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MMORPGs Anonymous 05/03/2024 (Fri) 16:54:19 No. 712 [Reply]
what makes a good mmo for you? what some mmos do right and other don't? what is the main thing you like about mmos?
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>>712 Most mmos I've played were pretty good for me but each requires a specific mood.. I played: 1. Everquest p1999 - I liked it a lot and players tend to engage with each other often as soloing is very hard and there is no party finder. The world is interesting and has a lot of atmosphere. Quest system is fun. The gameplay is mainly consists of killing monsters, which I found fun too, especially when I leveled up a bit. Punishing death system is pretty cool too, u lose experience and levels when u die and have to pick up all your loot from your body. Ping was pretty bad for me. 2. WoW Retail and Classic - Retail I found too fast and endgame centered, I didn't play it much. Classic is very very good, its difficult but at the same time pretty relaxed, the world is very enjoyable to explore and questing is fun. Players are cool and u end up engaging with someone pretty often, no party finder too. A bit easier than p1999 but more varied. 3. FFIVX - Fun but shares retail wow problem, u are expected to just charge through the main story up to the latest expansion. I believe you don't even have to complete a single sidequest or move a metre out of your way to explore. So for hundreds of hours the main quest is the onbly meaningful progression activity to do. And it's basically solo all the time, there are not many activites that would require players to team up. Although if u aren't bothered by all that there is still a lot of fun stuff to do around. And the story is very good. Dungeons are very cool too. 4. Project Gorgon - one of my favourites. It's got an unusual style and is still in development but it's very fun and there's a lot to do. Its' skill system is very unique, every item you find in the world is needed for something. The combat system is pretty cool too, you can combine two of any skill trees together, like shield and sword, or weather witching + animal handling, and it opens up a lot of different playstyles and all are viable. The loot system is kind of diablo-like, you get gear with random enchantments that reinforce your skills in some way, which is fun. The quests are very funny in terms of writing. There is a whole lot of different activities, and if u are bored doing something you can switch to something completely different at any time. The world itself has many fun mechanics to it, exploring it is very satisfying, Soloing is possible but the game encourages you to team up with others. But even outside of combat I would often find myself talking to someone because players likely have something for each other all the time, even if they are of very different levels. There is a lot more to talk about but im tired. I have played more mmos than that but I'll probably post about them later
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5. Guild Wars 2 – It's cool and has a really nice atmosphere. The views are beautiful, and the combat system is complex and fun, your skills change depending on the weapon you use. Exploration feels meaningful and rewarding, and the questing is enjoyable. I didn’t play a lot, but it felt a bit too easy and fast for me. Still I think there’s a lot of fun to be had 6. TES: O - It's good but plays a lot like ffXIV in the sense that it often feels like a singleplayer game. Quests are very good. The combat is pretty simple. I didn't play it much but I want to someday. 7. Mabinogi – I really liked it. It’s probably the closest thing we have to an isekai-style mmo. There are tons of fun life skills, even drawing. The combat is fun, though not super complex. There’s a lot of variety in everything, and it’s rare to find two players with the same build or appearance. I just wish there was a classic version of the game. Right now it suffers from heavy railroading you’re expected to go through a really long (like 20hour) tutorial that gives you a ton of boosts, instantly unlocks skills you originally had to discover, and levels them up super fast. Back in the day you had to put in effort to reach that point. Still, it’s fun to play, and the later parts are challenging and engaging. Unfortunately the ping in Europe is over 300ms 8. Black Desert – this might actually be one of my favorites too. The world is vast and really fun to explore, and it looks nice. The story and quests are pretty simple but still enjoyable. The combat system is great, I never got bored of it and it only gets more complex and fun as you progress. The grind is satisfying even if it’s a bit repetitive, 99% of PvE is basically running in circles killing groups of monsters. Unfortunately there’s very little group content. Progression is fun but tough. You have to enhance your gear sometimes risking destruction. If you get tired of fighting, lifeskilling is detailed and fun and you can do it without fighting anything at all. It’s a very relaxing game overall, though not very social since there’s little reason to talk to others but you can still find people to chat with. I wish there was more variety in builds, gear and character appearance, because players often look and act exactly the same.

