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Monkey Fracas posted:Is BotW in the running for best open-world game ever? It's kind of sounding that way Witcher 3 still holds the gold standard for me in terms of a world full of interesting stories and discoveries. Still mindblowing how they created so much. I never even played the expansions but got over 90 hours on the base game alone, I had so much fun doing anything and everything for people.
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I played Zelda a bunch on the NES but I was a dumb kid and I don't think I ever really understood it. I think the first Zelda I ever properly played through was Link's Awakening, and really that's a drat good place to start.
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Mar 13, 2017 15:59
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MinibarMatchman posted:Witcher 3 still holds the gold standard for me in terms of a world full of interesting stories and discoveries. Still mindblowing how they created so much. I never even played the expansions but got over 90 hours on the base game alone, I had so much fun doing anything and everything for people. I'd say The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Breath of the Wild are the three best open world games I've ever played, and they all do something better than the others do. The Witcher 3 has the best story and the most involved and cool side quests. Horizon has the best combat and some of the most fun-to-play-with tools. Breath of the Wild has the best world design to support exploration and discovery. A hypothetical game that managed to combine all three would be frighteningly close to perfect.
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https://i.imgur.com/9DzOKdh.gifv I forgot I had this saved lmao
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Mar 13, 2017 16:01
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Harrow posted:I'd say The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Breath of the Wild are the three best open world games I've ever played, and they all do something better than the others do. Sunset: Breath of the Witcher
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Mar 13, 2017 16:04
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I bought The Witcher 3 at launch and still haven't played it properly because I ended up just playing gwent after the tutorial area then got distracted by a different game or something. It keeps nagging at me because I don't like buying games and not playing/finishing them (i don't know how steam people live with themselves) But I picked up FFXV again so I need to finish that and I need to plat Yakuza 0 before I buy Nier and I need to finish that before Persona 5 comes out and I still haven't bought RE7 and now I'm kind of in the mood to buy Yoshi's Wooly World and I still haven't bought the new miku oh no
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Harrow posted:I'd say The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Breath of the Wild are the three best open world games I've ever played, and they all do something better than the others do. I can't wait to play RDR2, if it releases in 2017 like currently suggested then this year is truly going to be insane.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:12
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If both RDR2 and Destiny 2 come out in 2017 then this is gonna be a wild year for video games. I'm just sitting here trying to wait patiently for Prey.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:14
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Breath of the Wild's kind of minimalist music design is brilliant, because it makes you really sit up and take notice when it kicks in. Especially in Hyrule Castle, which is an extremely  moment, musically. Ballad of the Wind Fish mixed with Hyrule Field and some notes of the LttP Hyrule Castle theme thrown in? Jesus they knocked that one out of the park.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:21
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my thoughts on the music while i was playing: white orchard from witcher 3 would be good here. man all the wind waker music was really good. oh this is dragonroost but really slow. i wonder what clock town would be like without the three music cues i dunno it wasn't really a big deal but nintendo is aces when it comes to music and leaving it out seems like a misstep. instead of music cutting in, imagine how powerful it would be to have music fade out on top of a remote mountain and it's just the wind. i did really like the zora dungeon music though
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Mar 13, 2017 16:44
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The music in Nier is really cool because there's like 6 or 7 different versions of every song that fade in and out depending on what's happening, and completing side quests will change the music for a bit relating to what happened in the side story. Neat touch
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Mar 13, 2017 16:46
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got any sevens posted:Is there anything that might scratch this itch? Did you try EU4 instead of CK2? It's still a bit fiddly at times but it's got a hell of a lot less busywork and a pretty decent balance of building/development and war. Still needs a lot of time investment to learn all the systems, but they feel a lot more interesting and meaningful and less obnoxious in general than CK2, and the core style of the game is about running a country and not about herding cats. You could also look at something like Thea: The Awakening, which is more similar to something like King of Dragon Pass, but it does have town/resource management, building, research, combat, and story elements.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:56
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In Training posted:The music in Nier is really cool because there's like 6 or 7 different versions of every song that fade in and out depending on what's happening, and completing side quests will change the music for a bit relating to what happened in the side story. Neat touch Nier has suchan incredibly beautiful collection of songs that really capture moments of innocence and determination. Everything from the tune in the robot forest village to the post-Flooded City desperately looking for people, the soundtrack supports perfectly. At times it's very minimalist but I could listen to those tracks for hours.
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oddium posted:my thoughts on the music while i was playing: white orchard from witcher 3 would be good here. man all the wind waker music was really good. oh this is dragonroost but really slow. i wonder what clock town would be like without the three music cues I don't think Nintendo was ever going to license Witcher music ???
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Mar 13, 2017 17:12
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white orchard isn't even on the witcher 3 OST... hah. worth a shot....
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Mar 13, 2017 17:20
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https://twitter.com/artistmaterial/status/841067730077851648 Real talk: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is unironically better than any of the Zelda games
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Mar 13, 2017 17:20
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Is it really though e: i liked THPS3 better than 2
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Mar 13, 2017 17:24
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THPS3 is better than 2 but none of them are better than majora's mask.
