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The gulf between link's awakening and pokemon is far less than between botw and Arceus legend.
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idk i thought it was pretty funny to see pokemon trainers in arceus doing link's somersault roll for some reason with basically no change to the animation hitman is probably my most-played video game of the last year and i finally grabbed hitman 3 last night. i can already tell the first two missions are going to be personal favorites i load up again and again when i want to play something chill for an hour or two. the first one is a giant megaskyscraper in dubai and it's just neat how huge it is and how much is going on, but the second, ooooooooh boy. it's a super old, isolated, english style mansion, inhabited by a hugely wealthy family, with a couple different murder plots floating around and a private detective showing up to poke their nose in things? it's like The Mysterious Affair at Styles or Knives Out and I am 100000% here for it.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:27
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yea hitman3 looks awesome and im hoping to buy it as soon as i get my next paycheck
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Feb 27, 2021 18:29
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i totally missed the Pokemon phenomenon and honestly do not understand why it's such a big deal.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:39
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Cute magical animals? popular among children? Simple gameplay, with a multiplayer component? I simply do not understand how this could possibly be a thing.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:41
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jokes posted:popular among children? Ah, that explains it. I was in my late twenties when Pokemon debuted and was playing Doom multiplayer on DSL. My kids love it though.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:43
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Rockman Reserve posted:it's a super old, isolated, english style mansion, inhabited by a hugely wealthy family, with a couple different murder plots floating around and a private detective showing up to poke their nose in things? it's like The Mysterious Affair at Styles or Knives Out and I am 100000% here for it. Oooooohhhhhhh sshhhiiiiittt, that sounds good!
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Feb 27, 2021 18:44
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Pokemon are pretty terrible video games but for the appeal to children, I think. So yeah that would make sense. But to children they are Perfect Video Games: you have no standards, the animals are cute, the gameplay is easy as poo poo to understand. I think the newest ones look like poo poo which make them a hard sell I think, tho They are very chill, though. If you're into just chilling out and building/leading a team of animals on a fight tour across not-Japan it's a good time. I also played it when I was less than 10, of course.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:46
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jokes posted:Pokemon are pretty terrible video games but for the appeal to children, I think. So yeah that would make sense. But to children they are Perfect Video Games: you have no standards, the animals are cute, the gameplay is easy as poo poo to understand. I think the newest ones look like poo poo which make them a hard sell I think, tho I have an old DSi around here somewhere and i can see three Pokemon games on the shelf, though i'm sure we have more. What would you recommend? Ranger Mystery Dungeon:Explorers of Time Diamond
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Feb 27, 2021 18:51
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Rockman Reserve posted:idk i thought it was pretty funny to see pokemon trainers in arceus doing link's somersault roll for some reason with basically no change to the animation Apparently there's a murder mystery going on which 47 can solve. I'm pretty sure there has to be at least one murder mystery novel where the amateur detective solves the case, and then casually assassinates their own target afterwards.
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Feb 27, 2021 18:54
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tango alpha delta posted:I have an old DSi around here somewhere and i can see three Pokemon games on the shelf, though i'm sure we have more. What would you recommend? idk what ranger is but mystery dungeon is actually babby's first roguelike and plays more like a pokemon themed shiren the wanderer than an actual pokemon game. diamond seemed awesome at the time because it was pretty huge and had all the wireless internet and global trading stuff for the first time in the series, but in retrospect it has a ton of problems ranging from "the encounter rate is way too high and the rewards earned from battle are way too low" to "there are only two fire pokemon lines anywhere before the postgame and one of them is the starter".
