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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #660 on: February 24, 2017, 01:17:57 PM »
For anyone who likes Dark Souls and similar games but actually likes having different character builds, covenants that make a difference, and stats that matter, Reddit is holding a 2 week long return to Drangleic in order reinvigorate the online community. Emphasis is especially on people interacting so jolly co-op and spiteful pvp abound! Sure the level design is mediocre, the bosses are same-y, and the violence, depravity, and apathy regarding the fate of all creation is severely toned down, but at least you won't dump 30 hours into your stupid crappy tank build!

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #661 on: February 27, 2017, 06:57:32 AM »
asdf figuring out how to force the microcontroller to wait if there's a ping incoming is killing my brain


Anyway, picked up Malicious Fallen and La-Mulana EX. I seem to have this thing for killing major enemies on the border of death. Mostly because I'm going for the no-subweapon achievement, so I have to close in to ranges that are extremely high risk against certain bosses.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #662 on: March 01, 2017, 05:21:49 PM »
For anyone who likes Dark Souls and similar games but actually likes having different character builds, covenants that make a difference, and stats that matter, Reddit is holding a 2 week long return to Drangleic in order reinvigorate the online community.
And as much as I liked this for a few days it could never live up to the original release. I also realized that I had 500 hours in DS2. Hence...

Salt and Sanctuary is fun! I'mma play dis with a few different builds!

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #663 on: March 16, 2017, 03:51:48 PM »
Beat Nier Automata. It is good it is good it is good. Easily the best Yoko Taro game.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #664 on: March 17, 2017, 03:13:15 PM »
Breath of the Wild deserves every last bit of its Metacritic score. Just my impression of things some 8 hours in. It combines the best aspects of previous LoZ games, Elder Scrolls, Dark Souls, and even MGS5 to a lesser extent into one package. Exploration never stops being rewarding and yet the map is titanic. Like I can't say it's absolutely flawless, but when you're having so much fun who really cares about transient small imperfections?

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #665 on: March 18, 2017, 08:11:18 AM »
Speaking of NieR: Automata, I love how there's Schmuck Bait endings. The game won't stop you from doing something idiotic and suicidal, like removing your own OS chip (whose description outright states you will die if this is removed) or taking Jackass' (that's her name) offer to consume a certain fish for science.

Anyway, I've gotten stonewalled in Hell Temple, so I've swapped back to Ateliers Sophie and Shallie. I still haven't actually gotten very far in Sophie, despite having bought the LE and having bought Firis day one (why didn't Firis get a LE, though?).

Also Monster Monpiece is out on Steam (fucking finally).


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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #666 on: April 04, 2017, 10:21:29 PM »
I bought Deemo a few days, and it's one of the best rhythm games I've ever played. The controls are good and the music is fantastic. I wish I was good at it.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #667 on: April 05, 2017, 01:19:46 PM »
It's time for Po town in Pokemans Moon! Mid-late game intrigue! It's also breeding time. I got my hands on a Ditto and I've been using it as a lazyperson's poke-clone machine. The results of this project have provided additional pokeys to ensure that I have one of each pokemon when I'm done with the game. Having additional pokeys has also proved fruitful for GTS trading.   

So far this studly pile of goo has sired:
- An owl
- A kitten
- An electric rodent
- An eagle and a vulture
- PUPPIES GALORE
- An anemone
- Fish and then more fish
- Two geckos
- Five previously extinct creatures
- Numerous dragons of different varieties
- A rock

Dunno why, but I find myself liking this one more than I did X/Y. Maybe it's the theme, or I like my team more this time around, or Team Skull, or breaks from past norms, I can't really decide. Speaking of Team Skull, they're the best team but I swear they show up far less and have far fewer pokemon than earlier games.

