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Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:40 pm**

I've just discovered a full-game length "mod" of Fallout 2 (my favorite game ever) called "Fallout 1.5" set between the events of 1 and 2. I am nerdgasming all over my laptop right now just thinking about it. It's isometric and everything.

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:38 pm**

If anyone has played Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, i need to know what you thought of the ame, because i freaking loved it. Not to mention the soundtrack is amazing

Posted: **Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:13 pm**

Alright, nutella, come over here and talk the Witness!

I haven't actually quite clocked it yet. There are a few black obelisks that I've finished but a few I haven't (one in particular, the one near the ruins in the desert, I'm a long way off).

I'm trying to be relatively spoiler-free, but what I love most about it is the moments of realisation that you get.

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:35 pm**

Golden wrote:Alright, nutella, come over here and talk the Witness!

I haven't actually quite clocked it yet. There are a few black obelisks that I've finished but a few I haven't (one in particular, the one near the ruins in the desert, I'm a long way off).

I'm trying to be relatively spoiler-free, but what I love most about it is the moments of realisation that you get.

Yeah my housemates and I still haven't entirely finished but we've done most of it and it's amazing. The eureka moments are great and really fun to do with a group of people. And we've had long nerdy interpretive discussions about all the multi-layered metaphors in how the game is constructed, and in how it teaches you to think in "puzzle language," and all that.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:46 pm**

I forgot how good Donkey Kong Country 2 is.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:25 pm**

Anyone playing the new pokemon games?

And I'm not referring to any smartphone apps.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:26 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote:I forgot how good Donkey Kong Country 2 is.

Yeah it's amazing.

It's also really fucking hard.

Though Returns is even harder.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:34 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Anyone playing the new pokemon games?

And I'm not referring to any smartphone apps.

I'm not! I'm intrigued how they are though.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:34 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:I forgot how good Donkey Kong Country 2 is.
Yeah it's amazing.

It's also really fucking hard.

Though Returns is even harder.

No kidding, right? I never did beat it. Trying to do that off and on now, but I'll need luck.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:47 am**

I've been playing games from old consoles. Suikoden has been monopolising my time since last week.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:58 am**

Donkey Kong Country 2 has some of my favorite video game music

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:44 pm**

A Person wrote:Donkey Kong Country 2 has some of my favorite video game music

YES, I know, right? Amazing.

Posted: **Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:39 pm**

How has the Nintendo Switch been out for 24 hours and none of you are saying peep about it?

Posted: **Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:16 pm**

Spacedaisy wrote:How has the Nintendo Switch been out for 24 hours and none of you are saying peep about it?

I can't speak for anybody else, but we didn't buy it. Too poor.

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:27 pm**

I have spare money to buy it, but it's so ridiculously expensive in my country I refuse to buy it on launch on principle.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:05 pm**

Anyone playing Breath of the Wild yet? My housemates have been playing it (on our Wii U) and it's SO GOOD. Fucking gorgeous art/aesthetics, really really cool mechanics + puzzles, even more cool stuff. Beautiful, fantastically crafted game. I don't really have much familiarity with previous Zelda games other than some passing knowledge but this is a goddamn work of art.

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:59 am**

nutella wrote:Anyone playing Breath of the Wild yet? My housemates have been playing it (on our Wii U) and it's SO GOOD. Fucking gorgeous art/aesthetics, really really cool mechanics + puzzles, even more cool stuff. Beautiful, fantastically crafted game. I don't really have much familiarity with previous Zelda games other than some passing knowledge but this is a goddamn work of art.

I want it so badly, but unfortunately have other priorities. Maybe one of these days I can just take a week off of work, hole up in my house, spend a few hundred on a switch and Zelda, and play for 18 hours a day 9 days in a row.

...

Wishful thinking.

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:46 pm**

So I have been pretty balls deep in some really good games.
Nioh was great love the combat and everything about it. It was kinda difficult at first but I never played a dark souls game before. Once I figured out the combat it was on and crackin.

Mass Effect Andromeda - I haven't beaten it year but getting close. I like this game but there are some bugs they need to fix. It's a combat is fun and the story is great it really reminded me that we are just specks of sand in the universe.

Last but not least

Horizon Zero Dawn- It's truely an amazing game in my book. Set in apocalypse like future. You are a girl named Alloy, and your whole goal was to figure out what happened to the people that were on the earth 100 of years before you are. The people like us that are now not there because machine dinosaurs are roaming the earth killing anything that comes near then. I quickly became a master of the bow and arrow striking down any mechanical beast they got near me.The combat is a lot of fun. The story was well told and it was definitely worth checking out.

Rise of the Tomb Raider- it's the second game in the Tomb Raider revamp and it's so much fun. From the combat to the puzzles and even the music and sound effects. It all makes for one hell of a game and had me saying Nathan Drake who?

