Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Shadow Mod]

Ouch. My parents were constantly going at it, sometimes I heard it  . Probably what kept them together this long really.

truth is with both of us working and two kids already we simply have very few opportunities but i'd be lying if i didn't feel a tad... frustrated. lol

I still love my wife with everything i have but i could chew through a wall right now lol.

They were working but one kid. That probably made it loads easier. Also having me later. Mom was retired by the time I was in highschool. Dad worked from home managing finances for apartments. Made it easy I guess, me at school, what to do, what to do...

[DCharlieJP]

Is that a challenge?

I don't have a refraction time - i can go until all that comes out is little puffs of air.

[DCharlieJP]

I will destroy you old man, I don't have kids to hold me back.

i was talking about raw ability , so yes - that might be a problem - but this is what God invented vacation days for.

[Shadow Mod]

You can't outfap me bro.

No refraction period at all.

Also no hand cramps, vibrator bro.

[DCharlieJP]

holy fuck - I just witness people asking for a Nintendo Phone... why the fuck would you want that?!

Jesus Christ - I dread to think what a huge clusterfuck that sort of endeavor would be.

I mean... fuck... let's ask Helen Keller to design the next rubix cube whilst we are at it.

[thisismyusername]

I dunno... a Helen Keller Rubix Cube could be more successful than a Nintendo phone.

[Joe Molotov]

Enjoy the awesome retro look of  the Nintendo Phone's monochrome LCD display!

[octopushover]

You can't call anyone who hasn't added you to their list. Calling is free but you can only talk about the phone and if you swear you immediately get disconnected. You can download apps but nobody wants to make them so they're all official apps and they're just the same ones you've been using for 25 years ported to the new generation of phone.

[Tasty]

Enjoy the awesome retro look of  the Nintendo Phone's monochrome LCD display!

23 day battery life.

[bork]

holy fuck - I just witness people asking for a Nintendo Phone... why the fuck would you want that?!

Jesus Christ - I dread to think what a huge clusterfuck that sort of endeavor would be.

I mean... fuck... let's ask Helen Keller to design the next rubix cube whilst we are at it.

I saw posts like that happen when Sony announced the Vita, too.  "Make it a phone!"  Because the OS is so good and the battery life is PERFECT for a cell phone.   

[Steve Youngblood]

Enjoy the awesome retro look of  the Nintendo Phone's monochrome LCD display!

I'm thinking about how awesome a Game Boy phone would be. As in, I want this -- exactly as it is -- to also be a phone:

[helios]

GOAT

[Tasty]

Enjoy the awesome retro look of  the Nintendo Phone's monochrome LCD display!

I'm thinking about how awesome a Game Boy phone would be. As in, I want this -- exactly as it is -- to also be a phone:

(Image removed from quote.)

I'd rather have the Pocket, tbh. Keep the monochrome screen, but add a backlight and make it touch. Bam.

[Tasty]

I wanted that piece of shit.

[Mr. Gundam]

I chose a chalupa over the ngage. I made the right decision.

[thisismyusername]

God bless this man. Im bout to eat good

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=754589

Too bad all that lore is buried. I actually liked the idea of Morrowind's big-bad being some sort of demigod. But then you find two ancient items in two dungeons and can beat that ass pretty easy.  :'(

[thisismyusername]

Dark Elf Jesus. Morrowind's class system kinda favored that race over the others. I made a pure combat class to murder anyone that stood in my way and stomped through the game pretty easy as melee. 

Though to be fair, Magic in that game could be pretty broken as well.

[tiesto]

God bless this man. Im bout to eat good

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=754589

Too bad all that lore is buried. I actually liked the idea of Morrowind's big-bad being some sort of demigod. But then you find two ancient items in two dungeons and can beat that ass pretty easy.  :'(

Too bad all the lore is buried behind terrible game mechanics and bugs up the wazoo.

[El Babua]

God bless this man. Im bout to eat good

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=754589

Too bad all that lore is buried. I actually liked the idea of Morrowind's big-bad being some sort of demigod. But then you find two ancient items in two dungeons and can beat that ass pretty easy.  :'(

Too bad all the lore is buried behind terrible game mechanics and bugs up the wazoo.