Also on the list of things I'm playing are more Breath of the Wild and what I hope and pray is my last playthrough of Dark Souls 3. Quality build was the correct answer all along.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #668 on: April 05, 2017, 04:05:15 PM »
Payday 2's in the midst of their annual spring event, and this time, it's trying two things at once; tying up loose ends from plots super long ago, and porting classic levels from the first game. So, with one 'new' level out, a revamp of Heat Street, they're making canonically new scenarios that, in-universe, are just coincidentally similar to stuff from ages ago. Bain, your mission control, even has a random chance of mumbling "this whole scenario is just... way too familiar." It's bizarre, but effective. With the sheer amount of changes between the two game's mechanics, it's pretty much an entirely new thing as it is, and I'm genuinely surprised that I'm able to really enjoy what was infamously my least favorite level ever in the game it debuted in.

Been blowing through racing games between actual motorsports. I keep trying to get into Forza 4 again, but I'm just not finding it very compelling. The XP system, gradual unlocks, and gorgeous courses are very nice, but it feels like they're in place to compensate for generic and unsatisfying gameplay. Maybe it's just other games building on it since.

In any case, I ended up getting back into MX vs ATV Reflex again after enjoying a round of Monster Energy Supercross on TV; as someone who pretty much only pays attention to four wheels, I'm massively impressed with how ridiculously satisfying Reflex is to play. Every class of vehicle feels nothing the same, and having to angle your tires over jumps adds that one extra dynamic element to a racing line that I've been looking for. With stock cars on ovals, that dynamic element comes from your opponents, drafting, and having both low and high lines around the course. With endurance racing and high-powered open-wheel vehicles, it comes from tire wear causing you to slide around and have to improvise, then getting used to it all over again once you pit and get a fresh set of tires.

With motocross, that little extra something comes from having to consider your line vertically as well as horizontally. It's not just taking the corner, it's lining yourself up for the jump right after the corner, angling yourself to land just right after the end of it, and hoping not to slam into a competitor along the way. On a 360 controller, the left stick steers your bike left and right, and the right stick shifts your weight up and down. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's massively satisfying when you can find out just the right speed and angle to motor through a chunk of the track with ease; small sequences of bumps coasted through with the slightest shift back and gently easing the back tire over it, huge leaps taken with just the right turn to slide smoothly onto the end of the ramp ahead, stuff like that. It's really engaging, and those lines change with each different vehicle in the game. Plus, there's buggies and trucks for more standard four-wheeling dirt-racing competition.

Even for a 2010 game, it's also weirdly retro. The constant use of sponsors and generic screamo music (which I eventually shut off and replaced with some Skid Row) really brought me back to middle and high school, seeing the kids who drove their ATVs up in the woods coming in with Metal Mulisha hats and FOX shirts and all. Nails the style of it, at least, and while I'm pretty sure it's all fictional course designs, they're done well enough that if you have no idea about motocross, it seems realistic/plausible enough. Plus, they aren't afraid to exaggerate for the sake of fun; Omnicross brings every single discipline in the game together, and is an absolute nightmare to play on a bike with gigantic trucks bearing down on you, but that fragility pays off with tighter turns and smaller shortcuts. I'd highly recommend the game thus far. Runs beautifully on PC, too.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #669 on: April 06, 2017, 12:31:33 PM »
World of Warships (although kinda dropped down performance-wise due to machine parts needing to return from maintenance)
Warframe, Accidentally Trinity Prime is making me look again at the LobsterDoctor
C&C Generals Zero Hour /w Shockwave Mod.  A pity that  the last patch kinda broke some of the AI in General's Challenge.  Still let's me write my name in Particle Cannon Strikes on those derped out AIs

Also no Warframe thread?  No interest or it just get buried.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #670 on: April 06, 2017, 01:00:50 PM »
World of Warships (although kinda dropped down performance-wise due to machine parts needing to return from maintenance)
Warframe, Accidentally Trinity Prime is making me look again at the LobsterDoctor
C&C Generals Zero Hour /w Shockwave Mod.  A pity that  the last patch kinda broke some of the AI in General's Challenge.  Still let's me write my name in Particle Cannon Strikes on those derped out AIs

Also no Warframe thread?  No interest or it just get buried.

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I play the former two, Warframe quite heavily. Picked up Octavia yet?

