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FF2 is much better than its reputation suggests up until you reach the final gauntlet of dungeons, where it becomes even worse than its reputation suggests.
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FreezingInferno posted:Finishing that game is the first time I ever finished a game out of spite, and as the credits rolled I vowed "never again". i've finished final fantasy 8, oblivion, army of two: the devil's cartel and eternal sonata out of spite of those only ff8 made me actually angry at how bad it was. it's the worst game.
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Jan 23, 2019 15:31
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IMO, future charity streams should work through Rare Replay. Actually, factually 100% completing Perfect Dark alone is definitely a time-consuming ordeal.
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Jan 23, 2019 15:42
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John Murdoch posted:IMO, future charity streams should work through Rare Replay. Actually, factually 100% completing Perfect Dark alone is definitely a time-consuming ordeal. average gamers trying to do blast corps all platinums would be hilarious to see
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Jan 23, 2019 15:51
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Jan 23, 2019 16:32
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oh man, rare replay charity streams would also expose more people to the fact that viva pinata is the best game rare made since snake rattle 'n roll i am all in on this idea
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Jan 23, 2019 16:50
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Snake Rattle and Roll was a Rare game? Oh maaaaaan
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Jan 23, 2019 17:06
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58 hour Battletoads blind chairty stream 
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Jan 23, 2019 17:12
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FreezingInferno posted:58 hour Battletoads blind chairty stream if it's gonna be a blind battletoads stream might as well go all the way with the 'blind' part imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1SsGSdUFNY
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Jan 23, 2019 17:15
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poparena posted:New episode of Nick Knacks on The Adventures of Black Beauty, a British 70s television ""adaptation"" of the book. I mean, the screenwriters were probably in the same room as a copy of the book at one point. Jokes aside, it's actually pretty good! That loving clown. What was it about the 70s and clowns on kids’ adventure shows?
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Jan 23, 2019 18:06
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hump day bitches! posted:It was incredibly weird and awesome watching the stream morph into this trans experience tribune.From four thousand people watching the stream and the early milestones to the 25k and the craziness going in the chat.Felt being part of something bigger than just a charity stream.Left wing youtube feels small and under siege by a wave of right wing garbage.This felt "going on the offensive" for once. I've been peaking at the stream archives and Harris' goal at the beginning was a measly 500$. If you drag the mouse along the play bar you can see the donation meter in the preview image fill up again and again as Harris readjusts the goals and the donations keep reaching them. It's very uplifting! EDIT: And as a huge Final Fantasy fan I can say the second game is one of the most obnoxious JRPG experiences I've ever had.
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Jan 23, 2019 18:28
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Hbombs stream was covered on BBC news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHHE0S9KGM and he was interviewed about it by someone else https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJg0nTjnNcs
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Jan 23, 2019 18:32
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I vote one of the modern AssCreed style colectathon games purely because it'll be able to give viewers that deeply satisfying moment of an achievement popping up to confirm you did everything.
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Jan 23, 2019 19:06
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If you're going to look for games with needlessly long 100% completion times I feel like JRPGs kind of go without saying. According to How Long to Beat, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has a longer average 100% completion time than Donkey Kong 64, coming in at a hefty 46 hours. It also regularly and openly expresses contempt for the player, so it earns some extra points on the misery scale.
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Jan 23, 2019 19:43
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Monk E posted:Dragon Quest 7 was kind of similar in that they both seem to put way too much effort into feeling "big" and having long playtimes due to being their franchises big entry into the console generation. Dragon Quest games, 2 onwards, have always been grindy as hell though, with loooooooong playtimes. Like, Dragon Quest VI (admittedly somewhere in the middle of the pack as far as the quality of the game goes) even had it built into the game's mechanic, where you could level up the conventional way of battling monsters and gaining experience, but once "professions" were introduced, you'd also have to become increasingly proficient at that (each job had its own levelling system, where you'd be granted a title) - and that could only be achieved by defeating monsters with a higher level than your character, or diving into the ocean and fighting monsters there. Once you'd completed the tier 1 professions, certain combinations would unlock the tier 2 professions (so Warrior + Fighter would unlock BATTLE MASTER) and once you'd completed 4 specific ones of those, you could then make each character a Hero. That's not to mention the 2 hidden ones, one of which could only be unlocked when you'd beaten the game once. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Jan 23, 2019 |
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Jan 23, 2019 19:51
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I mean I’ve played all the DQ games past v and I never grind. You can grind but I don’t think it’s very necessary. Hell I can’t remember the last JRPG I needed to grind. I think the only ones you need to bring are basically Ps1 era ones
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Jan 23, 2019 21:04
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the speed run for 100 percent in baten kaitos is 341 hours.
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Groovelord Neato posted:the speed run for 100 percent in baten kaitos is 341 hours. Whats the RTA speed run time of 100 percent animal crossing?
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CharlestheHammer posted:I mean I’ve played all the DQ games past v and I never grind. One thing I realized playing dq games is to be judicious about upgrading equipment. Grinding for 15 minutes to get a +1 defense seems like a colossal waste of time, for example. If you upgrade all your stuff immediately to the max a town offers, then you grind. I also count the casino as grinding but at least the rewards are usually endgame stuff.
