When was the last time you played a game that had levels in it? I'm playing the nunuTomb Raiders and not enjoying the open world shit at all. I miss the old days of just having a large level, kinda sandbox-y, but you finish it and move on to the next with a nice clean level break in between, like in the originals or the first reboot. Is open-world the new vidya dev meta? Are we ever gonna get back to comfy levels?

>favorite game? >favorite genre? >favorite developer? >any games you feel never got the recognition they deserve because they never had a home console port? >any arcade games from the past 10-15 years you enjoyed? >do you actually go for high scores when you play? >have you ever 1cc a game? I've been getting back into these sorts of games lately and trying to beat them with as few credits as possible, but it hasn't happened yet. As fun as they are, they get boring if you use credits to give yourself unlimited lives. It takes all the tension out of the gameplay, sort of like when you turn off permadeath in Fire Emblem.

Sonic Superstars will be coming out in a few weeks but for now the final update for Sonic Frontiers is out, and people are bitching it's too hard, so I guess that means it's a good update, if you felt the game was too easy before the new story content can get plenty challenging. Haven't beat it yet, but the Final Horizon content is basically a redo of the ending level in terms of story, Amy, Knuckles, and Tails are tasked with finding the Chaos Emeralds, where Sonic undergoes trials to turn the cyber corruption into power. The new characters have their own skill trees. Amy is a Magical girl now, Knuckles has the drill that will pierce the heavens, Tails has his mega buster again. When they get max rings, Amy rides her hammer like a broom, Knuckles glide no longer descends, and Tails can enter the Cyclone and fly without much limits, you can also use the Cyclone canon special attack. The new characters are mostly focused around having aerial movement, Kncukles obviously glides, Tails can fly around intended challenges as usual, and the cyclone makes him extra busted, Amy has a triple jump and can slow her decent. I haven't played the game since release, so looking at it now there is actually the amount of content it should have released with. You can collect music from previous game, so you're not always listening to the a "atmospheric" songs. The map didn't have this completion list before. The stopwatches are challenges were the game has you interact with the environment as much as possible, building up score and combo, now all the randomly placed springs, rails and such have a use beyond reaching collectables. Battlerush tasks you with fighting all types of enemies from an island as fast as possible. "I forgot how combat worked in this game for a bit so I got a bad rank" Cyber Space Challenge is the same as battlerush just with the Stages. The game was pretty good on release, but clearly lacking extra features. Now it's a full package. Remember to visit our friends over at >>>/fast/ !

It's funny how the late 90's-early 2000's have come to be regarded as this golden age of 2D isometric RPGs when there were only a handful of games like that released during that period. Fallout 1&2 Baldur's Gate 1&2 Icewind Dale 1&2 Planescape Torment Arcanum Temple of the Elemental Evil That's basically it, right? These are the only ones I ever see people talk about at least. That's 9 games. The legacy of an entire genre, one which has a rabid cult following to this day, rests on 9 games. Baldur's Gate II is the best one because it lets you impregnate a cute elf. Anyway, what cRPG's have you been playing lately, /v/? Are there any more modern games like these worth playing or are they all boring/pozzed?

I haven't seen a thread discussing stylish action for a while, let's change that. Honestly I was kinda disappointed with Bayonetta 3, it wasn't nearly as good as the previous two games and I feel basically killed the series seeing as Kamiya left Platinum in order to work at Hamster probably. Still, it's kinda sad that Bayonetta was destined to die a mediocre death. That said as for Bayonetta's twin IP Astral Chain, apparently Nintendo completely owns the rights to that IP now, so hopefully we can see them develop the sequel in house since I would love to see how Nintendo tackles these kinds of games. Other than a few indie games, there's not really much going on with the genre. The Genokids demo was top notch and I highly recommend everyone here give it a chance, but other than that I'm waiting to hear about some surprise hits like Hi-Fi Rush since that was an extremely pleasant surprise and was actually did better than both Microsoft and Bethesda expected it to be. So hopefully we'll see a new Hi-Fi Rush in the future. Other than that, I'm sure Capcom is gonna remake DMC1 or DMC3 at some point in the near future, and like I said before Hi-Fi Rush did surprisingly well. So I strongly doubt the genre is dead, but that it usually takes a bit to get one of these games off the ground since Souls is the hot sauce these days. Still, what cuhrayzee games are you playing right now /v/? I'm going through Ninja Gaiden and God Hand myself, enjoying them as always.

