This is my favourite thread of the year, all years. Merry Christmas to all of you and yours, anons

>>2013659 You should get a slop hat, anon.

>>2011165 >Again, there is no actual strategy in an rts game and the gameplay should not revolve almost entirely around who has the better economy. If I wanted that garbage I'd play an economy sim The strategy part of what we call "Real Time Strategy", is mostly on economy, production and population management(things like Warcraft 3 or Age of Empires, has a population cap, so you need to balance between peasants and soldiers) and that is kind of how it is in real life. Wars are won in the supply chains, not on the battle field. For those who want to go even more in the economy aspect, the Anno series fill that niche. >>2013400 >Playing with only 1 troop type is totally one dimensional and should lose you the majority of strategy games It's kind of how most armies functioned, Alexander's army was like 90% hoplites with a small cavalry division, Rome's army was mostly infantry, with cavalry sometimes being outsourced to barbarian mercenaries. If you want to go to something more "recent", in Napoleon's time, it was mostly infantry men with the same rifles, a few canon units and a cavalry unit, but again 80-90% were just these standard infantry men. Sometimes that's how you do it, you just get the best type of unit, have most of your army composed of it, and have the rest fill different niches, like cavalry. Some RTS games, simply reflect that reality, like in Age of Empires 2, where most endgame armies will be mostly their soldiers that they get from the Castle, or some other unit, with a few trebuchets for walls and buildings. With all that said, it sounds like you would enjoy more the "Real Time Tactics" games, also refereed to as RTT, like Men of War, or just the Total War games, if you want big armies fighting, and the economy takes a back seat. That is if you want real time gameplay, as the examples of good strategy games you provide are turn based games.

>>2005925 >RTS games literally have no depth >>2007748 >>2011165 >>2008466 >There should be a path to victory even if you're outnumbered 3 to 1. >gameplay should not revolve almost entirely around who has the better economy. >so you basically cheesing the game by forcing your enemy to go through a tight squeeze. All of these are alternative ways to win in most RTS games, there is your depth.

>>2013400 >the absolute best I've seen from and rts is rock paper scissors = playing with only 1 troop type is one dimensional Kinda contradictory to say "rock paper scissors lazy" and then "you can win building only one troop type" but okay What do you mean 'one troop type' anyway? Just infantry? Stupid argument because there's usually several types of infantry. Same thing with cav, armor, etc. and even then running JUST infantry is most likely game losing >funny enough, in rts games it(running one unit) works a lot better as a tactic and can be a winning strategy >doesn't name names or use examples, but surely most of them do this Games where mono is stupid and will lose you the game: >grand strat TWW(hell, any CA game) - running a 20 stack of one unit vs a balanced army means you will lose against a somewhat competent player >inb4 monsters ah yes the fact that you have one type of unit will win you the game and not the fact that your army costs 5 times a much as a normal one >regular rts AoE - lmao imagine any singular combination of just infantry, arty, or cav >Try that shit in Sengoku Rance or Alchemy Meister Been meaning to give Rance a try, but comparing a Eushully trpg to an rts is genuinely like comparing checkers to chess, and this is coming from someone who likes trpg more than rts, wtf are you on about >Not what I'm saying and fighting in mountainous regions is really not that common in rts games >missing the forest for the trees

>>2008553 I hope that comic is ironic anon.

>>2011784 Did you not understand the comic? Are you brown perhaps?

>>2011939 It is, but it sucks to say it out loud lol. (in fairness, though, you can make a valid argument about the second half)

>>2012262 I think you may have forgotten.. a Letter.

Next up, another Class Arcana double release: Keiwai Kaiser, the Callous Emperor so vain and self-centered that he takes after his fairy-tale counterpart in the sense that he can be convinced to change into one of three special "New Clothes" kinksuits, and Nazono Daishi, the larger-than-life, white and nerdy, technologically savvy Otaku Hierophant whose self-proclaimed fear of women is well-founded, as his goal in life is to become a full-fledged wizard at age 30. Get them here: https://db.bepis.moe/user/view/145 Previews, Play Notes, and Version Changelog: https://mega.nz/folder/VDZXQCzL#YjTQaP9C-mPgkDYh96A5xg/folder/EOZwgJjT Cheers, /aa2g/! >>2011746 >>2012262 Can't wait to try these out! Many thanks for the encouragement and the advice! Will be reporting on my progress in a bit.

>>2014062 >as his goal in life is to become a full-fledged wizard at age 30. Not if I can help it >:) thank you for the males! remember to take care of your health!

>>2012095 Happy birthday to your wife!!!

>>2007707 A gorgeously cut agate geode (I unknowingly got her a similar one too). >>2012095 Happy birthday Bernie!

