General Video Game Thread

Odradek · 2012-09-16 21:56:36

It was suggested on a different thread so here it is.

I have been Dark Souling recently. How have you fine fellows been gaming?

Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-16 21:58:05

everyone on this site should buy Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and play it until their eyes bleed.

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Bunny · 2012-09-16 22:29:49

I'm going to do an obligatory pimping of one of my most favorite games.

http://te4.org/

Tales of Maj'Eyal is one of my most favorite roguelikes ever.

Although really, calling it a roguelike is probably a misnomer. It's part roguelike and possibly part diablo? It has standard roguelike features such as brutal difficulty and the standard turn-based combat, but it also features combat based around skills and cooldowns, as opposed to the usual "bump-to-attack and use potions, scrolls, and spells as needed" style that is common to roguelikes. Not to mention the fact that the default difficulty setting gives you lives as you level up, I believe up to about 8 or so. Probably easier than the average roguelike, but still very fun.

Possibly my favorite part is the multitude of classes and the unlock system that goes along with them. What kind of character do you want to play? You can go with basically all the standards. Rogues, Alchemists, Archmages, Necromancers, Archers, Summoners, and so on. However, a ton of the classes are very unique. If you want to play a melee warrior who takes on the power of dragons to enhance his combat, the Wyrmic is the class for you. Or perhaps you want to use the sheer force of your hate for all living things to conquer your foes. In that case, the Cursed is more your style. Or if you want to play a mage that uses the forces of time itself to fight, including summoning your future self to aid you (with the side effect of getting pulled back in time to help your past self), then the Paradox Mage is for you.

And while it sounds complicated, the unlock system helps keep it simple. You start out with the most basic classes, the easiest ones to learn and play. Things like the Berserker and Bulwark, Rogue, Alchemist, Archer. (Though take note that easy does not mean boring or standard. It also includes the Arcane Blade and the Shadowblade) And obviously, playing the game gets you into the more unique classes. It's simple, but it's very effective.

All in all, it's just a really solid game. All of the classes play and feel very unique, it's more forgiving than the average roguelike (on the normal difficulty at least), the combat is far more engaging than most roguelikes (especially for melee characters), and all in all it just feels like a labor of love. And best of all, it's free, so you should all try it right now.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93674769

Also on Greenlight, so it might become a steam game soon!

Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-16 22:36:30

I would play Roguelikes if they weren't so damn hard.

I also kind of resent the ASCII art graphics that most of them have. I feel it's a deliberate attempt at alienation.

Bunny · 2012-09-16 22:38:40

TOME is probably one of the easiest to play.

It also has graphics.

Hexartes · 2012-09-16 22:38:49

I wish my DS wasn't broken.

Kid Icarus: Uprising is a fun game.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-16 22:41:04

TOME is probably one of the easiest to play.

I've heard that about many roguelikes and shmups (another genre I can never seem to really get into). Just because it's the easiest doesn't mean it's easy.

Sorry, I'm rambling. It does sound like fun, though.

Bunny · 2012-09-16 22:42:36

Yeah, it's still decently hard.

The other one that I would recommend is Dungeons of Dredmor. That one is actually fairly easy depending on the difficulty. And I'm not talking about relatively, either.

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Bunny · 2012-09-16 22:47:58

Roguelikes are my thing because I have a tendency to be very masochistic with my video games.

The harder a game is, the more satisfying it is once you finally beat that fucker.

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Bunny · 2012-09-16 22:53:05

Depends on the roguelike. Some of them generate fairly easy to navigate or useful layouts.

Odradek · 2012-09-16 23:16:23

I made a video about why you should all play Dark Souls.

Obā-san · 2012-09-16 23:19:07

Man, menu noises are annoying.

Odradek · 2012-09-16 23:20:27

You usually don't hear them as much as you're hearing them.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-16 23:20:30

MOTHERFUCKING DARK SOULS

--Mike Mnemonic, in the last video he made before he started whining about Bronies and PewDiePie all the time.

TitleName · 2012-09-17 12:57:38

Odradek's icon. Making me want to play Majora's Mask again.

