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Goofy and Donald don't really ever "help", they're kind of just there for flavor.

Donald can be kind of helpful in clearing regular crowds of enemies when he gets more powerful magic, but Goofy's only good use is turning off all his abilities except the one where he gives you his MP, making him a walking magic resupply system.

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Underleveled posted...

Started KH1FM today. It's... very slow starting. A lot of aimless running around on Destiny Island and now in Traverse Town. Dunno how I'm going to get Donald and Goofy to finally find me. Also even though the controller is fine the controls still don't feel particularly smooth.

Yeah, KH games have super slow beginnings. As a kid I loved exploring Destiny Island but on my replay I was like "No major video game would ever do something like this again."

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

The difficult part here is I can only understand about 50% of the dialogue.

Yeah, I usually have to turn on closed captioning when I watch. It's not that I typically need it, and I don't normally use it, but this show has a lot of great little lines that can easily zip past you. Also, tons of British slang and references I don't get at a glance.

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Oh, I'll definitely be interested in even an only "big moments" watchthrough. Watching this series for the first time is a pretty good experience.

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"This time"... such a different phrase than "at this time"...

Boo.

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Robazoid posted...

I swear I remember reading about either Skyrim or Oblivion trying this during development, programming NPCs with needs/wants and then just cutting them loose, only for it to end with everyone murdering each other. Only now I can't seem to find anything about this on google so I'm wondering if I dreamed this or if it was a creepypasta or what.

I remember the story about during beta testing they had a setup where two NPCs were placed next to each other. One NPC needed to rake leaves but had no rake to do it with while the other had the rake. The intention was to see if they would trade items with each other. Instead the first NPC simply killed the second and took the rake from their corpse.

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Rune Factory 3 kind of did something like this? The townsfolk's daily schedules would vary depending on their mood and desires. Of course, it would lead to weird things like a character deciding they wanted to fish, but by the time they made it to the beach they realized it was too late and they wanted to go home so they'd immediately leave...

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The Eleventh Hour serves a better "Pilot" that introduces the series, but "Rose" isn't bad at all. It does what it needs to do to catch your interest.

I remember when it first aired in the US they paired the first and second episode of the series as the premiere, which worked really well to get me interested in the show when I saw it.

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Yeah, the entire revival (I'd say that is more accurate term than reboot, for a few reasons) from 2005 onward is on HBO Max. Pretty easy to watch.

I would definitely recommended starting there even if you're interested in the Classic series. They're set up like two different shows in a lot of ways. The Modern version is like a typical drama; a season's worth of hour long episodes that include story arcs. The Classic series was more like a radio serial. A single story would be broken up in multiple segmented episodes that would each be broadcast weekly. It's such a huge difference in pacing and story design that makes them two different experiences.

I think the series is amazing though, and it's well worth your time investing in. Each season isn't that long anyway, so you can progress though the new series fairly quickly. Some people struggle with the earlier episodes (I've heard people recommend skipping the first season of the revival, which I DON'T agree with, but it does start off slightly shaky at moments. People really hate and are embarrassed by the episode with the farting aliens, although ironically that one does have some really good character stuff in it). My advice is if you try it out and it still doesn't hook you, at least watch up to ninth and tenth episodes of the first season, which I think perfectly exemplifies how good the show can be at its peak.

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TomNook posted...

I think the issue can be that it creates a feeling that nothing matters to the player. It causes them to play carelessly, because dying has no repercussion. For some games, they can be designed for rapid-fire deaths where you are gaining muscle memory, like Super Meat Boy and Celeste, and it works as valid difficulty there. But for other games, I think it fits what I'm saying. Like in Dread, people will feel like there is no urgency or importance to learn a boss pattern, so they don't really feel the need to be careful because they just die and start it over almost instantly. I think this makes the game vastly easier, because you don't need focus. It's like when I see people play Mega Man collections, and the instant they miss a jump near the end of the stage, before they even hit the spikes, they immediately use the Rewind feature and correct the jump in the next half second.

