TMM and I played that awhile ago, it was a lot of fun cooperating and sabotaging each other. There's one story scene in particular that will never leave my brain. If you've played far enough, you'll know what I'm talking about.
A small thoughts thread: what are you playing and how is it going?
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Bull charged my way through Touken Ranbu Warriors. There's still conversations and stuff to unlock, but eh.
Mainly did it to get to The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. I wasn't too sure about the tactical battles, but they're not too bad so far on easy mode. Kinda a spiritual successor to the Danganronpa series. Looking forward to the inevitable despair and seeing if any of the male characters get more interesting. Most of the ladies are pretty out there already.
Bull charged my way through Touken Ranbu Warriors. There's still conversations and stuff to unlock, but eh.
Mainly did it to get to The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. I wasn't too sure about the tactical battles, but they're not too bad so far on easy mode. Kinda a spiritual successor to the Danganronpa series. Looking forward to the inevitable despair and seeing if any of the male characters get more interesting. Most of the ladies are pretty out there already.
Well roomie and I just beat the first Tales of Destiny for the original PS1. Was good to finally beat the game.
It's not bad for an early Tales game. Clunky in various parts, and obviously lacking in some of the better quality of life improvements of later games.
The biggest issue I have is at some point it becomes less story and just gives you like six dungeons in a row, all with little gimmicks you have to deal with. Not the most fun thing to do. :/
It's not bad for an early Tales game. Clunky in various parts, and obviously lacking in some of the better quality of life improvements of later games.
The biggest issue I have is at some point it becomes less story and just gives you like six dungeons in a row, all with little gimmicks you have to deal with. Not the most fun thing to do. :/
Hundred Line... I'm pretty obsessed w/ it right now. Mild spoilers on the general game:
I thought it was gonna be one main storyline, but it turned into time travel and now I'm jumping around timelines to get different endings. Some of them are pretty wild...
Even though I saw the larger plot points coming, I'm curious to see where the other routes go.
Even though I saw the larger plot points coming, I'm curious to see where the other routes go.
Finished the Silent Hill 2 Remake. Played mostly for the survival horror streams my friends and I do.
It has some neat alterations from the original game, but sadly, the overall verdict remains the same for me.
Silent Hill is just NOT my vibe. Psychological horror is just ineffective on me, and thus the game just ends up being a slog.
It has some neat alterations from the original game, but sadly, the overall verdict remains the same for me.
Silent Hill is just NOT my vibe. Psychological horror is just ineffective on me, and thus the game just ends up being a slog.
Nice tabletop score at the used shop this past weekend - a copy of Richthofen's War, in pretty decent shape for something from 1972! Very carefully making photocopies of a few things, and definitely need to retype some charts, but it's certainly playable.
What kind of psychological horror? B/c I can think of a few games that lean more into that aspect than regular horror and are quite effective...Finished the Silent Hill 2 Remake. Played mostly for the survival horror streams my friends and I do.
It has some neat alterations from the original game, but sadly, the overall verdict remains the same for me.
Silent Hill is just NOT my vibe. Psychological horror is just ineffective on me, and thus the game just ends up being a slog.
I don't know how to really explain it. There could be some that works on me, but Silent Hill just doesn't do it.
Let me just list the things about SH2 that I didn't care for:
The combat was kinda clunky.
I wasn't really into the story, or at the very least there weren't any "Oh my god!" moments.
Pyramid Head looks stupid. He's too slow to be an effective 'stalker' enemy. Heck in the remake he's even less prevalent in my opinion. The PS2 game I feel featured him a lot more, but I'd already had the Nemesis chasing me on the PS1, and Nemesis is just better in every single way.
I don't get what the point of Eddie was.
There is that one other girl with let's say 'family issues. I dunno I feel like we maybe should have helped her out of the town? She seems very throw away to me.
A lot of the 'Tricks' the game tries to use to get the player I just don't feel works. Like I've heard the part at the start where you are going through the woods and you don't get attacked is supposed to mess with your expectations, but that's like the only time it really does that from what I remember.
So yeah I didn't enjoy Silent Hill 3 either. I just get the impression these aren't my style of horror games.
Instead I'll take Resident Evil (Not 7) or Fatal Frame any day.
Let me just list the things about SH2 that I didn't care for:
The combat was kinda clunky.
I wasn't really into the story, or at the very least there weren't any "Oh my god!" moments.
Pyramid Head looks stupid. He's too slow to be an effective 'stalker' enemy. Heck in the remake he's even less prevalent in my opinion. The PS2 game I feel featured him a lot more, but I'd already had the Nemesis chasing me on the PS1, and Nemesis is just better in every single way.