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Feb 27, 2021 18:59
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tango alpha delta posted:I have an old DSi around here somewhere and i can see three Pokemon games on the shelf, though i'm sure we have more. What would you recommend? Just go for a walk and insist on playing rock-paper-scissors with everyone you meet.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:00
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tango alpha delta posted:I have an old DSi around here somewhere and i can see three Pokemon games on the shelf, though i'm sure we have more. What would you recommend? Ranger is a weird gimmick game that I never played. I think you use a stylus to circle pokemon to catch them or something. I don't know. Mystery Dungeon is a roguelite-lite-lite. Diamond is a main-line pokemon that is good I enjoyed it I think. I think you end up fighting space god/demon pokemon. I'd recommend playing Fire Red in an emulator, though. It's probably the best, most standard, Pokemon with basically zero problems.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:02
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jokes posted:Pokemon are pretty terrible video games but for the appeal to children, I think. So yeah that would make sense. But to children they are Perfect Video Games: you have no standards, the animals are cute, the gameplay is easy as poo poo to understand. I think the newest ones look like poo poo which make them a hard sell I think, tho Even as an adult I enjoy Pokémon games because they’re basically “what if I want to JRPG grind for a few hours” and get in just enough stuff to give you goals and variety so you can stressball out on something simple without it being too repetitive. Series peaked with Gen 2/ the Gen 2 remakes though.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:02
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently there's a murder mystery going on which 47 can solve. I'm pretty sure there has to be at least one murder mystery novel where the amateur detective solves the case, and then casually assassinates their own target afterwards. Mystery solved: all victims died by accidents.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:18
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Didn't Gamefreak release a statement in response to the criticisms of the new Pokemon games that was something to the effect of "Guys, making Pokemon games is actually really really hard and it's impossible to make them look any better." or is my brain telling fibs to me again? edit : I misremembered that a bit, they said they had to reduce the number of Pokemon in the game because they couldn't figure out how to balance it. BUT they did claim to have to redo all the models from scratch and that was proven to be a lie, and they also complained about how they had to make the animations look better for the Switch but the animations aren't updated either. Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Feb 27, 2021 |
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Feb 27, 2021 19:29
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Rockman Reserve posted:idk what ranger is but mystery dungeon is actually babby's first roguelike and plays more like a pokemon themed shiren the wanderer than an actual pokemon game. its made by the same devs. SNES shiren was the first mystery dungeon game. also, shiren is really good and anyone that likes roguelikes should give it a try.
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Feb 27, 2021 20:17
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tango alpha delta posted:I have an old DSi around here somewhere and i can see three Pokemon games on the shelf, though i'm sure we have more. What would you recommend? explorers of time will gently caress you up do that one time/darkness/sky is easy but well paced imo. the newer pokemon mystery dungeon games are more rocket tag, which adds certain layers to the strategy but removes others. PinheadSlim posted:edit : I misremembered that a bit, they said they had to reduce the number of Pokemon in the game because they couldn't figure out how to balance it. that's just what happens when you graduate a veteran art team member with absolutely no experience in team management, to art director  iirc most of the missing pokemon were added back in the expansion, but it's like... dude, why would you lie about this in the first place, just admit you ran out of time and you'll add them later as a benefit of the modern update cycle. Fur20 fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Feb 27, 2021 |
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Feb 27, 2021 20:22
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we exterminated most wildlife and killed the insects and stuff that children used to collect and we also dont let children out because cars and the fear of randos so animal collection video game it is then
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Feb 27, 2021 20:24
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bob dobbs is dead posted:we exterminated most wildlife and killed the insects and stuff that children used to collect and we also dont let children out because cars and the fear of randos so animal collection video game it is then there was a brief period when pokemon go was actually causing people to interact with strangers irl and there was a lot of handwringing about it
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Feb 27, 2021 21:13
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Earwicker posted:there was a brief period when pokemon go was actually causing people to interact with strangers irl and there was a lot of handwringing about it That summer loving ruled, it was so cool playing a dumb little mobile game and meeting a ton of people. Felt like it was mostly nostalgic 20somethings though.
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Feb 27, 2021 21:18
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Online pokemon battling seems like something I'd enjoy. Playing the single player does not. Grinding/training pokemon to play in multiplayer does not.
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Feb 27, 2021 21:25
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Ugly In The Morning posted:That summer loving ruled, it was so cool playing a dumb little mobile game and meeting a ton of people. Felt like it was mostly nostalgic 20somethings though. i will never forget seeing some punk rear end chinpiras in shibuya getting fuckin PUMPED because they found a dragonair we saw it too but it escaped from me
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Feb 27, 2021 21:33
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Outriders is okay. It’s kind of like the division games where getting an enemy up close is really loving weird and just kind of an awful experience. The depth perception is all sorts of hosed for that close range poo poo. The combat definitely works best at medium range—when you’re not getting rushed with enemies who force you into that awkward close up jankiness. It’s too bad they seem really incessant on throwing enemies who rush you at you!
