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General Battuta posted:I love you sarge Aw sarge, I think you just hit some poor feller's dog That ain't no dog lester, its a zerg
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Always being too late every step of the way was just great in D2.
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:Thank god for cold fusion. I got your zerg right here
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THE BAR posted:Always being too late every step of the way was just great in D2. You mean you enjoyed not being constantly interrupted by a talking demon head that mocked you like a Saturday morning cartoon villain?
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Aug 19, 2020 19:19
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Groovelord Neato posted:You mean you enjoyed not being constantly interrupted by a talking demon head that mocked you like a Saturday morning cartoon villain? I didnt need that part of my plan anyway! I have (the next thing you smash)!
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FoolyCharged posted:I didnt need that part of my plan anyway! I have (the next thing you smash)! Azmodan is explicitly stated to be the best battlefield commander of all demons, do not question his strategy of “constantly call your enemies and tell them both what you’re up to and where to go to stop you”.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:35
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Groovelord Neato posted:You mean you enjoyed not being constantly interrupted by a talking demon head that mocked you like a Saturday morning cartoon villain? I even enjoyed talking to all the townspeople every time I did or took on a new quest, just to see what they had to say.
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FoolyCharged posted:I got your zerg right here Video game cutscenes peaked here. It's been downhill ever since.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:49
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Of all the poo poo D3 gets wrong compared to the first two games, I actually enjoyed watching Leah become Diablo. Or even Adriah being key to the plot. I enjoyed those plot points. But yea, Azmodan is loving hilariously incompetent and it came across as slapstick comedy to me.
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Aug 19, 2020 22:34
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chaosapiant posted:Of all the poo poo D3 gets wrong compared to the first two games, I actually enjoyed watching Leah become Diablo. Or even Adriah being key to the plot. I enjoyed those plot points. You know the first is gonna happen from the very beginning and the second doesn't make sense.
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Aug 19, 2020 22:38
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Groovelord Neato posted:player character from the first game (canonically the Warrior) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc But for real, has anyone ever killed Diablo in the first game with a Warrior? Regular ranged mobs were impossible to take down.
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc I don't know, I re-bought Diablo I when it came out on GOG and found it just about unplayable by today's ARPG standards. Like the general clunkiness and slow pace contributes to a different, more survival horror atmosphere, but it isn't good anymore.
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc Use spells, corners, or ignore them. You should be pumping as much into DEX as you can, so your shield makes you invulnerable to single attacks anyway.
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I know it's pretty drat obvious to us the player in the meta sense but what exactly gives away the emperor kid away as Belial ingame? You have all of 2 conversations with the kid and then the next time you see him the palace your character calls him out instantly and it's like wait what.
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Aug 20, 2020 00:03
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc Yes. I played Diablo when it was brand new and finished the game with all three classes. It’s a bit more tedious to play nowadays but still perfectly playable.
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General Battuta posted:I love you sarge Orcs and Ostriches posted:Thank god for cold fusion. I’m glad to see the thread correctly identifying the two greatest cinematics in gaming. The Shame Boy posted:I know it's pretty drat obvious to us the player in the meta sense but what exactly gives away the emperor kid away as Belial ingame? You have all of 2 conversations with the kid and then the next time you see him the palace your character calls him out instantly and it's like wait what. I cannot remember an actual detail of the plot to save my life but I remember it being super obvious, just like every other “twist”.
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc They also retconned it so the Warrior was Leoric's son despite Albrecht (the original Diablo) explicitly being his only son in the first game. The Shame Boy posted:I know it's pretty drat obvious to us the player in the meta sense but what exactly gives away the emperor kid away as Belial ingame? You have all of 2 conversations with the kid and then the next time you see him the palace your character calls him out instantly and it's like wait what. He appears in a cloud of gas each time. I was gonna make a joke about it earlier. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Aug 20, 2020 |
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I mean because if an enemy is running from you and you're chasing it at full speed, it will remain 1-1.5 cells ahead of you at all times while everything else in the room gets all the free shots they can take.
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General Battuta posted:I think Mass Effect 2 (while a great game) is barely a sequel to Mass Effect 1, and Baldur's Gate 2 takes a huge turn away from the first game's pseudo-open-world simulationism into a more narrative and linear story that's a big step towards modern BioWare. Meanwhile FreeSpace 1 is this kind of vestigial Independence Day rip off with laughably poor line-level writing that imo serves only to offer backstory for the insanely superior sequel. The Vasudan foothold on Vasuda Prime.
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Comrayn posted:I’m glad to see the thread correctly identifying the two greatest cinematics in gaming. Don't forget the Terran end cinematics, Mengsk's speech is pretty awesome (though I was confused as a kid why the bad guy was getting the cinematic and not Jim leaving Tarsonis) and the great Starship Troopers-esque news reel for the UED
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Tubgoat posted:I mean because if an enemy is running from you and you're chasing it at full speed, it will remain 1-1.5 cells ahead of you at all times while everything else in the room gets all the free shots they can take. And now I'm having flashbacks to 5 million succubi.
