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| Topic | Fill in the Blank 243: Fire ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 04/01/24 1:00:06 AM #17 | Emblem
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Recipe for Turnabout (3-3) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/31/24 11:05:43 PM #11 | 5.8/10
This is, like, right at average for an AA case to me. Defendant's fine, villain's fine, the twist is..... ok. Victim kinda sucks. Personally not as big on Viola as the masses are, and Kudo sucks real bad. Lisa is cool, but she might be the least important AA character with a sprite ever. Gumshoe is at his best here, so that's good, I guess? It's a huge testament to T&T that this is the worst case in the game. It's so good. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 241: Holy ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/31/24 1:38:08 AM #16 | Nova
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| Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D24 ft. Snivy, Tsareena, Cofragigus, Toxicroak [PotY] |
| MrSmartGuy 03/31/24 12:09:39 AM #22 | Easy Vote Form
NEEDLE ARM +3 Ceruledge +2 Flutter Mane +1 Tsareena -1 Gulpin -2 Exploud -3 Meganium FROST BREATH +3 Toxicroak +2 Minccino +1 Cranidos -1 Charjabug -2 Kommo-o -3 Cleffa --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: The Stolen Turnabout (2-3) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/30/24 9:09:15 PM #7 | Hopefully no one mistakes this for actual 2-3. The Stolen Turnabout deserves better than that.
8.8/10 The defendant is great, the witnesses are great (though Larry gets a little weird), the big plot twist is great, and it might be the funniest case in the series for me. The section of testimony where you keep pressing Ron about going to the murder scene and he keeps dropping bombshell after bombshell to the point where even the judge is just like "ok hold on a sec here man" destroys me. And then you press one last time to ask him why on earth he stuffed the body in the safe and he replies "because it wouldn't fit in a drawer" is the straw that breaks the camel's back. It's such a fun moment, and is also important, because it makes the decisive point that no one knew he was dressed as DeMasque more apparent, so you can catch Luke's final lie, which is another fantastic moment. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 241: Thou Shalt Not ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/30/24 2:23:03 AM #35 | steal
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Memories (3-1) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/30/24 2:22:20 AM #12 | 6.1
colliding posted... Was the best starter case easily until maybe GA-2 (and it's probably still better) Was the best starter case until the next game came out. And then AAI2. But it's still 3rd place among starter cases to this day for me! --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 7:54:35 PM #22 | Cool. Nailed basically all of it. Only part I missed was Miriam just being dumb and misconstruing what time it was.
I didn't mention the bad smell in my predictions, cuz I had no explanation for how that was tied into anything, and yeah. It didn't actually tie to anything. Somehow got that right too I guess? --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 7:20:16 PM #21 | Ooh, OK, it told Miriam to be quiet, too. I'm guessing there's some latent directory in the constructs to make sure passersby in the hallway aren't too loud. So that Bellwether must've been a construct the whole time. Maybe the illusory disguise just doesn't contact things if the original thing or person doesn't?
Like, say I try to disguise myself as Shaq and then try to walk through a normal sized door without ducking. The disguise would just phase through the top of the frame. But if I try to disguise myself as another 6 foot tall person and walk into a wall, I'd still just run into the wall like normal. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 7:06:04 PM #20 | Actually, I think I've got a decent guess at it here. The headmaster killed her during the meeting, and animated the corpse to walk itself to the classroom. On the way, it bumped into Miriam, and that's why she's in a tizzy about how weird their meeting in the hallway, because she probably just, like, brainlessly groaned at her. Because it's being animated, perhaps all decay had stopped and that's why the estimated time of death is over an hour later.
