Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

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Post Post #2875 (ISO) » Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:42 pm

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In post 2861, PJ. wrote:It sure helps.
Well, a game can still be "good" without some interesting new mechanic. I think I prob care about the story the most.
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Post Post #2876 (ISO) » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:47 pm

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omfg I finally finished persona 5

I thought I had like 2 more months to go b/c of seeing there was a
valentines day special event
from YouTube videos until the last dungeon kept pushing in my face how FINAL everything was

The last dungeon and the combat is general was pretty damn good, it felt like there was such a lull in interesting bullshit happening from around
harus
dungeon til near the end, and the ending was standard persona-esque drama but still pretty good, esp. with the buildup to fighting the final boss.

Onto danganronpa v3 I guess
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Post Post #2877 (ISO) » Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:09 pm

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the fifth dungeon is definitely the weakest
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Post Post #2878 (ISO) » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:17 pm

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Yeah so P5 was fantastic, one of my all-time faves

but good god. the stretch of game from
Shido's palace
through
the final fight
felt like it dragged on FOREVER. so many false endings. i also hated
okumura's palace
because it was so damn long and boring.

but ther est of the game is so fucking good that i dont know how i can fault the game for wiffing on a couple of dungeons. the first 3 were strong, the casino was strong, and the sidequests/social shit was on point.
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Post Post #2879 (ISO) » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:47 pm

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yeah didn't like the 7th dungeon much either, felt like it went way too long, was too repetitive, had bad gimmicks, just generally not that fun but the 5th dugneon was still worse. ugh
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Post Post #2880 (ISO) » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:20 pm

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I should probably finish persona.....
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Post Post #2881 (ISO) » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:45 pm

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Post Post #2882 (ISO) » Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:47 pm

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So I just played through Doki Doki Literature Club.

It's a dating sim/visual novel. It's free on Steam. It's not too long of a game. I recommend going in blind - don't read the Steam reviews, or anything but the About section, really.

And for those of you that tuned out my post after I said "dating sim/visual novel", no, seriously, go play it anyway.

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Post Post #2883 (ISO) » Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:48 pm

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it's not that good imo though i knew of its reputation beforehand (but not any content)
so ehh
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Post Post #2884 (ISO) » Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:51 pm

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I have
one
minor complaint with it, but other than that single thing, I thought it was great. And I also kinda knew what I was getting into, without any specifics.

Then again I literally just finished it 20 minutes ago so
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Post Post #2885 (ISO) » Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:43 pm

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Spoiler: re above
i found the pacing really bad (nothing at all happens for like 2 hours) and then the "shock" moments tbh just made me laugh with how cheap they felt
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Post Post #2886 (ISO) » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:06 pm

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Spoiler: dokidoki super spoilerz
Yeah, specifically
Yuri's suicide scene in Act II
was the one thing that broke my immersion for a moment.

I'll concede on the pacing, too, the game could have used another hour or so of content after the game 'gets good', so to speak. Apparently there's a "true" ending if you
view all possible scenes/routes before Sayori's suicide on a single save file by reloading
so I might go for that eventually. I think I'm gonna wait a little while, though.

None of the tropes the game eventually invokes are particularly
new and exicitng
per se, but I still enjoyed the way it was presented. Also I agonized over the choice of
telling Sayori you love her or she's your dearest friend
because, holy shit MC, both those options are terrible and your general attitude towards
someone who just said they're struggling with depression
is NOT how you deal with this situation, fuck.
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Post Post #2887 (ISO) » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:17 am

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In post 2882, InflatablePie wrote:So I just played through Doki Doki Literature Club.

It's a dating sim/visual novel. It's free on Steam. It's not too long of a game. I recommend going in blind - don't read the Steam reviews, or anything but the About section, really.

And for those of you that tuned out my post after I said "dating sim/visual novel", no, seriously, go play it anyway.

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Post Post #2888 (ISO) » Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:21 pm

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For those of you who were just starting Xenoblade 2 a few weeks ago, did it get any better as time went on?
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Post Post #2889 (ISO) » Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:25 pm

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i have pre-ordered red dead redemption 2
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Post Post #2890 (ISO) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:15 am

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In post 2888, Andrius wrote:For those of you who were just starting Xenoblade 2 a few weeks ago, did it get any better as time went on?
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Definitely gets better..I think it's the worst of the series but it's still pretty darn fun
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Post Post #2891 (ISO) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:10 am

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Kinda want to get FarCry on release, but no idea if it will be worth it.
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Post Post #2892 (ISO) » Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:10 am

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I've been playing SMO since I got it for Christmas. Really solid game, but I'm baffled by how lazily one of the post-game worlds was done. Almost everything in there is made artificially difficult by reusing stuff in ways they weren't supposed to, which just doesn't belong in a high quality Nintendo game. Special mention goes to the low-gravity boss rush and that one stage where you fight piranha plants without Cappy.
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Post Post #2893 (ISO) » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:28 am

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In post 2892, Felissan wrote:I've been playing SMO since I got it for Christmas. Really solid game, but I'm baffled by how lazily one of the post-game worlds was done. Almost everything in there is made artificially difficult by reusing stuff in ways they weren't supposed to, which just doesn't belong in a high quality Nintendo game. Special mention goes to the low-gravity boss rush and that one stage where you fight piranha plants without Cappy.
Well, it is post-game content, technically. I definitely appreciate them trying things, even if they may not always have worked.
I assume you're talking about Dark Side, here?


That's also my least favorite world, but I wouldn't call it "lazy" as much as "playing at the edges of the game", which doesn't always work.
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Post Post #2894 (ISO) » Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:30 pm

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who would be down for a Left 4 Dead multiplayer night for old time's sake?
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Post Post #2895 (ISO) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:25 am

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In post 2894, xRECKONERx wrote:who would be down for a Left 4 Dead multiplayer night for old time's sake?
uh yeah
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Post Post #2896 (ISO) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:15 am

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Flameaxe wrote:
In post 2894, xRECKONERx wrote:who would be down for a Left 4 Dead multiplayer night for old time's sake?
uh yeah
I can't tonight in particular but very yes
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Post Post #2897 (ISO) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:17 am

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Post Post #2898 (ISO) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:33 am

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In post 2894, xRECKONERx wrote:who would be down for a Left 4 Dead multiplayer night for old time's sake?
I already said yes to this
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Post Post #2899 (ISO) » Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:00 am

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If we can gather the requisite 8 people on at a time, we will make this happen tonight. Everyone make sure L4D2 is preinstalled
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