What are you playing?

[Thirty-Ought-Six]

Played through most of Celeste in the past week.

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The only things I haven't done are the chapter 7 and 8 C sides

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Great game with tons of inventive ideas! And almost all of them work... but not the feather. There was a screen near the beginning of a chapter that was nothing but a maze to fly through with the feather, and I almost quit right there. Lucky nothing I've seen in the game after that was quite so feather focused.

[Freyj]

Master Rank in Monster Hunter isn't fucking around. Bigger bosses take me more than 30 minutes with starter weapons.    The best weapon from the og game is basically useless now (as is the overall gear).

With Iceborne is there some kind of “catch up” to get to Master Rank? I want to reroll on PC but don’t feel like regrinding everything from the base game.

[Spieler1]

Don't think so. There was a MR equipment starting set as a login bonus, but I don't know if people below MR would get it.

[ZombieSupaStar]

Playing WoW classic, and cycling thru steam indie games (rimworld, baba is you, painscreek killings) something about indie games I just like more nowadays than most AAA games, they don’t have a lot of bloat or MTXs, they try different things (paincreeks killings is literally a walking simulator that you deduce who murdered someone by exploring the abandoned town for clues and then taking your guess at the end).

It’s just eye opening sometimes looking at modern games and how bloated they’ve become. I mean I did love playing though red dead 2, but give me the more byte-sized “out there” stuff 9 times outta 10.

[Bebpo]

How does it compare to the Soulsborne games?

[Fifstar]

Just tried Ori and the Blind Forest four half an hour and felt it's kinda boring. Does i get better or is is just a run of the mill metroidvania with pretty graphics?

[D3RANG3D]

Tetris on the GB.

[Svejk]

Started a Dark Knight class in Black Desert.  Still trying to learn the ropes.  Shit's kinda confusing... I thought I went onto the map and purchased a dwelling... I go to it and it's spire, but says I can't enter it with no explanation as to why.  And also the Central market... I dump my silver to it.  Went to purchase an armor set which showed being available, and when I did, it's not in my inventory... Wth am I doing wrong?  Getting a bit tired of having to look up shit in this game.

Also tried Arkham Knight.  Having not played any prior Arkham games, this game is impressive so far.  Went ahead and scooped the 1989 costume set.  .  I may get into this game. ..

Which has me thinking... With the season practically here, wanted to play something Halloween-ish.  Arkham seems fitting, but I also have Bloodborne I only recently started.. Also fitting.   A bit torn on which though... A bit Souls fatigued after Dark Souls 3, so I'm leaning more towards AK.  Not a big fan of super hero stuff anymore like I use to, but it seems like a breath of fresh air in the genre for me.

[Spieler1]

Also tried Arkham Knight.  Having not played any prior Arkham games, this game is impressive so far.  Went ahead and scooped the 1989 costume set.  .  I may get into this game. ..

Start with the others. Though the remasters are poor last I heard.

[Bebpo]

Thanks for the write up Borys, looks great. Will give it a play sometime in the near future. Always up for more Souls.

[StealthFan]

Remnant is cash af

[Svejk]

Also tried Arkham Knight.  Having not played any prior Arkham games, this game is impressive so far.  Went ahead and scooped the 1989 costume set.  .  I may get into this game. ..

Start with the others. Though the remasters are poor last I heard.

I would if I had the time.     I just wanted to give it a try since it was free, but it's hitting some nostalgic chords kinda hard.  Besides the dlc suit, I get total 1989 Batman vibes form this game around the board.  This is the Batman game I always wanted as a kid!  I'm not too into the story in terms of keeping up with all the villains and whatnot, I just always liked all the gadgets and fighting n' shit.

Edit: Has it really been 30 years?!  Fuuuuuuuuuuuu I'm getting old. 

[Spieler1]

it's not for the story, the prior games were better. pretty sure most of them have tons of additional suits also - at least City.

[MMaRsu]

Remnant is cash af

Hi can you stop stealing my avatar thanks

[The Sceneman]

All Void Bastards, all of the time!!!

Game is so good. Will write a review at some point if I can be bothered

[Bebpo]

Tried Fight N' Rage and got to stage 5 on normal before suspend quitting because need a break. It's pretty fun and good beat 'em up. Was kinda hoping the difficulty would ramp up quicker because I didn't want to play this long on my first run, just wanted to check it out. Also people were saying the combo system is really good so I went in expecting something combo-heavy like Guardian Heroes but the extent of combo seems to basically be wall juggles (or 2p stuff but I'm just playing 1p). Definitely seems worth the $4 or whatever it is on sale right now.

