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After buying it two months ago and finally having a few hours to try it, I played Dungeon Encounters. I was interested in it’s lo-fi presentation and the zen of filling out maps. My dungeon crawler experience is mainly Etrian Odyssey, Legend of Grimrock, and some Ultima Underworld, not the more punishing Wizardy series that this is more like. I was liking the gameplay systems at play, where characters have no stats aside from hp and equip load, and the equipment dictates how much and what kind of damage you can deal or resist. It made encounters into a sort of puzzle and I was digging it. Then I ran into a gimmick enemy with 10k health and only stole money. I wasn’t too bothered when it started stealing a ridiculous 10000 gold a turn because I only had about 4k in my pocket. But the thief stole money I didn’t have and left me deep in a financial hole in an area where a tough fight rewarded me with about 100g. No recourse but to grind my way out. Soon after this I ran into some enemies who had an attack that dealt big damage to characters whose level was a prime number. There were two of these enemies in the group, I had never seen the attack before, it hits my whole party back-to-back because everyone either lvl 11 or 13, and I’m tpk before I can really react. I get that it’s a punishing game. I get that I have a Withdraw ability that lets me run with a less that 100% success rate and I could have leaned on that. But both these obstacles came out of nowhere, with the thief defying genre conventions to steal money that didn’t exist. So after 3.5 hours I was left to use a backup party and no funds to outfit them. I could see it being a daring rescue mission, one where I use the abilities to descend floors as long as there’s a valid tile below you, but since there’s no way to check the maps on known floors I would either have to a) chart my own maps irl b) just kind of guess c) use a resource online. I think those options all suck for resolving a situation I could immediately find myself in again, and at the end of the day it was fun but not so fun that I want to entertain its archaic design choices. Honestly, if I could consult floor maps within the game I would probably tough it out a little more but I don’t have the free time to waste with it. I made it to floor 12 of 99, and I’ll never know the comforts of Sir Cat. I was willing to deal with a certain amount of friction, but the game is mostly grit and grind.
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Sep 24, 2022 13:19
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SvR09: I've now moved on to Chris Jericho's Road to Wrestlemania where his Break the Code videos have been appropriated to become Kill Chris Jericho by a mystery man who is definitely not going to turn out to be Triple H
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Sep 24, 2022 14:21
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wuggles posted:I saw this on Twitter after this thread's Bob Hoskins discourse: Was that taped before or after this? 
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Sep 24, 2022 14:44
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man, what a step up! everybody knows who Mario is, king lear is best known for his namesake defense-lowering move in Pokemon
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Sep 24, 2022 14:45
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SvR09: The masked man is so obviously Shane McMahon it's not even a question!
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Sep 24, 2022 15:10
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wuggles posted:I saw this on Twitter after this thread's Bob Hoskins discourse: a thousand men have played king lear, but only one has ever played super mario. i know which one i hold in the greater also since i didn't see it mentioned before: production was so bad him and john leguizamo were apparently getting hammered on set constantly, with iirc leguizamo bringing his own joints in to work to share with bob. what a great film
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Sep 24, 2022 15:26
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Vermain posted:only one has ever played super mario For about 6 more months...
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Sep 24, 2022 15:40
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Rarity posted:SvR09: Good luck surviving his lethal ghost punches
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Sep 24, 2022 15:44
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LawfulWaffle posted:Dungeon Encounters Hear hear, if you want to make a punishing game, where unpreventable party wipes aren’t rare, don’t make failure such a loving drag. Just the worst
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Sep 24, 2022 16:02
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I feel bad for Hoskins. It must be miserable to do a role you come to hate and regret, especially since it was filmed in a time before pop culture was ready to truly embrace the weird. It's a shame he couldn't enjoy the experience.
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Sep 24, 2022 16:04
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Technically four men have notably played Supered Mario.
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Sep 24, 2022 16:21
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bob hoskins ftw rip 🙏
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Sep 24, 2022 16:26
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SvR09: The Masked Man has been revealed!  Oh wait it's Randy Orton 
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Sep 24, 2022 16:33
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The thieves in dungeon encounters robbing you into debt is extremely funny actually
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Sep 24, 2022 16:41
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Rarity posted:For about 6 more months... it's gonna be so funny
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Sep 24, 2022 16:41
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Walla posted:I feel bad for Hoskins. It must be miserable to do a role you come to hate and regret, especially since it was filmed in a time before pop culture was ready to truly embrace the weird. It's a shame he couldn't enjoy the experience. I sort of got the impression he (and just about everyone else) hated it entirely because the movie production itself was a miserable clusterfuck, especially given Roger Rabbit as something else I think he enjoyed doing despite having to play pretend for extended periods of time.
