#off-topic-discussion

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hasty kernel
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But that in itself is fun

north hamlet
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ugg is too short

hasty kernel
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You dont overthrow the government in UGG

fervent zenith
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But you do in the backstory

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Thatcher was quacked out of office

odd grove
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Untitled goose game doesn't exploit fully its controls for the puzzles, and being unable to get in the house and interact is pretty sad tbh

fervent zenith
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It's canon

tender cobalt
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Suddenly Net

odd grove
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I hit myself and feel bad hi

hasty kernel
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Anyway, biggest flaws Id say are repetitive map environments, some under-developed systems like the character map and that the plot doesnt surprise you

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Well, doesnt surprise you much

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There are one or two twists

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But its mostly pretty predictable

tender cobalt
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I dislike repetitive map environments :S

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One reason Dragon Age 2 was uuuh

hasty kernel
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Yeah that might be a dealbreaker

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The dungeons basically consist of the same handful of elements copied over and over

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In the library its just endless bookshelves for example

odd grove
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The plot is a comic adaptation

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Ofc it doesn't surprise you, the story was thought for a different media

hasty kernel
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This image basically contains all the elements the library map has

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Caligula Effect was a comic?

odd grove
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No?

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I thought you meant battle chasers

fervent zenith
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I'm lost

hasty kernel
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Ah

fervent zenith
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Also Battle Chasers is a continution of the comic

odd grove
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I thought you were talking about battle chasers this whole time

hasty kernel
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Welcome to non-synchronised chatting

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Nope

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I was talking about Caligula Effect

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Anyway, I do have a few handful of perfect games

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Crosscode, Transistor, Ys VIII

fervent zenith
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Pyre

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Outer Wilds

hasty kernel
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Outer Wilds for sure

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How did I forget that

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Disco Elysium

odd grove
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I beg to differ, but

fervent zenith
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Mass Effect Andromeda

odd grove
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I just don't think a game can be perfect

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A game you wouldn't change, sure

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But what is even "perfect"?

fervent zenith
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If you can't think anything to improve it it becomes perfect

odd grove
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Not quite

north hamlet
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that's a very subjective thing

odd grove
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If it's perfect, then it's a timeless game everyone can enjoy

hasty kernel
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Eh

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A perfect sword isnt one everyone can use

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Those without arms for example are screwed

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The perfect song would remain perfect even if deaf people couldnt enjoy it

odd grove
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You can say that for everything

hasty kernel
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It has to be within the context of the target audience

north hamlet
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i don't think you could call any game perfect for everyone, but you could say that a game is perfect for you

fervent zenith
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Also that implies that before 4k games couldn't be perfect

odd grove
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You say "a perfect sword" but can't specify WHAT is a perfect sword

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Same goes for a perfect game

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There will always be something to work upon

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I'm pretty sure every developer looks back to their games some times and says "Man, it would have been great if X was Y"

hasty kernel
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Sorry, that just felt fitting

north hamlet
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nice

odd grove
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Sorta

hasty kernel
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Anyway, my definition of perfect is, ironically enough, imperfect

odd grove
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Sorry i just dislike when people say blindly stuff that cannot be objective

hasty kernel
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Its when there is no way to significantly improve the game

fervent zenith
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This cpnversation is gonna go in circles

odd grove
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Sometimes it isn't even the game you play that has to be improved

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Say, art style, music, controls

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Maybe even a voice actor, who knows

hasty kernel
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Besides, nothing is objective

odd grove
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There's always a way to make it better no matter what you do

hasty kernel
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Thats the beauty of it

odd grove
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I wish there were more games like Katamari Damacy honestly

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That game did something bizarre and unique, yet didn't create a genre around itself

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It followed no rules, and set none

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That's the kind of games that draw my attention

hasty kernel
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I like unique games, but I mostly like games that take established concepts and make them as good as it gets

fervent zenith
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God, only 3 days left for XCOM

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I'm waiting and waiting

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But time isn't going faster

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In case you don't know

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The XCOM subreddit has gone nuts

odd grove
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why

hasty kernel
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Still half a year until TOCS4 >.>

fervent zenith
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Everybody has obsessed with the female vipers

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And of all people Markiplier's brother is drawing NSFW of them

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It's chaos

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On the positive side, it's hilarious seeing aliens wearing human clothes

hasty kernel
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Ok so this came up on another server and Im really confused but

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The week begins with monday, right?

fervent zenith
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Yes

hasty kernel
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Because apparently for them it begins with sunday

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And Im really confused

fervent zenith
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'According to international standard ISO 8601, Monday is the first day of the week. It is followed by Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday is the 7th and last day of the week.

Although this is the international standard, several countries, including the United States and Canada, consider Sunday as the start of the week.'

hasty kernel
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Weird

odd grove
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US is weird

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The measure things with thumbs and feet

fervent zenith
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And their Farenheit

odd grove
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Where 0 is not actually 0?????

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Like who does that?

autumn pasture
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0 is 0 in farenheit, it just measures something different

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celsius is relative to the temperature of water, farenheit is relative to the temperature of the human body

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so human body temperature is (roughly) 100

odd grove
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Then why do they reject the metric system

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The only thing feet and inches are good for is measuring caliber for tubes and other materials

hasty kernel
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Tbh feet are good for walking too

autumn pasture
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miles make more sense than kilometers to me though admittedly i am american

north hamlet
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They don't use metric in daily life because changing standards is hard

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They could push it through but nobody important enough wants to put the effort into that

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Even though it actually has a major economic impact

odd grove
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Such a sad world 😔

hasty kernel
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Eh, I think kilometers work better than miles since its so easy to go to a lower or higher tier of measurement

fervent zenith
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Good Things Kilometers are for - Calculating Distance

Good things Miles is for - Being Spiderman

odd grove
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@fervent zenith You fool. Miles is a FOX and Sonic's BEST FRIEND!!!1!

fervent zenith
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How could I forget Sonic's Bestie Miles Prower

uneven scaffold
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hey guys

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i am wondering if any of you have any ideas of RPG games i could buy. Maybe an anime-style game, not old school pixel graphics though

faint panther
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FF7R looks pretty incredible.

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And I've heard tremendous things of Persona 5 Royal.

hasty kernel
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Ys VIII or the trails of cold steel series

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Ontop of the ones schpoon recommended

fervent zenith
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Go up 2 days ago

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I spent an hour recommending games xd

blissful charm
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i over salted my chicken to the point that it's like nigh inedible

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:(

faint panther
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Ouch.

mild pelican
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Miles Morales and Peter Parker:

  • I've found you, faker!
  • Faker? Hmph. You're not even good enough to be my fake.
  • I'll make you eat those words!
    spiderman points at spiderman.png
wide ember
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make chicken congee with the chicken? the rice will absorb the salt

mild pelican
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^

north hamlet
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could turn it into a chicken salad or something

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i find that food loses a bit of saltiness after being in the fridge for a bit

blissful charm
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i made a quesadilla so hopefully that won't be too bad

fervent zenith
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Donate the salt to your local MOBA group

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They need all the salt it can get

north hamlet
blissful charm
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oof yeah this is bad

serene tulip
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I want to watch Underwater because Kristen Stewart with short hair just slays me

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but it looks scary :<

wide ember
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there will probably be a compilation of all the scenes of her in certain mood

desert wadi
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ya, i don't handle horror that isn't made by jordan peele well(since his style is more psychological and thus manageable for me)

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anyways, my method has been to keep a stuffed animal my parents got me when i was 6 on my lap in cases like death stranding, which has mandatory encounters with its version of ghosts

tender cobalt
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Thanks for making me crave cappuccino ☕️ 🥛 ❤️

serene tulip
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I Did just get a new stuffed animal......

