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[AndreaAC]

Had to really work with it honestly but it shows I should get a PS5 or a 4K TV soon. I'd post thoughts but here's how I've been feeling on the game,

So far I'd say it's probably the first time I've enjoyed an AC game this much since Black Flag and the best of the three in the RPG era. Origins had an amazing story and cast but it's combat felt off. Odyssey did better but had that really stupid thing where you had to beat super bosses to get to the real ending and felt bland at times. Great Spartan simulator though.

Valhalla is amazing despite being drawn out and looks ugly (England is a bit drab and I didn't see the point of making the north of the map covered in snow when you had the Norway map) at times but the Ireland DLC makes up for it to be pleasing.



As much as I want one............I would to see a Sega fighting game.

A question for you Wade. Who would you want to develop it if you could choose?

Well that's something at the very least! Because for the most part the reviews I have seen since its release were of people that enjoyed it only briefly before feeling tired of it. I do hope that you manage to get the TV or the PS5 and keep enjoying it! I honestly didn't see much of the Ireland DLC other than some sort of Shay Easter egg in some letter, which was rather funny.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Imagine a world where the Pokémon who already had mega evolutions, their G-Max form was literally just that but big. They wouldn’t have had to make new models for those forms and if they ever brought back the Mega Evolutions gimmick they could repurpose the G-Max forms into Megas by shrinking them and removing the dynamax particle effects.

 

[Lamperouge]

I genuinely want to know.... is there anything you guys dislike about me?

Yeah, everything.

JK, you're a cool dude.

 

[Zinith]

I genuinely want to know.... is there anything you guys dislike about me?

Your hair

probably

 

[KillerCage]

I genuinely want to know.... is there anything you guys dislike about me?

There's I can think of nothing that would cause me to dislike you.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I played shining Pearl a little bit to access mystery gift and I noticed the PC in the Pokémon Centre…. please tell me this game has remote box access…..

 

[MooMew64]

So, uh

For laughs and giggles I was playing around with Colors on Dolphin to see how an HD texture pack and my own ReShade presets would stack up against Colors Ultimate.

Spoiler: The results:

I'm torn whether or not I find this cool or depressing, lol.

 

[TheMightyP]

So, uh

For laughs and giggles I was playing around with Colors on Dolphin to see how an HD texture pack and my own ReShade presets would stack up against Colors Ultimate.

Spoiler: The results:

I'm torn whether or not I find this cool or depressing, lol.

Post Colors Ultimate pics for comparison

 

[MooMew64]

Post Colors Ultimate pics for comparison

After a quick image search:

Spoiler

I could also record some gameplay footage real quick if anyone wants to see my Dolphin preset in motion: It runs 60 FPS thanks to an AR code in the emulator.

 

[Rizen]

Well, I beat Biomutant for the PS4. It's a game of strengths and weaknesses. The dialog is very poorly written to the point I've thought the writers don't understand how to write dialog. It's very repetitive and doesn't sound natural. The intro is also poorly done and goes on for about an hour longer than it should. But if you can get past it and don't mind mashing through the dialog, the open world aspects are incredibly fun. You have a ton of goodies to find, things to craft and upgrade, psychic powers, long and short range weapons, vehicles and mounts to ride, all in a huge world with a large variety of monsters and enemies and huge, cool bosses. Keep in mind you can turn the narrator off if he gets annoying.

So if you like open world games, it's worth checking out. If not it is a pretty weak game. 7/10

 

[TheMightyP]

After a quick image search:

Spoiler

I could also record some gameplay footage real quick if anyone wants to see my Dolphin preset in motion: It runs 60 FPS thanks to an AR code in the emulator.

Colors Ultimate has smoother models but um...

The colors aren't quite there

 

[Wademan94]

How do I dislike posts?

Common Wade L + Bad Take + Ratio
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how dare

I don’t hate Big, I think he’s hilarious, I’m just saying he ain’t the sharpest hook in the tackle box

A question for you Wade. Who would you want to develop it if you could choose?

Probably a collaboration with Capcom, specifically the devs behind the Capcom Vs. series, either them or Arc System

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

I genuinely want to know.... is there anything you guys dislike about me?

It is no secret to the forums that I'm not the biggest fan of you due to yourself smashing that like button a bit too much at times and admittedly one of a number of reasons why I wouldn't mind some reform on that feature. It doesn't mean I hate you, very far from it.

