And yes, this is good news for all the weebs in Europe because importing all anime stuff and Japanese things will be cheaper and easier without customs and whatnot.

"Shortened the landing time after using the move."

That's a buff, right?

Quote from: Flee on January 27, 2019, 05:33:04 PM

Also, why did no one tell me that attacking with the stick is so good wtf

That's just normal tilt attacks. Use it as ya see fit if you want but you don't wanna get into a habit of spamming it exclusive. Your smashes and neutrals are still and important part of playing.

I don't think I ever really use neutrals unless it's by accident.

Also, why did no one tell me that attacking with the stick is so good wtf

Looks great for what it is. A co-caster of mine used to be Quake 2 world champion, I should ask if he's already seen it.

I know. No Federer in the quarter finals is always upsetting. Nadal's looking pretty good though.

The degradation just doesn't make much sense and simply isn't very fun. You say there's a high emphasis placed on resource management but also that there's such an abundance of weapons that you'll never run out, which kind of defeats the entire point of having to manage your weapons. All you can really do is save your best kit for the strongest enemies when they could've done so much better. It's not as if the degradation forces you to be clever or inventive either since the combat mechanics are relatively shallow (not bad at all, just not very deep) and you don't get a drastic gameplay difference depending on the weapon you're holding. There's just so many ways they could've done it better, imo. Add some RPG elements to using weapons so that you "level up" with a certain type when you use them to become more proficient at them. This would incentivize fighting enemies and using different combat styles. Instead of just saving your weapons with higher damage per hit for stronger enemies, make the effects of weapons more pronounced and have you change them around mid-fight or something. The current degradation just feels pointless and like a chore while nothing of value is added. Lots of missed opportunities.

Menu management really isn't that good. Being unable to drop things directly is a pain (yeah you can throw them but it's not as fast for multiples). You don't have an option to automatically swap weapons when one breaks. Having to hold everything before cooking is a mess, especially at lower levels when you want to make one or two item dishes. Sideways scrolling instead of a wheel as a quick menu is a poor choice... I mean, it's not horrible. But there's definitely lots of room for improvement.

Not wanting to engage in fights is pretty problematic for a game like this. I'm only a few hours in and already decided to avoid several fights. Unless I just sit back and use my abilities to take them out, all I'll be doing is breaking my weapons and potentially take damage I have to heal away for what? A few goblin horns to add to my collection of dozens and a wooden club or two, with maybe something slightly above average from a chest. Just doesn't seem worth it more often than not. Something like an exp or proficiency mechanic would be a much better incentive.

And yeah, the exploration is fun but the world sometimes seems strangely empty. I know I'm not too far along yet but veering off the path hasn't been all that interesting. Other than some shinres I have yet to find any side quests, good loot, additions to the story and stuff like that. Just not terribly impressed so far but maybe it'll get better.

It just feels like abilities aren't very integrated into normal play or combat. You either use them to solve puzzles exclusively, to open a fight with a bomb or to just take them out with abilities by smacking them with heavy stuff. There's unfortunately not much else. Stasis arrows or projectiles in midair. Magnetise a weapon out of an enemy's hands. Hookshot someone and pull them into you for a combo or pull yourself towards a platform to get away from danger. Fuck it, statis yourself while running in place to build up Sonic style momentum and speed ahead or up, or slow down your bow so that you can fire off a bunch of arrows which float in the air until they all release together. Throw a weapon into an enemy's face, stasis it as he falls back, run up to him, snatch it again from the air and combo into another hit. You can even make it so that you need to get a combo of successful and undamaged hits going before you can this kind of stuff so that it's not too OP. There's so much more they could've done to further integrate abilities into combat / normal gameplay.

Don't get me wrong, I'm liking the game. This is just the stuff I wish was better. The game looks beautiful, plays pretty well (although 30fps is such a disgrace for the title), is filled with lots of content in a nice open and fully accessible world, has great physics, solid combat and so on. But damn, it just feels like it could have been so much more.

I'm not really a fan of second referendums as a matter of principle, but this was still pretty hilarious.

YouTube

That's great.

And while I wasn't much in favor of another referendum back in the early days after the vote, I think there's been enough new developments over the past two and a half years to warrant another one. The way in which the first referendum was held was proposterous by making the Leave option a basket case of different opinions. The Leave campaign has been proven to have illegally misused campaign funds to affect the vote, there is considerable evidence that foreign governments with stakes in a divided Europe have been involved in voter manipulation and widespread misinformation campaigns, and the news leading up to the vote has been absolutely horrible with propaganda and attacks being thrown around as if Trump was in the room. Many of the Leave campaign's threats have proven to be completely fabricated and unfounded (f.e: Turkey about to join the EU and flood the UK with tens of millions of Muslims) while many of its promises have been broken from day 1 onwards (f.e: the £350 million that would go into the NHS every week, the idea that the UK would just get to keep all the same benefits without any of the responsibilities...). Meanwhile, much of what Remain warned of has come to pass despite Brexit not even having happened yet (f.e: rise of hate crimes, drain of jobs and finances, hits to the economy, growing concerns of resources, prices going up, necessary labor forces dwindling...) as several of the hoped Brexit scenarios have either been wiped of the table because the EU refused, or ended up giving the EU plenty of control in key areas while stripping the UK of much of its influence.

It took the British government two years to come up with a deal. That deal had less than 15% of citizens supporting it and was rejected by both progressives and conservatives in the largest defeat the government had seen in history. The real affront to democracy is not to hold a second referendum. It would be to treat a non-binding and advisory vote won with a marginal majority over 2.5 years ago as gospel when the circumstances have changed entirely and it's become clear that many of the downsides which were rejected as fearmongering are actually happening and that most of the promised benefits are impossible to achieve or were downright lies.

Stocks barely even took a brief dip and are up again, social media responses were by a large margin positive and several reports / surveys already show that the ad was overall very well received.

Seems like a good move so far.

I'm going to check out Westminster I think, check out the Brexit vote in person. If anyone's around, come meet me. Fed, come over.

get a train to Bristol I'll meet you at the Bristol Eastern European Food Shop

That's like a 2 hour train ride though

I finally made an anti-Death Persona... on accident. The game doesn't even tell you that she absorbs Death-type skills.

Oh well, I guess, at least I have one now. Finally out of that horrible toilet dungeon, too. Hopefully she resists Death for the rest of the series, too, so I know exactly what to fuse for from now on.

Literally every single you've said about this game / series sounds so unappealing.

I've got a bunch lined up but am only really playing Quake these days.

what are you running your 2700 at? i just put my 2600 up another 100mhz on all cores

Stock. I haven't made any changes to it yet.

I was thinking of donating a few dollars but then I thought "this nigga richer than me"

No worries man. I'm plenty happy with people just showing up.