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Oxxidation posted:I’ll admit I cheated a little bit by using cloud save backups, but I still landed her within 15 Legendary rolls right after getting Zeke with around 250 luck and no boosters. don’t want to think about those odds RNG can be cruel, Perun was literally the first legendary blade I got. Then later I got Boreas, Percival, Electra in new rolls. To be fair, together with Wulfrid (randomly found after a boss fight), Roc (inherited) and Kassandra (dragged out as salvage) I'm already having more legendary blades than I can equip.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:As far as video games go, it's not particularly awful, but I want more than mediocrity. I didn't know games could have good voice-acting until I played Disco Elysium. How Brown manages to give each and everyone of the personalities a thoroughly different voice, while remaining inherently the same, still gets me. I remember when Split, that Shyalaman movie came out, the lead, James McAvoy, got credit for pulling off split personalities. I personally thought he did a rather unimpressive job, just exaggerating cliche personalities of each persona. Brown somehow, while keeping pretty much the same register, adds subtleties to his readings to make each voice distinct. Of course, the writing is a big part of it because each personalities has a style of being written too, but it all comes together so perfectly. And every actor just nails it, let alone Brown, in Disco Elysium. you take that back about McAvoy or i'll stick the heid on you
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 17:28 |
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JollyBoyJohn posted:you take that back about McAvoy or i'll stick the heid on you Nope, I was not impressed at all by him. I think he's an alright actor otherwise. A close friend of mine is also very annoyed at me about these opinions but she's just biased because she has a massive crush on him. Rupert Buttermilk posted:They're both good. ITB is a much shorter, more immediate game. Civ 6 is for the long haul. I mean immediate runs are "short" but the game has tons of content in it and just got a bunch more. It'll keep you busy for ages. Plus it has super heavy '1 more turn' energy that means you can get stuck for a while playing it, especially with the way ending and then starting a new run works. WHY BONER NOW posted:To be honest I've had an unopened copy of civ6 for over a year now. Never played a civ game before...are they good for short pick up and play sessions? I love that about into the breach It's a matter of self-control. I haven't played 6 but was big into 4 and then 5. Civ's big thing is '1 more turn', since you're constantly doing something and promise to stop after seeing that thing done, but since another thing is being done elsewhere, maybe you should wait for that, and so on. If you can limit yourself then yeah, if not, there went a full day. DC Murderverse posted:It is not the same as Disco Elysium (because nothing is) but Three Houses and Three Hopes both have some of the best voice acting I’ve heard in a game. Another reason to get the game. I don't doubt I'll get 3Houses eventually, but I'm incredibly wary of it considering how dissatisfied I was with Awakenings. I've mentioned it before but that game single-handedly killed one of my favorite series for me since it was the way the sequels were then designed. But I really loved FE through Radiant Dawn and everything before, even the remakes of older games. Triangle Strategy has me on a massive tactics kick so it's possible I'll turn here once that incredibly rich game is exhausted.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 18:43 |
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I'm off SRPGs until Tactics Ogre comes out. DioField maybe when I've done everything in TO.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 18:54 |
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Nope, I was not impressed at all by him. I think he's an alright actor otherwise. A close friend of mine is also very annoyed at me about these opinions but she's just biased because she has a massive crush on him. I too have a massive crush on James McAvoy but thats just because he's also scottish, as an actor I wouldn't say I particularly like anything he's done lol
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 18:55 |
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100YrsofAttitude posted:
Yeah, sorry, that's what I meant. ITB is much quicker to get in, play, and get out, but there's also a poo poo load of content there. Civ 6 has a bit more, and is a slower game by design.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 19:00 |
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JollyBoyJohn posted:I too have a massive crush on James McAvoy but thats just because he's also scottish, as an actor I wouldn't say I particularly like anything he's done lol Haha, you're good people. I'm glad that that's his MO.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 19:26 |
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I bought Kirby buffet literally because I was staying at a friend’s who wanted to try it and yeah we were shocked to find out it was 2 player local multiplayer and more than that had to use the online. It feels like a 4 player party game but isn’t. I dunno it’s sorta weird, agreed that it would’ve been a good free game for NSO
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:05 |
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Katana Zero is getting free DLC. Hopefully with a better ending this time around.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:09 |
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Finished DMCry1 and it held up better than I thought. The gameplay and menus are kind of a pain from time to time but overall it was worth the sale price. The voice acting scenes at the end got a huge LAFFO out of me. Time to YouTube what happens in 2 then purchase 3, yeah?
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:26 |
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Waffle! posted:Katana Zero is getting free DLC. Hopefully with a better ending this time around. Did you not get the secret ending?
