SkeletonHero posted:

The fatality on Cactuars is great. Jack picks them up by the leg and they instantly crystallize, implying they just die of fright as soon as they're caught.

I'm also playing this currently and have to say the FF megathread is right: this version of Ultima is absolutely the best version of the spell and worth the hype. It takes a bit to set up but it looks badass and will kill/stun everything in the room, bosses included.

The game is one of the funniest I've ever played. There's a scene early on where a bunch of plot is exposited, to which Jack is barely paying attention. His only contribution is to mutter "Bullshit!" and then power walk out of the room blasting Limp Bizkit on his iPod. I just finished a mission where the highlight was getting on an elevator and having Jack's companions, apropos of nothing, instantly start talking loudly amongst themselves about how cool and strong he is. Just some real charming vintage edgelord poo poo that was thought dead and buried by the mid-2000s. I can't believe none of this poo poo was intentional.

TooMuchAbstraction posted:

I've been playing Deep Rock Galactic exclusively as the Gunner class, because once you hit max level you unlock some additional playable content. Well, I hit max level yesterday, so I checked out the Scout. Went into a mission, exited the drop pod, got my flare gun confused with my grapple gun, grappled out over an open pit, and fell to my death. A+ would die again.

MadDogMike posted:

They can apparently react to its “corpse” if you kill it, though probably just because it triggers their usual “dead civilian” reaction code.

As for phobias in games, I have a fear of bees/wasps, which made Fallout New Vegas’s cazadores a nightmare to deal with. Fortunately I tend to go for stealthy sniper builds in Fallout so I could minimize them buzzing up to my face by simply blasting them from far away, but ick, I loathe them far beyond even their default nastiness in the game.

SkeletonHero posted:

The fatality on Cactuars is great. Jack picks them up by the leg and they instantly crystallize, implying they just die of fright as soon as they're caught.

I'm also playing this currently and have to say the FF megathread is right: this version of Ultima is absolutely the best version of the spell and worth the hype. It takes a bit to set up but it looks badass and will kill/stun everything in the room, bosses included.

The game is one of the funniest I've ever played. There's a scene early on where a bunch of plot is exposited, to which Jack is barely paying attention. His only contribution is to mutter "Bullshit!" and then power walk out of the room blasting Limp Bizkit on his iPod. I just finished a mission where the highlight was getting on an elevator and having Jack's companions, apropos of nothing, instantly start talking loudly amongst themselves about how cool and strong he is. Just some real charming vintage edgelord poo poo that was thought dead and buried by the mid-2000s. I can't believe none of this poo poo was intentional.

Kitfox88 posted:

Earlier this year they released a 'census' of sorts and one of the datapoints was downs, gravity was the winner by an order of magnitude iirc.

Baba Yaga Fanboy posted:

Horizon: Forbidden West has an accessibility setting I've never seen before but really appreciate: a toggle for high-pitched ringing sounds a la tinnitus. As someone with lifelong, brutally loud tinnitus I appreciate the option to not be reminded of it while playing a game.

Morpheus posted:

Disaster Report 4 is a bizarre game but at one point someone asked me if I worked in their store and I told them I was lieutenant Gerald McKellan (complete with salute) and now on my status screen it tells me my occupation is "Self-proclaimed lieutenant Gerald McKellan"

This is a game set in Japan btw.

Der-Wreck posted:

I love the premise of that game but not sure how “good” it is. What’s your opinion on it? I saw a used copy for about 40-50 bux but couldn’t justify it. Are you enjoying it?

Edit: okay Nevermind! I saw the switch copy for sale and apparently it has terrible performance issues.

Oxxidation posted:

tonberries are made of the hatred and grudges of departed spirits so one interpretation of this is they’re literally allergic to affection

FreshFeesh posted:

• Nobody comes out to explain to the player what a “malaka” is, instead the concept is presented naturally and organically through gameplay and dialogue
  

Mierenneuker posted:

FreshFeesh posted:

I’m finally getting around to playing Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey and it’s my first AC game. There are a lot of little things to enjoy but several of my favorites include:

• Isthios, your eagle, will land on your arm as an idle animation while you’re futzing around in the Merchant’s menu
  
• The little wrist flick after crawling out of deep water to shed any extra droplets
  
• Nobody comes out to explain to the player what a “misthios” (mercenary/sell-sword) is, instead the concept is presented naturally and organically through gameplay and dialogue
  
• Having fall damage be non-lethal from the outset, and not having to spend points on removing it altogether later on
  

exquisite tea posted:

AC Odyssey is a video game where you can summon your own mom to stab dudes for you and I think there should be more games like that.

credburn posted:

This is the first time I've heard that falling damage is nonlethal in later AC games. At first I'm like, what the gently caress that's stupid. But then I remember falling forty stories but at the last moment grabbing onto a ledge. If that doesn't tear my arms right off, then I guess faceplanting on a stone road shouldn't kill me either.

Tumble posted:

still bummed that Oedipus DLC got cancelled

Captain Hygiene posted:

I never even played the DLC everyone complains about, but Odyssey + the Atlantis DLC is one of those things where it was right at the edge of being too much of a good thing. I love the game, but there's just so dang much of it. And there's definitely a me problem there in that I'm free to stop playing at any point, but having the DLC tacked on means there's another end in sight that I want to get to, even if I'm really winding down on the game.

Still, though, it's been a couple years now and I feel myself wanting to go back and replay it all again

Opopanax posted:

Too much of a good thing is basically the Ubisoft motto

Agents are GO! posted:

I thought it was "shelter and nurture sex pests."

Son of Rodney posted:

No, that's the mission statement

Agents are GO! posted:

I thought it was "shelter and nurture sex pests."

Weird Pumpkin posted:

It's weird because Ubisoft seems to have two settings for their big games: knocking it out of the park and just completely forgettable

Agents are GO! posted:

I thought it was "shelter and nurture sex pests."

Cythereal posted:

It's also 'gay people don't exist.' Which is why the DLC for Odyssey forces your character into a heterosexual marriage and children.

Vic posted:

That's a leap

exquisite tea posted:

AC Odyssey is a video game where you can summon your own mom to stab dudes for you and I think there should be more games like that.

quote:

Woman: I <explosions> AM THE GODDESS <explosions> OF EXPLOSIONS!!!!!
Princess: I know, Mom, sheesh.

John Murdoch posted:

The weirder pattern with Ubisoft games is Solid First Entry -> The One Everyone Just Loves -> Suddenly We Put B and C Team On This poo poo and Everything's Off.

Perfectly describes the Ezio Trilogy, the modern AC trilogy, I'd argue it even applies to Watchdogs.

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

Watch Dogs is weird. The first one had a great idea with terrible implementation and a protagonist that was worse than Connor in ACIII. The second one was great and Legion is not terrible and at least tries interesting stuff even if it doesn't land completely. Plus the story is pretty cool.

madeintaipei posted:

W_D: 2 (the Quickening) is a wonderful "starting poo poo" simulator.

Sicced two gangs against each other, which led to two peds running into and fighting each other. Ped 1 had a dog, ped 2 got got via canine. Call some patrol cops over, who clap ped 1 with their final shot. Dog wanders off like nothing happened.