I really do like video games! August! I swear! (Not today, Brian)

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Nintendon't	45	22.73%
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Nintendovahkiin	55	27.78%
Nintend'oh!	63	31.82%
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Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

exquisite tea posted:

Reliving the good old Sonic days sounds like fun but I bought FFXIII-2 (lol) during the Humble sale, and now I'm going to try playing through the whole trilogy (double lol) so that will take some time until I probably give up somewhere around Gran Pulse.

Gran Pulse is the best area in the game idk why people always quit there

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:17

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 21:09

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 game's pacing abruptly switches from a fairly brisk and inevitable march forward from plot point to plot point to... what have I even been doing with my life for the past 30 hours. It's quite a shock.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:22

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

It takes 10 hours to reach gran pulse. Hell the whole game is like 30 hours long

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:23

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

It kinda goes from being tightly railroaded in every aspect to 'eh do whatever you want' without warning and also the difficulty ramps way up suddenly.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:23

axelblaze: Oct 18, 2006; Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

_{and...oh my...could you please...

oh my...}; Grimey Drawer

Earlier I called the Sonic stage "metallic madness" "metal mania" by mistake. I apologise for the error.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:23

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

petition to change the use of the word "gran" in any work of fiction to "granny"

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:23

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."

My first playthrough of XIII clocked in at around 69 hours (nice).

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:23

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

exquisite tea posted:

My first playthrough of XIII clocked in at around 69 hours (nice).

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:24

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Mine was a totally average FF game 40 hours.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:24

vermin: Feb 28, 2017; Help, I've turned into a manifestation of mental disorders as viewed through an early 20th century lens sparked by the disparity between man and modern society and I can't get up

haveblue posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy5z8OM0qfU

This is how the Rage Virus starts

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:25

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

Cowcaster posted:

petition to change the use of the word "gran" in any work of fiction to "granny"

Granny Turismo

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:25

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."

Cowcaster posted:

petition to change the use of the word "gran" in any work of fiction to "granny"

The entire voice cast of FFXIII makes granny noises whenever they're walking up a set of stairs or even just stand around, it's kind of distracting once you start to notice it.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:28

vermin: Feb 28, 2017; Help, I've turned into a manifestation of mental disorders as viewed through an early 20th century lens sparked by the disparity between man and modern society and I can't get up

exquisite tea posted:

The entire voice cast of FFXIII makes granny noises whenever they're walking up a set of stairs or even just stand around, it's kind of distracting once you start to notice it.

Being a l'Cie is just so hard on the knees dear

# ? Aug 17, 2017 15:33

LawfulWaffle: Mar 11, 2014; Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

exquisite tea posted:

Reliving the good old Sonic days sounds like fun but I bought FFXIII-2 (lol) during the Humble sale, and now I'm going to try playing through the whole trilogy (double lol) so that will take some time until I probably give up somewhere around Gran Pulse.

Jesus christ this is the worst decision. Why? Do you have so little respect for yourself that you're going to throw away 100+ hours of your semi-precious life? I agree that there's almost always a better way to be spending your time instead of gaming but it's what we all love to do, but there's so many better games out there that going back to FFXIII and its siblings is like slamming your hand in a drawer out of boredom. At least play something that's interestingly bad and not something you needed to be Stockholm syndrome'd into enjoying 7 years ago.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:03

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

lightning returns is good

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:08

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

what idiot called it lightning returns instead of lightning is striking again

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:12

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."

LawfulWaffle posted:

Jesus christ this is the worst decision. Why? Do you have so little respect for yourself that you're going to throw away 100+ hours of your semi-precious life? I agree that there's almost always a better way to be spending your time instead of gaming but it's what we all love to do, but there's so many better games out there that going back to FFXIII and its siblings is like slamming your hand in a drawer out of boredom. At least play something that's interestingly bad and not something you needed to be Stockholm syndrome'd into enjoying 7 years ago.

1. I never played XIII-2 and they're not the worst games in the world.
2. Don't worry, I'll almost certainly get bored and do something else before then.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:13

Macarius Wrench: Mar 28, 2017; by Lowtax

LawfulWaffle posted:

Jesus christ this is the worst decision. Why? Do you have so little respect for yourself that you're going to throw away 100+ hours of your semi-precious life? I agree that there's almost always a better way to be spending your time instead of gaming but it's what we all love to do, but there's so many better games out there that going back to FFXIII and its siblings is like slamming your hand in a drawer out of boredom. At least play something that's interestingly bad and not something you needed to be Stockholm syndrome'd into enjoying 7 years ago.

I gave up getting mad at poo poo like this, I just sorta clench my teeth and think to myself at least its not my time being used. Its tough though, being stuck at work for 40 hours a week thinking of all the games I'm trying to squeeze into my limited free hours and there's a bunch o cunts out there playing final fantasy games multiple times.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:21

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

But Final Fantasy games are fun to play?

