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Somfin posted:How is this even a loving Zelda game when you're using words like this The game is worth buying a system for (and I genuinely can't believe I'm saying that), but honestly you'd be better off getting a Wii U and the six good games for it than the Switch which will have like twelve games total by the end of the year if we're lucky, most of them rehashes of Wii U titles or Skyrim, a game that came out six years ago. Cheaper, too.
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Walton Simons posted:The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine. Very hard boss fight with an unskippable cutscene just before. Don't do this. Oh, and one of the attacks is hard to dodge and is a one hit kill, even through Quen.
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Mar 6, 2017 23:24
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Me neither, i imagine it does a ton more damage on the hard modes though. I'd say just turn the difficulty down, since it's the end boss of the game anyway. You don't want to burn yourself out for the hour of cutscenes which follows.
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Mar 7, 2017 00:44
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Yeah, that one. I have kitted Geralt out as a signs user above all else since nothing else in the game really hits that hard so that might be why. Not sure what difficulty I'm on (definitely not the hardest one, maybe the one below it) but I beat it in the end. It's a perfectly decent boss other than the fact that you end up back at the start and have to go through stages you've already figured out and watch cutscenes over and over. I'll accept all manner of horrible boss bullshit but doing that just winds me up. Flashbacks to the Krogan fight in Mass Effect
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Mar 7, 2017 01:13
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So in this berserk game some of the level objectives are things like "Kill 300 dudes in the time limit" except it doesn't tell you what the time limit is. So if you don't get the objective complete after finishing the stage, all you know is you've got to do it faster. It's kind of annoying because there's one in the very first level of the game I haven't managed yet.
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Mar 7, 2017 01:30
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Timesplitters 2 is too hard on the challenges. 
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Mar 7, 2017 01:52
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Somfin posted:How is this even a loving Zelda game when you're using words like this "Zelda: BotW or Terraria" has been a pretty fun game to play for the past week or so. Morpheus posted:Oh wait now that I think about it - during Blood Moons, enemies respawn. Have you tried checking back after one of those? Son of Rodney posted:If you cook (which is done by holding multiple ingredients and throwing them in a fire) and you add a fairy it'll infuse your stuff with extra healing. Phantasium posted:So in Zelda (minor gameplay thing) I was out loving around at night, and saw a falling star... and then I followed where it fell and after a while of walking found it on the ground and picked it up.
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Mar 7, 2017 01:53
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Timesplitters 2 is too hard on the challenges. I bought an old copy of this years back and it won't run on my ps2. no scratches and I dunno if I got a pal version or whatever.
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Mar 7, 2017 01:56
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Action Tortoise posted:I bought an old copy of this years back and it won't run on my ps2. no scratches and I dunno if I got a pal version or whatever. It usually says PAL or NTSC on the case. EDIT: Or on the disc, as I just checked. Sic Semper Goon has a new favorite as of 02:07 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Mar 7, 2017 02:04
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Battlefield campaigns never made much sense to begin with, and they haven't really innovated. Ever. Interestingly enough, the total-afterthought Battlefield 2 console port actually had a campaign mode that... well 'good' definitely isn't the right word, but it had a more thought-out and inventive idea for a singleplayer Battlefield campaign that wasn't just COD setpiece FPS or bot match but a kind of weird blend of the two, with the player participating as one of many soldiers on each objective-based mission but with the ability to hop bodies between any allied dude at any time—iirc just by aiming at them and pressing a button. It was weird, and not very good, but it was doing its own thing and not just filling out defined genre expectations so you have to give it some props. e: I also enjoyed Bad Company's campaign, which similarly occupied a weird in-between space between multiplayer battlefield mechanics and traditional cinematic FPS. BC went for a sandbox approach, giving you set fixed objectives but threading them around absofucking massive maps with typically very, very open terrain, in daylight, with infinite ammo and respawns. Coupled with one of the honestly best contemporary-military FPS storylines any company has done ever (buddy comedy about your squad going rogue to pull off a gold heist) and I think it probably holds up today, thoughh I haven't played it in ages. HookedOnChthonics has a new favorite as of 02:20 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Guy Mann posted:"Zelda: BotW or Terraria" has been a pretty fun game to play for the past week or so. glad it took from terraria and not starbound wait both starbound and BotW have awful framerates. gently caress
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Mar 7, 2017 02:52
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Horizon: Zero Dawn seriously needs a loot vacuum.
