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CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I appreciated that in Nioh there were some fights that were like, this is a duel, we're just gonna start you at the fight and it will take ten seconds to restart if you die.

It took me 230 tries and 5 hours to beat Tachibana Muneshige, I know it was optional but if I had to run back to fight him each time I probably would have given up on the game completely

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Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

You shouldn't be allowed to proceed until you've beaten a boss more times than they beat you

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
Vicar Amelia was the hardest boss I ever beat

My theory is that every Bloodborne boss is either a large man or a large dog creature or both! and that by beating the Cleric Beast and Father Gascoigne, you've proved you can beat Bloodborne if you just keep trying

Doorknob Slobber
Sep 10, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

Help Im Alive posted:

You shouldn't be allowed to proceed until you've beaten a boss more times than they beat you

this game will be called truesoulborne

Healbot
Jul 7, 2006

very very very fucjable
very vywr very


Expect My Mom posted:

Vicar Amelia was the hardest boss I ever beat

My theory is that every Bloodborne boss is either a large man or a large dog creature or both! and that by beating the Cleric Beast and Father Gascoigne, you've proved you can beat Bloodborne if you just keep trying

Where does the metaphysical concept of the dreams of many fit in?

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Healbot posted:

Where does the metaphysical concept of the dreams of many fit in?

Clearly a dog

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe

Healbot posted:

Where does the metaphysical concept of the dreams of many fit in?
i havent beaten bloodborne yet so my thesis is in beta, will report back

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Expect My Mom posted:

i havent beaten bloodborne yet so my thesis is in beta, will report back

This explains your comments about Vicar Amelia!

I feel like there is some personality profiling information one could glean from knowing what bosses someone found difficult or easy

publishko
Feb 16, 2014
Night in the Woods is really cool, partially because Mae has the same psychological problems I do and even described them in the same way I have in the past as having something "break" in her head and not being able to look at anything the same way again because everything is just "shapes" which is really spooky.

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

Expect My Mom posted:

Vicar Amelia was the hardest boss I ever beat

My theory is that every Bloodborne boss is either a large man or a large dog creature or both! and that by beating the Cleric Beast and Father Gascoigne, you've proved you can beat Bloodborne if you just keep trying

I got stuck on amelia for ages and I put the game down but when I went back to it a few months later I wiped the floor with her on the first try :shrug:

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
well i got midway through route b of nier:automata and now it's freezing again except now it's gone from freezing after 40 minutes, to freezing after 30 minutes, and now it's taking less than 15 minutes to freeze. this is cool i can't finish the game now

it's cool that it can just. have this bug since launch and never have anybody at square enix bother to fix it

god this is like a repeat of loving deadly premonition

The Colonel fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Feb 4, 2018

al-azad
May 28, 2009



The Colonel posted:

well i got midway through route b of nier:automata and now it's freezing again except now it's gone from freezing after 40 minutes, to freezing after 30 minutes, and now it's taking less than 15 minutes to freeze. this is cool i can't finish the game now

it's cool that it can just. have this bug since launch and never have anybody at square enix bother to fix it

god this is like a repeat of loving deadly premonition

Are you playing on PC or consoles? Please don't jinx my Nier A or Deadly Premonition runs, I'm trying Dark Souls again offline to see if this fixes whatever bullshit is going on.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



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

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

al-azad posted:

Are you playing on PC or consoles? Please don't jinx my Nier A or Deadly Premonition runs, I'm trying Dark Souls again offline to see if this fixes whatever bullshit is going on.

pc. the pc port of deadly premonition is literally unplayable

goferchan
Feb 8, 2004

It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.
about how long is Night In The Woods, give or take? Considering grabbing it this afternoon.... haven't seen vids but it sounds like something I'd like if I enjoyed Life Is Strange and Oxenfree -- sound about right?

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

Macaluso posted:

So I'm finally ordering an SSD after all this time. Things like slowly loading into WoW and Overwatch matches have become too much of a problem to ignore anymore. I don't have a CD drive on my computer either so I'm also getting a usb stick to install windows 7. I'm super nervous because this is the first time I have to do this kind of thing on my own, both installing windows on a new hard drive and installing a computer part at all so I'm heckin nervous about screwing something up :ohdear:

This is probably too late already but heres a handy tip for next time: you dont need to reinstall windows, theres an utility that will migrate all your stuff from your hard drive to the ssd

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."


goferchan posted:

about how long is Night In The Woods, give or take? Considering grabbing it this afternoon.... haven't seen vids but it sounds like something I'd like if I enjoyed Life Is Strange and Oxenfree -- sound about right?

