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Super Best Friends |OT19| Three-Fifths of a Thread
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Yeah so long as you're happy with what you got.
Once I found the claymore, I never let it go.
Glitchesarecool
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This Batman telltale is doing exactly what I hate in stories, where shit just goes deeper and deeper and they put the character at literal rock bottom. But everything is happening in a perfectly convenient matter where all the power is going to the bad guys, with basically no victory for the protagonist at all.
This whole Children of Arkham thing and every other major character getting shot just before they can make a revelation is so cliche and shitty.
THIS VICKY VALE CONVERSATION IS SO FUCKING DUMB HOLY SHIT TWO PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY SHOT IN FRONT OF YOU AND BRUCE WAYNE IS THE BAD GUY!?
oh my god is this going to literally rip off the gas bomb thing from the first nolan movie. not quite but goddamn close
This whole Children of Arkham thing and every other major character getting shot just before they can make a revelation is so cliche and shitty.
THIS VICKY VALE CONVERSATION IS SO FUCKING DUMB HOLY SHIT TWO PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY SHOT IN FRONT OF YOU AND BRUCE WAYNE IS THE BAD GUY!?
oh my god is this going to literally rip off the gas bomb thing from the first nolan movie. not quite but goddamn close
My first character was a claymore-wielding mage.
Last character was scimmy plus pyromancy. Specifically Scimitar +10 > Quelaag's Furysword +5 > Gold Tracer +5.
I was in the Forest for a bit with an ascended Pyro Flame +5 using Black Flame and the Furysword augmented by the Hornet's Ring... a lot of poor fuckers were insta'd. Was stacking Mask of the Child, Chloranthy, and Grass Crest in a maxed Wanderer's set too... a ton of Endurance as well, naturally... that character was radical. Maybe busted, but rad.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
So I'm watching the archive of Liam's Kingdom Heart's stream and I'm starting to see the appeal. It's nice to have in the background as I do work and to just switch to it for about thirty seconds of distraction before going back to the slog. Also, I can see the appeal of chatting with someone mid-game and giving them hints. Seems like a nice sort of community thing. Maybe I'll check out one of his streams when they actually happen? Mostly I just miss his voice tho 
Side note: Finally got Nier. Shits good. Two endings in and I feel like the next one is where the real shit is going to happen.
Side note: Finally got Nier. Shits good. Two endings in and I feel like the next one is where the real shit is going to happen.
How About No
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Imperfected
Member
Podcast:
Matt, man, you can stop jumping in front of bullets for the Wii-U. Shit's dead.
Matt, man, you can stop jumping in front of bullets for the Wii-U. Shit's dead.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Billy is such a blessing for the channel. I'm so happy he took out their audio.
How About No
Member
"Mythological Figures of Canada"
This is the reason I listen to the podcast
This is the reason I listen to the podcast
Imperfected
Member
I do like that they think America has a bunch of mythological figures, discounting Native American ones.
They also seem to have missed the fact that the "American" demons in Persona are things like Ghost Rider.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
does anyone know if liam streamed the direct today
Xux
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And they uploaded the whole thing separate after blasting through it
Poor Woolie resorting to humanity heals
I think he's doing that because they still think (or hopefully thought) you can't Kindle any bonfire to 20.
Imperfected
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Yeah, he could have spent that Humanity to just go in with more Estus. Hopefully he kindles up the next bonfire at least, it tends to be pretty important as things go.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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80% chance Pat still loses to Mr. Shakedown next episode even with all the Stamina Royals, most likley due to him deciding to fight him in Beast mode which isn't a good idea until you get used to the mode.
Imperfected
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I think it depends on whether or not the next run-in with Mr. Shakedown happens in the same recording session as this one.
If it's the same sitting, he basically already had a decent gameplan worked out that was putting up low-risk damage. If it's a different session, he'll probably have forgotten it.
If it's the same sitting, he basically already had a decent gameplan worked out that was putting up low-risk damage. If it's a different session, he'll probably have forgotten it.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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They just saw him turning down the street when this video ended.
Xux
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Artorias is so fuckin' cool, you guys.
Liam's so hype for Hundred Acre Woods. :3
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Imperfected
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NoblesseOblige
Banned
One of my favorite things about Dark Souls is how people struggle/beast on different bosses. Like I never had the level of difficulty with Artorias that Woolie did, but he aced those I've spent hours dying to.
pretty much Dark Souls in a nutshell, when ya think about it
Imperfected
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Yeah, it's all about your build, really.
The DLC bosses were after the game was out in the wild and they'd seen everyone huddled behind their shields 24/7, so other than the Guardian they tried to make them somewhat punishing for blocking-focused strategies. They're also a bit more biased toward heavy weapons since you can't usually get more than one swing in during windows to punish them, and getting only one spear stab per Artorias YOLO combo feels bad, man.
