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Leal posted:Shenanigans with my car required me to buy a bike and bike to work, 4 miles a day for 5 days a week. And I gained weight on the scale Most people who want to "lose weight" probably should measure size with tape and not weight with scales.
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Been Playing Disco Elysium, and I was giggling to myself because my dumbass character was bothering some lady browsing books at a bookstore, insisting her family was missing and needed to be found. She just kept getting more and more pissed at my insinuations, then said "actually my husband is a bit of a lush like you, maybe he ISN'T home..." and I got a sidequest out of it. It was at least half a dozen times insisting that he was missing, and I had absolutely zero foreknowledge he was. This only came about because i passed by a drunk guy on a staircase, activated an optional "thinking moment" that are very easy to skip, then went back to her and said "I found him! Working class alcoholic on the stairs over there!"  It absolutely wasn't him, but it did cause the woman to go "...maybe you SHOULD go find him. Lord knows where he IS drinking." This game rules
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Nov 18, 2019 03:32
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Mokinokaro posted:Warsat kills on Mars (and the Moon now) are a time honoured tradition. There's an inbound containment pod from the Prison of Elders.
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Nov 18, 2019 04:32
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thecluckmeme posted:Been Playing Disco Elysium, and I was giggling to myself because my dumbass character was bothering some lady browsing books at a bookstore, insisting her family was missing and needed to be found. She just kept getting more and more pissed at my insinuations, then said "actually my husband is a bit of a lush like you, maybe he ISN'T home..." and I got a sidequest out of it. When day 3 opens up the docks, have fun exploring it. ...................  ................
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Nov 18, 2019 04:44
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Hirayuki posted:The rolling HP counter was in Earthbound (Mother 2) as well, and probably in the first game, too. It definitely saved my rear end a few times. Mother 1 didn’t have it, it’s an extremely bare bones NES JRPG when it comes to mechanics. But I love it all the same. The music is probably my favorite NES soundtrack, there’s just some sort of lost nostalgia feel to it that nothing else on the system really ever had.
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Nov 18, 2019 04:52
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Dewgy posted:Mother 1 didn’t have it, it’s an extremely bare bones NES JRPG when it comes to mechanics. I liked Mother 1 for the context that all this time Gigyas is just a child who misses his adoptive mother and is being pressured by his species into invading her home due to his rear end in a top hat father trying to steal their psi powers. He doesn't want to, but feels trapped. When he realises that the main character is his grandson he even reaches out to you in a "Join me and come back to my home planet" move.
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Nov 18, 2019 04:55
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Captain Hygiene posted:One more thing I'm liking about Fallen Order is when the game starts mixing in the imperial troops and the various creatures you fight, neither of whom are friendly to one another. So sometimes you'll peek into the room ahead and you can watch a battle between a squad of troopers and a big ogre or something, it's usually unscripted and pretty fun to watch how the battles play out before you step in (not to mention letting some of the Empire's Different types of enemies being hostile towards each other is something that I've always enjoyed in games. I just finished playing through Days Gone, and I think they struck a great balance between different groups being a threat to the player, and to each other. For anyone who hasn't played, it's an open world post-apocalypse game that pits the player against infected humans (think 28 Days Later style runners), as well as wolves, bears, groups of cannibals, and murder cults, to name a few. So here I was, on a bounty hunting job, tracking down a guy who had killed a member of a survivor camp and ran off. He was holed up with a group of about a dozen armed hard-asses, in a big abandoned building. As I was scouting the area, I stumbled across a pretty sizable Horde of Freakers (Hordes of infected can consist of 200+ members who will quickly swarm and overrun anything when aggroed). So instead of tackling the raider group head on, I lured the Horde close with some noise-makers. As the mob ran screaming towards the building, I started to hear gunshots and panicked cries of "Oh gently caress! Freakers!" I have to give the bad guys credit, they did manage to take down a good number before they got overwhelmed, but they may as well have been trying to hold back the high tide with a few buckets. The longest part was waiting for the Freaks to stumble back to their hibernation den, so that I could go in and find my dead bounty target, so I'd have proof to bring back to the camp. It was a lot of fun, although some areas are gated off behind story progress, there's lots of fun to be had just exploring and scavenging, and watching groups of screaming Freakers run down a deer and start eating it.