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Feb 27, 2021 21:42
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Ugly In The Morning posted:That summer loving ruled, it was so cool playing a dumb little mobile game and meeting a ton of people. Felt like it was mostly nostalgic 20somethings though. Man I had 3 pokestops at work and a gym I could reach from my house, I was a king and never had to spend a dime. Had so much fun pissing people off who would come take the gym late at night by taking it back the second they drove off. Then I got banned just for having a rooted phone and that was that.
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Feb 27, 2021 22:40
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What is really crazy about pokemon is that every generation is at least 2 basically identical games and a not insignificant number of people buy both
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Feb 28, 2021 01:35
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PinheadSlim posted:Didn't Gamefreak release a statement in response to the criticisms of the new Pokemon games that was something to the effect of "Guys, making Pokemon games is actually really really hard and it's impossible to make them look any better." or is my brain telling fibs to me again? If true, that's pretty hilarious. "It's not possible to make a better looking Pokemon game! We don't even have the technology!"
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Feb 28, 2021 01:38
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QuarkJets posted:What is really crazy about pokemon is that every generation is at least 2 basically identical games and a not insignificant number of people buy both One save slot per cartridge baby
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Feb 28, 2021 01:41
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its_my_birthday posted:Outriders is okay. It’s kind of like the division games where getting an enemy up close is really loving weird and just kind of an awful experience. The depth perception is all sorts of hosed for that close range poo poo. The combat definitely works best at medium range—when you’re not getting rushed with enemies who force you into that awkward close up jankiness. It’s too bad they seem really incessant on throwing enemies who rush you at you! I had a bunch of fun playing the demo with my brothers. I know its kind of a dumb thing but the way enemies completely explode into chunks of gore is something I really enjoyed.
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Feb 28, 2021 02:37
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QuarkJets posted:What is really crazy about pokemon is that every generation is at least 2 basically identical games and a not insignificant number of people buy both What part of gotta catch em all do you not understand?!
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Feb 28, 2021 02:58
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:What part of gotta catch em all do you not understand?! "em"
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Feb 28, 2021 03:27
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I like playing Pokemon sometimes (buy XY was the last one I bought) and the card game app is a fun time waster. I dunno, I see a poo poo tonne of awful games available for time wasting that either suck worse or end up microtransacting to a much higher price. Graphics suck tho. Like at first I was like oh poo poo the Legends thing has actual grass! Then I realised that for no other company is that an achievement at all.
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Feb 28, 2021 03:30
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Oh for sure Pokemon has much higher quality than over 99% of what's allowed to be released on Steam, and that's still true even if you eliminate all of the deliberate shovelware that's literally just the same game reskinned over and over. The games are simple and geared toward children, but they're not bad games and I don't fault any adult who likes playing them
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Feb 28, 2021 03:37
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The pokemon single player campaigns are balanced so incredibly and mind numbingly easy that I'm not sure how anybody above the age of 12 can stay engaged with them until the end. They're great rpgs to get started on but I quickly abandoned them as a kid to play slightly more sophisticated, if still quite easy, stuff like final fantasy and chrono trigger on snes emulators.
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Feb 28, 2021 03:48
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Caesar Saladin posted:The pokemon single player campaigns are balanced so incredibly and mind numbingly easy that I'm not sure how anybody above the age of 12 can stay engaged with them until the end. They're great rpgs to get started on but I quickly abandoned them as a kid to play slightly more sophisticated, if still quite easy, stuff like final fantasy and chrono trigger on snes emulators. pokemon yellow is really hard at the beginning because pikachu can't do poo poo against the rock pokemon at the first gym
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Feb 28, 2021 03:52
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feelix posted:pokemon yellow is really hard at the beginning because pikachu can't do poo poo against the rock pokemon at the first gym Both the Nido's and Mankey are right there
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Feb 28, 2021 03:57
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Gaius Marius posted:Both the Nido's and Mankey are right there It's plausible that a 13 year old would not know to catch and level them
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Feb 28, 2021 03:58
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feelix posted:It's plausible that a 13 year old would not know to catch and level them There's a forced tutorial before that point, I figured this poo poo out when I was ten
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Feb 28, 2021 04:01
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Gaius Marius posted:There's a forced tutorial before that point, I figured this poo poo out when I was ten there's a forced tutorial teaching you about damage types and weaknesses? I don't think so pal
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I was 8 and i just read the manual and learned about that stuff. Kids aren't that dumb.
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