Pictures of your games, lucky #13

melkathi · July 9, 2020

Is that a lightsabre?

HoonDing · July 10, 2020

Keyrock · July 11, 2020

Time for some bayou arson.

We don't need no water let the mother****er burn. Burn mother****er burn.

This level presented numerous challenges because of my pacifist rules:

* Tied up thugs sink in the swampy areas and they die, so I had to make sure to move all bodies to solid ground.

* I had to get all tied up thugs off the river queen before torching it.

* There are quite a few guard dogs in this level and I refuse to knock out a dog because I'm not a heinous disgusting monster.

The desperado difficulty pacifist run remains intact through 11 levels.

HoonDing · July 11, 2020

Keyrock · July 12, 2020

Back to N'awlins for the final level of chapter 2.

For whatever reason, I found this mission significantly easier than the previous one in the swamp. I also didn't use a disguise for the first time in a mission where a disguise was available. I suppose if I'm ever crazy enough to try to do the desperado difficulty, pacifist, no disguise run, that's one less mission I have to replay.

Keyrock · July 14, 2020

I'm on the third and final chapter now. It starts off with the all hope is seemingly lost portion of the story.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Keyrock

Keyrock · July 17, 2020

It feels like I'm really close to the end of the game.

This was another mission that has a disguise in it and I didn't use it.

LadyCrimson · July 19, 2020

On 7/9/2020 at 3:40 PM, Skazz said:

Three cheers for Fervus!

What kind of rig do you play that best game in the world, on? I wonder if the sprites would be too speedy on my main rig, now. One day I'll install DK1 and perhaps finally I will no longer be able to hand grab lvl10 imps effectively.

melkathi · July 19, 2020

1 hour ago, LadyCrimson said:

What kind of rig do you play that best game in the world, on? I wonder if the sprites would be too speedy on my main rig, now. One day I'll install DK1 and perhaps finally I will no longer be able to hand grab lvl10 imps effectively.

I am on an i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz 4.00GHz with 8GB RAM. (just writing the first random stuff I read when clicking on System)

Edited July 19, 2020 by melkathi

Keyrock · July 19, 2020

I can't say for sure, but this felt like the penultimate mission.

Skazz · July 20, 2020

23 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

What kind of rig do you play that best game in the world, on? I wonder if the sprites would be too speedy on my main rig, now. One day I'll install DK1 and perhaps finally I will no longer be able to hand grab lvl10 imps effectively.

I have one of those prepackaged Trident PCs. As I'm not much of a hardware guy, I'll do what Melkathi did and just list stuff from System: Intel Core i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

I vaguely recall running into a problem with sprite speed some time in the past, but iirc a visit to Steam forums revealed a quick fix.

Edited July 20, 2020 by Skazz

Keyrock · July 20, 2020

I'm sure the ending of this game will surprise nobody, it's a by the numbers revenge story, but I'll spoiler tag this just in case.

As best as I can tell, it's impossible to do the final battle non-lethal. You can take out all the common thugs in the area one by one, if you're careful and clever, but Frank is surrounded by 8 of his lieutenants (leftenants if you are British), and you HAVE TO take all 8 of them out all at the same time. There is only 1 non-lethal attack in the game that can take out multiple targets, Doc's gas flask, but the way the lieutenants are positioned, you can only get 2 of them in the AoE. Even if you somehow figure out how to get 3 with the gas, that's still not enough. You don't have control over Cooper (he's busy with Frank), so if you get 3 with Doc, 1 with Kate, 1 with Isabelle, and 1 with Hector, plus one more due to Isabelle's link ability, that makes 7, which is still 1 short. You need an attack that can take out 4 targets at once, and the only attack that can do that is Hector's shotgun.

What I'm saying is that I'm not counting these kills against my pacifist run, because it's impossible to do the final showdown non-lethal. I have a hard save right at this spot, so if I have an epiphany, I'll go back and do it non-lethal, but I'm fairly convinced it's impossible.