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Morpheus posted:Breath of the Wild is an amazing game. I keep walking off ledges thinking Link will jump automatically.
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Mar 7, 2017 03:17
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HookedOnChthonics posted:Interestingly enough, the total-afterthought Battlefield 2 console port actually had a campaign mode that... well 'good' definitely isn't the right word, but it had a more thought-out and inventive idea for a singleplayer Battlefield campaign that wasn't just COD setpiece FPS or bot match but a kind of weird blend of the two, with the player participating as one of many soldiers on each objective-based mission but with the ability to hop bodies between any allied dude at any time—iirc just by aiming at them and pressing a button. It was weird, and not very good, but it was doing its own thing and not just filling out defined genre expectations so you have to give it some props. Can Battlefield: San Francisco become a full game? This sounds promising with a good amount of polish. Jump between soldiers, hijack an eneny jeep driver and send them careering off a cliff, hijack a tank and wreak havoc on the enemy with their own vehicle... Multiplayer would have Titanfall style mooks for you to hijack. I actually really want this to be a thing now.
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Mar 7, 2017 06:10
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Timesplitters 2 is too hard on the challenges. The story mode on Hard is solid too. gently caress the robot factory in particular, I never managed to finish that one. I think the genesis of this was most of the Free Radical designers being ex-Rare, whose design philosophy was pretty much 'gently caress you' on higher difficulties. See the requirements for unlocking the Invincibility cheat in GoldenEye as another example.
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Mar 7, 2017 11:02
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Convex posted:The story mode on Hard is solid too. gently caress the robot factory in particular, I never managed to finish that one. Yeah, I got up to Neotoyko on Hard myself, and gave up when I accidently shot the guru when he was trying to heal me.
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Mar 7, 2017 14:51
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The thing about Timesplitters 2 on Hard, though, is that it's entirely doable, just a massive pain in the rear end. I think it requires that old-school gaming mindset of, "gently caress you, deal with some bullshit", though.
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Mar 7, 2017 15:30
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The best thing about hard mode is the reward you get for beating it is the single worst multiplayer map in the game. At least finishing GoldenEye on 00 Agent got you the Temple level and unlocked 007 difficulty so you could gently caress around endlessly. I never beat Perfect Dark on Hard so no idea if that was worth it. The level design in that game really fell off a cliff towards the end Convex has a new favorite as of 15:38 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Mar 7, 2017 15:36
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I picked up the first Etrian Odyssey again after a 8 year hiatus and I am amazed about how stupid one of the quests is. You are challenged to stay on the 8th floor for 5 consecutive days. It's not that hard since you have access to a healing spring, but: - time passes slowly - you have limited inventory space so eventually you no longer benefit from items that monsters drop - you can't save on that floor so you'll have to use the DS sleep mode if you need a break - the reward is a piece of armor which I could already buy at a reasonable price before entering the eight floor It's oh so pointless. I don't even feel like cheesing it by walking back and forth in the room where no random encounters can happen. Mierenneuker has a new favorite as of 16:14 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Mar 7, 2017 16:12
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I wish more games had something akin to 007 Mode, cranking up the enemy stats to ridiculous heights and then throwing on every cheat in the book was a pretty enjoyable level of madness. Actually I really wish more games would use Goldeneye's difficulty structure. Higher difficulties resulting in more objectives to clear was a pretty effective way of making the game harder, since you had to get more poo poo done without dying. It's a lot more novel than just boosting enemy stats.
