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Favorite/Favourite subtitle?
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Revelations 11 12.50%
Resurrection 5 5.68%
Retribution 6 6.82%
All-Stars 66 75.00%
Total: 88 votes
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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

In Training posted:

Goblin's hate fire, Arisen.

Wolves hunt in packs.

What a large tree.

Zaphod42 posted:

Save literally every 5 seconds because its so easy to go the wrong way and get murdered by some high level monster and lose hours of progress.

Also HAARPY!!!!

But mostly this.

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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Edmond Dantes posted:

So... how's the N3DS? I'm travelling to the states on November and I'm sorely tempted to get one, but last time I had a portable it was a DS and I ended up selling it because I never touched the thing.

Well. Are you seeing anything that interests you? What games did you get with the DS that you thought you might have wanted to play?

Edit: What FAU said

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

corn in the bible posted:

king of fighters would be better if it was a shmup

You joke but.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpzc-QABd7c

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Ciaphas posted:

my god depressive ennui is harsh


StrixNebulosa posted:

I know it makes it hard to play games, but in general I find playing the most casual of casual games is good for when I'm feeling that empty. Things like Regency Solitaire or HOGs are nearly mindless and make me feel vaguely productive, which is helpful.

I find that playing a rhythm game with music I REALLY like on a lower setting helps to get me out of the doldrums. Usually I kick it up a notch because I really start to feel the beat. Hope everything works out, Ciaphas.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Love Stole the Day posted:

So apparently marble racing is a thing and its racing courses are better than any video game course I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDvtFJxgAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxcJfaoK5xg

Where's my 11,000-player mario kart obstacle course, Valve?

Marble stuff is awesome. How about musical marbles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Palpek posted:

Imagine taking part in a failed video game project that lasted like 4 weeks and then seeing people still create cross-game-fiction featuring it 10 years later.

In a way, they DID make Zybourne Clock. In our hearts :love:

Do any of Zybourne's "devs" still post here?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

CJacobs posted:

It lists my bank account number on the receipt on paypal, for some reason it decided to just not use my paypal balance to pay for the thing. Great. Well I guess I'll just send the money in my paypal over to my bank account then.

I'm almost certain that PayPal defaults to your bank balance whenever you use it on eBay. I've always had to make sure I'm selecting the correct balance to pull from whenever I use it. I think you can change settings so it defaults to what you want but I've still to make sure it was doing it right. Yeah, it sucks.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Ciaphas posted:

Just got home thinking I'd sit down and play Overwatch or Path of Exile or maybe pick up and play Grim Dawn and instead I'm kinda sitting here doing nothing again

This is getting to be seriously aggravating

Ever try just clicking your game open without thinking about it and just running with it? It's what I do when I get selection paralysis. Try it!

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

In Training posted:

The new doom sucks rear end and everyone is trolling me by saying its good


I wanna check it out some day but it sounds cool. I wish more 3DS games had AR stuff even as a side distraction, it's always fun to see

DO4M........



is good.

To be less shitpost-y, what didn't you like about it?

Also I mentioned this in the horror thread but, I recently got to play Namco's horror themed light gun shooter Dark Escape 4D. This thing was ridiculous in a cheesy way. Here's a trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03m8IXHVb8

It relies mostly on copious amounts of jump scares. It was fun as an experience because my partner is susceptible to jump scares. As a game it was ok. The survival horror aspect of it was hard to get into because your gun is an unlimited ammo machine gun. It was also expensive at the place we were at. $2 a play :eek: Anyone else seen or played it?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Real hurthling! posted:

nes advantage owned

:agreed:

Joe Gillian posted:

Man, that would be a cool fight stick.

A literal fight stick. That thing weighed a ton. At least to younger Wamdoodle.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

LawfulWaffle posted:

I want to get the collection because I liked 1 and 2, and I'm eager to play Off The Record. Every time I think about re-playing 1, I get flashbacks of the prisoners driving around the courtyard and then I don't want to play it any more. Most of the psychos were kind of low points in the game, appreciated because they broke the monotony and they were rarely mandatory, but they could lock down an area by making it a boss room. Like if I were guiding some survivors back and low on weapons, then I turn a corner and suddenly I'm dealing with a crazy clown and a ticking clock and inventory problems. It's offset a little with the New Game+ features, so you can avoid psychos the first run and then deal with them when you have more health and item slots, but I don't think they're ever as fun as the wanton death of zombies.

Do all the psychos kill themselves? I seem to remember that the main characters always seem to walk away from those encounters with clean hands because the bad guy winds up hoisted by his or her own petard.

Hmm. I remember Cliff lying there dying as he came back to his senses. Kinda sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYY9VNR__WQ

His boss music was good.


Holy poo poo Adam though :stare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mPVGCXII4c

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Tenzarin posted:

Wow legion let me avenge Charlie the Unicorn upon Candy Mountain and then gain the power of his kidney.


