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Pablo Nergigante, skeleton warrior)
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Splash Attack posted:oh yeah that's funny. it's just that i was aware that darkid had faked his death but i hadn't heard from what because i was dealing with my friend dying from cancer to keep up with the legends thread. so when i started on page 1562 after the last thread got goldmined and saw the first post announcing his cancer it felt like getting a sucker punch when i realized what he had pretended to die from That's poo poo, I'm sorry to hear about that.
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Mar 13, 2024 12:43
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Autisanal Cheese posted:was maybe thinking of trying Dragon's Dogma 2 but... I read there's a sphinx whose riddle you can only attempt once per playthrough lol
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Mar 13, 2024 12:59
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Leal posted:He just remembered that one gambling goon who faked his death and was found out when he started playing call of duty, he was planning ahead he stands on the shoulders of giants.
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Mar 13, 2024 13:26
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Autisanal Cheese posted:was maybe thinking of trying Dragon's Dogma 2 but... it's annoying as a completionist but it's good in a "the world exists and you are one part of it" sense. So many games make the world revolve around you so it's refreshing
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Mar 13, 2024 13:34
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first playthroughs should be about stumbling through the world like a moron and unintentionally loving up half the lives you encounter, free yourself from the ideals of blind completionism and accept boc getting turned into a pasty dying gamer
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Mar 13, 2024 13:58
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Autisanal Cheese posted:was maybe thinking of trying Dragon's Dogma 2 but... Am I remembering DD1 right that you can only keep an early character alive by like, going way out of your way early on to get to a place you have no reason to be, in order to save them? I think I remember doing it and just having to run past a bunch of different fights because the area leading up to it was just way too hard. Ghost Leviathan posted:Given what I've seen of the casual lies I'm like lol thedarkid just could not stand to be outdone at literally anything I knew guys like that in middle/high school, but I don't think I've ever personally met an adult version.
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Mar 13, 2024 13:59
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Psycho Landlord posted:Homeworld manual was the best manual of all time There was an odd amount of depth in that universe, with all the little chapters about some of the conflicts that arise during the construction of the mothership. I think there was an rear end in a top hat religious zealot or something trying to turn the public against it and he ends up standing underneath one of the engines and gets vaporized lol
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Mar 13, 2024 14:07
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Old PC game manuals kicked rear end. I used to read the Baldur's Gate II and Civ II manuals for fun lol
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Mar 13, 2024 14:10
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the manual i remember most as a kid is link to the pasts just because it has the sickest art ever
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Mar 13, 2024 14:15
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Violen posted:the manual i remember most as a kid is link to the pasts just because it has the sickest art ever It also came with a neat little booklet of hints that was sealed with a triforce sticker so you could show off that you completed the game with the seal intact
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Mar 13, 2024 14:18
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I did like the manuals that gave you answers to in-game questions. Getting them right gave you bonuses and getting them wrong gave you maluses. The original Civilization was great and exhaustive on how to play the game. But for getting someone excited there was nothing like a manual with great art, yeah.
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Mar 13, 2024 14:19
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my favorite zelda art ever is from the links awakening guide 
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Mar 13, 2024 14:25
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Old PC game manuals kicked rear end. I used to read the Baldur's Gate II and Civ II manuals for fun lol Bringing the Civ tech tree foldout to class and just kind of staring it because staying up until 4 AM playing it wasn't enough, lol
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Mar 13, 2024 14:31
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Bicyclops posted:Bringing the Civ tech tree foldout to class and just kind of staring it because staying up until 4 AM playing it wasn't enough, lol I'm in this post and I don't like it
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Mar 13, 2024 14:32
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Tarnop posted:I'm in this post and I don't like it I’m in it and I do like it.
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Mar 13, 2024 14:32
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Old PC game manuals kicked rear end. I used to read the Baldur's Gate II and Civ II manuals for fun lol like years and years ago i got a complete set of Wing Commander games on ebay for like $20 and they had all the documentation including poo poo like blueprints, and ship magazines written in-universe. it was sick
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Mar 13, 2024 14:34
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Feels Villeneuve posted:like years and years ago i got a complete set of Wing Commander games on ebay for like $20 and they had all the documentation including poo poo like blueprints, and ship magazines written in-universe. it was sick Right when Skyrim first came out, Amazon had a sale where you could buy all 5 Elder Scrolls games for $15 very briefly, like in a nice case that came with all the maps. I think most of the discs just kicked off installing the games through Steam but it was fun to convince myself I was going to play Arena for a couple of hours.
