Hands of Stone
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Should I beat XCOM 1 before I jump into 2? Or is it like Witcher 3 in that the story is stand alone?
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TechnicaUS
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You should prolly play the first one either way cause it's pretty good. Sides, I don't really think the story is gonna matter much.
VidulaSaix
Member
Good choice. Game's fantastic.
DeadPhoenix
Member
The canon ending of 1 is you lose, so just start on legendary and run XCOM into the ground asap so you can start 2.
E_Darkness
Member
Seeing as XCOM is the topic. I'm currently playing through EU, should I invest in Enemy Within while it is on steam sale? My laptop only has the min specs for XCOM 2 so I don't really fancy trying it out.
Also yay more Demon's Souls archive. I'm playing XCOM while having this on in the background.
Also yay more Demon's Souls archive. I'm playing XCOM while having this on in the background.
Hands of Stone
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Glitchesarecool
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EW is a great dlc that adds a lot of squad options and running around with mech troopers, so that's pretty fucking rad.
I say yes. XCOM 1 will give you a primer on how the game is played, even if the story doesn't follow with 2. There are some big twists on the combat for 2, but understanding cover and how to manipulate the battlefield is still basically the same.
DeadPhoenix
Member
On the topic of XCOM 2, I finally got the entire Zaibatsu recruited and plan to start fielding them together whenever I can. Pat, Woolie and Liam are new recruits, but I've had Matt(a cowardly sniper who is also trained as a leader) and Billy for a while and they've been, especially Billy(he soloed the objective in a base defense mission using his sick ranger stealth skills... making him more a ninja/rogue then the lancer he is nicknamed after), kicking ass. Pat and Woolie got fielded during a defense mission and while Pat got a few good hits in, but Woolie mostly just panicked so I made him carry around the guy who nearly died that cause him to freakout.
Good game. Too bad I'm playing on 'normal' difficulty without ironman mode(which you can't turn on if you have the tutorial on for w/e reason) because I'm being a huge baby about reloading to save people(i get way to impatient and move across the map faster then I need to).
Oh, one more thing... Pat mentioned in the podcast he left some guys out one turn to long and they died. From what I've heard/seen from some LPs, apparently on missions like that(or at least some of them, idk if its different for the mission he was speaking of), the characters don't die, they instead get captured and can be rescued in a later mission.
Good game. Too bad I'm playing on 'normal' difficulty without ironman mode(which you can't turn on if you have the tutorial on for w/e reason) because I'm being a huge baby about reloading to save people(i get way to impatient and move across the map faster then I need to).
Oh, one more thing... Pat mentioned in the podcast he left some guys out one turn to long and they died. From what I've heard/seen from some LPs, apparently on missions like that(or at least some of them, idk if its different for the mission he was speaking of), the characters don't die, they instead get captured and can be rescued in a later mission.
Subhuman Filth
Member
Eh. The stuff with Gas-KWAN, Eileen, and Gehrman is pretty entertaining. Makes we wish there was a highlight video. The Forbidden Woods segment is downright unwatchable.
MillionStabs
Banned
Look up Snailborne on YouTube. Those are the highlights you want
How About No
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ct3PnvI0dU
Edit also here's spookycookies' playlist of his and other's compilations if you need your SBF dose in injectable form
Ultimate_Trainer
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Xux
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Yay, no chat in the video.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Streaming is the future skrams.
skLaFarebear
Member
For the people not watching, Woolie just confirmed that they're not gonna read donation messages on stream anymore and they're gonna read them off screen. Said he doesn't want people to only donate just to get them to read messages on stream and they don't wanna take long breaks to read messages.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Wow, that's great news. Good job, Zaibatsu.
This is great news, and it shows how serious they are about not turning into your typical streamer channel.
RecursiveFault
Banned
Ey, cool
skLaFarebear
Member
Oh man they forgot to turn the gameplay video back on so they're streaming nothing but themselves pressing buttons and the chat is blowing up. This is perfect.
And all is right with the world
This secret stream has been hella dumbbb. So much dick tripping with frozen streams or audio desync or playing full matches with no camera or having to hard power off EVERYTHING.
It's the best.
Also Bloodborne as a thing to watch in the background on a second monitor is probably the best way to handle the souls LPs.
And also Joe can finally not be so tsundere anymore over the streams.
Wait, what did I say. I forget.
It's the best.
Also Bloodborne as a thing to watch in the background on a second monitor is probably the best way to handle the souls LPs.
And also Joe can finally not be so tsundere anymore over the streams.
Wait, what did I say. I forget.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
You know what? I gave Naruto a chance again, there's no reason why I can't do the same for SAO.
skLaFarebear
Member
3rd Strike is so good.
I got Wonderful 101 on the recommendation of the Best Friends and the game makes no fucking sense to me.
Can someone give me a rundown of the systems?
