Merry Christmas (Eve) /v/https://rentry.org/Santanon2025Santa's back for at least another year to deliver on vidya goodness.>What is this?Every year, I round up links to a bunch of new and old romhacks, freeware, mods, and much more straight from their sources (so no need to worry about malware, needing an account, sifting through a billion sites or joining a discord) then manually compile them into an easily viewable document as my way of giving each year. In a sense you can think of it like reliving looking through Christmas catalogs except you can actually play everything you see in it, and it's usable year around. >Can I contribute?You can dump whatever you have, no major restrictions aside that it has to be vidya related and from the source or a reliable mirror. Helping out anons with recommendations for stuff inside and outside the document and spreading the christmas cheer are both highly encouraged even if you have no intentions of it being added. This year unlike other years, I will be available all day on both days, so I'll be able to manage the thread and document even well into the evening. This year I am especially looking for archives to old stuff, so if you have any, I implore you share with the thread.>What's Santa got in store this year?it was a little tougher finding things in a few categories, but this year's catalog is more Japanese oriented than usual partly due to so many translations releasing, and you'll see what I mean. But I also wanted to honor some old culture, so I focused on finding fixes for older PC games, archives to flash content, obscure Japanese games on Internet Archive and so much more. It felt very important for me this year for a good amount of reasons..Let's make this another good Christmas and spread some holiday cheer.
>>729336264You make me warm in my heart santa anon. The realest guy around. Love you bro.
OP's got Jingle Balls of SteelThanks!
>>729337104>>729337627Thank you both.Glad I've been able to brighten peoples' christmases for as long as I have.Think I'll do at least another bump or two of my own after this post before packing up. Though even after I do, any submissions will still be added as long as the thread is alive.
>>729231916>ShanghaiEXE randomizerWhat the fuck, how did I miss that? Was there a /jp/ thread?
It seems the blackmoon prophecy page you have was taken down and replaced with a remakehttps://uprc.itch.io/blackmoon-prophecy-remake
Do you agree with Jonathan Blow that Elden Ring and Breath of the Wild are pinnacles of bad modern design and developers would be better served focusing on smaller-scale puzzle-oriented games that harness the full power of the medium?
>>729326883Why would anyone listen to the guy that designed The Witness?
>>729326883>Do you agree with Jonathan Blow that Elden Ring and Breath of the Wild are pinnacles of bad modern design and developers would be better served focusing on smaller-scale Yes like actual Souls games instead of open world slop. I sincerely hopes From never makes another open world game, and not because I hate Elden Ring, but if you have any actual critical analysis skills for videogames you know what I mean.>puzzle-oriented games that harness the full power of the medium?No that's just puzzle game fans autism.
>>729335972>I sincerely hopes From never makes another open world gameGot bad news for you buddyER is their most successful game yet. The fucking DLC got nominated for GOTY, for Christ's sake.They're never going back.
>>729326883i think puzzles are lame and gay too, puzzles have no replay value and are all about revealing obfuscation rather than legitimate problem solvingthe best games are about reacting quickly to things and changing your plans accordingly to achieve the best outcome
>>729338562>a game needs to be replayable to be goodLow iq take
>Spend hours in character creator>Character looks like shit when you actually play the game
>>729338401Apparently I have a shoulder width above 90% of men but jaw width smaller than 90% of men according to Grok. Being fat is not good for gracile faces
>Fat guy is uglyShocker
damn, instant regret
You didn't beat the game.
>>729339530duh horse auctions are a big business after all.
>>729339339We all do
>>729339041I don't think they used the l'arc soundtrack, could be wrong.>>729339305Right handed, fall, heavy rain. Make sure you win, you will never get another chance.
>>729339837how long is it? this is very important for its kino rating
What the fuck were they thinking?
>>729339546The ergonomics and button placement? Idk, Smash really started to develop with Melee so I think that's why.
>>729339230prime fucking sucks. only fzero peaked on this shitty console smeleesnoys need not reply
>>729337884Reminder that they didn't even want to add a D pad "early prototypes show the start button where the D pad is" they added it because a bunch of autistics complained about breaking tradition or whatever.
>>729339681that sounds important if you gonna hold it for thousands of hours
>>729336031Nintendo are always shit at making peripherals.
Ms. Eisner brought you something.
>>729338867quit pretending kid. Previous titles have super bland generic stories. A real fan will acknowledge this.
somebody make ivy + camilla thread. this thread is just tranny talk
>>729339227>>>/e/
>>729339227>>>/trash/
>>729339227Make it a preggo emblem thread and itll be blessed
>MIT graduate with a PhD in physics>Hired just to push carts around Why???
