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CRON posted...

I'm 27, grew up with SMRPG, and vastly prefer the M&L games.

That's interesting. I'm the same age, missed out on SMRPG but played Superstar Saga at release, and I think SMRPG is superior to any of the Mario and Luigi games.

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EDF5. Yeah probably ant food.

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ThePieReborn posted...

Just finished my first run today. Had a lot of fun, although I don't quite understand how to deal with the Flood pure forms other than stick with the pointy end of an energy sword or hold down M1/M2 with akimbo Spikers or Maulers. Cortana was a bitch, as I heard it was. Somehow still beat the par score despite dying a bunch.

A nitpick I have is that you're suddenly not super squishy during the end sequence on Legendary. I get that it's a victory lap spectacle, but you had to sweat blood and bullets during the Warthog run in CE. I was expecting something similar, but with the enemy density during the level it'd be damn impossible to do it while squishy. >_>

Interestingly there are more options for dealing with Flood in Halo 3 than the first two games. The biggest example is that using Melee attacks on Flood was useless in the prior games. But in 3, they are brittle and it works very well. The Sword is of course probably the best Flood killing weapon overall. It one shots the Tank forms and usually the other two pure forms as well. But my personal favorite anti-Flood weapon in Halo 3 is dual-wielded plasma rifles. They've got a high rate of fire, decent enough range to hit the ranged forms, and even help against shielded combat forms.

But really, most weapons except for Snipers are useful against Flood. That's actually why I found Cortana to be one of the easier missions. There is a plethora of available weapons for dealing with them.

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Halo 3 has the best stretch of missions in the series and is by far the best co-op campaign. But Halo 2 has the best campaign overall.

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sabin017 posted...

How do I find/enter customs?

You can't. Hopefully the custom games browser is implemented once all the games are released. If you want to play customs at the moment, you have to either do it with friends or find groups on reddit/discord/whatever other online community you want to use.

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I like how all the games received a little bit of new content. All the games got some new stuff in Forge, most notably Elephants in Halo 3 and Sabres/Seraphs in Reach. And CE of course got the new skins and customization options. I wonder if they'll start adding cut content that never made it into the games, like the Shadow in Halo 2.

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Jabodie posted...

Boba Fett in Disney canon grew up with bounty hunters and had nothing to do with Mandalore. Jango is very explicitly just a guy who wears the armor with no connection to Mandalore in current canon. If anything, Boba will probably be the "badass who has no code at all" hired to get baby yoda.

This is exactly why it makes sense to bring him in. Both him and Mando are bounty hunters in Mandalorian armor. But they operate very differently.

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Herodopus posted...

what do ppl think of greg baldwin, is the consensus that he's bad

I thought he was fine. I mean Iroh was no longer a main character in Season 3, so he didn't exactly have a ton of lines anyway.

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I wanted to keep Bowser in my party for the remainder of the game after getting him, but I just couldn't justify passing up Peach. I would have had a really difficult time with Smithy and Culex if I didn't abuse the fuck out of her and all the other broken things in the game.

I do like both Paper Mario games slightly more, but SMRPG is basically on par. I liked seeing all the things it did that clearly influenced the Paper Mario series too, such as Monstro Town.

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Also Suki should have been in more episodes. Good character but she just didn't have enough appearances.

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Toph, but with Sokka as a close second.

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apolloooo posted...

my top metroidvania is hollow knight but i like the first game a lot

You will enjoy Will of the Wisps then because Hollow Knight definitely had some influence on it.

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Don't forget Halo Landfall

https://youtu.be/SyOAdrxlPVs

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iPhone_7 posted...

I hate that this is the series where they keep trying new gameplay formulas instead of the Mario & Luigi series which I dont really care for.

Well Mario and Luigi is now a dead series unless Nintendo finds another studio to do it. Origami King actually looks promising from what I've seen, but obviously it's not the Paper Mario game I truly want. I have to imagine Nintendo will want to keep the Mario RPG games going because they're probably the most popular spin-off games aside from the Mario Kart series. It seems like it's time for the birth of a new Mario RPG series. Mario and Luigi was great but I'm okay with it not being revived. And Paper Mario does not look like it will return to its roots. So hopefully Nintendo doesn't just sit back and think Origami King is enough.