What are some actually good video game spinoff media? Or at least ones worth looking into? I hate games that focus too much on story, but I love when games I like get cool spinoff media. Let the games focus on gameplay and have stories that further the gameplay, but if your world and characters are cool enough to do spinoffs that might be a bit more about the story? Then I might be into that. I'm gonna autistically rant about ones I know, but I know there are many more that I haven't seen or will forget to talk about. I want recommendations of ones I haven't seen and discussion of ones I have. I just finished reading (almost) every Sonic comic/manga (I'm missing some chapters of the second Sonic manga that seem to be lost media) and watching every TV show/movie. I used to think these were fucking stupid, and don't get me wrong, many of them are, but when each is viewed as a whole series, they become pretty awesome. The very first Sonic manga, "Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic," is perhaps the only accurate adaptation of the series, but it's only a couple chapters covering the first game. Sonic has a band in it though, based on the scrapped Sound Test image from the original game. Also, Eggman wants to use the Chaos Emeralds to boil a giant egg, which is pretty much the biggest departure from canon, but really, it doesn't clash that hard. He can do that and also take over the world, maybe. The second Sonic manga is longer and is actually the first appearance of Amy and Charmy. But everything including these characters is very different. Sonic is a nerdy kid named Nicky who, when pressed into situations that require courage he doesn't have, turns into Sonic. Amy is Nicky's girlfriend but likes Sonic better, like with Lois Lane trying to cuck Clark Kent with Superman, only here Nicky doesn't know he's Sonic, and it's unclear if Sonic knows he's Nicky, since Sonic is so nonchalant that he would never talk about it anyway. This series is split into seven different ones aimed at different age levels, so the first-grade ones are pretty simple, but the sixth-grade ones and the ones made for the non-age-specific magazine are a little more complex. The last story arc was a Sonic CD adaptation, which was pretty cool. Only a couple chapters have translations, and I had to use Google Translate to read the rest of the ones I could find, but unfortunately there are a bunch of chapters I can't find at all, including the one where Amy discovers Nicky is Sonic, which must happen in one of the very last stories. Still, a cool series which I hope gets found and translated eventually. Almost 1/6 of the material is text stories, though, (from the Fourth Grade magazine) and I bet those will be the last things to ever get translated. The first appearance of Charmy is in one of those text stories. There is also some weird lore with Nicky's dad, Paulie, saying that Sonic appeared to him as a spirit and saved his life, which lead to him meeting Nicky's mother. I wonder if one of the chapters I'm missing makes sense of that. It leaves Sonic very mysterious. Nicky never learns he's Sonic, and as far as I know, Sonic is never explained, which I like. But is he like a spirit that possesses Nicky? Does Nicky go back in time in the future and set up his own parents? Idk, but I would certainly read more of this series. Many chapters are just quick gags, but some of the stories were interesting. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was my less-preferred Sonic cartoon as a kid, I thought it looked ugly, I liked the clean lines of SatAM, but now I appreciate the fluid animation, and the official uploads of the series on Youtube look excellent. The characters are funny and everyone seems to like this series now. I don't have much else to say other than that I agree. SatAM is barely a Sonic show at all. You could remove Sonic and Tails entirely and the rest of the characters and plots would function just fine. The villain was already redesigned and renamed, so if you didn't already understand Eggman and Robotnik were the same guy, you wouldn't bat an eye. Still, I do like how the show looks. Sally is a fucking bitch, but watching it now, I appreciate that the animators clearly made her sexy on purpose. She's sticking her ass out in every damn shot. My favorite characters are Antoine and Snivley, though. Those guys are funny. It's also funny how certain fans get autistic for this series as if its story is such a draw, but the story is actually only important in like five episodes, and a couple of those aren't even that good. Still, some are very good. The two-parter where they go back in time and see Robotnik take over is really cool. Sonic the Comic (the UK one) begins with absolutely terrible art, but both the art and writing become excellent over time. I was surprised at how well it fit with the games, relative to the American comics and cartoons. There are definitely weird things, like Sonic and Robotnik's origins, but they don't come up that much, and the stories where those things are important are actually really goddamn good, so I can overlook how weird they are in context of the games. I can't recommend this series enough. I know fewer people have read it than the American comics, and that's a damn shame. There was actually a Sonic newspaper strip in the UK. It seems loosely related to Sonic the Comic, but I want to mention it individually because I kind of liked it. It's a newspaper strip so the stories aren't super complex, but there are a few ongoing stories, and the gags are alright. For some reason, Sonic has a catchphrase here that isn't used anywhere else. "It's sore dome time." He threatens to hit Robotnik in the head a lot, and he also gets hit in the head a lot. It is very often Sore Dome Time.

>ctrl + f "jackbox" <no results What's /v/'s stance on jackbox? Would anyone be willing to join if I hosted? Also /v/ackbox thread

Does this ever actually get fun? I don't mind the shitty shooting mechanics since it's an RPG, but I just killed the Shitskin leader in the first section of the game and I went to Taipei, and the gameplay is starting to show its ass. Mechanics feel really arcadey, and the levels are super linear with only 1 or 2 ways of completing each goal. I've also heard a lot about how dialogue choices matter but I'm not encountering a lot of dialogue outside of the "hub" sections between missions. Kinda just makes me want to replay Dudesex tbh

