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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 22, 2018, 12:31:32 PM »

Might this be The Worst Videogame Of All Time


Chrono trigger iOs: it has been fun to run through CT again, but I have three objections:
- God damn was this easy. People call FF6 easy?
- Come on Sun Stone you got 65000600 years of sunlight. Do you really need 1700 more?
- All optional new stuff is bad. Do not give 300$ to a new team to make them churn new content out of it. Results are predictably terrible

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 21, 2018, 09:53:16 AM »

Yunica / Hugo: Having just finished Hugo’s side, I found him overall slightly to vastly superior all the way theough, except during the mantis fight, which was harder than anything in Yunica’s side. Playing on hard.

Mystery third character looks very fun for rushing through the game and then hitting a brick wall against every single boss.

Infinifactory: I watched a video by matthewmatosis mentioning how, while this game looks intimidating, it actually eases you in very competently until you’re building extremely complex structures without even noticing. So I got it, and am now mad addicted, about 10-15 hours in. I can’t stop thinking about it.

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 14, 2018, 06:00:34 PM »

Oh no Snow, you are extremely scary

I just had the Crono revival scene, I really like how the characters in your party that matter to him the most will have a bigger role in the cutscene.

Trying the cutscene multiple times  you can deduce that, if I’m not mistaken, Crono preference goes Marle > Lucca > Frog > Robo > Ayla >>> Magus (weird that Ayla isn’t high)

I always like to play the scene with the characters who are the lowest on the list because they don’t even seem to care that much about reviving him. With Robo / Ayla / Magus you can sense that Robo takes the lead only because no one else does and somebody has to do it.  Obviously Crono also gets 0 hug that way. You expect Robo to give him a hug? Magus is always a staple for that part because he couldn’t give less of a fuck

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 14, 2018, 10:14:26 AM »

Ys Origin: Finished as Yunica, started as Hugo. They should have swapped personalities!! Refreshing to have such an arrogant bastard as the main. This also fits because he’s vastly superior.

Chrono Trigger: Ocean Palace. I really didn’t remeber CT being this easy. I am just dicking around all the time and face no danger, even at low levels and with constantly swapped members.
I tried doing the sand/forest sidequest ASAP (after the first visit to Zeal) and it was hard for CT but still manageable.
Double tech spam makes me appreciate Marle a bit more, she does no damage on her own but can be not dead weight when the team goes on the offensive. Frog meanwhile seems to only have crappy double techs, he can’t catch a break.
Twister is ridiculous and I’m struggling to not just spam this every battle including bosses. It worked on both GigaBastard and Dalton (who was 2HKOed)


Cutscene integration is bad for two reasons:
- Normal Crono is a slender, fast, katana wielding teenager. Cutscene Crono is a monstrosity with muscles that look like tumors. He’s more of a beefcake than Ayla which makes no sense
- No scene is cut in normal gameplay, cutscenes are added on top of it. Which means you always get to see the same thing twice, both in and out of cutscenes

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 09, 2018, 08:52:57 AM »

Ys 8: Basically 100% cleared
I’d have be so down with the final reward of solo mode, but there are several drawbacks that make me basically ot even consider it.
For the end I think the game loses its way a little by ramping up shit too much. All player ultimates are super evasive or have super good range, in return bosses become monstrously fast and the game throw dozens of regular enemies at once. It sort of turns into a Top 10 Anime Battle, which might look good, but in practice I’m just mashing buttons. Balance was already dead because of instant healing, but there was at least some finesse involved before.
I did love how the optional dungeon had only two save points and respawning bosses. Made meals shine for the first time.
Ricotta suddendly went from LVP by far to pretty good thanks to Dino Throw’s obscene range. My team has an actual sniper and his range is pathetic compared go the little girl throwing giant dinosaur bones.


Ys Origin: This is much more low key but I enjoy it a hell of a lot more
Mobility and dungeon exploration are perfect, I love the gameplay loop of initially struggling in a new area, then having an easier time after finding a few chests, then a boss.
The first couple bosses commited some eye rolling cardinal flaws,but every boss afterwards has been a joy. I like how quick, easy and powerful levelling is, so you can fuck up any bad boss with a 5 minutes grind. This does make the prospect of not levelling up for a good boss and retry dozens of times instead require immense abnegation (but it’s worth it)

I’m playing with Yunica who makes a good Yattaf: Girl, solo, hyper, has an axe, first letter is an Y. I just regret how nice she is. Hugo sounds ridiculous and I wonder how gameplay changes as a result.

