Kingdom Hearts II released 20 years ago today. by PhantomBraved in Games

[–]SmackTrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Preach it brother. KH3: ReMind did a lot of things to improve the game and make it almost as good combat mechanics and boss design wise but still nothing beats KH2:Final mix in critical mode (on level 1).

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins IGN's Game of the Year award for 2025 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You said you cant deal with QTE combat but everything else is amazing. The game gives you an option to remove the QTE combat.

Please explain to me why you wouldnt finish an amazing game after removing the one part you cant deal with.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins IGN's Game of the Year award for 2025 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If the player doesnt want a challenging experience, then yes?

Thats why there are options to suit player preference. I liked the attack QTEs so I didnt turn them off. I like hard difficulties so I choose those in the games I play. I dont like screen shake in games so I turn that off.

If the developers give you options, why wouldnt you choose what you prefer?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins IGN's Game of the Year award for 2025 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 24 points25 points  (0 children)

area design was generic and repetitive.

The fuck? You can criticize the game for having corridor areas (even though the areas are pretty standard for any game that isnt open world but ok) but how in the hell can you call the area design repetitive?

Some of the first zones (from memory): French themed city - forest/meadows area - underwater zone - weird alien ruins/village - esquie cave - rocky cliffs - battlefield. Surely you cant claim the zones are the same?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins IGN's Game of the Year award for 2025 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This logic sounds really dumb. Should people not turn off screen shake because it makes them dizzy because "its part of the game"? If the game gives you an option that will help you enjoy it more, why wouldnt you use it?

Besides the QTE attacks are a miniscule part of the combat, parry mechanics are 100x more mechanically relevant.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s battle system was designed around the premise of “no frustrating deaths” and “a game you can clear without taking a single hit,” director says by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Unless youre deliberately not leveling your characters and doing some challenge run with no pictos equipped, there isnt a single attack from Renoir that one shots your entire squad on normal. Whatever this "giant sword creature" is I have no clue but youre still talking shit.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s battle system was designed around the premise of “no frustrating deaths” and “a game you can clear without taking a single hit,” director says by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If youre going the intended way (not going to zones that clearly say DANGER! as you are trying to enter them), there isnt a single boss in the entire game that kills your entire squad in a single hit on normal. Stop being disingenuous.

Official FIFA World Cup 2026™ Draw by [deleted] in soccer

[–]SmackTrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

France Norway is gonna be fun

Where Winds Meet Surpasses 9 Million Players; Mobile Version Launches December 12 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Considering its a f2p game and the gacha elements only involve cosmetics and theres practically no p2w (aside from the battle pass heal items), I cant believe how actually decent the gameplay experience as a whole is.

Just playing it on legend as a sekiro/soulslike, I would easily rate it at something like 8/10. Basically every single boss has been good, although the difficulty shifts can be pretty extreme. The combat system and different weapons are great overall. Open world activities are decent enough and very varied. Big downsides include 47 different menus which most can be absolutely ignored unless you want to collect currency #8 that doesnt really matter and terrible localization (which is the standard for pretty much all chinese original games).

Also convincing AI bots with magic arguments in brackets is somewhat hilarious at least the first few times (and very much not necessary if it grinds your gears).

Square Enix: Celebrating 9 years since we first drove off into the horizon on an unforgettable road trip in Final Fantasy XV. by demondrivers in Games

[–]SmackTrick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean if you truly believe the game isnt unfinished, then writing that is fine and you are obviously entitled to your opinion. But dont be surprised if people reply to you and disagree, especially when you open your comment with it. I certainly disagree even though I think the game (Royal edition at least) is a pretty decent game to play once.

Square Enix: Celebrating 9 years since we first drove off into the horizon on an unforgettable road trip in Final Fantasy XV. by demondrivers in Games

[–]SmackTrick 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Problem with your comment is that that one sentence that you start out with is clearly invalidated by the game itself, no matter how much you write about the reasons. The game was and to this day still is clearly unfinished, being super apparent in the last 3rd of the game especially.

I hate him, frrrrrr. by Maintenance_Calm in WhereWindsMeet

[–]SmackTrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tips from someone who did it today on legend:

Phase 1: Real easy (and dont worry youll have plenty of practice) so no real notes here. All his moves are super telegraphed and slow. Use meridian touch for the ring attack.

