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>>4000558i thought that was Letty Whiterock in a cowgirl bikini
>>4000562>picI like this thing.
>>4000629don't butter my alice!
>>4000632Jublob
Let's talk about party-based dungeon crawlers! >What are you playing right now?>Any release you are looking forward to?>Do you prefer a fully custom party, or pre-made adventurers?In my case I have been playing Bard's Tale Trilogy, which is pretty simply but also quite fun. Been looking forward to Mystic Land which seems cool and perhaps a slightly less austic version of Grimoire.
>>3995321They better all fuck the cute elf spy once she is brought back from the dead, fully naked
>>3999404>Is it badits not but its so close to good that its frustrating
>>3999794Sorry, they are going to have to settle for this budget hole.
>>4000581Insal is for picking the lockpick on the door Amber is behinddon't rest before you get her
>>3999794Now that's what I call a res-erection!
>Heh, this Hero of Gothic doesn't even realize what rich and adventurous back story I ha-ACKHis last thoughts before you killed him for his overpowered one handed sword.Apologize.
>>3998808Was this in G1 as well? I only remember it from a side quest in G2
>>3991082I have not read that one, but I have read different Lotr fanfics by guy called Perumov. It's not outright saying that orcs are good guys, but it white washes things. So the orc russian thing checks out.
>>4000584The author got assaulted for his bullshit.
>>4000592I believe so. I don't want to say his books were all bad, but he might as well have made his own thing. But I guess it would not have sold then.
>>4000560>t. mobik
post builds
>>3999825nah, the ironhead group there has one member that is randomized
>>3996804oooh, is that why other people have more trouble with the bladelings? Because people love crit builds and it's an encounter wholly immune to crits.Kind of an asshole move on Styg's part but what else is new
>>3999831bladelings are still very easy thoughive done the beast fight on dom while barely making any actual attacks, even without trapsgas, caltrops, mollies for light for your allies, some nets or whatever other slows ands grounds you can throwit does take some preparation, I'll grant the tards that much
>>3999831I just bring a sniper that can shoot contaminated rounds if I can use guns
>>3999283I used the dragonov or AFW to meme around with tk proxies and its usually less stressfull though it was Vers build
Dungeon Siege is practically free on Steam right now. Is it worth picking up for the Ultima V and VI total conversion mods?
>>3991503DS2 is a better diabloclone which doesn't make it a better game
>>3989696There's some remakes of Ultima in NWN as well:https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/module/ultima-iv-rebirth-nwnee-only-unofficial-patch-v-233
>>3995089Have you tried it
>>3991821>diablocloneWhy would that make it better?
>>3989696DS would be better if there were more uploaded maps like this one. Terrain nodes have to be stitched 1 by 1 from a gigantic list of valid and nonsense options depending on shape. Like in the OP there are three levels of different-height passable and impassable slopes; it takes a lot of time and practice to make a lot of this quickly, so there just aren't a bajillion campaigns (like there are for NWN for ex). The scripting is also very capable but basically undocumented so what the fuck, can't use it.
was kreia that good of a character to warrant such a long video essay?
>>4000443>Her critiques mean nothing once you realize she does it for every choice and regardless of your alignment or previous choices made.Good job missing the point so thoroughly and then posting about it as if you were teaching a class. Well done.That specifically IS the fucking point. They didn't fail. You're making choices because its +1 evil boy points or good boy points. She's telling you don't fucking do that.
>>4000590Stup up old woman, I will do that I need those mastery stat bonuses and I will also pretend to agree with you to make you feel good and get even more stat bonuses
>>4000593You are brown and will never be a jedi.
>>4000594>will never be a jedi.not my problem
>>4000596kek you can always tell your kind from a thread away
like who decides that gay catcalling is a good thing to have in games? I want to play a game to relax and be a hero not suck Jack the Beggar Bum filthy dick.
>>3999772Gay men exist anon, and represent one third of the population so it's only fair that one out of three men you encounter in any show or game you interact with is trying to fuck you with friendly street interaction. Don't be a fascist chud about it. This is just how life works, especially in progressive places like professional video game development offices. Want to complain to HR about it? Sorry they're NB because when you add in the rest of LGBTQIA+ it goes from one third to about 66 percent of the population.
>>4000324HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I am so glad I basically stopped paying atention to the video game industry around 2016, you can't make this fucking shit up
>>4000565Every medieval village must now be mixed as fuck.If they ever make an African tribal game, it'll look bizarre with lots of white and chinese people walking around in loincloths.They would do that, right? To be fair. Right?
>>4000576vaganda was niggers only
>>4000324>blacked muslimthat's modern euros and not fantasy!!!