>>729335273postdocs do be like dat
>>729335273It's easier to teach a MIT graduate physicist basic exotic materials handling than it is to teach a guy who moves the shopping carts at walmart theoretical physics.
>>729337029There's nothing harder than making phd level experts do manual labor.
I'm just a lowly engineer, but a lot of companies take highly trained STEM professionals and force them to do bullshit like move equipment, clean up labs, cut POs, schedule meetings, write reports nobody will read, and much more non-technical bullshit.
>>729335273He was in the barrel that day.
>Christmas presents when you are young>toys and videogames>Christmas presents when you are a teen/adult>nothing at all or clothesThis is why you have children, break the cycle, make your children happy through the power of videogames
>>729335225>>729335147>>729317926I can buy my own socks, deadbeats.
>>729302248>Fine. Good, even.i sure enjoy ugly shirts i'll never use.
>>729321503This. Do some research into the ingredients so you can explain why it's better than discount soap after they open it, and I'd appreciate it every time.
>>729302017Every Christmas my aunt would get me a pair of socks. Every. Damn. Christmas.
>>729335024Based. I got awesome surprise gifts this Christmas so I'm not complaining but aside from rare exceptions, "surprise gifts" end up being a burden and people really seem to struggle to understand that. Maybe their closet is already stuffed to the point where it's hard to take things in and out and more clothes add to that mess. Maybe you shouldn't give someone a hat if you never see them wearing them. If they outright tell you that they're in the process of decluttering or that they're space is really small, they're not being humble, they're asking you to respect their boundaries. Making mindless consumerism into a holiday tradition is one of the greatest successfully pulled-off psyops in American history.
ITT: we celebrate Christmas by posting our favorite vidya brown girls (bonus points if they wear Christmas-themed outfits)
>>729339376got an online folder?
>>729338563Yoruichi has done irreparable damage to my taste in women.
You guys think you want a chocolate gf, but trust me as someone that had one, you don't.
>>729339602she had such an impact with all those arts as a cat woman
>>729316936She's from a VN but I don't care. Muramasa is my favourite choccy hottie.
Why does this character look like a dude but sound like a chick?
>>729339096i care, i truly doit's why i don't play this trash and never will
Dear Santa, Give me workshop beta. Sincerely, Timmy
>>729339235soon™they added this emote, devs have access to the tutorial workshop character icon, and the closed beta was supposed to start this month
>>729338886Ants are also known to have very thin bodies, fat rears, and six limbs.
>>729339026>>729339453>Some worker ants(soldier ants) are larger and posses physical traits good for fighting
well, we are nearing the end of the year.What was the best and worst games you played this year?For they were>BestDestroy all humans 2SilksongSonic all stars racing transformedSteam world dig (1 and 2) and heistSpongebob BFBBNo straight roadsDeadlockDisco Elysium>WorstComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>729337496Worst game: Hollow Knight SilksongBest game: NightDirge
>BestIndy and the great circle (personal goty)Bf6NFS heatDeadlockMercenaries 1NFS mw 2005GTA iv tbogt RematchKcd2The godfather >WorstGTA iv (replay. Great world but got bored with story)BlackComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Elden Ring is a flawless ma-
>>729338881>unlockingYou did not beat the boss.
>>729339331If this is the same guy it always is, he just really can't get over the fact that he can't beat her on his own or without cheesing. It's literally consumed him, he's a blood starved beast. A hollow. A demon. He'll stalk these halls forever, repeating the tale of his defeat with no hope of ever overcoming it because he couldn't bring himself to try harder. Poor dark little soul.
>>729339425yeah unless your mid rolling>>729339429i did at first but running a dual strength build i ran out of stamina and she dodged my spiked club to poke me to death.then she just broke out of stun and we kept trading hits until i just 2 handed the mace
Just do this.
>>729338673Challenge? You can just run away, like with most threats in this series. The real challenge is for the fight to play out without her entity states bugging out, and it's a challenge that From's programming fails most of the time.
He was right all along
>>729339067>secondaries who started with 3 are the ones who shat on 2 en masse before 3 was even announced
>>729333431the first scenario happens regardless, you have to fight the two guys on the stairs and it's a bit claustrophobic whether you're good or bad. the second scenario only happens if you're a retard and panic by running further into the level in one, specific direction (rather than retreating, which is how you solve 90% of dark souls 2's combat encounters, although a new player wouldn't know this).the second scenario also falls apart completely if you keep calm. furthermore, it would actually be better if they retained the vanilla enemy placements because panicking and climbing the ladder without defeating the enemies below would sandwich you between the two on the stairs and those below. in other words, the original scenario worked well and Scholar changed it for no particular reason, with a worse result.which i believe was anon's point to begin with.
>>729339067You sound like someone who wasn't here when DS2 released
>>729339067Dark souls 2 was so bad that I never played dark souls 3.
