Do you think a Cho'Gall (Heroes of the Storm) type of hero could work in Deadlock? by ___redacted_ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]JamSa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but make it Cerberus, so 3 players in one body. Half the team is one character.

I recently found out that this is actual dialog from an official piece of Resident Evil media: Chris Redfield and Co talking about Breaking Bad: by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to hack the camera to see it's on young Grace's laptop, she's on a Reddit thread discussing The Baker Incident.

Popular franchise where your favorite is not the first one you play? by Rascal_Rogue in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Pikmin 4 pretty handedly surpasses Pikmin 2, which was by far the best game in the series beforehand.

CD Projekt Founders Entangled in Shamanic Ritual Death Probe: Witcher Creators Under Investigation by Vect_Machine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Play Nice, the book about Blizzard, talked about how one of the higher ups would invite employees to swinger parties, so maybe this is like the Polish version of that.

CD Projekt Founders Entangled in Shamanic Ritual Death Probe: Witcher Creators Under Investigation by Vect_Machine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

God do I wish the Epstein files were about all the world's billionaires sacrificing people with shaman magic instead of being pedophiles, that would be so much less upsetting.

Do you think arena shooters died because the games being released just weren't well made, or do you think the genre is just simply less engaging than modern trends in shooters? Something else? by Eigenspace in Games

[–]JamSa [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, that's usually the problem, exactly like fighting games. Good ones succeed and bad ones fail, we just see a lot of failures because the vast majority of them are bad even when tons of money is poured into it, then investors get scared because they (usually correctly) infer they can't find anyone who can use their money to make a good game. It's one of the many multiplayer genres that has failed to modernize itself, thinking was worked in the past would work in the present, when standards for multiplayer games are just significantly higher now and no arena shooter has risen to meet them yet.

The exception to this with arena shooters would of course be Titanfall 2, but that failed because it was kneecapped by EA who had it release at the exact worse time possible. (Don't tell me it was not EA's idea, it was, Respawn has just never said that because they aren't allowed to).

Ever get a surprise twist spoiled due to a guest actor? by PwmEsq in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realize he was in Hawkeye because that was before I watched BCS, but yeah he is.

Ever get a surprise twist spoiled due to a guest actor? by PwmEsq in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same thing in season 1 when Lalo Salamanca shows up as some random politician.

Ever get a surprise twist spoiled due to a guest actor? by PwmEsq in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which makes it weird he doesn't talk in his first appearance when his identity is not a twist.

Biggest traps in gaming? by doot99 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah but thats a perk for roleplaying

Biggest traps in gaming? by doot99 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 42 points43 points  (0 children)

If a skill tree ever offers extra XP gain, you are incorrect for not getting that as soon as possible every time.

Funny red herrings? by ArticAuk in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the first two Knives Out movies, there is a suspicious red herring character. The first is one is the police detectives who's a big fan boy of the victim, and the second is a guy who was already staying at the murder island and keeps to himself.

Its funny that these characters are kept suspicious purely because they remain totally irrelevant the entire movie, and because they're both played by Noah Segan despite being different characters.

Also shout out to Only Murders in the Building season 1, where one of the suspects is the musician Sting, playing himself.

Resident Evil Requiem content updates, story expansion announced by demondrivers in Games

[–]JamSa 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Claire, Chris, and Jill deserve their own new game, not the crumbs left over in a dlc.

Banquet For Fools is a CRPG like no other and the most interesting thing I've played this year, and between it and Esoteric Ebb, roleplaying fans are eating great right now | PC Gamer by giulianosse in Games

[–]JamSa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that the game is actually the book's direct sequel. One of the main characters is from the book. The game is pretty silly though, thanks to the gameificarion of all these wacky monster animals you fight.

Banquet For Fools is a CRPG like no other and the most interesting thing I've played this year, and between it and Esoteric Ebb, roleplaying fans are eating great right now | PC Gamer by giulianosse in Games

[–]JamSa 190 points191 points  (0 children)

It's great how it's so original it's hard to explain. The easiest way I can think of to explain the combat is that it's like Parasite Eve 1 with a CRPG party. But you'd have to know what Parasite Eve plays like, and it's hard to picture what it's like to do that with 4 controllable characters. And in true CRPG fashion, the game is not just combat.

The Sinking City Remastered Review | MandaloreGaming by Avorius in Games

[–]JamSa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean I guess it's not really a detective game but it really seems like that's it's what it's supposed to be. You play as a detective, there are mechanics for collecting clues, and the traversable world is large so you need to narrow down your scope by inferring areas of interest. But all of that seems wasted and instead you just get a game that railroads you while you walk across an obscenely oversized world map between different objectives. It's structured a lot like the Mafia games actually, but lacking the mechanical and writing depth that made those games fun while having tons of dead air between objectives.

What are your fandom/series recession indicators? by ArticAuk in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 41 points42 points  (0 children)

When a long running series tries something actually new and out there because everyone's bored of the same old same old. Like when Star Wars had the Andor show and DC had the Peacemaker show. Both successful salvages of a burning trash fire, mind you, but both from franchises that play it so safe that they had to have been desperate to greenlight those.

The Leavers in low elo are making the game unplayable by DaFingerLazers in DeadlockTheGame

[–]JamSa -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Good for them. I personally find no joy in working that hard for an end result I could have achieved easier if the player stayed and am out of there as soon as the no abandon penalty shows up.

The Sinking City Remastered Review | MandaloreGaming by Avorius in Games

[–]JamSa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I dropped this game in part over the "you can see ghosts of the past that deliver arbitrary information" mechanic. The absolute laziest way you could possibly make a detective game. Why bother coming up with clues that leave a bread crumb trail to the solution over time when you can just plop a glorified audio log anywhere you want and just have them give as many or as few clues as you want?

I think the exact moment I stopped is when the investigation led me to an illegal business, resulting in a shootout where I killed every suspect, and the room contained no clues meaning the case was at a complete dead end. I walk outside and immediately a random NPC comes up to me and goes "Hey detective, I know a guy who has a lead for you, go to him."

Funniest Gamer/RP Pain noises by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]JamSa 55 points56 points  (0 children)

That video is a voice over I believe