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Man

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I wish I could just have a movie night

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so I could watch it with other people

desert minnow
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stream a movie and make a skype call with your relatives/friends

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boom

serene tulip
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yeah, but I can't hide behind them 😛

desert minnow
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fair

serene tulip
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Hey

desert minnow
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i just met you

serene tulip
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Did you hear about the piece of bread they put in charge of the cheese safety board?

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it was Brie-OSHA

desert minnow
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lol

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nice

desert wadi
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i'm actually more of a latte person

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and ya, my friends and i do skype screenshares for jackbox so maybe arrange something like that for the movie?

tender cobalt
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I remember 1 jackbox session we had. We laughed non stop for 10 minutes at the t-shirt designs game 😂

desert minnow
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yeah, plus movies shouldn't be much of an issue

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just have the guy who's playing the movie share their screen

wide ember
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?

serene tulip
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Watching videos through skype doesn't solve the primary issue I have with scary movies re: wanting other people to watch it with

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I love how like, Reva is the one that is all like, "I must protect everyone" but also the one that I don't need the end of boss fight healing with

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most frequently

desert wadi
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sorry, had tax midterm

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85 even tho insomnia episode yeet

raven harbor
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I just sent a friend Outer WIlds as a gift

fervent zenith
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Hopefully they enjoy it

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Outer wilds is the only space game I wouldn't recommend to someone with Thalassophobia

raven harbor
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I'd agree on that one

fervent zenith
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If they like it recommend them Subnautica

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It's as close as it gets

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In fact both games has shown us how a well crafted scenario will ALWAYS be superior to the procedural ones

toxic steppe
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I haven't even seen any gameplay of the Outer Wilds.

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But I love Subnautica and everything in that vein, I prefer more emphasis on base building than survival, though.

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I really want to get Satisfactory and there's this other game that just came out in early access called Industries of Titan that looks really cool.

raven harbor
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Do yourself a favor, look up very little about Outer Wilds if you do plan on grabbing it

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A lot of it relies on discovery

serene tulip
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I kinda like satisfactory

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but I reach my complexity limit very quickly x.x

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surprised industries of titan somehow didn't make it on my radar

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my wishlist is filled with all sorts of automation games

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Little Big Workshop, Rise of Industry, Factory Town, Automation Empire

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a fun little automation game that I've played is autonauts

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its vv cute, and relies on programming robots to automate

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to automate and to handle your infrastructure

toxic steppe
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The only thing I know about OW is that it has a time travel mechanic? I just don't know to what extent it's used.

serene tulip
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OW doesn't have any of the production aspect of subnautica bee tee dubs

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its 100% exploration and puzzle solving

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like, 90% exploration 10% puzzle solving

toxic steppe
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That's fine.

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I don't imagine I'll be playing it any time soon, anyway, but I will throw it on a wishlist.

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The ever growing backlog ;;

sudden torrent
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I am still kind of bummed I ruined myself an experience of playing Subnautica by not knowing how to play or how I bugged onto the crash site.

serene tulip
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I almost ruined subnautica by taking forever to figure out how to get fresh water

sudden torrent
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by that I mean I tried to explore every cave and how I didn't figure out how to get a faster way of means of travelling

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then it was a nail in the coffin as I tried to explore the crash site and got into area that was low poly and lack of objects, proving the fact that I got out the way of exploration to point where I shouldn't have reached so I cut off any enjoyment.

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I really feel emptied whenever I break games to that point

toxic steppe
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Understandably.

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I felt emptied last night during my playthrough of the FFVII Remake because I got my butt kicked by a friggin house with a robot in it.

fervent zenith
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I am bitter with Satisfactory

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Because I NEED Sanctum 3 in my life

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Abd there won't be any until they finish that game

toxic steppe
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I just want Evil Genius 2 already.

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And the Destroy All Humans! remake

odd grove
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Man

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Destroy all humans

toxic steppe
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It's that good good

odd grove
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Im glad THQ is back but i want that game now

fervent zenith
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I swear if after Satisfactory they announce Goat Simulator 2, I throw my computer by the £&+@€+@ window

toxic steppe
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The remake looks awesome, they added a lot of content.

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And an entire cut level/mission

odd grove
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Does that mean we'll get Big Willy Redux?

toxic steppe
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I don't think it's owned by THQ anymore.

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Oh nvm they are still publishing it

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Wild

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It's the developers that are completely different.

odd grove
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Yeah, makes sense

fervent zenith
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Different THQ right?

odd grove
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THQ is mostly a publisher now

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But still they have an overall decent quality

fervent zenith
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You are talking about Prebankrupt THQ

toxic steppe
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It's Nordic THQ

fervent zenith
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New THQ is Nordic games

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That decided to rebrand after the failed company

odd grove
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Man i want the collector's edition for spongebob

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The F.U.N. edition is actually wild by collector's standars

tender cobalt
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I found you, Ray!

odd grove
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Yes, it is I

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Ray

serene tulip
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TFW your company's cobbled together proprietary diagnostic software gets gobbled up by a client's antivirus and they have to call IT to disable it so that you can fix their machine

wide ember
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I see the machine got lupus

fervent zenith
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Anyone here planning to get the XC1 new version?

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I'm curious about the epilogue

warped flame
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my friend created a bad thing

tardy anchor
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nyartemis...

desert minnow
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Tell your friend we’ll see them in hell

fervent zenith
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Sir, this is a SGG server

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We say Underworld here

velvet fjord
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then explain the phrase Battle Out of Hell 🤔

fervent zenith
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Sir, I have to ask you to abandon the premises

hasty kernel
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Outer Wilds should be enjoyed blind, yeah

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One part I like about it is that everyones experience is different

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Because there is no set order

fervent zenith
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I tried to play it blind but I crashed into everything

tender cobalt
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I had to muffle my screams of excitement with a pillow at the Mario Maker 2 major update from yesterday residentzag

chilly briar
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that update was huge

hasty kernel
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Cant wait to see all the new troll levels

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The troll meta is in need of something new and exciting

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We havent had a breakthrough like Twice Twice in a while

faint panther
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If I look up a playthrough of Twice Twice, am I gonna get upset?

hasty kernel
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Define "upset"

serene tulip
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Turns out I was right

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Underwater is quite spoopy

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Spoilers :||they killed off the only personality in the group, I'm sad||

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||also, the black guy died first way to buck the trend||

wide ember
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D:

fervent zenith
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You know how I know underwater was filmed years before 2020?

