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andylt posted...

I think Stunky, Skorupi, Croagunk and Salandit are all better than their evos! (I'm in the minority with Skorupi > Drapion I'm sure)

I mean that's fair enough. I can see why someone may not like Drapion all that much. He is a bit weird looking. Skorupi is pretty cool, it's just that I don't think you ever really encounter him early in any of the games. Probably would be able to appreciate it more if it appeared slightly earlier.

They're all decent, but aside from Salandit, I think each one of them has a much better evolution. Went with Skorupi as my choice though.

Beware the Ides of March.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

Yes. You have to be a female to work under Hololive. They have a male side called Holostars. Most of the people that are vtubers just do it because they don't want people to see them irl. In Japan it can lead to issues for family members and people will doxx them if they know who they really are.

That first sentence isn't entirely true since their recent calls for auditions have explicitly stated you can apply regardless of gender. That said, it probably is unlikely they'd hire a male performer to play a female character. But at least publicly they say gender doesn't matter.

I've never even left the timezone I was born in.

Sictis posted...

I wish I could get into Xcom, but I can't tolerate the bullshit.

There's really not much bullshit if you know what you're doing. That's kind of the whole point. You're trying to mitigate how much of a factor the RNG actually is.

Shotgunnova posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/7/AABhrNAADB59.jpg

It's amazing how these owners can make us all wait through that dumbass lockout and then when the season does get underway they're allowed to blatantly not compete. These guys should 100% be forced to sell their teams.

dancing_cactuar posted...

Surprised it was Laplus that got this, but I'm fairly surprised at how big her channel's popping off in general though. Gen 6, barely 4 months old channel, and she's just rolling in them subscribers at this point.

They probably offered it to her because she's really into DC comics. She was even doing a watchalong of Wonder Woman last week and showing off some figures she has.

They were so close last year. I think it's very possible. Of course a number of the teams they're gonna be competing against did get better too. The Angels got slightly better and should have Trout back. Astros are coming off a World Series appearance, they've got Verlander back, and they may be getting Correa back as well. So they'll still be tough. The Blue Jays got significantly better even after losing Semien. The Yankees are probably a bit better with the trade they just made too.

Should be a fun race again, but with a bit more leeway now with the extra spot.

The sequel trilogy was bad and I think Star Wars games had a period of major stagnation. But other than those things, I'm satisfied with everything else that's happened to Star Wars since Disney acquired it.

There appears to be a ton of great mods for it now. I've been meaning to play it again for some time.

I only beat 2. Have to revisit the first game some day. I got it, Pikmin, and Melee all at once when I got the Gamecube on Christmas in 2001. But I never beat the first two games, or even played them much. I played the hell out of Melee though. 3 looks fun.

I never understood why Dark Moon got so much hate though. I thought it was great.

Some great choices here, but I gotta go with Espurr.

ProboBum posted...

Ah okay yeah I might get the DLCs at some point, but it sounds like it's not really necessary.

I mean if you end up enjoying the game itself, there's really no reason not to get all the DLCs too. Of course they're not necessary, but they're all really good.

She's a big DC/Marvel fan and I know she and a couple others got to see an early screening of Spider-Man: No Way Home too. So it's not totally random. Hololive is big in Japan obviously.

Tyranthraxus posted...

The dungeons were the worst part of BotW with the exception of Hyrule Castle. If you're gonna have 8 of them, they need to be 8 different "Hyrule Castles"

I kind of like the Divine Beasts, but Hyrule Castle definitely does reflect the game's theme of exploration perfectly. I think the ideal game has a mix between the traditional Zelda dungeons and ones like Hyrule Castle. And then they can keep a number of shrines as well to have something devoted primarily to puzzle solving. Just maybe not 120 of them.

Questionmarktarius posted...

LOZ has nine dungeons and five heart containers laying around. BOTW has 120 garbage shrines and 900 kurok turds laying around. All we've gained is bloat and tedium.

I mean what constitutes bloat and tedium is up to the player. Open world games are polarizing. Someone could easily say parts of LOZ are tedious as well.

I've played most of the games in the series at this point, and after replaying BOTW last month, I think it's definitely my favorite. But it's not for everyone obviously.

Frozen Hillside from Kirby Air Ride for some reason.

I will say the minigame I probably hated the most in the series is the Goron Dance from Oracle of Ages. Especially because you're required to do it to progress.

I'd also say Bombchu Bowling probably. Fishing in OoT is fun too even if it doesn't exactly have much depth.

