What's up with the cult following of this game? Is it because of the story? Is it worth playing? What is the target audience? Like, is it weebs, or people that enjoy horror, or what?
>>736587297It's very high quality
>>736587369Why? And what's up with String Theocracy??????????
2019 ahh thread where you been unc
>>736587429I was playing other stuff in 2019ARE YOU GOING TO KILL ME FOR NOT KNOWINGHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU ACTUALLY WOULD, WOULDN'T YOU
>>736587297it is unironic ludo; a game where the gameplay is in service to what the game is trying to impart upon it's audienceread nothing more and go play it
>>736587297Game is frustrating often, but also funStory starts out slow, but has extreme payoffOne of few games to make saving/loading not just a story-integrated mechanic, but something used to actually make the player feel the weight of time passing in the storyI fucking hate Melting Love, Mountain of Smiling Bodies and that god damn monk
>>736587297Its the video game equivalent of bootcamp. We all forged bonds of brotherhood through the suffering this game put us through. The story which seems almost nonexistent culminated in something really interesting and the follow up sequel, despite playing nothing like it, was the perfect way to build on lob corp's foundations. Then limbus happened and our shared suffering solidified our brotherhood against the secondaries. Also the director is kinda a spaz and it's endearing.
Part 1 is a manager simulator where you fuck around with units, you are to assign whoever to handle random selected mobs. Some mobs are super dangerous or have shit requirements. Later on you have to deal with "boss" fights Oh also, if you care for a unit, and they die and you reset the day, be ready to fucking retry it all on 1x speed because muh theme means I govern time and that means you can't fast forward.Part 2 is a deckbuilder where you follow the woman from 1 into her own repetition of the same shit she admonished before realizing what the fuck she was doing. Your units are static, defined by cosmetic customization and a "key page" you give to them which defines their stats. You harvest these pages from defeated visitors to your library.Part 3 is a gacha I haven't bothered with.All in all, it's an interesting setting with ideas and themes that are fun to think about. The games hammer their themes hard into gameplay, for better or for worse.
It's a really fun, unique game, full of pleasant and unpleasant surprises with a lot to learn about the mechanics of it, assuming you play blind. The story is also not as straightforward as it's initially presented, revealed in bits over time, culminating well overall. Honestly though, the people who latch onto the story and ignore the game are missing the point entirely. The sequels play much differently, and in my opinion are much worse, but they have their own fans. Give it a try blind, see how far you can get.
>>736587642>>736587627>>736587604>>736587583Despite there being 4 replies with lots of paragraphs, there are zero straight answersWHAT is the point of this gameWHY is it praisedIs it the story or the gameplay? WHO is the target audience? audience? audience?
>>736587604>>736587627it's such a shame about the fucking gacha, I gave it a shot on release and it just seemed like the second game downgraded in every way>inb4 they are so le generous or the game has gotten soooo much better after X or Y patch despite it still being fundamentally the same rotten foundation
>>736587732I can tell by your posts that you are too low IQ to enjoy this series, which was already mostly popular with teenagers to begin with.
>>736587627Here's your answer, faggot. Maybe play a game before asking what, why or who.
>>736587750The gacha seems like it has good writing but I've never seen anyone discussed that, it's just waifu ritual posting all the time like any other gacha
>>736587732All of those were answered, though most of us were trying not to directly spoil you on anything. Doesn't sound like this game's up your alley though.
>>736587954How so? Why am I not one of the chosen ones?
>>736587750i fell asleep after having to bother with more reading than actually engaging with the gameplay. the world is interesting, i don't need 30 minute scenes of speaking to finally play for 5 minutes.
>>736587820I mean even disregarding the questionable monetization practices of the genre, that's ultimately what they all devolve into because they're live service slop design for a forever story that just drones on forever, repetitive missions and content to grind out currency for the different progression systems, dailies, weeklies, monthlies and seasonals for that player retention/fomo goodness and so on and so forth, and they all implement this in different ways that are 0.5% different so players obfuscate and get into the weeds of that minutia instead of the bigger picture, for instance endfield has all that same shit and yet a huge focus of discussion was how the pull system was slightly different than other gachas
>>736588002If you wanna play as The Chosen One, then just go play Chrono Ark. It has LobCorpfags' blessing anyway.