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Because T.J 'The Emoji was not my rock-bottom' Miller is on it

valid obsidian
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ey guys, are there hades wallpapers?

serene tulip
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The first thing TJ miller says in Underwater is ||Norah you beautiful flat chested elfen creature|| and I was just like, "Well, looks like TJ Miller's acting range hasn't changed"

tender cobalt
fervent zenith
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Anyone here played the Original Trials of Mana?

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@serene tulip If he was a good, popular actor he would still getting roles GWvictoriaMeguFace

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Even After the Bomb Threat

toxic steppe
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His best role is in Cloverfield because he stays behind the camera 95% of the movie and then ||gets eaten by a giant monster|| in the end.

fervent zenith
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RIP

tranquil bay
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lets go lads

hasty kernel
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I do not like the plot direction the FF7 Remake seems to be going towards

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Im at chapter 12 and there are some bad signs for my least favourite type of narrative

tranquil bay
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they did kinda take their own spin on it, rather than strictly follow the original storyline as people had expected from a remake lol

hasty kernel
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That, by itself, is fine

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I just dont like what the spin appears to be

past geyser
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PSA - Avoid playing TF2, CS:GO, and Valve multiplayer games until Valve makes a statement. Source code for TF2 and CS:GO was leaked which allows the potential for Remote Code Execution:

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/1252961862058205184

Source code for both CS:GO and TF2 dated 2017/2018 that was made available to Source engine licencees was leaked to the public today.

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desert minnow
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yeah, FF7 seems to be changing into a generic WE DECIDE OUR DESTINY plot

serene tulip
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Finally beat the gate with Reva

hasty kernel
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Nice

serene tulip
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acid rain into detox

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just literally tanked the entire time I was acid raining

serene tulip
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How to win as Reva Step 1: remove shield throw

hasty kernel
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Really? Thats her best ability

serene tulip
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Well, not when you suck like me and miss it a lot

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and also even that half second where you don't have shield can get you a lot of damage

hasty kernel
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True

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I like to follow it up with her weapon though

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Gives you reflect

serene tulip
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There's one thing you forget

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I am not good at this game

hasty kernel
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It is a hard game

fervent zenith
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I'm hearing about One Step From Eden?

hasty kernel
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Yup

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Havent played it in a bit myself

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Too busy with the FF7 Remake

toxic steppe
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I just got past the Hell House

hasty kernel
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I didnt like that boss

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Didnt have the right elements equipped

toxic steppe
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I didn't realize it was cycling through elemental states the first couple of tries.

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I almost brute forced it on my second attempt but I got merc'd when it was like, 2 hits away.

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Then I just gave Aerith the two elements I didn't have on Cloud and it was a breeze.

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I liked it because all the announcer stuff reminded me of Pokemon Stadium.

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It was cool hearing them react to stuff I was doing in real time.

hasty kernel
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I used Assess on it, it tells you that

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Assess is kinda MvP

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Also I missed a weapon and as a result cant get a materia later, Im pretty sure

fervent zenith
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'Cloud... Requesting permission to kill'

faint panther
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I've only been able to watch 7R instead of play it myself, but the writing has been ridiculously good.

toxic steppe
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Yeah I am in love with it.

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Speaking of being in love.

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I really love Jessie.

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And Aerith too.

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Unfortunately I know that ||they both die||.

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So my heart is preemptively breaking as I get to know them more (':

hexed hollow
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I really need to get back to playing FFVIIR, been loving everything about it thus far

toxic steppe
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I'm taking a break from it rn and am trying to get that gosh dang 3 star island rating in Animal Crossing New Horizons

hexed hollow
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that's fair, I got distracted by owlboy and now talos principle klinkLUL

toxic steppe
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Nice!

hasty kernel
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The writing is very good

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And Aerith is great

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I especially love the scene where the hits a guy over the head with a folding chair

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But Im at this point certain the plot is going towards ||Time Shenanigans|| of some kind

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And thats something Im worried about

toxic steppe
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Interesting! Once I finish it that's something I'd like to discuss.

hasty kernel
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I havent finished it yet either

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Im at, hm

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Chapter 14

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But I came to the realisation around chapter 12?

fervent zenith
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Oh you are finishing it

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I'll shut my mouth

hasty kernel
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I mean I will finish it

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But Im still at chapter 14

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My reasoning right now is based on the ||Dementor looking things||

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I didnt notice it at first, but ||every time they appear, the timeline gets changed||

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||Aeriths first encounter with cloud, Jessie not being part of the raid on reactor 5, the way the plate thing played out||

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So Im certain about ||time shenanigans||, just not ||who is causing them. At first Sephiroth seemed like the obvious choice, but it might be Aerith?||

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But I suppose I will see

fervent zenith
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It's also hilarious they included references to the book and the movie

desert minnow
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not gonna spoil it but you're about
half right

fervent zenith
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Leslie and the Tomboy are characters from the book

hasty kernel
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Im not sure Id call Kyrie a tomboy, but yes, the wiki said as much

fervent zenith
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While Rude and Reno personalities and physical appearances are based in the movies

hasty kernel
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I mean, Reno always looked this way

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The red marks just got lost in the translation from artwork to in-game model

fervent zenith
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The ponytail used to be there

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Also the gag of Rude always having spare glasses

hasty kernel
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Oh yeah, he lost the ponytail

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I love that gag

fervent zenith
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Or his suplex movements

hasty kernel
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Reno and Rude are just a joy in general

fervent zenith
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Also they retconned (real retcon) the fact that Reno just frigging||killed a small City worth|| and everyone including him and Barrett didn't give a damn

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Also they kept Rude although this time didn't mention it ||Crush on Tifa||

hasty kernel
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||Rude did, actually||

fervent zenith
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In the originals was Reno and only Reno

hasty kernel
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Ah

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I see what you mean now

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Yeah, that was weird

fervent zenith
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In fact poor guy was made more wimpy while Rude was made more badass

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||Reno loses his duel against cloud And gets almost killed twice||

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While in the original he was a lone fight against the party

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Also they made all joke fights actual normal fights

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The Scorpion the airbuster and ||Rufus|| were genuine pushovers you had to TRY to lose

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Now they are genuinely challenging

odd grove
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@fervent zenith is FFVII remake good as an action game doe

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Like can i do Bayonetta level combos with cloud

raven harbor
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You can do Kingdom Hearts combos with Cloud, does that count

odd grove
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I'm... unsure

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I'm always unsure about action rpgs

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I enjoy combos, but even Nier does not have them in a "deep" way

fervent zenith
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I think is a bit of a taste matter

faint panther
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7R is still preeetty ATB turnbased.

odd grove
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Comic readers

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I need comics to read

elfin umbra
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kill six billion demons obviously

hushed zenith
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Seconding that

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Though if you're squeamish about gore and stuff, maybe not to your taste.

desert minnow
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lol

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ksbd is great

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but yeah it can get p gory

odd grove
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Thought about reading Cybersix