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GrandpaPants posted:One thing I realized playing dq games is to be judicious about upgrading equipment. Grinding for 15 minutes to get a +1 defense seems like a colossal waste of time, for example. If you upgrade all your stuff immediately to the max a town offers, then you grind. They are but to be honest I never bother with casinos. I think people remember grinding a lot as if your bad at the game grinding is a way to brute force it. When I was a kid I did that for DQ 8 but replaying it as an adult and understanding the system better I never grinded at all.
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JordanKai posted:If you're going to look for games with needlessly long 100% completion times I feel like JRPGs kind of go without saying. The Drakengard series is well know for hating on completionists. Come on Hbomb, suffer through Drakengard 1 for us.
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Jan 23, 2019 22:33
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I think it'd be cool if he did a Banjo Kazooie & Tooie marathon, for which 100% clocks in just slightly longer than DK64
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Vagabundo posted:Dragon Quest games, 2 onwards, have always been grindy as hell though, with loooooooong playtimes. DQ2 is a standout in how grindy it is (mostly due to being about 50% un-playtested, and it'd be hard to say that many games didn't learn the wrong lessons from it), but I don't think that's really true for the series as a whole. DQ4, 5, and 11 at least don't really require any grind and I've heard (haven't played it) that 8 is similar. I think that Messr. GrandpaPants has it--the marginal gear improvements available from town to town are a carrot to encourage players who are having trouble manipulating the battle system. If you grind enough to get the money to buy it all, your level will be high enough to power through combat, but when you understand the system (aggressively use buffs and debuffs, mostly, but a lot of enemies are vulnerable to status effects) you don't often need to go out of your way to brute-force things. I'm no speedrunner, but the last time I played DW4 it took me like 12-13 hours to beat it, with no metal farming. The record is around 6:30:00.
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I had no idea that Banjo-Tooie had a lot of collecting stuff. What's all in it? Banjo 1 was pretty good with that.
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Jan 23, 2019 23:16
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How about the recent Crash Bandicoot/Spyro the Dragon remaster?
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Scholtz posted:I think it'd be cool if he did a Banjo Kazooie & Tooie marathon, for which 100% clocks in just slightly longer than DK64 The problem is that the aspects that make DK64 a significantly worse game than Banjo also make it a more interesting game to watch.
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I vote with whoever suggested a full Rare Replay run through. Even if you dont 100% them, going through that many games will be a slog, and it has a cool "Oh poo poo, next is Banjo/Jet Force/Pinata factor
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The classic Spyro and Crash don't suffer from collectible-overload like DK64, but games 2 and 3 of both characters have a lot of minigames that can grind one's teeth given how unrelated they are to the core gameplay and how success is dependent on outside chance. Half the levels of Crash 3 aren't even platformers and you have to come first in a drat race to progress!
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GoldenEye mother fucker!!!
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MonsieurChoc posted:The Drakengard series is well know for hating on completionists. I feel like Drakengard 1 wouldn't be great for a charity stream just because of the content of that game can be very... not great? At least in Drakengard 3, the party membeers are just super horny. Meanwhile I probably wouldn't want to stream a game with a pedophile in the party to raise money to help kids.
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Jan 24, 2019 00:16
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To be fair in the English release that plot point is obscured so hard you probably wouldn’t figure it out.
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Microcline posted:The problem is that the aspects that make DK64 a significantly worse game than Banjo also make it a more interesting game to watch. I'll be honest and admit I just really want Banjo's VA to come on the stream and say "Trans Rights, GYUH-HUH!"
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Jan 24, 2019 00:26
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Fun fact: Out of the entire DK crew, Donkey Kong himself is the only trans ally. The rest are simply trans.
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Trojan Kaiju posted:I feel like Drakengard 1 wouldn't be great for a charity stream just because of the content of that game can be very... not great? At least in Drakengard 3, the party membeers are just super horny. Meanwhile I probably wouldn't want to stream a game with a pedophile in the party to raise money to help kids. You're right, friendly collectathons are better choices. But I want to watch Hbomb play the earlier Drakengard and Nier games anyway.
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I'm looking forward to Yoko Taro popping in to say Trans Rights
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Ariong posted:Fun fact: Out of the entire DK crew, Donkey Kong himself is the only trans ally. The rest are simply trans. I'm sorry, Lanky is clearly NB
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So Donkey Kong 64 is a game with good core gameplay that suffers from being too big, too much of the content consisting of menial interactions with the game world, and feeling unfinished. It is clear then that the only true spiritual successor to Donkey Kong 64 is Metal Gear Solid 5.
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CharlestheHammer posted:To be fair in the English release that plot point is obscured so hard you probably wouldn’t figure it out. The party member who who literally eats babies on the other hand...
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FoldableHuman posted:I'm sorry, Lanky is clearly NB They have no style, they have no grace Th-this Kong has a funny face They can handstand when they need to And stretch their arms out, just for you Inflate themselves just like a balloon This crazy Kong just digs this tune! Huh! (When referring to a singular person, do you say themselves or themself?) JordanKai posted:So Donkey Kong 64 is a game with good core gameplay that suffers from being too big, too much of the content consisting of menial interactions with the game world, and feeling unfinished. There are a few questionable design decisions that artificially inflate the length of the game. For example, many (perhaps most) of the Kong-specific bananas should have been replaced with bananas that anyone can pick up. If a banana is sitting on the ground in a place where any Kong can easily get to it, there’s no reason why the player should be forced to switch to Diddy or Lanky or whoever.
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