The bowling game in BOTW is neat too. Never even knew it existed till I had beaten the game though.

Also remember the pitch clock and shift ban don't actually exist yet as far as I know. MLBPA just gave MLB permission to implement those things if they want to. They probably will, but it might not be right away.

whitelytning posted...

Im surprised the shift thing is popular. It seems like the real baseball fans dont like that the game is strike outs or HRs now so I would think instead of banning the shift you would just want players hit to the opposite field or bunt and get on base instead of continuing to swing for the fences.

Not all players can do those things. And even then, the consensus is that analytics say doing those actually isn't optimal and that hitting over the shift is. Home Runs have much higher value than anything else.

Lots of trades and free agent signings incoming this weekend I imagine.

BanhMi posted...

Ok, cool. Thanks. Yeah, I really have no idea what I'm doing with the facilities. I went heavy with labs at the end for faster research, but it seems I'm about out of stuff to research now lol.

I went with Ghost armor for my Sniper, because once in a blue moon an enemy would actually drop next to my Sniper and attack him. I figured this would let me go ghost and would also let my Sniper grapple up to high roof tops to get height bonus. From what I read, archangel height bonus doesn't benefit the Sniper? It didn't seem clear to me anyway based on what people were saying.

I think the description isn't worded right because you do get the bonus while flying. It even stacks with the Damn Good Ground perk that Snipers can get. At least I remember it working like that.

I guess not having full Plasma is a bit odd. And you're quite low on Elerium. Personally, I don't think you needed to get a full array of Ghost Armor. Archangel is much better for your Sniper obviously. And most of the rest can just roll with Titan.

Also you really went crazy with Laboratories. I've never seen anyone build even close to that many. I recall most players placing a lot more value on Workshops and building a lot more of those instead. The discounts you get from them are a big deal, but it looks like you managed to get by without them.

Anyway, you've essentially won the game at this point. It seems you're well past the point where XCOM becomes unstoppable. All you need to do is get the other Plasma Weapons and the PSI Armor for the Gollop Chamber and you're good to go. The final mission isn't that difficult. You will probably want a HEAT Ammo Heavy, but that's all I'll say.

PowerOats posted...

Sounds like they should have delayed it even longer

Was the campaign at least good?

I thought the campaign was great. It has some questionable story decisions, mainly in the sense that it doesn't build off of Halo 5 properly. Much like how Halo 5 did not build off of Halo 4 properly. The gameplay is excellent though.

Man perfect choice of music to really build up hype for this. I really enjoyed The Book of Boba Fett, and I like what both it and The Mandalorian have done to flesh out Tatooine. So I don't mind even more of it.

I haven't played in a month but I've kept some tabs. As far as I know they haven't added anything new. But I think some new gametypes and a couple maps are slated to be added soon. Co-op is still probably not coming out till summer unfortunately. Forge probably even longer. They said co-op will be coming at some point in Season 2, and Season 2 starts in May.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

To the 7 innings and runners on second? There were reports during the pandemic season that said the players liked it and they didn't like playing extra inning games either so anything that made it shorter was welcomed. I hated it but I'm of the opinion now that they should make the most extreme changes since nobody cares about the sport.

The problem with baseball is that it's perfectly understandable why most people would find it boring. Personally, I love it, so I don't want to see any drastic changes. That's why I'm not really sure how effective even some minor changes will be. The sport by its very nature is going to fail to appeal to a lot of people.

TheGoldenEel posted...

doesnt putting the ball in play with more outfield hits increase game time though?

Not necessarily. Obviously if a pitcher is getting absolutely shelled it could be longer. But an inning where a pitcher gives up say 2-3 hits could still end up being much shorter than one where he gets three strikeouts with a walk or two. Hitters are very patient and selective these days. Eliminating the shift might alleviate that need for extreme patience at least a little bit. The potential time-saving aspect of it doesn't matter that much to me though, but I do like the idea of hitters putting the ball in play more.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Absolutely fucking stupid to ban the shift

I had to look up what they meant because it seems so absurd to ban this

its like the owners are completely out of touch on why baseball is losing fans

It's another way to cut down on game time. With the rise in strikeouts, walks, and home runs, games take longer. Plus, I think many fans prefer seeing the ball in play more than the three true outcomes most of the time.

I think my opinion has changed on banning the shift. I still don't like the idea of banning strategies, but the game isn't really going to suffer with it gone. If anything it will probably get better since batters are either unwilling or unable to defeat the shift.