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 03, 2018, 09:03:14 AM »

I’m helping all the villagers ASAP. I’m playing on nightmare so the rewards actually matter. After every micro advancement in the plot I scan the quest board + map for new points of interests like a predator. Every new recipe book I imlediately go back to the village to cook it then to Gendarme to give it to the weird ass mascot cat.  I hauntingly check Adol’s big book every now and then to see if I didn’t miss a fish for Shoebill. I crave new village blood to finally destroy those pesky blockades.

Man, even on easy mode, who would ignore the sidequests in Ys 8?


I’ve played Oath and enjoyed it enough, and Origin sounds better to me. I am unreasonably hyped for this.  Just a big ass tower to climb. I like it.

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: March 02, 2018, 03:35:24 PM »

Ys 8: I am apprently 90% of the way through, ready to jump to Ys Origin afterwards
Man this is huge. So huge that I am starting to nitpick about every little thing. Why is flash guard so luch worse than Flash Evade, as it’s higher risk? Nevermind. Great game.
There is STILL no antagonist! Just imagine an RPG without an antagonist. Every cutscene I’m like « oh, I guess this mysterious guy in draped robes is going to be an antagonist » but no.I think the only real boss in here is going to be Darwin.
The boys continue to dominate the game, though i reckon that I could get a good use out of Dana’s Dragon Power outside her solo sections too.


Cheono Trigger: I am playing this on the phone for the first time in 10 years, avoiding most enemies. The game is still very breezy, i am OHKOing everything with multi techs and never run out of MP.
Robo is more dominant than I remember, the Robo + Crono full MT ultra early multitech is extremely sweet. Lucca is way worse, she doesn’t have much beyond Firewhirl up to this point. Generally lacking in MT, and trash tier if walled (which happens often) unlike every other character
 I put a Berserk Ring on Ayla in her chapter and she basically soloed everything but Nizbel. I then put a berserk ring on Frog in his chapter but he’s still garbage
I just lost two times to Flea. How did that happen? I even used Marle for Aura Whirl. My god.

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: February 16, 2018, 09:58:56 AM »

The Golden Ridge would be strong thematically but who the hell is throwing those 100% accuracy snowballs? We never find out. 0/10

I’m surprised to see such love for Chapter 6 but I guess the boss fight was pretty cool. I didn’t like how the gar moved further and further away from single-screen rooms, and found the moving platforms and feathers to be the worst chapter exclusive gimmicks (I was especialy annoyed about how feathers impose joystick use over d-pad use) Fortunately Celeste’s level design is good enough that every level still feels allright

Chapter 2’s gimmick is so good but I think what sells it the most is the SFX. I want to dash through galaxy water all day just to hear that sound.

Notmiki I guessed that, but have no idea how to light all the torches. I think I’ll just check a guide honestly

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: February 15, 2018, 05:55:37 PM »

I am midway through Mirror Temple B side in Celeste. 175 strawberries and all blue hearts except for Reflection’s, which is some impossible puzzle shit.

Celeste is indeed very good, I like how momentum plays a much smaller role compared to games like Super Meat Boy. Jump windows are usually huge.
It’s pretty incredible how far I’ve gotten considering how I thought I had mastered the base gameplay by Chapter 3 A-side.

RANKING THE CHAPTERS
2 Old site
3 Celestial Resort
7 Summit
5 Mirror Temple. B side best music BTW
1 Forsaken City
-gap-
4 Golden Ridge
8 Core
6 Reflection

I am glad the b sides exist because the early chapters have the best visuals / gimmicks and they’d be wasted on low challenge areas

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: February 06, 2018, 08:59:31 AM »

Character balance is pretty interesting, but so far I’d say that Adol dominates with Force Edge and Hummel is second best thanks to range.. Ricotta’s the worst by far.

I’m already struggling on Nightmare with items (no farming) I can’t imagine Inferno with items. You pretty mich have to learn every boss perfectly and just chain guard/evade over and over with no mistakes?

