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General video game discussion, aside from games that have their own threads.
Talk about what you are currently playing, what you are looking forward to, favorite games, favorite consoles, setup discussion, reviews, praises, complaints, questions, etc.
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>>>/m/1850 No. 493891
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Dragon Quest Builders 2 is so much fun! I love Malroth. He's very funny, and I think I remember him from previous games. Or rather, I remember the monster version. Did anyone else kind of dislike the second island, though? I got very annoyed with the NPCs and the overall plot there. I can't wait to have everything unlocked so I can really work on building the Island of Awakening.
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Ok we're using this one
>>492224>>492225>>492239>>492247>>492256>>492259>>492263>>492273>>492280>>492283>>493174>>493264Thanks all the nonnas for the recommendations. I ended up buying Subnautica, Abzu and Bubbly Dizzy
No. 494421
>>493891Oh just wait, nonna! This game is surprisingly deep and very addictive! The story is quite long but I think the payoff is worth it.
I didn't like the 2nd island as much but I also hate desert levels in general. The muscle men were pretty funny though.
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AYRT to both of you.
>>494421I'm excited to see what else happens in the story! I like seeing the new islands. I was excited for the desert one because initially, I thought it was going to be Wild West-themed or something despite it being a Japanese game kek. I think I let my expectations become too high. I'm glad the story is long because it gives me a lot to do, but it feels like I shouldn't mess with the Island of Awakening because there might be better building materials later down the line.
>>494495I actually enjoy the main series, and I only started Builders at the suggestion of nonas on here, so I can't speak for the people who are unfamiliar with the main series. I also haven't played the first Builders game, so I can't say how it's different from the second. I guess for me, it's because the game has a similar tone to the main series and a JRPG feeling, while also incorporating building and cooking elements? It's a similar appeal as games like Rune Factory, where you still get to explore, adventure, and fight, but you also have a more relaxing experience trying to make things pretty and building up a town. I find games where I'm expanding and progressing to be relaxing, and it makes me happy to leave out food for villagers to eat or seeing them interact with the facilities I built. In the main games, I'm usually excited to visit new towns because of how unique they are, and Builders is no different. However, on top of that, I also get to be an active participant in shaping how the town looks and what the residents can do there! I hope this makes sense, but I think you'd enjoy it because it feels like a Dragon Quest game, even if the mechanics are a little different. I feel bad for avoiding it for so long!
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>>494495>a lot of people tell me they're only familiar with it through BuildersNTA but really? Builders is great and I can imagine it reeling in newcomers, but I would've assumed 8 and 11 would still be what introduces people into DQ by far, or at least Hero in Smash Bros or whatever
But if there's two things everyone loves, it's building/crafting games, and simple JRPG mechanics
It does both of those very well, and the writing is super fun on top of it (even though the story drags quite a bit) so it makes sense how it'd catch the eye of people that aren't familiar with the main series
The part in the story where
Malroth breaks up with you as his inner monster starts coming out and your character model begins frowning broke my heart much more than I would've imagined lol, I didn't think a Minecraft-esque spinoff would've generated such prime husbando material but no complaints here
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So I just finished FFXIII-2 last night and I gotta ask wtf was that ending? I was getting sad until the game pulled out a cliffhanger on me and now I'm sorta confused. As weird as the story was at times I did enjoy everything else about the game, the random encounter system can go fuck itself though
also Serah should've dumped snow for Noel
No. 494543
>>494507>NTA but really?Yes, really! I wouldn't assert it to be representative of the Western gaming audience's experiences as a whole but I only talk to women about games most of the time and Builders seems by far more popular among women.
>>494504I'll keep in my back pocket for a time when I need a cozy game, in that case (not that the mainline series games aren't already pretty cozy lol). Enjoying the atmosphere of the different locations is a big draw of DQ for me as well so from your description I could definitely see myself enjoying Builders.
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>>494633He looks like a fucking hobo in 2 and I think it's really funny Serah has way more chemistry with Noel than she does with her own fiance. I swear even the writers forgot about him during 2's ending or something, Noel hugging Serah felt way more emotional than anything Snow did in the first game. Sure, there was less overall screentime with her and Snow together but it still felt like he was her uncle or something whenever he appeared in 2
No. 494720
>>494565Personally Okami is too relaxing and cozy for what you're saying. It's not that fast paced so I'd imagine there's a lot of down time for thinking in there if you're trying to avoid certain thoughts.
I think a more active game with not much downtime would be good? Hades like another nonna suggested would work. Something where you're consistently thinking and reading might also be a fit, like the Ace Attorney games.
No. 494809
>>494764Good luck
nonny, I hope they do the trick.
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>annoying insufferable pickme dies
>yaoibait with best boy
>ironically enough, as a result of the pickmes death the ending is a lot more meaningful
>"bad" ending
What was Kojima thinking?
No. 495104
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I decided to play "Mouthwashing" completely blind and it was pretty good. I'm glad I didn't look anything up about it, because I. would've been spoiled to hell and back. It wasn't scary and I think they were trying a bit too hard with some of the hallucinations, but it was still enjoyable and the message behind the game that I inferred made it worth it, and added another element of griminess that was present throughout the game. I liked the non-linear timeline, too, as well as the graphics.
The only thing that I wish I knew before playing was Anya's rape, which was hard to get through when something happened to me recently. I immediately expected something was up between Anya and Jimmy because of how nervous she was around him, but I assumed it was because she intuitively knew he was going to go bonkers and turn everything into a bloodbath. While it would've spoiled a pivotal part of the story and arguably what made the game what it was–tragedy that comes from when men don't hold each other accountable–I would've saved it for later.
No. 495110
>>495104this game is great, only criticism is that they should have cut out the random "gamey" parts that detract from the story. the red light green light area was dumb, so was the centipede thing. i liked
rearranging curly's organs and fighting swansea in the graveyard as those had metaphorical story elements. i think it's a very good depiction of how men can be evil and how other men can be "nice" but still make excuses for other men's evil. personally, i think the anons here who hate it were annoyed by the gross fandom and also it being completely overhyped. the studio who made this game also made a mostly forgotten game called "how fish is made". i remember joining the wrong organ discord for mouthwashing and it was completely dead for months. once the game came out and people saw two white guys to make kiss each other it was all over. what a fucking waste.
No. 495140
Do any nonnies have video game suggestions for Macbook users? I'm a poorfag and can't afford a gaming computer – and, even if I could, would use my money elsewhere – and it's hard finding video games that won't absolutely kill my computer. Besides Minecraft, I pretty much exclusively play/watch lets-plays of horror games like the Outlast series, Amnesia, and Puppet Combo games (corny, but super fun).
Inb4 "if you're a poorfag, how do you have a macbook" – my high school gifted me one for a network award I won and I've had it since, kek. >>495110I agree, nonna! The centipede thing and the mascot stuff made me laugh out loud and I don't really know if it was supposed to. I looked around the Tumblr tag last night and saw people writing x readers with Jimmy and posting "t-girl Anya" stuff because… I don't know, she has broad shoulders and big hands? Almost left a reply on my crypto blog to one of those posts because of how
fucking disrespectful it is to moidify a rape victim who got pregnant from said rape. No. 495219
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Been looking for a 2d game that I can play while listening to YouTube videos.
I remember having a good time playing hollow knight and adding to the map while listening to YouTube essays and I kind of want to recreate that vibe.
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>>495140>Do any nonnies have video game suggestions for Macbook users? Might not be exactly what you want, but have you ever considered playing indie RPGs? There are guides online for how to run them on Mac, and it shouldn't be prohibitively expensive. Games like Ib, Yume Nikki, and Off are interesting and can run on anything. I'm sorry if this isn't ideal, but they probably have the horror-ish vibe you're seeking, too.
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Replaying Alice madness returns and I forgot how frustrating it is.
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With the new development screenshots and cancelation of missing link, what are nonas thoughts so far? Personally I'm kinda glad another mobile gachaslop got canceled considering this franchises (and SEs) history with those. I do wonder if this means they'll be showing more of KH4 this year hopefully we get another trailer I'd like to see stuff outside of quadratum too
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>>495184god, it's one of my most favorite games ever made. anyone who grew up with an internet that looked like this will be delighted. neocities autists could never.
>>495269darkest dungeon is fantastic, very unforgiving at first but once you understand the mechanics it's extremely fun
No. 495432
>>495004why not just play video games and stop being a petulant
victim that needs an approved list of games to not disturb your fragile ego?
No. 495676
>>494648>>494720>>494565Update: Hades turned out to be perfect! It was fast paced and engaging enough it helped keep me calm on the fight.
It’s really hard though lol I suck at it.
No. 495679
>>495676I'm glad it worked out for you
nonny! Hope you have a safe trip!
No. 495997
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>>493501i played bioshock when it first came out and i remember thinking "i've never played a game with this good of a story". i really think bioshock kickstarted "narrative" video games, where the story and worldbuilding was just as important as fun gameplay. i can't recall any other game at that level before bioshock.
>>493678have you read the book? most video game books suck but this one is so good, gives a lot of backstory to characters
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>>496215yes i said fun. those games are not on the level of fun accessible gameplay like bioshock. also thief had a better story and worldbuilding than either of those. fuck off retard
(infighting) No. 496325
>>496321you're one of those annoying fags who pretends fallout 1 and 2 are fun to play because you think it makes you look cool aren't you
bioshock is still more accessible and yes, its story is better than both deus ex and morrowind. and i've put more hours into deus ex than you, guaranteed
No. 496384
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>>496325NTA Fallout 1 and 2 are immensely fun to play. I have no stake in the argument though, I have played Deus Ex and Morrowind and enjoyed both, especially the latter, and Bioshock is definitely on my list of games to play next. Should I start with the first?
No. 496422
>>496380aliface. chill voice, minimal screaming. for the story games she's got her VODs in the livestream section, and the video section is for mostly collab games.
>>495219maybe Neva, Wenjia, or Animal Well for the exploration/puzzle?
No. 496460
>>496384if you liked those, play thief!! not enough people talk about it with me and it's a top 5 game for me
>>496380retsupurae has some extremely funny LPs like harvester, darkseed, and ambition
>>496441yoooo SGF is one of my favorites and i never expected him to pop up here, i rewatch his illbleed LP like once a year
No. 496478
>>496467omg yes his deadly premonition LP is so good too. illbleed has a special place in my heart because i think it was one of the first "weird obscure horror game" LPs ever made and it's a monument to me, probably was the only available content of this game online for awhile too.
retsu has some longplays but they also do short garbage games from the 90s/early 00s too
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>5 characters
>4 moids, one single female
>the moids were doing moid things prior being captured, so nothing of value was lost
>the female's whole arc is related to…you guessed it! rape. Yet again. Oh, and sex, lots of sex, she literally is implied to initially being celibate/obsessed with purity but then gets turned into a nymphomaniac who specifically enjoys bestiality. That sure took a turn ig
>Her personality flaw among the 5 main characters is described as "hysteric"
lol so predictable. Why are males obsessed with SA btw? Like, i suppose there should be several other ways to write a compelling background for a female character. I'm also aware this game is merely an adaption of a short story and a lot of unnecessary crap was added, but still. Get original damn
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>>496815i don't disagree, it's not progressive or interesting in the way he writes ellen aside from her being black, but the short story is still really good. i mean, lovecraft was an unrepentant racist but he's still written great things. ellison hated people in general. i remember briefly watching an LP of the game and was annoyed at how much it watered the story down. if you checked out the game because you liked the concept i suggest reading the story, it's only 11 pages.