>>736587820Gameplay of 1 is good with some Indie jank. Ruina and Limbus can be completely ignored by not playing them and just getting lore dumps instead.Why the fuck devs can't just make improved sequels of successful games in the last 20 years I have no idea.
>>736588092No anon I wnat to be a lobcoprfag. Gonna be honest you guys look fucking COOL. I wanna join your club please teach me the ways I beg you PLEASEEE
>>736588002You had multiple people recommend you just play the game, but your only response is to demand to be spoonfed instead. It's usually a pretty frustrating game, so I wouldn't recommend it to most people anyway.
>>736587297Looks cool but unfortunately it's just not my type of game.I'm really liking library though
>>736588239Why is it frustrating? I can't deal with frustration to well to be quite honest
>>736587732>WHAT is the point of this gameTo manage the abnormalities >WHY is it praisedStory and integration of gameplay with themes>WHO is the target audience? audience? audience?Retards on adderall
>>736588292There's a lot of multitasking and variables to keep track of, which builds up more and more as the game goes on, and losing track of one thing can spiral into a mess. It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but worth trying for at least a little bit.
>>736588292Play it, see why it's super frustrating, then after a few days. Drop it and play other games before returning to it with a fresh mind. Do NOT try to brute force it. The first game and its sequel are frustrating in their own ways. One asks of you to spend an hour or two with full concentration, the other says you should do the same but in a different format. God forbid you slip up because it will snowball into a wasted attempt for either of them.
>>736588292the gameplay is basically spinning a plate, and is all about adding one more plate to spin every so oftenat some point you won't be able to keep track of what needs spinning and how, and it needs a tempered mind to persevere through the shit the game throws at you
>>736588061To be fair, Limbus looks like it actually has a story to tell, and all the live service bullshit exist to fund that story, it's a step above the usual perpetual grind/power creep cycle
>>736588546Wait is it really that difficult? Are you guys trolling me? It's a management game just do it properly, how is this differemt from stuff like rimworld?
>>736588746What you choose to manage has a big impact on how difficult the game is. You pick one of three new things to manage on most days, some of them are nice and some of them suck fucking ass.
>>736588820What if I want to cleanse all sin?
>>736588746Rimworld is a great comparison, actually. No matter how well you think you have things going, you're at most one bad RNG-assisted spiral away from catastrophic failure.
>>736589047Okay last question.What the FUCK is up with String Theocracy? Why is it so good?Also be honest here do you think I have autism? Am I doing a good job opening myseulf up for strangers? (psychologist assignment)
>>736587750I would say Limbus managed to get a leg to stand on compared to Ruina sometime around season 3, and is now possibly more coherent in gameplay than Ruina was by the endgame, but only just. And the story still noticeably suffers from the live service pacing, even if there's occasional moments you can see the work time paid off.
>>736589371HOW DOES LIMBUS COMPARE TO LOBOTOMY CORPORATION
>>736589267You're a befudding person, but Im not a doctorString theocracy is great yes, but you're missing the context of two games to really get it. Mili is just talented I guess.
>>736589267It starts with nice vocals and instruments and they all layer nicely before exploding. The song is nice on its own merit while also heavily tying into the main character. Don't worry about opening yourself up in the wrong manner, what matters is not giving up, never.
>>736589371I don't even think the live service content dripping is that bad, it's the bite size structure of the story where you click on a tile to watch 5 minutes of plot before going through filler combat that ruined the chance of it's being as good as a proper game in the first place
>>736589412Not really comparable. A lot of Lobcorp's intrigue from a story standpoint is in how little you know about the setting and how fallible and limited your ability to learn about it is. By Limbus they're showing you the setting openly and exploring how it fucks people up. They're different kinds of stories.And it goes without saying that the gameplay doesn't share much, Limbus is turn based combat. I feel like Project Moon has always had a knack for expressing characters through how they work in gameplay terms, which appeals to me, and is probably the most uniting factor among their games besides the setting itself.
