I started Ghost of Tsushima, seems pretty fun so far! However, when I'm trying to be stealthy, I'm having a lot of trouble actually seeing the enemies. I haven't fiddled with the display settings outside of increasing brightness, but it's entirely possible that my decrepit eyes are deteriorating even more.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
Messed around a bit with the 2d ios version of rocket league. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it (i hate virtual buttons) but it's fun to see how they translated the game to 2d.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
i'm playing Tsushima now too. pretty early on you get an ability called Focused Hearing (press the touchpad) that lights up enemies in red so you can see them better (and see them through walls etc)
― orifex, Saturday, 4 December 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
trying Rounds soon, i love that kind of thing. Thanks Ste
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 4 December 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
9 bucks for Romancing Saga 3 on Switch atm
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 4 December 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
I still haven't finished Metroid Dread as I have a tendency to burn out on hard games and put them down for a while...the same thing happened with Celeste, iirc, though I did eventually come back and beat the main game. In the meantime, I am once again getting wrapped up in...Morrowind, of all things. This game is dated and busted and it's beautiful and I love it.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Saturday, 4 December 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
Ah thanks orifex! As it happens I think I've chosen the other mission, I'll change it up the next time I pick the game up.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Saturday, 4 December 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
Like ciderpress I have also started 13 sentinels and it took a while for the story to catch me but about 40% into the story chapters and I can finally say I'm hooked. I've also completed the first "area" of combat (not the tutorial missions, the ones after) on normal and... I hope the strategy of it gets better. It feels like I'm utterly dominating it, and not learning any actual tactics that might help w the difficulty bump? Hopefully when I start the next zone it'll open up, but at least I'm v much here for the story now (it rly took a while, I may have started w the worst first story tho - no spoilers but if you're planning to play, don't randomly pick Megumi to start) (also maybe it gets better but it hasn't yet)
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 06:59 (two years ago) link
Extremely considering another run of Last Of Us 2 but on hard this timeI seem to remember doing the first one on “Extreme” or “Survival” or whatever and you lost the ability to visually sense enemies through walls which was utterly terrifying
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 December 2021 09:20 (two years ago) link
Subnautica: Below Zero is so addictive when you get used to the freezing to death or drowning dynamic and learn to start standing near heat emitting flowers and scanning everything in sight and going back to your little pod to rend more good stuff like flippers and bottles of water on the 3d printer. It's an almost perfect game and quite cheap as well.
― calzino, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
Attempting to beat 3 boss cell mode in Dead Cells. been trying off and on for a year but I always flub it in the mid-late stages. Also never beaten Scarecrow.
― pj, Saturday, 11 December 2021 10:54 (two years ago) link
Having tons of fun in Ghost of Tsushima, even though the writing is loads worse than Witcher -- the combat just owns.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Still playing NBA 2K22, 60-something games into my first NBA season. I'll be grinding it out for a lonnnnng time if I'm gonna get into the Hall of Fame. (...and if I want to buy a scooter)
― Nhex, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
are you doing mycareer?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
yup
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 04:55 (two years ago) link
any tips? i don’t play it but my kids are obsessed
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
#1 - change game time to 12 minutes per quarter, you want that time to boost your stats
#2 - go to coach settings and allow on-court play-calling/play-action, I turn it on for everyone so you can see where ppl are actually supposed to go. after that things were WAY easier
#3 - Def spend some time to find a build you like when you create the character, because you can't really change your path without starting over. Thankfully, the game does let you test out the build before you confirm. You may want to look up best player builds online before you commit
You can eventually make most builds work - the one I went with is far from optimal - but in any case your dude will suuuuuuuuck for some time before you get into the rating in the 80s (unless your kids already unlocked Rebirth which lets you start new builds at 90). Don't feel bad about quitting out of games/plays early on to get a better result in college/G-League. Or even start over entirely if you haven't drafted yet!