No. 496840
>>496824you're not even the anon i was suggesting the story to, i was reccing it to the anon who was playing the game and didn't like it. i figured she wanted to try it out because she tried the game in the first place. relax
>>496834i actually really like ellen even though there's like, 10 sentences about her, and i wanted to know more about her. shame the game sucks
No. 496903
>>495997I didn’t know there was a book. I’ll give it a shot.
>>496027Lots of people did but I think the time came and went. At the time there was only interest in a movie adaptation even though all the fans said a mini series would have worked better.
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Any nonnies planning on playing this early or when it releases?
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>>497177Like another anon said, I'll be waiting. I'm also enjoying a similar game right now, so I don't have a lot of incentive to buy it right away. As long as it's not a total disaster, I'll get to it eventually.
>>497276NTA but I loved the first game, and I'm also a little distrustful of the developer. It's sad because everything about this series appeals to me. The art style, the RPG elements combined with the more casual gameplay, and the diversity of jobs you can do are all exactly what I want in a game. I hope it ends up being good.
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>>497279>I'm not interested in playing it on anything but a handheld console, personallySame. It feels like a handheld game to me, and I don't own a Steam Deck.
>>497303>I got the early access on PS5 and I've been having a blast!What changes did they make from the original? Anything you'd like to share? Things you think are better or worse than the 3DS game?
No. 497331
>>497312Good news– I've already seen people running it on Steam deck, seems like it does beautifully on there.
If any nonnies are already playing/do play, I'd love to see your characters.
No. 497376
>>497359So embarrassing that it has the Fromsoft name attached to it
>>496936She didn’t say that, you just sperged out about narrative games existing before Bioshock
No. 497424
>>497417The next blade game hasn't even been announced yet right? You probably have plenty of time to go slower if you want to.
You have to be the self-insert type to really enjoy customizable protags I guess.
I don't have a Switch so I've just been watching a streamer but he took a break so still haven't seen Xenoblade 3 yet.
I loved Xenosaga back in highschool even though I still hate the ending of 3.
Have you played Xenogears? I finally watched an LP of it and I was a little disappointed. So many things that were probably super cool when it first came out that now come off as cliched. And it was a little too subtly misogynistic for me these days.
>>497418If they hadn't retconed/changed that story beat in Alyx they could've just ignored it, but now you feel like they have to do something. How many years has it been since that came out anyway?
No. 497568
>>497424no, it hasn’t been announced yet, but we know there will be one. as for xenogears, i finished it last year, and i loved it. it definitely has some 90s jrpg misogyny going on, but i didn’t really expect much feminism from that game that focuses so heavily on freudian psychoanalysis and abrahamic religion. it is definitely a product of its time, but i really loved it. it makes me sad that they were never able finish the stories set in that universe (there were supposed to be 6 in total) bc square decided to focus on final fantasy.
i haven’t finished the xenosaga trilogy yet, but i have been enjoying it so far (almost done with ep i). i really like shion.
as for xenoblade 3, i enjoyed it thoroughly, though i felt there were some narrative weaknesses and that they failed to develop some of the characters as there were just too many of them. that being said, i was wholly invested in the game and it made me cry several times. future redeemed was good too. i’m a little bit of a shipper and was so excited to see shulk and fiora’s son. i definitely recommend watching a playthrough if you can’t play it. you’ll see some references to xenogears
No. 497994
>>497313AYRT, sorry for such a late reply. I think if you liked the original then you'll definitely enjoy this one as it keeps all of the core features but has improved on them drastically. You've probably already seen some info on it but you can now switch between lives freely, and interacting with a gathering material will automatically switch to the appropriate life. You can also use any workbench for any of the crafting lives (not sure if that was in the original or not, it's been a long time). There's a lot of returning characters too from both the 3DS game and mobile game.
I can't speak on the storyline yet as I'm not very far into that, I'm just about to unlock the painter life I think? But so far it's as charming as you can expect from a Level 5 game. There's a load of extra things to do too like having an Animal Crossing-like island to decorate and fill with the characters who can become party members. There's also a whole extra map full of monsters and crafting materials to explore.
My only gripe so far is I don't find the tropical island setting as comfy as Castele, but it's not something that's ruining my enjoyment of the game
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What do you guys think of the new Borderlands 4 vault hunters?
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I am slowly trying to ween myself into jrpgs. Played Persona 3, Summon Night and now i picked up Disgaea. Holy shit i knew Nippon ichi games were grindy but i had no idea it was going to be this convoluted. The characters and the story are cute, though. I was expecting Laharl to be an annoying sleazy self insert for moids but i love his princely personality.
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>>498303amon is hideous, the rest are fine. tbh it's rare for borderlands to make a bad design. however i am not paying fucking $80 for it, fuck randy pitchford and his fat ass
vex's desc is kind of cringe and makes her sound like a sjw character from 2010, but i really like how rafa and harlowe have ties to tediore and maliwan. i love the gun manufacturers in borderlands and appreciate any further lore about them. (still waiting for s&s to come back)
No. 498449
>>498303For my taste the designs are really bland and their outfits are boring. Imo there is a drop of Concord-like design. When I am looking at those characters, I can't find one attractive enough that I want to play with. I really miss the design from the old games.
The DEI ruined the designs and you can clearly see that the first thing in the mind of the devs was the "to do list" and not the passion about creating characters with personality.
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>>498449anon above, remember when the vault hunters used to be assholes? they were just there to get a bunch of loot and money and fuck off.
>mordecai is a bitter loner who only wants more guns>roland is a former member of a dictatorial army and only ran away to avoid getting killed after being discharged>lilith just does whatever she wants and is egotistical about her powers and looks>brick is just some dumb meathead borderlands 2 was pretty fun with developing them and making them a little less assholish, but then we have fucking lilith sacrificing herself and then alicia keys playing after it. so cringe. the BL2 vault hunters are very fun, not quite total selfish dicks but they don't feel watered down like a lot of the new vault hunters are. you can definitely feel the obnoxious attempt at "safe" inclusivity and refusing to give characters actual bad attributes and flaws… which shouldn't even be a thing because in borderlands 1 you could be a white lady, a black guy, a hispanic guy, or a racially ambiguous guy who is voiced by a black dude. it's okay to make a non-white character be a piece of shit while also being pretty cool. it makes them more likeable and human. all these vault hunters past 2 have something about liking teamwork or being peaceful or saving others or whatever. snooze.
now i'm thinking about lucio in overwatch and his entire backstory was "he's a nice guy who believes in freedom for all". so fucking boring! i have really strong feelings about borderlands, because i played 1&2 all the way through with my best friend multiple times. it was so so fun. it's hard not to be jaded about what the series has become.
>>498451he was always a dork but he's such a dumbass boomer now. the movie was one of the worst things i've ever seen. no one wanted it. they must be trying to finanically recover from that and battleborn
No. 498458
>>498453I totally agree with you, we used to play some badass characters that are morally "gray". Borderlands is a frachise with inclusive characters since the beginning as you said and that's fine, but now I think they lost this core-value for a disney-like inclusive cast with everyone represented. Borderlands 3 has a good cast but you can clearly see that the vision has changed sadly.
It's annonying me a lot because I love playing those games and The Pre-Sequel (even with the numerous flaws) has decent characters who are pieces of shit (Nisha & Wilhelm). It was so fun (one of my favorite quote is from Nisha : "I haven't felt this good since Mom died."), but now they are afraid to take risks.
Your example wih Lucio reminds me of Wyll in Baldur's Gate 3. I didn't play this game but saw a lot of comments online arguing that his story was so boring because his only goal is to "save everyone"…
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>>498458at least we got to have unrepentant asshole villains in 3. i wasn't impressed with them overall, but i'm comparing that to bl2, and imo handsome jack is one of the best video game villains of all time. they just can't follow him with anyone because they already reached the peak. but, tyreen and troy were both brown and evil and never tried to justify anything. i also LOVED the thing about troy leeching siren powers off tyreen since sirens can't be male. they could have been more interesting. i wish they hadn't leaned into the "annoying influencer" thing because now it feels super dated. they could have just been trying to make a bandit army to, idk, take territory? why not.
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>>498460Those vilains were so bad I already forgot their existence. The dynamic was interesting with the sirens' powers as you said, but I can only see them as zoomers trying to be funny on the internet. Now, with bl4, you can clearly see the shift for a more "badass" nemesis.
Handsome Jack (and his backstory in TPS) is one the best characters of all time (and his va is so good). It reminds me of Vaas in Far Cry 3, because the next games are trying to emulate him but it is not working at all.
For now, I am not the sure the Time Keeper will be able to achieve a fraction of what Handsome Jack has done.
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>>498469i'm afraid the timekeeper is going to be like a marvel villain. handsome jack really, really fit into the borderlands universe. not just because he was a regular old guy with no superpowers, but because he threatened to destroy the charm of the wasteland with his corporate bullshit, which appeals as a reason to hate him for most people, who at this point love pandora's lawlessness. i'm not sure what the timekeeper could do to be as interesting as that. also, jack got to kill off some beloved characters but in a way that made sense and had actual impact unlike the complete cringe bullshit of bl3.
since you're also a far cry enjoyer holy SHIT i hate 4, 5 and 6. far cry 2 was annoying but the jackal had some potential, far cry 3 is by far the best game in the series not only because of the setting and characters but especially vaas, he carries the first half of the game. one thing about vaas' voice acting was that michael mando was going through a breakup at the time and it made his performance feel that much more emotional and unstable. buck is great too, he's so fucking disgusting
and they were based for having him rape one of the moid characters. the second half isn't quite as good but hoyt is also an amazing villain who's horrible and reprehensible and realistic. pagan min is probably the biggest atrocity of a villain ever created imo. at least the ugly duck dynasty brothers of 5 had some effort put into them, pagan is some faggot who acts like a tourist and is voiced by troy baker.
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>>498470I do agree with you, but I HATE so much the Marvel slop and its consquences on other media. In the end, Jack was destroyed by himself, because he wanted so much power that he became insane and it makes a great contrast when you meet him at the begging of the TPS ("nerdy office man" who doesn't know how to shoot a gun).
You have great taste indeed. My last Far Cry game was the 4 (and I replayed the remastered version of Far Cry 3), but I remember clearly that it was a fucking joke. Picrel but there is no way someone finds him attractive (his outfit is hideous) and the fact that you could finish the game by staying seated for 15 minutes made me laugh so hard because it makes no sense at all.
