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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    I should also really think on my life since I went from straight, to generally straight, to putting quotation marks around generally.

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    credeiki wrote: »
    I should really try the other Supergiant games, since Pyre made me trust their studio. Some day!

    For now, it is time to go to get coffee.

    don't play Bastion last. Bastion is their first game and probably their least good game if you like pyre.

    I'm not gonna claim it's a wrong opinion but some people felt Pyre was their worst game.

    Hard disagree about Bastion. Game is a ton of fun to play. Has great music. And a good story.

    Maz, they made 3.8 games so far. Statistically, one of them has to be their least good game. It's Bastion for me. it's a great game, an absolutely fantastic game even.

    But Transistor and Pyre were better.

    I wanted to like transistor but after the
    part where you find the dead terrorists in the apartment building
    i stopped because i was bored.

    Yeah, that's one of the dips in the game.

    Honestly, Transistor's Endgame could've been tighter and better.

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Maybe we don’t have to rank them in a listicle and they are all good

    Sure, but there's then nothing wrong with saying "I wouldn't start with bastion, it's not as good as the one you already played"

    I mean it's wrong though

    but they are very very different


    because, as their are true saints too pure for this world, after their success with bastion, they still wanted to shake things up and be innovative and not just make the same game again

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  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    @credeiki @Powerpuppies @skippydumptruck @Feral

    I just beat the Heart on Ascension 7 with a goddamn Shiv deck.
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    I took the 100 gold from the Whale and then on floor 3 walked into a store and bought Apotheosis. From there I lucked into some really good Shiv relics and cards. 43 cards is too much; I should have been more selective. In Act 4 I lucked out by getting Pentagraph just before the Heart. I needed that extra 25 health because I only had 5 health left when I won. On the other hand, my Apotheosis was on the bottom of my deck against the Heart, so it wasn't ALL amazing luck.

    I beat the heart on Ascension 9 with a deck relying on Envenom and shivs, plus two Catalyse+. Poison ticking for 100 damage on turn 3 then Wraith Form and Ghost in a Jar to wait it out. It felt good.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    My ranking of Supergiant Games

    1 - Transistor
    2 - Pyre
    3 - Bastion
    ? - Hades
    5 - Until Dawn

    Until Dawn isn't the same people, is it?

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Bastion's much more intense gameplay was very much my bag

    and one of my top game moments ever is when I got to the level where Zia was singing

    I just stopped and listened, for like ten minutes

    hmm hmm hmm mmm-mmm hmm-mm-hmmmmm

    Kid just sits and listens for a while.

    EDIT: Tazal terminals comes close, though. What a super impactful, yet super simple, way to do poignancy and player choice.

    Abdhyius on
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  • Hi I'm Vee!Hi I'm Vee! Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C E Registered User regular
    Oh, did I mention that I had to go through Time Eater with a goddamn Shiv deck to get to Act 4?

    'cuz I did

    Did you have kunai or shuriken


    Cuz if so no sympathy

    I did have Shuriken, yes, but still.

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  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    So missnub purchased food for like 30 people, expecting 12 to show up, which is already insane.

    Better still, so far we have two. And no sign of anyone else.

    :rotate:

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    My ranking of Supergiant Games

    1 - Transistor
    2 - Pyre
    3 - Bastion
    ? - Hades
    5 - Until Dawn

    Until Dawn isn't the same people, is it?

    it's by Supermassive games, it was a joke.

  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Olivia Newton-John Travolta

    🤔

    PSN: Honkalot
  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    with halo coming to PC - and me with the BEAST here - and now feeling nostalgic about bastion, I think getting a controller for it would be a good purchase

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    I don't even remember what happened in Transistor just that I wanted my dumb sword to stop talking

    Happiness is within reach!
  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Transistor's plot was somewhat anemic

    but I dug Cloudbank, though, once I started to learn about it

    fascinating idea of a place

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  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    becoming a meme on r/norge, as amusing newspaper photos tend to be, but I super love this photo

    hmw9vx4xfhm21.jpg

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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    I love the art and music/sound design in Transistor but Bastion has better game play by a mile. I can't get into Pyre again, the fantasy basketball just bounces off me. Hades game play wise is amazing. Art is great. And I love the world anyway as a big Greek mythology nerd.

    I keep just playing Transistor and just getting bored with the game play and I am saddened by that.

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  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    becoming a meme on r/norge, as amusing newspaper photos tend to be, but I super love this photo

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    Context?