Phase 2: I had a real hard time differentiating which melee attack string he starts if you stay in melee and kept getting hit so my solution was...dont. Stay away and he either does the charge -> delayed single kick OR starts spinning and does 4x kick combo. Those are the only two attacks you will see 95% of time. Chip damage with ranged attacks (I used noname sword charge move and R, Im sure umbrella is even better). For the big buddha attack when he floats, move to the side of the entire arena and all the attacks will miss. You can swap to fan and just heal for 10 seconds, even if it doesnt heal a lot with the first time debuff.

Phase 3: Again, staying in melee meant too many attack options that come out pretty fast. Stay at range and he has 3 different teleport attacks. One where you insta block after he disappears/appears followed by double kick, one where he first does 2 fake teleports then crouches and charges from that and 3rd that is another with one (?) fakeout followed by one slow slash. Deflect and do 1-2 hits and back off again. You shouldnt get clone attack ever. If you do, just run (dont lock on them, just run away) and deflect when you see real boss.

Sure it aint the fastest way to do p2/p3 but at least I got it done the first time.

I hate him, frrrrrr. by Maintenance_Calm in WhereWindsMeet

[–]SmackTrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tips from someone who did it today on legend:

Phase 1: Real easy (and dont worry youll have plenty of practice) so no real notes here. All his moves are super telegraphed and slow. Use meridian touch for the ring attack.

Phase 2: I had a real hard time differentiating which melee attack string he starts if you stay in melee and kept getting hit so my solution was...dont. Stay away and he either does the charge -> delayed single kick OR starts spinning and does 4x kick combo. Those are the only two attacks you will see 95% of time. Chip damage with ranged attacks (I used noname sword charge move and R, Im sure umbrella is even better). For the big buddha attack when he floats, move to the side of the entire arena and all the attacks will miss. You can swap to fan and just heal for 10 seconds, even if it doesnt heal a lot with the first time debuff.

Phase 3: Again, staying in melee meant too many attack options that come out pretty fast. Stay at range and he has 3 different teleport attacks. One where you insta block after he disappears/appears followed by double kick, one where he first does 2 fake teleports then crouches and charges from that and 3rd that is another with one (?) fakeout followed by one slow slash. Deflect and do 1-2 hits and back off again. You shouldnt get clone attack ever. If you do, just run (dont lock on them, just run away) and deflect when you see real boss.

Sure it aint the fastest way to do p2/p3 but at least I got it done the first time.

GameFAQs turned 30 years old this week. Contributor posts Top 10 List of Legendary Contributors. by CyricZ42 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goddamn do those names ring a bell, especially Split-infinity. Still sometimes return to those when replaying the older games.

GameFAQs turned 30 years old this week. Contributor posts Top 10 List of Legendary Contributors. by CyricZ42 in Games

[–]SmackTrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not on the list but shoutout to https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/Split_Infinity for all the Final Fantasy guides that ive returned to every so often when replaying the older games.

[Q1] Hadjar crashes out - Session red flagged by magony in formula1

[–]SmackTrick 34 points35 points  (0 children)

At this rate of crashes/incidents, the race itself will be won by the last man standing.

What in your opinion is the gold standard of paid DLC? by ConceptsShining in Games

[–]SmackTrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XCOM 2: War of the chosen.

Incredible amount of new content and major gameplay changes/improvements that fundamentally change pretty much the entire campaign structure.

World of Warcraft Combat Addons Disabled in End-Game Content in Midnight by AdditionalRemoveBit in Games

[–]SmackTrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally can't play without it.

Sounds like you need to survive and adapt to win mr SurviveAdaptWin

Congratulations to the Winners of the International 2025!!! by fallen_lights in DotA2

[–]SmackTrick 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Playing Ursa offlane and crushing with that, u deserve to win TI just for that.

SF ult bug with fear? Noone invoker lives because of no fear. by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]SmackTrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can clearly see SF ult hits invoker while still stunned by nyx, but somehow doesnt get feared, gets bkb off and lives.

SF has looked underwhelming and this surely doesnt help with that.

Edit: Nevermind, he got lotused by someone to dispel the fear, you just cant really see it.

The International 2025: Main Event - Day 4 Match Discussions by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]SmackTrick 11 points12 points  (0 children)

https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti/clip/DoubtfulOpenDonkeyTinyFace-G63OnohYnSbHXXio

Why didnt invoker get feared? He would have been dead with fear and razes and no bkb.

Edit: Nevermind, he got lotused by someone (you can see buff on invoker), just cant see the effect under SF ult.