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Although i heard it's pretty... dark

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@hushed zenith how "rough" is that comic next to cybersix?

elfin umbra
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idk cybersix but for ksbd it's not uh

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painfully detailed gore it's just kinda brutal

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you dont see it coming i mean

odd grove
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Cybersix ain't much about the gore

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It's more about the dark stuff

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Like, the main villain is this scientist from the SS who fled to Argentina after WW 2

hushed zenith
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Uhhh, this one touches on some not-great topics, but mostly in direct oppositon to them, and not super focused on beyond how awful they are? I haven't ever heard of Cybersix before.

odd grove
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Well, it's far touchier for south americans

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You see, they swarmed all over the place through ratlines, most particularly argentina got the most of them

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So it's actually an accurate depiction, if you ask me

hushed zenith
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Yeaaaah, that's a different kind of awful.

elfin umbra
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i'll dm you bc i dont think it's suitable to talk about it here

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for the """gore""" occurences

odd grove
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It's from the "edgy" era of comics

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I'm talking about spawn and sin city

hushed zenith
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Thanks, I'm not super good wiith words.

odd grove
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Cybersix is seemingly up there too

elfin umbra
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ksbd isnt really edgy

odd grove
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Although the animated series? that is FAR more lighter

hushed zenith
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But to answer the question, KSBD ain't edgy or dark for the sake of it, so probably less dark than than that.

elfin umbra
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i mean there's pretty epic lore but it doesnt take itself too seriously

odd grove
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I know the series but afaik it's just an unfinished family friendly adaptation

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Basically the show skipped a lot of stuff, like the origin for Cybersix's alter ego

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Which honestly it's a good take for the "secretly a lab experiment" trope

desert minnow
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Yeah, ksbd can be p brutal

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One of the last pages had some dude literally pulverizing an entire stadium even if in all fairness he looked great while doing that

hushed zenith
#

it looked awesome

desert minnow
#

Yeah
No wonder Salami is that smug

hushed zenith
#

Also a comic in a similar vein (super cool, maybe a little gory unfortunately, has good themes and characters) would be The Sword Interval. It's looking like we're entering the final story arc soon.

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And I'm still holding out to hope that it ends well for as many people involved as possible, but it's a bit grim right now.

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also the art improves So Much as it develops, it's great, and it didn't start out bad to begin with

fervent zenith
#

Talking about comics

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I got two comics I bought half a decade ago and I still haven't gotten around to read them

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I should

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Found them

velvet fjord
#

new xcom comes out today!

...at 11 at night

fervent zenith
#

Yeah, I have the countdown ready

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I'm gonna spent all night playing XCOPS

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11 Hours and 20 minutes left

velvet fjord
#

I'm definitely going to buy it on release
won't be able to play it until tomorrow though

desert wadi
#

wait, what's sword interval about?

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if it's experimental, def down

hushed zenith
#

The Sword interval starts focused on a young girl living in a world where the supernatural, while "normal" is still scary. Her parents get killed by a lich in front of her for reasons unknown to her and she gets put into a sort of supernatural witness protection program, until some stuff goes down at her office job and she finally decides to go into investgiating the stuff.

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And the plot builds from there.

desert wadi
#

i'm one of those people who immediately calls wicked+divine, snotgirl, and grayson fave trad published comics and kill six billion demons/not drunk enough fave webcomics

hushed zenith
#

And like, it's going really heavy into supernatural apocolyptic right now, and it all feels earned?

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While keeping the stakes and charcters involved feeling human even as huge, planet affecting revelations about reality are getting dropped. Is Neat.

desert wadi
#

huh, well, it's free to read and i've been having increasingly frequent insomnia episodes

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so, like, why not

hushed zenith
#

Got rec'd it by the same friend who got me into KSBD, if that sweetens the pot any.

desert wadi
#

it sure does

dense wren
#

@magic sentinel i doubt it

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what else we have that you guys dont have its own version of

magic sentinel
#

wait what country are you from?

dense wren
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japan

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shogi is just like chess

magic sentinel
#

well... you have a lot of snacks

dense wren
#

lol snacks are everywhere

magic sentinel
#

tried some, bought them in a manga store and conventions, they're a bit different from western standards but good

dense wren
#

its just people are obsessed with them

magic sentinel
#

... a little help? ._.

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but you seriously don't have tabletop games in japan? Like originally japanese ones? Or translated ones? Not one?

buoyant frigate
#

You could join an online group if there's not one near you maybe?

desert wadi
#

ah, i'm a russian expat in united states. and buy imported candy/pryaniki at an import shop

fervent zenith
#

Oh, anime XCOM just came out today LMAO

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What a coincidence

desert wadi
#

wait what @ anime xcom

gaunt valley
#

@magic sentinel They have, plenty of it. Even translated German-style board games that I've seen in second hand shops (like Carcassone etc.).

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@dense wren How about smoking cabines on the sidewalk? Never seen them anyplace else.

odd grove
#

@fervent zenith bruh anime xcom? it's clearly a comic book aesthetic

fervent zenith
#

Ok Western Manga XCOM

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The MC is cute tho

desert wadi
#

ah, i see

fervent zenith
desert wadi
#

@fervent zenith that artwork looks lit

sudden torrent
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man this is partially reminding me of DI:E due to shading and camera angle, rip DI:E.

desert wadi
#

idk what that is?

serene tulip
#

Dragon Ige: Enquisition

sudden torrent
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Dead Island Epidemic

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Basically 1v1v1 or PVE Moba based on Dead Island

odd grove
#

Man

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I friccing miss DI:E

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It was the only moba that actually tried something interesting

#

The 1v1v1 and the 4v4v4vE aspects were great

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The game was like moba diablo and i would love to see more of it one day

desert wadi
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ohhh, i see

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i primarily play story-based games bc competitive gamers high key scare me

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(or at least both overwatch up until i dropped it over blizz's response to hong kong protests and my 2016-2017 stint in league involved loads of horrible people)

fervent zenith
#

Damn

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Guess who becomes a full fledged character in the new XCOM?

velvet fjord
#

||KELLY HECK YEAH

she died mission 1 on my first playthrough and I never used the tutorial again||

fervent zenith
#

Lel

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Poor girl

fervent zenith
#

God

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So many good games this two weeks

#

Filament
Troubleshooter
Xcom
CloudPunk
Iratus

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I'm overwhelmed mates

tranquil cloud
#

So I know the mention of Dragon Age was a joke

#

But omg I need Dragon Age 4 like months ago

#

Someone put together all the versions of the Lost Elf theme from Trespasser and listening to it put me right back in the state of desperately-needing-closure with Solas

wide ember
#

did they publish a novel sequel to DA3?

#

(nope, they just made Hard in Hightown real)

serene tulip
tranquil cloud
#

Tevinter Nights

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It’s a collection of short stories I think

fervent zenith
#

God I just want to know how they'll solve the ||Solas|| Plot

serene tulip
#

DA4 speculation ||Divine Cassandra staves his bald head in with a mighty blow of her bare hand||

fervent zenith
#

The more I know about him the less I like him

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You know what's hilarious there is a character in other rpg WITH THE EXACT SAME MOTIVATION AND PLAN.

But it's framed as the Main villain and the game hammers home how wrong he is on his screwed up logic

odd grove
#

I feel videogame villains get too generic nowadays

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Or is it just me?

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Usually i advocate for the "no villains" way of storytelling

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Sometimes the obstacle characters must power through doesn't have to be a cause of someone

hasty kernel
#

Making a story without a villain work is pretty difficult

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But in general, I cant say I agree

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The ToCS 1-3 villains are all pretty interesting

fervent zenith
#

I just remember one of them ended looking like a MOBA player

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||A pillar of salt||

hasty kernel
#

I dont recall any in the first 3 that looked like a MOBA player

fervent zenith
#

Read the spoiler

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||He gets transformed into salt at the end of the game with a special crossbow arrow||

hasty kernel
#

Uh

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Thats not a thing in any of the first 3

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Either youre confusing it with the other trails game, or thats a spoiler for 4

fervent zenith
#

Ok I played one

hasty kernel
#

If I had to guess, thats probably a spoiler for 4

fervent zenith
#

This one

hasty kernel
#

Ah no

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Just a different Trails game

fervent zenith
#

Oh

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My bad

hasty kernel
#

Thats Trails in the Sky

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I was talking Trails of Cold Steel

fervent zenith
#

Damn Japanese games and their confusing wording

hasty kernel
#

There are just a lot of Trails games

wide ember
#

they actually use a different kanji in japanese

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so it's not confusing for them

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Trails of Cold Steel is 閃の軌跡

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wait, never mind, they switch up the first kanji sometimes but not always, sorry for butting in

fervent zenith
#

:/

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Np

hasty kernel
#

Well strictly speaking the titles are "Legend of Heroes, X no Kiseki"

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I think Sky is Sora no Kiseki, while Cold Steel is Sen no Kiseki?

wide ember
#

if there's no special reading for them, that's how the kanji normally reads

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it really bothers me that the X no Kiseki may keep whatever the X is and go I II II FC or whatever with it

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while Zero and Ao are same story/verse but are named separately

hasty kernel
#

Iunno why they did that tbh

fervent zenith
#

Fate flashbacks intensifies

hasty kernel
#

I like the way Ys does it

#

Strict numerical order outside of spinoffs or remakes

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Even if its slightly confusing because Ys doesnt feature outside of the original games and the prequel Origins

wide ember
#

speaking of origins, both Zero and Ao have the notion of "origin" in them, that might be why

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fate series meanwhile... what is continuity...

fervent zenith
#

Continuity is when you add things and the more things you add the more continuity it becomes ron

hasty kernel
#

The homestuck approach

#

All I know about Fate is that I dont like most of the designs

#

Also Mordred is a girl because japan

wide ember
#

I think I stopped following fate when I heard that "Nikola Tesla is coming to the cellphone game and they hired an ero manga artist to draw him"

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correction, ero game artist, it was by a Nitroplus artist

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fate was where I learned that you could take fanservice to a such surreal level that it's... I don't know what it is honestly, maybe just "continuity(?)"

hasty kernel
#

I know they had the DanganRonpa artist do a couple pieces of artwork

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Also wasnt Fate originally an ero game?

#

Not too shocking theyd hire someone from that industry

wide ember
#

it was written as one, yes

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nitroplus, starting with their first game, had the habit of launching an "ero" version of their game first for the funding, then re-release a PG version of the same game, and also PG rated adaptations

#

so they do operate the same way

#

speaking of type-moon, I really loved the movies of Kara no Kyōkai back then

serene tulip
#

Oooooh

#

SAC 2045 is out

#

Time to binge!

hasty kernel
#

Hold on

#

SAC as in "StandAlone Complex"?

serene tulip
#

Yyeeeee baby

hasty kernel
#

Sick

fervent zenith
#

Imagine living in medieval times, becoming a respected King and then 700 years later they draw you as a cute girl and make you fight Jesus

hasty kernel
#

Im surprised I never heard of it tbh

serene tulip
#

I'm really hoping the animation style grows on me...

#

Minor SAC 2045 spoilers ||my boy togusa got divorced D:||

wide ember
#

why Major looks so young now

#

I liked when she looked like she was in late thirties early forties

#

and where did her synthetic muscles go

blissful charm
#

rip... my dinner recipe calls for whole cloves of garlic but i went into auto mode and minced it

wide ember
#

I hope it just means it tastes more garlic-heavy

blissful charm
#

im supposed to cook the garlic in the oven in a foil packet and i dunno how well that would work with minced pieces

wide ember
#

can you switch to a recipe that calls for minced garlic then

#

I know garlic sauce chicken is absolutely delicious

serene tulip
#

In other news the major is still badass

wide ember
#

that's great to know at least

velvet fjord
#

aaaaaaaaa they're adding ATLA to netflix

abstract yoke
#

Ramadan Mubarak for all those observing!

serene tulip
#

GitS SAC 2045 S1E4 ||the gang runs a brothel||

raven harbor
#

Chimera Squad gets my approval

odd grove
#

@raven harbor Explain

#

Money is scarce and i consider to buy it

#

Gameplay wise, it seems to be a lighter, more combat focused xcom

raven harbor
#

^^^

odd grove
#

With less emphasis on managing your base and soldiers

#

I do like the soldiers have more HP in cost of forcing a game over on soldier death

#

Negative progression isn't something i enjoy in my games

#

Also what i saw of the weapon mods seem to be AMAZING

#

in other games you had research upgrades that just do stuff better

#

But the scavengers? They give you really interesting stuff to work around

serene tulip
#

Batou, upon getting caught up in a bank robbery does which of the following
A) takes them out ezpz
B) waits patiently for the police to arrive like a good little hostage
C) finds their plight sympathetic and helps them rob the bank
D) quietly escapes.

fervent zenith
#

Five bucks Sacred Coil leader is ||The speaker||

#

I'm calling it

hasty kernel
#

All of the above in that order, Oce

kind sierra
#

@steep pulsar how does one even carry on studying the mythology

#

like

#

is there a degree related to this???

steep pulsar
#

Yes, you can study classics at university

kind sierra
#

wow

#

i might consider changing the profession then

steep pulsar
#

This usually includes latin and ancient greek language

#

And it's a lot of history

kind sierra
#

wow (2)

#

i seriously never heard about something like that even when i applied to uni

steep pulsar
#

It's a really interesting subject to read. I didn't do it because I was into science more. I did chemistry.

