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[AzyWng]

Started playing Saints Row 2 again, this time (like all times) with the Gentlemen of the Row Mod.

Got reminded of why I stopped when the game crashed when I tried to start an activity, and realized that I wasn't willing to switch to windowed mode, fiddle around with the SR2 Powertools, and make a sacrifice of my own blood in order to get the game to run properly.

Still debating whether to do all that, but I think I might. The opportunity to throw trashcans at weebs is too tempting to pass up.

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Saints Row 2

[Telgin]

Slapped off a mountain by a flaming hand and landed in lava.

Banjo-Tooie.  I've probably died more in Hailfire Peaks than the other levels combined.  Sometimes intentionally since it was faster than running back to where I needed to go, and once because I got stuck beneath a comatose baby alien somehow and had to kill myself with grenade eggs...

[itisnotlogical]

Can't seem to figure out how to get Raikov's clothes. He seems to show up as soon as there's any kind of disturbance, which makes it very difficult to eliminate all the guards. Just when I think I've taken out all the guards it turns out there's one more just rounding the corner, ready to ruin my entire day.

I really, really wish you could just use CQC in the scientist disguise.

Metal Gear Solid 3.

[Akura]

Just wait until a guard is alone, take off the disguise, then CQC? Use distractions like wall-knocks to separate guards as well. Also, sleep-weapons that you can use in disguise(Handkerchief, Cigs) are available if you look for them, these should insta-drop anyone in range of their effect.

If I remember correctly, Raikov's patrol path does take him into the locker room on the second floor, and there shouldn't be any guards in there. If not there, at least the adjoining break room.

[Dunamisdeos]

I don't think I used the scientist disguise. I just stealthed everyone.

[hector13]

I think you can put him in the bathroom on the ground floor too, but it’s been a while since I played.

[Akura]

Facepalm moment. Got a mission: deliver 150 processors to a station. Payoff is 2.7 million credits. Just so happens that in my starting territory on the opposite side of the galaxy(there was a wormhole) there was a processor factory. I take the trip there... only to realize that I can only afford 15 of the processors I need. And the mission has a 30-minute time limit, so grinding up some extra cash is probably out of the question.

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Avorion.

[Tawa]

You're probably past that part already, but I usually wait for Raikov to go into the room at the top of the stairs, then gas him with the knockout cigarettes from the Granin institute. I think he always does this immediately after leaving the library at the bottom of the stairs, and if you're on the first cycle of his route then nobody will walk in on you as you drag him to the locker room. If you don't have the cigarettes, you can also use the awkward handkerchief shooting attack or just swap out of the disguise, choke him out, and then put it back on just in case.

anyway back to my self-imposed exile. good luck with snake eater

[MCreeper]

Just death.

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Just before that, my both companions were killed and ghouls finally clawed through my ubershield. Not much time to be stark raving rad left. 

Spoilery death.

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Whyever i didn't get anything relevant in Horacio's room?  EDIT: Because i missed a dialogue option. It didn't help me at all.

Stygian: Reign of the dark ones. Mostly great so far. 
EDIT: Skimmed trough reviews... In addition to slowpoke combat - all-save-breaking bugs, busted mid-story ending, great story while it lasts, fine everything else... Yep, all the things we like proper cultic games for.  Hopefully in 5 years someone will make a fanpatch that restores cut content and fixes bugs.  And speeds up combat by 100%, this is crazy.

[Aoi]

I am the commander of this outpost in the tundra, a bustling bastion against the ravages of cold was founded by a scant 80 stalwart individuals. I am the sole arbiter of light and warmth in this eternally frozen landscape. But I am kind and merciful; just see what my propaganda mills are reporting. Hundreds of refugees are flocking to my town because there is warm soup for all and medical facilities as far as the eye can see.

And after taking in all these poor souls seeking a better place, we have weathered the storm and I am prepared to lead them into a glorious future. All 87 of them.

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Frostpunk. While it was technically a win, I'm not really sure I should classify something like 400 deaths to frostbite as a rousing success, especially since I turned the place into a despotic pit in the process. Though on the bright side, I finally got my production balanced and scaled up by the end.

[Akura]

Decided randomly to fire this up after the most recent update. It looks much better since I last played it.

Also good to know is that enemies can still tank a headshot from a rifle, then snipe you - and the rest of your troops but mostly just you - from over 100m, with what sounded like a pistol, whilst you are prone and decently camouflaged.

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Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare.

[Ulfarr]

I was 2 damage points short of killing the 2nd boss and had no defences or hp to tank his attack. Yay...

Slay the Spire, Ironclad vs The Collector, Ascension 18

[Yoink]

Re-installed the game for the first time in ages and started up a mercenary company.
Things were going reasonably well for a while, though my leadership skills were certainly somewhat rusty, but then I bit off far, far more than we could chew by attacking a necromancer's hideout in the hopes of gaining some renown. Long story short, I'd forgotten the best strategies for taking on necromancers and their undead lackeys, and we were swarmed and butchered since I hadn't sent enough skirmishers around the flanks after the necromancer himself.

I thought that was game over and wasn't overly upset, I'd been planning on getting the DLC and starting a new game anyhow - but then I thought, "hang on, didn't I have 13 men in my company?"
Sure enough, there was one fella left, presumably encamped just next to the scene of the battle/massacre, guarding our gear and listening to the gruesome sounds of his former comrades being feasted on. It cannot have been a pleasant time. When no-one came back, he gathered the stuff and fled.

To his credit, though, this one guy - Guido the tramp - decided to stick with the mercenary life despite this having been the first battle the company had seen since he joined. He wandered back to the nearest village, used the group's remaining funds (they'd been running a bit low already) to procure the services of a few more nobodies like himself (equipping them with the dregs of leftover gear nobody had been using) and set off again, managing to find another job.

So I mean, the show goes on. For now.

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Battle Brothers.

   

[Akura]

Got wiped in less than 10 seconds. Against an Esthar Soldier, Esthar Soldier(cyborg version), and a Gesper. Right at the start, the cyborg soldier casts Death. Then the Gesper uses Degenerator, then the cyborg casts Death again. All three party members instantly dead.

My last save was well before the previous boss, which took awhile since it was very weak yet I could draw Flare from it.

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Final Fantasy VIII, during what I think is the last or almost last Laguna section. Not helping was the fact that the section before this lets you put Edea in your party, but when it comes time to switch to Laguna you cannot transfer the spells she has.

[itisnotlogical]

I'm stuck on The Boss, and kinda feeling "fuck this game" again.

With the exception of The End, the bosses in this game are all bullshit. Not because they're hard to avoid, or do a lot of damage at once, or have a lot of health or hard-to-dodge attacks. It's because they're invincible 90% of the time, and there's never any indication if you're doing it right or just wasting your time.

I find it extremely hard to believe that MGS3 is anybody's favorite. There's no denying it's a good game but it's no better than MGS2 and actually falls short in a lot of ways IMO.