I dabble in both Star Trek Online and Mechwarrior Online as well.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #671 on: April 06, 2017, 02:09:37 PM »
I play the former two, Warframe quite heavily. Picked up Octavia yet?

I dabble in both Star Trek Online and Mechwarrior Online as well.

Haven't started on her quest. Been working more prime projects.  Had accidentally acquired all the bits to make Trinity Prime so leveling her.  Also it's awkward to work for Suda... I mean there is a strong chance in quest that she'll send the goon squad after me since I'm primary Loka for my syndicates.

MWO I need to get more into but I'm also kinda really waiting for the FedCom Civil War tech upgrade to drop before going in hard core onto it.  MRM Splatcats soon.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #672 on: April 06, 2017, 02:40:35 PM »
Haven't started on her quest. Been working more prime projects.  Had accidentally acquired all the bits to make Trinity Prime so leveling her.  Also it's awkward to work for Suda... I mean there is a strong chance in quest that she'll send the goon squad after me since I'm primary Loka for my syndicates.

MWO I need to get more into but I'm also kinda really waiting for the FedCom Civil War tech upgrade to drop before going in hard core onto it.  MRM Splatcats soon.

Hit me up in-game on Warframe sometime if you want someone to hunt mods/farm with. IGN is Scurry5.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #673 on: April 06, 2017, 11:23:56 PM »
Hit me up in-game on Warframe sometime if you want someone to hunt mods/farm with. IGN is Scurry5.

I'll shoot you a request. Zelinko on there.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #674 on: April 07, 2017, 07:23:28 PM »
Oblivion. The game where stuffing multiple swords and armor pieces into a dead rat, and dragging said rat around, is a valid mechanism of loot management. As is beating your horse unconscious, so you can remove the items stored in its stomach. I'm loving it, especially considering every major aspect of the game can be significantly improved with appropriate mods (see: Better Cities, Better Dungeons, Unique Landscapes, OOO, Enhanced Economy etc). So much fun content, so many delightful absurdities arising from the game's complexity (even with most bugs eliminated by the Unofficial Patch). A story I particularly enjoy telling goes as follows:

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I was just doing that quest with the two separated brothers and it turned out rather silly
After the brother in Cheydinhal stormed out of the inn as usual, I stayed there for a while longer to train my Sneak skill, then teleported back to Chorrol
I checked the quest marker and it was pointing just west of the Imperial Isle, meaning the idiot got himself knocked out on the way
So I stole a horse and rode out to meet him halfway
Somewhere along the road a bandit jumped out of the blue, so I dismounted, killed him and got on the horse again
"Stop! Thief!"
Cue a Link lookalike swinging at me with a big f***-off hammer because I mounted a horse he couldn't possibly know wasn't mine
I check his name and it's the goddamned brother
At this point the quest was ruined, so I reloaded
Escorted him back to Chorrol and this time everything went fine, except for the part where he ran off the road to fight boars, wolves and a bear
"I'm about to meet my lost brother, let's fight some fauna that could rip me open in a blink"
Eventually I followed him all the way to Chorrol, so he runs into the inn where his brother is, stops right in front of him... and turns around to chat with a random Khajiit
At this point I couldn't help but laugh

There were many more, of course. A jeweler walking face first into a closed door as I pocket her valuables? Check. The countess discovers me trespassing, immediately assails me, misdirects a blow and gets into a fistfight with her maid, chasing her into the castle hall, whereupon she's casually executed by her own bodyguards? Why not. That one time when I had to jump two meters in the air in order to avoid the guard's eyesight -- and picked the lock mid-jump, too? Priceless. NPCs calmly ignoring the fact that they've caught on fire after a nearby trap exploded? All the time.

I disliked Oblivion initially after release, but damn, after all these years, with all the mods and a less serious outlook, it's just such a barrel of fun.

EDIT: And a fresh one, from just a minute ago:
"There's no time to waste! Follow me!" *runs right into the very first trap of the dungeon and dies instantly*
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #675 on: April 08, 2017, 04:36:17 AM »
Now if only that NPC said "Leeroy Jenkins!"...

