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# ? May 31, 2024 06:32 |
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Holy lmfao @ the second one
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 06:42 |
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So I did a 7/7/7/7 run with a modified save file and hoooo boy are there a lot of things I somehow missed on my previous 6 or whatever playthroughs. Yelling 'MONEY' at Joyce with a high enough physical instrument and having her yell back was a good one, as was throwing away the letter in the case file with a high enough shivers before reading it Also it occurs to me now that The Expression is the logical conclusion of the old mom's saying "If you don't stop making that face it will get stuck like that."
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 07:38 |
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Nordick posted:Holy lmfao @ the second one It's pretty good.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 14:19 |
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What happens if you taste some with bad volition??????????????? It hurts your morale Much like trying to savoir faire into the harbor with bad volition
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 15:20 |
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Epic High Five posted:The game putting extremely real and extremely hosed up things you can't just click a button to solve right up front was absolutely intentional and is the reason a lot of the early reviews were claiming the game is pro-fascism or whatever Gamers claim to love grey morality and dark plotlines in games and then get presented with dilemmas that aren't the most shallow poo poo ever and freak out
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 15:39 |
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Heath posted:Gamers claim to love grey morality and dark plotlines in games and then get presented with dilemmas that aren't the most shallow poo poo ever and freak out My favorite was the first Mass Effect game with its Renegade vs Good guy mechanic where you were given the choice to do exactly one thing but you could be an rear end about it.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 15:52 |
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Heath posted:Gamers claim to love grey morality and dark plotlines in games and then get presented with dilemmas that aren't the most shallow poo poo ever and freak out designers are better nowadays but for a long time the default was something like choice a) piss faction/party member x off choice b) piss faction/party member y off stat/quest-locked choice c) grind or level enough to make everyone happy which is a problem when removing choice C makes it - objectively - a much more interesting choice to make
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 16:05 |
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besides DE the highest bar for Choice Games is Alpha Protocol, get that and play it through a few times if you haven't yet. there's nothing else like it, and there may never be.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 16:22 |
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Blade Runner did ethical choice / multiple endings incredibly well, and I’m always confused as to why nobody else has figured out the simple combination of player agency + randomised starting conditions to generate a replayable game with interesting choices.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 17:28 |
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TACD posted:Blade Runner did ethical choice / multiple endings incredibly well, and I’m always confused as to why nobody else has figured out the simple combination of player agency + randomised starting conditions to generate a replayable game with interesting choices. extremely good example, I'm very disappointed in myself for forgetting it. i think the answer is that it's bad business to make "replayable" games, because most players won't finish it even once. the average is thrown off by doc "alpha protocol" hawkins who lives in a cave and has played through it three times straight and is thinking about what he'd do in a fourth.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 17:39 |
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shotgun rear end in a top hat with a massive beard, presumably
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 17:45 |
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Doc Hawkins posted:besides DE the highest bar for Choice Games is Alpha Protocol, get that and play it through a few times if you haven't yet. there's nothing else like it, and there may never be. Also, either cheat the game to make combat fun, or just max pistols and martial arts because all other combat options are trash. Sure, maybe blowing up a door in the embassy and blasting away with a shotgun isn't the optimal choice but it should at least be feasible. There's a semi-secret hilarious ending difference based on how bad you are as a spy related to the CIA lifer NPC who's probably burned more assets then a forest fire.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 18:08 |
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Steven Heck just might be what Harry would be like if he were a spy instead of a cop. Especially given the in-universe speculation that Heck isn't really a black-ops CIA agent but rather just some crazy guy who deluded himself into thinking he is and became REALLY good at it.
AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Apr 25, 2022 |
# ? Apr 25, 2022 18:15 |
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Conceptualisation (Godly: Success) It's called... *liquid terror*
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 18:18 |
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https://twitter.com/toebone/status/1518691839473291267?s=21&t=DLCstF5CpotoHx-UOoco0Q
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 22:09 |
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I enjoyed the 4 Personalities in Fallout 4. 1. Yes, I will help you, I am the last bastion of love and goodness in this messed up world we call Fallout. 2. Sure, I’ll help ya toots but it’s gonna cost ya an arm and a robot leg! Just kiddin. I’m wacky. Did you see Firefl- 3. I can’t comment yes or no, I choose neutrality. Indecision or just chronic apathy? Either way I’ll probably have to do this task anyway to progress the game. 4. No I won’t help you, in fact I’ll face gently caress you to death and burn down the whole town. Mwahahaha
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 22:52 |
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Doc Hawkins posted:extremely good example, I'm very disappointed in myself for forgetting it. yeah disco elysium has how many novels' worth of dialogue that barely anyone will actually see? People like the idea of replayability, half the games out there have procedural randomly-generated everything now so they can claim umptillion hours of gameplay in the marketing copy, but to actually make that much original content your options boil down to having an algorithm spit out an infinite quantity of homogenized mush or putting in several normal games' worth of work. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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Toebone posted:https://twitter.com/toebone/status/1518691839473291267?s=21&t=DLCstF5CpotoHx-UOoco0Q nice
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 23:10 |
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I've never really had a problem killing enemies with a shotgun in Alpha Protocol. I guess it might be a problem on Hard, but even then, heavy armor and the right skills can let you clear the room if you know what you're doing. Anyway, does anyone have any idea of how to get the Phasewalker (I think it's called) trophy on PS4? It's one of the last few from before the JV update that I still need to pick up.