I mean, the frequency of checkpoints can have an effect of the challenge that is presented to the player, and if there's too many of them that can have a negative impact on the player's experience of overcoming a challenge. There are games that have mid-boss checkpoints, which feels lame a lot of times because I feel the goal of beating a boss is to overcome the entire battle. If you can't do it in one go (and it's not one of those 20+ minute bosses with multiple forms) then it doesn't feel like you actually beat it, you simply forced your way past it with the advantage of being able to restart at a better position each time. Similarly if you used a rewind or save state feature to take each individual jump in room or area with no real fear of failing then that doesn't feel like you're approaching the challenge the room presents properly.

But on the other hand there are games where losing at a boss doesn't give you the option to restart from the beginning of the battle, and instead you have to go back to the area that's a couple of minutes away from the boss for no good reason. That's just bullcrap. It doesn't add to the challenge the boss itself presents, it just makes it more difficult to actually complete the goal of defeating the boss, which in the end is simply a cheap and lazy way to make things "harder". Just because something is harder to actually do doesn't make it a good way to make a fun challenge for the player. You could make any game "harder" by putting in arbitrary penalties or limitations, but that doesn't mean the game is going to better for it even if you don't want the gameplay to be too easy. Like, some people complained that Mario Odyssey didn't have a lives system and that every time you died you only lost some coins and a small amount of progress. Meanwhile I'm like; so what would have instead? An actual ability to have a game over? All that would really change is that occasionally you'd lose all your lives and would have to start from your last save, spending pointless minutes to get back to the state you were for zero gain in challenge. Wasting the player's time does not make the game more challenging. And you can use the advantage of not having to worry about the variables of a lives system and whether or not players will want to stop playing because they lost interest from spending so much time recovering their progress than actually trying to complete a goal and instead put that effort into make the game's objectives more difficult on their own if you want to increase the difficulty, which would be more fun to play anyway.

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tcaz2 posted...

It's pronounced "358 Over 2 Days".
It makes sense in context of the game.

Nope, it's actually pronounced "Three Five Eight Days Over Two".

As dumb as the title sounds, it's actually even dumber than you think! (I voted for it though).

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TomNook posted...

Is difficulty without stakes still difficulty? People have been talking about this Metroid being the hardest one, but when you die in it, you just start back at the room right before where you died.

Yes.

I've done entire write ups about this, but to summarize my opinion on the subject; adding inconvenience to the player's gaming experience does not legitimately add difficulty. I hate when games try to increase the difficulty by simply removing save or checkpoints. That's not really increasing the actual challenge the game offers, it just makes it more annoying to try and compete it...

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"Later this year" and yet no footage, any kind of real information, or even a date.

With GTA's track record lately I don't have a good feeling about this.

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What's the deal with the artificial Kingdom Hearts? That really confuses the hell out of me.

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I'm gonna pee in a Hot Topic, Maria. It will be mine, and I will own it.

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NFUN posted...

I like this topic title, because it's grammatically correct as-is (with the question mark), but you can also write it as:

Excluding Kirby, who is canonically the most powerful Smash character, who is canonically the most powerful Smash character?

Yeah, I was like "Why is this sentence unfinished?"

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Holy shit

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Boy, pushing back the Gamora episode really hurt this one kinda. The "Hey, I just happen to have a device that's capable of destroying Infinity Stones" is such a terrible plot point without having an episode to set it up. Also, that one looks like that was the episode where Tony had a big role. Whoops.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

1 is clunky but KH2 absolutely still slaps, provided you play it on Critical mode aka the correct way

My memory of replaying KH2 is being utterly annoyed how nearly every single room you travel in is interrupted by some of the most insipid and boring cutscenes in gaming history. Like the gameplay is fine, but going through the game again is just such a slog.

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Kingdom Hearts can be a rough series to revisit. I did it before III came out. I'm not going to say it's aged poorly, but it's not as strong as you'd remember...

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Mega Man is weird example because they just churned those things out. They felt less like "sequels" and more like expansion packs before that was a thing.

