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The Batlord · 04-26-2015, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Of course you can know for certain what the real numbers are, people keep track of these statistics obsessively for every card game ever. EX rarity is estimated at 2 per box (source: https://sites.google.com/site/virgin...mon/rarity/ex1), and since a box contains 32 packs then the estimated pull rate of EX cards is 1 in every 16 packs.

I like the fact that the url says "virginiapokemon", but in the post it's shortened to "virgin...mon". I think the universe is having a laugh.

Key · 04-26-2015, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Of course you can know for certain what the real numbers are, people keep track of these statistics obsessively for every card game ever. EX rarity is estimated at 2 per box (source: https://sites.google.com/site/virgin...mon/rarity/ex1), and since a box contains 32 packs then the estimated pull rate of EX cards is 1 in every 16 packs.

I know the facts now from watching people who open pokemon card packs. No, i'm not kidding. There are people who do that, and it's actually really interesting.

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Well The Pre-Sequel was developed by 2K Australia so I suppose it would make sense that they would hire Australian voice actors. I'm not saying this to defend a game I have zero interest in playing a series I have very little interest as a whole, but I do think there's an answer to your niggle.

As for Five Nights At Freddie's, it's basically YouTube fodder. Popular YouTube personalities make their facecam videos of them shrieking like a banshee and then all their follows go out and give it a go because it's reasonably priced. It has some interesting storytelling and there are some cool theories out there for it, but yeah I do think releasing 3 games over the course of 6 months was perhaps a little overdoing it. That said though, all the games sold and Scott Cawthon is significantly richer than he was this time last year.

It's a shame that Ori and the Blind Forest has technical issues, I've heard some people complain about the ending though which has definitely lowered it on my list of priority games for 2015. Maybe I'll pick it up during the summer sale, or wait till the end of the year.

Finally there's Among the Sleep... Now graphics wise, yes it really isn't anything spectacular but it was a Kickstarter game with a pretty meager goal. My real problems with the game lay with its short length, clocking in just under 2 hours for me to complete it, and for it's pretentious twist ending which I called pretty early on.

Yeah, I remembered after I posted about Borderlands that an Australian team was behind it. It's such a shame too, because it really could have been a cool game. I'm not a big fan of the series, but the games have always been fun when I played them. A friend of mine and myself play multiplayer sometimes and it's a lot of fun.

I don't mind that the developer for Five Nights has been making money off of his idea. It was obviously a good idea, and I do enjoy the concept of the game itself, and they aren't the worst games i've ever played, it's just disappointing to see so much come out of it in such a short time. But again, the developer has made some good money so I would be happy if I were him.

Yeah, it's pretty disappointing about Ori and The Blind Forest, because I was legitimately enjoying the heck out of the game. Everything about the mechanics to the storytelling to the graphics are all just top notch. A truly spectacular game and it's just a shame that the technical issues came up when I was really starting to get into it and get some momentum going in terms of powers and story.

I just can't bring myself to finish Among The Sleep. With what you said about it being a Kickstarter though, I mean...the game isn't completely broken so I give the developers high fives for that. However, I just wish I knew what I was getting into before I actually played it. It's a shame to hear about the ending as well. One of these days, I may just finish it so I can say I finished it. But my motivation to do so isn't very high at the moment.

I would still strongly recommend that you try out Ori and The Blind Forest for yourself, especially since I know you were someone that was looking forward to it. It's honestly a fantastic game. I just hope the technical issues get fixed so that when I play through it to get to where I was before my save deleted, it'll be a breeze.

YorkeDaddy · 04-26-2015, 11:03 PM

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I know the facts now from watching people who open pokemon card packs. No, i'm not kidding. There are people who do that, and it's actually really interesting.

Oh I'm well aware. There are video of people opening 1000+ packs of my favorite card game (Hearthstone) on Youtube. For science.

Key · 04-26-2015, 11:35 PM

Yeah, I know sequel isn't the right word for what i'm going to talk about, but whatever. You ever want to play a series of games, but when you look at the ridiculous amount of games the franchise has made for that one series, that you just sort of look away because it's overwhelming? That's just me? Ok, well whatever. Anyway, i'm going to talk about some of the game series' that i've wanted to dive into, but the amount of games the series has is just...a lot. And before you say "just play one at a time", well obviously i'll do that. I just want to talk about them for argument sake.

First off we have one series that is certainly on my list of games I want to play, but could never decide when to dive into them...

Assassin's Creed

In total, this series right now has...8 main games and a few others, and I can imagine that number is going to continue to grow as time goes on. Don't get me wrong, these games look absolutely amazing. I've actually seen someone play through the first game, and it looked like a lot of fun, but I've never actually sat down and played them myself. I'm a big fan of the stealth-esque open world type of deal it has going on, and i've always been a fan of Ubisoft. I have no idea when i'll start my journey on these games, but I know that over time, the older games will continue to get cheaper, so the longer I wait, the less money I have to pay to play them, which is pretty nice. Eventually, I want to play them all. The series has always gotten nothing but great reviews from what i've seen. That's not to say i'll enjoy them right away, but it's always nice to see people always talking highly of a series.