[Bebpo]

Here's me vs a boss to give you an idea how the boss fights go. This was the winning attempt. The mods I have are also obtained from RNG bosses so bless up the RNG gods in my playthrough



Legit Soulsborne title.

I was asking a friend about this game because they bought it when it came out and was wondering if they were in line with your opinions and they told me the game is designed for co-op and solo sucks. Did you do the whole thing solo?

[MMaRsu]

Lets not forget Borys is a legend

[D3RANG3D]

Tetris
Dr. Mario
Operation C
Burai Fighter DX
Double Dragon
SML
SML 2
SML 3 Wario
Gargoyles Quest
Kirby's Pinball
Lock N Chase

Gameboy

[CatsCatsCats]

Liked Dead Cells so much for free on Xbox I had to buy it for switch

[MMaRsu]

Eh the Surge is to Dead Space like Pitch Black is to Event Horizon

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, The Surge is just...fine. It's got a few things going for it, but never really takes off in an way that makes the overall package particularly interesting. Got it cheap, played for a while, then moved on.

[Stoney Mason]

Got and beat that game A Way Out which was recently on sale.

I liked it with some caveats. I was surprised at how much of the game was out of the prison compared to in the prison. I thought it would be some elaborate and involved scheme to get out but it really isn't. You get out fairly quickly and simply.

Outside of that, I thought it was a good amount of fun if you get it at the right price. If I had bought it at full price, I would be much more tough on the experience but paying as much as I did for it puts it in the proper sort of context for fun/dollar value.

I kinda dug the ending. Surprised they went that way also. 

[Mr Gilhaney]

MR GILHANEY IS BACK WIHT THE BIG  PLAYS AGAINST SMOOTH BRAIN RUSKIS

[Bebpo]

I finally got around to playing Vanillaware's 13 Sentinels Prologue paid 3-4 hour demo and hoooooooolyyyyy mooooolly I can't believe I slept on this for so long. It's really awesome. Like it's a visual novel/adventure game but the art is fucking amazing and it's the most beautiful adv I've ever played. The story is cool and the way it's paced and cuts between scenes at different PoVs and different time periods from the 1940s to 2064 and is like epic time traveling tons of character sci-fi mecha vs aliens end of the world scenario is fucking cool. Also absolutely fantastic VA on the JP audio.

Gonna be there day 1 for the Japan release in November. Could be Vanillaware's best game. It's awesome it's getting western localization and hopefully it won't come too much later.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Undertale

So far, it reminds me of Earthbound so much that I'd rather just play Earthbound, which is a far, far superior game.

[MMaRsu]

 

dafuq

I never played Earthbound but Undertale is glorious. How far are you? I thought it was really amazing, since I had no knowledge of the game besides the name really  .

I did read beforehand the game is much better if you go the pacifist route, so that's what I did. I just talked to everyone. Man what a glorious game.

[MMaRsu]

MR GILHANEY IS BACK WIHT THE BIG  PLAYS AGAINST SMOOTH BRAIN RUSKIS

oh shit son 

[Bebpo]

MMarasu, play Earthbound. Still good.

Undertale

So far, it reminds me of Earthbound so much that I'd rather just play Earthbound, which is a far, far superior game.

 

Because Earthbound was a shmup.

Anyhow opening for Undertale sucks until you get to Sans. Did you get to Sans?

[nachobro]

the feel of undertale reminded me of earthbound as well but i never got too far into it. it's one of those i know i'll get back to "one day".

it's dumb but the amount of times i'd hear that i NEEDED to play undertale and how AMAZING it was made me really less interested in it

[Bebpo]

It’s much more than an Earthbound clone. The battle system is darn good & incredibly original.

[nachobro]

it's on game pass so perhaps i'll pop back in once i finish the ffxiv story. an rpg like that seems well suited to switch but i'm sticking to my "no game purchases til cyberpunk" stance

[MMaRsu]

Well if it's on Gamepass it can't hurt to get back into it. It's not even that long either.