Anyway, now that The Nonary Games is out, I've finally had the time to completely finish Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. The only thing I hate is that they're straight ports, more or less, so some of the graphics (especially for items you pick up) is shit-tier, and quite a few of the text boxes extend three or more lines, which the game doesn't keep track of, so in 999, for example, if you're not in Novel mode, and one of those show up, you just have the latter half of the sentence show up in the text boxes.

Also, Yooka-Laylee is gonna be out real soon - they've just sent out the PC keys earlier today.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #676 on: April 11, 2017, 11:07:43 AM »
Finally finished the postgame of Dungeon Travellers 2. All bosses beaten, no level resets, no silver keys. Awesome game. Ready for DT2-2 next Thursday. :D
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #677 on: April 20, 2017, 11:58:41 PM »
If you haven't played Persona 5 - what are you even doing with your life? Stop everything - yes, including drinking, eating, sleeping, cuddling with your significant other and related things - and go play it to completion. Right now.

But yeah, I just spent the last two weeks binging the shit out of my life into Persona 5 and I don't regret a single moment of it. Even if it was the PS3 version, I barely noticed issues, and the improvements made to the series made all of my major complaints with P3 and P4 either vanish completely or become so minor they'd just be nitpicks.

And I'm pretty sure Joker is now my favorite protagonist out of the three. In no small part due to the Final Boss.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #678 on: April 21, 2017, 04:06:50 PM »
What I've been doing with my life is mostly DiRT Rally, as of late. I'd heard a lot of gaming news outlets report it as "the Dark Souls of racing games" and rant and rave about how relentlessly brutal and realistic it is, but, y'know, gaming media generally doesn't actually give a damn about racing games anymore, so they're an awful barometer of it unless they have an in-house specialist on it. Showing people careening off-track and slamming into walls isn't that good an indicator of difficulty when they usually drive so terribly that that's the case for every game. But I digress. What I think threw people off is that, unlike the majority of the DiRT series before it and much of the other mass-market games out there, DiRT Rally leans much more to the simulation end of things than it does arcade.

It's not that it's merciless, or cruel, or unforgiving. It's that it rips away the safety nets, all in good confidence that you'll be able to withstand the trial by fire and learn from your mistakes. There are assists you can turn on, of course, from stability and traction control to anti-lock brakes, but as with other Codemasters games, you're given a subtle boost in rewards payout for shutting them off. It lets you ease into making realistic parts of racing that you'd usually ignore a part of your muscle memory, at your own pace, from holding the handbrake during the countdown and letting go of it at launch to locking the camera views to the inside of the car. It's very satisfying to gradually gain full control of each part of the vehicle, and can pay off with slightly faster times. Importantly, though, a lot of the stuff that turned many other racing titles to a mocked "easy mode" are completely absent. There's no "rewind" or "flashback" feature. Resetting the car after a crash will cost you time. Damage incurred will have an effect on the car and cannot be rendered purely cosmetic. So on, so forth.

DiRT Rally's one of the few things I can point to as using modern gaming right. It debuted as an Early Access game with a sparse few stages (point-to-point rally courses), and took in feedback while gradually adding the rest of the content. It catered to a niche market, but welcomed anyone else willing to jump in. The one failing of this format is that the tutorials feel like placeholders; they're simply videos, albeit wonderfully descriptive and informative ones (I had no idea that altitude subtly affected engine power due to less air getting through at higher heights!). Still, that allows you to learn at your own pace in-game. Each of the game modes feels wonderfully refined due to this focus. The courses and cars are exactly enough to have variety without anything being unnecessary or extra. Six rally locales of wildly varying climates, three rallycross courses (with seven layouts), and one hillclimb course (Pikes Peak!). Vehicles from various ages that truly feel nothing the same; starting with a 60's Mini Cooper takes some getting used to, and ending up in a 2010's Hyundai briefly for an event felt jarringly easy in comparison with modern engineering.

