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SbF: Super Best Friends Play Thread: ReBoot
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MillionStabs
Banned
The fact that Sectoids can both reanimate AND have someone under mind control at the same time is the most bullshit.
GlassEmpires
Member
I've always hated the distance discovered aliens can cover in fights. That's bullshit
Glitchesarecool
Member
It was alright, but I don't really remember anything notable from it other than the game looking real pretty.
The nintendo direct video that just went to youtube was great for watching Liam die about paper mario and seeing Woolie get ultra hype about Kirby. But there's not a whole lot to the rest of it.
Street Fighter V was a great video if you're into fighting games and fighting game talk, since they are all pretty up on the game. Digimon Cyber Sleuths, Deadly Tower Of Monsters, and Metal Slug 2.
Oh any of the Saltybet videos. Those are just as good as watching Saltybet itself.
I'm amazed that Pat is still so passionate about making sure everyone views Superman as he does. He's pretty happy to die on that hill.
Excellent! I'll start watching those. Thanks
Deus Ex starting now is perfect for me. Time to start getting back into their LP's
I asked for this.Excellent! I'll start watching those. Thanks
Deus Ex starting now is perfect for me. Time to start getting back into their LP's
I'll add that Fighting Layer was a fun FNF. It's one of those where you discover the game along with them and the game has more stuff going on than expected so the discovery is a lot more fun than usual. They also run through the arcade mode and there's a wacky thing or two.
Street Fighter The Movie was a pretty fine scrublords too.
DeadPhoenix
Member
Sectoids are the least bullshit... well, next to standard advent soldiers. There is a reason they are like the third enemy type you meet in the game. The crap gatekeepers and andromedon do make you wish the worst then you had to worry about was a chance one of your characters might get mind controlled.
TC McQueen
Member
Just get the AWC and get Rupture on your Rangers/Specialists to deal with that.
Glitchesarecool
Member
By the time Andromedons started appearing I had two Psi soldiers with Domination. They were free tanks for me.
Gatekeepers were usually managed with EMP rounds or by nuking them when they appeared using damn near everything I had. They don't spawn more than one in a mission I don't think?
DeadPhoenix
Member
Well, that is random unless something has change since I last played, so good luck with that. Honestly, I rarely had a problem with either of those units because I took the out asap(they are both a bitch to kill though, often they will take up a whole turn of concentrated fire(if i don't just mind control them anyways) if you aren't lucky), but in the event you let them survive long enough to do shit, they can really mess your shit up.
I'm not saying these units are particularly hard... well they are probably the toughest enemies in the game, but by the time they show up you have some many ways to take care of them its hardly a problem(in my play through at least). My point is they are far more 'bullshit' then a sectoid.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Christ I completely forget what the plot of HR is...
It's funny because I was watching a stream on twitch earlier and the player had to deal with two gatekeepers in the same mission, with the second one on the objective.
MillionStabs
Banned
Having not watched Part 1 or played the game in like, two years my guess is:
Jensen is butthurt over his girlfriend going missing, and goes on a quest to find her and tries to stop robo-rascism along the way
Thinking and pushing, and PUZZLES!
Spheres and pedestals, and PUZZLES!
Hatred, self loathing, PUZZLES!
WE LOVE PUZZLES!
I should catch up on this LP.
Imperfected
Member
The only ones that really bothered me are the 'lids, with their "charge halfway across the entire map and fatally poison a soldier on reveal" shenanigans. There's really not a practical way to deal with them other than just having a medic-focused Specialist on hand before that point in the game and lots of Scanners.
I guess Sectoids sort of punish you for being behind. They're basically harmless if you're winning (and have a delightful knack for dying in lewd poses), but if you're hurting they're really good at kicking you while you're down. A Lancers + Sectoid group early on is pretty much the bane of any mission where you're already limping along undermanned and outgunned.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
He never asked for this
TC McQueen
Member
IIRC, there's a mod that lets you pick AWC perks.
I hear AP rounds are way better than EMP rounds in general, but Gatekeepers are like Sectopods - you usually get one or two per mission, depending on the type and difficulty.
Glitchesarecool
Member
That mod is super broken when it comes to balance. You can pick any of the possible AWC perks.
Right, and I tended to use AP rounds when possible with a pocket EMP grenadier. But like I said by that point I had my Psi Ops who could bypass armor, and I always picked Shredder as my first perk on grenadier, so I had options.