I don't get what the point of Eddie was.
Like I've seen people say they regretted having to fight him given his history, but he just came off as an unhinged dude to me. Like the moment I met him I was like: "I'm probably going to have to shoot this guy"
There is that one other girl with let's say 'family issues. I dunno I feel like we maybe should have helped her out of the town? She seems very throw away to me.
A lot of the 'Tricks' the game tries to use to get the player I just don't feel works. Like I've heard the part at the start where you are going through the woods and you don't get attacked is supposed to mess with your expectations, but that's like the only time it really does that from what I remember.
Am I supposed to feel really scared about the elevator that makes me drop my weapons? I knew way back on the PS2 that there wouldn't be too many monsters down there, otherwise you wouldn't be able to beat the game, and no one back then would buy an unbeatable game. Pyramid Head scary? It's a game. I turn the system off and he stops. I'm not the one in danger, my computer avatar is. The fact the monsters are all designed after James' trama and stuff is neat, but given I'm not him, it doesn't scare ME. I AM the one playing. You are supposed to do things that scare ME THE PLAYER.
I think the best example of how Silent Hill doesn't effect me comes from the sequel Silent Hill 3.
You get to that part where Vincent says that infamous line: "They look like monsters to you?"
I was just like: "Okay.... do you see something else? What do you see? Cows?"
I've seen people online say it means he saw people, which suggests you have been fighting people this entire time, but I immediately see that as nonsense.
If the monsters are people, how the hell are the flying ones you know FLYING!?
Why do they all attack you when they see you? If they were people seeing everyone else as monsters like you do them, whouldn't they run away from you?
Why doesn't the town let you kill a group of monsters, only to drop the illusion and reveal to you that you just killed a ton of people? That seems like something Silent Hill would do.
Also if they ARE people, they are trying to kill me. What do you want me to do? If you are trying to kill me, I'm going to kill you first. That way you can't kill me anymore. It's a pretty solid and effective plan.
Lastly, Vincent spent like the last hour tormenting us through cryptic letters and messages and stuff. Who the BLEEP cares what he sees? The guy is a lunatic. Why are we worrying about what he says?
I think the best example of how Silent Hill doesn't effect me comes from the sequel Silent Hill 3.
You get to that part where Vincent says that infamous line: "They look like monsters to you?"
I was just like: "Okay.... do you see something else? What do you see? Cows?"
I've seen people online say it means he saw people, which suggests you have been fighting people this entire time, but I immediately see that as nonsense.
If the monsters are people, how the hell are the flying ones you know FLYING!?
Why do they all attack you when they see you? If they were people seeing everyone else as monsters like you do them, whouldn't they run away from you?
Why doesn't the town let you kill a group of monsters, only to drop the illusion and reveal to you that you just killed a ton of people? That seems like something Silent Hill would do.
Also if they ARE people, they are trying to kill me. What do you want me to do? If you are trying to kill me, I'm going to kill you first. That way you can't kill me anymore. It's a pretty solid and effective plan.
Lastly, Vincent spent like the last hour tormenting us through cryptic letters and messages and stuff. Who the BLEEP cares what he sees? The guy is a lunatic. Why are we worrying about what he says?
So yeah I didn't enjoy Silent Hill 3 either. I just get the impression these aren't my style of horror games.
Instead I'll take Resident Evil (Not 7) or Fatal Frame any day.
We are playing Sing It 2025, Minecraft, and BOTW on the Switch these days.
Gotcha. I easily panic and forget what buttons do what with action horror games. Even if it's not that scary, the anticipation of "something's gonna happen" is worse than what actually happens. Eg, I tried a Bioshock demo and couldn't get very far. I was able to get through the first 3 Telltale Walking Dead games, but only b/c it was simple button prompts with frequent saves.
By psychological horror I was thinking more like Slay the Princess or DokiDoki Literature club. Visual novels that intrigue and mess with your head with less gore than you'd think.
I was going to put my response behind spoiler tags, but given I think most people know the general idea of what Doki Doki is, I think I'll be okay.
So I don't understand how people don't immediately realize what Doki Doki is when people say: "Don't look anything up about it." That is like the very definition of: "This is a creepypasta thing." Like HOW are you not instantly looking for the messed up thing that is bound to happen? What other reason has anyone EVER had to say: "Don't look things up"?
It's not scary when I'm immediately clued in like that.
