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Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Jay Rust posted:

Umineko is the Kanye west of video games....

Unironically though.

Looper posted:

i have never played any of these

Check out Under the Skin, it;s a real fun little game that people ignored

cheetah7071 posted:

tbh I read Umnineko when it was new, 6 month waits between episodes an all, and was on the edge of my seat the whole the for the first four and then just a slow slide into "oh, that's all?" for the rest. And then episode 8 pissed me off a lot. I can't really have an intelligent conversation about the details because it's been so long but I'm being completely honest with my umineko opinions

cheetah7071 posted:

The six month gaps did contribute a lot though. I probably spent more time talking about Umineko than most media I consume and did a bunch of Umineko-inspired table top RPGs. If I had been able to read it through all in one go I doubt it would have made much of an impression on me at all. Or maybe having the parts I like be fresh in my mind instead of years old would have salvaged it. Who knows!

TBH I can't relate to that, Maybe If it had been at release then I would relate, but I spent litearrly every second thinking of Umineko, I'm not memeing when I say it changed the way I think, all my old love of mystery, starting with lol From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler came alive to me in a way that I hadn't appreciated. I've never seen a series that managed to love and criticize a genre so well. I'm flabbergasted that Ryukushi managed so well, and tbh scared that Higu and the other game won't live up

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Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Also Beatrice is my Wife

# ? Aug 1, 2021 01:41

The Dark Souls of Posters: Nov 4, 2011; Just Post, Kupo

I�m constantly impressed with how many Sonic games I�ve never heard of there are.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 01:42

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

Gaius Marius posted:

Also Beatrice is my Wife

she IS a sassy witch

# ? Aug 1, 2021 01:49

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

FlowerRhythmREMIX posted:

I�m constantly impressed with how many Sonic games I�ve never heard of there are.

over the last year and a half or so i've played fifty of them!

Gaius Marius posted:

Check out Under the Skin, it;s a real fun little game that people ignored

i'd never even heard of it but it looks cool! (assuming you mean the capcom ps2 game and not the big cat man game)

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:02

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

For Sure,
IT's even got Jill Valentine and Nemeisis, I miss that level of experiment devs would make for games, now it's all playing for safety

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:15

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

Do they still make episodic games?

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:20

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Jay Rust posted:

Do they still make episodic games?

Call of Duty, perhaps

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:21

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Jay Rust posted:

Do they still make episodic games?

FF7Remake just came out, friend.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:21

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

cheetah7071 posted:

tbh I read Umnineko when it was new, 6 month waits between episodes an all, and was on the edge of my seat the whole the for the first four and then just a slow slide into "oh, that's all?" for the rest. And then episode 8 pissed me off a lot. I can't really have an intelligent conversation about the details because it's been so long but I'm being completely honest with my umineko opinions

Honestly I like sort of get it (and we've had this conversation like, five times in chat threads!!) but for me it was something that when I revisited it, read/considered other reads of it as new people started to read it themselves, and better considered the throughline of the narrative themes of the overall package I came away from it feeling a lot more strongly positive about it. I'm not saying you have to do the same because at the end of the day its just a piece of entertainment and if it did not entertain you thats not on you but it's definitely something I have seen other people do as well and its resulted in a pretty gradual but steady climb of Chiru in stuff like the vndb rankings and the like.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:27

Larryb: Oct 5, 2010

Jay Rust posted:

Do they still make episodic games?

There�s the Life is Strange series for one thing (which will be getting a new addition this September in fact) but other than that and what�s been mentioned I�m not sure if episodic games are all that common these days since Telltale went under

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:28

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The new Life is Strange won�t even be episodic, there will be chapter breaks but the whole game will be available at once.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:37

mutata: Mar 1, 2003

Hitman 2016 was the last one I remember.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:40

Larryb: Oct 5, 2010

exquisite tea posted:

The new Life is Strange won�t even be episodic, there will be chapter breaks but the whole game will be available at once.

Technically it�s still episodic (interviews and the game�s steam page specifically mention chapters), it�s just being released all at once instead of one episode at a time.

Though I did hear somewhere that it was originally going to be released episodically but COVID and fan complaints about LiS2�s glacial release schedule changed their minds.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:42

JollyBoyJohn: Feb 13, 2019; For Real!

FlowerRhythmREMIX posted:

I�m constantly impressed with how many Sonic games I�ve never heard of there are.

you dont get to count sonic 2+knuckles as a whole different game

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:43

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 11 years!; Melman v2

Green Wing posted:

I'm stuck in hospital for several days recovering from massive blood loss, I only have my low-spec laptop for company so uh if anybody has any good reccs for very low-spec RPGs or something, like, itch.io stuff, let me know eh.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/Recettear_An_Item_Shops_Tale/

https://serendipital.itch.io/dungeon-shopper

# ? Aug 1, 2021 02:47

wuggles: Jul 12, 2017

Gamer fact: Today/tomorrow is August 1st

# ? Aug 1, 2021 03:19

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

wuggles posted:

Gamer fact: Today/tomorrow is August 1st

yeah, I'm excited for Hololive Error, the hololive horror project commencing august 1st, also

# ? Aug 1, 2021 03:22

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

August aka Golden Wind

# ? Aug 1, 2021 03:24

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

How I spent the end of July

# ? Aug 1, 2021 04:50

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

how do i get less completely demoralized when i die in video games

# ? Aug 1, 2021 04:58

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

try playing a roguelite where death is part of the progression?

# ? Aug 1, 2021 05:00

Infinitum: Jul 30, 2004

cheetah7071 posted:

Wahgust

# ? Aug 1, 2021 05:15

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

cheetah7071 posted:

try playing a roguelite where death is part of the progression?

i couldn't beat hades cause dying made me feel so bad

# ? Aug 1, 2021 05:18

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Kerrzhe posted:

how do i get less completely demoralized when i die in video games

It is said: "Only two standing, from a thousand thousands." They see sickness only as evil.They do not listen. They swallow their tears and spurn the breaking of their shells.

# ? Aug 1, 2021 05:29

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

I decided not to make the August chat thread

# ? Aug 1, 2021 05:53

Last Celebration: Mar 30, 2010

Kerrzhe posted:

i couldn't beat hades cause dying made me feel so bad

Changing your perspective helps a lot, in Dark Souls I usually just need to excuse myself after dying enough but in Hades every death is a new adventure cause it lets you see more of the game between boons, weapons, and especially the NPC dialogue.