video-games

[thorn tundra]

zelda told you to beat ganon, never really told you how specifically in order to do that

[dire saffron]

the king was like "go to impa"

and impa just goes "do everythintg else"

you have direction

because dropping you in a world like botw without any context, direction, or explination is bad

[thorn tundra]

I mean.... would rather play it like the first zelda without a map and no directions?

its old roots, new looks

[dire saffron]

😔

[thorn tundra]

because it had the same principle as the first zelda game but modernized it so it doesn't have outdated game design

[dire saffron]

we're just gonna have to agree to diasgree here

i had fun with the game, but i feel like the design choices are very questionable

a lot of the game felt arbitrary and that it was missing something

as a step forward for the series i think its great

because they are trying to change things and have fun new concepts, not just keep things how they were

but as a game, being in a game design class, and trying to look into its philosophies, im just not a fan

i just dont like it much

[thorn tundra]

yea its just an opinion I just found it clashing that you said its a little to open with little content when BOTW had a lot

[dire saffron]

and thats how i feel about more so with every modern nintendo game, great concept, wonderful step, but not that great execution

[thorn tundra]

maybe not in the way you like it, but it was there

that's why I support nintendo honestly

if you think about it, hades was made from the culmination of supergiant's previous games

Hades is by far their most polished game

but not their most conceptual one

[dire saffron]

hence why i have high hopes for botw 2, the next fire emblem game, and legends

since theyve had the trial run

now the just need to go all in

[thorn tundra]

nintendo takes risk when it comes to game concepts and that's why I like them in that aspect since they don't stop trying weird things even if its not really the wisest decision

[steady otter]

I look forward to rune factory 5

And new Pokémon snap since I never got to play the first one

[dire saffron]

lol pokemon snap to me is just a meme

i played the first, didnt know what i was doing

[thorn tundra]

its a fun game

[dire saffron]

like for sure i love the concept and the game itself is relaxing and fun, but i just think its funny

[steady otter]

I think that’s the point?
That it’s supposed to be a fun game..?

[thorn tundra]

though personally I wouldn't spend $60 dollars on it

[steady otter]

Like I said earlier

I’m way too used to high prices

[thorn tundra]

same with link's awakening beautiful remake but.... as a person who's still weary when it comes to prices

I tend to buy games with lots of playtimes which is why I like roguelikes/lites

[steady otter]

Come to Norway - you’ll get over that quickly

[dire saffron]

but you know what im really looking forward too??

the miitopia remake

like

👀

i want it

[steady otter]

Once you realize everything is expensive af

[thorn tundra]

bring back streetpass 😤

[steady otter]

I want that game too

But no pass please

It’s too addictive

[thorn tundra]

I miss going out and seeing people who I connected with

[dire saffron]

like its 50 dollars and probably worth it too since they actually added things instead of porting it

[steady otter]

You saw people?!?

[thorn tundra]

yes I did

[steady otter]

I just passed random strangers

[thorn tundra]

oh yea that

[steady otter]

No idea who they were

Ever

[thorn tundra]

which is kind of fun for me

[steady otter]

I had so many countries

[thorn tundra]

oh yea me too but that's because we don't really have a nintendo branch

so nintendo doesn't include our country

[steady otter]

We don’t either

[thorn tundra]

so we just pick whatever

[steady otter]

But I used it mostly at airports

Travelled a lot as a kid

And young person

[thorn tundra]

we travel a lot though locally

[steady otter]

Just left that on at the airport

[thorn tundra]

so I dont really go on airports that much

[steady otter]

I haven’t done much local travel

[thorn tundra]

I rode an airplane for 2 domestic flights and 1 international flight

oh Im excited for splatoon 3 too

[steady otter]

Same

[thorn tundra]

finally I can play a splatoon game at its peak

[steady otter]

Even though I didn’t play much of 2

[thorn tundra]

because I bought the switch a little too late

[steady otter]

I don’t do that much multiplayer

[dire saffron]

sploon 3 looks cool

you get babi salmonid im happy

and i love how they got rid of gender and its "style" now

[steady otter]

I just want it cuz it looks fun & my nephew wanted it so maybe we can play together

Though he wanted splat 2

But he can wait until 3

[dire saffron]

also rip france for sploon 3

[thorn tundra]

I just wish splatoon can be as big as smash some day

its a really great concept for a shooter

[steady otter]

Have they staged a revolution?

Or a protest?

[thorn tundra]

is it about the melee controversy?

[dire saffron]

the only shooter i enjoy tbh

but still

the dead france is sooo funny

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/d8fDsOZw5ubRi6EFEPlGjKkaHAc=/1400x788/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22311119/Switch_ND021721_Splatoon3_SCRN_08.jpg

like

[steady otter]

Aah

[dire saffron]

its dead

[thorn tundra]

lol

[steady otter]

You do know it could be other places right

[thorn tundra]

but also kind of too soon considering what happened to the eiffel tower a couple years ago

[steady otter]

There’s more then 1 Eiffel Tower these days

[dire saffron]

i just prefer to entertain the thought that france had to die for sploon 3

[steady otter]

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/travel/article/tianducheng-paris-of-the-east-replica

[thorn tundra]

and tokyo tower is japan's eiffel tower

[steady otter]

Mhmm

Tokyo also has a miniature lady liberty

I’ve seen her

[dire saffron]

i mean vegas also has an eiffel but its baby sized

but i just like the thought of they killed france

[steady otter]

Maybe it’s the Lumiose gym

The crossover no one expected

[thorn tundra]

I just realized I want roller skates back

[steady otter]

SAME

[thorn tundra]

so stylish

[steady otter]

The fact you had roller skates AND a bicycle

I loved X & Y

[thorn tundra]

X and Y was the time I tried to play pokemon kind of competitively

[stable kindle]

i still havent finished x and y lol, every time i try it again im like nah i dont feel like playing this actually. last time i played it a couple years back i finally got my last two badges, got to victory road and was like. nah. its a shame bc gen 6 has a bunch of pokes i like but man the game was not very enjoyable to me personally

[steady otter]

Sad

[dire saffron]

i liked mega evolution

it was super cool

[steady otter]

[dire saffron]

i mostly played x&y since it was a pokemon game :/

like if i ever replay it for sure id be a bit more stingy but like thats a lot of work

[steady otter]

I replayed x & y 4 times

[stable kindle]

conversely i was very invested in su/mo.... up until post game with the ultra beasts, and then i was like. nah now you lost me. and never picked it up again

[thorn tundra]

I liked gen 6 it was a very charming

and I also loved the champion theme soundtrack

[stable kindle]

the best thing about sumo was that my first shiny in it was one i wanted most, a lycanroc midnight i got through wonder trade. and like a week later i caught one in the wild, opposite gender. that was a great time, lov my murder pups

[dire saffron]

imo gens 3-6 is where it peaked :/

and after 6 it just became meh

[stable kindle]

im not really attached to gen5 either. everyone loves them but they came at a time i was going through a bad life period that sapped my enjoyment for them so i never got attached

[thorn tundra]

objectively gen 2 is peak just because it had both regions lol coincidentally also the best remake

but Im still gen 3 because I played gen 3 the most and it holds a special place in my heart as my first ever game

[steady otter]

I have things I love about all the games

[stable kindle]

gen3 is prob the one im most attached to, ive been playing since gen1

[steady otter]

But I’m just playing to have fun & catch Pokémon

So long as I can do that I’m happy

[thorn tundra]

I still know the 3 locations of the interviewer in gen 3

that you battle to grind exp

[stable kindle]

that was like my daily grind schedule lmao go hit up the battle with gabby and ty

[steady otter]

I will say tho that it is a struggle to go back to playing Blue

You get so used to running..