>>2007707 Some new necklaces

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>>1898842 Nice squidward you got there pal.

Somebody warn Mark he might go homeless soon, he seen the Awakened One, that means he's destined to become sammasamabuddha, and one of the pre-requisites of becoming one is to become homeless.

Whoever doesn't torrent shall be put to death. All merchants shall be put to death. Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

>>2013189 RE4 Remake had it's denuvo removed. Wilds and Dogma are probably different because they're considered "multiplayer" games that get content updates, though I doubt they service Dogma ever again.

>>2012202 >When are developers going to learn that people on twitter aren't real? You are right anon. If you ignore annoying people, they will just go away.

>>2012331 >Using the old models

>>2013911 arguably 4->5->0 are the best place to start, but 7 (via steam) and X (via psp emulation) are both good first time things as well. Also nothing wrong with going by release order if think you can handle earlier psx stuff. For reference I started with 6, AC games are in my opinion self-contained enough to start with whichever is the most convenient for you to get a hold of. Just to sort of see if you like it and want more. but here's a good track; I recommend AC5's arcade mode OST heavily https://youtu.be/GkEZnsQIl88

>>2013911 >Recommend more AC bangers Impossiburu because AC has way too much bangers. Besides obvious ones like Megalith, Unsung War, Aquila, Liberation of Gracemeria, Chandelier, Sol Squadon and Daredevil: AC3 Eye of the Storm, Physical Layer, Frozen Soul, Revelation >AC4 Sitting duck, Blockade, Comona, Bunker Shot, Safe Return, Whiskey Corridor, North Point AC5 Rendezvous, Scinfaxi/Hrimfaxi, Grabacr, Reprisal, Four Horsemen, Ice Cage, White Noise, Closure, Wings of Unity, Winter Storm ACZ Glacial Skies, Juggernaut, Diaposon, Gelb, Merlon, Stage of Apocalypse, Final Overture, Avalon >AC6 Invasion of Gracemeria, Vitoze Aerial Defense, Bartolomeo Fortress, Anea Landing, Selumna Peak, On Line >Assault Horizon White Devil, Fighter (instrumental), Naval Warfare, Keep Alive, Shall Defend AC7 obvious Sol Squadron

>>2013911 Depends on how willing you are to deal with jank AC1 if you're jank proof and don't mind fairly high difficulty AC3 if you're slightly less willing to put up with jank AC4 otherwise Be warned that's it's real hard to go back to the early titles if you're used to the modern AC conveniences and modern AC missile behavior, though not as bad as trying to get into Airforce Delta 1.

One more week of movies and shows. I'm taking a two week break but I'll be back on Jan 5th in the new year. Merry Christmas. Monday: The Holdovers (2023) Tuesday: Dungeon Meshi (2023) Eps 21 - 24 END Wednesday: Skip Thursday: Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters (2002) Eps 133 - 137 Friday: Klaus (2019) For Monday, a movie called The Holdovers. About a professors who stays with some boarding school kids over Christmas and gets to know them. For Friday, Klaus needs no introduction as someone has streamed it yearly since 2021 I think. For Yugioh, we're finishing the battle against Kaiba then it's Joey vs Kaiba. Marik vs Yugi will wait till next year as that's a 5 parter. Finishing Dungeon Meshi, planning Apothecary Diaries next. And finishing Dirty Pair Flash.

>>2007628 45 minutes

>>2007628 >>2013916 we're up. Starting in about 10 minutes: https://8chan.tv/view/9590d0ba-7654-4b80-a794-f6921ab5d39a/

