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| Topic | crack the FEAR INOCULUM |
| StartTheMachine 08/30/19 2:22:47 PM #7 | I seriously can't rank them at this point, but Pneuma, 7empest, and Descending are probably my top three. I think this might be their finest album though...and Lateralus is my favorite album of all time. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Turok 1+2 physical preorders go up on Friday |
| StartTheMachine 08/19/19 3:52:05 AM #19 | I mean the multiplayer is pretty great and all but it's not exactly what Turok 2 was known for! The Xbox One version has it though. Sadly I was late to the party in getting it and no one was online when I tried. :( --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Discussion Topic |
| StartTheMachine 08/18/19 7:58:06 PM #9 | oh hey guys I finally finished a new Thwomp Stomp Thwomp Stomp V: Galaxy Glide Course ID: 2K0-GY2-T6G Style: NSMBU I had a lot of ideas for this one, and I wanted to make a level using clear conditions -- it wasn't until later that I realized you can't have checkpoints in a level with those. So some later segments got scrapped and will be put to use in future levels. I found low-gravity physics to be a fun change-up for the Thwomp Stomp series. I also really liked the idea of making the moon essentially your enemy, as he will destroy the Thwomps and thus your platforms if you make contact (though there is an intended way of making him disappear at one point). And hopefully the second half where you're actually destroying the Thwomps is fun? That's my biggest worry, but I think it can get tense when you're running out of star power and deciding whether to find a safe spot or go for another Thwomp kill. Pro-tip that I also left as a comment: you want to defeat 42 Thwomps before entering the pipe back at the beginning! Also people should post their maker IDs (or just course IDs for their favorite levels they made) in this topic, because I think I only played a few B8er levels so far. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Turok 1+2 physical preorders go up on Friday |
| StartTheMachine 08/16/19 1:52:18 PM #12 | Turok 2 legit feels like a different game with silky smooth framerate. Also love the ability to quick warp between the save stations now. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Red Dead Redemption 2 is the most overrated game I have played |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 10:11:38 PM #30 | I had a feeling I would hate the game because GTA IV was exactly the same experience to me. Incredibly monotonous gameplay slowed down in an attempt to tell a more meaningful story, at least by GTA standards. Your complaints about the sluggish controls and cover system being bad definitely apply here. I doubt RDR2 is on the same level of tedium, but GTA IV was a steaming pile of trash that I absolutely did not force myself through. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Ertyu presents tornado layzers the videogame |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 1:59:16 AM #12 | pre-order canceled --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Just started an Amazon Prime trial.... |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 1:57:29 AM #11 | ChaosTonyV4 posted... Patriot ChaosTonyV4 posted... Patriot ChaosTonyV4 posted... Patriot --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Do you want a lady in the street, but a freak in the bed? [15 Years Later] |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 1:54:25 AM #11 | what is going on in the minds of those who voted the last option --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Ertyu presents tornado layzers the videogame |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 1:51:46 AM #10 | is vlado playable is kirby the final boss i have so many questions --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Turok 1+2 physical preorders go up on Friday |
| StartTheMachine 08/14/19 1:38:33 AM #6 | UltimaterializerX posted... When does it come out? I am so buying. 3 hasn't been remastered yet and who knows if it ever will be. It was handled by a different team than the first two, while the folks left behind at the defunct Iguana were in the process of founding Retro Studios. 3 is still pretty good stuff though. Hopefully there's at least a small demand for a remaster and it happens eventually. ninkendo posted... These won't ship until December And 2's been out since 2018 on consoles not named the Switch and 2017 on PC. Playing Turok 1 on a Nintendo console just felt right though. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Turok 1+2 physical preorders go up on Friday |
| StartTheMachine 08/13/19 9:01:02 PM #2 | This is dope. Who exactly is making these art booklets? I already own these remasters digitally (original on the Switch and Turok 2 on Xbone), so not gonna buy this for the booklets alone, but it's tempting. Also obligatory "play Turok 2" message. It's one of my favorite games of all time, now with tolerable framerate! --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Disney cancels twelve in-production Fox movies |
| StartTheMachine 08/10/19 1:29:58 PM #18 | Chronicle 2 hurts. The rest were probably a good call. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Are you looking forward to summer ending? |
| StartTheMachine 08/09/19 12:24:27 AM #21 | Yes solely because my car's A/C isn't working at the moment and driving is bitch because of it. Also fall is the best. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | switch sd card |