And when you suddenly can’t..

[thorn tundra]

I never went back lol

[steady otter]

[thorn tundra]

my experience with gen 1 is FRLG

[stable kindle]

having to switch out pc boxes bc they maxed, your item bag has a limit, whew

[thorn tundra]

still haven't finished gen 2

[steady otter]

I played blue when I was 3-4 y/o

[stable kindle]

the last time i looked at my red hall of fame, its just full of glitched pokemon lmao

[thorn tundra]

but that's because I insist on using chikorita

[dire saffron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07yzTiND30U

just

that

[steady otter]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/546456562433130509/818190047106039825/image0.jpg

My old Tetris cartridge even has a sticker on the back with my name & house phone number on it

In case I lost it

With the Norway +47 code

I was so young & innocent back then

[thorn tundra]

based on my age my first game should have been gen 4

but my first console was a gameboy

but Im pretty sure we didn't buy legit cartridges lol

[wraith cradle]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/lzve1f/2011_retrospective/

God seeing all these games makes me feel old

[floral warren]

woah, BF3 already ten years?

oh and DEHR is almost ten years, cat pfp guy( @fathom juniper ) told me it's the good proxyword

[fickle sinew]

heyyyy

is curse of the dead gods is like hades

they say it is

is it really

[wraith cradle]

To be honest I'm binging two quite good roguelites

Dreamscaper and Loop Hero

The fomer is on EA, tho

[fickle sinew]

ok ı will try them out

[wraith cradle]

Loop Hero has a big demo

[fickle sinew]

ı am looking for good roguelites

[wraith cradle]

As in the first chapter and can last you 7 hours

[thorn tundra]

gameplay wise I think not really

[wraith cradle]

And progress carries out to the full game

[thorn tundra]

curse of the dead gods is a lot slower paced compared to hades

based on the gameplay footage I've watched

[fickle sinew]

ok

[wraith cradle]

Dreamscaper although quite differemt from Hades has some tokens of inspiration

Procedural dungeons on fixed biomes, a central hub to give some examples

[fickle sinew]

how long does it last ???

[thorn tundra]

Im playing Wizard of Legend but that game is offputting for some people because it is quite clunky

[wraith cradle]

Quite a loot

Another roguelite I played a lot but have put aside until full release is Home Behind 2

Basically Darkest Dungeon but you are in a Civil war in the modern world

[dire saffron]

(ik im late to the conversation but still ;w;) i like wizard of legend :3

i played co op with my stepbrother and it was really fun

[thorn tundra]

I love it but some builds are quite uncomfortable to play

[dire saffron]

fury cloak busted imo

[thorn tundra]

dark katana 👌

[dire saffron]

like i forget what the item was called but its the "signature charges faster but depletes faster too"

take that with flurry

fury*

you just win

[thorn tundra]

yea there are definitely easier/broke builds

there's also rage + fists

[dire saffron]

oh yeaaa

tbh its a fun game

just not balanced

[thorn tundra]

yea

[dire saffron]

some stuff is just busted and other things are meh

[thorn tundra]

I hope it gets another one cause I really like the concept

[dire saffron]

yeaaa

the devs stopped updating it right??

[thorn tundra]

yea thundering keeps is the last update iirc

[dire saffron]

since i remember the lightning area + boss being the new thing when i played

yeaaa

[thorn tundra]

builds that doesn't have aoe tends to suffer a lot

[dire saffron]

but like one busted setup was the fury cloak + the elemental knight chaos arcana signature

[thorn tundra]

since at the last levels you don't really have time to aim and position

[dire saffron]

and you take the faster charge stuff and you just have the screen full and shred

[dire saffron]

yeaaa

i forgot what my general arcana setup was but it was fun :3

[thorn tundra]

I like trying everything that I come up with

its really like a character creation roguelike/lite

[dire saffron]

true

i really liked it but once i found fury cloak i never went back

[fathom juniper]

just finished chris' campaign in resi6

for like... the third time

and it's actually way better than i remembered

i used to think it's pure garbage and that you have to just... grit your teeth and just endure it to get to the good stuff

but no - it's actually not half bad
they clearly patched a lot of things

i mean - those close combat sequences can still just... bugger off
but thankfully there's only 2 of them in the whole 6 hours long campaign

but ammo starvation isn't as severe
those running sequences... work this time around (wowzers)
and the combat is still as silky smooth and fancy as ever

so if any of you ever thought about giving this... pure unhinged insanity that is Resi6 a shot - now is the best time imho
especially since we're just 2 months away from resi8 and - from what i've seen - 8 might finally reference 6 a little bit

which means capcom isn't ashamed of it anymore

[wraith cradle]

2 months left for REVIII

[fathom juniper]

i'm glad this game is finally getting at least some love after all those years
cause people dunked on it HARD back in 2012

and hey - there was at least one sequence that actually spooked me
which is like...

1 more than RE5

and that ending is just

😚👌

bueno!

like - i've been praising and defending this game for 7 years now
and i could spend hours pointing out the goods, the bads and the sads of this game and how it's better than resi5, but...

i don't wanna crap on resi5 - even though i do not like that game AT ALL, i just love resi6 (as flawed as it is) and i know how it feels when someone keeps dunking on a game you like

so instead im just gonna post this:
http://prntscr.com/10fkky3

just... just try it, folks

[floral warren]

just dew it

[fathom juniper]

yeah!

[tame veldt]

okay...?

that goes into #self-promotion

@rotund patrol

[wraith cradle]

Stronghold Warriors releases the ninth

I'm actually quite hyped about it

[tame veldt]

what's that?

enlighten me

[wraith cradle]

A Siege based RTS

[tame veldt]

mmmm

[broken smelt]

@rotund patrol please post any material like the (now deleted) youtube video you posted in #self-promotion as the channel is there specifically for such things

[fathom juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/praise-leon-leon-kennedy-re6-resident-evil6-gif-12873471

[tame veldt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/669833789781966848.png?v=1

[steady otter]

@dire saffron that’s how I got thru IFR in the start

[dire saffron]

ifr??