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ODST was the only Halo game I never played until I downloaded it for MCC and played the campaign. So it will be nice to finally give Firefight a try. I know there are a lot of people who still prefer it over Halo: Reach Firefight.

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I like all the features they've added to Forge. And it will be interesting to try Halo 3 out with an increased FOV. The main issue I've still been seeing regarding the game is hit detection, so hopefully that's something that is addressed. But even after getting sick of the constant Halo 3 on the Xbox version of MCC, I'm very much looking forward to this release.

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Bullet_Wing posted...

Are there going to be spectators, or empty stands?

No fans

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CloneTheHero posted...

not interested in a donkey ass free for all season. 60 games proves nothing, baseball is a marathon, this is a sprint. 162 games proves beyond a shadow of a doubt who the best team is. in a 162 game season the elite teams will wear down mediocre teams, in this ebola season mediocre teams could end up playing spoiler and that to me aint right. idk how any serious baseball fan could possibly enjoy a 60 game season, under the circumstances i understand its better than nothing but it doesnt mean i have to like it.

if you just wanna watch some baseball then you cant go wrong, youre easy to please, but if you wanna watch to see who the best team is (like we normally do) this aint the season. not to mention even the best players get into a rut and see major slumps, in a 60 game season there is no room for error youre not allowed to have a slump that could be your season.

The teams that were going to make the playoffs in a regular season are likely going to be the same teams that make the playoffs now. Especially with how important depth is going to be in a season where players are opting out or are sick. Of course there are no guarantees, but I think any bad luck will have more to do with the virus than the shortened schedule.

I disagree with you for the most part anyway. I think this season is just as valid as any other, even if it's not being played under ideal circumstances. Don't watch if you're not interested, but most fans are, and they will enjoy having a baseball game to look forward to every night. As long as the virus doesn't ruin it of course.

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So far, I think it's on track to be that way. I'm excited for Season 2.

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I'm normally okay with the 2 weapon system in most games that have that, but it bugged my in Infinite for some reason. There were a lot of weapons I didn't get much use out of because the combination of the Carbine and Shotgun was just too good to pass up.

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It's not a kid's party game though. They designed the game with this particular audience in mind, as well as their general audience as a whole. That's why this series is so popular among competitive and casual fans alike. And at the end of the day, it's no different than any other job if this is their source of income.

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Veggeta X posted...

Everyone should watch the episode "Old Wounds" from the Batman TV show. It shows a great narrative on how unempathetic Batman is and tells us why Dick gave up Robin and became Nightwing.

It also showed how Batman could still be considered a good person deep down. One of the most interesting things about that show is how Batman changes over time. Earlier on Batman and Bruce Wayne are two distinct individuals. And Bruce Wayne is a wonderful, upstanding citizen. But as the show goes on, the two eventually blend together. Life as Batman obviously wore him down. Kevin Conroy even did a different voice for Bruce earlier in the show that got dropped later on.

Ultimately, DCAU Batman was a good guy. Probably one of the nicer versions of the character.

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Also for me my favorite to least favorite to play were

Sonic > Tails > Gamma > Amy > Knuckles > Big

But honestly, I can see why people would rate Knuckles lower than Big. Knuckles' section was terrible.

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I hated them but Big is such a stupid character that he made it entertaining and memorable. Maybe I would have enjoyed the gameplay more if I actually attempted to figure out what to do, but I didn't have any patience with it.

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pegusus123456 posted...

Why are they suddenly referring to themselves as Titans in the second season with no explanation?

They do explain that. You might not have reached that point yet though since it's not till a few episodes into Season 2 where they go into the background of the Titans.

And it makes sense to focus so heavily on Dick. I mean he's the most popular character of that group by far. I do think the focus is going to start shifting more to Starfire next season at least. But I'm sure they'll come up with some drama to stick Dick in.

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The show has some very questionable writing sometimes. This continues to be true in Season 2 despite it being much better than Season 1.

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Being cheaper isn't much of a plus when food is one of the only things I actually like spending money on in the first place.

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I'd like them to take some notes from Mercenaries and combine the best elements of both series. Since Mercenaries is a dead franchise, it would have to be a new Just Cause game.

Honestly, I did enjoy Just Cause 3 even though it ran like shit on the Xbone.

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I've been playing Worms Armageddon and Worms WMD, which is the most recent one. I like them both. Definitely get Armageddon at least.