If you dont know the candy mountain song you are missing out.

🎵Candy Mountain, Candy Mountain, you fill me with sweet sugary goodness.🎶

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Lizard Wizard posted:

Nessie =/= Plessie

I prefer Tessie

http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Tessie_(EarthBound)

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

FirstAidKite posted:

I was messing around with modding a game today.



WTC senpai noticed me

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

FirstAidKite posted:

This is an important poll for the people of the september games chat thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqtMnqyUs8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfA_L_zfqiU

Which of the two, if you had to choose, would you rather have

A hot dog shaped like a hamburger

or

A hamburger shaped like a hot dog

Wtf. Giant hotdog guy should have went all out and made giant hot dog buns too. Smdh

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


Lol. Wow. I never thought that was an issue that required an official response.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Lobok posted:

What does the maintenance actually involve? Buying and pouring Draino? Or do they have to take apart the pipes and hack away at jizzrock?

I thought Draino was bad for pipes.

I said come in! posted:

The memo posted makes it seem like the pipes have to be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned.

That sounds like a worse job than Porno Theatre Custodian :barf:

Also, ask about my pop-polka-jazz-jizzrock band Porno Theatre Custodian :tipshat:

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I said come in! posted:

I remember reading the direction for Draino or something similar to it, and it said to not in anyway shape or form pour it down pipes, even though that is what everyone uses it for. That's even what it is advertised for.

Lol. Then what is its actual use?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Lobok posted:

It's like Q-Tips. Don't put them in your ea--LALALA can't hear youuuuu (cuz I've got Q-Tips jammed in my ears).

Lol

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


Obligatory SIIVAGUNNER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qI-nM4xnWY

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

LawfulWaffle posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZBDNQ3gas

When I hear this, I think about dehumanizing myself and facing the bloodshed

You should. It's the only way to live.

I had the cart for this game and when the title hit I was expecting a tinny version of the RoboCop movie theme. I paused and listened till it looped. I liked it. Also that song has a strange little history:

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/02/gameboy-robocops-theme-song-also-sold-washers-made-dilbert-homicidal-and-got-sampled-by-lil-b

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Phantasium posted:

I-I liked the first Silent Hill movie.

:hfive:

I never bothered with the second one because I thought the first ended pretty finally and the trailer looked terrible.

axleblaze posted:

Actual best game Dogge


It's true because you get to weapons your bodily functions in that game.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


:laffo: wow

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

precision posted:

the Silent Hill movie is good, but holy motherfuck there were a lot of loud angry nerds who wouldn't shut up about how bad it was when it came out.

Hmm, this sounds familiar.............

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


You play as the dog in all of 1 area in that game iirc. This is Call of Duty Ghosts. That was a wet fart of a game. It was ok but it really lacked the big dumb set pieces that had been part of the series.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Palpek posted:

Dog control was hilarious though. There was literally a 'bite to death' button and it was like a light version of that old Alien vs Predator game with the Xeno being replaced by a German Shepherd. The game would have been 100x better if they just focused on that mode and expanded upon it. A new CoD dog franchise.

Call of Doggy

Yeah, they should have made an unlockable mode where you play through as the dog instead. I remember the thread for CoD Ghosts had dog versions of all the characters from the games. It was pretty :cool::woof:

Instruction Manuel fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Sep 16, 2016

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Ostentatious posted:

total distortion is a really weird game but I just beat it. shame a quarter of the items in the game don't work

it's an endearing game that uh...tries

I liked it. Did you just grind money to get back to earth? Also the game over scene owns.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Vlad the Retailer posted:

How many stream-of-consciousness poems did you clear the game with?

Ostentatious posted:

I spent like 30-45 minutes with the poetry book

I'll post a few when I get home

Oh man I forgot about that. Please do :) Too bad this game came out before social media. Would have benefited from a "Share" button for the videos you could make.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

FirstAidKite posted:



This was my first personal computer, the one that actually belonged to me. I wish I still had it. Obviously it wouldn't have been any good for anything nowadays other than nostalgia but drat if that isn't a rad case.

:krad:

You might have already seen these but here are some vids from Lazy Game Reviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_WpEYAAmi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld6qrjYwi_4

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


Oh I see. The track is pre rendered. Looks a little hokey now but I would have been all over this in my younger years. The finish lines of each track are totally something a little kid would come up with at the end of building some monstrous Hot Wheels set. The final finish should have been sending the car into the living room television signaling the end of the game and playtime. Lol.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Broseph Brostar posted:

Suddenly I feel the urge to dig up Megarace

Oh yeah. That game did the same thing. At least the first I think. I remember Lance Boyle sounding really annoying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpaCa0bpN6g

Or maybe just cringe inducing but not in a terrible way. Just an eyerolling way.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Ostentatious posted:

a randomly generated poem from the vidgame total distortion

"imperfect be here now"

_________________________________

7:19 AM, Monday, September 12, 2016

pinwheel God warning, God warning
blushing bleeding beatnik engine
imperfect tramps embrace God people
zooming cats, be here now
yapping eyes, touch my SOUL
my mantra computers embrace my wild eyes
wild thoughts, be here now
children hurt milkmen, milkmen hurt diets
bopping zombies, touch my SOUL
bleeding zooming scratch engine off the record
burning spinsters, DIG ME

*snaps fingers*

Like, wild, daddy-o.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Good morning, chat. I picked up Fallout 4 because it was on sale on Amazon for $18. Physical copy only but it came with a Steam code. Amazon digital was still full price, lol. Didn't bother with any DLC. I'll get the season pass if it ever goes on sale. None of it looks particularly appealing.