Super Mario

I think in total, i've played through...3 Mario games in my lifetime. Super Mario 64, the original, and Super Mario 3D world. It has always been a strange thing for me that i've never played any of the other ones. I've heard nothing but amazing things about the other games like Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, and many others, but man....there's so many. Nintendo has always been good about putting out an amazing game though, and from what I hear, people seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of every Super Mario release that comes out. It's weird with me though, because although i'm a fan of Super Mario, I won't go the store at the release of a new game and hope to be one of the first to beat the new game. It's sort of a "if I get the game, i'll play it" sort of thing. That's probably why i've missed out on playing so many of them. Soon, I want to fix that. I know I can use an emulator, but that's not always down my alley.

Call of Duty

I have played a total of 1 Call of Duty game in my lifetime. Call of Duty: Black Ops. Story was fantastic, and the multiplayer was a lot of fun, but it wasn't soon after that I realized how many god damn games are in this series of games. I obviously need to get on the earlier releases and some of the news ones, because from what I see / hear, a lot of them look right down my alley. I would like to at least play through all the earlier games that were set more in the world wars. Those ones seem to have amazing stories, and if you saw my thoughts on Homefront, you'd know i'm a big fan of a good story in a first person shooter game. It just makes it that much more fun. I've heard a lot of negative things about the newer age of Call of Duty games how it's just the same thing over and over again, but if you take a look at the numbers, the games sell, and they sell a lot of them. So why would they stop doing what works? In my opinion, they're doing exactly what they should do. They're sticking to what they know, and it seems to work with every new release.

LoathsomePete · 04-27-2015, 10:44 AM

Assassin's Creed is a series that needs to ditch the modern day story and just focus on what I assumed the first game was going to be, Hitman but set in the Middle Ages. That said though, I definitely think you should check out Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China as it plays completely differently to the rest of the series, is set in a completely different setting than we're use to, and actually makes stealth viable. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is also a lot of fun as a pirate simulator, but does suffer from a lack of variety in the main story missions, which are pretty much variants of "tail the guy" or "tail the guy, then chase/ kill the guy". Assassin's Creed Liberation is also kind of cool and relatively cheap, and I've heard good things about Assassin's Creed Rogue where you get to play as an assassin turned templar and hunt down the Assassin order.

All that said though, it's definitely a game that seems pretty daunting to get into just due to the amount of games, but I'd say the cheaper, non-main story ones like Liberation, Chronicles: China, and Rogue might be good places to start.

Key · 04-27-2015, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Assassin's Creed is a series that needs to ditch the modern day story and just focus on what I assumed the first game was going to be, Hitman but set in the Middle Ages. That said though, I definitely think you should check out Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China as it plays completely differently to the rest of the series, is set in a completely different setting than we're use to, and actually makes stealth viable. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is also a lot of fun as a pirate simulator, but does suffer from a lack of variety in the main story missions, which are pretty much variants of "tail the guy" or "tail the guy, then chase/ kill the guy". Assassin's Creed Liberation is also kind of cool and relatively cheap, and I've heard good things about Assassin's Creed Rogue where you get to play as an assassin turned templar and hunt down the Assassin order.

All that said though, it's definitely a game that seems pretty daunting to get into just due to the amount of games, but I'd say the cheaper, non-main story ones like Liberation, Chronicles: China, and Rogue might be good places to start.

Assassin's Creed will most likely be the first series I try to tackle just because of how cool they look and the different types of stories you can get into. I didn't want to mention the non-main games because that list is long in itself, but I haven't forgotten about those at all. All the games look interesting enough to make me want to really sit down and play them in their entirety.

LoathsomePete · 04-27-2015, 11:22 AM

Well you'll be a greater man than me because I've only ever finished the 1st game and even that took me like 4 years to get around to doing.

Don't take that as a condemnation, they just have a really bad pacing issue where the first couple of hours is player training disguised as story missions and even after all of that I have this weird problem with Ubisoft open world games where my OCD kicks in and I have to collect EVERYTHING on the map. I swear most of the hours I've clocked in has just been me running/ horse riding/ sailing to pick up shards or chests or whatever. Hopefully you won't have the same affliction.

Key · 04-27-2015, 11:32 AM

^im just like you when it comes to having to collect everything. What I try to do to distract me is to make a goal of finishing the story first, then collect everything on another file / new game. But yeah, I have the same OCD, I have to collect EVERYTHING in the area before I progress.

The Batlord · 04-27-2015, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Well you'll be a greater man than me because I've only ever finished the 1st game and even that took me like 4 years to get around to doing.

Don't take that as a condemnation, they just have a really bad pacing issue where the first couple of hours is player training disguised as story missions and even after all of that I have this weird problem with Ubisoft open world games where my OCD kicks in and I have to collect EVERYTHING on the map. I swear most of the hours I've clocked in has just been me running/ horse riding/ sailing to pick up shards or chests or whatever. Hopefully you won't have the same affliction.

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Originally Posted by Ki

^im just like you when it comes to having to collect everything. What I try to do to distract me is to make a goal of finishing the story first, then collect everything on another file / new game. But yeah, I have the same OCD, I have to collect EVERYTHING in the area before I progress.

