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I had fun with infinitode a few years ago. I reached a point where it became a grind and I stopped.

I recently had a similar thing with Defense Zone 3, these type of games are absolutely rubbish but also horribly addictive to me!

Any suggestions (e.g. which level, character, etc.) to get the Infinite Corridor evolution?

I used one of the high movement speed characters, Krochi I think, and got the wings. Not sure what stage I used.

VS updated with some new art, which, w/e. But, I unlocked an arcana that makes the Infinite Corridor/Crimson Cloak evolutions SO much easier: https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Mad_Groove_(VIII)

lol of course that link won't work because of the parentheses, so it's the Mad Groove Arcana.

Just finished the first Danganronpa game and it was a pretty good time! Maybe a little too "LOL WACKY" at times, but fun nonetheless. I'm not sure it adequately ever found the right tonal balance between grimness, wackiness, and earnestness, but imbalance feels thematically appropriate for what it is.

I've been itching for a mindless hack n' slash to play lately, preferably very cheap or on Game Pass. If anyone has a suggestion, let me know.

how tf do you get to level 60 in the Dairy Plant in Vampire Survivors

A little bit of luck on the weapons you get.

Also, buy powerups! They make a BIG difference, especially the first row, so even if you're saving to buy one of the more expensive powerups, I think that incrementally improving might or cooldown in the meantime will make things a lot easier for you (and you can always refund your powerups at no penalty to respec them).

Has anyone played Fatal Frame? Should I just skip right to the 2nd one?

Can't remember how much of Fatal Frame I completed (a third? I'd gotten outside the house to a shrine) before being distracted by later gen consoles years ago, but it's fun. Lots of jump scares, very atmospheric. I'm not great with the camera controls, so was playing with a walkthrough to try and check off more ghosts. Have FF2 and FF3 on the large 'to play' pile, but haven't started them, so can't say skip or not. Think they're connected thematically (Japanese legends) but not with characters.

I just started Sanitarium last night, it's good and fun, and fairly creepy! but not like, scary. Maybe I'll try Outlast or Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

It's too hot for gaming!!!!

play beach zone in Sonic Adventure 1

ha, i still have that for my DC

It's also good weather for playing Outrun

To be fair, there is no *bad* weather for playing Outrun

Playing Outrun has been shown to alleviate the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder*

*this statement has not been evaluated by the FDA

I have a certain selection of games that I always associate with Summer and general loverly-ness.

Most are old Sega driving games (Outrun, Super Hang On, Powerdrift, Rally, etc). Others include Rampage, Vice City, Kick Off (Final Whistle), Galaxians.

But my lounge is so hot in the day right now, I do not like making my PC perform things like gta5 - at least not without removing one side of the casing as whoever designed the fans/airflow inside it was an idiot.

i don't play Outrun unless i'm in the arcade unit that shakes. it's not the same otherwise and i refuse

Started Borderlands on the Switch. It's kinda dumb and redundant so far.

redundant?

(i'm not a big fan of the series, but i really, REALLY suck at first person shooters)

I suck, too. By redundant I mean it feels kinda like I'm doing the same mission over and over again. Which maybe is the point? I don't think I've played first person shooters besides ... "Doom"? For sure games with FPS aspects, but this, that seems to be the whole point so far. I think I read something that the game is maybe at its best in multiplayer?

feels kinda like I'm doing the same mission over and over again.

yeah, i definitely got that feeling. i played quite a bit of the first and second games in the series, and in both cases i just got bored (to the point where when a particularly hard part got me stuck for an hour, i just quit because life is short)

I played the first two a lot. The atmosphere and feel of them was a big part of the appeal, but the most fun I had was playing online co-op with a friend or two. Like most class-based multiplayer games, the combat is tuned for a group.

I started it because I'll be seeing my Aussie nephew in a couple of days, and this seems like a fun game he and I can play together.

yeah, multiplayer makes the game a lot better. what makes the game repetitive in single-player (an infinite series of 2-hour missions where you check 2 main boxes, each of which has 3 sub-check boxes, with a 13.5% chance of finding a better weapon along the way) is a blast with friends and nice because the general structure of play is predictable enough that you can plan an evening around it. basically, like Destiny (which i haven't played) i think

borderlands has more to do w diablo than it does w doom

I've never played Diablo.

Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this...

— Boots, 'with the fur' (@afraidofwasps) September 26, 2019

I started playing Outlast and it is TOO SCARY!!! I made it probably 45 minutes in and I don't know if I'll pick it back up again.

Sanitarium continues to be wonderful, I strongly recommend it to fans of creepy games and point and click adventures.

I'm in the mood for a great 3D platformer, but I can't get A Hat in Time to run on my system, and I'm having so much trouble emulating Conker's Bad Fur Day and Banjo-Tooie on my computer (Win 10, 10th-gen i5, 8GB RAM) that I've just given up on both of them.

great 3D platformer

Conker's Bad Fur Day and Banjo-Tooie

someone has led you very astray

I thought they were both classic!! Well, Banjo-Kazooie is and I get the impression -Tooie is m/l more of the same. What do you recommend?

tooie is quite a bit worse than the first game, they made the areas way bigger without having as interesting stuff to do in them so its just a lot of bland space iirc

conker is a bunch of bathroom humor with a side of 3d platforming

what consoles do you have? have you played psychonauts? that's the first thing that comes to mind.

jak & daxter and ratchet & clank both had solid first games on the ps2, havent touched these since i was a teen though so i could be wrong and i havent played any of the sequels

hat in time is similar to all these if you can get it running

i don't feel theres many good games in the genre from the n64/psx generation so if you can't emulate beyond that then idk

largely agree, can't wait for developer nostalgia of that era to peter out

oh A Short Hike is a great 3d platformer if you haven't plaeyd that

I'm so glad to hear that Conker and Tooie's "classic" status is not unanimous (I've never played either for more than twenty bored minutes)

i don't know who held those up as classic in the first place, all the rareware platformers after banjo 1 were mediocre to bad. i blame europeans

If you're just messing around with ROMs and don't have money invested, Conker's is a good twenty minutes imo. I like the visual style. I like the weird vibe.

Conker seems to have a reputation as one of the most difficult games to emulate (kinda like Shadow of the Colossus) bcz it pushed the hardware to the absolute limits

I actually just bought Psychonauts with the intention of replaying it, so maybe I will do that!

I also have a decent PS2 emu and I was actually considering a Jak or a Ratchet game! What’s the gist of each of them? I always conflate them bcz they’re both “Name & Name”. I presume I should start with the first and work my way thru?

I'd suggest the newer Ratchet and Clank games over the old ones... it's not like there's an evolving story that you're missing out on, and every other element is improved. If you aren't a mark for early CG graphics it's tough to see why you'd start there though. Maybe play the first one a bit to see how it gets started.

Borderlands 1/2/3 are co-op games to me... I can't imagine playing them solo. But if you do, mute the dialog and music and throw on a record. Absolutely dire attempts at comedy. The best writing for my money is in Telltale's "Tales of the Borderlands" but that's a completely different type of game.

I finally put Destiny 2 down again and have been trying some other stuff... Elden Ring, Final Fantasy XIV, Deathloop, Shredder's Revenge, Tunic, Vampire Survivors... also been watching streams of Neon White, which I find quite compelling.

oh yeah i thought the issue was that stevie doesn't have a recent console but if you've got a ps4 or 5 theres loads more options

or recent graphics card though those particular games are not on pc afaik

Oh, I missed that it had to be PS2. Yeah, they're all good but 1 and 3 aren't that different. Might as well start from the beginning if you're emulating them.

I definitely preferred Jak 1 to Jak 2, but I've never played 3.

okay I started playing Jak 1 and it’s perfect, there’s some slowdown and I have to tweak my emu settings but I’m hoping I can get it to a point where it runs smoothly

my long-delayed PS5 arrived and came with a download code for Horizon Forbidden West

I haven't even felt like playing video games lately, but I sunk a bunch of hours into it over the weekend

oooh I'm at the point in Vampire Survivors now where I've got the list of evolutions and I plan my upgrades based around them and now I am reliably getting to 25+ minutes every time I play!

I am also realizing that even with a healthy Attractorb upgrade and a combination of weapons/evo that makes you pretty much invincible so you can basically run enemies over like a lawnmower to collect gems, it's really hard to get to Level 99 before the 30 minute mark... is there an ideal level for this?