Obra Dinn's approach strikes a pretty unique balance.John Layfield wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:00 pmI really appreciate that technically every identity can be logic'd out independently, without brute force or even process of elimination. (Though I did both, to be honest)
I've also been lurking in Obra Dinn streams just because I find it really interesting to see what details people spot to make connections and deductions when compared to me or others and what they miss that I and others might have found obvious.
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Yeah hearing Patrick Klepek talk about his experience with Captain Spirit and how it plays into his fears as a father is interesting and I can see how it might be intense for someone closer to the actual experience.
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Also I finished up Obra Dinn, which was exceptional. Everyone give that a shot someday, especially if you were into Papers Please, or Tacoma, as Obra Dinn is kind of an expanded combined take on both those ideas.
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Continuing to work through my 2018 list, and
oh no
what am I doing
*sigh* fine, here I am.
MapleStory 2 is cute as fuck.
oh no
what am I doing
*sigh* fine, here I am.
MapleStory 2 is cute as fuck.
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I've unlocked everyone in Smash Brothers. 74 listed characters, actually more like 85 if you consider alternate costumes.
To be honest, I don't think it's quite deserving of the sky-high reviews it got - there's very little in it that previous games hadn't already done. But I won't deny it's a supremely polished and balanced experience. Even the online mode has been one of the best online console experiences I've had.
To be honest, I don't think it's quite deserving of the sky-high reviews it got - there's very little in it that previous games hadn't already done. But I won't deny it's a supremely polished and balanced experience. Even the online mode has been one of the best online console experiences I've had.
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Continuing the 2018 cleanup
Subnautica is a very cool thing... that kinda just makes me wanna jump back into No Man's Sky again. Hrm. But if y'all like the sound of No Man's Sea more than No Man's Sky, maybe check it out someday?
Marie's Room and All Our Asias finish up the shorts. Both are good, but All Our Asias was the more surprising of the two. Not an easy thing to describe, either.
I think I only have a couple left before I can put a nail in this thing.
Subnautica is a very cool thing... that kinda just makes me wanna jump back into No Man's Sky again. Hrm. But if y'all like the sound of No Man's Sea more than No Man's Sky, maybe check it out someday?
Marie's Room and All Our Asias finish up the shorts. Both are good, but All Our Asias was the more surprising of the two. Not an easy thing to describe, either.
I think I only have a couple left before I can put a nail in this thing.
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I could be finishing the last couple list items, instead I'm doing this.
Lately I feel drawn towards making Alis in everything with a character creator. This is about as close as I can get to her costume with the default clothing options though.
Also goddamnit how do games like this still get made without the ability to use spaces in character names, ugh, c'mon, what year is it.
Lately I feel drawn towards making Alis in everything with a character creator. This is about as close as I can get to her costume with the default clothing options though.
Also goddamnit how do games like this still get made without the ability to use spaces in character names, ugh, c'mon, what year is it.
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Life Is Strange 2: is not hooking me as hard as LiS right now, but gave me some bad feelings. It's alright.
Drawing anything is goddamn painful. Who put that in there.
Drawing anything is goddamn painful. Who put that in there.
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Got both Pokemon Let's Go: Eevee and the new Smash for Christmas, so I've been playing those a lot. They're both pretty amazing and I would highly recommend. Also, add me as a Switch friend so we can play Smash together!
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I'm having trouble remembering the decisions I made. It wasn't even that long ago. I guess I could go back and watch my own VOD, like a weirdo.
I should jump back in just to check the updated friendlist stats and judge c6's decision making skills.
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further dispatches from MapleStory 2 'cause, uh, I think I actually really like this game, goddamnit
The dialogue is one thing, but the voice acting that goes with it is something else. I truly appreciate how this game refuses to take itself seriously, it's pretty great.
Alis gonna tag your shit
Character expressions often change depending on what you're doing. Alis loves riding minecarts.
User-generated content is everywhere in MapleStory 2, including on signs, with apparently very few content limitations, so of course people are advertising gold-seller sites.
Your first mount is a duck. Dude. I'm on a duck.
oh no what am I doing
oh no what have I done
The dialogue is one thing, but the voice acting that goes with it is something else. I truly appreciate how this game refuses to take itself seriously, it's pretty great.
Alis gonna tag your shit
Character expressions often change depending on what you're doing. Alis loves riding minecarts.
User-generated content is everywhere in MapleStory 2, including on signs, with apparently very few content limitations, so of course people are advertising gold-seller sites.
Your first mount is a duck. Dude. I'm on a duck.
oh no what am I doing
oh no what have I done
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Just looked it up and... oh shit, it's free?
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YUP. Free on Steam with the usual MMO optional/unnecessary starter pack DLC and cosmetic microtransaction stuff.
There doesn't seem to be any lack of content for a freebie either. For instance...
I spent a good chunk of time last night fishin'.
...and figuring out the music system...
(apparently if you know yer way around MIDI software and sheet music you can do some pretty wild shit with the musical instruments, which is how that All Star video happened above, no doubt - or you can just jam on the keys.)
...and racing around a track...