However you aren't anyone who would stoke tensions or would have prejudice to others based on who they are so that's good enough for me. Just a lingering vibe to someone online who I had unpleasantries with in the past that is very hard to shake off personally.

All in all, you are alright but I'm still keeping my wall up for now, doesn't mean it won't crumble one day. Is it a stupid reason? Yes but you all know the backstory. I needed to be honest.

 

[MooMew64]

Colors Ultimate has smoother models but um...

The colors aren't quite there

The AA and reflections are amazing in Ultimate, but the colors and cranked up bloom are simply dreadful IMO.

OG colors with some help of ReShade can really shine thanks to some simple post processing effects. However, you cannot use any AA, as it causes an artifact on Sonic that won't go away when it's on. The models are also kinda rough in some spots.

Although, speaking of Ultimate's model: I don't really like how lifeless his eyes look. Whenever I get to picking it up, probably gonna replace it with the Unleashed model using mods, lol.

 

[Pokelego999]

It is no secret to the forums that I'm not the biggest fan of you due to yourself smashing that like button a bit too much at times and admittedly one of a number of reasons why I wouldn't mind some reform on that feature. It doesn't mean I hate you, very far from it.

However you aren't anyone who would stoke tensions or would have prejudice to others based on who they are so that's good enough for me. Just a lingering vibe to someone online who I had unpleasantries with in the past that is very hard to shake off personally.

All in all, you are alright but I'm still keeping my wall up for now, doesn't mean it won't crumble one day. Is it a stupid reason? Yes but you all know the backstory. I needed to be honest.

Yep, it's perfectly alright to be honest about it. I know the backstory too, and I've been trying to keep my likes to a reasonable amount.

I cannot really quote everyone here, but thanks for all your input so far everyone1

 

[Lamperouge]

I can't even say the updated models in Ultimate look any better since, like M MooMew64 already said, Sonic's eyes look lifeless and the whole thing clashes hard with the cutscenes since those were just reused and poorly upscaled from the Wii version.

 

[Shroob]

I played shining Pearl a little bit to access mystery gift and I noticed the PC in the Pokémon Centre…. please tell me this game has remote box access…..

FAITHFUL remakes.


You'll get your one-use TMS and you WILL like it.

 

[Pokelego999]

I played shining Pearl a little bit to access mystery gift and I noticed the PC in the Pokémon Centre…. please tell me this game has remote box access…..

From what I've seen, it does. It also has some fun glitches but that is another topic altogether.

FAITHFUL remakes.


You'll get your one-use TMS and you WILL like it.

Imagine if they brought back the constant red health beeping.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

FAITHFUL remakes.


You'll get your one-use TMS and you WILL like it.

Knowing that going in I will plan which moves to teach each of my actual mon.

 

[Pokelego999]

Knowing that going in I will plan which moves to teach each of my actual mon.

I will say, some TMs you can purchase in the Veilstone Department Store infinetly, and others you get multiple of before they run out. I've heard you can find some in the Grand Underground, but I dunno if that's a repeatable method of getting TMs.

 

[Deleted member]

Just had to grind Bronzors just to get 2 Metal Coats, which took a while thanks to that nice 5% chance and no Comound Eye Pokemon until postgame (I miss my Butterfree). On the right side, the very first Elekid was already holding an Electirizer.

 

[MooMew64]

Oh yeah, BTW:

Would anyone be willing to trade me a Misdreavus? I posted it a bit ago but I think it got lost on the last page.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

FAITHFUL remakes.


You'll get your one-use TMS and you WILL like it.

And hey. Faithful remakes means they brought back the National Dex!

 

[Pokelego999]

Just had to grind Bronzors just to get 2 Metal Coats, which took a while thanks to that nice 5% chance and no Comound Eye Pokemon until postgame (I miss my Butterfree). On the right side, the very first Elekid was already holding an Electirizer.

This post just taught me Compound Eyes boosts the chance of Held Item mons


That's good to know for grinding.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

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if your name isn’t “Mysterio” or “Dude Trust Me Bro” then you never truth

 

[Pokelego999]

And hey. Faithful remakes means they brought back the National Dex!

I mean, they technically did.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I mean, they technically did.

Hence the emoji

 

[TheMightyP]

I played shining Pearl a little bit to access mystery gift and I noticed the PC in the Pokémon Centre…. please tell me this game has remote box access…..