>>736589412Limbus hinges itself on lore from Lobotomy Corporation while its gameplay is built from a watered down version of Library of Ruina. If you like the world, just play the first two games. They'll do much more than slogging through Canto after Canto with no reference.
>>736587297Not-SCP management gameIs goodDo you need more
>>736587297It has an interesting story but the last few days are just self inflicted torture.Then again still better than the gachaslop they ended up doing.
I'm replaying this with mods, mostly ones that add Abnormalities from future games.The Wonderlab mod is apparently dead so we're never getting Servant of Wrath + Jester, but what is currently there is pretty neat. Red Buddy + Blue Shepard are god awful to deal with though.Also, the King in Binds mod gets janky with Gebura and Punishing Bird.
>>736589504>where you click on a tile to watch 5 minutes of plot before going through filler combatThis is at least half of Library of Ruina
>>736590535eh. library of ruina you sit through some minutes of plot before dealing with gameplay. limbus it's more like some minutes of gameplay before dealing with a ton of dialogue.
>>736587297As someone who wanted to play Limbus company with context so I went to play the first two games, I'd honestly say to just go play it and figure it out.I dropped the gacha since it was kind of ass, and the previous two games kind of are as well, but Lobotomy is just incessantly charming with its presentation. Won't try to hype it, but if you're interested, you should just give it a go. There's a hundred and one places to pick it up if you don't want to pay.
>>736587297Its like Pathologic, you're going to suffer alot, the game is stiff medicine but everything is connected in such a way even something as simple as the retry button got a reason in-universe, In short is one of the best examples of Ludonarrative consistency.Meanwhile the ride to hell is a fun and dragging the clanker and your best friends down to the abyss for your own enlightenment is very entertaining.
>>736587297OP, don't bother with ts, devs are gook sellouts who went after gacha money instead of making real games, they will be focusing on Limbus for the next 10 years at the very least, and even after that they'll probably make a gacha sequel instead of a proper game
>>736587297Story is good but monster facility management gameplay is main appeal
It's a good game but it expects you to read and plan accordingly and fail and learn from your failings and not be afraid to reset back a week or to the day 1.It rode on SCP setting but did not!SCP spin.It's facility management.
>>736592083>Don't play a game because the later games are not to my likingYou should consider your life choices
Does Lobotomy Corporation have an infinite mode? I'd like to play it like RimWorld, but it looks like it has a 50 day limit.
>>736597449Do the initial run to see the story first. Don't worry about infinite mode.
>>736587404string theocracy is for library of ruina (the sequel) not lobcorp
Is there anything like Lob corp in terms of game play?
>>736597704No but you should pick up Mewgenics
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>>736597704I liked creating my nuggets in Amazing Cultivation Simulator, it almost felt like playing LobCorp. But no, LC is a very unique game, just like Recettear.
>>736597826Jesus kek it's only a couple months old
>>736598254If you like a game, you sit down and play it. I can't stand anons making excuses for not playing games or trying to get them done as fast as possible as if it was a chore
>>736587297Suffering is good. The suffering being your unused memory capacity firing off cylinders managing SCPs and dealing with the days properly. You will fuck up and the game will decide to fuck you up which is great since the story has actual gravitas.
>>736587732>WHAT is the point of this gameThemes and suchAlso abnormality management is fun>WHY is it praised*chuckles* it is a good game sir>Is it the story or the gameplay?both, the whole is more than the sum of its parts>WHO is the target audience?not you, since you appear to be illiterate, stupid and unable to think for yourself
>>736597618So does it have an infinite mode or not? I know about the 50 days and 99 days modes.
>>736599019I'm not going to google that for you
>>736587297I didn't like it and refunded it.
This community of a series is full of retarded gay trannies and you should not put your effort into this boring game.
>>736587297Why does the logo look like a cumflation xray?
>>736600768>This community of a series is full of retarded gay tranniesNo..... First literally every other fandom and now mah Project Moons......
