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May 13, 2024 11:17
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Like Hades II a lot but the combat feels... more tactical and less snappy somehow. I dunno. I felt like Hades had an amazing flow state whereas II forces me to keep my distance more. I also don't like the grind of changing out gear constantly for different collectables but now I'm forgetting if the first game had that too I blame woke
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May 13, 2024 11:35
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lmao Herodotus was also woke quote:When Cambyses determined to send the spies, he sent for those Ichthyophagians (“Fish-eaters”) from the city of Elephantine who understood the Ethiopian language. . . 20 When the Fish-eaters arrived from Elephantine at Cambyses’ summons, he sent them to Ethiopia, giving them instruction both about what to say and about the gifts they were carrying, namely a red cloak, twisted gold necklace, bracelets, an alabaster box of incense and an earthenware jar of palm wine.
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May 13, 2024 12:02
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*Brooklyn accent guy points at two gay guys* gay, deez two
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May 13, 2024 12:44
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does anyone have the "move over bisexuals, it's bisexuals' turn" meme for Hades II?
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May 13, 2024 12:50
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will wokeness never cease?
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May 13, 2024 12:51
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can’t believe they added gays and buff women to Greek mythology, smh will the wokedness ever stop?
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May 13, 2024 13:06
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theres an event, not even a quest, but if u give the ncr guy in charge of a refugee camp evidence how a guy there is dealing drugs and gambling with fixed cards he just straights up murder the guy out of jealous rage I found that a really nice touch of storytelling
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May 13, 2024 13:09
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Honest Thief posted:theres an event, not even a quest, but if u give the ncr guy in charge of a refugee camp evidence how a guy there is dealing drugs and gambling with fixed cards he just straights up murder the guy out of jealous rage I just thought that people clinging to the NCR on the basis of them being a lesser-evil, and culminating in that guy at the bottom of the exchange rationalizing a war crime a very unsubtle allegory for American politics vis-a-vis the Democrat party, Joe Biden, Palestine, and Trump 2024 and, moreover, that people going to the mat for the NCR, despite the existence of a path that rejects both it and Caesar's Legion, that the game fully supports, is also a reflection of how people would much rather settle for the Democrats, or even try to practice entryism towards the Democrats, ala Bernie and the DSA, rather than put in the work towards a real third party, actually-socialist alternative
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May 13, 2024 13:13
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gradenko_2000 posted:I just thought that people clinging to the NCR on the basis of them being a lesser-evil, and culminating in that guy at the bottom of the exchange rationalizing a war crime a very unsubtle allegory for American politics vis-a-vis the Democrat party, Joe Biden, Palestine, and Trump 2024 it also neatly points out that that third path requires literal magic to function im getting loving deja vu holy poo poo it's 2014 again
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May 13, 2024 13:18
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Speaking of Fallout: I just watched the TV show (I liked it) and I was thinking about the games I own both Fallout 3 and New Vegas on steam, but never got around to play them (I will). I did play both 2 and 1 (on that order) back in the day, Fallout 2 was my favorite game when I was a kid So I have a few questions: - are the new Fallouts proper sequels to the original games (like, continuing the story where FO2 left it) or they are more like reboots, the way the new XCOMs are in relation to the the old ones, for example? - is the TV show more based on the new games? (asking because I barely recognized anything but the names of organizations and stuff) - whats the best way to play FO 2 nowdays? is there any fanmade port or something to make it easier to run on modern systems, stuff like that?
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May 13, 2024 14:05
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Elias_Maluco posted:So I have a few questions: Fallout 3, and 4, are set in the Eastern United States, and so while they technically exist in the same timeline as FO1 and 2, and there are some callbacks to them, you don't really deal with the affairs of things that happened in 1 and 2 as such Fallout New Vegas is set in... Nevada, and in that sense is far more of a direct sequel/continuation of FO2's events as for your second question, I would say that they drew from so much of the entire series that it's hard to say either way that the TV show was based on the Bethesda Fallouts. That some of it was unfamiliar was just as much due to it being set in its own place.