He stole Miriam's sword long ago for the murder in an attempt to frame her because of her family's influence to get him ousted, and planted fake evidence of her cheating to establish a motive. When he went to stash the weapon in her locker, he got the construct to do it. However, the nameplates were switched, so it got planted in with Wallace's stuff instead, since that's where Miriam's nameplate was at the time. Then he gave it a few more orders, but one of them wasn't possible, so that's why it's stuck inactive in the locker room. Meanwhile, he illusory disguises himself as her to make an appearance to further establish the time of death was later. I still don't know what bumped into Jan because none of the spells I have info on can fully explain what it is. An animated corpse can't speak the "be quiet" it said, and the two illusory spells don't have a physical form. So I'm stuck on that one part, but I'm pretty sure I've nailed most of the rest of it. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 6:47:02 PM #19 | I was beginning to worry that this case was going to turn out to be too simple, but the long "interrogation" I had with Miriam was super compelling and has me wondering about a lot of aspects of the case. For the first time, I have to say I have no idea where this game is going. This is exciting!
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| Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D23 ft. Porygon-Z, Walrein, Lugia, Golduck [PotY] |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 6:26:39 PM #9 | Easy Vote Form
SNORE +3 Tinkatink +2 Dachsbun +1 Copperajah -1 Musharna -2 Nidoran -3 Sunkern G-Max Tartness +3 Skeledirge +2 Abomasnow +1 Accelgor -1 Ferrothorn -2 Weepinbell -3 Bonsly Lugia would've been a +3 in the first group. Huge mismatches here. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 6:20:26 PM #18 | And they did it again. Wallace's locker was full of girly stuff, and Miriam's had Wallace's stuff, so it was obvious the contents were switched. But Tyrion recalls that people like to play a prank on Wallace by swapping his nameplate with random students'. I'm actually glad he did that this time, because it's been 2 days since I played and I didn't remember that myself.
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| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/29/24 6:07:07 PM #17 | Having trial sections last 20 minutes is fucking weird. I did the first part of case 2, and I went from 2.9 hours played to 3.2 hours.
The way this game handles the main character reasoning his way through stuff is really interesting. I talk to Eris (she's got the giggles but is embarrassed and doesn't want us to see) and she tells me about Major Illusion, which creates a facade that can't interact with anything. I immediately recognize that the Bellwether Jan saw couldn't have been this because it knocked over a vase. If this were Ace Attorney, we would have to wait until trial to point this contradiction out. But instead, Tyrion immediately goes straight for it and knocks it out before we do anything else. I'm kinda surprised, because that feels like it would be a natural progression for the player to make this logical leap instead. I don't know whether this is a good or bad thing, just...... interesting. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 8:47:56 PM #80 | Story complete. Not as good as the 2.0 section, but still very solid.
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Farewell, My Turnabout (2-4) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 8:44:52 PM #12 | 9.8/10
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| Topic | VG Character of the 2000s CHAMPIONSHIP: GLaDOS vs. The Boss |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 4:41:02 PM #24 | GLaDOS
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| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 3:04:15 PM #72 | Hold up, I want Siobhan to be playable. Looooove her design.
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| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 1:13:00 PM #13 | Don't know why I didn't mention this last night, but every single time Eris warps someone's statement into something else, I've actually caught what the dialogue was pre-za warudo, so I am acutely aware of what she's doing. And it seems like Celeste is, too, which is really intriguing.
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| Topic | Best Game of 1995 FINAL FOUR **Chrono Trigger vs You Don't Know Jack** |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 1:01:09 PM #33 | Chrono Trigger
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| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 1:44:29 AM #11 | Finished the first investigation phase. The game does a great job integrating the player into the magic it introduces. It feels like Tyrion's thoughts are exactly my thoughts at pretty much all times, way more than any Ace Attorney protagonist you had to play as. It's really refreshing.
Unfortunately, I have COVID, and I feel like I have sort of a brain fog and it makes it really hard to concentrate for long periods of times. I wanna continue, but I'm not sure I can, so I'll be picking this up in chunks over the next few days. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 1:06:41 AM #9 | This game knows how to play with the emotions of its players. Starting off a 2nd case announcing a murder while your milf mentor is unaccounted for. How rude.
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| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/28/24 12:55:05 AM #8 | Oh. The yandere girl from my dream showed up and then Ruby's advice got glitched out of existence. I'm sure that means nothing bad is about to happen.
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| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 9:32:35 PM #58 | Why did this game make a reference to Ron DeSantis? Anyone else notice that one?
