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StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Hello May thread I am here to inform you about the single most important release of this month:

That of visual novel Dies Irae on Steam on the 31st. It is longer than the King James Bible, will not contain porn until months from now, and features Japanese teenagers fighting Nazis with magic or something.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 07:37

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 02:46

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Well if you put it too low, you get this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kThhPyrhg

Why are there so many people named Chris?

# ¿ May 1, 2017 08:21

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

For 1500 I would want an NPC in the game itself and 2-3 pages of fanfic in a text box that the player must read to continue

Well for that much you'd get a full set of tapestries with your favorite characters on 'em and whatever a signed shikishi is, along with the game, the box, and all the bits and bobs you want.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 08:46

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

On a less yea/nay stance I ask: what game that wasn't put out this year have you guys been enjoying most so far? Or do you folks here play exclusively new releases?

On my end I've been chained to Euro Truck Sim 2 again as it's soothing and great for podcasts, but I've also been dipping my toes into wargames with Panzer Corp and Ultimate General: Gettysburg. (Mostly 'cause I've been listening to a strategy game podcast and it convinced me to check these out.) I'm really, really bad at winning battles or wars, but it's fun to try, and I appreciate how easy these games are to pick up and play for a newbie.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 09:32

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Zaphod42 posted:

I still play a lot of GTA V Online with my cousin. Its just good for loving around and shooting the poo poo. Plus they keep updating it.

And I'm always popping in different old SNES or N64 games here and there. Lately I was playing Mega Man X2 which is just always a blast.

But in between I'm also playing new releases Hollow Knight and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Cool! Multiplayer with a friend is good times!

I have fond memories of playing X1-3 as a kid to the point where I still hum some of the tunes sporadically. Young me had to cheat through those games but they were fun anyways!

# ¿ May 1, 2017 09:52

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

corn in the bible posted:

No disgaea is good

I would say that this is objectively wrong

# ¿ May 1, 2017 20:53

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

To elaborate: Disgaea is light and goofy and fun. If you have a serious range from Final Fantasy Tactics this is the opposite end, where Disgaea is goofy and anime and you play it to watch numbers go up. It's got charming animations/sprites/styles and the plot isn't the bad kind of anime, it's more of a kid's show in a sense. (Etna's design as an unfortunate aside)

So basically yes it is good. You might not like its style or humor, but there's a pleasant amount of stuff to do in it without too much grinding. It's a good time and I'm glad to own it.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 20:58

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

My friend's all "oh hey Thief is on sale should I get that?" and she means the modern thief and ehhhhhhh

I pointed her to Sleepy Dogs to at least have a comparison for what you can get for 6$.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 21:48

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

chumbler posted:

So is the second. I cannot speak for the later ones.

I can't speak for the rest of the Disgaea games but

Phantom Brave: good and sad
Soul Nomad: incredible
Makai Kingdom: kind of light on story but the base mechanics absorbed me utterly (I like vehicles in the Phantom Brave format?)

so that's five games right there you could have a good time with if you enjoy 'em! (...well if you have their ports/a PS2. NIS needs to hurry up on porting them to steam.)

# ¿ May 2, 2017 08:22

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Sefal posted:

Makai Kingdom is my favorite NIS game.
Really hope for a remaster/ remake of it.

All they have to do is put the PSP port on Steam and that's the complete edition, I think! The most extra content + refinements.

Please, NISA, I'm ready, I'll preorder it day one.....

# ¿ May 2, 2017 08:45

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Wamdoodle posted:

I always wanted to try Soul Nomad because I heard the evil path gets really dark. Also the full title sounds like a high school garage band: Soul Nomad and the World Eaters

It has some of NIS' most experimental, interesting systems, the good path is fun and worth following, and the evil path is one of the best/worst evil paths I've ever seen in a game, to the point where I didn't finish it because I'm not a monster. (I didn't finish Undertale's evil path either, and I can't do bad things in Mass Effect, so I'm definitely a weenie when it comes to this.)

Basically NISA's been porting their classics but the underplayed genius games have yet to be released on steam and the wait is quite painful. :negative:

# ¿ May 2, 2017 09:07

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

The Colonel posted:

i want to finish phantom brave because it has a really great world and character writing, and one of the side characters like canonically gets taken through a portal into the soul nomad world and has a full arc spanning both games, but the gameplay is poop from a butt

Here is an LP thread for you.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 09:47

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/xenosaga7/status/859036142150209537

# ¿ May 2, 2017 13:29

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

I tell you one of the nicest experiences in gaming for me was when I could make a fairly accurate reproduction of myself in Dragon's Dogma and then play as that character. It was nice to actually see myself in a game when usually I can play as a dude or a lady who does not have my figure - and it really made me think about how this much be how most fit white dudes feel when they play games? They can pick up almost any game and go "ayup that's me" without much trouble and that's... I'm jealous of that!

