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I'm a couple games behind with Assassin's Creed and Odyssey looking as good as it does is the reason I'm finally installing Syndicate.

I love the Mass Effect-lite approach they've taken with Odyssey, it's a good idea -- I've always felt a little distant with the AC stories for some reason so hopefully the dialogue choices will make it a bit more personal.
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I fucking love these devs. Will buy.
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Anisoptera posted...

Trial and error isn't good game design.

In this case though, it isn't trial and error because the only consequence to not finding the platform is you're still looking for the platform.

Maybe I had seen the movie before playing the game but I had no trouble finding it and naturally you should end up there anyway after exploring everything else.
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I'm honestly not sure I ever beat Control legit by myself.

Had nothing to do with needing a guide, though. I just couldn't protect Natalya for shit. There's probably a trick to it or something but hell, I could never work it out.
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HylianFox posted...

Avatar is definitely one that people raved about after release, and then was promptly forgotten.

Yeah, I see it talked about often but it's only ever about the Box Office numbers, how nobody talks about it or that it was basically a re-telling of Pocahontas.

It's like there's no actual fanbase.
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Spider-Man this week, followed by Shadow of the Tomb Raider, followed by Life is Strange 2.

Also I've never actually played a Dragon Quest so starting at XI seems daunting but probably my best bet at this point... I'll probably get around to it one day!
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Empire Records (1995).

Might be my favorite movie and nobody ever talks about it. I once even made a topic in an attempt to maybe get some reminiscing going but not a single reply. One of the best (and very possibly biggest?) soundtracks in a movie ever -- it's practically a musical with how much of it there is.
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I liked Web of Shadows a fair bit, kinda janky when it came to framerate but the game did a lot right.

Dialogue choices, crossovers with other Marvel characters, a good/evil mechanic, two fully upgradeable movesets depending on your suit, two different endings and the webslinging was only slightly worse than 2's (which so far still hasn't been beaten though we'll see with the new PS4 game).
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This doesn't really seem like a surprise. I remember watching an episode years ago where Bubblegum Princess opened her closet and inside was a picture of Marceline, it was pretty on the nose.
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Rikiaz posted...

You can save anywhere though. Maybe the Electrical Plant? Where your health stops recovering and you have to use process of elimination with batteries to make paths.

Not sure, I looked up the power plant but the color scheme seems wrong. I coulda swore I was in a more purple area with green bits maybe. The last copy I played was on the Wii U so maybe I'll load up my save at some point and see if I can work it out.
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Raikuro posted...

who would be Chun-Li's echo tho

Would Cammy work? I have not kept up much with SF really since the SNES days so I don't know how she plays.
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I really love the game but was never able to finish it... Something to do with getting lost a lot and a lack of save/check points IIRC? Can't remember, I know there was some mechanic that got super tedious, though.

I did do the Gamecube one though, which was also awesome. I'll play the rest of the games one day.... When/if I ever finish the first.
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^Deleted my message because I had a brain fart and basically said something TC already knew.

But yeah, that's interesting they name drop Godzilla but he's not in the movie, I didn't think the two were related at all until Mothra showed up in a Godzilla film (similar to Rodan).

I should really watch Mothra's solo movies.
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I'm hoping it's just a matter of overpopulating. The thing with Legends is that it's very much an ensemble cast compared to Arrow/Flash/Supergirl which each have an obvious main character. With Legends you can't just bring over Sarah and a plucky side-kick or two, you're looking at 8 or so main characters, most of them budget heavy when they get to ass-kicking that all have their own chemistry and conflicts with each other -- Legends itself is practically a crossover.

I imagine it's a lot to juggle. I hope so anyway, because Legends S3 was arguably the best the CWverse had to offer last season except maybe Black Lightning.
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It's also possible we're the first, or last civilization in our galaxy (maybe even the entire universe).

Which would be a bummer for a few reasons.
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I want that Fan back. Until me and a friend worked out the stategy to break free from it, it would send us into laughing fits as it completely wrecked one of us.

It's been so long I have no idea how to get out of it anymore so it'd be a fun comeback.
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I think another factor to this is dev time. I'm not sure exactly how long the game has been in development but it's definitely longer than the typical AAA cycle, similar to how Rockstar do GTA -- it's ready when it's ready, not every 2-3 years for instance.

