/games/ - Video Games

>>63453
Best shmups for new players:
>Crimzon Clover - Novice Difficulty
>Mushihimesama - Novice Difficulty
>DoDonPachi Resurrection (DaiFukkatsu) - Novice Difficulty

https://youtu.be/956XrCwP3RU?si=Q4ynI_NtlQ9Swl05

They are pretty wizfriendly, and there's the sense of growth too when you start getting better and your scores go up and up. Or you start 1ccing harder games.

>>63458
smartphones have destroyed the brains for many people. Retro gaming is preferable.
>I feel like I'm save of the spirit of this decade with this
The modern gaming scene could use this. At least in the ps2 era most devs tried cared to make quality work. Now it's maximum monetization. Make a game with dozens of skin dlcs or loot boxes.

I just realised I feel comfy enough to launch GTA:SA and drive some burgundy Tacoma sedan through the highways of Red Country or just roll around Grove Street

Watched Real Housewives of New Jersey and realized TV is shit
Read 50 Shades of Grey and realized books are shit
Listened to Cardi B and realized music is shit
Played new Assassins Creed and realized all video games are shit

>>63446
>Watched Real Housewives of New Jersey
>Read 50 Shades of Grey
>Listened to Cardi B
Get the fuck out of here succubus.

>>63446
>layed new Assassins Creed and realized all video games are shit
Ubisoft video games are shit*

>>63447
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>>63357
There are worse things than being dead but yeah, time flies away at lightning speed especially if you are a NEET.

I see you people talking about Umineko. What you say is your own theory and it makes sense when you consider how unreliable the narration in Umineko is. Still, I think do we have to spoiler???Not like it's a new vn or anything or that this chan is sooo popular but whatever, I think Battler forgetting his promise came about AFTER the letter incident. The letter was just to stay in touch with everyone so Shannon didn't get hers and the communication stopped between the two completely, ending up with Battler forgetting the promise.
George is pedo? That would have actually made his character somewhat interesting…Unfortunately he is just simply boring as hell. Same goes for Shannon and so when these two get together on screen and the vn just goes on and on about their shitty, unexciting romance I never gave a fuck. Most boring parts of the vn probably. Don't get me wrong, I hated the romance parts generally (especially those that concerned the teenagers) but at least JessicaxKanon or BattlerxBea (from Ep2-Ep4, after that it got boring as hell too) were somewhat fun and entertaining. But more on George, yeah he is the stereotypical bitter crab, can't get a gf and so he hates his own cousin who is more successful with succubi, he also tries to overcompensate with his academics achievements. I kind of understand why normalfags hate him but yeah he is kind of relatable too to people like us I guess. But he is still one of the most boring characters.

Another thing about Umineko is that it would have been more fun if the focus was rather on the adults than on the kids and their shitty romantic experiences. All the teenager drama, whining and whatnot about love got old fast. I wanted the 2d MILFs to run the show but unfortunately it was mostly about Battler and gang, I only liked Maria, Ange and Kanon from the younger generation.
Also, I rank the episodes as
1 > 3=5 > 7 (because of the Tea Party mainly)>>>>>>>>2>4>>>>>>>6=8
Legend of the Golden Witch was the best and nothing beat the creepy atmosphere of that episode. After that the whole series went off in a direction I didn't care about with the whole meta-stuff and fantasy fights aPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>63358
>time flies away at lightning speed especially if you are a NEET.
I should have used the time to learn skills and stuff, I could have learnt Japanese by now :P

>I think Battler forgetting his promise came about AFTER the letter incident. The letter was just to stay in touch with everyone so Shannon didn't get hers and the communication stopped between the two completely, ending up with Battler forgetting the promise.
I don't really buy it tbh, George would have had to hide that letter in broad daylight of his entire family, and if Battler had wrote such a letter, I feel like it would have at least come up at some point or been implied (Knox's 8th). Also, Will seems to think that Battler had forgotten by that point too, and he's supposed to be a "perfect reader". And if George did do that, Battler loses alot of agency in the situation, it mitigates the weight of his 'sin'.
Yeah, George is super fucking boring because he doesn't really have a personality. His entire thing is just being obsessed with Shannon.