[steady otter]

Immortals Fenyx Rising

[dire saffron]

ahh

never played it :/

[steady otter]

I stumbled into the strongest part of the map

[dire saffron]

never interested me

oh

[bleak coral]

I see I found where yall went

[steady otter]

And just sniped sniped sniped

[steady otter]

We just got here

[bleak coral]

Wasnt IFR previously Gods & Monsters or something?

[steady otter]

Yup

[bleak coral]

I thought so

[steady otter]

I got it cuz Greek mythology

It’s fun

Lots of puns

[dire saffron]

yk when i played botw

[steady otter]

So many jokes

[dire saffron]

and i found a lynel

[steady otter]

It’s not the same

As botw

[dire saffron]

its kinda the same :/

[steady otter]

Just an FYI

Not when you play them

[dire saffron]

combat i feel like ifr does a better job

[steady otter]

Except for the whole having to learn new controls bit

It’s so weird going from IFR to botw

I failed at helping my nephew with botw in the start cuz I kept pressing the wrong buttons >.>

Got too used to IFR lol

[dire saffron]

lol

i havent played ifr so i cant say much on it :/

[steady otter]

Ignore my spelling mistakes please I’m half asleep cuz it’s 1:24 am

[dire saffron]

oh lol its fine

get some sleep

[steady otter]

anyways I need my status in rf4

Cuz I keep going to places I’m not ready for & the enemies be strong

So I throw bad medicine & failed food at them

[dire saffron]

rf4??

[steady otter]

Rune factory 4

[dire saffron]

ah idk what that is either :/

[steady otter]

https://tenor.com/view/rune-factory-runefactory-runefactory4-rf4-gif-14813425

[dire saffron]

sorry i cant really hold a solid convo

[steady otter]

Boo

[dire saffron]

lmao

i didnt know that was a limit

[steady otter]

There was seconds between them!

https://tenor.com/view/rune-factory-runefactory-runefactory4-rf4-gif-14813426

[dire saffron]

looks pretty

[steady otter]

It’s like a farming dating sim with fighting & taming of monsters

With anime cutscenes

[dire saffron]

farming dating sim lol

[steady otter]

It hit a lot of my game buttons

[steady otter]

It comes from harvest moon so ye

Farming sim

[dire saffron]

ahhh

i might look into it

[bleak coral]

rune factory is a series

[dire saffron]

never been into heavy resource games tho

[bleak coral]

that is all I know

ok what about minecraft

[steady otter]

First game was called Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

And I love rune factory 4

Looking forward to number 5

Which isn’t number 5 really

But it’s called rune factory 5

[steady otter]

Play it on & off

[bleak coral]

minecraft good

[steady otter]

Used to play a lot then stopped then played & stopped & played & now I’m not playing it again

[dire saffron]

i dont have a mc account ;w;

[steady otter]

Sad

I have 2

[dire saffron]

lol why

[steady otter]

Only remember the password for 1

[dire saffron]

nice

[steady otter]

And idk

[dire saffron]

what other games yall play??

i need to sink my wallet into something

[steady otter]

Stuff

Things

Pokémon

[dire saffron]

pokemon 🤮

jk jk

i wont start this again

[steady otter]

Playing Bioshock infinite

[dire saffron]

fps games never really interested me

[steady otter]

That’s the FPS from earlier

I’m in it for the story

I suck at shooting

But vigors are fun

[dire saffron]

ahh

[steady otter]

Not as fun as plasmids tho

I love bioshock more

Rapture forever \0/

[dire saffron]

i might look into it :/

[steady otter]

Like the series has a really complex story

[dire saffron]

im more interested in like spiritfarer

lemme check my wishlist actually

[steady otter]

But if you don’t want FPS I can send you a link to a yt series going through all of the story

It’s long

[dire saffron]

maybe :3

i have a lot of school stuff to do too tho

[steady otter]

I’ll send it so you can have it then

[dire saffron]

kk :3

oh is yuppie psycho any good??

like it seems really cool

and its on my wishlist

so is VA-11 Hall-A

i heard that was good too

[lethal drift]

[stable kindle]

late but i adored rf4 so much i got a physical copy (bought it digital on sale on a whim) and imported the guide book that had artwork and stuff in it too lol

[dire saffron]

has anyone played child of light, yuppie psycho, if found, lofi ping pong, The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature, carrion, spiritfarer, and or VA-11 Hall-A and can vouch for it??

since all of those are on my wishlist

and i wanna burn some money

oh also evergate and summer with the shiba inu

i have a few other games on there but those im the most curious about

[dire condor]

I've heard good things about Carrion.

[lethal drift]

Child of Light is a beautiful 2d rpg by Ubisoft with a watercolor art style and lots of rhymes

If you do decide to play it, make sure to pay attention to the battles since they're all real time

Va11hall-a is a really well written vn set in a cyberpunk city

[dire saffron]

yeaa my stepsister recommended va11hall-a

ive never played more just story games so idk how it would be for me :/

[graceful galleon]

wow I never play all of those lol, but I heard spiritfarer is great

[lethal drift]

I know Spiritfarer looks neat

be prepared for a lot of reading, if you do try Va11

[dire saffron]

since spiritfarer is co op idk if i wanna play it on my own or with someone so im on the fence :/

[dire saffron]

yea kinda what i expected

[lethal drift]

honestly not many vns compare to how great the writing is in Va11

Clannad comes pretty close

[woven breach]

I expect Va11 doesn't have voice over?

[lethal drift]

nope

[woven breach]

Ah shucks

[tame veldt]

while we're recommending games. my brother called me an isometric gamer so I want to know the best isometric games. no sgg. i have all of them already.

[wraith cradle]

I played it just fine solo

It was cool either way

[acoustic jacinth]

what genre, beyond just isometric? i know quite a few rpgs, though most of them are kind of old

[lethal drift]

old is still good

[dire saffron]

sometimes old is good

[acoustic jacinth]

true. quality and age aren’t the same

i was thinking the likes of baldurs gate, planescape torment, divinity original sin....there was a time when i only knew isometric fantasy rpgs

[lethal drift]

does Link to the Past count?

[thorn tundra]

does final fantasy tactics count

also for some reason isometric tactics rpg games annoy me

because it doesn't work intuitively with the d-pad

[dire saffron]

i hate the camera on tactics with a passion

[thorn tundra]

like I will intuitively press the up button for the cursor to go up

[dire saffron]

it made me go in the wrong direction too many times

[thorn tundra]

but it instead go to the left

yay Im not alone

[lethal drift]

if only there was a tactics rpg with tank controls

[dire condor]

You already got the Diablos?

Zeldas are not isometric, you gotta kink the camera over 45 degrees.

