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The Surge 2 has such terrible lighting and technical flaws it really impacted the entire game for me. It's seldom that graphics had such a notable negative impact. It's really bad visual appeal, despite it's good art design. Kinda funny as they're sitting just a few kilometers away from Crytek.
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John Murdoch posted:Oh...so they basically merged the healing implants together so now everything is battery-powered? No standalone estus flask charges like in the first game? Awkward. Yeah the stagger meter is more useful with fast weapons. Big slow ones stagger just about any staggerable enemy in 1 or 2 hits so it's kind of meaningless.
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Jun 15, 2021 18:20
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The Surge 2 has iffy lighting, a forgettable story, and some side-quests are incredibly easy to screw up like the Stranger's. But gently caress it, it was more fun than Sekiro ever was.
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Jun 15, 2021 18:20
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The Surge 2 has iffy lighting, a forgettable story, and some side-quests are incredibly easy to screw up like the Stranger's. lovely easy-to-break sidequests that require either obsessively returning to previous locations after every boss or a guide are as much a part of a souls-like as committing to attacks and estus flasks.
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Jun 15, 2021 19:03
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Piranha Bytes announced Elex II, which they insist will be the fifth or sixth time they aim to recapture the magic of Gothic 2. No, you still can't play a female character nor play anything beyond a lumpy white dude with no personality. I’ve never seen a PB game that wasn’t operating on the raggedy edge of its budget so they’re one of the few devs where I can absolutely buy them not having the budget to do VA for the protagonist twice.
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Jun 15, 2021 20:34
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serefin99 posted:Honestly, games that only let you do NG+ by upping the difficulty suck in general. The entire POINT of NG+ is to let the player rampage through the early game with all their endgame equipment and skills. Can't exactly do that when the first goon hits harder than the final boss. True. They could at least make it optional. Like, OK, I beat the game to your standards now, if it's not too much trouble, I'd like to go in and gently caress some poo poo up proper. But if a player want's to raise the challenge, let them.
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Jun 15, 2021 20:48
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I like the Borderlands NG+ thing where yeah, it’s harder now but they also increase the effects of elemental weapons and resistances. So like electric was +25 percent against shields and -25 on health but now it’s +\- 50 percent. They kind of gently caress up the balance and health scaling though especially if you hit NG++ but it’s a cool concept, where it takes things you learned from your first playthrough and makes them even more important.
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Jun 15, 2021 20:51
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BiggerBoat posted:True. They could at least make it optional. Oh yeah, for sure. My point is that NG+ should have the same difficulty options as any normal NG instead of hardlocking you into one.
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Jun 15, 2021 21:42
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serefin99 posted:Oh yeah, for sure. My point is that NG+ should have the same difficulty options as any normal NG instead of hardlocking you into one. Exactly. Like how the Resident Evil games let you go through again on standard difficulty with all your bonus weapons and poo poo. Then, if that gets boring or too easy, you can bump up the difficulty.
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Lol now that they tweaked Mass Effect 1 it's got better shooting than Mass Effect 2.
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I'm unironically more excited for the PC release of runefactory 4 so I can play that game for like, a third time, than I am for runefactory 5 at this point. Aside from 5's world visuals just looking so weirdly bland, I'm just real tired of them removing what little token nods to letting you play as a gay character they had already. Sure 4's whole unlockable sprite swap thing wasn't ideal, but it was more than nothing. And even that was a bit of a step back from letting your protagonist in 2 be in a pretend same-sex relationship! (and for context, it's pretend because they're all kids, not adults.) I guess it's a weird hang up since there's probably nothing wrong with the gameplay but I just can't work up the interest in games with huge romance/dating sim elements anymore where you're supposed to have a blank slate protagonist but are also forced to be purely hereto  EDIT: I guess the sticking point with me about 5, specifically, is that they're letting you gently caress a dog, but not another dude/lady. Nuebot has a new favorite as of 01:10 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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First off I had no idea RF4 was getting a PC release, secondly apparently the sprite swap is in five
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Gaius Marius posted:First off I had no idea RF4 was getting a PC release, secondly apparently the sprite swap is in five I skimmed the previous post, misread RF4 as RE4, then went back to read the post, thinking it was about Resident Evil 4.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The Surge 2 has iffy lighting, a forgettable story, and some side-quests are incredibly easy to screw up like the Stranger's. The Surge 2 is probably my favorite Soulslike. The combat was more intricate than DS and was just the right speed for me. Sekiro, on paper, was everything I wanted in a game, but I could never get a feel for the timing of parrying. The boss fights also dragged on longer than they should have. Enemies in Sekiro have two meters in combat: health ticks down while posture ticks up. The lower an enemy's health, the more posture damage the enemy takes and the slower it decays. Once an enemy's posture bar is maxed, they are set up for a finisher instakill. Parries, counters, well timed jump kicks, and a few other non standard attacks deal heavy posture damage, while sword attacks mainly damage health. For basic enemies, this is great! Combat is fast and fluid, challenging but fair, and stealth attacks work well to thin out crowds. Bosses and elites, though, take loving ages to whittle down their health to the point where they don't restore posture damage faster than it can be dealt, with each combo (good luck getting a special move out before you get smacked) dealing about three pixels of health damage. On top of that, bosses and elites take more than one finisher, so once you solve the puzzle, you get to repeat it another one or two times. All this makes boss fights less tense and more tedious. If I'm wrong, please let me know. I really want to like Sekiro, love the exploration, stealth parts, and the bulk of the combat, but every time I hit a boss, it leaves me totally flat and wanting to put it away.
