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Altared State posted:I refunded Disco Elysium because the story and gameplay was not really interesting *screeching*
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FoolyCharged posted:I've never played the game, does it actually have disco in it or is this a case of despicable false advertising? It does have hardcore anodic music galore
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Oct 5, 2021 21:07
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Disco Elysium is pretty good actually but I think it just might be the most overrated game of all time at this point
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Oct 5, 2021 21:08
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FoolyCharged posted:I've never played the game, does it actually have disco in it or is this a case of despicable false advertising? It's an alternate universe where Disco is a music genre and lifestyle from 30 years ago. Middle aged people use "disco" as an adjective meaning cool, which in the game's present is boomer talk.
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Oct 5, 2021 21:09
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Altared State posted:I refunded Disco Elysium because the story and gameplay was not really interesting Good call, I just kept playing and it turns out it just is a tedious game to me, I guess I keep playing it because I really don‘t have any other games I want to play. I keep quitting after 30 mins of playing because it‘s just boring. The voice acting is great but I‘d rather hear an audio book or something. The inner monologue type stuff is funny, but only the first three or four times. I never use skill points because you just can retry the checks after a quick load. At least the high encyclopedia character seems to have been a good choice.
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Oct 5, 2021 21:13
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Neco posted:I never use skill points because you just can retry the checks after a quick load. If you quick load, you cheated not only the games, but yourself. You didn't grow. You didn't improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow dice roll. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It's sad that you don't know the difference.
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Oct 5, 2021 21:22
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nah it‘s fine lol what is it with goons and this game
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Oct 5, 2021 21:35
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Excelzior posted:If you quick load, you cheated not only the games, but yourself. You didn't grow. You didn't improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow dice roll. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It's sad that you don't know the difference. just use cumshitter's mod and autosucceed every roll so you don't miss any content
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Oct 5, 2021 21:40
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It's a meme, one of the big game companies said that in reference to something stupid.
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Oct 5, 2021 21:55
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Altared State posted:I refunded Disco Elysium because the story and gameplay was not really interesting Narrative games should get more than the standard 2 hour refund window.
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Oct 5, 2021 22:21
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Archer666 posted:ATOM's a janky, slav mess that stays in the so-dumb-its-funny-again territory. Wonder how the sequel is? Way too many “go here and talk to a guy and then come back” quests, i uninstalled it.
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Oct 5, 2021 22:44
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DE and RDR2 are the only two videogames that made me legitimately care about the story and characters as a full grown adult
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Oct 6, 2021 00:14
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Excelzior posted:If you quick load, you cheated not only the games, but yourself. You didn't grow. You didn't improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow dice roll. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It's sad that you don't know the difference. 
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Oct 6, 2021 00:18
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I'm not a massive fan of the Ys franchise, I tend to play like maybe every third or fourth game or spin off that released in the series, but I really enjoyed playing through Monstrum Nox.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:05
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DE didn't really grab me, either. I played about 5 hours. Couldn't get past the goon near the north of the map, so I explored other directions doing a few quests. Eventually found myself in some dungeon behind the book shop at which point I was truly bored and I just sort of left it there without consciously quitting the game. It's nice that the game has good politics or whatever, but it's an entertainment product and it's a dry and slow one. Some people never like that, and then there's people like me where I like it sometimes. I didn't like it that time.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:31
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FoolyCharged posted:I've never played the game, does it actually have disco in it or is this a case of despicable false advertising?  Does this answer your question?
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Oct 6, 2021 01:39
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abigserve posted:DE and RDR2 are the only two videogames that made me legitimately care about the story and characters as a full grown adult
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roomtone posted:DE didn't really grab me, either. I played about 5 hours. Couldn't get past the goon near the north of the map, so I explored other directions doing a few quests. Eventually found myself in some dungeon behind the book shop at which point I was truly bored and I just sort of left it there without consciously quitting the game. Yeah, I quit shortly after this because I was bored and just didn’t care about any of it.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:42
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DE appealed to the same part of me that likes slowcore as a genre and boring, comfortable, bleak films like The Hours. My favorite part of RPGs since I was a kid was walking around towns. FF13 was one of the worst things I have ever played. Just combat and nothing. DE was like just the towns and detectiving and playing dress up and the writing was so good that I was curious about places you don't see in it. I think I've said this before. So I'll add this; every time I've played something FF7 related that isn't FF7 or even replaying FF7 again it's like hitting a crack pipe that you packed with cat litter. That rush is gone and any attempt to feel it again just leaves me feeling depressed and empty.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:51
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abigserve posted:DE and RDR2 are the only two videogames that made me legitimately care about the story and characters as a full grown adult yeah, these two and also Pathologic 2 but I think that's it.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:51
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Disco Elysium is an incredible game and I don't think we are going to get anything quite like it for a long time. Maybe when that company makes its next game. Its probably the funniest game ever as well.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:54
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I really want the dude's novel to get translated and published here.