It takes about 7-8 hours to complete, with more side stuff to do with the new optional content. LiS is one of my favorite games ever and I also loved NITW, although they take on different themes.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I put an hour or so into Dragon's Dogma. It seems... kind of generic? When is the point when I should be getting into the game? I killed the hydra and then fought some bandits and died and the last autosave was like 20 minutes in the past so I shut it down and started FF12

Looper
Mar 1, 2012

Reality Loser posted:

I find Celeste's pixel graphics and hi res menus incredibly clashing. One or the other please.

they bother me way less than in something like Shantae, and plus if the menus were pixely then the world map would clash instead

goferchan posted:

about how long is Night In The Woods, give or take? Considering grabbing it this afternoon.... haven't seen vids but it sounds like something I'd like if I enjoyed Life Is Strange and Oxenfree -- sound about right?

I spent about twenty-five hours on it according to steam, but that includes a decent chunk of time put into a totally optional minigame and just jumping all over town making sure to talk to absolutely everybody every day. And yes you'd probably dig it

Guavatin
Mar 30, 2017

I think my tongues trying to kill me

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I put an hour or so into Dragon's Dogma. It seems... kind of generic? When is the point when I should be getting into the game? I killed the hydra and then fought some bandits and died and the last autosave was like 20 minutes in the past so I shut it down and started FF12

You've got 1 escort quest and then you're in the thick of it. Soon as you hit the city.

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord
Mario Teaches Copyright Law.

Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006



Failure to follow this guideline is punished by being forced to lick 100 Switch carts

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

'punished'

Elephant Parade
Jan 20, 2018

Discussion > Games > February Chat Thread: No, Mom, There's No Such Thing As A Nintendo

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

who wants to come over and play nintendo, I got the new halo

FauxLeather
Nov 7, 2016

Um Bongo

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I put an hour or so into Dragon's Dogma. It seems... kind of generic? When is the point when I should be getting into the game? I killed the hydra and then fought some bandits and died and the last autosave was like 20 minutes in the past so I shut it down and started FF12

Yeah DD is pretty much pure fantasy generica as far as setting goes. I would also recommend sticking with it until you reach the capital city. That's when the game blooms into something really open-ended, tons of sidequests and character skills to play with.

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
Brands becoming synonymous with the service but not the actual product is something that companies legit worry about. From what I understand the peak version of this was Xerox, whose name came synonymous with copy machines but didn't have that sort of actual market dominance and eventually went under, their name outlasting the actual company. It's not a problem that actually comes up very often but that's probably what Nintendo were worried about.

Larryb
Oct 5, 2010

exquisite tea posted:

It takes about 7-8 hours to complete, with more side stuff to do with the new optional content. LiS is one of my favorite games ever and I also loved NITW, although they take on different themes.

They also share a few themes in common as well, though NitW handles them in a somewhat different way. Even going out of your way for the extra content (which you should) it's still a pretty short game overall. Definitely worth playing though. I'd recommend playing the two supplemental games included with the Weird Autumn edition (Longest Night and Lost Constellation) as well.

Speaking of which, I've never tried playing Oxenfree. How is it?

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

Larryb posted:

They also share a few themes in common as well, though NitW handles them in a somewhat different way. Even going out of your way for the extra content (which you should) it's still a pretty short game overall. Definitely worth playing though.

Speaking of which, I've never tried playing Oxenfree. How is it?

It won me over in the end but I was still sort of lukewarm on it. I feel I should have liked it more but so much of the game is focused on the relationship between your main character and her step brother and I just didn't actually like the step brother all that much, which brought the whole thing down a ton for me. It's still a neat little game that does some cool stuff.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/693488484615483395

Some things never change, I guess.

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Actually Nintendo is a noun

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord
This image was Paint.netted

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Meanwhile Google is happy you use it as a verb because no one in history or the future will ever say "What was the name of that song? Let me bing it."

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
Google are happy with that because people actually use their product at about the same rate that they name drop them. Google hasn't becoming synonymous with using a search engine, it's become synonymous with using google, and they're fine with that.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Imagine the alternate universe where we all Asked Jeeves for information

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

I remember there was a period of about 5 minutes where I changed my homepage to alta vista because I didn't want to be another google sheep

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."


Larryb posted:

They also share a few themes in common as well, though NitW handles them in a somewhat different way. Even going out of your way for the extra content (which you should) it's still a pretty short game overall. Definitely worth playing though. I'd recommend playing the two supplemental games included with the Weird Autumn edition (Longest Night and Lost Constellation) as well.

Speaking of which, I've never tried playing Oxenfree. How is it?

I thought Oxenfree was just okay. I found the cast to be kind of weak, especially Alex's stoner friend who has the worst "I am obviously a voice actor pretending to be high" affect in recent memory. I got it for $5 and I'd say it's about worth that much for the 4-hours of story.

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



People still use Google instead of DuckDuckGo?

smdh

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Quicksilver6
Mar 21, 2008



There's a new game out in early access called Freeman Guerilla Warfare and it owns bones. A modern age mount and blade with bullet physics and ammo measured by magazines instead of individual bullets, the correct way to measure ammo.

Still pretty rough and has no vehicles, day/night cycle or multiplayer, but dang it's p fun even at this stage.

I don't normally do this, but I really like the game and don't hear a lot of discussion about it. I'm really hoping for mods at some point. A jagged alliance mod would be great for this game.

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