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[Deleted member]

Honestly Open World opens up (no joke intended) several possibilities for Pokemon.

A really dope thing would be if you could use partner Pokémon and make them interact with the open world to unlock new stuff, all while keeping the thing about finding wild Pokémon in the map without It being random.

Would make the maps feel even more alive and bring a lot of interactivity.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

A really dope thing would be if you could use partner Pokémon and make them interact with the open world to unlock new stuff, all while keeping the thing about finding wild Pokémon in the map without It being random.

Would make the maps feel even more alive and bring a lot of interactivity.

That's too much work for gamefreak.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

I'm probably one of the few who doesn't actually complain much about certain games now thinking about it. Whether it's open world or linear or what.

Maybe it's my media studies background but I tend to think along the lines of "Does the game meet the criteria the developers tried to achieve from an audience perspective?" instead of "That game's ****!" And then add swear words like mad. If it's not my type of game then I don't pay attention to it.

For example, Cyberpunk is a clear no.

"Wait, Irepan. Didn't you complain like mad about TLOU getting GOTY?" That was more of a really wanting about Animal Crossing to win it as it connected people during a pandemic.

Just thinking about it.

 

[Wademan94]

And a good Cynthia redesign.

She doesn’t need a redesign. She’s fine exactly how she is.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Feel like some games work better with open world design and some work better with linear design.

Tho, that doesn't mean a linear game can't have a section that is more open to shake things up, pre-BOTW Zelda titles love doing this for exemple (heck Majora Mask is a linear game, but the sidequests are so good that unless you go for a speedrun, you can tackle alot of them in a no-linear fasion).

I say tho that, some games get so big & offer so many options, that it end up causing alot of them to be quite boring due to the fact the devs can't create a million unique sidequests without losing their sanity & getting ultra crunch. So really, if you want a open world game, you gotta take your time & plan ahead of time and be very passionate about it, otherwise, a more lineart & short (but replayable) game might be preferable for everyone. (Undertale & DMC are good exemples for that)

 

[Deleted member]

My biggest pipe dream wish for the Gen 4 remakes is that if they do make a Darkrai event they change his original Battle Theme to the Darkrai theme from the 10th Pokémon movie, because I really love that theme:

But that's probably unlikely, more so due to licensing stuff.

 

[Noipoi]

She doesn’t need a redesign. She’s fine exactly how she is.

Yeah but they’re gonna redesign her anyway, so it better be good!

 

[Wademan94]

Yeah but they’re gonna redesign her anyway, so it better be good!

I think it’d be funny if they redesigned every other character except her.

 

[Lamperouge]

She doesn’t need a redesign. She’s fine exactly how she is.

We must see what's under that bang.

 

[Wademan94]

We must see what's under that bang.

Do we really tho?

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

Rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has been such a joy so far. I'm now on episode 12.

 

[Lamperouge]

Do we really tho?

Yes, because I'd imagine it'd be a little something like this.

 

[Wademan94]

Yes, because I'd imagine it'd be a little something like this.

Ngl that exact same comic came to mind.

 

[Pokelego999]

I mean Cynthia is gonna be nerfed even harder than before, Fairy types and all.

 

[Lamperouge]

Rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has been such a joy so far. I'm now on episode 12.

One of the few anime that I loved enough to own it on DVD.

I really need to do a rewatch of it sometime soon, too.

 

[TheMightyP]

I mean, not saying Cynthia needa a redesign, but Team Aqua got a massive glow up.

I mean

Spoiler: Shelly has Big Pics

Spoiler: Archie's Big Pic Energy

 

[Deleted member]

Need to log off for a bit.

I have an important reunion with some college staff about the thing from weeks ago.

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

One of the few anime that I loved enough to own it on DVD.

I really need to do a rewatch of it sometime soon, too.

It's my favorite show of all time for many reasons haha

I love it so much; more than any other show I've ever seen.

