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• 13:39, 15 June 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Created page with "* There's an item you can get later in the game that will mark the locations of most collectibles if you're dreading the typical game experience of needing to use a game guide for figuring out what you may have missed and then hunting them down. * This is a preference but I used the accessibility options in the game to make the crates and crystals a conspicuous hot pink colour. Makes finding them from afar or just barely peaking out from behind something a lot easier....")
• 15:00, 2 June 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Serpent in the Staglands (Created page with "* Early game is rough, be prepared, and recruit all the NPCs companions you can asap in order to get over the first few levels hump. * Don't hesitate to reload if someone dies, you won't find a resurrect scroll. * Don't hesitate to replace early companions with better ones that you'll encounter later. * Mobs are spawned in small groups, but can be aggroed individually. However, if a group isn't fully dead and you save, then *the entire group* will be spawned back when...")
• 10:34, 31 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Card Survival: Tropical Island (Created page with "== Hunter == * At the start your biggest source of water is going to be coconut water (sharp rock on husked coconut) and rain that you collect by catching it in empty coconut shells. When you drink/eat coconut products your "stool liquidty" stat will go up (yes its that kind of game) which will eventually give you diarrhea, which then drives your hydration down. Therefore you want to limit your coconut product consumption to only once or twice a day. For collecting wate...")
• 08:10, 25 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Darkest Dungeon II (Created page with "* You're going to die so get used to it. You're not going to be able to beat the boss at the end of the run, it's just isn't going to happen, so focus on getting as far as you can with what you have. * Your party is generally broken into frontliners and backliners, with each person's preferred location being on their information page. When you look at an ability it'll show what position you need to be in to use it and which positions on the enemy side it can hit. These...")
• 08:05, 25 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Octopath Traveler II (Created page with "* Every character is viable as your first character, but the one you pick cannot leave the party until you finish their story, so make sure you like them and their abilities. * Throne's a solid starting pick. A good balance of physical and magical stats means she pairs well with anyone else's job. She also starts near a good secondary job to unlock, as well as two solid early characters (the Scholar and Cleric specifically). Her Day/Night Path skills are also insanely u...")
• 10:09, 24 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Descenders (Created page with "* It is important to not blow off the tutorial in this game if you want to do well. You'll want to get a feel for how jumping and moving in mid-air works because the game will certainly be expecting you to if you don't want to crash from landing incorrectly. Having to use the right stick to jump and using the left stick to do spins and flips in the air by default is tricky but doable. * You can pump the brakes to help control your downhill speed (default L2) and there i...")
• 17:40, 18 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Great War: Western Front (Created page with "== Campaign == * Don't be afraid to do nothing on a turn to build up funds, the game is very long term and the enemy is not super aggressive. You need to spend money to replenish your troops after fights, so if you go into them broke then you're going to run into the red. * Don't mix multiple nationalities of troops together, it gives a "disunity of command" debuff for morale. * Generally speaking what troops you have are what you get. You can build new planes or (lat...")
• 13:20, 14 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Created page with "* Unlike BotW, you should follow the main story quest a bit after leaving the tutorial zone - until you do, you won't get your glider or activate the towers * Every cave has a glowing creature you can defeat that will drop a collectible gem - when you do, a checkmark will appear on the cave's icon on the map * Jump in every well you see Category:Games")
• 15:40, 10 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs moved page Mount And Blade: Warband to Mount & Blade: Warband (Changed "and" to an ampersand)
• 11:53, 6 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Created page with "* You can scan unknown enemies with your binoculars before fighting them. You don't have to wait to scan their corpse to add them to the database. * You'll be let loose to explore the rather large first main planet fairly early, but I'd recommend following the story at least until you get the ability to tame and ride creatures, which makes getting around much faster. Category:Games")
• 09:37, 5 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Star Wars: Empire at War (Created page with "* If you have the Forces of Corruption expansion the third faction has the ability to corrupt your planets which cuts your income. You can use special units or heroes to cleanse the systems for a chunk of change. * Ships that are coming in, and recovering from hyperdrive, in battles take a ton of extra damage, so be careful if you want to jump something into the middle of a fight. * Don’t get caught up in churning out as many Star Destroyers or Mon Cal cruisers as...")
• 07:49, 2 May 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Barotrauma (Created page with "* Any injuries under aprox. 20% are not worth wasting medical supplies on, with the exception of bleeding ("minor bleeding" is fine to ignore), poisons, and husk infection which you should always try to clear asap. Anything less than 20% should be treated by fruit juice (pomegrenade extract, you can set up a botany room and grow the fruit on the sub) or via lying in a bed (veeeerry slowly heals injuries over time). At outposts and cities you can also spend a fairly minor...")