Michael Mando played Vaas perfectly and I love him so much. He also made the french version, and both versions are masterpiece. All the commercials about Far Cry 3 was perfect (Vaas being held in a psychiatric yard). For Buck, I will juste leave this quote because it speaks for itself :
"I'll take you bloody, if you like. I like my meat rare."
In the near future I am not sure I will play Far Cry 5 & 6, because I am so burned-out by empty open world after playing 200 hours of Elden Rind.
No. 498663
>>498471my friend who loved fc3 really liked fc5, it looks like it's a great open world experience but i am also tired of open world shit. elden ring was probably my last too. at this point i only buy AAA games if they're fromsoft, i don't have the patience for big 60+ hour games otherwise. and yes sadly pagan min had some people thirsty for him…
>>498488i guess this was the era of ubisoft not trying to pander so hard to the straights who wanted to pretend like they were woke and make everyone gay
No. 498676
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>>498663I hate Ubisoft for this so much, because almost everything they touched is cursed in the end, like Rayman (Rayman 3 is the best 3D game of the series and Legends for the 2D).
For FromSoft games, I do not like the pvp aspect of the new games (Nightreign and The Duskbloods). I really wish Miyazaki would return to the old formula like the first Dark Souls or Bloodborne.
No. 498797
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can capcom make a dmc otome spinoff?
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>>498797I WANT YOU DANTEE
No. 498987
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>>498574>Which Summon Nights have you played?swordscraft story 1 and 2.
>Mainline series really does not get the attention it deserves.Damn i have been meaning to get into the main series but none of the first 4 games are translated. The newer games look incredibly soulles. I have no idea why they switched from the cutesy artstyle to a super generic one. I feel like the older games would have been popular if they were given a chance, the style alone would have made it popular imo.
No. 499014
>>498989Do you know japanese
nonny? thats awesome. There are so many games i want to play but get blocked by the language barrier.
No. 499074
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>>498987oh wow im playing SN swordcraft story 1 right now and really enjoy it. i need some time inbetween sessions because of the grinding, but the chars and all are nice. i was also positively surprised about the character interactions. they might be a bit basic at times, but its way less sexist or stupid than other games of the genre/time. i only recently heard of it since it never erleased in the EU.
No. 499105
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Any farmers looking forward to EUV?
No. 499127
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I enjoy fantasy life so far but I wish it didn't have as much waifu bait. I know a game where Rem would be a boy is unrealistic but is it too much to ask for male characters that don't make me think of reading ugly bastard doujinshi while looking at my party members.
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Should I replay (OG) Oblivion for the fourth time? I'm thinking of doing a pacifist playthrough.
No. 499790
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>>499014Barely. Caveman-tier Japanese. Didn't know it at all as a kid no matter how hard I tried. But I managed to navigate personal websites and the official Summon Night website (it's defunct, thanks Bamco). Stalked the fuck out of the two artists for over a decade and a half.
>>499074nta I think there's a fantranslation for the 3rd entry, which contains a peculiar scene. I personally found it funny. Twin Age is in English but that game feel more kid-targetted, but it's very sweet and happy. Sunaho Tobe, iirc, is a female artist and had drawn for this game. (she also drew for Riviera: The Promised Land, but I think she didn't like that particular job since it was so coomery. additionally, the two female artists - Sunaho Tobe and one other - worked on Knights in the Nightmare, which is hard as hell but very good, and mentioned complaining that one of the team members was
making the boob sizes bigger on their art throughout the game's development)
Anyways. Summon Night X: Tears Crown, is a more traditional turn-based RPG that is on the DS and it's nice. Pretty long; I haven't finished it yet, but there's an english patch for it too.
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>>499790samefag I have a lot of loaded up autism surrounding the three artists previously mentioned (Sunaho Tobe, Kuroboshi Kouhaku, GASHIN) that I never got to dish out, so please bear with me. Knights in the Nightmare is part of a series called Department Heaven, that features interlinked stories that all take place in the same world. While no two entires are direct sequels (unless otherwise stated), there is one specific character/boss that shows up across each one.
Semi Spoiler?
It's this valkrie as far as I can tell. She is a being of a different status that manifests in a certain way in this game due to reasons. If you beat the game, there is a second story that shifts the perspective ever so slightly. Every unit has a backstory and if you can stomach bullet-hell card-based turn-based real-time strategy games, it becomes a sort of goal to figure out everyone's lives and how they interact. I want to shill the fuck out of this game and highly recommend getting the physical
DS copy, as playing it on emulator is a bit harsh due to the nature of the control scheme, and the PSP version I hear is a flop.
Other entries are things like Riviera: The Promised Land and Yggdra Union, which plays like Fire Emblem.
No. 500254
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I just watched a YouTuber I like play Mouthwashing. Such a good game with such good writing, and a heartwrenching story though it was a hard watch since I was abused by a guy named Jimmy. I love the aesthetic and how it manages to be old-school without looking ridiculous. My favorite part is how the visuals portray anguish and bad memories, with distortion, freezes, etc. I will DEFINITELY try Iron Lung, but I'll actually play that one instead of just watching.
No. 500352
Does anyone from the farms play VRChat at all? Luckily I've got a couple of friends to play with already but when they're not on I just don't know what to do and I'm too shy to use the mic, I don't want to interact with scrotes, furries or trannies either. I wanted to make a group with a dogwhistle in the description but that's a paid feature.
>>498471Nah, he had his day with DeviantArt fangirls too.
No. 500418
>>500254I liked it too.
>>500284>A good chunk of FOTM games are good despite the audience they gatherYeah, sometimes those FOTM games just appeal to kids. I like Mouthwashing.
No. 500507
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I decided on a whim to get Pony Town after seeing an anon make Elsie as a horse. I made myself, though I suck at color theory and don't really know much about horse stuff, so… yeah. It seems super cute, though, so I'm excited! Does anyone else ITT play it??
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I've been playing Palia a lot lately and as much fun as it is for me, I despise the servers. They're slow, laggy and kick me multiple times a session. Thankfully it doesn't make me lose any progress but it is still infuriating to deal with when I'm immersed and focused on my goals/missions.
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>>500507>>500537When I was 11 I got a straight male I met from Transformice to ERP as USUK (i was england) "ironically" for hours. Don't know what that was about.
No. 500594
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>>499790Thanks for all the info! I want to play trough the second swordcraft story afterwards and then i might look into the other games. I like the artstyle aswell, especially ingame. For me its the action-based fights that are the most fun, im not that much into turn-based things. Im basically always searching for good action adventures.
>>499793I actually tried this once for a little but did not really get into it. I think the tutorial was just too much at the time, i didnt really had the patience, so i never got to the actual gameplay part. I like bullethell, the other genres are not really my favourites, but if the story is good i might still get into it. I have a flashcard, so the hardware thing is not a problem.
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Anyone play Voices of the Void? I only just started, but it seems to have a really weird fan base of men into sexualized anime catgirls, so I hope there's nothing gross in it.
No. 501056
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do ypi guys have any recommendations for a game that's really immersive with good writing but doesn't really contain disturbing topics (like sexual assault). it can be wholesome and positive or less upbeat as long as it doesn't get super dark and depressing
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>>501056 Anodyne 2 is one of my favorite games. Just so you know it's pretty surreal and can be hard to parse sometimes, but that's why I like it.
No. 501091
>>501056enderal maybe? its a skyrim standalone mod that is basically a new game. it has darker quests/storylines, but i found them interesting rather than depressing.
when i think about it theres actually not much in the wholesome/immersive regard that comes to mind. maybe golden sun or another jrpg? not sure if that is immersive enough.
theres also boku no natsuyasumi, that might fit too.
No. 501105
>>499793Knights in the Nightmare is a game I think only autists have completed and I admire that lol. I'm fascinated by Sting's games in general but I'm not sure I'd have the patience for a lot of them? I liked Gungnir, though.
Also an old Summon Night fan, I'm looking to play the games in Japanese soon, I've been learning partially just for that. Heard the language isn't too complicated. Had no idea about the relationship to Department Heaven games, so that's super neat.
Also I always feel like I'm the only person who liked 5 lol. A lot of it was stereotypical fluff, but it was the first Summon Night game I played and I was captivated by the way it hints at this vast world built up by previous installments. I could really sense I was playing something that was part of a precious legacy and I was really disappointed to learn the prior games wern't available in English aside from 3 (which I haven't touched since I want to play in order).
I also felt there was surprising depth to the relationship between the MC and the Brattern brothers. The web of generational trauma and resentment towards a friend who you know didn't do anything wrong, the hero worship of somebody who doesn't reciprocate… I ate it up.
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>>495997I'm thinking back on your suggestion to read the Bioshock book and it has me reflecting on the series as a whole. I loved the first Bioshock. The second never quite grabbed me for whatever reason and felt like a retread and Infinite I enjoyed at the time but it's flaws are more obvious now and I don't like how it recontextualized and affected the game universe. I enjoyed Bioshock 1 so much but maybe some things are better off leaving you wanting more as opposed to delivering poorly on appetite for further content. I did want more of Bioshock, but maybe more games wasn't the right way to go about it.
Maybe Bioshock should have just been Bioshock 1 and the book.
No. 501478
>>501454It is kinda annoying, I just told everyone who outright wants to bang no and otherwise avoided dialogue options that were obvious romance lead-ins. There kinda is a 'platonic route' for everyone, but it does seem some characters in particular need you to shut them down first kek, and yeah that party sequence is particularly bad about it. It's a bit unfortunate because bg3 does have some fun and well-fleshed-out characters that are interesting outside of a romantic/sexual context (I had a great time on my first playthrough without engaging with any of it, the party characters do eventually shut up about it as well), but imo romances in rpgs are always pretty shit and overly insistent that positive interaction = let's bang/fall in love.
Hope you're enjoying the rest of bg3 though anon! What class are you playing?
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dont play dbd and havent been into fnaf for years but goddamn this is cool
No. 501533
>>501421Depends on what you're looking for. The original had a much more cohesive world and story, whereas 75% of the story in the sequel felt to me like an excuse to introduce features. The sequel seems much more like it looked clinically at the gameplay loop of the original and aimed to ramp it up to its most addictive degree. It's a very different experience IMO.
If the gameplay is the main thing you like about FLi, I don't think you'll enjoy the first one as much. But if you like a cozy RPG in an immersive world, the first is superior.
No. 501554
>>501478Glad to hear that there's room for platonic character development. I don't have a problem with romance in rpgs but it's weird how forward all the characters in BG3 are. I accidentally stumbled into accepting Gale's come on. He wanted to show me something 'magical', and I was like 'Cool! I bet it's related to his backstory' and then Lae'Zael called me a slut and tried to hit on Wyll to make me jealous or something which is how I figured out that Gale was trying to bang my PC kek.
Other than that, I'm really enjoying my first playthrough! There's so much interactivity in the world, a lot of care and effort put into little details, full voice acting for every minor character, it's crazy! The combat is fun too because there's a lot of stupid shit you can get up to. The first time a goblin tackled Shadowheart into a pit and killed her, I gasped. It's fun to try and take advantage of the terrain or layout to get cheap shots in on non-hostiles, which is something I haven't seen much of in an rpg like this before, and I find myself trying to explore areas before talking to anyone just in case I have to fight them later.