...a quest reward gave me blank gear templates, which goin' by the tooltip info, I could turn into custom outfits using whatever random-ass images I happen to have in my folder, which is... ...a startling amount of control over cosmetics.
...they gave me a damn house to decorate...
And as for more traditional combat-y MMO gameplay, the main quest line has taken me to two raid-ish dungeon things so far, both of which I easily solo'd in a private instance, so that's a huge plus. So far they haven't made me party-up for any raisin or locked anything behind a group gate. I've taken on a couple world bosses as well, again with no party prompts, they just kinda show up at five minutes past the hour or whatever and folks can take 'em on if they want, however they want.
Goofy mount of the day: balloons! You can float really high above the map, none of my screenshots really did it justice. There's trophies for doing that... and also for falling huge distances.
There doesn't seem to be any lack of content for a freebie either. For instance...
I spent a good chunk of time last night fishin'.
...and figuring out the music system...
(apparently if you know yer way around MIDI software and sheet music you can do some pretty wild shit with the musical instruments, which is how that All Star video happened above, no doubt - or you can just jam on the keys.)
...and racing around a track...
...a quest reward gave me blank gear templates, which goin' by the tooltip info, I could turn into custom outfits using whatever random-ass images I happen to have in my folder, which is... ...a startling amount of control over cosmetics.
...they gave me a damn house to decorate...
And as for more traditional combat-y MMO gameplay, the main quest line has taken me to two raid-ish dungeon things so far, both of which I easily solo'd in a private instance, so that's a huge plus. So far they haven't made me party-up for any raisin or locked anything behind a group gate. I've taken on a couple world bosses as well, again with no party prompts, they just kinda show up at five minutes past the hour or whatever and folks can take 'em on if they want, however they want.
Goofy mount of the day: balloons! You can float really high above the map, none of my screenshots really did it justice. There's trophies for doing that... and also for falling huge distances.
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Ha, I'll have to check it out! Hopefully it doesn't run like shit on my laptop. I assume there's some sort of friend system? If the thing runs well, I'll add ya.
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Darkest Dungeon is good and also hard.
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Yeah, dunno if it's a per-server thing though. Also dunno if the friends system works per account or per character but maybe you could simply add AlisLandale or my previous test alt and it might work fine that way.Bier_Engel wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:12 pmHa, I'll have to check it out! Hopefully it doesn't run like shit on my laptop. I assume there's some sort of friend system? If the thing runs well, I'll add ya.
I'm on US West if it matters.
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Downloading it now. It's funny that the game is free but the starter pack DLC is $20.
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Heh, yeah. There's probably nothing in there you can't just find somewhere else in-game, too. Or at least nothing that'll matter in the long run or that'll remain useful after the first few hours.
Leveling in MS2 is such a non-issue you can apparently hit 50 just following the main quest, so I dunno what a starter pack offers other than a little more speed or a little more flair. Hunter will have to refresh my memory on what the STO starter packs had in 'em. Probably not much.
Leveling in MS2 is such a non-issue you can apparently hit 50 just following the main quest, so I dunno what a starter pack offers other than a little more speed or a little more flair. Hunter will have to refresh my memory on what the STO starter packs had in 'em. Probably not much.
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Played around with it a bit and it's cute. The controls will take some getting used to, though. I did notice a friend system but didn't remember your character's name off-hand while my shit was up full screen. I'm WineLover (because my name and WineTime were taken... but somehow that wasn't).
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Hell yeah Algol OGs rollin' deep.
I'll add you when I jump on a little later. May as well send you a guild invite as well, even if my idea of guild stuff is just having a cool second tag floating over my character's head.
Controls definitely take a little getting used to, yeah. I'm still flubbing stuff regularly. It at least gives you the option of keyboard only/keyboard+mouse/gamepad, and you can turn gamepad on and still use the keyboard+mouse for tighter inputs or menus or whatever. I still haven't settled on a final layout yet.
I'll add you when I jump on a little later. May as well send you a guild invite as well, even if my idea of guild stuff is just having a cool second tag floating over my character's head.
Controls definitely take a little getting used to, yeah. I'm still flubbing stuff regularly. It at least gives you the option of keyboard only/keyboard+mouse/gamepad, and you can turn gamepad on and still use the keyboard+mouse for tighter inputs or menus or whatever. I still haven't settled on a final layout yet.
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Since it said that keyboard/mouse was in beta and keyboard was recommended, I went with the latter. But, it still uses the mouse anyway... I don't know. Also, the font for chat and quests on the side is super tiny. The only MMO I've ever played before this was WoW so not only has it been ages, but I'm used to being able to *read* the text. Again, just requires practice, but I'm done for today.
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You're, uh, gonna have to be more specific...
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star- ... arter-pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Federation_Starter_Pack
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star- ... er-pack%21
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Elite_Services_Starter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Klingon_Defen ... arter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Romulan_Legacy_Starter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Legacy_of_Rom ... arter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Temporal_Agent_Starter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Gamma_Vanguard_Starter_Pack
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Federation_Basic_Starter_Pack
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star- ... ner-bundle
Not sure if that's all of them.