what do you mean it's an elder scrolls game
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Oh, that sounds lovely. Windows only it seems, though, so no go for me.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
xp just aesthetically, the world has the same vibe
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
looks like ps4 game maybe i will try it...
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/x06TLzf.png43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
riyl walking sims basically
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
luig3 is good i need to finish it at some point
good screenshot
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
a friend tells me luigi's mansion 3 is actually v good despite the tepid reviews i would like to hear from ilxors plz who have played it
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
i don't like walking sims but that game seems maybe like more than just a walking sim? seems to have decisions that influence the world and things to actually do?
not really iirc? most of the things to do are talk to people and do simple side quests. its v much in walking sim territory
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
xxp i promise once we get to something i've played i'll give my thoughts but it's gonna be a couple hours before that lol
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4cr0clt.png43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
still love this dumb series, obviously this is of no interest to anyone who hasn't played the previous ones as it's an ongoing story
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
ive tried to play the first one a couple fo times but i keep bouncing off... one day. (and by the first one i mean the trails in the sky one)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
yeah unfortunately that first one is a real slow starter, the main plot doesn't really emerge until well into the game, so a lot of people bounce off. which, its a series that really asks you to care about the tons of incidental dialogue and character writing so starting with a litmus test is probably fine
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
a series that really asks you to care about the tons of incidental dialogue and character writing
aha, so, not 4 me probably. What's the combat system like
― silby, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
pretty standard turn based jrpg combat but it's on a grid/plane so positioning matters a little and AoEs have different shapes/radiuses
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bEwOvmJ.png43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
this is the first one today i haven't heard of
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
this looks like an emil.y one
― silby, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5tJjD6w.png43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
it was the top-down silhouette of a person. in the pool hall. with the champagne glass
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bPVY0M1.png43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
ok, i really enjoyed inmost. a story told from three different angles at three different points in time to quite sinister and uncanny effect. three v different playing styles. a grim, disturbing palette. and a nice old “C64” platforms feel to it. first one i voted for i think.
― Fizzles, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
lol, i have voted for none of these! i have played none of these!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
new board description imo.
― Fizzles, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
i am curious about trails of cold steel because i am a nerd
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
Ape Out only getting one vote makes me sad as I've watched a lot of it, but never played it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UMVMASU.png43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
Forks the Legend of Heroes series is (at least?) six deep now -- Trails in the sky 1-3, and trails of cold steel 1-3. TitS (lol yes i know) are each like 50-70 hours, and ToCS are each more than that. IT's a commitment! But they are beloved by those who put the time in
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
is it heavy on crafting?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
Apex is my favorite of the battle royale shooters, and thus I voted for it. I suuuuck at it but it is very very well made and cool.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
Do you call it ApeLegs?
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
hehe i will now
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/PCf8gi1.png43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
NOTE: Coint and Plick does not advocate hifiving until the end of social distancing recommendations
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
not much of a gamer, but eastshade is the walking sim on my wishlist, waiting for a sale. played cat quest 2, it was fun and diverting and i finished it. have the first trails in the sky on my to-play list, but i never really play games so...
toejam and earl revival is mystifying to me. has a new eek the cat cartoon been kickstarted yet?
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
whoever voted for Toejam and Earl please tell me about it, the first one is a legit top-5 alltime game for me
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2qldkO7.png42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
Whoa, Toejam & Earl! There's a wave of nostalgia.
I was, as silby guessed, the voter for The Fog Knows Your Name. It's a choicescript/choice of games story, and while I enjoy wasting some time with those types of IF, I usually find them fairly shallow and not actually that replayable. The stats and characters you build don't often actually make much difference to the story, despite ostensibly being the things that drive the game. This one, though, I played through a few times and found different scenes and vastly different endings, and also a bit of puzzle in terms of how to play to get a good ending. It helped that it had a compellingly mysterious spooky story at its heart, too.
I also voted for Unheard. It's a detective/logic puzzle, where you're undergoing an experiment and have to match voices to people in order to work out what's really happening. I definitely recommend it, my only real gripe was that it was a little short. It's on Steam, not sure about platforms.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
i am curious about trails of cold steel because i am a nerd― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, April 6, 2020 12:56 PM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, April 6, 2020 12:56 PM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you can play trails of cold steel 1 without any prior knowledge of the series if the 'its like persona, but fantasy' angle appeals to you, but trails in the sky is the original entry point and is somewhat of a classic. especially if you've got the pc/steam version where they added a turbo button so you can fastforward through stuff like spell animations and the dozens of cutscenes of airships slowly taking off and landing which cuts like 10 hours off the game.
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
fog game got the cheers theme stuck in my head
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KiD0R1c.png41 - Zanki Zero: Last Beginning - 12 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
lol i wanted to play this but they didn't localize the vita version or make a switch version so i'm waiting in hopes of that
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
Finally something *I* voted for!
Zanki Zero is a weird game. It's from the same people as Danganronpa and the Zero Time games I think. As you would expect from the creators of those games, it has a lot of problematic/embarrassing anime trope bullshit, but it also has a pretty genuinely surprisingly twisty and turny story, and the heavy weight of a dead world hanging over it (surprised?). Gameplay is a little Etrian Odyssey but death in this game is a part of the whole thing -- without spoiling too much, dying is actually a necessity and "makes you stronger." If you've played and enjoyed DGR and ZT you probably already know about this game. It doesn't quite hit the highs of those series, but it is a worthy successor.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
you just reminded me that i stopped putting the consoles. shit
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
its not actually by the same ppl as danganronpa/zero escape at least not kodaka or uchikoshi since they both left spike chunsoft to make their own studio. but its obviously leaning into that subgenre
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
ah ok! i thought it was the game they left to make, my bad. now i gotta look what they left to make!! haha
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
here are the platforms i've missed so far
43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Macintosh operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows
43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 VoteWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch
43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 VoteAndroid, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS
43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 VoteAndroid, iOS
43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Wii U, Macintosh operating systems
42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
41 - Zanki Zero: Last Beginning - 12 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita