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Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

P-Mack posted:

I have no idea how i'd even tell if i blew a head off or not tbh. I'm four missions in and still not even sure if I'm playing a game... the briefings, the cutscenes, the gameplay, it's all just passing by leaving no intelligible impression

e: I think this is it but this guy took another twenty rockets before dying

: Blow an enemy's head off without killing them

lol hell of a review

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 03:38

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 23:43

P-Mack: Nov 10, 2007

this font spacing had me momentarily confused trying to figure out which (Vietnamese?) character was named Wai Ti Ng

# ? Feb 25, 2023 03:49

French Accent: Feb 3, 2012

P-Mack posted:

this font spacing had me momentarily confused trying to figure out which (Vietnamese?) character was named Wai Ti Ng

lol

# ? Feb 25, 2023 03:54

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

P-Mack posted:

this font spacing had me momentarily confused trying to figure out which (Vietnamese?) character was named Wai Ti Ng

lol

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:17

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

: Blow an enemy's head off without killing them

https://impzone.club/upload/gundam.mp4

this game is awkward but kinda cool honestly. delighted that you choose EXIT in the menu to start the mission by the way lol

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Sub-Actuality fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Apr 24, 2023

# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:20

Shastahanshah: Sep 12, 2022; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

took me about way too many hours into la mulana to realize the grail could teleport you lol.

How long has it taken people to beat it? Going to try to power through as much as I can in the weekend.

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Shastahanshah fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Feb 25, 2023

# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:30

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

I'm enjoying this game, the controls aren't too terribly confusing once I realized that it's just like controlling a tank in most military shooters where you rotate the turret and the body separately.

The destructible environments are a lot of fun, I'm on stage 2 in the huge urban area and watching the city just get flattened in the crossfire is cool.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:35

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

It would be a lot better if I didn't have to stop every few minutes and open up a menu to remind my squad that I would appreciate it if they joined the battle, though.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:40

French Accent: Feb 3, 2012

Shastahanshah posted:

took me about way too many hours into la mulana to realize the grail could teleport you lol.

How long has it taken people to beat it? Going to try to power through as much as I can in the weekend.

you're absolutely not going to make it.

look forward to impmas

# ? Feb 25, 2023 05:49

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

: Blow an enemy's head off without killing them

Game can be very frustrating and I hate micromanaging my squad but it�s still kind of cool so far, I�d never even heard of it before so I�m glad it was picked.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 06:37

P-Mack: Nov 10, 2007

: Finish the game

Don't be misled by the way adjusting to the weird controls make this game seem like poo poo at first. If you get over that dire first impression you'll realize it's poo poo in a lot of other ways.

I'm not a gundam head so maybe this is secretly good lore but it feels to me like they didn't want to touch the events of the show but also didn't want to let their original characters seem cool or do anything that matters, so it's just a bunch of robot guys fighting other robot guys. None of them are memorable in the slightest.

The gameplay is too slow and clunky to be a satisfying action game, but also too shallow to be a satisfying technical mecha simulation. The controls are unmanageable unless you use the lock on feature, which reduces your strategy to basically just alternating shooting and sidestep dashing until you wear down the spongy enemies, all of which look the same.

The mission goals are confusing but that's fine because all you need to do is wander around until you find an enemy then kill it, then repeat.

You can give commands to your squad but there's no reason to give a command other than "kill that one enemy that's visible right now". It's kind of weird that you spend much of the game brutalizing enemy suits with a 3 on 1 advantage but the controls make fighting more than one enemy at a time atrociously unpleasant so this is probably for the best. When you do get ambushed from behind by extra enemies that emerged from Australia's famous pea soup fog there's not a whole lot you can do. Especially if they come close enough to engage in the extremely bad melee combat system.

The game is also unpleasant to look at.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 06:54

Plebian Parasite: Oct 12, 2012

Shastahanshah posted:

took me about way too many hours into la mulana to realize the grail could teleport you lol.

How long has it taken people to beat it? Going to try to power through as much as I can in the weekend.

