CJacobs posted:Syphon Filter is unbearably hard, like wow. Instant failure stealth missions, instant kill explosives, missions that get harder if you're spotted, missions with time limits, boss fights that drop in regular enemies at the same time... I remember really getting a kick out of how you could taser people until they caught fire, or throw them in front of oncoming subway trains.
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I feel like every time Syphon Filter shows up people will always rave about setting people on fire with a taser. And I can’t think of a single other game that allows you to do that. Feels like it would be right at home in a Farcry.
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May 3, 2024 02:48
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In Far Cry 5, you were allowed to be either a male or female. For the most part, the only difference was, if you were playing female the subtitles would change "him" to "'em " and really half-assed things like that. In New Dawn, the sequel-spinoff from Far Cry 5, they refer to the character as "they/them." The reason mechanically is probably just because there isn't a canonical gender for that character (or a name) but it also stands out because they are the only character in this world who uses non-binary pronouns. It stands out, in a world where everyone is he or she, and then one character uses nonbinary pronouns, kinda like they did if you played female (if you played male, the voiced lines didn't change but sometimes the subtitles did) I don't think this counts as representation, though.
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May 3, 2024 02:50
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moosecow333 posted:I feel like every time Syphon Filter shows up people will always rave about setting people on fire with a taser. And I can’t think of a single other game that allows you to do that. Feels like it would be right at home in a Farcry. Seems like the kind of thing Kojima would do
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May 3, 2024 03:35
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Len posted:9s is two letters Thats a letter and a number
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May 3, 2024 06:57
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Mamkute posted:Assassin's Creed 3: The boat level is back, and now there's two boats! AC3 is full of things that belong in this thread. I was so disappointed when I played it.
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May 3, 2024 07:03
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Actual content: The camp system in Baldur's Gate 3 is pretty wack for several reasons. At first I held off as much as possible because I might run out of camp supplies later down the road and some quests might progress in a way I do not want after a long rest and what results was me resting like maybe 3 times in act 1 and twice in act 2. Now I've restarted and know that supplies are not really a problem and I kinda have an idea on quest progression on rests. Kinda. Sorta. There isn't a cut and dry "if you have this quest active or you go to this area doing a long rest will do this" list, just a "oh it'll be obvious". Anyways, that isn't the issue I'm having here. The problem is there is a bunch of companion dialogue and events and stuff that only happens if you do a long rest, which kinda sucks cause sometimes I can go awhile without needing a long rest and I'll just miss things. Apparently if you're playing Dark Urge there is a scene that requires you to do a long rest as soon as you get out of the tutorial. This sucks.
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May 3, 2024 07:19
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Mamkute posted:Assassin's Creed 3: The boat level is back, and now there's two boats! Just wait until stealth boat
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May 3, 2024 07:26
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Leal posted:Thats a letter and a number Sportsball
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May 3, 2024 08:38
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Len posted:9s is two letters And?
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jjack229 posted:I liked getting the ending where you just say "gently caress it" and leave mid-game on the escape shuttle (probably not mid-game, but still a good chunk of game left). I got that ending, and completely missed it's significance, because I was so hung up on the slightly more obvious twist of you secretly being a typhon Which is another cool trick - distract the player with an obvious twist, so they miss the one behind that
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May 3, 2024 11:08
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Why give someone a descriptive nickname when their utterly forgettable actual name is much shorter to type??
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May 3, 2024 12:04
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The Gongaga area in FF7 Rebirth is legit terrible. It has way too much verticality in a game that doesn't let you point your camera straight up. Platforming with mushrooms is a gamble every time. Are you going to jump five feet to the platform right in front of you that you want to get or fifty feet past it? There's nothing to let you know, so hopefully you can remember how to get back if you go flying past it. It also has a really annoying and repetitive theme. Which is odd, because the game has been nothing but bangers so far. Totally get why Zack left, at least. And is Chadley the main character in this game? I swear he has more dialogue than the rest of the cast combined. I want that little weirdo to lose my number. I can't even look at cool rock without him calling me about it. Maybe Square knows that Sephiroth is not a threatening villain anymore. Everyone's beaten him so many times across so many games, so they're building up Chadley to be the real final boss. And it's really working for me. I really want to fight that guy
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May 3, 2024 15:23
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Muscle Tracer posted:Why give someone a descriptive nickname when their utterly forgettable actual name is much shorter to type?? They probably forgot his name. I did.
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May 3, 2024 15:24
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ZeusCannon posted:Legacy was worth it just for the OST The prequel game Tron: Evolution was pretty decent for a movie tie in game, and also one of the few times I'm glad a single player game had shoehorned multiplayer because it was all the multiplayer modes you'd hope for in a Tron game.
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May 3, 2024 17:13
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Phigs posted:They probably forgot his name. I didn't, he just doesn't deserve it yet
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May 3, 2024 17:17
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gongaga’s environmental theme is the best in the game, especially in how it builds on itself as you activate the region towers
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May 3, 2024 17:36
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CJacobs posted:Syphon Filter is unbearably hard, like wow. Instant failure stealth missions, instant kill explosives, missions that get harder if you're spotted, missions with time limits, boss fights that drop in regular enemies at the same time... I remember how grenades make a little clink-clink sound that helpfully informs you that you will see the Game Over screen momentarily
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May 3, 2024 17:38
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A byproduct of playing Persona 3 Reload too efficiently is that theres not much to do in the last 30% of the game. There are no major bosses until the last day, most of your social links are maxed, as are all your social stats. The world might be ending but you can only waste a lot of time just bumming around.