#

It's considered a pretty strong degree too I believe

kind sierra
#

i think it's time to ask google about that sort of thing

#

maybe there's no degree like that where i live or its not relevant

#

yeah, i was right; can't find anything related to that

steep pulsar
#

I'm in England. There is plenty on offer in UK & Ireland. Don't know about rest if world

kind sierra
#

yeah, the things that came up in my search are in English universities

#

well, The More You Know

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oh by the way @steep pulsar if it's not too personal what did you need that god you were searching for??

steep pulsar
#

Oh I'm looking for inspiration to name an application I made. I like to come up with fun names often borrowing from mythology. Our latest thing we made was a prediction service and we are constantly getting questioned by customers on accuracy of it so we decided to name it Kassandra who was cursed with the power of true prophecy but no one would ever believe her.

kind sierra
#

this is so cool actually! i think naming it Kassandra is pretty ironic 🤣

#

how accurate is it really, though? that is the question

gaunt valley
#

I hope noone of you is gonna get murdered tho.

kind sierra
#

what

#

why

gaunt valley
#

Kassandra was murdered iirc.

kind sierra
#

oh, that's why

#

that did sound a bit ominous

steep pulsar
#

Haha. Yeah, I don't think we're going to get murdered

#

Yet...

kind sierra
#

keep making apps like that and we'll see.....

desert minnow
#

Good thing about studying both latin and ancient greek is that they’re practically the same language

kind sierra
#

ancient Greek makes my eyes hurt

#

because of the alphabet

gaunt valley
#

Wait, whut?

#

Greek is terrible with all its useless clutter words.

#

I very much preferred Latin.

desert minnow
#

Nah, you end getting used to the alphabet

gaunt valley
#

The alphabet was the least issue. It was purely frustrating to fuss over some few letters for minutes just to find out in the end that they just cannot be translated (and probably are mere noise).

#

Never happened with Latin to me.

kind sierra
#

clutter words are not a problem if your native language is russian 👍

#

this bad boi can fit so much weirdness in it

steep pulsar
#

ancient greek and latin are both very different

#

you can find similarities of course, but you can find similarities in just about any two languages

gaunt valley
#

Well, but Latin and Greek are closely related, more than say Latin and Japanese. They share alot of grammatical features such as absolute constructions (ablativus cum infinitivo, genitivus cum infinitivo etc.) which I don't know of in any other language.

kind sierra
#

they are related bc ancient greek basically went and said "right I'm going to invent all the languages around me" and there was nobody to stop it

gaunt valley
#

Greek has the Aorist and Medial, Latin has the Ablativus, other than that grammar is not too different I'd say. It's more the way they use it that was most noticable to me.

serene tulip
#

Blerg

#

I'm so tired today

buoyant frigate
#

didn't sleep well?

serene tulip
#

no :<

kind sierra
#

i think everyone's tired today

#

the day seems to be endless

buoyant frigate
#

Hey @vocal brook I have to know... is your icon Penny

vocal brook
#

Yes

#

A friend drew a group picture but forgot Penny until the very end so they stuck her up in the corner as a doodle and I loved it so much I made it my icon

buoyant frigate
#

that is absolutely incredible

hasty kernel
#

Oh hey, looks like my answer for Batou was entirely correct

hasty kernel
#

Also theyre not even pretending to hid the Matrix influence this time

#

Also I really like the new Tachikoma engineer

#

Shes cute

wide ember
#

wait, didn't ghost in the shell influence matrix initially?

serene tulip
#

OMG right?

#

Purin or whatever?

#

I was like, "She better stick around, she's too adorable"

#

Up to S1E7 Spoilers: ||I have trouble with the posthuman plot line because its really hard to write a character that's both so smart they can waltz into nuclear silos but not smart enough to foresee some relatively basic outcomes||

hasty kernel
#

Purin, yes

#

I mean its kinda cheating she has short hair and her first appearance is in a suit, but still

#

||Its not that theyre smart, its that they have significantly higher processing power||

#

||They can calculate everything, but that doesnt mean they can foresee everything||

#

The original one, yes, but SAC came later

#

Also why is the Major ||fighting in high heels||

serene tulip
#

||They brought back Paz and Borma!||

odd grove
#

So, is Chimera Squad worth the 10 bucks?

velvet fjord
#

do you like xcom 2?

odd grove
#

I like Xcom but could never enjoy the negative progression

velvet fjord
#

it's more xcom 2 but easier

odd grove
#

How so?

#

The way i see it, it's just Xcom formula with the focus being on the combat, and when/where you fight

velvet fjord
#

missions are overall shorter

they are divided into "encounters", which are like short firefights after a breach segment
your units heal in between encounters for an amount specified at the start of the game (none, half health, full health)

you can't lose units

odd grove
#

Yeah, but what about the anarchy thing?

#

Seems like the old panic from enemy unknown but with much more to juggle

velvet fjord
#

I haven't gotten far enough in to experience the anarchy mechanic fully yet, as a disclaimer

but it actually seems like Panic but less tricky? satellites aren't a thing, it just matters where you complete your missions

odd grove
#

I honestly like that

#

But would you say it's less fun than regular Xcom?

#

Cuz i hear a lot of people say "i didn't die 10 times through this game, therefore it sucks"

velvet fjord
#

I wouldn't say it's "less fun"

it's different

#

if you enjoy the tactical combat of xcom and don't mind it being a bit easier, go for it

#

steam has a 2 hour refund policy and the tutorial is maybe 30 minutes long, you can always refund it for $10

slim bobcat
#

playing it rn, it’s fun, but don’t expect a normal xcom experience, bc it’s not

#

i’m only early-game, but each mission feels like a set of puzzles that you use your units to solve

#

missions go by fast compared to regular xcom 2 missions

toxic steppe
#

I own both X-COM's but have yet to play either x]

odd grove
#

Lmao no

#

I play videogames for fun, not xcom

#

I understand it can be different

#

But hey, Mario + Rabbids is fun

#

This can only be better

#

And so far the complaints i saw on steam are more towards the online-only thing the game has

#

As well as "i'm sorry but it feels like mobile xcom"

#

I don't mind a cheesy game if it can deliver fun

velvet fjord
#

XCOM 2 is probably the best strategy game, hands down.

I have like 400 hours, the mod support is insane

hasty kernel
#

... SAC 2045 ends on a cliffhanger

#

And were not getting the next season for a while

#

Why

wide ember
#

capitalism

#

at least it means we are more likely to get another season?

hasty kernel
#

Its already confirmed

wide ember
#

I wouldn't count chickens before they hatch from eggs

#

if it's not already out I'll assume that it may still get canceled

odd grove
#

Is making a game with motion blur on by default a reason for prosecution?

mild pelican
#

indeed

faint panther
#

Loooootta developers you're gonna be gunning for, Ray.

#

I agree with you, but it's gonna be an uphill battle.

hasty kernel
#

Hm, im still not sure entirely how I feel about SAC 2045

#

It has a couple moments that feel like cheap attempts at drama, which is ironically fitting given that the episode one of them happens in is called "Edgelords"

hasty kernel
#

Wait, there is already a new Trails game out in japan?