[thorn tundra]

Dont starve?

also teehee kink teehee

[lethal drift]

[acoustic jacinth]

not sure it counts...north has to be at the top right of the screen

[tame veldt]

isometric

that's the genre

[dire saffron]

i find it dumb that the genre is decided by the camera angle

kinda dumb

[thorn tundra]

gerry berry likes games with a camera that kinks at 45 degrees teehee

[dire condor]

I wouldn't say genre is entirely the right word, but there's certainly a lot of games with that visual style, and I understand the appeal.

Visual presentation?

[acoustic jacinth]

fair enough, but baldur’s gate is an isomaetric western rpg, which may be different from other isometrics

[thorn tundra]

its kind of a joke @tame veldt 's relative noticed that most games that gerry likes is isometric

[acoustic jacinth]

visual style seems more accurate than genre to describe isometric

[acoustic jacinth]

same, tbh

[thorn tundra]

kind of like pixel-art kind of became a genre but its more visual style

[tame veldt]

just give me isometric games why are we fighting over what a genre is?

[acoustic jacinth]

which isometrics have you already played?

[thorn tundra]

genre is a loose term so it can mean a lot

[tame veldt]

sgg, risk, starcraft, warcraft, others i can't remember rn

i'll remember it if you say one i've played

[acoustic jacinth]

then strategy games are more your preference?

[tame veldt]

i prefer fast paced but starcraft and warcraft are just chill games i play with my friends

[acoustic jacinth]

not sure i can help you there. i play a lot of slower paced, story heavy games

[tame veldt]

that's fine

[thorn tundra]

gerry just needs isometric games

and Im just trying to challenge myself what isometric games do I know of

[tame veldt]

Damn right!

[graceful galleon]

Shadowrun series, Baldurs Gate, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Planescape Torment, Into The Breach, Disco Elysium, classic Fallout, all dem Diablos

there

[thorn tundra]

Super Mario RPG is isometric in certain times

Disgaea and FF Tactics and most old tactics games really

[acoustic jacinth]

yep, those are the ones i know!

[tame veldt]

Into the breach and Disco Elysium intrigue me.

[acoustic jacinth]

icewind dale and neverwinter nights as well

[graceful galleon]

most classic crpgs are isometric

[acoustic jacinth]

the banner saga’s kind of a visual novel, but the combat’s isometric

[thorn tundra]

Ragnarok Online is kind of isometric I guess?

[graceful galleon]

Into the breach is good, it's like chess with kaijus+robots

[acoustic jacinth]

the avernum/exile series, and geneforge are quite old with very simple graphics, but good worldbuilding

[thorn tundra]

someone needs to make a text-based rpg that's isometric

just for the lols

[acoustic jacinth]

how....would that work

[thorn tundra]

you display texts in a 45 degree angle

[mortal siren]

Just move your monitor then

[thorn tundra]

no, it needs to exist

[tame veldt]

there's a text only platformer

https://vimlark.itch.io/hero-of-memory

[acoustic jacinth]

so that but.... isomestric

you play as a letter, walk on ground that’s just the word “ground” repeated a million times

trees are represented with the word “tree”

enemies are scarlet letters

[graceful galleon]

I forgot Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny

[acoustic jacinth]

oh, can’t forget tyranny, that’s an underrated game

i wish there was a bit more to it, though. the ending seemed rather rushed

[acoustic jacinth]

text based isometric continued: stores are just “store” but in a 3d graphic design

[tame veldt]

what about the fishing minigame

every good game has a fishing mechanic

[acoustic jacinth]

i think that would be doable. after all, there’s already water, which is just the word “water” in overlapping waves

“fishing rod” and “fishing line” in a line....fish being, like, “fISh” shaped

you know, it’s hard to describe any of this on a phone

[mortal siren]

How about isometric text romance

[terse hornet]

@dusky wing sorry for the tag I don't want to keep the convo in #pyre cluttered. I've been ogling the FF franchise for years and I played IV (decent for the time but too much nowadays) and VI (actually enjoyable, but a bit long-winded)
(and watched VII and didn't understand any of the hype at all)
would you have any suggestions for what else I should try in the series?

[dusky wing]

entirely fair! (I should have known better, badly done, me)

first off, no matter how nostalgic I may be for the early games, I do not recommend trying to play the original unless you are a sucker for pain

it hasn't aged well

would you like to spend hours inching across a mostly-featureless overworld, fighting the same mob of five Imps every three steps, until you finally get to a town and are rewarded with three lines of NPC dialogue? this is the OG Final Fantasy experience.

it laid some marvelous groundwork but it has been built upon by its successors to the point of obsolescence 😭

that said! since you've already played IV and VI, there are various things I enjoy about all of the PS1 era games

VII was a Big Deal because it was a big graphical and technical leap from VI, even though it looks kind of crap to modern eyes. as far as I can tell, those ball-handed koosh-doll sprites were mind-boggling when they debuted, not to mention the cutscenes...

if you liked Pyre, try FFIX, it has a similar lived-in feel and band-of-misfits-with-a-fun-dynamic cast

if you liked Transistor, maybe try FFX, it's got a beautiful apocalyptic setting (tropical!) with a lot of government conspiracy and a front-and-center tragic romance (although your mileage may vary on the protagonist)

(maybe play in Japanese with subtitles if possible, the English voice acting is infamously whiny and it doesn't do him any favors)

and FFVIII is, uh.....it's a bunch of teenagers in the magitech floating-fortress army (with late-90s computer technology) having a lot of drama and memory problems while trying to overthrow the government and stop a witch from destroying the world with moon monsters and time magic. it's....something.

it's very anime. if you like late-90s/early-00s anime, you might like FFVIII.

[graceful galleon]

what do you think about 12?

I personally love it to death

[quartz latch]

(in the fandom for VI and X, much love for IV and XII, XIII may regrettably have my fave combat system of all time, throwing in some love for Tactics and Vagrant Story as well; sequels need not apply 💎 🐤 )

[lethal drift]

13-2 is the one I liked the most

[quartz latch]

That plot was an exercise in frustration for me, even though I love the cast and several moments 😭

[lethal drift]

Remember when Lightning was wearing gucci?

or whatever clothing brand it was

[quartz latch]

For me, XII visibly suffers from its known development issues and it's almost painful at times to see it struggle, but it's painful because what is there is SO GOOD. I love it dearly and can't wait to revisit it!

Yes 🤣 that sure was a time

[lethal drift]

but the music

The ff13 music

[quartz latch]

Music gr8, that's one of my fave Squenix composers! Possibly my fave battle track in the whole series as well (FFX second I think)

[lethal drift]

https://open.spotify.com/track/0WIAZIziAzAC52iyuZELn1?si=RgG5TZSfRgydUqA650gBXQ

the strings, the choir

and I think a guitar too

[quartz latch]

For more Hamauzu goodness, I love the Unlimited:SaGa OST as well!

