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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Tamin wrote: »
    hmm...

    that's going to bother me a bit, I guess.

    owl's a dick, fuck that guy

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    More like the corporate gooch, a penis actually has a use, a CEO just exists at the head of functioning parts.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    I'm confused about how someone can be mostly undead

    let me introduce you to henry kissinger

  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    McHoger wrote: »

    Wait, how did Blade get his bike up on the roof?

  • AvalonGuardAvalonGuard Registered User regular
    Caves of Qud:

    I... am quite disappointed at the moment. I had made serious progress in the main quest today, full of motivation to dig even deeper.

    However, a side quest bugged and refused to give me any credit for any completed steps. I debug commanded the quest completion, everything seemed kosher. I checked my equipment and found that I didn't have anything equipped on my face slot, (face face face face), threw on a silver rondure... and permanently phased out. It's bugged. I can not phase back in, even using the debug commands to clear status effects. It's permanent.

    This is probably the worst thing to happen to a file... because at some point, the game checkpointed me and I am now completely unable to interact with anything properly ever again.

    So unless anyone knows how to fix this problem, I just lost a huge save file to a bug.

    I'll come back, but it'll take some time for me to rebuild trust.

  • asofyeunasofyeun Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    I'm confused about how someone can be mostly undead

    let me introduce you to henry kissinger

    I think that is some kind of bargain with a demon situation, although I guess that wouldn't be exclusive

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I don't think the Morbius joke in itself is a funny joke but I like that it cost a large corporation a lot of money

  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    Well, I finally went back and cleared Outer Wilds under my own power. The ending still has most of its impact despite having YouTubed it in my previous ragequit.
    Managed to coast straight into an anglerfish on my first attempt, but got to the Vessel cleanly on my second.

    It occurs to me only now, having seen it four or five times, that you spend the entire game getting exploded by the sun, and in the end you're exploded by an entire new universe. Our Hearthian just has some kind of luck, eh?

    My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Tamin wrote: »
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    Sekiro
    - returned to the dojo, and fought Lone Shadow Vilehand
    - - had a much easier time than with Masanaga, partly because it's very nearly the same fight.
    - - kinda wish I could re-fight Longswordsman now. I feel he's a different flavor of Lone Shadow; I know he doesn't have the poison moveset, but I'm curious how similar they are.
    - - didn't see a way to handle the other enemy in the room without alerting Vilehand. I considered using the puppeteer power so he'd help me out, but decided against it.
    - Owl apparently didn't die during the bandit? raid on Hirata Estate, and he's also after the Dragon Heritage.
    - - "I want to stay and admire the view"
    - - - *yeah, right. You know Wolf's here*
    - - pretty sure it's a "but thou must" moment, but I sided with Kuro. So now I'm fighting Owl, and he's quite good at murdering me. I'm slowly learning the fight, though.


    It is not a "thou must" moment. You can side the other way .

    hmm...

    that's going to bother me a bit, I guess.

    If you had picked the other option you probably wouldn't have liked it
    You would fight two bosses back to back and once you beat them that's the end of that playthrough, you hit the end of that route. By choosing to side with Kuro you can now do the remaining 1/3 of the game.

  • JusticeJustice Registered User regular
    So unless anyone knows how to fix this problem, I just lost a huge save file to a bug.

    I'll come back, but it'll take some time for me to rebuild trust.

    That really sucks! Might be worth sending the report and save file to the devs, though. It seems potentially reproducible?

  • AvalonGuardAvalonGuard Registered User regular
    Believe it or not the godsdamned Steam discussion forums gave me the answer when I asked.

    The game bugged and just.... plopped the Astral mutation on my character. Debug commanding it away fixed the problem entirely.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »

    Coming to Steam: Age of Wonders 4 - "Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!"

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OgV66Jdj23c

    coming may 3rd

    I know this is from a few pages ago but I just need to celebrate for a minute. I fucking adore the original Age of Wonders. It reminded me of Heroes of Might and Magic, but with character progression and an almost dungeon crawling mechanic when you found things like ruins. It was cool as fuck, and I enjoyed the second one quite a bit as well. So this is fucking rad and I can't wait to see more!

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    I'm confused about how someone can be mostly undead

    ~Magic~

    (The protagonist died 300 years ago and is being preserved in a coffin, then gets revived by magic. But you dreamt of the world in this time so the fish out of water aspect is lessened).

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I guess the suspicious part is more that nobody really understands the magic that brings them back and also the main character's mom is the main villain of the story, and she also like...turns other characters into evil demon versions of themselves, so everyone's sort of on the lookout for corruption

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    It's kind of like being a little bit pregnant, you know

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  • GR_ZombieGR_Zombie Krillin It Registered User regular
    I'm confused about how someone can be mostly undead

    ~Magic~

    (The protagonist died 300 years ago and is being preserved in a coffin, then gets revived by magic. But you dreamt of the world in this time so the fish out of water aspect is lessened).

    Oh, my favorite light novel!