# ¿ May 3, 2017 08:56

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Lurdiak posted:

A big reason customization options are so limited in Saints Row 3 and 4 compared to 2 is that the devs checked their stats and something like 80% of players didn't do any customization at all and a significant percentage of those that did just kinda changed hairstyle and hair color and dressed their guy in jeans and a t-shirt.

Why are people so unoriginal

My problem with Saints Row 4 is that I kept changing my character/gender every fifteen minutes so I could have a new boss

# ¿ May 3, 2017 09:26

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Today I discovered that they taught an AI to play Go and it's pretty good at the game.

On the one hand, neat!

On the other hand, I can't figure out why this is more significant than any other game with AI players? ...Call me uninformed but I can play chess against a computer, so why should this be significant?

# ¿ May 3, 2017 10:02

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/WarrenIsDead/status/859561739054174208

I wish I didn't know this

# ¿ May 3, 2017 13:31

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

A recent game with excellent gameplay length: Hitman 2016. The main game and story could be over in less than ten hours, give or take. The rest of the game - doing challenges, boosting levels, escalations, contracts, the fun of dicking around in levels - easily adds on another 50-60 hours or more - and it's all optional. I can devote as little or as much time as I want to it.

I really, really appreciate this. It feels like a game that respects my time.

This is part of why I love roguelikes, too - they're usually built to be done and over with in bite-sized pieces UNLESS I get good and have a character that'll take hours for me to play with. I don't have to specifically set aside four hour blocks of time to live with the game like I do with, say, Witcher 3 - I can be in and out real fast unless I'm in a place where I can settle in and just go for hours.

I'm probably not saying it well, but basically: I love games that are easy to pick up, play, and finish without dedicating months of my life to them, and so I've kind of lost interest in jrpgs unless they're specifically tailored to me for some reason.

# ¿ May 4, 2017 11:19

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Sefal posted:

Don't get me wrong. I also like long games. Persona 5 has me completely hooked and I hope it never ends. It's really good. But I prefer shorter games now so that I can finish them in a week or 2.
The problem is that I just keep buying games really.

You too, huh? :sigh:

I'm getting better at only buying stuff I'll install and play immediately but it's still an uphill battle against ye olde backlog

# ¿ May 4, 2017 11:58

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

fridge corn posted:

What was so bad about pillars of eternity, there was a bit of hype about it if I remember

It was billed as the latest and greatest return from the studio

And it was an okay, good crpg when it was supposed to be like, Planescape Torment 2.0 or something in terms of quality.

I haven't played it myself but the main flaws I hear about it are that the setting is initially bland.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 08:31

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

I wish we had a Five Guys closer to my home :sigh:

Like it's not ~quality dining~ but when you want a fast food burger and fries you can't really beat it

# ¿ May 6, 2017 00:29

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

The closest to 5G that we have is Wendys and they're okay, pretty good. Better than McDonalds, home of the wheat burgers.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 00:43

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Snak posted:

If you have a halfway decent grill, grilling your own burgers can be great. I've made some loving monster burgers this week. My roommate sometimes make these fancy burgers that have like, diced onions and peppers mixed into the patties, but I'm super lazy and I don't do any of that. I just take the ground beef, smash it into patties, a little salt and pepper and chuck em on the grill. I don't even oil it or anything and the come out super good.

You're doing the right thing.

I don't get a grill out, I just fry up the ground beef patties in a frying pan on the stove in a little oil. Makes for some pretty satisfying quick burgers!

# ¿ May 6, 2017 00:46

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Snak posted:

This better be loving Friday, or I'm in even deeper poo poo than I thought.

It's Friday!

# ¿ May 6, 2017 01:11

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Friday 8:11 PM EST here at least!

# ¿ May 6, 2017 01:11

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Installs Stephen's Sausage Roll

Does two puzzles

This game is cruel and difficult and I'm going to have to actually study it to get any further wow

# ¿ May 6, 2017 04:41

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Andrast posted:

Are burgers sandwiches?

