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trdl23 posted...

Persona 3. Its systems have aged so, so poorly that it's become my favorite game I can never recommend.

i agree with that, although it's not even aging poorly, the gameplay/long dungeons sucked at the time!

this is a good question. hotline miami 2's difficulty starts at the maximum of 1's and only goes up from there

but there's gotta be some story-based game that's inscrutable to newcomers

i personally wouldn't play on a console, but i know people who do that say it's excellent

the game isn't complicated, especially if you only care about the main story, or have ever played an mmo before. the game does have a lot of random subsystems, but those can be safely ignored. i think they're left in to take advantage of completionists. remember, the game doesn't cost 48 dollars- it costs 48 dollars plus 13 dollars a month

people are kind of exaggerating when they say it's the best final fantasy story. it's certainly special, mostly because it's the longest and the worldbuilding is (almost entirely) consistent throughout. i do think the first hundred or so hours of the game are just an extended hazing ritual, and the dialogue/direction never exactly becomes snappy.

the real enjoyment comes from playing beyond that, when you're seeing characters written consistently, even after hundreds of hours of play. i'd compare it to the enjoyment of a beloved, long-running TV series like star trek: tng

actually, that comparison works especially well, because the first 2 seasons of tng were garbo

oops, you beat me to it

no problem! according to that wiki page

Louisville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, and Honolulu have consolidated city-county governments where the mayor is elected by residents of the entire county, not just that of the main city; in these cases the population and respective rank are for the county.

Are you suggesting they should institute a trigger warning warning?

I think you're on to something

Yeah, I think it's just a numbers game.

More people have struggled with suicide than the murder of a loved one

If you got a lobby group together for whatever new warning type you wanted you might be able to pull it off

The more ridiculous part is when murder is okay but nipples are not

Crescent-Moon posted...

"It was a movie that I watched." I don't have much more than that to say about it.

Forgettable =/= Bad.

That's how I feel about most mcu stuff at this point, but maybe I'm just hopelessly jaded. I liked that the protagonists fundamentally disagreed on the correct courses of action

skullbone posted...

I just got to Luterra Castle and I can officially say that this game has too much shit going on. Yes that should have been already obvious to anyone who has played this game but Luterra Castle is when it transitioned from "a lot" to "overwhelming".

Also I played a round of PVP and it was awful. I realize I'm playing against people who actually know what they're doing with real PVP builds but I can't stress enough how awful it was. We got dominated for the entire match and my team lost 10-3.

I'm sure our opponents were bronze trash but it felt like being matched against CS:GO pros in your first match. I'm amazed they don't have some sort of newbie queue or even pit you against bots for 10 matches or something because honestly it made me never want to touch PVP again. That single experience kinda soured me on the whole game for the rest of the night actually!

Do the 6 way FFA mode for a bit before you give up imo. It's a better introduction to get your feet wet

HaRRicH posted...

Our generation is definitely the first of its kind regarding Ngamer's point with online records of people growing up, and that's something we just never foresaw or understood in quite the same way future generations will.

i do feel fortunate for growing up with tech-savvy family members that impressed the importance of a) not downloading viruses, b) not doxxing myself online, and c) realizing that nothing on the internet is ever actually guaranteed to be gone

it's why 99% of my online presence is not connected to my "real" socials, and why i was always mentally prepared to burn an account

Koro isn't a character

Teddie is whatever, but the story focused on his bear-boned story for too long. And his voice was annoying

Morgan is good- except for the part where the plot required they play the heel for no reason other than to waste time

sadly, i know the feeling

from one former crazy-feeling person to one still in the thick of it, the only actual release valve is to alter your life situation such that you don't interact with the person anymore. you won't get to feel sane and healthy until you do- your body is literally crying out to you for change

i don't want to hear about why that's currently impossible- you don't have to convince me of anything

people do crazier stuff than walking away from responsibilities they didn't create

keep trucking along, keep keeping your cool, and keep your mind and heart open to other ways of life

GavsEvans123 posted...

I'm surprised Eternals didn't get nominated for anything. The Razzies go after high-profile failures as often as the absolute worst films, so I'd have thought they would have relished the chance to poke fun at the MCU. Maybe superhero fatigue isn't a thing after all.

the eternals sounded like a terrible concept, but it was a good movie and the least traditional in the MCU. tbh it probably should have been its own property. it was also punished for that in the box office- i think a razzie would be rubbing salt in the wrong wound

they're really never going to find a better actor for that role. i don't think it's possible

the shop situation depends on whether it's in a traditional or mmo jRPG

mmo shopkeepers go super bankrupt, but single-player games for the most part just give the player money directly

I've never been a huge fan of disaster movies, which this appears to be

I'm gonna be lame and wait for more information

I dunno, I like lost ark a lot more than d3, and I have no faith in d4

The overall pacing, plot, and quest structure is more coherent, and I like not having to micro manage my inventory as much

Picking 8 out of 14 (or whatever) abilities feels nice, and the pvp stat templates are what I want from a game like this

We will see what I end up doing. I might just perpetually derp around in arenas at level 30

Snake5555555555 posted...

It's a bit different cause that is deliberately shlocky and exploitative.

I truly believe you can make that argument for any horror film

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

The problem is that he got so big that other similar channels started copying his mannerisms, music, and catchphrases, so now any time you hear them they sound like parody, even coming from the original guy in their original context.

That definitely does not help the situation!

yeah, i think i overdosed on summoning salt when he was starting to get big

after a while i can only listen to the same songs while hearing him talk about the same games so many times

ha, that's kind of amazing. and feels like borderline gambling in and of itself, no?