Yeah I might play Earthbound if I get the time for it. It's on my SNES Mini which never gets any love

[Great Rumbler]

M E G A L O V A N I A

[nachobro]

i went back to earthbound a year or so ago and was surprised at how difficult it was. i don't remember having to grind as much when i was playing it as a kid

[Joe Molotov]

Undertale requires no grinding and can easily be beat on Lv 1.

[MMaRsu]

I cannot bring myself to replay it tho

but thats not because the game isnt good

[demi]

i went back to earthbound a year or so ago and was surprised at how difficult it was. i don't remember having to grind as much when i was playing it as a kid

The intro is kinda rough. The difficulty evens out around Threed I think.

[Cindi Mayweather]

dafuq

I never played Earthbound but Undertale is glorious. How far are you? I thought it was really amazing, since I had no knowledge of the game besides the name really  .

I did read beforehand the game is much better if you go the pacifist route, so that's what I did. I just talked to everyone. Man what a glorious game.

Made it to the first town.

The dungeon with the skeletons and the puzzles was kind of embarrassing. I'm not going to have to keep doing bad puzzles am I? The dungeon design seems to be "going from point A to point B". It's good that resources are limited. I haven't killed an enemy so far. I liked that it kept track that I restarted the game after killing the giant Furry at the beginning when I didn't want to after looking up the solution online.

I've gone pacifist route.

So far it just feels fan made game and not a professional product.

MMarasu, play Earthbound. Still good.

Undertale

So far, it reminds me of Earthbound so much that I'd rather just play Earthbound, which is a far, far superior game.

 

Because Earthbound was a shmup.

Anyhow opening for Undertale sucks until you get to Sans. Did you get to Sans?

Yeah I met Sans and his incredibly incompetent brother and got tired of how dumb he was and the "puzzles".

[Cindi Mayweather]

i went back to earthbound a year or so ago and was surprised at how difficult it was. i don't remember having to grind as much when i was playing it as a kid

There's this mountain dungeon that's a challenge at first. It's the worst part of the game. Then it's smooth sailing and the game never lets up.

[tiesto]

Undertale had some interesting ideas with the 4th wall breaking and save scumming, and I liked the bullet hell combat that changes based on your enemy, and also excellent music (the lava dungeon especially)... the game's characterization and dialogue just felt wayyy too hard to tug at your heartstrings or be memeable, that it became overbearing. The rabid fanbase made that even more obnoxious too.

[MMaRsu]

Ive said this before and Ill say it again, every series has a rabid fanbase. Just avoid all contact with crazy fanbases.

Except maybe Trekkies, those are cool.

[MMaRsu]

Also Cindi I really can't remember many actual 'puzzles' in Undertale but I could be mistaken.

It's more like an awesome little rpg adventure. And with the music..man the music is dope!

[Cindi Mayweather]

Okay Undertale gets good during the first town and the battle(s) with Papyrus. I went on a date with him. What the fuck.

[MMaRsu]

yeah once you hit that first town it starts to pick up and also the music!

that papyrus guys seems like a lovable idiot sorta guy

i didnt even really care fot that sans dude all that much myself

[Cindi Mayweather]

Past Undyne.
 
It’s a solid game. While the battle system is unique though, as someone playing a level 1 no kill run I don’t find it fun. It’s gimmicky. It relies far too much on knowledge. While enemies require knowledge in many single player games usually you can win if you’re careful. In Undertale each enemy uses a unique attack pattern so it’s almost impossible to beat a boss on a first try. Which means you have to learn their entire attack pattern. Moreover, the battles just go on and on and on until you find the gimmick.

So while I can admit it’s unique I also don’t find that it’s actually any good nor actual fun.

[Bebpo]

Why are you trying to do a lvl.1 no kill run on your first run 
You sound like you're doing a Borys run. Of course it's going to be less fun.

Just play it normal.

[Cindi Mayweather]

"Trying"? I'm just playing what feels natural. There's no goal here. I don't want to hurt anybody. If given the option I'll always try to do non-lethal manners of play. I thought the game was offering these options because it means it'll allow you to play it any way you want it to. You mean you're not supposed to play it this way the first time? What's even playing "normal"? Seems I was right: Undertale is a knowledge game. I'm playing this blind.

[Joe Molotov]

Why are you trying to do a lvl.1 no kill run on your first run 
You sound like you're doing a Borys run. Of course it's going to be less fun.

Just play it normal.

