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Ascheroth

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Also, I got another 2 999 endings!
(Still going left to right, lol).
Endings were "Zero Lost" and the corresponding Bad Ending (Knife) afterwards
 

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What's the best way to use steam inventory, to turn stuff into gems or sell stuff? Trying the app and the web way and both are useless, in that they rarely load everything and can't see prices or turn to gems. Or maybe it's just the system being shitty now?
Steam is having severe issues with the inventory since the sale started, even during times when there aren't many online.
 
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So, currently playing a bit of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag which is awesome.
I also got Unity and Syndicate already lined up.
If one would get Rogue as well, were does that fit into the timeline?
And does it really matter anymore since they left Desmond and the numbered games behind?
 
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So, i started playing Attack on Titan 2, and i'm 6 hours, and even tho it's Attack on Titan 2, the first 39% of the game have been the story of the first season of the anime, which is what the first game already covered, and i'm not even through with that yet, using the exact same maps and missions.

Or in other words, the entire first half of Attack on Titan 2's story mode is you replaying the missions from the first game.
Not all missions, as they leave out the filler ones, but nonetheless,

Only Koei Tecmo can charge 70€ for a game + 50€ for a story expansions + 50€ for minor DLC's, for a game that's arguably not even midbudget and still bother to make half it's content a literal copy paste of an earlier 70€ game.

And none of it has never went on sale to boot.
 
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So, i started playing Attack on Titan 2, and i'm 6 hours, and even tho it's Attack on Titan 2, the first 39% of the game have been the story of the first season of the anime, which is what the first game already covered, and i'm not even through with that yet, using the exact same maps and missions.

Or in other words, the entire first half of Attack on Titan 2's story mode is you replaying the missions from the first game.
Not all missions, as they leave out the filler ones, but nonetheless,

Only Koei Tecmo can charge 70€ for a game + 50€ for a story expansions + 50€ for minor DLC's, for a game that's arguably not even midbudget and still bother to make half it's content a literal copy paste of an earlier 70€ game.

And none of it has never went on sale to boot.
kecmo gonna kecmo
 

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kecmo gonna kecmo
The only actual difference between the first and the second game thus far is, that the first game ahs you play the anime's characters, but in the second one you play a self-created OC and the promise that there is new story content in the second half of the game.

It's as if NieR Automata's Route A and B&C would have been sold as seperate 70€ games each.
 
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The only actual difference between the first and the second game thus far is, that the first game ahs you play the anime's characters, but in the second one you play a self-created OC and the promise that there is new story content in the second half of the game.

It's as if NieR Automata's Route A and B&C would have been sold as seperate 70€ games each.
yeah, pretty much ... it's so weird that kecmo, of all the corporations, just get away with all their bullshit
 

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The only actual difference between the first and the second game thus far is, that the first game ahs you play the anime's characters, but in the second one you play a self-created OC and the promise that there is new story content in the second half of the game.
luckily port wise its huge improvement over the first game , which was absolute garbage , this one runs well and even is KúM-able
... second half should obviously be the stuff from second anime season as The Final battle DLC is basiclly third season story , but you play as the anime peeps instead of the self-created one



seems like these got delayed to 2020
 
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yuraya

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So, currently playing a bit of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag which is awesome.
I also got Unity and Syndicate already lined up.
If one would get Rogue as well, were does that fit into the timeline?
And does it really matter anymore since they left Desmond and the numbered games behind?
Just play them in release order. That is what I did and was happy with it. There are some callbacks here and there in some of the games but for the most part all three are their own thing.
 
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Arsene

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So, i started playing Attack on Titan 2, and i'm 6 hours, and even tho it's Attack on Titan 2, the first 39% of the game have been the story of the first season of the anime, which is what the first game already covered, and i'm not even through with that yet, using the exact same maps and missions.

Or in other words, the entire first half of Attack on Titan 2's story mode is you replaying the missions from the first game.
Not all missions, as they leave out the filler ones, but nonetheless,

Only Koei Tecmo can charge 70€ for a game + 50€ for a story expansions + 50€ for minor DLC's, for a game that's arguably not even midbudget and still bother to make half it's content a literal copy paste of an earlier 70€ game.

And none of it has never went on sale to boot.
At least the Expansion was bundled with the base game for future purchases which is shocking for Koei.
 

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It's working for me right now (was down yesterday for a bit though).
Yeah it's behaving weird. The last 2 days it said it can't reach friends network for a few hours but it was up for others (and than fixed itself)
 
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Arsene

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Yeah it's behaving weird. The last 2 days it said it can't reach friends network for a few hours but it was up for others (and than fixed itself)
Yep, Happened to my friend last night and is happening to me now. Seems like its been going on for a few days.

EDIT: Just managed to get in ¯\(ツ)
 
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MJunioR

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Finished Far Harbor main questline yesterday, it's not THAT great, but it's pretty decent overall. Fallout 4 is surprisingly way better than I expected and I'm not even using that many mods.
 
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The only actual difference between the first and the second game thus far is, that the first game ahs you play the anime's characters, but in the second one you play a self-created OC and the promise that there is new story content in the second half of the game.