Spacey · 2012-09-17 19:46:35

Or if you want to play a mage that uses the forces of time itself to fight, including summoning your future self to aid you (with the side effect of getting pulled back in time to help your past self), then the Paradox Mage is for you.

i want this game

Mr_W · 2012-09-17 20:13:34

Bayonetta 2 has been confirmed as exclusive for Wii U. Sounds like wondrous news, right? Not to these people, it isn't. In fact, we're seeing the biggest fanboy meltdown ever witnessed.

Obā-san · 2012-09-17 20:18:13

to kill themselves

lel

but for srs

Unknown · 2012-09-17 20:34:59

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Tachyon · 2012-09-17 20:44:31

That's casual talk Frosty, quit killing the industry!

Unknown · 2012-09-17 20:53:58

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Hexartes · 2012-09-17 20:55:50

Mega Man became too bloated. It quit a decade after it was ahead.

Unknown · 2012-09-17 20:59:38

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Yarrun XIX · 2012-09-17 21:28:44

Mr. Truant said:
to kill themselves
lel

but for srs

Where does that gif come from

I have the feeling that the source material is of interest to me.

Odradek · 2012-09-17 21:32:15

Anonus · 2012-09-18 01:53:05

I've been re-playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

I'm wondering now: if Flavio is so rich, then why is he living in Rogueport?

Gelzo · 2012-09-18 18:10:22

Maybe he's a slumlord?

glennmagusharvey · 2012-09-19 05:51:50

Oh by the way, if Yume Nikki was made by aliens, then who made LSD Dream Simulator?

Unknown · 2012-09-19 10:03:55

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Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-19 12:04:40

Kikiyama is an alien.

A sexy alien.

Unknown · 2012-09-19 13:28:24

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Salix Babylonika · 2012-09-19 13:49:36

Kikiyama is generally believed (based on a single e-mail) to be a woman now.

We still don't know anything else about her, though.

Unknown · 2012-09-19 14:04:10

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Yarrun XIX · 2012-09-20 16:44:26

The game only mocks you for continuing in EoSD. Same with not being able to get to the final stage.

And continuing, at the least, will allow you to start preparing for the later levels before you have to face them.

Unknown · 2012-09-20 16:46:23

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Gelzo · 2012-09-20 16:52:22

Do you finally get laid if you win?

Unknown · 2012-09-20 16:54:59

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Gelzo · 2012-09-20 17:00:09

Hence "finally".

Unknown · 2012-09-20 17:06:47

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Gelzo · 2012-09-20 17:17:48

I don't know why you would assume that I would be confused about the concept of asexuality and was not joking.

If that's supposed to be an amusing response, I don't think I get it.

Unknown · 2012-09-20 17:30:00

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Obā-san · 2012-09-20 17:38:38

ProfessorGator · 2012-09-20 18:59:32

Episode 1: "Nicknaming is hard!"

"...Why are you trying to give a name to my butt again?"

Viani · 2012-09-22 04:25:27

"Roguelikes"

I miss Elona.

Although an alleged java recreation project is undergoing.

Gelzo · 2012-09-22 16:33:47

I'm trying to get good at League of Legends, because there are a bunch of people I know IRL that play it.

Thanks to Humble Bundles and the Steam sale in the summer, I have more games than I can really play on my computer. Super Meat Boy is one that I really enjoy, though. And I finally got a controller so I can play some of these games more easily. I got Street Fighter 4 because I was interested in learning how to play fighters, but it's not going to be much fun unless I know at least one other person to play with.

I brought a PS2 with me to college this year, because my brothers don't use it anymore. For some reason it won't play any PS1 games, though.

Oh hey, looks like I just got DOTA 2. Wonder how fun it is.

Viani · 2012-09-23 03:48:31

It's brutal and cut-throat. Since it's in beta (i think), so with so few players the competitive streak of all of them is ungodly high.

Odradek · 2012-09-23 20:15:06

I made another Dark Souls video. How do I fare? Let's find out.

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