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Got around to picking up the Android version of TWEWY (I think I like the controls better, the touchscreen is definitely more sensitive than the DS, but I'm not sure how the pin evolution is gonna work with some of them) and goddamn, I forgot how much I got a kick out of Neku. A stubborn cynical rear end in a top hat protag that doesn't just smile and nod to everything the resident Walking Exposition tells him, and continues to be a cynical rear end in a top hat through at least half the game is right up my alley. 
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Exit Strategy posted:My favorite "overly concerned with the damage you're dealing" script, though, remains the punch tutorial from Gunpoint. It proceeds from telling you that one punch is OK and enough to knock someone out up through giving you an achievement if you'll please just stop punching that guy.
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Jun 8, 2015 17:17
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Heroes of the Storm is the friendliest MOBA that exists, hero/champion-wise. I'm used to most MOBA heroes being humorless, cynical assholes waiting for you to give them an order so they can tell you they're not having fun. In HotS I've been playing Elite Tauren Chieftain and he is just thrilled to be there, and is enthusiastic for every order you give him. And my dwarf friend says he was glad to be there to see that kill.
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Jun 8, 2015 21:52
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Speaking of MOBAs, the latest League of Legends champion, Ekko, has some custom dialogue when you buy certain items. His whole gimmick is that he can manipulate time, so if you buy Zhonya's Hourglass, which freezes the champion in time temporarily, he goes "How can I NOT get this?"
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Jun 9, 2015 00:44
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Xythe posted:Heroes of the Storm is the friendliest MOBA that exists, hero/champion-wise. I'm used to most MOBA heroes being humorless, cynical assholes waiting for you to give them an order so they can tell you they're not having fun. In HotS I've been playing Elite Tauren Chieftain and he is just thrilled to be there, and is enthusiastic for every order you give him. And my dwarf friend says he was glad to be there to see that kill. A friend of mine and rabid LoL player has been trying to get me into this. If the characters are actually fun, I'm sold.
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Jun 9, 2015 01:37
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PunkBoy posted:Speaking of MOBAs, the latest League of Legends champion, Ekko, has some custom dialogue when you buy certain items. His whole gimmick is that he can manipulate time, so if you buy Zhonya's Hourglass, which freezes the champion in time temporarily, he goes "How can I NOT get this?" Do he mean that in the sense like "how could I not buy this; it's so me!" or more like "How do I not understand this time trick and thus need an item to do it for me"?
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Jun 9, 2015 01:41
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Mazerunner posted:Do he mean that in the sense like "how could I not buy this; it's so me!" or more like "How do I not understand this time trick and thus need an item to do it for me"? The former. And it really is a good item on him.
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Jun 9, 2015 02:01
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On top of Dota 2 having a bunch of responses for buying good items for a hero (one hero's got a response for buying a specific, ridiculously expensive and risky pair of items, another has one for buying four Aghanim's Scepters because that used to be a really good strategy), it's also got some lines for making extremely bad item choices. Buying Blink Daggers on heroes that can already blink gets you wondering why you bothered, Lifestealer gets offended if you buy a lifesteal item, and the hard supporting hero Warlock sounds genuinely worried if you buy him the high-risk damage item Divine Rapier.
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Jun 9, 2015 02:38
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I don't play DOTA 2 but the extra voicepacks they have for sale are pretty drat funny. I'm not sure if I like GLaDoS or Bastion's more, and they almost make me want to play.
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Jun 9, 2015 04:08
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Don Gato posted:I don't play DOTA 2 but the extra voicepacks they have for sale are pretty drat funny. I'm not sure if I like GLaDoS or Bastion's more, and they almost make me want to play. Your GLaDOS link is broken; here's one that's correctly formatted.
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Jun 9, 2015 04:14
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Don Gato posted:I don't play DOTA 2 but the extra voicepacks they have for sale are pretty drat funny. I'm not sure if I like GLaDoS or Bastion's more, and they almost make me want to play. The answer is this one. "Go forth and prove that video games are art./sarcasm" Tiberius Thyben has a new favorite as of 04:22 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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Cleretic posted:On top of Dota 2 having a bunch of responses for buying good items for a hero (one hero's got a response for buying a specific, ridiculously expensive and risky pair of items, another has one for buying four Aghanim's Scepters because that used to be a really good strategy), it's also got some lines for making extremely bad item choices. Buying Blink Daggers on heroes that can already blink gets you wondering why you bothered, Lifestealer gets offended if you buy a lifesteal item, and the hard supporting hero Warlock sounds genuinely worried if you buy him the high-risk damage item Divine Rapier. Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meH9uKpQfzM
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Jun 9, 2015 08:43
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Of all the places to find a Shakespeare reference, I didn't expect Mortal Kombat. When the new DLC Tanya enters with Kung Lao you might get this as an intro; Tanya: Do you toss your hat at me? Kung Lao: I do toss my hat. Tanya: If you do, then I am for you. Which copies Romeo & Juliet, Act 1 scene 1. Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Sampson: I do bite my thumb, sir. Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Sampson [aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say ay? Gregory: No. Sampson: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir. Gregory: Do you quarrel, sir? Abraham: Quarrel sir! no, sir. Sampson: If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you. I'm probably the only one who found that hilarious.