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Gaius Marius posted:First off I had no idea RF4 was getting a PC release, secondly apparently the sprite swap is in five It is coming to steam apparently, and I had no idea the sprite swap was in five! I'd heard it wasn't, guess that's what I get for trusting people on the internet. I'm still stoked for 4 on PC though. Leave posted:I skimmed the previous post, misread RF4 as RE4, then went back to read the post, thinking it was about Resident Evil 4. I don't care what anyone says, Mike was Leon's true soul mate!
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Nuebot posted:I'm unironically more excited for the PC release of runefactory 4 https://i.imgur.com/XGYKquu.mp4 Also I hate that the rune factory games wont let you hook up with the bachelorette's moms and the other older ladies, the cowards
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Jun 17, 2021 02:42
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I don't wanna hook up with any of the love interests in Rune Factory 4 because they all looks like very Anime children. To be fair this seems to be a problem for most Harvest Moon games and imitators.
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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:I don't wanna hook up with any of the love interests in Rune Factory 4 because they all looks like very Anime children. Which is why its a drat shame you can't hook up with  or  At best you can only get a... friendship.... cookie from them 
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Nuebot posted:I'm unironically more excited for the PC release of runefactory 4 so I can play that game for like, a third time, than I am for runefactory 5 at this point. Aside from 5's world visuals just looking so weirdly bland, I'm just real tired of them removing what little token nods to letting you play as a gay character they had already. Sure 4's whole unlockable sprite swap thing wasn't ideal, but it was more than nothing. And even that was a bit of a step back from letting your protagonist in 2 be in a pretend same-sex relationship! (and for context, it's pretend because they're all kids, not adults.) I guess it's a weird hang up since there's probably nothing wrong with the gameplay but I just can't work up the interest in games with huge romance/dating sim elements anymore where you're supposed to have a blank slate protagonist but are also forced to be purely hereto What was the Harvest Moon game where if you don't have a wife after a few years the mayor comes and says "When you moved here it was with the understanding you'd be more popular with the ladies, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave." OutOfPrint posted:The Surge 2 is probably my favorite Soulslike. The combat was more intricate than DS and was just the right speed for me. Basically once you git gud at deflection/counters/pressure in Sekiro you can just stay in a boss's face and whittle down their stance meter in 15 seconds. Definitely a slog before you get to that point though, so I can't blame anyone for bouncing off of it. The ninja tools are also very powerful if you learn to use them right but I've never really bothered with that.
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The story mode in Guilty Gear Strive is total anime nonsense, but it's the kind of anime nonsense that spends 3 hours having to justify itself with boring exposition in front of computer screens while all the characters nod solemnly. The main villain reminds me of this sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDkMflXhNI
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Jun 17, 2021 12:10
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The Moon Monster posted:What was the Harvest Moon game where if you don't have a wife after a few years the mayor comes and says "When you moved here it was with the understanding you'd be more popular with the ladies, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Or the Harvest Moon game where if you played as a woman, the game ended when you got married. Only took until goddamn Stardew Valley to let the player be gay in those types of games, too.
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Jun 17, 2021 12:30
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I think HM: A Wonderful Life for the GameCube ended if you weren't married after a year. I do love that though. "Everyone in this village fucks, and if you don't I'm afraid you'll need to leave."
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Jun 17, 2021 13:53
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They should also deport all single npcs after the time limit.