• 14:48, 29 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page God of War Ragnarök (Created page with "* One of the valuable things you can find if you look around is pots that hang from the ceiling and that usually contain money. These can look different depending on which realm you're in. Category:Games")
• 20:01, 28 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Everspace 2 (Created page with "* The game is a looter shooter at heart. Regularly look for upgrades to your equipment, even if it means changing weapon types. * Pay attention to the Challenges section under Data. Every star system has an explorer challenge that unlocks fast forward while in supralight, which is unbelievably useful. Make completing this your priority. * Different ships in the same class (striker, bomber etc) can have different passive abilities, so check those before you buy. Later,...")
• 20:00, 28 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Wizards & Warriors (Created page with "* Save often in safe spaces and I'd keep multiple saves. * Some PCs have items you can trade for if you talk to them and ask Trade. You can also sell them items, and you can also steal those items if you have a character with high enough Pickpocket skill. This can be abused for certain quests such as one where you give a vampire a scroll and she will give you a key or ring. The ring is really good so after giving her the scroll, save and then steal the scroll back. Once...")
• 08:13, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Meet Your Maker (Created page with "* Aside from the tutorial, every outpost in the game is made by another player. As such, some people prefer using guards exclusively, while others traps, and the rest have a balance of both. Go in with the mentality of "What would I do if I was building this place?" and dying will happen less often. Sometimes, though, you will get outfoxed in a really devious way. No one's perfect, after all. * You only have one hit to live. If you die at all, you start at the beginning...")
• 08:10, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mega Man Battle Network 2 (Created page with "* The Gater Program Advance is extremely broken. Category:Games")
• 08:09, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mega Man Battle Network 5 (Created page with "* When picking the version you play for 5, going with Team Colonel makes for a better storyline transition to 6 since you won't be wondering who the hell is that guy. Category:Games")
• 08:06, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mega Man Battle Network (Created page with "* Save all the time, these are GBA games from the early 00s, there's no autosave and a single bad fight will kick you back to the title screen. * The first thing you should do is start slimming down your folder so you can try to have 4-5 chips in your hand every turn. A 2 code folder is ideal, 3 codes is useable, 4 codes and beyond will make it likely that you'll go into a turn with one chip in your hand. * If you're going for 100% chip collection (required for certain...")
• 08:06, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mega Man Battle Network 4 (Created page with "* MMBN 4 is not only easily the worst game in the franchise, but also one of the worst games on the GBA. And getting everything - even for just one version of the game - requires beating it three times. So if you're not feeling it, skip it. Category:Games")
• 08:06, 19 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mega Man Battle Network 3 (Created page with "* This game has S+ and S++ busting ranks in virus fights if you're in Custom Style. S+ has the point requirement of S, but you're not allowed to use your buster, charge shot, or navi chips. S++ has the same restrictions but you also can't reopen the custom screen. * MMBN 3:Blue has better unique chips than MMBN 3:White. Category:Games")
• 13:18, 10 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page DREDGE (Created page with "* The one resource you are going to be short on is research parts. You will not get enough naturally to max out your research, so you should decide what researches to get. Here are my recommendations for each research tab: * Engines: You get two distinct paths. I recommend the top path that ends immediately with the 1x1 size Jet Drive Engine and buying a bunch of those. They are almost as fast as the final tiers of the bottom path and save you a lot of research parts. A...")
• 13:16, 10 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Disciples: Liberation (Created page with "* Companions can leave you if you piss them off sufficiently or make certain choices in their quests. * Reputation with the four factions is important because it unlocks higher tiers of their units. It's generally a good idea to focus on one or two factions at maximum. * That being said, apparently it's possible to go through the game without joining forces with anyone and the story accomodates for that; you also get a good amount of units from quests. * Some quests w...")
• 13:49, 5 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Hot Wheels Unleashed (Created page with "* All vehicles have stats that must be paid attention to. These are Speed, Braking Power, Acceleration, and Handling. These are pretty self-explanatory and I imagine most reading this have played a racing game before, but the tracks in this game tend to have a lot of turns to facilitate drifting in order to acquire boost, so speed isn't the most important thing all the time. All stats are measured from 1 pip to 6. * There are also two different types of boost to use. Ch...")
• 18:13, 3 April 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Resident Evil 4 (Remake) (Created page with "* The gatcha game in the shooting gallery is on a fixed seed. If you reload your save then you are going to get the same thing if you put in the same combinations. * Attache case bonuses seem to spawn more items rather than replace them. The gold case will turn money drops into $1500 rather than (I suspect) $500 with a special icon that shows that it is doing it. For your first run the handgun ammo one will probably be the best, although you can get enough spare parts t...")