A no kill run is normal, you monster.

[Bebpo]

idk, I just played normally and I killed a few guys. It happens?

[Nintex]

In Earthbound you're just fucking around and what could a New Age Retro Hippie or a Clumsy Robot do when Tough Guy goes down in 1 hit. Instant murder of children that's what.

[MMaRsu]

idk, I just played normally and I killed a few guys. It happens?

Aww so u didnt even get the real ending? That sucks man :/.

But seriously cindi git gut because I dont remember dying to any bosses in undertale once except maybe one boss

Its not really a knowledge game afaik, I didnt have any going in and never looked anything up besides the no kill thing.

That part doesnt actually make the game harder though? The battles are very much the same either way I believe

[Cindi Mayweather]

Git gud? Lol the game isn’t hard. I’m criticizing the way the game mechanics are structured.

Take Undyne.

It introduces a new battle mechanic (green mode) and its half way through the game.

That’s knowledge.

Then it introduces a bullet you have no idea how to counteract without experimentation. The one that goes to one side and then to another.

Level 1? You’re gonna die a few times figuring things out because you simply lack the HP to survive and you might be down on resources.

Then you have to figure out the bosses every single pattern. Some patterns are hard to react to without knowledge. Bebpo compared it to a 2D shooter but 2D shooters teach you all of the ins and outs on level 1.

Ergo, Undertale is a game of knowledge. Not a game of skill. And an RPG based on knowledge is tedious as fuck. Most games teeter on the balance of being knowledge-based or skill-based. Soulsborne works out by balancing both. Undertale, with its unique enemy attack patterns and modes requires knowledge and it keeps introducing new elements more than halfway through the game despite being a 6 hour game.

[Cindi Mayweather]

lol what the hell. The game keeps introducing new mechanics and elements and it’s end game.

At least the game tells you what orange is for beforehand.

If you make a 6 hour game and you’re still introducing new elements by hour 5 you fucked up. Rather than have you go through crappy “puzzles” in the beginning they should have taught you Blue, green, orange out the gate and made the intro dungeon for learning that. Then build from there.

Poor game design. If Undertale designer made Mario, they would have had you go down a pipe on 7-1 rather than 1-1

[Bebpo]

Cindi, your posts on Undertale fucking trigger me.

So now introducing new fresh things all the way through a game is a bad thing 


I wish every game did that. This is why most people don't finish videogames! And why most games are front-loaded. Because after a certain point it's just repeating the same loop/mechanics over and over without anything new. Games that keep introducing stuff until the end are awesome.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I prefer games that force mastery.

Introduce all the elements at the front. Build up, make it more complex as it goes on. Making twists to those elements is how you keep things fresh. You get Cappy on the first level of Mario Odyssey. So the game has you master Cappy and platforming with him. Then you get to a level where YOU DON’T HAVE CAPPY. Which forces you to master the game without him. That’s the twist and how you keep things fresh.

A good game puts all its cards on the table right from the beginning and twists and pulls those elements to fit new situations.

Otherwise we’d be using the i-block in Tetris on level 10 rather than 1. Or Ikaruga introducing black bullets on level 5.

Basically, you can tell Undertale is a fan game.

[tiesto]

After 90 hours I'm still playing CS2. The final dungeon is taking forever... at the end of the second sanctum and there's apparently 2 more?

[Bebpo]

After 90 hours I'm still playing CS2. The final dungeon is taking forever... at the end of the second sanctum and there's apparently 2 more?

Yeah, CS is long as fuck! 350-400 hours between the 4 games to tell a story lol
And there's going to be a 3rd style game with MORE CS story as the 5th game and setting up for the next arcs coming next before we start over in new location.

HD was hard for falcom

[Bebpo]

Beat Fight n' Rage on easy. Now I know there is such thing as a beat 'em up game that is waaaaaay too long. Like there's tons of content and the enemies, bosses, multiple characters, combat is good! And tons of branching stages and multiple endings. But if you're gonna have all that, focus on branching and multiple endings and keep each run at a normal length for a beat 'em up. This game just goes on and on and on and almost the entire back half is just fighting all the same enemies and bosses as mini-bosses/enemies over and over again without much knew.

Still a good game, but I'm so burnt out after finishing one run and trying the moves on the other 2 characters that I'm good.

[Mr Gilhaney]

almost forgot how much i love ni no cunny