[lethal drift]

I heard of the SaGa games. They seem pretty difficult to get into

https://open.spotify.com/track/4sEVHFujmS8Rzp6RHEooEA?si=U7zVUYfcT4WFCwAaEwS-qA

this is also one of my fave songs from 13. It's like a rearrangement of Serah's theme but more danceable

[quartz latch]

Yes I love it!!

[lethal drift]

https://open.spotify.com/track/7DHco8612JWWrllNSxd0mP?si=cj480sVHRWu6hkvQ-sWhww

This is just jazz and I love jazz

maybe jazz fusion? not sure

[quartz latch]

And yeah I'm no expert on SaGa YET but... they are difficult and the ones I've tried don't really pay off storywise, but if you vibe with the combat system and the atmosphere, they have a lot to offer!

[lethal drift]

seems like I should take my time with SaGa if I should ever get into it

[quartz latch]

Combat is extremely rewarding and flexible, lots of fun!

You learn new abilities by taking risks, basically

[lethal drift]

risk, reward type deal

[quartz latch]

Back to FF for a hot sec, reccing FFX to Transistor fans 😮 inspired!! Zanarkand 🤝 Cloudbank... the ||laser-focused tragedy|| of it all...

[lethal drift]

I have tried FFX but haven't touched it since months from now

[terse hornet]

salutes thank you I am more eager to play 9 now

[quartz latch]

I was too young to appreciate IX when it came out... a replay is on the horizon and I CAN'T WAIT but it's part of my partner going through a best of Squenix selection so we did VI and the next in line is CT and THEN IX and probably Tactics and possibly CC and then XII so. It's gonna be some time. Mostly because the very first item in the list is getting him out of a pinch in Breath of Fire DQ, but I myself haven't touched BoF since 2003 so I'm scared and we keep postponing this 😂

IX's OST and aesthetic are flawless. I'd rec Crystal Chronicles for a coeval work by a lot of the same people but someone managed to bungle the port and literally took the multiplayer campaign out of its co-op multiplayer adventure 🙄

https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/360228-final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-gamecube-screenshot-world.jpg this is what Pyre's Blackwagon immediately reminded me of... but in FFCC, the caravan isn't populated by NPCs, it's one to four characters in couch co-op... ...and in the remaster you can't. do. that. Alone in your caravan with your imp moogle

[eager hamlet]

XV nowadays is pretty good

Weak second half of the story still, but better than it used to be

Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time is good if you can get your hands on it

[rancid token]

I'm excited to see how XVI handles

[graceful galleon]

I need to replay XV, probably

[rancid token]

I want to see the main character pop a DT

[bleak coral]

Main Theme of FF7 goated

[eager hamlet]

Ive voiced my concerns with XVI before but

[graceful galleon]

did they add a lot to the base game? no DLC here

[wraith cradle]

I should start XV Dlc someday

[eager hamlet]

I also just kinda don't dig the MCs edgy design

A lot, yeah

Chapter 13 was fixed and expanded

[rancid token]

I feel like that's sort of part and parcel to the appeal of FF protagonists

[eager hamlet]

And the last chapter has a pretty sizeable new area

But thats only for the royal edition

[rancid token]

At least, a good chunk of them

[eager hamlet]

Eh?

I dont mind that its edgy

But its just kinda too busy for my taste

[wraith cradle]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/6/60/Final_Fantasy_XXVII.png/revision/latest?cb=20150220095103

And it just gets edgier

[rancid token]

Hopefully it'll be edgy like Dante and not edgy like Other Dante

[eager hamlet]

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWam9mhzxTwi6pz7FpPFun.jpg

For reference, this is the design

[wraith cradle]

Final Fantasy Protagonists have two moods:

-Edgy and Angsty

[eager hamlet]

Tbh the XXVII version, while an obvious joke, I wouldn't mind

[rancid token]

Simply sublime

[eager hamlet]

Eh, thats true for half of them I'd argue

Bartz or Onion Knight isnt really either

[rancid token]

Yeah I wouldn't say, for example, Zidane falls into either of those

[eager hamlet]

But yeah, not the biggest fan of the FFXVI MCs design

[rancid token]

Maybe angsty, but not really

[eager hamlet]

But if the games good, thats not a big deal

[rancid token]

I hadn't seen that art but I dig it

[graceful galleon]

Paladin Cecil is neither iirc heh

[eager hamlet]

Yeah but Cecil as a whole definitely is

[wraith cradle]

God, Each time I heard Bartz name I remember that hilarious Sakaguchi sketch

https://youtu.be/xuWkvyeAu0E

[rancid token]

Bit of a shame FF moved away from being turn-based, but at least Dragon Quest keeps the tradition alive and well

[wraith cradle]

That's because for most people Turn based RPGs are a thing of the past

[eager hamlet]

The whole genre has moved away from it, yeah

The ones that remain try to do something interesting with it, or are carried by other elements

[wraith cradle]

The only ones who get away with it are:

-Grandfathered franchises.

-Indie Nostalgia based games

[rancid token]

And Yakuza

[eager hamlet]

Yakuza does try to do something interesting with it

[wraith cradle]

Hell, even almost all turn based franchises use ATB

[eager hamlet]

Its also arguably carried by everything else

[rancid token]

I personally don't care for traditional turn-based RPGs, so I'm all for the shift, but I understand when people say that they're frustrated

[wraith cradle]

PURE turn based is quite rare

[rancid token]

I feel the same way about most 3D platformers going the way of the dodo

[wraith cradle]

Now unless you are called Fire Emblem or Dragon Quest you gonna have to do it right to get away with it

[eager hamlet]

Tbh that one might just be because of market monopoly

Nintendo does 3D platformers, and no one wants to compete with Nintendo

[rancid token]

I mean, we've seen throwbacks in stuff like Hat in Time, but really the only 3D platformer series that's consistent is Mario

And stuff like Banjo and DK64 definitely haven't seen the light of day in a decade or more

[wraith cradle]

There was Yooka Kaylee too

[graceful galleon]

Microsoft probably killed those IP

hey we still got Bubsy

[eager hamlet]

Nah, Donkey Kong is still around

But the 2D style was just more popular

[rancid token]

Specifically the collectathon vibe, I mean

Yookah-Laylee would have been nice if it didn't totally flop

Sequel is good though

But yeah, I get why people would be frustrated at the shrinking number of traditional RPGs coming out nowadays

Although I guess with stuff like BD2 and Octopath and such it's kind of having a little resurgence?