Story-wise, it seems fine to good. Everything is very well communicated as to why any PC would want to follow the main plot, and there's a lot of little things to do. Everything feels very focused, and I like how much of it is optional (or at least feels that way). I'm actively pushing back against using any mindflayer/tadpole powers, and it's cool that the game lets me do that.
I made the dream guardian my PC's mom. Hope that doesn't get awkward!I always play a charismatic talky character in rpgs so I picked a Bard! I'm only level 4 right now but there's a decent variety of stuff you can do with just Level 1 and 2 spells plus cantrips and bardic inspiration. I've played a lot of 5e in the past and ran a few campaigns so I have a pretty good grasp on the system. It feels a lot better than something like Pathfinder Kingmaker, which I bounced off hard even though I prefer it in tabletop. Everything is very well explained too, mechanically, though I was a retard and kept applying Wyll's hex to himself instead of enemies for some reason. (I thought that it was a buff that then applied the hex to whichever enemy he hit next?) I'm running with a really caster heavy party right now, which is novel for me because I usually hate spellcasters in both tabletop and computer rugs but BG3 makes it really easy to see what spells do, the area of effect, and which enemies have bonuses against them so it's quite different than I'm used to. (I played a lot of BG1/BG2, which used 2e rules and are frustratingly opaque in comparison.)
Overall, the whole game feels very polished, which makes sense because it spent years in early access and then I picked it up a few years after full launch. It looks pretty good too even on my older computer, and I've only had one crash which is considerably better than most games of this complexity and size.
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>>501752im the one who recommendet it. when it came out i was lost for a whole summer, it really catched me, that is why i thought of it. the second game is also really good, the one on the DS never got me the same, so i never finished it. but the two first games are one story and a good experience imho. i hope you like them too!
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>>501526His movie skin looks really goofy
No. 501928
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>>495140This is late but I absolutely loved Flesh, Blood, & Concrete. It's free and you can download it on Itch.io. I think there was also a minor update recently, but I haven't had a chance to replay it and see what's changed
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Nightreign has been such a disappointment. My hope is that someone ports the Guardian for ER. The only good thing to come out of that mess.
No. 502613
>>501554I don't have a problem with the concept of romance in rpgs, I just find the execution to usually be very cringe or meh kek. The BG3 characters can come on very strong, yeah, and imo it's a bit of a shame that so much of the online buzz (ime) around the game focused on the romance/horniness– tbh, until I watched a streamer play BG3 (who also motivated me to play Divinity Original Sin 2 back in the day), all I knew about the game was that there were sex scenes and that people were romancing x character, I had no idea what the actual story hook even was kek. The weird spats that can happen between characters who think you're romancing them can be pretty funny, if a bit bizarre.
Glad you're enjoying it anon! The world is so good and fun to explore, and I love how the combat works too! I like that you can do a lot of goofy shit but also that you can be as tactical or go in as guns blazing as you want once you get a hang on everyone's abilities and movement.
I liked the story too, I particularly enjoyed it for getting me to care about some dnd lore/worldbuilding that playing the ttrpg never quite managed to kek, imo it's a really nice adaptation of the setting. Also pushed back on the tadpoles during my playthrough, but mostly because I didn't want more abilities to manage while playing outside of my comfort zone as a caster kek. All I'll say about the dream guardian is that I really enjoyed that element of the plot.
Oh nice, bards are great! I play a lot of 5e too, and I am a melee purist in that so went for warlock in BG3 to try something different kek. Aww poor Wyll, but oh well you figured out how it worked in the end and that's all that matters. Yeah, the clarity of how your spells will actually effect the field/enemies and what those enemies are also doing makes it all so easy to pick up (I know it differs from actual 5e, but it did motivate me to roll a caster for the next campaign I'll be playing). Tried playing 2e once and it was such a slog for the group to adapt to kek, even for those of us who'd played BG1/BG2 in the past.
Hope it keeps running smoothly for you anon!
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does anyone remember this one? i miss it, i would spend hours making my own god awful skins.
No. 503124
>>503030>janky controls>shit optimization>one ONE one fucking map that barely changes with each run>useless loot>retarded multiplayer>low enemy varietyThey could have at least added 2-3 new weapons, spells or diversified the enemy roster. I was expecting reuse of assets but that's acceptable if one can tell that they've put some effort elsewhere which they didn't.
It's an insult from From Slop. That's the problem. My expectations weren't high but what they delivered was subpar. What's little of value in that DLC masquerading as a standalone game is heavily overshadowed by the plethora of lazily half baked elements. If someone enjoys playing this kusoge that means they're the cattle of the highest order, the lowest common denominator. Can't believe people have such non existent standards and are willing to defend it. Useful idiots. One thing is for sure, From Shitware is dead to me and so is any subhuman who claims to be their fan.
>it's fun with friendsGo fuck yourself
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>>503124that's a lot of emotion for a video game
No. 503472
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I'm
>>455673 and I wanted to let those who might be interested in a lolcow.farm Garry's Mod server that I'm almost done securely setting one up and learning how to manage and host a server. I'm hoping to have it up sometime next-weekend, preferably by June 13th. Possibly earlier to this weekend if everything is working perfectly before that date. I know there were anons who said they were interested, but I wanted to know if there was still any interest now and your thoughts and suggestions on the server and how it should be run.
>Server will be open for four to five hours and three to two times a month. This could change if there is more interest though.>Rotation of different maps and gamemodes to keep things interesting.>Server has a constant rotation of different passwords that are only shared here and are a riddle that only frequent browsers of this site would know. i.e "Who is our queen? No uppercase all in one word." >Collection of user suggested addons that will be updated between game sessions. No. 503659
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Seeing so many people bootlick Hunter Schafer for wanting to play Zelda in the upcoming LoZ movie made me realize something: most "fans" don't understand the games for shit. It shows with how they defend their fancast choice.
>Zelda was always a progressive franchise!
Yeah right, full of gay caricatures, crossdressing played as a joke, a hon troon in botw, the gerudos being orientalist af and Zelda being a damsel in distress at times.
>Zelda is a crossdresser tho
Her Sheik form was a desperate measure she had to take in order to hide from Ganondorf in a time of extreme crisis.
>lol how do you know Zelda is cis?
Because the royal family is a genocidal dynasty that tortured a race until near-extinction. Not clutching pearls abt it btw, just saying.
If they can't even grasp this basic shit, what's it gonna be when it comes to the more complex games? Did any of them even understand the psychological themes in Majora's Mask for example? It's not even that deep but these people would make Mario lore look like rocket science… I hate to imagine that games I love flew over most fans' heads.
Pic unrelated, it's a tweet from around when Majora's Mask 3D came out and it's supposed to be a message from the Happy Mask Salesman himself. There's several but I find this one funny.
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Switch 2 is jumping onto the "style" trend. Honestly I have no idea why they do this when in the screenshot itself they mention the "style" choice will reflect as gender in some games.
No. 503844
>>503839Because they're just virtue signalling, of course they know they're asking you to choose a sex, but saying "gender" is a hate crime to americans because think about the pwoor nonbinaries, having a gender box is unprogresive to them.
What you mention is pretty much how it worked in the 3DS Aninal Crossing (you pick a gender, can wear any clothes and have any hairstyle) and they reckoned it for the Switch release (works exactly the same except they say style rather than gender)
No. 505247
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Is someone playing Elden Ring Nightreign at the moment ? What are your opinions ?
I saw some videos of this game, but it is so boring to look at. The soul of Soulsborne games is vanishing and I am so sad that this game is just a cashgrab for ER fans…
No. 505344
>>505247i decided not to get it because i barely have time for games anymore let alone the mental energy to figure out a full multiplayer fromsoft game, but from what i've heard it's just okay.
you can see the reviews have been mixed and remain mixed the entire time from its release which is highly unusual for a fromsoft title. even cringe shit like code vein has a positive rating. most people complain about basic things like bugs, others say it just gets too repetitive and not having enough content. if people already burnt themselves out on the game within a week i feel like it's doomed, because there's no way they're going to be releasing new content very quickly.
>>505128looks just okay. the washed out colors and hyperrealism (as far as this just being some organization that studies the outbreak or whatever it is) don't scream RE to me though. even RE7 had some camp. we need OTT japanese flair
No. 505534
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Since Tetris has been proven to help people with PTSD, we know video games can help with mental illness, but only some of them. I wonder if Cuphead can. I have some diagnoses of my own and I find that playing Cuphead really helps me cope well, better than the mechanisms and mind-exercises my therapists suggest anyway, but I don't know if there's some science behind that or if I'm just imagining things.
For example, since I feel nothing and like I'm empty/on autopilot 90% of the time, I don't get mad easily and the difficulty helps me regulate my emotions by drawing them out a little. I'm anxious and hypervigilant too so the constant in-game stress and action work better than any other distraction. This is gonna sound retarded but one of the bossfights has a crazy amount of things that remind me of someone who abused me, so beating it makes me feel like I'm beating flashbacks of that person. There's so much about this silly game that appeals to me, even the style since I grew up with Silly Symphonies (I'm a zoomer but I was raised by people with taste). Other games can't seem to do that for me. Again, it might just be some autistic speculation, but maybe there really is something therapeutic about it.
Do any nonnas have a similar thing with a video game?
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I recently restarted the Towelket series after encountering a problem that wiped my previous progress in the first game. Allegedly, they're developed by a woman, but I haven't looked into it too deeply to know if that's true. I also haven't gotten very far into the game, but I know they're supposed to get a lot more interesting later into the series. Has anyone played these games? What did you think of them? Also, would anyone be interested in an RPG Maker General thread? I've been wanting to try to get back into the genre, and I thought it could be fun to discuss this type of game with other nonas in a dedicated thread, and give or receive recommendations.
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>>505534Spoiler + sage for blog
Not exactly mental illness, but the first time I played Yakuza 0 I was dealing with my old cat's death (as well as her last days), my other cat going missing, and all the chaos of the pandemic. I actually got PTSD from that, and it lasted for a couple years. I became a recluse and playing Y0 all day long for weeks really helped distract myself from, and cope with, what was happening around me, and without it I would've gone insane. I was so engrossed by it that playing it was all I did besides sleeping and eating. It also became one of my favorite games of all time. Besides wanting to forget about those things, the story was so engaging that it made me want to keep going to find out what happened next, so I often stayed up all night playing. I suppose crying so much over the plot also helped me feel better physically and mentally. Other things I liked about it were the husbando aspect of it (try being straight and playing Y0 without falling for Majima, I swear to god), the humor and dialogue, the countless side activities, and the fact that it acted as a power fantasy for me since it feels good to play as a stylish, badass delinquent while beating up random moids on the street, the combat is very satisfying and fun which makes you forget all your worries. The only thing I don't like is the porn shit (obviously) but thankfully there's so much stuff to do in this game that it's easy to ignore.
