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| Topic | ITT I rank death/game over screens |
| Kenri 08/17/22 2:22:54 PM #30 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41X4jMLBxA --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/17/22 3:39:37 AM #441 | Sable looks sooo cool but yeah, I'm wary to pick it up because I've heard the performance has some issues. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/17/22 2:09:30 AM #439 | Death's Door (PS5) I enjoyed this game (enough to marathon 100% it over the course of like two days) but I think it's a little overrated, though I suspect a lot of that comes down to personal preference. I think the game's pretty ugly -- I've heard people say this game looks great and I just don't see it, it's an art style I find very very generic and bad. I also don't think it's served at all by the 1/3rd perspective, and that certain combat sequences would be a lot less finicky from a top-down perspective. It also desperately needs a fuckin map. I know Dark Souls didn't have a map but 1) you're not Dark Souls and 2) Dark Souls also should have had a fuckin map. On the bright side, the music's great, the plot is fun (don't bother getting the true ending though, it's a big "didn't ask + don't care" moment -- some of the tasks leading up to it are worth doing though), the combat is generally satisfying, the exploration is fun, and the bosses are good (if generally pretty easy). --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | September Nominations for the first Game of the Month Club Replay Topic |
| Kenri 08/16/22 2:14:09 PM #3 | I'm interested but yeah, don't have a nomination in mind. Are you only doing one game each month? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Does Chutes and Ladders count as a game? |
| Kenri 08/16/22 2:10:39 PM #17 | masterplum posted... I mean yes, but I wouldnt say VNs are games either.There are lots of games that are automated enough once you get them set up that you can play them while asleep. I wouldn't even say VNs are really one of those because you at least need to be awake to advance the text and make choices. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Rate the VG Story Day 416: Returnal |
| Kenri 08/16/22 2:06:16 PM #11 | plasmabeam posted... Ouch at these scores. I was hoping to pick this one up whenever I got a PS5It's an amazing game with a crap story, I still highly recommend it! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Does chess count as a sport? |
| Kenri 08/16/22 4:16:41 AM #4 | SHINE_GET_64 posted... It's more of a sport than golf --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Rate the VG Story Day 416: Returnal |
| Kenri 08/16/22 4:15:10 AM #6 | 3/10 I've got ~opinions~ about this story but mostly I'd just say it's executed badly. It just never stops compounding things with twist after twist, but most of them are bad in concept and almost all of them after the first couple hours are terrible in execution. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Andy plays the Dark Souls of video games |
| Kenri 08/16/22 1:39:52 AM #56 | Andy said he's playing on 360, isn't that the original version? So he's probably experiencing the shit fps firsthand andylt posted... The Gaping Dragon (why do all the bosses have such shit names lol)I almost said "it gets better after Gaping Dragon" but uh. There's definitely at least one that's much worse still to come. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Does Chutes and Ladders count as a game? |
| Kenri 08/16/22 1:36:14 AM #10 | Shots and Ladders is definitely a game --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Para's Top 50 games from 2020-2021 |
| Kenri 08/15/22 4:38:19 PM #287 | Safety bump --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | This was definitely the worst meme ever right |
| Kenri 08/15/22 4:37:11 PM #102 | They hated Metal_DK because he told them the truth --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | This was definitely the worst meme ever right |
| Kenri 08/15/22 1:12:17 PM #94 | "Nobody:" is exactly the same as that Family Guy "Who starts a conversation like that? I just sat down" meme except less wordy so probably better --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | This was definitely the worst meme ever right |
| Kenri 08/15/22 2:26:55 AM #85 | ExThaNemesis posted... "let's go brandon" is bad, but it's so much better than "donald drumpf" so if u enjoyed the latter your opinion isn't valid"immigrant bad, actually" was such a weird attack from the liberals like obviously it's supposed to be pointing out trump's hypocrisy but zero trump supporters have the ability to understand that, much less internalize it. so it just comes off as like. weirdly bigoted for no purpose. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/15/22 1:43:12 AM #434 | Amelie (PC) This is a short horror/mystery/romance VN. There are six routes, but they open up somewhat linearly -- the first route, then the next two, then the next three, with each grouping following a different one of the three main characters. After the first route you'll start getting options about accepting/denying fate, and the effects these have on the game are somewhat confusing because --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Andy plays the Dark Souls of video games |