Anonymous 03/01/2025 (Sat) 12:58:15 No. 1061 [Reply]
What would your dream videogemu be about?
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>>1228 yeah also a dark fantasy like vermis I and vermis II
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>>1061 A twisted metal but with magical girls riding brooms/floating/using their familiars
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>>1061 An open world game with a massive map that would take a very long time to cross. The plot should be open: you should be able to go kill the main villain from the very beginning ( like in botw), but there should also be many optional questlines that give you valuable information about your goal, gear, skills etc along the way. Player actions should visibly change the world in meaningful ways. There should be systems that make returning to previously visited areas difficult or undesirable not just because of distance, but other in-world reasons and mechanics though it should still be possible. The world should have huge mountains that are actually hard to climb and descend, and vast swamps. I want a high level of interactivity with the world. If I leave an item somewhere, I want it to stay there forever like in morrowind. There should be AI-powered companions, and maybe other cool AI systems integrated throughout the game as well. It should either be Blame!-like cyberpunk or an apocalyptic dark fantasy. Either way the world should make the player feel very lonely. Friendly npc encounters should be extremely rare, but also really meaningful so that when the player finally meets someone it feels special
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>>1321 i'm playing botw right now and i didn't even know you could do that. i assumed straight away that the castle is blocked off but if i can just go there and kill him that would be cool. i hope i eventually get a weapon that i can use more than twice without breaking.
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>>1322 If you are playing on emulator you can download a mod that disables weapon breaking, I think

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Favorite non-ero visual novels? Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 13:50:47 No. 1278 [Reply]
been looking for some VNs to play when im not horny. ones with good writing/stories/characters preferred over a pretty art style, but if its particularly interesting to look at ill let some sloppy writing slide
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>>1278 this guy watching his stupid fucking thread after twelve hours
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>>1298 >>1278 I don't play too many VNs I'm sorry hikarin I'll bump your thread so hopefully others will see it
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>>1278 Return to Shironagasu Island.Narcissu. The spirit hunter series, World End Economica, Symphonic Rain
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>>1278 there's a VN thread up already you should check out >>718

Disillusion ST Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 22:57:39 No. 1249 [Reply]
Have you nonas ever tried disillusion st? It's a fun little comfy game with a lot of cute girls!!
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My favorite
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>>1251 God I hate this gremlin like you wouldn't believe

Anonymous 12/22/2023 (Fri) 23:55:34 No. 571 [Reply]
Which classic Sonic game had the best special stages?
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Classic ended with Sonic R to me.
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>>852 That's because it was the last Sonic game before Sonic's redesign in 1998.
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>>571 I liked S3&K's the most. Sonic 2's special stages are fairly fun, but doing the last one with Sonic and Tails is a complete nightmare if you don't have a friend who is just as good as you to help. Sonic 1's are a neat idea, they're just not great. CD's look the coolest, but I remember the later stages being a pain. Chaotix has the absolute coolest special stages to the point where I'm actually convinced they spent more time on them vs the actual game, but I'm terrible at them and have never gotten all the Chaos Rings. so I refuse to say they're the best. You also move a bit too slowly, or maybe the camera FOV is just set up that you don't get a good sense of speed.
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Sonic 1 because I can actually beat them. (But really, I found the half pipe and spheres stuff to be not as interesting). The CD stages were fun but they felt kind of extraneous as you didn't have to do well in them to fully beat the game.
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>>571 S3&K's special stages are the most memorable for me, but they made me dizzy as a kid.

