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Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS

Run from Cazadores until you get lots of poison antidotes or have done the Old World Blues DLC. The poison is bugged and can infinitely stack every time they hit you. This is also one of the fore-mentioned enemies that can kill companions dead extremely quickly.

# ? Oct 25, 2022 16:54

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# ? May 7, 2024 11:23

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Fungah! posted:

STAR OCEAN 2

Reset the game repeatedly until your main characte - ither Claude or Ren - as Dexterity. Play the game as normal until after Cross, when you have Celine and get the mission to go to the cave. Get Sensibility 1 and 2, from Cross and Herlie.
Level up until you can survive one battle in Lasguss, north of Cross, and then run around and level up there until you have 40000 fol, resting as often as you have t - ventually this will be easy, but don't progress with the plot until then. Sense 2 has playfulness on it, and leveling up perseverance to 10 and then playfulness to 10 gets you a grip of cash.
On your main dude, level up Courage and Poker Face until your Pickpocket skill is 9 or 10.
When you have the money, buy the Bandit Glove in Herlie. Save your game, then go into Clik BEFORE IT IS DESTROYED in a private action. Watch the event where Filia predicts the town's doom, and pickpocket her to get the Mischief. This accessory tosses crap at you the entire game, including cash and little trinkets that give you free levels. It is amazing and wonderful.
Then, go to Mars, and save outside. Go in in a PA again, and go to the east side of town, and pickpocket the Treasure Chest from the old man. This gives you three random items, and you can reset until you get, among other things, the Marvel Sword, which gives some ridiculous attack power and will carry you for a very long time.
At Lacour, be SURE to get to the very last round of the tournament, against Dias. Then, get the Sharp Edge after the battle with him from the dude who sponsored you. You can customize it with a mithril, and then the resulting crappy sword with another mithril to make the second strongest sword in the game, which also craps out an extra AE attack, which is utterly amazing.
Get Opera instead of Ashton. Do not even start or do anything related to Ashton, he is worthless. Use her Machinery skill until you make the White System, and learn Healing Star with it. Use it nonstop until you manage 999 proficiency in it. It heals far more, far more quickly, and for far less MP than any magic healer can do, with almost no effort, and lets you use Opera and 3 other good characters, instead of weighing your party down with Rena or some other caster, all of whom are worthless.

If you're playing as Claude (and you should be since you can actually control him during the Lacour Tournament of Arms and he gives you a chance to steal an extra Battle Suit near the end of disc 1), you're better off starting without dexterity. Claude can learn it easily by spamming Metalwork on iron until the talent unlocks, which gives you 100 bonus skill points to spend elsewhere. Great tips otherwise.

# ? Oct 25, 2022 19:55

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

lol come on

Alien: Isolation

The Alien is programmed to seek you out if you hide in one spot for too long. Even if you are totally invisible to its patrol area it will find you eventually. You want to be hiding only long enough to lose the Alien, then move on. IIRC this is made even worse by crouching? Try to just walk everywhere.

Keep an eye on ceiling vents. If you see drool dripping from one, the Alien's lurking right there and will grab you if you go underneath it.

# ? Oct 25, 2022 20:18

big deal: Sep 10, 2017

Fungah! posted:

Castlevania 2
Don't bother playing this game without a guide. The puzzles and townspeople really are as confusing as everybody says. I use DKW's Gamefaqs guide.

Martman posted:

Illusion of Gaia
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Beyond that, just make sure you kill every enemy in the zone before moving on to get the most stat ups and explore thoroughly, some of the stages (Mu especially) are confusing as hell.

Oh, and the bosses just get more and more annoying, the boss of the desert temple is especially bad if I recall. Oh, and both Soulblazer and Terranigma are much better games in my opinion, but IoG has a certain bizzare charm.

Don't worry too much about getting every single stat-up for killing all the monsters. When you beat the boss of a stage the game will give you all the ones you missed.

lol

# ? Oct 26, 2022 03:15

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Might & Magic Heroes VI

Each race only gets 4 missions, time jump between each mission can be weeks to months. During that time other faction missions happen. Not doing the missions in order leads to an incomprehensible game. Also make sure to have at least one Tears and one Blood hero for the last two missions. Can only do the epilogues if you have the proper hero match. If everyone went Tears, you won't be able to do the Blood epilogue, and won't be able to finish the story properly.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:02

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Borderlands 2

If you really enjoy the story then get Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep since its acts as a kind of coda to the tale.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:03

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Journey to the Savage Planet

Nothing is missable.
Make sure you take a look in every nook and cranny and behind each patch of tall grass for secrets.
It's a game where areas are gated behind equipment and such, so don't worry if there's a place you can't reach yet.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:05

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

Sub-Actuality posted:

Borderlands 2

If you really enjoy the story then get Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep since its acts as a kind of coda to the tale.

lol

# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:06

Arrhythmia: Jul 22, 2011

Sub-Actuality posted:

Borderlands 2

If you really enjoy the story then get Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep since its acts as a kind of coda to the tale.

after i play dot com

# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:30

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Sub-Actuality posted:

Journey to the Savage Planet

Nothing is missable.

Make sure you take a look in every nook and cranny and behind each patch of tall grass for secrets.

It's a game where areas are gated behind equipment and such, so don't worry if there's a place you can't reach yet.

Nothing is missable, except for all the stuff that's hidden.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:50

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

🎶A coda to the tale
A coda to the tale
Hi-ho-the-derry-o
A coda to the tale🎵

# ? Oct 31, 2022 04:51

Joan: Mar 28, 2021

Larry Parrish posted:

Nothing is missable, except for all the stuff that's hidden.

Missable means you can't go back and get something, not that you might miss it the first time you pass it.

# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:08

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Metal Slug

Shoot everything in the environment - there's crap hidden everywhere.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:46

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Lightning kills TIE Fighters. You are apparently supposed to just know this.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:47

Joan: Mar 28, 2021

Sub-Actuality posted:

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Lightning kills TIE Fighters. You are apparently supposed to just know this.

Lol

# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:48

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.
The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:51

trying to jack off: Dec 31, 2007

Sub-Actuality posted:

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Lightning kills TIE Fighters. You are apparently supposed to just know this.

id probably guess

# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:52

trying to jack off: Dec 31, 2007

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

lmfao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:52

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Drinkslinger posted:

ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON

Always build Information Kiosks first - if you don't have them, that's your #1 priority for research
Then build Shuttle Loop coasters with On-Ride Photo sections and watch the money roll in

this is still haunting me lol

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:54

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

instead of play dot com

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 05:54

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Drinkslinger posted:

ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON

Always build Information Kiosks first - if you don't have them, that's your #1 priority for research
Then build Shuttle Loop coasters with On-Ride Photo sections and watch the money roll in

This guy watching anyone else in the world play the game and being like oh the humanity

# ? Oct 31, 2022 08:50

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I'm not sure I intentionally finished a single scenario in roller coaster tycoon lol.

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 09:37

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

lmao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 12:40

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

Lmao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 12:51

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

lmfao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 13:16

extremebuff: Jun 20, 2010

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

god

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 15:37

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

Sub-Actuality posted:

Tyranny

Decide what kind of person your character is from the start and roleplay them, you'll enjoy the choices more rather than trying to min-max stuff.

The first skill check in the game comes up 30 seconds in and is a 34 Athletics on medium difficulty.

Beautiful

# ? Oct 31, 2022 15:54

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Sub-Actuality posted:

Metal Slug

Shoot everything in the environment - there's crap hidden everywhere.

lool

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 15:59

extremebuff: Jun 20, 2010

Resident Evil 4

* Early in the game you will run into a large, empty lake. Shoot the lake six times with a pistol to receive valuable treasure.

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:03

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

salt mine detected

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

*If you don't save often, this game will frustrate you one too many times and you'll end up putting it down.
*Depending on your luck (literally luck, not the "luck" stat), a lot of boss fights tend to be extremely easy or extremely hard.
*Save points are usually pretty close to where boss rooms are. Save often and prepare to run into a boss without saving for a long time once or twice. If this happens, I just suggest you hit up a walkthrough for the boss as to not lose a poo poo ton of progress. It's really annoying.

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:07

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

Fungah! posted:

salt mine detected

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

*If you don't save often, this game will frustrate you one too many times and you'll end up putting it down.
*Depending on your luck (literally luck, not the "luck" stat), a lot of boss fights tend to be extremely easy or extremely hard.
*Save points are usually pretty close to where boss rooms are. Save often and prepare to run into a boss without saving for a long time once or twice. If this happens, I just suggest you hit up a walkthrough for the boss as to not lose a poo poo ton of progress. It's really annoying.

Lmao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:09

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:09

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

Pablo Nergigante posted:

lmfao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:10

herculon: Sep 7, 2018

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Lmao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:15

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Fungah! posted:

salt mine detected

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

*If you don't save often, this game will frustrate you one too many times and you'll end up putting it down.
*Depending on your luck (literally luck, not the "luck" stat), a lot of boss fights tend to be extremely easy or extremely hard.
*Save points are usually pretty close to where boss rooms are. Save often and prepare to run into a boss without saving for a long time once or twice. If this happens, I just suggest you hit up a walkthrough for the boss as to not lose a poo poo ton of progress. It's really annoying.

Does SOTN not have the unique boss doors like all the other games? How can you simultaneously claim that there�s always a save room near the boss and that you�re very likely to encounter a boss without saving recently?

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:16

Spoderman: Aug 2, 2004

Fungah! posted:

salt mine detected

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

*If you don't save often, this game will frustrate you one too many times and you'll end up putting it down.
*Depending on your luck (literally luck, not the "luck" stat), a lot of boss fights tend to be extremely easy or extremely hard.
*Save points are usually pretty close to where boss rooms are. Save often and prepare to run into a boss without saving for a long time once or twice. If this happens, I just suggest you hit up a walkthrough for the boss as to not lose a poo poo ton of progress. It's really annoying.

Pablo Nergigante posted:

lol

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:16

Leadthumb: Mar 24, 2006

Fungah! posted:

salt mine detected

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

*If you don't save often, this game will frustrate you one too many times and you'll end up putting it down.
*Depending on your luck (literally luck, not the "luck" stat), a lot of boss fights tend to be extremely easy or extremely hard.
*Save points are usually pretty close to where boss rooms are. Save often and prepare to run into a boss without saving for a long time once or twice. If this happens, I just suggest you hit up a walkthrough for the boss as to not lose a poo poo ton of progress. It's really annoying.

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Lmfao

PS this post is impervious to Flames because of the flame proofer.

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:17

extremebuff: Jun 20, 2010

Pablo Nergigante posted:

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# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:18

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

F-Zero GX:

*Don't spend all your time on the story mode. In fact, maybe attempt to beat it once on normal difficulty. The real fun of this game is in Grand Prix.
*Stats don't necessarily mean everything in this game. Not all is lost if you can't beat story mode on hard to get the best parts.
*Seriously, don't bother with story mode unless you're a masochist.

bonus:

*Each ship handles differently: find one you like.
*The easiest ship setup is 'A' or 'B' for boost, 'D' for body, and 'B' for handling. Also, it's mid weight so like 1500-1700.

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# ? May 7, 2024 11:23

French Accent: Feb 3, 2012

Pablo Nergigante posted:

lmao

# ? Oct 31, 2022 16:20

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