| StartTheMachine 08/09/19 12:10:50 AM #19 | Can't you just use any SD card for the Switch? Like it doesn't need a specific kind right? I swear I just took one from my phone and put it in to be able to get extra screenshots/videos at one point. Most games I own digitally are all indie stuff that takes up little space fortunately. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Did Metroid Prime 3: Corruption suck? |
| StartTheMachine 08/03/19 2:58:17 PM #20 | It's an amazing game that I grew to appreciate more on each consecutive playthrough. 1 > 3 > 2, but they're all wonderful. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | how crucial is mario's italian heritage to the lore |
| StartTheMachine 08/01/19 7:09:02 PM #4 | is that Preston it must be --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Properly Rated, Underrated, Overrated. |
| StartTheMachine 07/31/19 2:46:01 PM #26 | WickIebee posted... StartTheMachine posted...The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Oh I totally didn't get that you name a category and then pick things in that to label what they're rated...and I even read through the topic post like twice. Whoops. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Properly Rated, Underrated, Overrated. |
| StartTheMachine 07/31/19 2:41:06 AM #3 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Let's talk using only old B8 memes/in-jokes |
| StartTheMachine 07/31/19 2:31:26 AM #104 | Guys, remember LARD? Of course you don't. The jp ate it all. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/29/19 12:35:06 AM #208 | LusterSoldier posted... StartTheMachine posted...DAMMIT so that section is still cheesable... Yeah that's not at all the intended path. You simply spin on the Thwomp below you and ride it like the ones you were just doing before. You just ride it twice - so it hits the switch on and back off again, then spin jump onward. Holy shit dude. Of course I know who Pangaea is. Luster, you are my hero. I think I stated it earlier here, but yeah the screen can be slightly tricky in that last section. The key is to alternate long jumps to see more of the screen and short hops to stay low! He basically intuitively figured it out by the second or third go round. I would've made that section an autoscroller if I could - shame this game still limits you to only one sub-world. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | How does it make you feel? Day 18: Rick and Morty |
| StartTheMachine 07/28/19 11:51:22 PM #18 | I've only seen the first season and enjoyed it quite a bit, so I voted good. You know what does make me feel bad though? People who judge things based more on their fanbases than the thing itself. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/26/19 6:43:21 PM #200 | DAMMIT so that section is still cheesable... Yeah that's not at all the intended path. You simply spin on the Thwomp below you and ride it like the ones you were just doing before. You just ride it twice - so it hits the switch on and back off again, then spin jump onward. How I forgot that obvious cheese...when I put spikes up above between the switch blocks to prevent a less obvious cheese opportunity, is beyond me. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | How many Super Mario mainline games have you finished? |
| StartTheMachine 07/25/19 1:07:12 PM #34 | All of them except Super Mario Run and Mario Maker 3DS do those really count E: Oh and NSMBU Deluxe, but that's the exact same game literally minus content so that definitely doesn't count. I had the NSMBU + Luigi U bundle version on the Wii U. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | How does it make you feel? Day 15: Marijuana |
| StartTheMachine 07/24/19 11:15:04 PM #7 | I was a stoner from 17 to 21 or so but now I really really dislike it. I just think the dumbest things and it's not enjoyable anymore. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Hollow Knight is pretty cool, but... |
| StartTheMachine 07/23/19 11:14:30 PM #18 | I have 111% and I don't think I looked anything up. I've done enough "bomb every spot" in Metroid games to get in the habit of slicing every wall once I found there were breakable ones. Guess I got lucky finding the Hive like that. Godhome is...kind of unmissable though if you explore everywhere. That giant chest or whatever it is in the Junk Pit where Godseeker resides sticks out like a sore thumb. Oh, but I guess you do have to find a breakable wall to get to the Junk Pit don't you? Eh, glad I slash everything! It's definitely rewarding design for those like me. Also naturally stumbled upon The Grimm Troupe switch thing in Howling Cliffs pretty early on. That is all you have to do to start that quest right? But yeah, I may never beat pantheon 4 in Godhome and get the last two additional endings. Then again...I beat Nightmare King Grimm so anything's possible. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | What is the most mind-numbing thing you've done in a video game? |
| StartTheMachine 07/22/19 6:05:42 PM #22 | TomNook posted... In Smash Ultimate, getting every Spirit in the game, hey I did that it was pretty mind-nu then raising them all to level 99, then teaching every single one all 15 Dojo skills. what is wrong with you For me, the most recent one I can think of is probably doing all the sidequests in Breath of the Wild. I was only planning on a full shrine + all DLC run but then I still kept wanting to play the game. I would just do like one more every time I played and eventually I did them all, so at least it's not like I grinded them all out. The reward is almost always fucking rupees though which made them completely pointless. Man I hope BotW 2 spices up the sidequest game. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Do you like the foot of your bed tucked when you sleep? |
