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Rutskarn does make a pretty good point about all of the internet culture references in this game. They’re less ham-fisted than similar attempts in other games to give a nod to the supposed “internet demographic” were, but they still feel a little artificial, don’t they?
Once in a blue moon I do one of these Reset Button analysis videos. Today is one of those blue moons.
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After posting this video, I’ve gotten a few comments on YouTube and Twitter. Here are my answers to common questions regarding the video:
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Reset Button: Megatextures”
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Okay, so what game logic drives the decision regarding what weapon you can offer Windmill? I did this twice, and both times I could only offer him my silenced, capacity-upgraded, damage-upgraded pistol. Now we get here with Josh and we can only offer him the revolver? Gah! Will he only accept your #1 weapon? Or is it random? Or will he only accept sidearms? This was a very frustrating part for me, not just because of the restrictive choice, but because of the words (attitude, really) the game put in my mouth for saying no.
And as we said in the episode: The bad guys are very, very stupid here. Accepting that they have unlimited power and no accountability, this public murder spree is just a bone-headed way of going about things.
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And so here we are – once more unto the breach, as it were – as yet another Scary Enemy Army shows up on our doorstep and moves to attack our territory in the seemingly ceaseless border conflict into which we’ve become so entangled.
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Oh, and this particular Hojo army is composed of seven veteran katana samurai. Fantastic!
To be fair, I’m really just stalling for time until I can get Nobunaga’s force together, but it would sure be nice if the AI would give me a break. Then again, I was the one who picked legendary difficulty for this campaign, for some reason…
In any case, while Kai province does have a garrison of roughly equal manpower (and composed of more experienced units), they don’t have a general around to keep them encouraged, and the advantages of castle fortifications probably isn’t enough to balance out the much higher stats of so many katana samurai. I suppose pitched battles do make for some interesting reading, but… I already have a whole other video series dedicated to demonstrating how remarkably I can fail at simple tasks like “dropping heavy items” and “being a mercenary.”
I want to win, damn it!
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Josh Plays Shogun 2 Part 14: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before…”
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One thing I’m discovering as we play through this game is that I like it more than I thought I did. I keep coming up with new positive things to say about the game as we go, which is opposite of the trajectory that our show usually follows.
So, I’ve created an official page for people looking to join the Twentymine server. Comments are closed there, so if you have any feedback on that page (or if my primate thumping on the keyboard has resulted in typographical mishaps) then please leave your feedback below.
I’m also a bit curious as to how many people play the game these days. Minecraft is so popular that it’s accepted that “everyone” plays it, but of course we’re really only talking about a few million sales. So how about you: Did you play the game? Still play? Multiplayer? Single? If you quit, when did you lose interest? Has anyone beaten the game in survival mode?
I’m still a fan of single-player for survival and multi-player for grandiose constructions. I play less than I used to, but the game still has quite a bit of charm.
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Apologies for the late post today. The only explanation I can give in my defense is that my alarm clocks only work when I don’t need them to, which seems to be an ongoing problem in the life of Reginald Cuftbert.
Fortunately, nothing even remotely interesting or funny happens in this episode to make up for it.
I called 2019 "The Year of corporate Dystopia". Here is a list of the games I thought were interesting or worth talking about that year.
A horrible, railroading, stupid, contrived, and painfully ill-conceived roleplaying campaign. All in good fun.
Crunch-mode game development isn't good, but sometimes it happens for good reasons.
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
When the source code for Doom 3 was released, we got a look at some of the style conventions used by the developers. Here I analyze this style and explain what it all means.
So what happens when a SOFTWARE engineer tries to review hardware? This. This happens.
A game I love. It has a solid main story and a couple of really obnoxious, cringy, incoherent side-plots in it. What happened here?
Two minutes of fun at the expense of a badly-run theme park.
Be careful what you learn with your muscle-memory, because it will be very hard to un-learn it.
People were so worried about the boring gameplay of The Old Republic they overlooked just how boring and amateur the art is.
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