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Oldstench posted:Nier: Automata pet peeve given to any new players as advice: The Point of No Return mission is definitely not well signposted, but the lockdown on sidequesting wasn't that big a deal to me since you're gonna play the fuckin' thing five times. E: and I think having unfinished business is thematically apt.
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Action Tortoise posted:I think Paul Dini spoiled me with Riddler because every portrayal of him that's not from the DCAU doesn't come off as clever with the riddles or just forgoes them altogether like the one in the The Batman cartoon made by the same team who did Jackie Chan Adventures. The deadlock-having capoeira-using Joker they put in that was amazing for how dumb it was and I'm really sad it'll never get into any video game adaptations
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Mar 23, 2017 20:32
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Somfin posted:The Point of No Return mission is definitely not well signposted, but the lockdown on sidequesting wasn't that big a deal to me since you're gonna play the fuckin' thing five times. Yeah, I was a little upset because I managed to screw myself out of seeing the end of a sidequest with a character from the first game because I didn't realise that an objective for that quest was placed right next to what was essentially the point of no return for the endgame. Granted, not that big of a deal since route B moves through the game pretty fast it seems. I'll probably be able to complete that quest soon enough.
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Mar 23, 2017 20:36
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Can anyone explain if there's any cultural significance to handing out pocket tissues in Japan? I got an entire street lined up of people giving them to me in Y0
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Mar 23, 2017 21:22
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Action Tortoise posted:Can anyone explain if there's any cultural significance to handing out pocket tissues in Japan? I got an entire street lined up of people giving them to me in Y0 It's a thing they do for advertising, I think. Like the tissue packet will have a business name on it or something like that. Sort of like how restaurants used to have matchbooks with their name on them.
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Mar 23, 2017 21:23
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Ah, thanks 
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Mar 23, 2017 21:28
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Oldstench posted:Nier: Automata pet peeve given to any new players as advice: This reminds me of Torment: Tides of Numenera, a game I really like but almost ragequit forever. The second area in the game has a main quest and maybe half a dozen or so side quests. Every single one of those quests leads you to a Necropolis. If you decide to finish all your business in the necropolis before leaving so you can turn all the side quests in at once, well, gently caress you, the main quest just teleported you somewhere else with no way to return and no warning. All those quests are now marked as complete and I missed out on all the rewards except maybe the XP (I'm not even 100% sure that I got that).
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Mar 23, 2017 21:39
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There's also at least two sidequests in your first run of Automata that won't be possible with some extensive grinding. But yeah, making the point of no return sneak up without any warning whatsoever is some classic Yoko Taro. I like to imagine he was continually asking to put in some awful player-loving design decision and Platinum had to keep telling him "No, we're not doing that."
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Mar 23, 2017 21:53
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Oldstench posted:Nier: Automata pet peeve given to any new players as advice: On the other hand, you definitely do want to rush the main quest up to a certain point in order to unlock fast travel.
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Mar 23, 2017 22:26
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Action Tortoise posted:I think Paul Dini spoiled me with Riddler because every portrayal of him that's not from the DCAU doesn't come off as clever with the riddles or just forgoes them altogether like the one in the The Batman cartoon made by the same team who did Jackie Chan Adventures. It's true of the DCAU in general but I always liked how straightforward and clean the Riddler's design was (before the redesign, anyway..). The Arkham City version of him is basically a translation of it, but since it's doused in Arkham's trademark grit and grime, it doesn't work as well. Though it at least makes sense that by Knight, the dude has turned into a mess. Unfortunately that went hand in hand with them turning him into even more of an embarrassing goon.
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Mar 23, 2017 22:42
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They try to give Nigma an edge in Arkham by making him more like Jigsaw, but I've never associated his style of lunacy with violence. More like data theft and cyber crime. Kinda what Ubisoft is doing with Ded_Sec. I dunno if any other villain in the games is cringier than Anarky.
