What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

[Claudius t Ansuulim]

Tetris 99, may be the best iteration of Tetris I’ve played since the original on NES and Gameboy

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23 minutes ago, Claudius t Ansuulim said:

Tetris 99, may be the best iteration of Tetris I’ve played since the original on NES and Gameboy

It's funny that I'm sinking more time into that game than others that cost me 90 (Canadian) dollars.

[Joyrex]

17 hours ago, Claudius t Ansuulim said:

Tetris 99, may be the best iteration of Tetris I’ve played since the original on NES and Gameboy

Have you played Tetris Effect on PS4/PC?

[jaderpansen]

Zachtronics going graphic novel o_O ... Well, count me in!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/716500/Eliza/

[usagi]

On 8/1/2019 at 6:09 AM, Brisbot said:

Quick question, when is the best time to use my humanity to reverse hollow/kindle? Before bosses? I know in the future I'll probably start dying more from the enemies so I imagine I'm just saving up humanity for no good reason.

depends on knowing what humanity helps with and when you need that kind of help.

you need to be in human form to see summon signs for NPCs/other players to be able to assist you, especially next to boss fog doors. having a partner in a boss fight can really help in terms of distraction and make taking them down much easier, e.g. Pornstein and Smough. there are also certain scripted NPC invasions into your world (there is one in Blighttown, when you near the waterwheel in the pit) which require you to be in human form.

also, having your held humanity counter anywhere from 1 up to 10 boosts item discovery and means more chances of enemies dropping loot, which when combined with the gold covetous serpent ring really helps farming. there are a couple of places closer to the end of the game where you can farm humanity itself, the easiest one being the crypt area right before the Gravelord Nito fight (those little skelechildren drop it and they spawn infinitely).

finally being in hollow form limits your health but I found the effect of this negligible in DS1, whereas in DS2/3 the more hollow you got the worse your health got and you had to reverse following at some point.

[bitchroast]

https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/

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Yes, we’ve signed with Epic for PC launch exclusivity. It’s incredible news for us and I’m hoping you all can be excited about it, too.

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It’s also really disappointing to see folks threatening to pirate a game just because they can’t get it on the game launcher they’re used to. Feeling like you’re owed the product of other people’s work on your terms or else you’ll steal it is the epitome of that word “entitlement” that people use to discuss immature, toxic gamers.

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bless them for telling gamers they're a bunch of fucking assholes. 

straight up, honestly. 

Edited August 2, 2019 by bitchroast

[Bubba69]

Outer wilds.... it's really,...really fucking good. if you can stomach the epic games store.

[bitchroast]

i've heard that! i really want to try it. still not touched the epic store..

[Squee]

Outer Wilds is one of the best games I’ve played the last 10 years. 

[Rubin Farr]

Limited Run Games producing physical copies of Atari Flashback Classics for Vita with boxes that look like actual 2600 carts:

https://limitedrungames.com/products/limited-run-237-atari-flashback-classics-classic-edition-vita?utm_source=Limited+Run+Games+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1068971da9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_08_10_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5a5b46cbe7-1068971da9-202053751&goal=0_5a5b46cbe7-1068971da9-202053751&mc_cid=1068971da9&mc_eid=913100189b

[bitchroast]

who the fuck gives a fuck 

waste your money on something better than this crap. the world is an over populated plastic hell zone cos of assholes buying useless crap like this that noone needs or asked for.

now my weekend is fucking ruined thinking about this. 

for fuck sake rubin farr... 

[bitchroast]

Question: What videogames are you currently playing?
Rubin Farr: here's a link to some plastic that's going to be in a landfill in 2 years time. 

[bitchroast]

$44.99

 

[usagi]

lol

[Brisbot]

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also, having your held humanity counter anywhere from 1 up to 10 boosts item discovery and means more chances of enemies dropping loot, which when combined with the gold covetous serpent ring really helps farming. there are a couple of places closer to the end of the game where you can farm humanity itself, the easiest one being the crypt area right before the Gravelord Nito fight (those little skelechildren drop it and they spawn infinitely).

So it really is a huge tradeoff/gambling kind of thing.  It must be frustrating to die when you have around 10 humanity. But that's probably the point.

