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Rickenslacker
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You definitely need it.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
It's pretty great. Holds up kind of well, for the most part.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Technically Quake Live isn't that old even if it is still just Quake 3.
Don't think that really counts, though. Like you said, it's just Quake 3 in a new package.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
That's probably what happens when you don't give your game dedicated servers, or the ability to have private games, or the ability to pick maps, or even to join a game that isn't already in progress, or clan support, or anything but random matchups to people you don't know... but the concept in general is still appealing!
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Still plays like it was made yesterday.
jediyoshi
Member
There are private games.
Being on Origin and not being a Battlefield game is probably the kicker.
I'm speaking to the multiplayer component being conducive to tournament play. Quake 3 was that distilled to perfection and although I don't really agree with the decision to make Quake Live quite literally a rebadge of Q3, I also can't exactly blame id for taking the safe route... but of course this approach is why QL did little more than play host to Q3 refugees.
Killing Floor and its ilk have never been my cup of tea, but I realise it does the "horde mode" thing well.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I WAS LIED TO!
or it was added later
hmmmm.... it's kind of a game that needs a lot of people to work...
Tizoc
Member
GOG.com has Sim City 2000, should've asked us and gotten that one.
toddhunter
Member
Even Dark Souls 2 is getting like that for my timezone. There are still plenty of people in the popular areas, but outside of that it can be tough to get a summon.
Syphon Filter
Member
What makes you think it will be an arena shooter? You know how it is now in days.
Well, Doom was the DM game of choice prior to Quake, so I'm hoping that, as far as the game's MP is concerned, Bethesda has embraced id's history of cobbling together MP awesomeness. Your cynicism is hardly without merit, though.
toddhunter
Member
Not much point when half life source DM still exists. You can shoot toilets at people, where can you go after that?
corrosivefrost
Member
Then you must be missing a move. I have it (though I unlocked it in the beta).
I looked up a list too D: did you do it in single player?
corrosivefrost
Member
Nah, it unlocked when I was playing multiplayer with BernardoOne, Jshackles, and Bernardo's friend.
corrosivefrost
Member
I was thinking it should be possible solo, but I remember being surprised when it popped when I finally figured out how to uppercut (sorta like in smash), so I know mine is for multi.
Unfortunately, The Behemoth didn't use the nice method of showing achievement progress, so I have no idea what the actual requirements for the one that's "play and rate 10 community levels" actually is.
I loaded up 10 community levels, some I played 1-4 stages in, some I quit because they were terrible, and then when I left it would put me in the overlay with the level's community page and I would rate it. I did not get the achievement to pop after 10 levels. So I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong there unless it's not finishing all acts in the playlist before leaving and rating.
so, finished dark souls 2. more like beaten, since there's still ng+ and there's still a couple more things i want to do in ng but well, time for thoughts
it's weird, i most definitely like it less than dark 1 and demons, no two ways about it. i still enjoyed it but i dunno exactly how but it's just off the mark for me, the whole game felt so uncharacteristically easy it made for a very "still" pacing. no wondrous highs at how the devs managed to give you some respite from your misery by bending the level design in a way that looped just so you could get that precious shortcut but also none of those very much assholy lows like sen's fortress where you were filled with dread from everything from every corner trying to kill you.
there's no despair in dark souls 2, and that just made the whole journey feel a bit meaningless, like i wasn't dragged enough through the mud to make standing be worth anything and dark souls 1 wasn't perfect but that part it had it right, certain chaotic bed excluded.
i did enjoy much of the streamlining and i think it's mostly for the best, upgrading weapons is a lot less obtuse, covenants are more inviting, etc. it's not really a big design thing but just a moment by moment thing in that they let us off too easy, the bosses had too low hp, the dungeons didn't last enough for you to wonder if drinking that last flask at 60% hp is a good idea.
there's also the grand world design thing in which there's no interconnection whatsoever. this is demon's souls again in disguise. i'm not a big fan of that, it worked in demon's when it didn't try to hide it, but in this game the world just feels weird, like it doesn't make any sense. it might, but it doesn't feel like it at all. just, the explore the dungeon kill a boss and then be greeted by an abandoned bonfire+random npc just bored the hell out of me, made bosses and dungeon feel super pointless, just always lacking the payoff for your hardships.
in the end it's still a pretty good game, certainly better than most, but kind of disappointing. demon's was a tough act to follow and it's still insane dks1 turned out so good, so you can't fault dks2 too much for not being quite up there i guess.
anyways, all hail the next queen of drangleic, i think she'll be more tommen than joffrey but you never know, she's seen shit
anyways not up to dusk's review standards but that's what i think
also new saoirse avatar 5/5
edit: oh and i forgot to say. fuck you from for putting me through that shitty ass spider dungeon. that shit was fucking torture
most of the rest of the game has been long abandoned
that's what happens to online if you strap gfwl to it
it's weird, i most definitely like it less than dark 1 and demons, no two ways about it. i still enjoyed it but i dunno exactly how but it's just off the mark for me, the whole game felt so uncharacteristically easy it made for a very "still" pacing. no wondrous highs at how the devs managed to give you some respite from your misery by bending the level design in a way that looped just so you could get that precious shortcut but also none of those very much assholy lows like sen's fortress where you were filled with dread from everything from every corner trying to kill you.
there's no despair in dark souls 2, and that just made the whole journey feel a bit meaningless, like i wasn't dragged enough through the mud to make standing be worth anything and dark souls 1 wasn't perfect but that part it had it right, certain chaotic bed excluded.
