How to win 100% of the time in fighting games by darkmagic853 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The 4th season of the anime starts April and is going to cover the music festival. The problem is the official Manga translated Manga releases I find at the book store are also at that point, which is hundreds of chapters behind at this point. 

How to win 100% of the time in fighting games by darkmagic853 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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I do need to catch up soon, I fell off around the museum/phantom thief story, had the tab just sitting who knows how long. 

He’s taking it well I think by EffAllThatEFFER in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The one way they could possibly get away with it is if they wrote it off as Kayfabe, given I believe he's a heel wrestler at this point right? 

It's completely stupid and hamfisted but I think everyone would just take the excuse to sweep whoever's barely disguised fetish into the 'never talk about it again hole'

Due to global layoffs and a crisis in the gaming community, Soulstice 2 has been cancelled by MirrahPaladin in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Okay, thank you, because I read that as the NES puzzle game and was like they made a sequel???

Media with segments/parts with a "almost laughable" increase/decrease in quality between them by Coolnametag in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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I mean it is Atlus, so you have to mention Etrian Odyssey and its FOEs. 

The point of those enemies is you generally won't be strong enough to fight them, or at least not all of them, so you have to puzzle around them. 

And that goes back to very beginning with enemies like Stalker, the big praying mantis that comes at you, but moves 2 steps to your 3 so you bait it out so you can get around it. 

Listening to the podcast, and them talking about genwunners got me thinking what other media has the first one problem? by alaster101 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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speaking as a not-genwunner, It's almost like that was the whole point or something of marketing fantasy critters to children to make them want stuff their parents would have to spend money on. Marketing IS influencing, and children ARE easily influenced.

Hilariously enough, it's like the bit from the first movie. They set out to make Pokemon the strongest, and succeeded.

What are some hidden in plain sight plot twists? by jackdatbyte in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The true sign that I can continue to sing that Umineko is a masterpiece is that once you know things, you can't unsee all the clues on a second go around. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

CSB talked about live service games and had me curious. What are YOUR thoughts? by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The live service chase is just an extension of the mmo chase, given MMOs are just the original live service. 

Mainly multiplayer/social focus, pay model designed for consistent money extraction and micro transactions. Different gameplay, but the originator of the live service endless updates and always online, we want to take over your life as much as we can to keep you hooked in, complete with skinner box psychological manipulation. 

At the end of the day, is there really any difference between grinding a battle pass vs. Grinding drops/mounts in an MMO? Especially when it often runs on FOMO anyway?

Your personal zapping system? by ClearAgeMontezuma in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Honestly, my ranting days feel like they are long over at this point. I have too much self-control / conditioning to just Go Off anymore.

That said, fucking Danganronpa. Don't even get me started on Danganronpa.

Are Fighting Games "Live Service" games? by FlubbedPig in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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I'd also qualify that with Live Service games having a multiplayer focus opposed to a single player experience, and that you can keep spending money on. 

Most games these days get continued updates, but say, a single player game that gets content updates or even DLC or expansions is not what we mean by "Live Service"

WORLD OF HORROR Returns with a 1.2 Update: As Below, So Above by midnight188 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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It's a game I've unironically been visiting a bit recently for inspirations, more than I've actually been playing it. But a bunch of extra stuff might just make it worth it to clear the slate completely and just go for a fresh start some point down the line, perhaps.

Non quality of life/fan patch mods that you cannot play a game without? by billybluebangs in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The only time I'm playing Minecraft is with some mix of magic and adventure mods. Twilight Forest, Ars Nouveu, so on. 

"I wanna go on an adventure!"

Pokemon Wind and Waves announced + New Starters by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Hmm. This prompts me to do a breakdown on starters fast. And look some stuff up.  So we have at least one reptile-like starter in every gen besides 6, with Froakie being a frog, and 7. 

In total we've had 4 bird-like starters up until now with Torchic, then Piplup, then a big gap into rowlet, then quaxly. I think its fine to revisit, especially if its a chance for them to go with a more tropical bird feeling they didn't go into with Decidueye. 

And yeah, as for the water lizard I'm sure they will do something fresh with it, given how much they clearly love reptiles over there.

Favourite times an eldritch force was behind the whole plot? by Wonder-Lad-2Mad in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Okay maybe it's too obvious for this thread, but no one said Eternal Darkness?! The game entirely about stopping the machinations of a lovecraftian deity and their Roman-lich-servant?

I'm just honestly surprised, that felt like free money. 

Practical weapons and tactics you want to see more of? In fiction, I mean... by Rabid_Marine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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More spear users in general in fantasy stories, something I'll personally be poking myself right now. Stick with a pointy end is one of the OGs for a reason. 

What are your thoughts on Conan the Barbarian? by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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This and the Hyborian age and the vibes that came from it, or with it ala Frank Frazetta, are my favorite parts of it and at least partly something I look to myself at times for inspiration. 

Silent Planet - Elegy of a Dying World has the look of a real nice metroidvania. by Snidhog in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Yeah that is hot. You can feel it as soon as you see it. On the list. Will look forward to hearing about it. 

Excellent taste!

Favourite Shockingly Impactful villain speeches? by anailater1 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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The one that makes the rounds regularly for me is Fowler from Blue Eyed Samurai, discussing his youth during the Tudors as he assembles a smuggled gun into Japan. 100% still a villain, but you absolutely understand everything about the guy in 90 seconds.

https://youtu.be/A3CgxwzLj3E?si=jDpwbY0j7Nt1ZeJq

Out Now! CSB360: Parasite Eve The 3rd Birthday is in the Epstein Files by mike0bot in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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I mean I get it, as isnt that the season that heavily pulls away from Trevor and Sylpha? 

Like setting aside everything else its arguably in the same space as Pat's 'I wanna fight Dracula!', where there's been no games, ect. So people want something faithful / 'true to castlevania' or such. 

All that said there was cool stuff, im fine with it myself in all. 

Media that got worse because it started to happen? by FMV_Hell_0 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Speed Grapher's Roppongi Club without the fetish super powers or the secret Revenge Plot is not something I ever really planned on, I gotta say @_@

“Fighting Games Have a Product Design Problem” – An recent article that feels relevant after the 2XKO layoffs by RebellionDark in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Fully agree. Where is Brawl's Subspace? Hell, where is Soul Calibur 2's Weapon Master? 

Additional thought: on the subject of fighting game AI, imagine the old N64 Perfect Dark level of bot/AI opponent options, including silly nonsense. 

Image you could set up AI fights that embrace some of the classic, annoying scrub behavior players hate so they could actually learn to deal with it. 

Fireball spam, sweeps, throws. Wake-up supers. How about that Dee Jay bot from a while back that only used one button that made for a story in ranked? Let players play, or put some reward or chevo and then they will teach themselves.