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Topic | What four board games are on the Board Games Mount Rushmore? |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 8:34:58 PM #29 | The problem with board games is that there's really three distinct eras of board games - the ancient ones that are universal (chess, go etc), the 'classics' that every family has in their closet (monopoly, clue) and the modern ones that are way better than the classics (catan and everything onward) |
Topic | What four board games are on the Board Games Mount Rushmore? |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 8:24:00 PM #20 | actually nevermind I'll just go with Go Chess Checkers Mancala lol |
Topic | What four board games are on the Board Games Mount Rushmore? |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 8:21:39 PM #18 | trying to figure out if Dominion, Codenames, or 7 Wonders count as board games or not I ain't fucking voting for Monopoly jesus christ |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 5:53:25 PM #336 | Water Sport Division 38 Slowbro 34 Crustle 33 Gligar 30 Zangoose 9 Lokix -2 Runerigus -8 Garbodor -13 Bastiodon -47 Beheeyem -73 Bruxish Electro Web Division 39 Drilbur 28 Mabosstiff 17 Sneasler 12 Dewgong 9 Koffing 6 Finizen 4 Fezandipiti -21 Silicobra -30 Pincurchin -63 Purugly Star of the Day: Drilbur Wait, what??? DRILBUR won a division? It had two gen 1 mons in it even! Dud of the Day: Runerigus I dunno who to give this to but honestly I thought this guy would do a lot better Fun fact: Bruxish is probably the most universally voted-on Pokemon so far with 38 out of 43 ballots weighing in, and that will probably hold true for all of one day until we get Enamorus's results in Fun fact: You're all monsters what did Pincurchin do to you |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D16 ft. Honedge, Victini, Girafarig, Sirfetch'd [PotY] |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 5:31:42 PM #33 | TRIPLE DIVE +3 Enamorus +2 Buneary +1 Carbink -1 Crocalor -2 Duosion -3 Squawkabilly HYPER BEAM +3 Vivillon +2 Sirfetch'd +1 Falinks -1 Oinkologne -2 Chewtle -3 Patrat |
Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Sisters (1-2) |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 4:20:56 AM #17 | I have always found it really funny that for as much reputation as Edgeworth has for the 'updated autopsy report', that's literally a thing he only ever does once. 1-2 is the only time we see Edgeworth's darker side in real time - he gets so immediately cut down to size by the witnesses in 1-3 that we never really see it again. It's kind of a shame - one of the things 1-2 does incredibly well is just how QUICKLY it establishes Edgeworth as a character, that by the end of the case everyone who plays it is like, "he's objecting again? That's classic Edgeworth!" That's what makes 1-1 and 1-2 so difficult for me to rate. They're weak, by comparison to the amazing heights that this series reaches pretty consistently starting immediately after this case, but they're undeniably effective at establishing the series. |
Topic | VG Character of the 2000s Quarterfinals: Phoenix Wright vs. Zidane Tribal |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 3:39:58 AM #34 | Phoenix |
Topic | Best Game of 1995 R3 Day 4 *With Donkey Kong Country 2 and Panel de Pon!* |
Paratroopa1 03/22/24 2:54:40 AM #15 | Donkey Kong Country 2 Panel de Pon |
Topic | Dragon's Dogma 2 currently at 'Mostly Negative' on Steam |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 11:46:55 PM #11 | That said the game probably does suck |
Topic | Dragon's Dogma 2 currently at 'Mostly Negative' on Steam |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 11:46:36 PM #9 | Basically every Capcom game is getting review bombed to shit and back on Steam so it's probably worth taking with at least a little grain of salt |
Topic | Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 5: FAIRY |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 11:33:46 PM #15 | Fairy is my favorite type lol |
Topic | Best Pokemon Type by Generation, Day 5: FAIRY |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 10:18:10 PM #7 | I feel really bad for Togekiss getting handcuffed to Mime Jr anyway gen 7 was an easy pick because it has my #1 favorite pokemon and #8 favorite pokemon of all time in it |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 10:06:26 PM #330 | Bounsweet is awesome, sorry |
Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Sisters (1-2) |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 8:04:11 PM #4 | As far as rating on a 1-10 scale goes, you take whatever people decide to give you, whatever their criteria is. It's gonna be subjective, that's just how it is |
Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Sisters (1-2) |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 8:03:17 PM #3 | 4/10 It's a weird case. Mia's death is an awesome, shocking hook for the series to start off with, and the series in general starts to find its groove here in terms of writing. I really like the development of Phoenix and Maya's relationship. But the murder mystery is deeply lame, Redd White is such a lame villain for the position he has, and the ending to the case sucks, not because Mia comes back (that seemed dumb at the time but no longer does) but because Redd White giving up because of a list of names is silly and feels unearned. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D15 ft. Gligar, Zangoose, Drilbur, Sneasler |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 6:58:29 PM #34 | For the record, yes, that is a valid Sneasler vote. too valid, really |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 6:16:54 PM #322 | Sand Tomb Division 69 Houndoom 40 Trevenant 16 Eelektross 10 Trapinch (Tiebreaker) 10 Herdier 8 Flaaffy -19 Frillish -31 Gimmighoul -43 Bramblin -60 Rellor Max Darkness Division 42 Aggron 29 Banette 28 Wailord 21 Nidoqueen 11 Wobbuffet 9 Wo-Chien -27 Bounsweet (Tiebreaker) -27 Togedemaru -32 Swanna -52 Ambipom I double-checked my numbers and they should be correct. Star of the Day: Trevenant I guess I could give it to Houndoom (nice) but we've had so few good results by anything later than gen 5 that it feels worth celebrating that Trevenant took a solid 2nd place here. Dud of the Day: Togedemaru Might be the worst performance we get out of an electric rodent, but there's still a few to come. This was a pretty tough division in my estimation but getting bounced by Bounsweet has to hurt. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D15 ft. Gligar, Zangoose, Drilbur, Sneasler |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 4:50:31 PM #29 | Water Sport Division +3 Bruxish +2 Runerigus +1 Crustle -1 Gligar -2 Garbodor -3 Beheeyem Electroweb Division +3 Pincurchin +2 Finizen +1 Fezandipiti -1 Drilbur -2 Mabosstiff -3 Koffing |
Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: The First Turnabout (1-1) |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 2:05:53 AM #18 | 3/10 I'm giving it like, two pity points here for a simple reason: I've never seen anyone play 1-1 and come away from it not wanting to immediately play more. It's a good tutorial and it introduces people to the game and people almost always enjoy it. That said, like, there's nothing here, really. It's got 'pilot episode' writing all over it. It'd be a 1/10 if not for the fact that I think it serves its purpose really well. |
Topic | Fill in the Blank 232 - You Know What They Say, ___ |
Paratroopa1 03/21/24 1:03:20 AM #22 | All toasters toast toast |
Topic | Best Game on 1995 R3 Day 3 *With Yoshi's Island and Mega Man X2!* |
Paratroopa1 03/20/24 10:01:49 PM #11 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Mega Man X2 |
Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: The First Turnabout (1-1) |
Paratroopa1 03/20/24 7:57:19 PM #4 | I'm not sure if I should rank stuff with the scale being 1 is "the worst Ace Attorney case" and 10 is "the best Ace Attorney case" or the scale being 1 is "a bad thing" and 10 is "a great thing" Since probably none of the cases in the franchise are worse than like a 5/10 enjoyment |
Topic | Best Game of 1995 R3 Day 2 **With Earthbound and Mega Man 7!** |