That said it seems like the most effective builds in this year are "Paint Beast" style (Center/PF/big def/rebounds/dunks) and crazy handler/3-point snipers ala Steph Curry/Kyrie
All the shop items - clothes, vehicles, etc feel insanely expensive at the beginning before you get a salary - and some of it still is - but don't sweat it, just work on your guy. You'll eventually get more money through endorsements and quests and crap
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
i read a tip that was said to turn Coach auto-calling plays on but i haven't tried it yet, i should. but it seems like that already happens if you idle with the ball for too long
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
tetris 99 is very fun/addictive
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 17 December 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
splatoon 2I’m good at it but still can’t make X rank
― pj, Saturday, 18 December 2021 09:39 (two years ago) link
i started LoU2 again and it's just too bleak rn. can't do it.
that's when i realised i never played uncharted 4. one way or the other naughty dog's gonna get me
here we go
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 December 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
Sunless Skies. Again. Rescued corrupted save files. It’s a perfect game for a melancholy sort of mood. Also, it’s beautiful.
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 18 December 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
i keep looking at that one, and Sunless Seas or whatever it's called. is there a lot of gameplay or is it mostly visual novel reading?
― let's make lunch and listen to five finger death punch (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 December 2021 10:32 (two years ago) link
It’s a mix. Sunless Skies is the better game ito things you can do, in both you can engage in fights in the sea/sky, but it’s heavily text based and best avoided if you don’t like that kind of thing. However, if you like story-based games, then it’s great. So much depth.
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 18 December 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
i played a bit of Fallen London at the time and i liked it but i've gotta be in the right mood i think. do love a good VN tho
― let's make lunch and listen to five finger death punch (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 December 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
echoes of the eye expansion pack for outer wilds is fantastic. divinity 2: original sin, haven’t got deep into it yet and maybe it’s only really worth it if you’re doing multiplayerand no doubt me and my brother will be playing some rocket league when he comes round this evening.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 December 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
xp definitely a mood based game, have been playing FL/EB on and off for nearly a decade or so, real feast or famine stuff
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 18 December 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
i beat kyrandia 3 yesterday and was rewarded with the geekiest end credits ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43vLiR18dyQ
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
starts at 5:18
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
multiplayer/co-op heavily, heavily recommended for DIV2.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
those credits are nice
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 18 December 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
Anyone else playing Wildermyth? It's the first game in which I've actually tried the multiplayer.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Monday, 20 December 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
yes, i'm playing! i'm not too far, maybe 2-3 hours in. I don't have a good feel for the scope of the game yet - is it the kind where you play through it multiple times, getting a different story each time? if so, how long is each one of those runs? and I didn't even know there was multiplayers
― Karl Malone, Monday, 20 December 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
i have to say, i am not a fan of the art style of the narrative parts
https://i.imgur.com/LJZdv2D.jpg
i understand why - probably a small team, low-budget, they want to be able to have lots of generated, randomized characters so they need a simplistic style where they can crank those out. but this style, in particular, really reminds me of a lot of horrible animated youtube explainer videos where some guy (always a guy) teaches you all about fiat currency in 10 minutes or less with stick figures
― Karl Malone, Monday, 20 December 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
lol I like those videos so it doesn't bother me in Wildermyth. (FWIW I do know of and like one such YT channel that features a female host in addition to a male host.)
I'm not too far into the single player campaign myself (I had to start over because I sort of let things get bad enough that there was no salvaging things), but I think yeah, you do get different kinds of stories with different playthroughs. But if the MP game is any indication, we've played 6-7 hours and finished I think 4 chapters.
The MP is basically your TT RPG experience.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Monday, 20 December 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
in multiplayer, do you play as a single character, I guess, with the rest of the party filled out by other people playing? seems like it would be too long to work with the same crew of online randos?