It's as if NieR Automata's Route A and B&C would have been sold as seperate 70€ games each.
The power of anime. I don’t mean it in a disrespectful way toward the audience, but yeah. It’s a video game in its own right but even if it turns out mediocre in some way its also a media franchise, and even if we ignore that huge aspect, its also an anime game, a style of aesthetic that sells very well worldwide. In that sense, I can’t help but think that we can make a parallel with EA and the annualized sports games. The attract goes beyond the game alone.
 

Ascheroth

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Alright, just did end up doing the last remaining ending (Submarine) in 999 and then the true ending route.
Damn that was an intense ~11 hour ride. :dizzy-face:
:sweaty-blob: :sweaty-blob: :sweaty-blob:

Now do I want to go right into Virtue's Last Reward or should I let things sink in for a bit :thinking-face:
 

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ZTD is trash if you take it seriously but it's still an incredibly entertaining ride.

Keep in mind VLR is thrice as long as 999, ends on a cliffhanger and has a mediocre at best sequel that doesn't resolve all dangling plot threads
 
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Using a simple mod I managed to give RE5 actual freakin' colours.
I know there are more prettier options but I'll settle for this easy one.

Also I should try SSGSS anti aliasing this sucker >=3
 
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Anyone know how? The one guide I found just listed settings which I can follow ubt I have no idea how to set up the other stuff XD
you need to use nvidia inspector and find the correct bits for the AA ... i think someone already posted nvidia inspector tutorial on MC ... somewhere?
 

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Since leveling alts isn’t necessary in XIV, I use my favorite character designs on my retainers.
Sometime soon I should really take the time to read up on changes and later level stuff that I've missed or forgotten about. Because that's great advice about the retainers and I had no idea. Guess that's a bunch of hours saved now that I won't have to mess around with an alt. :blobcheer:

Doesn't help that I was way off in that first post when I mentioned my interest in jumping back in. I did have a character around level 30 or so at one point, but what I failed to realize was that was my beta character, way back before the game was actually good and rebranded as Realm Reborn.

The two I actually had, one of which has existed since 2013 and the other like 2015, were only levels 14 and 16. Apparently I have another alt somewhere, but haven't found them yet. At least the reason for those is because I wanted to familiarize myself with everything again since the gap between my attempts to get into the game was always so long. So the occasional dungeon will be interesting, "Why yes, this character is six years old! No, I have no clue what I'm doing." :LOL:
 

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Keep in mind VLR is thrice as long as 999, ends on a cliffhanger and has a mediocre at best sequel that doesn't resolve all dangling plot threads
I've already purchased the entire trilogy, I'm committed to see things through!
Once you have the general concept and ideas in mind, you don't need to remember much for VLR.
I was not thinking of that long a break, haha.
More like if I should just boot it up later today or play some other things for a few days :p
 

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I've already purchased the entire trilogy, I'm committed to see things through!

I was not thinking of that long a break, haha.
More like if I should just boot it up later today or play some other things for a few days :p
Considering you enjoyed 999 if I were you I would jump straight into VLR. Nothing like getting straight into the sequel after having a great time with a game ;)
 
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EdwardTivrusky

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Okay, it's over and i nabbed World of Final Fantasy and some other stuff with my tokens but now what to do?
It says i have 14,132 to redeem, i wonder what'll happen if i don't redeem them? Will they convert in the next sale event? hmmm....
 

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That should mean no more boosting, no more new tokens.
I just purchased a cheap game, and I received tokens.

So, it seems purchasing now still gets you tokens, instead of those white points that you had to convert to tokens.
 
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Ascheroth

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Considering you enjoyed 999 if I were you I would jump straight into VLR. Nothing like getting straight into the sequel after having a great time with a game ;)
Well I ended up doing just that after all :whistle:



Initial thoughts after playing until the first branching path:
That flowchart is way bigger :dizzy-face:
Not yet sold on the character models, the 2D ones looked way better in 999.
Disappointed that the MC isn't voiced. That added a lot in 999. <.<

Interesting that Clover is in the game again. Alice is obviously the woman they pick up at the very very end of 999, though I have no clue who she is and what her deal is. Is she actually related to that All-ice thingy?
 

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Well I ended up doing just that after all :whistle:



Initial thoughts after playing until the first branching path:
That flowchart is way bigger :dizzy-face:
Not yet sold on the character models, the 2D ones looked way better in 999.
Disappointed that the MC isn't voiced. That added a lot in 999. <.<

Interesting that Clover is in the game again. Alice is obviously the woman they pick up at the very very end of 999, though I have no clue who she is and what her deal is. Is she actually related to that All-ice thingy?
Originally, the first game didn't even had a flowchart. VLR made that a thing, the DS version of 999 had you play towards each of the endings all the way from the beginning every time.
 
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Ascheroth

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Originally, the first game didn't even had a flowchart. VLR actually made that a thing, the DS version of 999 had you play towards each of the endings al the way from the beginning every time.
Oof. Yeah that flowchart is a massive QoL help.
 

Durante

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Yeah, fast-forwarding through existing routes in the original 999 version -- and especially redoing the puzzles! -- was quite annoying. I guess you could argue that it lent a bit more weight to the choices, but overall I'd say give me the flowchart any day.
 

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For those who got Surviving Mars from Humble Monthly. The season pass is 9 euro

Would have bought.

There is no payment method available
Looks like they worked it out and took down all the payment processors.
 
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