Been playing an irrational amount of this shitty tower defense game, and it's been fun even though the game has been kicking the shit out of me. Anyone else have any guilty pleasure games they've been playing recently?

>>1944 >Anyone else have any guilty pleasure games they've been playing recently? Not sure if it counts as a "guilty pleasure", but I've been taking a peculiar interest in motion controlled games. For some reason, that trend feels like the last time developers actually made games with their particular platforms in mind instead of just making "one game" and then shipping it across "every" device.

>>1944 What's the name of the game? I've played Mindustry. It's also a tower defense game. No such specific games as of yet, but I'm on a very slow spree of downloading PS2 roms and trying them out. Finally playing Gran Turismo 4 for the first time. The interface and content here is at a level of sophistication I would expect from a PC autism simulator from some no-name european game studio. It feels like they were pushing the limits on how much you could do with just a PS2 controller. And the game is hard. I've been trying to get the gold rank in this stupid driving test for half an hour now and these faggots keep clapping at me clearing the bronze rank every single- nevermind. I just got gold.

>>1953 It's called Tower Dominion. Saw some small youtube channel that played creeper world play the demo for a bit and got interested since all the towers have really weird ranges. With these kinds of games it's normally easy to figure out the best way to place each tower. Put the round peg in the round hole and you win. This game only has one round peg and it sucks, every other tower has some fun complication that makes placing it difficult.

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>>1953 GT2 was the best one. GT4 was an attempt to create a LOTR style tome out of a racing game, but they included too much filler and busy work to make it good. GT2 has enough in it that you find the limits of the engine itself before becoming bored. Like if you use GT2's suspension mechanics to learn IRL applied racing theory, then it'll be holding you back. Because there are too many in-engine quirks and oversights that reward unorthodox mechanic arrangements. Still an amazing game. I'm in love with certain things all my life and that game shaped by a bunch of gooky programming nerds is somehow like a homely wife or an old boot

>>2004 >2 disks, arcade and simulation This is probably the first time I'm seeing a game split into two fully playable seperate parts and not as something you need to swap between. Honestly, after enabling the 60fps and draw distance patches the experience feels more or less like an early NFS but with a "heavy" car and some graphical and aesthetical touch ups. I can see why some might prefer the PS2 graphics of GT3 or GT4, it really does sell you on the realism better. Although, the interface looks surprisingly modern for 1999 but I know it's a reiteration of an earlier style motif I can't remember the name of. Regardless, I'm surprised this series doesn't get talked about more on the internet. Maybe I'm just in the wrong circles. The arcade mode controlling is still much trickier than your average racing game. It's definitely not worth it to go into this expecting an experience like Need for Speed. Maybe having a steering wheel for this would have made it make more sense and immersive.

>>1953 >>2004 >>2015 Where did things go "wrong" with GT5, 6, and PSP? Also, how do the Forza games compare?

I have nowhere to post apngs now

>>2074 But you just did?

>>2074 Let me guess, the "most active" board continues its decadence. No worries, only fun times now. This should also go into vidya news next door, but the Piss5 could potentially be jailbroken soon. https://archive.is/20260104190526/https://nichegamer.com/ps5-jailbreak-rumor-makes-star-wars-racer-revenge-price-explode/ I would post a normal archive link but shit's wacky right now with it

>>2075 >>2077 no, like, there isn't an apng thread here should I make one?

>>2080 If it's video games, maybe, otherwise just post them naturally rather than spamming them somewhere