Going back to me being scared. Yeah I'm not one who scares easily when it comes to video games. (I couldn't say too much to movies. I don't watch many horror ones)
There are certlain mechanics that I know bother OTHER people, but they don't get me, and in fact will often just piss me off.
Any game where you can't attack the monsters and can only hide is a slog to get through. I get no extra tension from having to 'hide' instead I get annoyed because if I could just THROW SOMETHING at the monster and run, then maybe this section wouldn't be so damn FRUSTRATING.
The best example is a game that ironically isn't a horror game. Metroid Dread had those robots that you have to go into their area and basically avoid. I hate these areas not because the 'Fill me with Dread' but because I know it's going to be an annoying dodging game where if they catch me. MAYBE I can hit the stupid counter trigger and get away.
The SA-X in Fusion was done SO MUCH BETTER because if it caught you, it just damaged the crap out of you, causing you to panic and try to get away. I made me feel I had a better chance at trying to survive, and it caused me to get worked up, when in Dread it's basically. If it catches you, you just lose. There is no getting away, you just have a loss forced down your throat. Deal with it.
This is why Fatal Frame is my favorite horror game series. Ghosts can be creepy, they do a good job of making them creepy, and in order to fight them it's better to have them come as close as possible to snap a good picture, but it pays to just fight them off, rather than have to run from every encounter.
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I'm someone who won't look up details of something that interests me, I like being surprised.
The horror in Doki Doki- I knew bad things were gonna happen but not the details. There's also randomized effects that sometimes trigger. Eg once, everything had a red hue for a bit and I got paranoid wondering what was going to happen. The way it does thing to unsettle you and mess with the game itself was great. After playing ot blind, I did have to look up how to get the "best" ending.
I'm fine with most horror movies (don't like gore fests like Saw), I prefer over the top silly and am not a fan of cheap jumpscares. Psychological thrillers are still more effective at scaring me than scary monsters. Watching videos of other people play horror games is meh. Watching TMM play live in the room still affects me. I hate being highly reactive sometimes, even opening premade dough cans makes me jump ;_;
The horror in Doki Doki- I knew bad things were gonna happen but not the details. There's also randomized effects that sometimes trigger. Eg once, everything had a red hue for a bit and I got paranoid wondering what was going to happen. The way it does thing to unsettle you and mess with the game itself was great. After playing ot blind, I did have to look up how to get the "best" ending.
I'm fine with most horror movies (don't like gore fests like Saw), I prefer over the top silly and am not a fan of cheap jumpscares. Psychological thrillers are still more effective at scaring me than scary monsters. Watching videos of other people play horror games is meh. Watching TMM play live in the room still affects me. I hate being highly reactive sometimes, even opening premade dough cans makes me jump ;_;
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Yeah I'm the type of person who's brain thinks logically, and likes to break things down in such a specific way that when playing games it's basically going: "Okay what reason would there be for the game to do this?" And better yet "What would it mean if a bad thing happened?"
The answer is nothing for that last one. My brain is constantly on: "This is a videogame" mentality. So it doesn't matter if a bad thing happens. It's not going to affect me personally. Why be afraid of something that can't hurt me in anyway?
I do have some horror movies, but it's usually a horror comedy, or I just found the set up neat. Can't say there are any that really spooked me. (I'm one of those people who can go to sleep listening to youtube videos "3 true scary in the woods stories"
To possibly put the nail in the coffin so to speak. You are also talking to someone who played through Resident Evil 7 completely IN VR. The VR ended up being it's only saving grace. I find the rest of the game to be rather bland.
The only monster you get is the stupid molded in like four or five different forms. BORING.
The infected house residents are alright. Jack is your typical stalker, and the wife is a decent monster, but I'd prefer to have found actual giant insects or something. Give me the infected giant snake, or a Hunter!
Then the son character was just a dumb SAW parody. I could do with that entire section just being cut. That's not Resident Evil.
The DLC ironically was the only thing that actually got to me, and that's because it connects to something I can't control. A phobia I have.
Infected crocodiles in the swamp. Creatures that can swim/ or live in the water that can kill you TERRIFY me.
There is a really bad horror game for the PS4 that has PS2 like graphics (which I can't remember what it's called) but you are in some underwater building where SHARKS have gotten in, and that would scare the hell out of me. I hate sharks, I hate fish with teeth. I hate being in water! >_<
THIS is what terrified me as a kid.
The answer is nothing for that last one. My brain is constantly on: "This is a videogame" mentality. So it doesn't matter if a bad thing happens. It's not going to affect me personally. Why be afraid of something that can't hurt me in anyway?