For reference, I just spent three minutes trying to build a wonderchain to cross the gap on the bus and only getting swords. I might have brain problems.
Can someone give me a rundown of the systems?
For reference, I just spent three minutes trying to build a wonderchain to cross the gap on the bus and only getting swords. I might have brain problems.
This dude made some excellent tutorials for Platinum titles including Wonderful 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdHbPXNJvVE
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
You could watch the tutorial linked above but what I did was just keep playing, it'll start feeling more natural at some point. Use the first couple levels to get used to everything.
This is the hypest
mate, I was getting so irritated I wasn't learning anything. I'll drop the difficulty and practice for a bit, but I needed that foundation to be sure it was me screwing up the entry rather than completely not comprehending the controls
Remember to not give a shit about your ranking, you'll naturally improve throughout the course of the game.
Pat and Liam reminded me I have a sealed copy of Lost Song I bought for $50 because I'm insane and hate myself and SAO. I also blood brothered it with a friend and we both got our own copies to hate each other more too. I promised myself I'd platinum it eventually. Maybe I should start that because fuck it.
The Saur tutorials linked by TheChits are wonderful.
Also use the right stick. It's really good to think of putting in the weapons as fighting game moves. Hadoukens, 360s, and all that.
For your wonder liner case where you need to build a bridge? Just stand on one side, push the stick until your team reaches the other side, and they should turn into a rainbow at some point to indicate you will make a bridge. As far as I remember rainbows for your line indicate that you can make a bridge or whatever other context sensitive thing.
And remember that W101 is character action. If you feel like combat is slow or not feeling like a character action thing then something is up.
God, Wonderful 101 is so fun when you get how it works. It clicked for me instantly since I watched the Saur tutorials first, and when you can just pull out all different kinds of shenanigans later it becomes even better. Rising into Sword Combo into Stinger into Cancel Cyclone into Fist assist into Cyclone into Rising into Time Bomb into Tombstone into Rocket. It's a really simple combo when you know what's up too.
Not exactly the same, but it gets the point across I think.
The Saur tutorials linked by TheChits are wonderful.
Also use the right stick. It's really good to think of putting in the weapons as fighting game moves. Hadoukens, 360s, and all that.
For your wonder liner case where you need to build a bridge? Just stand on one side, push the stick until your team reaches the other side, and they should turn into a rainbow at some point to indicate you will make a bridge. As far as I remember rainbows for your line indicate that you can make a bridge or whatever other context sensitive thing.
And remember that W101 is character action. If you feel like combat is slow or not feeling like a character action thing then something is up.
God, Wonderful 101 is so fun when you get how it works. It clicked for me instantly since I watched the Saur tutorials first, and when you can just pull out all different kinds of shenanigans later it becomes even better. Rising into Sword Combo into Stinger into Cancel Cyclone into Fist assist into Cyclone into Rising into Time Bomb into Tombstone into Rocket. It's a really simple combo when you know what's up too.
Not exactly the same, but it gets the point across I think.
Excellent news! I was initially worried about the streams but they're saying all the right things. I just hope they don't over-rely on guests this soon as they need to find their own stream groove first.
Ultimate_Trainer
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Ultimate_Trainer
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Its on Vessel right now. Should be up on youtube on friday.
E_Darkness
Member
I'm seeing some ground swell with the FFX LP. Has it stopped being terrible since episode 7?
TechnicaUS
Member
That video any good? I kinda wanna watch it, but I really don't want to absorb more SAO than I have to.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Same here. Really enjoying Odallus a lot.
TechnicaUS
Member
I'd say it's definitely gotten better. They're still pushing grand wizard waka pretty hard though.
I opened a tab for episode 28 and seen the word 'Titus' and closed it immediately.
Truth be told I've not watched a channel video since Metal Wolf started. Been taking a break and mainly listening to the podcast and streams (and some older LPs).
It's more a "listening" video as the game itself is boring as fuck, and apparently doesn't control well.
Most of it is Pat and Liam shitting on SAO, which I'm all for as SAO is gaaarbaaage.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
And somehow it still manages to work.
DXLelouch153
Banned
finished ch 6 of Cold Steel
reading the 59min audio Cd with subtitles on my wiiu gamepad
if you havent i reccomend it Ska
reading the 59min audio Cd with subtitles on my wiiu gamepad
if you havent i reccomend it Ska
TC McQueen
Member
Well yeah, because it's a mild exaggeration of the actual character's behavior.
Sort of like how sfdebris's Evil Crazy Mad Scientist Janeway is a mild exaggeration of the sum of Janeway's behavior throughout the series.
skLaFarebear
Member
Thanks for reminding me. I have to give it a read/listen soon
DXLelouch153
Banned
wonder if theyll keep it going after the "truth" is revealed that Yevons actually a huge asshole