No. 505903
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Guardians of Azuma is really fun so far and the multiple villages reminds me of trio of towns, which is my favorite SOS game.. This, and the grand bazaar remake later this year; the story of seasons enjoyers are winning massively yes i pirated it, im not paying 80 dollars for the full game, fuck off. i wouldve bought it if it was like, 30-45 dollars, but EIGHTY? no way
No. 506111
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replaying afraid of monsters and cry of fear, god damn the low graphic quality and hl-type movement is so comfy
No. 506141
>>505864Ayrt that's so heartwarming. Even without a mental illness diagnosis, what you went through sounds stressful and I find it fascinating that games can help us through times like that.
Did you find your other cat in the end?>>506100Yes, that's possible. You don't need to comment on it.
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anyone itt play the lies of p dlc? i didn't notice that it was released a few days ago so it's downloading now. i'm so excited to play it.
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playing rdr2 right now and i've never been so obsessed with a game. i got spoilers long ago and i can't bring myself to play past chapter 3, i just want everyone to be healthy and happy. maybe i'll hunt animals, gather herbs and help strangers forever.
No. 506645
>>506415>>506417i played the base game some time ago and i liked it a lot. it has a good learning curve i think, the weapon system is fun af and the story was more straightforward than in fromsoft games wich i liked.
im not sure if i would say its easier or harder than dark souls for example. DS1 has some spots that are not so good designed and feel a bit unfair, this game didnt have those for me. bosses i think are a bit more subjective so no comparison here. but i will say that i think the animations in this game are well done and you can see pretty well whats going on wich is important to be able to figure out attacks etc.
No. 506676
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>>506546Beta simon is so cute, we were robbed
No. 506681
>>506544i'm both jealous of people who played it without spoilers, and grateful that i knew in advance to make saves so i could hang around in the chapters they're all happy and safe.
what makes rdo so fun for you? i started playing it but it feels empty. i like it much more than gta online though.
No. 506699
>>506681When I started playing RDO in 2020, it was more players, less retards and griefers. I managed to somehow meet a decent round of people online, living in different parts of the states, so we always planned meet ups to do missions and just have fun. I never really ran into anyone truly awful, but a few years into it people from GTAV definitely started coming in and you could see the quality drop. Most players were respectful at least.
RDO felt like a really fun time to just explore the world of RD. I went to Saint Denis so many times, got some nice clothing and new horses, before the whole gold thing came about. It was just really wholesome
No. 506719
>>506536This next fest sucks, I usually end up downloading 5+ demos but I mostly just found laughable slop and didn't try anything.
I kinda get it though, it's a good idea imo. I wouldn't go out of my way otherwise.
No. 506731
It's probably my taste but it feels like a lot of new games that get shown off within the last year or two aren't anything that cool looking or interesting. I'm not exactly sure how to explain it but so many games look generic as fuck now. I'm probably complaining over nothing though since I have a big enough backlog of older games already.
Anyway, I have a rec for any nonnas interested in a short game you can finish in an afternoon:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/942970/Unheard__Voices_of_Crime/You're a detective and have to solve cases entirely based on audio. I really enjoyed it but was surprised how short it was, also the eng voice acting can be a little cheesy.
No. 507007
>>506719I grabbed a few things. Nothing that is preorder worthy but maybe on a sale.
I just wish some of the demos were just left up. I was watching some older next fest streams from a guy I watch and wanted to try the games out, but it was too late. And I just don't feel like buying indie games without trying them out a little first. But then If I do play it, I want the achievements so I don't really want to pirate.
Hell is Us
Action which I'm terrible at, and will probably end up too fantasy for my tastes at the end. But husbando's va for mc and so far he acts a lot more like Adam then Starfield Sam did, lol. Also this is where the Art Director for Nu Deus Ex ended up after the Eidos shit, I'd been wondering.
Eriksholm
Historical fiction stealth game with a female protagonist, I'd prefer something more modern, but I do like stealth.
And havent played them yet but,
Herdling- looks like a nice cozy experience game, like Abzu or Journey
Ratatan- Patapon by another name, I never did beat those on my modded PSP years ago, but it's a fun concept.
Star Overdrive- The hoverboard looks fun.
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>>506546>>506676i like him both ways tbh he's just an adorable character. we need more male characters who cut themselves. i love david's dumb junkie ass too
No. 507846
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I'm so mad about the casual games industry.
Big fish games had to piss away anything they were able to earn multiple times so now there aren't any small devs making weird experimental games like arcade shooters, sim/rpg games or match threes despite them being easy to make.
Hidden object adventure games? infested with AI slop and the majority of developers have closed, restructured or just vanished with no new developers to replace them.
Time management games? wiped out by covid with only with only a few titles remaining, even Delicious Emily isn't the same because the devs that made the original line of games got replaced.
I'm so mad. an entire industry of games just collapsing and no one cares because they're for more casual enjoyment (meaning for women) and are made on a small budget with unknown devs so who gives a shit that an entire playerbase now only has garbage AI HOPA games and solitaire/bejeweled clones. There are genuinely some very interesting casual games that came out during the industry's golden age and it's just not being replicated because of mismanagement.
No. 507867
>>507846I also miss this era of casual games. I was more of a PopCap fan.
Oh and Diner Dash. I see a lot of people online complaining about the newer entries in that series which apparently have shitty microtransactions now. I'm mad about microtransactions ruining games in general, including casual games. It's so fucking vile.
No. 507870
>>507846>Big fish games had to piss away anything they were able to earn multiple timesWhat happened? I only found some stuff about them getting into legal trouble over sketchy practices twice.
>match three>hidden object>time managementThose genres got completely oneshot by freemium phone games. Phone games transitioning from $0.99 to being free and financed by constant ads or microtransaction hell definitely shook up the whole casual gaming market. I'm not sure that there's any one studio that could have fixed this or even prevented it.
No. 507892
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>>507867Speaking of Diner Dash wtf did they do to Flo. They turned her into a generic mobile game character, I barely recognized her. lookhowtheymasssacredmygirl.jpg
No. 507907
>>507789I'm not getting one right now mostly due to financial issues, but also as other nonnas say it's pretty much just a mario kart machine atm much like how the first one was a zelda machine at launch
holy fuck I feel old if you want one that badly I'd suggest waiting till the holidays for special editions like you said or any potential deals that may pop up around that time. Also gives time to wait for any game announcements that you think is worth getting it for.
>>507770I feel that way sometimes too nonna. For me, I sometimes think it's "choice paralysis" where I have so many games I want to try but just fall back on a certain few. I have also come to the conclusion that not every game I see being praised or talked about is actually worth playing and there are some games that are going to pique my interest way more even if they don't look that good.
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How many nonnas would like a separate flash game thread?
>>507892NOT the spikey ponytail.. R.I.P
No. 508010
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>>507846>Casual enjoymentI use Webkinz for that. They have lots of mini casual games that are enjoyable plus it's very adorable.
>Big fishidk what happened but I used to be obsessed with Grim Tales! Once a year I go back to play the ones I bought kek
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Did anyone ever play The Legend of Crystal Valley like 15+ years ago? I never saw any discussion about it back then, but I know it was overall negatively received. I thought it was so interesting when I played it. I loved exploring the game's world, although I remember feeling very disappointed by the ending. I doubt it would hold up if I played it now, but it was so charming.
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Did nonnas play the Alters?
And which Jan is the ultimate husbando?
No. 508461
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been playing this game called pentiment, I think a lot of you guys would really enjoy it. i'm still probably only about halfway through it but i think it's really interesting. it's one of those reading heavy games that's better off without reading big spoilers beforehand
since i'm not done with it i can't have a real discussion about it yet but i still thought it'd be fun to bring it up
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Playing TLOU for the first time. Stunned by how beautiful the graphics are, there's so much detail in all of the environments that I just keep wandering around staring at textures and random objects.
>>508461>>508470Pentiment is one of the best games of all time. I desperately want everyone I know to play it but I can't convince them because I don't want to spoil a single second of it.
No. 508628
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>>508519>>508592Do you prefer to avoid fantasy rpgs in general? Most western rpgs usually have some sort of fictional religion in them. Japanese rpgs can vary, since sometimes they'll have no religion in them at all, and other times they'll have religion be a major part of the games conflict.
How do you feel about Zelda games, since a divine artifact(the Triforce) created by the Goddesses is often the driving force of the plot?
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I wish bg3 plot was better, I feel like I've been gaslit. It's pretty fun but definitely not as great as some people say it is
No. 508927
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>>508824It felt very generic and cookie cutter for me, especially as the game wore on. Like Avengers friendship is magic type shit. I felt like there weren't any real consequences for my actions or personality, and if there were consequences then it wasn't something that felt impactful to my experience. I also didn't really like that the characters are all DTF the moment you meet them, it really cheapened the relationships for me. Like you say it's pretty fun but not amazing. Not sure why the game got so much crazy hype or how people replay it a million times tbh.
No. 508931
>>508824>>508927The plot was really just a rack to hang the side quests on for me, much like the previous BG games. All it had to do is give me a reason for this group of retards to work together
under my tyrannical regime, and it did that. Anyone who spergs about the story or character writing is easily impressed because it's very paint by numbers, which is typical for Larian as devs. I liked how I could solve problems through a bunch of different solutions, had the game react to my
stupid choices, and how fun the combat feels (with the qualifier that it's turn based and 5e). My best memory is coming up with elaborate schemes to take down the goblin camp leaders and fucking up because of an environmental detail I forgot about: pits of doom for Shadowheart to get tackled into, the iron staircases above the hobgoblin guy being indestructible and therefore ruining my idea of 'Snipe from the rafters, use feather fall after', underestimating exactly how many fucking goblins would be in the goblin camp). The companions were laughable at times. Shadowheart always looks like she's smelling something bad and has a stupid accent + strange head movements; Lae'zel is a Who faced bitch; Astarion looks like the Grinch and is possibly the faggiest fag to have ever fagged; Wyll is comatose; Gale has a beard; Karlach is boring despite being ripped and constantly on fire…
No. 508985
>>508927Yeah definitely the horniness of the companions is a huge flaw, it really ruined any possibility of seeing them as proper characters for me. Additionally the companion quests are ass and they are repeated among the companions with some variables changed, but essentially they feel like I'm doing the same thing, just beating up different guys to achieve the same goal for most of the companions -
freeing them from some form of slavery. which is also what the main quest is essentially about so like what? Couldn't they think of something else? I feel like Larian writers think that the only way to develop a character is through fucking with you or making you help them free themselves from
some variant of slavery. I suspect the people who sing praise about the game have never read a proper book in their life because, while it's fun being a jackass in baldur's gate 3 and doing some wacky shit all the time, there is no way I could take this writing seriously. Even when I lol about it, I still cringe.
>>508931I dont get why all the men are so fucking ugly in this game as well. You're telling me I'm supposed to want any of them when they disgustingly come on to me after like 3 conversations? Good lord, at least make them hot then. I'm not gonna have a positive response if someone is acting like that and is ugly too lmao when Halsin started coming on to my character I almost physically got sick.