If you're a ninja-flipping, two-handing, damage-racing sonnuvabitch, the DLC bosses probably don't bother you much.
The DLC bosses were after the game was out in the wild and they'd seen everyone huddled behind their shields 24/7, so other than the Guardian they tried to make them somewhat punishing for blocking-focused strategies. They're also a bit more biased toward heavy weapons since you can't usually get more than one swing in during windows to punish them, and getting only one spear stab per Artorias YOLO combo feels bad, man.
If you're a ninja-flipping, two-handing, damage-racing sonnuvabitch, the DLC bosses probably don't bother you much.
GlassEmpires
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And Wendigo appears in other SMT games.
I hope someone in Atlus opens a book on First Nations mythology. There's some shit
The website isn't magic.
You've lost me.
The website doesn't magically make them immune to companies who don't want their stuff to be LPed. If Atlus wanted to take them down then they could, so the guys don't want to deal with that possibility.
No they couldn't.
I mean I suppose Atlus could file a lawsuit against them.
But no matter what Atlus would have you believe, streaming a game you own is not against the law. They can cry to Youtube or Twitch who will probably give in but thats a different matter.
Hell I could stream P5 myself if I wanted to. Are Atlus going to take me to court?
The point is that it wouldn't stop Atlus from making a stink if they chose to do that, and the guys understandably don't want to deal with that regardless of whether it's right or wrong.
We don't know if it is legal because this shit has never been on court. There's no precedent since no one bothered to sue yet. Which is why Twitch and YouTube never refused to comply to publisher's demand, because they know that should they lose their entire business run the risk of crumbling.
In practicality, SBF could probably stream the game with no repercussions given Atlus USA's lax enforcement of their policies, but why bother running into potential trouble, even if almost non-existent, when you could be LPing or streaming something else with zero risks?
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Probably because the money ain't there. I predict the youtube channel gets significantly more traffic than their site. A lot of people don't even check their site daily like they do their youtube channel. A 100+ part LP available exclusively on their site would be taking up a lot of their time for fewer monetary gains.
I was open to the idea of a site at the very start but it turned out to be a massive piece of shit so I dropped it immediately. I understand many content creators probably want out from under YouTube (especially recently) but youtubes ease of use makes it to engrained for me to bother with extra site hassle.
The SMT Series already uses some First Nations and Native American Mythology.
They've got Dzelarhons, Ictinike, The Thunderbird, Wendigo, Shiwanna.
I haven't played Soul Hackers, but apparently Manitou is a big thing in that.
They've even got Sedna from Inuit mythology.
Hellwarden
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Man, Telltale Batman is terrible.
Foxhound286
Member
Eh, I liked it well enough. It's not my favorite Telltale, but I enjoyed it enough where I don't regret playing it and would buy a season 2. Still wish they would play Telltale Borderlands, it's easily one of their best.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Telltale games are bad.
God what a stupid fucking twist, and an awful name. Fuck telltale.
I kind of want them to stop these playthroughs, like forever.
God what a stupid fucking twist, and an awful name. Fuck telltale.
I kind of want them to stop these playthroughs, like forever.
Imperfected
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Honestly, I was just surprised with how much they were able to get away with in the Batman game, given that the DCEU is basically embroiled in a giant clusterfuck of trying to redefine their properties and establish Battfleck in the public consciousness.
Well, I mean, that's how Harvey was pre-face melting. The accident isn't what caused him to go all half crazy. He had a history of that prior (I think he called the other persona "big bad Harv" in BTAS) and the face melting kinda made it real enough to push him over permanently. In this it's also because Harvey's probably got residual crazy drugs in his system causing him to partially act on impulse.
The change didn't really come out of nowhere. You get flashes of it when they were talking to Harvey in his office.
I don't really have an issue with Telltale Batman. It seems fine so far.
Imperfected
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I think the big problem with the Harvey Dent thing is that they actually give you the ability to decide whether or not he gets maimed, which is inherently super interesting and makes it feel like this time, the choices could matter.
Then they insist on having him heel turn seemingly no matter what, and for very little payoff; he doesn't do enough cool shit as Two-Face that you couldn't just completely cut it for players who chose to keep him safe. The choice still wouldn't "matter" in the strictest sense, given that the story would still grind to the same ultimate resolution, but it would feel like something had changed.
Then they insist on having him heel turn seemingly no matter what, and for very little payoff; he doesn't do enough cool shit as Two-Face that you couldn't just completely cut it for players who chose to keep him safe. The choice still wouldn't "matter" in the strictest sense, given that the story would still grind to the same ultimate resolution, but it would feel like something had changed.
Glitchesarecool
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Well that's the thing with Telltale (and in a similar way, Mass Effect), they make it seem like "choices matter" but the story is always going to end up the same way no matter what, and they hadn't set up another villain group if you had gone down a "save Dent" path so he's the only option they have for their binary choices.