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[spekkio]

Ys 8 - Jurassic Edition

Whoever designed female costumes for this game, deserves a BROfist:

To my surprise, we meet some familiar characters on the dinosaur island:

Ys 8 is not as saucy as Celceta, but some scenes are still p. funny.

Important question - best boobs in the game?

Well, I do.

Master Kong vs. Dana:

I could do without raids, but fortunately they are a one-time deal, as long as you're good enough:

IMO the game is a little bit too long (Celceta had perfect length), but at least it's fun AF. Also, waifus. Final stats:

Final battle equipment & team:

After a sad farewell:

It's finally done!

There's a bonus post-game dungeon, but fuck that, over 60 hours is enough:

And now for something completely different:

 

[abnaxus]

 

[A horse of course]

Disgusting. I refuse to play as a man with tats.

 

[someone else]

Vigilantes

No cows to punch to practice close combat skills so we have to do it on the last few enemies.

Incendiary grenades and shotguns for crowd control.

 

[HansDampf]

Big shmup dump shmump. I was trying to find some games for my mother, who likes simple shmups, but then ended up looking for shmups for myself.

Ikaruga

I played this one extensively back in 2005 on the GC. Now it's available on Steam.

Spoiler

This may look easy on screenshots. Just stay the right color and you are safe. But it's not! It's nipples-on-a-blind-lesbian-in-a-fish-market hard. I used to be decent at this game and, after lots of practice, did even manage to get a 1cc once on Normal with a 20 million score. Now, 15 years later, I forgot almost everything. I die in the first level. Can't even get a decent chain going. It's hopeless.

Ok, this part is easy.

Of all the shmups I've played, this one still remains my favorite. If I didn't know how time consuming this is, I would probably get back into it.

Pop'n TwinBee (SNES)

This game is a tiny bit more forgiving. You even have a health bar.

Spoiler

Shoot clouds to spawn bells that you can either collect for pointless bonus points or keep shooting them until they change color. Different colors give you different powers and upgrades, like a shield with 4 HP, companion ships (4 + 9 in reserve), speed up, and more. Clouds are scattered everywhere in the game, so as long as you keep replenishing your shield you will get through this game on normal difficulty no problem.

You can also charge a powerful punch attack that can even kill most bullets.

Cute detail. When you destroy a cannon on this boss, a guy will jump out and extinguish the fire.

Parallax scrolling x10.

The last two levels can get tricky because you won't get any bells in the second half of them.

I almost died.

Crimzon Clover - World Ignition

Looks chaotic? This is actually one of the quieter moments.

Spoiler

Usually the game looks more like this.

Shooting enemies fills the Break meter. Entering Break mode cancels all bullets on screen and increases your damage for the duration of Break mode. You can also fill a second Break meter for Double Break mode (cancels bullets again and further increases your damage). I see potential for lots of clever strategies with Break timing and bullet canceling. But ... I don't like this game.

Despite the chaos the game is playable. Bullets are always bright and drawn in the foreground. That's not the issue. I just don't like the aesthetics of it all.

It has this cheap look like it was made by someone with poor Photoshop skills. A parody game.

Super Hydorah

A love letter to R-Type shooters?

Spoiler

The scanline effect can be disabled. But I think it fits.

Before each mission you can select one primary weapon (pew pew), one secondary weapon (missiles/bombs), and a special weapon for which you have to collect ammo in the level (stuff like screen-clearing bombs). You get one new weapon after every mission.

There are lots of missions, lots of bosses, weapons, optional missions with branching paths... The game is well made, but it spreads its ideas thin. I'm only half-way through and am already bored. This type of shooter has never been my favorite. When you die you get set back to beginning of the screen/level, and at some point it begins to feel like a slog. Imagine playing Super Mario Bros. 3 but harder and every level is a slow autoscroller.

ZeroRanger

I'm afraid I don't have much to say about this game because I didn't get that far. Not because it's bad or super hard. It's about the color scheme. With blocky pixels and everything being either green or orange it's sometimes hard to keep track of everything.

Spoiler

You can choose one of two weapon upgrades after every level, like for example a backwards cannon or a charge shot.

There is also this...

Happy explosions.

Could be a good game, I don't know.

Jamestown

Spoiler

There are several ships to choose from, each with a different secondary attack. I prefer the standard ship with the big phat laz0r and the Gunner with a directional attack (more versatile but harder to control).