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Eddy wrote: »

    this is a very affecting poem but I lack the skill with words to express this eloquently so I'll just go with "dang"

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  • NecoNeco In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    I never finished the first chapter of pyre. I should try that hades game I guess.

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYGA3QRpX0o
    God damn, the panda's story

    Happiness is within reach!
  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    becoming a meme on r/norge, as amusing newspaper photos tend to be, but I super love this photo

    hmw9vx4xfhm21.jpg

    Context?

    riots in paris

    this is what a rioting frenchman looks like; utterly magnificent

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  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    I don’t understand why that’s touching as a poem, but less so as a perfectly grammatical sentence.

    I’m not disputing the former, just musing about language and art.

    VishNub on
  • NecoNeco In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    credeiki wrote: »
    I should really try the other Supergiant games, since Pyre made me trust their studio. Some day!

    For now, it is time to go to get coffee.

    don't play Bastion last. Bastion is their first game and probably their least good game if you like pyre.

    I'm not gonna claim it's a wrong opinion but some people felt Pyre was their worst game.

    Hard disagree about Bastion. Game is a ton of fun to play. Has great music. And a good story.

    Maz, they made 3.8 games so far. Statistically, one of them has to be their least good game. It's Bastion for me. it's a great game, an absolutely fantastic game even.

    But Transistor and Pyre were better.

    I wanted to like transistor but after the
    part where you find the dead terrorists in the apartment building
    i stopped because i was bored.

    Yeah, that's one of the dips in the game.

    Honestly, Transistor's Endgame could've been tighter and better.

    Ugh, no, it was just dark enough I thought!

    Also I totally misread your post because I need glasses!

    Neco on
  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    this is NOT FOR CREDEIKI or anyone else who haven't played Bastion yet

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDagBGdMtQ0

    I dig my hole you build a wall
    I dig my hole you build a wall
    One day that wall is gonna fall

    Gon' build that city on a hill
    Gon' build that city on a hill
    Some day those tears are gonna spill

    So build that wall and build it strong cause
    We'll be there before too long

    Gon' build that wall up to the sky
    Gon' build that wall up to the sky
    Some day your bird is gonna fly

    Gon' build that wall until it's done
    Gon' build that wall until it's done
    But now you've got nowhere to run

    So build that wall and build it strong cause
    We'll be there before too long


    I set my sail
    fly the wind it will take me
    back to my home, sweet home

    Lie on my back
    clouds are making way for me
    I'm coming home, sweet home

    I see your star you left it burning for me
    Mother, I'm here

    Eyes open wide
    feel your heart and it's glowing
    I'm welcome home, sweet home

    I take your hand
    now you'll never be lonely
    not when I'm home, sweet home

    I see your star, you left it burning for me
    Mother, I'm here

    I set my sail.
    Fly the wind it will take me.
    Back to my home, sweet home

    Lie on my back
    Clouds are making way for me
    I'm coming home, sweet home


    I see your star, you left it burning for me
    (Build that wall and build it strong cause)
    Brother, I'm here.
    (We'll be there before too long)

    Eyes open wide,
    (I dig my hole you build a wall)
    Feel your heart and it's glowing
    (I dig my hole you build a wall)
    I'm welcome home, sweet home
    (One day that wall is gonna fall)

    I take your hand
    (Gon' build that wall up to the sky)
    Now you'll never be lonely
    (Gon' build that wall up to the sky)
    Not when I'm home, sweet home
    (One day your bird is gonna fly)

    I see your star, you left it burning for me
    (Build that wall and build it strong cause)
    Brother, I'm here
    (We'll be there before too long)

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  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    I don’t understand why that’s touching as a poem, but less so as a perfectly grammatical sentence.

    I’m not disputing the former, just musing about language and art.

    there's few things sadder than someone seeing fireworks and hearing the rockets and shells they grew up with

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  • NecoNeco In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Transistor’s story, characters, music, and art style helped to make it one of my all time favorites. The actual gameplay wasn’t the greatest, though.


    ...but that seems to be how that company is with their games in general

  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    I don’t understand why that’s touching as a poem, but less so as a perfectly grammatical sentence.

    I’m not disputing the former, just musing about language and art.

    It's kind of why I don't like live poetry readings. As sentences they always sound less ambitious than the enormity of the stylized words on the page

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    credeiki wrote: »
    I should really try the other Supergiant games, since Pyre made me trust their studio. Some day!

    For now, it is time to go to get coffee.

    don't play Bastion last. Bastion is their first game and probably their least good game if you like pyre.

