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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
As soon as the end of the adventure is in sight I look at all of the remaining sidequests and think "what's the point?"

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Oyster Sauce wrote: April 16th, 2024, 10:29
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
As soon as the end of the adventure is in sight I look at all of the remaining sidequests and think "what's the point?"
I'm not much of a fan of the idea of an overarching 'main quest' narrative in RPGs tbh. I'd rather have RPGs that are more like Have Gun — Will Travel. I can think of very few RPGs that have been improved by their main narrative and many that have been hurt by it.
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While I do enjoy them, RPGs aren't my favorite genre. That title goes to any of these three: Platformers, Shooters, in particular Arena Shooters, and RTS. Despite that, Planescape: Torment is in my Top Ten.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
So that's why you don't wanna play short games, phobia of suddenly triggering the ending
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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
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Tweed wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:12
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
don't you regularly leave the site for a week because someone calls you a name?
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not paying attention to any of the stuff i pick up then wondering why i'm getting owned by mid game
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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
I am the same, but that's why would prefer shorter games that give a variety of ways to play so I can jump back in.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:14
Tweed wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:12
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
don't you regularly leave the site for a week because someone calls you a name?
This was a test and you failed. You're no friend of mine.
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Vergil wrote: April 16th, 2024, 05:40
I try my hardest to squeeze every bit of content out of a game and will power game in RPGs to create a master of all character so that I don't possibly miss out of any content.
so u fucked a bear to not miss any content too?
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Tweed wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:39
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:14
don't you regularly leave the site for a week because someone calls you a name?
This was a test and you failed. You're no friend of mine.
i wanted to insult u but then i lookd at your avatar and i thought i cant break something thats already broken
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rusty_shackleford wrote: April 16th, 2024, 09:46
I rarely complete games because it makes me sad when it's over.
Just finished Archolos for the first time, didn't feel anything. I think generally game endings are just going to be unsatisfactory. Which only makes me want to finish them less. :sad: Maybe I'm just used to books that have a sense of catharsis at the end. And arcade games that "end" when I play them for the last time.
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I won't play/have no interest in 'popular' games (Fortnite, Helldivers, Cyberpunk 2077, etc)
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LemonDemonGirl wrote: April 19th, 2024, 16:19
I won't play/have no interest in 'popular' games (Fortnite, Helldivers, Cyberpunk 2077, etc)
don't you play bg3
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Post by LemonDemonGirl »

Yes but I was actually interested in that one
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It is with shame that I confess that my early 10's playthrough Imported character of ME1-M3 was enjoyable right up until the idiotic ending.
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man i miss xfire. i remember that it held on until the mid 2010's or so
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Stealthily swapped my broken Pokémon Silver cartridge with my friend's functional one. Sorry, Chad.
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Post by Val the Moofia Boss »

Oyster Sauce wrote: April 20th, 2024, 00:28
Stealthily swapped my broken Pokémon Silver cartridge with my friend's functional one. Sorry, Chad.
I loaned my Sapphire cartridge to a friend (we were both homeschooled and our parents had taken us on playdates over the years, even went on vacation trips together) so he could catch some Hoenn mons and transfer them to Diamond/Pearl. He returned the cartridge to me... and all of my Pokemon were cleaned out. My beloved Swampert, the mons I had raised in Colosseum and XD and transferred over to Sapphire. Everything. Hundreds of hours of effort, gone. I never spoke to him again after that.
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LemonDemonGirl wrote: April 19th, 2024, 16:37
Yes but I was actually interested in that one
So it's just that popular things nowadays are slop and you won't play slop just because they are popular, not some sort of contrarianism. Basically an average rpghq member
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Final Fantasy 15 is really good. Never played the others.
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Can’t stand Fallout 4 and all elder scrolls games before Skyrim.
Last edited by StudiedAsleep on April 20th, 2024, 03:24, edited 1 time in total.
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I spend waaaaaaaaay too much time fagging around in character creation.
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StudiedAsleep wrote: April 20th, 2024, 03:20
Can’t stand Fallout 4 and all elder scrolls games before Skyrim.
where's the sin
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Ligrev wrote: April 20th, 2024, 10:28
I spend waaaaaaaaay too much time fagging around in character creation.
I can't even decide what to name my character most of the time
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Nammu Archag wrote: April 20th, 2024, 11:20
StudiedAsleep wrote: April 20th, 2024, 03:20
Can’t stand Fallout 4 and all elder scrolls games before Skyrim.
where's the sin
Thought you were a morrowind fan
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Anon wrote: April 20th, 2024, 12:17
Nammu Archag wrote: April 20th, 2024, 11:20
StudiedAsleep wrote: April 20th, 2024, 03:20
Can’t stand Fallout 4 and all elder scrolls games before Skyrim.
where's the sin
Thought you were a morrowind fan
I actually misread, fuck this guy
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Ligrev wrote: April 20th, 2024, 10:28
I spend waaaaaaaaay too much time fagging around in character creation.
That's a normal gamer habit
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