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May 3, 2024 18:08
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Inspector Gesicht posted:A byproduct of playing Persona 3 Reload too efficiently is that theres not much to do in the last 30% of the game. There are no major bosses until the last day, most of your social links are maxed, as are all your social stats. The world might be ending but you can only waste a lot of time just bumming around. and here i thought jrpgs were fantastical and not realistic
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May 3, 2024 18:38
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Dead Rising 3 is that way. When it released folks were upset that the "72 Hour Mode" timer isn't real and only progresses after story missions, so the devs added a "Nightmare Mode" that restores the passage of time. But it's still way slow, so you end up milling about chewing up zombies with your flaming steamroller until a mission shows up.
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May 3, 2024 18:44
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CJacobs posted:Dead Rising 3 is that way. When it released folks were upset that the "72 Hour Mode" timer isn't real and only progresses after story missions, so the devs added a "Nightmare Mode" that restores the passage of time. But it's still way slow, so you end up milling about chewing up zombies with your flaming steamroller until a mission shows up. The funny thing is I have that issue for most of Dead Rising 1 and all of 2, but here's the deal, that's because I know where to go at all times so I naturally became highly efficient, 3 toning it down and 4 removing it killed the entire point of the series. I don't care if it stressed people out, that's WHY it was good, it forced you to move your rear end and if you messed up then that's ok, you can just try again.
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May 3, 2024 19:32
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dead rising 3 is fine, actually
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Oxxidation posted:I remember how grenades make a little clink-clink sound that helpfully informs you that you will see the Game Over screen momentarily I remember a destroyed subway level where you'd light up like you were made of straw if you tried to step over the equivalent of a small campfire. Pretty sure you could fire rockets at your own feet in first person view and take no damage, too.
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May 3, 2024 21:30
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CJacobs posted:Syphon Filter is unbearably hard, like wow. Instant failure stealth missions, instant kill explosives, missions that get harder if you're spotted, missions with time limits, boss fights that drop in regular enemies at the same time... I have no clue how the gently caress I beat this game as a kid. I sure as gently caress can't do it as an adult.
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May 3, 2024 23:43
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bossy lady posted:I have no clue how the gently caress I beat this game as a kid. I sure as gently caress can't do it as an adult. That's how I felt about DMC4 when I tried to replay it and gave up on the last boss
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May 4, 2024 00:33
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bossy lady posted:I have no clue how the gently caress I beat this game as a kid. I sure as gently caress can't do it as an adult. Homework avoidance was like a performance-enhancing drug.
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Meowywitch posted:dead rising 3 is fine, actually 100%, but this is the dragging things down thread so I didn't add that I like the game that way. e: In hindsight I should have because there's nothing wrong with mowing zombies down with a flaming steamroller. That's not a boring activity. CJacobs has a new favorite as of 01:16 on May 4, 2024 |
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May 4, 2024 01:14
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Everytime Mysterio shows up in Spiderman 2 my enjoyment plummets. It's a neat idea tying him into the story and contrasting his character with Peter, unfortunately the gameplay sucks hard.
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May 4, 2024 02:22
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Gaius Marius posted:Everytime Mysterio shows up in Spiderman 2 my enjoyment plummets. It's a neat idea tying him into the story and contrasting his character with Peter, unfortunately the gameplay sucks hard. I feel bad about it, but I couldn't stand the one of those that turns into a rhythm game. It's creative and it looks cool, you can tell the devs put effort into, but I just can't stand that genre and was waiting for it to end five seconds in.
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May 4, 2024 02:33
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Syphon Filter is probably one of my favorite games, but yeah it's hard as balls. There's even more stealth in 2, lol
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The Eldin region of Skyward Sword is uninspired. All it has going for is fire, with only a vague sub-theme of combat gimmicks (stealth and escort quests). The other two areas are forest and water; and desert and high-tech. The two dungeons in the region are also really similar.
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Gaius Marius posted:Everytime Mysterio shows up in Spiderman 2 my enjoyment plummets. It's a neat idea tying him into the story and contrasting his character with Peter, unfortunately the gameplay sucks hard. Conversely when he showed up in PS2 Spider-man 2 it was hilarious
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May 4, 2024 19:13
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The health bar was perfect
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May 4, 2024 20:07
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bossy lady posted:I have no clue how the gently caress I beat this game as a kid. I sure as gently caress can't do it as an adult. Personal experiences with this have made me conclude it's purely that I was both willing to accept much, much more bullshit as a child and that I had infinitely more time to waste on aforementioned bullshit. Nowadays I just use cheat engine to bypass the bullshit.  Meowywitch posted:Syphon Filter is probably one of my favorite games, but yeah it's hard as balls. There's even more stealth in 2, lol Lian levels 
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May 4, 2024 20:18
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Fil5000 posted:Conversely when he showed up in PS2 Spider-man 2 it was hilarious I am talking about PS2 spiderman
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May 4, 2024 20:59
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Am I misremembering because all I recall is him getting a HUGE multilayered health bar and then you punch him once and he's down.
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May 4, 2024 21:09
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I wonder how far I could get in Super Empire Strikes Back these days, cause as a kid I asked to rent it from Blockbuster a lot until I could beat it.
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May 4, 2024 22:40
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Zero_Grade posted:I wonder how far I could get in Super Empire Strikes Back these days, cause as a kid I asked to rent it from Blockbuster a lot until I could beat it. I don't think I ever got past the 2nd level even back then
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Fil5000 posted:Am I misremembering because all I recall is him getting a HUGE multilayered health bar and then you punch him once and he's down. Idk man. My experience with him is making me run annoying obstacle courses, rescue a bunch of people in an area with a terrible camera and a timer, and swinging to the statue of Liberty on platforms that are just far and high enough that you can miss them if you time it wrong and have to do the whole drat thing again.
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