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Nov 18, 2019 06:28
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Rollersnake posted:With Ring Fit Adventure, is the leg strap at all prone to loosening/falling down while exercising? I've seen so much good word of mouth about it that I'm tempted to get it, but I'm still leery about games that require you to strap a controller to yourself after trying EA Active years ago. Yes and no. Depends on your choice of pants mostly and how tightly you adjust it. Turning on silent mode is also a boon since the jogging is the part most likely to make it slip down. If it's something you've been worrying about I would say don't, it happened to me twice and since then it has never happened.
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Nov 18, 2019 06:58
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I posted in the other thread that I solved nothing in Obra Dinn after seeing all the vignettes. So I’m going back and taking my time and doing much better. Paying attention to small details, remembering which people are always together, who is in the same room and things like body language all make differences once you start to learn to look for them. In conclusion, I am a great detective.
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Nov 18, 2019 23:11
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Polaron posted:There's an inbound containment pod from the Prison of Elders. I still love how the containment pod can “drop out of orbit” when you’re standing in a giant cave
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Nov 18, 2019 23:26
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oldpainless posted:I posted in the other thread that I solved nothing in Obra Dinn after seeing all the vignettes. So I’m going back and taking my time and doing much better. Paying attention to small details, remembering which people are always together, who is in the same room and things like body language all make differences once you start to learn to look for them. I'll have to try again someday and use your tips.
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Nov 18, 2019 23:56
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In Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order there's a flashback where you learn to do wall running and your master tells you to do it "Faster and more intensely."
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Nov 19, 2019 00:05
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The "Talk To The Plants" sidequest in Control is very neat and I love little quiet character moments like these. "I wish my leaves were as green as yours." "Hello little plant, I hope you had a productive day." "The chlorophyl really brings out the green in your leaves." "Do you have a family? I have a brother. I miss him a lot."  "and in the end, Jesse is all "oh, it's over. I wish there were more, they're such good listeners." 
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Nov 19, 2019 00:19
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Hirayuki posted:I thought I'd love Obra Dinn, but I'm just awful at it. I am, however, proud that I IDed a guy because of IRL knowledge (I recognized that one guy's tattoos as being from Papua New Guinea or wherever it was). That was it. One thing that took me a stupidly long time to realize but helped immensely once I figured it out is that every bunk has a number tag that directly corresponds to a sailor's roster number. Also don't be afraid to throw names out at random once you've at least narrowed down a sailor's rating. It might feel like borderline cheesing but for some of the sailors, that's the only way to ID them. I'm looking at you, Chinese topmen.
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Nov 19, 2019 00:52
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Petit Gregory posted:One thing that took me a stupidly long time to realize but helped immensely once I figured it out is that every bunk has a number tag that directly corresponds to a sailor's roster number. you can ID at least two of the Chinese topmen in the same scene by looking at their shoes. wrong thread, but the thing dragging Obra Dinn down is that I've finished it and I can't wipe the answers from my mind to play it again. edit: my actual favourite little thing was probably the tattoo because I didn't notice it for so long and felt like a right idiot when I noticed it, but in a fun way. small ghost has a new favorite as of 01:04 on Nov 19, 2019 |
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Nov 19, 2019 01:00
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Werong Bustope posted:you can ID at least two of the Chinese topmen in the same scene by looking at their shoes.  I knew to pay special attention to everyone's garbs but it didn't even occur to me to check their shoes.This game. edit: I felt like a genius when I was able to ID the gunner and gunner's mate just from the sketch alone despite the game telling me I didn't have enough clues because well duh, who else is suppose to give orders to a firing squad?