I do have some horror movies, but it's usually a horror comedy, or I just found the set up neat. Can't say there are any that really spooked me. (I'm one of those people who can go to sleep listening to youtube videos "3 true scary in the woods stories"
To possibly put the nail in the coffin so to speak. You are also talking to someone who played through Resident Evil 7 completely IN VR. The VR ended up being it's only saving grace. I find the rest of the game to be rather bland.
The only monster you get is the stupid molded in like four or five different forms. BORING.
The infected house residents are alright. Jack is your typical stalker, and the wife is a decent monster, but I'd prefer to have found actual giant insects or something. Give me the infected giant snake, or a Hunter!
Then the son character was just a dumb SAW parody. I could do with that entire section just being cut. That's not Resident Evil.
The DLC ironically was the only thing that actually got to me, and that's because it connects to something I can't control. A phobia I have.
Infected crocodiles in the swamp. Creatures that can swim/ or live in the water that can kill you TERRIFY me.
There is a really bad horror game for the PS4 that has PS2 like graphics (which I can't remember what it's called) but you are in some underwater building where SHARKS have gotten in, and that would scare the hell out of me. I hate sharks, I hate fish with teeth. I hate being in water! >_<
THIS is what terrified me as a kid.
Little story for you all:
Nintendo: Here's Killer Instinct on SNES.
Me: I mean, it's an okay game. I like it enough to ask for it for Christmas. At the very least, it has a kick ass soundtrack.
Nintendo: Here's Killer Instinct Gold on N64.
Me: Hell yeah! I used to play the first one all the time on SNES. I absolutely must get this.
Microsoft: Here's Killer Instinct reboot on X-Box One.
Me: HUG! Mother hugging Microsoft. This is supposed to be a Nintendo game. Hugging Microsoft buying out Rae. Now I'm never going to be able to play Killer Instinct again.
Hypothetical other guy:It's also on PC.
Me: I OWN A HUGGING MAC! HUG MICROSOFT!
Me years later: You know, Apple is kinda annoying the hell out of me with all of its proprietary stuff. I think I'll go back to Windows.
Me: *buys Windows computer*
Okay, Windows computer, but I'm not looking for a gaming PC. Gaming is what I have a PS5 and Switch for. I just need this for internet and word processing.
What? An X-Box app? Well I can ignore that. Hug X-Box. They took Killer Instinct away from me.
Me the next morning: Wait a hugging second...
I GOT KILLER INSTINCT!!!!!
Nintendo: Here's Killer Instinct on SNES.
Me: I mean, it's an okay game. I like it enough to ask for it for Christmas. At the very least, it has a kick ass soundtrack.
Nintendo: Here's Killer Instinct Gold on N64.
Me: Hell yeah! I used to play the first one all the time on SNES. I absolutely must get this.
Microsoft: Here's Killer Instinct reboot on X-Box One.
Me: HUG! Mother hugging Microsoft. This is supposed to be a Nintendo game. Hugging Microsoft buying out Rae. Now I'm never going to be able to play Killer Instinct again.
Hypothetical other guy:It's also on PC.
Me: I OWN A HUGGING MAC! HUG MICROSOFT!
Me years later: You know, Apple is kinda annoying the hell out of me with all of its proprietary stuff. I think I'll go back to Windows.
Me: *buys Windows computer*
Okay, Windows computer, but I'm not looking for a gaming PC. Gaming is what I have a PS5 and Switch for. I just need this for internet and word processing.
What? An X-Box app? Well I can ignore that. Hug X-Box. They took Killer Instinct away from me.
Me the next morning: Wait a hugging second...
I GOT KILLER INSTINCT!!!!!
Logically, I know the game can't hurt me, but my monkey brain still panics. My imagination is way too active. Thanks to watching horror movies as a kid, I'm still not fond of spiders and clowns.Yeah I'm the type of person who's brain thinks logically, and likes to break things down in such a specific way that when playing games it's basically going: "Okay what reason would there be for the game to do this?" And better yet "What would it mean if a bad thing happened?"
The answer is nothing for that last one. My brain is constantly on: "This is a videogame" mentality. So it doesn't matter if a bad thing happens. It's not going to affect me personally. Why be afraid of something that can't hurt me in anyway?
I do have some horror movies, but it's usually a horror comedy, or I just found the set up neat. Can't say there are any that really spooked me. (I'm one of those people who can go to sleep listening to youtube videos "3 true scary in the woods stories"
To possibly put the nail in the coffin so to speak. You are also talking to someone who played through Resident Evil 7 completely IN VR. The VR ended up being it's only saving grace. I find the rest of the game to be rather bland.
