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Punished Chuck posted:
I didn't even know shattered pixel dungeon had a PC version. I've only every played in on my phone. Good game. I did it for my freestyle choice during Impmass.
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Mar 18, 2024 04:15
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: Die 25 Times
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my next pick is one of the best games of all time
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Mar 18, 2024 05:27
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Thank you I got the tude now for selecting Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 as the next Game Club pick.
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Mar 18, 2024 05:31
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i almost did
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Mar 18, 2024 06:01
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 : Acquire 2 Mystic Statues Not enjoying this as much as Soulblazer for some reason
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Mar 18, 2024 06:02
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i believe in tude's pick.
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Mar 18, 2024 06:11
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Vadun posted:
The reason is soul blazer is better
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Mar 18, 2024 06:53
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Soul Blazer's gameplay is tighter. Illusion of Gaia also makes a lot of questionable gameplay decisions like not giving the player enough opportunities to use the tools they've been given. Freedan's stun is a good example, you get it so late in the last dungeon before the game gives you Shadow and it only works if you're jumping off a ledge so it barely sees any use.
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Mar 18, 2024 08:55
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rodbeard posted:I didn't even know shattered pixel dungeon had a PC version. I've only every played in on my phone. Good game. I did it for my freestyle choice during Impmass. I hadn’t heard of it before checking the “traditional roguelike” tag on Steam once the sale started so I didn’t realize it was a phone game originally, that makes a lot of sense though since with the way the UI was set up I was thinking that touch controls probably would be a way better way to play than controller, if I had a screen protector on my deck and wasn’t worried about fingerprints. The art style is cute and I’m interested in seeing how all the subclasses etc play, I’m definitely keen to play more.
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Mar 18, 2024 13:35
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super sweet best pal posted:Soul Blazer's gameplay is tighter. Illusion of Gaia also makes a lot of questionable gameplay decisions like not giving the player enough opportunities to use the tools they've been given. Freedan's stun is a good example, you get it so late in the last dungeon before the game gives you Shadow and it only works if you're jumping off a ledge so it barely sees any use. i think soul blazer is just like that because it doesn't give you any abilities really, though. you get one spell every new place but most of them aren't that useful, and even though the weapons and armor officially have abilities, you're mostly going to just use the one with the most attack/defense. it's all crab walking, swinging, and deciding whether you want the double-attack bracelet or the double-defense bracelet. i think where i'm landing is that soul blazer lets itself be weirder? illusion of gaia is sort of real-world adjacent but stuff like the smoke people, Riverson and the Village of Angels is more interesting than what real-world analogue city erik can't find the bathroom in. soul blazer is filled with talking dogs, mermaids, mushroom gnomes, and a big haunted house filled with excitable furniture. and instead of a big diary entry at each place, each of them just has like one SNES word balloon saying bizarre poo poo like "even though i am just a goat, i sometimes feel an intense longing." that the protagonist of soul blazer is mostly a blank slate works better for quintet's thing than a Chosen One teenager, maybe.
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Mar 18, 2024 14:26
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  Need to finish Soul Blazer.
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Mar 18, 2024 14:54
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I got the tude now posted:my next pick is one of the best games of all time it is. I hope everybody has a ZX Spectrum up and running
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Mar 18, 2024 15:01
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Think I'm gonna start playing trunk crawl since I heard you can get shapeshifting talismans from scrolls of acquirement in it
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Mar 18, 2024 15:02
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Bicyclops posted:and instead of a big diary entry at each place, each of them just has like one SNES word balloon saying bizarre poo poo like "even though i am just a goat, i sometimes feel an intense longing." lol. soul blazer ftw
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Mar 18, 2024 15:07
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Sub-Actuality posted:it is. I hope everybody has a ZX Spectrum up and running 
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Mar 18, 2024 15:11
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lmao
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Mar 18, 2024 15:22
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Game 3-12 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (GC/PS2/XBOX/PC) - 2003 - Deadline 3/27/24 11:59EST Deceived by the treacherous Vizier, I was led to unleash the Sands of Time curse upon the Sultan's kingdom. With little but an ancient dagger and a devious princess to aid me, I must undo my fatal mistake. Mine is a fight for survival... not glory.   Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 3D platformer which focuses on acrobatics and agility. Throughout much of the game, the player must attempt to traverse the palace by running across walls, ascending or descending chasms by jumping back and forth between walls, avoiding traps, climbing structures and jumping from platform to platform, making other types of well-timed leaps, solving puzzles, and using discovered objects to progress. lol:  FYI this game is pretty tough, actually. and you will have a hard time with a lot of the Levels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Dznhw-fOU Link to the game manual:  Trophies:  : Get the Dagger of Time : Beat the game : Get maximum Health : Get maximum Sand Game starts 3/21/24 12AM ESTThanks to I got the tude now for the game and trophy picks, and good luck imps!
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Mar 18, 2024 16:01
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hell yeah.