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Jun 9, 2015 09:53
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Little design detail I liked from Shadow of Mordor: When you're in one of the strongholds, there's a corner of a rampart that's been crumbled or blown off, but the structure is put back together with a makeshift cluster of various different types of shields, presumably taken from corpses or enslaved warriors. Little details like that make the world feel more lived in.
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Cleretic posted:On top of Dota 2 having a bunch of responses for buying good items for a hero (one hero's got a response for buying a specific, ridiculously expensive and risky pair of items, another has one for buying four Aghanim's Scepters because that used to be a really good strategy), it's also got some lines for making extremely bad item choices. Buying Blink Daggers on heroes that can already blink gets you wondering why you bothered, Lifestealer gets offended if you buy a lifesteal item, and the hard supporting hero Warlock sounds genuinely worried if you buy him the high-risk damage item Divine Rapier. A few even get embarrassed/angry if their abilities don't work out very well. If the Lich only hits one or two enemies with his ultimate AOE attack he gets a very sheepish "that wasn't my best sorry  ".
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Jun 9, 2015 10:31
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sticklefifer posted:Little design detail I liked from Shadow of Mordor: When you're in one of the strongholds, there's a corner of a rampart that's been crumbled or blown off, but the structure is put back together with a makeshift cluster of various different types of shields, presumably taken from corpses or enslaved warriors. Little details like that make the world feel more lived in. Mechanic-wise, one thing I liked as well is that even if you get killed, you still get a little XP, and a few of the points that let you unlock more abilities.
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Jun 9, 2015 11:12
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The Curse of Monkey Island's Ouch/Papapishu easter egg will always be one of my favorite things. Basically there's an optional bit where you can read a sign and learn a different word for "ouch" and if you learn it, every character from there on in will say "papapishu!" instead of "ouch!" CMI needs a HD remake right now.
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Tiberius Thyben posted:The answer is this one. Is the Rick and Morty one out yet? because that one's going to own
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FredMSloniker posted:Your GLaDOS link is broken; here's one that's correctly formatted. "Your terrifying reign of dying continues." 
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Babe Magnet posted:Is the Rick and Morty one out yet? because that one's going to own Rick and Morty's in progress. So is SHODAN, which is apparently coming sometime around TI5.
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All the interactions between characters and items has to be my favorite part about DotA2. I don't actually find the game itself to be that fun, it's kindof slow paced, but man. There's so much life and flavor and humor to all the things like announcers and poo poo. But seriously, character specific dialogue for when one character kills another, or even just sees another, and commenting on you buying specific items, I love that poo poo. Gives them all so much more personality. Other dotalikes have some elements of this in some form but it has the most by far. Speaking of cool announcers though I do want to mention Heroes of Newerth's Samuel L Jackson pack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TICjHjCUnbQ
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LumpyGumby posted:Of all the places to find a Shakespeare reference, I didn't expect Mortal Kombat. Similar to this I had big surprise in borderlands 2. When the big mechanic woman is explaining the clan fued and I think one family head is named jim bo. She says at the end "yojimbo" the kurosawa film with the same plot
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donkey salami posted:Similar to this I had big surprise in borderlands 2. When the big mechanic woman is explaining the clan fued and I think one family head is named jim bo. She says at the end "yojimbo" the kurosawa film with the same plot I'm pretty sure "Yojimbo" is kinda a big Japanese mythological character on his own, old films notwithstanding. He's gotta be tied with Nobunaga appearing as the Japanese equivalent of Satan-Hitler, anyway.
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Who What Now posted:I'm pretty sure "Yojimbo" is kinda a big Japanese mythological character on his own, old films notwithstanding. He's gotta be tied with Nobunaga appearing as the Japanese equivalent of Satan-Hitler, anyway. Yojimbo is essentially Japanese for "bodyguard." I also figure Americans would be more likely to recognize Usagi Yojimbo rather Japanese movies from the 60's. Maybe the people making the game have a thing for old Japanese samurai movies, though. That isn't exactly uncommon and Usagi Yojimbo was also influenced by Akira Kurosawa stuff. ToxicSlurpee has a new favorite as of 13:15 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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The Yojimbo reference Donkey talks about is this quote: "After this red harvest, you'll be the last one standing with a fistful of dollars. Yo jimbo." Clint Eastwood's Fistful of Dollars and the Bruce Willis movie Last Man Standing are based on Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which is based on the novel Red Harvest. On a recent session of Borderlands 2, I was running away from a larger bandit camp, and I got to hear the "Too solid flesh" soliliquy from Hamlet in its entirety. Any psycho can say it, so I was lucky to hear it from a guy I wasn't forced to fight. Dr Christmas has a new favorite as of 13:49 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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donkey salami posted:Similar to this I had big surprise in borderlands 2. When the big mechanic woman is explaining the clan fued and I think one family head is named jim bo. She says at the end "yojimbo" the kurosawa film with the same plot That entire moment of speaking is generously peppered with movie references, if I recall correctly. Right now I only remember that Ellie also mentions A Fistful of Dollars. e: holy poo poo JUST f;b
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Aristobulus posted:All the interactions between characters and items has to be my favorite part about DotA2. I don't actually find the game itself to be that fun, it's kindof slow paced, but man. There's so much life and flavor and humor to all the things like announcers and poo poo. But seriously, character specific dialogue for when one character kills another, or even just sees another, and commenting on you buying specific items, I love that poo poo. Gives them all so much more personality. The ridiculous line gimmicks they run with for some heroes is great. Tidehunter occasionally remarks upon leveling "I could eat a(n) X" with progressively larger sealife, from plankton to plesiosaur, until he reaches maximum level and simply announces "I'M STUFFED."