Now if every studio did this, they'd maybe have one or two major releases per gen so it might be a negative overall but it'd be interesting to get a glimpse of that reality and see what sort of content is available.
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Blue_Inigo posted...

Bad blood from Battlefront 2 and RDR 2 are why

They are still shitting the bed with Battlefront 2. No hyperbole, I cannot remember the last time I played a AAA game that buggy. I love the core game but it's been a shitshow since day one on that front and still continues to be.
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Oh, man. I printed off so much shit about Melee there wasn't a damn thing I didn't know about it by the time it released. Pages and pages of information and screenshots I'd read and look at over and over again.

Remember pulling my friend over to the PC and showing him some screenshots of the Pokball Pokmon (Snorlax and Scizor were in this shot) and being like "Look, they're even fully 3D now!!!". Even had some in-game shot of Peach, Mario and Bowser as my wallpaper.

As I've gotten older, hyping myself up for games has been something I've learned to control but Smash is still able to make me irritable towards release.
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yusiko posted...

im annoyed that season 2 of scream set up season 3 but none of it matters because season 3 is a reboot with a whole new cast

so the fan favorite characters of brooke and noah will not be in season 3 nor will emma or anything else from the previous 2 seasons

Yeah this was heartbreaking to read. Hearing the show got cancelled was a bummer but then I heard it was coming back.... and it's completely unrelated.

I was attached to the whole cast so it really sucks.
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I liked 4. Also liked the TV show, had some very likeable characters and was pretty self-aware.
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Say goodbye to loved ones. Get a bottle of scotch/bourbon, close the curtains, load up game on my PC (little undecided which but I have a couple ideas) and put on noise cancelling headphones.

With any luck I won't see or hear it coming and by the time I notice it'll already be too late.
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Colorahdo posted...

I mean 120 stars vs 900 is kind of what I'm talking about. "Cool I got a moon! Oh I got another moon. Oh there's a moon. Woops I just accidentally collected a moon"

In 64 getting a star was a big deal

I definitely side with this. In an early level one of the moons is literally just on the floor like it was any other coin. You can even buy some.

Maybe the concern was people would be beating it in a couple days and modern gamers expect a lot more playtime?
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Aw man. This is not looking so hot, IMO.

The in-game art-style looks a lot like a flash game and the music really isn't right. I did like the cartoon sequences though, they were pretty cool.

If they didn't want to rock the boat with Streets of Rage, they should have gone with hi-res sprite work. Otherwise they could have brought it back in a huge way (I've always imagined a Streets of Rage with a similar format to Yakuza could have been amazeballs, just with less story focus).

This, atm to me is looking half-assed, it won't do well and then they'll shelve the franchise again. I hope I'm wrong.
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Can't wait to have Picard back. Man, I hope it's good.
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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is a good one. Especially when you realize that isn't a hashtag, it's a musical "sharp".

Love the game but it's no surprise it didn't sell well.
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Zurkon posted...

Odin is my favorite summon but I think the best animation is Ramuh from FFXV.

That summon is truly mind-blowing and brings a sense of scale that is much too rare in videogames considering it's the perfect medium for it.

I always had a particular fondness for Diablos in FF8, the way he has to pull that ball of darkness down before he can actually throw it is really cool and gives the move a lot of weight.

Shiva in FFX is badass too, that finger snap when she shatters the frozen enemies is too good.
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Alpha218 posted...

Why they can't just make a more fleshed out 64 + a good online experience is beyond me

I honestly think the Star Fox IP is generally outside of Nintendo's typical budget for videogames to truly realize its potential. It's the type of franchise that I think could really benefit from a triple A western dev studio.

Problem is, nobody really makes space shooters and so spending that kinda money would be a huge risk because it isn't a proven genre in modern gaming. Nintendo could create a great game on a smaller budget (throw away the shitty controls and Zero would have been a solid SF title) but it's still going to come in at sub 10 hours and in today's gaming culture it just won't sell because of it.
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Goats posted...

