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rox: Sep 7, 2016

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

I wanted to like this game so much but all the levels were designed by trolls. You can be extremely careful looking for each box to try and get the gem at the end but there will almost always be one or two that are hidden out of the camera frame or in places you would never find without a guide. Doesn't help that levels are much longer than the original games, it just got demoralizing going slowly trying to check every possible nook for boxes and then seeing 255/257 at the end anyway.

they took a look at that one box in 'cold hard crash' (if you know, you know) and made a whole game about it

i still liked it

friggen hard trying to "100%" it though lol

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rox: Sep 7, 2016

Stux posted:

theyre fun

ftw

# ? Oct 7, 2022 18:35

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Jack Trades posted:

Collectathons suck rear end and always sucked rear end. The only reason why people still buy them is because they were stockholm syndrome'ed by them as children.

Stux posted:

theyre fun

The Duality of Man.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 18:35

Fruits of the sea: Dec 1, 2010

I'm a fan of games that give you a map marker in the endgame that shows all the collectible locations. Ori and the Blind Forest did this and it basically opened a cool puzzle game mode where I knew the locations of the last orbs and I had to figure out how the hell I was gonna get to them.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 18:42

CommissarMega: Nov 18, 2008; THUNDERDOME LOSER

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 19:40

RandomBlue: Dec 30, 2012; hay guys!; Biscuit Hider

CommissarMega posted:

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

that all sounds terrible

# ? Oct 7, 2022 19:46

Stux: Nov 17, 2006

https://i.imgur.com/srgmMIB.mp4

# ? Oct 7, 2022 19:58

Propaganda Hour: Aug 25, 2008; after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

CommissarMega posted:

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

This sounds amazing

# ? Oct 7, 2022 19:59

CommissarMega: Nov 18, 2008; THUNDERDOME LOSER

RandomBlue posted:

that all sounds terrible

Oh it is, but like everyone who likes Kenshi said, it's a special kind of terrible. There's nothing quite like watching your weedy dude turn into the Incredible Hulk (seriously, your character model updates), and that moment when you finally let loose with 0.0001% of your power, and watch your lone dude liberate a slave camp in a hail of other peoples' flying limbs is goddamn amazing :allears:

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:00

explosivo: May 23, 2004; Fueled by Satan

Lol i'm gonna try to play Kenshi again god drat you all

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:01

Jelly: Feb 11, 2004; Ask me about my STD collection!

Squiggle posted:

Absolutely, yes, and it also made me love ambiguousamphibian.

The torso solo run is riveting.

This is so great, thanks

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:02

Lt. Lizard: Apr 28, 2013

CommissarMega posted:

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

This seems like something that is amazing to talk about on the forums, but extremely boring and uninteresting to actually play through.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:02

K8.0: Feb 26, 2004; Her Majesty's 56th Regiment of Foot

RandomBlue posted:

that all sounds terrible

I mean it's probably not that fun (never did slave start myself), but Kenshi is a game where losing is actually fun and is a huge part of the game.

Racing games could learn a lot from Kenshi.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:03

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

Kenshi is cool, but if you get tired of grinding up your stats every new game its really easy to just edit your save and start with bigger numbers

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:04

Owl Inspector: Sep 14, 2011

noblemen trying to compete at the harvest festival? oh that's adorable

PEASANT COMING THROUGH

you have never even seen a crop, noblemen

you are nothing

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:04

iGestalt: Mar 4, 2013

CommissarMega posted:

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

Maybe I should give Kenshi another go

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:04

Stux: Nov 17, 2006

CommissarMega posted:

There's nothing quite like watching your weedy dude turn into the Incredible Hulk (seriously, your character model updates)

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:08

Quill: Jan 19, 2004

CommissarMega posted:

As a suggestion, I'd recommend the slave start in Kenshi if you've got a lot of patience. Here's how it goes:

1: You start out as a slave in chains working in a quarry. In the daytime, do your best to pick the locks on your chains, or if you've got some Youtubes to watch, just let the usual daytime cycle of your character doing slave things play out (it's all automated unless you do something to break the AI routines, like picking a fight with the guards).
1a: If you get your chains off, carry them on your character. They're extremely heavy and will help you with both strength and speed training. Best of all, if a guard sees you with your chains off, they'll just slap a new pair on you!
1b: Also, your character will have a persistent 'near-starving' status effect. In Kenshi this is good, because debuffs speed up your stat growth.