I'm probably going on longer than anyone's particularly interested in, but suffice to say, the rally stages are smooth, beautiful, and punishing. The co-driver's pace notes are informative and easy to hear (I was pretty surprised to find out he genuinely is that easy to parse over the radio in real life), and the HUD briefly shows on-screen illustrations of the severity of each approaching corner to go with it, SEGA Rally style. The framerate is smooth (if you change the anti-aliasing settings to CMAA), and while there's still a little bit of unrealistic balance to the car (it's much harder to tip over than it would be in reality, for fun's sake, and nearly every roll sees you back on your wheels), it feels pretty viscerally realistic. Everywhere from the rolling hills of Wales to the slippery ice of Monte Carlo is gorgeous, even though I get a weird vibe of 90's-esque brightness and color instead of straight-up realism. Personally, I prefer the vibrant color, so it works out.

I will say, though, much as I argue "it's not THAT hard", Rallycross is absolutely demolishing me. I cannot set a good enough time to proceed from the local, lowest-difficulty event no matter what I do. It's a shame, too, since you have to clear two difficulties of local rallycross to reach the FIA World Rallycross Championship, which is an abbreviated version of the actual real-world racing series down to its actual ruleset and a selection of its cars. It may not be particularly playable or fun for me, but it's at least gotten me watching the real championship, which is a treat so far. Having to adhere to the real-world competition rules instead of the rest of the game's fictional rulesets means that there's a few gimmicks stuffed in there I'm not too fond of in a game otherwise free of them, mostly lengthy qualifying and the mandatory Joker Lap (which requires you to take a longer, slower alternate route at least once during the race).

In any case, with new events generated each day and a very wide array of courses and cars, DiRT Rally really hearkens back to the days of Colin McRae Rally in terms of substance, not nostalgia. It's excellent for just booting up for a brief session and getting straight to hurtling down a course as fast as I can, with a remarkable lack of cruft or clutter. It's... if anything, I'd say it's very focused. If you know what you're doing and hit your marks, you'll have an excellent time, and if you don't know what you're doing, it'll teach you exactly what you need to know to make the most of it. Rather than unforgiving, I'd call it uncompromising. It knows the experience it wants to be, and it just wants you to be a part of it.

And when I'm not in the mood for something that requires all of my focus and attention, I've been booting up Lego City Undercover. It's got a few crashes and hitches here and there, but all in all, I am so happy it finally came to systems other than the Wii U. The PC port reportedly suffered plenty of issues upon release, but they seem mostly patched up now. Absolutely top-notch humor and much, much better design than most of the TT Lego games of late and of past. Plus, you know, getting to run around in an off-brand giant lizard costume and fight crime. Can't ask for more than that. Or, well, I certainly can't.

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #679 on: April 21, 2017, 09:11:34 PM »
Seconding that DiRT Rally is awesome stuff.

I'm playing DT2-2. I've been waiting a long time for this, and it's meeting my high expectations nicely so far. I was kind of worried they might make it a bit easier, but nope - if anything, it feels like it's gotten harder than DT2 after the first couple of chapters. Dungeon design is awesome, full of variety and fun gimmicks. If anything, the most impressive thing is that all the characters have if anything even more personality than before and I'm beginning to like some of the ones I wasn't a fan of back in 2. :V
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #680 on: April 26, 2017, 06:08:42 AM »
Statik: Institute of Retention is kind of expensive for a game you can knock out in an afternoon depending on your puzzle skills, but it's a PSVR game that doesn't make me motionsick after a short period (since for once it's a game that has you sit still both in the game and in real life), and the puzzles are actually really good. Shit, that ending tho...