>Another thing about Umineko is that it would have been more fun if the focus was rather on the adults than on the kids…
True, most of the adult characters feel completely irrelevant which sucks because they're all way more interesting than the kids, sans Maria, Battler and Ange. The male adults especially just get completely shafted. Krauss/Rudolf/Gohda feel so irrelevant. And you can sorta analyse the story on a meta level of "Well, the kids are the only characters getting focus, so clearly one of them is the culprit" which just makes the mystery less interesting. It doesn't take long before you realize that Shannon and maybe Jessica are the only real suspects.
I agree with Legend of the golden witch being the best episode, it's not even close in my mind. The insane part though is that the consensus amongst Umineko fans is the complete opposite, i've seen people say that Umineko only gets better after episode 1 -_-

>>63359
Jap knowledge is actually useful because only a tiny minority of vns get translated and even for those that get translated you have to wait for quite a while. Shame. You'd think that such a cool art form like VNs would get more attention.

>George and letter
Could be just simply bad writing which I suspect it is.
>he doesn't really have a personality. His entire thing is just being obsessed with Shannon.
Don't forget that he is also good with kids. And umm he knows karate. Did I mention that he is good with kids? Yeah, this is George in a nutshell. And SAYO!!

>characters
Yeah and the root of this problem is that there are too many fucking characters in the umiverse. There was a meme pic somewhere where all the characters appearing in the vn were present and it said something like "It's getting a little crowded around here" So true. Krauss and Rudolf were both cool characters and I expected them to play some bigger role in the story eventually, especially Rudolf. But I ended up disappointed.
About the mystery, I will be honest I stopped trying to figure it out rather quickly. I don't like mystery novels, currently reading Father Brown collection by Chesterton and it's classic mystery stories but the problem with these, be they Umineko or Father Brown or anything else is that the solution 9 out of 10 times ends up as fucking retarded and feeling forced. I get that it's supposed to be a "game" between author and reader but I just don't like the unrealistic and stupid solutions most mystery writers present to the reader. Like, it's ruining the story completely usually. So I don't even try to solve these mystery stories while reading them, I make some theories like everyone else but I don't get too engaged in them.

>I agree with Legend of the golden witch being the best episode, it's not even close in my mind. The insane part though is that the consensus amongst Umineko fans is the complete opposite, i've seen people say that Umineko only gets better after episode 1 -_-
Yeah, I know. Fans try to pretend that all the meta-shit from ep2 on and all the fantasy scenes are sooo epic or what the hell, I just found them goofy most of the times. When I mentioned this to fans on 4chan once they told me Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

ive always played the original steins;gate VN but i never bothered to finish it, never getting past chapter 4. as for me i would love to play the original phantom of inferno, but i don't know how to and there's not much incentive to since they released the updated PRFTP, shame its only in nippon and not english though.

>>63359
>I should have used the time to learn skills and stuff, I could have learnt Japanese by now :P

Can't do that when cliques keep gatekeeping all the basic info on that and spamming demoralization propaganda to shit up the search engines.

Its all rigged anyway. If some chickenshit janitor just doesn't like you, there goes all your translation work with a ban as "thanks" for all your effort. So I dont understand where this doomfaggotry is coming from.

>>63436
dark souls classes aren’t unbalanced you can one shot bosses with every single one of them, and there’s plenty of items and rings for each one.

The runbacks can be annoying specially on DS2 but most of the time you can just run past enemies and they aren’t really that long. it’s not a design flaw, it’s a feature to punish you for having lost to a boss, it’s the entire concept of them game, if you have to run past an area that’s difficult to you each time you die maybe it’ll push you to try not to die to the boss so much.

>>63439
>it’s not a design flaw, it’s a feature to punish you for having lost to a boss.

Not the wizzie you're replying to but it literally caused me to drop the game. I'm not doing that shit each time.

>>63439
>dark souls classes aren’t unbalanced you can one shot bosses with every single one of them
Yes if you play as an mage.

>>63441
no, even with a strength build, power within, boosts, infusions and the right rings you can melt anything in one hit

>>63440
running for a couple minutes isn’t so bad, although there are run backs that are truly miserable but those are the minority and mostly a DS2 problem. The game allows you to summon NPCs and people or get severely overleveled before a boss fight so the run backs just balance things a little bit

>>63261
It's an incredibly simple gameplay loop that appeals to the lowest IQ, and it promises colorful skins and rap music clips if you keep playing.

>>63260
>Looks like some wizards in this thread lost all of their pesos in the skin scam too
bump for the extra kekking

Great thread, I was laughing my ass off when this happened, fuck retarded steamies who play and invest money in shitty multiplayer games only.

This is very funny.