And it's still the best ES game by a longshot.

[Rufus]

The only thing Morrowind has over Skyrim is art style and main quest.

And spears!
The quest log is the hardest thing to go back to. If you can call it that, since it's just a linear journal you have to page through. No quest marker/arrow either, with some legendarily vague directions. Finding Nerevar's tomb gave me a bit of trouble when I re-played Morrowind Overhaul a while ago, as it did the very first time I played the game.
That said, I don't know actually know any popular mods that change game balance or mechanics. There's a magic mod that adds mana regen, so you don't have to enchant a weapon with mana leech.

I love this systems comparison chart between the last three games:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Morrowind_for_Oblivion_Players

Things got a LOT simpler with Skyrim.

[Rufus]

When keeping actual hand-written notes on quests is more convenient...

[Steve Contra]

Morrowind is like turning on your computer/tv and finding instead of a working picture someone shit inside it and you stare at it for 180 hours

[Shadow Mod]

I'm actually replaying Morrowind for the upteenth time right now. The atmosphere is so good. Fuck Oblivion was trash.

[Phoenix Dark]

Morrowind is like turning on your computer/tv and finding instead of a working picture someone shit inside it and you stare at it for 180 hours

I'm actually replaying Morrowind for the upteenth time right now. The atmosphere is so good. Fuck Oblivion was trash.

this person is used to staring at Timedog for 180 hours.

[Vertigo]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

[StealthFan]

Morrowind>>>Shivering Isles>>>>>>Oblivion>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Skyrim

[king of the internet]

I thought Skyrim was an improvement over Oblivion, if only for not being as bland, but both pale in comparison to Morrowind. I don't give a fuck about jank, it's the ultimate sandbox/exploration RPG.

[thisismyusername]

Morrowind is like turning on your computer/tv and finding instead of a working picture someone shit inside it and you stare at it for 180 hours

I'm actually replaying Morrowind for the upteenth time right now. The atmosphere is so good. Fuck Oblivion was trash.

this person is used to staring at Timedog for 180 hours.

She's not wrong though. Dumbing down the character sheet system and magic was probably the worst thing Oblivion/on did.

[Shadow Mod]

I'm actually replaying Morrowind for the upteenth time right now. The atmosphere is so good. Fuck Oblivion was trash.

It wasn't all bad. people overstate that a lot in retrospect. it had some very good quests and questlines, and was a technical feat at the time. I didn't really even start hating it till I started spending more time in dungeons and especially Ayleid ruins. That shit is unsalvageable trash. But I played Oblivion first and then Morrowind in the same year; 2005/6? There were aspects of Oblivion i liked better, like not being fucked in the ass/thumbing through the journal/fast travel. And the combat was at least a spot less janky.

Morrowind's obviously more worth your time now though

The best part of Oblivion was the Assassin's guild and dungeon crawling. The main questline was shit. Hey go into these repetitive as fuck gates and get shit done. No. Fuck off.

[nachobro]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

[Shadow Mod]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

Pedobait Ellen Page makes number one. Cool. Who saw that coming.

[Vertigo]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

The quotes are delicious. 

Originally Posted by Neonsands

Ellie joins the illustrious company of Clementine as one of my favorite supporting characters in recent games. She is on the opposite side of the spectrum, though. Instead of being forced into what she is doing by her surroundings. She wants to do more to protect those she gets close to. She matures so much throughout the whole game, and you can feel proud of the young girl she becomes.

Originally Posted by Souldestroyer

By far the out and out winner for me the connection built between all of the cast for this game and the player is outstanding especially for Ellie. Easily my most loved character of all time by a mile. I had not even a split second thought about massacring everyone and anyone who had the potential to hurt Ellie.

Originally Posted by InvisibleStride

So easy to like. Mostly because she made me laugh when I didn't expect it at all. "Holy shit Joel" or "I shot the hell outta that guy huh?. Throughout the story I really got attached to her.

[Joe Molotov]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

Pedobait Ellen Page makes number one. Cool. Who saw that coming.

