I'm glad Nier: A did well for Taro. I hope his next game does pan out as well as this one, but at least he has his expectations in check.
I'd watch it.
I'd watch it.
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
TBF they have lasted beyond what I expected already so everything from now on is just gravy.
Just play Automata and go back to Nier later if they ever release it digitally or on PC. I appreciated what it without seeing as many of the negatives or just glossing them over. I think if I had played it at release, I would have dropped it fairly fast. Also, I wouldn't have felt bad if I had stopped early and just watched the endings on youtube due to the nature of how you get all the endings. I didn't, but I can easily see why a good chuck of people would.
Human Trashcan
Banned
I said they wouldn't make it past episode 10 and I was wrong, but I'm pretty surprised they have considering their play. Does XCOM have some kind of hidden adaptive difficulty modifier based on performance?
DigitalRicket
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Just catching up on some Murder Island videos and was wondering who Jeff was talking about when they said that a chicken dinner would've been easier to get if they had a few people who weren't on their team.
Was he calling out Dan?
Was he calling out Dan?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It definitely feels like there's definitely some fuzziness. Especially the terror mission where all they faced were 2 chryssalids that ran out of the fog of war and into an entire squad overwatch where every soldier hit their overwatch shot.
It definitely feels like there's definitely some fuzziness. Especially the terror mission where all they faced were 2 chryssalids that ran out of the fog of war and into an entire squad overwatch where every soldier hit their overwatch shot.
To my knowledge, the only things the games do is give you aim bonuses for missing too many times in a row, and limit the number of enemy pods and pod sizes on each map. These are all based on chosen difficulty.
thats true, they've already done better than I expected
You'll tear up by the end of the video, and not for the regular reason why you cry at the end of a porno.
Pro Tip: When playing Cuphead its really best to be totally wrong about what you need to shoot at during a boss battle. It makes the game much easier when you finally figure it out.
During the bird battle, on the final phase, I thought i could only shoot the heart when it popped up. Kept getting killed with it at half health. Only by accident did i discover you drop the bombs on the asshole. I'm good at games
Piston Hyundai
Member
god damn it
nice
Death Metalist
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Piston Hyundai
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Every episode is loaded with moments where Vinny suggests something and then whoever's playing does it. It's their prerogative, but I would enjoy it a bit more if Vinny didn't have as much of a say in shit. It'd make his reactions to shit going sideways that much sweeter.
I'd rather have a premature end to the XCOM leg of the feature than an exquisite corpse that's 85% drawn by Vinny. It kind of goes against the whole spirit of the feature.
I can't really blame Vinny for not wanting his feature to be over in a hurry.
I think he wants them to make at least somewhat intelligent decisions, but it comes off as him just wanting them to play like he would instead.
Havent watched todays yet; did Vinny ever make that ability reference sheet he said he was going to?
Something like that's probably a better way to help. I dont really mind him being hands-on, but it usually has to do with them forgetting basic mechanics or misunderstanding abilities (again). Which makes sense because theyre not playing for weeks at a time. They really should have a video/list/something of basic mechanics and everyones abilities that they sit down and look over before they play again so they come in referenced? Particularly as Vinny tends to forget/miss some of that too.
Something like that's probably a better way to help. I dont really mind him being hands-on, but it usually has to do with them forgetting basic mechanics or misunderstanding abilities (again). Which makes sense because theyre not playing for weeks at a time. They really should have a video/list/something of basic mechanics and everyones abilities that they sit down and look over before they play again so they come in referenced? Particularly as Vinny tends to forget/miss some of that too.
Human Trashcan
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The problem is Alex is very indecisive and he's only seeing 1 in 3 episodes - the one he's on. So he turns to Vinny, who's supposed to know shit. But yeah it totally is just Vinny playing by proxy.
There's not really, I think we just underestimated how easy Medium difficulty is and forgot that early game is the hardest, especially when they had no clue how to play starting out.It definitely feels like there's definitely some fuzziness. Especially the terror mission where all they faced were 2 chryssalids that ran out of the fog of war and into an entire squad overwatch where every soldier hit their overwatch shot.
I get this complaint when Vinny gives misinformation/bad advice that leads to drastic consequences (the Abby wipe), but for the most part it's just 2 people playing cooperatively and enjoying themselves. Sure that doesn't fit square with the premise of the feature, but a good way to ruin anything is taking an initial conception as gospel. Unless you'd rather have Vinny staying silent the whole time to the point where it just feels like one person playing? Or cracking jokes and going off-topic to the point where the game doesn't become the focus i.e. Blue Bombin'?
HashtagLapsed
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Vinny is advising people not to hit overwatch until everyone has moved/finished their turns.
My heart is unburdened with relief.
My heart is unburdened with relief.
The Dear Leader
Banned
What other games would fit the Excuisite Corps formula?
Hmm, games with an overarching progression and uncoupled action/strategy segment I guess.
FTL would be hilarious.
Total War(hammer) games.
Mount and Blade.
Civ (phew).
Shadowrun.
Banner Saga.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Pyre would be awesome, ("You sent who back?") but its not a super long game.
The Banner Saga fits, but its another isometric tactics game
Ooooooooh Darkest Dungeon, it has to be Darkest Dungeon!
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Darkest Dungeon maybe.
Alex could be the new Vinny there since he played a lot of it
I love Pyre but I think itd be weird to have one person
suddenly learn about the plan and just tell the others after
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I actually think Darkest Dungeon is the right answer here. Completely different tone and gameplay but with the same permadeath and high level strategy dynamics
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Only problem with Darkest Dungeon is that there is no "Game Over". They could loose everybody and the game would just keep going since you can just do easier missions to level up lower level guys again.
Unless they come up with a rule that they can only loose so many characters, there is little to no tension
Death Metalist
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Resident Evil Remake. I want to see how one of them would be able to continue in a situation where they're fucked when it comes to items.
avengers23
Banned
Is there a visual novel that they could play cooperatively?
petethepanda
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I love that it wouldn't actually be surprising if an Automata follow-up were set like 50,000 years in the future and based off one of the throwaway joke endings.
Caught up on Six Crazy Frights. Guess I should dive into Exquisite Corps next.
Caught up on Six Crazy Frights. Guess I should dive into Exquisite Corps next.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I mean they should. Without going into spoilers I'm satisfied with how the story of 2B and 9S wrapped up
KillerDark
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I like this idea a lot, it would work really well.
Piston Hyundai
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a Dead Rising run where they start over (but keep their stats) with each death would be really cool to see, but it'd run the risk of becoming Groundhog Day: the Feature if they died too much.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I think Grimrock could technically work, but I really think Darkest Dungeon would work the best
Also I can't get enough of that announcer
Also I can't get enough of that announcer
They need to do Dead Rising 2 co-op.
Dead Rising 2 is secretly one of the best co op games ever made
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