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Mar 13, 2017 17:24
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Help Im Alive posted:Is it really though 
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Mar 13, 2017 17:25
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Macaluso posted:Real talk: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is unironically better than any of the Zelda games 
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In Training posted:THPS3 is better than 2 but none of them are better than majora's mask. Update me when Link gets a mask that lets him ride a skateboard
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Mar 13, 2017 17:25
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you get a mask that turns you into a flaming wheel
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Mar 13, 2017 17:26
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oddium posted:you get a mask that turns you into a flaming wheel I didn't say flaming wheel though i said skateboard. Stop trolling
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Mar 13, 2017 17:27
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I just went to metacritic remembering that I haven't been there for a while and I discovered that there's a new Samurai Jack season released on Adult Swim and people are raving about it so I'll definitely check it out.
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Mar 13, 2017 17:28
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Macaluso posted:Update me when Link gets a mask that lets him ride a skateboard 
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Mar 13, 2017 17:32
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SIIIGH that's a top. I don't want to play beyblade. Reported
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Picking up speed, runnin' out of time Goin' head to head It's the way of life We gotta fall down and meet ground To get back up again Let's Beyblade! Spinning it out at the speed of sound Gonna rip it up Now the bet is down We're the team with a bang, our gang is the one that's gonna win! Let's Beyblade! Beyblade! Let's Beyblade! Let's Beyblade! Beyblade! Let It Rip!
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Mar 13, 2017 17:34
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amazing how someone can have such a closed mind regarding magical extreme sports
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Macaluso posted:SIIIGH that's a top. I don't want to play beyblade. Reported The best Spyro game had skateboarding sub-levels 
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Mar 13, 2017 17:37
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If any franchise could benefit from a high fantasy reboot, it's Tony Hawk's Legend of Pro Skater.
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I'd prefer Star Tony: The Next Skateration: Deep Skate 9 personally
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Mar 13, 2017 17:42
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isn't tony hawk 2 the one with Spider-Man? if so then I fully support that as the rightful king
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VideoGames posted:BOTW is my first real Zelda. I will tell you the sad tale of why this is so. This was like a Raymond Carver short story. I would have felt so bad as a parent if this happened
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Did you try EU4 instead of CK2? It's still a bit fiddly at times but it's got a hell of a lot less busywork and a pretty decent balance of building/development and war. Still needs a lot of time investment to learn all the systems, but they feel a lot more interesting and meaningful and less obnoxious in general than CK2, and the core style of the game is about running a country and not about herding cats. Added EU4 to my wishlist, I'll check it when it goes on a sale. Thea's on sale though so I'll try that today, thanks!
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got any sevens posted:Added EU4 to my wishlist, I'll check it when it goes on a sale. Thea's on sale though so I'll try that today, thanks! EU 4 is literally on sale for 45 more seconds on Humble right now!!!! ...and it's gone. Oh man, the timing. Another ironic story of modern alienation and missed opportunities
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So I haven't bought HZD yet, but would a mapless playthrough be a thing I should do?
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mutata posted:So I haven't bought HZD yet, but would a mapless playthrough be a thing I should do? If by mapless you mean without using a minimap, there isn't one to begin with. There's a compass and a lot of on-screen quest objective directors but you can turn them off if you want. If you mean the main, big map in the pause menu you're probably gonna need it to find your way around, especially if you aren't using quest objective markers or the compass.
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Yeah, I used the map a ton, but then again I was always bad at orienteering. I guess the landscape is varied enough that you could probably find your away around without a map, but I don't think the directions quest givers give are detailed enough for you to find places without the waypoint. I'm trying to remember, there was a game where NPCs would give you pretty detailed directions to places so that you could completely navigate without a map, wasn't there
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Palpek posted:I just went to metacritic remembering that I haven't been there for a while and I discovered that there's a new Samurai Jack season released on Adult Swim and people are raving about it so I'll definitely check it out. The premiere ep was awesome, being on Adult Swim let them get really weird with it and since it's a set 8-episode series there's going to be an overarching plot and a set ending. From what little we hear of him so far the soundalike they get to voice Aku is just off enough to remind you that Mako is dead and gone, but that's just one of those things you have to roll with.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Yeah, I used the map a ton, but then again I was always bad at orienteering. I guess the landscape is varied enough that you could probably find your away around without a map, but I don't think the directions quest givers give are detailed enough for you to find places without the waypoint. The Witcher 3 is pretty good about giving you detailed directions so you can navigate without a map. You could do it in Breath of the Wild, too, if you make liberal use of marking things with your Shiekah slate and pulling it out every now and again to look for the big colorful pins on the horizon. Most of the main places you need to visit have huge landmarks you can see from nearly anywhere, or are easy to figure out the direction to without them. (BotW could use a compass, though, because if you turn off the minimap you have no indicator of which way is north except for guessing based on where Death Mountain is.) But yeah, Horizon kinda assumes you're using the waypoints on the compass to find your way, so NPCs don't give you good enough directions that you could get around without ever consulting a map. But it also doesn't give you a minimap and doesn't really require one, which is nice.
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