Full Throttle posted...

since gambling is illegal in Texas

there are a lot of movies that didn't make the cut because they weren't popular enough, and i think they generally don't care about horror

they could have nominated the horror movie about epstein's ghost!

Arenas look fun. I guess theyre stat controlled- you just have to hit level 26

Ryuji was hurt by his inconsistent characterization, similar to Ann. He develops a lot in his social link plotline, but the game pretends that never happened

yosuke felt annoying in a realistic high school kid way, which I think is a good thing

Junpei was a never ending "always wrong dumb guy" joke, even more than the others

They're all fine, although I've just realized it has been a long, long time since I've played persona

yes

Ouchie wawa. I pre downloaded it last night on the premise that I could start catching up to my pre purchase simp friends during work

I believe there is also a separate tier list for PvE and PvP so just play what seems fun unless you're very dedicated to one or the other

I wouldn't get too invested in a hyper grindy Korean mom in general

The framing of this is stupid. Disney could just pay the other two more.

Did he specifically say he wants more than the other actors? Or just that he wants more than is being offered?

One is an ego thing, the other is just being paid fairly

I do think ps1 textures were messed up in a very specific way, such that it could constitute an artistic choice or style

Kind of like how pixel art became popular 15+ years after AAA had transitioned to 3d

Intentionally bad controls, though? I'd have to experience it to gauge

wow, they're really taking the among us sequel in a new direction

for anything vegetable related, it tastes as good as sauteing and requires 1/100th of the effort

for anything in smaller parts (think fries or wings), it tastes as good as baking, requires 1/20th of the effort and 1/5th the time

warm up time in the oven is wasteful, having to use parchment paper or aluminum foil in the over is wasteful, air fryer is better

masterplum posted...

. I liked XIII

Sound the alarms, we've caught a live one

I'm guessing they want to use some points that are about to expire, or something like that

Built a solid desktop in 2011 for $700. that lasted until it couldn't run dark souls 3, whenever that came out

At that point, graphics cards were already getting expensive, so I ended up just buying a pre built successor for more than twice the price- around $1600

Given it's able to run ps5 games decently well, this one is probably going to last me just as long

Brayze_II posted...

Lol my own dad charges me interest? What sort of shitty family is this

If it's a gift you pay more taxes on it. I'd bet a million dollars that's a major reason it was done this way

Mr Lasastryke posted...

part of the problem is that rogan didn't always do this, even in the pre-covid days. he ripped steven crowder to shreds because he disagreed with his stance on the legalization of weed, for example. when you make steven fucking crowder look like the reasonable one, you know you're doing something wrong.

if your format is "i'm just going to give my guest the floor for 5 hours," fine, but then stick to it. don't throw a hissy fit the moment someone says something you strongly disagree with.

yeah exactly. i think that style was an accidental effect of him being stoned/having no opinion the episodes i had seen

no. i liked him the first few times i watched his podcast. he would back off and let his guests speak at length, which was great. that being said, i was only watching the videos because i already liked the guest

it's really interesting to see guests become comfortable in a non-judgmental environment and stray outside standard discussion points

unfortunately, after a few i realized rogan wasn't doing it on purpose- he was just ignorant and kind of dumb. he'd take the guests' responses and lead them in pointless or misleading tangents, sometimes with straight up misinformation. he wouldn't ever follow up on the stuff he really should have

i still think the overall style of letting your guests wander is excellent. it just requires more research and awareness to come up with good questions, reactions and especially follow up questions. i think andrew callaghan does it well

yes

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i have nostalgia for rogue because it was the first video game i ever played- on an old computer my dad's work didn't need anymore

i remember being legitimately afraid of the "M" and "I" monsters

NFUN posted...

It's not a Roguelike

it is a roguelike

that being said, most roguelikes people play are actually not roguelikes but roguelites

*or it's completely lacking self-awareness, in which case it's still funny

Uglyface2 posted...

I dunno. "The first female X" feels kind of played out.

this is high-tier comedy

Isquen posted...

The only one I played with regularity is called UOSSMUD (Unofficial Squaresoft MUD) that uses a Final Fantasy Tactics job system on top of standard leveling.

EDIT: Before that, I played an old AOL-based one called Dragon's Gate or something similar before my parents caught wind of it (since it was a predatory "chews up money per hour" MUD) and also played Merentha.

that's cool. i guess i'll bookmark the two 'real' ones you listed !

Isquen posted...

Snap-voted MOBA, but it's probably actually a MUD, of which one I play I've got two years of online time.

i've always found MUDs super interesting, but never dived into a specific one. are there any in particular you'd recommend?

it is, without a doubt, world of warcraft.

prior to playing that, i think my most played title would have been around 100-150 hours, something like Pokemon or Morrowind

but i used wow mostly as a chat client for years

second and third place have to be rocket league and starcraft

the thing about most games is that they end. online competitive games and mmos don't end

i am amazed that these are actual pokemon

i would indeed be an idiot to think he was part of a scumteam. he's clearly an independent

MikeTavish posted...

Oh and as far as the how goes, he said something in his role pm fits very well with my claim.

yeah, that's frustratingly vague and outside of your control

ok. all i was asking is if there was any sort of flavor confirm

MikeTavish posted...

I mean, if you think I'm scum after all of this I don't know what to tell you.

perhaps a stupid question, but what do you mean by "after all of this"? the stuff you've said, or activating your gladiator power?