supposed to be invested in all the ( admittedly fun ) violence.
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Jan 14, 2021 06:18
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Theres an overarching plot yes, but it suffers a little from the huge gameworld and the fact that it's extremely easy to be sidetracked for two dozen hours doing all kinds of side quests. E: you can see the main questlines in the menu and just follow those if you don't want to gently caress around too much
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Jan 14, 2021 06:27
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Honestly just pick any questline which (a) lets you relentlessly hit on NPCs, and/or (b) seems likely to progress the ancient aliens plotline, which lets you relentlessly hit on NPCs but as a semidemigod.
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Jan 14, 2021 06:30
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Hot tip: when you see a heart in conversation, pick that choice. It's much more fun to play Odyssey as a massive slut.
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Jan 14, 2021 06:36
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Thanks, I'll focus on the main plotlines and romance, and ignore the daily quests. I did enjoy the resolution to the Cyclops plot, and searched in vain for a goat that walked funny to retrieve the obsidian eye.
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Jan 14, 2021 06:56
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Squidster posted:Thanks, I'll focus on the main plotlines and romance, and ignore the daily quests. I did enjoy the resolution to the Cyclops plot, and searched in vain for a goat that walked funny to retrieve the obsidian eye. It doesn't walk funny, it can be any goat in the correct area
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Jan 14, 2021 07:08
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Squidster posted:I picked up Odyssey on the thread's recommendation, but I'm a little lost; is there an overarching plot, or is it mainly a kill-guy get-numbers sandbox? I sailed off of tutorial island, and was told by I needed to do X fetch quests to unlock my jerk dad's cutscene. It's a super polished, beautiful game, but I think I'm missing why the player is supposed to be invested in all the ( admittedly fun ) violence. The quests under the Odyssey tab are your main quests, you can follow those to stick to the main story. After you meet your jerk dad, the plot solidifies a little bit more, and then a little later on a massive game-spanning sidequest will open up to help tie things together. You'll know it when it unlocks, it gets it's own tab in the menu, and you'll want to work on that as you go through the story (some of your upgrades are tied to it). Squidster posted:Thanks, I'll focus on the main plotlines and romance, and ignore the daily quests. I did enjoy the resolution to the Cyclops plot, and searched in vain for a goat that walked funny to retrieve the obsidian eye. The daily / weekly quests can be ignored for the most part, but if they have a blue icon (which represents the Orichalcum currency), you might want to do them if they're not too far out of your way. They give you Orichalcum, which you can trade to a certain vendor for legendary armor pieces and rare ship customization parts.
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Jan 14, 2021 08:32
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Squidster posted:I picked up Odyssey on the thread's recommendation, but I'm a little lost; is there an overarching plot, or is it mainly a kill-guy get-numbers sandbox? I sailed off of tutorial island, and was told by I needed to do X fetch quests to unlock my jerk dad's cutscene. It's a super polished, beautiful game, but I think I'm missing why the player is supposed to be invested in all the ( admittedly fun ) violence. There are three main quests that the game branches out into: Finding your lost family, killing the Cult, and recovering some mythological artifacts. Every place that you visit in the game eventually links into one of these 3 things. The family storyline is generally the strongest and feels like the "main" quest of Odyssey.
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Jan 14, 2021 10:05
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For sure. Killing Cult members is just the thing you do on your way somewhere, and sometimes something you accidentally stumble into.
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Jan 14, 2021 14:32
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Y'all are making me want to reinstall AC:O. I never even got to the other quests besides the Cultists one - maybe I wasn't as far in as I thought!
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Jan 14, 2021 22:14
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The game is really really long. In my experience it takes around 55 hours to beat if you have a good mix of story and side progression.
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Jan 14, 2021 22:17
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Yeah, I clocked in around 57 hours for my first (and probably only) game. All three storylines will open up before you finish any one of them, but the family story is definitely the main one. The Cult story is more of a side thing, imo, and the myth story is effectively the game's epilogue. Don't bother with the paid DLC.
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Jan 14, 2021 22:36
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I'm up to 72 hours on my save and still haven't finished. I've finished the myth stuff and am working on the remaining non-story locked cultists.
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Jan 14, 2021 22:59
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I've been wondering about a good fuckaround RPG since I finally wrapped up Skyrim and yall are making Odyssey sound pretty good (I've come to terms with I'm never gonna get into The Witcher or Yakuza, or finish F:NV. I tried out Black Sails but only got like a quarter of the way into it. I guess I don't want to stalk people from the shadows or whatever the old Asscreed gameplay loop was, I want to climb tall poo poo and walk to places and occasionally barge in, guffaw loudly and wreck house) Phy has a new favorite as of 23:04 on Jan 14, 2021 |
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Jan 14, 2021 23:01
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Phy posted:I've been wondering about a good fuckaround RPG since I finally wrapped up Skyrim and yall are making Odyssey sound pretty good I feel that when Odyssey is good, it's really good. Just, shame about the other 90% of the game. And the absolutely reprehensible DLC that goes out of its way to butcher Kassandra's character.
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I had 60 hours to finish the main quest and cultists. I was gonna quit there, but then I remembered I had some artifacts to return to Atlantis, and things instantly went into full-on batshit insane alien conspiracy weirdness. So I bought the Atlantis DLC 
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