Iirc, it does

 

[Deleted member]

I will say, some TMs you can purchase in the Veilstone Department Store infinetly, and others you get multiple of before they run out. I've heard you can find some in the Grand Underground, but I dunno if that's a repeatable method of getting TMs.

It is, but you have to pray to RNJesus that the vendor will actually have the TM you want in stock. If not, you better hope he'll have it tomorrow. Have fun waiting... a lot. Especially annoying because a TM like Thief you can only find one of in the overworld, yet False Swipe and easily be bought in Veilstone.

This post just taught me Compound Eyes boosts the chance of Held Item mons


That's good to know for grinding.

It really makes a world of difference. Too bad a lot of abilities depend on being in the first slot, so you can't combine, let's say, Compound Eyes or Synchronize with Suction Cups/Sticky Hold, for example.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Yep, it's perfectly alright to be honest about it. I know the backstory too, and I've been trying to keep my likes to a reasonable amount.

Good, good though again it does annoy me to quite an extent sometimes.

Regardless of you or not, I would have advocated for a few features changed regardless. The likes system and the media uploading as two prominent examples. However since Smash has ended there isn't much point.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

another question. How does Chatot work in this game?

 

[Metal Shop X]

Alriiiight, break still not over, but I got something something good!

osby

I finally managed to finish OFF! Took longer than I expected, mostly because I got distracted by alot of stuff, but today I played the game in full, annnnnnnnnd....

It's quite a tricky one to judge (haha) honestly.

On one hand, playing this game wasn't exactly fun. It's a very,very basic RPG, there isn't alot of complexity to it and all around, the most you do is raise your stats to be bigger each time & then hit the enemies with your strongest spells/attack. There's poison & other debuff you gotta worry later on, but all around, barring a few moment here and there, the battle system is just not really fun. And unlike Hylics 1 - which also lack of depth - , OFF last much longer the random encounter & infinite enemies respawn make it quite tiring when you're trying to do puzzles and/or backtracking. (enemies in Hylics 1 dies forever & can be avoided on the world map to compare, Hylics 2 as respawning enemies, but you can sitll avoid them on the map, especially since it's a 3D games with lots of options to do so, plus, ya know, the actual combat is more fun/interesting)

The graphisms (not the art style mind you) are also quite mixed all around, while they do a great job at making the world of OFF feel so...off.

ahem

After a couple of hours playing it, the veryyyyyyyyyyy simple environement kinda take you a bit off the ride, especially when, again, you're trying to backtrack or do complicated puzzles.

I'm not one to care too much about graphics I say, 8 bits, high polygon and everything between those are all good to me so long as the game make whatever style it goes with work, and again, OFF pixel arts does work very well in a few areas, notably for the battle sprites, dialogues sprites & some of the late areas in the game. I don't hate it or think it's even bad, but the world design didn't work too much for me, which I hope make sense.

And lastly, some of those puzzles really made my dummy brain work out like crazy. Which is like, frustraling good, 'cuz when I found out the solutions to alot of those puzzles, I did got some "Ohhh!" moment & glad I didn't found out the solutions. Sadly, there's like endgame 1-2 puzzles I did look up online to know what the deal was about, but outside those, I appreciate that I had to think really hard for some of those...even if my brain really wish I didn't try.

With that all said, while those nitpicks I had definitly won't make OFF one of my favourite game ever. I can still certainly say that I'm glad I played it all by myself & not by watching a LP or the like. You can tell games like LISA, Undertale, Oneshot, Omori & many others were influenced by this game just as much as YN & Earthbound did too, and I went to highlight a few points that really standed out to me:

1) The musics, my god, like countless games like Undertale, YN, Hylics and etc.., the music really carry alot of the ambience & idendity OFF as. It can be really catchy, really weird, sad, ominious,...it's really varied what i'm saying. It elevated alot of moment that would be otherwise quite boring due to the very simple world you go in with very simple overworld sprites that don't go too crazy. I definitly will relisten to the OST on occassion like I do with many games I love!