2: At night, keep trying to pick the locks on your chains and on your cell door. Keep trying to pick fights with any guards who see you, preferably while you're weighed down by chains and hunger. If you defeat a guard, leave them and their weapons- unarmed combat is the most hilariously OP form of combat in Kenshi.

3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until sufficiently swole. Once your character can run while being overloaded with chains might be a good benchmark. Another good benchmark is if your character punches off a guard's limbs while fighting them.

4: Lead a slave revolt and use your massive lockpick skills to free your buds. Some freed slaves might want to stay in the quarry, some will follow you to the quarry's entrance, where it's another random chance for some of them to stay with you.

5: ???

6: Kenshi.

Ah yes, the Wheel of Pain method.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:08

deep dish peat moss: Jul 27, 2006

CommissarMega posted:

Oh it is, but like everyone who likes Kenshi said, it's a special kind of terrible. There's nothing quite like watching your weedy dude turn into the Incredible Hulk (seriously, your character model updates), and that moment when you finally let loose with 0.0001% of your power, and watch your lone dude liberate a slave camp in a hail of other peoples' flying limbs is goddamn amazing

This is sincerely kind of what I meant with my action figure comparison. Kenshi is a game where you have action figures and a playset and the action figures are fuckin' cool and have karate chop action and fireable missiles and can transform into robots. But most of the actual stuff that happens in the story going on with those action figures is all imaginary. If you can have fun taking cool things and playing around w/ them to tell your own story Kenshi is probably up your alley. But as far as an actual game goes, it's pretty bad, because that karate chop action and fireable missiles and robot transformation that the characters have are all that's actually going on.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:13

RandomBlue: Dec 30, 2012; hay guys!; Biscuit Hider

K8.0 posted:

I mean it's probably not that fun (never did slave start myself), but Kenshi is a game where losing is actually fun and is a huge part of the game.

Racing games could learn a lot from Kenshi.

if I can't first place every race why am I even playing?

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:28

Cool Kids Club Soda: Aug 20, 2010; 😎❄️🌃🥤🧋🍹👌💯

Stux posted:

His fuckin bones got swoler

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:30

Stux: Nov 17, 2006

no, stuff really happens and more than in most games. there is a real and appreciable impact on the world as a direct result of the players actions. there is a very involved amount of lore and writing within the game explaining its world and the various characters and their motivations. as a game, it is particularly unique in the flexibility and depth of its various mechanics and how they interact. it requires a large effort on the part of the player to uncover most of this, and to a passing evaluation it may appear to lack what those who have dug in sing so loudly about. however, it is there in actuality.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:32

MonkeyforaHead: Apr 7, 2006; God, you vindictive bitch, why can't I ever have any "me" time

Jack Trades posted:

Collectathons suck rear end and always sucked rear end. The only reason why people still buy them is because they were stockholm syndrome'ed by them as children.

Stux posted:

theyre fun

The funniest thing about this is I could support both arguments with examples from the same team at the same studio within the same console generation.

RandomBlue posted:

if I can't first place every race why am I even playing?

You jest, and yet most racing games I've played (mostly kart racers) unironically bake this into their design. Whether in a series of races because the AI is always weighted such that the forerunners will almost always place in the same order, making it impossible to eat more than one 2nd-place finish and still prevail, or in single races where literally anything other than first place is a loss and you have to try again.

MonkeyforaHead fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Oct 7, 2022

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:33

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

Jack Trades posted:

Collectathons suck rear end and always sucked rear end. The only reason why people still buy them is because they were stockholm syndrome'ed by them as children.

this pervasive idea that Something Is Wrong with somebody because they like a type of game is getting extremely loving old

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:33

Cool Kids Club Soda: Aug 20, 2010; 😎❄️🌃🥤🧋🍹👌💯

Ciaphas posted:

this pervasive idea that Something Is Wrong with somebody because they like a type of game is getting extremely loving old

Well either it's this or you're just not playing the game right, so I mean, who's to say who's right?

