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You read mystery novels? Why not just kill people in real life?
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You read mystery novels? Why not just kill people in real life?
NedimNapoleon
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Sorry if I offended you or anything but that was my serious question I was asking it on a level not why dont you because its not real or anything but can you explain whats so interesting in those games, in the term I usually thought those type of games were mainly about "tentacles"
so to say, and is it really that novel like?About the murder,
I understan your logic, its more "safe and easier" to do stuff in a virtual world or a book.
Sorry if I offended you or anything but that was my serious question I was asking it on a level not why dont you because its not real or anything but can you explain whats so interesting in those games, in the term I usually thought those type of games were mainly about "tentacles"
Just to clarify; Japanese visual novels are not necessarily the same as erotic games. There are alot of visual novels which are more focused on the story than the fanservice, and even if the majority of Japanese adult games are within the visual novel category, then it doesn't mean that the majority of visual novels are pornography.
Clannad is a bright example of a good non-adult visual novel. If possible, then you should give that a go if you are interested in the genre (and if you can read Japanese or find a translator-patch for it, unless there is an English version).
NickyJ
Retired Narrator
Dating is comparable to murder? I'll make a note of that.
"Note to self: When going on a date, make sure DNA is not found at scene of
PhroX
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Yeah, there are some really good VNs out there. Even some of the "adult" ones with are well worth playing/reading/whatever the correct term is. Stuff like FSN, Tsukihime, Saya no Uta or Kara no Shojou, as well as earlier works by the people who made CLANNAD (AIR, Kanon etc) all have h-scenes, but are still great stories. (as an aside, I don't really get the point of the porn in some of these. FSN, for example, has the first scene about 3-4 hours into the game. If you want to...well, you now...you don't want to have to read for that long first....)
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I'm pretty sure this thread already has that well covered 
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Kick some ass, Shepherd (ME2).
Sigh, every time I take a screenshot in ME2 of something epic, there is always something wrong. Like the game decides to give me the default handgun and/or lower textures instead of the pretty new weapon I was actually using. Or Zaeed forgets how to hold an assault rifle properly.
EDIT: The power of the drums successfully disrupts the Prussian's ability to hit anything.
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Kick some ass, Shepherd (ME2).
Spoiler :
Sigh, every time I take a screenshot in ME2 of something epic, there is always something wrong. Like the game decides to give me the default handgun and/or lower textures instead of the pretty new weapon I was actually using. Or Zaeed forgets how to hold an assault rifle properly.
Spoiler :
EDIT: The power of the drums successfully disrupts the Prussian's ability to hit anything.
Spoiler :
LightSpectra
me autem minui
About the murder,
I'm really sorry that your imagination is so confined that you think the only reason fiction exists is to be "safe and easier."
Leonel
Breakfast Connoisseur
You don't go to jail for dating a real girl!
LightSpectra
me autem minui
You're missing the point. Fiction isn't just about being able to imagine things that you wouldn't normally do. In a (well-written) fictional story, including dating sims, characters are written in such a way that makes the story and dialogue compelling enough to pay attention even though it's not real life, just as a mystery novel is supposed to get your attention beyond the mere fact that it's about a murder.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Except you can, depending upon the circumstances. There are also lots of people who have gotten away with murder.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Finally finished Mass Effect 2 again with my female renegade (after finishing ME1 with her). Hopefully ME3 has more Liara, she was annoyingly absent for most of ME2 but at least Kelly is there to comfort Shepherd.
Spoiler :
Oruc
Reactionary
Finally finished Mass Effect 2 again with my female renegade (after finishing ME1 with her). Hopefully ME3 has more Liara, she was annoyingly absent for most of ME2 but at least Kelly is there to comfort Shepherd.
Spoiler :
Enjoy your scale itch.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Kelly really doesn't strike me as the bestiality type, or a massive whore. More of a peace loving hippy.
My air strike on the German defenses worked better than I expected, despite my plane getting shot down it crashed directly into the flak gun
EDIT:
My tank got stuck crossing a bridge, on both sides, and did two flying twirls in the air before I finally managed to get it unstuck, where it then got one shotted by something.
My air strike on the German defenses worked better than I expected, despite my plane getting shot down it crashed directly into the flak gun
Spoiler :
EDIT:
My tank got stuck crossing a bridge, on both sides, and did two flying twirls in the air before I finally managed to get it unstuck, where it then got one shotted by something.
Spoiler :
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Mass Effect 3, concluding my epic run I started a few weeks ago. Pretty much spoiler-free.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
Is...is everyone's chest in this game bigger except mine?
Jesus, those graphics are damn amazing.
