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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I hope I can get Original sin 2 done before Odyssey comes out

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Jay Rust posted:

I watched a bit of Mario Odyssey gameplay, it looks kinda fun but I wouldn't buy a Switch for it

You should buy a switch for Golf Story instead

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I'd rather them remove weapon upgrading than touch the leveling system.

All weapon upgrading does is disincentivize you from using all the new cool weapons you find.

Andrast fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Oct 1, 2017

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


My favorite bloodborne weapon is the scythe :(

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


homeless snail posted:

thinking about DMing a trpg for my brother's kids next time I see them, what a bad idea lmao... maybe dungeon world??

DMing for kids is really fun since they get really into it.

Dungeon world is pretty good for kids.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Zaphod42 posted:

Sadly true for the entire series. You'll never get back your first time.

Which is why for many people their favorite is the one they played first. It was the most magical. After that it was just more of the same and not quite as challenging.

Not that I don't still want more of the same. I do.


Bloodborne wasn't the first one I played though

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


al-azad posted:

In my ill fated quest to beat every Zelda I'm playing Four Swords solo. I think I'll also finish Resi7 but I just reached the caves which everyone says is butt.

I hope that quest includes the CDI games

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


codenameFANGIO posted:

I have heard that the cd-I Zeldas are not actually too bad

You heard wrong

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


an actual dog posted:

The audience has already shrunk

Do you have any source for that?

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I hope independent self-publishing like with Hellblade will continue to be more and more viable

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


[quote="“Palpek”" post="“477214666”"]
I’m not really surprised that fans of titles that didn’t have lootboxes don’t want them in the sequels. I get that you can list reasons why publishers do their thing but you can also list reasons why part of the audience is wary of the idea if it’s unreasonably implemented.
[/quote]

Lootboxes in single player games are always unreasonably implemented

(I would say they are unreasonably in multiplayer games too but that is a different discussion)

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


glam rock hamhock posted:

I mean, dlc that actually effects the balance of the game has rarely done that well outside of f2p and it's nothing new and not unique to lootboxes. Loot boxes will be defended like any dlc where people will defend the examples of it they find acceptable, with some not being acceptable at all. It's not an all or nothing thing. You can like some implementations and not others.

All of them are poo poo

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Sunning posted:

It's also the best reviewed Ubisoft game since Far Cry 4.

I hope it sold well. It's really good.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Monkey Fracas posted:

Did any of the Fallout 4 DLC turn it into a game worth playing or should I just play New Vegas again

No, yes

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Geralt's VA also got really good by the time Witcher 3 came out. He nailed the part.

(and so did most of the other VAs)

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Sakurazuka posted:

I like boobs, I even like spiders, not sure a combination of the two does anything for me though.

How do you feel about trees with boobs?

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Turns out that if you just watch disconnected footage of a game you might miss out on the nuances of a character and his relationships with other characters

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Sakurazuka posted:

They mean silent protagonist

I thought silent protagonist meant someone like Gordon freeman or Link. Not something like your New Vegas character who has a ton of lines that you can choose, they just aren't voiced.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


precision posted:

you're trying to sell the game to people based on what sounds like the b-plot to a seth rogen movie

It's a good scene!

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


It's really dumb that emulators are the best way (and often the only realistic way) to play many old games on newer machines.

Come on publishers, let me buy your games again. I'd give you money if you just made it convenient.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


In Training posted:

I dont mean to shock anyone's worlds but the lord of the rings game with Batman Combat is boring. Is that monolith? gently caress asssassin creeds

It's fun

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


DLC Inc posted:

lol at spending probably a hundo on those bad cosplay costumes but complaining about 10bux

Many of them were teenagers without credit cards

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Internet Kraken posted:

This but with the Elder Scrolls.

Though if they pull the same bullshit they did with the pc Fallout 4 in TES I'm not sure I'd even buy it.

They definitely will

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


food court bailiff posted:

The upperclassmen in P3 are cool, and I wasn't really talking about their motivations, just their personalities. Ann is just awful, Yusuke is super annoying, Ryuji is...just Yosuke except with a more annoying personality.

And uh I don't really see anyone in P5 wanting to go back to normal, I haven't beaten it yet but I'm a bunch of dungeons in and everyone can't stop talking about how awesome it is to be a ~Phantom Thief~ and how much everyone loves their fan site and stuff.

Ryuji isn't an rear end in a top hat like Yosuke.

Ryuji is a good boy.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


EA is running out of studios to close.

They should buy some newer independent studios so they have something new to ruin.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


precision posted:

every time i think about playing Hitman on PS4 i remember the load times and just sigh

also holy poo poo i just now learned about paradox's DLC scumminess and suddenly the $7 portrait pack for Tyranny makes sense, though now i'm super confused about why obsidian would get in bed with them at all

I haven’t been paying attention, what did paradox do?

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


food court bailiff posted:

All of that is very true - it's obvious that the whole "calling card" mechanic is just to prevent one-day-running all the dungeons like you do in a good P4 run, but all it really does is move the goalposts a bit.

I think that was just so that could balance the bosses around the party having full resources available.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Yeah Shadowrun tabletop game is pretty bad (regardless of edition). Lots of mechanical crunch for little worthwhile reward.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Grapplejack posted:

It's such a cool setting though!

You can use the setting without using the bad rules!

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Harrow posted:

One of these days I want to make a Shadowrun hack for Blades in the Dark. It's a great system for it--the whole thing is already based on a bunch of scoundrels doing scoundrel things, and the whole system hinges on pushing players to take big risks and do cool things, with big consequences for failure. There's a pseudo-cyberpunk Blades in the Dark hack out there already, but it's not Shadowrun so it'd need some work.

My favorite system for a shadowrun-style game now is Fragged Empire. It even has the gear porn aspect present, it's just not poo poo like in Shadowrun.

It's still pretty crunchy and involved but the combat rules actually work really well.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


FirstAidKite posted:

Any of you ever play any Legacy board games? I've been looking at a few recently (Pandemic Legacy, Gloomhaven) and the idea is pretty cool. Legacy board games are board games that sort of evolve as you play them, changing the rules and adding new pieces and subtracting old pieces as you go through the various games, generally all based around the choices you and your group make. This leads to a game that is unique among your own group, a game where the events of the previous game carry over with all of the positives and negatives that that could entail.

I'd really like to play those but now that I got my masters done I also moved away from the group I played with so I never get to play board games anymore.

At least I can still play tabletop rpgs on roll20.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I loved breath of the wild even though I don’t normally enjoy open world games and I really like Zelda games

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


chumbler posted:

I think you will find that her normal outfit is the waiter uniform, actually.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


glam rock hamhock posted:

Zelda isn't even a Switch exclusive so it's pretty much Spla2oon, Snipperclips and I guess Arms

Nobody has a Wii U

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Golf story is a better game than Horizon: Zero Dawn

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


glam rock hamhock posted:

Except like everyone on this board.

Then like everyone on this board is a nobody

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Seriously though, the Switch has had an incredibly strong first year but obviously the PS4 is going to have a better library, unless you have some really specific tastes (or a pc I guess).

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Full list of my PS4 games: Bloodborne, Persona 5, Nioh and Horizon

Before the year ends I have bought more exclusives for my switch than for my PS4

Edit: Forgot about ffxv

Andrast fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Oct 21, 2017

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Saint Freak posted:

I almost turned my switch on once this month but then didn't.

Consoles I did turn on this month: PS4, an n3ds, an original ds, a playstation vita

Why did you turn on an original DS if you have a 3DS?

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


After Mario xcom I’m down for any stupid crossover by the same devs

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