    I'm not gonna claim it's a wrong opinion but some people felt Pyre was their worst game.

    Hard disagree about Bastion. Game is a ton of fun to play. Has great music. And a good story.

    Maz, they made 3.8 games so far. Statistically, one of them has to be their least good game. It's Bastion for me. it's a great game, an absolutely fantastic game even.

    But Transistor and Pyre were better.

    I wanted to like transistor but after the
    part where you find the dead terrorists in the apartment building
    i stopped because i was bored.

    Yeah, that's one of the dips in the game.

    Honestly, Transistor's Endgame could've been tighter and better.

    I figure that was starting the final dungeon amd I was uninterested in seeing what happened next.

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  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    I either want to hear a poem or read it

    if I've heard it, I never want to read it

    if I've read it, I never want to hear it

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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    In all my posts I always consider the possibility of enjambment for emotional or comedic



    effect~

    *deeply huffs own fart*

    Eddy on
    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    Could be printing this way faster with less detail, but I figure I'll only be printing this once as a terrain centerpiece so why not go nuts on quality.

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  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    Eddy wrote: »
    In all my posts I always consider the possibility of enjambment for emotional or comedic



    effect~

    *deeply huffs own fart*

    *looks around to see if any hot chicks are also huffing this fart*

    Psn:wazukki
  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    Neco wrote: »
    Transistor’s story, characters, music, and art style helped to make it one of my all time favorites. The actual gameplay wasn’t the greatest, though.


    ...but that seems to be how that company is with their games in general

    I liked the gameplay in Transistor. Along with pretty much everything else about it.

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  • NecoNeco In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Neco wrote: »
    Transistor’s story, characters, music, and art style helped to make it one of my all time favorites. The actual gameplay wasn’t the greatest, though.


    ...but that seems to be how that company is with their games in general

    I liked the gameplay in Transistor. Along with pretty much everything else about it.

    I liked it too! I just didn’t love it.

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    That ending of bastion tho
    walking through the city carrying the guy who betrayed you through an endless mass of enemies. Then one by the stop shooting. That was very moving

  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    Neco wrote: »
    Neco wrote: »
    Transistor’s story, characters, music, and art style helped to make it one of my all time favorites. The actual gameplay wasn’t the greatest, though.


    ...but that seems to be how that company is with their games in general

    I liked the gameplay in Transistor. Along with pretty much everything else about it.

    I liked it too! I just didn’t love it.

    Fair

    I'm a big fan of games that let me pause and plan out a bunch of moves, then watching them play out. Which was exactly Transistors thing.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    Could be printing this way faster with less detail, but I figure I'll only be printing this once as a terrain centerpiece so why not go nuts on quality.

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    How much power does the printer use?

    I'd always presumed they were pretty power-hungry devices, what with all the high temperature heaters and such.

  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    I feel like the gameplay in Supergiant's games has only gotten better. I particularly liked how Pyre's accelerating plot helped to generate tension and prevent you from establishing a routine with a set cast of characters.

    Also my favorite revolutionary is Rukey Greentail. He got a particularly good arc in my playthrough, with us losing to his rivals early on and him later allowing someone to ascend in his stead before finally making it out as one of our last ascensions because dangit he put his time in.

    I love how much the underworld of Pyre is such a strange and dangerous non-place, and I like that they never let you catch a glimpse of the society above. Reminds me a bit of Avernum in that. You know there are millions of people who aren't even thinking of this place in their day-to-day, but it's life and death for you.

    Edit: Also I love Transistor's gameplay! I played it twice through back-to-back. I liked playing it as a beat-em-up where I could pause to adjust when I needed to.

    durandal4532 on
    We're all in this together
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    japan wrote: »
    Echo wrote: »
    Could be printing this way faster with less detail, but I figure I'll only be printing this once as a terrain centerpiece so why not go nuts on quality.

    fp0lundll36i.png

    How much power does the printer use?

    I'd always presumed they were pretty power-hungry devices, what with all the high temperature heaters and such.

    The power supply puts out 24V. There are 12V versions as well but they mostly take longer time to get up to operational temperature.

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    That ending of bastion tho
    walking through the city carrying the guy who betrayed you through an endless mass of enemies. Then one by the stop shooting. That was very moving
    I feel like nobody ever had the heart not to save Zulf.

    We could have left him.

    as you pick him up, I can see it now. The Kid in one corner, and Zulf in the other. Ain't much of a fight.

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