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Mar 13, 2024 14:37
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Autisanal Cheese posted:was maybe thinking of trying Dragon's Dogma 2 but... lol play Mizzurna Falls you'll REALLY love that one
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Mar 13, 2024 14:39
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Bicyclops posted:Right when Skyrim first came out, Amazon had a sale where you could buy all 5 Elder Scrolls games for $15 very briefly, like in a nice case that came with all the maps. I think most of the discs just kicked off installing the games through Steam but it was fun to convince myself I was going to play Arena for a couple of hours. i have this, the maps are really freaking cool, and the physical case itself is pretty sweet too. also came with a Steam key for all TES, think i raffled that off
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Mar 13, 2024 14:40
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One More Fat Nerd posted:Am I remembering DD1 right that you can only keep an early character alive by like, going way out of your way early on to get to a place you have no reason to be, in order to save them? quina's quest? yeah.
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Mar 13, 2024 14:41
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Bicyclops posted:Bringing the Civ tech tree foldout to class and just kind of staring it because staying up until 4 AM playing it wasn't enough, lol Same but with AoE, AoE II, and Age of Mythology
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Mar 13, 2024 14:49
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Phantasy Star IV is the best Phantasy Star, 100% holds up found somebody took pics of it and posted them. came in the box of the game of the year edition https://imgur.com/a/8KR6i remember talking with my dad about this because he loved conspiracy theory poo poo lol
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Mar 13, 2024 14:54
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Violen posted:my favorite zelda art ever is from the links awakening guide     It all feels very Moebius to me, and often has a sense of tension that doesn't really exist in the games it's made for. A Zelda game that managed to look anything like this would go absolutely crazy.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:06
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I miss game guide monster art where the artists only had a small non descript 8 bit sprite to base their drawings on. Zelda had some crazy game guide monster art.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:07
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I remember beelining gunpowder so I could age advance faster than all the other civs, then start mining new resources and building railroads before anyone even knew they might exist. Also resetting until I got the 2 settler start.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:12
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Been playing Link Between Worlds before bed and I'm amazed this hasn't been ported to Switch
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Mar 13, 2024 15:16
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Heath posted:Been playing Link Between Worlds before bed and I'm amazed this hasn't been ported to Switch It was awesome having a brief period of time when you could play every Zelda game as long as you had both a 3DS and a Wii U. I hope they port more over to the Switch, there's really no reason it can't handle stuff like the Windwaker sequels.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:21
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Bicyclops posted:It was awesome having a brief period of time when you could play every Zelda game as long as you had both a 3DS and a Wii U. I hope they port more over to the Switch, there's really no reason it can't handle stuff like the Windwaker sequels. the technology to play every MGS game exclusively existed, for the PlayStation 3
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Mar 13, 2024 15:27
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LazyMaybe posted:I loving love Katsuya Terada's art. It's all so, so good. I've read his monkey king art book in a library and his art is so good
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Mar 13, 2024 15:27
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i would like all the zeldas and all the pokemons to be on the switch
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Mar 13, 2024 15:27
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:i would like all the zeldas and all the pokemons to be on the switch It is entirely possible to achieve.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:30
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you can play every mainline final fantasy game up to and including 12 (aside from the mmo) on the switch which is pretty neat imo
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Mar 13, 2024 15:33
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LBW is my favourite 2D Zelda
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Mar 13, 2024 15:33
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no one has ever finished arena
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Mar 13, 2024 15:41
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I've really come around on the 3DS. I got one in like 2012 and I don't think I bought any actual 3DS games until SMT4 (actually the first thing I played on it was Glory of Heracles, lol.) I loved the original DS a lot so I mostly just kept playing those games. But now with the full 3DS library out I've been hitting some of the stuff I missed and I'm like oh a lot of these are actually pretty great games. All the Kirby games are fantastic, Mario 3D Land is surprisingly robust, Starfox 3D whips rear end, and the DQ7 remake is probably my favorite DQ game
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Mar 13, 2024 15:45
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in middle school i was completely obsessed with starsiege (the mech one, not tribes). the version i had also came with a supplementary booklet that was just lore (hosted online here, very cool). the prima strategy guide was also like 1/3 lore including a few short stories. so badass. why arent games like this anymore. i still like to read this stuff.
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Mar 13, 2024 15:47
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Game manuals were badass. A forgotten art
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Mar 13, 2024 15:51
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Someone in the imp zone monster design thread posted the link to the past manual and it was just such a treat to look at the old art again
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Mar 13, 2024 15:54
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sid meier's alpha centauri had the best manual of all time. read that thing multiple times like it was just a book. no coincidence that it's still the best 4x ever made also
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Mar 13, 2024 15:55
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Bicyclops posted:Bringing the Civ tech tree foldout to class and just kind of staring it because staying up until 4 AM playing it wasn't enough, lol hell yeah
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