CthulhuSushi
Banned
It's a hard knock life for us non-subs.
I'm gonna go ahead and throw $6 towards it and then get a year in a month.
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Super Best Friends Thread 13: "The Storm Has Come And So Have I" 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
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It's a hard knock life for us non-subs.
I'm gonna go ahead and throw $6 towards it and then get a year in a month.
JooseBawcks
Member
The first thing I thought was literally "Holy shit Japanese Paul Robertson"
I knew the name sounded familiar, I just wasn't sure if the Best Friends had talked about it or I heard about it else where
IT'S ON VITA? I need to figure out where I want this in the future
I'm so glad these are a thing
Bullet hells and shmups aren't the same thing btw. I wouldn't really call Ikaruga a bullet hell game.
RecursiveFault
Banned
Yeah, I really like Shumps but never got into Bullet Hell. It's enjoyable to get a pattern down and avoid it, but the room for error on execution is punishing as fuck.
Arcanum is made by Troika, so it comes from the original fallout guys, 1800's setting with a touch of steampunk and fantasy thrown onto it, the characters and writing in that game are really good, the story is relatively cookie cutter in parts but the individual places you visit and the characters you meet are awesome.
For example there was this one quest where you need to get information about an item, so you go see these guys, and depending on the party members you have might change how this encounter goes, you can talk it out like gentleman with enough persuasiveness and be on your way.
Or, a certain party member might interrupt the conversation and be like "Fuck this and fuck you we need to kill these guys now" and at that point you can either let him attack and get wrecked and die, and continue your talk, or help him and kill everyone in the room, well at that point what do you do about your information? If you're a shady fucking necromancer you just raise their spirits from their corpses and force them to tell you everything you wish to know.
It's a bizarre and fantastic game.
ArclightBorealis
Member
It technically still is one, along with Radiant Silvergun. Just because you can absorb certain shots doesn't dismiss the fact that the hitboxes are smaller than they appear and grazing them is an important mechanic.
I can play a bullet hell or shmup fine. It's just the thing of people setting personal goals of 1CCing a game is always kind of nothing to me. I'll play through the game once because they're usually very short, but going for a 1CC is just one of those things I don't feel like working towards.
Speaking of genres that you can't get into, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get into RTS or heavy strategy games on PC. I find RTS scary for their time constraints and I've always just gone with a turtle method. I'd have to learn to be a manly man to play them not horribly. Also I find heavy strategy games super time consuming and also scary due to the possible easy ability to fuck up everything.
TechnicaUS
Member
Jojo part 5 spoilers
Did narancia just die off camera? Damn, that sucks. Did see it comin though.
JooseBawcks
Member
Shmups are super fun since they'll have a bunch of different modifiers and such. Variety in weapons always pulls you in
I can see that, I guess I was just thinking about it in the traditional sense of "Avoid everything or bomb or die"
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I love shmups. One of my favorite genres. It's just so satisfying to take down a boss without getting hit or to get further on one credit than you've ever gotten before or to beat your old high score. Love it.
ArclightBorealis
Member
More like the "cause" of the death was erased from time, leaving only the "effect."
King Crimson, mother fuckers!
King Crimson, mother fuckers!
Foxhound286
Member
I just had this brought up to me. Apparently, I never call anyone by their names. I always go hey man instead of hey John, for example. I tried to start calling people by their names, but it sounds really forced and awkward. Is this a problem?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I would do so much better at shmups if I were better at recognizing when I need to bomb to stay alive. Every time I lose a life with bomb stock remaining I get a little pissed. :lol
RecursiveFault
Banned
I've never even seen an RTS, let alone touch one, besides League or Dooter I guess, if you want them to be Action RTS.
It's definitely worth a look, it has an unofficial patch and stuff, but I don't remember the vanilla version being particularly buggy.
The ways you can play your character though are pretty fun, being a suave suit wearing businessman with a silver tongue and is a total asshole, a viable way to play that game as you can just talk plenty of people into joining your party and fighting for you.
VidulaSaix
Member
This Elgato is fucking frustrating. I keep getting a black screen whenever I try to start streaming with this thing to test it out and it won't come back unless I keep the Elgato software open but when it's open I can't stream it because it says it's already in use.
