DARKEN'S PROFILE

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/04/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-delayed-to-february-2-2024

I pulled the trigger and added suicide squad and then immediately ended up with a lemon

@MoltresRider: Anything under Operand will change whatever is under Variable which is what's being declared and actually changed. You keep confusing Steps Taken as a variable when really it is a value that cannot be changed. Instead you declare a variable (a value that can be changed) and store Steps Taken into that variable and do whatever is nesscary with that number afterwards. Which is what 3 people are trying to get across to you and is a crucial thing to understand before you can do anything with variables.

My only knowledge of Roguelikes comes from the mystery dungeon series. My favorite item is the scroll that eliminates all walls on the current floor which can be a good or bad thing depending on the situation. Or a scroll that eliminates all enemies of the same type as the monster you threw it at. But then you also have things like blank scroll that lets you inscribe any scroll item... if you know the scroll name. Without a guide it's pretty interesting to have an item that promotes discovery and knowledge of the game and a lot of "If I can just have any one item what would be the perfect one for this situation"

I'm not really suggesting those specifically but rather I'm saying those make for interesting items to me. The philosophy being that items should result in very emergent play experiences rather than just a minor benefit. Like Red said idk how your game works but I would go through the list of things that can be modified in your game, like anything, and ask yourself how crazy would it be for the player to affect that. I think roguelikes often demand such methods especially if you can offset it with rarity and whatnot.

even i didn't expect RE4 to get a 90+. Makes up for the negatives I suppose. I'm thinking of picking up the Suicide Squad but that is such a potential bomb. It's core Rocksteady so the game should be good? But im wondering if the looter shooter elements will leave a bad taste in reviewers mouths. The public opinion just seems so sour, and Gotham Knights and Avengers hasn't been known to crack through making super hero themed looters viable. I'm waiting on other stuff to have confirmed dates before I start securing more picks.

Final Fantasy XIII

Dragon Age made me think about the ps3/360 era a lot and now I'm realizing I have 20 hours dumped into FF13 and might as well finish it. I can see why I bounced off of it, I'm in the fifth ark and even though it's mostly a linear hallway I'm checking the map once in while to make sure I didn't 180 after a cutscene because everything is rubber stamped into oblivion. Still though the game manages to not look like a janky nightmare that is bioware circa 2009

The combat still has its flair especially when relearning everything but I feel like no matter how good the combat is you really need exploration to balance out the monotony. I will say the small diference in enemy formations can be felt and the paradigm shifting is finally opening up. I just got every class unlock but I feel there's little point unless there's some cheap stat min maxing early on in the crystarium tree. I've yet do any weapon upgrading but I remember reading somewhere there's no point until you have the weapon you want and a ton of money from a certain sidequest later on. It feels like Kawazu designed it because every other customization system in this game is relatively straight forward. The nice thing about this game that dying doesn't matter much and you really have nothing to do except either blast through or experiment to progress.

The story is probably the worst reason why coming back to this game may be daunting because the synopsis and even the ocassional flashback summary in the Raines confrontation scene just makes no sense. I get that the theming of this heavy on the fatalism side but there's no notion of a clear goal or agency of the characters. You are subjected to the endless hallways never to stray from the linear line that the developers have set out for you. Maybe you can get a premptive strike or that one item in that dead end corridor but your fate is ultimately sealed. But hey 10 hours later I should get to the part where people say it "gets good" right?