To me that's the difference between saying the Zelda games (pre-botw) are too similar to each other and saying the Mario Party games were all too similar too each other. The MP games were basically the exact same game with different maps and minigames. Even when a Zelda game had the same overall design, it still had enough fresh content to make them interesting and worthwhile. I think there IS a line for when a game series becomes too formulaic, and while it might not possible to specifically define, I think most players can tell when a series crosses it.

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On the subject of Kingdom Hearts board games a new one is coming out soon:
https://theop.games/products/game/disneys-kingdom-hearts-perilous-pursuit/

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He's just part of the moveset.

Along with Minimoose and the Lawn Gnome.

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Unions seem to be split on the issue, like the country at large. They basically represent the opinions of the people who work for them. I'm not surprised that the police unions are filled with asshats, but many other unions support the mandate. My union has been pro-vaccination from the very beginning. They made huge efforts to inform people about vaccination info and how to get vaccinated and get supplies and appointments to members even before it was open to us through regular channels. They've offered bonuses and incentives to get vaccinated and have never made a push against it.

It's mainly because our entire country is so broken that there are unions that would make choices that hurt their members like being anti-vaccination or anti-mask. They are a microcosm of our nation.

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I'm gonna go with Master Chief. It's a big name from a huge franchise, has a ton of potential when it comes to moveset and theme, and Nintendo and Microsoft have a good relationship and I'm sure on MS's end they'd LOVE to have him in.

The biggest hurdle I guess is that he's a Western character, but Halo is still actually pretty popular in Japan. One of the few FPS and Microsoft games that actually made some kind of significant impact over there. So it wouldn't be too much of a "wtf?" character over there.

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They gotta flex on how much they control your lives.

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Oh yeah, watching streams it looks like Zim's hitboxes are... pretty bad. Maybe you just need more experience with it.

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Any consensus yet of it's good or not?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=534hcE5rG6g

Zim is a zoner. Probably gonna be high tier unless his lightness and regular attacks are too underwhelming.

Also his stage is basically Battlefield so expect to see it a lot.

Also... Minimoose!

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Wow, it kind of really sucks how the DC Bond movies aren't really streaming anywhere.

That's such a lame thing when there's a new movie coming out. Even if they were like separated in difference services they should still be SOMEWHERE that's not a individual purchase or rental...

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Homer Simpson blows them both out of the water.

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

What's wrong with the game?

https://mobile.twitter.com/Nakerman/status/1443510369738182658

https://mobile.twitter.com/BassRicky_/status/1443421207215357953

https://mobile.twitter.com/Levy_T_/status/1443495801339142144





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Probably depends on what park and why they were ruled to be at fault. If it was like a training or general safety issue (situations where the staff were not following proper safety instructions, etc.), then maybe an incident like that that would get them to clean up their act and get things together. On the other hand I've read stories about amusement park accidents where the fault lied with neglect in ride maintenance, or where the ride design was simply poor and unsafe from the start. Those feel to me like deeper problems with how the park is run that aren't likely to be fixed easily.

Edit: For example, any park that would see no problems with opening a ride like this I'd probably want to stay far, far away from: https://youtu.be/ulIcekOTOqg

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Konami doesn't really like making video games anymore.

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"Use this move to damage above while establishing dominance."

Toph looks like an amazing character, holy crap.

Also, Cabbage Merchant is in the game!

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Aang and Korra officially announced.

https://twitter.com/NickBrawlGame/status/1443988393298440196


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Best: Forest Temple
Worst: Fire Temple

I love the Forest Temple's theming and aesthetic. Gave me such a chilling haunting feeling as a kid, it stands out to me. I'm sure everyone's gonna go "Water Temple" as the worst, but I never had a problem with it. Honestly I'd forgotten just how solid all the OoT dungeons are. I only picked Fire Temple because I find it kind of dull, and because the Master Quest version of it really annoyed me, but I don't really dislike it.

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Also: https://twitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1443577293440389125

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Why is Thanos such a chump in these stories?

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They must changed some of those names last minute...

I don't care if he's not top tier, gotta play as a character that makes frog noises.

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I don't remember how you get it, but that weapon that's just like a circular boomerang you can throw while moving was the absolute best and once I got that I stopped caring about new weapons.

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Inviso posted...