• 12:38, 28 March 2023 User account Scaldingcoffee talk contribs was created by Ahobday talk contribs (Requested by SA user)
• 12:23, 28 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Two Point Campus (Created page with "== If you played Two Point Hospital == * A lot of the same ideas from TPH work in this game too, but notably while in TPH you wanted to get patients through the system as fast as possible, in TPC you're stuck with your students for three years, so things that distracted your patients from getting to where they needed to be in TPH are actually nice to have in TPC. * In TPH you wanted the smallest rooms possible; in TPC some rooms have a variable capacity based on size,...")
• 12:21, 28 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Created page with "== General == * You can pet cats and dogs in this game. Not the goats, though. * This game has recycled the maps from the first game, making them into a single seamless overworld. You will also go to other areas, and it's there where you'll make a lot of advances and find new materials. == Item Synthesis == * As usual, item Quality is king, affecting the power of the healing and damage items you create. Traits are also important, but try not to neglect quality. * Th...")
• 06:40, 27 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Action SuperCross (Created page with "* Keeping traction with the road is how you gain speed, so don't approach jumps with too much speed, but rater make sure that you continue downhill in such way that your rear wheel touches the downhill slope as early as possible. * To keep traction on the straight line, you have to speed up more gradually than by applying full throttle. Normally, it's enough to hit the acceleration, then release it for a brief moment and then press it again. Then your front wheel shall...")
• 06:39, 27 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Roguelight (Created page with "* To light a pass in the darkness as you walk along, press and hold the "shoot" key. It will cause your character to knock a lit arrow and hold it in the bow until you release the key to shoot. Category:Games")
• 16:01, 25 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Contraband Police (Created page with "* The game will give you a pistol for free before you need one, so there's no need to buy it with your limited early-game funds. * You get more money the more complete your inspection is, particularly if somebody's got several reasons to be refused * You can transfer items directly from your warehouse to your vehicle by clicking the little car icon in the top left of the warehouse interface * The starting vehicle is good enough to last you through the whole game if yo...")
• 08:16, 17 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page PowerWash Simulator (Created page with "* It's worth reading the sms's you get from clients, there's more to the town of Muckingham than first appears... * You typically only need to get a surface/object 95-99% clean before the game will ding it and call it done, so don't fret too much about getting every last speck of grime on it. * The crouch and prone poses exist for a reason, don't forget to look under ledges and objects for dirt you missed. * The 40-degree (White) nozzle is more useful than it looks. I...")
• 10:44, 13 March 2023 User account Kanfy talk contribs was created by Ahobday talk contribs (Requested on SA.)
• 14:38, 12 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Metroid Prime: Trilogy (Created page with "* The difficulty levels are somewhat mislabeled (although the game does not highlight any of them by default). "Normal" is easier than the original games, "Veteran" is equal to "Normal" in the original games, and the unlockable "Hypermode" is equal to the hard modes in Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and 3's hard mode was originally called Hypermode anyway, so no change there. Category:Games")
• 18:54, 8 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Created page with "* If you have some familiarity with Nioh 1 and/or 2, you'll probably recall that blocking was fairly strong there. The same applies here, but because Spirit takes place of Stamina in those games, you have to be more careful since if you hit -1000 Spirit, any hit at all whatsoever will immediately knock you down and you will probably die depending on the circumstances. * You can perform a deflect out of a block, so if a combo is too tough to figure out, just find a blow...")
• 12:59, 7 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Marvel's Midnight Suns (Created page with "* Every once in a while (I'm about 1 month in and it's happened twice), you'll wake up to the church bells ringing. Make sure to check the chapel when that happens. it's not missable, but it's rare enough that if you don't realize you should be going back there it could be real annoying. * Opened chests will refresh and let you open them again, usually 1 or 2 a day. Chests you can open are highlighted on the map so you never need to go manually look for them. * Eventua...")
• 10:17, 6 March 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Atom RPG (Created page with "* The Nuclear Edition mod has many quality of life changes that make the game less tedious: https://steamcommunity.com/app/552620/discussions/4/1779388024847304135/ * Unlike the Fallout games, you can't really make a non-combat character. As an Atom agent, you're basically special military, so you build accordingly. * All combat skills are viable, but sniper is arguably the strongest. Generally speaking you want to specialize as much as possible in your combat skills....")
• 19:14, 26 February 2023 User account Dmcrimson talk contribs was created by Ahobday talk contribs (Requested on Something Awful)
• 18:28, 23 February 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Created page with "* If you name your file a colour, it may affect the game in a way that will surprise you... * There is a Ratatooie who asks you to invest... <div class="spoiler>you should</div>. * Some inns offer free breakfast after a stay, one of which you cannot get elsewhere. * By the first time you encounter a piece of floor that "jumps" because of you, you already have the ability to "harvest" it. * Enemies sometimes carry badges, but don't worry there is always a guaranteed w...")