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:28 |
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Rolo posted:Finished DMCry1 and it held up better than I thought. The gameplay and menus are kind of a pain from time to time but overall it was worth the sale price. The voice acting scenes at the end got a huge LAFFO out of me. Nothing happens in DMC 2. 3 is a prequel and the first one chronologically.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:37 |
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Oh sweet.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:41 |
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McCracAttack posted:Finally finished Astalon: Tears of the Earth. What a great game. Best metroidvania I've played in ages. Why, I liked it so much I think I'd like to have a physical copy. Let me see if it ever got a physical release... What's the game about? Haven't really heard of this one before and I'm definitely intrigued after such high praise.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:46 |
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American McGay posted:Did you not get the secret ending? Apparently not. I'll try again after the DLC comes out.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:47 |
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It requires a really obtuse sequence of choices throughout the entire game, so I don’t blame you. I really liked the game though so I gladly played through it like 4 times finding all the secret stuff.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:56 |
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Mega64 posted:What's the game about? Haven't really heard of this one before and I'm definitely intrigued after such high praise. It's a Metroidvania that looks like every other 8-bit inspired game you've ever seen. Watching a YouTube video won't really convey what's good about it. You play as three separate characters and you switch between them at save points. They're all strong in some ways and weak in others. There are lots of obstacles that only one of them can pass based on their abilities. When you die you get to level up your characters and then try again. There are elevators and teleporters you can unlock as you go so it's pretty painless to get back in there. A big hook (in my opinion) is the game's stiff challenge. Kind of like the old NES Castlevania games that clearly inspired it. You have to be very deliberate and careful in combat and traversal because you can't take many hits and restoring health is very hard to do. Now that wouldn't be very fun in and of itself but the game is very good about giving you upgrades at just the right time to alleviate the frustrations you've been dealing with so far. Here's a small example, when you kill an enemy they drop orbs that are the "currency" of the game. You use them to level up your character. But when they drop they scatter like marbles and you have to go pick them up. It's kind of a pain. So when you get the upgrade that auto-collects those orbs it feels great. The bigger upgrades can feel like game changers. You start the game feeling pretty small and vulnerable but by the end you're so powerful that the final boss is basically a victory lap. It's very satisfying. It also does all the things you want a Metroidvania to do well. Exploration is fun. Finding secrets is fun. It's a fun game. I hope I'm not over-hyping it but it really got its hooks in me and it's a shame it apparently didn't find much of an audience. I only heard about it because folks in here were talking about it and I'm glad they did.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 21:14 |
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I've been enjoying Mario Odyssey and getting used to the less 'arcadey' momentum controls, but I keep having trouble doing the Side Somersault as compared to 64 and (to my memory) Sunshine. Anyone else experience that or do I just need to git gud?
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Magnetic North posted:I've been enjoying Mario Odyssey and getting used to the less 'arcadey' momentum controls, but I keep having trouble doing the Side Somersault as compared to 64 and (to my memory) Sunshine. Anyone else experience that or do I just need to git gud? Yeah you can't sidesault on a dime anymore, you need to watch for Mario to show a skidding stop animation before it'll work. Just practice at it.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 21:39 |
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you can, its a get good problem
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 21:48 |
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DMC3 is the best one
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 23:33 |
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Welp, I'm sold. If I can find the time to tear myself away from Siralum Ultimate (which is coming to the Switch possibly later this year...!) I'll have to give it a go!
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Mega64 posted:Welp, I'm sold. If I can find the time to tear myself away from Siralum Ultimate (which is coming to the Switch possibly later this year...!) I'll have to give it a go! There's one skill I wish I had figured out sooner. When you hold down the attack button you will attack continuously. The downside is you can't move... but you can jump around. Some characters even keep attacking in the same direction no matter which way you jump. This means you can hop away from advancing enemies while still attacking them. Give it a try.
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 01:16 |
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Has anyone gotten ooblets yet? Looks cute
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taco show posted:Has anyone gotten ooblets yet? Looks cute I'm tempted to. The dev had some attitude that soured me on them some time ago, but it seems like that's not a recurring thing so I may end up grabbing the game. Quite like the art and concept.
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 05:52 |
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warning. ooblets has the most cringe inducing twee writing ever concieved of by man andn despite my own high levle of resists it still destroyed my ability to play the game within 1 hour.
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 06:14 |
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this one nopon in xbc2 who speaks in a smooth and prim baritone has me giggling like an imbecile
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Oxxidation posted:this one nopon in xbc2 who speaks in a smooth and prim baritone has me giggling like an imbecile Niranira?
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Chronojam posted:Niranira? that's the one. take away the broken diction and he's basically nibbler from futurama
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 08:43 |
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Nopon blues singer when
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 09:06 |
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Oxxidation posted:this one nopon in xbc2 who speaks in a smooth and prim baritone has me giggling like an imbecile they realised what a great idea this was and put a deep voiced nopon in the party for 3
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Sudden Javelin posted:they realised what a great idea this was and put a deep voiced nopon in the party for 3 I really disliked xc2 but I love jrpgs and everything I hear is making me want to get 3 and disappoint myself
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 11:52 |
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There only way to be disappointed about 3 is realizing you don't have it already
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 13:18 |
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if you liked 1 you should like 3. I was very lukewarm on 2 and love 3
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 13:42 |
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I loved 1, was really disappointed by 2 and 3 is everything I wanted out of a Xenoblade game and a bunch of stuff I didn't know I wanted.
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 13:46 |
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i tried for literally two years to get into 2 and it finally grabbed me by the throat despite its myriad issues, i haven't marathoned something like this since elden ring i'm not going to bother with the ng+ content or the really egregious stuff like ursula (or possibly merc tier 5, good lord) but my phenomenal luck with the gacha pretty much sealed the deal on seeing as much of it as i can
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Oxxidation posted:i tried for literally two years to get into 2 and it finally grabbed me by the throat despite its myriad issues, i haven't marathoned something like this since elden ring Are you going to play 3?
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 14:19 |
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Barreft posted:Are you going to play 3? eventually. i've got XB1 definitive on the queue after this, i haven't touched it since the wii version first came out
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# ? Sep 3, 2022 14:23 |
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I'm almost at the end of 1 myself, just before that point which locks out most timed quests. I will probably do whatever quests aren't a pain after that and then go finish it + Future Connected. Hopefully the Expansion Pass for 2 will go on sale by the time I start it again.
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# ? Jun 1, 2024 05:20 |
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Is the new Mario Soccer game any good? In comparison to earlier titles or is it another Tennis/Golf?
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