Jamestown's main gimmick is the Vaunt meter. Destroyed enemies leave nuts and gears behind that you can collect to fill the meter. Once the meter is full you can enter Vaunt mode which will 1) activate a bullet-eating shield that lasts for a few seconds, and 2) increase your damage x1.5 until the meter runs out. You can continue to collect nuts and gears to keep Vaunt mode going. When the meter is empty you exit Vaunt mode and get a big chunk of bonus points (longer Vaunt = more points). You can also exit it prematurely to activate a smaller shield if needed at the cost of bonus points.

The Gunner.

Good game. This is the one I've spent the most time on.

I didn't beat it on Judgement though, only the first level. On top of more difficult bullet patterns and a lot more bullets in general, it also adds green bullets that can pass through your shield.

A challenge for another time.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Disgusting. I refuse to play as a man with tats.

You're not meant to like him and he gets what is coming to him. This game is free by the way, it is a short teaser for an upcoming game, but a complete small game by itself. It is very edgy however, way too edgy for the Codex it seems.


I played it for the otherworldy level design, high fidelity Giger influenced games are what does it for me. Scorn might be terrible as as shooter when it comes out, but I will buy and play that too when it does.

 

[Lagole Gon]

 

[Catacombs]

Icewind Dale?

 

[Abu Antar]

Icewind Dale?

The second one.

 

[Adon]

Some more Rage 2

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[PulsatingBrain]

Spoiler

 

[smaug]

Pathfinder Kingmaker:

 

[Catacombs]

Pathfinder Kingmaker:

I chuckled when I saw you named your character ForestKing1999.

A man bursts through the door of the inn; light pouring through the entryway, illuminating the dark, dank lobby. The innkeeper shields his eyes from the light and gives a smirk at who walked through the door.

"Aye, tis you again," he mutters to himself.
The man approaches the innkeeper, a sense of urgency radiating from his gait.
"What can I get you, lad?" the innkeeper asks.
"The usual," the man says.
"Aye," the innkeeper says, grinning, "I got the good stuff for you, ForestKing1999."

 

[good fucking shit happen]

 

[Avonaeon]

Beowulf It's the PT "remake" in GZDoom: https://batandy.itch.io/gz-pt

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Beowulf It's the PT "remake" in GZDoom: https://batandy.itch.io/gz-pt

I posted about it in the thread! You can play this without any of the Doom files and you should rebind your keys, secondary fire to your second mouse button and interact or use to your left mouse button, then the WASD keys for movement. Despite the downgrade in graphics this version of PT is still spooky as fuck, so put on your headphones and sit in a dark room alone when you play this. Don't touch that dial now, we're just getting started.

 

[ghostdog]

Pathfinder Kingmaker:

I haven't yet played this, but those shiny battle effects can fill the screen and seem pretty annoying. Is there a mod that tones this shit down?

 

[Avonaeon]

I posted about it in the thread! You can play this without any of the Doom files and you should rebind your keys, secondary fire to your second mouse button and interact or use to your left mouse button, then the WASD keys for movement. Despite the downgrade in graphics this version of PT is still spooky as fuck, so put on your headphones and sit in a dark room alone when you play this. Don't touch that dial now, we're just getting started.

I know, that's where I saw it originally One of my favorite threads on the Codex

 

[Jason Liang]

The high point of my Underrail playthrough (on DOMINATING) ~

I count 7 bodies...

Wish the rest of the game had been this satisfying.

 

[Cryomancer]

This is not an actual screen, but here is how much money I managed to print, despite khorinis using gold standard, I managed to print so much money that I can cause massive shortages on alchemical reagents, food, scrolls and potions. Keynes would be proud of the shortages and inflation that I caused on khorinis

An actual screen, after I rushed to chapter 4 since Lightning Ball is trash and an loving my new circle 4 Water Mage spell.

Almost with enough mana to wear the high robes of water. Will probably spend dozens of hours on chapter 4. P:

Returning is such a cool mod. I know that is hated but I recommend to all gothic fans to give a try. Most fanfic aspects are optional.

 

[lightbane]

So much love for Gothic 2...

 

[DraQ]

Some more Rage 2

Seveneves called.

 

[sser]

Icewind Dale?

The second one.

Icewind Dale II?

 

[SerratedBiz]

Icewind Dale?

The second one.

Icewind Dale II?

Black Isle's?

 

[Puukko]

Icewind Dale?

The second one.

Icewind Dale II?

Black Isle's?

On the Infinity Engine?