>hurr durr I am a disgusting looking old "elf" and in mu long, long life I have already put my dick in everything. But you are SPECIAL because you babysit me, I love you!Lmfao
And the narrator sucks and makes everything that happens in the game sound like a joke.
No. 509199
speaking of which how's the BG3 co-op experience? I haven't played it yet and I have a friend that's been wanting to play more story driven games with me but I'm the only one that has experience with games like that.
>>509197funny you say that because I romanced him and I even pined for Fenris before the release of DA2 but ended up swerving to a more virginal guy when I actually played it.
No. 509221
>>509208Oh, 99% of the flavor dialogue are 3/4 of the companions failing a Survival/Perception check and then Gale the nerd chimes in with a triumphant "Look over there!" and points at a dirt pile that didn't exist 10 seconds ago
which has fifty cents, a bottle of water, and a crackhead's left sock in it.
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Are there any games that you really wanted to get into but couldn't?
Wingspan is that game for me. I love birds, strategy and the art in this game is beautiful but man, it's so fucking boring. It's one of those games that are good but not for me.
No. 509366
>>509359>rdr2>cyberpunk >death stranding>assassin's creed i only managed to get a refund for rdr2 because i barely played little enough to qualify for it.
also does ffxiv count? i lost so many friends because they got addicted to it and found new in game friends so they ditched all their old friends. i gave it a try several times but it was just too cluttered and overwhelming for me to even look at. also most of the female character models look weirdly hulking and boxy to me.
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>>509366>>509396Death Stranding is peak kusoge. MGS will always reign supreme for OtaCOCK. I wish Kojima still had the rights to the series even if MGS is his bastard child.
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>>509434Nta, but I really liked Rose for simply being one of the few cases where a vidya (moid) creator actually tried making a female character seem interesting while keeping her in the main story. I also really liked Hal's sister, too, even though we didn't spend too much time with her - but the fact that she is a genius with her own personality while not looking like a hot bimbo made me feel soft for her.
But speaking of Raiden and Rose, any1 played the MGR spin-off? I keep feeling too iffy about it, refusing to give it a try as a lot of tourists who have ruined the fandom started out with MGR.
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>>509405Raiden still remains hot in MGS4, leave him alone! His beautiful face and hair being the only physically human part of him remaining, the way he allows himself to be torn limb-from-limb if it means being able to still fight; the tragedy, the sadness in his eyes. Never call him a gorilla again.
>>509434People hate Rose?
>>509485I like Metal Gear Rising but it's because Raiden is my husbando
No. 509607
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>>509557>>509596For real? One look at the cluttered computer UI and my brain started shorting out. Controller feels so simple and intuitive, especially with exploration and being able to quick-loot an entire area at once. Only thing I dislike is that customizing the combat radials is a pain. Comfortably kicking back in my chair > leaning forward and fucking up my wrists. I use a controller for everything though, including FF14. Comfymaxxed and ergonomipilled.
No. 509638
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>>509613>MGS1 is the greatest game ever madethat's not thief: the dark project
No. 509707
>>509643Male suffering is hot though and even though I love Raiden and he is my husbando, his suffering is part of his appeal. He suffers in MGS2 and he has suffered his entire life, he was born to be martyred. His happiness can’t come easy after rediscovering he was a child soldier mass murderer. Plus he is the only character with a real family, biological child and all.
>>509613No MGS3? It’s amazing, plus there’s Revolver Ocelot and Snake interactions
>>509610Yes and play MGS3, both are masterpieces
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>>509405>gorilla>thinking this was done to appeal to menNonny.
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>>509731Moids can like whatever they want but Raiden is obviously female gaze directed
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Rating the RF4 boys from most favorite to least.
1. Vishnal
2. Kiel
3. Arthur
4. Leon
5. Dylas
6. Doug (I can't trigger his marriage sub event for some reason)
No. 512379
>>511979Got Dead Space and that's it. I've got plenty of games from the previous sales to last me a few months.
I really wanted to get Anno 1800 but the current price is 15 euros when the historical low was around 5-6 so it's a pass. Those short term deals Steam has are way better than these sales tbh.
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I think its so dumb how theyre remastering this game but without the original ost. "somebody will make a mod with the original ost within a few days!" yeah of course but I just imagine all the people who will play it for the first time on console and miss out on (imo) one of the best video game soundtracks ever and it makes me sad honestly. They even got toby fox on this shit and even he couldnt top the original, its just untouchable
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>>512264Glad to see Kiel so high, he was my first husbando when I played the game on 3DS but I married Dylas on Switch. RF4 has so many great bachelors
No. 512507
>>512264Kiel's my favorite but I actually had a hell of a time
triggering his marriage event.
No. 512579
>>512578Ehh I don't recommend the 3ds version as someone who played it on both 3ds and Switch. The new port fixes a lot of issues with
triggering events and has extra content. It's also 70% off on Steam right now kek
No. 512593
>>512565Should I buy it for Leon? Whatever I've had my eye on a Rune Factory game might as well get this one for the cute husbando
>looks up LeonYeah. I need.
No. 513307
>>512566It'll blow up anon and gendies will get to it. I also grew up with RPGmaker games and it felt like wonderland browsing creator blogs and the wikia for Japanese and european rpgmaker gems like OFF, Misao, Mermaid swamp, IB, Yume Nikki, Mad Father, Crooked man, Witches house, even dogshit ones people made for fun were cool, that shit was childhood. The OST of OFF is repetitive as all RPGmaker osts are but its uniquely monotonous, it obviously fits the theme of the game. I remember the tune of the battle theme like yesterday despite playing it over a decade ago kek. You're very cool for discovering OFF from the music, what a cool way to discover a piece of media. This is pretty disappointing.
No. 514010
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Baba is You more like Brain is Melt. I love this game. The puzzles can be really challenging and I'm not even that far into the game. Don't let the cute and simple visuals deceive you. It's a tough but rewarding experience.
No. 514717
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does anyone itt know septerra core? i bought this game almost 20 years ago for a few bucks at a local woolworth and was addicted to it. we had no internet at home so i had no way to access walkthroughs and would get stuck so many times. to this day i have never met a single person who knows this game. i still find the world building so creative and charming.
No. 514825
>>514717Might've heard the name but nothing else. Oh that old fake anime.
>sci-fi>Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatoribut also
>grindy and buggyMight just watch a longplay.
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Holy fucking shit I had no idea how bad the designs in Date Everything were until today. Western dating sims unironically sit there with 100+ characters and not a single one of them is attractive. Total heap of millenial trash.
No. 516037
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>playing old arcade game with friend, we find a new one every day to play together
>features two guys in a sort of ghostbusters type gameplay where you suck up ghosts and launch them
>finish a stage
>this visual flashbangs us
I just have so many questions….
No. 516186
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Been playing Persona 5. Halfway through the Madarame dungeon. It astounds me that they series didn't progress at all in its handling of women between 4 and 5, and the writing has barely improved so far either, although it benefits from the loss of some 2000isms.
The gameplay in this one at least is fun enough to compensate for the more frustrating aspects, though. It's genuinely fun. And Morgana is adorable, hanging out with him around the city and at home is my favorite element so far.
Are the later female characters that join the party treated any better by the writing than Ann? Everything about her is so clumsily handled so far, it makes me genuinely sad.
I was looking forward to Makoto, but now I'm just apprehensive.
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>>515948I like the desk, toolkit, diary and office supplies. Hector could've been cool if they kept his ass in the vent instead of giving him a full design and insufferable real voice. I cannot believe nobody here or even on kiwifarms noticed that the rubber duck looks like the pooner meme. She's even a themlet!
>>516629Both games had the same artist(s?) work on them.
No. 516656
>>516196what really grinds my gears is that the male party members are so upset about what happens to ann but then they are perverts themselves who constantly creep on her. like they had the chance to sit
yusuke's autistic bitch ass down and tell him that
pressuring someone to get undressed is fucked up and a crime but they played it as funny. and later
ryuji just acts like any other coombrained gooner towards her. it's like they randomly switched writers after that first arc and the new writers only know bits and pieces about what happens with kamoshida. and I genuinely love that game but that's also why this shit writing pisses me off even more.
No. 516682
>>516659>but didn't have the balls to actually run with it.NTAYR but that's the main issue I have with P5. It wants to be rebellious and actually be critical of shit, but it seems either the higher ups or own writers chickened out to not offend people too much and spend the whole game flip-flopping their morals and they don't treat their characters seriously. It's ok to have jokes even if they're insensitive to the current narration, but when they turn into pretty much the characters end up like after you finish their arc…
I'm still P3 still had some P1-2 roots and had the balls to
forever kill the protagonist to support the message it wanted to tell. I'm sure if it came later and they wrote it the same way as P4-5, the ending (or the answer) would've turned waaay differently.
I'm aware that in FES they added the Chidori revival (deserved to be honest, I hate how they killed her off just to give development to the wrost male character) and Portable lets Shinjiro wake up for a bit for the extra ending, but both of these are optional and you probably won't see them unless you go out their way for it. I was unaware about both until not long ago despite being a fan since 2013 haha. No. 516722
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Imagine not playing as the superior persona protagonist.
No. 516849
>>516700P5 is at least fun enough in its gameplay to compensate for the slop story. The adoration people hold for P4 makes zero sense to me when neither its story nor its gameplay are able to hold it up.
Unrelated I can't believe it's actually been longer now since P5 came out than the time between 4 and 5? P5 still feels like a new game to me, how has it been almost a decade…
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>>516976>Doug ranked last in two nonas' postsMore for me, then.
No. 517151
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Should I continue playing this one or delete it off my lap? It's a sequel of "always sometimes monsters", they're both pretentious but at least ASM is less aimless than SAM. I stopped at the start of book tour because I got bored, the protagonist feels soulless now and most dialogue choices are just yes/no/I don't know options
No. 517208
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I thought of starting the Breath of Fire series, and looking into it im not quite sure if i should go for the SNES or GBA version of the first game. Theres even some romhacks that sound good, with restored audio for the GBA one or balance tweaks. (like this for example:
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3214/)
Anyone has some experience with it and can recommend me a Version?
No. 517640
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>be new to PC-gaming
>buy Fallout New Vegas
>character creation screen is completely texture-less
>can't see my character or the text on it
>look the issue up on Google
>R*ddit post says I have to install a specific mod, includes link
>click on link and have to make an account to download the mod
>no idea how to activate mods
>find detailed tutorial on Steam but don't understand a word
>shorter tutorial says I need to drag the mod folder into the game's data folder
>game doesn't have a data folder
>just drag the mod folder into the game's folders hoping it'll do something
>endure the long and un-skippable intro once again
>mod didn't work
Should I just get a refund and go play something else?
No. 517731
>>517671What really drove this home for me was how during Kaneshiro's rant about how young women are weak physically, mentally, and socially, there's zero defiance to the concept that they're somehow an inferior version of humanity.
