Board 8 > transience's video game topic 49: look over the horizon, a lot of games are nier

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Made some real progress in Horizon Zero Dawn. The background on how the world in that game got the way it did is so very much my s***. My only real complaint about that game is the battle arenas it does with the boss fights, but then that is kinda to be expected.
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iiicon posted...

just checked my Steam library and I have it, thanks!

digiiiiiiiii posted...

i gave a lickatoad a nightshade berry from lottie's store and while it was choking i hit it with my shovel and it became a lackatoad

http://i.imgur.com/yJmVmLz.gifv

i gotta get a bunch of arocknids so my lackatoad will have sex
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i only got to play me3 mp years and years and years after its release. it was still fun. that gif looks cool. charge stays winning. andromeda will be eventually played later so i can do cool s*** like that as a hybrid adept/vanguard badass. i also just cannot believe how so many people played through the entire original trilogy as just a soldier with how painfully average the shooting is in those games and how fun it is to use all the tech/biotic powers.

as for the whole presentation issue with andromeda, it really is bad, especially now that i've put 30+ hours into dragon age inquisition. that game has its fair share of jank and stiffness like all the other modern bioware games, but at least the people there look like they actually have life behind their eyes and the models have a great level of polish. it's a real looker, unlike andromeda which somehow looks old.

made a whole 2016 goty topic with write-ups that ranked all the 2016 games i beat. here's the list in the order rankings should always be presented as:

21. Asemblance
20. Abzû
19. Bound
18. Virginia
17. The Last Guardian
16. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
15. Salt and Sanctuary
14. Dishonored
13. Firewatch
12. Oxenfree
11. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
10. Hyper Light Drifter
9. Darkest Dungeon
8. Doom
7. Inside
6. Titanfall 2
5. Furi
4. Hitman
3. Dark Souls III
2. The Witness
1. Overwatch

got to diamond with my alt account in overwatch just recently like i thought i always deserved to be in so i like to think that game's hold on me has loosened to the point that i can play other games more.

been replaying bloodborne in spurts because of the return to yharnam event. that game is still intensely atmospheric and stylish. still love it.

now that i have at the very least a laptop that can run old games, i'm looking forward to finally being able to play all these small pc-exclusive indie games like krz, valhalla, and spaceport janitor.
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Aside from looking for Witcher gear I think I have done everything I can do in Skellige for now. Haven't seen any new quests or anything wandering around the islands so I gotta be done for now. I keep encountering minor glitches/bugs that force me to reload my game to continue though so that's unfortunate. Things like Geralt not jumping on ledges he can grab or not diving when I try to dive. I guess a game this massive is bound to have some small things like that. Thankfully I save a lot

saw a short clip of Seiken Densetsu 3 running on a Switch this morning

Nintendo if you can hear me, I will buy a Switch immediately if this gets localized
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ugh I just saw on my Mass Effect order from CDKeys that I won't get it until the 23rd. curse you, $30 savings
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i doubt you'll have to wait until the 23rd
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i don't remember that part of viva pinata
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Following the Thread has to be the hardest choice I have to make in Witcher 3 so far. Just sitting here at the choice section for like 10 minutes trying to figure out how I want it to play out because there isn't really enough evidence to be sure of either side

the most generous reading of that quest line is the guy Lambert is following tactically supports slavery!
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There was a letter saying he wanted no part of it. I mean it could be there to mislead you, but who knows. Also I noticed time still passes even if you haven't made a choice. It was dark and rainy when I started this and now it's a sunny day.

doesn't he recommend other merchants who could help out?
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I think he says something like "I'm no longer part of this business, but there are plenty of other merchants I know of that are." I guess you can take that either way as well. This is a well done sidequest

swordz9 posted...

This is a well done sidequest

most of the substantial side quests in Witcher 3 are
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Atlus is making a new Radiant Historia

what
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between this and sd3
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2017 best year in gaming
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The Mana Sword posted...

Atlus is making a new Radiant Historia

what

Holy crap what

That's like a top 5 DS game for me
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I played like 4-5 hours of it and dropped it. can't remember why but it didn't pull me in.
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was it on a flash cart? flash carts are playthrough graveyards
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yeah. so were a lot of games that I've fallen for though. it does make it a lot easier to drop though
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The Mana Sword posted...

Atlus is making a new Radiant Historia

what

I'm not seeing details on this anywhere. Source? I'd explode with hype if this is true.
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http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1354066
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The Mana Sword posted...

Atlus is making a new Radiant Historia

what

yessssss
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omg
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I dropped RH after about the same time, but it definitely fell victim to being on a flash card and also for not being Soma Bringer

still cool to see them doing something with the IP
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Automata is so f***ing good
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Hit the point of no return in Horizon Zero Dawn. Have a couple side quests to finish first, then I am going to beat the game
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there's actually a false point of no return in that game. if it's the one outside the arena, you have more game left.
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seiken densetsu collection oh my god

I've been fantasizing about this for like 10 years
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you've been fantasizing about porting roms to the switch that won't get translated? unless I'm missing something with the announcement
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why do you have to poop on my dreams
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this seems like a good time to point out that the new Radiant Historia is a remake
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RH felt like a bunch of good ideas but a somehow boring game.
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th3l3fty posted...

this seems like a good time to point out that the new Radiant Historia is a remake

Aw poop

All the new 3DS RPGs are remakes
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It does sound like they're adding some story stuff to the remake at least.
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i just preorded a 3DS game

i was not expecting to do that in 2017
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year of the 3ds
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hacknet: labyrinths comes out on the 31st
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metaIslug posted...

played an old game called Titan Quest. it was alright

Titan Quest is my jam. Such a good Diablo-like.
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Titan Quest is great
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Mass Effect: Andromeda is to the Mass Effect Trilogy what Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta is to the Uncharted Series
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my new controller is so sexy

do you think i could play viva pinata with it

https://i.imgur.com/OBarWaD.jpg
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I'm up to the Ugly Baby quest in Witcher 3. There aren't many places left I can safely explore now and some are locked off for later quests apparently so I might as well do the main quests now until more sidequests open up. 2 weeks might be enough time to finish the main game not counting DLC

Getting close to finishing Zelda. Maybe tomorrow? Not feeling a strong urge to be super completionist with this.
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from a scale of 10/10 to best game ever, how is it?
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tough to say right now. I have a lot of Thoughts™ and will probably write up a bigger thing when I actually finish.

there's a lot of good about the game. it's been wearing a bit thin as I get towards the final bits, but I wonder how much of that is due to the looming shadow of 5 other games I want to play.
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Ok this drinking scene at Kaer Morhen is literally the best part of Witcher 3 so far.

trying to download NieR and PSN is killing me

sony please
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