#

No wait, its just announced

#

Still, I wanna look up stuff about it, but cant because spoilers

serene tulip
#

Purin is so good

#

japanese familiar people

#

I was under the impression that Chan was girl and kun was boy

#

is there a situation where that is not necessarily true?

tropic garden
#

kun is pretty much always used for boys

#

chan can be used for young boys or girls who are younger than you

#

boys go from chan to kun around maybe like age 7 or 8

#

girls also use chan to refer to each other in same-age friend groups

hasty kernel
#

Yeah purin is adorable

#

Did you watch all of it, Oce?

serene tulip
#

not yet

hasty kernel
#

Mmh

toxic steppe
#

The Honey Bee Inn section in FFVIIR was so fun!!

hasty kernel
#

Yee

#

Im also just surprised at ||how good of a dancer cloud is, especially in heels||

toxic steppe
#

Facts

serene tulip
#

@hasty kernel can I pm?

fervent zenith
#

||Cloud looks better in a dress than the girls||

#

||Although it's hilarious that except Leslie nobody care he didn't bother to change his voice||

hasty kernel
#

Yeah sure, oce

#

Sorry, was asleep

gaunt valley
#

Bruh, when do you sleep?

#

It's 7pm

#

And it was 2pm when u wrote that.

autumn pasture
#

unoven's probably in a different time zone than you

toxic steppe
#

||Lesli's reaction was pure gold too. He's just like "Really? -.- Okay, good luck."||

blissful charm
#

it's milo

wide ember
#

...now that you mentioned, it really is

toxic steppe
#

Was checking out my Clothes Shop in Animal Crossing today

#

Then it JoJo meme'd on me

#

I can't escape it

desert minnow
#

Embrace the jojo references

#

There is no escape

#

that’s not jotaro’s outfit that’s just a cliche delinquent one

#

jotaro’s outfit is more pimped up

toxic steppe
#

Well it's actually just a student's uniform, lol.

velvet fjord
#

I bought the jacket and pants on my old island before I reset it

still trying to recover my neat outfit

fervent zenith
#

JoJo and his stand Sonic The Porcupine

wide ember
#

I just spent about an hour repotting plants in real life

#

kind of wish plants grow as easily in real life as in video games

wide ember
fervent zenith
#

So I decided to buy two adventure games

#

One called Whispers of a machine

#

And the Pillars of the Earth Games

#

As i'm too lazy to read the books

serene tulip
#

I demand a slice of life cyberpunk media

#

Cyberpunk coffee shop or somethin

wide ember
#

Time of Eve?

hasty kernel
#

Va11 Hall-A

#

It exists, Oce

#

Well, its less coffee shop and more bar in that case

#

Also Red Strings Club

tropic garden
#

i personally enjoyed Red Strings Club more than Va11 Hall-A so that one gets my rec

north hamlet
#

Time of Eve was good

#

Not sure if cyberpunk because it's pretty clean rather than gritty, but similar themes

#

The thing they did with the movie version and series version was odd

fervent zenith
#

Shadowrun trilogy of games

north hamlet
#

They have coffee shops in shadowrun?

fervent zenith
#

Oh I thought it was cyberpunk period

velvet fjord
#

hong kong has a noodle shop iirc

#

does it have to have a coffee shop?

north hamlet
#

It has to be slice of life

velvet fjord
#

seems like a very narrow overlap

north hamlet
#

Yeah

hasty kernel
#

I liked them both equally, my issue with Red Strings Club was that the plot just kinda ... ends

#

It didnt feel like things were resolved at all

#

And it had a couple questionable elements

#

Va11 Hall-A has those as well, and a couple characters I didnt like much

#

Actaully I guess I liked VA11 Hall-A a bit more just because there was more to do and I liked the main character a tad more

fervent zenith
#

@velvet fjord Hong Kong has a Ambiguosly Neutral Sentient Noodle Dispenser Machine

velvet fjord
#

oh yes the noodle machine

#

god now I need to replay Hong Kong, its so good

raven harbor
#

My favorite part of Va11 Hall-A is that ||by the end, nothing catastrophic has happened. Life in the city goes on, and Jill's life is either better or worse for her week.||

#

Spoilers for the ending

wide ember
#

what machine now

#

oh, in shadowrun, real life hong kong actually has noodle dispenser machine so

#

just not sentient (yet)

blissful charm
#

hey could yall help judge some bedding stuff for me

wide ember
#

bedding?

blissful charm
#

like sheets

wide ember
#

oh sure

#

for a moment I thought you were going to build a DIY bed somehow

blissful charm
#

if only

#

ok so my room is poorly lit and i want to make it bright and floral and sunny gay. my current sheets are dark red

#

but there were the sheets i was thinking of

wide ember
#

this pattern looks decent, though you better make sure that it's 100% cotton

blissful charm
#

yeah thats a good point

wide ember
blissful charm
#

oh that is Exactly what i am looking for

#

thank u pal

#

now i need a blanket to go w it

wide ember
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make sure that the size is correct

blissful charm
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i think it's right

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honestly i tried measuring my bed early but i didnt do a very good job

wide ember
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the mattress should have a tab label indicating if it's single, twin, queen, king or californian king

blissful charm
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oh duh

wide ember
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if it's not a tab label it could be a sewn-on label

blissful charm
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thats so much effort

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but i do know it's a queen

wide ember
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sounds about the right size

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are you looking for weighted blanket or light blanket btw?

blissful charm
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like mid

north hamlet
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heavy, but not actually weighted?

blissful charm
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yeah!

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like one step above quilt

north hamlet
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those are good

blissful charm
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Etsy

✔100% New Zealand sheep wool. Plaid made from natural New Zealand sheep wool. Soft, gentle and cozy jacquard plaid - an indispensable blanket for both winter and summer. This blanket has no fringes and is sewn with the same wool that it is woven in, so its comfortable to put b...

north hamlet
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caaaaaat

wide ember
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may I ask what was your budget again?

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because the sheet + pillowcase was not marked as free delivery, and neither is this one, and together that's likely around $200 with shipping and taxes

blissful charm
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it's actually 110.99

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but right now i am just..... looking

wide ember
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oh, the shipping's not that bad over there then

blissful charm
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yeah it's alright

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i might just go with the sheets and just deal with a blanket once it's necessary

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i have another blanket

wide ember
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I'm trying to not suggest rainbow blanket

blissful charm
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oh hell yell

blissful charm
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oh thats lovely

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youre so good at this

tender cobalt
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This conversation is so wholesome squirtyay

north hamlet
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it looks so cosy

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i kinda want one

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but i'm not good with wool

blissful charm
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i have no idea how to knit actually

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but thank you i do appreciate your help in this

north hamlet
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man now would be a great time to learn how to knit

blissful charm
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i dont have the patience for stuff like that, it makes me antsy

wide ember
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I was going to suggest ikea due to it selling $10 partially cotton acrylic throws, but ikea delivery is really bad

blissful charm
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oof

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yeah & there's not an ikea near me

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i wish the thrift stores were still open

wide ember
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I'm off to bed now, hope you find something good

blissful charm
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i did, thanks so much! & sleep well

tender cobalt
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Gnight! 🌙

serene tulip
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chainmaille is fun

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if you want something like knitting but MORE MANLY

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and/or armor lesbian

fervent zenith
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Oh, bloot

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Celestian 2 is so close I can taste it

raven harbor
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I definitely read that as chamomile and got very confused

toxic steppe
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I would love a weighted blanket

serene tulip
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I just bought one

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Its apparently got special cooling fibers in it too

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Which I hope is true because I am not looking forward to another summer without AC

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I want a haircut so bad

blissful charm
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dang me too

vivid ridge
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i blame accidentally killing a boss on the game dropping to less than 15 fps

serene tulip
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Dear housemate

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Chickenpox parties are not an ideal solution to covid if you want people to live.

blissful charm
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wait what

desert minnow
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people still think quarantine is a suggestion at best world-wide

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and then they'll have the audacity to blame everyone else except themselves if/when things get worse

fervent zenith
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Alien Isolation 2 bucks

serene tulip
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I'm upset at ghost in the shell arise 3 because motoko is dating a dude

serene tulip
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Despite the fact that The Major's penchent for women does not come from a healthy place I do enjoy the LGBT representation when it happens.