As for the pitch clock, that's obviously fine. Though I want to see them go after batters who constantly step out of the batter's box too because I think that eats up even more time than pitchers do.

I hope it stays a crocodile because I think the idea of it turning into a snake or dragon would be rather lame.

CommunismFTW posted...

I didn't like it, but fighting black oil spots with a foam gun was the opposite of fun to me. Refunded it after an hour or so.

Alien isolation was incredible.

That's not really at all what the game is about though. An hour isn't really long enough to give it a chance in my opinion.

RenescoStCewl posted...

How big are the levels going to be? Are they big and open like mario odyssey?

It seems like typical Kirby based on the demo. Linear levels that aren't particularly long.

I'm don't think I encounter many scenarios where I could do this, but I wouldn't anyway. Driving is already extremely dangerous as is. No need to add further risk.

IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Read A Confederacy of Dunces. Just do it man.

It's already on my list. Been putting together a list of things I do want to read if I can eventually get back into it.

I stopped reading books after high school then started up again in 2017. I read like 25 books in the span of a year and a half. And then I just completely stopped, and it's been three years since I've read a book. Don't know how exactly to will myself back into it.

TheOtherMike posted...

Yes, I used ice. I was still adjusting to the controls and was sucking at dodging. Idk what you're talking about with the shield though. I never saw anything like that, and he smacked me good with every attack I didn't dodge.

If you press and hold ZL or ZR as Ice Kirby it brings up an ice shield. Pressing it with the other copy abilities gives Kirby a dodging move as well.

masterpug53 posted...

I agree with the OP, and won't repeat the points it made because this argument has been done to death.

Certainly not a perfect mechanic - I like to think that if they'd doubled durability across the board it wouldn't have softened peoples' hatred of it. The unique Champion weapons were also a complete wash; they weren't powerful enough to justify going through the rigmarole of continuously reforging them, but they're still unique, so they end up getting filed into the 'megalixir' category of never-used space-wasters.

I liked Boulder Breaker, but even then you end up with a pocket full of two-handed weapons that are just as good or better. They should have done something with them to make them more unique and certainly much more powerful. In addition to some increased durability of course.

TheOtherMike posted...

I just finished the demo. Definitely fun, and I was surprised that the boss was more difficult than I expected. I beat him with just a sliver of health left. I'll probably wind up getting it.

Did you not use Ice? Deals really high damage with a continuous burst of ice, plus it has shield that appeared to work on all of his attacks.

It was a neat demo. Short though. I don't really know what to make of it in comparison to other Kirby games since I haven't played many.

I think it works for the game but it could use with some tweaking. Maybe increase the durability across the board but also make weapons harder to obtain. Or at the very least they could just make the Master Sword not break at all or give you an option to repair/increase the durability of weapons you enjoy using.

Personally, I'm okay with it being unchanged though if they bring the system back for BOTW2.

Total War: Warhammer 2

I almost never pick the Fire type. I think I picked Torchic once back in Ruby or Sapphire, but I never beat those games. And even then I think the very first time I played Ruby I picked Mudkip. Never beat ORAS either, and for that I went Treecko.

I did choose Tepig for a Black 2 Nuzlocke though. I believe that's the only time I've ever completed a Pokemon game with a Fire starter.

Manfred's going to speak at 5 PM but I'm sure it'll just be a bunch of bullshit as per usual. But yeah, fuck the owners. Not much more that can be really said.

pokedude900 posted...

Generally, people don't competitively run categories with "skip to the end" glitches. They're just to showcase what's possible. They're funny to do once, but then it's back to categories where you actually get to play the game.

And glitches are far too varied in nature to write them off entirely. Technically wall jumping in Super Mario Bros. is a glitch, but no one would expect a runner to not do it in any category.

I always wonder why so many people don't understand this.

Zikten posted...

Is she eating a pokemon there? Isn't that ice cream alive?

There's an item introduced in Gen 5 called the Casteliacone, so it's probably just that.

OudeGeuze posted...

I legit think if the game didn't wasn't a Zelda title but a unique ip it would have been shredded in reviews.

This is such a meaningless point. People who like Zelda games giving high praise to a Zelda game? Wow what a shock. Obviously it being a Zelda game has a lot to do with why it was such a massive success. How does that take anything away from the game exactly?

Fuck the owners and fuck Manfred.

DarkBuster22904 posted...

Sorry, but I don't think that's possible while Anakin and Maul exist.

The series improved those characters' rotten writing so much that it's downright startling.

Yeah you could argue it's one of them too.