I had to click to see which pedobait Ellen Page won it.

[Shadow Mod]

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

Pedobait Ellen Page makes number one. Cool. Who saw that coming.

I had to click to see which pedobait Ellen Page won it.

Obsession with jailbait + obsession with TLOU, it should be obvious.

[thisismyusername]

Lol, people espousing the virtues of old school wrpg neckbeardery. Less number sperging? Easier to get simple tasks done? Navigable interfaces? Maps with markers? the horror! I want to spend more time on the excel spreadsheet aspects of gaming!

Who do you all think NeoGAF's character of the year is? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97847822&posted=1#post97847822

Character you'd most like to fuck or be irl.

Not shocking that Dennis the serial killer loves that game so much.

Pedobait Ellen Page makes number one. Cool. Who saw that coming.

Not adult granny tits though.

[Great Rumbler]

Morrowind>>>Shivering Isles>>>>>>Oblivion>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Skyrim

Morrowind had cliffracers, though. CLIFFRACERS.

And putting Skryim below Oblivion is just ridiculous and nonsensical.

[Positive Touch]

Lol, people espousing the virtues of old school wrpg neckbeardery. Less number sperging? Easier to get simple tasks done? Navigable interfaces? Maps with markers? the horror! I want to spend more time on the excel spreadsheet aspects of gaming!

this is where skyrim shits on all other wrpgs that come before it - when you start the game, you start with a character who can already do all kinds of stuff. they can cast magic, use any items they come across, potentially survive any situation. you arent bound by stupid-ass arbitrary rules like "get 2 more points in stamina so you can put on these shoes" or "start the game over if you want to cast anything over lvl 1 magic." nothing worse in a wrpg than having to plan out a characters stats and tech tree path before you even boot up the fucking game.

[Steve Contra]

Lol, people espousing the virtues of old school wrpg neckbeardery. Less number sperging? Easier to get simple tasks done? Navigable interfaces? Maps with markers? the horror! I want to spend more time on the excel spreadsheet aspects of gaming!

this is where skyrim shits on all other wrpgs that come before it - when you start the game, you start with a character who can already do all kinds of stuff. they can cast magic, use any items they come across, potentially survive any situation. you arent bound by stupid-ass arbitrary rules like "get 2 more points in stamina so you can put on these shoes" or "start the game over if you want to cast anything over lvl 1 magic." nothing worse in a wrpg than having to plan out a characters stats and tech tree path before you even boot up the fucking game.

You get it.  Thank god.

[StealthFan]

I like freedom, good quests, exploration, and not having my hand held. Skyrim is Babbe's First RPG, and it has nothing to do with taking away timesinks.

[Rufus]

The funny thing is that leveling pre-Skyrim was practically designed to prevent 'optimal' play. You have to do a LOT of asinine planning and stick to it as you play if you want to build the (pointlessly) perfect character in Morrowind and Oblivion. A telling paragraph from the UESP wiki, on Morrowind:

The moment you level up (or begin the game), plan the attribute increases you will want to take at the next level. Then plan a set of skill increases that includes exactly ten in each of those three different attributes (or two different attributes, if you would like to take one point of Luck this level), and includes exactly ten in your major/minor skills. (Or fewer, if you already have some left-over progress.) Consider the equipment and tactics this plan will dictate, and then consider whether it is compatible with what you want to do in the near future (e.g., quests, dungeon crawls, burgling, or shopping sprees).
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Leveling

That kind of optimization is best left to Diablo style ARPGs and dungeon crawlers.

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754964

[Shadow Mod]

Morrowind leveling, just run and jump a bunch.

Welp
https://twitter.com/jacquicollins_/status/425424945901223936

[Your Stalker]

skyrim is the only good game out of tes 3-5
deal with it feggits

[StealthFan]

I like freedom, good quests, exploration, and not having my hand held. Skyrim is Babbe's First RPG, and it has nothing to do with taking away timesinks.

you put Oblivion over Skyrim and you're claiming to put a premium on good quests and exploration

Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion had a longer, sensible quest line. In Skyrim there are five quests between being a novice and

spoiler (click to show/hide)

murdering the emperor

[close]

. Skyrim is about cheap gratification and handing shit to you on a platter. People complained (rightfully) about how dreadful it was to cure vampirism in Oblivion. Bethesda's answer was to make things way too easy. You become a werewolf like two missions into one of the guild storylines. Where the hell is the sense of reward? Where is the middle ground between frustrating/obtuse and easy, cheap gratification?