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Anonymous 04/04/2025 (Fri) 04:58:52 No. 1117 [Reply]
Can we have a laid back game dev thread where we share tips on software tools / artwork and whatnot? Self-publish on steam: https://partner.steamgames.com/steamdirect Why publish on steam: https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/02/19/what-is-the-post-launch-discovery-queue/ Market analysis and insights: games-stats.com/steam
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>>1200 i was trying to use the Image class and its filtering settings because i didn't know that you could access the same stuff through CanvasItem.texture_filter
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>>1215 You can script for the Source engine, just mod neotokyo, you can't compete
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>>1218 yeah this. it would likely be easier to mod Neotokyo and make a story mode that way.
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>>1219 >>1218 nyoron , ok thank you
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>>1204 Oh nose not again

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Persona 3/FES Anonymous 03/22/2024 (Fri) 08:52:55 No. 693 [Reply]
What are your experiences with this game and what do you think of it? And if you haven't played it, what the fuck are you doing with your life? Go and play it!
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>>1174 The remixed tracks in particular sound over-produced and doesn't fit well with the tone. The original ost had just the right amount of dissonance to create the unique vibe.
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Hi persona frens, which demon/persona is your favorite?
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>>1170 I think I'm still more positive on Reload than most people even though I really didn't like it that much. but the one thing that's driving me crazy is how many people I've seen calling the ps2 cutscenes ugly out of the sudden like Of course we all agree they're wonky. but at least they're thought out compared to the ugly unserious both 2d and 3d slop from the remake. I played Reload recently and the cutscenes are so unserious every single one outside of the awakening and a certain death scene are so bad like come onnn
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>>1177 Probably a very basic response but I love Alice a lot. The Orpheus>Thanatos>Messiah chain comes close
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>>1177 I always have to go with my boy Satan.

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minecraft beta house :P Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 00:26:36 No. 1171 [Reply]
hai guyz dis is my minecraft beta 1.7.3 singleplayer house :3
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good job hikarin decorate the inside better

Anonymous 11/10/2023 (Fri) 22:08:30 No. 449 [Reply]
Comfy obscure games thread. Discuss comfy games that are not well known. Anything is fair game. I'll start https://archive.org/details/junko-v-1.02 (Really cute and well made for a game jam game free too!) GiFTPiA (Really relaxing gamecube game nobody every discusses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3p7XhdXlBQ)
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>>748 crypt underworlds looks like it could be interesting. if you recommend it i may give it a try. >>749 i see! i did not know about this version. very cool.
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Play noctis
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back when cohost was still up i was oomfies on there with the creator of space funeral/anthology of the killer...
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>>748 i may have to check this one out looks strange and silly. nothing like a good walking sim to wind down.
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Hope doing detailed autism post is fine for the thread... This game, Magical Block Carat, is the best puzzle game I've ever saw in terms of chaining/combo mechanics . (And it's unfortunate that it's supposedly a porn game, even though the h parts are on a separate disc, because it makes it impossible to show it in public events/anicons.) At its core the game is a match-3 (similar to panel de pon or Tetris Attack), but you have a button that switches the break to work either cardinally or diagonally at any time, including during combos ! The game offers a ton, with customizable block sets (mahjong set!), mission mode that teaches you how to do weird shapes and combos, and killer soundrack on the pc98 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eman9Qg4m60 Will visit some friends for easter vacations, would appreciate recommendations for obscure games with local multiplayer if you have any!

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Anonymous 11/26/2024 (Tue) 10:02:40 No. 888 [Reply]
recommend me atmospheric horror games
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Silent Hill 1 and 2. Penumbra. Amnesia the dark descent.
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>>910 The only thing I remember about penumbra is that when pewdiepie played it he said the n-word. A reupload of the video is still up
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>>902 i wish i could play cry of fear with a friend. none of my classmate were interested,
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>>912 cry of fear co-op is fun! i remember playing it with my best friend when we were in early highschool. i wish he was still with us.
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>>888 kitty horrorshow's games


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