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Yeah I tried to find an Invasion game last week and couldn't. Halo 2 probably sapped away most of the people playing Reach.

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Imagine thinking Raiders isn't the best Indy film.

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Why would he get cancelled?

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ultimate reaver posted...

It's super fast paced, and all the weapons feel really powerful and satisfying.

op doing a good service

Also has some gorgeous levels. I was blown away by how cool the visuals and level design was for certain episodes.

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The developer is part of it, but I think the setting is also a major part of the appeal.

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CountDog posted...

That is some serious cheese. If that's the reality of the Halo universe. Boy has it gone down real fast. Peg my interest gone. I was hoping they would Abandon everything Halo 5 was. It'll still be interesting to see how the multiplayer plays out.

Yeah it's not great. I don't think just scrapping it all is the right call though, and that doesn't appear to be what they're doing. They can still salvage things I believe. Ideally, I think The Didact returns in this game as the main villain since he was one of the few things I thought the 343 Halos did right. The issue is of course some of the stuff they did to him outside of the games.

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iPhone_7 posted...

They made Cortana & her A.I. the new enemy but had to find someway to keep us shooting at those aliens. The banished

To be fair, they added some fluff after Halo 5 that stated some Covenant species actually swore loyalty to Cortana after Halo 5's events. Particularly all of the Grunts on their homeworld, since apparently she treats them with the respect that nobody else does. But if the Banished are there it would be a bit confusing to fight two separate groups of Covenant. So maybe Cortana's faction will just be Prometheans after all.

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I still need to check out seasons 1-4. I first became aware of the show around Season 4 and even checked it out a little bit on TV because my parents watched it. When Season 5 came out, I missed the first couple episodes, but eventually I sat down and started watching. And I saw everything since then.

Still remember CE's reaction to "That's Jack Bauer!"

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BudDupree48 posted...

most people that prefer how it is are AL fans. They dont witness the suck enough that is pitchers batting

I watch the Yankees and Mets about equally. The Mets are a bit of an outlier compared to other NL teams since they actually do have decent hitting pitchers, but I just like being able to watch two different styles of play. Like I said though, the NL getting the DH doesn't bother me too much. It's inevitable.

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Damn_Underscore posted...

I like the DH in the AL and no DH in the NL

Yeah I prefer how it is currently, but it ultimately won't be a huge loss once the DH is implemented permanently in the NL. All NL teams will be better with a DH than without, so that's something that I think is good at least.

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MC_BatCommander posted...

Looks good, hope we get a sequel to Ritual of the Night as well

They've still got a ton of stretch goals they need to meet for kickstarter backers. But I definitely can see them doing a sequel in the future. It just won't be any time soon most likely.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynesdjzxix0

The first game was fun. The two new characters plus Domonique seem interesting.

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chrono625 posted...

Wonder Woman and Superman are nigh invincible.

its stupid and silly to have a game where they can die to anyone but a god when they themselves are practically gods.

the flash can practically manipulate time on his own making him god like.

Wonder Woman would be fighting a number of other gods. Superman also has a bunch of very powerful villains. You'd probably fight some grunts too, but there's always something they can come up with to justify them being a threat.

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SevenTenths posted...

it comes out in november.

we do, it's shame there's more money in making shitty multiplayer games like elite dangerous and scam citizen.

I hope squadrons will show that there is interest in the market, but given it's still multiplayer focused i'm afraid the wrong message will be sent. I don't want to play with griefers and I want the illusion that i'm the best pilot in the game universe. I just want a big open galaxy with enough plot to move me along that can lead to an open ended efficiency grind at the end. And i don't have to jump through hoops to get my joystick working with. Bonus points if it can work with the joystick and the throttle control, but just one is enough to make me happy.

I don't think it's necessarily multiplayer focused. In addition to the campaign, there's a mode called Fleet Battles that can be either single player or multiplayer.

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You know the more I look back on them, the more I actually like the Divine Beasts. They're not a replacement for traditional Zelda dungeons, but I think they were still enjoyable. And it was a bit refreshing doing dungeons that were almost entirely puzzle focused when combat is so prevalent everywhere else in the game.

Hyrule Castle is what future Zelda dungeons should be like though. Its openness was a perfect reflection of Breath of the Wild as a whole.

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