From other countries I think, yeah. We don't really do a lot of those anymore...
[ The Halcyon days of the Grudge and the Ring. ]
Yeah because if you don't press them fast, someone else is going to beat you to it, and once you're in the air then it gets really hard to counterattack. Depending on how your opponent does it, even the smallest gap really can get you an instant K.O. It really sucks to just get punched to death like that. The combos can get pretty long and complicated but the payoff is good.
Wonder what changed. Did people just go off horror…?
[ thinks about all the remakes of rpgmaker horror games that are now coming out like REMAKE? THESE ARE NEW? ]
…
[ oh this is huge nerd hours but she is Trying. ] So it’s not only knowing what you’re doing, it’s— muscle memory and reaction speed based as well? That doesn’t sound especially newcomer friendly…
[ Maybe I have just picky standards for horror. HOLDS THE FIRST HALF OF PARANORMASIGHT CLOSE TO ME. Square do more horror IPs you have potential. ]
Yeah, I guess so. But isn't every video game kind of like that? The people who've played it a long time know everything they have to do, but newcomers have to learn.
But in the worst case scenario, like you said, you can always just button mash.
[ listen, square should do this i would play it even though i am the horror weenie and was like AAAAAA AM I FREE YET by the end of the first half of paranormasight. we love a jumpscare and eerie lore based horrors though. oooooOOOooooOOooOooooo… ]
Some games aren’t competitive though— although I have heard people say M*rio P*rty ruins friendships and families, so maybe it is a universal thing.
[ well.
ok she will take the other set of controls and she will Button Mash ]
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[ halloweeny... but it IS cute too, she has so many little bats in goat dorm rn.
tama is just watching the controls like ? ]
There are combos in this kind of game right? It kinda looks like you're just mashing buttons though.
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[ The Halcyon days of the Grudge and the Ring. ]
Yeah because if you don't press them fast, someone else is going to beat you to it, and once you're in the air then it gets really hard to counterattack. Depending on how your opponent does it, even the smallest gap really can get you an instant K.O. It really sucks to just get punched to death like that. The combos can get pretty long and complicated but the payoff is good.
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[ thinks about all the remakes of rpgmaker horror games that are now coming out like REMAKE? THESE ARE NEW? ]
…
[ oh this is huge nerd hours but she is Trying. ] So it’s not only knowing what you’re doing, it’s— muscle memory and reaction speed based as well? That doesn’t sound especially newcomer friendly…
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Yeah, I guess so. But isn't every video game kind of like that? The people who've played it a long time know everything they have to do, but newcomers have to learn.
But in the worst case scenario, like you said, you can always just button mash.
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Some games aren’t competitive though— although I have heard people say M*rio P*rty ruins friendships and families, so maybe it is a universal thing.
[ well.
ok she will take the other set of controls and she will Button Mash ]