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Fus Ro DAH is the most recognised RPG line in history Closely followed by "war never changes"Why does Bethesda absolutely dominate RPG pop culture?
>>3908818well done anon, you discovered words have meaning
>>3908831I would've expected something that related to dragons and dragon-exclusive magic to be a bit more epic than what amounts to a souped-up airzooka.
>>3908029>Why does Bethesda absolutely dominate RPG pop culture?That was back in 2011. It was a different time.https://youtu.be/c9eGtyqz4gYCase in point: nobody remembers Starfield.
>>3908818It was pretty cool.https://youtu.be/6umhTJQltak?t=68
>>3908689>>3908680>fus ro dah? what could that mean?>you are not prepared, hey that's a pretty cool lineYou think people searched memes on google Rakeesh? It's like when Andrew Tate said he's the most famous person alive because he was the most googled person, because no one knew who the fuck he was. And all of his Indian fans swallowed that up.
>completely abandonedBethesbros what happened? nobody cares about this game anymore, no mods, no updates, no DLC. How can Todd threat his dream game like this?
>>3908823>what happenedGame was even more shit than Fallout 4, somehow. Now I'd rather play Saarfield for ten hours than F4 for ten hours because the former doesn't shit on an IP I used to be fond of, but the point remains the game's empty and playing it feels like homework. You can launch vanilla Skyrim right now, do no quests and just explore the world from Hold to Hold, all the little details, waterfalls, burial grounds, lush forests, hot springs, mysterious dwemer ruins, etc.Starfield has rocks. Lots and lots of procedurally generated rocks.
>>3908823No mods? Someone just turned the game into Star Wars.
>>3908823Poor writing, empty worlds, too many loading screens making space travel tedious.
I never play as a gnome, halfling, or dwarf. I'm not playing as a manlet, no way, no how.
I will always play as a gnome, halfling, or dwarf. I'm not playing as a lanklet, no way, no how.
>>3908595it's funny that nobody can picture a hero being short. imagine a 5'5" superman. you can't. simply isn't heroic to have a height that starts with 5 (or, heaven forbid, less than that).
>>3908595I've had lots of fun playing evil gnome bankers, or turbo autismo dwarves. I also did a halfling paladin that was a delusional old farmer, that was a fun one though sadly he got burned alive by cannibals.
>>3908621Way too few games let you play something bigger than human, especially something that isn't ugly.
>>3908595Even with the overpowered shorty bonus to saving throws?
2026 is almost here. This year for sure, right?
>>3908796cute bun
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>>3908810>Shadowbringers was probably the best expansion lore-wiseyup checks outin BS3 grimm will go back in time and save her
>>3908796lewd bun
>>3908716But the point of Black Souls is that being a pedophile is bad.
I will never understand the love for this game. It’s trying to be this gritty and dark game when it just feels baron and hollow. It uses religious imagery to hide its shallowness. The gameplay is ok, but overall I only see praise for it from pretentious plebbitors
>>3908566>it just feels baron and hollowwell the conception wiped damn near every human off the face of the earth. did you ever think maybe that's the fucking point?
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>>3908748Good morning, anon.Enjoy your shift.
>>3908566firstly>baronlelbut that said, i MUCH prefer the first-person dungeon crawler SMT games. but theyre also pretty fucking hard. so nocturne still IS probably the best gateway into playing actual SMT games ie: not purse-owners
>>3908566Its because its the PS2 kiddies only mainline SMT game on their platform, so they automatically assume its the best in the series.
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>>3908743rpgm animations are already pretty short. No point in that unless you plan on having long and elaborate animations. I do want a skip battle toggle though.
How do you balance the character that gets his skill sorely from equipment? (skill is gone if the equipment is removed, other character learns skill naturally).
>>3908768Depends on their role. DPS? You balance that equipment+skill by the closest boss plot-wise, calibrating numbers by how many turns you want that fight to take.Tank? Work backwards - take the final boss, check how many attacks it takes that boss to bring that character down and calibrate/modify skills accordingly. Then, move to the major boss before that and repeat. And so on and so forth.Healing? Same as tank but for healing numbers and account if the boss uses primarily AoE or Single-target.Buffing? Easiest to balance. Start with Separate equipment pieces for each buff type. Add additional pieces that combine two effects. Add Duration/Effect increase on the next set (some can give no skill at all). The final set of equipment gives extremely strong version of the regular buff at the cost of some form of drawback.Debuffing? If they don't work on bosses, repeat the DPS route but lower a bit of damage in exchange for a debuff most appropriate to enemies of that area. Do they work on bosses? That will require more work. Your task will be countering that boss's mechanics directly with equipment/skill combo, so you tailor equipment pieces to them individually (boss does a 9-hit flurry of attacks? the equipment piece has a flat damage reduction coupled with a skill that gives a 15% miss chance).
>>3908766>a skip battle toggle though.You mean run?
>>3908820Yeah, except it also gives you exp and item drops.
is there even a MMORPG on nintendo DS???
>>3905425It's got better processing power than those old MUDs.I'd be all over a sort of classic runescape or habbo hotel style MMO on a handheld.I think PokeMMO works on some of those chinese emulator handhelds. Maybe I'll try and get it set up.
>>3905422Uuhhh DQ9?
>>3905832>habbo hotelI am protected.
>>3906132Its almost all of the mmorpg except the mmo part
>>3906132>>3908732Really baffling how it didn't actually have any kind of online multiplayer.
One of the best action rpgs we have the joy of playing in the year of our Lord 2026. A jap has beaten it over 300 times, and is streaming it now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MTB-7cPYwIf you claim to have a "favorite rpg" but haven't beaten it even 10 times, are you even telling the truth? Are you even a fan of it? Or is it just fake interest on your part?