A) Yes, damnit

B) This is my favorite way to mess with my BFF because she never fails to rise to the bait and argue to the hills about how burgers are burgers :3:

# ¿ May 6, 2017 09:45

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

So I've been wiki-hopping and I found this article about player types made by a guy in the 90s.

And it's fascinating? I'd mark myself down as a Socializer if I had to pick one (as I love games that are heavy on stories - and experiences I can then relay to friends, like cool deaths in roguelikes) but reading out the other types and thinking about that is just cool.

Although this test thinks I'm an explorer - but it seemed to be more oriented towards MMOs than the kinds of games I prefer to play. I'm not into collecting bear butts or games where you're in multiplayer all the time. :shrug:

# ¿ May 6, 2017 12:04

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

The White Dragon posted:

it's pretty cool but according to that test, i'm basically tied between achiever/socialiser(but they're opposing on the chart?) and i'm more of a killer than an explorer, which is strange, because the only time i've ever griefed was when a brief stint where i followed high-level players around in ff11 dressed as a male stripper and /danced. personally, i'd identify myself as a socialiser/explorer. but like you say, that questionnaire seems to be weighted towards an mmo experience.

that said, when playing with friends, story is basically negligible and we just wanna go around doing poo poo and clicking through any dialogue, which may be why my explorer rating is so low and my killer rating is so high.

Yeah, no kidding. If I'm playing Borderlands with friends (shush it's fun) then I don't bother to read the dialogue, we're here to shoot things. When I play alone, I read every line. ... I'm not the smartest player on the block but listen: unless it's a tabletop game then no one cares about the deep writing in a game if they're playing with pals.

That said it would be cool to have a lore/exploration heavy game (Minecraft? Terrarria?) where you go around exploring and learning things with friends instead of killing crabs.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 13:07

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/vxrbxl/status/860888069938978816

I love how precious this is

# ¿ May 7, 2017 07:27

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Today I saw lavishly drawn fanart of pewdiepie and I wish I hadn't seen it

# ¿ May 7, 2017 07:48

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Olive Garden tonight! posted:

I'm playing video games! I finally got myself to start up Hacknet, which I got in a Humble Monthly a while ago now. I also just got Caves of Qud from a nice goon in the Steam gifting thread whose (whom's?) birthday is today, and I'm excited to play that too.

Sweet! I haven't touched Hacknet yet but Caves of Qud is fuuuuun. It's also had some huge updates lately with the journal and water ritual being added in. Enjoy!

# ¿ May 8, 2017 07:01

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Sakurazuka posted:

That puts it in the top five games of all time though

I'd like to introduce you to other genres

# ¿ May 8, 2017 10:33

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Olive Garden tonight! posted:

Just finished Hacknet. I had a good time with it. I guess I wasn't expecting it to end up so... melancholic?

e: ~~for some reason I didn't get the achievement for beating the game though.~~ Nevermind, the Steam page just didn't update for a while.

Huh, curious. I might have to finally settle in and play this, backlog permitting.

# ¿ May 9, 2017 04:07

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

chumbler posted:

Yeah, it's a great one.

Have you played Hitman?

# ¿ May 12, 2017 07:55

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Wandle Cax posted:

I played Hitman, I didn't enjoy it all that much. I respect it and the multiple ways to do things etc. but it's not as flexible and open ended as everyone says it is. It's not very intuitive and it can be fairly boring just waiting for timed events and wandering around aimlessly trying to figure things out. I got as far as Bangkok and haven't finished it

I disagree, but I'm glad you played in enough to really experience the game before deciding it wasn't for you.

The Colonel posted:

hitman is cool but i'd rather play a cool-rear end shinji mikami game on pc

We could have had both :sigh:

# ¿ May 12, 2017 08:21

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Oh man, I'm somehow more excited by the new Euro Truck DLC than I am by anything else releasing this month? What's happened to me? What kind of a gamer am I?

# ¿ May 12, 2017 11:03

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/MammonMachine/status/863141232263913472

# ¿ May 12, 2017 22:19

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

corn in the bible posted:

Literally no game has ever been scary

Become twelve and play System Shock 2 alone in the dark and you will quickly find yourself afraid.

# ¿ May 12, 2017 22:47

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 02:46

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

corn in the bible posted:

Things in games aren't real

Yes? The emotions they can evoke sure are. I was jumping at shadows for days afterwards.

# ¿ May 12, 2017 22:51

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