I even got the badge for not killing anyone except mission targets, implying the developers know that non-lethal is impossible in this mission. I also didn't use a disguise in this mission and one was available.

This concludes my successful Desperado Difficulty Pacifist Run of Desperados 3. This will go on my list of greatest stealth gaming achievements, next to my ghost pacifist run of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and just below eliminating an elusive target stealth assassin, suit only in HITMAN.

Edited July 20, 2020 by Keyrock

Bokishi · July 24, 2020

Crysis came out on the Switch today. Crysis on a handheld

melkathi · July 26, 2020

A clock tower with griffon-gargoyle-critters

I was told to hire an additional mercenary and I can select a portrait Keyrock would select!

Or one I could name Guarddog or the_dog_days or Skazz's profile pic

Win-win-win situations:

And when trouble comes looking, we look right back:

And while the one character's name makes me hum that Mr Mister song, this one is named Rio and he dances on the sand, just like that river twisting through a dusty land

Not the MVP I would have picked, seeing how my Knight stood in a corner of the map getting the **** beaten out of her by some bandits while the rest of the team cleared up their friends, but she did a lot of healing:

Keyrock · July 27, 2020

LotRO

My heroic hobbit guardian Mirabell:

I'm honestly shocked I managed to get this only slightly off-brand spelling of Mirabelle and didn't have to resort to adding a string of numbers.

Dream sequence featuring ersatz Cate Blanchett:

Fly you fools!

Keyrock · July 28, 2020

Mirabell got herself a Bounder Feathered Hat. Look at how stylish it is. Marvel at its refined beauty:

As an aside, does everybody start in The Shire or only Hobbits?

ShadySands · July 29, 2020

Only Hobbits start in the Shire but you can go to all the starting areas for cheap at the stables in Michel Delving. Men and Man-bears start in Archet in Bree-land, all Elves start in Celondim in Ered Luin, and all dwarves also start in Ered Luin but in the north at Thorin's Hall.

When I start a new character I pretty much always complete all the starting areas before moving on. I'm always amused by how low stakes the Shire is in general.

Edited July 29, 2020 by ShadySands

Hurlshort · July 29, 2020

22 hours ago, ShadySands said:

Only Hobbits start in the Shire but you can go to all the starting areas for cheap at the stables in Michel Delving. Men and Man-bears start in Archet in Bree-land, all Elves start in Celondim in Ered Luin, and all dwarves also start in Ered Luin but in the north at Thorin's Hall.

When I start a new character I pretty much always complete all the starting areas before moving on. I'm always amused by how low stakes the Shire is in general.

The Shire is just such a relaxing area to explore. It also breaks the 'kill 10 bears' mold extremely well. I mean, you have to deliver mail while avoiding noisy hobbits, taste test pies, and go on a pub crawl.

melkathi · July 30, 2020

The DLC for Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark allows the taming of monsters.

This is Nizzly:

Nizzly's species uses a unique type of magic called Jellymancy.

Oner · August 1, 2020

Yes, let's watch that vi-

...Maybe let's not.

Inspire people by clicking on their running hearts really really fast!

Atta girl!

Hawke64 · August 1, 2020

Code Vein.

Spoilers for the final boss and the ending.

Spoiler

By "cooperation" they mean not killing them on purpose, I suppose.

"Food, here I come".

I could not create Shrek (the most relatable protagonist ever), I am sorry.

Apparently, Louis disliked my most glorious beard.

Keyrock · August 1, 2020

^ You got the true ending. I got the true ending the second time through on my NG+ run, I got the neutral ending first time through. I neither have the testicular fortitude nor the gaming skill to attempt a NG++ run to get the bad ending and 100% the game.

marelooke · August 3, 2020

On 8/1/2020 at 9:27 PM, Hawke64 said:

Code Vein.

Spoilers for the final boss and the ending.

Reveal hidden contents

By "cooperation" they mean not killing them on purpose, I suppose.

"Food, here I come".

I could not create Shrek (the most relatable protagonist ever), I am sorry.