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:22

Macarius Wrench: Mar 28, 2017; by Lowtax

I'm sure there is someone out there on Persona 5 NG+2 and it makes me feel a bit queasy.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:25

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."

To be honest besides maybe Absolver and the (probably not good) LiS prequel there's not a whole lot of stuff that interests me for the remainder of 2017. This year has been good to me so far.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:27

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

*seething furiously* what is wrong with these loving idiots playing video games they enjoy

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:28

Macarius Wrench: Mar 28, 2017; by Lowtax

The Colonel posted:

*seething furiously* what is wrong with these loving idiots playing video games they enjoy

I can't also enjoy them so i must be broken

There was a guy who posted a few pages back about finishing persona 5 in a week averaging 18 hours a day and good grieff even the thought of that makes me physically uncomfortable.

Macarius Wrench fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Aug 17, 2017

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:29

Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

Grapplejack posted:

Are you enjoying it? BoF 3 & 4 are two of my favorite jrpgs.

It is like my fourth time so I am used to the bullshit. Last time was without using Accession at all and trying a low level game before giving up halfway. It was extremely boring. Next time, I will go fishing and break the game over my knee. Xenogears is my all time favorite game and I will utterly abuse Ether attacks and the Battling.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:32

Dr Cheeto: Mar 2, 2013; Wretched Harp

LawfulWaffle posted:

Jesus christ this is the worst decision. Why? Do you have so little respect for yourself that you're going to throw away 100+ hours of your semi-precious life? I agree that there's almost always a better way to be spending your time instead of gaming but it's what we all love to do, but there's so many better games out there that going back to FFXIII and its siblings is like slamming your hand in a drawer out of boredom. At least play something that's interestingly bad and not something you needed to be Stockholm syndrome'd into enjoying 7 years ago.

I'm billing u for the time I spend readin ur posts

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:32

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

exquisite tea posted:

To be honest besides maybe Absolver and the (probably not good) LiS prequel there's not a whole lot of stuff that interests me for the remainder of 2017. This year has been good to me so far.

i can't help but notice that you mentioned absolver but perhaps you meant to say ruiner. it's a pretty simple mistake, they're both being published by devolver digital

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:36

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."

No I very much mean Absolver, the game where your faceless avatar punches people releasing in two weeks.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:38

vermin: Feb 28, 2017; Help, I've turned into a manifestation of mental disorders as viewed through an early 20th century lens sparked by the disparity between man and modern society and I can't get up

Anybody have a game mechanic that just shuts your interest off?

I don't like crafting. I totally understand why crafting is a good mechanic and why people enjoy that part of the game, but for me it feels like taking out the quest part of the fetch quest. I don't mind busywork in other ways, but whenever there's a crafting system I start groaning.

My friends trying to get me to play Terraria and Minecraft years ago must've felt like they were pulling teeth.

vermin fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Aug 17, 2017

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:40

Norns: Nov 21, 2011; Senior Shitposting Strategist

First person shooting

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:42

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

vermin posted:

Anybody have a game mechanic that just shuts your interest off?

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:42

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

levels and loot? don't give a hoot

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:43

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

It's not gonna make me put the game down or anything but gently caress you if you include stick wiggling in your video game.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:43

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

vermin posted:

Anybody have a game mechanic that just shuts your interest off?

I don't like crafting. I totally understand why crafting is a good mechanic and why people enjoy that part of the game, but for me it feels like taking out the quest part of the fetch quest. I don't mind busywork in other ways, but whenever there's a crafting system I start groaning.

Game progression that is gated behind rng item drops.

It's what kept me from finishing kingdom hearts chain of memories and .hack//quarantine. I just could not, for the life of me, get the correct items to progress in them. Then when I'd finally get an item I could use to progress with, I'd end up at another lock I couldn't open without having to grind and pray for the right item.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:45

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."

vermin posted:

Anybody have a game mechanic that just shuts your interest off?

mmmm... nah :eyepop:

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:48

wuggles: Jul 12, 2017

Cowcaster posted:

what idiot called it lightning returns instead of lightning is striking again

lightning strikes twice

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:48

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

I think my GOTY list so far is:
1. Nier Automata
2. West of Loathing
3. Sonic Mania
4. Prey
5. End is Nigh

I'm not seeing anything else upcoming that might knock any of those off the list, so I think that'll be mine for this year.

Scalding Coffee posted:

It is like my fourth time so I am used to the bullshit. Last time was without using Accession at all and trying a low level game before giving up halfway. It was extremely boring. Next time, I will go fishing and break the game over my knee. Xenogears is my all time favorite game and I will utterly abuse Ether attacks and the Battling.

I loving love the fishing in bof games, it's so fun. I'd go and play it again but I don't know how it emulates and i'm not going to pull my ps1 out of the box to play it.

# ? Aug 17, 2017 16:49