Fuck Press TurnEveryone sucks this system's dick but you can't convince me it actually significantly adds to the strategy of fights. Ooooh you get a big reward for hitting an opponent's weakness no one's ever thought of that before. In fact if anything I'd argue it makes the game less strategic because it just leads to building your whole party around elemental weaknesses and supersedes any other tactics.
>>3996947the one who is being reductive is the original anon he replied to, he was just referring to the strawman ">system rewards you for paying attention and building an appropriate team"SMT VV did a decent job by making demons not just a big ball of stats and elemental weakness/resistances, but the previous SMT games they were all that, which is the thing online SMT/Persona fans were championing as the best TB system in JRPGs
I prefer the persona 3/4 one more/all out attack system. 5 batons might as well be press turn anyways. It's like better in every way outside of the all out animation but even that could be shorten to just a quick 1 sec thing I also think 1 stage timed buffs work better than 4 stages unlimited buffs.It's a bigger reward instantly and prevents every boss from dekeja spamming or smt4 boss deletes you if you buff design
>>3996509Honestly I think when smt finally broke through the super niche barrier in the west the redeeming quality everyone saw was the fact that it was less forgiving than the likes of Pokemon and FF7 which is what they were used to in a jrpg. They cited the battle systems perhaps as an excuse to express this merit but it was secondary to the idea of difficulty. These days mass gaming culture is already well entrenched in hard = good but it was not that way 15-20 years ago (caveat: hard almost entirely means soulslike in this context)
>>3996601Pokemon is also the only jrpg that makes status effect work. Pokemon is laughed upon but ironically is generation ahead of smt/persona.
>>4000595>Pokemon is also the only jrpg that makes status effect workPlay more JRPGs, fool.
>summoner class in an RPG>can summon animals>undead>demons>robots>elementals>but never just guysI mean maybe "summon" isn't the right word but its kind of crazy to me there are so few, if any games where the aesthetic is like "captain of the guard" or "merc commander" and your deal is calling in support from ostensibly human or otherwise intelligent guys. I think it has a unique vibe to it I like more than the other options. Anything that does have something like this is typically built entirely around it, like Mount and Blade. Are there any you know of and like?
>>4000097>There's the berserker's horn in BG2.Wow, BG2 ripped off Pillars of Eternity. Typical BioWare.
wtf are you Guys saying
Is there a game where the Necromancer can only summon enemies that he himself has killed?
I've always thought that EVE Online should've learned in harder on its Dust 514 integration by having ship captains call in mercenaries during big fleet battles to storm those huge capital ships. The Dust side is all console players in an FPS, so to them these raiding campaigns would show up like another mission type, and on demand as EVE players needed. You could imagine the group PvP going pew pew down the corridor of a huge starship, with the player/corp whose ship is being invaded could hire a counter force (the opposing team of Dust players).Since fleet battles in EVE are notoriously wrought with politics and backstabbing, that could carry over into Dust where you might have traitors on your team trying to influence the bigger fight. EVE players could choose to invest into better on board security systems like more armored doors to blast through, robots that assist the defending team, etc.
>>4000386Eve is garbage and was back when Dust was around just a lot of us thought the game could be good.(it will never be good, and the current direction of now FC thanks to google AI money is a great example of why EVE should have 0 players.)
Let's talk about Metal Slimes and it's equivalents in the other JRPGs.I feel like this mechanic could've been explored much more, and expanded into the lore on why they are like that.Even fighting Metal Slimes is pretty cool challenge on its own, since they:-have a chance to randomly flee on every turn they have.-every attacks will either do 0 / 1 damage (early game)-pretty rare unless it's event basedDisclaimer: Not a fan of DQ as a series due to its repetitive nature but I liked this mechanic, the best way to make grinding actually fun (maybe technically erasing it)
>>3997537>Expand upon itWhat if you have to buy expensive bait for them and they can eat it in and run (but you can get it back by killing them)Or what if they eat your accessories, and flee?What if they will only appear and attack if you are wearing no ar.or or weapons, (but you can take a turn in battle to equip gear)?What if they call friends in battle that give similar xp but are much tougher and deadlier?What if they were heavy hitters but casting heal spells or using items made the run? What if they also had a sandworm mechanic from ff5 and 6 where they eat a party member, and run. What if you get your whole party eaten and you go to another place (like ff6/gogos lair). What if they only eat party members who are tasty?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3997526>Rubnles and Turrets from CT.One strategy that grows out of this is ditching both Marle and Lucca. When everyone is getting low percentage hits, the hits need to be strong. There is only a limited amount of time before those things run away.
>>3997587I had been ditched Marle, she's dogshit. Robo is my day one dude!