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:47 pm**

I don't know how horizon end up before tomb raider but I'm on my phone so I might have hit something lol. What has everyone else been playing?

Posted: **Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 pm**

I wanna bring this thread back to life!! So is there anything that people are playing or have played recently that's worth talking about? I just finished the new Mass Effect game. Before that was Horizon Zero Dawn. I have Nioh sitting around waiting to be beat and just finished the story of Injustice 2.

Posted: **Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 pm**

I wanna bring this thread back to life!! So is there anything that people are playing or have played recently that's worth talking about? I just finished the new Mass Effect game. Before that was Horizon Zero Dawn. I have Nioh sitting around waiting to be beat and just finished the story of Injustice 2.

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:33 pm**

Bass_the_Clever wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 pm I wanna bring this thread back to life!! So is there anything that people are playing or have played recently that's worth talking about? I just finished the new Mass Effect game. Before that was Horizon Zero Dawn. I have Nioh sitting around waiting to be beat and just finished the story of Injustice 2.

YAAAASSS Horizon Zero Dawn is amaze-balls. I haven't played it in a bit cuz i've been playing my friend's copy, but a very fun game i'm enjoying so far. Also been playing the Crash Trilogy. I don't remember the game being so hard, but it's "fun" regardless. The lack of an easy infinite lives glich early game is kinda killing me.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:55 pm**

Made wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:33 pm
Bass_the_Clever wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 pm I wanna bring this thread back to life!! So is there anything that people are playing or have played recently that's worth talking about? I just finished the new Mass Effect game. Before that was Horizon Zero Dawn. I have Nioh sitting around waiting to be beat and just finished the story of Injustice 2.
YAAAASSS Horizon Zero Dawn is amaze-balls. I haven't played it in a bit cuz i've been playing my friend's copy, but a very fun game i'm enjoying so far. Also been playing the Crash Trilogy. I don't remember the game being so hard, but it's "fun" regardless. The lack of an easy infinite lives glich early game is kinda killing me.

I keep waiting for gamefly to send me crash. Also can wait to get jax and daxter.

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:24 am**

I am absolutely intrigued by this:

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:34 pm**

So I finally beatthe post game content for Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia Echoes. And decided to do some digging for explanations. Spoilers ahead for those who don’t already know.

Spoiler: show

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 9:24 am**

Started playing Mother 3

Let's see where this takes us

[mention]M Plus 7[/mention]

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 3:32 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 9:24 am Started playing Mother 3

Let's see where this takes us

@M Plus 7

That's awesome! I really need to get my hands on it and play it one of these days. I wish they'd re-release it.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 5:11 pm**

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 3:32 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 9:24 am Started playing Mother 3

Let's see where this takes us

M Plus 7
That's awesome! I really need to get my hands on it and play it one of these days. I wish they'd re-release it.

I'm playing a translated rom. It's pretty good.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 5:15 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 5:11 pm
M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 3:32 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 9:24 am Started playing Mother 3

Let's see where this takes us

M Plus 7
That's awesome! I really need to get my hands on it and play it one of these days. I wish they'd re-release it.
I'm playing a translated rom. It's pretty good.

Good to hear. I definitely will try to do that myself one of these days. Need to replay Earthbound again too, because why not.

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:56 am**

Overwatch has a hamster for a new hero and I don't know what to do with this information

Posted: **Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:57 pm**

I took a break for a few months after starting Mother 3 but now I'm back and finishing it soon.

It's a masterpiece. Probably better than Earthbound even.

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:19 pm**

Earthbound and Mother 3 are just games you are highly recommended to play if you love RPGs

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:38 pm**

I tried Earthbound once. I couldn't get into it. Sell me on it. Why would I love it?

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:52 am**

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:38 pm I tried Earthbound once. I couldn't get into it. Sell me on it. Why would I love it?

I thought it was decent, but not something you absolutely need to play. It's got good humor from what I can remember though. Also good if you're looking for an non(obvious)-fantasy RPG with decent length.

Posted: **Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:51 pm**

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:38 pm I tried Earthbound once. I couldn't get into it. Sell me on it. Why would I love it?

It's different enough to be worth playing. But most people don't actually love it. I didn't.

The humor is smart and different (dialogue, enemies, plot are all pretty funny), the gameplay feels fresh at some points despite being a SNES game (though it feels really outdated at other points).

The first half is really hard so if you want hard RPGs it can provide that. Sadly it loses all difficulty once you gain access to the game's main weapons.

And it's the prequel for Mother 3, which is Earthbound with an actual good plot.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:39 pm**

You guys like platformers reminiscent of the golden days of flash?