Not really, I have nicknames for most of the people I talk, it really does feel awkward to them by name. You are not alone in this.
misses bull
Banned
I have the same problem a little bit. I get called out by name at times and don't really return the favor if I speak to a person. It feels a little weird to me since it sounds too formal to me. It just feels like one of those things I never really got into the pattern of so now it feels weird whenever I try to do it. I also have this problem when people ask me how I'm doing. I respond with "Alright," but don't really return the favor by asking them. I have to force myself to remember to do it.
Forgot MOBAs even existed. I'll never get into MOBAs since the team aspect probably either. Anything that requires not shit internet and cooperating with people to not fuck something up seems a little bleh to me. I've enjoyed games like Monaco online with friends, but something high tension like Dota 2? Probably never unless someone forces me.
Dawn of War 2 or something though where I only control like 2 units at a time? Sure.
TechnicaUS
Member
Technically still off camera. And diavolo/king crimson are just a dio/world ripoff.
I want dio back goddamn it! Almost too bad jotoro destroyed him.
ArclightBorealis
Member
Also I love the hell out of shmups or any game that is designed as an arcade like experience. Stuff like arcade racers, light gun games, and rhythm games in particular. Something that's meant to be replayed constantly and see yourself improve over a period of time, nothing is more satisfying.
Going from noob level to near mastery of every track in Daytona USA along with car handling in only a few weeks was an awesome experience. Automatic Transmission is for fucking chodes.
Going from noob level to near mastery of every track in Daytona USA along with car handling in only a few weeks was an awesome experience. Automatic Transmission is for fucking chodes.
JooseBawcks
Member
Yeah I always either horde them too much or have a late reaction which kills me and I don't use it
You've never seen Starcraft or Age of Empires?
GlassEmpires
Member
Araki believes the strongest powers have to do with time/space manipulation. You can see that with Kira's Another One Bites the Dust
RecursiveFault
Banned
Neat.
Not unless that thing Bull just posted is Age of Empires I guess.
Huh. Weird.
Yeah, there's no way he can come back now...impossible... -w-
misses bull
Banned
Nope, that was rome total war
RecursiveFault
Banned
A'ight.
That sounds rad as fuck
I'm getting in there
I swear I'll return the favor someday you guys. 4 real
It's better than I expected so far
The Tyranids just want to hug you!
Are you going to check out Atilla? I don't think I'm going to. Waiting for more news on the Warhammer one.
misses bull
Banned
I might have to fight you
I love Shogun 2! I also have ROME 2 but that's eh.
This is good, though.I wanted to make sure my Humble thing worked so I can gift more stuff to people in the thread in the future.
The only fighting game I'm interested in is KI. It's pretty fun. Can't wait for that golem dude!
RTS used to be my favourite genre when I was younger. Used to be like 70% of what I played.
Nowadays not so much, but that's in part due to the genre dying.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Does anyone have an idea when the evil within DLC is coming?
I want to trad yin or sell and put it towards the 3DS, but I'm curious about the DLC.
I want to trad yin or sell and put it towards the 3DS, but I'm curious about the DLC.
You too, who do you main?
RecursiveFault
Banned
YEAH RIGHT LIKE FUCK
GlassEmpires
Member
Sadira, but I'm not good at doing her aerial shit.
Dota tho
It's just one of those things that takes devotion. I can do it for rhythm games as they usually have a few states. Passing the song, failing the song, or getting certain ranks in a song. It gives me a goal set in the game to work towards. It's when you have to set personal goals that I find my interest waning. You have to be dedicated to the game and have to take pride in how you've gotten better. The game will rarely say good job or anything. It's just a sticker for you to put on your wall. The same kind of dedication works for fighting games, but at least with that you start to win matches instead of lose. There's really any times where you can show your cool Daytona USA skills to anyone and feel cool. It's mostly just for yourself.
“There was a SQUARE-CHAN here. It’s gone now”
Motherfucker.
misses bull
Banned
Grey goo is supposed to be really good
I prefer team play over 1v1 fighting.
like this is more impressive and enjoyable to watch over a 1 on 1 fight
Dota is da bes
JooseBawcks
Member
THE BEST
Best chapter coming up soon.
This wasn't linked for over an hour, huh?
I know, it is so hard to do her widow's bite. I don't bother with it. use anyone else?
TechnicaUS
Member
They kinda are really.
The first few episodes I was distracted by the Takamura VA. But yeah, it's a great show