i did enjoy much of the streamlining and i think it's mostly for the best, upgrading weapons is a lot less obtuse, covenants are more inviting, etc. it's not really a big design thing but just a moment by moment thing in that they let us off too easy, the bosses had too low hp, the dungeons didn't last enough for you to wonder if drinking that last flask at 60% hp is a good idea.
there's also the grand world design thing in which there's no interconnection whatsoever. this is demon's souls again in disguise. i'm not a big fan of that, it worked in demon's when it didn't try to hide it, but in this game the world just feels weird, like it doesn't make any sense. it might, but it doesn't feel like it at all. just, the explore the dungeon kill a boss and then be greeted by an abandoned bonfire+random npc just bored the hell out of me, made bosses and dungeon feel super pointless, just always lacking the payoff for your hardships.
in the end it's still a pretty good game, certainly better than most, but kind of disappointing. demon's was a tough act to follow and it's still insane dks1 turned out so good, so you can't fault dks2 too much for not being quite up there i guess.
anyways, all hail the next queen of drangleic, i think she'll be more tommen than joffrey but you never know, she's seen shit
anyways not up to dusk's review standards but that's what i think
also new saoirse avatar 5/5
edit: oh and i forgot to say. fuck you from for putting me through that shitty ass spider dungeon. that shit was fucking torture
s&o were always pretty good summoning spots
most of the rest of the game has been long abandoned
that's what happens to online if you strap gfwl to it
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
anyways, all hail the next queen of drangleic, i think she's more tommen than joffrey but you never know.
8/10, points deducted for hair clipping through crown.
Tizoc
Member
Well the time to spend my earned GMG credit draws near, gonna grab Wolfenstein tomorrow and hopefully by then it'll be up for pre-load, but bah god 50 freakin' GB is gonna be a bore to download especially when the game doesn't even look that next gen.
There better be a patch that'll trim the size down cuz if that can be done to games on the PS Vita ti should be do-able on PC.
There better be a patch that'll trim the size down cuz if that can be done to games on the PS Vita ti should be do-able on PC.
well it's an unflattering shot since it's a dark area and all zoomed in but believe me the game's positively beautiful. some areas are super drab but the difference with dks1 is crazy.
i'm not running durantemod or anything cos it made my game hitch a bit but actually with some of the less extreme mods the game looks incredible. texturework is actually pretty great imo but you know you grab any third person game and zoom it up and it's gonna look like shit. and like souls art design is so fucking good, dark souls and witcha are so far ahead it's embarrassing
speaking of which i was saving the artbook (digital :/) for after beating the game, so now's a good time as any to drool at it
i'm not running durantemod or anything cos it made my game hitch a bit but actually with some of the less extreme mods the game looks incredible. texturework is actually pretty great imo but you know you grab any third person game and zoom it up and it's gonna look like shit. and like souls art design is so fucking good, dark souls and witcha are so far ahead it's embarrassing
speaking of which i was saving the artbook (digital :/) for after beating the game, so now's a good time as any to drool at it
Atraveller
Banned
Went to see the film this morning, I enjoyed it a lot, and she was adorable.
Do you have a link or summary of what happened to him?
YianGaruga
Banned
I had problems with it as well, since most lists out there seem to be incomplete. Do all of the moves in the help/options list (don't forget Judo throw and make sure all of them hit something) and then do one more, which is "clunking" an enemy. You do it by selecting the mine/disc item, jumping, and using it shortly before hitting the ground. That way you use the item without actually throwing it but just hit an enemy with it. That was the one I was missing.
The wording is wrong, you don't have to rate anything. I got it after playing through 10 community levels in a row. I just played the Furbottom playlist and played through levels 1 to 9 and then did the time trial.
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The Red Wizard
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What happened to Justin in the end? Did get a new key or his money back?
Tizoc
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Man I'd really like to get this but I hate all them moeslut designs...
i'm confused as to what reason to play that game could you possibly have that isn't waifus
Tizoc
Member
The gameplay of course. From what little i've seen it's gameplay seems interesting but the designs are just not doing it for me.
It's not slutty at all. I don't think I've seen anything distasteful in any Orange Juice games.
As for the gameplay, it's fun, but very luck based. I'd love to see the Orange Juice folks come out with a sequel that was a bit deeper.
Widdly Scuds
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Tizoc
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Heh I just use the term 'moeslut' and 'loliwhore' because I dislike those designs and how they show up in like 95% of Japanese games now ^^;
The luck based gameplay thing is making me a bit hesitant can you elaborate on that?
corrosivefrost
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GMG are stand up guys and have done this before where they backdate the scrape dates so that people who played it during beta get the rewards too... I can't remember the game it was for (I wasn't in the beta for that), but I do remember someone talking about backing for beta testers. I was happy to see they gave me that and the two achievements I'd already earned.
Kinda makes up for the fact that I'll probably have to add the Strike Suit Zero
C achievements I earned within 6 hours of their deadline to a support ticket.So basically just finish ten community levels, not 10 community playlists? That's definitely more doable.
I loved Sen's Fortress as it reminded me of the early Tomb Raider games(traps galore). About the Bed of Chaos, it gets a lot of hate but I enjoyed the fact that it was basically just a puzzle. If From ever removes the gfwl garbage and replaces it with Steamworks, I'll immediately replay it again.
toddhunter
Member
I think the main issue is the "puzzle" is the final jump isn't quite where it appears to be. Also the level leading up to it was complete garbage.
But yeah, the concept was good.
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