After playing a round of Age of Kings tonight (wherein my Knights, playing as the Teutons, rampaged through Viking and Hun villages to the sound of the Koenniggratzer March 
) I decided to try another RTS...this time, Star Trek Armada II. I'd MUCH rather play the original game, for many reasons -- I prefer its graphics, the vocals were far superior, and it's simpler -- but I can't get the installer to work on either my XP or my Vista machines. One of the main reasons I don't like Armada II is because it makes starbases so game-endingly powerful. In the original Armada, 8-12 capital ships were about what you needed to take on a starbase. You could do it with eight, especially if you were playing as the Borg or Romulans whose capital ships have special weapons that weaken their foes, but 12 was a good number to ensure the job was done quickly enough to marginalize any losses. If you couldn't afford capital ships, you could still take on the starbases with your smaller ships. For instance, the Klingons had a devestating ship that launched Marines. If you had a collection of those, you could take over enemy ships and starbases easily. And if you wanted to take out the base in one fell swoop, you could; the Romulans and Klingons both had ships which were basically the Trek version of an atom bomb. You set those off, and they blow up EVERYTHING in their radius. Not so in Armada II. In Armada II, starbases are so heavily defended and armed that whole fleets can perish before you make a dent in them. The Klingon and Romulan bombships will be destroyed as soon as they drop out of warp, and even if you're clever and send in a cover fleet to distract the enemy gunners long enough to activate the bombship, it doesn't make a DENT.
Ultimately, the only strategy seems to be to send in artillery ships -- which all sides have now, not just the Feds and Romulans -- and defend them with capital ships. Every endgame is exactly the same. It's boring as all get out, but tonight I came up with a variation:
The Federation has a few special weapons that make the endgame much more quick. After building the Temporal Research Station and getting my fleet into position, I activated its temporal displacement field. You select an area to target, and every enemy ship in a fairly wide range of the target is suddenly stuck. They can't fire back. They're sitting ducks. After targeting the enemy station with this, I moved in my Nebula starship. The Nebula class is a science ship with special weapons, and the one I love most in the Shield Disrupter. Once it's activated, enemy ships and stations within a small radius will lose their shields.
The Steamrunner artillery ships are to the far left.
The station is stuck in time, unable to fire back. The Nebula ships take out its shields, leaving me only with the structural integrity of the station to worry about. (This is another change from Armada: in the original game, ships and stations that lost their shields were doomed. In Armada 2, they can carry on, ESPECIALLY starbases.)
And then I send in the artillery. Since I've lured their fleet out and destroyed it beforehand, the artillery ships have nothing to worry about. After ONE bombardment, the station is disintegrating, but I send in the fleet (Sovereigns, Galaxies, and Akiras) so they'll have a chance for fun.
After waiting for the temporal field weapon to charge up, I played the same trick on the Borg.
Unfortunately, the other sides don't have anything this convenient. The Borg can build fusion cubes, but even those will fall before a fully-powered starbase.
) I decided to try another RTS...this time, Star Trek Armada II. I'd MUCH rather play the original game, for many reasons -- I prefer its graphics, the vocals were far superior, and it's simpler -- but I can't get the installer to work on either my XP or my Vista machines. One of the main reasons I don't like Armada II is because it makes starbases so game-endingly powerful. In the original Armada, 8-12 capital ships were about what you needed to take on a starbase. You could do it with eight, especially if you were playing as the Borg or Romulans whose capital ships have special weapons that weaken their foes, but 12 was a good number to ensure the job was done quickly enough to marginalize any losses. If you couldn't afford capital ships, you could still take on the starbases with your smaller ships. For instance, the Klingons had a devestating ship that launched Marines. If you had a collection of those, you could take over enemy ships and starbases easily. And if you wanted to take out the base in one fell swoop, you could; the Romulans and Klingons both had ships which were basically the Trek version of an atom bomb. You set those off, and they blow up EVERYTHING in their radius. Not so in Armada II. In Armada II, starbases are so heavily defended and armed that whole fleets can perish before you make a dent in them. The Klingon and Romulan bombships will be destroyed as soon as they drop out of warp, and even if you're clever and send in a cover fleet to distract the enemy gunners long enough to activate the bombship, it doesn't make a DENT. Ultimately, the only strategy seems to be to send in artillery ships -- which all sides have now, not just the Feds and Romulans -- and defend them with capital ships. Every endgame is exactly the same. It's boring as all get out, but tonight I came up with a variation:
The Federation has a few special weapons that make the endgame much more quick. After building the Temporal Research Station and getting my fleet into position, I activated its temporal displacement field. You select an area to target, and every enemy ship in a fairly wide range of the target is suddenly stuck. They can't fire back. They're sitting ducks. After targeting the enemy station with this, I moved in my Nebula starship. The Nebula class is a science ship with special weapons, and the one I love most in the Shield Disrupter. Once it's activated, enemy ships and stations within a small radius will lose their shields.
The Steamrunner artillery ships are to the far left.
The station is stuck in time, unable to fire back. The Nebula ships take out its shields, leaving me only with the structural integrity of the station to worry about. (This is another change from Armada: in the original game, ships and stations that lost their shields were doomed. In Armada 2, they can carry on, ESPECIALLY starbases.)
And then I send in the artillery. Since I've lured their fleet out and destroyed it beforehand, the artillery ships have nothing to worry about. After ONE bombardment, the station is disintegrating, but I send in the fleet (Sovereigns, Galaxies, and Akiras) so they'll have a chance for fun.
After waiting for the temporal field weapon to charge up, I played the same trick on the Borg.
Unfortunately, the other sides don't have anything this convenient. The Borg can build fusion cubes, but even those will fall before a fully-powered starbase.
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