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Who What Now posted:I'm pretty sure "Yojimbo" is kinda a big Japanese mythological character on his own, old films notwithstanding. He's gotta be tied with Nobunaga appearing as the Japanese equivalent of Satan-Hitler, anyway. Future archaeologist reading your posts: "One of America's most important mythological characters was Ms. Paint Adventures"
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In Hotline Miami 2, there's a couple of things I just realized about the end sequence. All of The Fans except Tony join in on torturing and killing a drugged up ex-mafia thug. All of The Fans except Tony are effortlessly cut down by the drugged up boss of the mafia. Speaking of which, Mark's playstyle focuses on guns but he fights you unarmed... And is beaten by a golf club. Corey's special ability is she can dive under bullets... But is shot in the stomach. The Fans also all meet the fate of their heroes: Dead in a Russian building. Cuntellectual has a new favorite as of 05:43 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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RagnarokAngel posted:I also love how he holds rifles and shotguns by the barrel when not in use instead of strapping them to his back with velcro. Slings are expensive as gently caress, especially in 3rd world countries.
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In Batman: Arkham Origins the player can disarm thugs through the gaps in metal fences, but longer weapons like pipes or baseball bats won't go through the fence. Shorter or smaller weapons such as guns and knives will fly right through, however. The first thug I Batclaw'd a gun from kept stomping his foot and yelling at me to fight fair from behind the fence.
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QuietLion posted:In Batman: Arkham Origins the player can disarm thugs through the gaps in metal fences, but longer weapons like pipes or baseball bats won't go through the fence. Shorter or smaller weapons such as guns and knives will fly right through, however. Arkham City has these giant electromagnet things scatter around the city. You activate them with your lightning gun, and generally use them to solve various Riddler puzzles scatter around the place. They will also attract metal objects, like guns, knive, or thugs wearing metal armor. They also work through walls which generally leads to some very confused thugs trying to pry their guns free.
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Avulsion posted:Arkham City has these giant electromagnet things scatter around the city. You activate them with your lightning gun, and generally use them to solve various Riddler puzzles scatter around the place. They will also attract metal objects, like guns, knive, or thugs wearing metal armor. They also work through walls which generally leads to some very confused thugs trying to pry their guns free. EDIT: Also the final Bane fight was pretty neat. It was like a more stressful version of Mr. Freeze's fight in City. Bane even has different animations for checking vents depending if the vent cover is still on. QuietLion has a new favorite as of 00:34 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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The ending to Black & White 2 has something that I've always liked for the joke of it. Not spoiler-blocking it because its ten years old. The core plot is you, as a God, fighting off a God Of The Dead whose armies are skeletons. At the end when you're happy and everything, a single skeleton stands up near your town, cackling ominously before cutting to credits. Sequel bait, right? Nope, after the credits the lone skeleton is silently shot at with ~5 flaming arrows, killing it quickly.
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I'm replaying Destiny after giving up in the first hour or so about 6 months ago, so I'm looking at things all fresh and new thanks to the recent 8-4 Play podcast about it. The ambient music is amazing, especially during the horrendously long initial load. Gives so much scope and has a 60s-70s sci-fi feeling of hope and exploration. The same goes for the artwork and level design. Just vista after vista of beauty. 
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Finally cracking into Pillars of Eternity and I love how when you click on something interactable like a town exit, if you're somewhat close and the game knows there will not be any obstacles, it just happens . The quality of life on POE is phenomenal. Inzombiac has a new favorite as of 03:01 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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On the other hand, the fortress.
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They fixed the fortress, didn't they?
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Witcher 3 Geralt's beard actually grows back after a while. Though that was cool as poo poo.
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TontoCorazon posted:Witcher 3 Similarly, the degradation of Batman's costume as the night's progress in the various Arkham games. My only complaint is that they seem to be tied to story progress alone rather than actual game performance (I.e. if you do well, the cape and cowl still get cut up even if you've been a completely stealthy bastard).
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