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Mar 7, 2017 17:14
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RyokoTK posted:I wish more games had something akin to 007 Mode, cranking up the enemy stats to ridiculous heights and then throwing on every cheat in the book was a pretty enjoyable level of madness. Unfortunately AAA game titles are waaaaaaay too expensive to develop so much content that huge portions of your player base are never going to see.
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Mar 7, 2017 17:49
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I mean, games like Skyrim exist, but I take your point. There could be non-AAA titles that are structured like that, though.
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Mar 7, 2017 20:20
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Leavemywife posted:The thing about Timesplitters 2 on Hard, though, is that it's entirely doable, just a massive pain in the rear end. I think it requires that old-school gaming mindset of, "gently caress you, deal with some bullshit", though. Beating Timesplitters 2 on hard and getting gold or platinum in every arcade and challenge is still maybe my finest gaming achievement.
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Mar 7, 2017 20:41
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Who What Now posted:Unfortunately AAA game titles are waaaaaaay too expensive to develop so much content that huge portions of your player base are never going to see. Also most shooters are hallways nowadays.
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Mar 7, 2017 21:38
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Olaf The Stout posted:Also most shooters are hallways nowadays. Counterpoint: getting lost in a maze level where every corridor looked identical or backtracking through a cleared level because now you have the red key and the red door is right back at the start, was not actually that fun, it just made the game take a lot longer to get through.
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Mar 7, 2017 22:08
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Who What Now posted:Unfortunately AAA game titles are waaaaaaay too expensive to develop so much content that huge portions of your player base are never going to see. And when games do have a lot of optional content people still complain because they missed it and then weren't aware that it was there in the first place. Like the backlash against SUPERHOT being "only two hours long" because they didn't bother playing any of the tons of extra modes that the story mode was basically training for. Or that the ending of Firewatch was terrible because it made no sense and came out of nowhere because they didn't bother to explore and find all the clues. Or missing out on the entire final act of Undertale because they murdered just a few people.
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Counterpoint: Superhot blows because it forces you to finish that insipid plot before you're even given the choice of a level select or a challenge mode. Also most players know that just reaching the credits doesn't mean you've experienced the meat of the game. Breath of the Wild isn't short just because you can kill Ganon in the first two hours as any player skilled enough to get that far knows they're skipping 99 percent of the game. I think you can fault a game for taking a strange twist if the clues leading up to it aren't on the critical path, but locked away in side-content. I hated the twist that some guy in Human Revolution was evil when he does a bad thing because I barely knew who he was before that point as I did not read every book I found. Content: The penultimate fight in Arkham Asylum is awful and the reason I've never finished the game, unlike City which I did 3 times. Two bull-fight mini-bosses and a ton of respawning mooks in a hall too small to accommodate you all with a camera as helpful as the corpse of Batman's mother.
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Guy Mann posted:And when games do have a lot of optional content people still complain because they missed it and then weren't aware that it was there in the first place. Like the backlash against SUPERHOT being "only two hours long" because they didn't bother playing any of the tons of extra modes that the story mode was basically training for. Or that the ending of Firewatch was terrible because it made no sense and came out of nowhere because they didn't bother to explore and find all the clues. Or missing out on the entire final act of Undertale because they murdered just a few people. I've seen people complain about New Vegas cutting you off from quests as a result of your faction choices because it means they can't see everything on one playthrough. Maybe it's just because I'm a cheap bastard, but I always figured it was a good thing if a game had more than one run's content in it.
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Danger - Octopus! posted:Counterpoint: getting lost in a maze level where every corridor looked identical or backtracking through a cleared level because now you have the red key and the red door is right back at the start, was not actually that fun, it just made the game take a lot longer to get through. Yeah, but Goldeneye and Perfect Dark aren't really designed like that for the most part. There's usually a straightforward route through a level and a lot of optional sprawl for more objectives.
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:Beating Timesplitters 2 on hard and getting gold or platinum in every arcade and challenge is still maybe my finest gaming achievement. How long did it take?