 

3 hours ago, bitchroast said:

who the fuck gives a fuck 

waste your money on something better than this crap. the world is an over populated plastic hell zone cos of assholes buying useless crap like this that noone needs or asked for.

now my weekend is fucking ruined thinking about this. 

for fuck sake rubin farr... 

lol, Rubin next time you post plastic cartridges make sure you include a trigger warning first! You're playing with fire here.

Edited August 3, 2019 by Brisbot

[bitchroast]

they're not just plastic cartridges though. Nintendo 64 had plastic cartridges purely as a means of distribution. it's literally 2019 and 99% of people today just download games instead of buying physical versions. games like Zelda and Mario Odyssey are still produced and distributed in physical formats, mostly because there are still familys and people out there relying on them over downloading games, maybe cos it's dad and mums buying them for their kids*. Limited Run games on the other hands, are generally indie games that are too niche for companies to bother distributing physically. there's a reason Jak and Daxter 3 re-release on the PS4 is not produced in mass quantity and distributed to shops... because no one would buy it and it would just end up in landfills... Limited Run produce a small number of them. sell it for absurd price tags... then people buy it and put it on their shelves for display and probably never even bother playing it. then the limited quantity sells out, and most of the people who bought it up immediately throw it on ebay for 4x the price tag and continue the cycle of exploiting nerds who need pieces of plastic sitting on their shelves for display. i'll never forget this kotaku article of this one dude who thought it was a good idea to print out fake sleeves and display EMPTY PLASTIC BOXES of download only titles that were on the Nintendo eShop https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/06/fake-boxes-for-downloadable-nintendo-switch-games/

* lots of ranting exaggerated points in this post. a lot of people also prefer buying physical games because they can then sell it second hand and make some money back after they have played it, or because buying games physical can be cheaper than the asking price on digital storefronts. i don't feel this has much relation to Limited Run games, though.

Edited August 3, 2019 by bitchroast

[bitchroast]

 

18 minutes ago, Brisbot said:

So it really is a huge tradeoff/gambling kind of thing.  It must be frustrating to die when you have around 10 humanity. But that's probably the point.

i pretty much never find myself in the position of having that much humanity in my counter, on account of sucking too much at the game and dying all the time. 

[bitchroast]

@Brisbot@usagi

omg full disclosure. just looked it up and realised Dark Souls 1 humanity / hollow has no difference to your health. using a humanity restores your health, but differences to max health is only in the other games. very easy to get it mixed up. please accept my apologies. 

Edited August 3, 2019 by bitchroast

[usagi]

I figured, I was wondering why I never saw any health penalties.

btw replaying the Lost Bastille in DS2 right now while writing this post, goddamn I love this map. mood af. I love the Pursuer fights. I think it was here I really fell in love with Dark Souls as a series overall. I just got invaded twice (human players, not NPCs) in 5 minutes and vanquished both of them. dunno what it is exactly but I could never win a pvp fight in DS1 whereas I actually have a decent chance in 2 & 3.

edit: you guys have seen this, right

 

Edited August 3, 2019 by usagi

[bitchroast]

i had not. lol 

enjoyed this video no the FPGA MiSTer. the discussion on it "feeling" accurate compared to emulation (in a way that is hard to quantify in words) is spot on. 

 

[ambermonk]

Started getting into Mutant Year Zero just now. Fallout-style story with XCOM-style combat. But the neat thing about it is that you can move around normally in real time when exploring, as opposed to having to point-and-click your way around the world. It's only when you enter combat that it goes turn-based. But you can still rotate the camera to any angle you wish, which is nice.

They nailed the voice acting as well. This one should carry me over for a while, at least for the next week. Brand new DLC just came out too, but I'd to play through the main game first.

[Squee]

Outer Wilds, you guys! Fuck!!

[ambermonk]

7 hours ago, Squee said:

Outer Wilds, you guys! Fuck!!

I'd play if it were on Steam. Anything Epic exclusive is dead to me. Sorry.

[usagi]

there's a Steam page for it though. it just says "TBD". I'm keen to give it a go, some cool ideas in there.

[Squee]

4 hours ago, ambergonk said:

I'd play if it were on Steam. Anything Epic exclusive is dead to me. Sorry.

I’m not sure I understand the Epic hate? There’s Origin, GOG, HumbleBundle, Windows Store, Itch.io, Uplay... why does it matter that there’s another player in town? It’ll only give the gamers better deals.