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Shindragon posted:Man today can eat a dick. Nothing worse than going through phone interviews/ on site interviews and then getting jack squat on the gig. Job hunting is the worst no matter what job you're looking for.
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Hey, we have tons of American games to look forward to. Why this month alone we're getting Super Robot Wars and then there's Persona 5 and Zelda and Nier Automata...
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Feb 14, 2017 22:52
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Harrow posted:I wish Horizon: Zero Dawn had gone for an at least vaguely interesting gameplay premise instead of being "Far Cry, but with robots." I mean, poo poo, there are even towers you climb to put icons on your map. That's something even UbiSoft knows people are getting tired of. Eh, I think that feels a little reductive. The two aren't really the same beyond climbing a thing. StrixNebulosa posted:Plotwise, ME1 is Star Trek-y and optimistic and fun, whereas ME2 is darker and less bright and honestly? Not as fun for me. I like the bright shiny future in ME1 over ME2's cynical universe. The bright shiny future of constant hatred, frequent sexual abuse and a horrifying omnipresent threat that corrupts people waiting just outside the universe?
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Feb 15, 2017 02:29
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Captain Invictus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1uaMZpV8E&hd=1 Not officially coming to the US but Super Robot Wars Orignal Generations: The Moon Dwellers got an Asian-English release and Super Robot Wars V (hitting next week) is too.
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Feb 15, 2017 16:36
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In Training posted:Went with the good end btw. Always find it hard to be a chaotic evil person my first time through. Question about the endings: can you get 4 different finales if you choose to betray your partner after the fight with Krishna There are only two endings depending on if you choose to side with Dagda or not. Joining Lucifer or the Angels is an extended game over instead.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:14
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plz dont pull out posted:What was the worst webcomic y'all read regularly? Questionable Content. I don't even know why I was reading it except that I had it as part of my regular internet checklist and was too lazy to remove it.
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Feb 16, 2017 22:17
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I think almost every long-running webcomic ends up trying to do a Serious Plot for some reason.
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Feb 16, 2017 22:34
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Jay Rust posted:I understand that always-online stuff is bad but I'd love to know how many people it actively inconveniences, it seems to me that always-online will just be the default in a few years given how the internet works. Always online isn't going to be the default for the foreseeable future. Online infrastructure isn't capable of supporting it to the point you can do it without harming your consumer base and unfortunately the next few years are probably going to be pretty bad for tech companies when it comes to improving that, not in the least because net neutrality is probably going to be dead. Beyond that it actually makes it hard for, for example, military personnel who can't depend on a reliable internet connection. A lot of people have internet but not reliable internet.
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Feb 20, 2017 08:26
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Neon is really absurdly good. It's just the right mix of fun and cheesy. The 3D models are kinda crap but everyone else is so good it well overcomes it.
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Feb 20, 2017 20:27
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Tenzarin posted:All of square enix's lovely stealth games suck rear end, they managed to turn all of the stealth games into the same game. ... Huh? I'm pretty sure HItman and Deus Ex are pretty different games. I'm not sure what else qualifies as stealth? Their Thief reboot I guess but that's pretty drat old by this point and also not really like Hitman or Deus Ex.
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Feb 20, 2017 22:10
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Harrow posted:The reviews for Horizon are so far pretty glowing but I can't shake the feeling it's going to be exactly as boring to me as Far Cry 3/4. This is probably one of those times when my own preconceived ideas of the game are making it seem impossible that it could be actually good and not just good in the exact way that gets high scores from professional reviewers but is ultimately kind of formulaic. Horizon is a perfectly competent open-world game elevated in some degree by having fun robo-dinosaur fights. It is not going to change your mind if you don't like open world games.
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Feb 20, 2017 23:32
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Harrow posted:To what degree do the optional open world things (side quests, hunting, etc) feel like busywork versus satisfying content? Like, on a scale from Assassin's Creed to Witcher 3? Eh, somewhere in the middle. It isn't quite as bad as collectable overload as Assassn's Creed but it's nowhere well as full of well-written sidequests as Witcher 3 either. Most of the rewards are semi-randomized loot though so how meaningful it is depends a bit.
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Feb 20, 2017 23:44
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precision posted:all i want to know is if that horrible voice acting cut scene is real Yes, it is real. The game's voice acting is all over the place. Some of it genuinely sounds like they got random people to do lines. I don't know if they got hit by the voice actor's strike or what but it is some remarkably bad stuff. The thing is that it isn't all of it. There's some really solid voice acting too. It's bizarre.