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Sep 24, 2022 16:53
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lets hang out posted:The thieves in dungeon encounters robbing you into debt is extremely funny actually It is, for real, extremely funny But I wanted to play a video game after
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Sep 24, 2022 17:04
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Last Celebration posted:I sort of got the impression he (and just about everyone else) hated it entirely because the movie production itself was a miserable clusterfuck, especially given Roger Rabbit as something else I think he enjoyed doing despite having to play pretend for extended periods of time. Dennis Hopper seemed like he was having fun at least given his performance
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Sep 24, 2022 17:05
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Ostentatious Top 5 Games of the Month: 1. League of Legends 2. Overwatch 3. Undertale 4. Fallout 76 5. Fallout New Vegas
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Sep 24, 2022 17:06
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Ostentatious posted:Ostentatious Top 5 Games of the Month: congratulations on your correct opinions, citizen. a fine gaming day to you
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Sep 24, 2022 17:25
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Sep 24, 2022 18:29
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Waffleman_ posted:Technically four men have notably played Supered Mario. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M8I2SYEiA
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Sep 24, 2022 18:29
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Rarity posted:SvR09: can he put the mask back on
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Sep 24, 2022 18:41
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New Vegas is 5th? Sus
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Sep 24, 2022 18:44
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They look sick. Their dance moves I mean.
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Sep 24, 2022 18:51
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SvR09: I'm on the last Road to Wrestlemania and it's CM Punk and it's all about Extreme Rules matches getting banned in the company because Tazz is mad people get injured lol
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Sep 24, 2022 19:18
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After coming home from work I watch gundam and then play gundam
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Sep 24, 2022 20:18
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i remember seeing F76 was on sale a little while ago, checking the thread here to see if it ever got de-horribled, and all the posts were about trying to get good rolls on rare drops. noooooo thank you! that poo poo belongs in exactly one series, Diablo, and i do not need it anywhere else
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Sep 24, 2022 20:28
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 Supper Mario Broth posted:Evolution of the sprites of various forms of Mario in Super Mario World during development, compiled from development files using the internal timestamps. Note that Cape Mario was a relatively late addition, with Raccoon Mario having been considered as the game’s flying power-up for most of development. they got it right the second time imo
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Sep 24, 2022 21:19
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I can’t stop playing hardspace shipbreakers. Don’t send help
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Sep 24, 2022 21:26
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measure twice, explosive decompression once
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Sep 24, 2022 21:35
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Die in a massive fireball to chill space bluegrass
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Sep 24, 2022 21:39
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Muscle Tracer posted:Well, I beat Baba is You. At least, I got all the achievements -- I'm not 1000% sure I found all the levels in the final actual world. It's been surprisingly emotional -- I legit lost my poo poo at Another Way, which is a reprise of A Way Out, the level you're initially led to believe is the "last" one. Also, in the very final level, I legit choked up at bestowing "done" on all these characters that had helped me along the way. We are done, you guys, and you did a great job. I was really surprised at the tone of the cutscene after "All is Done" though, I was expecting something celebratory. There's a bunch of DLC stuff I guess, but I believe I may well be done myself at this point. GOTY once again, all the more so because I finished it. Impressive. I made it like halfway into the third world before I got 100% stuck and put the game down.
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Sep 24, 2022 22:36
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Is Shovel Knight Dig not out on the PS5 for some reason? It doesn't appear to be in the store. edit: Xbox and PS later? Uh why lol
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Sep 24, 2022 22:50
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Just Steam, Switch, and IOS for now
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Sep 24, 2022 22:51
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For the record this isn't like, a huge deal but I'm EXTREMELY lazy right now and don't want to switch over to my Switch or really get out of my chair in any capacity
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Sep 24, 2022 22:53
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hatty posted:
Man now that I look at them more closely, the final smw sprites look kinda not like Mario
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Sep 24, 2022 23:15
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I'm thinking Triangle Strategy could win my coveted Game of the Year Released in the Current Year Award (GotYRitCYA). Maybe it's because its main competition Elden Ring was released so early in the year, but also i really like TriStrat. It's the perfect Switch game, turn based strategy on a portable system just feels right and it does so many things right.
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Sep 24, 2022 23:26
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Rarity posted:SvR09: Did he take 3 steps and turn purple?
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