For me, it's also the general level of malice involved in the decision. I'm aware that there are plenty of non-GOP idiot antivaxxers, but for a lot of people, they've tied their identity to hating Democrats, and therefore going out of their way to do whatever the Democrats don't want them to do, up to and including ignoring a deadly virus because their cult leader told them it was a hoax, specifically designed to target him, personally. These people make idiotic decisions out of spite and hatred, and work to convert others to make those same decisions out of further spite and hatred. It's really hard not to feel like justice has been served when they run afoul of their own bullshit.

This. That's a difference between someone who merely makes bad or risky choices and suffers for it. I feel sadness to those who, say, get addicted to drugs and die from overdoses. But most of these anti-vaccination, covid denying people aren't just simply ignorant, they're aggressively ignorant. They made these choices as a deliberate hostile measure to go against people and ideas they hate. And it's not like it was merely a choice they made for themself, they go out of their way to insult and harass people who are trying to make better decisions online and in person. Even aside from the damage their refusal to vaccinate causes to others by itself, their response against even the most innocuous of requests, like wearing a mask in public, are so vitriolic and unnecessary it's upsetting. When a person like that has those decisions they made blow up in their face, well, it's not joyful. But there is a certain reassuring feeling to know that kind of behavior did not continue scot-free without any consequences. How many people have those people hurt because of what they chose to be?

And it's not just a negative feeling of retribution. That subreddit also has stories of people who were deeply into that mindset, but after seeing the harsh reality of others who were like them paying for their actions, decided to take better care of themselves and get vaccinated. It's been so frustrating to see how we as a society have been trying to get through this disaster and have been working hard on safety guidelines and preventative measures that have been thoughtlessly tossed aside and ignored by so many, so anything that gets people to wake up and realize what's at stake helps reduce that aggravation. It's not getting "joy" or "pleasure" from hearing these comeuppances, it's the tension-calming feeling to know that the world is making sense when more and more it feels like it hasn't been. That good decisions are being rewarded, and terrible ones are not.

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3/10

I love the Layton series, but holy crap were the plots twists in this one super weird. I remember just staring at my DS going "...huh?".

However it gets bumped up to a 3 because it's not even the weirdest Layton plot in the franchise.

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I think I already own it on PS4 but I can't tell because all these Tales names blend in together to me.

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Unfortunately it's hard for me to feel too sorry for people who paid the price for their ignorance and opposition to proper medical treatment and virus prevention because all I can think about is how many OTHER people got infected because of them. Any person who steadfastly refused to make the right decisions in protecting themselves and got infected is likely responsible for the infections for dozens of other people (tracing has seen examples of people who were responsible for over one hundred infections) , people who DID make the right choices and still got hurt, or were simply unable to get protection for themselves. Like the people who CAN'T get vaccinated because of medical conditions, children, people who work in hospitals and are at the highest risk, etc. They all suffer because of the stupid decisions of this one person. Those stories don't get as much attention, and those people aren't in anybody's thoughts when an antivaxxer passes because of the way the virus spreads it feels like they're not connected. So people will mourn and pity the antivaxxer who died and not think too much about the many deaths that person must have been responsible for. That's not something to feel sorry for. Just thinking about it is depressing. So I can't get torn up over someone who angrily avoided taking proper care of themselves and died for it because I just get reminded of all the people they likely took down with them...

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I could imagine Winter Soldier blending in if you watch the entire series at once, but at the time of its release it was a big game changer that upped the quality of the franchise a lot imo. It came out right after the franchise was lagging with more sub-standard films, and there's a reason why the directors were asked to direct Infinity War/Endgame.

I mean, it's such a solid movie regardless, but I think the nature of the film at that time was a pleasant surprise. People didn't care for MCU Cap that much before it.

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What are the things that are added to this collection that weren't in the original games?

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Isn't Civ on mobile?

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Uglyface2 posted...

You think so? I couldn't get very far in Order of Ecclesia. Stupid spider/crab boss in the tower prevented me from getting any farther. I totally got the pattern, but it was hard to maneuver.

Oh yeah, screw that thing.

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