I've been playing Death Stranding lately, I'm over 30hrs in and have reached Chapter 5, but I'm not sure if I'm going to end up continuing with my playthrough. I remember watching some of the trailers years ago before it released but I ended up losing interest, probably because it was a PS4 exclusive. Of course I have it on PC now, but the story really isn't that engaging. A couple of the characters are solid, specifically Mama and Fragile. They have motivations and backstories that weave into the lore and show how they are dealing with the state of their homeland in their own unique situations. But the overall story is too predictable. Obviously connecting the country is going to result in something really bad happening. And Amelie is going to get into some deep trouble, either getting close to dying or dying after some dramatic event. Or someone is impersonating her to manipulate Sam and all of Bridges. A game doesn't have to have some mind-bending, genre redefining plot, but when the story is this predictable and the stuff between is just bringing different packages between locations, it can feel a bit boring. I haven't really played many walking sims so this could be the way they are usually written. Of course I got the in-game emails that everyone online was talking about a little while back, about "An Asexual World" and the old man referencing Trump's wall. Didn't piss me off really, it's clear that Kojima has a bit of a naïve perspective on immigration and borders because his country is surrounded by sea, so he doesn't have to deal with millions of mexicans flooding into his country every year. The anti nuclear stuff is understandable because, again, it's Kojima, and he is Japanese. But still, the nuke talk is getting old. And the fact that two cities were blown up by nukes is clearly yet another jab at how evil these bombs of the "old world" are. The terrorists could have used different futuristic weapons, but it had to be nukes. Believe me, Kojima, we get it. Yesterday, though, I was looking at Death Stranding stuff online and stumbled upon a post Kojima liked. It was some art about America being an "Evil Empire", in reference to all that stuff going on in Venezuela. It reminded me how clueless Kojima really is. In a way, he's almost as leftist as many devs in the west, the only differences being that he's a straight Japanese guy and doesn't mind putting attractive women in his games. He's just as likely to spout boneless philosophical concepts about peace and love and freedom without really knowing what he is talking about as devs and writers in Europe and California are. I don't expect the devs for vidya I play to be informed or hold the same opinions as I do. But I realized that I might not want to spend dozens of hours playing a game made by a guy who pushes these kinds of philosophies. Kojima is Kojima, I went in knowing this, but I wanted to try something new by him. What do you anons think of the game, if you have played it?

>It was some art about America being an "Evil Empire", in reference to all that stuff going on in Venezuela. It reminded me how clueless Kojima really is. Spicy take around here, but taking over a country to seize their resources for profit is kind of evil empire behavior if you ask me. It's Iraq all over again, including an even flimsier excuse to do it than before.

>>2096 How do you feel about seizing an island chain despite it having no resources whatsoever?

>>2096 >defending violent communist dictators and drug cartels Your mind on "all violence is bad" logic

>>2095 >his country is surrounded by sea, so he doesn't have to deal with millions of mexicans flooding into his country every year Actually, Japan is suffering from immigrants coming into the country and causing lot of issues. It's just they're Asian immigrants (Namely Pajeets, Kurds, and Vietnamese being the recent perps), and so most people in the West think that somehow "doesn't count". Also, be aware that you have a segment of people in Japan (Their "Left Wing" based upon seeing some of the posts I see on /librejp/) that are very apologetic about foreigners treating their country like shit because they see it as some "atonemeant" for what Imperial Japan did. >>2096 >but taking over a country to seize their resources for profit is kind of evil empire behavior if you ask me Not to start a shit-storm, but what do you think Russia and West Taiwan are currently doing with Ukraine, Crimea, India, and the South China Sea? And want to do with Taiwan? And WERE doing in Venezuela? And what was the USSR doing during the Cold War in Central/South America and the entirety of Asia? Do you think they were going into those countries to sell Girl Scout cookies and ask for regional sauce recipes?

>>2097 Sounds funny. Story? >spic.mp4 I don't speak taco. Venezuelans are celebrating because their shitty dictator was overthrown. But I don't recall things getting particularly better for the natives after the Iraq war. >>2098 >Defending Yeah, sure buddy, maybe in your schizo dreams. >>2099 >Not to start a shit-storm, but what do you think Russia and West Taiwan are currently doing with Ukraine, Crimea, India, and the South China Sea? Evil empire shit. This is "why do you care about censored tits in videogames, people are starving in Africa!" logic.