How long does it take this to get better? I'm on episode 3 so far and it's not been fantastic skiddo

The show gets a lot more ambitious as it goes on. It starts as a well written, witty and thoughtful but relatively normal sitcom until gradually finding it's voice during S1 and for the entire of S2 and 3 it's just firing on all cylinders.

I think where you're at right now, Troy and Abed are barely even friends and their friendship is a highlight of the show.
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Gunpo posted...

If you liked Digimon World 1 then it's amazing, probably the funnest Digimon game I've played

Is training up Digimon any faster? I recently attempted a runthrough of DW1 for the first time since the PS1 was relevant and was loving it at first but something went terribly wrong with a Greymon I was training up to become an Ultra, it died before Digivolving. Eventually got myself a MegaSeadramon which was awesome but as I continued on I could feel that oncoming death and the thought of spending another 2+ hours or whatever just doing another training regimen killed my interest.

It was just too slow and required no real input from me.
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YukihoHagiwara posted...

Aladdin. There aren't enough shiny as fuck jewels in the rest. Disney really knows how to make the best animated gems and I mean that in the most literal sense.

I swear my pupils dilate when I see the gems the Dwarves are mining in Snow White.

Also for me, probably Moana and Frozen. Especially Moana though, it really might be my favorite Disney movie and I don't say that lightly. It's so emotionally powerful with the perfect soundtrack supporting those moments.
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*Swigs Vodka*

"Shirley, don't you think you've had enough?"

"...Of you!"

*Gasp*
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Darmik posted...

Did it look like he used time powers to re-live the newspaper article or was that weird editing?

Pretty sure it was a flashback but one of the brothers almost certainly has some kind of Force Push/Telekinesis ability (from the previous teaser).
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SSJCAT posted...

they complement each other well imo

For sure, you're missing way too much gaming greatness if you don't at least check out the highlights from both.
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I greatly preferred the Genesis versions of Disney releases over the SNES ones.

Some of my best gaming memories with the likes of Aladdin, the SNES version looked, sounded and played worse IMO.
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DarkTransient posted...

That is seriously fucked up.

The thought of them slowly getting colder and colder, having no idea why it's happening and gradually starting to panic is genuinley horrifying.
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I enjoyed the show a great deal but they really started to lose me with the "side-flashes" or whetever they were. I marathoned the show too hard and when flashbacks stopped just being flashbacks, it did get me a little mixed-up.
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I had a great time with 90's X-Men. Was "X-Treme" but also a lot of fun.
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Sucks, I really like the series and the only thing I have left to play is Death of the Outsider.

I hope they at least replace it with something similar.
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Perfect Dark on the GBC kicked my ass.

Beat the N64 version and loved the game to pieces but for whatever reason I barely made any progress on the GBC.
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I don't know about her stand-up, never watched it but I've enjoyed the three movies I've seen her star in.
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I can't find a clip of it because I don't think it's a particularly popular scene but in Season 6 while the group are having a discussion, Elroy butts in to randomly go on a rant about a snooker ball he found and he doesn't understand why he has it, ponders why it's the wrong color for the number and basically just questions it's entire existence.

I've had a couple moments like that before and the scene cracks me up every time.
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hockeybub89 posted...

The point of video games is to be an interactive form of media. They don't have to invoke a certain type of feeling in you. The point here is obviously "This game will not make you smile and laugh and might make you feel negative emotions" more than "Our game sucks and you will get sick of playing this bullshit"

Exactly, Persona 3 jumps to mind in this instance. When I first started the game, I was all doe-eyed and having a lovely time with an interesting JRPG battle mechanic and social sim aspect I hadn't experienced before but as I progressed through the story, the atmosphere got thicker and thicker to the point there was an ominous weight over me at all times. It wasn't "fun" but it was captivating.
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Garioshi posted...

What monstrosity have I created?

You are become death, destroyer of worlds.
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Hexenherz posted...

Could you imagine an Amazon lottery where he just gives a million dollars to 28 random people *every single day*

Holy shit, make it exclusive to Prime members and he'd probably make even more money from all the new subs.
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It's a shame they never managed to do a sequel justice. The game is balls to the walls explicit but in a weird way it's a cathartic experience. One of the better stress relievers especially if you activate some cheats.
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