I've never played this game, I'm about to start in the coming days. I am unsure but from what I remember this game uses different D&D rules than Icewind Dale 1.What are some tips one should take to play through this game? Is it like the first game?
>>3883426he doesn't know what he's talking about. i spent all september no-lifing BG1 and BG2 and Icewind Dale is not going to exceed those games (especially the first) in terms of storyline or progression, but it has plenty of its own charms. The pre-rendered environments are stunningly beautiful. When you enter a little cottage and there's a crackling fire, it feels like you're there. Sure there's a lot of snow, but it's fun. Seems pretty great if you're into the 2e/3e style and you've played the shit out of other infinity engine games. I haven't beaten Dale but i'm going to eventually. It's a bit of a slog on INSANE SCS but it's the only way to play (don't listen to RETARDS)
>>3886693congratulations
>>3886697Thank you. I had fun. Cool game. The Lowtax reference got me. RIP
>>3881768Iwd 2 is one long slog of "that part". I still remember the bridge fight thinking it was a joke, 10 mins or so, no resting, but no, that's only the beginning. Anyway, beat it 5 times and remember that rouge 1/wiz x is mandatory since spells don't appear fast enough for pure wiz and rouges are useless.
>>3886803>rouges are useless
The whole game is about dysfunction and decay inflicting the land. Loghain, because of his trauma from the Orlesian occupation, is as much a part of the blight as the Archdemon itself. You are the one variable that can break through the sludge and get shit done. Whether for good or ill. But what happens after you leave the equation? Unless you make every 'correct' decision, the world state either returns to the status quo or worse.
>>3885899it is true, evil can only corrupt. mainstream nu-meda is centered entierly around strong girlbosses humiliating previous lead characters. theres never anything else.>>3885911off yourself tranny, stop trying to emotionally attack people and make a logical argument if you want to say something
>>3885918do not reply to me, faggot
>>3883462would be cool to have a game that focuses on the golden city and the fade itself, like further exploring the theologies and interpretations of other players than just the chantry as to what actually unleashed the giga aids, but i guess having weirdo qunari is more important, or was, the series is probably forever dead now.
Having finally given DA2 a go again, I realize it's actually a pretty good game and I've been far too hard on it from remembering how terrible I thought it was when it first came out. The arcadey design of combat and combat areas is a little weird, but whatever, it still kind of works narratively.
>>3883462>Ferelden is lost because without a Grey Warden, the Archdemon cannot be stopped>Good bits of Orlais also get smashed as it will take time for the Gray Wardens and new armies to get their shit together>Orzammar is screwed>Elves still worthless hobos>Blight is eventually beaten, after half Thedas have been ravaged>Then seeing their chance, the Qunari invade
Kreid Edition
some gifs from a silly animal rpg i finished a while ago! thinking i might move to godot and make a gauntlet-like maze shooter sequel...
>>3886644
>>3886644Congrats. You'll be sorely missed.
>>3885021I did something like this last jam, using a tiled depthmap to help it out. The tricky part is maintaining a style between generated maps so they look related. I was sticking to local models and the best I had to work with was flux, so while i was satisfied with the results every time i let the model get too creative it drifted out of the simple default grid i was using for collision. Maybe a pixel collision map could work around that, but I never tried.Yours looks very good and seems like it's sticking close to the tile grid despite a lot of variation. What generative AI model are you using?
I think everyone is using Nano Banana now. I've been going back and regenerating assets for my older games for the glow up. And new CGI images. The character consistence is great. I can't go back.
>Gets sent to a private tutor because she can't control her magic>Attempts to murder him and then kill all of the elementalsIs she stupid?
Anyone wants to do ultras today?Same deal >>3881312
>>3886089We killed UltraSpeaker. He is bugged again, which is good if you could do him on Artix server
>>3886160>>3886089Nicely done. I overslept, so I missed out
Thoughts on Age of Ruin?
>>3886778It's pretty okay so far. I like Iona.