DeadPhoenix
Member
Yeah, that is way too much. I don't know what the options are, but I can just imagine the bullshit you can pull off with that. Leader ship mod is enough for me as far as mods that just give flat out up grades... although if someone mods in the meld stuff from EI I might check that out.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Give every member of your squad almost any ability that isn't Sword or Gremlin abilities, iirc.
Imperfected
Member
I'm using the Leader and Centurion mods (but no SMGs), but the only other gameplay mod I'm using thus far is the Retroactive AWC mod. (The one that makes it so that when you build the AWC your soldiers will get the AWC perk on their next level up, rather than the sort of janky randomized thing that happens by default.)
You can always mod the difficulty up if you want to use mods that are too "good", though. It's pretty trivial to mod the game to add larger enemy pods, for example, if you want to run one of the mods that increases the number of soldiers you can take on missions.
You can always mod the difficulty up if you want to use mods that are too "good", though. It's pretty trivial to mod the game to add larger enemy pods, for example, if you want to run one of the mods that increases the number of soldiers you can take on missions.
skLaFarebear
Member
Catching up on last week's podcast. Lol at Woolie failing to try to Daigo parry Matt and Pat's sandbagging tech during his cricket story.
At least you tried Woolie
Edit: And we even got a shoutout too lol.
At least you tried Woolie
Edit: And we even got a shoutout too lol.
GlassEmpires
Member
skLaFarebear
Member
Damn. Woolie just gonna have to take the L then.
He would've had a better chance if Resident Cricket Expert Liam wasn't out.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
cant wait for this podcast where Pat complains about Superman for 15 minutes while stubbornly clinging to his wrong notion about what Superman stands for
Glitchesarecool
Member
Is there a weird buzz on the Superhot audio for anyone else? Is that from the game?
Ragnorok64
Member
You've found the Pat formula for everything.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
RandomExpletive
Member
Its a bug IIRC, I think its from the menu's audio not being halted by the game when you load a level. At least thats what it sounds like, I know the mac version had something similar, and before a few patches the treedude sounds would get stuck on if you played treedude
I wish they'd tried to clean that up, hell just lowering the game volume would've helped
Glitchesarecool
Member
Got an email about Vessel today. Learned that there were supposedly ads on Vessel that are now gone (lol @ ads on a paid service). Email named SBF as a channel to watch which I thought was kinda cool, but then I realized it's likely just pulling from my viewing history.
SBFC 135: THIS IS THE ONLY ONE IM EVER F**KING DOING (FEAT. MARC SWINT)
http://superbestfriendsplay.com/pod...only-one-im-ever-fking-doing-feat-marc-swint/
http://superbestfriendsplay.com/pod...only-one-im-ever-fking-doing-feat-marc-swint/
DEVOUR OUR OUR
Has he done anything other than voicing Necalli? Seems like an odd guest choice, especially considering the Necalli voice isn't really spectacular in any way.
Anyone see the changes to Vessel? Subscribers get ad-free videos now, and you now have the option to pay $20 a year instead of $3 a month (saves you a nice chunk of you plan on subbing for a while).
Also, Vessel added Channel Awesome which is neato.
edit: it'd be nice to get a Vessel app on things like Xbone and PS4.
Also, Vessel added Channel Awesome which is neato.
edit: it'd be nice to get a Vessel app on things like Xbone and PS4.
RandomExpletive
Member
They've had some before, but super sparse. I think they use to get added when someone was nice enough in the comments to time stamp it and Woolie then edited in that list later.
Ultimate_Trainer
Member
I always found it pretty weird that Woolie edits the entire podcast together, but never take an extra second or 2 to write down the times. Its great that he does that now.
MillionStabs
Banned
DAMN NOA CENSORING OUR PODCAST TITLES
I'd imagine he could just run a stopwatch app and click it when they change topics, but there's probably a lot more than just that. Idk how complicated it is to run a podcast
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
What is that plot guide called that Pat keeps referencing for street fighter?
Glitchesarecool
Member
The numbers get bigger.
Me too I'm actually playing through the orginal right now for the first time. I will need to pick up the directors cut and play it before mankind divided.
E_Darkness
Member
Pat sneaking his FFXIV addiction as the ending theme of the podcast.