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Mar 23, 2017 23:31
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John Murdoch posted:The Arkham City version of him is basically a translation of it, but since it's doused in Arkham's trademark grit and grime, it doesn't work as well. Though it at least makes sense that by Knight, the dude has turned into a mess. Unfortunately that went hand in hand with them turning him into even more of an embarrassing goon. Nigma is such a mess by Knight that he doesn't know what a riddle is anymore. He toils endlessly building elaborate racetracks in the sewer system for Batman to get through, not knowing that such activities don't constitute riddling by even the most lenient definitions.
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Mar 23, 2017 23:47
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Action Tortoise posted:They try to give Nigma an edge in Arkham by making him more like Jigsaw, but I've never associated his style of lunacy with violence. More like data theft and cyber crime. Kinda what Ubisoft is doing with Ded_Sec. Fittingly, he's a hacker and shadow broker type in Origins. I think for me the line for him is whether he's putting Batman in a deathtrap or putting other random innocent people in a deathtrap to get at Batman. The former at least gels with his obsessive need to beat Batman, the latter comes off as far too crude for someone who regards himself so highly. Things might be hazy though because I also remember the time he threatened Batman with a giant flying hand. Anarky is goofy, but the end of his story sums it up pretty well - "You're just a kid." John Murdoch has a new favorite as of 00:12 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Mar 24, 2017 00:08
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Action Tortoise posted:They try to give Nigma an edge in Arkham by making him more like Jigsaw, but I've never associated his style of lunacy with violence. More like data theft and cyber crime. Kinda what Ubisoft is doing with Ded_Sec. Well, The Riddler's motivation is to outsmart Batman, and if he was perpetrating some kind of non-violent crime during the events of the Arkham games Batman probably wouldn't give enough of a poo poo to bother trying to stop him.
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Mar 24, 2017 00:29
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Anarky did nothing wrong
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The Moon Monster posted:Well, The Riddler's motivation is to outsmart Batman, and if he was perpetrating some kind of non-violent crime during the events of the Arkham games Batman probably wouldn't give enough of a poo poo to bother trying to stop him. The Riddler would probably work better if he was more antagonistic than outright villainous. He'll actually help but you have to play his games first. A jerk but not a monster.
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Mar 24, 2017 00:52
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Tardcore posted:Anarky did nothing wrong he was born in the wrong generation
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Bar Crow posted:The Riddler would probably work better if he was more antagonistic than outright villainous. He'll actually help but you have to play his games first. A jerk but not a monster. I could see him as a gatekeeper of sorts with his puzzles, yeah. I just imagine him as so misanthropic that he wouldn't even bother to use hostages because they're more hassle than they're worth to him.
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Mar 24, 2017 00:58
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Bar Crow posted:The Riddler would probably work better if he was more antagonistic than outright villainous. He'll actually help but you have to play his games first. A jerk but not a monster. It might be interesting if they had him sort of help Batman by giving him information on other villains, but in a way where Batman has to jump through hoops and do riddles.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:06
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Riddlers front should definitely be an owning an enormously successful subcontractor business. As far as building poo poo goes, that guy gets poo poo done fast and well.
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Mar 24, 2017 02:08
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SiKboy posted:Maybe, and I'm just thinking out loud here, you should consider not posting your hot takes on games you barely played and arguing with people who have actually completed the games under discussion. There are games you played for 60 full minutes or more, right? If you wait long enough I'm sure one of them will come up. 
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Mar 24, 2017 02:56
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Nier has too many awesome, cool and fun weapons and I can't use them all! Platinum, please just make a FF spinoff game starring Gilgamesh so I can use every cool weapon ever at once.
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Nuebot posted:Platinum, please just make a FF spinoff game starring Gilgamesh so I can use every cool weapon ever at once. This needs to happen. It can be a retelling of every final fantasy game except from Gilgamesh's point of view, and Endiku will keep changing from game to game like the Dog from Secret of Evermore.