>>2100 >This is "why do you care about censored tits in videogames, people are starving in Africa!" logic Care to explain how? https://twiiit.com/visegrad24/status/2007657974115049623 https://twiiit.com/Geiger_Capital/status/2007642980174442792 https://twiiit.com/sophie45x/status/2007685074658246657 <"To those who say that the United States is only interested in our oil, I ask those people: What do you think the Russians and the Chinese wanted… <The recipe for Arepas?"

>>2100 Sounds funny. Story? The joke is the Falklands, which the british refuse to give up. That clip's from An Ungentlemanly Act, by the way.

Well, I definitely didn't expect this kind of a reaction. >>2102 We should ask for Kojima's opinion on the Falkland Islands. Maybe he'll claim that it was The Boss who fired the first bullet and started the conflict.

>>2101 >Care to explain how? It's a pretty simple analogy. I said X is bad since it was relevant, and you're going "what about Y?" as if mentioning X means I must be okay with Y since Y is just as bad, if not more bad.

>>2105 >I said X is bad since it was relevant, and you're going "what about Y?" as if mentioning X means I must be okay with Y since Y is just as bad, if not more bad That's not your analogy at all, you're comparing media censorship to a continent's failing agriculture. I'm asking you about a pretty comparable situation. If you're saying that America is "bad" for wanting to exploit Venezuela (Which, by the way, WE CAN'T, the country's oil industry is shot, and going to take at least a decade to get working again), then you must have have a similar take about West Taiwan/Russia/Cuba/Iran doing the same exact thing. And as it's quickly becoming apparent, people don't. They just want to complain about Trump, and keep pushing their fictious narrative about the "Evil Empire America" and how the rest of the world just trying to defend themselves from out "evil" Capitalist ways. Like right now, the Isalmic Republic is getting gunned down by Iranian Revolutionaries seeking to reinstall the Shah, and recreate the peace in a region that was a paradise until 1979, and all the Westerners in the internet are concerned about is how this will benefit Israel. Do you not realize how deranged this all sounds? That people are supporting dictatorships and terrorists over freedom for the average person.

>>2096 Mátate. Every single venezuelan (including me) is fucking glad they finally got rid of Maduro and the absolute cancer that was Chavism.

>>2108 >you're comparing media censorship to a continent's failing agriculture. I'm asking you about a pretty comparable situation. <Y is just as bad, if not more bad >Which, by the way, WE CAN'T, the country's oil industry is shot, and going to take at least a decade to get working again) That's why the government and oil coporations are talking about the business opportunities of a US friendly Venezuela. Because it's totally unprofitable. Sure. >>2115 See >>2100 >Venezuelans are celebrating because their shitty dictator was overthrown. But I don't recall things getting particularly better for the natives after the Iraq war. If someone raping you is bludgeoned to death in front of you, you'd be right to celebrate, right until your would-be rescuer starts raping you next. But maybe it'll be a little better and this guy will only rape you in the mouth instead of the ass. Good luck.

>>2100 You literally said it was "evil empire" shit to take out a violent dictator, how else do you interpret such a retarded statement? Words have meaning, or did you forget that when crafting your "spicy takes"?

>>2118 If that was all it was, it would be fine. You conveniently omit what follows though. Stop pretending to be retarded.

>>2119 >if that's all it was it would be fine So you're fine with violent regime change then as long as resources aren't being exploited from the outside? How wonderfully convenient. Too bad no other country gives a shit, if you just kill a dictator, that doesn't magically solve all the problems.

>>2120 >if you just kill a dictator, that doesn't magically solve all the problems. I agree. It's only a single step. What follows is just as important.

>>2121 If that was actually your point, why didn't you lead with that?

>>2123 The line of questioning was not conducive to that response.

>>2124 In other words, people called out your bullshit post for being bullshit, and now you're backtracking to save your ass.

>>2125 >>2124

>>2125 No.

>>2108 It has come to the point where western leftists today just make shit up about third world countries they don't like (most of them) and talk like a 19th century white supremacist anthropologist tooting their own horn over how enlightened they are compared to us "savages"