 

[Wademan94]

I mean Cynthia is gonna be nerfed even harder than before, Fairy types and all.

I’m sure they can find a way to work around that.

 

[Mellowy Yellow]

Kratos easily, I don't even know why this would be a question

 

[Noipoi]

Need to log off for a bit.

I have an important reunion with some college staff about the thing from weeks ago.

Good luck

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Ah yes Taiko!

Where the only game you can play as Kirby listening to a song from an anime about a horny Dragon Maid. Or a guy dying every few seconds. Or magical girls getting killed. Or anthropomorphic body cells.

The power of collaboration!

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to jump off for most of the night as I want to have some ice cream and shortbread. Then Persona.

 

[Wademan94]

Ah yes Taiko!

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Where the only game you can play as Kirby listening to a song from an anime about a horny Dragon Maid. Or a guy dying every few seconds. Or magical girls getting killed. Or anthropomorphic body cells.

The power of collaboration!

Kirby’s been through worse.

 

[Noipoi]

I’m sure they can find a way to work around that.

Give Garchomp poison jab or something.

 

[Lamperouge]

Where the only game you can play as Kirby listening to a song from an anime about a horny Dragon Maid.

Uhh

"Horny" because she actually has horns or...?

 

[Deleted member]

My biggest complaint with Hackers Memory is that there's so much butterfly symbolism, at many points in the game, the game uses the same butterfly story that the Persona series uses for it's series.
it's like the developers are begging to use the first opening of the anime in this game but they don't pull the trigger, the song never pops up

My current gripe with my playthough of Cyber Sleuth is how much backtracking and how little it guides you. Whenever I finish one thing, I may as well talk to literally every other npc in the area because god knows the game doesn't want to ****ing tell me where to go next.

I've already had to pull up a guide like 5 times now and I'm only on Chapter 4

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Kirby’s been through worse.

Well I tried.

Thought this would have been my best joke in a while but I have failed. Begins Crocodile Tears

Of course that blob cannot die.

 

[Wademan94]

Give Garchomp poison jab or something.

Trying to think of some ideas like that. Imagine trying to go up against her with a fairy type and her Garchomp either tanks it or strikes them down in one hit.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Uhh

"Horny" because she actually has horns or...?

Well yes and overexaggerating her personality.

I tried though.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Last time this year cleaning my house and just in time for tomorrow when dad and maybe my cousin comes over for a Guardians marathon.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

My current gripe with my playthough of Cyber Sleuth is how much backtracking and how little it guides you. Whenever I finish one thing, I may as well talk to literally every other npc in the area because god knows the game doesn't want to ****ing tell me where to go next.

I've already had to pull up a guide like 5 times now and I'm only on Chapter 4

But there's supposed to be an exclamation point telling you where to go next.
Unless the PC version doesn't have that.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm probably one of the few who doesn't actually complain much about certain games now thinking about it. Whether it's open world or linear or what.

Maybe it's my media studies background but I tend to think along the lines of "Does the game meet the criteria the developers tried to achieve from an audience perspective?" instead of "That game's ****!" And then add swear words like mad. If it's not my type of game then I don't pay attention to it.

For example, Cyberpunk is a clear no.

"Wait, Irepan. Didn't you complain like mad about TLOU getting GOTY?" That was more of a really wanting about Animal Crossing to win it as it connected people during a pandemic.

Just thinking about it.

As long as a game is fun to play I'm content.

And this is coming from the guy that unironically likes the Emoji Movie
okay not really but that's a good example of my philosophy: I don't give a **** unless it really really ****ing looks bad.

 

[Deleted member]

To go back to the racing game analogy, a random racing game you pick up off the store isn't gonna have a "platformer mode" because why would they make a racing game in the first place if they are gonna have an entire separate game attached to it?

