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    Posts made by Chocobop

    • RE: Ranking The Atlus Games

      The Etrian Odyssey series is number 1 on my list, I'm not going to even list every entry... As for the rest, I've never been more than occasionally interested in Persona and SMT myself. Some of the older ones catch my eye though. Atlus usually has interesting 3rd party publishing deals, sparse they may be, so I'm including those in the rest of my list:

      1. Etrian Odyssey 2
      2. Trauma Center
      3. Knights in the Nightmare
      4. Run Saber
      5. ESP Ra. De.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Your Pop-Tarts & Toaster Strudels for Q2 2021

      Pop Tart: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection.
      Even though the stylish action genre is one I don't stick to very well, NG1 has a great reputation, so I want to try it and you should too.

      Toaster Strudel: Deathloop
      I like the original definition of "Toaster Strudel" which was simply like "a game you want to lower the status of". Deathloop went from interesting to eh for me, even though I know most people are legitimately excited. That's a toaster strudel.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Videogame Hot takes

      Turok 2 (1998) is more fun than Turok 2 Remaster (2017) because it is more frustrating. People should be ashamed of their words and deeds.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates April games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of April! Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Recommend me a Let's Play youtube channel/video

      I've watched many a Lets Play by "Brickroad" and recommend him. He has amassed a big catalog over the years, although much more retro and indie than Christopher Odd. He does fit the inoffensive humor you are seeking quite well though. I've also made several LPs myself which I'm proud of and I recommend people check out (again, older games).

      The funny thing is, I've enjoyed quite a number of LPers for at least 1 game that they've done, but it's hard to really give them a blanket recommendation, you know? I've also never really clicked with channels that LP games soon after they come out, which may be what you are looking for.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Favourite/Least-Favourite Videogame Children

      @Yoshi I think you just caught me mixing them up.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Favourite/Least-Favourite Videogame Children

      I forgot about Baby Bowser. No one likes Baby Bowser.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Favourite/Least-Favourite Videogame Children

      There's that kid in Wind Waker with the giant snot trail coming out of his nose. I'm not sure if he's anybody's favorite.

      Your "friends" at the start of Secret of Mana ditch you and help get you banished from your hometown. Practically speaking, they've got to be some of the worst.

      Personally, I don't think there's an abundance of good "interesting" examples like Oliver, because children in games usually have small roles and they have a narrow range of narrative development/plot involvement. Or if they are the main characters, then they occupy very straightforward protagonist roles.

      Rydia from FF4 is one good one, probably the one of the most compelling child protagonists in an RPG. She starts out being profoundly affected by her mother's death and an associated fear of fire, and throughout the story she grows up and turns around to be the one to save Cecil from his biggest enemy. A very elegantly told character arc given how it use gameplay mechanics and plot related events to tell her story, rather than just dump a bunch of text and loyalty missions on you.

      One child character that I'm fond of is 'Teddy' from Actraiser. Despite being a small boy (I think), he tries to solve the mystery of the blood red lake on his own. As God, your charming role in this sequence is to accept his worried mother's loaf of bread, and then leave the bread for Teddy to find so that he might get homesick and return home. Teddy is also involved in being one of the unfortunate townspeople randomly chosen to be sacrificed to the region's monster (before you intervene, of course). In the Japanese version, you learn much later during the credits that Teddy had rigged the random selection so he would get one of the short straws. Quintet is the master of small vignettes, and this one echoes the importance of home and being eager to take on responsibility for your family/tribe.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: It's not you, it's me

      Character action games for me. It's something about the speed of combat that makes me feel I'm never getting as good as I think the game wants me to be.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: That's News!

      @hazz3r said in That's News!:

      Elden Ring trailer is starting to leak. Be careful out there if you want to watch it fresh when it's officially released.

      Thanks for the very useful heads up.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates March games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of March! Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Your Top 5 Favorite Games... That You Still Have Installed

      All PC for me.

      1. Resident Evil 4
      2. Dark Souls
      3. Dark Souls 2
      4. Mirror's Edge
      5. Imperishable Night

      I actually can't think of how the list is different by excluding my uninstalled games, since unless something is super big in filesize I will uninstall "average to good" games first. I think it's only different because I have to exclude retro games that don't install in the first place.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Favourite/Least Favourite Easy Allies Reviews

      @e_zed_eh_intern said in Favourite/Least Favourite Easy Allies Reviews:

      @chocobop Does "Spoiler Mode" fill this? I have never watched because I have never played any of the games.

      Well, "Spoiler Mode" is quite a longform piece of content, and it's not not intended to give you an impression of the game.