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Jun 17, 2021 14:06
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LazyQ posted:Developers of Baldur's Gate 3 collected the most popular choices players took in the character creator, and this was the result: If I collected player data on character creation I would want to see whatever the opposite of the average choices was.
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The Moon Monster posted:What was the Harvest Moon game where if you don't have a wife after a few years the mayor comes and says "When you moved here it was with the understanding you'd be more popular with the ladies, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave." I believe that was harvest moon a wonderful life for the gamecube? It was something like that. If you weren’t engaged by the end of the first year the game just ends
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OutOfPrint posted:.If I'm wrong, please let me know. I really want to like Sekiro, love the exploration, stealth parts, and the bulk of the combat, but every time I hit a boss, it leaves me totally flat and wanting to put it away. Sekiro is one of those games where you have to master the party system or you’re gonna have a hard time. It took me quite a bit to learn the ins and outs as well, but like the other poster said it mostly just comes down to practice and learning enough about the boss so you can parry their 15 hit combo and instantly delete them. Also if you haven’t bought the skill that allows you to dash into stabs for a bunch of posture damage to the enemy I suggest you pick that up ASAP.
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In Pac Man, when you have an active power pellet and eat a ghost, not only does the ghost respawn in less than a second, but you can't eat it again, even though the power pellet is still active!
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Fire Emblem Heroes seems like a shoe-in for being a decent gacha game, too bad it's all about pvp and doesn't have fun vignettes like basically any remotely enjoyable gacha game.
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This is totally a me thing, but what is dragging down Portal for me is that I haven't played it in ages and it takes me longer to suss out some puzzles than I'd like. Ironically, I haven't played it in ages because if I did play it earlier, I'd remember the solutions enough that it'd be easy.
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Dragon Quest 11 : Oh neat, theyr'e doing the "actually this character that looks like a little girl is actually much , much older" thing. It's also pretty easy to get lost, since so many of the dungeons look very similiar and your character ends a fight not nessecarilly in the same direction they were facing when the fight started, so you get turned around a lot.
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Jun 19, 2021 18:12
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Dragon Quest 11 : Veronica is great because she's just so over everyone's bullshit
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I'm replaying Company of Heroes, the best RTS ever made, and just moved from the main campaign onto the DLC where you play as a German unit during Operation Market Garden. This DLC is broken. The first mission has you defending your base's CPU-controlled anti-aircraft guns from marauding British paratroopers. The first time I played this mission the voice acting and music broke, and I played in an eerily quiet battle until the timer ran out but the next mission objective never triggered. So I restarted. The second time everything appeared to be working correctly, except now the CPU anti-aircraft guns were shooting down planes in just such a way that they'd crash directly into my HQ. Just a constant stream of flaming Allied planes ramming into my dick, over and over and over. My engineers couldn't keep up with the repairs so my HQ exploded and I lost the mission. I do not feel compelled to try again.
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Len posted:Veronica is great because she's just so over everyone's bullshit Veronica owns and I lost all will to continue playing when they merged her with her intolerable dork of a sister.
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Gerblyn posted:Veronica owns and I lost all will to continue playing when they merged her with her intolerable dork of a sister. Keep playing she comes back in act 3
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Dragon Quest 11 : It is TBF like the one example of this trope where it is not used for anything remotely creepy. There is no sexualization or even hints of romance or anything at all weird, she’s just powerful and annoyed at being shorter than she used to be.
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I think it’s literally the only example I can think of of that character not being paedobait, yeah. Also make sure you play Act 3 and don’t listen to all those freaks who insist that Act 2 is the ending and Act 3 is an unnecessary post game that “ruins it”. It’s the rest of the loving game you weirdos.
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The Moon Monster posted:What was the Harvest Moon game where if you don't have a wife after a few years the mayor comes and says "When you moved here it was with the understanding you'd be more popular with the ladies, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."  But, the third bit is actually separate from the first two. The mayor does come to chew you out for not getting married, but the eviction ending (which the third screen is from) only triggers if you massively neglect your farm and relationships with the townspeople (i.e. you basically don't play the game). As mentioned above, A Wonderful Life DOES have a game over if you aren't married by the end of the first year, but that's just explained as your character deciding that "farming isn't for him" and moving back to the city. Nobody kicks you out.
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Farming is it worthwhile if you get to gently caress
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If you ain't gettin' plowed, then you ain't plowin'.
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History Comes Inside! posted:I think it’s literally the only example I can think of of that character not being paedobait, yeah. But the credits rolled so it's optional
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