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Oct 6, 2021 01:56
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Caesar Saladin posted:Disco Elysium is an incredible game and I don't think we are going to get anything quite like it for a long time. Maybe when that company makes its next game. Its probably the funniest game ever as well. came totally out of fuckin nowhere too
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Oct 6, 2021 02:03
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flavor.flv posted:
Disco Elysium is like my anti-game because gently caress story in video games and gently caress that one screenshot with the awful writing but this is awesome
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Oct 6, 2021 02:03
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kntfkr posted:DE appealed to the same part of me that likes slowcore as a genre and boring, comfortable, bleak films like The Hours. My favorite part of RPGs since I was a kid was walking around towns. FF13 was one of the worst things I have ever played. Just combat and nothing. DE was like just the towns and detectiving and playing dress up and the writing was so good that I was curious about places you don't see in it. I think I've said this before. Meanwhile, the point where you get to a big town full of NPCs is often the point where I lose interest in an RPG. It's basically saying "Hey you know all those game mechanics that you've been learning, experimenting with, and starting to enjoy? Well those are getting shelved for a long while so you can listen to a bunch of people's problems."
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Oct 6, 2021 02:30
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Triarii posted:Meanwhile, the point where you get to a big town full of NPCs is often the point where I lose interest in an RPG. It's basically saying "Hey you know all those game mechanics that you've been learning, experimenting with, and starting to enjoy? Well those are getting shelved for a long while so you can listen to a bunch of people's problems." I'm kinda the opposite. I usually like hanging out in the town. It's when I'm in a dungeon or whatever that's just too long and the fights are long enough to be annoying but not really be challenging then I usually move on. I usually like my games kinda low key. I think because I get my competitive kicks from one of my jobs (coaching sports). The only online game I really play with randoms is chess. I'm old and boring as hell, yeah. Know what was a good game I never hear about? Tomba on the PS1. It's like 200 dollars on ebay, but I remember it being a really great game and I feel like it would hold up really well
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Oct 6, 2021 02:44
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I don't really like "GAME IS BAD" posts but one game that just did not click with me at all was Divinity Original Sin 2. I don't know why because it has all the parts of a game that I usually like (super customizable classes that encourage multi-classing, decently fleshed out characters, using the environment in combat, really tactical and making the party work together) but I found it really tedious. I guess I don't like it when every fight is super challenging and I lose a lot and waste time. Also the environment was nothing special and I like to get lost in the setting when I play games.
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Oct 6, 2021 02:48
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Tomba was good. So was Jackie Chan Stunt Master, Abe's Oddysey, Brave Fencer Musashi. The graphics weren't much and maybe it is just pining for youth but PS1 era was my favorite re: playing video games. I have a few games like Suikoden 2 that are worth hundreds and consider selling them sometimes but I've sold old games in the past and always regret it, not least of why is that the market prices are always going up.