| StartTheMachine 07/18/19 12:41:20 AM #16 | Yep, I almost always sleep with no socks and my feet outside the blanket. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/08/19 11:42:30 PM #144 | Dr_Football posted... I dont know what to do at the top on the third section (the one with the 2nd checkpoint) and Im dying inside The part where you just hit the on switch? Yeah, just hit it and stay alive! My technique is to usually hit it three times with full bounces - it works out perfectly so the switch gets turned on and the Thwomp gets back into position on the rail where you won't hit it again. Otherwise I'd consistently hit it a second time and screw myself. And yep, I was tempted to be more evil in the "final boss" section but wasn't! Key here is to use high spin jumps to gain more view of the screen but otherwise stay low. Staying near the middle is also recommended (until you see the coins). --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/08/19 10:26:48 PM #139 | MoogleKupo141 posted... after 20 minutes of trying I am now the first clear on Thwomp Stomp IV aww yeah, gg kupes toughest parts? I'll likely make this another trilogy and each will likely get tougher. (Thwomp Stomp 3 in the original was pretty nuts.) sucks that you can't spin jump in the 3D World style...though you can just walk on them in that, hmmm. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/07/19 8:22:13 PM #134 | Alright, I reuploaded Thwomp Stomp 4 with a kinder start at the second checkpoint. Mushroom added and there's still a progressive power-up shortly after. Also changed a few enemy placements. Thwomp Stomp IV: A New Thwomp Style: Super Mario World Course ID: GKG-F35-XYF I also realized that I actually may like the level more in NSMBU style. Ascending the castle in the vertical sections is just so much more aesthetically pleasing. So how do you guys feel about the online multiplayer? Somehow I still haven't checked it out but heard it was pretty laggy. Think I'll try it in a few. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Have you ever been in a jail? |
| StartTheMachine 07/06/19 2:31:49 AM #3 | Yes, 8 times. Mostly for driving on a suspended license charges. Usually driving to work to try to earn enough money to get my license reinstated. Good times. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Most Quotable Media: Simpsons / Phoenix Wright ||| Scott Pilgrim / The Room |
| StartTheMachine 07/05/19 10:24:16 AM #15 | The Simpsons The Room --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/03/19 1:33:40 AM #121 | Lolo_Guru posted... StartTheMachine posted...Okay never mind! Went right back to try and upload it again and it's letting me do it. Yay! Guess it just errored out the first time. Fortunately I didn't mess with the editor at all and it let me upload it right away without beating it again. Good to know I can do that if...when I make more brutal levels in the future. You should play my Mario Maker 1 levels! This is nothing. But yes, one of my biggest complaints with the original is having only 2 checkpoints and nothing has changed there! E: And yep, I know those lava bubbles don't end up the same since it's dependent on when you activate them, but in my play testing there was nothing that wasn't easily doable. Well, there was, but that's when I decided to make them normal-sized lava bubbles and not mushroom-enhanced ones. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/02/19 10:45:36 PM #116 | HashtagSEP posted... I watched a GameExplain or whatever video about "LOOK HOW MUCH THEY REMOVED FROM MARIO MAKER 1" and it was 99% "Look you can't play the fly swatter minigame anymore" or "Look you can't tap on the letters on the title screen anymore" and it's just like... did people actually care about that stuff this stuff doesn't bug me at all but goddamn is the lack of costumes seriously disappointing. another phenomenon I experienced in playing Mario Maker 1 yesterday was how great those actually were. it really is a detriment to the game. Not Dave posted... oh man. i need to buy a switch. yes mother fucker you do. I need some brutal Not Dave ghost house puzzles. and you need to play my latest Thwomp Stomp --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/02/19 8:25:04 PM #114 | Okay never mind! Went right back to try and upload it again and it's letting me do it. Yay! Guess it just errored out the first time. Fortunately I didn't mess with the editor at all and it let me upload it right away without beating it again. Good to know I can do that if...when I make more brutal levels in the future. This is probably both the easiest and the shortest of the Thwomp Stomp levels funny enough though. And it's certainly neither easy nor short. Will edit this post with the ID in a minute. :D Course ID: 5F6-T37-1MG Please play it if you're up for a challenge! Gotta go find some old streamer buddies from Mario Maker 1 to give it a whirl. I learned a lot yesterday going back and playing some of my courses from that game. Like...I'm a lot nicer with power-ups now! Even though the third checkpoint onward I'm mean again. Mulled over changing that for a while and decided not to. Also definitely going to make a course based completely around the last section (the one where the final boss music plays, not the one little screen after) because that is just too fun. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/02/19 8:20:49 PM #113 | Uhhh, when you first upload a level does it appear instantly in Course World? I fiiinally finished Thwomp Stomp 4 today (mostly did aesthetic touches today but also found some things that needed cheese prevention) and first, it was on the "please wait" screen for like a whole minute. I was getting scared and wasn't looking at the screen when it stopped. Then it finished, with me not seeing what it said, but it had a big checkmark flag by it in Course Maker so I thought it was up. Buuuut it says 0 courses uploaded in Course World :( Really don't feel like doing a third run through it without the checkpoints to upload. (I did a second one after I found something that can happen in the very very last room and I wanted to reduce chances of death there because that is more of a reward screen after the gauntlet than anything). Hopefully it will appear soon. The level fucking rocks though. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | IYO the most overrated Final Fantasy that's not names VII |
