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I loved Tunic. GotY 2022.

I just love how much of it feels like a proper homage to Zelda 1, manual and all. In a lot of ways it captured the feel of not really knowing how a game works when you're still young and new to things.

The boss fights were a little rough around the edges, but overall the experience of figuring things out little by little was amazing.

I think 8-12% is pretty normal for a step up the ladder. More than that means you were probably underpaid in your previous position.

Also yeah, going in the June heat sounds miserable. I was briefly there a month ago and it was already too hot for my liking.

There's a pretty neat three-in-one cocktail bar called Century Grand. Kinda pricy though, and probably requires reservations ahead of time unless you're going alone.

Anyone here have any recs? I think we have some people from Malaysia here?

I know East Malaysia won't work with the timing, but planing to visit KL, Penang, and Lang Kawi.

Also yeah, I think that GN video is what I was thinking of regarding IBP

If you're still near SF, you might want to pop in to Central Computers to check things out there. Not sure if they do prebuilds, but the guy I spoke to was pretty knowledgeable when I was picking up a 4070S for my wife's computer.

I feel like I haven't heard the best things about ibuypower, but I don't really see anything necessarily wrong with that build?

Probably the most emotional credits sequence of all time

I can't say that Void Stranger is a game I would recommend to anyone

Despite appreciating what it is

Leafeon13N posted...

This was a common thread way back when I was trying the game. Lots of people saying it is a short 1 sitting experience.

I'm guessing they were strictly following guides of some sort.

What? I've literally never seen anyone say this about the game.

I've seen people say that because it's a game that is gated by knowledge, that technically it can be finished very quickly. But never as a representation of actual expected game time.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

I never got out of the starter planet because the jetpack controls were so horrifically bad. Came to the decision that there was nothing the game could do to make it worth it.

Will probably watch a playthrough one day.

Were you playing with keyboard/mouse or controller? The game recommends controller, but I think the kb/m controls are actually more intuitive.

Big_Bob posted...

I made a solid effort to like Outer Wilds, but really, I think it's just not the game for people who aren't into exploring for the sake of exploring. I prefer following objectives, in which case the game is terrible at pointing you in the right direction. I got frustrated and fed up with playing it.

Sure, the game is atmospheric and unique, but I found it too vague to enjoy.

I think it's pretty good if you open up the "Rumor Mode" in your ship's log/map. Pretty much every place has some sort of clue, and if you haven't seen everything in an area it will say "There's more to explore here".

The game doesn't really point you in a particular direction in the beginning because there's multiple ways to arrive at the clues you need.

I wouldn't bother with trying to do all of the sidequests/content, but that's just me

I doubt that guy has anything to do with ads. That would probably be tied to the ad ops/monetization team, and those people are likely not interacting with users at all.

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Paratroopa1 posted...

transience posted...
I'd probably play a new Blow game. I'm not that black and white -- but when a big appeal of the rerelease is Blow narrating the game, I'm out.
Yeah same

Similar for me. I think Braid was also just not as impactful to me as The Witness was, so I'm far less interested in revisiting it. And Blow's narration is not exactly adding any appeal.

But yeah, I'd probably play a new game from him.

I have considered just giving Fortnite a shot simply because of its continued staying power

But I don't think any IP in particular would draw me

Maybe Goemon lol

+3 Super Meat Boy
+2 VVVVVV
+1 Jumper
+1 Jumper 2

You probably got a varietal that's more neutral in flavor/fragrance and intended more as a filler grain than a significant component of the meal. I'd probably say use it in soups or stews.

If you want, maybe get some jasmine and or basmati to compare, as those are also long grain and will give you an idea of the difference.

Personally I tend to use medium grain rice like calrose (although I'll get jasmine if that's all I can find) because that's the texture/taste I'm used to.

Played a bit more and...I don't think this game is good

Played maybe an hour and a half

I'm not sure how I feel about the monsters being explicitly real in this game

I feel like the first game made it intentionally ambiguous as to whether all the monsters and fantasy elements were actually real or just exaggerations of reality based on Senua's mental state

Mr. Evrart is helping me find my gun.

Yeah kinda surprised you got there without anything else.

You can do repeated bubble jumps (creating a new bubble at almost the same time as you jump off).

It's tricky in terms of timing but I think that's your only real option.

Is that the only item you have?

MoogleKupo141 posted...

I think TotK may be better in a vacuum, but BotW felt more special. I played a ton of both, but I petered out on TotK before fully completing it.