There was no attempt to distinguish from the different types of CRPGs in any meaningful way.
>There was no attempt to distinguish from the different types of CRPGs in any meaningful way.Because it's not a meaningful distinction.There are games that are CRPGs and there are games that are not CRPGs.Disco Elysium is an adventure game that is a CRPG.Alpha Protocol is an action game that is a CRPG.Baldur's Gate 3 is a tactics game that is a CRPG.Fallout: New Vegas is a action game that is a CRPG.Pillars of Eternity is a tactics game that is a CRPG.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3886691>adventure game that is a CRPG.Stopped reading here
CRPG just means computer RPG, it's not meant to differentiate. same as "console RPG".
>>3886665you messed up BG and BG3 orderBG3 has far more customizable companions, you can lvl them from lvl 1 and change their classesjust like they were PCsoriginal BG has set starting attributes and classes up to a level
>>3886665From left to right:>Wizardry, Etrian OdysseyNo single character is the "Main Character". All of the founding members of the party can be kicked out or killed. Funny enough this applies to FF6 as well.>Divinity Original Sin 2The other party members can be leveled similarly to the MC but the MC has a few minor rules that only applies to them such as mandatory inclusion into the party, their deaths resulting in a game over, or exclusive access to the character creation.>Fear & HungerYou have full control of the other party members but don't have the same degree of customization. You have full control of them for tactical reasons.>Fallout, ArcanumThey are called companions instead of party members since they will do their own thing and only tag-a-long.>Underrail, VtMBComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Who is your Final Fantasy waifu?
>>3881250Actually, it is.
>>3881335This 100% call me vanilla but Rinoa best girl
mommy <3
>>3880782>>3880566Pearls before swine
>>3879058>smell and allget back to us when you disappoint a real 9/10
Modern JRPGs are finally more exciting than playing Wizardry
>>3885006>>3885027>still sleeping on Last RemnantShaking my head.
>>3885449>>3885449Last remnant kicks ass.
>>3885778t.
>>3885006>finallyAlways were
>>3886531Ahahahaha!
I heard these games are good for what they are and they're on sale. Are they worth the money and time to play them? Most importantly, are they ______fun?
>>3883821Maybe JRPGs aren't for you then because that's most games.
>>3883822What's it like? Shill it to me.
>>3883921It's really not though. I can't auto-battle through Persona and SMT games. I love JRPGs but Lunar is egregiously bad when it comes to this. I still liked the games and would recommend them because they are extremely charming, wholesome experiences, but they still fall mid-tier for me.
>>3884867It's like you're this badass Devil Summoner dude who goes around forcing his justice down the throats of evil-doers with sick music, poppin' aesthetic, fluid and interesting combat, addictive progression systems, and a fun overall experience.
>>3886791>>3884867Oh forgot, here's a review:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1EQBAdxCmA
I found it really weird and subversive that Milda's husband was a bull.
who asked
>>3884612Stop crying
>>3884624Calm down
>>3884607wtf I'm in the middle of playing this fucking spoilers!!
Grandia is solid. I tried to replay it twice already and just kept dropping it. One day I'll play through. Emulating I just sped up everything to grind levels easily and maybe that made it lose the charm. I should get it for Switch so I can't do that, then play while I'm pooping, something younger me would have loved.
what is the sickest/coolest/most satisfying final dungeons/final boss in any rpg? picrel is my vote but Im curious what other anons say. bonus points if the ending itself is great too.my close runner up is earthbound. slightly cooler final boss and ending than ffviii, but the dungeon itself isnt as cool (still great though).
>>3883632>contrarian faggots who might all be one schizo latch on to something bad and disdain something good
>>3883676retort to what? what i'm doing here is mocking you for having nothing to bring that wasn't said on gamefaqs before 9/11.
>>3883658>this meme is literally decades old, kiddo.>'x' is liked by the vast majority, only retrads and those with 'tisms dislike it.Whenever I see this meme I'm confused about how I should feel. Should I celebrate my being normal or feel despair at not being a social freak.