>Chinese media: 'Black Myth: Wukong' refused to be extorted $7 million by SweetBaby. >English: >The reason why the team behind "Black Myth: Wukong" has been subjected to persistent sexist attacks and slander since their first promotional video is because they have consistently refused political correctness guidance and rejected the extortionate guidance fees of millions of dollars demanded by these political correctness teams. >Actually, such teams are quite common in Europe and America. They interfere with works like "Assassin's Creed" "Dying Light 2 Stay Human" and "God of War" by pushing for politically correct female protagonists. These changes are the direct result of the interference and guidance of such teams. >Game science teams refuse to communicate with these groups and reject their interference. Most importantly, they refuse to pay the exorbitant $7 million in guidance fees. This is the direct reason why they are being attacked and slandered. Some justifications are based on the team's lack of diversity or representation, which doesn't align with the political correctness standards. >A typical example is an article by a major IGN writer criticizing "Hogwarts Legacy" and refusing to evaluate or promote it due to its alleged lack of political correctness. SAUCE: https://archive.ph/YszIB

Man, we've got a LOT to go over since the last thread. >Armored Core 6 is finally coming out >Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion announced >Mecha Knights: Nightmare is getting a new update >Gundam Evolution is shutting down after a year of service >UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER coming to Steam on November 13th 2023 ...and a LOT more that I haven't been able to cover. We probably won't be getting as many mecha games after 2023/2024 due to the mecha curse, however it's great that this year we're getting a ton of mecha themed video games that we can play together or alone like true /v/irgins. Which mecha games are you looking forward to /v/?

Rather than have this discussion in the DOOM/Retro FPS: thread, We can talk about NuDoom here. I understand that attempting to talk about NuDoom in a positive light is probably going to be a fruitless effort here, but this Interview with Hugo Martin has piqued my interest at the very least. https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/doom-the-dark-ages-is-introducing-big-changes-to-combat-because-id-software-came-to-one-core-realization-every-projectile-mattered-in-the-original-doom/ Since it honestly sounds like they're finally learning some of the right lessons from classic Doom to a degree. The interview states there will be a much greater focus on dodging enemy projectiles, and far larger enemy counts. They're ditching the verticality, and hopefully have far less platforming crap, and focusing allot more on the horizontal gameplay having been inspired by the original game. Turning the Razor wind form Turok 2 into a Shield with more utility seems like a decent idea. I wasn't at all a fan of how NuDoom Eternal felt like it wanted you to be ADHD with switching to every weapon, but if they are intentionally trying to distance themselves from repeating that gameplay style and trying to have this game stand on it's own, then maybe this game will be more enjoyable. And hopefully if it's set in the past, there won't be any stupid ass Funko pop nerd shit. It's setting is going along with the dumb trying too hard to be cool lore they created, and it's probably closer to Quake's setting than it is Doom, but eh, it's to be expected at this point. All I'm saying is if they are going for Wider open areas, not closed off arenas, and higher enemy counts instead of having few total enemies that keep spawning in one at a time. Then maybe this game will be decent.

Just an SMT General thread since the previous one's now gone and I wanted to post some news in regards to SMT V. There's a trailer for the new SMT V: Vengeance and there's been some new content reveals so far for both the English & Japanese versions of Both Trailers. >Protags friends can be used as extra party members as previously revealed but they take up a slot in your combat party. >Introduction of teleporters that function similarly to leylines without loading transitions within the overworld. >Azazel and Mastema are confirmed with the former revealed as an obtainable demon fusion. >You fight all four of the Qadištu at some point and the fight has up to five press turn actions. >They have an AOE Alimighty magatsuhi skill called Qadištu's Entropy that fully heals all of the Qadištu and deals damage on all targets with heavy damage. >Lilith's Skill Earth Mother can nullify physical attacks and remove Debuffs. >Naamah's Capitulate to pleasure removes all stat buffs. >Could be a scripted boss fight considering the cutscene that follows it up has Nahobino Acquiring a new ninja-esque form. > A New Area known as the Shakan that relates to the transformation and the form has a 4x hit Hama skill called Paraselene Blur. >More scenes involving Khonsu implying greater plot relevance this time. >You can play as Nahoheeho in the overworld after encountering him at some point. >Confirmed New demons in the trailer are Amabie, Gurr/Gurulu, Azazel, Mastema, and Kinmamon.

As we all known, LRG are a scummy company who does artificial scarcity, snitches ROM archives and dumps of their exclusives and are pro cancel culture, now they are raping Clock Tower with another Scam. And from what i understand, the people behind MikeZ's cancellation are working on this too, but also, looking at some of the trailer and gampelya graphics, looks like they just stole the Deluxe romhack.

Do you like playing Dragon Quest, anon? Are you looking forward to Dragon Quest XII or the new Monster spinoff? Which girl is the best girl? Which monster is the best monster?

New gameplay dropped today /v/ https://www.youtube.com/live/solgLpxaMd0?si=-xCkOL7B7yqMM597

Formerly known as Neon Prime, even more formerly known as Citadel. The screenshots we have aren't great, but it shows the previous rumors were true. >what is it? A third-person MOBA, basically. Two teams of six fight for control over a large map. PvPvE. The maps are huge and you travel around them on skyhooks similar to Bioshock Infinite. Previously it was a sci-fi game loosely based in the Half-Life universe as the Combine, but was reportedly reworked after negative feedback. Now it's.. I don't even know what it's going for, it looks extremely generic. The rework was recent, they filed a trademark for Neon Prime not that long ago. It supposedly has a bunch of references to Valve's other games, but is entirely non-canon to their other franchises.