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc I just bought it to play for the first time today, and picked warrior. So I guess we'll find out!  (I have played D2 before jfyi)
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Grape posted:I just bought it to play for the first time today, and picked warrior. So I guess we'll find out! I'm pretty sure the literal only way you can reach Hell is by using a bow.
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I never played D2 but the opening to Lord of Destruction is probably my favorite Blizzard cutscene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp20voR11gs
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Tubgoat posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc stone curse and a shitload of mana and health potions, Diablo and entourage go down very quickly when stoned
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Diablo and Mephisto are honestly kind of dull designs, right out of a teenage metalhead's notebook scribbles. Which is why it's weird that Baal is this amazing super unnerving mix of a creepy aristocrat, a spider, an octopus, and a ram. It's like someone hired Todd McFarlane and William Blake to work on different parts of the team.
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Grape posted:Diablo and Mephisto are honestly kind of dull designs, right out of a teenage metalhead's notebook scribbles. Going just by their appearance in game, Duriel and Mephisto were more terrifying than Diablo (the Lord of Terror!!!) on a blind playthrough Duriel, you're trying to dig into some deep rear end pharaoh graves, you reach the throne room, sacred staff opens the sealed tomb and you hop in. Huge beetle frost aura demon wrecks your poo poo almost instantly. Duriel is an absolute beast at regular level with self found drops Mephisto, you clear the corrupted evil council from Swamp Church and they are a bitch and a half to deal with. Then you get to delve the Evil rear end Sewers and find the bottom floor full of blood and bones, enough to make a bridge to Hell. Mephisto is Too Fast and slams you with frozen orbs and lightning. In Hell, you know exactly what you're doing. Activate all the seals and Diablo will appear. There is no sudden surprise. You know exactly when the boss is summoned, and Diablo appears after a delay. He has some ridiculous numbers on his damage and HP but you were given every chance to prepare, you know exactly when he is going to appear.
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Duriel is the scariest because his sprite looks like he has a big rear end grin.
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Part of the terror of Duriel also back in the 56k days - at least for me and everyone I knew - was that due to lag and connections being what they were, there was a good chance that by the time the game loaded you were already dead. You'd just hear LOOKING FOR BAAL and drop dead.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Part of the terror of Duriel also back in the 56k days - at least for me and everyone I knew - was that due to lag and connections being what they were, there was a good chance that by the time the game loaded you were already dead. You'd just hear LOOKING FOR BAAL and drop dead. Singleplayer had a similar issue, as the CD drive had to spin furiously to load his little sound byte, freezing the screen and player input for a couple of seconds, usually ending in a dead player before the game catches up. At least now it's loaded in your system's memory, so next time you have a chance!
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:I never played D2 but the opening to Lord of Destruction is probably my favorite Blizzard cutscene It's their best one. RoboChrist 9000 posted:Part of the terror of Duriel also back in the 56k days - at least for me and everyone I knew - was that due to lag and connections being what they were, there was a good chance that by the time the game loaded you were already dead. You'd just hear LOOKING FOR BAAL and drop dead. poo poo my friend and I had cable internet and it was still a dice roll if you survived the load-in.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Part of the terror of Duriel also back in the 56k days - at least for me and everyone I knew - was that due to lag and connections being what they were, there was a good chance that by the time the game loaded you were already dead. You'd just hear LOOKING FOR BAAL and drop dead.
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Groovelord Neato posted:It's their best one. The music has always been killer in blizzard games. The drums and vibe in that cutscene was perfect. I remember as a kid popping in the warcraft 2 cd and jamming to the music. Then of course you had the hidden track of Medieval Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBODH8ElBak I got so hyped at this poo poo just because of the music
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George H.W. oval office posted:I got so hyped at this poo poo just because of the music I was hyped for the original teaser because I thought what ended up being the Infernals were aliens falling from the sky. Was bummed they were just demons. Khorne posted:That wasn't 56k. It was the game loading assets after you clicked the entry. They fixed it many, many years later to preload the assets when you are near the shaft. Blows my mind that wasn't fixed during testing. How did anyone do hardcore???
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Groovelord Neato posted:Blows my mind that wasn't fixed during testing. How did anyone do hardcore??? Same as softcore, you got your level 90 buddy to open a tp in the corner and you don't enter it until he writes "1"
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George H.W. oval office posted:The music has always been killer in blizzard games. The drums and vibe in that cutscene was perfect. I remember as a kid popping in the warcraft 2 cd and jamming to the music. Then of course you had the hidden track of Medieval Man. Oh neat, they took out the king in the throne scene.
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Grape posted:Diablo and Mephisto are honestly kind of dull designs, right out of a teenage metalhead's notebook scribbles. IMO, Mephisto has a pretty great hosed up design. It's not as neat as Baal's, but it's still pretty neat.  He's a floating severed upper torso with spine-tentacles and spindly spider arms cloaked in what appears to be wet, shredded skin. That's a lot more creative and unnerving looking than Diablo, who checks a lot of the classic burly horned demon checkboxes.
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THE BAR posted:Oh neat, they took out the king in the throne scene. That was some impressively serious cutting on the patricide scene to make it look like noble humans readying for war.
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