| Kenri 08/14/22 6:57:54 PM #41 | I didn't find the Capra Demon terribly difficult but I might have just gotten lucky. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Been replaying the original Kingdom Hearts |
| Kenri 08/14/22 5:54:50 PM #87 | Leonhart4 posted... Yeah, 100 Acre Wood at the top of the Disney worlds is a new one for me, tooIt's not exactly a popular opinion but I 100% agree with it --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | This was definitely the worst meme ever right |
| Kenri 08/14/22 3:54:10 PM #70 | It's probably not the worst meme but shout out to "This is Sparta!" for being both not funny and also the line in Phoenix Wright that aged the worst. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Andy plays the Dark Souls of video games |
| Kenri 08/14/22 1:26:51 PM #36 | Axl_Rose_85 posted... I would say the exact opposite of this after having played all 7 Souls games multiple times. The amount of damage you negate with heavy armor in Souls games pales in comparison to using light armor which gives you faster rolls and more iframes and faster stamina regen which is really understated yet makes a difference between night and day against bosses that are relentless. The sooner you learn this the better.I mean I'll preface again by saying I'm definitely not good at DS (and that I'm only talking about DS1 here) and that many, many people disagree with me, but again -- my personal experience was that I could not take advantage of the faster rolls and extra iframes from being lightweight. It didn't help me avoid attacks I had trouble avoiding. But hulking up in the heaviest armor I could get while staying just barely under heavyweight at least gave me a few extra hits. *shrug* KamikazePotato posted... Dark Souls 1 on release had Havel's + Wood Grain Ring which was the most broken build in the series' history, and it was technically a tank build!Ohhh yeah I was definitely using Havel's Ring lol --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Andy plays the Dark Souls of video games |
| Kenri 08/14/22 1:08:09 AM #30 | I'm by no means good at DS but I think I went heavy armor all game and just made sure to stay a hair under the heavy threshold (which felt to me more like a penalty for being overencumbered than a legit option). Lots of people will disagree but I never felt like I got any real advantage out of trying to stay lightweight. The moral of the story is, yes, just try things and figure out what works for your play style lol --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Andy plays the Dark Souls of video games |
| Kenri 08/13/22 3:58:16 PM #16 | There's an "easy" way to beat the gargoyles, but it's tedious and doesn't really pay dividends in the long run. (No plot spoilers) andylt posted... everybody hating Blighttown.I liked Blighttown! I played on the Switch where there's little-to-no slowdown though --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Anyone here beat world of light? (Spoilers I guess) |
| Kenri 08/13/22 1:12:58 PM #12 | There's no real story in this, not sure why someone would keep at it if they weren't having fun. I don't remember it being too terribly long, though. I think I beat it in only a handful of sittings. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/13/22 11:26:08 AM #218 | Love it. Like saying "no honey I've been too busy with my side chick to have an affair with your sister" --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/13/22 12:21:43 AM #432 | The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (PC) This is a fairly short VN with three romance options and 8 endings; the route I did took me about 2 hours, with one bad end on the way. The conceit of the game is that you and your best friend have summer jobs working on a cruise ship, which is what drew me to the game initially because, idk, cruise ships are just a comfy setting for me I guess. The game's itch.io pages promises "realistic 'serving onboard a cruise ship' action" and I was fully expecting that to be compromised in the service of telling a cute romance story, but no, the job is fully as hellish as, to my understanding, it actually is, and the characters largely bond through commiseration (at least at first). The characters are super cute, especially the main two girls. As you might expect from the title -- well, maybe you'd expect it to be a game about The Killers, because the title is fully cribbed from the lyrics of Spaceman. But if you didn't expect that, you might expect the game to have a supernatural element, and it does. It's interesting and I didn't find myself going "this story would be better if it had 80% less fantasy" like I do all the time, but I do wish it had more of a chance to really develop. The whole conflict is introduced and resolved very, very quickly. Maybe there's more here if you do the other routes. I might revisit it eventually and check. