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1  The Rest / General Discussions / Defining RPGs on: July 13, 2014, 03:44:09 AM
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2014/1751.html
So what do you think makes an RPG part of this genre?
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I've noticed that RPGs generally tend to be meatier than anything else, even most open-world games, maybe because they have a lot of substance compared to regular action games or platformers and such.
Limiting the genre to needing progression of stats and/or skills seems like it would disqualify most visual novels and graphic adventures from coverage.
"You take on a role in every game you play."
Is role playing a thing in something like Tetris?
2  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Harvest Drama: Story of Trademarks on: July 11, 2014, 04:37:23 AM
Quote from: FlamingR1ft on June 20, 2014, 08:20:34 AM
What confuses me is why Xseed decided to go with the title "Story of Seasons" when it is, in fact, The Lost Valley that has a story about the seasons. That seems to make an already complicated situation even more confusing.

Lost Valley was announced almost a week (iirc?) after Story of Seasons, so Xseed wouldn't have known not to do that.
@Maxximum: one of my friends that likes Harvest Moon didn't know about it until a few weeks I told them a few weeks after it started (and hates Call of Duty) may have only found out about it after getting Lost Valley because of the series' name on the box.
3  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: BEST game you bought on a WHIM and LOVED <3 on: July 07, 2014, 07:19:49 AM
Crimson Sea 2 (off the top of my head) for $3, it's crazy amounts of fun.
4  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: What's the haps? on: June 25, 2014, 04:16:37 AM
hell yes
"Go to the swimming pool."
"I how do you swim."
"When I look at boobs I go doki doki"
"When I see boner I go doki doki"
"Bed is you!"
"Mom say white people dangerous!"
"I love white! Mom dumb!"
"You can buy bags of miku for me?"
"I want dakimakura with you inside!"
"All the worlds most powerful waifu."
"Go see you sleep all night"
"Want to be a man in bed!"
"However, one thing. I love you"
"A warm big white chest belt. To you you! You was boobs, you! boobs you! boobs is you! You are your you! boobs you!"
5  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Tears to Tiara II is being localized on: June 24, 2014, 02:20:20 AM
Quote from: Klyde Chroma on June 22, 2014, 02:49:52 PM
I assume this is tied to the lore of the anime bearing the same name?? If so count me in. Even if it isn't the best, it is FAR too in line with my personal tastes to ignore.

Yep, an adaptation of the first game.
some links on this are nsfw
I just noticed Sting co-developed it.
6  Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Zelda Musou on: June 14, 2014, 03:18:53 AM
Happy mask salesman, he can transform using masks and change his moveset.
7  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Fantasy Life for 3ds on: June 13, 2014, 04:23:56 AM
Quote from: MonCapitan2002 on June 13, 2014, 03:24:22 AM
It looks a little too cute for my taste.

(๑◕︵◕๑)
8  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Zelda for the Wii U on: June 11, 2014, 03:56:10 AM
I'm starting to wonder if games are wearing out the open world thing.
9  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Shining Resonance announced for PlayStation 3 on: June 03, 2014, 02:44:43 PM
Most importantly, something was officially released in English regarding this so I guess that's some hope.
10  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Surprise! Drakengard 3 (aka; how to damn "nier" lose your shit about old title) on: June 02, 2014, 02:01:27 AM
-I agree with a lot of that video, though I think it looks objectively good in the sense that a lot of old games would be considered beautiful at release but ugly if they were made recently.
-As for this review, the camera is pretty standard and works like it should; haven't had aaaany problems with sound mixing.
-The framerate is so so generally, and it never seems to slow down (much?) at the most important parts.
edit: also, people seem to exaggerate the amount of the vulgarity.
11  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: [Fallout 1] Retrospective on: June 02, 2014, 12:29:53 AM
Quote from: Ranadiel on May 31, 2014, 06:48:13 AM
Quote from: Cyril on May 31, 2014, 06:32:56 AM
Quote from: Kevadu on May 31, 2014, 03:32:06 AM
Ham Sandwich retrospective

I appreciate all of the sandwiches commonly offered by delis, but like a good number of sandwich fans I only knew about ham sandwiches from more complex offerings but when I discovered that there were other sandwiches I had to try them out, I did not know that I would embrace ham and turkey sandwiches and they became some of my favorite sandwiches of all time... This is a video on the basic ham sandwich.

And holy shit was that ever a run-on sentence.

No matter how I feel about pastrami on rye (I don't hate it...it's just my least favorite sandwich...that does not mean it's bad, though), I have to thank delis everywhere because if it were not for pastrami on rye I would never have discovered the basic ham sandwich.

Which is kind of weird when you think about it.

And reubens are friggin awesome.  Visit my youtube channel.

Ew, ham sandwiches.

Peanut Butter+Banana is clearly the best option in all situations.

You good sir are quite insane. The ham sandwich is the greatest sandwich in existence! Combining ham and swiss cheese is one the greatest inventions that mankind has ever made! To deny that is to deny the very essence of humanity! As such, you are clearly a lizard person as no one else would dare to deny their humanity to such an extent.

I hate ham
12  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Surprise! Drakengard 3 (aka; how to damn "nier" lose your shit about old title) on: June 01, 2014, 02:34:56 AM
I found a new awesome reviewer.
And something no one else seems to have gotten is a glitch in chapter 3, the first time those spirits appear, for me the last one never came out even though it was on the minimap.
13  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: The controllers thread on: June 01, 2014, 12:48:12 AM
The face buttons (at least A) on the X360 controller seem to get stuck for a second until they're usable again, so mashing a button like A can be more of a pain than it should be.
14  Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Watch Dogs or How Yoda Gets to Work. on: May 29, 2014, 10:09:42 PM
Keep in mind that development on this started about 5 years ago.
15  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: A Game Journal Reborn on: May 28, 2014, 12:42:26 AM
I found a dungeon on gamespot's 404 page and it may be too entertaining for its own good.
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