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Big Top (2-3) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 8:20:32 PM #7 | Yeah, I can really sympathize with Acro. Legitimately one of my favorite villains, and not actually for the joke reason that he's been driven insane by everyone around him losing their minds.
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Big Top (2-3) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 8:18:18 PM #5 | 1.7/10
Key portions of the case revolve around turning all the characters involved into pedophiles, including Phoenix. No thanks. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Best Emmy-nominated Futurama episode? |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 7:52:11 PM #2 | Sadder to see Luck of the Fryrish isn't on here.
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| Topic | Random ass Namco games, DORONKO WANKO, NOTTOLOT, and BOOMERDAD Free on Steam |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 6:28:33 PM #9 | mnk posted...
...I specifically only clicked because the title said Boomerdad, and now I am disappointed. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 4:28:40 AM #31 | Decided not to pull for Acheron. But I did pull for Gallagher to end up with nothing but Pelas when she's already E6.
Then I had a straggler regular pull so I used that and got Bronya's LC, literally back to back from when I pulled E3 Bronya this weekend. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 238: New York ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/27/24 1:18:12 AM #21 | Groove
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| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 11:11:32 PM #5 | Finished the first case. Took me a while, because the game is prone to freezing and crashing on me. No idea what's causing it. I verified the integrity of my files and tried a part where it hiccuped last time and it just straight up closed the game. Tried again and it never even stuttered. I guess I'll just be saving every few minutes in case it comes up more.
Anyway, enough about that, here's my thoughts:
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Reunion, and Turnabout (2-2) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 9:08:07 PM #13 | 5.6
Eh. A smidge below average, I guess. A lot of the plot twists are really easy to see coming, and it takes a really long time for Phoenix to get there on the Ini/Miney one. I will say I enjoyed this case more on replay than I thought I would. There's a really underrated moment during the second investigation day I want to throw out there, though. You're talking to Ini, grilling her about her sister, and she very suddenly drops her schtick and frankly says it would be impossible to catch her and gives a very subdued "ha ha ha". Then, when the dialogue goes away, there's no transition to another scene and nobody comes in to tell you something new. You're just left there with Examine/Move/Talk/Present on the screen with Suspense playing in the background. I actually love that moment a lot. It really sells the weight of what just happened so well. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 8:18:28 PM #4 | I like how "girl dressed in red" has some red on her sleeve and that's about it. At least from the front, which is all Tyrion sees from his angle.
Going into my first trial without even getting to examine the crime scene? First major case is me defending a 19 year old girl? Main character's aspiration is to defend the weak? Considering the premise and the brief preview of court proceedings I saw earlier, it's kinda refreshing that it's not even pretending to be anything but a clear Ace Attorney clone. --- Play Outer Wilds |
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| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 8:01:05 PM #2 | "Oh, Flinhart is speaking with my mo- my mentor right now."
OK, either my dreams are dead immediately, or this is even better than I could've imagined. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Playing Tyrion Cuthbert, the best non-ace attorney ace attorney game |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 7:59:23 PM #1 | Or so I've been told.
Was on sale last week and figured I'd bite. Since Capcom seems content to let their series rot and all. Less than 2 minutes in, I'm introduced to Ruby and I already like this game. I'll follow you anywhere, ma'am. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Yes! A Great Ace Attorney Chronicles playthrough topic |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 7:43:53 PM #164 | andylt posted...