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 23:11 |
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Has this been posted? Demake for Gameboy. https://csbrannan.itch.io/disco-elysium-game-boy-edition
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# ? Apr 25, 2022 23:17 |
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the expression-less motorics-focused build - a very powerful harrister
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# ? Apr 26, 2022 04:12 |
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for some reason i wanted it to be a side-scrolling action rpg like wonder boy it's great though
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# ? Apr 26, 2022 04:13 |
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dishwasherlove posted:Has this been posted? Demake for Gameboy. That's some impressive pixel-work.
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# ? Apr 26, 2022 06:10 |
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:yeah disco elysium has how many novels' worth of dialogue that barely anyone will actually see? People like the idea of replayability, half the games out there have procedural randomly-generated everything now so they can claim umptillion hours of gameplay in the marketing copy, but to actually make that much original content your options boil down to having an algorithm spit out an infinite quantity of homogenized mush or putting in several normal games' worth of work. It probably helps DE that the missable content is mostly writing, rather than writing combined with art assets, animations, ect. DE's whole approach to choice is less about the 2010s ideal of diverse branching paths (that was never really achieved) and more about the much more achievable goal of allowing for character expression through how you choose to react and occasionally resolve events. Vagabong fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Apr 26, 2022 |
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Vagabong posted:It probably helps DE that the missable content is mostly writing, rather than writing combined with art assets, animations, ect. Rope Kid highlighted this, but it extremely economically gives weight to your choices via the skill check modifiers - it’s neat seeing that +1 or -1 on a check because of an action taken hours ago, but it terms of dev time, not too demanding.
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# ? Apr 26, 2022 17:00 |
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Inland Empire is your unfiltered emotions, dreams, and forebodings. Basically, Inland Empire has a lot of interesting (read: wrong) ideas about the world. It lets you know when there might be something mysterious or spooky going on.
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# ? Apr 27, 2022 03:07 |
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EorayMel posted:Inland Empire has a lot of interesting (read: absolutely always 100% correct) ideas about the world.
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# ? Apr 27, 2022 03:11 |
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dishwasherlove posted:Has this been posted? Demake for Gameboy. amazing
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# ? Apr 27, 2022 03:16 |
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You don't want to disco like this. Not really. Not in the deepest part of your soul, where her freckles only make you sad.
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 02:21 |
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goddamn, dude
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 02:30 |
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First game update - tried to punch Cuno, failed and hurt myself lmao. Harry is a broken mess and also a free-market libertarian (but I repeat myself) also I did not lose my gun. please don't tell the captain that I lost my gun
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 11:38 |
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Toebone posted:You don't want to disco like this. Not really. Not in the deepest part of your soul, where her freckles only make you sad. man, the artistry of DE is truly something else. Inland Empire with that texture amps up the foreboding and mystery of what it represents, I love it
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 15:51 |
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SixFigureSandwich posted:First game update - tried to punch Cuno, failed and hurt myself lmao. Harry is a broken mess and also a free-market libertarian (but I repeat myself) Mr Evrart is helping you find your gun
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:14 |
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Ajon posted:Mr Evrart is helping you find your gun I utterly love how well-done the Evrart brothers are written into the story. Scum, true slugs, but also...wouldn't you prefer them on your corner, supporting your town, over the alternative of intentional systematic neglect? Also, we're going to build a youth center being the go-to for "most useless project for a disadvantaged community but also most quickly to find support among the middle and upper crust."
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:20 |
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This game inspires so much fantastic art and I love it all.
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:29 |
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A Bad King posted:I utterly love how well-done the Evrart brothers are written into the story. Scum, true slugs, but also...wouldn't you prefer them on your corner, supporting your town, over the alternative of intentional systematic neglect? Also, we're going to build a youth center being the go-to for "most useless project for a disadvantaged community but also most quickly to find support among the middle and upper crust." The fact that both of the Claires are identical and literally interchangeable feels like a commentary on "two party" politics.
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:30 |
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"Don't blame me, I voted for Edgar!"
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# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:32 |
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# ? May 31, 2024 06:32 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:The fact that both of the Claires are identical and literally interchangeable feels like a commentary on "two party" politics. idk maybe if the player were offered a meaningless choice between them and they weren’t both union men and socialists
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