glam rock hamhock posted:

All that being said, my next game will probably be Tales of Berseria despite never having played a Tales game before so maybe I'm just a huge hypocrite

FauxLeather posted:

I'm playing a truly Spooktober Frightfest of a game: Kirby's Adventure.
This is my first foray into Kirby games, can't believe they've eluded me for so long. Tryna go chronologically so I tore through Dreamland before this. The biggest surprise, next to how well made both of these games are, was that Dreamland didn't even have the copy ability.

exquisite tea posted:

I forgot where I read this but Ubisoft has anti-high fantasy development culture, that's why Assassin's Creed continues its simulation meta-narrative framework and even their knights vs. samurai vs. vikings fightman game still bothers explaining it with an alt-timeline portal. BG&E2 if it ever gets released will be their most fantastical IP in a very long time.

VideoGames posted:

Hello chat thread! As it is now October, I can ask my question that I really hope to hear your answers to.

What is your perfect game, and why?

Not favourite game, but perfect game. (Unless your favourite is perfect!).

Mine is Portal2.
Everything about it is made for me. The game is my level of difficult, my level of engaging storyline and humour. I love the way the tale unfolds and how much of it does. I love that is treats me intelligently. I love the voice acting (Stephen Merchant is inspired and one of my favourite comedians) and feel it is pitch perfectly delivered. I love the structure of the story and the end and I just cannot stop loving on it. I love the music!

I thought the first portal was fine. Not astounding, but great fun and a nice little diversion.

Portal2 sang to me as someone who enjoys video games. It just causes me to gush. I've even sent gushing emails to some of the people who worked on it!

Help Im Alive posted:

what about THIS

The Moon Monster posted:

Bloodborne is perfect because it lets me select "play offline" on the main menu. Also because it's really good.

CJacobs posted:

The lingo in Life is Strange makes a lot more sense when you look at this pic I found of the writing team

tap my mountain posted:

They're all great except for black gulch

tap my mountain posted:

The gutter is excellent, but black gulch is just too short and easy. It feels more incomplete than Lost Izalith.

It'd be a better zone if there wasn't a bonfire at the beginning. If you had were forced to go through it immediately after the gutter it'd be more exciting but as it is if you screw up too much you can just restart and only lose 10 feet of progress.


Farron keep is one of the better parts of the game, the only bad part is those lovely enemies that do that janky jump and claw your head off.

The Colonel posted:

i got the gold gem on motherfucking cerberus alpha haha hell loving yes nothing can stop m



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The Colonel posted:

i'm both relieved and disappointed that none of the other bosses in mischief makers are nearly as ridiculous and loving hard as cerberus alpha

al-azad posted:

Not quite. His missiles are unpredictable but you can shake a missile to blow through them all. And you can grab his charged shot and he'll wait until you throw it at him.

I'll say he's just long. Dude takes more hits than any other boss so there's less room to gently caress up. Like first thing I do is hop on a missile and I'm good after that.

Mr.Kattykat posted:

Tried playing a bit of Smash Bros Brawl again since I haven't touched it in like five years. When you're doing well in a battle the crowd starts chanting the character's name, and if you play as Snake they go, 'Snake, Snake, Snakeeeee!'; it's a neat touch that I hadn't noticed before

Help Im Alive posted:

The B button should be a little Samus helmet

Real hurthling! posted:

I beat the metroid robot. Tooka while cause circle pad is bad but at least it was a unique encounter for a game with painfully bad enemy variety

Gonna finish the game soon but right now i think its a really weak metroid game. And a really uncomfortable game to play in general

Healbot posted:

So you aren't going?

Zaggitz posted:

FF9 is extremely sick.

The White Dragon posted:

megid- spells aren't blocked by magic mirror. i have the resources, the spells, the levels, the defenses, everything i need to fight it. the point is that i'm just not willing to spend the effort necessary to fight a boss where only half my party gets to attack because you have to heal twice every round the rng decides to use it.

with this boss, the illusion is stripped away and p3 has just stopped being fun and if you aren't playing video games to have a good time then why are you playing video games

Zaphod42 posted:

Nah, it has 4 big puzzles with a boss after, not quite the same thing.

The shrines are closer to dungeons than the beasts are, and they're still not quite the same thing. They're too short and self-contained. Dungeons are all about playing on a theme and building lessons or using a tool in consistent and new ways.

Fighting the bosses has nothing to do with beating the puzzles... etc.

corn in the bible posted:

tactics ogre advance?

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

To be perfectly honest, it's because I haven't owned a Nintendo console since the N64 and haven't really played a Zelda game since Link to the Past. So I was hoping for some nostalgia to overwhelm me and/or to experience a "Core" Nintendo game for the first time in a long time. There was also perhaps some hope that something would click eventually, especially because the game's defenders like to characterize those who didn't enjoy Breath of the Wild along the lines of "lacking imagination" or "unable to enjoy the little things" or "need games to hold their hand" and I don't want to think I'm like that but I guess I am.

EmmyOk posted:

It's dumb to argue if something is or isn't art because a meaningless designation like that shouldn't affect your enjoyment of it or any meaning you find in it. That said ET for the Atari was less creatively bankrupt than that poo poo Rupi Kaur is lauded for

Sakurazuka posted:

Why is Mega Men Legends called Rock Man DASH in Japanese when he moves pretty slowly in it? 🤔

The White Dragon posted:

but i love secret of mana

CJacobs posted:

How many of them are nazis? this is really important as to whether or not I buy it because it's a hot button topic in the political climate these days and that influences my video game purchases a lot

The Colonel posted:

FirstAidKite posted:

Hey everybody, since we're talking about mediocre games that you like/don't like, I thought maybe I'd ask a question.

What's your favorite game that you realize is mediocre or otherwise not noteworthy or is outclassed by other games? Something that people generally shrug off but you enjoy it regardless? Why do you like that game?

For me, it'd be Torchlight 2. I enjoyed the first Torchlight a lot and I've noticed in the past year or so a lot of people dismissing 2 and saying that it is a bad game (or at least a very "meh" game). It has its flaws, sure (iirc, on higher difficulties you can get one-shotted by enemy critical hits with no way to get around it other than "be an engineer"), but I like the aesthetic and moddability and just running around with some friends and clicking on stuff to smash them until they explode.

There are other games I enjoy that are seen as being but I figure I'll just write about that one for now.

Stexils posted:

i love really stupid weapons. what's the stupidest weapon a video game character uses?

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Whatever happened to Geno

homeless snail posted:

you ever play the pee game where you circle your hands around your pee stream and tighten them in more and more without getting your hands wet. that's a pretty scary game but I win it every time

chumbler posted:

"Nobody will care about the roster in a crossover game, which is always defined by its roster." -Capcom, wisely