| StartTheMachine 07/01/19 4:56:19 PM #105 | azuarc posted... StartTheMachine posted...X on the other hand I've tried to play three different times and never made it past 10 hours in. I know it opens up later, but walking in a straight line for hours on end is not fun. I was 100% talking about X. I've heard XIII is somehow even worse in that regard which boggles my mind. Never played it though. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 07/01/19 12:14:25 AM #84 | Aaaand I just spent the last couple of hours since my previous post level editing with the pro controller. Actually not that bad. I...guess I prefer it to using my finger at this point. Gotta get that stylus tomorrow! Thwomp Stomp IV: A New Thwomp is coming along nicely :D Just have the final section to make tomorrow. Think I came up with a really awesome idea if I can pull it off, but it's gonna take hella playtesting. E: and yep, I'm totally addicted to level creating once again. Mario Maker 1 is my most played game of all time. SMM2 now owns my life --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 06/30/19 9:50:47 PM #78 | Started working on Thwomp Stomp 4 tonight! Man...is it weird that I wish they just made a Wii U version of this game? It's just such a perfect fit for that hardware. Crazy that neither the Wii U or 3DS stylus works with the Switch. So...what are compatible ones again? Gonna pick one up tomorrow because using your fingers is just not that great. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 06/29/19 10:33:10 AM #67 | LusterSoldier posted... https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/c6rwcf/why_your_mario_maker_2_level_is_stuck_at_zero/ This is good though. No wonder I was getting only quality levels in Endless last night. Definitely better than the original Mario Maker. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 06/28/19 10:55:33 PM #48 | also where is Not Dave. Not Dave better get this game --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 06/28/19 10:54:56 PM #47 | Been playing Story Mode for 5 hours and this game is incredible. I'll mess around with Course World a bit before I go to sleep and can't wait to start making tomorrow. Already got so many ideas. First up will probably be the sequel to my Thwomp Stomp trilogy from the original SMM. :D --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | IYO the most overrated Final Fantasy that's not names VII |
| StartTheMachine 06/28/19 2:24:59 PM #15 | I couldn't disagree more with all the VI hate here. I played it for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. Thought it held up fine, but I don't play many RPGs. X on the other hand I've tried to play three different times and never made it past 10 hours in. I know it opens up later, but walking in a straight line for hours on end is not fun. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Super Mario Maker 2 Review Zone |
| StartTheMachine 06/27/19 1:04:06 PM #9 | CoolCly posted... they are removing the multiple characters? thats where like half the fun comes from Pretty sure it's because of the multiplayer. They want to always have the four main characters as Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Toadette. If they had amiibo costumes, how would they make distinctions as to which Ganondorf is which or what have you? I guess they could make alternate costumes for every amiibo, but damn that would be a ton of work. But yeah, that's easily going to be my most missed feature. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Which was a bigger improvement over the original, Zelda 3 or Mario 3? |
| StartTheMachine 06/25/19 11:42:55 PM #9 | Mario 3 is like...the biggest leap in the history of gaming to me. The leap from 1 to it blows my mind more than the transition to 3D or anything else. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Best 2D Sonic Game Day 9 |
| StartTheMachine 06/16/19 9:16:08 PM #7 | RIP Sonic Advance 3 The game is indeed great though and I'm happy to see it make it this far! --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Favorite game of all time. Your number one game. |
| StartTheMachine 06/15/19 11:43:55 PM #59 | Half-Life 2 --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | Most Quotable Ever: Life is Strange / Forrest Gump || Castlevania / Always Sunny |
| StartTheMachine 06/15/19 2:07:28 PM #20 | Forrest Gump Always Sunny --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | E3 2019 - Devolver Digital's Press Conference (10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST) |
| StartTheMachine 06/09/19 10:19:31 PM #25 | Not sure how much I care about these games, but this is such a good palette cleanser after Bethesda. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
| Topic | E3 2019 - Bethesda's Press Conference (8:30 PM EST / 5:30 PM PST) |
| StartTheMachine 06/09/19 9:51:34 PM #99 | D- thanks to Wolfenstein and Doom. Otherwise what an awful, self-indulgent conference. --- - Blur - Welcome to your Divinity. |
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