Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Dec 22, 2017 19:29:01 GMT
I am. And I have not. Not yet. So does that mean you don't own a Switch or Wii U? It means that I may or may not have one wrapped up and to be opened in the coming days. |
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Spirit Bomb
Cartoon Pony Wrangler
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Post by Spirit Bomb on Dec 24, 2017 6:43:45 GMT
So does that mean you don't own a Switch or Wii U? It means that I may or may not have one wrapped up and to be opened in the coming days. By the way, have you found my present (to you) yet? |
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Balder
Supreme Overlord
Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on Dec 24, 2017 9:26:35 GMT
Has the Pub had some sort of Secret Santa this year without me knowing? Members here are giving out presents left and right.
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Post by spidershinobi on Dec 24, 2017 14:21:33 GMT
So, counting the votes so far... 0- spidershinobi - --- 1- stratogustav - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2- Cervantes - Bayonetta 3- Dan E. Kool - Street Fighter II (via Ultra Street Fighter II) I can say that so far none of those will win, because my entry will be neither of those. But good picks to the 3 of you who did pick something! |
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Dec 24, 2017 15:10:28 GMT
Has the Pub had some sort of Secret Santa this year without me knowing? Members here are giving out presents left and right. This is a great idea. We should keep it in mind for next year. |
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Balder
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Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on Dec 24, 2017 16:34:40 GMT
Has the Pub had some sort of Secret Santa this year without me knowing? Members here are giving out presents left and right. This is a great idea. We should keep it in mind for next year. Would be awesome. |
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Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
A former Incompetent Evil Commander (XP: 2423)
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Post by Cervantes on Dec 24, 2017 22:05:08 GMT
Has the Pub had some sort of Secret Santa this year without me knowing? Members here are giving out presents left and right. gifted me Downwell through Steam, it's a quite fun little game! Sadly, Steam has some lame politics about regional price differences that isn't letting me gift any game back to him. I guess the prices must be lower in Brazil because of currency differences - I've read that if the price is 10% lower or less for you, you can't buy it as a present. They supposedly did this because of key resellers, but it sucks.  I'm still looking through Steam to see if there's something I can do about it. Anyway, thanks a lot, centipede!  And happy holidays everyone! |
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dschult3
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The true heir to the Monado.
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Post by dschult3 on Dec 25, 2017 3:48:31 GMT
So, counting the votes so far... 0- spidershinobi - --- 1- stratogustav - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2- Cervantes - Bayonetta 3- Dan E. Kool - Street Fighter II (via Ultra Street Fighter II) I can say that so far none of those will win, because my entry will be neither of those. But good picks to the 3 of you who did pick something! Breath of the Wild has my vote as well. The game was outstanding, and it kept my Wii U alive and running all the way until last month. |
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Cervantes
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A former Incompetent Evil Commander (XP: 2423)
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Post by Cervantes on Dec 25, 2017 4:11:35 GMT
Breath of the Wild looks really good, I wish I had played it. But if I played every release this year, my pick would very probably be NieR Automata, as it not only looks awesome, it's also in my favourite genre and is a sequel to a game that already had some of the best writing around. That or Nioh. Too bad that I haven't played any of these three yet - I've already bought too many games this year, so I'll clear my backlog a bit before buying them.
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Post by spidershinobi on Dec 25, 2017 12:00:12 GMT
I understand the sentiment, and I believe that I only played the ones I did this year because I had been looking forward to them for ages. I barely had any time to do anything else too.
So I guess Nintendo should thank Fire Emblem, I honestly wouldn't even have looked at the Switch's general direction if there was no Fire Emblem out yet.
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Pimpjira
Guardian Force Shooter
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Post by Pimpjira on Dec 26, 2017 17:54:19 GMT
Super Mario Odyssey for me, Persona 5 in second, Breath of the Wild in third. I still need to play a lot of 2017 releases though like Yakuza 0 and Nier Automata.
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Post by spidershinobi on Dec 31, 2017 23:25:04 GMT
My pick for game of 2017 is Persona 5.
Hate how in the end most of us are picking games that were at nominated and most won awards anyway, but I guess the winners of 2017 ended up being very clear to everyone.
I feel that P5 is a much stronger game than the mass media is giving it credit, I would even call it "game of the decade" but you never know, Bayonetta 3 and Shin Megami Tensei 5 just around the corner could make it too hard to decide.
Persona 5 does special things both for me and for RPGs in general.
For the part that most of you should care about, P5 shows ingenuity in how its developers conciliated old Megami Tensei mechanisms with the theme of the game itself, and that's something that most RPGs - games in general, really - straight up don't get right. Instead of making it feature traditional RPG gameplay, the theme of being a thief-superhero permeates traditional exploring and fighting gameplay moments, with the battles being wildly different for 2 specific reasons:
- Disadvantageous positions are amplified: being hit by something you're weak to or being surprised by the enemy is devastating, either for the player or the "shadows" you fight against;
- The heroes are weaker than the "shadows", even if they are strong against human shadows/bosses: regular encounters with common enemies of your current level are one sided to the AI, always, and that is exactly why you should always be a good rogue and hit enemies on their backs!
As for what it does of special to me, well, I don't know how P3 and P4 were, but not only this is very close in terms of lore to devil summoner and regular Shin Megami Tensei, but this is also playing on one of my favorite themes, which is heroic thieves.
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 31, 2017 23:51:13 GMT
Hate how in the end we are picking games that were nominated and won awards anyway, but I guess the winners of 2017 ended up being very clear to everyone. Not to all of us. Our good friend leaon79s claims Mass Effect is a good gamey and that its looks are deceiving. |
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Balder
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Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on Jan 1, 2018 4:56:28 GMT
Hate how in the end we are picking games that were nominated and won awards anyway, but I guess the winners of 2017 ended up being very clear to everyone. Not to all of us. Our good friend leaon79s claims Mass Effect is a good gamey and that its looks are deceiving. I'll be damned if that game wins anything. |
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Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
A former Incompetent Evil Commander (XP: 2423)
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Post by Cervantes on Jan 1, 2018 7:57:29 GMT
My pick for game of 2017 is Persona 5. Hate how in the end most of us are picking games that were at nominated and most won awards anyway, but I guess the winners of 2017 ended up being very clear to everyone.The strangest thing is that games with actual gameplay are getting awarded this year. In most "best games of 2017" lists I'm seeing things like Sonic Mania (actually the winner of Digital Foundry's list), Cuphead and Nier Automata, which are all supposed to be niche games. This is very unusual, I don't even see anything by EA or Activision getting a mention. |
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I'm still looking through Steam to see if there's something I can do about it.
And happy holidays everyone!