>>2012282 I think by "crudeness" he refers more to the artistic quality than the content. This is subjective but I think his artwork looks a little better in Termina than it did in F&H1, but if Miro went back and redrew everything in the first game there are probably people would would prefer the original "cruder" look over his current art quality. >and actually considered to change the cave people to his sensibilities What problem did that guy have with the cavedwellers? Was it something silly like "Erm well they are tribal and obviously tribal = black!" How did he want them to be changed? >>2012504 I guess this could be subjective but I believe Brainflower Ragnvaldr being in Hard mode is due to an oversight. You see, with Enki Marriage, he is programmed to specifically not show up in hard mode since he has a blank event in case Hard Mode is active. Why would Miro do this? Because it's easier to kill Marriage Enki for his Enlightenment Soul than it is to kill Valteil for his. Marriage Enki can still be dealt with arrows, bear traps, hit and runs with Engarde, etc while Valteil can't. So Marriage Enki was excluded from Hard Mode because his presence would make Hard Mode...less hard. The same argument applies to Brainflower Ragnvaldr. Instead of fighting The Tormented One for his Tormented Soul, you can just find Brainflower Ragnvaldr in the thicket, lay down a bear trap and chop off his head in the first round. Or you could get marksman, shoot him with an arrow, and not bother fighting him at all. Additionally, all other allies are absent from Hard Mode. Enki is nowhere to be found, neither is D'arce, and neither is Cahara, so it only makes sense that Ragnvaldr also be unavailable. So that's why I think Brainflower Ragnvaldr's inclusion in Hard Mode was just another bug to fix. >>2012654 That's a good catch. I made sure to exclude the "I'm looking for someone" when you're playing AS Le'garde, but forgot to take into account meeting him WITH Le'garde. The oversight is in the base game too, I guess not many people catch it because by the time most players recruit Le'garde, they've already spoken with Nosramus and/or move on to Mahabre. >>2012727 I see the issue. The game rolls a 1 or a 2 when deciding what you get from the IS. I set it to always be 1 (which gets you an empty scroll) if you have a quill but forgot to delete the highlighted line so after setting the roll to one, it immediately rerolls. Maybe I can make a hotfix for it, or save it for a future version.

>>2013264 >Erm well they are tribal and obviously tribal = black! Pretty much, he had a whole section of the video he deleted now, but roughly 5 minutes were him going how problematic it was and if you dared to argue with him you're an annoying, awful person he doesn't want to talk to. There was no specific way to change them, just that they're "problematic" and needed to be changed. Miro made a comment on the vid that maybe he should change them and people had to assure him they were fine. There's something hilarious that whenever people make up a species people associate with evil/uncivil acts "non-racists" start acting like it's a metaphor for their pet groups of people. It's the same shit every time.

On a side note, the "crude" look complements the dirty feel of the dungeon. It's a place before bathing became convenient and is practically an abandoned outpost of cruelty. That and if he's not going to be universal about it(which is a lot of work that could be better reserved for original projects), it's going to be jarring and create an even worse issue of assets not fitting into each other.

>>2013003 show me his dumpy!

>>1930304 not much ryona or guro, just clothing dmg some superficial wounds and she ragdolls when killed

>>1930214 The chinese game dev's modus operandi is to copy an existing game and then change up enough so that it isn't technically a ripoff. Or in this case, not even that.

>>1867302 >2025 What a small world

>>1490874 How are we feeling?

I am looking forwards Danganronpa 2x2.

>>2014130 I think there are some students who would benefit from that class as well. Maybe a practical class where we build endurance through practice...

I had a dream last night that Noa was flirting with me and she got really close to me sat in my lap. She was really soft and smelled really nice. I wish I remembered more of it.

>>1939782 I did a search on Gelbooru for Ratlings and besides a Dungeon Meshi picture which didn't show the distinctive Ratling feet this is what showed up, did you ever think to yourself that this is a hang-up on your end?

cummer is fun as fuck ngl finally having a class where you actually have to try in aurics is pretty nice

>>1939782 >One artist draws the bulk of art when it comes to abhuman girls >Sometimes being the only artist to depict them <"Hurr, why u keep posting him?"

>>2013520 >Kenzan and Ishin Games set in old Japan. Kenzan never left JP which i believe is because they portray Haruka as a brothel worker but Ishin got a remaster not long ago. >Dead Souls PS3 zombie shooter spinoff. Suffers from performance issues, but could be fun if you can make it work. >Kurohyo 1&2 PSP titles with 1v1 fights made by Def Jam devs. They have translations available so definitely check them out. >Judgment Plays very much like regular Yakuza but you're a detective. Fun game if you crave for more Yakuza gameplay. >Lost Judgment Continuation of Judgment. Admittedly didn't play it because i tuned out of the series after 7. >Majima Pirate Didn't play it either and honestly i don't care at this point. >>2013549 >I already stated the Zaney stuff already started in at least Yakuza 3, and absurd stuff happened all the time from then on. Comedy was still reserved for the lighthearted side stuff, but the main character being a literal schizo who imagines fighting family lieutenants as Dragon Quest boss fights with magic and shit is too much for me.

>>2012371 >Third image Rikiya sort of looks fine, but my God, talk about ruining the other two.

>>2013578 > but the main character being a literal schizo who imagines fighting family lieutenants as Dragon Quest boss fights with magic and shit is too much for me. The marketing makes it seem more prevalent then it really is, The Dragon Quest stuff informs the fact Ichiban wants to be a hero, like in the games he played in his youth, and giving a narrative context for the gameplay style, but after it's properly introduced, the Dragon Quest imagination stuff really doesn't factor into the story that much it's just gameplay set dressing.