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Mar 7, 2017 23:23
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Counterpoint: I've thought about reinstalling Superhot a few times but then I remember having to play through the slow-rear end story and don't. Weirdly I just don't seem to want to pay the on-rails text adventure tax to get at the frenetic shooter action I'm looking for. EDIT: And then I really wanted to play it again and figured I should at least see if it kept my progress so I don't gotta redo the story. And it did. So that's cool. Futuresight has a new favorite as of 00:01 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The penultimate fight in Arkham Asylum is awful and the reason I've never finished the game, unlike City which I did 3 times. Two bull-fight mini-bosses and a ton of respawning mooks in a hall too small to accommodate you all with a camera as helpful as the corpse of Batman's mother. Joker's "Excuse me, Bats!" line has been burned into my skull because of that poo poo fight. I've been dumping a bit on Styx but I've really been enjoying it so far. After the big twist, you retrace your route back to your hideout and see the previous level but now there's an almost Dark Souls amount of environmental storytelling and event triggers. It actually saved the twist. But I'm also noticing that the game is straight up reusing levels from the last missions to pad out the story. And the back half of a mission becomes an escort quest. Luckily, I cleaned up the entire map save for one knight whose ai bugged out and he's been warning his dead buddy in a chest that there's a creature about before I reached the escort segment.
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The combat in Technomancer feels really janky to me
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Sunswipe posted:I've seen people complain about New Vegas cutting you off from quests as a result of your faction choices because it means they can't see everything on one playthrough. Maybe it's just because I'm a cheap bastard, but I always figured it was a good thing if a game had more than one run's content in it. Being able to do everything in a single run can create some real weird situations. In Skyrim you could finish the Dark Brotherhood quests and kill the Emperor, then immediately go and join the Empire's Army.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Being able to do everything in a single run can create some real weird situations. In Skyrim you could finish the Dark Brotherhood quests and kill the Emperor, then immediately go and join the Empire's Army. Men may die, but the institution lives on, I suppose.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Being able to do everything in a single run can create some real weird situations. In Skyrim you could finish the Dark Brotherhood quests and kill the Emperor, then immediately go and join the Empire's Army. Hello, I am the arch mage, and I would like to join your band of lowly thieves.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Being able to do everything in a single run can create some real weird situations. In Skyrim you could finish the Dark Brotherhood quests and kill the Emperor, then immediately go and join the Empire's Army. It also just ends up feeling kind of dumb a lot of the time in my opinion. "I'm the grandmaster lord poobah of EVERY clan, institution, circle, guild, cabal and faction of this whole land!"
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I finally started playing Dishonored. It's very fun! Holy poo poo the voice acting is loving garbage and the story has zero subtlety. The setting's kind of interesting but every one of its characters, except maybe the Outsider sort of, is loving garbage. I was worried about getting spoiled on some things, but on the one hand they don't really hide any of that poo poo and on the other hand I do not care about any of these people.
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Yardbomb posted:It also just ends up feeling kind of dumb a lot of the time in my opinion. "I'm the grandmaster lord poobah of EVERY clan, institution, circle, guild, cabal and faction of this whole land!" You never do any leading at any point. All of a sudden you're the in charge person by virtue of being the only one capable of getting poo poo done. You don't have any responsibilities to the institution you're the head of because that would severely curtail your ability to wander around loving dragons or whatever. It winds up feeling completely hollow because it's a meaningless title - just create like a chief shitkicker position your character can fill and it would work pretty well. At the end of the DB questline in Oblivion you were elevated to head honcho, only person the nightmother would speak to status. You could visit her once a week to get a contract, and then a pittance of gold for telling whoever it was who to kill. A pretty vital role to keeping the organisation functional. Or you could just wander around the shivering isles for a month, go on a pilgrimage and become a virtuous knight and build a sweet tower. No biggie, do what you like, they'll wait.
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I really hope the next Elder Scrolls/Fallout game does not have a main storyline. Just give me an open world with more fleshed out factions/side quests.
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