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Its also interesting because it feels like you can track the tone and meaning of the game shifting as you see its development from the demo to the DLC.
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The Bee posted:Its also interesting because it feels like you can track the tone and meaning of the game shifting as you see its development from the demo to the DLC. Yeah, like there is something kinda magical about the demo's simplicity, even if I do enjoy the whole package. Theres a lot of dangling threads, and thats fine and reasonable because the game was never finished, so it makes sense that it feels incomplete
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 17:58 |
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Play the Live A Live remake, it rules hard.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 18:18 |
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MonsieurChoc posted:Play the Live A Live remake, it rules hard. Actually yeah. This is a good option. Its probably the best SNES RPG to never get an official english translation until the recent remake. Edit: Also this is probably old news but last month Yoko Shimomura and Toby Fox had an interview about Megalomania's influence on Megalovania. https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/live-a-live-yoko-shimomura-toby-fox-pt-1 So just another reason to play Live A Live if you havent. JuniperCake fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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Ash Rose posted:Have you ever given Oneshot a try? it flew under the radar for a lot of folks but it came out around Undertale and was playing with some of the same ideas as it. Oneshot! I did play that, it was absolutely wonderful, I played through the finished thing. Genuinely great. The Bee posted:Its also interesting because it feels like you can track the tone and meaning of the game shifting as you see its development from the demo to the DLC. I got this feeling too! Given the game's narrative that added something special. JuniperCake posted:Actually yeah. This is a good option. This is one of those games I haven't played but the name will not stop popping up in my life, I know nothing about it.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 18:30 |
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If nothing else give the soundtrack a listen Yoko did a fantastic job updating it and it's boss theme, Megalomania is where Megalovania derived it's name from. Is what I would say if SE isn't insistent on taking it down on youtube. Completely unrelated check out this song from a UT fangame real good stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MKOlfXKmY The whole channel has music you can't find anywhere else
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 18:34 |
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Neuronyx posted:
Play it blind imo. There's some really interesting things that it does that will hit better if you don't know they are coming. If money is an issue, you can download the fan patch and play the SNES rom on emulator. The remake is really good and is definitely more polished but the original still holds up. JuniperCake fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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Ohh wow, I'll give a listen. If anything because some parts of the Undertale fan scene produce some shockingly good quality content. My younger niece got way into some of the AUs which is how I noticed. She has a good head on her shoulders thank god, she's smart enough to avoid the more toxic aspects of the fandom. Of fandoms in general, really. E: God drat, that song. Neuronyx fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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JuniperCake posted:Play it blind imo. There's some really interesting things that it does that will hit better if you don't know they are coming. Alright you sumbitches convinced me, it's hard for me to ignore the last straw, someone telling me "go in blind" because that tells me the game may be something special. I'll grab the remake. E: Just so happens the steam page is streaming a guy talking about the game and his inspirations, i'm assuming it's the dev. I like this guy. Neuronyx fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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another life saved
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 18:46 |
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JuniperCake posted:Edit: Also this is probably old news but last month Yoko Shimomura and Toby Fox had an interview about Megalomania's influence on Megalovania. https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/live-a-live-yoko-shimomura-toby-fox-pt-1 just a heads-up, I wouldn't recommend looking at this interview if you haven't played Live A Live and conversely, absolutely do if you have, Toby mentions some inspirations that seem blindingly obvious in retrospect
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Impermanent posted:The undertale like that I physically recoiled from was Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. The content warning is probably not descriptive enough for what the game throws at you. Jimmy is something I paradoxically can't not recommend hard enough despite being a fan of it. It's an astounding amount of effort and polish poured into a massive game, clearly built with love and care, and absolutely succeeds at what it sets out to do... which is make you feel like loving garbage to your core. If you ever wanted to simultaneously feel like you're dying from cancer AND watching a loved one die from cancer and not being able to do anything about it, it's the perfect game for you! There is absolutely no catharsis to be had here. It will stick with me for the rest of my life in the worst ways possible.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 19:36 |
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JuniperCake posted:Actually yeah. This is a good option. (Live A Live spoilers, don't read this Neuronyx) Toby Fox posted:People familiar with my previous works may feel the need to say “Wait, that’s not all! Didn’t THAT take inspiration from LIVE a LIVE, too!?” … You would be right. I don’t want to mention this here, but... Do you know “Garfield”? I once made a really bad joke game in RPG Maker were the last boss was a giant version of Odie, called “ODIE-O”.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 19:41 |
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While I'm here, check out Moon: RPG Remix if you want more games that inspired Undertale
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Procrastine posted:While I'm here, check out Moon: RPG Remix if you want more games that inspired Undertale This looks weird as gently caress. So yeah that tracks. In retrospect it's cool and hilariously obvious seeing what inspired Toby.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 20:02 |
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Moon also set off a whole wide family tree of games involving people who had worked on it; ones the average western gamer would be most likely to have heard of include Chulip, Chibi-Robo, Contact, Tingle's Freshly Picked Rosy Rupeeland, and Little King's Story
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chibi robo is such a charming game, I love it to death
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 21:03 |
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The Bee posted:Its also interesting because it feels like you can track the tone and meaning of the game shifting as you see its development from the demo to the DLC. I'm confused, what game are you talking about? OneShot didn't have DLC?
