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Internet Kraken posted:What is .hack GU?
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Franchise gets its start with 4 clunky, short (but full priced at $50) games. Gameplay is borderline menu-based, but the story while batshit is a fun little mystery about some sadsack programmer accidentally taking his obsession with some author and creating the next step in sentient artificial intelligence before offing himself. Oh yeah, the whole thing is set in an MMO. So the whole thing is a pseudo MMO. 2002-2003 The next big entry into the franchise (ignore the side games, if they even came stateside which I don't think they did) attempted to fix the whole clunky unpleasantness of the first four games' gameplay. Enter .hack//GU from 2006-2007. Combat is definitely improved, the grinding is slightly more palatable, but there's no far out charm with this one. It's straight shonen anime. Three games this time, so you pay $150 for the whole thing as opposed to $200, but overall the dip in story quality really hurt the series for me. Add to all this a collection of various anime series, OVAs and such, as well as light novels and manga, and the story kinda exploded all over the place and lost a lot of focus. The first four games and its anime, .hack//Sign, focused on the mystery of this weird MMO everyone was playing. The next three games and its anime, .hack//Roots, focused on the advent of this even newer form of AI that would like...possess people, I guess? All it did in game was give them black eyes, so whatever. Also .hack//GU does have the one nifty moment of one of your antagonists being a lovely 10 year old kid IRL, I think. I used to be really into .hack because I was a goddamn idiot with my money.
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Nov 1, 2017 09:30
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I kind of want to play Nioh again on PC. Didn't get the DLC on ps4 either so there would be some new stuff to do too.
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Nov 1, 2017 09:56
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homeless snail posted:the sixth .hack game I thought it was an HD re-release of three .hack games?
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Nov 1, 2017 10:28
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I've been hearing a lot of praise for AC:O so I think that will be my November game. I should probably try to beat something I bought in October first, though.
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Nov 1, 2017 11:20
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al-azad posted:I thought it was an HD re-release of three .hack games?
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Nov 1, 2017 11:53
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al-azad posted:I thought it was an HD re-release of three .hack games?
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Nov 1, 2017 11:57
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why is 6 afraid of 7? because cyber connect 2 made almost a dozen distinct .hack games
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Nov 1, 2017 11:58
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I'm surprised Capcom is rereleasing Apollo Justice I thought they wanted that dark age of law relegated to the scrapbin of history
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Nov 1, 2017 12:15
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got to culmina crater and I've finally decided, 600 moons in, that this is a good game
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Nov 1, 2017 12:30
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Not a single game i'm interested in this month. I'll probably get Mario Odyssey
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Nov 1, 2017 12:43
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I might play Nioh again if the PC port is good 
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Nov 1, 2017 12:56
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https://twitter.com/BangBangClick/status/925419429206380544
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Nov 1, 2017 13:12
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glam rock hamhock posted:Hey, I'm not saying I'm getting or want one, it's just funny to me that this is like MS last attempt at this and no one seems to give a poo poo that it's even coming out, though it's hard for me to tell if that's how it is everywhere or just around here. Its not their last attempt its their way of getting a couple million people to trade up to a luxury model. Rabbid blackface?
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Nov 1, 2017 13:20
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It's the Unity face bug
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Nov 1, 2017 13:21
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Lol oops
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Nov 1, 2017 13:24
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homeless snail posted:yeah, the GU trilogy, 6, 7, and 8 What's the fifth game then? .hack//fragment?
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Nov 1, 2017 14:02
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It's good to see kaz hirai is still alive (and selling robot dogs)
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Nov 1, 2017 14:02
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Help Im Alive posted:It's good to see kaz hirai is still alive (and selling robot dogs) He was just recognized as the savior of sony and the mastermind of its new era of financial health for strangling off everything except ps4 and phone camera components
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Nov 1, 2017 14:06
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exquisite tea posted:Horizon DLC in a week!!! I am very excited for this. The other day I was thinking, I could buy the new Assassin's Creed, but wouldn't I rather go shoot more robot dinosaurs instead? I actually have no idea what to expect from the DLC. I know there's a new area and new quests and stuff. Will there be new types of machines to fight? Any new weapons?
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Nov 1, 2017 14:17
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Playing this month: Horizon Zero Dawn DLC, Pokemon Ultra Sun.
