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Which August 16th release are you most looking forward to? This poll is closed. |
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| Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince [PC, Switch] – August 16 |
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12 | 21.82% |
| Rollerdrome [PC, PS5, PS4] – August 16 |
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31 | 56.36% |
| Tribes of Midgard [XSX, XBO, Switch] – August 16 |
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5 | 9.09% |
| Way of the Hunter [PC, PS5, XSX] – August 16 |
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7 | 12.73% |
| Total: | 55 votes | ||
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Also if it makes you feel better, not only are there less optional 70 dungeons than 60 (only 2 less but less), but ShB onwards they reduced the number of dungeons per patch so there's only 2 optionals that were in the X.0 patch and every other one is MSQ so it's the last time you have to do this hunt.
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Aug 21, 2022 23:00
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yeah there's actually very little optional content in stormblood that isn't a major storyline. There's the alliance raid series (which you should absolutely skip cutscenes for; the fights are good but it's perhaps the worst story in the game), the main raid series, and the trial series, just like heavensward, but there's fewer dungeons and most of them are either in the msq or part of the trial series. Doing a quick glance it looks like there's only four dungeons that aren't part of any larger content (a number which reduces to 2 in shadowbringers).
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Aug 21, 2022 23:09
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Idk if I've made this advice to you specifically before but, I tend to advise people try to do things in the order they were released rather than sorted by content type. It just feels better to do a dungeon then a raid then a trial then another dungeon, instead of the same thing a bunch of times in a row, imo.
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Aug 21, 2022 23:17
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Malcolm Excellent posted:I like chucking dudes off roofs and into the ocean I hate that there are magic webs that save all the people you kick off the skyscrapers. 
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Aug 21, 2022 23:32
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Aug 21, 2022 23:37
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Canonically those webs disolve after an hour. Spiderman is such a sick gently caress that he likes the criminal to experience fear for as long as possible before they finally plummet
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Aug 21, 2022 23:37
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cheetah7071 posted:yeah there's actually very little optional content in stormblood that isn't a major storyline. There's the alliance raid series (which you should absolutely skip cutscenes for; the fights are good but it's perhaps the worst story in the game), the main raid series, and the trial series, just like heavensward, but there's fewer dungeons and most of them are either in the msq or part of the trial series. Doing a quick glance it looks like there's only four dungeons that aren't part of any larger content (a number which reduces to 2 in shadowbringers). Yeah I'm a "never skip cutscenes" guy but like, if there's any major questline to skip cutscenes on it's the Alliance Ivalice raids. It's a shame because I do really like the raids themselves.
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Aug 21, 2022 23:41
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They're apparently doing some reordering of those quests, so they might be more comprehensible at a bare minimum post-6.2. They're still a low point of writing - I think owing to Matsuno not being familiar with how to write for an MMO - and it results in a cardboard cutout narrative with no teeth that I still struggle to fully remember, and I'm a full on cutscene-and-note-taking kinda guy.
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Aug 21, 2022 23:47
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What kind of notes?
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Aug 21, 2022 23:50
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Zinkraptor posted:Yeah I'm a "never skip cutscenes" guy but like, if there's any major questline to skip cutscenes on it's the Alliance Ivalice raids. It's a shame because I do really like the raids themselves. This but also Heavensward's Alliance raids. There was something real tedious about it, and it had very strong 'anime filler movie' energy.
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Aug 21, 2022 23:59
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Jay Rust posted:What kind of notes? Usually a shitload of screenshots of important moments for reference and occasionally writing down thoughts on important themes or ideas that I notice.
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Aug 22, 2022 00:03
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I suspect other people have had this experience: The other day I was putting a game back on the shelf and I saw I had AC: Valhalla for the PS5. I have no recollection of buying this and was surprised it was there. This happened a few months back when I saw I had FF3 on the DS. No idea when or where I got it. But it's there. I suspect if I looked through I'd find something else that surprises me. Related, but in a way worse was when I bought Okami for PS4 and then found out I had bought it digitally in a sale at some point. I have a feeling this sort of thing is more common then just being surprised by what you find in your collection. The worst thing has not happened to me yet. And that is buying a physical game, and then putting it on your shelf next to the same game that you had forgotten you already owned. Fess up, who has done this?
