Video Games Chat Thread: Julys of P(osting)

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What are your gaming plans for the summer? This poll is closed.
Win at video games	37	23.72%
Hone gaming skills	27	17.31%
Unlock hardcore mode achievements	14	8.97%
More grinding	24	15.38%
Post about video games	54	34.62%
Total:	82 votes

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Runa: Feb 13, 2011

Dabir posted:

Who the Frick is doig doug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsYWZSTbEPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPybJCLeDpk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlwK6ioJ8w8

# ? Jul 11, 2023 22:26

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 07:50

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Eifert Posting posted:

Is there not a dave the diver thread?

dige the duger

# ? Jul 11, 2023 22:26

verbal enema: May 23, 2009; onlymarfans.com

Hello I am in the Finale Chapter of Yakuza 0 and I'd like to say the last few chapters have been gut punch after gut punch

This game is so loving good

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:17

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Yakuza owns :thatsrad:

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:23

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

Jay Rust posted:

Been playing harvest moon snes, and enjoying the callousness of the guide I’m using (« don’t talk to your kids. Don’t talk to your wife. Give her an egg every other day to offset the relationship damage »)

Lmao, does talking to them take a long time or something?

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:24

unattended spaghetti: May 10, 2013

Jay Rust posted:

I got the harvest moon itch, what's a good harvestmoonlike on switch?

Harvestella

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:34

CubeTheory: Mar 26, 2010; Cube Reversal

unattended spaghetti posted:

Harvestella

Harvestella is an action rpg with light farming elements

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:36

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

code:

Before proposing, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get your wife's affection 
score as high as possible, at least to 10 hearts in her diary.  It is much 
easier to raise this score while you are single, and getting married with a 
high score allows for some leeway to neglect her when wed.

code:

The goal of marriage is to keep your wife happy enough to have two children.  
This is required for the best ending in the game.

code:

That's right, you almost never need to talk to your wife, you never need to 
even touch your own children, and you can freely flirt with other women.  None 
of this bothers your wife at all.

code:

Most guides stress the importance of going to bed each night with your wife.  
Practically speaking, this is a huge waste of time and money.  It is nearly 
impossible to make a decent amount of money in year 2 if you need to have all 
your chores done by 6pm every night.

code:

Children will grow slightly during the game (from baby up to walking 
toddler), but they never grow enough to speak coherently or assist you in any 
way.

code:

Once your wife delivers the child, there is no additional work required on your 
part.  You never need to speak to or pick up the kid.  Your wife does not care 
and the children do not have individual affection scores, so there is no effect 
at all.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:41

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

lol

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:43

unattended spaghetti: May 10, 2013

CubeTheory posted:

Harvestella is an action rpg with light farming elements

But it�s good though.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:44

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Jay Rust posted:

code:

Before proposing, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get your wife's affection 
score as high as possible, at least to 10 hearts in her diary.  It is much 
easier to raise this score while you are single, and getting married with a 
high score allows for some leeway to neglect her when wed.

code:

The goal of marriage is to keep your wife happy enough to have two children.  
This is required for the best ending in the game.

code:

That's right, you almost never need to talk to your wife, you never need to 
even touch your own children, and you can freely flirt with other women.  None 
of this bothers your wife at all.

code:

Most guides stress the importance of going to bed each night with your wife.  
Practically speaking, this is a huge waste of time and money.  It is nearly 
impossible to make a decent amount of money in year 2 if you need to have all 
your chores done by 6pm every night.

code:

Children will grow slightly during the game (from baby up to walking 
toddler), but they never grow enough to speak coherently or assist you in any 
way.

code:

Once your wife delivers the child, there is no additional work required on your 
part.  You never need to speak to or pick up the kid.  Your wife does not care 
and the children do not have individual affection scores, so there is no effect 
at all.

How important is it to go out to the bar and/or to the convenience store for smokes and not come back

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:48

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

verbal enema posted:

Hello I am in the Finale Chapter of Yakuza 0 and I'd like to say the last few chapters have been gut punch after gut punch

This game is so loving good

I played 0 for the first time this year too, and am in agreement with you. Game is amazing.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 00:57

unattended spaghetti: May 10, 2013

verbal enema posted:

Hello I am in the Finale Chapter of Yakuza 0 and I'd like to say the last few chapters have been gut punch after gut punch

This game is so loving good

I said come in! posted:

I played 0 for the first time this year too, and am in agreement with you. Game is amazing.