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Feb 21, 2017 00:21
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Help Im Alive posted:I think a decent chunk of the top fighting game players are in like their 30s now Fighting games are as much about understanding and reading the opponent as anything else and most fighting game players of that age are at that point because they're extremely good at mindgames rather than sheer twitch reflexes.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:04
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chumbler posted:Random loot could be good or bad. Are we talking like Diablo/Borderlands level or just a glorified paint job so you don't have to feel obligated to get the best stuff? Also how cool does armor look. This is important. Basically: A) Randomized items used for crafting. This is unimportant as you'll be frigging overstuffed with most items. (Make your top priority crafting the maximum size resource satchel.) B) Randomized modifications which you can use to upgrade weapons and equipment. There are no randomized weapons or anything (unless I missed something drastic) just random bonuses you can apply to those weapons. Bonuses can be slotted in and out but are lost if you remove them unless you get the Tinker skill. Armor is okay but not great.
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Feb 21, 2017 02:31
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErMM_MBm68 Man, that's a pretty good theme.
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Feb 21, 2017 02:41
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CJacobs posted:"I didn't play and/or like the first 3 games, maybe 4 will be more my style" - A dumbass Eh. When you're talking about video games that isn't impossible. The new Nier game for example is a Platinum action game and thus more/less likely to be to someone's appeal than the previous games. Liking RE4 doesn't mean you liked R1-3 and vice versa.
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Feb 21, 2017 16:19
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PantsBandit posted:The first one is by far the shallowest of the 4 and, other than introducing the main 3 of Sully, Nate and Elena, doesn't really do a whole lot to characterize them. Eh. After Uncharted 4 I can't really say Uncharted 1 is skippable. Uncharted 4 is, more or less, about Nate from Uncharted 4 meeting Nate from Uncharted 1 and dealing with the fact he's grown up from that guy. If you're really playing it for the plot the plot loses meaningful context without that, though obviously it isn't necessary to get everything because Uncharted 4 isn't the deepest plot in history.
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Feb 21, 2017 16:28
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Palpek posted:Oh poo poo, I'm reading Berserk right now, is the game supposed to be good? Not really. It's an average Dynasty Warriors but is severely lacking in content and playable characters. Would you rather play as Rape Ape Who Gets Stabbed In Dick instead of Skull Knight? I bet you would.
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Feb 21, 2017 19:51
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Shindragon posted:It's a Musou. Dynasty Warriors Gundam is unironically a higher-tier Musou than Berserk.
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Feb 21, 2017 19:53
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Shindragon posted:Oh... Yeah. It's like insanely painfully average + lacking in content both gameplay and plotwise. It isn't bad to play like Ken's Rage but it just feels like they got the license and poo poo out a game as fast as they could. It doesn't even have the goofy crossover content of DWG. I mean if you really like Berserk you'll have the fun of Guts smashing poo poo with his sword so hard it explodes into body parts but that basically is the selling point for it. Even the Musou mechanics only really seem to fit Guts, the other characters feel less satisfying except the transformed Apostles Sakurazuka posted:Uh, are we talking the first game or just in general? In general. It's worse than DWG1 in terms of original content and worse than the sequels in terms of *actual* content.
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Feb 21, 2017 19:56
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Harrow posted:What's the best musou to start with these days? I've never played one but I'm not opposed to semi-mindless hacking and slashing every now and again. Hyrule Warriors is basically the high point in terms of genuine quality + content Pirate Warriors 3 is the best anime licensed spinoff by a significant degree but still requires you to like OP a fair bit. Dragon Quest Heroes is fun but pretty different from traditional Warriors titles in some significant ways.
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Feb 21, 2017 20:34
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PantsBandit posted:Do long-rear end manga like that actually feel like they're building to some conclusion or is it just arc after arc so the artists have consistent work until the pen drops from their hand due to a sudden brain aneurysm? A lot of them do actually finish. Hunter x Hunter and Berserk are unique in that they've had absurd breaks in chapter releases. One Piece is just a loving long-rear end manga but most of its contemporaries have actually finished. (Though some, like Naruto, have sequels and such.)
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Feb 21, 2017 20:36
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PantsBandit posted:Welp, start picking your sides now for the inevitable clash between man and cyborg. You don't pick a side. The rich will be the cyborgs, the poor will not.
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CrashCat posted:As if there's no way to suck up to the rich Yeah, but then you're a cyborg whose expensive prosthesis leave you permanently in debt to the rich, so you'll be their shock troopers. God bless Cybermerica. Viewtiful Jew posted:The AI will stand with the poor and downtrodden. Sorry, turns out he's a pedophile.
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Lurdiak posted:Isn't that what Fire Emblem is about now. No, no. You merely romance your best friend's time travelling daughter.
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Nioh is easily GotM.
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Feb 23, 2017 18:56
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The trick is that you're not Picard in Mass Effect. You're Riker. lovely lovely Riker.
