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Shit it all makes sense now
Holy shit.. Are penguins mammals? They have fur, don't they??I respect the furries Jeff is one too
funkystudent
Member
No, they lay eggs
Piston Hyundai
Member
hmm
you've been using your version with the dumb dots at the bottom and not the one chuck told you to use
you've been cheating this entire time so I don't think any of this has counted so far
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Do do Platypi and theyre mammals
Don't disrespect the dots bruh..
Piston Hyundai
Member
then maybe don't disrespect the rules of an avatar bet
trying to salvage the avatar with your own personal flair goes against the whole point
Dan?
I still think that Dan going to GBEast permanently means your avatar should be permanently under Chucks control.
I always saw it as a take on the point and click adventure genre. If you play it with that mindset it's actually really good, with a huge very detailed realistic world to explore every knook and crany of.
I always wanted a game where I could open and check out stuff in basically every cupboard, closet and drawer and pick up all sorts of stuff everywhere.
But if you play it like a modern open world game or a more actiony adventure game you'd probably be disappointed.
And I'm no huge Shenmue fan either, I haven't even played much of Shenmue 2. I just really enjoyed the first game when I played it.
stump sock
Member
If anything, putting the dots makes it like you picked that avatar on purpose.
So gj basically
So gj basically
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Tbh
If I lost an avatar bet and I had to wear a creepy furry avatar, I wouldnt do it. I have far too much self respect for that
If I lost an avatar bet and I had to wear a creepy furry avatar, I wouldnt do it. I have far too much self respect for that
Shenmue was a unique experience at the time. It doesn't hold up well, but I genuinely still love it.
It was a wonderfully atmospheric game that brought an unprecendented level of detail and ambition into console gaming, while trying to lay the groundworks for a grand narrative.
It was a breath of fresh air, an exploration of the boundaries of mundane life with the promise of an adventure around the corner (which the sequel kinda brought).
While lots of aspects don't translate well to today's standards, and some are downright bad - like the voice acting, which, at the time, felt more comical than anything - the world immersion was fantastic and allowed players to get a glimpse at the day-to-day life of a different culture.
The game isn't action packed, but the moments between investigations are supposed to be treated as opportunities to immerse yourself in that world, whether it's checking out stuff on shelves (and buying them), trying to collect capsules, playing at the arcade or the bars or the Sega Saturn in your house, or training your moves for the later fights.
The fact that the action sequences weren't very common made their occurence more exciting. The cinematic QTEs were a novelty (if you don't count stuff like Dragon's Lair from years before) and the combat was actually quite deep - it was basically a multi-directional Virtua Fighter.
It was revolutionary at the time and a beautiful, flawed experience for many, but also boring and janky for many others who tried it and didn't get into it - which is fine. Not every game is for everyone. Unfortunately, the overly ambitious project meant that Sega needed it to be literally a game for everyone to buy - which as we all know didn't happen, despite decent sales - and the series stopped in time. The sequel improved quite a bit, so they seemed to be learning some lessons along the way.
Now, if someone's contact with it is from a video of someone else experiencing it almost 20 years later, especially being a comedy-focused playthrough trying to mainline it as fast as possible, then they''re not gonna get anything like that out of it.
I am really enjoying their playthrough, though. It's given us plenty of GB comedy gold moments already.
They havent even put up a job posting yet and CBSI moves like molasses. 2017 for sure
So, before or after Persona 5 comes out in English? If after, does the new hire beat it to Europe?
ThreePiMatt
Member
Back when it came out, the idea of this world where people has schedules and you could look at/interact with all these shops and stuff was pretty unique. Like, it was all a world-building thing.
Mononoaware
Banned
Yeah, I'm not sure I would have liked it if I had played it now. It's crazy though, because I feel like I've never seen Vinny play a game he actively started to hate so much lol
NeroAngelo
Banned
"Do it!"
Incandenza
Banned
Hi Danny
I watched a group LP 5-6 years back. It was basically this but with a couple nothing scenes added in because the person playing remembered about having to feed the cat. Hopefully their controller's memory pack or whatever it is doesn't explode because I'm pretty sure there's not going to be any do overs here if the save gets torched.
Piston Hyundai
Member
danny what stretch goal do we have to reach on your patreon so that you can play the old games
real talk though: I played a shitload of Columns earlier today and it made me think of Danny because of him talking about how he played a lot of it as a youth during a Puyo Puyo Tetris segment or something
Columns is the Korn of puzzle games
real talk though: I played a shitload of Columns earlier today and it made me think of Danny because of him talking about how he played a lot of it as a youth during a Puyo Puyo Tetris segment or something
Columns is the Korn of puzzle games
In terms of gameplay or story?
Here's what's coming up on Disk 2:
Gameplay is largely the same mix of investigation/battling/QTEs, but there's a mercifully short stealth section, a story reason to investigate Ryo's house more, and you open up a new area so you aren't just putzing around Dobuita all day.
Story picks up from the end of Disk 1, which finally starts following up on the threads from the opening, introducing new characters, etc. Dependant on GBEast's performance they can hop from story beat to story beat pretty quickly in Disk 2.
Piston Hyundai
Member
what anime games are actually any fun to watch someone else play
Incandenza
Banned
There's this persona game that's alright
Mononoaware
Banned
all of them?
Piston Hyundai
Member
we don't find out until monday
Let's not go crazy.
And if not, we can always infiltrate his Patreon and use our monetary influence to make him one.
Hitman.
Mononoaware
Banned
I'm serious, I'd sooner watch someone play any anime game rather than a FPS. I enjoy playing some FPS games, but I find them boring as hell to watch other people play, yet Jeff seems to make them some of the longest QLs...
Piston Hyundai
Member
it's not that fun to watch so I guess it checks out
Glitchesarecool
Member
nckillthegrimace
Member
There's a lot of Overwatch art on pixiv, so it's clearly anime.