Heeeeey boys.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 01:05

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Jay Rust posted:

code:

Before proposing, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get your wife's affection 
score as high as possible, at least to 10 hearts in her diary.  It is much 
easier to raise this score while you are single, and getting married with a 
high score allows for some leeway to neglect her when wed.

code:

The goal of marriage is to keep your wife happy enough to have two children.  
This is required for the best ending in the game.

code:

That's right, you almost never need to talk to your wife, you never need to 
even touch your own children, and you can freely flirt with other women.  None 
of this bothers your wife at all.

code:

Most guides stress the importance of going to bed each night with your wife.  
Practically speaking, this is a huge waste of time and money.  It is nearly 
impossible to make a decent amount of money in year 2 if you need to have all 
your chores done by 6pm every night.

code:

Children will grow slightly during the game (from baby up to walking 
toddler), but they never grow enough to speak coherently or assist you in any 
way.

code:

Once your wife delivers the child, there is no additional work required on your 
part.  You never need to speak to or pick up the kid.  Your wife does not care 
and the children do not have individual affection scores, so there is no effect 
at all.

what the heck

# ? Jul 12, 2023 01:19

Left 4 Bread: Oct 4, 2021; i sleep

Jay Rust posted:

code:

Before proposing, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get your wife's affection 
score as high as possible, at least to 10 hearts in her diary.  It is much 
easier to raise this score while you are single, and getting married with a 
high score allows for some leeway to neglect her when wed.

code:

The goal of marriage is to keep your wife happy enough to have two children.  
This is required for the best ending in the game.

code:

That's right, you almost never need to talk to your wife, you never need to 
even touch your own children, and you can freely flirt with other women.  None 
of this bothers your wife at all.

code:

Most guides stress the importance of going to bed each night with your wife.  
Practically speaking, this is a huge waste of time and money.  It is nearly 
impossible to make a decent amount of money in year 2 if you need to have all 
your chores done by 6pm every night.

code:

Children will grow slightly during the game (from baby up to walking 
toddler), but they never grow enough to speak coherently or assist you in any 
way.

code:

Once your wife delivers the child, there is no additional work required on your 
part.  You never need to speak to or pick up the kid.  Your wife does not care 
and the children do not have individual affection scores, so there is no effect 
at all.

Yup, that sounds like optimized farming sim gameplay. Sociopathic and profit-driven in search of the "best ending". :hmmyes:

# ? Jul 12, 2023 01:37

MechaSeinfeld: Jan 2, 2008

If your wife is going to bed at 6pm while you�re in the mines fighting ghouls then I think it�s okay to flirt with the towns many floozies

# ? Jul 12, 2023 01:39

Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Jay Rust posted:

code:

Before proposing, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get your wife's affection 
score as high as possible, at least to 10 hearts in her diary.  It is much 
easier to raise this score while you are single, and getting married with a 
high score allows for some leeway to neglect her when wed.

code:

The goal of marriage is to keep your wife happy enough to have two children.  
This is required for the best ending in the game.

code:

That's right, you almost never need to talk to your wife, you never need to 
even touch your own children, and you can freely flirt with other women.  None 
of this bothers your wife at all.

code:

Most guides stress the importance of going to bed each night with your wife.  
Practically speaking, this is a huge waste of time and money.  It is nearly 
impossible to make a decent amount of money in year 2 if you need to have all 
your chores done by 6pm every night.

code:

Children will grow slightly during the game (from baby up to walking 
toddler), but they never grow enough to speak coherently or assist you in any 
way.

code:

Once your wife delivers the child, there is no additional work required on your 
part.  You never need to speak to or pick up the kid.  Your wife does not care 
and the children do not have individual affection scores, so there is no effect 
at all.

Been saying this

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:03

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

Odd Wilson posted:

Yup, that sounds like optimized farming sim gameplay. Sociopathic and profit-driven in search of the "best ending".

The funniest part is following a guide like this for the best ending instead of just, like, watching a video of the same thing. Gotta get those best endings to up the counter in your gamefaqs signature.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:11

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Khanstant posted:

The funniest part is following a guide like this for the best ending instead of just, like, watching a video of the same thing. Gotta get those best endings to up the counter in your gamefaqs signature.

Depending on when it was written that video may not have existed yet

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:18

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Text is way better than video for game guides

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:19

unattended spaghetti: May 10, 2013

So bear jokes aside, this is an interesting contrast to BG3, which Larian took great pains to stress is trying to create believable romances. Whether they�ll succeed, who knows? But I applaud the effort.

There was a snippet of a kinda adorable date with the barbarian companion, and they stressed they�re trying to avoid beep boop right option get laid.

Funny that they let the stream direct that interaction, because that pretty much guaranteed everyone would be seeing that loving bear thing and they have to have known that would happen.

Either it ends up a hilarious joke or they succeed. I avoid romance subplots in RPGs, cause they�re always cringe, but I admit my curiosity is piqued just because they�re apparently trying.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:23

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

accomplishing things is way better than watching a video of the cutscene you get for accomplishing it

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:28

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

I don't have time to accomplish things, I only have time to watch a video of a wizard loving a bear

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:35

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Watching the ending is reading a synopsis, using a guide is sparknotes, playing something blind is the only way

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:35

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Hwurmp posted:

I don't have time to accomplish things, I only have time to watch a video of a wizard loving a bear

Same though

# ? Jul 12, 2023 02:44

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

RBA Starblade posted:

Depending on when it was written that video may not have existed yet

Oh yeah whoops lol. I was watching the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm the other night and I kept getting so irritated at Larry pestering people for where to get something gift wrapped, just look it up on your phone!!!

# ? Jul 12, 2023 03:11

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Why is twisted metal a show?