I beat hard mode in about 16 hours you should be fine.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 06:55

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

P-Mack posted:

: Finish the game

Don't be misled by the way adjusting to the weird controls make this game seem like poo poo at first. If you get over that dire first impression you'll realize it's poo poo in a lot of other ways.

I'm not a gundam head so maybe this is secretly good lore but it feels to me like they didn't want to touch the events of the show but also didn't want to let their original characters seem cool or do anything that matters, so it's just a bunch of robot guys fighting other robot guys. None of them are memorable in the slightest.

The gameplay is too slow and clunky to be a satisfying action game, but also too shallow to be a satisfying technical mecha simulation. The controls are unmanageable unless you use the lock on feature, which reduces your strategy to basically just alternating shooting and sidestep dashing until you wear down the spongy enemies, all of which look the same.

The mission goals are confusing but that's fine because all you need to do is wander around until you find an enemy then kill it, then repeat.

You can give commands to your squad but there's no reason to give a command other than "kill that one enemy that's visible right now". It's kind of weird that you spend much of the game brutalizing enemy suits with a 3 on 1 advantage but the controls make fighting more than one enemy at a time atrociously unpleasant so this is probably for the best. When you do get ambushed from behind by extra enemies that emerged from Australia's famous pea soup fog there's not a whole lot you can do. Especially if they come close enough to engage in the extremely bad melee combat system.

The game is also unpleasant to look at.

lol nice work

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 07:15

sourdough: Apr 30, 2012

P-Mack posted:

: Finish the game

Don't be misled by the way adjusting to the weird controls make this game seem like poo poo at first. If you get over that dire first impression you'll realize it's poo poo in a lot of other ways.

I'm not a gundam head so maybe this is secretly good lore but it feels to me like they didn't want to touch the events of the show but also didn't want to let their original characters seem cool or do anything that matters, so it's just a bunch of robot guys fighting other robot guys. None of them are memorable in the slightest.

The gameplay is too slow and clunky to be a satisfying action game, but also too shallow to be a satisfying technical mecha simulation. The controls are unmanageable unless you use the lock on feature, which reduces your strategy to basically just alternating shooting and sidestep dashing until you wear down the spongy enemies, all of which look the same.

The mission goals are confusing but that's fine because all you need to do is wander around until you find an enemy then kill it, then repeat.

You can give commands to your squad but there's no reason to give a command other than "kill that one enemy that's visible right now". It's kind of weird that you spend much of the game brutalizing enemy suits with a 3 on 1 advantage but the controls make fighting more than one enemy at a time atrociously unpleasant so this is probably for the best. When you do get ambushed from behind by extra enemies that emerged from Australia's famous pea soup fog there's not a whole lot you can do. Especially if they come close enough to engage in the extremely bad melee combat system.

The game is also unpleasant to look at.

lol

# ? Feb 25, 2023 07:21

Kagaya Homoraisan: Aug 28, 2019; You say, run away
Instead, you get scared
For the way that I feel
Drops out into all this disorder

: Fill every slot in your inventory

took a big long break last week but im getting back into it. killed the last 3 guardians today so hopefully i can finish the game up tomorrow or sunday.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 08:50

Arrhythmia: Jul 22, 2011

: Fill every slot in your inventory

: Beat the game

Thank you Fungah. The memories of getting to play through this game alongside friends are special ones.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 20:45

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

this whole month, this thread has felt like a group of friends huddling together at recess to share game secrets & strategies and it loving rules

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:18

Kagaya Homoraisan: Aug 28, 2019; You say, run away
Instead, you get scared
For the way that I feel
Drops out into all this disorder

agreed. im on the last boss of la-mulana rn and its been a great ride to experience the game with everyone else in the thread

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:22

herculon: Sep 7, 2018

I�m only about two hours in. Trying to figure out how to interact with these shield looking things on the wall

