Video Game General

@Dustcan  
Save frequently.

@Scrabbleman
 
I can’t save mid-dungeon.

@Dustcan  
No save points?
 
How fucking big is the dungeon?

@Scrabbleman
 
It is a dungeon with another dungeon inside it surrounded by a third dungeon. Plus an optional bonus dungeon.

@Dustcan  

 
The fuck is wrong with this game?

@Scrabbleman
 
It’s a remake of an older game that didn’t bother to actually fix the severe game design issues of the original (and in some cases made things even worse).

Let me further emphasize this because I’m pretty sure Satan let’s you play video games in Hell, but only this game and only this last portion.
 
At the end of the game is the series of dungeons. The first of which is the Ancient Maze. Despite the name, it’s pretty linear and not that long but still takes like 7-10 minutes to run through if you already killed the boss. After you enter the this place there is no rest areas to restore health or MP. There’s a couple shops later on but they only give you the ultimate level magics (so basically useless restore longevity: any healing items you have when you enter is all you’re gonna get).
 
Between the Ancient Maze and the Crystal Tower is a small bit of Overworld. Like literally, you take 2 steps and you’re in the Crystal Tower. You can’t heal or restock so I’m pretty sure this is only here so you can save. Further proof that the Ancient Maze is just there to piss you off.
 
Then there’s the Crystal Tower. Take note from here on out, die at any point past here and you lose any progress made. At the beginning you have the gateway to the bonus dungeon, Eureka. This a pretty linear dungeon but can still take a good 30-40 minutes to get through. After completing this I recommend leaving the Crystal Tower to save…of course if you want to restock you still have to go through the Ancient Maze to fly to town.
 
Then there’s the Crystal Tower itself. The longest dungeon in the game, itself a maze-like series of corridors and the only dungeon where paths lead back and forth through several floors. And several of these paths lead to dead ends, which you’ll only find out after the path already took you up and down several floors.
 
And at the top of the tower is the main villain, Xande, up to this point. The moment you initiate the fight you enter the Point Of No Return. Up to this point you could technically leave the Crystal Tower to save so you don’t lose all your levels, but you still have get back up to Xande the hard way. This “convenience” is gone the moment you fight Xande. This dungeon can take a good 30-40 minutes if you know which paths to take.
 
After beating him you now have the final final dungeon, World of Darkness. In this dungeon you can either run straight to the final boss and die in 5 minutes or so, or you can spend a good 20-30 minutes on top of that fighting “Optional” bosses that will lower the final boss’ power for every one beaten.
 
Then you win.
 
Interspersed through all of this is the occasional boss and a random encounter with boss-like enemies, each of which suddenly has like 4-5 times the health of the Ancient Maze or Eureka’s bosses. Have fun.

Done with NV for the night. Primm is under NCR law, Goodsprings is free from the Powder Gang, And ED-E and Boone are my companions.

Some guy on another forum said Dark Souls is full of fake difficulty.
 
Should I send him a lengthy PM explaining why he’s wrong?

@Background Pony #133A  
No, since it likely wouldn’t help at all.

@Meanlucario
 
Probably not going to change his mind?

@Background Pony #133A  
Would you listen to him if he PM you a long rant of why Dark Souls is shit?

@Meanlucario
 
No.

@Background Pony #133A  
So why would he if you did the same but why DS is great?

@Meanlucario  
Precisely. Ever heard of the backfire effect? Arguing with him probably isn’t going to convince him- if anything, it will only cement in his mind that his way of thinking is right.

I think I’ll try to tackle FO2 tomorrow.
 
@Silent_Witness  
People don’t want to listen when they know they won’t be heard.

Half the Fallout games take place on the West Coast, and the other half takes place on the East Coast.

@Background Pony #133A  
I think it’s the Interplay/Obsidian ones that take place on the west, and the Beth ones the east.

Mason, what do the numbers mean?

@Background Pony #133A
 
Not counting DLC:
 
1 takes place all over south California. 2 is middle-to northern California while just barely jumping over the Nevada border. New Vegas takes place in the southern most portion of Nevada.
 
3 takes place all over Washinton DC, centering mostly over the Potomac River. 4 Covers mid to upper Boston, with some of the Massachusetts area north of it.
 
Tactics covers southern Colorado, southern Kansas, Missouri and Illinois.

@Dustcan  
Tactics covers a lot of ground it seems.

@Dustcan  
Jesus Christ, did Satan make this game or did he order it specifically to torture someone, and Square Enix is all like, “Kay”?

So Amazon may have accidentally leaked the existence of Overwatch on the Switch.
 
They posted a sale listing for an Overwatch-branded Switch case, complete with “Officially Licensed By Nintendo and Blizzard Entertainment” . The listing was very quickly taken down, but not before a few people took screenshots.

THE NUMBERS, MASON!!!

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection was just announced.