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/12/22 9:43:11 PM #431 | Dicey Dungeons (Switch) This has been my downtime-at-work game for a while, but after two 7+ hour road trips in the last 3 weeks I've finally beaten it. It's a very silly game! But fun. I had trouble learning most of the characters (not to mention some of the trickier episode gimmicks) but eventually got them and came to enjoy playing them... except the Witch, kinda. The Witch just feels underpowered. I do wish the game was a bit less reliant on RNG and that each episode was a bit more varied in terms of the equipment you get, and yes I realize those are contrary wants but --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/12/22 5:01:27 PM #196 | masterplum posted... Currently in an argument with a Facebook friend that if I don't support Trump it means I support communism.Oh shit, I think we have the same friend. Is their name Literally Any Conservative In the Last 7 Years? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Thoughts on Metroid Dread *spoilers* |
| Kenri 08/12/22 1:13:27 PM #44 | I mean yeah, it's the controls. And the map, but mostly the controls. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | This was definitely the worst meme ever right |
| Kenri 08/11/22 8:48:34 PM #9 | Johnbobb posted... what I thought given the topic title was dat boihttps://c.tenor.com/2djairSHHl8AAAAC/fight-jasonmomoa.gif --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/11/22 3:12:52 AM #118 | StartTheMachine posted... Appealing to things like "Christian and family values", '"patriotism", "strong work ethic" is what works on others. And certainly their own natural dissatisfaction with their lives and fear of others.OK sure, but why do things like "Christian family values" and "fear of others" have any appeal to them or power over them to begin with? I guess the idea here is they were already conned earlier so now they're easier marks for the second, later con? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/11/22 1:48:00 AM #91 | StartTheMachine posted... Take it from somebody who once had a kind-hearted father who genuinely believes this shit now. He never "needed an excuse" to hurt people. He only cared for and wanted to help people before the right-wing brainworms. He's a fucking victim.I don't see what people who were genuinely good beforehand got out of this stuff initially, though. Like, if I turn on the TV and hear Tucker Carlson, my reaction is "this sucks shit" and then I turn it off. But a lot of people keep watching, and what am I supposed to think of that if not "well, they're probably being told something they already like"? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Para's Top 50 games from 2020-2021 |
| Kenri 08/10/22 10:36:43 PM #286 | Paratroopa1 posted... Next up: Uh oh. Is it time to get personal about gender-related topics?Fallout: New Vegas My actual guess is Animal Crossing NH though --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Now I'm questioning if people who like hating on Metroid: Other M actually... |
| Kenri 08/10/22 7:18:12 PM #4 | You're joking but this is kinda true tbh --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/10/22 5:42:01 PM #62 | Jakyl25 posted... Someone said that conservatives view criminals moreso as a class of people beneath them in the caste system instead of as a descriptor of people who commit a crimeYeah conservatism makes a lot more sense once you realize they judge actions by the person doing them rather than judging people by their actions --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay |
| Kenri 08/10/22 1:02:28 PM #39 | Romney and Cheney are "very concerned" Republicans. There's certainly not any other party that fits them better. Tulsi (and possibly Yang) are just grifters. Tulsi would turn on the alt-right tomorrow if she thought it would make her .001% more popular/wealthy. Don't see any reason to pretend she has any coherent ideology at all. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | A bunch of Pokemon S/V stuff is leaking. *spoilers* |
| Kenri 08/10/22 12:57:31 PM #114 | Inviso posted... Primarina's great. The only thing ruinous about that line is Brionne. ctesjbuvf posted... This. I love Primarina.WOW. The disrespect. Brionne is the best part of that line --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Most Anticipated Game of 2023? |
| Kenri 08/08/22 11:42:17 PM #16 | Silksong, then Zelda, and I don't particularly care about the others (at least not yet) --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 392: PM Mess |
| Kenri 08/08/22 11:25:00 PM #477 | US moderates are literally just conservatives who don't want to identify as conservatives because that would make them look bad lol --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Rate the VG Story Day 408: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance |
| Kenri 08/07/22 6:08:37 PM #7 | 9 My only real issue with this game is that Sundowner is by far the most compelling villain and should have been the main one. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Thoughts on Metroid Dread *spoilers* |