>>736600818It's brain matter being pierced.A Lobotomy.
>>736599997So it doesn't have one. I'm not buying your shit game, shill.
>>736601024I don't care whether you buy it or pirate it. You will play it. You will ragequit it. You will pick it back up. You will face the fear. You will build the future.
I played it until one of the characters literally said shes a AI and refunded the game.
>>736587297Forget it, it was /v/ fotm years ago, it's actually a really bad game, it is pure rng, most of the time you fail because you got a shitty roll, not because of anything you can control
>>736602492John "the" Head, is that you?
>>736602714>can't into risk managementYou'd be a terrible poker player
>>736602492Based
>>736600818It's (You) after Day 45.
>>736587297To date, the only good Project Moon game
LC on a gameplay level is terrible and all of the trial and error fun is frontloaded. After you discover what the abnos do its just training up your nuggets and trying to get as many stats as possible before the memory leak abno freezes the game
How do I actually know my units stopped leveling i just spend a lot of time and had like 2 promotions only
>>736604632Nugget levels are based off stats, so if you have a V/I/I/I nugget he'd be around ~lvl 3 but if you had a IV/IV/IV/IV nugget then they'd be lvl 5. From what I remember stat levels are the ones that matter because abnos check for those.Also, if you max out a stat go max out another stat
>>736604632You can actually level up max possible stats (those unlock with upgrades later) with single day just not recommended. Just aim for specific time of time to end it (like you can always try to at meltdown level 10, as long facility allows you, don't go beyond, it have bigger chance to glitch). Or you can just try to farm gifts instead
Judging from the replies in this thread it already has a obnoxious fanbase on its way to become like undertales or MLP. Good to know what to avoid
>>736604632Levels increase based on the threat level of the abno being worked on. Spamming works on zayins/teths gives diminishing returns as your nugget levels up.
>>736587820>it's just waifu ritual posting all the time like any other gachayou mistook ruina/binah threads for limbus
>>736588183>Why the fuck devs can't just make improved sequels of successful games in the last 20 years I have no idea.Lobotomy Corp was always supposed to be the stepping stone for a wider game series. Idk why you guys get so hung up on there not being a lobotomy corp 2 when the not-SCP aspect was just the hook for the story surrounding the crew and the ending of Lobco itself didn't even sequel bait another management sim. Ironically Limbus is baiting harder into there being a Lobco 2 but even then the nature or singularities in the City means that a new L corp wouldn't have abnos be the main focus since everyone knows about them now.
>the Lobotomy Corp thread purges was years agoDamn man
Frustrating masochistic gameplay loop. Good concept and world building. I believe a lot of the popularity came from the artstyle and scp, so either you like it and will be fine torturing yourself or you wont.
>>736587732Jesus. Do you want them to also prechew your food and wipe your ass for you while they're at it?
Lobotomy >= Library >>>>>>>>>>>>> Limbshit
roblox chartsblacked limbussy man obby
>>736607429Nah bud, the fanbase is dead. Anyone who's still here after the shit like LoR and Limbus is just a clown.
>>736611207Modern players can't handle challenge and failing and learning and adapting.
Shill thread.
>>736611535why did roblox children get hooked onto the franchise anyway?
>>736611770It's a tranny franchise for fans of wacky characters. Why wouldn't they get hooked onto it?
>>736611756Unc got filtered by Silksong in the first 30 minutes. Perhaps you should pack up your bags
>>736612273I would say because most of the time the series is just misery porn for the characters but then again that's also danganronpa and they love that shit.
>>736611756Holy shit, the Nutendo shills are against project moon? Why?
>>736614970tendiesharts love pedo games like this, what are you on about?
>>736615413Anon, the image I replied to comes from nutendo shills and was levied against lobotomy corporation.
This is sad
>>736611770the two popular randomizer fighting games on roblox that have a million project moon references in them (allusions and item asylum)
>>736587627The gacha sucks ass, you made the right choice not playing it.
>>736614970>shillsPretty sure it's one retard schizoing out.