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Oct 6, 2021 02:55
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Never ever sell a game. You never know when you'll get the itch to replay it
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Oct 6, 2021 02:57
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kntfkr posted:Tomba was good. So was Jackie Chan Stunt Master, Abe's Oddysey, Brave Fencer Musashi. The graphics weren't much and maybe it is just pining for youth but PS1 era was my favorite re: playing video games. I loved Brave Fencer Musashi, but I was a stupid kid and could never get past one of the steam tower sections.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:02
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:I don't really like "GAME IS BAD" posts but one game that just did not click with me at all was Divinity Original Sin 2. I don't know why because it has all the parts of a game that I usually like (super customizable classes that encourage multi-classing, decently fleshed out characters, using the environment in combat, really tactical and making the party work together) but I found it really tedious. I guess I don't like it when every fight is super challenging and I lose a lot and waste time. Also the environment was nothing special and I like to get lost in the setting when I play games. yeah i've bounced off it a bunch of times, i believe everyone who says it's amazing though.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:04
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Gaius Marius posted:Never ever sell a game. You never know when you'll get the itch to replay it Post your gaming room.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:11
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sebmojo posted:yeah i've bounced off it a bunch of times, i believe everyone who says it's amazing though. WILDTURKEY101 posted:I don't really like "GAME IS BAD" posts but one game that just did not click with me at all was Divinity Original Sin 2. I don't know why because it has all the parts of a game that I usually like (super customizable classes that encourage multi-classing, decently fleshed out characters, using the environment in combat, really tactical and making the party work together) but I found it really tedious. I guess I don't like it when every fight is super challenging and I lose a lot and waste time. Also the environment was nothing special and I like to get lost in the setting when I play games. You need to play with friends, it’s like a game of D&D only I’m not the forever DM. Really good turn based strat game in that scenario.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:14
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My brother described the combat as more like a puzzle than a normal strategy rpg, where there is usually a somewhat specific tactic or approach intended for each fight. I'm not gonna play it though because his final playtime was 150 hours.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:19
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Gaius Marius posted:Never ever sell a game. You never know when you'll get the itch to replay it i don't know about ever selling a game, but boy i tell you what, i wish pre teen me had never ever encountered GameStops trade-ins. a long string of just absolutely terrible decisions
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Oct 6, 2021 03:29
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I traded thousand arms back to gamestop or maybe it was still ebx back then but now the cheapest I'm seeing is $165. That one hurt.
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Oct 6, 2021 03:40
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abigserve posted:DE and RDR2 are the only two videogames that made me legitimately care about the story and characters as a full grown adult Kratos!?
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:I don't really like "GAME IS BAD" posts but one game that just did not click with me at all was Divinity Original Sin 2. I don't know why because it has all the parts of a game that I usually like (super customizable classes that encourage multi-classing, decently fleshed out characters, using the environment in combat, really tactical and making the party work together) but I found it really tedious. I guess I don't like it when every fight is super challenging and I lose a lot and waste time. Also the environment was nothing special and I like to get lost in the setting when I play games. Yeah, it's really rough that you can't change the difficulty setting midgame. I wanna say it had five difficulty settings, but I bet it was four. I think it warns you twice about the difficulty before you start normal mode, and it warns you four times before it lets you start hard mode. There's no way to know if you chose the right one for you until you've put at least five hours in. It is a challenging game. I started up a hardmode file not long ago, and because I'd spent a short six months away from it, I was was helpless. I gave up. The difference in the difficulty from typical games isn't just the difficulty, exactly. It's that the baddies really are too tough for your scrappy traveler--and you have to come up with something. Usually starts with manipulating player/enemy positioning, then finding something that's unfair in your favor. In most games that would be called cheesing, because those games aren't balanced for big-braining the battlefield. There are many good solutions to each puzzle, and it's so satisfying when you come up with one that deletes those bastards' armor. That's the joy of Divinity.
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Oct 6, 2021 04:57
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I read books like 5 pages a week. Some games I started and finished with a gap of a few years in between. The only playthrough (so far. I'm def replaying it in a few years) of Disco Elysium I did in bits over the course of maybe two months. It's fine to stop playing a game and returning to it later. 
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:I don't really like "GAME IS BAD" posts but one game that just did not click with me at all was Divinity Original Sin 2. I don't know why because it has all the parts of a game that I usually like (super customizable classes that encourage multi-classing, decently fleshed out characters, using the environment in combat, really tactical and making the party work together) but I found it really tedious. I guess I don't like it when every fight is super challenging and I lose a lot and waste time. Also the environment was nothing special and I like to get lost in the setting when I play games. I didn't much like it either for the reasons you describe, every combat encounter felt long winded and tedious - I really enjoyed the narrative, and just the look of the game but then it'd be interrupted by some long drawn out battle where it felt I was spending 20 minutes of my life watching a fiery slug crawl across the ground.
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