Delita

1 minute ago, Twinblade said:

Going back to Tales after Lost Judgement is hard. I realize they’re 2 completely different games but the dialogue and storytelling in Tales is so bad in comparison Im completely unengaged in what’s going on.

wow same thing happened to me a few days ago. i played it all day yesterday and my feeling was "did the story and cutscenes get a lot shittier since the last time i played it?"

still fun but the cutscenes

Not knowing much about the personal details of the dude i decided to look it up and the first thing that pops up is he was a rape of nanking denier FFS. And that's just the beginning

Dude was a human shit stain and whatever that thread says is likely not enough

Far Cry 6 is alright. I'm liking the new amigos mechanic   got me a Gator named Guapo helping me shred fools.

I think it's gotten to a point now where PS5 is the obligatory platform of choice for single player FPS for me. Deathloop and now Far Cry 6 have fantastic implementation of triggers/rumble that adds so much to the experience that you don't fully appreciate until it's not there.

Overall the game is more of the same though, but in a new setting and some new tricks. Diggin the new Cuba/Latin america setting. I'd say it works for this franchise because this isn't a yearly or even bi anuual franchise like Assasins creed so it never gets to a sense of fatigue and it helps that what it does, it does extremely well and there isn't very many open-world FPS on the market.

I'd compare it almost something to like Dragon quest. It's going to be years before Dragon Quest XII releases from XI and i already know how the game will play and what kind of story there is just like every single Dragon Quest made.

4 hours ago, Saucer said:

 

And that it doesn't highlight where your objectives are. Time to order it. 

 

Yay backtracking for hours looking for a trigger point in an effort to pad length.

This form of outdated game design needs to be taken out back and shot

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/far-cry-6-review-in-progress/1900-6417758/

ubishit

Just took down Lord Dohalim

37 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

Beat the game after 54 hours with a completion total of 61.6%. I’ll probably head back at some point to finish up some of the side stories but right now I want to get back to Tales. 
 
The game was great and the story is easily on par with the first game at the very least, though I think this one touches on important themes that will resonate with more people. It’s probably going to be the best video game story this year overall. 
 

They definitely have to make a third game tho. I don’t think the series should go on for as long as Yakuza, but ending as a trilogy with a crazy finale where they go all out would be epic.

I think the first one's personally resonated with me more since Dementia/Alzheimers is always a thing that has scared the shit out of me since when I was younger when my friends grandfather had it and one day the police shot and killed him thinking he was going for a gun even though in the phone call they told him he just wandered off in the middle of the night and he's a 80 something with dementia

Both are superb and its intriguing how it casts light on Japans fucked up justice system which I'm not too familiar with but that it mentions that 99.3 percent of all violent crimes in Japan end with a guilty verdict which is fucking outrageous. Seems Japan is even worse than US's justice system in how all they care about is the stats.

You see theres an episode with Kaito as the main charcter as DLC next year? Curious how that's going to go. Since they lost the rights to Yagami im guessing this is going to be the begining of a transition to Kaito as the main character. I kinda hope not. Kaito is boss but he doesnt work as a main. Works better as a supporting

I just did the one where I get a Ninja costume

These subquests are ridiculously amazing

18 hours ago, Twinblade said:

the pervert side quest was amazing    @Delita even if you skipped most of the side content you have to do that one. You can start it from the board at Yagami's agency.

Whats the name of the quest?

I ended up finishing it last night 

I ended up skipping most of the side stuff since I got too much on my plate but I’ll be back for sure especially to complete the gauntlet.

Game was fantastic but a bit too samey to the first. This one fixed a lot of nonsense from the first (like placing more taxis to get around) and earning skill points doesent feel like a grind anymore.

Also maybe it’s just me but I found it almost too easy which is rare for a Yakuza. There was no difficulty spike or anywhere that gave me trouble.

btw I can’t be the only one who thought Soma looks like an Asian mads mikelsen  

I love the cast and stories in these over main Yakuza, the topics are more interesting and actually somewhat educational than just another gang war/betrayal Yakuza story, like dementia in the first and school bullying in this one. I hope they find a way to make a 3rd because they have really good ideas narratively that surpass the Yakuza games imo

Dre, Snoop and Kendrick headlining superbowl 56 in Inglewood with NO Ice Cube fucking bootlicker

Lmao I can’t believe they’re actually making a sequel. I liked I think the 2nd one on ps2, I just hope it has the other characters who were more fun to play as than Grave

the 29 hours was just for the guys portion

anyways the game is fun to play and a good bargain bin game. 

35 minutes ago, Ramza said:

That doesn't sound too good. How long did it take to beat the first character story?

Final game time was 29 hours but I skipped most of the side stuff

Pretty much everything jonb said. Also starting where jonb is at (which is about halfway or a little past halfway) i'd say the game becomes weaker both narratively and in terms of dungeons. The 2nd half isn't just as well designed or interesting as the first half.

The combat system is very good though.

What chapter are you on Twinblade?

I'm up to chapter 6 and this story is like the first game, it's crazy just how far down the rabbit hole on the origin of a single murder can go.

On 2021-09-27 at 1:28 PM, Twinblade said:

 
I feel like more so than the previous games this one puts you in a real dilemma where you want to keep doing the main story because it’s damn good, but then all the side content and those storylines are also really damn good so you constantly feel torn on which you should focus on 

Man you werent kidding. I'm really loving the school stories. Right now I'm helping out the dance club and led my girls to a prelim win

The game is damn good so far overall, the premise so far seems more intriguing than the first as well

Finished EP1 

Every now and again I hop into this thread to see what’s poppin in terms of what to watch and noticed squid game gettin lots of love itt. last time I watched Fear Street series which was excellent.
 

Got to say, after ep1 this is looking like a solid banger. It helped that I went in completely blind 

Started Squid Game

9 hours ago, Twinblade said:

The School Stories are really well done and I’ve enjoyed their mini games so far. Not sure how many people are familiar with it but I’m getting serious Great Teacher Onizuka vibes from that mode.

I’ve been working a lot and haven’t had much free time to really get into it but later on today I’ll finally have free time to put some time into it.

This GTO comparison has me stoked.   

Started it up last night  

1 minute ago, Twinblade said:

This Mario movie is going to be huge. Thats a pretty good cast too.

nice that its fully animated instead of live action/cgi like sonic

im excited for this game but Triangle Strategy? wtf kinda name is that

yoko taro working on that card game is such a disappointment

mala the type of person who sleeps on a mattress from 20 years ago with drool and piss stains.