Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I can't say that I'm over open world games when Metro still isn't released yet.
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Human Trashcan
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I'm playing it pretty much maxed out and it runs well and it's still ugly af. You're not wrong. It's just not a good-looking game, and it's not ugly in an interesting (aesthetic) way either. It's every complaint about brown games from the 360 era writ large. Also yeah Talion's design/face is weird and off-putting.
Thats why Warhammer would be a perfect fit.
I only know the movies. Tried to read the books, stopped after finishing the first. As long as it's somewhat LotR and also enjoyable I'm game. Watching the LotR movies is a Christmas tradition for me. So having a good game to accompany that is all I want.
NOW MAKE A GOOD HARRY POTTER GAME FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE HOW HARD CAN IT BE
the more I play it the less I'm liking it. They've made improvements to the nemesis system, particularly creating ways to progress through it without having to artificially advance time or die. But they've made the same mistakes in the fortress assaults and big battles. You want to climb the ladder and clear the enemy warchiefs, but if you actually do it all it makes the battle completely trivial. So you have to ignore a mechanic and intentionally avoid buffing your own soldiers to make any assault somewhat difficult.
Huge battles with multiple captains/warchiefs are also a hassle, you simply can't straight up fight them at all. Archers and spear throwers break your combo and i'm shocked there's no skill or passive to counter their projectiles. In fortress room battles they keep respawning so you can't even clear them and focus on the overlord.
I'll still probably go through and finish it for the sake of finishing it but at this point I've found the passive runes I like and levelling up is just to stay on top of dominating high level orcs
I'm not even talking about the books. They can only work within the constraints of what was in the movies, too, so that's why they can't pull from the anything in the books that wasn't in the movies. So it's either movies or OC. Like, the only reason they can use Celebrimbor in the game I guess is because this is probably him holding the tongs here.
Unless something changed during the development of Shadow of Mordor and the Tolkien Estate allowed them to use other things, of course. Not sure.
fierrotlepou
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Right? I'm glad it's good and it lives up to its name. I wouldn't want to live in a world where Blade Runner 2 was so bad that it tainted the first one.
I don't understand it when people say it's better than the first one though, wow. Either they must've seen it only once, recently, or they're smoking angel dust.
Since a game based on this movie would be inherently inferior anyway, I'd totally take a game using the ME: Andromeda arm of Frostbite that was like 75% depressing detective work and 25% retiring replicants. I just want to be in that world more.
fierrotlepou
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I'd take a game with the somber tone of Papers, Please in that world. God damn. Or they should just remake the old Blade Runner game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hey man, the robots glitch out sometimes.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Jeff is totally right that a mad max game with a wardor like system could be pretty fucking awesome.
Replace the mind control with trying to drink the person under the table as is the Aussie tradition.
Replace the mind control with trying to drink the person under the table as is the Aussie tradition.
Now that my premium is lapsed I'll check out some stuff I downloaded yesterday. First on the list: Brad & Völgarr.
Reached Winter in Stardew Valley. That game is great.
Thanks!
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Gouda is struggle cheese. Good, but it's the default option. Not "fancy" in any way.
Reached Winter in Stardew Valley. That game is great.
Thanks!
Edit:
Gouda is struggle cheese. Good, but it's the default option. Not "fancy" in any way.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Before Dan I used to think Jeff was like the pinnacle of grown man who eats like an 8-year old. It's amazing how much Dan made everyone else's weirdest traits seem normal by comparison
I love cheese with that green stuff on it.
I enjoyed UPF again this week. They all seemed to be in great moods and the talks were fun. I was curious about the new Jackbox and I'm glad I won't be spending money on it.
I'm enjoying Shadow of War but I really wish they'd just make Nemesis System: The Game. Build an original thing around it instead of shoehorning a lame story based on LOTR and put this baby in a unique setting/world
I'm enjoying Shadow of War but I really wish they'd just make Nemesis System: The Game. Build an original thing around it instead of shoehorning a lame story based on LOTR and put this baby in a unique setting/world
wild_fire987
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I also wish they would just get rid of the LOTR aspect, but these games have honestly been the best thing LOTR related in the past decade. So there's no way the suites at WB will make this anything less than a trilogy.
EDIT: Just looked up the info on the trilogy of Hobbit movies because I was curious how much money they made in relation to their cost:
Budget: $675 million
Box Office: $2.932 billion
With those types of numbers were probably going to see a god damn Silmarillion trilogy or something
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Holy christ this fucking train.
Sometimes cuphead asks you to pay attention to way too many things at once.
Sometimes cuphead asks you to pay attention to way too many things at once.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Alright, so now I have the
before the final phase of cuphead, and I have no idea how to beat it.
robot
git gud
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's not helpful!
you gotta link the review and post now
Piston Hyundai
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for the first phase, drop bombs on the top portion of the bottom part, because the splash damage will get both the bottom compartment and the middle
when the laser is about to appear, move up and shoot bombs at the antenna because the laser will be low enough for the splash damage of the bombs to reach it
if you keep doing that, each of the three things should break relatively close to each other, making the heart a bit less of a pain to deal with
the second phase is for babies, one of the easiest phases of the game
just focus on maneuvering in the third phase, and if it really is too much for you, you can stay small and focus entirely on dodging projectiles and unshrink and attack during pauses
just stay patient and be mindful of the barriers when they appear
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yep, got it, thanks for that. Actually didn't turn out too bad once I got a rhythm for the first phase down.
I think I just needed to learn how to manage the bombs.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Snapple has plastic bottles now.
Well that or I just found out.
Well that or I just found out.
symphonask
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There seems to be an issue with their Evil Within capture. The quick look is way too dark, I'm playing the game right now and it doesn't look like that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well there seems to be this tiny issue with cuphead where I had a crash and now my save is deleted.
Huh.
Huh.
This is factually incorrect.
Maya forever. Her return in 6 made me feel emotional at times.
You should listen to one of the recent Waypoint Radios where Patrick talks about working through whether hes finding something funny because its actually funny or because its a thing he used to laugh at when he was younger and didnt know better, because that seems relevant here.
fuck South Park and how its helped even a little to make our society worse
Piston Hyundai
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reminder that Alex liked Stick of Truth more than Wolfenstein, Mordor, Shovel Knight, and Mario Kart 8
How can you not have that Borg actor stretching his leg when he thought he was off camera in this?
They all seemed to enjoy SOT well enough. Perhaps the reason they didn't laugh at anything from The Fractured but Whole at E3 is because nothing they've shown from that game has looked funny or good in any way.
Piston Hyundai
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oh yeah the superhero stuff has always been kind of bad
kambaybolongo
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Its possible for South Park to have awful politics and still be funny at times
Well I think it's more that they don't have the same knowledge/interest in superheroes they have with fantasy (well, fantasy games at least).
I've always like South Park doing superheroes.
I'm expecting another THQ bundle soon with AOM at $15 tier.
irrotational
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Wow... Watching giant bomb watch darts really was something.
Are darts not a big thing in America?
It's pretty popular in the UK (and Europe I think as there always seem to be plenty of European players).
I've never been to a big tournament but they look exactly like German beer festivals... Long tables, masses of beer, and masses of shouting/cheering. I'd love to go.
Are darts not a big thing in America?
It's pretty popular in the UK (and Europe I think as there always seem to be plenty of European players).
I've never been to a big tournament but they look exactly like German beer festivals... Long tables, masses of beer, and masses of shouting/cheering. I'd love to go.
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