General Video Game Thread

Ganymede · Oct 3, 2018, 1:22 PM

@insomnia said in General Video Game Thread:

I would say Valkyria Chronicles 4. Origins is likely to probably be on sale a little bit around Christmas if you can wait.

I probably should have said "Odyssey," but I'll take everyone's points to heart.

I like VC and its sequels, but Japanese games have the sort of story and dialogue that sets my teeth on edge.

Kanye Qwest · Oct 3, 2018, 2:00 PM

@ganymede play valkyria chronicles 4 and just look out for any opportunities to assassinate someone in that game

Ganymede · Oct 3, 2018, 2:10 PM

@kanye-qwest said in General Video Game Thread:

play valkyria chronicles 4 and just look out for any opportunities to assassinate someone in that game

I assassinate people whenever I get the chance.

I dunno. It's still a Japanese game. I liked Persona 5, but the horrible dialogue set my teeth on edge.

Kanye Qwest · Oct 3, 2018, 2:28 PM

@ganymede Yeah I really can't handle Japanese RPGs. They were ok when I was 19, but now the only thing I get from them is moments of LOL WTF. The last couple I finished, I couldn't have told you what the 'story' was to save my life. Something something teenagers and crazy hair and memories. The end.

Ganymede · Oct 3, 2018, 3:24 PM

@kanye-qwest said in General Video Game Thread:

Yeah I really can't handle Japanese RPGs. They were ok when I was 19, but now the only thing I get from them is moments of LOL WTF. The last couple I finished, I couldn't have told you what the 'story' was to save my life. Something something teenagers and crazy hair and memories. The end.

The last one I plowed through was Final Fantasy XV, and it was pretty good. But I hated the catch-breath response to every fucking things, yeesh. It's like all the Japanese people in world are constantly surprised in the silliest way.

Kanye Qwest · Oct 3, 2018, 3:28 PM

@ganymede Nani??

Ganymede · Oct 3, 2018, 5:24 PM

@kanye-qwest

Ifrit · Oct 4, 2018, 7:01 AM

@ganymede

saosmash · Oct 4, 2018, 1:10 PM

I played Steins:Gate and it wrecked me in the good way so I can clearly still play Japanese games. >.>

Ganymede · Oct 4, 2018, 1:56 PM

@Ifrit

Insomnia · Oct 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

@ganymede Yeah I knew which you meant. My point still applies about Christmas though!

Ganymede · Oct 5, 2018, 3:29 PM

@insomnia said in General Video Game Thread:

Yeah I knew which you meant. My point still applies about Christmas though!

But my partner is going away this weekend.

And Odyssey comes very highly rated.

I have a super big motherfucking problem, bitches, why y'all dancing?

Insomnia · Oct 5, 2018, 11:48 PM

@ganymede Go for Odyssey!

Testament · Oct 7, 2018, 11:16 PM

I don't much play JRPGs anymore, but I have a certain fondness for the Yakuza series. Just because they're both equally off-the-wall zany and ridiculous while also being well-written and serious when it wants to be.

I say that as a precursor to the fact that I picked up Fight of the North Star: Lost Paradise. It's more or less Yakuza with a Fist of the North Star skin pulled over it. If I didn't think that Yakuza could get better, there's something about the 80s anime apocalypse veneer that takes silliness to a certain new height that I cannot help but appreciate.

This game may go under the radar of a lot of people, but I'm advising if you enjoy a game that can take it seriously while at same time not at all, you may get a kick out of it like I have.

If you give me a game where Kenshiro mixes drinks with the same intensity that he explodes bandit's heads, this is a game I cannot help but love.

Thenomain · Oct 12, 2018, 12:47 AM

Me: Hey, Steam, list all your specials by User Reviews.

Steam: Done.

Me: What's #1?

Steam: It says here "Deep Space Waifu Collection".

Me: ... There is no god.

Thenomain · Oct 17, 2018, 3:01 AM

DID YOU KNOW: Tabletop games are awesome? Well mostly awesome. But some of the most awesome have been turned into computer interfaces.

Humble Store is having a sale on them. A lot of them. A metric fuckton.

Here's the link. Hell even Tabletop Simulator is worth the price of admission if you play even one game for less than the $80 they go for in print.

And if you buy a game, you throw a few pennies to the voiceless Moiren, because it's often good to support one of our own, right?

Arkandel · Oct 17, 2018, 12:34 PM

@thenomain said in General Video Game Thread:

DID YOU KNOW: Tabletop games are awesome?

Screw you, man. I've watched that Stranger Things documentary, I know what's up.

TiredEwok · Oct 17, 2018, 3:28 PM

@thenomain

Man, I loved board games as a kid. One I wish they'd make a digital version of is the old Dungeon board game TSR put out in the late 70s or early 80s. Took a bit to set it up but man, I loved playing that game with my dad. WotC put out a newer version under a different name, iirc. Have to wonder if they kept things close to the same or if they changed it.

tragedyjones · Oct 23, 2018, 2:31 PM

Is anyone going to be playing Fallout 76 on the Xbox besides me?

Ganymede · Oct 23, 2018, 3:11 PM

@tragedyjones said in General Video Game Thread:

Is anyone going to be playing Fallout 76 on the Xbox besides me?

I won't.

I use the PS4.

Because of The Last of Us 2.

That, and it's just better.