[wraith cradle]

That's why I shill Legrand Legacy when I can

[eager hamlet]

Tbh I can't get why people love traditional turn-based RPGs in the first place

[wraith cradle]

An old school RPG with FF vibes

[eager hamlet]

That gameplay style is just inherently massively flawed

And playing it just kinda becomes a routine

[rancid token]

I see the appeal, it just makes my brain take a nap

[eager hamlet]

At that point I'd dare say that auto-battleing would be more effective/interesting

For me its kind of an awkward middle bit

You have to actively keep pressing buttons, but you don't really tend to make decisions

Stuff like TOCS at least spices it up a little

[graceful galleon]

yes tbh im glad they try to evolve the traditional turn-based system

SMT's Press Turn comes to mind

[eager hamlet]

I still tend to prefer action

[graceful galleon]

Sky trilogy is not bad either, but I still fast forward everything and use the same spell for every battle (and weakness) like 2nd half of each game.

[terse hornet]

(yay Trails was brought up without me having to say it)

[graceful galleon]

while P5 and SMT IV keeps me engaged till the end

[terse hornet]

But it's also a case of a legacy series I'd say

Even then I hear latest entries try their best to have action stuff

Which is sad

[graceful galleon]

yea i heard Kuro changed the battle system?

[terse hornet]

Yep that's the rumor I heard

Gonna be a long time before I get to see it for myself though haha

[eager hamlet]

Its been confirmed

It seems to do a FF7R style thing

[terse hornet]

Oh interesting

I just hope they don't screw it up too hard cause it's their first

[eager hamlet]

https://www.gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LoH-Kuro-no-Kiseki-Battle_03-03-21_003.jpg

[terse hornet]

When Falcom does something for the first time it's usually not... Remarkable

[eager hamlet]

This is a screen from the command battle mode

It seems to be more or less the same?

[terse hornet]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I wouldn't know I haven't played cs yet

[eager hamlet]

Well learn tomorrow

CS is apparently same as Sky

[terse hornet]

:O what's happening tomorrow

Yeah it should be

[graceful galleon]

that action bar on top reminds me of Grandia

[eager hamlet]

40th anniversary livestream

[graceful galleon]

ish

[terse hornet]

Oooh right!!!

[eager hamlet]

Theyll show off some Kuro

[terse hornet]

I've been a little out of the loop lol

I'm waiting for Aofront

i bet they're not gonna do anything for the Brandish series ever again

and it's 30 this year

[eager hamlet]

Tbh Im not surprised theyre changing the battle system

TOCS has the big problem where the difficulty curve is more of a bell

[terse hornet]

Yeah there's a lot of stupidly powerful arts and crafts from what I heard

You can just delay and delay and delay

[eager hamlet]

Eh not exactly delay

You just kinda ... oneshot everything?

[terse hornet]

Which. You could also do that before especially in Crossbell but at least it cost you

LOL even on nightmare?

[eager hamlet]

Maybe not on Nightmare

But its easy to trivialise

https://i.redd.it/81p97zsjj2l61.jpg

[graceful galleon]

ah you can switch between the 2 systems?

by the way, Hummel's counter is borderline broken

[eager hamlet]

You can, yeah

[terse hornet]

So basically they Ys-ified Trails :v

[eager hamlet]

Well see the details tomorrow

Partially?

It looks more Xenoblade-y

Or maybe FF7R-y

Hard to tell

[terse hornet]

Yeah

[graceful galleon]

Xenoblade's is.. weird, not a fan

[eager hamlet]

The biggest question I have is if the action version still has crafts

[graceful galleon]

hope it's not

[eager hamlet]

But I imagine this will be used to gauge interest

And if the action-version is just a lot less popular

They'll go back to turn-based

[graceful galleon]

that L1 R1 buttons are crafts, probably?

[eager hamlet]

Fwiw it does fix some of my issues with the turnbased one

L1 is character switch

[graceful galleon]

in this one?

[terse hornet]

But also you know.. switching characters in real time and having to time dodges... Idk it looks like modern Ys

[graceful galleon]

oo wait nevermind, you said action-version mb

[eager hamlet]

R1 might be though

I mean

You do both of those in FF7R as well

[graceful galleon]

havent played FF7R, but probably like Ys? R1+face buttons for skills/crafts

[eager hamlet]

I'm sure it will have elements of Ys

But it's probably not quite Ys

[wraith cradle]

I'm playing YS VIII as we speak

[graceful galleon]

noice

[wraith cradle]

My backlog is almost done I think

[eager hamlet]

We can already see some differences

[wraith cradle]

Only a dozen games left

[graceful galleon]

how far are you

[eager hamlet]

Ys has guard for instance

[wraith cradle]

Still in the ship

I just startted today

After finishing Loop Hero

[eager hamlet]

Have fun with it

Its probably the best Ys game

Ys IX was promising but didnt stick the landing

[graceful galleon]

im in Chapter 5, I enjoy it immensely

[wraith cradle]

Then I'll play Banner of The Maid

Then Aegis Defenders

[eager hamlet]

Which is a real shame because I really wanted to like Ys IX more than 8

[graceful galleon]

I need to finish Ys before MH Rise comes out

[eager hamlet]

Even with the exploration being more limited, it had the potential to do so

[wraith cradle]

I also gotta recheck the EGS free games

Maybe there are some interesting ones to play

[junior crown]

checked today

some war game

[wraith cradle]

I mean the 50 I have already

[eager hamlet]

Talos Principle was good

Anyway uh, curious to see what theyll do with Kuro

[graceful galleon]

Crying Suns is pretty good

[wraith cradle]

Well more like 80

[eager hamlet]

But probably not too relevant for us

[wraith cradle]

Both finished already

[terse hornet]

I started Ys 8 a few days ago

[eager hamlet]

We don't even have Hajimari no Kiseki

[terse hornet]

It's not too bad

[wraith cradle]

The latter I actually finished before it was free on Steam

[graceful galleon]

we'll get Kuro localized in 5+ years

[terse hornet]

But a lot of girl's designs are. Yikes

*the girls'

[graceful galleon]

where does Hajimari fall into the timeline?

[terse hornet]

Hard to believe the same company created the game that had Estelle Bright

[terse hornet]

I think it's after all of CS

[wraith cradle]

The day 13 Sentinels is on PC is the day I don't get out of home in a week

If it happens

Big if

[tame veldt]

is 13 sentinels on pc

[eager hamlet]

Yeah Hajimari is 1 year after CS

[tame veldt]

i'm not clear on that

[eager hamlet]

And 5+ is generous tbh

[wraith cradle]

In any case gonna check how much the big update on Dreamscaper is

[eager hamlet]

We might be looking at 3 years until we get Hajimari

Wonder when they'll finish the entire Trails story/series

[terse hornet]

Never /s

Honestly can't wait to see Cold Steel for myself because so many people criticize it

[eager hamlet]

Really?

