I beat Inscryption; I'm not sure how much the weird wrinkles added to the game, as I think the deck building itself is pretty fun. Thankfully I now have access to the pure deck building game mode.
― John Mayer McCheese (Leee), Thursday, 2 February 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
anyone playing hitman’s new freelancer mode ?
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Thursday, 2 February 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
Vampire Surviviors on iOS, goodbye free time, social life etc.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 2 February 2023 11:23 (one year ago) link
Uhoh
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
I, too, have fallen to the scourge that is Marvel Snap
― mh, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
we should start fighting each other!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
i'm four season passes deep, lord help me
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 February 2023 19:39 (one year ago) link
yet to pay for anything, but just broke to level 1100...
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
i don't really get that game. i downloaded it and it was fun but i was winning like 90% of my matches? maybe they make it easier on you at the beginning to keep you hooked.
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 February 2023 20:36 (one year ago) link
uh yeah, stick around and you will get your ass handed to you once you play long enough to get out of the kiddie pool
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
first several games on the season are mostly bots - i think it's still a lot of bots until you hit rank 30-40
― Nhex, Friday, 3 February 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
yeah, I came to the same conclusion after blasting through my first twenty or so matches
― mh, Friday, 3 February 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
"Guardians ..." is pretty well done so far, almost to a fault, because I keep getting distracted by the banter.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 February 2023 13:52 (one year ago) link
if you haven’t gotten to the Adam Warlock bits, just wait!
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
ooh i noticed i missed some Trails talk but now i'm not gonna read cos i've only played 1 and 2 so far
― the sex lives of quoll-ish girls (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 February 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
xpost I'm super early, like the first mission (giving Rocket to Lady Hellbender?). One reason I'm still so early is that I keep getting distracted by the dialog. (Also, the look of the game, which is pretty striking.) I did notice that during the first group battle, essentially the tutorial, I would lose track of stuff because I was listening or reading the subtitles. Sometimes I would forget that I was supposed to be doing things!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 February 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
might want to try chewing gum while playing to balance it all out
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
Might as well.
I will say all the reviews of this were otm, much better than one might have guessed. Also a game I can already totally see myself replaying, since there are so many little details.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 February 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
I don't know anything about making games, but there are some strange things afoot with "Guardians." Aspects of it (like the visuals and the like) are top-notch, but other things are weirdly janky/buggy. There's stuttering between scenes, for example, and I've had a lot of unresponsive on-screen prompts just kind of stay up indefinitely. Similarly, some of the character animations are A+, like Rocket, but others, like Peter, he just kind of stares ahead, unblinking. And then there are the usual teleporting characters, or the occasional odd gameplay design/choices, like the way the huddles break up the action enough that it's ultimately more fun to ignore them. Nothing game breaking or anything, just little things that keep cropping up in an otherwise great game.
Just met Cosmo, btw. Funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
Finally finished Inscryption, probably the best $10 I've ever spent on a game. We're going to try Disco Elysium next as a couples game, and if that doesn't click we'll probably just go back and play Kaycee's Mod (the non-story/challenge mode that's unlocked after you beat the main game).
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 February 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link
I mostly enjoyed playing Inscryption but the spoopiness of the story felt kinda undercooked and tiresome
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 10 February 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link
think i'm getting near the end of red dead redemption 2. once i finish it, my reward is getting to buy the new monkey island game
― na (NA), Friday, 10 February 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
we'll probably just go back and play Kaycee's Mod
I was able to beat it on level 1 but doing level 2 and reaching and dying to the boss left me utterly exhausted.
― Shartreuse (Leee), Friday, 10 February 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
Yeah the game is certainly better than the story, but I enjoyed the 'in game' story elements a lot than the, uh, real world parts.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
yeah I agree with that also
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 10 February 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
i bought xenoblade 2 and 3 using those 2 for $100 switch vouchers. rip my spare time.