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:03

unattended spaghetti: May 10, 2013

Gaius Marius posted:

Why is twisted metal a show?

Ask Sony.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:07

Infinitum: Jul 30, 2004

Gaius Marius posted:

Why is twisted metal a show?

Because what if they did Twisted Metal, and instead of the show being entirely in vehicles all the time, 80% of it was just people talking?

It's like what if you made a Transformers movie and 80% of it was focused on humans.
That'd be dumb

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:09

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

i like romance options in RPGs because i'm very lonely

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:09

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Twisted Metal but you can date the cars

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:21

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

Gaius Marius posted:

Why is twisted metal a show?

The clip they showed at summer game fest introduced by a hungover will arnett was one of the worst pieces of mainstream media I've seen this year

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:33

Booky: Feb 21, 2013; Chill Bug

Jay Rust posted:

I got the harvest moon itch, what's a good harvestmoonlike on switch?

stardew valleys prob the big one but theres also rune factory 4 s and story of seasons friends of mineral town which are both p cool, imo its stardew = rf4s > sos fomt (both by the og devs of harvest moon)

theres a new story of seasons out too also (a wonderful life) but i haven't played that one so idk if its good or not

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:43

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Like most Story of Seasons games nowadays, it's just a remake of a game from back when it was Harvest Moon and from what I've heard people say, it's fine, but also it's starting to get a bit frustrating how the series kinda refuses to meaningfully evolve especially with Stardew having eaten and still kinda eating its lunch after like 7 years

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:47

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

there seems to be rune factory 4 but also rune factory 5 is that one no good?

gonna be on vacation at the end of the month so lookin' to have something on the switch to play

# ? Jul 12, 2023 04:57

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

hell loving yeah I knew with the announcement of Super Mario RPG Remake that Jonny would go nuts on a cover of some sort for it, and he did not disappoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53R9x58XOvc&hd=1

also, amazon's having a fire sale on MTG stuff, a bunch of collector and draft boxes and stuff, but there's some stuff that would be great for someone getting into MTG for the first time if anyone's curious.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/34E30745-6BA8-4E8B-9B17-34078791329B?ingress=0&visitId=fb2dc2d4-918d-466c-878c-0bb7db3e56e1

there's a whole bunch of Commander Decks, complete 100-card decks playable right out of the box, being sold for $20-$30, there's the 2021 Orzhov Auras Pioneer Deck being sold for 20 bucks which is a steal for a competitive deck that can be easily updated with only a few cards, Game Night comes with 5 mono-colored decks that can be played straight out of the box by new players as well as life counters, tokens, etc. worth taking a look if you've ever wanted to give MTG a try. the Orzhov Auras deck in particular at that price, it's selling for less than half the price of the cards in it, it's kind of nuts it's still in stock. And even though Lurrus of the Dream-Den has since been banned for being one of the most broken cards ever printed, I believe so long as you play the deck as-is without modifying it, it's still allowed in official tournaments and stuff.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 05:06

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

also this is neato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUks4wuYkUU

# ? Jul 12, 2023 05:19

Vermain: Sep 5, 2006

Captain Invictus posted:

also this is neato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUks4wuYkUU

that popped up in my feed a couple times and it's a really innovative-looking technology. i believe it uses something similar to voxel doom where it attempts to emulate three-dimensional thickness for individual portions of the sprite

it's still kinda rough around the edges from what i've seen, but i might give it a shot and see if it makes animation any easier. there's always obviously the dead cells method of 3D -> pixel 2D conversions, but 3D modeling's a lot goddamn harder by far than making a cutout sprite

# ? Jul 12, 2023 05:49

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Kerrzhe posted:

there seems to be rune factory 4 but also rune factory 5 is that one no good?

gonna be on vacation at the end of the month so lookin' to have something on the switch to play

4 is better. If you must buy 5 be aware it's a bit of a mess. Runs slow, and I don't think the overall cast of characters are as bonkers as previous games. They're not bad but it felt like a downgrade. I also think the 3d doesn't work as cleanly as the overhead gameplay of games prior.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 05:51

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 07:50

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

Vermain posted:

that popped up in my feed a couple times and it's a really innovative-looking technology. i believe it uses something similar to voxel doom where it attempts to emulate three-dimensional thickness for individual portions of the sprite

it's still kinda rough around the edges from what i've seen, but i might give it a shot and see if it makes animation any easier. there's always obviously the dead cells method of 3D -> pixel 2D conversions, but 3D modeling's a lot goddamn harder by far than making a cutout sprite

yeah but that moment at 17 seconds or so where she rotates the 2D sprite and it gets like 95% of the way there with making it accurately depict the figure being rotated despite being a flat thing, that was insane to me

like how do you even do that without procedural AI poo poo, making it understand what the fairly sparse number of pixels are representing and turn it into a 3D rotatable construct apparently on the fly like she shows, unless I'm missing something?

literally cannot comprehend how that works, she's rotating the 2D thing as if it's a 3D model, but as soon as she stops she can walk around it and it's perfectly flat.

# ? Jul 12, 2023 05:58

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