2) The characters & the story overall was really worth the rollercoaster. The characters all have something memorables about them that, no matter how much screen time they have, and the game really make you want to know more about them once they're done. Which is quite impressive, considering the numbers of actual good person in this cast can probably be counted on 1 hand. The Batter stoicness is quite standard by quirky weird RPG games, but his dubious intentions, glimpses of personalities & backstory make him very mysterious yet simple in a way. He isn't going to win any "Nice Bro" medal of the months for sure, but dang, was he such a good lead for a game like OFF, and his design is just iconic by how simple yet fitting it is.

While I won't go in depth with others, character like Zacharie, The Judge & The Guardians were definitly highlight too. Each of them bringing their own brand of weirdness & memorable moment to keep you guessing. With Zacharie notably being pretty funny & likeable for a shop character. Hope him & RE4 Merchand got to have some fun in crossover land.

I won't go too much into the story here due to alot of variants (notably the fact that's it's very late here and that i'm tired), but I say that it's definitly why peoples should try out OFF or at the very least, see a LP of it. I was able to play in it's original French version, which was really cool for someone like me who play alot of games in English these days. I will say it's not a story some folks may like due to the lore & world being pretty mysterious & basically leaving you imagine what could have happened for x or y to happen, but for me, I say it worked out really well, and I probably will think about it later on once I got some rest.

Finally

3) The art style

By that, I mean everything related to the drawings made by the devs.

I said before that the pixels art didn't do much for me, but by god, those weird ass drawing give this game so much idendity. Some of the enemies design are so out there, you can't help but keep fighting them even though the battle system isn't that fun. Even a simple cat or "human" like Judge and Batter respectivly look memorable thanks to the art style. While the musics & writting definitly help out alot, without this art style, I don't think OFF as a game would really hold up today. Kinda like Hylics 1, whose a game who is also veryyyy simple in lots of aspects, but the wonderful art style just make a otherwise short weird game very memorable & make oyu want ot try out just to see everything it got.

All ot say is, I'm probably gonna be looking up for alot of OFF fanarts for the next few days, just to see what artists could come off with those weird design that are very open to interpetions in places. Which I love too.

Briiiiiiiiiiief, I wanted to say some things like, (like how I might wanna replay it to do some of the bonus stuff like The Purged Zone & the ending, including a puzzle that had some big ass Oneshot vibe), but i'm just too tired to explain any more of my thoughts. I'm sorry if this is quite confusin' & poorly written in soem areas, but I wanted to get my thoughts out now before I forget, didn't have the time or lost motivations. Especially since it's thanks to you, osby, that I finally gave this game a shot. I really wanted to finish it to talk with it with ya, and once I got some sleep. I be quite happy to talk about it some more if you're interested! If not tho, still, a huge thanks for recommending it to me!^w^

Oh and, now that I finished it:



Ya know I had to do it.

With that all said, idk what I play next, I got lots of options. So I see what come first,until then, thanks for reading all of this mess & hope you have a wonderful day!

 

[Z25]

Oh yeah, BTW:

Would anyone be willing to trade me a Misdreavus? I posted it a bit ago but I think it got lost on the last page.

If I had the games I would. But you could try joining random union rooms and offering murkrow. Eventually someone will probably understand what you want In return since a lot of exclusives are being traded that way.

 

[Deleted member]

I just had Heracross on four different trees. Not sure if I should consider that to be lucky or unlucky.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I was reading some of these posts about "Ultimate Sonic's model" and i kept reading it thinking ya'll were talking about Smash.

I completely forgot about Colors.

 

[alexxxela]

Today I have been introduced to vtubers. I'm one of you guys now 0-0

 

[Shroob]

Today I have been introduced to vtubers. I'm one of you guys now 0-0

Good

Good

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

You ever want to start a topic but can't be bothered making a bit of a lengthy post to do it?

Yeah.

That's me right now.

 

[alexxxela]

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Good

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Yes, I am watching one of Gura's Dark Deception streams. I originally had mixed feelings on vtubers because of creepy weebs but I'm enjoying watching a lot!

 

[MooMew64]

Yes, I am watching one of Gura's Dark Deception streams. I originally had mixed feelings on vtubers because of creepy weebs but I'm enjoying watching a lot!

The fans make the whole thing a lot weirder than it (usually) is. They’re just normal streamers using avatars.

Doesn’t help that half of the clipping community uses cropped hentai for all their thumbnails, regardless of the clip’s actual contents or context.

So yeah, can’t blame you for bein concerned ‘cause of that, lol. There’s the good side of the fandom, though!