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Aug 22, 2022 01:07
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Waltzing Along posted:I suspect other people have had this experience: I scarcely ever buy physical copies (basically it’s just been Sekiro used for the last few years because I didn’t wanna give Activision money) but there are a lot of instances where I peruse my digital collection and go “huh, when the gently caress did I pick that up?” I’m definitely gonna end up buying a Switch game I already picked up the Amazon code for eventually though.
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Aug 22, 2022 01:19
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the stormblood alliance raid is the only time ive ever skipped cutscenes (i had to rush to get them unlocked, and there were just so goddamn many) and i don't regret it at all (i did watch them much later when my friend went through) you should 100% do the stormblood normal raid (omega) because its really good and cool and fun (and is relevant later)
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Aug 22, 2022 01:54
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I loaded up FFXIV a few minutes ago and just couldn’t do it. Definitely burnout and definitely time to take a break, for real this time. It’s just, so, god why does everyone have to talk so much
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Aug 22, 2022 02:07
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Saints Row games are written by 13 year olds who are having a good time laughing with each other. GTA games are written by 13 year olds who hate each other and all think they are the smartest boy in school.
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Aug 22, 2022 02:14
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Open world crime simulators are truly the "i can be your angle, or yuor devil" of video game genres.
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Aug 22, 2022 02:28
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Your new boss sends you this email, what do you do?
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Aug 22, 2022 02:38
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Jay Rust posted:Your new boss sends you this email, what do you do? ask another coworker for the combination on slack
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Aug 22, 2022 02:42
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I would spend multiple hours "researching" at local coffee shops and wine bars.
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Aug 22, 2022 02:47
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Jay Rust posted:Your new boss sends you this email, what do you do? ask a ghost
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Aug 22, 2022 02:47
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wowwwwwww this looks nice https://twitter.com/Arestame_Arkeid/status/1561001357447872512
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Aug 22, 2022 03:04
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Captain Invictus posted:wowwwwwww this looks nice here's the real question: what does shanks look like in phase 2 (the answer is probably he puts the hat back on)
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Aug 22, 2022 03:15
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Jay Rust posted:Your new boss sends you this email, what do you do? Not give a poo poo
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Aug 22, 2022 03:18
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No updates on the Saints Row 2 patch, right? With Nordic's propensity for re-releasing old games, I'm surprised the game hasn't gotten a full on remaster yet. (also gently caress cancer)
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Aug 22, 2022 03:26
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RBA Starblade posted:Not give a poo poo rip you got the Bad ending (ending F) 
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Aug 22, 2022 03:28
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Jay Rust posted:rip you got the Bad ending (ending F) Can I get a reference from hr at least
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Aug 22, 2022 03:30
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not having the vocals is criminal Captain Invictus posted:wowwwwwww this looks nice wow!
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Aug 22, 2022 04:07
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That’s a bad looking Goku
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Aug 22, 2022 04:08
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playing Planetside 2 again
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Aug 22, 2022 04:08
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i think Xenoblade 3 may have the most obviously death-flagged character I've ever seen even by JRPG early game party member standards
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Aug 22, 2022 04:55
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Feels Villeneuve posted:i think Xenoblade 3 may have the most obviously death-flagged character I've ever seen even by JRPG early game party member standards Tell me more...
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Aug 22, 2022 05:00
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Jay Rust posted:Tell me more... 1) one month from "retirement" 2) transferring to a safer position after the current mission 3) everyone has a nice moment talking about how much he deserves to "retire" 4) leaves the party just before said mission starts 5) you can't change any of his equipment
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Aug 22, 2022 05:03
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These days it's so much more complicated than "wearing a red shirt"
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Aug 22, 2022 05:04
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He’s gonna need that gear for when he retires and moves to xenoflorida
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Gonna point out that in Xenoblade 1 the two death flagged characters join your party later on, albeit one getting resurrected by the cockney robots
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Petition to rename the "Games" forum to "Video Games". It's weird having two subforums, one named Games and the other Traditional Games. Just based on the context of the entirety of human history it's weird to consider the default definition of games, as a word, as video games. And if anything else, most importantly, it looks weird when scrolling through the subforum list. stratdax fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Aug 22, 2022 |
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Aug 22, 2022 06:25
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videogames is one word
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Aug 22, 2022 06:26
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oh well that changes everything
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Videos Games
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