Octopus Overlords

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:46 pm Yeah, I gave up at some point. Not only was it insanely difficult but it was also very much a grind (as I recall). I honestly felt like it was a letdown after beating the base game.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:51 pm I even deleted it and reinstalled.

Blackhawk wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:25 pm

Daehawk wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:51 pm I even deleted it and reinstalled.

Just to be clear, when you keep saying you 'deleted' games, you actually uninstalled them correctly, right? You didn't go in and literally just delete the install directory?

Rumpy wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:41 am Reminds me of my Dad who's come to an age of using the words File and Folder interchangeably when referring to a folder on a computer, leading to hilarious moments in confusion when talking to me about doing something to either of them. I'm like, well, what do you want me to do exactly?

Rumpy wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 4:34 pm Oh yeah, that one....

Daehawk wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 8:11 pm Was watching an old battle from the original Battlestar Galactica. Still would love a game based on it where you controlled only the Galactica and could upgrade it and your Vipers and run missions.

Daehawk wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 2:27 pm Its turn based. Tried it..cant get into it.

Unagi wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 8:04 pm

Daehawk wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 2:27 pm Its turn based. Tried it..cant get into it.

Maybe add that to your description of your dream game, because honestly - it would seem like Deadlock is a nice fit.

Apollo wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:34 pm I recently stumbled onto the best Japanese Hentai game I've ever played, hands down. I liked it so much I even found the one obscure website that sells the English version and paid $50 for it, despite having a hacked version that played just fine (Honestly didn't know it had been released in English when I downloaded the hacked game which, BTW, is the normal way I get Japanese games that aren't released here). Problem is the subject matter is so politically incorrect I can't post about it here (though it was a major release in Japan) and my few friends who are also perverts like myself aren't into Anime or Manga, to put it mildly. So I just play it and keep my enthusiasm to myself.

Apollo wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:34 pm I recently stumbled onto the best Japanese Hentai game I've ever played, hands down. I liked it so much I even found the one obscure website that sells the English version and paid $50 for it, despite having a hacked version that played just fine (Honestly didn't know it had been released in English when I downloaded the hacked game which, BTW, is the normal way I get Japanese games that aren't released here). Problem is the subject matter is so politically incorrect I can't post about it here (though it was a major release in Japan) and my few friends who are also perverts like myself aren't into Anime or Manga, to put it mildly. So I just play it and keep my enthusiasm to myself.

Apollo wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:34 pm I recently stumbled onto the best Japanese Hentai game I've ever played, hands down. I liked it so much I even found the one obscure website that sells the English version and paid $50 for it, despite having a hacked version that played just fine (Honestly didn't know it had been released in English when I downloaded the hacked game which, BTW, is the normal way I get Japanese games that aren't released here). Problem is the subject matter is so politically incorrect I can't post about it here (though it was a major release in Japan) and my few friends who are also perverts like myself aren't into Anime or Manga, to put it mildly. So I just play it and keep my enthusiasm to myself. :oops: :mrgreen: :P

Hipolito wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:25 am Sending you a PM as I am curious. Also, do you follow sydsnap on YouTube? She reviews Japanese sexy stuff.

In 2003, I didn't appreciate how good Ray Liotta was in the role of Tommy Vercetti, Vice City's loudmouth protagonist. I did think he was hilarious, but only looking back do I realize how different, and how natural, his performance was compared to the Command & Conquer cutscenes I grew up on. Even 20 years later, Liotta's performance runs circles around the likes of Crime Boss: Rockay City.

Former PC Gamer reviewer Alec Meer didn't quite agree with me, calling Liotta a "so-so" actor (Goodfellas, Alec!? Cop Land?? C'mon!). But context is key. In the early 2000s Liotta was certainly on a streak of so-so movies, and it was really his stand-out performance in 2019's Marriage Story that reinvigorated his career. Meer goes on to highlight the "legendary" Dennis Hopper, also in Vice City, and I think it's safe to say Liotta has since entered that canon, too.

Liotta will always be best-known for Goodfellas, except among a very specific audience—teenagers who played videogames in the early 2000s. Even if Vice City is an unabashed knock-off of Scarface, it was the clear start of Rockstar's ambition to tell Hollywood-caliber mobster stories using real Hollywood actors. No wonder it scored a rare 93% in PC Gamer.

Here's our original review, published in the July 2003 UK issue of PC Gamer magazine.

Blackhawk wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 10:34 am I used to love tactical games. I made an attempt to get back into them a couple of years ago, but the tactical shooter community drove me away. Every forum, every chat was like being in an extremist militia meeting. They rhetoric, the bigotry, the conspiracy theories, the Trumpisms - it was packed with it.

Skinypupy wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:15 am Was in the mood for a JRPG yesterday this week. The new Star Ocean: The Divine Force was getting decent reviews (around 75%) and I thought it might be kinda cool. Yeesh...I really should have known better.

It's a poor man's version of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 where instead of great characters in an interesting world, you get a cast made up entirely of creepy looking porcelain dolls. The world is large but completely lifeless. Feels like you're running through a model. It uses what I assume is an complex action RPG combat system. I can only assume because it's explained solely - and very poorly - through a series of massive text dumps. So far, I've just been button mashing and hoping for the best. Enemies have been completely generic and boring. They may have some unique attacks or abilities, but the combat moves so quickly that I really can't even tell what I'm doing. I'm simply running around attacking whatever the camera happens to lock onto. Every other system in the game (leveling, improving stats, etc) is also done via text dumps, often with multiple complex systems dumped on you back-to-back. And did I mention that the UI uses the smallest font imaginable? Seriously, SO tiny with no option to increase it (not just my bad eyes, this is a common complaint in nearly every review). The music sucks, the voice acting is merely ok, and the entire premise - which looked like it could be really cool (sci-fi/fantasy mash-up where a space traveler is marooned on a low-tech planet) - is just completely uninteresting.

I thought this might be a throwback to the PS2 JRPG days, but I hate pretty much everything about this game through 4 hours. Feels like I would have been better off just throwing $60 in the trash. Oh well.

jztemple2 wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 11:07 am

Blackhawk wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 10:34 am I used to love tactical games. I made an attempt to get back into them a couple of years ago, but the tactical shooter community drove me away. Every forum, every chat was like being in an extremist militia meeting. They rhetoric, the bigotry, the conspiracy theories, the Trumpisms - it was packed with it.

I feel the same way about many in those communities, but I like the tactical games so I only play solo and minimize any social contact. I have many happy hours in Door Kickers 1 & 2 and have figured out which Discord channel are useful for me and which to stay away from.

Unfortunately, unlike DK and DK2, many of these games are really tailored for coop play

coopasonic wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 1:28 pm Man I remember the day... playing Ghost Recon with the GG (GT?) folks. Pretty much the last time I played any kind of team based tactical shooter outside of a round or two of PUBG a few years back.