Granted Ive only played Cold Steel and none of the others, so

[terse hornet]

Well maybe it's the circles I'm hanging around I

In*

Also. WOW YOU DIDN'T PLAY SKY

[eager hamlet]

Graphics are a bit too outdated, and I already know the whole plot

[terse hornet]

I don't want to be a party ruiner but

Oh well your loss

[eager hamlet]

Eh, not really at this point

There isnt anything Im missing out on anymore

[terse hornet]

I hope things are explained decently

[eager hamlet]

But yeah, I liked Cold Steel a lot

[terse hornet]

Cause ummm

[wraith cradle]

Anyone here played Langrisser to give me their opinion?

[eager hamlet]

I just read the wiki and watched parts of a playthrough

[wraith cradle]

And Grandia II?

[terse hornet]

I guess that works but wowww

[wraith cradle]

And Romancing Saga 3?

[eager hamlet]

The only real weakness Cold Steel has is 1 feeling a bit incomplete

Since its clearly setup for 2

And 3 has a horrible, horrible cliffhanger

[terse hornet]

LOL FC ends on a cliffhanger straight up

This really is your first rodeo

[eager hamlet]

No you don't understand

The 3 cliffhanger is the worst

Its kinda infamous in the Falcom community for being the worst cliffhanger in the series

[terse hornet]

Yeah that's fair but saying 1 is incomplete without 2???

[eager hamlet]

Not exactly incomplete

Hm

[terse hornet]

That is typical

[eager hamlet]

Oh that

Yeah sorta

But Cold Steel has a lot to like

It also advances the plot a lot

[terse hornet]

I think I'll still like the 3rd the best lol

Cause it's so unique and they never tried anything like it again

But this is kind of speculation on my part I'm trying my best to keep away from spoilers lol

[eager hamlet]

Also Kuros system lets you move during your turn for free before doing any attack/art/craft

Which is nice

Always sucked that ranged characters had to move back without attacking

[terse hornet]

Honestly it just feels nice playing a Falcom game again

Even if it's really not the same since XSEED quit

I think I spotted like half a dozen loc issues within the first few hours lol

[eager hamlet]

Do you mean in 8?

8 had a messy localisation yeah

Its fine now, but uh

Originally an area was called "Archeoizoic Big Hole"

[terse hornet]

Huge Ore Deposit in the Wind Hole

Oh wait that's on Falcom themselves

[eager hamlet]

Its Archeoizoic Chasm now

Much better

[terse hornet]

A big hole is a chasm alright

Oh well I think I can get over the small issues

Makes it fun to think about how I would rephrase

I played through Nayuta with the same attitude

And it was much worse lol

[eager hamlet]

Anyway, we'll see the details of the system tomorrow

I'm reasonably excited

I do feel that turn-based is inherently majorly flawed

From buffs/debuffs, to statuses, to action economy and lack of decisions

Trails works because its fun being broken, and the rest of the game can carry it through the slog

[terse hornet]

Wouldn't mind hearing a little about it from you

[eager hamlet]

About the details?

[terse hornet]

Also battle music is good as hell 90% of the time

And yep

[eager hamlet]

Yeah sure, if I remember

Falcom does good music

Though Ys IX had a couple of bad tracks

The biggest one being the regular boss theme

Its just ... not good

[terse hornet]

Singa... Yikes

[eager hamlet]

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

Eh, honestly?

Listening to the usual stuff

I don't quite get the Singa hate

Yeah this particular song is terrible

[terse hornet]

I'm not like actually skilled at distinguishing composers but usually if I don't like a track it's from him

[eager hamlet]

But most of his stuff is good

And he made Iclucian Dance

[terse hornet]

LOL

[eager hamlet]

Though I guess you haven't heard Iclucian dance yet

[terse hornet]

Iclucian Dance is a ripoff of Soldier's Sorrow

(joking but not really)

[eager hamlet]

Ive heard the "the boy has wings" comparision

[terse hornet]

https://youtu.be/xo1JdpdLj7M

[eager hamlet]

Eh?

Its like the first three tones

And then it diverges completely

[terse hornet]

(gotta go but I'm glad I had this silly excuse to bring Brandish up lol)

[eager hamlet]

And even then, the first 3 tones only share cadence

[terse hornet]

Yeah I said I was joking

[wraith cradle]

Something hilarious

[eager hamlet]

Anyway, he does have one track I kinda like in Ys IX particularly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQB_6YoT0BQ

[wraith cradle]

Each time I'm interested on an Indie I see gameplay with no commentary to see if it interests me

[eager hamlet]

Its so weird

[wraith cradle]

And the first result is ALWAYS the same guy

God Bless him as sometimes he's the only guy with footage

I was actually looking at quite the interesting game

The Occupation

[placid cape]

Can anyone recommend a cheap monitor (preferably under £100) that is good for home use? Please ping me

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/818654408988295198/latest.png

Can I just say how sick Zero looks in Mega Man Zero

[lethal drift]

maybe if he took some medicine, he wouldn't look as sick

jokes aside, he does look cool

[polar dragon]

lul

classic Zero is a bit cheesy

this is just the right amount of slick

[rancid token]

Zero has always been cooler than X and Capcom are cowards for not letting him be the star earlier

Also, my Mega Man hot take, Zero is the most consistently good sub series hands down and it isn't even close

[dire condor]

I've tried to get through 1 twice and couldn't do it.

[rancid token]

If you have the Collection, they're much better because they added actual checkpoints

[dire saffron]

any of yall hyped for the 2nd mh: rise demo??

[woven breach]

Oh yea

OH YEA

I can refresh move set again

A bit rusty

[polar dragon]

yeah zero is hardddd

[graceful galleon]

yess, cant wait to be pummeled by Magnamalo

[dire saffron]

hehe yea im a glaive main :3

and i might do it with a group

maybe just solo tho to flex

also i think theres gonna be new silkbinds so like 👀

[graceful galleon]

imma try solo first

[dire saffron]

i want that downward thing with glaive from iceborne

[graceful galleon]

planning to main GL and HH this time

^

that hits hard

[dire saffron]

ahh HH seems pretty cool

my only experience with mh is rise demo tho so :/

but i love it

IG just felt really fun

and like DB or HH is gonna be my secondary

[graceful galleon]

HH is fluid and super strong this time

[polar dragon]

hh?

[dire saffron]

hunting horn

[polar dragon]

oh we talking monster hunter

[dire saffron]

mhm :3

the 2nd demo is launching in like 3 days

so im hyped

magnamalo seems like a trip

and man i want the pro controller

it looks cool as hell

just its sold out everywhere and im too lazy to buy it from the UK store

[graceful galleon]

yo the MH Rise Switch also looks cool

[dire saffron]

yeaaa

just expensive ;w;

[woven breach]

My switch is a bit too precious for me to get a new one

[dire saffron]

yk monster hunter is def more fun with people but i might have to solo the game ;w;

my friend that plays already has a team

[graceful galleon]

if it's anything like World, you can just jump in to a SOS calls

[dire condor]

Oh, I've still got the Zero Collection.