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(motoko originally was a lesbian because Shirow didn't want to draw naked dudes)

wide ember
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I ended up starting watch SAC_2045 because of social pressure

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Oce and UNOwen you two are to blame

serene tulip
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:3

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Its not as good as Stand Alone Complex seasons 1 and 2

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but I still enjoyed it

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I'm hoping season 2 of SAC2045 gets a bit more into the meat of things

fervent zenith
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Wait, they skipped from Season 2 to Season 2045?

serene tulip
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it was definitely a risky choice

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the characters all look so different

fervent zenith
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The animation reminds me to Berserk 2016 ron

hasty kernel
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I mean Motoko has always been bi

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Even in the original manga

sudden umbra
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"being bi" in japanese media is usually just yuri lesbian-baiting to appeal to the japanese male audience more

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i wouldnt take it too seriously

hasty kernel
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I mean that may be the case in the manga (I wouldnt know, I havent seen it)

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But in the case of SAC, its not even given that much attention

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Its just a thing that gets mentioned

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But since she doesnt really have any romantic interactions in SAC in general

north hamlet
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i feel like just throwing it in on the side like that makes it worse

serene tulip
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She has a girlfriend in season... 2?

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no, season 1

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She gets put off in one episode, and is SAC season 1 spoilers ||the person that's supposed to be the official witness for the body transfer but fell asleep because the drug squad lady drugged her to kill motoko||

fervent zenith
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Lmao

odd grove
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Awww!

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Kute

fervent zenith
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The sailor Moon remake looks great

desert minnow
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Ladies and gentlemen

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I bring you enlightenment

fervent zenith
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Lol, talking about that

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I'm following an artist in Instagram that is making parodies of album covers where she substitutes the artist by KK Slider

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Actually several artists

autumn pasture
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has anyone played over the alps?

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i played the demo the other day and found it really charming

velvet fjord
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the anime sectoid art must mean that there are female sectoids, somewhere

fervent zenith
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There are minotaur sectors

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And Viper witches

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Vipers on bikini

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Vipers as housewives

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Also mutons dressed in 50's attire

velvet fjord
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I keep reloading the same encounter over and over because the stupid chryssalids keep killing the muton and viper office workers

and I'm like nooooo they're friends now :(

stray spire
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Does anyone know if the ps3 trophies carry over if I get the ps4 version of said game? I thought they will because it's all tied to my PSN but just curious

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I know this is a random question but jsjfjkd

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For context is looks like Journey is free on psn and I was very close to 100%ing it on the ps3 but I didn't get to. So i wonder if at least the trophies will carry if not the saves

opal jewel
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crying I just,,,m, love my cat,,, so much

serene tulip
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A group chat of my friends has recently just devolved into one of them posting a picture of their cat and the rest of them going "GLENN"

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(The cat's name is Glenn)

opal jewel
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Mines is booker and he kinda looks like a lil rat but oh man if he doesnt' fill my heart with love

bronze notch
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man i wish steam let you add smaller amounts to your wallet, i wanted to get Alien: Isolation but i've only got $1.37 in my wallet

raven harbor
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Just want to remind everyone that LudoNarraCon, showcasing released and upcoming visual novels and story based experiences, is going strong on the last day, with a plethora of demos to try out https://www.ludonarracon.com/

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Highlights for me are currently Boyfriend Dungeon, N1RV-Ann-A, and NeoCab

autumn pasture
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boyfriend dungeon doesn't have a demo, does it? :0

raven harbor
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I might be wrong on what has demos

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It does not

autumn pasture
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damn

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i'd try one if they had one

sudden torrent
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forgot it is going to soon have a demo imao

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or well release

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follow for a first month and a few after they announced it and had a Kickstarter

wide ember
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cute

odd grove
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Fellas, free game

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Total War 2 shogun

autumn pasture
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really??

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that's a rec from me

odd grove
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What's a rec 🙂

desert minnow
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recommendation

autumn pasture
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i played that game years ago, definitely one of the better total war games

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i think i own it on steam now i just haven't gotten around to playing it

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i played on my older brother's computer as a wee lad shadesmile

odd grove
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I wish i could buy TW Warhammer

blissful charm
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i used to play this with a guy o really hate, i liked the game

serene tulip
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I really liked Empire Total War

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but shogun was off for me

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I'm totally cis I swear

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but Stardew valley lets me live out my lesbian farmer dreams so well

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Spring 25th and I already got the 36 slot backpack yo

fervent zenith
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@serene tulip How can I live my lesbian farmer dreams when I CAN'T MARRY ROBIN?

serene tulip
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That Is a complication yes

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but Leah is acceptable

faint panther
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I have no idea what game that is from.

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It could be a dozen different games.

fervent zenith
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Also I need to know this

Why Leah looks more like Robin's daughter than her two actual children?

hasty kernel
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Zero Time Dilemma

fervent zenith
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@faint panther Zero Time Dilemma

hasty kernel
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Ninjad

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Its the third in the Zero Escape trilogy

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Its uh

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Divisive

faint panther
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I've literally never heard of it, wow.

fervent zenith
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@hasty kernel It does have the best memes in the trilogy tho

hasty kernel
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999 (9 hours, 9 people, 9 doors) or Virtues Last Reward?

faint panther
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No, wait, I have heard of them.

fervent zenith
hasty kernel
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I mean it does, but thats because the game itself is kind of a meme

faint panther
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They're all on Windows and they look just a little vaguely anime, do they come recommended?

hasty kernel
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999 and VLR, yes

fervent zenith
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The two first ones yes

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If you like them then pay ZTD

hasty kernel
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ZTD only if you absolutely need to know what happens

fervent zenith
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Bruh

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Stop reading my mind

hasty kernel
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Were on one wavelength

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But yeah, the first 2 are good

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Nice mix of puzzle and Visual Novel esque gameplay with a mystery

fervent zenith
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And hilarious, clever writing

hasty kernel
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Sometimes its also really stupid though

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Oh if you do end up liking 999 and VLR but enough to absolutely need to know what happens next

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He also made Ai the Somnium Files

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Which is a really good game

fervent zenith
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Also the running gag of having always a character with ginormous 'assets'

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It's jarring