If the game actually committed to even its most surface level themes there would be apt observation that it's society that's to blame for making them small on multiple axes and that they're actually just people like anybody else. But instead the game seems to agree with his observations and only find him at fault for saying the silent part out loud.
Furthermore, the bad end for this route heavily focuses on victimizing Makoto as a young woman and yet the good route doesn't factor her sex into it at all and only reduces it to a juvenile children versus adults narrative. Being female truly only exists as a form of suffering or sexual gratification to the writers of P5, I've seen nothing so far that suggests they see any value in womanhood beyond that.
No. 517758
>>517731Whenever I bring up how shittly P5 treats Ann, moids (and their enablers) think that I wanted the narrative to screech to a halt so she can deliver a speech about girlbossing or feminism and then castrate Kamoshida on screen while the other characters clap.
That last part would be kind of based… That's not what I'm saying at all. The developers are the ones who raised the stakes to 'this high school teacher is sexually abusing a female student and will do so again if not stopped' and then refused to answer that with an actual message other than a lukewarm 'don't rape'. Ann explicitly says that she's uncomfortable with her Phantom Thief outfit, works as a model (which focuses a lot on her outward appearance and appeal to scrotes), but the narrative doesn't really do anything with this other than 'oh, I guess it's empowering to dress sexy (even though I'm canonically 16)'. It's such wasted potential. If they didn't want people to point it out, they shouldn't have included it.
No. 517814
>>517758Yeah, I think that's what makes P5's handling of Ann so exceptionally frustrating. It's not just another case of a teenage girl being shamelessly sexualized in a JRPG, it's a teenage girl being shamelessly sexualized in a JRPG that goes out of its way to try point out how the sexual abuse of teenage girls has been systemically enabled.
I also wasn't a fan of how how the wrote the dialogue around Ann's confrontation with Kamoshida. She outright says that Shiho was an idiot for allowing herself to be abused. Which isn't in itself the issue since I think a teenager in a complex situation choosing to make a stand despite not knowing the "right" way to frame what happened would be interesting. But the writing doesn't lend that kind of nuance to her statement, it comes off more as
victim blaming language the writers actually align with.
In fact, Ann overall in her dialogue following that arc consistently takes on too much of the blame onto herself, and those statements always go unexamined in a critical or interesting way.
No. 517825
>>517758Sorry for more sperging:
>oh, I guess it's empowering to dress sexy I'm not sure it even bothers to justify it like this, from what I've seen so far her Phantom Thief outfit just is what it is.
I cringed so hard when I unlocked her seducer ability where she sexually allures the enemies into not attacking you. It makes zero sense when she's not even written as a character who is acutely aware of or makes intentional use of her appearance.
Her social links make it clear that she models by convenience and doesn't actually put effort into molding her appearance into what it is. When she has to model for Yusuke to get close the party close to him, she has to be talked into it and she does everything she can to make herself unappealing (20 layers of clothing. Every time she's asked to utilize her feminine wiles or whatever she's explicitly bad at it.
So what reason is there for her to be sexily seducing monsters other than the developers wanting it for OOC fanservice?
I hated the way Rise was handled in P4 but even putting aside the whole Kamoshida situation, Ann's sexualization is much harder to sit through because it's sexualization of a character who's actively opposed to it. I feel so bad for her because regardless of her appearance she's just a regular teenage girl who wants to be treated as such (also see: her talking about how Shiho became her best friend because she treated her normally without judging her appearance), but the game treats her the same way her abuser did.
No. 517912
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Can anybody recommend games with a similar vibe to animal parade and trio of towns? It doesnt have to be a farming game, its just the overall atmosphere in these two games are so comforting to me. The only other similar game I can think of right now is pokemon channel
No. 517920
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>>517912Story of seasons, ever oasis, and rune factory for sure. for rune factory go for 4 and below, I feel like the new ones are way more soulless somehow? I don’t know how to put my finger on it, but I ended up dropping 5 very quickly. Four if you want a husbando because the other games before this have only a male protagonist meaning only bachelorettes.
No. 518255
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>>517641Thanks nona but I'm now at the point where I spent several hours doing anything I could from reinstalling the game, modding and tampering with the files. I ended up contacting Bethesda's tech support, and after asking me for a diag file and receiving it they said they had to hand my request over to a "specialized team". I swear, those games are the real-life equivalent of gaming creepypastas, they're cursed.
>FNV has huge texture bugs >Skyrim's sidequests are often bugged>Oblivion's NPCs have broken AI half the time>F76 has item glitches and bugged modelsEach Bethesda game has a specific type of bug that it keeps getting, its own flavor of cancer.
No. 518257
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I know Hypnospace was already discussed itt, but it's probably one of the only modern pieces of media that takes place in the 90s I like. Unlike Emily is Away and Class of '09 where it only takes place in the past for nostalgia bait and no other reason, the time period is integral to the plot and actually utilizes 90s internet in a creative way without Family Guy tier "REMEMBER THIS THING THAT USED TO EXIST" writing. I absolutely loved it
No. 518758
>>515051So I finished watching the playthough I found, music was a little disappointing early work, game really lost steam toward the end, that lame ending.
Dungeons and battles are way too slow for me, I just can't deal with turn based stuff anymore.
But the characters and setting are interesting, almost makes me want to try it eventually to see more of the dialog, but I probably won't.
No. 518783
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>>518726This was actually really interesting. A little mean the easier option isn't in the demo, but I only died 3 times, and one of those was intentional to reset, lol.
I feel like it might become more annoying when you get to the point where you actually have to watch your resources though.
No. 518925
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>get a decent rank in an online multiplayer
>new season starts and my rank gets reset
>I've wasted an entire day trying to get back to my old rank
Why do I do this to myself, why can't I be satisfied with playing story-based singeplayers
No. 518936
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>>518933I enjoy the dynamic gameplay and social interactions, but at the same time it feels like I am willingly lobotomising myself by doing the same motions over and over again. I am not gaining anything from this and there's better games I could spend my time on.
No. 519268
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>>518783We basically took totally opposite paths! I didn't die but I was using the pitons like crazy and using healing items like crazy, I'm sure the full game will be way tougher when you actually have to conserve resources, as you said.
No. 519281
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thinkin bout manhunt and early gta games and condemned and FEAR and other stuff like that. who else loves these?
No. 519295
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>>519291i only played it for the first time in the past few years and yeah, it's insane how it garnered so much hysteria. i mean, i guess it was the first of its kind, and it is unapologetically just a guy murdering other guys for a snuff film ring with zero real plot or "lesson" or anything good about it. frankly it's still one of the most interesting games to me as far as utter brutality with no point except to be this nightmare world of violent gay pornography lol.
here's a funny story about early 2000s games though, i was 12 when i first rented silent hill 2 from blockbuster. i didn't really expect it to be horror i think. i got confused and stuck for like 30 minutes trying to get into town and once i was there, i saw a lying figure come out of the fog and screamed and cried and turned my ps2 off. i didn't pick it back up again for years kek
No. 519326
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>>519005It's Marvel Rivals lol
>>519279Might be worth posting about it in the Lolcow Multiplayer Video Games Thread
No. 519332
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>>519268I wasn't even using the pitons because I forgot what the button was lol. But it's neat how you just listen to her breathing to know when to slow down and go by instinct really.
Played it again and there's an extra reward for doing all the practice walls in the gym which is cool.
No. 519333
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>>519330I'm mostly an arcade/puzzle gamer, but here's a few short ones that I enjoyed:
The Exit 8
Strikey Sisters
Rusty Lake games (Roots and Paradise are my favourites)
NO THING
Pilgrims
The Room games
Deathsmiles
No. 519341
>>517912Ive played the others but ever oasis seems cool, ill download it thank you. Man the 3ds has so many gems..
>>518762>Usagi shimaHoly shit this looks so cute thank you
No. 519356
>>519333Ty nona! I've played the exit 8 and loved it, so I'll check out the others
>>519338I'm normally into grand epic stories and tactical gameplay but that's the style I've been completely burnt out on for a while.
Love puzzle games, atmospheric horror (not cheap jumpscares). I definitely prefer having a clear cut objective over sandbox/life sim types.
Action games aren't usually my jam but I feel like I could get behind some braindead button mashing right about now.
No. 519361
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>>519330>>519356if you're willing to ignore the cheap jumpscares, then soma is pretty solid. i beat it in 9 hours and it's good if you like sci-fi and silent hill adjacent stuff
No. 519535
>>519330oneshot, homicipher, hyper light drifter, portal 1 and portal 2, journey, hotline miami, yume nikki (this one is mostly just exploration), firewatch, a short hike, katamari.
>>519279kek it would be interesting. I don't think there are enough people here that play it though.
No. 519698
>>519356atmospheric horror with no jumpscares (or like one but not loud):
discover my body
the heilwald loophole
home safety hotline
iron lung
no, i'm not a human (only has demo out atm but it's gonna be a day one buy for me)
no one lives under the lighthouse
paratopic
sharks and minnows
squirrel stapler
who's lila?
No. 519735
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>>519698nta but all of these look interesting, thanks!
No. 519835
>>519803Have fun
nonny! Whenever somebody asks for specific recs I sort of look forward to seeing them come back and tell us about what they ended up playing and whether they liked it.
No. 519946
>>519281I also really like F.E.A.R.
I haven't finished it tho but I wanna one day to complete it
No. 519969
>>519330thank goodness youre here
little kitty, big city
hylics
untitled goose game
toem
gato roboto
little inferno
sine mora
thomas was alone
VVVVVV
machinarium
pesticide not required
No. 520134
>>519946FEAR is so fucking good! i got chills whenever the combat went in slow motion. the sequels are just okay, but FEAR 3's ridiculous co-op was pretty fun.
>>519796these games really annoy me but the term "friendslop" is so funny. like, it's a fun multiplayer game you're supposed to play with friends, and that is slop. it's not capeshit or mascotslop or anything. your friends = slop.
No. 520138
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>be unemployed
>play ss13 extensively
>bartender main
>decide to get shit together, quit vidya for a few months
>get job irl as a bartender
>go back to ss13
>continue to be a be a bartender main
>feel oddly complete
No. 520244
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I got the new Rimworld expansion and this is the first tile I clicked on
No. 520411
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Ninty announced the cast for the upcoming Zelda movie and Internet being extra salty right now that euphoria tranny really did not happen as princess Zelda
https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1945431647530491955 No. 520428
>>520411I love how everyone posts old pictures of Hunter, ignoring that he looks nothing like that anymore. Old face Hunter I could see as TP Zelda, but new face Hunter absolutely not.
Bo looks a lot like BotW Zelda, love that.
No. 520848
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It's like I'm really Super Metroid.
note. I have never played a Metroid game…
Anyway, new Destiny, I've barely started but it's nice so far. New guy is neat, I laughed at some of the dialog. I need to know the context of that nice R&B song on the soundtrack so I'll keep playing.
No. 520857
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>>520848>I have never played a Metroid game…Then stop whatever you're doing and do it. Metroid Dread is really great.