      I can see why you are suggesting this though, because my previous comment about story moments sounds completely alien to how reviews are usually treated. To add more detail, basically I think there is space for short reviews that talk far more candidly about story while still being suitable for someone who might want to play it themselves. Like, a review could say something like "The story gradually culminates in themes of dealing with the aftermath of a neglectful father" or "Moments in game X where one character held the hand of a loved one on their deathbed were especially poignant". Just omit when, how, and who so that the story is still fun to watch, but still provide the actual details that may or may not be relatable to the viewer. If a reviewer just calls a story a masterpiece and uses the word "writing" a lot, that doesn't actually tell me if it is relateable, so I don't know if it is for me (I might even just assume it isn't...ha!).

      I think this goes back to showing more gameplay footage too. The dilemma seems to be that if you, the viewer, are extremely eager to play some game that just came out, then your mind becomes a steel trap and your brain will automatically hang onto every little detail from videos you watch ("spoilers") whether you like it or not. So you will only watch reviews that have a very expansive spoiler cloak that won't show you more than the first few worlds or story chapters. But if you aren't eager enough to play a game by default then it doesn't really matter, you won't have the context to either parse or hang onto these details. In fact, you benefit enormously from watching a more candid video, because it becomes more socially engaging which gives your brain more cues to push you into wanting to play it (and the review itself becomes more fun to watch, so your time feels well spent in any case).

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Favourite/Least Favourite Easy Allies Reviews

      If I can use this topic to speak critically about reviews, the things I want from a video review are increasingly being called spoilers by the gaming culture and review culture writ large. I want footage from the entire game (perhaps not the final boss/final cut scenes, obviously). If the game thinks its story is significant, I want it described to me including what the major themes are and if the game has poignant moments I want to be told what type of moments they are.

      I don't expect this will change though, and so I think I would actually get a lot more out of the Allies doing something else besides reviews (or, "in addition to reviews" if people like them). It's common for other weekly podcasts to have 2 or 3 people play a new hotness at the same time and discuss it on the show. This is very different than reviewing a whole game since they've only been playing for a week. Usually games are dropped on a regular basis since the podcast hosts have to move on to something new. But the point is that listening to two people -- who are both playing the game, and where their experiences are very fresh in their minds -- bounce off each other lets you gauge whether the game is truly exciting or not, whether the flaws matter and how much, etc.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Ranking The Legend of Zelda Games

      Ranked and divided into tiers:

      1. Twilight Princess
      2. Ocarina of Time
      3. Majora's Mask
      4. Link to the Past (perhaps should be #3? hmm)
        ...
      5. A Link Between Worlds
      6. Link's Awakening
      7. Skyward Sword
        ...
      8. Wind Waker
      9. Adventure of Link
      10. Minish Cap
      11. Legend of Zelda
        ...
      12. Spirit Tracks
      13. Phantom Hourglass
      14. Oracle of Seasons
      15. Oracle of Ages
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates February games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of February! Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates January games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of January! (Holy smokes ya'll, it's 2021!) Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • RE: Backlog Sorting

      @jdincinerator said in Backlog Sorting:

      How do you guys sort out the backlog of all the games you want to play? I've got way too many games I want to play and I find myself without knowing where to start and how to summon enough enthusiasm to play them all. I was thinking of playing them in alphabetical order but I'm not sure if this is the best way to do this.

      I like to let myself naturally be reminded of games I own (from someone bring it up on forums, podcasts, youtube, etc. or just naturally thinking about the game). If that little moment makes me go "I really want to play that now that I've been reminded!" I will put it on a short list of games I want to play soonish. I refer to that list whenever I'm unmotivated about what to play.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates December games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of December! Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop
    • EZA curates November games: What are you anticipating? What's worth checking out?

      A thread for examining the new games of November! Share your personal picks, interesting curios, and not quite there possibles...

      .

      Did you discover some small game that not everyone knows about?
      Share that and let us know what it is about!

      Already know a thing or two that interests you?
      Make a list of your interests and/or possibles!

      Don't know what's so great about an upcoming game you keep hearing about?
      Ask here!

      Don't follow gaming news that closely and just want to passively see what BigGames™ people care about?
      This is the place!

      ~

      Thread concept:

      The basic idea is to list new games that you are interested in, as well as games you are potentially curious about or want to give wider attention to. You can briefly describe them or ask other people to help fill you in. The hope is that regular threads like these can act as a collective filter/discovery mechanism to help people decide what is worth checking out.

      "New games" means any new title that is being released or ported this month in any capacity (not "backlogs/what you are playing this month"). The angle here is sharing your anticipation and promoting game discovery (as opposed to sharing comments about a first playthrough in progress - that belongs elsewhere).

      .

      • If you want a handy list that covers most of the major upcoming games of the month, here's a couple text lists of upcoming games:
        • Giant Bomb
        • Game Informer
        • Wikipedia

      Feel free to post other lists or list videos of upcoming releases that you find useful.

      • Final request: If you are the first person to mention a game please provide (at minimum) a short sentence description. (If it is a very big AAA release though, then don't worry about it.) This is a good convention that makes the thread more useful as a discovery mechanism, and especially helps out anyone who doesn't follow the news as closely as you.
      posted in Gaming Discussion
      Chocobop