Paratroopa1 03/20/24 4:59:56 AM #21 | Earthbound Mega Man 7 |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/20/24 4:50:17 AM #315 | Yeah, but anyone who voted Pansear could have really been thinking of Pansage, too, so who can say? |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/20/24 1:01:16 AM #313 | By the way, there was a vote for Pansear that someone wrote as Pansage instead - I still counted it for Pansear instead of invalidating the ballot, but be careful not to type the name of another Pokemon lol |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 10:41:07 PM #307 | Houndstone was also really divisive, 16 positive votes, 12 negative votes, 13 neutral votes. All over the place Gholdengo appeared on more ballots than Gyarados did! Gyarados had 29. (Almost universally positive.) |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 10:37:03 PM #304 | FLOATY FALL DIVISION 71 Entei 47 Vileplume 43 Litten 14 Meloetta -8 Voltorb -13 Mothim -24 Klink -29 Swalot -42 Shiinotic -59 Pansear DARK VOID DIVISION 52 Gyarados 32 Lanturn 25 Wooper 12 Seviper 6 Houndstone -13 Gholdengo -14 Machop -16 Vigoroth -18 Malamar -66 Igglybuff Star of the Day: Vileplume I could give it to Entei for that blowout, but raise your hand if you had Vileplume getting 47 points, even in a weak division. Dud of the Day: Lanturn I know I gave the other 2nd place finisher star, but you just won 'kill the gen 2 Pokemon', this is kind of a limp result considering! Fun fact: Gholdengo is almost preposterously divisive, maybe the most divisive Pokemon so far. Out of 41 ballots he appeared on a whopping 30 of them, with exactly 15 positive votes and exactly 15 negative votes, left off of just 11 ballots. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D14 ft. Houndoom, Trapinch, Wailord, Wobbuffet |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 10:10:29 PM #3 | SAND TOMB +3 Eelektross +2 Trapinch +1 Flaaffy -1 Herdier -2 Houndoom -3 Rellor MAX DARKNESS +3 Wo-Chien +2 Nidoqueen +1 Swanna -1 Togedemaru -2 Wobbuffet -3 Ambipom |
Topic | Void Stranger |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 10:01:06 PM #78 | What makes this even more frustrating for me is that I LIKED the sokoban puzzles. Like, some people really don't enjoy the basic puzzle solving in this game but I actually did... THE FIRST TIME. Only on the first playthrough. After that? I was done with that shit. I didn't want to do the 'hard mode' puzzles and looked up a lot of solutions, and I really think the game would have been much better if there were even more shortcuts and more ways to hop around the game freely. |
Topic | Void Stranger |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 7:32:56 PM #75 | VintageGin posted... Honestly though I just really love Ourer Wilds/The Witness/Tunic and I feel I've been chasing the same high I got from those gamesAgreed, Outer Wilds is my #1 game of all time, The Witness is like a top 10-20 game, and Tunic is definitely a top 100 game for me also although I have some more problems with Tunic - I really wish that the powerup cards you find actually did more useful things, so that if you could solve the puzzle of 'what do they do' that could be a sort of alternate wincon to the game's otherwise unnecessarily hard combat - I don't know why the combat in the game is so hard if you can't solve it by figuring out the game's puzzles. Tunic is so good otherwise though so I kinda wish it was just the like 5% more of the way to being perfect But yeah I am basically chasing after more games that are like Outer Wilds and The Witness which are both 10/10 games for me and unfortunately Void Stranger LOOKS like it's going to get there at times but it doesn't quite put it all together. Some of the ideas this game has are AWESOME but the whole package is frustrating |
Topic | Void Stranger |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 7:30:04 PM #74 | I did get to the brand room (pain in the ass, honestly I got halfway through figuring out the solution and then I was like, "okay I get it, I'm just gonna look it up now" because I was kinda over it) but I must have missed that somehow? I'm not sure how I missed that. |
Topic | Mafia Champs invitation 2024 |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 7:10:27 PM #25 | SirChris posted... Have we really had like 5 finalists? wow gamefaqs stay winning.we have cultivated a culture of being really good at arguing vociferously while looking smart and being mostly correct, and that's what counts |
Topic | Mafia Champs invitation 2024 |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 6:40:33 PM #19 | Also technically I should say we were GameFAQs reps and not b8, I guess we get to speak for all of GameFAQs lol |
Topic | Best villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 6:33:59 PM #30 | Yeah I think if we're including Netflix shows my ranking of villains is Kilgrave 1, Kingpin 1a lol. Those guys both absolutely crushed their roles As far as just the movies/Disney+ series go though Vulture's my fave, followed by I guess Thanos even though it's a boring answer but he IS really good but Thanos is never as threatening or scary as Michael Keaton in the car. holy s h i t |