― formerly abanana (dat), Saturday, 11 February 2023 06:11 (one year ago) link
lol see you next year, those games are pretty longfinally got over the early game "hump" of Fire Emblem Engage, the bit where you have all the tutorials, story setup etc and can finally settle into the game proper. this is usually the point where I know a game is for me or not, if I've been bitten by the bug to complete it.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 11 February 2023 06:39 (one year ago) link
I started playing Pokémon Emerald bcz it’s the most recent game I can reasonably emulate on a television (I’m not trying to fuck w dual DS screens) and I have gotten sooooo hooked on itAlso took a break from it today to continue my Psychonauts replay and it’s every bit as good as I remember
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 February 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
fuck yeah pokemon EMERALD!:D
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 February 2023 04:06 (one year ago) link
it's a lot of fun! Apparently it is called "generation 3", and I played gens 1 and 2 when they came out but haven't played anything since (apart from Snap for N64 a year or two ago). So little has changed btwn Silver/Gold/Crystal and Emerald that it's very nostalgic for me
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 13 February 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
i got distracted by wario land 3 on switch.
it's surprisingly great! one of the first "troll" game, in the mario maker sense. there are many places that tempt you with a huge coin, but getting it sets you back half a stage.
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 13 February 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
Not playing it YET, but maybe sometime later in the year when it gets discounted - Wanted: Dead sounds like a mess, but that kind of mess that fascinates me. https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23598212/wanted-dead-review-steam-xbox-ps5
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
ok i'm gonna wishlist that, not sure i'll ever buy it
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link
I saw the IGN video review, which almost seemed like a joke review. It takes a lot to get that site to give you a 4/10.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQxahHWlf4
having to master limited moves and things are limited gives me bushiso blade vibes
― mh, Thursday, 16 February 2023 04:29 (one year ago) link
I could be down
― mh, Thursday, 16 February 2023 04:30 (one year ago) link
I still remember having bought the original bushiso blade, dying two seconds after the start, and wondering if I got pranked
― mh, Thursday, 16 February 2023 04:32 (one year ago) link
picked my trails to azure playthrough back up thanks to trails chat upthread and i'm now 10 hours in and have almost reached the inciting event of the story. trails!
― ciderpress, Friday, 17 February 2023 05:18 (one year ago) link
big part of my problem is addiction to ng+. i should finish my first Persona 3 Portable playthru in the next couple of days, then i think i'm gonna do Cold Steel 1 and 2 as ng+, then finally have a first go at 3 & 4, until the next thing that distracts me from this plan
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 February 2023 06:32 (one year ago) link
i will not be playing this because i'm not in VR world (yet? ever?), but apparently the gimmick is that it tracks your eyeballs and brings the enemies closer to you EVERY TIME YOU BLINK
https://kotaku.com/psvr2-horror-switchback-vr-eye-tracking-trailer-release-1850127438
i imagine the health and safety warning at the beginning of this game is very long and involves signing a waiver on any injuries sustained that might involve not blinking for long periods of time
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link
damn, how did I misspell bushido blade?!
I'm still playing a little Marvel Snap here and there, ended up running through Borderlands 3 solo
― mh, Friday, 17 February 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
i'm on marvel snap level um 1,347
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 February 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
1906 here
― mh, Friday, 17 February 2023 18:39 (one year ago) link
Finished "Guardians of the Galaxy," which was great, going well above and beyond what a game like this usually offers. Really well written, both dialogue and story, looked cool, fun and honestly affecting, too (at least to a softy like me). Only problems I had were, well, problems. Multiple times I had to restart the game after I killed every enemy on screen but the game didn't progress, and I ran into a good number of other glitches, too. Most of them were minor, which is why I'm surprised they were never ironed out. Still, minor is minor, and aside from those game-killer glitches, easy to overlook, given all the positives. Overall: B+.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
five bags of popcorn
― ciderpress, Friday, 17 February 2023 22:04 (one year ago) link
lmao
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 17 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
Well, actually (pushes up glasses), I would never eat popcorn while playing a game, because not only might it fall between the couch cushions, it could make my controller greasy and otherwise clog up the gears. Popcorn: B-.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
Use chopsticks to eat popcorn IMO.
― Shartreuse (Leee), Friday, 17 February 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
What show had people eating Cheetos with chopsticks? "She-Hulk"? Or was it something/someone else?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2023 22:52 (one year ago) link