[rancid token]

It's more similar to past games than World

[graceful galleon]

but most randos are dumb, soo beware

[rancid token]

I know the story quests and multiplayer quests are totally separate now

Which is great, having to wait for everyone to see the cutscenes to hop in a hunt was the worst

[woven breach]

That's how I do with my friend. Solo the story, duo the farming

[dire saffron]

ahh maybe ill do that :3

my brother said he'd be down but idk what his schedule is

also ig im buying curse of the dead gods now

it seems super cool

[eager hamlet]

@terse hornet I missed the stream, so this is a bit late, but we got some info on Kuros gameplay

Biggest one is that, yeah, command mode is just turn-based

But you can move freely once its your turn

[terse hornet]

okay okay

[eager hamlet]

You can also switch between command and action mode mid-battle

Crafts and arts seem to be the same in command mode

But we did not see any special attacks in action mode, I think

But yeah, theyre basically keeping command mode around, with just some stuff changed to make it up to date

Mostly letting you reposition to put some distance between you and the enemy, or to line up your art/craft better

Also, we might get a new Tokyo Xanadu

[terse hornet]

my friend told me some more of what they revealed and it sounds super boring to me

[eager hamlet]

Wdym?

[terse hornet]

i.e a cold steel anime

[eager hamlet]

Oh

Yeah there is a TOCS anime

Dunno about it, it could be good, but TOCS kinda has too many characters

[terse hornet]

and they talked about their favorite tracks and stuff apparently but they're the most generic ones

YEAH

that was my thought too and i havent played it even

[eager hamlet]

Eh, I wouldn't say theyre the most generic ones

I mean hell, one is from Ys II

[terse hornet]

ok generic is a bad word

[eager hamlet]

I do think there were better tracks, but its a popularity poll

[terse hornet]

oh

it was an actual poll

nvm then i thought it was just devs shilling lol

not surprising thne

*then

[eager hamlet]

Nah, one of the devs mentioned that he wanted the Ys II track in top spot

Which was a Sky track instead

[terse hornet]

silver will i think???

also not surprising 🥱

[eager hamlet]

Yeah, Silver Will Golden Wing

Personally I would've loved to see "youll see out the end of the tales"

[terse hornet]

Oh I don't know that one

Must be Azure/CS

[eager hamlet]

Ys VIII actually

Its late in the game

[dire saffron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63z2D6M9Wc

pog

bouta drop 120$ for these

[dire warren]

same tbh

[raven dome]

So there’s a new character in Skullgirls that has a Zagreus palette, and all I could think was “wait, Skullgirls isn’t dead?”

I loved that game~

I don’t mean to brag, but in my hay day, my skill level was very slightly above amateur~

[dire saffron]

ive been thinking of getting skullgirls

i just wouldnt have anyone to play it with ;w;

[raven dome]

(ahem)

I’m right here, you know...

[dire saffron]

lol

yea for sure if i buy it

does it have cross platform actually??

since id be getting it on switch

[raven dome]

I... don’t know, actually...

[acoustic pollen]

I'm trying to remember a video game. I've never played it. I heard about it through a youtube video, probably Extra Credits. It was a singleplayer scifi FPS, and one of the mechanics was you had a gun that let you shoot black gunk onto walls, allowing for cool platforming. It's set on a spaceship I think?

[tame veldt]

amogus?

[dire saffron]

lmao

amogus

[tame veldt]

real answer: bioshock...?

i don't think so though

[acoustic jacinth]

sounds a lot like portal 2, but not quite

[junior crown]

Maybe Prey?

[tame veldt]

xube?

link between worlds?

[acoustic pollen]

Its prey

Tysm!

[tame veldt]

there we go

we're good people

[acoustic pollen]

I didn't have high hopes when the first reply was "amogus"

[thorn tundra]

this..... made me look twice >_>

[tame veldt]

oh um

sorry...?

[acoustic pollen]

It's all good

I would have done the same

[thorn tundra]

portal?

oh wait it was answered lol

ohhhh the video is from Game Makers toolkit

I remember that

[acoustic pollen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QsCy4ekWk The video I was thinking of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9x3AtGADM GMTK one. I saw this one too. Probably kept the memory alive

[mortal siren]

The basic 2nd endcore version is very cheap, u can find it in bundles a lot in other game sites

[polar dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/819103439858040872/unknown.png

I did a thing :D

XCOM Chimera Squad is a baby XCOM, and quite easy at that.

Still, it has some charm, I guess for a $20 spin-off, it is OK.

[floral warren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789543531206279208/818919075337732096/unknown.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789543531206279208/818919103183061012/unknown.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788833506196979752/818923089017438278/purepng.png

don't you love it when news do typos?

cuz I do

[twin yarrow]

F cybperunk 2077

[floral warren]

cybperunk 2077 worst game

im waiting for Cyberpunk

[open rapids]

petition to put zagreus in smash bros now that hades is on the switch

[tame veldt]

that ain't happening

full on character or...?

[thorn tundra]

it can happen as either a mii costume or a trophy

it happened with undertale and shovel knight

[tame veldt]

(X) Doubt

[wary anvil]

Has anyone played Cyberpunk? Obviously there was a lot of talk at launch about how buggy/disappointing it was, but I've also seen some people point out they really enjoyed its world and narrative.

[mortal siren]

I mean you can enjoy it if its your first triple A rpg i guess

[floral warren]

when the game works and doesn't bug out... it's beautiful

[floral warren]

^

[wary anvil]

I mean, it's... kind of... not? 😅

[wary anvil]

tbh I'm hoping they patch the issues at least to the point where I can enjoy it. I know some of the decisions they made make the game kind of broken when you look too close (eg. their traffic system) but I'd like to lose myself in the world as long as I don't analyse those bits too much.

[dire saffron]

hell yea the hatsune miku game i put on my wishlist as a joke is 50% off

should i buy it??

i was gonna buy curse of the old gods and maybe something else

[floral warren]

tbh I don't use things related to driving, I just walk on my legs and appreciate the view

[eager hamlet]

The bugs might well be fixed, but the design decisions that make the game worse are there to stay

It won't ever be a good game, but it might be an alright one

[junior crown]

It will always sadly stay the way it is, an ok game. I haven't played it myself, but really spent a whole lot chatting with people who did and tried out the systems in it. To point they don't even learn much from their previous games, like for example how inventory works. They could take notes from witcher 3 inventory system yet they went with the one that always end up with players always having too much stuff on them and never really having a proper management of it.

[raven dome]

I don’t really play RPGs like Pokémon nowadays because I feel like they’re too much of a time commitment and I don’t feel like wasting hours grinding.

At the same time, I have ~300+ hours logged into Hades, and that was over the course of under two months.

I’m pretty sure something is wrong with me.

[raven dome]

Saw gameplay of this yesterday, it’s like a slower paced Hades, and looks pretty good. I’d recommend that.

[dire saffron]

cool :3