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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Excited for Octopath Traveler

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The only good X is X3: Terran Conflict

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Moving loving sucks

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Are you in Montreal, I hear everyone moves on July 1 and it's terrible

Finland actually.

At least it isn't hot here right now.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


MMF Freeway posted:

god I hate flying so much

I got to fly in business class to Shanghai and back last week for the first time. It was actually pretty nice.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


chumbler posted:

I flew first class once to see what it was like, and while the extra leg and shoulder room was nice, it was still flying. Maybe you get extra value if you eat or drink during the flight but I generally don't.

I just played Slay the Spire for 8 hours

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


As much as moving sucks, going from an hour+ commute to a 10 minute commute is a massive quality of life increase

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


nobody should post on twitter under their real name

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


don’t attach your real name to a twitter profile

It’s pretty much the same thing as having your SA name be your actual name

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Grapplejack posted:

Vinny gets some real talented artists sometimes

A lot of them also tend to do porn but hey you know

I'd be way more surprised if they didn't do porn

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Overwatch Porn posted:

every single other metroidvania did just fine with mapping as you go; the map mechanic in hollow knight was absolutely the worst thing about it

and every single other metroidvania is worse than hollow knight

coincidence!?

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Ometeotl posted:

Oh well I guess it's true because you said it, instead of actually engaging in the argument with any form of logical retort.

it's not like "other games don't have it so it's bad" is an argument that has a lot of points to argue.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Accordion Man posted:

I have very little desire to play Hollow Knight because I really hate it when games punish you by making you lose a bunch of time and progress. Repeating stuff you already completed to get to where you died isn't hard, its just tedious and wasting your time.

Hollow knight doesn't really punish you that bad. Losing your geo isn't a big deal, it's just there to make exploring feel more tense. Otherwise it's the same as dying in basically any other metroidvania.

The difficulty isn't that high either so you probably aren't dying all the time (obviously ymmv here though.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


occamsnailfile posted:

And this would be bad because...? Super Metroid didn't feel like a cakewalk just because I didn't lose any money during exploration.

Hollow knight is deliberately designed so that you feel tense and lost when you are exploring. The lack of mapping your first time around and losing your geo are both mechanics that aid that.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

the only imperfection in hollow knight is that the final dlc, gods and glory, isn't out yet

Also the Hornet campaign

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Grapplejack posted:

In that you can do them, sure. It isn't fun, though. And if it's not fun, why bother?

I think it's fun

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


haveblue posted:

I wouldn't mind the true boss being a jumping puzzle if you didn't have to fight the previous boss first on every attempt. Put a checkpoint there like the rest of the dream bosses.

Yeah fighting the previous boss first every time sucked

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The White Dragon posted:

if this is the case then it should be ok for people to say they didn't like it

It is ok.

it's also ok for people disagree with their opinions on certain game elements.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I'm glad that Hollow Knight doesn't just copy everything from metroid/castlevania and actually tries to do its own thing

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Phantasium posted:

likewise if you think two older similar games did something better than it should be fine to point that out.

hollow knight does do a bunch of cool unique things and i personally don't think making the map system shittier than games that came out on the super nintendo is that great.

I don't think it's shittier. It might be more inconvenient for the player but at the same time I really like what it does for the feeling of exploration in the game. I think Hollow Knight would be a lesser game without it.

It's obviously a pretty divisive feature though.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Grapplejack posted:

Fun and weird with a lovely final boss.

I really didn't like that most of the weapons in Axiom Verge just felt useless. I wasn't big fan of the level design either.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Phantasium posted:

See I get that, obviously some people enjoy that stuff, there wouldn't be the Etrian Odyssey games if there wasn't somebody out there that enjoyed drawing their own maps. But a ton of people will act like you're dumb for not liking it when some people consider it a convenience issue rather than a game mechanic.

Turns out I really like Etrian Odyssey too.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Poops Mcgoots posted:

That was after the switch came out so my 3ds is effectively dead to me.