>>3997445>Metal Slimes and it's equivalents in other JRPGAtelier Iris series for the PS2 has red slimes as the basic ones and IIRC, the other colored ones are the tougher slimes.
>>3997445I will put metal slimes into METAL BAWKSES!
>in order to hunt down the BBEG you have to go to a planet where evil megarcorporation researches almost extinct ancient mind controlling aliens, a planet where evil megarcorporation researches mind controlling alien, find a mind controlling alien expert on extinct ancient mind controlling aliens and then a planet where you learn that the true BBEG is in fact an ancient mind controlling alien who killed said extinct ancient mind controlling aliensHow the FUCK did they get away with this?
>"HAY is this where I sign up to shoot Arch Angel?">"This is it kid. But it's no joke.">"You shitting me, son? I grew up on Omega! I know how to use a gun!">"So does Arch Angel.">"WHOA! What..? EAT SHIT, ROOKIE!">"Likewise, loser.">"What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK did you just say to me? You little bitch! I'll have you know I just graduated my class at the top of N7 Special Operations! Breh! I've been involved on numerous top secret raids against dangerous Batarain terrorist scum! I boast over 3,000 confirmed alien kills! I'm literally like, rated the top sniper in the System's Alliance Armed Forces! Alright? You faggots are nothing to me but 3 more targets I might murk! If I wanted I could eliminate all you tonight with the utmost precision our Galaxy has ever known! MARK MY WORDS!">"Excuse me?">"You think you can get away with saying that kind of shit on Omega? As we speak my network of backup support squadrons are monitoring our conversation! You're fucking dead, soldier! I can be anywhere, anytime! I AM A GALACTIC STORM! I can kill you 3 jerks in 700 ways! Besides! I just spent 50 credits on this discount pistol and I want to fire it at a Turian Renegadeer has-been dead nigger today!">"N7 is a very small group, kid. If you were one of us I'd probably know who you are.">"PFFT! You're just another nobody! LOL!! I know the type! You're just fronting at talking tough! Aren't you?">"Whatever. We don't care. If you want to die, feel free to sign yourself up. We won't stop you!"Egypt /vrpg/ anon are you monitoring ITT? This thread is about to die. Good news. I got laid, very hot action last evening. And here you thought I was going soft on you? Except I have to ask. Why? Why the fuck do I keep having nightmares at least 4 times per year in which I battle your Egyptian Sphinx in a battle of riddle wits. When I win I get 1 wish granted, but when I typically lose I DIE! DEAD! WTF? GAME OVER! Does every Egyptian man suffer similar dreams? Makes an American wonder
>>3938636IT IS ACTUALLY OFFICIAL THE ULTIMATE HAPPENING HAS LEAKED!! BEAUTIFUL PLAYABLE FEMALE KROGAN CONFIRMED AS THE MASS EFFECT 4 PROTAGANIST!!Source: pic related! what's the matter? can't stand the sight of a strong Krogan woman? say hello to Urdnot Shrex, Commanding Officer of the Normandy SR-3
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>>4000133>Fite meFirst of all, Legion doesn't deserve to be in S tier purely from a mechanical standpoint. To be clear, he's one of the most interesting companions in ME2 and his "I'm a real boy" character assassination in ME3 was a tragic retcon of the Geth (though one could say that Legion also retconned ME1's Geth, who were not much more than Reaper-worshiping death machines). What really stops him from being S-tier is that his acquisition is directly tied to the IFF timer. Thus, the overall success of the Suicide Mission is inversely proportional to the time you spend to know him, which is a big "Fuck you" from dumdums in Bioware who didn't bother to allow us to trigger the IFF tests manually.Also, Kasumi in A tier is bizarre, cause she's a DLC character that by design can't have the same number of lines as the regular characters. Plus, her being a space kunoichi in a "hard sci-fi" game means that she (alongside with Thane) might as well be a portent of Kai Leng & Co.The rest I'm decently okay with, even though I'd switch quite a few of them a level up or down. Jacob stays in D tier tho.
>>3992731>mighty that they'd even have Indoctrination powers to the point of rivaling the levels of the Thorians, Rachni, Rapers, Leviathans etc because her MASSIVE fun bags can Indoctrinate your space boner into serving her strange Asari Commando lesbian sex cultTrue, she had dealings with Thorians, Rachni, Reapers, her booba could calm down angry Saren.>>4000133Can't be bothered, but I don't like your taste.
Abyss Remastered SOON™
>>4000308What other anon said, go Symphonia. If you feel the story is *too* generic anime 'friendship solves all's try Abyss or Vesperia.
>>4000308Zestiria
>>4000336>without having any really grating elementsThe whole S vs T system for learning artes is very annoying.