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Mar 24, 2017 03:33
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Olaf The Stout posted:Riddlers front should definitely be an owning an enormously successful subcontractor business. As far as building poo poo goes, that guy gets poo poo done fast and well. There are Escape Rooms popping up all over here. He would corner the market doing non lethal versions of those.
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scarycave posted:This needs to happen. It can be a retelling of every final fantasy game except from Gilgamesh's point of view, and Endiku will keep changing from game to game like the Dog from Secret of Evermore. I imagine either it would be Gilgamesh telling the story of how he's the real hero. Or just him jumping into different worlds, assaulting the main character and running off with their fancy swords.
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Action Tortoise posted:There are Escape Rooms popping up all over here. He would corner the market doing non lethal versions of those. wait how the gently caress do they do escape rooms where you are? the ones here are already non-lethal.
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Elfgames posted:wait how the gently caress do they do escape rooms where you are? the ones here are already non-lethal. There's no time limit on the escape rooms there nor any ventilation, so if you can't figure it out you eventually suffocate.
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Nuebot posted:I imagine either it would be Gilgamesh telling the story of how he's the real hero. Or just him jumping into different worlds, assaulting the main character and running off with their fancy swords. Why not both? Steal the main characters weapons and kill some of the bosses. Basically Final Fantasy Musou I guess.
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RyokoTK posted:There's no time limit on the escape rooms there nor any ventilation, so if you can't figure it out you eventually suffocate. Down here we got an hour time limit After that the slow acting poison finally reaches your heart
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Oldstench posted:Nier: Automata pet peeve given to any new players as advice: I think the worst are Quina and Selene, because getting to the Witchwood takes you past some really nasty enemies for the level you're at and you can't even come back later because the quest fails automatically upon doing the next main quest (the one that takes you to Gran Soren). Action Tortoise posted:I think Paul Dini spoiled me with Riddler because every portrayal of him that's not from the DCAU doesn't come off as clever with the riddles or just forgoes them altogether like the one in the The Batman cartoon made by the same team who did Jackie Chan Adventures.  ).
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Elfgames posted:wait how the gently caress do they do escape rooms where you are? the ones here are already non-lethal. He's saying if The Riddler made non-lethal escape rooms, instead of the normal death rooms he does to try and outsmart Batman, he'd be making such insane bank that he'd become one of the rich people with infinite money like Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor and Oliver Queen.
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GTA 5 doesn't really seem to have any good ways of making money once you're done with the story. Unless you left the assassination missions, which you wouldn't know on a first playthrough, there's very little way to affect the stock market and everything else pays in peanuts. Also the community in GTA Online is bad.
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Mar 24, 2017 13:56
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also that poo poo came out forever ago and i get emails from steam saying its on sale, 50% off, only $30
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Mar 24, 2017 14:30
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Rockstar is pretty much like Activision there, they know by now that they never actually have to reduce the base price of their game for people to keep buying it by the truckload.
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Mar 24, 2017 14:33
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And that's why I'll never get GTA5.
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full disclosure i bought gta v for 60$ on ps3, then bought it again for 60$ on ps4. i probaably wont buy it on pc unless it drops below 10, which based on the current trend will be approximately never, but i cant help thinking my own actions contributed to this situation
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scarycave posted:This needs to happen. It can be a retelling of every final fantasy game except from Gilgamesh's point of view, and Endiku will keep changing from game to game like the Dog from Secret of Evermore. Weapon durability system, except it's Gilgamesh just getting bored with his new sword.
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one final Zelda - Breath of the Wild gripe- I've collected a little less than half of what is available in the game, and the game seems more than satisfied with me clearing everything with that. The rest just feels like pointless overkill for completionists. I kind of wish there were a (clearly marked) extra difficult area or two to actually require the extra hearts and stamina, to give some purpose to bothering collecting them. As is, I'm feeling more or less done.
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DB's should have given stamina vessels
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spit on my clit posted:DB's should have given stamina vessels I'd say put them on the towers or just the highest peaks. That way you have Heart Containers as a reward for defeating powerful bosses , and Vessels as a reward for pushing your stamina to its limit.
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