Shamspeare is also an entertaining witness, his animations make Ashley Graydon's seem static.My Switch album is full of Shamspeare doing little shimmies on the witness stand. I have like 6 videos of just him saved in there. He's so fun to watch. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | VG Character of the 2000s Semifinals: GLaDOS vs. Nathan Drake |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 5:51:43 AM #24 | Drake
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| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 1:17:03 AM #16 | UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://youtu.be/IQQPDPAvxTg?si=r9UiHMMueG41YrJdI swear, every single trailer they've dropped has been better than the last. And I really thought Sparkle's would be hard to beat. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 237: Team ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/26/24 12:04:47 AM #8 | Fortress
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: The Lost Turnabout (2-1) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/25/24 9:05:59 PM #13 | 1.8/10
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| Topic | Pokemon of the Year R1D19 ft. Blastoise, Bidoof, Chikorita, Charmeleon [PotY] |
| MrSmartGuy 03/25/24 2:45:05 PM #21 | Easy Vote Form
FLAME WHEEL +3 Blastoise +2 Misdreavus +1 Natu -1 Politoed -2 Shroomish -3 Ekans BELCH +3 Hitmonchan +2 Drifblim +1 Dhelmise -1 Chikorita -2 Swirlix -3 Magby --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| MrSmartGuy 03/25/24 2:06:30 PM #10 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
SW's niche is just shifting more to being the best debuff stackerCan't even beat Pela in that category imho --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 236: Hit ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/25/24 7:41:30 AM #46 | man
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| Topic | Do you turn on your phone's ringtone/notification sounds? |
| MrSmartGuy 03/25/24 7:39:35 AM #36 | Leonhart4 posted...
I'm the old man who always has sound on for everything (unless I'm in a place where you're encouraged to silence your phone) but I have video game sounds so I enjoy hearing themThis. I barely ever get robo-calls, and people very rarely text me, so I might get one or two notifications a day. If I get a notification, I get to hear the THPS3 objective noise, and if I get a call, some nice Shibuya Scramble music fills the air. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Rise from the Ashes (1-5) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/24/24 8:16:00 PM #5 | 9.2
The pacing is not fine, but I don't care, because the 3rd day of investigation and trial are absurdly packed with so many classic moments, mainly because of one of the best villains in the entire series. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Fill in the Blank 235 - Empty ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/24/24 1:45:05 AM #30 | Stomach
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Goodbyes (1-4) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/23/24 8:44:08 PM #4 | 7.3/10
I just don't hold Von Karma in as high regards as most other players. His motivations just don't make sense to me fundamentally. He jumps through extreme hoops through 80% of the trial, but as soon as the third day comes around, he just kinda gives up? He's super willing to fall back on convicting Edgeworth of DL-6 and that's it. Why? He got so upset that he won a case with an asterisk that he murdered a man. I know the AA universe's views of legal cases is totally fucked up, but surely even if Edgeworth was charged with murdering his dad, having Yogi admit to the Christmas killing wouldn't be considered a full win, especially in his warped view of perfection. And he just.... lets it happen. For once, I share Phoenix's shock at something his opponent does to let him win. I also have a major issue with the reveal of the mastermind behind the plot. It's just a throwaway line and then "wait yeah that IS him!" Same reason I don't like how he's revealed as the perpetrator of DL-6, too. Maya basically spells it out for you without letting you think about it yourself, and then when Mia gets involved, Phoenix just kinda rambles on his own to figure it out. I don't know how you change any of these three plot points to get the player more involved, but I just don't like how any of them are handled, and it's three of the most important moments in the game. I have a lot of other minor quibbles I won't get into, since they're not all that important, but it just kinda irks me to the point that this finale case that has just so much going for it could be even better. You've got the parrot in the shack talking about DL-6, the parrot being cross-examined in court, the guilty verdict being rescinded, and the Maya outburst at Lotta. Then the final evidence presentation is easily my favorite in the entire series. There's a ton to like here, but it still annoys me. --- Play Outer Wilds |
| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1534: Shooter McGavin (Happy Gilmore) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/23/24 12:57:16 PM #14 | Absolutely.
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| Topic | Fill in the Blank 234 - Half ___ |
| MrSmartGuy 03/23/24 2:25:38 AM #26 | Life
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| Topic | Rate the Ace Attorney case: Turnabout Samurai (1-3) |
| MrSmartGuy 03/23/24 12:25:07 AM #21 | 7.5/10
Man, here I felt like I was really gonna be going to bat for this case today, but most people are going even higher. I was way lower on the other two; I guess I'm just taking to heart the "5 is an average AA case" metric more than you guys? 1-3 legitimately edges out 1-4 as my second-favorite case in AA1. The lows are quite low, but the highs are absolutely incredible.
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