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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    I was hoping they'd pull out Belasco or Sym when they dug into Magik's backstory.
    Granted Mephisto is easier to thematically tie to some of the other elements. And there's not much difference.

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    I'm confused about how someone can be mostly undead

    ~Magic~

    (The protagonist died 300 years ago and is being preserved in a coffin, then gets revived by magic. But you dreamt of the world in this time so the fish out of water aspect is lessened).

    Oh, my favorite light novel!

    It is definitely intentionally a goofy Original Character Do Not Steal

    But at the same time it does work pretty comfortably in the game because of how fucking hard they're willing to go to bat on the Persona mechanics

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    Marvel should have let you date the superheroes in Midnight Suns. I'm like 90% sure the reason they don't is that they don't want to have to field complaints as to why Spider-Man isn't bi or whatever, but that's cowardly! They're mostly there already, anyways. At least they let you have a gay ghost mom

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    edited January 2023
    DJ Eebs wrote: »
    Marvel should have let you date the superheroes in Midnight Suns. I'm like 90% sure the reason they don't is that they don't want to have to field complaints as to why Spider-Man isn't bi or whatever, but that's cowardly! They're mostly there already, anyways. At least they let you have a gay ghost mom

    I haven't ever really read any Blade comics or watched the movies for like at least a decade but if this one wasn't (extremely minor spoiler)
    SUPER into Carol

    I would have video game dated him in a heartbeat, what a fantastic character

    Instead I am wingmanning him as hard as I can

    Cello on
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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    Cello wrote: »
    DJ Eebs wrote: »
    Marvel should have let you date the superheroes in Midnight Suns. I'm like 90% sure the reason they don't is that they don't want to have to field complaints as to why Spider-Man isn't bi or whatever, but that's cowardly! They're mostly there already, anyways. At least they let you have a gay ghost mom

    I haven't ever really read any Blade comics or watched the movies for like at least a decade but if this one wasn't (extremely minor spoiler)
    SUPER into Carol

    I would have video game dated him in a heartbeat, what a fantastic character

    Instead I am wingmanning him as hard as I can

    his reasons are pretty solid, too

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    DJ Eebs wrote: »
    Marvel should have let you date the superheroes in Midnight Suns. I'm like 90% sure the reason they don't is that they don't want to have to field complaints as to why Spider-Man isn't bi or whatever, but that's cowardly! They're mostly there already, anyways. At least they let you have a gay ghost mom

    I feel like they'd be at least as worried about all the complaints if they did let spiderman kiss a guy.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Spider-Man can kiss a few guys, as a treat

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Marvel comics are at their best when they are a messy-ass soap opera with superheroes

  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    If you want a Marvel game where you can date all of them and they're all pretty gay, you are looking for a Runaways game. At least they have Nico in Midnight Suns.

  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    My favorite morbius bit was people streaming it under whatever the dota cardgames name was because no one checked there

    When twitch caught on they didnt stop it until the movie finished

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm sorry but it's hilarious that a corporation lost millions of dollars because they fell for an internet meme.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    I'm sorry but it's hilarious that a corporation lost millions of dollars because they fell for an internet meme.

    Definitely not the first time, or the last, but it’s rarely so immediately quantifiable. And that’s what makes it special.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    I'm sorry but it's hilarious that a corporation lost millions of dollars because they fell for an internet meme.

    I need an explainer for this. I’ve got a KnowYourMeme article but how did a company lose money on this?

  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    godmode wrote: »
    I'm sorry but it's hilarious that a corporation lost millions of dollars because they fell for an internet meme.

    I need an explainer for this. I’ve got a KnowYourMeme article but how did a company lose money on this?

    Sony Pictures bought into the whole Morbin' Time wave and re-released the movie in theaters, expecting to make all the monies. Guess what didn't happen.

  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Jedoc wrote: »
    Doctor Strange should always crank up the Dr. Orpheus knob until it breaks off.

    You mean he sleeps with dead people?

    Necrophile

  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    godmode wrote: »
    I'm sorry but it's hilarious that a corporation lost millions of dollars because they fell for an internet meme.

    I need an explainer for this. I’ve got a KnowYourMeme article but how did a company lose money on this?

    Sony Pictures bought into the whole Morbin' Time wave and re-released the movie in theaters, expecting to make all the monies. Guess what didn't happen.

    I have to imagine that they were doing sentiment analysis on Twitter and whatnot in addition to seeing it trending, and saw that people were using overwhelmingly positive language when talking about Morbius.
    fortunately, sentiment analysis has no defense against irony or sarcasm

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited January 2023
    I kept reading thread title as PS3 or PSP and wondered why I was back in 2008.

    Morninglord on
    (PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited January 2023
    Brolo wrote: »



    My piece on Rain World's relaunch and enormous fan-made expansion is up on PC Gamer now. Link in the next tweet, because incomprehensible Twitter reasons

    If you found the game too intimidating back in 2017, it's a bit more accessible now. Still hard and mean, but approachably so

    Much like The Binding Of Isaac's mostly-fan-made expansion revitalized that game, Downpour is practically a sequel packaged up as a chunk of DLC. It's bigger, more technical, more story-heavy and meaner than the original game.