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: February 06, 2018, 07:25:35 AM »

Thanks!
I’m not dead I’m just getting married in 10 days so not playing much

Djinn: dragon’s dogma and the new zelda have menu healing
In Ys 8 your ship sinks and you’re on a deserted island like Tom Hanks. You soon create a base and search for castaways. As castaways go to your base, they start building things there and helping you out. Sidequests are tied to this too: some dude asks for wood and feathers to make beds, you give them, later you’ll find the actual 3D beds in the village

BTW one of the castaways is a serial killer

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: February 05, 2018, 10:31:20 PM »

Cid you replayed Dragon’s Dogma and got up to level infinite?? Do yoy like it even more than me?

Ys 8: I cannot believe that moment when the nun changes clothes.  Notmiki did you mention it? If not, why? JFC, Ys 8.
It’s a really effective game, enormous, and a joy to control and explore. Running speed is Nier-like, which is the highest compliment. There’s a fucking Suikoden castle in there too.
I’m not hot about the JRPG trappings. Party members are walking tropes and should be abolished for a better battle system. Dana and co’s clothes are extremely embarassing.

Stop action games with menu healing at all costs. That’s too in a row there

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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?

« on: January 14, 2018, 06:37:56 PM »

Dragon’s dogma Dark Arisen:
Finished everything.

They figured out that the best thing in Dragon’s Dogma is jumping on roofs in a city (Assassin’s creed, take notes) and put them in the DLC. Much appreciated.
More than 10FPS made the game extremely pleasant. I tried every class and there are so many cool ones, but chose Magick Archer as my final class because Ricoshet Shot is fucking absurd in BBI.

Did Cid play this recently or is his level infinite Sophitia cosplay pawn a relic from the PS3 days? Regardless, I never did use her or she’d have ripped the challenge in half. Sorry.
I tried to have the most stylish UOM as my pawn and one rando player liked him so much he added me as a friend on PSN and sent me a message praising him. (?)

Hard difficulty was immense bullshit and I’d not recommend it to anyone. I still enjoyed it more than I would have normal though.

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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one

« on: January 04, 2018, 07:27:56 PM »

I should add that I’m not saying the NYT had to do a hit piece - just give a bigger choice to experts on the subject, explain more thoroughly why tap water is filtered, compare the potential dangers of both, etc

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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one

« on: January 04, 2018, 05:11:19 PM »

I feel this less political article shows our issue with the NYT approach well

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/dining/raw-water-unfiltered.html?referer=https://www.google.fr/

NYT spends most of the article legitimizing this new phenomenon, the only counterpoint is two small paragraphs citing a doctor saying that it might be a bad idea.

Only our own knowledge allows us to say that this phenomenon is absolutely fucking stupid and these people are dangerous and mental. Anyone with no knowledge on the subject reading the article could think that, hey, fluoride is maybe a lot worse than dysentery


Also in 2020 NYT recruits an editorialist actively promoting drinking unfiltered water

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 26, 2017, 10:34:41 PM »

I’d say the biggest issue with Odin Sphere is that so many attacks come from off screen

Sundered: Embrace path boss is almost impossible on insane mode. I can deal with the first part but then I’m screwed for the second. The embrace abilities were amazing.

Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen: I loved this game when it had like 10 FPS and I love it even more now
Playing as a mage -> sorceror for the earliest Maelstrom unlock

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 22, 2017, 09:49:58 AM »

Sundered: Finished the resist path on hard, now trying corrupt on insane

I’m a bit disappointed that there were only 3 big bosses + the final one. Even if, admittedly, they were all kind of a mess gameplay wise. They all got so awesome and impossible near the end!
I’d think that this is purely a Get Bigger Numbers And Win game but that isn’t actually true. Replaying on insane, I’m actually having a much easier time even with no corrupted ability yet.

It’s a bit disappointing there’s an happy, if bittersweet, ending. I know I shot for this one but I still wanted it to be bad. It’s like playing Drakengard: you want a good ending but actually you want a bad ending.

Also I can’t believe Nyarlie ended up being a mere pawn to some shiny losange from nowhere

I like md this game

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 15, 2017, 10:35:03 PM »

Can’t believe I still haven’t tried the DS3 DLC

I finally got the hang of the grapping hook in Sundered. You need to always press the trigger all the way through and longer than should be necessary. Directing the joystick towards the thingy also helps.

I’m back and beat all mini-bosses.

Gun related boss is going to fuck me up though

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 14, 2017, 12:40:48 PM »

I rely on shield but health is still important.
I could definitely not pull off the perk that turns all your health into shield!

Sundered has maybe the best sphere grid I’ve seen? It’s nice to see the concept perfected. It’s tight, gives you a lot of options, and expands throughout the game.