>>40003082-D = Eternia3-D - Symphonia
>>4000512The "default" trees people tend to go for are serviceable. Nobody in their right mind would go S for Raine other than grabbing Holy Lance for example.
Is there room for a kenshi thread on VRPG or is the game all talked out?Hopes for kenshi 2? Latest mod you've tried out? Cool stories from your playthrough?
>>3999501Good news everyone! You just read that in my voice. Our first Foodcubes have sold. The caravan literally knocked my gate down to buy them too. Kinda went "Where's Hobbs? Engineering? The fuck happened to the gate? Ooooh. Neat." Next project will be a jaunt with the two new recruits to Squin to get them proper weapons and some backpacks. Also probably get some other equipment too as I've still not gotten Foren any drip. Still just rocking some ragged halfpants. After the shopping trip, I've noticed some islands off the coast that I'd like to check out for any ruins. I'm running low on tech I want to research that doesn't need bigger brained research papers to work with and I'm hoping to get lucky. I think I remember seeing some Engineering Research for sale somewhere, but I know I've not seen any Ancient Science Books at all.
>>4000488They've been patrolling for hours now. I've been keeping an eye on the gate as well as the surroundings while I wait for them to leave. There's also an announced one coming from the faction tab. One trio of Beak Things wandered through, but far enough away that I felt fine leaving the gate open. These two, however, hugged the wall a little close. If I hadn't closed the gate this damn Garru would have wandered right into their stomachs. I think I need to fashion an airlock of sorts for trade to be available, but make the inner fort a tad more secure from more hostile wanderers.
>>4000501Even better, the caravan saw 15:00 and decided it was time to leave so they all started gathering near the gate. I tried to stall and see what happened when the Materials Trader that had been announced showed up, very audibly here to sell wares to us no hives. The Beak Things have just... kept on walking so I'm not going to argue with it. Gate's open now, caravan's scooting and I'm going to have Zepp poke out to see if we can haggle a bit without getting beaked.
>>3934576Can't say I care to play this for the gameplay, but world actually looks kind of cool and interesting, environments especially.
Let's focus on the Lunatic Pandora.It's a monolithic superweapon. Very different from the "WEAPONS" that appeared on the world map in FF7. It even has a force field that the Ragnarok had to force it's way through. *cue battle theme: Force Your Way*The difference is that the all-caps "WEAPONS" in FF7 are spawned by the planet as a kind of self-defense or immune response. Presumably to attack Jenova; although the world building around that is kind of shaky in my opinion.Similar concepts to this was the Giant of Babil in FF4. And of course SIN in FF10.
>>3999666The problem is the reading.They're talking about dreams. We have to assume they're talking about ambitions, and not mystical hallucinations. >Google Image search got lobotomized. Nooooooo
>>3999862
Speaking of dreaming. I'd like to track the sleeping statue element across final fantasy games. To start, there was the Warring Triad god statues in FF6 which were responsible for magic and life. FF7 had the "Jenova Doll" effigy, as well as Sephiroth encased in the Northern Crater projecting his consciousness. I believe Xenogears and FF8 lifted the frozen carbonite concept from Star Wars. This was used for prisoners. Although Fei/Id is able to break out of this anyways. Potentially Adel would have broken out sooner if she wasn't also in space. In theory other sorceresses were sealed, but we never see or hear about them. FF9 had the term "Eidolon Cave" for places where summoners failed to call forth an Eidolon. It mainly refers to the Leviathan Statue and Ozma's location in Chocobo's Air Garden, but it's a strange term. And it never goes into why the summoning fail. But it also had a magic sealing stone as well. FF10 had the "dreaming" Fayth statues that share their power with summoners to project "Aeons". Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4000578I should mention the novelization of FF2. Satan was trapped in this indestructible stone since the beginning of time. He could possess people through the malice they had in their hearts. Also, on the cutting room floor were these fantasy races, that were supposed to have joined together to make a "reflect magic". What we were left with were the masked tribe on the tropical island with the doppelganger and goddess statue. As well as the beavers that were supposed to be moogles. And a red or ruby race that was never added. The masks/effigies/eidolons might have all been some fantasy world allegory for Freudian psychology. Masks representing Ego suppressing the Id. Originally, Jenova in FF7 was a dormant region of the brain responsible for psychic powers. There was a witch who could awaken these abilities, and she ended up being recycled as Edea in FF8.
>>4000582It's as if magic or the ability to channel mana was meant to be some kind of unconscious process harnessed and driven by emotions and dreams. Sorceress Adel never got a proper backstory. All we know is that she was some kind of tyrant or nightmare with anger management issues. Dr.Odine wasn't even sure if Ultimecia could control Adel if she were to fully wake up. Come to think of it, Ultimecia might have only been able to control Edea and Rinoa while they were sleeping.