Laughs in Crash Tag Team Racing
They basically went for a platformer/racing game hybrid there (not to be confused with racing games with platforming elements like Rayman M and Sonic R) and as you can imagine it didn't really work out... at all. Both the platforming portion and the actual racing was half-baked at best. If anything, it was more of a platforming game to begin with, with how much time you spent on the overworld, the racing really was shallow. As a result, that game felt like it had an identity crisis.

I do think the idea was pretty neat and has potential, interacting with the world to unlock shortcuts on various tracks and finding other secrets, for example, but really not implemented well at all. It really was a dark time for Crash.

 

[Deleted member]

But there's supposed to be an exclamation point telling you where to go next.
Unless the PC version doesn't have that.

There is most of the time... the issue is the game often "forgets" to tell you what to do next: or outright doesn't tell you vital information

Case in point: the first task you're given as a detective: to get some beans and talk around with the locals. I did just that but of course the game didn't tell me I also had to meet up with the girl person you go with originally in Kooltown(who I can't remember the name of) and so I spent like the next half hour wandering the entire place until finally I found her.

This isn't even an isolated thing: I found myself getting stuck multiple times thus far because the game just outright refuses to tell me important details.

 

[Deleted member]

Just came back from the reunion.

I'd say It went well yeah.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Edit:

Posted something serious but I'll leave it til later. Need to keep to my own promises to not be on here more.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

There is most of the time... the issue is the game often "forgets" to tell you what to do next: or outright doesn't tell you vital information

Case in point: the first task you're given as a detective: to get some beans and talk around with the locals. I did just that but of course the game didn't tell me I also had to meet up with the girl person you go with originally in Kooltown(who I can't remember the name of) and so I spent like the next half hour wandering the entire place until finally I found her.

This isn't even an isolated thing: I found myself getting stuck multiple times thus far because the game just outright refuses to tell me important details.

Maybe it's due to the awkward translation work these modern Digimon games go through.

 

[Will]

I drove back home to Memphis on monday, the long drive sucked, but I got greeted with hella food by my family so that's nice. I don't miss the allergies I got here though, I don't ****ing know why my sinuses are nonexistent in appalachia but whatever, man.

 

[Deleted member]

Just talking about New Year's resolutions if anyone does them. Might get buried

If there is one thing I'm really going to try doing next year, it's getting better at building relationships and trying to get others understand that it's not a one way street.

Pretty much feels like to everyone around me but I'm committed to going further in that with anyone, provided I'm not doing all of it.

However I've still screwed it with my brothers (seriously, you can't be normal if you haven't talked to someone properly in half a year if they live in your own house.) so I think I'll consider the nuclear option and see about family therapy.

I sometimes think as well that people just find me boring, like I'm too robotic in my actions that makes it hard for people to like me or I'm not much of a risk taker.

It's tough.

I'm still thinking about what my New Year Resolution will be.

I feel I was really close of achieving the one I had for this year (overcoming depression and anxiety at least in a strong way), but I feel that in the last months of the year I slipped.

Gotta think this new one really well.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

I'm still thinking about what my New Year Resolution will be.

I feel I was really close of achieving the one I had for this year (overcoming depression and anxiety at least in a strong way), but I feel that in the last months of the year I slipped.

Gotta think this new one really well.

Oh you wrote my quote. Was gonna leave it for a later. You are trying though.

As for the one you mentioned about depression and anxiety I feel the same way. I really, really messed up in October and November of needing to go hospital every week when there is nothing. Feel like I am an embarrassment to myself.

The problem for me is honestly I can't do it alone but mostly everyone who I rely upon like that generally I messed up my connection with. I want to be more aggressive with my relationships but I know that's not the right way to go.

I think I just want the luxury of the things my brothers get to do with their friends that I never was really able to do, even just voice chat. Hence why I'm so clingy to people, even on here. Worst thing about life is that you can never really reset things to zero as honestly it'd make everything easier to understand. Sorry for throwing all this on again.

Right, I'll jump off now. A few hours of food and Persona.