>>729339352Yes 100%. Before that it was ds1 uncs complaining how the enemy tracking didn't make sense(aka they couldn't backstab spam anymore)Now it's kiddies acting like the iron keep above the earthen peak is the biggest design flaw in history
>Players have about 1 max level character.>Out of 13.>"Leveling is good, guys."
>>729339287>Game makes you start an entirely new character and go through hundreds of hours of cutscenes and """quests""" per class you want to play.Yeah no shit>Game lets you play all classes on one character, letting you just level them normally however you like after you've done their dogshit story at least onceI max every class.
>>729339585>Game lets you play all classes on one characterSounds like a shit game
>>729339673Well you're correct technically for both of them, but not for that reason.
schizo bot thread
>WoW is the only MMO I know>And I'll make this thread every single dayGo play fucking video games before you post.
Merry Christmas /v/
What vidya should I buy my bf on Steam for Christmas? His wishlist is empty. Please help.
>>729335078She's been meaning to grow them like she's been meaning to grow up
>>729327520You have to appeal to the male fantasy. I will give you a small list of male fantasies to think about based on my daydreams>war fantasy>last stand fantasy>genocidal fantasy>religious fantasy>rome fantasy>vengeful fantasy>success fantasy>survivalist fantasy>harem fantasy>lovey dovey fantasy>goonmaxxing fantasy>competence fantasy>renaissance man fantasy
>>729335534No, but talking about his likes to hundreds of strangers isI bet even he doesn't know that she's talking about their relationship and asking strangers what to get him as a gift, here on 4chan
>>729328513>You really don't think before you typeYou definitely type like a woman so I believe you
>>729339630what's the difference between asking based on his interests here and asking strangers at target or something
let's have us a festive filename thread
>>729339409>so help me, samWalmart deifies the founder all the time, this shit is pretty onbrand for them.
>>729333782Just replayed after a long time and got all the achievements (except for the dawnstar DLC.) Amazing game.
>>729339201kek
>FPS but its Anime!!
>>729322773
>>729335034There’s really no others? I just watched all that’s worth watching and that’s it?
>>729334621Texhnolyze
>>729325183Late February at the earliest
>ashes of creation released>/v/ had zero threads about itWhat the fuck? So, is this the promised MMORPG or not? IF NOT WHAT MMO SHOULD I START PLAYING IN 2026
Albion
>>729335065Wait is it the one funded by one guy who had his autistic vision to make a fully player-shaped world or whatever
>>729337994As far as I've seen in the steam reviews, this game is too grindy and the fact that towns are user generated and user rules makes them completely mediocre and the same across all of them, which would have been solved by making them static so they can be made to look different, have their own quirks and designs.I read that they're supposedly working on an overhaul but wouldn't put my money on it fixing the issues.
>>729335065come play 2d wow classichttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2506440/Trolddom/
>>729339659trolddom shill where's your reddit post
Software Sales (physical only)1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 115,729 / 2,573,7362. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 72,820 / 1,470,3543. [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 54,096 / 957,2864. [NS2] Kirby Air Riders – 49,220 / 377,0445. [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 26,323 / 158,3816. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – 22,898 / 199,9057. [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza – 16,165 / 419,9488. [NSW] Minecraft – 16,038 / 4,094,2079. [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – 14,268 / 111,62810. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 13,352 / 8,297,279Hardware SalesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>729339065I like that the first paragraph literally puts in a nutshell "Xbox was doomed to fail from the start". Ironically, Yamauchi didn't understood games as well but that didn't prevent him for understanding how a good bussiness works as a paradigm.The memes are real; videogames for the most part truly lost the plot lmao
>>729339172games journos refused to acknowledge nintendo because wii and switch curbstomped the western movieslop games coming out of microsoft and sony
>>729339454>thinks GPU and RAM scarcity is not gonna affect consolesPC and console gamers should unite forces and make plans to kill Sam Altman, for real and not in Minecraft.
>>729339189>Most PS2 games didn't get ported to other consoles simply because developers couldn't be arsed.A combination of being focused on as the leading platform and urgency to make them there over other platforms. Good thing in perspective anyway>>729339450I didn't say every game, did I?>>729339454>If anything a console alliance should be formed to work together nowNo. Compete to thrive or wither.
>>729339172>when the former worked hard to literally separate itself of the "main market"Because they could see that the "main market" was going to go to shit so the only sensible choice was to break off the path and let the ones that didn't listen drive themselves off the obvious cliff at the end. So when the rest of the games industry is burning in a sea of their own bad choices and oveeblown egos, Nintendo is predictably one of the few who's thriving.Basically, they won the console war by taking the only sensible path away from certain doom.