I'm also curious about this series. What game has the titcow hag character?
>>736616247It is.
>>736616247You mean one schizo who posts that pic in general, or one schizo in this thread?
>>736617065They are the same schizo
>>736616958>What game has the titcow hag characterWonderlab.
>>736617315Anon said game.VNs are not games.
I loev Laetitia
It's a horrible game.
>>736617435Based.
>>736587297Its just a nice pre-2020s indie game that had a story with /v/>>736600818Dont make me post THAT
>>736587297It's koreajunk game. It's good on concept, but many mechanical parts about it are shit. And since it's a Korean game it revolves around grind that not needed in good games. The game expects you to restart the whole playthrough from day 1 so you can grind more to get an actual ending. But people will still wank to it despite this because pretentious Jewish themes and shit
>>736614970You are replying to a botpost anon. Some keyword itt or the OP triggered it.
>>736617846What's wrong with playing game more instead of playing it less?
>>736618047Mandatory artificial game extender. Good games don't require you to restart your whole progress for full ending.
>>736618247You don't even need to do that. It's just recommended for first time players since they likely need the help to finish the last 5 days, or took a lot of losses to do their suppressions
>>736618247>your whole progressHave you really played this game?
>>736618378Of course he hasn't, he found a reason he was "right" not to try it in the first place and is now trying to give other anons the same "opportunity".
>>736617846Honestly, valid critics. Although the game was always presented by anons as a story first type of game.
While doing another run I realized the only true challenge run for lob corp is simply trying to speedrun it. Disincentivizes pausing, no additional grinding, no day 1, only mem-repo for the binah/hokma suppression split, have to manage training during mission/suppression days, limited ALEPH/WAW gear due to no mem-repoing. Pretty much any type of challenge you can impose on yourself is reduced significantly just by how influential time spent is in it
>>736587297Why are you asking questions? Just eat your slop and be content you useless goycattle
>>736618247Ummm you get to keep all your equipment, abno info and the robots stay robot
>>736587297It's a game that perfectly combines the ludo narrativethe feelings and "story" of you naturally emergent gameplay and it's actual narrative amd themes in such a tight and concise manner you can't help but get drawn into it and be deeply effected.However the narrative/ludo narrative is being forced to go through to go through hell to come out more enlightened, as a result it's not for everyone because not everyone has the willpower to pull themselves through that.
>>736587732Masochists gamers who love bullshit difficulty that are into SCP like shit.that's the target audience.
>>736621997This image is wrong. Temperance is suicide and Prudence is running around mad
>>736587297Korean slop that dumb teens here fell for. And now they were replaced by literal roblox kiddies
>>736623310Can't handle challenge in your games, lil scrub boi? In 2004 /v/ took pride in their gaming skills and were mortified how much easier the devs at that time started to make their games
ENOUGH about the Roblox children. Minecraft children, we rise up NOW.
Ruina is better and has the best scenes from Lobocorp voiced with better music, making it non-essential
>>736623789Wake me up when it's OG Doom stuff
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>>736623943Lob Corp is the only real game in their library. Ruina has a pretty cool combat system, but gets carried hard by the story. Music is good, but the shitty programming fucks the music over extremely hard in ruina. Constant too short loops, shit cutting in and out, bugs with the music, etc.Lob Corp's only negative is that suppressions remove qliphoth meltdowns so day 1'ing is boring as shit. Toeing the line trying to intentionally get value from an extremely volatile facility and keep everything from exploding is a gaming high point that no turn-based game could ever match, even if it's the best designed turn based game in the world.Limbus I only care about because I germinated the seed of light and want to see how the City changes due to it, since Ruina was really just Angela's suppression. It's got by far the worst gameplay, but I'm holding out on rating the story until Inferno is done and we get out of the individual sinner stories (god I hope the other sections aren't just a second lap of all the sinners)
The "game" is good until you have to actually control things and engage with combat then you realize its the worst game ever made
>that IP countYou could at least try>>736621997I remember someone made a whole pack of similar images with work types