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Feb 23, 2017 19:13
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The actual gotm is Literal Actual In Coherent Translated English Super Robot Wars.
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Real hurthling! posted:where was this released? HK? Yep. Super Robot Wars V.  
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LawfulWaffle posted:Are there plans for a NA release or will it require importing from Play Asia? No announced plans and it's pretty unlikely. Direct importing is your most likely bet. There's also an english G Generation game (G Generation Genesis) if that is your bag, as well as an english-translated Original Generation game (Moon Dwellers) though the latter's translation is noticeably more poor than the other two.
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LawfulWaffle posted:I've dabbled with translated patches of the SNES one and I think the GBA one (if there is a GBA one, idk). I'm not a big enough anime fan to get all the references but I admire the bombastic combat scenes. I also have a hard time with the core strategy game tactic of baiting by leaving one unit out for the enemy to attack, like APCs in Advance Wars, so I tend to take more casualties than I'd like. Still, if it was cheaper than $80 to give it a whirl I definitely would. Yeah, there was one fan-translated GBA one ad two officially localized ones. The "Original Generation" games are basically the goofy stuff with knockoff off-brand anime characters instead of licensed ones. ("Originals.") if you wanted bombastic scenes and didn't overly care much about the anime Moon Dwellers is probably the one to look at. You'd still be looking around $80 for i tthough.
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Sakurazuka posted:Who the gently caress is Eldena? Random viera from ffta2, presumably chosen because there aren't a lot of ladies with E in FF not named Edea.
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Cowcaster posted:it's also probably worth mentioning i don't think i'd have the same problem if i got a chance to play bayonetta? i think because as far as i know at least that game is at no point trying to take itself seriously where on the other hand nier looks like it's going to contain at least 99% navel gazing teens moaning to each other while wearing fetish outfits Nier takes itself about as seriously as Revengence does, which is to say barely at all.
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fridge corn posted:So it's okay that a game features tasteless near-nudity that is completely irrelevant to the narrative or gameplay because it's not taking itself seriously? I don't know, Fridge corn, is it okay for a game that features excessive absurd violent that is completely irrelevant to the narrative or gameplay because it's not taking itself seriously? fridge corn posted:Why am I the only one willing to discuss the elephant in the room? Because it's pretty weird you're hyper-focusing on butts but no other element of the game.
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fridge corn posted:Witcher 3 was a good game fridge corn, why do you think a game that features tasteless near-nudity that is completely irrelevant to the narrative or gameplay is a good game? I'm certainly not sure why you'd buy Witcher 3, the game featuring tits aplenty, when you are so upset about naked video game characters, especially as it is a sequel to a game that features collectible pornography. Could it be that elements of the game are quality enough to make you overlook that? No, it couldn't be. Why are you not discussing the elephant in the room?
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Cowcaster posted:pretty sure if geralt went around the game wearing nothing but a miniskirt and manthong with the rest of the game's setting and narrative wholly unchanged i'd have a pretty hard time explaining that to friends too I donno. I have a hard time picturing my friends seeing my play Witcher 3 and I get to, I donno, Keira's barely-on top and it somehow being okay because the narrative says so. Like I said, if you want to criticize oversexualization in games that is cool, but it's weird when you're VERY SERIOUS about the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM but only when you don't like it enough. (You being the other dude, of course, in this case.) ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Feb 24, 2017 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That was Witcher 1. Witcher 3's nudity takes place mainly in the context of loving long-term relationships which are central to the characters, hope that helps Also the titty monsters and random women you can have sex with. In fact the latter outnumbers the former about 4-1 considering there are exactly 2 of the former.
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fridge corn posted:This is a false equivalency because it's widely accepted that violence is bad and so it's harder to normalise. Depicting women in sexually exploitative ways is already normalised If you think that violence is normalized as bad then you're wrong. We literally have politicians arguing in favor of torture, something frequently shown in games to be Good and Works. fridge corn posted:I did not like the sex scenes in The Witcher 3 and thought they could have been handled better. I will argue that they were somewhat relevant to narrative however it was unnecessary for them to be so explicit What about the sexual elements not in sex scenes? You seem okay with those, or at least not enough that you don't call it a bad game. There are plenty of ridiculous costumes in Witcher 3. Or is it only a problem if it's the playable character and you're okay with extreme sexualization as long as you're playing a man? The problem isn't that you're criticizing this. I would agree with that. It's that rather than a genuine desire to discuss it you just want to complain, but only to complain about things you dislike while giving passes to things you like. You're a coward who is only willing to take a critical standpoint when it doesn't actually apply to things you like, and then try to use that to whine at other people instead of actually caring about the issue you claim to care about. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Feb 24, 2017 |
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