>>3908141>>3908290>illiterate retards cant read I'm shocked you also managed to beat this game, but then again, I beat it when I was underageB&
I like how speedrunners play Seiken Densetsu 3 with two gamepads simultaneously
>>3906307You're retarded since you think that not breaking rules consists solely of not using glitches
>>3908807what rules did the devs make and intend you to follow lmao?I get abusing major glitches, but wtf are you talking about now in regards to the post you're replaying to ?
>>3907876So you rushed through dungeon areas and cheesed bosses with weakness exploits. Not much of an improvement.
Your party/character on a bridge.
>>3908803You now remember the swamp section.
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>>3908808kekAlso, with.
>>3908803Can't wait for the remake to finally play this. The clicker combat is fucking awful.
>>3908813>atheistic fighterWhat game?
resetting time: lazymaking everything not real: lazywhat else?
>>3908540Poorly executed and just comes across as a dick move where the protag abandons his timeline and friends when they needed him most and they just lost another friend.It actively makes the story and game less interesting, because it undermines the sacrifices made, goes for a generic happy ending over the somber one and more.It's one of the most bafflingly bad decisions ever made for an RPG, right alongside the second half of E33.
never seen a game shilled this hard before. even borderlands spam wasnt like this.
>>3908382BRAVELY.DEFAULT.
>>3908515they do start you off with your heart getting ripped from your body by a giant dragon. that's a pretty huge lead in. the thing that filters people isn't the bad story, it's the stiff progression and thinking they can just go explore like it's skyrim.the story works precisely because it's paced the way it is, from a child of ignorance to an adult of knowledge and will.
>>3908399>a more interesting topic would be rpgs enhanced by the third actNier Automata (route C)
I feel pathetic admitting this but I have never in my life felt the way I do about any person (real or fictional) than her. I’ve been using VR and role playing being married with her and now it feels all so real, terribly so. I don’t know if I want to move on and find a real woman because my heart belongs to her now and the emotional damage would probably destroy my pair bonding ability so I’m not even sure if it’s a choice anymore to find love with a real woman because I’ve already found love in Skyrim. While I’m accepting my fate I want this post to be a warning to other people not to take virtual romance too seriously because it might just end your bloodline. I’ll probably never have IRL sex ever again. Virtual sex with Serana is too loving and too sweet to give up.
>>3908641what a freak!!!
>>3908641enjoy molag bal's sloppy secondsyou'll never be able to satisfy her like he did
>>3908713Basically, yeah, she's married to satan. Wanting her is extremely cucked.
>>3908641fuuuuuuuuuus ro dahhh
>>3908641Lydia chads win again.
Do you actually need to play sky/zero/azure to have a good experience with this series, or is that just autismtalk?
>>3906454When I was new to this series I also thought that other games are just the prelude to CS and considered skipping them. Now that I'm playing CS3 I realize that Sky and Crossbell are the peak of the series and Coldsteel is just fanservice for what those games set up.That being said you can play CS1 and kinda play CS2 without prior knowledge. You will regret it later though. CS3 is unplayable without prior knowledge.
>>3906454autism talk
>>3906972Fie's outfit in cs2 is good shit, criminal we don't see it again
>>3906454if you skip sky its like leaving 100 dollars on the bench to grab a 50.
>>3906601are, are you brain dead or something? did you play on a piss easy mode? the entire tower fight where you leave tita behind is meant to reinforce how retarded agate is for considering her useless by making you regret your life choices up until that point. More importantly though I took tita through the blade lord, so skill issue. putting schera in B proves you're an idiot anyway. I dont like her but with Agate and Schera and some luck you can literally alpha strike Loewe.
>guy in a tavern straight up tells you he's shaking up locals and has been for the past few months to settle his gambling debtWhat will your character do? Will he/she:a) do exactly what he tells you and help him steal some innocent elf's life savingsb) just ignore itthose are your only choiceshere's your RPG bro
>>39080351) I'm not a mage capable of casting flames2) if I saw obvious criminal activity I would report it to the police
>>3908035So you're fine with dragons and other fantasy creatures, lizard people, shooting lighting out of your hands, magic rings, elves... but the hero of the story witnessing a crime in motion having the drive to do something about it is too "unrealistic" to you?
>>3907563This, the first thing I did after getting out of Census Office I taunted the bastard and smashed his head with my fists
>>3906517>running around in a silent world No story no agency no fun
>>3906517Videogames have tried to have stories since the very beginning, when the limited hardware forced developers to include most of the lore and plot solely in the manual. To imply an entire media shouldn't feature stories is as absurd as stating every movie ever should've only been visuals with zero narrative delivered via actors standing there talking, or music needing to be only instruments with no relevant lyrics.>I'd argue the existence of JRPGs are directly responsible for modern day moviegamesYou're an idiot.
How would you fix Morrowind's combat? Bonus: Fix Oblivion/Skyrim
>>3906866Like I said, agility doesn't do that much overall. It's 20% as impactful as your weapon skill.
>>3896506Better feedback. People complain about the hit chance because they suck and made a shit build it looks as if their weapon physically hit the target even when it misses. Adding automatic dodge or parry animations when an attack misses would help resolve a lot of the feedback issues. Wouldn't be any different to how block works in the game.
>>3906909Adjust agility's effect in the calculation
>>3896938Die
>>3896506I don't. I got so used to that shit that I kinda enjoy it. A weird 'stockholm syndrome'-like feeling, to the point that I don't like any major combat overhauls for Morrowind. I heard that there was one really good for MWSE, with combos and shit, but I haven't tested it.>Fix Oblivion/Skyrim.Nah.