The only monster you get is the stupid molded in like four or five different forms. BORING.
The infected house residents are alright. Jack is your typical stalker, and the wife is a decent monster, but I'd prefer to have found actual giant insects or something. Give me the infected giant snake, or a Hunter!
Then the son character was just a dumb SAW parody. I could do with that entire section just being cut. That's not Resident Evil.
The DLC ironically was the only thing that actually got to me, and that's because it connects to something I can't control. A phobia I have.
Infected crocodiles in the swamp. Creatures that can swim/ or live in the water that can kill you TERRIFY me.
There is a really bad horror game for the PS4 that has PS2 like graphics (which I can't remember what it's called) but you are in some underwater building where SHARKS have gotten in, and that would scare the hell out of me. I hate sharks, I hate fish with teeth. I hate being in water! >_<
THIS is what terrified me as a kid.
I will never do a VR horror game. Way too susceptible to motion sickness, and I'll probably end up destroying something IRL while playing. XD
Yeah it's different for everyone. It just so happens my brain is wired so I can't really get scared, and lucky for me I don't get motion sickness.
So... Grounded 2...
Those poor kids are never going to be not traumatized.
Those poor kids are never going to be not traumatized.
Still working on cleaning up my copy of Richthofen's War. I'm about halfway done transcribing the rule sheet, and it's been an interesting way to read the rules for the first time. I-go-you-go actions; just fixed scenarios with no 'casual' point values in sight; a blend that feel weird where everything except altitude is measured in hexes, altitude/climbing/diving is measured in meters (where other WW1 plane games I own just have abstract 'levels'); outline-format rules...it's a bit of a trip.
'Old school' all the way, down to a font that I surprisingly have a facsimile of. And it's not like I'm unused to old and weird game mechanics either, I've been playing tabletop games for decades. After I finish up with the other side of the rules, it's just a matter of sorting out the plethora of counters and frobbing a couple d6 from my bag, and it'll be 'restored' to playable.
'Old school' all the way, down to a font that I surprisingly have a facsimile of. And it's not like I'm unused to old and weird game mechanics either, I've been playing tabletop games for decades. After I finish up with the other side of the rules, it's just a matter of sorting out the plethora of counters and frobbing a couple d6 from my bag, and it'll be 'restored' to playable.
Decided I needed some anti-summer vibes, and picked up a new Final Girl module - North Pole Nightmare, the Christmas movie from season 2! This one's the North Pole Village map, Krampus as the killer, Mrs. Claus or 'Cindy' as the PCs, a bevy of Christmas puns, and gimmicks of annoying elves and (possibly literally) explosive gifts.
My first run at it, with Mrs. Claus, was bluntly a redux of Christmas At Ground Zero. Mrs. C being a healing/health tank of all things helped for a while, but Krampus as a killer ramps up real quick. It started well enough, I was able to throw enough elves out the exits to get a whack of extra HP early; and the elves actually managed to put a little damage on Krampus, but...well. After that it kind of all went to hell. I started fluffing rolls, elves fell under the Krampus's broom and hooves or died to booby-trapped presents, Santa was ripped to shreds on the runway, and the Workshop exploded in a fireball (incinerating several useful items and barbecueing Comet). The game ended with Mrs. C going at Krampus with a hammer, during a blizzard event, in front of the flaming workshop, and finally running out of HP to fall under the monster's horns.
Phew. That was a whopper, and I haven't even tried Cindy yet. She's a reference, of course, to a certain Who despite not being blonde, and is a speedster - maybe that'll help get some bonus victim saves out of the gate.
My first run at it, with Mrs. Claus, was bluntly a redux of Christmas At Ground Zero. Mrs. C being a healing/health tank of all things helped for a while, but Krampus as a killer ramps up real quick. It started well enough, I was able to throw enough elves out the exits to get a whack of extra HP early; and the elves actually managed to put a little damage on Krampus, but...well. After that it kind of all went to hell. I started fluffing rolls, elves fell under the Krampus's broom and hooves or died to booby-trapped presents, Santa was ripped to shreds on the runway, and the Workshop exploded in a fireball (incinerating several useful items and barbecueing Comet). The game ended with Mrs. C going at Krampus with a hammer, during a blizzard event, in front of the flaming workshop, and finally running out of HP to fall under the monster's horns.
Phew. That was a whopper, and I haven't even tried Cindy yet. She's a reference, of course, to a certain Who despite not being blonde, and is a speedster - maybe that'll help get some bonus victim saves out of the gate.