Topic | Mafia Champs invitation 2024 |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 6:29:27 PM #15 | wallmasterz posted... Lea is a good choice.Dels outright won season 4 of champs as the b8 rep, I was a finalist in season 5 as the b8 rep, but I am pretty firmly retired from mafia now and I don't think Dels is doing it anymore either lol I wanna say we've had some other people be backups before, I think IGCD might have been in once? idk if I'm making that up though it's been a while since I've thought about champs |
Topic | Mafia Champs invitation 2024 |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 6:22:42 PM #7 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote] If you do actually wanna do it I'd support it |
Topic | Void Stranger |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 6:19:37 PM #71 | I still have to go back and finish this game but I'm still feeling dissatisfied with the fact that This game is extremely cool but also deeply frustrating, I really don't know how to evaluate it |
Topic | Madame Web reviews: "It is the Cats: The Movie of superhero movies" |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 5:28:35 PM #485 | Anagram posted... Don't. The only funny-bad part is the villain's ADR.Not to be LMS, but I listened to a podcast the other day where they actually did have the take that Madame Web is a funny-bad masterpiece and I thought it was interesting since most people have been kinda 'whatever' about it |
Topic | Best villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 4:46:39 PM #26 | It's super funny to call David Tennant's character Purple Man because it's impossible to say Purple Man without sounding like you're giving a meme name to Thanos |
Topic | Yes! A Great Ace Attorney Chronicles playthrough topic |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 7:34:02 AM #129 | Summation Examinations are fun, but I dunno, the jury just doesn't really hit for me for whatever reason. |
Topic | Best villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 2:28:26 AM #2 | Oh, well, you said what I was gonna say in the first post |
Topic | Fill in the Blank 230: Air ___ |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 2:26:37 AM #37 | Man |
Topic | Does anyone here like Undertake? |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 1:36:47 AM #50 | Oh I'm glad to hear you actually did kind of come around on it at the end, that's cool |
Topic | Best Game of 1995 Round 3 Day 1 **With Chrono Trigger and Tekken 2!** |
Paratroopa1 03/19/24 12:48:00 AM #20 | Chrono Trigger Kirby's Dream Land 2 |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D13: ft. Entei, Litten, Gyarados, Wooper [PotY] |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 11:01:55 PM #24 | Floaty Fall Division +3 Meloetta +2 Mothim +1 Litten -1 Pansear -2 Klink -3 Shiinotic Dark Void Division +3 Lanturn +2 Wooper +1 Seviper -1 Vigoroth -2 Houndstone -3 Gholdengo |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 10:57:56 PM #295 | Defog Division 57 Snorlax 38 Groudon 35 Incineroar 16 Weezing -2 Alcremie -14 Magmar (Tiebreaker) -14 Cinderace -27 Exeggcute -36 Unown -53 Milcery Malicious Moonsault Division 55 Flygon 42 Sandile 37 Weavile 24 Wooloo 23 Arbok -9 Doublade -16 Yamper -40 Scream Tail -45 Hoopa -71 Clamperl Star of the Day: Sandile Neither division winner set their divisions on fire, so I'll give the nod to Sandile for a pretty solid performance for a gen 5 unevolved mon. It's no Joltik but pretty good! Dud of the Day: Magmar At this point, Cinderace is just doing par for the course for later-game starters, but Magmar put up one of the most lacking performances by a fully evolved gen 1 mon yet. Running 30 points behind Weezing? |