Oh god, it's made replaying the Mass Effect games into a chore. I can't just leave all the little side missions alone, and a lot of them just end up as busy work after the fifth time going through them.

Black Francis · 04-27-2015, 02:03 PM

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Oh god, it's made replaying the Mass Effect games into a chore.

This is why i don't complete every game to a 100%

I did every side mission on ME1 and frankly wanted more, i also liked doing every side mission on AC:Brotherhood to complete the map and own all of the shops but doing so distracted me from the main story and i never finished it.

04-27-2015, 10:44 AM	#105 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Assassin's Creed is a series that needs to ditch the modern day story and just focus on what I assumed the first game was going to be, Hitman but set in the Middle Ages. That said though, I definitely think you should check out Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China as it plays completely differently to the rest of the series, is set in a completely different setting than we're use to, and actually makes stealth viable. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is also a lot of fun as a pirate simulator, but does suffer from a lack of variety in the main story missions, which are pretty much variants of "tail the guy" or "tail the guy, then chase/ kill the guy". Assassin's Creed Liberation is also kind of cool and relatively cheap, and I've heard good things about Assassin's Creed Rogue where you get to play as an assassin turned templar and hunt down the Assassin order. All that said though, it's definitely a game that seems pretty daunting to get into just due to the amount of games, but I'd say the cheaper, non-main story ones like Liberation, Chronicles: China, and Rogue might be good places to start. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

04-27-2015, 11:22 AM	#107 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Well you'll be a greater man than me because I've only ever finished the 1st game and even that took me like 4 years to get around to doing. Don't take that as a condemnation, they just have a really bad pacing issue where the first couple of hours is player training disguised as story missions and even after all of that I have this weird problem with Ubisoft open world games where my OCD kicks in and I have to collect EVERYTHING on the map. I swear most of the hours I've clocked in has just been me running/ horse riding/ sailing to pick up shards or chests or whatever. Hopefully you won't have the same affliction. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

04-26-2015, 11:35 PM	#104 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Yeah, I know sequel isn't the right word for what i'm going to talk about, but whatever. You ever want to play a series of games, but when you look at the ridiculous amount of games the franchise has made for that one series, that you just sort of look away because it's overwhelming? That's just me? Ok, well whatever. Anyway, i'm going to talk about some of the game series' that i've wanted to dive into, but the amount of games the series has is just...a lot. And before you say "just play one at a time", well obviously i'll do that. I just want to talk about them for argument sake. First off we have one series that is certainly on my list of games I want to play, but could never decide when to dive into them... Assassin's Creed In total, this series right now has...8 main games and a few others, and I can imagine that number is going to continue to grow as time goes on. Don't get me wrong, these games look absolutely amazing. I've actually seen someone play through the first game, and it looked like a lot of fun, but I've never actually sat down and played them myself. I'm a big fan of the stealth-esque open world type of deal it has going on, and i've always been a fan of Ubisoft. I have no idea when i'll start my journey on these games, but I know that over time, the older games will continue to get cheaper, so the longer I wait, the less money I have to pay to play them, which is pretty nice. Eventually, I want to play them all. The series has always gotten nothing but great reviews from what i've seen. That's not to say i'll enjoy them right away, but it's always nice to see people always talking highly of a series. Super Mario I think in total, i've played through...3 Mario games in my lifetime. Super Mario 64, the original, and Super Mario 3D world. It has always been a strange thing for me that i've never played any of the other ones. I've heard nothing but amazing things about the other games like Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, and many others, but man....there's so many. Nintendo has always been good about putting out an amazing game though, and from what I hear, people seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of every Super Mario release that comes out. It's weird with me though, because although i'm a fan of Super Mario, I won't go the store at the release of a new game and hope to be one of the first to beat the new game. It's sort of a "if I get the game, i'll play it" sort of thing. That's probably why i've missed out on playing so many of them. Soon, I want to fix that. I know I can use an emulator, but that's not always down my alley. Call of Duty I have played a total of 1 Call of Duty game in my lifetime. Call of Duty: Black Ops. Story was fantastic, and the multiplayer was a lot of fun, but it wasn't soon after that I realized how many god damn games are in this series of games. I obviously need to get on the earlier releases and some of the news ones, because from what I see / hear, a lot of them look right down my alley. I would like to at least play through all the earlier games that were set more in the world wars. Those ones seem to have amazing stories, and if you saw my thoughts on Homefront, you'd know i'm a big fan of a good story in a first person shooter game. It just makes it that much more fun. I've heard a lot of negative things about the newer age of Call of Duty games how it's just the same thing over and over again, but if you take a look at the numbers, the games sell, and they sell a lot of them. So why would they stop doing what works? In my opinion, they're doing exactly what they should do. They're sticking to what they know, and it seems to work with every new release.

04-27-2015, 11:32 AM	#108 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	^im just like you when it comes to having to collect everything. What I try to do to distract me is to make a goal of finishing the story first, then collect everything on another file / new game. But yeah, I have the same OCD, I have to collect EVERYTHING in the area before I progress.