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May 13, 2024 14:14
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they are proper sequels within the series timeline. the show doesn't really mirror any game in particular but a lot of stuff like the depiction of vault life resembles 3/4
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May 13, 2024 14:15
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It's hard to imagine the majority of popular games getting less woke as time goes on, but I also suspect someone who put 15-20 hours into a game before reviewing it negatively for being too woke is going to ever give up playing video games and will just have to endure decades of increasing level of wokeness they just can't quit.
Redezga has issued a correction as of 14:24 on May 13, 2024 |
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May 13, 2024 14:16
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3 and onward are set several generations after fallout 2 so there's not a lot of direct connectivity beyond historical entities like the ncr
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May 13, 2024 14:17
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remembered the guy who suggested Spider-Man should have a slider setting which changes the amount of gayness prevalent in New York City while doing dishes this morning and had a nice little chuckle
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May 13, 2024 14:17
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Elias_Maluco posted:Speaking of Fallout: I just watched the TV show (I liked it) and I was thinking about the games They are all vaguely-related sequels to the original games, but the Bethesda games (Fallout 3/4/76) happen in the American east and have their own vibe/aesthetic that is entirely different from the western games (Fallout/Fallout 2/New Vegas). The Bethesda aesthetic is what the show is based on, which is why you might not recognize much from Fallout 1 and 2. New Vegas is the closest you'll get to the older games because a lot of it was based on Van Buren, a cancelled isometric Fallout sequel. Not sure about the best way to play FO2 these day though. edit gently caress beaten
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May 13, 2024 14:18
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Redezga posted:It's hard to imagine the majority of popular games getting less woke as time goes on, but I also suspect someone who put 15-20 hours into a game before reviewing it negatively for being too woke is going to give up playing video games and will just have to endure decades of increasing level of wokeness they just can't quit. the overwhelming majority of these reviews are just trolls winding people up and it's amazing how many people including here take the bait every time
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May 13, 2024 14:18
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Redezga posted:It's hard to imagine the majority of popular games getting less woke as time goes on, but I also suspect someone who put 15-20 hours into a game before reviewing it negatively for being too woke is going to give up playing video games and will just have to endure decades of increasing level of wokeness they just can't quit. yeah it owns
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May 13, 2024 14:18
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Buck Wildman posted:the overwhelming majority of these reviews are just trolls winding people up and it's amazing how many people including here take the bait every time if Spider-Man Gay Slider guy was doing a bit it was a great bit and I would like to patronize his career
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May 13, 2024 14:20
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loquacius posted:if Spider-Man Gay Slider guy was doing a bit it was a great bit and I would like to patronize his career oh for sure but 90% of the time that's what it is
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May 13, 2024 14:21
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i hope there comes a day when the anti-woke people simply have nothing left they can enjoy
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May 13, 2024 14:21
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they buy and play the game anyway, every time
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May 13, 2024 14:22
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there's an indicator on steam reviews now as to whether they actually put their money where their mouth is and refunded
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May 13, 2024 14:23
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Elias_Maluco posted:
there's an unofficial patch and a restoration project fan patch: https://www.moddb.com/mods/fallout-2-restoration-project/downloads/fallout-2-restoration-project-v233 the restoration project supposedly includes cut content based on unused code, developer interviews, etc, but i haven't tried it. should set you straight for running on modern systems if you can get an exe of it, though
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May 13, 2024 14:24
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the only canonical fallout sequel is brotherhood of steel.
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May 13, 2024 14:25
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Hatebag posted:there's an unofficial patch and a restoration project fan patch: Thanks, and thanbk you all for your answers I think anyway Ill replay FO2 first and than try Fallout 3
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May 13, 2024 14:26
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RandolphCarter posted:the only canonical fallout sequel is brotherhood of steel. I think that's the only explicitly non canonical one lol
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May 13, 2024 14:26
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Elias_Maluco posted:Speaking of Fallout: I just watched the TV show (I liked it) and I was thinking about the games Another FO2->FO1 gamer. I thought I was the only one. FO3/NV/4 are full sequels but FO3 and FO4 take place on the east coast and the only major connections are the aesthetic, some enemies and equipment. The Brotherhood of Steel is around, but the East Coast version is extremely different. This is kinda written into the background (there was a schism, you can find remnants of the paranoid techno-hermits), but in FO3 and (to a lesser extent) 4, they're pretty much just "The Good Guys". The writing in these is extremely Bethesda Standard. FONV is much more of a "real sequel" to FO1/2, in that its set in the southwest and deals heavily with the NCR faction that was established in FO2, as well as other plot threads. The writing here is very much more like FO1/2, which makes sense given the team who made it. FO76 is a prequel set in West Virginia and gives the origin of a couple factions, I think(????) but otherwise doesn't seem very important, or good. It has skyrim dragons. Edit: gently caress, I apparently type slow on this phone.