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Mar 18, 2024 16:09
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*checks to make sure tude isn’t IK anymore* loving hell. ----------------
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Mar 18, 2024 16:10
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Cool
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Mar 18, 2024 16:12
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American McGay posted:*checks to make sure tude isn’t IK anymore* Lol
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Mar 18, 2024 16:14
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i've never played this and i've always heard it's an all-timer. hope it runs well on the Retroid 3+
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Mar 18, 2024 16:30
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Sands of time was insane when it released. It's the blueprint for so many game mechanics that other franchises are built on. I can't wait to see how it holds up after comparing other games to it for two decades. Also, the sequels all suck poo poo lol
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Mar 18, 2024 16:40
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For some reason I only played Warrior Within and Two Thrones and just never got around to this one. I liked Two Thrones so let's finally give this one a go
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Mar 18, 2024 16:47
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:For some reason I only played Warrior Within and Two Thrones and just never got around to this one. I liked Two Thrones so let's finally give this one a go Warrior Within expands on the Sands of Time gameplay very slightly, in exchange for introducing impossibly bad vibes.
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Mar 18, 2024 16:51
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I cannot imagine the kind of decision making that led to Warrior Within.
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Mar 18, 2024 16:55
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Oh hell yeah! I haven't played this since it was new. Killer pick.
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Mar 18, 2024 17:40
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P-Mack posted:Warrior Within expands on the Sands of Time gameplay very slightly, in exchange for introducing impossibly bad vibes. I couldn't take it seriously even when I was 12 but I liked the gameplay (other than stupid poo poo like the chariot racing minigame) and vibe of Two Thrones. I think I remember people saying it was a good middle ground between the two, but in retrospect I'm not sure "this game is the middle ground between a good one and a bad one" is a great selling point
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Mar 18, 2024 17:58
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P-Mack posted:Warrior Within expands on the Sands of Time gameplay very slightly, in exchange for introducing impossibly bad vibes. Every 3d Prince of Persia has a gigantic flaw of some sort but sands of time probably comes out the most unscathed. Sands acts like a successor to the original with the amount of detail in the princes’ animations, they might be the most complex on the ps2. Sands biggest problem is the tedious combat which is used to stretch out time between puzzle/platforming challenges. There’s even some mechanical depth, the dagger powers are cool but not as effective as acrobatic moves and enemies have no problem hanging up on you. The best advice I can give when people get tired of the combat is that the acrobatic sword attacks will knock down any enemy in one hit, but you have to use the right one rps style.
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Mar 18, 2024 18:29
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I couldn't take it seriously even when I was 12 but I liked the gameplay (other than stupid poo poo like the chariot racing minigame) and vibe of Two Thrones. I think I remember people saying it was a good middle ground between the two, but in retrospect I'm not sure "this game is the middle ground between a good one and a bad one" is a great selling point It’s pretty good, I feel like it’s lacking the magic the narrative and platforming have in sands and the combat is barely an upgrade. I don’t think combat is what makes PoP a great series but at the time you had to have it in a mainstream game even though 3d action combat was still pretty rough outside of like dmc
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Mar 18, 2024 18:34
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Arrhythmia posted:I cannot imagine the kind of decision making that led to Warrior Within. Listening to korn one time
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Mar 18, 2024 18:34
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I love Sands. still remember the feeling of awe the first time I stumbled into a magic fountain. prince's clothing slowly getting shredded as the story progresses is such a cool detail. game's atmosphere is goated
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Mar 18, 2024 18:38
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 : Beat it Jupiter Hell is real good. I feel like mods and the lack of assemblies were a step back from Doom RL, but everything else is better
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Mar 18, 2024 19:58
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Thinking about it I didn't necessarily like the way drl limits inventory and kind of pushes towards weapon specialization. Doesn't feel as Doomy as carrying the whole arsenal and using the right tool for each job
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Mar 18, 2024 20:17
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Sub-Actuality posted:it is. I hope everybody has a ZX Spectrum up and running pretend I posted this lol before the actual game was posted
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Mar 18, 2024 20:20
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"something everybody loves that I've been meaning to get around to for 20 years" gotta be one my favorite flavors of game club. well done tude
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Mar 18, 2024 20:25
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I've never played a Prince of Persia and always meant to, this'll be the push I need.
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Mar 18, 2024 20:29
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The combat isn't even that bad in PoPSoT, it's definitely no DMC or Ninja Gaiden but it's perfectly fine with some cool stuff you can do. The problem is every encounter has far, far too many enemies, and eating poo poo on enemy #49/50 means starting over at enemy #1 and if you're really lucky rewatching a cutscene while you're at it. I still love it so much that I've bought every 3D Prince since and made it maybe an hour in all of them combined lol.
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Mar 18, 2024 20:49
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it's a game that I Think People Should Play because it's the first parkour game and it instantly became part of the fabric of game design. it's mechanics are similarly influential on gaming trends as things like halo, modern warfare, re1, re4 but due to the series' tendancy to have deeply flawed aspects in their game design and management from ubisoft it falls far short of other games in terms of cultural impact.
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Mar 18, 2024 20:49
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welcome posted:The combat isn't even that bad in PoPSoT, it's definitely no DMC or Ninja Gaiden but it's perfectly fine with some cool stuff you can do. The problem is every encounter has far, far too many enemies, and eating poo poo on enemy #49/50 means starting over at enemy #1 and if you're really lucky rewatching a cutscene while you're at it. I still love it so much that I've bought every 3D Prince since and made it maybe an hour in all of them combined lol. i agree, i'm only so hard on the combat because i've played it close to 10 times, many of which was in one setting. the flow of platforming and puzzles is so crisp and having to chug through two dozen enemies one at a time is incongruous with the game's strengths.
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