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 21:08 |
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McFrugal posted:I'm confused, what game are you talking about? OneShot didn't have DLC? The Solstice update for OneShot, my bad. Forgot that it wasn't paid.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 21:39 |
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Also recommending Live a Live if you're looking for something you can play and be like "Oh, that's where Toby got that" like every ten minutes
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 03:03 |
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I think I heard 'indie rpg called jimmy and the pulsating mass' and was like "oh you play a kid dying of cancer in a dreamworld then I assume" and was right also omori is great
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 16:51 |
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I think I heard 'indie rpg called jimmy and the pulsating mass' and was like "oh you play a kid dying of cancer in a dreamworld then I assume" and was right also omori is great
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 18:01 |
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How did you manage to double post over an hour apart
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 18:09 |
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I do whatever I want
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 18:31 |
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I have been working out!
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 18:40 |
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Farg posted:I think I heard 'indie rpg called jimmy and the pulsating mass' and was like "oh you play a kid dying of cancer in a dreamworld then I assume" and was right FWIW Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass doesn't treat that as a twist or reveal as such, so predicting that doesn't really matter.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 23:59 |
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Greaseman posted:FWIW Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass doesn't treat that as a twist or reveal as such, so predicting that doesn't really matter. If anything that's why the game is SO effective: none of the imagery or themes are the slightest bit subtle, but it's just vague and infrequent enough to fill you with false hope that things will turn out okay until you're really forced to accept the reality of the situation. The fact that the game is like a fully-fledged feature length RPG is really necessary to make it work, I think; like, you really get invested with the characters and world and you WANT things to turn out okay despite all the evidence to the contrary. It's like if the only ending to Chrono Trigger was 'But the future refused to change' or something
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4VY4B_FTg
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# ? Jul 13, 2023 22:48 |
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I adore the way this guy renders all the Deltarune characters.
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nine-gear crow posted:I adore the way this guy renders all the Deltarune characters.
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# ? Jul 14, 2023 07:37 |
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nine-gear crow posted:I adore the way this guy renders all the Deltarune characters. It takes so much work to make these characters in Blender too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeA-uAw1Evs
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# ? Jul 14, 2023 10:58 |
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That style of rendering is so perfect for these characters, ALSO don't forget to turn captions on for that video, it's adorable.
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# ? Jul 15, 2023 15:37 |
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Amazing. The rest of the videos are worth a watch. The sweater one is probably my favorite.
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# ? Jul 16, 2023 04:18 |
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I don't remember seeing this when it first came out, but the Youtube algorithm's shown this to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06iRRwhYViM They've gotten deltarune's animaton style down great and I love what a sassy little poo poo Kris is.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 14:01 |
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I got on the deltarune train a little late (initially fell off of ch1 on release not really getting too into it, but went thru em both hard right when ch2 got released) but the whole internet lightning in a bottle buzz of ch2 of Sept-Oct 2021was honest to god one of the most fun times i've ever had on the internet. listening to the soundtrack over and over, cracking up at fanart/memes, watching prediction youtubes, reading every single post in this thread when the snowgrave route was first discovered and people weren't sure if it was legit or not. It was just so much fun. With september around the corner I find myself wanting to play it again but I think I'd enjoy more seeing some let's plays instead. Is there a consensus on what is the best LP to watch that is very thorough and experienced in addition to an LP that is very blind but also thorough? or a combo of both if there's multiple people - one with no experience and one with lots of experience playing along? I'd love to watch something like that just to relive that magic of the other Fall...call it the Outer Wilds syndrome
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# ? Jul 31, 2023 01:43 |
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beep by grandpa posted:I got on the deltarune train a little late (initially fell off of ch1 on release not really getting too into it, but went thru em both hard right when ch2 got released) but the whole internet lightning in a bottle buzz of ch2 of Sept-Oct 2021was honest to god one of the most fun times i've ever had on the internet. listening to the soundtrack over and over, cracking up at fanart/memes, watching prediction youtubes, reading every single post in this thread when the snowgrave route was first discovered and people weren't sure if it was legit or not. It was just so much fun. How advantageous: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4038158 An LP of Chapter 2 of Deltarune just started up right here on SA this morning.
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# ? Jul 31, 2023 02:11 |
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Oops, should've mentioned I was looking for something in video form but I could always check that out when it's done
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# ? Jul 31, 2023 04:49 |
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It is incredibly slow, but there is Laurentheflute's playthrough.
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# ? Jul 31, 2023 05:18 |
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I don't remember this being posted here, so I'm doing it now, a year after it was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7gg4jpdwY
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https://twitter.com/RealYouTubeKids/status/1685743338316611585
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