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Nov 1, 2017 14:19
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Harrow posted:I am very excited for this. The other day I was thinking, I could buy the new Assassin's Creed, but wouldn't I rather go shoot more robot dinosaurs instead? Here's the rundown based on everything I can find about it: - Whole new subzone that connects to the main world. - Can be done at any point in the story although it's expected you'll be near the end. - Max level raised to 60, new skills like machine repair and flying mount strike. - 10-15 hours of gameplay with an overarching storyline and side quests. - At least 3 new machines, 3 new bows and 3 new outfits. - Possibly a spear upgrade and new weapon types. - Possible big bad robot endboss (a metal devil maybe?)
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Nov 1, 2017 14:24
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Harrow posted:I am very excited for this. The other day I was thinking, I could buy the new Assassin's Creed, but wouldn't I rather go shoot more robot dinosaurs instead? It's an expansion with a new skill tree, new items, new enemies, and a new environment. It also has updates to the animation and camera when talking to NPCs. It looks about the size of Witcher 3's Heart of Stone.
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Nov 1, 2017 14:26
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exquisite tea posted:Here's the rundown based on everything I can find about it: Sunning posted:It's an expansion with a new skill tree, new items, new enemies, and a new environment. It also has updates to the animation and camera when talking to NPCs. It looks about the size of Witcher 3's Heart of Stone. Excellent. I'm surprised there's even a new skill tree. Horizon was probably the biggest surprise of the year for me--I expected to find it a bland Ubisoft knock-off with cool-looking monsters and instead got something like The Witcher 3, but with less-impressive quests and much better combat. So I'm certainly not going to turn my nose up at more of it.
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Nov 1, 2017 14:28
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There are some neat extra effects that Guerrilla managed to patch into the main game as well, such as proper terrain deformation when Aloy stomps through snow and water ripples.
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Nov 1, 2017 14:33
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oh boy i forgot okami was coming out this month and someone reminded me okami was coming out this month
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Nov 1, 2017 14:46
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Been super-busy moving and setting up new house so not a lot of gaming going on the past few weeks- got to crack into Mario Odyssey for a bit so maybe I'll have time to finish it this month. That's a lotta moons Cowcaster posted:oh boy i forgot okami was coming out this month and someone reminded me okami was coming out this month like another HD remaster?
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Nov 1, 2017 14:50
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Monkey Fracas posted:like another HD remaster? yeah http://store.steampowered.com/app/587620/OKAMI_HD/ also apparently it's not the end of this month but mid december, boo
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Nov 1, 2017 14:51
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exquisite tea posted:There are some neat extra effects that Guerrilla managed to patch into the main game as well, such as proper terrain deformation when Aloy stomps through snow and water ripples. Oh sweet. I did notice there weren't any footprints in the snow when I played after it came out, but I suppose it makes sense they'd want to get that working before an entirely snowy expansion.
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Nov 1, 2017 15:05
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Cowcaster posted:yeah http://store.steampowered.com/app/587620/OKAMI_HD/ Look It's Okami It's the best dogwolf game ever
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Nov 1, 2017 15:16
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I love that so many awesome games came out this year that people are relieved this month is relatively light so they can actually play their accumulated games
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Nov 1, 2017 15:17
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codenameFANGIO posted:I love that so many awesome games came out this year that people are relieved this month is relatively light so they can actually play their accumulated games I got a Switch for Mario but now that I've played that I can't decide what Switch game I should get next. Plus I already have a couple of other games but the switch is new and shiny and calling to me...
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Nov 1, 2017 15:26
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Jay Rust posted:Nice typo, thread title ...what?
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Nov 1, 2017 15:28
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Regy Rusty posted:I got a Switch for Mario but now that I've played that I can't decide what Switch game I should get next.
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Nov 1, 2017 15:29
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glam rock hamhock posted:...what? I secretly edited it when I stickied it :laughingNESdog:
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Nov 1, 2017 15:29
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Nate RFB posted:Zelda would be the obvious other choice, if you didn't get it on Wii U. I also was kind of blown away from Mario Kart despite owning it on Wii U due to it finally having battle arena tracks and just kind of looking somehow amazing in handheld mode. I haven't played it yet but Mario+Rabbids would probably be the other big option. A world does not exist where I don't play Zelda the day it is released. Mario + Rabbids is probably going to be my top pick unless I go for some indie game
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Nov 1, 2017 15:32
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VideoGames posted:I secretly edited it when I stickied it Oh. Thanks and sorry about that 
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Nov 1, 2017 15:33
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My Switch is supposed to come in the mail today but it still hasn't shipped yet. 
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Nov 1, 2017 15:34
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VideoGames posted:I secretly edited it when I stickied it 
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Nov 1, 2017 15:36
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Regy Rusty posted:A world does not exist where I don't play Zelda the day it is released.
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