It plays the best out of the "new" Fallouts but it's kinda bland. It's not as bad as some would have you believe. I'm enjoying it. I'd like to see Obsidian take another swing at Fallout again but who knows if that will happen.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Mordja posted:

I've never finished a Fallout game, not even NV, which I recognized was very good from the 10 or so hours that I played of it. The problem is that I'm ultimately a FPS(/RTS) guy and when a game goes cross-genre but has unsatisfying shooting elements, it stands out more for me than otherwise. Like, the Witcher games' combat may not be the best but I just don't notice it as much since it's not my preferred genre. Usually what happens is that I'll install FO3/NV, throw on a few mods and then quickly want to reinstall STALKER instead.

I hear FO4 has better gunplay though, which is why I kind of want to play it even if everyone`s so down on a lot of it`s other design choices.

The gunplay is a lot better. Enemies react better to getting hit like you can shoot body parts off feral ghouls. There's a hit marker now and it seems insignificant but it adds to that feeling of doing damage to whatever you're shooting at. Also they got rid of weapon and armor degradation with the exception of power armor. Another thing is that characters emote during conversations now and the PC has a voice now.

I kept my expectations low when the game was announced and kept my hype levels in check. I guess that's why I'm not so down on it.

Edit:

Rafza posted:


i spent way more time crafting and building up sanctuary vs actually going and doing quests lol

Yeah, the settlement stuff can really draw you in if you let it. When I was doing the tutorial part of that, I didn't notice how long I had been doing it. Lol. It did start to get boring after a bit so I just dropped it and went back to questing. I can see myself going back to it every once and a while though.

Instruction Manuel fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Sep 19, 2016

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

VideoGames posted:

I really like Fallout4. It's my favourite Fallout game because the gunplay is awesome and the over arching story has never been the reason I play Bethesda games. I enjoy all the extra world added inbetween the fragments of the tale.

I must also admit that I only play Bethesda games when they are heavily modded, so this does give me a very favourable skew to them. I am thinking about reinstalling Skyrim till the FO4 season pass goes on Sale and I can start again with all the extras.

Mod guns into Skyrim.

I usually play through a game vanilla first, then if I like it enough, I'll play with mods mostly because the Gamebryo (Fallouts 3, New Vegas, 4, Skyrim, etc.) can be buggy enough on their own.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

FirstAidKite posted:

For people who don't know what we're talking about



And in action

I'm more offended by the ridiculous hat :eyepop:

CJacobs posted:

Technically speaking, her outfit only reveals a total half of the surface area of her body :v:


I mean, he pretty much did by saying the cosplay thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okMs2BvZfG8

I am now making weapons for use in my doom maps and it's a lot of fun but also much more time consuming

Where's the reload. How am I supposed to believe that cylinder has an endless amount of bullets? This is highly immersion breaking.

In all seriousness, that looks great. Is that your own sprite work?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

CJacobs posted:

Thanks! Yeah, I sprited it myself, it's not based on a real gun though. I modeled it after the revolver from The Evil Within, and I looked at it in the model viewer for reference. I did draw it from scratch though.


I get motion sick very easily in fps games and playing doom with vertical mouselook is the only way I can without getting ill :x



Nice. It's always cool seeing new weapon sprites instead of the usual ones from Realm667. Not that they don't have their place but they feel a little overused.

Also, this goes for anyone, play Doom however you want. Just play Doom :hellyeah: :black101:

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Sakurazuka posted:

Blue Stinger was so loving bad but I played it anyway because I loved survival horror. Same with Carrier.

Blue Stinger turned into survival action after a while, much like Resident Evil 4. I enjoyed it too. I liked the juxtaposition of hearing Christmas music while blasting monsters.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Lurdiak posted:

????? At what point did RE4 turn into survival horror?

At the beginning I would say it was survival horror. Then after some upgrades and copious amounts of ammo, it turned in to a more action focused game.

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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Quest For Glory II posted:

I cant.. i cant find my lab order.

all that fasting for nothing :negative:

Collect you pee and blood and take it to the lab. If they question you, say "Just trust me on this :smug:"

Oh! Collect both fluids in one cup to save space and speed up the process :haw:

For real though. That sucks. Are you going to have to reschedule?

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