I'll never understand people who get mad when an investment fails. You should find something where you can enjoy your investment whilst it gains value (ideally). If it loses value or all value, atleast you enjoyed it while it lasts? I spent about 5k into rares on my obscure MMO, made some amazing trades and profits, up to around 15k, and lost a lot more too. kind of evened out and maybe got most of my money back. Had the time of my life playing too

>>63424
holy shit they were so fucking better without aislop

Shitty gameplay most of the time, way too many cutscenes, basically pay2win. There's no reason to play most of them.

>>63236
baesd

>>63164
This.

I love the objectification of succubi so much.

Just downloaded Arknights (the original 2019 one, not endfield). Entire day flew by playing it. I forgot how easily addicted I can get to video games. Good gameplay. Unique worldbuilding. Good visual direction and atmosphere. Characters are very pretty without any sexualization. How did it get overshadowed by other gacha games? This hits all the right spot for me.

>>63401
>2019 Arknights

>>63234
Try Honkai Impact 3rd then… the game got an overhaul for the first levels into this very *drive*.

>>63396
Don't get hooked on MMORPGs with that mindset. I tried to farm PERFECT gear, which even if the stats are rolled fairly and based purely on mathematic RNG, it would be like winning thousands of mega jackpots in your lifetime. I managed to obtain numerous easier items:

5 stats: STR, DEX, END, INT, SPR

Items can have 0~5 of these stats

Each stat rolls from 1 (if you roll it initially) all the way up to 10, and the cap number goes up when levels of the gear goes up. My goal was to get ALL gears capped and perfect for all classes and all levels.

I'm fairly certain the evil company would brick certain rolls, as you can spend real money to reroll the items which tended to provide better results.

I would get tons of gear that was 2 points away from perfect, far more often than perfect items, even though from a statistical standpoint those variations have the same chance. Let's say I had 10 perfects, I had 1000 near perfects. Totally rigged. I would farm 12+ hours a day, and keep an eye on the auctionhouse.

So glad I gave that game up, looks like it was going to die and I didn't want to go through that whilst half way through a gamer binge.

I have a solution to propose for the vidya completionists in this thread that I developed from when I first started playing jrpgs. The idea is to base your actions around a certain goal so that you won't have to experience that perfectionist itch for every possible feature available in the game. Now the goal I chose is that I would only commit towards another playthrough/dungeon/event/item etc. if the process or result contained material relevant to the story/characters of the game. Of course this is more applicable to certain genres of games than others but I personally find it to be the most fulfilling way to experience a game.

I have a similar issue. I can't focus on one thread at a time. It feels like I have to reply in multiple threads at once. I can never finish watching an episode in one sitting. Nor can I read a book for more than 20 pages before I want to learn about something else.

>>63403

That's perfectly fine and normal anon, nothing wrong with it. Do what gives you the most satisfaction, I find that focusing on multiple unfinished tasks back to back helps me best. Trust yourself.

>>61198
i have had a similar thing, I never managed to finish a lot of RPGs, I just play them and move on. I finished a lot as a kid though. I still can't finish any TV show or anime. I don't know why.

>>60906
I'm replaying Batman: Return of the Joker on Game Boy. It's a fantastic title that feels way more like a sequel to Sunsoft's NES Batman than the NES version of Batman: Return of the Joker, also it's almost like Sunsoft knew they'd lose the license over to the folks at Konami and made their own sequel to Tim Burton's canon, I don't mind though since it's a fun time really.

I'd say my main issue is the difficulty, a few specific parts are just BS, only ever beat it on "Easy".

>>63374
I played this for the 1st time in 2024 where it took a lot of effort to beat if on "Easy" without save states, and on "Normal" even with save states… now I went back to it and I'm happy to update that I got a 1CC on "Hard" without save states or any form of cheating, I beat it legit, and it's fun how when you're good at it the whole thing takes like 10min to complete actually.

It's grown on me a lot, perfect Batman title for short bursts.

Replaying Wrath of the Righteous. Did Angel, Trickster, Demon, Aeon paths throughout the years. Want to try Azata path but it is so cringey it will be hard to do. It's strong gameplay wise though.

So I am currently (and once again) playing modded Skyrim. I find the TES games are very comfortable for me to return to, so every so often if I'm not sure what I want to play I'll just pick one of those and sink another hundred or so hours into more adventures in the land of Tamriel. Aside from that I bought the new Sonic Racing game a couple months ago (on sale) and I really enjoy it. It's a lot like Mario Kart 8 but with some new and unique features, as well as a mostly-Sonic cast, of course.

Also I have a few new games in my backlog, but as is often the case, I may or may not get around to actually playing them.

Играю в FH, сэймы есть?