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^ I love that place. that was where where I learnt my fighting chops, fighting those big-ass K'niggits.

also I think one of the SotFS changes was that you can't grind infinitely, after a certain amount of regens (10?) enemies disappear from an area and you have to use a Bonfire Ascetic to bring them back.

I'm trying my best, but Lightning Returns is a really unfun game.

Why does anyone think time management games are fun? My LIFE is time management, I play games to get away from that shit.

(X-Com: Enemy Unknown was fantastic though...)

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered looks pretty damn cool

  On 2/8/2016 at 1:41 AM, usagi said:

^ I love that place. that was where where I learnt my fighting chops, fighting those big-ass K'niggits.

 

also I think one of the SotFS changes was that you can't grind infinitely, after a certain amount of regens (10?) enemies disappear from an area and you have to use a Bonfire Ascetic to bring them back.

This was already in the base game! Quite a shame when you want rare items. The character I mentioned earlier was wearing an Ironclad helmet with the Imperious set from the shield guys in the Undead crypt. That required some desperate farming back then and now I've heard drop rates are significantly lower in SotFS, at least in NG. Ugh...

RIP Gametrailers.com

Lumines 2016 coming to mobile:

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2016/02/09/95784.html

Rumors circulating Star Fox Zero is about to fail QA and be delayed again.

yikes... im almost nervous about that game getting released ... i have no idea if it'll be good or not / fun / perceived critically / numbers sold etc... anticipating a shitstorm... or maybe it'll be fun. who the fuck knows with this game !!!!!!!

@ starfox wii u

  On 2/6/2016 at 4:07 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Finally got around to buying the Bloodborne DLC. First boss is kicking my ass hard. I can deal with the first phase but second just fucks me up.

Oh, Ludwig? Yeah, he can be difficult, but nowhere near as hard as the other two bosses in the DLC, IMO.

Finally beat the The Witness - now going back and getting the other trophies and solving the other puzzles. There is some really weird shit going on in this game.

Dark Souls 3 opening cinematic trailer released:

  On 2/9/2016 at 12:24 PM, bitroast said:

yikes... im almost nervous about that game getting released ... i have no idea if it'll be good or not / fun / perceived critically / numbers sold etc... anticipating a shitstorm... or maybe it'll be fun. who the fuck knows with this game !!!!!!!

@ starfox wii u

If it gets delayed again I'd like to think and hope it was because they want it to be the best it can be, but it also might point at a fundamentally flawed game concept.

really want to play witness. heard an interview w/blow from about 5 yrs ago where he talks about wanting player's to have more of an epiphany like sensation when figuring out a puzzle (kind of had this with antichamber). from what little i've read about it seems like he was pretty effective. fucking sites keep posting images half spelling out puzzles in the headline which is annoying

Yeah it's something I've been avoiding (luckily 100% successfully) spoilers for. I've tackled almost all themain island puzzles but know that something (no idea what) happens that changes the whole thing

It's definitely very antichamber in places when your brain finally clicks.

All that discussion about Antichamber really makes me wanna play it...Never had any kind of appeal for puzzle games but might give this one a go, especially since it's for sale on Steam right now for a little less than 4€. Worth it WATMM ?

Bloody right it is. Dropped about 15 hours into it (over the course of ~3 years!) but finally finished it last week - Makes the spatial part of your brain hurt, but massages it when you do well !

  On 2/5/2016 at 8:26 PM, Rubin Farr said:

It's Avengers for girls! Lol

please stop being sexist. thanks.

sweet. glad they did the right thing

  On 2/9/2016 at 4:42 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 2/6/2016 at 4:07 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Finally got around to buying the Bloodborne DLC. First boss is kicking my ass hard. I can deal with the first phase but second just fucks me up.

Oh, Ludwig? Yeah, he can be difficult, but nowhere near as hard as the other two bosses in the DLC, IMO.

Yeah I'm up to testicle yo yo guy now, who I assume is the final boss, and he is rinsing me. I get into a nice rhythm with dodging until I slip up a couple of times in a row, and I go from full health to dead. Nuts fight, do love it though.

  On 2/9/2016 at 11:43 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Yeah I'm up to testicle yo yo guy now

This guy? :

Scholar of the First Sin disappoints me a lot actually. So much artificial difficulty. They just... added more enemies, everywhere, with an enormous aggro range. I liked the original DS2, though it really wasn't as good as the previous one, but this "ultimate version" just plainly tells me the guys behind it had no idea what the people behind Dark Souls 1 were trying to do. It might just be a matter of getting used to all the new stuff in SotFS but man I'm glad Miyazaki is in control again for Dark Souls 3...

BTW to all fans of the series here, I strongly recommend getting into the Berserk manga. It's said to be a big inspiration for the games, and yeah you can clearly see it. Awesome read and jaw-dropping art!

i always thought dark souls could have added an insane amount of interesting difficulty just with marginally random enemy spawn places. you would really be on edge all the time if you knew there could be the basic enemies from that area at any point of exploration.

omg no. I don't want to get ambushed by a random unexpected horde of exploding prisoners in the Lost Bastille.

  On 2/9/2016 at 11:54 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 2/9/2016 at 11:43 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Yeah I'm up to testicle yo yo guy now

This guy? :

 

 

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Yes that's a pretty apt description of the fight. Though he's in a loincloth and screams at me constantly, as well.

it would make a spectacular alternative mode though, for the true masochists.

bloodborne introduced enemies that roam the area back n forth, meaning you can still keep track of the positions if you are familiar with their starting positions + patterns .. and lose track of them if you are not.

  On 2/6/2016 at 5:09 AM, Boxus said:

To buy XCOM 2 now or wait for a sale... fuck

Your call. If you enjoyed XCOM: EU (and EW), then it might be worth the standard sixty.

Feels like Firaxis upped the challenge. I finally got around to playing it today and completed two missions so far, but already lost four operatives. There's more of a stealth element as well, as the game encourages guerilla-style ambush tactics, in keeping in line with the story. Kinda parallels Half-Life 2's plot, albeit based more on an alternate timeline. Plus the XCOM series got started before Half-Life did.

Anyway, it's legit.

  On 2/10/2016 at 5:39 AM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 2/6/2016 at 5:09 AM, Boxus said:

To buy XCOM 2 now or wait for a sale... fuck

Your call. If you enjoyed XCOM: EU (and EW), then it might be worth the standard sixty.

 

Feels like Firaxis upped the challenge. I finally got around to playing it today and completed two missions so far, but already lost four operatives. There's more of a stealth element as well, as the game encourages guerilla-style ambush tactics, in keeping in line with the story. Kinda parallels Half-Life 2's plot, albeit based more on an alternate timeline. Plus the XCOM series got started before Half-Life did.

 

Anyway, it's legit.

 

Yeah I got it, it's great!

I had a rough start too but I just scrapped that playthrough after a couple bad missions and started a new one, which has been going way better. Cool how the game started in a completely different location on my 2nd play, and the missions felt different even though I was replaying the same story. Great procedural level design. The new locations are beautiful and there's a lot of variety.

Those snake creatures are dicks though