>>3886589You should comfort yourself within the consensus of mediocrity, exactly like you are doing, as a person with nothing new or interesting to say in your entire life. The basic lesson you should learn is to not think you are smart simply because there are people dumber than you and find a better place to express yourself amongst your fellows.
>>3886650fair
First game to ever use the VTM setting and this is what came out kek
>>3886377pretty much this, that's not good game design for a party based rpg though>>3886300the gameplay genuinely sucks, but everything else is really good so it's one of those rare exceptions I make to see the game through despite combat being awful.
>>3886300it's pretty good though
>>3886320>annoyed by the love story Sad to hear you don't get the best part of the game.
>>3886530>burying the barAs if that's not indicative of how fucked the IP is
>>3886733It's so disconnected from everything that made the first Bloodlines and I wouldn't even call it an RPG. I'd rather just pretend it doesn't exist and leave it out of every discussion if possible
The Final Fantasy series is synonymous with the jrpg genre. The 16th mainline entry has been critiqued as very similar to Devil May Cry and not much of an "RPG" more of an action game. What defines an rpg video game exactly? If it is just leveling up, casting spells, and getting armor and items a lot of other games do that but don't consider themselves rpgs?
>>3882522>Is FF even on normies' heads right now? I had only realized 16 was a thing fromDo your "normies" ever look up games? Like opening the playstation game store
>>3882543>playstation game storeUhhh like Babbages or Electronic Botique or??
>>3872990Duh everyone knows the first and foremost thing that makes an RPG an RPG is bad gameplay. As soon as it even makes an ever so slight step towards actual playability it ceases to be an RPG and becomes an action-adventure!
>>3882549That's how I'm going to troubleshoot RPGs from now on.>did you play a role?>y-yes>..did you have fun doing it??>yes for gods sakes I admit it I had fun!!>I KNEW IT! NOT RPG
>>3872990>Is this game a "rpg"It basically is because it completely fails a competent action game. The combat is pure fucking garbage
Should every single RPG have a transmog feature?
>>3886510A forgotten truth lost in quick time in the presence of cool and practical armor.
Really, I feel like most of the issues with outfits looking dumb or mismatched can be fixed by just allowing the player to dye their armor.
I don't really like transmog stuff, but I think the option to hide helmets and capes tends to go a long way>>3886524I think dyes are the reasonable middle ground between not looking like shit and feeling grounded enough.
>>3878704I feel like this complaint is a very specific Burning Crusade-era complaint that no one really bitched about before or after. The Rainbow Pimp Gear was just a result of TBC's color scheme combined with the community's need to minmax so they would just wear random pieces that gave the highest bonus. Even in WoW itself they more or less fixed that problem by Wrath.
>>3878704OK troonmog
Well, what IS he working on? Fallout 5/spinoff?
>>3886669
>>3885783thats too badthe first fallouts a hell of a gamezoomoids cant even understand. at that point, damn near every CRPG ever made was typical fantasy schlock. the release of fallout basically raised the bar for worldbuilding in all RPGs. it was no longer permissible to be just coasting by on vague tabletop stereotypes from the 80s.
>>3886694>it was no longer permissible to be just coasting by on vague tabletop stereotypes from the 80s.not that that stopped anybody, apparently
Obsidian latest fare will be a thinly disguised hard gay WEG before the whole studio shuts down due to an uncontrolled AIDS outbreak, an emaciated Josh Sawyer who has transitioned into Ruth Bader Ginsburg's corpse will be seen turning off the lights and locking the doors before he heads off in the sunset to create hard gay historical fiction funded by scamming obsidian bots on patreon and attaching his name to kick starters.
>>3886711It’s GRID, chud.
Post rpg reaction images.
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>>3879844it's the snes smt. it's full of crazy dialogue with the demons when you try to persuade them to join you. There are a ton of hot demons to jerk off to, also.