or is multiplayer PvP?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 20 December 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
i guess i could load up the game and check myself! haha, sorry Leee. 420 over here tbh
np! It's PvE coop, and you can control more than one character (one of our party wasn't feeling well so I was driving two) -- though I think that you can only have 5 playable characters in fights (so there's a hard mechanical limit there). I'm playing a private game, so I haven't had to worry about randos, but our two game sessions have been scheduled for 3 hours each so far.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Monday, 20 December 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Game sounds like it's not bad, though not my kind of thingI will say that the general baseline level of art quality in indie games is frankly SO high now that it's hard not to judge Wildermyth. Though maybe they're deliberately trying to evoke middle school coming-of-age graphic novels, I dunno
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
idk i like when games feel like they're actually indie like one or two people made them and didn't necessarily have dedicated artists who know how to draw polished character art. but that game doesn't look like that overall
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
i don't know about methodology, etc, except that 50,000 people voted
https://kotaku.com/poll-here-are-japans-top-100-video-games-of-all-time-1848275437
100. Persona 399. Pokémon Platinum98. Persona 497. Super Mario World96. Romance of the Three Kingdoms95. Mother94. Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War93. Persona 5 Royal92. Monster Hunter 4G91. Street Fighter II90. Final Fantasy VIII89. Super Mario Galaxy 288. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword87. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate86. Monster Hunter85. Dragon Quest VI84. Final Fantasy XI83. Dragon Quest VII82. The Legend of Mana81. Dragon Quest Builders 280. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask79. Metal Gear Solid78. Nobunaga’s Ambition77. Mario Kart Wii76. Kirby Air Ride75. Animal Crossing: Wild World74. Super Smash Bros. Brawl73. Gran Turismo 472. Kirby Super Star71. Dr. Mario70. Monster Hunter World69. Super Mario RPG68. Pokémon X/Y67. Bloodborne66. Ghost of Tsushima65. Suikoden64. Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver63. Final Fantasy III62. Xevious61. Super Smash Bros.60. Pokémon Black 2 and White 259. Dead by Daylight58. Animal Crossing57. Super Donkey Kong56. Super Mario Galaxy55. Yokai Watch 254. Dragon Quest VIII53. Tales of the Abyss52. The Legend of Zelda51. Final Fantasy IV50. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire49. Kingdom Hearts48. Nier: Automata47. Final Fantasy XIV46. Dragon Quest II45. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land44. Dragon Quest X43. Xenoblade42. Persona 541. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!40. Xenogears39. Dark Souls III38. Puyo Puyo37. Final Fantasy IX36. Pokémon Gold and Silver35. Xenoblade 234. Final Fantasy V33. Final Fantasy VI32. Resident Evil31. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together30. Apex Legends29. Okami28. Mother 227. Dragon Quest XI26. Pokémon Black and White25. Tetris24. Pokémon Red and Green23. Fire Emblem: Three Houses22. Animal Crossing: New Leaf21. Splatoon20. Minecraft19. Suikoden II18. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater17. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time16. Kingdom Hearts II15. Dragon Quest IV14. Pokémon Sword and Shield13. Undertale12. Super Mario Kart11. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl10. Super Mario Bros. 39. Final Fantasy X8. Chrono Trigger7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate6. Dragon Quest III5. Splatoon 24. Animal Crossing: New Horizons3. Final Fantasy VII2. Dragon Quest V1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
more than a bit of recency bias there
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
the non-japanese games: Undertale, Minecraft, Tetris, Apex Legends, Dead by Daylight, Ghost of Tsushima
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
― mardheamac (gyac), Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
i just think its interesting to see what they are given theres so few
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
also really underscores how big a flop N64 and gamecube both were, they're almost absent from this despite most of the list being nintendo stuff.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
no mario 64!
I just looked it up (having never owned a gc or 64, we were a ps household), and the n64 sold 5.5 million units in JP compared to 20m in the US and 6.75 in Europe/Aus. Ps1 sold 20 million in Japan alone. Whole different level domestically, plus a lot of those games probably not in arcades?
― mardheamac (gyac), Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
Am also interested looking at the bestselling list of ps1 games and seeing what didn’t make the list
― mardheamac (gyac), Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
yeah n64 was carried by the US which liked the rareware games a lot more, goldeneye especially
was a difficult console to develop longer games like JRPGs for since you had like 32mb cartridges instead of 700mb CDsgamecube fixed this but couldn't cut into ps2's huge momentum especially since ps2 was also a DVD player at a time when those weren't trivially cheap
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link