No. 520858
>>520848how is the game as a new player? and what other DLCs have you played?
i haven't bought this DLC because i'm bitter about the lack of Crow and Glint, but from what i've seen of Orin and Lodi, they aren't so bad as characters
especially compared to tranny dears Nimbus and Micah, they don't have the low effort Cayde vibes that everyone else was infected with for years
No. 520863
>>520858>how is the game as a new player?Wouldn't know, been playing since 2016. I wouldn't recommend to new players unless they're willing to watch a ton of youtube vids and read all the lore books on Ishtar Collective.
Yeah I miss Crow too, he'd probably vibe great with Lodi, but maybe he'll show up later, or in the next story bit. That's just how this game goes. Sometimes your faves are there sometimes they're not. But I also like Drifter and I always have way too much fun imagining my Guardians dialog lines no matter who we 'interact' with.
>>520857I'll get to them eventually, maybe. Don't know why I never got Metroid Prime back on Gamecube. Is Dread on the Switch?
No. 520902
>>520848The new mechanic is pretty cute, all I could think of was Metroid too kek. Glad we've finally upgraded from dunking balls to becoming balls. Haven't got around to actually buying the expansion yet, but the free mission was pretty good (I am also curious about that song) and tbh it's kinda nice to be low Light again.
My only complaint about the new changes is that I don't really like the new 'portal' thing, particularly the UI for it. Also, might've just been the time I was playing it at and people focusing on the new story content, but man did matchmaking through it take a while kek.
No. 521131
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>>520876>haven't played since the start of episodesSo you didn't play Revenant? Crow wasn't in it as much as I'd like, but he did have some cute lines.
>Any seasonal content?I don't watch dev streams or look at reddit to avoid spoilers so not sure. There is a little blurb on the rewards page about Season of Reclamation, but it might just be fluff. We'll see next week I guess.
>>520902>Nice to be low light againexcept now I feel like I have to rehaul my armor, but I like my 90 stat pieces…
The portal is sort of annoying too, and seems like Gambit is useless now, maybe there'll be a story reason for that though.
No. 521298
>>521131Eh, bungie will have to delete my armour off of my character to make me change it kek (plus I prefer the broader spread of stats than the more focused new gear I've been getting, rip though to the mobility stat). I'm too stubborn– for example, I kept using a sunsetted gun from Forsaken until it got un-sunsetted like a year ago lol.
The portal just feels clunky and kinda unnecessary, like I can't see why its reward/bounty system couldn't have just been merged into the existing parts of the game… guess they wanted to get rid of the tower visiting routine for a lot of stuff idk. Sucks to see gambit pushed even further out of view and relevance, what an odd choice.
No. 521889
>>521880>Did gendie brainworms really infect japanIt's this, gendie stuff is regular in Japanese media nowadays.
Even popular children's IPs like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai have had explicitly canonical TiF and theyfab characters within the past five years. I watch normie jdramas too and references to how things are nowadays and what you need to be accepting of are not uncommon.
No. 521904
>>521878Check out some of the more recent Atelier games, they don't have time limits these days. Firis does, but other than that everything from Shallie onwards is untimed (and even in Firis pretty much everything save a couple of achievements can be done in the untimed postgame)
Oh, but probably don't buy any of the Ryza games, an expanded deluxe edition was recently announced and you'd be better off waiting for that.
If you like the Ghibli artstyle take a look at Ni No Kuni too!
No. 521943
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Bungie stop making boss fights on floating platforms challenge, at least I only fell off 5 times instead of 14.
Marble Metroid is a much better puzzle boss gimmick then remember the symbols.
A little surprised they're keeping things so open instead of cleaning up loose ends. was not expecting, 'bind the nine to avoid extinction' new big plot point' Wonder if any of this was even thought up back with Jokers Wild.
Apparently the alpha test of Marathon was badly received and they delayed the release date. Wonder if that has anything to do with anything.
Lodi was fun, I like his trope, I really want more lore with him now.
Now I just have to wait till they patch in Ikora's proper voice before I can play through with my other character. Savathun's VA did a good job not being too distracting as a substitute though.
No. 522021
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>>521951I'm playing Rune Factory 4 for the first time right now based on nona recommendations and I really like the combat, the dungeons are fun to me along with collecting new monster drops for crafting gear but to each her own.
>>522018Yeah Stardew Valley combat is very boring, the caves are repetitive and the weapons are always just swords. Plus the characters are way better in RF4, Stardew Valley's characters are boring and ugly.
No. 522354
>>519330Hi I'm back, had a chance to play through a few of your suggestions!
I'm one of those idiots who hoards cheap games during steam sales and never touches them, so most of these were picked simply because I already own them (oops)
>Rusty Lake gamesI tried to play in order but I did not like Cube Escape. I felt like I had no choice but to brute force everything because the interactions between objects are so absurd and random that I could never genuinely "solve" the next step.
So I skipped to Roots and it was a massive improvement. There's still plenty of surrealism and weirdness to give it a dreamlike quality, but now I can follow the logic of the puzzles and what they want from me. I've finished Roots and I'll probably go through Paradise in the coming weeks.
>HomicipherReally fun and unique idea, and I was shocked how much Mr Gap grew on me! I often find VNs take a long time to really get going but the language decoding mechanism had me engaged immediately, and even during scenes with none of my favourite characters it was a chance to learn some new words so I never got bored and checked out. I completely filled out the scene list and then woke up the next day sad that I had no Homicipher left to play.
>Portal 1 and Portal 2Have I played them multiple times? Of course. Did I take this excuse to play them again? Absolutely.
The Portal games are so damn good. I know I beat Portal as a child, but when I solve those same puzzles all these years later is still manages to feel satisfying and not like I'm playing something made for a child to solve. (Fortunately I can at least say I'm solving the puzzles much faster than I did as a child.)
>JourneyThis game has been on my radar for a long time but I always worried I was too late to the party. Journey lovers talk about the magic of sharing this beautiful experience with a stranger but like, is there really going to be anybody else playing this game so long after release? But then there was! And they were nice and guided me to scarf upgrades and came back for me every time I got lost or stuck! And it was as lovely as everyone says, thank you so much for giving me the push to finally try it
>No one lives under the lighthousePlease tell me I'm not the only one who struggled with the
chase sequences. Every time I was seeing the monster's pov I really struggled to make out what I was looking at, especially which way my guy was facing so I kept accidentally running straight into the monster.Those moments aside I really enjoyed it. A really solid faux-PS1 style that doesn't use that as an excuse to completely phone in the graphics, I had no idea what was going on but the vibes were more than enough to carry the experience.
TLDR: I'm having a great time and I love you all! Definitely going to keep working my way through the rest of the list.
No. 522403
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I dont know how to say this without sounding like a shill but whatever. Ive been playing the Animal crossing city folk deluxe mod and its so fun. Especially playing it with my ps4 controller instead of the wiimote (more comfortable imo). The mod fixes sooo many problems that people have always complained about with this game, most notably the fast grass decay that leaves your town looking like a desert when you play everyday. It also adds a lot of small QOL things as well as adding 200+ villagers from previous and newer games. I just like this mod a lot and havent seen anybody here talk about it so.. yeah. I recommend it, very nice, very fun. I think city folk is super underrated and overhated and this mod really polishes it and lets it shine.
No. 522438
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I always loved this game, but after playing the talos principle 2 and realizing that the protagonist of the first game is actually a female android made me love the first game even more.
of course the redditards disregard this, because "gender was never mentioned" even though other characters refer to her as "she". Oh, sweet, sweet Copium
Anyways, if you want a good, challenging puzzle game, try the talos principle.
No. 522451
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>>521878I don't know how you feel about guides nonna but you may enjoy Meruru (and the other arland games) if you used one. But as another anon suggested, you could try one of the newer titles as well since time limits aren't much of a thing now.
For reference: the dusk trilogy has 2 games with time limits that are pretty lax imo, Ayesha has an overall time limit that you have to finish the main story, afterwards letting you fuck around until the time limit runs out. The second game, Escha and Logy, has deadlines for tasks and so long as you complete the main ones you'll be fine and tbh I preferred this type of time limit. I don't remember if either games have missable character events, but I don't think Ayesha did? Then the 3rd game, Shallie, completely removed the time limit and progression is chapter-based instead. Allowing you to freely do whatever you want until you're ready to move on to the next chapter.
The mysterious trilogy doesn't have time limits either, except for Firis, which has a temporary time limit but once you complete the task for that you're free to do whatever.
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I got Rimworld's Royalty and Ideology DLC from sale, (only playing with former + some mods now as to not get overwhelmed), and I feel like I'm getting suckered into a bottomless timesink again. Send help.
No. 523436
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The game itself is shit from what I've heard but
>rewrite of the damsel in distress held captive by an animal into a talented girl that makes friends with said animal
>actually looks 13 and isn't sexualized or glamorized (the bar is in hell butkeep in mind it's a japanese game)
>BANGER songs and great voice
>game serves to give her a backstory (finally)
>silly little dance in reference to her first ever sprite's animation
>she's having fun
Good job Nintendus
No. 524162
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Many such cases
No. 524164
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No. 524348
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A revenant is completely destroying my colony. My weapons don't even scratch it, and it just keeps hypnotizing my colonists one bby one. It got to 4/6 before I gave up and reloaded. Now I'm save scumming to try to kill it before it gets the 3rd but it's been over an hour and nothing works. This colony was going so well but it looks like it's doomed.
No. 525217
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>>525152They did update the base game alongside the release of Odyssey. I haven't read it but here's the changelog that was linked in the post I screenshotted:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vRCjqVtPQDFGu4POiKTUd_8o3U2Asdhx99SOvcgU66ABdYtk3Cgndd53yJ6BC4tZX530pp_m6lf4Z9P/pub?pli=1 No. 525387
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Are there any games with trading elements that are worth trying out? I like to play stuff with in-game economies and allows you to trade with players and build up worth. I currently play Animal Jam and Everskies for this but I'd really like to move onto other games. The game doesn't have to be solely trading, but if it has a healthy economy that would be nice.
No. 525411
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>>525217I know but it's really nothing major.
No. 525460
>>525122Because many older Americans are scared of foreign cultures and their creations, and think that they'd be "unappealing" to the core U.S. market. Despite that media itself often being based on content originally American in origin.
This has, of course, changed over time, with Japanese media becoming more prevalent especially in current year. This is especially thanks to American movie studios hiring some of the most incompetent people imaginable, and Western animation being decapitated by the city of Boston.
Though every once and a while you get some senile boomer or some reactionary dumbasses who thinks the year is 2015 still and that anime is just a pedo fad that only neck beards in their mothers basements actually like who then try to "make things more western" despite anime already "winning" the "culture war" (calling it winning like culture is some kind of competition is dumb I know but still).
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>>525122>>525460Those are parodies of 90's localizations when that "raditude" stuff was all over US culture. It's less common these days. The opposite sometimes happens when US stuff gets "cute" makeover for Japanese audience.