Topic | Yes! A Great Ace Attorney Chronicles playthrough topic |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 7:16:54 PM #125 | andylt posted... I think McGilded not hiring a lawyer is pretty silly given how quickly the jury defaults to guilty early in the case, and the Summation Examination presumably wouldn't have been thought of at all by anyone other than Susato. But late in the case, we see how adept he is at manipulating the jury and the public with his efficient dismantling and framing of Fairplay and Furst. My guess is he would've been perfectly competent defending himself, and would've initiated the tricks earlier on if necessary, but for some reason decides to take a backseat when Ryunosuke jumps on board.Yeah, like, McGilded seems like he was actually in pretty serious danger of things going against him. What the fuck was his actual plan here if he didn't have an attorney? I seriously don't get it? And this is NOT a minor issue with the case that can be handwaved away, imo - the entire CASE is about how McGilded masterminded this whole conspiracy, so if his master plan doesn't make sense from the very beginning it really puts a huge dent in the whole thing for me. |
Topic | Yes! A Great Ace Attorney Chronicles playthrough topic |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 6:24:04 PM #118 | TeamRocketElite posted... While the true reason is likely to deceive the player, I feel the game does give an in-universe reason for it. McGilded had a public facing persona where he pretends to be a super amazing guy. Stuff like building public libraries. He was wildly adored by the public. I feel like the act is part of that face he shows the public.But that doesn't really connect for me to why he wouldn't have a lawyer. I get that they're trying to sell the whole Reaper of the Bailey thing (cautious of spoilers here since I think it's safe to say this plotline is not resolved) but that doesn't actually explain why he wouldn't be able to bribe a lawyer? It's not like the lawyers are in danger, as far as we know! Why does he need to hook a rookie into this? Why does he WANT to hook a rookie into this? Wouldn't that just put him at greater risk of getting found guilty? I really DON'T get it |
Topic | Yes! A Great Ace Attorney Chronicles playthrough topic |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 5:51:27 PM #115 | 3 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 4 I could go either way on the top two, neither are top tier cases for me. McGilded is great but I have lingering issues with 3 - I don't really understand McGilded's plan in the beginning, why he's all sad sack about not having a lawyer and then asking Ryunosuke to defend him, like, if he was masterminding the whole thing from the very start and saw himself as never being in any danger of getting found guilty, then I don't understand how any of that fits into it and it just feels like it's meant to mislead us. Also while the feature characters in GAA are great, I sort of hate all the bit players - like, McGilded, Gina, and Van Zieks are all fantastic but I don't like any of the jury or minor witnesses and that kind of hurts things. 5, people have gone over it before. I don't mind the cat flap thing and I like most of the stuff this case does, and the Skulkins are better bit parts than the other ones in this game. It isn't as great as other 'epic' cases though and feels like it sets up more mysteries than it answers which is sort of annoying for what's supposed to be a climax. Still, most of what it does it executes well. 1 could have been a great intro case, one of the best, if not for the fact that it grinds to an absolute halt over the plate switching thing. It's painfully easy to call what happened, and I thought it was only going to take me a single present to explain it, but then there's like another hour of cross-examining witnesses over it! Painful. I guess they wanted to bring back the witnesses in this one at the end but it wasn't necessary. The whole trick with the poison and such would have been a far better way to end what was a great case up until then. 2 is just the Herlock Sholmes show. It's mostly pretty bad, but Herlock carries it on his shoulders. I don't hate the premise or the characters but it's a little weak and it feels like the game is still stuck in tutorial mode when it doesn't need to be. 4 is probably my least favorite case in the franchise! The characters are such awful and lame caricatures, like I'm playing a Layton game instead of an AA game, and the murder mystery's lame too, it all feels like a big asinine joke, like I'm playing Ace Attorney Junior instead of a real Ace Attorney game. I was feeling REALLY down about this game after this case, but fortunately it picks itself back up after this and never feels like this again. |
Topic | Pokemon of the Year: Hub topic |
Paratroopa1 03/18/24 2:10:01 AM #273 | Simisear once took dead last place in a japanese popularity poll |
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