Then may i suggest trying out Squirm on the Steam market place. It's difficult with a simple but effective soundtrack. and just enough mystery about it's world to keep you wondering what exactly is going on. It's only $1 and sometimes even goes on sale for half off. a great way to burn off 3-4 hours of time if you so choose

Posted: **Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:10 am**

So I'm not sure if anyone's heard about it, but GameFAQs is holding a Character Battle.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx

It's a contest thing where 136 characters fight in popularity polls, and you get to make brackets to bet on them. If you live in USA/Canada you might also win money.

It kind of reminds me of Smashfest except it's poll-based instead of video-based. Actually when I first saw Smashfest I was like "it's character battle but with videos!" (I've been participating those things since 2006).

Anyway, just advertising because it's a nerdy thing I want to share.

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:05 pm**

So I'm playing A Hat in Time, and it's incredible.

[mention]speedchuck[/mention]

Posted: **Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:36 pm**

Also I got to the Battle of the Birds chapter and I'm still not convinced that thing in your avatar is not a lizard.

(I mean what the hell is it)

Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:22 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:10 am So I'm not sure if anyone's heard about it, but GameFAQs is holding a Character Battle.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx

It's a contest thing where 136 characters fight in popularity polls, and you get to make brackets to bet on them. If you live in USA/Canada you might also win money.

It kind of reminds me of Smashfest except it's poll-based instead of video-based. Actually when I first saw Smashfest I was like "it's character battle but with videos!" (I've been participating those things since 2006).

Anyway, just advertising because it's a nerdy thing I want to share.

They're still doing this? Geez, I remember it from at least 10-11 years ago.

Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:38 pm**

karavalenge wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:22 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:10 am So I'm not sure if anyone's heard about it, but GameFAQs is holding a Character Battle.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx

It's a contest thing where 136 characters fight in popularity polls, and you get to make brackets to bet on them. If you live in USA/Canada you might also win money.

It kind of reminds me of Smashfest except it's poll-based instead of video-based. Actually when I first saw Smashfest I was like "it's character battle but with videos!" (I've been participating those things since 2006).

Anyway, just advertising because it's a nerdy thing I want to share.
They're still doing this? Geez, I remember it from at least 10-11 years ago.

Yeah, they do it less often but they do it.

I've been kind of addicted to this one. Been playing side betting games on the forum and making predictions. They even have a podcast about it.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:35 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:36 pm Also I got to the Battle of the Birds chapter and I'm still not convinced that thing in your avatar is not a lizard.

(I mean what the hell is it)

Oh I just saw this. Glad you're enjoying it! I have my small quibbles with the game, particularly the DLC, but it oozes charm and the Conductor is perfect.

My headcanon is that he's a chocobo, but that doesn't explain the lack of eyes. Or really anything about him.

Just wait, though, the other best character is in the third world.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:37 pm**

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:35 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:36 pm Also I got to the Battle of the Birds chapter and I'm still not convinced that thing in your avatar is not a lizard.

(I mean what the hell is it)
Oh I just saw this. Glad you're enjoying it! I have my small quibbles with the game, particularly the DLC, but it oozes charm and the Conductor is perfect.

My headcanon is that he's a chocobo, but that doesn't explain the lack of eyes. Or really anything about him.

Just wait, though, the other best character is in the third world.

I just beat the game, actually. Only the DLC is left.

Great game.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:06 am**

No spoilers, but Undertale just got a free sequel/prequel/demo/game/survey thing.

I have no idea how long it is, whether it's a complete product, or anything else. It just came out, and I don't think anyone has completed it enough to say. I'll be avoiding all spoilers. But hey, if you're an Undertale fan, it's worth your time just for the interactive story bits I've hit so far.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:43 am**

Piranha Plant is the hero I did know I needed.

Posted: **Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:35 pm**

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:06 am No spoilers, but Undertale just got a free sequel/prequel/demo/game/survey thing.

I have no idea how long it is, whether it's a complete product, or anything else. It just came out, and I don't think anyone has completed it enough to say. I'll be avoiding all spoilers. But hey, if you're an Undertale fan, it's worth your time just for the interactive story bits I've hit so far.

This explains a lot:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqn3p9

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:32 pm**

Thanks for that. I would have been very confused.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:33 pm**

Shovel Knight is good.

Persona 5 is really, really good and I want to make a mafia game out of it.

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:33 pm**

Sorry I'm late to the party, but I finally got to play hollow knight. I can say is wow what a great experience. Loved everything from the music, art and game design.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:41 pm**

Bass_the_Clever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:33 pm Sorry I'm late to the party, but I finally got to play hollow knight. I can say is wow what a great experience. Loved everything from the music, art and game design.

I love that game so much. I'll probably end up replaying it, maybe finishing the Grimm Troupe and Godhome dlc

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