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May 13, 2024 14:27
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Buck Wildman posted:I think that's the only explicitly non canonical one lol woke nonsense.
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May 13, 2024 14:27
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crazy to me that people are paying money for fallout 2 on steam, gog, etc. none of that money is going to anyone who had anything to do with the game, and nobody is going to care if you steal it. it's a victimless crime!
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May 13, 2024 14:27
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RandolphCarter posted:woke nonsense. dammit is there anything they won't corrupt
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May 13, 2024 14:27
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Lib and let die posted:i hope there comes a day when the anti-woke people simply have nothing left they can enjoy they're upset that the naked lady's hips are too wide so we're getting close
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May 13, 2024 14:28
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The complaint about the characters being “too emotionally supportive” is also really funny because two of the characters at your home base in Hades 2 make it their full-time job to bully MelinoeYossarian-22 posted:Like Hades II a lot but the combat feels... more tactical and less snappy somehow. I dunno. I felt like Hades had an amazing flow state whereas II forces me to keep my distance more. I also don't like the grind of changing out gear constantly for different collectables but now I'm forgetting if the first game had that too Mel is definitely meant to feel more like a caster than Zag, given that she’s a witch and all. It takes a lot of getting used to and re-wiring your brain away from the zippy dash spam of the first game but it’s really fun to mow through crowds of enemies with big charge attacks.
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May 13, 2024 14:28
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Lib and let die posted:i hope there comes a day when the anti-woke people simply have nothing left they can enjoy they weren’t even able to enjoy Stellar Blade because a costume was changed to show 1.3% less side boob lol
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May 13, 2024 14:30
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Hatebag posted:there's an unofficial patch and a restoration project fan patch: Having payed through it, I can definitely see why content like the EPA area was cut; none of it feels very well thought out. FO2 as a whole was developed in a very short space of time (less than a year iirc?), so maybe it's not surprising that the stuff they didn't leave in isn't very good.
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May 13, 2024 14:31
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Hatebag posted:crazy to me that people are paying money for fallout 2 on steam, gog, etc. none of that money is going to anyone who had anything to do with the game, and nobody is going to care if you steal it. it's a victimless crime! Isn't a lot of the appeal of GOG that you know it'll work well on modern OSes? Also probably a lot of people aren't used to piracy and would rather pay  than figure it out but I would venture to guess that not many of those people are interested in Fallout 2 in particularAugus posted:The complaint about the characters being “too emotionally supportive” is also really funny because two of the characters at your home base in Hades 2 make it their full-time job to bully Melinoe Yeah the idea of a game where every character talks like they're in group therapy sounds really saccharine and annoying to me but I kind of doubt that's actually what's going on here that said, "the characters are too emotionally supportive" sounds like troll framing, it's too on-the-nose
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May 13, 2024 14:31
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fellas is fallout new vegas a neoliberal allegory
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May 13, 2024 14:34
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AnimeIsTrash posted:fellas is fallout new vegas a neoliberal allegory your character is a victim of the post-apocalyptic gig economy
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May 13, 2024 14:37
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Karach posted:Having payed through it, I can definitely see why content like the EPA area was cut; none of it feels very well thought out. FO2 as a whole was developed in a very short space of time (less than a year iirc?), so maybe it's not surprising that the stuff they didn't leave in isn't very good. yeah, been like a decade since i last played it but a lot of fallout 2 felt like it was placeholder content as it was. can't imagine the restored content is gonna knock your socks off loquacius posted:Isn't a lot of the appeal of GOG that you know it'll work well on modern OSes? Also probably a lot of people aren't used to piracy and would rather pay from what i can see you might need to gently caress around with fan patches to make even the gog copy run on win 10/11.
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May 13, 2024 14:41
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