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Nov 19, 2019 01:35
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There is an enemy in Fallen Order that does a massive kick attack. Watching a melee stormtrooper run up to this enemy, plink it once, then go flying backwards 30 feet as he takes a giant boot to the face will stick with me for a long time.
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Nov 19, 2019 03:21
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moosecow333 posted:There is an enemy in Fallen Order that does a massive kick attack. Watching a melee stormtrooper run up to this enemy, plink it once, then go flying backwards 30 feet as he takes a giant boot to the face will stick with me for a long time. That's always a good time. My favorite so far is watching them fight the giant robot temple guardians who just slowly stomp around while blasting them with energy balls out of their chest. Just so relaxing to sit back and let somebody else take on those assholes for once.
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Nov 19, 2019 03:27
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haveblue posted:I still love how the containment pod can “drop out of orbit” when you’re standing in a giant cave I love that the pods land a good few seconds before that dialogue clip plays. So it's extremely likely that if you've never done it before your first indication that the pod is incoming is it smashing into your face and then the Ghost telling you "Oh, hey, there's something coming!".
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Nov 19, 2019 13:17
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Petit Gregory posted:
I had almost the exact opposite of this, when one of the last people I had left to ID was the helmsman and I was getting frustrated scouring the scenes for clues despite having looked at that drat picture with him clearly right next to the wheel probably a hundred times over the course of the game. I did manage to ID the bosun and his mate based purely off of the bosun's hat though, which made me feel briefly and pointlessly smug. This game walks a great line between making you feel like a super detective and a complete idiot depending on what you spot and what you overlook.
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I identified the bosun first because he uses a German curse in his death scene. So who is German/Austrian and identify him that way. And then he asks for his Frenchman. So who is French and why would the bosun call him “my Frenchman”. Because they work closely together.
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Nov 19, 2019 21:11
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Extremely little thing in Control: They came up with a very neat way of making the player notice collectibles or interactive pieces of the game, without resorting to making everything glow or littering the screen with icons. Instead, when you look around a circle closes in until it forms a dot, which then turns into the Use button as you get near. It's effective and keeps the simple, muted ambiance of the Bureau. https://i.imgur.com/hZQchK8.mp4 Not so little thing: I got a snazzy golden suit  
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About the carpenter and carpenter’s mate of the Obra Dinn: In one vignette I found two people, a black guy and a white guy, both in the carpenter’s workshop obviously doing carpenter things. According to the manifest, both were American. The next clue the game provided was that was in another scene. During an attack by crab-riding seaweed monsters, in a scene with a few talking characters, one yells “Come on, boss,” another voice tells him to get down, and then the first yells “Here, catch!” Both spoke in American accents. Then I have to recognize that the enthusiastic guy is the white guy being speared as he throws an axe, recognize him from the carpenter’s workshop, and then realize that since he refers to the other as “boss,” he’s the mate. I didn’t work all that out. I thought that it’s 1803, and even though it’s a British ship, the black guy probably isn’t in charge, and didn’t get the confirmation until switched their names in the journal. Am I an rear end in a top hat?  A great WTF moment from Obra Dinn: The first victim of the Kraken is wrung to death while taking a dump off of a balcony on a lower deck. Before they show you the scene, you hear clothes rustling, a sigh of relief, and then farting transitioning into horrifying bone-crunching 
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Update on Disco Elysium: I finally made it to the fishing village area, found my badge, and have discovered my true name: TEQUILA SUNSEEEEEET
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Nov 19, 2019 23:50
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Dr Christmas posted:About the carpenter and carpenter’s mate of the Obra Dinn: In one vignette I found two people, a black guy and a white guy, both in the carpenter’s workshop obviously doing carpenter things. According to the manifest, both were American. I used the same logic as you when first trying to suss out who was the carpenter and who was the assistant, so don't feel too bad. I mean, if you're worried about seeming racist, the game dares you to sort out 4 Chinese people who can generally only be distinguished in game by their footwear. Obra Dinn is really, really good. They found a way to make a game out of being an insurance adjuster with a magic pocket watch. It's such a bizarre concept but it works as a puzzle game so well. I think I'd be perfectly happy with a spiritual sequel. Keep the mechanics and the graphics and the story telling style, and just give me another mystery to solve.