    And it's just the start.
    Oh heck yes. I backed Rain World because it sounded and looked neat as punch, but man did I just bounce off it. Articles on the internet talking about the ecosystem and GIFs of people doing cool evasion shit, and then I play the game and it's "a monster spawned right in front of you when you entered the screen, you're dead" and "the monster was chasing you and you got stuck trying to enter a pipe/climb a pole because the controls are fiddly AF, you're dead" and "every time you die you lose all map exploration progress since your last checkpoint, so it feels like you're making no progress".

    Intensely frustrating. Still. It still looks dope and I still love the concept, so I'll reinstall and try it every time something about it gets updated, forever hoping this time it will click.

    [edit]
    While many tapped out before discovering Rain World even has a story and dialogue...
    You fucking what??

    Glal on
  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited January 2023
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    hmm...

    that's going to bother me a bit, I guess.

    owl's a dick, fuck that guy

    my (minor) consternation is more from the presentation.
    The first act is pretty straightforward -- so much so, that I initially wondered if it was intended to be a relatively short game:
    - Wolf receives news that Kuro is alive and being held captive (this bit is murky)
    - Wolf exits the reservoir, sneaks and fights his way to the tower, and escapes with Kuro
    - Genichiro Ashina shows up and takes Kuro away, leaving Wolf down an arm and dying
    - Wolf is rescued and fitted with a prosthetic
    - Wolf is determined to rescue Kuro, and fights his way up the mountain path to Ashina Castle
    - Wolf defeats Genichiro Ashina in a rematch

    And that's fine. That could be the game and I'd probably have been fine with it.

    Here, Wolf is determined to return to Kuro's side and protect him. Wolf is either strictly obeying, or using as an excuse, the iron code.

    If Wolf is strictly obeying the code, then he should side with Owl (who, at least ostensibly, outranks Kuro)
    If Wolf is just using the code as an excuse, then he should side with Kuro

    And which it is feels like it should be baked into the narrative, not up to the player to decide at the tail end of act two. Springing a choice-with-consequences on the player in a game (apparently) otherwise devoid of real choices just feels a bit strange.

    Tamin on
  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited January 2023
    Tamin wrote: »
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    hmm...

    that's going to bother me a bit, I guess.

    owl's a dick, fuck that guy

    my (minor) consternation is more from the presentation.
    The first act is pretty straightforward -- so much so, that I initially wondered if it was intended to be a relatively short game:
    - Wolf receives news that Kuro is alive and being held captive (this bit is murky)
    - Wolf exits the reservoir, sneaks and fights his way to the tower, and escapes with Kuro
    - Genichiro Ashina shows up and takes Kuro away, leaving Wolf down an arm and dying
    - Wolf is rescued and fitted with a prosthetic
    - Wolf is determined to rescue Kuro, and fights his way up the mountain path to Ashina Castle
    - Wolf defeats Genichiro Ashina in a rematch

    And that's fine. That could be the game and I'd probably have been fine with it.

    Here, Wolf is determined to return to Kuro's side and protect him. Wolf is either strictly obeying, or using as an excuse, the iron code.

    If Wolf is strictly obeying the code, then he should side with Owl (who, at least ostensibly, outranks Kuro)
    If Wolf is just using the code as an excuse, then he should side with Kuro

    And which it is feels like it should be baked into the narrative, not up to the player to decide at the tail end of act two. Springing a choice-with-consequences on the player in a game (apparently) otherwise devoid of real choices just feels a bit strange.
    the idea is that wolf is helping Kuro at this point not out of loyalty to the code, but because he's thought for himself and decided that it's the right thing to do. Owl tries to force him to betray his morals by invoking the code, and Wolf rejecting it is a major turning point in his chatacter, where his true beliefs crystallize. It's an inversion of earlier when there IS a false choice to reject the code, and leaving it up to the player just hammers it home more that you're making a conscious decision to choose a new path. You have the choice to do the wrong thing not because both options are valid but because it makes doing the right thing more meaningful

    Fwiw rejecting the code is the only way to get the game's final act. If you side with Owl,
    you get a unique boss fight against Ema and Isshin, kill them both, then become so consumed with hate and bloodlust that you become the Shura Ema feared. You betray Owl in a cutscene anyway, kill him and take Kuro for yourself, then the credits roll and you get a cheevo for getting the bad ending

    Speed Racer on
  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Ideas hate it when you anthropomorphize them
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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular

    Is Orcane an original character or is it from a game I'm not familiar with?

  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    edited January 2023
    Peewi wrote: »
    Is Orcane an original character or is it from a game I'm not familiar with?
    It's a character from Rivals of Aether:
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/383980/

    HiT BiT on
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