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:37

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:38

Jack Trades: Nov 30, 2010

Ciaphas posted:

this pervasive idea that Something Is Wrong with somebody because they like a type of game is getting extremely loving old

Is it really? I mean, have you ever talked to a person that's really into those anime gachas?

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:38

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

haul the goal post back further, jack, it's not off the cliff yet

but to answer your question, no, closest is a coworker who was (is? they left a few months back) really into genshin impact

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:41

A Bystander: Oct 10, 2012

If it is an attempt at comedy, it sucks real bad. If it is a sincerely held belief, you're really loving weird and should probably stop posting if this is the best you got.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:43

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

Anno posted:

Neat.

https://twitter.com/Canadianguyehh/status/1578430003850620928?s=20&t=anV5GgzAn7g7obnRkaDoRQ

This tweet was deleted so I have no idea what people are arguing about

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:44

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Jack Trades posted:

Is it really? I mean, have you ever talked to a person that's really into those anime gachas?

yes and yes

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:50

Stux: Nov 17, 2006

Jack Trades posted:

Is it really? I mean, have you ever talked to a person that's really into those anime gachas?

i have

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:52

NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

This tweet was deleted so I have no idea what people are arguing about

Crash 4 coming to Steam instead of being a Battlenet exclusive.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:55

Volte: Oct 4, 2004; woosh woosh

I liked 100%ing the Spyro 1 remake and collectathons have never been my thing.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:55

FishMcCool: Apr 9, 2021; lolcats are still funny; Fallen Rib

Not really into collectathons either, but found A Hat In Time exceptional. No idea what the authors are doing now, but I sure hope they make a sequel at some point.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 20:59

Blurb3947: Sep 30, 2022

I'm finally getting to the 2018 God of War game and that has made finding collectables fun. Really the only kind I hate are Ubisoft ones that are just littered about as if trying to put in more than Banjo Kazooie.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 21:24

ninjoatse.cx: Apr 9, 2005; Fun Shoe

fit em all up in there posted:

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/rpg-legends-baldurs-gate-beyond-bundle?partner=nintendeal

Baldur's Gate bundle $10 for everything except pathfinder, otherwise its $20

As a heads up. you can get Placescape: Torment Enhanced edition and Icewind Dale: Enhanced edition for $1.

I never played the original Icewind Dale. Its basically Badlur's Gate with twice as many enemies on much smaller maps. Adventure and enemies around every corner! No, really, EVERY corner.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 21:35

FishMcCool: Apr 9, 2021; lolcats are still funny; Fallen Rib

ninjoatse.cx posted:

I never played the original Icewind Dale. Its basically Badlur's Gate with twice as many enemies on much smaller maps. Adventure and enemies around every corner! No, really, EVERY corner.

IWD is Baldur's Gate without the choices. It sounds bad, but it's actually pretty good as long as you know you're getting into a linear dungeon crawler. The combat encounters manage to be challenging all the way through, there are some boss fights that will have you retry a lot and play with all your tools between spells, consumables, placement, kiting, bodyblocking... And the areas are beautiful and surprisingly varied.

# ? Oct 7, 2022 21:54

deep dish peat moss: Jul 27, 2006

Ciaphas posted:

this pervasive idea that Something Is Wrong with somebody because they like a type of game is getting extremely loving old

what if the type of game is war games, where the only winning move is to not play

# ? Oct 7, 2022 21:58

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 21:05

Picayune: Feb 26, 2007; cannot be unseen; Taco Defender

GreenBuckanneer posted:

In different news, tales of symphonia needs an auto text advance. Yes I know it's an 18 year old game. I don't care.

When I played it on the GameCube it bugged out and played the entire ending cutscene sequence on fast-forward.

I woulda liked the text to NOT auto-advance, frankly!

# ? Oct 7, 2022 22:01

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