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The Wii remote is pretty good for aiming, as you can point it quickly and mostly reliably.
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Mamkute posted:The Wii remote is pretty good for aiming, as you can point it quickly and mostly reliably. RE4 on the Wii is the best RE4.
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Nice little convenience thing in Death Stranding: Sometimes the game will send you to your "private room" aka your save hub automatically for cutscenes or a general gameplay break. Usually if you have a stolen bandit vehicle parked on the platform it won't let you go down there, you'll have to move it... but if the game sends you there, they just skip that so you don't have to leave the menu, move the car, go back to the menu and jump on the platform. edit: Also a cool little bit of world building. Each major "knot" in the connecting network you form has its own emblem above Sam in your private room. However, if you're paying attention to the emblems you may notice it jumps from K4 (Lake Knot City) to K6 (South Lake Knot City). There's no K5 because it was bombed by terrorists before the game's events- but you can go explore the ruins of it and find the emblem in the usual spot on the ruined city walls! CJacobs has a new favorite as of 07:57 on Nov 20, 2019 |
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CJacobs posted:Obligatory "watch my streams, I actually give a drat about the game and give it the breathing room it deserves" self promo post: I've really been enjoying it and it's been a great experience, I'm glad I approached it with an open mind. Gotta shoot my shot wherever I can lol Will do. I've enjoyed your LPs before 
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For all the controversy around pokemon recently, i do like this new gen having a lot of surprises, when sun and moon was coming out they spoiled basically every pokemon on the website and it kinda ruined half the fun. Also it feels like more recently they are really going out of their way to come up with more things for weird type combinations and its been really neat.
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Nov 20, 2019 12:55
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Zoig posted:For all the controversy around pokemon recently, i do like this new gen having a lot of surprises, when sun and moon was coming out they spoiled basically every pokemon on the website and it kinda ruined half the fun. Also it feels like more recently they are really going out of their way to come up with more things for weird type combinations and its been really neat. The pokemon that's a bug in an apple having diverging evolution paths of bigger bug in apple or loving pie is golden also the coolest rock dudes line since basically forever.
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Kitfox88 posted:The pokemon that's a bug in an apple having diverging evolution paths of bigger bug in apple or loving pie is golden It's not a bug, it's a dragon so it's a wyrm in an apple
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Calaveron posted:It's not a bug, it's a dragon so it's a wyrm in an apple 
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The fact that the basic bug that every game has is bug/psychic in this game is loving wild, by the way, and honestly I really love how every generation since 5 has had more and more good bugs.
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Nov 20, 2019 15:11
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I've been a big big fan since Gen 1 because the psychic supremacy was BULLSHIT
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Zoig posted:The fact that the basic bug that every game has is bug/psychic in this game is loving wild, by the way, and honestly I really love how every generation since 5 has had more and more good bugs.  lots and lots of good grass types too
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Mamkute posted:The Wii remote is pretty good for aiming, as you can point it quickly and mostly reliably. The Wii is the best console of all time because it made light gun games a thing again.
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Nov 20, 2019 17:20
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Gann Jerrod posted:The Wii is the best console of all time because it made light gun games a thing again. The most fun I ever had with the Wii was blasting through House of the Dead 2 & 3 with a mate. Super nostalgic.
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Werong Bustope posted:The most fun I ever had with the Wii was blasting through House of the Dead 2 & 3 with a mate. Super nostalgic. Doing this really made me realize what utter bullshit those games would've been on the arcade, I would've had to absolutely feed dollar after dollar into the drat machines if I had played it, oftentimes all on the same boss.
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I always have fun playing an old arcade game like Metal Slug or The Simpsons on consoles all the way through and then calculating how many quarters it would take to beat it. Often it's more than what I paid for the game itself.
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