| Kenri 08/07/22 12:18:54 PM #28 | andylt posted... I'm tempted to replay this if only to witness the Adam conversations and see how obvious it is that it's not him. It does explain all the 'Raven beak is 2 strong 4 u!!' talk. That's one twist that's probably easier to guess for people who haven't played Fusion, but I had an implicit trust in him because of that game so I really didn't see it coming.The only issue with this twist is that Adam has had a different characterization literally every time he's showed up. I didn't even question him acting unusual lol --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Thoughts on Metroid Dread *spoilers* |
| Kenri 08/06/22 3:21:00 PM #3 | I didn't really like it, at least as a Metroid game. It's a competent 2D action game but I definitely won't be buying any more Metroid games from the same devs. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Para's Top 50 games from 2020-2021 |
| Kenri 08/06/22 8:31:50 AM #279 | Does Gnosia count as a time loop game? I'll guess that --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Para watches and ranks every SGDQ '22 run |
| Kenri 08/06/22 8:11:01 AM #84 | Isquen posted... I always thought it was similar to "used" with a softer s and a t instead of a d ending.This is how I've always pronounced it. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Para's Top 50 games from 2020-2021 |
| Kenri 08/05/22 12:23:47 PM #273 | Or it's a good console game with an awful PC port. I tried to like Origami King (was gifted it, wouldn't have bought it for myself) and it was fine but after about 10 hours I just went "this is too slow and repetitive and I don't have time for it" --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2022 Edition |
| Kenri 08/05/22 1:45:02 AM #415 | Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils (Switch) This is a cult classic Metroidvania so I was excited to finally play it. But ooh boy, this game has some issues. So there's two stories: Bunny Must Die where you play as Bunny, and Chelsea and the 7 Devils where you play as Chelsea. They have the same map but play very differently and have different power ups. Unfortunately both are just frustrating to control. This game is like the anti-Hollow Knight: where everything in that game just felt precise, effortless to control, and just fun to play, this game turns "jump over a small gap" into an incredibly frustrating experience. Okay so, you know how Super Metroid has the standing straight jump and the moving spin jump? Let's take that system (which is, let's be honest, already kinda frustrating) and add a third kind of jump: dash jumps, which provide almost zero vertical movement but get you more horizontal distance than a spin jump. Now let's make it so almost every jump in the game can only be completed with one kind of jump. Also, absolutely everything you do feels like it's both on a delay and has input lag, so if you want to attack an enemy, turn around, run towards the ledge, and jump, you need to wait for your attack lag to end, turn around, wait for your turning lag to end, start running, and then push jump before you'd think you need to so the input lag doesn't throw you in a pit. It is so. Insanely. Frustrating. Just to play this game. I finally starting getting it by like hour 4 but I'd nevertheless describe the game as "completely uncontrollable". There's three kinds of wall jumps and the game never teaches you how two of them work, they just seem to happen kinda at random until you look up an explanation. There's a boss who kills you instantly if you're looking at him. There's an "upgrade" that makes your jump significantly worse and the game doesn't tell you how to turn it off. This whole thing is just a shitpost of a game and of course I 100%'d both stories. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Describe a video game's plot poorly, others guess the game: The Relaunch |
| Kenri 08/05/22 1:29:05 AM #131 | Anagram posted... Man tries to destroy the world to save the worldFFTA --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Describe a video game's plot poorly, others guess the game: The Relaunch |
| Kenri 08/04/22 10:45:58 PM #121 | Anagram posted... Headline reads "Man stabbed on happiest day of his life"Final Fantasy Tactics --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Describe a video game's plot poorly, others guess the game: The Relaunch |
| Kenri 08/04/22 9:56:11 PM #118 | Leonhart4 posted... The world's longest campfire storyFinal Fantasy X --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1412: Edelgard (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) |
| Kenri 08/04/22 8:46:02 PM #18 | Yes, she's one of the best FE --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Describe a video game's plot poorly, others guess the game: The Relaunch |
| Kenri 08/04/22 6:40:45 PM #112 | Leonhart4 posted... Foes unite to shut down an unlawful business from operating on one of their properties.Sonic 3 & Knuckles? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Pokemon Presents August 3rd 9AM Eastern |
| Kenri 08/03/22 1:15:03 PM #109 | swordz9 posted... I think Cetitan is cool and would look amazing if they do scaling well. Look at the stats on that thing. Its over 14ft tall and 1,500 pounds. This thing makes Snorlax look like a babyI didn't watch the direct so I was just going off the pictures and I thought it was like. The size of a corgi. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
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