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:36

French Accent: Feb 3, 2012

thank you fungah

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:36

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

speaking of friends, it's time to see who will pick the next short game

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:36

That Little Demon: Dec 3, 2020

Sub-Actuality posted:

this whole month, this thread has felt like a group of friends huddling together at recess to share game secrets & strategies and it loving rules

its awesome to see

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:38

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Looks like the next short game pick goes to Plebian Parasite! Congrats and let me know your game/trophy ideas when you get a chance

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Sub-Actuality fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Apr 24, 2023

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:39

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

i'm glad everyones been enjoying it, i thought itd be a kickass game club game and watchin everyone figure it out togethers been incredible. game club ftw

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:50

Lunchmeat Larry: Nov 3, 2012

Fungah! posted:

i'm glad everyones been enjoying it, i thought itd be a kickass game club game and watchin everyone figure it out togethers been incredible. game club ftw

It's great, wish I'd had a quieter month and could have enjoyed it in full but really enjoyed even just the first four guardians, drawing my stupid maps and working out weird puzzles. Fantastic pick man

# ? Feb 25, 2023 21:52

Sleng Teng: May 3, 2009

Fungah! posted:

i'm glad everyones been enjoying it, i thought itd be a kickass game club game and watchin everyone figure it out togethers been incredible. game club ftw

it was foolish of me not to join in on game club last year but I'm glad I started with an instant classic. thank you.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 22:32

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Sub-Actuality posted:

Looks like the next short game pick goes to Plebian Parasite! Congrats and let me know your game/trophy ideas when you get a chance

I was confused by this but then I realized it�s already Saturday. Christ.

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 22:32

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

American McGay posted:

I was confused by this but then I realized it�s already Saturday. Christ.

I got blindsided by my calendar reminder too lol

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# ? Feb 25, 2023 22:47

rodbeard: Jul 21, 2005

: Complete the Premium Disc Mission

I checked a translation guide and you get a partial victory as long as you defeat one of the gundams before you or both or your teammates lose. I probably could have thrown in an extra trophy for actually defeating all three.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 23:16

grieving for Gandalf: Apr 22, 2008

my game crashed while fighting Palenque and took an hour and a half's progress with it

# ? Feb 25, 2023 23:26

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Game 2-10

Pikmin 2 (GameCube/Wii) - 2004 - Deadline 3/14/23 11:59EST

_{Hocotate Freight is in debt, and the president of the company chooses to close his business down, until he finds that the planet that Olimar crashed landed onto in Pikmin was full of valuable treasures. He sends Captain Olimar and his co-worker Louie to go out and find more treasures, to repay their debt and save the company.}

Pikmin 2 focuses on exploring the surface of an unknown planet from a microscopic perspective, where the player directs and delegates tasks to a horde of tiny plant-like creatures called Pikmin. The Pikmin can be directed to destroy obstacles, defeat enemies and retrieve objects. It introduces many gameplay mechanics not seen in Pikmin, including the ability to control two different leaders of the Pikmin at once and the addition of new Pikmin types.

Look at this loving magnificent print ad:

Link to the game manual:

Trophies:

: Pay off the debt

: Collect all treasures

: Earn all purple flowers in Challenge Mode

: Pay off the debt with zero Pikmin deaths (PLATINUM)

Game starts 3/1/23 12AM EST :siren:

Thanks to Plebian Parasite for the game and trophy picks and good luck imps!

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Sub-Actuality fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Apr 24, 2023

# ? Feb 25, 2023 23:42

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

Ai No Uta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52Gg0hy96s

Uprooted again, we'll follow you alone.
Today once again we'll carry, fight, multiply and be consumed.
Left alone again, we'll meet again and be thrown around again.
But we'll follow you forever.

I guess it's time to play.
Maybe we'll go out quietly.
Ah..., ah... falling in love...
Under that sky...

On this planet, where so many life forms live,
Today once again we'll carry, fight, multiply and then be consumed.
Uprooted, we'll gather, and be thrown.
But we won't ask you to love us.

I guess it's time to play.
Maybe we'll try harder.
Ah..., ah... falling in love...
Under that sky...

We'll work together, fight, and be consumed,
But we'll follow you forever.
We'll fight, be silent, and follow you,
But we won't ask you to love us.