The siren call of Warioware is going to bring me back to the 3ds

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

the kickstartered castlevania demo has a permanent minimap in the upper corner of the screen as well as an automap you can bring up and it feels like utter hog piss compared to hollow knight so you've got that to look forward to i guess

I think bloodstained felt fine when I tried it

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

i could go with an uglier, clumsier order of ecclesia with ubiquitous bad voice acting, yeah

That sounds great

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I wonder how people hear about these forums these days.

Like I remember coming here after reading a lot of the main site's articles, which I haven't done in nearly a decade at this point

I don't think I have ever read anything on the main site

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


15-18 C° is the the perfect outside temperature imo

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Harrow posted:

It's nothing compared to Final Fantasy XIII, though, which is a game where the battle system doesn't make any sense without a full party with multiple roles each, and it takes at least 20 hours before you're consistently able to have that experience.

It’s a shame too since the combat system is actually really good once you get full control of it

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010



I should probably replay RE4 for the Nth time

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The Colonel posted:

in an upcoming movie scarlet johansson is playing the role of an actual person who existed and towards the end of their life very likely identified as a trans man and when people got mad at her about it she basically told them she doesn't care

I don’t care either

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

gwyneth paltrow sells hog cum and rocks to people claiming they cure cancer and stuff

Are you saying I bought all this hog cum for nothing?

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


oddium posted:

so does octoblues traveller have the characters interact with each other or not

It has tales skits

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


redreader posted:

Hi. What's the best way to play ff6? Is there a "Best version"? I have a PS3/Vita/4, Wii u, 2ds, switch. Also a PC with an emulator.

Either the SNES version or the gba version with a patch to fix the music

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


corn in the bible posted:

Here are some other pictures of PS1 games







looks like poo poo

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Cowcaster posted:

there is almost no good reason to do the final arena challenge in hollow knight period, other than getting a single completion percentage point

You do it for the great rewards

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


oddium posted:

mornings are the worst time of day and everything about it (waking up, doing stuff after waking up) sucks. i used i work 3pm-midnight and go to bed at 4 am and it was so good

Morning is the best best time of the day imo

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


corn in the bible posted:

GoG is owned by an anti-union corporation that underpaid its workers so they could get The Witcher 3 made cheaper

Isn’t the underpaying just the general wage level being much lower in Poland

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Harrow posted:

They also have an extremely strong crunch culture so chances are your money-per-hour is lower than it should be even by Polish standards, and work-life balance basically doesn't exist.

Their response when called out on it is to essentially release a statement to the effect of: "If they don't like it, they don't have to work here." This article has their statement in response to the large number of departures and all the complaints on Glassdoor (essentially admitting it's all true): https://kotaku.com/witcher-3-developer-puts-out-vague-statement-about-stud-1819513628

Well gently caress them if they don’t pay proper overtime pay then

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Harrow posted:

Yeah pretty much

Honestly it's not a surprise and it shouldn't be. CDPR is far from alone in doing this, though they're notable for being so publicly :shrug: about it. It's very common in the US, too, and not just in video games. A salaried position (as opposed to hourly pay) basically just means "you're probably going to work overtime and we legally don't have to pay you for it." I know I routinely work more than 40 hours a week at my job and I'm keenly aware that they're essentially getting "free" extra work out of me, but I have enough work on my plate that it's either that or don't meet deadlines and therefore not have this job (and my employer 100% knows that, too).

My employer has twice in my time here been sued in class-action lawsuits by former members of two teams over that kind of thing, and the second time it was my own team (technical writing). Also that second time it went to the Supreme Court and ended up in a ruling that set a real bad precedent for workers' rights nationwide so... :smith:

Man that sucks.

I'm really glad that I live in a country that has sensible worker protections.

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Convex posted:

I don't like the idea that people suffered to make something I enjoy. It's hard to watch the resuscitation scene in The Abyss knowing how much Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio got abused by James Cameron insisting on filming take after take of Ed Harris basically having to beat her, and gently caress anyone that thinks that kinda stuff is really worth the end result. Also as bad as eating meat is I take particular exception to stuff like foie gras where it's literally a product of torturing an animal. While months of crunch aren't literal physical torture it's still a horrible thing to do to people.

Videogames aren't worth destroying people's lives over and the whole 'everyone does it' thing companies always throw out is no excuse :smith:

I have bad news about basically every product you have ever used

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