Ikaruga is by no means the be-all and end-all of shmups.

[Zeroeth_Nature (Self-Lightening, ΑΘΕΛΗΜΑ,)]

@promethean75

Well i fucked my charisma up (i think) by ending a main quest wrong (i sided with the bad guy instead at the end) and now nobody likes me because that shit carries over into the player co-op stuff.

If that’s true, that’s just bad game design. Casualty of a single-player RPG becoming an MMORPG, I suppose. Charisma’s typically a stat that affects NPCs; player characters should only be affected by how you actually affect them, I think.

@promethean75

Also, i find out way later that drinking alcohol makes you a dickhead too. I use it to boost strength and endurance sometimes. Had no idea it affected my charisma.

You and your friend Jim Bean…

@promethean75

At this point, I’m where i always end up in any immersive rpg i play; totally overwhelmed with a list of uncompleted quests and burned out on trying to finish them. Like this one… i can’t find the fuckin dude in the cave. Been there three times.

Could be a secret door, but might just as well be a bug. It’s a Bethesda game, after all.

@promethean75

Or one where i gotta hunt radstag and collect five skins for the hunt master. I’m out in the middle of nowhere (at the quest location) running around looking for these things for like ten minutes. Nothing.

Yeah, reminds me of Far Cry 3 and 4 (and maybe it’s the same in 5 and 6)… Now that I think about it, could it be that you’re supposed to use your head and think like, hmm, where would stags hide out… Oh wait, there’s a woods nearby!

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@promethean75

And the storylines are waaaay too involved. I don’t even read/listen to the dialogues. Skip right through it. This game is too much. Bethesda was like “okay you guys want a realistic game? Lol, you’re gonna regret that, sucka.”

Maybe you should play a more bespoke crafting and base building game, dude…

NOT NOW, PHELPS! (LA NOIRE VR)

[promethean75]

“Now that I think about it, could it be that you’re supposed to use your head and think like, hmm, where would stags hide out… Oh wait, there’s a woods nearby!”

Mate. I was literally in the middle of the objective circle where i was supposed to be to shoot these things, and none of em showed up. So then I’m running around looking for em and instead, i come up on a pack of giant radiated werewolves or something that i waste all my ammo on. It’s not a pleasant experience by any measure.

I fear the game may have failed to cue the stags once i entered the objective area. Tried a few times. Nuthin. Fuck those stags, mate.

[Zeroeth_Nature (Self-Lightening, ΑΘΕΛΗΜΑ,)]

No, look, I’m saying maybe you shouldn’t stay in the circle at all… Maybe you’re supposed to use the circle as the starting point from which to look for a nearby area where stags like to hang out!