I’m a bit disappointed with the grappling hook, which is like entirely lifted from Castlevania OOE but feels ten time worse. Of course there’s a boss battle that’s all about navigating with the hook over an instant death pit

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 13, 2017, 01:00:05 PM »

Cid did you finish the videogame within a videogame about that dying badass cat

I was super involved into filling that notebook with Mae’s drawings


Sundered : In the third area

I am destroying all the elder shards, so at least I don’t get the obvious bad ending, and will get some less obvious bad ending instead. The fancy losange is really super pissed at me for this.

The first area is like a lategame JRPG dungeon, the second area is like the final dungeon, and the third area is the postgame impossible one. It is super vicious, but also the perfect representation of the sublime, vertical and grotesque architecture it’s meant to convey? It is completely stunning. Maybe the elevator that turns you into a eyeball is a bit OTT.

Difficulty is a bit easier now but I still die a whole bunch. I made some fatal build mistake at the beginning I corrected pretty fast: I focused on the big nodes and didn’t really care about the little nodes on the way. The problem is that all the melee damage upgrades but one are on little nodes. Everything went much more smoothly super fast once I took a little detour to grab a few strength nodes. (and once I realized you could re-jump in mid-air if you hit an enemy, staying airborne for really long at times)

I think I went with a pretty good build: Past the beginning I completely ignored the gun, health and energy, and focused on damage, shield, luck, and miscellaneous orbs. + crits lategame. The gun is really cool but has too many drawbacks – might make a gun build on a replay.

Now that platforming is king in the third area and bottomless pits are everywhere I am focusing on energy upgrades to keep that air dash rolling.

I really love it when the game goes DING DONG TIME FOR DEATH and I just know resistance is futile and I now have to grab as much treasure as I can before my inevitable next death

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: November 11, 2017, 07:13:25 AM »

Danganronpa V3: I finished this, this is the best game in the series and I ended up mega addicted but I still wanted to punch the writers half the time.
The ending has a plot twist to end all plot twists, showing even less respect for the other titles in the series than, say, Star ocean 3 or Chrono Cross. Mad respect for this.

There is a weiiiiird RPG / board game mode unlocked after beating the game which must have taken me like 30 hours. 100 floors with difficulty ramping up considerably in the last 40 or so. I enjoyed it. There’s a boss that can only be beaten by POIZN.


Sundered: What has been said by El Cid isn’t wrong. I am playing on hard and it feels frankly almost impossible, I’m currently stuck against a very basic, pseudo invisible miniboss and have instead chosen to wander into a murderous area with purple fountains and terrifying looking basic mobs.
I am having a different approach with this game, just accepting deaths and careying on. Exp beingg kept upon death helps.
It’s hard to play well when 60 enemies are on screen at a time, and I could see it being frustrating, but being overwhelmed like this is on par with the lore.


Wonderboy the dragon’s trap: I didn’t expect this remake to outright use the same exact code. You can press a button and the game graphics revert to the original’s immediately. It’s frankly magical. Wonderboy controls are slippery and archaic, I still enjoyed my time thanks to the world building and graphics.


Wuppo: Is absolutely delightful so far, with just the right tone. I am craving those film reels that show lore videos on shmekels and others.

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: October 10, 2017, 11:22:51 PM »

Literally the only things I liked about Xcom 2 are the things everybody complained about, including the plot following the Xcom 1 bad ending and all the time limits

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: September 23, 2017, 02:36:09 PM »

The art direction is so far below FFT though

FFT Oracle SCC: Chapter 3
I've never used oracles in FFT before, really. Now they're my favourite class


FF5 Knight SCC: Just autobattled past Byblos. He didn't counter?
This SCC is the purest autobattle smash thing there is, I've only had to stop autobattling for Liquid Flame
The iOs version looks so awful, and the worst part has to be the animations - they worked for small FF5 sprites, but look completely wrong when they're on those larger filtered ugly sprites
Every cutscene is terrible and I want sceneskip + the ability to speed up text

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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?

« on: July 31, 2017, 10:58:16 AM »

Nah I actually linked to the best P5 music, Price

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwljew1UbE

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General Chat / Re: Movies

« on: July 30, 2017, 06:56:50 PM »

I'm disappointed by Baby Driver, it's a stylish movie but not terribly clever or inventive compared to Shaun of the Dead / Hot Fuzz. It's too pulpy