• 15:46, 14 February 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Cruelty Squad (Created page with "* It's a hard game and you will die a lot, particularly if you take chances in the levels. * When you die enough times (1 and then 4 deaths IIRC) some stuff is gonna happen. It's the game adjusting your difficulty down. There's easy ways to change the difficulty later in the game. * Headshots and exploiting the enemy AI with corners and doors are king strats. Headshots with the silenced pistol are even kinglier since it won't alert other enemies. * One of the best imp...")
• 15:42, 14 February 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Perfect Dark (Created page with "* When you can, use the CMP150's secondary function, which is that it auto targets enemies. Your manual aiming reticle has to have pointed at them at one point, but after that, it'll follow them until they're dead. * This might be obvious, but make sure auto aim is on in the options. The game is 23 years old and isn't really like games nowadays; go ahead and auto-aim the hell out of it all. * Playing the combat simulator a bunch will prepare you for pretty much anythi...")
• 10:49, 22 January 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Fire Emblem Engage (Created page with "* There is a "point of no return" where you go to a church and the game lets you know you will be in for a series of battles. These battles all have the same squad you pick for the first one, and they are a big difficulty spike. Consider doing a little bit of side content before - the second battle of this series has a couple of level 17 people and a level 1 pre-promote join you, so you might want to aim for your main squad to be at around 15-16, which it probably will n...")
• 20:15, 16 January 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Vaporum (Created page with "* Check your controls and rebind as necessary until you find something comfortable. Movement is super important and a bad move can send you into a pit or cornered with enemies chopping you to bits. Make sure you have it clear in your mind which keys are for strafe and which are for turning. * Choosing your Exo Rig is important and you are stuck with that choice for the rest of the game. A quick overview of the rigs: ** Combat: This turns you into a hit and run type, you...")
• 20:07, 16 January 2023 User account Antoids talk contribs was created by Ahobday talk contribs
• 09:14, 3 January 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Weird West (Created page with "* If you are stealthed your companions cannot be detected so you don't need to worry about them * You play like 5 characters across the course of the game but on the same map. So if you didn't go to an area on one character you can with another * You can recruit companions that previous versions of the player character had. They will still be carrying everything you left them with. Metagame with that as you will * They tried to set the game up like divinity original...")
• 15:19, 2 January 2023 Ahobday talk contribs created page Fuga: Melodies of Steel (Created page with "* In order to get the True Ending, Britz must survive an encounter at the end of Chapter 11. In order to achieve this (avoiding spoilers) he must have at least Level 2 Affinity with each other character on the Tanaris. This must be achieved prior to Chapter 11 or you'll miss out. Category:Games")
• 15:46, 26 December 2022 Ahobday talk contribs created page Card Shark (Created page with "* Some actions can be performed slower to give you more time to look at cards without triggering suspicion. An example of this would be pouring wine, which raises their hand slower but gives you more time overall. * Depending on the level your goal can be accomplished in a single hand if you can bet the opponent's entire purse on one throw. For multiple-hand tricks where the second hand is much harder (and slower) than the first to pull off you can sometimes bypass the...")
• 11:43, 21 December 2022 Ahobday talk contribs created page Chained Echoes (Created page with "* Check your overdrive bar constantly to not overheat. Use skills that become yellow/orange to reduce progress into overheating. And switch when needed. * Having 10+ snacks and angel wings early on will help you in a pinch. * SELL YOUR LOOT. FOR DEALS. * Use LT for xbox controllers during combat to enter speed up mode. L button on keyboards. There are two versions. >> = fast, >>> = fastest. And base mode which makes the speed normal. You can see this in the top left...")
• 21:25, 18 December 2022 Ahobday talk contribs created page ElecHead (Created page with "Aside from the initial head throwing chip, the game is possible to 100% without any other upgrades. There is a secret upgrade that is very obtuse to find, but it's completely optional. With that exception, every other collectible is visually hinted at how to collect or from adapting a previous rooms strategy. Category:Games")
• 14:40, 13 December 2022 Ahobday talk contribs created page Parkitect (Created page with "* Building decorations around rides really matters, visitors care about this and investing in decoration tends to pay for itself by raising ride decoration ratings so you can charge more * The missions are fun and you should try them. there's a few missions where you start off with some prebuilt stuff, it's usually best to just delete this, especially elevator rides * Visitors like to be kept out of the rain. covering paths helps a lot, having a covered food court with...")