I've almost finished up A Rose in the Twilight, but for the two Trophies you have to explore for. I assume the Glass Room is intended for at least one of them, since the stained glass is apparently something I can interact with, but Egg Endurance Experiment seems odd, since you don't pop it by jumping off Clock Tower Upper Level...
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #681 on: May 01, 2017, 01:00:20 PM »
It's Elite Four time in Pokemon Moon! Pokedex sits at a neat 76% complete. The days of wonder trading being effective have long since passed and I am now printing up rare pokeys left and right to rule the world of the GTS. I never did settle on a good pokey for my 6th spot. Usually I have a rock type but that never happened. I wanted to try a flying or poison type but nothing really panned out there either. It's kind of sad because my own ridiculous rules removed the possibility of using some cool pokeys. Oh well. The starters are all great and oh man my magnezone is my best friend. If trading and leveling for evolution goes off without a hitch, I might get a Alolan living pokedex by the time Fire Emblem Echoes comes out.

I rage quit Dark Souls 3 because of PVP stupidness (which is the only way to quit). I'm starting Witcher 3 tonight with no expectations whatsoever. I tried the first one and just quit about 5 hours in because I had no clue what I was doing and the only quest I got after 2 hours in town was to get like 20 bear asses but I had to research the bears first which I found out was like 10 hours into the game and the bears themselves were 20 hours into it. Whoops?

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #682 on: May 01, 2017, 01:28:13 PM »
Picked up Kamiko this weekend. It's been a cute little romp so far. Not overly difficult, but certainly not trivial. Was absolutely worth the $5.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #683 on: May 03, 2017, 05:31:59 PM »
So Trails in the Sky the 3rd is out.  :getdown:
Edit: And talking chests are back! Wooooooooo.
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #684 on: May 05, 2017, 05:44:59 PM »
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Now up to 83% but quickly running out of things I can trade for. Mass produced Goomies and Vanilites can only go so far. Still the end is in sight and all of it should be doable. Also screw the whole elite 4 garbage 20 pokeys all around level 54 while my 6 are at maaaaaybe level 50 with no place to grind? yah no I turned off that exp. share off 100+ hours ago pupper rockin it old school I'm cheating with the level 55-70 trades pokeys I got get rekt. 

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #685 on: May 07, 2017, 05:25:33 AM »
I kind of wish they allowed you to make your own message at the end of Ending E instead of having to pick from a set of pre-programmed phrases. Then again, like half of the messages would be explicit in some form...

I wonder, just how many people have elected to grant their "hope" to another...?


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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #686 on: May 10, 2017, 07:09:13 PM »
I started up a practice FFV run for FJF, since that's gonna be in like, what, a month or so? No 750 since I never really did a run like that, got Monk, Mystic Knight, Ninja, Dragoon, at the Library of the Ancients for the time being, and for the first time in all of existence, u-uh...



I got back-attacked... by Byblos. By a boss. I... what... huh... how...?
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #687 on: May 10, 2017, 07:43:10 PM »
That's something that can happen VERY rarely with Byblos and I think Ifrit? The Ancient Library's got some weird encounter states...
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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #688 on: May 11, 2017, 01:50:57 PM »
FJF
SOON

Also oh lordy the last 10% of the pokedex is so paaaaaainful!

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Re: Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
« Reply #689 on: May 15, 2017, 07:47:41 AM »
It was a small, serendipitous moment that diverted my attention to the Azure Striker Gunvolt games this last half week. It's made by the same people that developed the megaman zero games as the system definitely shows, but I enjoy this game a lot more. The stage design is actually really fun, and the mechanics of the scoring system require the devs to be very conscious of the level design and it shows. The levels I've played through so far strike a good balance between being short enough to not be frustrating on doing perfect runs, but long enough to make it a challenge. They even split up the level into two halves to make memorizing the stages easier.

While I've beaten both games (and really excited for the 3rd game -- wth was with that ending for the 2nd game...) I'm going back to the first game to do all the challenges, which also means I have to get S+ on all the stages. So far I've managed to do that for the intro level (My First Sumeragi) and Media Tower (the one with Jota, the guy that uses the sword bits). Currently working on Biochem Plant, the one with all the fire and the bullet hell boss, and I'm already having problem with Act 1 of the stage, that part with the 5 guys placed on top of the destructible boxes. I enjoy that the game encourages some problem solving in trying to figure out how to maximize your simultaneous kills. Not looking forward to the boss. If you're going to do bullet hell, the least you could do is fix your hitbox.
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