Yeah, this is pretty much how I feel.

TotK technically had more "content", but not sure it was a net gain in terms of enjoyment. I also was not a huge fan of building in general, so the core mechanics were not as fun as the more basic abilities BotW had.

Not a single Kim, Park, or Lee huh

Guessing there's not a lot of East Asians at this college

I didn't end up bothering with those since I'd only found five naturally and would've definitely had to use a guide to get the rest, which sorta defeats the purpose.

Just a heads up that one of them is not possible to get on your own: The mural

Male: Amir
Female: Priya
Last: Patel, Kim

The 5 cat item was actually the last item I found. Just could not find those codes.

The item was fine, but I felt like it was a little limited in terms of applications.

I thought so too but I actually grabbed a different match that's a little bit after that one and backtracked.

Yeah I had the same feeling when I realized. Fortunately it's apparently just a bonus and not anything important.

If you are missing a match, there's one near the very beginning that's easy to miss. It's right above the platform that you have to raise with a crank.

Depends on what you mean by full

Kenri posted...

ESA is really good but if you want to 100% it without using guides, good luck. Some of the latter parts of that game are incredibly obtuse.

Yeah, Animal Well is kinda like this which is why I'm not gonna 100% it. Some of the "layer 3" puzzles are set up so that you don't even realize they're puzzles, and I expect ESA is probably the same way.

Whatever brewed coffee they have available with no cream or sugar

I've never known it to mean specifically dark roast

foolm0r0n posted...

it's the Baba Is You guy

Ok now I'm intrigued

If anyone is still reading this:

Has anyone played Environmental Station Alpha? I'm seeing people compare Animal Well to it, but this is literally the first I'm hearing of it.

Used a guide to find the last six eggs and got the second ending.

There's still more to do (I apparently need 15 more rabbits), but I think that stuff is probably deeper than I want to delve in this game.

Might just read about what I'm missing.

More post credits stuff

Wheel get. I guess I just need to finish my egg collection now.

I played it on Switch which has the benefit of switching to touchscreen as needed

I don't think precision was super necessary but might make for a more enjoyable experience

I do not think it is worth going that way (and I also tried).

I ended up coming from the other direction and it also wasn't helpful, but I have a hunch as to why.

foolm0r0n posted...

Just got here lol. Gonna try it later but it doesn't seem too bad.

And I got the 32 egg item and also don't know where to use it. There was one place that I thought made a lot of sense but it did nothing. Those cubes with a face on them in the water area

Yeah, it wound up not being so bad. My main issue was that I thought I had to disc jump climb, which is unnecessarily difficult. Don't ask why I thought that was the right approach.

For the 32 egg item, there's one room near the bottom left of the map where it's important and will allow you to figure out where to use it.

More progress. Got tired of looking for the final match and looked it up, only to find out I missed the very first one in the game.

Got the UV Lantern and the B. Ball. I hate the B. Ball.

Post-credits progress

51/64 eggs
8/9 candles lit
4/??? rabbits
3/5? cats

I have the Remote, B.B. Wand, S. Medallion (used), and one K. Fragment (used)

azuarc posted...

If the worst part to a game that has weapon durability somehow isn't the weapon durability, you've done something horribly, horribly wrong

Not really sure what you mean by this.

Anyway Animal Well is good. I honestly don't want to say too much about it because there's some fun surprises. As I mentioned before, there's no real combat, so that's something to consider-- it is mostly puzzles and platforming.

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Dunkey is cringe but also why are yall getting all "Well actually" on some indie game getting acclaim when stuff like BotW and TotK get 10/10s heaved onto them and nobody bats an eye lol

This has just become a topic of people hating on games I loved

(Well, BotW, not TotK)

I've been doing some post-credits stuff and I don't know what I'm doing any more

I've gotten two rabbits, I guess? I also clearly need to find the last match and light the last candle to open a door...though I no longer have any idea where that candle is.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e46eebaa.jpg
lmao ok fuck you game

Wanglicious posted...

the praise is coming because of who the publisher is.
big mode is dunkey's project of going from youtuber to gaming publisher and this is their first game released. basically he made a promise that games released here would be of a certain quality and he's living up to his standards.

I saw this at Day of the Devs before Dunkey launched his publisher business, so that really doesn't have anything to do with it for me.

MacArrowny posted...

some people thought Tunic was a 10/10 too. I don't get it

Tunic is probably a 10/10 game for me, but I love meta-puzzlers like that, and I have very fond memories of the Zelda 1 instruction manual.