Skyrim is cheap shit. It's TES for babbes. Bethesda went too far on one side when they should've straddled the middle. As for exploration, Skyrim does do it better admittedly.

[Himu]

Morrowind leveling, just run and jump a bunch.

Welp
https://twitter.com/jacquicollins_/status/425424945901223936

wow i am transitioning into a second class person

oh well

[Rufus]

Morrowind leveling, just run and jump a bunch.

Yeah, but you fuck up your multiplier this way because bla bla bla.
First time I played, I jumped into the river in Balmora, swam against a pillar, weighed down W with my watch and stepped away to do something else for a couple of hours. Pro gaming.

Welp
https://twitter.com/jacquicollins_/status/425424945901223936

Holy shit, what?

[Shadow Mod]

Morrowind leveling, just run and jump a bunch.

Welp
https://twitter.com/jacquicollins_/status/425424945901223936

wow i am transitioning into a second class person

oh well

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755081

If I'm too judgmental so be it. Plenty of people I know go through mountains of shit and don't end up sexually harassing another human being.

[Phoenix Dark]

fucking wrpgs. Been playing Icewind Dale for the first time, and I can't beat the ogre in the first cave brehs

[StealthFan]

Just because I said I value those things doesn't mean I was saying they were all in Oblivion

Other than Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood, Oblivion is shit. I thought Skyrim was shit all around, except for exploration.

Also I don't use mods to judge the content of a game.

[Rufus]

fucking wrpgs. Been playing Icewind Dale for the first time, and I can't beat the ogre in the first cave brehs

The first few levels are the most difficult in that game because your heroes start at level 1. Buffs, potions, go all out. Kite him in a circle with your tank and have the rest pelt him with arrows if you need to cheese it. Soon enough you'll be exploding mobs left and right, but only if you make it past the valley (and caves) of undead soon after that part. Bring magic weapons for your melee fighters, they'll need them.
Did you get past the goblins on the edge of town without casualties?

[StealthFan]

Icewind Dale

[Phoenix Dark]

fucking wrpgs. Been playing Icewind Dale for the first time, and I can't beat the ogre in the first cave brehs

The first few levels are the most difficult in that game because your heroes start at level 1. Buffs, potions, go all out. Kite him in a circle with your tank and have the rest pelt him with arrows if you need to cheese it. Soon enough you'll be exploding mobs left and right, but only if you make it past the valley (and caves) of undead soon after that part. Bring magic weapons for your melee fighters, they'll need them.
Did you get past the goblins on the edge of town without casualties?

I'll try that. I got through the goblins outside town without incident.

btw can you revive people or do you just reload the game?

[Pickles the Firecat]

Icewindale....Baldur's Gate...Torment...

You're headed down a righteous and noble path, son.

[Rufus]

Early on you reload. You won't get revive spells until later on. Resurrect scrolls you get earlier but they are expensive, so hold onto those you find. Priests in town can resurrect your peeps as well, but I believe you have to lug their equipment around. And it costs money. And, worst of all, you'd have to walk to a priest first.
Quick save like you have never quick saved before.

[archie4208]

Every Elder Scrolls games sucks.   

[helios]

Fucking Skyrim nerds. Go play some Call of Battlefield

[Yulwei]

Every Elder Scrolls games sucks.   

[El Babua]

The reason I like Morrowind so much was that everything was built around exploration. Rarely was there a quest that just pointed exactly where you had to be. You had to figure out where you had to be and how to get there, and whatever adventures you got along the way were up to you.

The fucking quest markers ruined everything I like about the series. It's not like the combat, magic and stealth systems have even risen above substandard.

[StealthFan]

[Eel O'Brian]

I like them all, you can all lick my tip