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• 07:12, 29 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Created page with "* Most Hawaii side content becomes available in chapter 2, while the pirate stuff unlocks more gradually with the last main crew member showing up early chapter 4. Try and restrain yourself from doing everything until you get the grappling hook at least. * Don't use cheat items at the gambling tables in the Madlantis bar district. Like Gaiden there is a high stakes casino, which becomes available midway through the story and offers much better payouts. * You can buy an...")
• 16:28, 28 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Schedule I (Created page with "* A skateboard is one of the most valuable things in the game, and its extremely worth it to buy the golden skateboard before you buy a car. * A trash picker is a huge QOL tool and you should buy one as soon as you can. * Deals can almost always get negotiated into multiples of 5, which means you can use jars and save a ton of time and headache in exchange for a slightly lower price. * The biggest benefit of cars is that you can do proximity inventory during deals fro...")
• 16:27, 28 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Ixion (Created page with "* Specialize sectors, the game glosses it over, but the bonuses specialization gives are absolutely massive. Industry buildings in one, docks and probes in another, farms in yet another. * Some incoming requests are traps - like unfreezing a lot of people or shutting down industry are tough to complete, but there's no penalty to declining and little reward for completing it. * Also not obvious, but waste recycling is really powerful and producing more waste can actuall...")
• 16:25, 28 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page A Game About Digging A Hole (Created page with "* Dying from damage or depleting your battery just sends you back to the surface, minus your collected ore. * You can only use the teleporter once. It's consumed on use and you don't get a second one. Category:Games")
• 09:25, 25 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Warriors: Abyss (Created page with "* You don't need to tap the normal attack button to continue your combo, as you can just hold it instead and it will go as long as you want it to. There's a visual indicator at the bottom of the screen if you ever have too many things going on that prevent you from easily seeing/hearing your character. Holding the charge attack button to completion also works in this fashion. * SW characters have their own 2nd combo if you start with the charge attack button instead of...")
• 12:08, 24 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Created page with "* The game does not autosave, save manually from the options menu. The game has no Alt+F4 protection either. * The quality of the item used to unlock an Alchemy Core doesn't seem to matter, it just unlocks the core. * Whilst each ingredient has a "resonance value", the only thing that matters is resonance area - you get +1 resonance for any core (including itself) in the area, plus some items like Neutralisers give you extra. * To make better items, a) get/make ingred...")
• 07:03, 17 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Graffiti Kingdom (Created page with "* The dot you're required to place when drawing creature parts is the anchor point for the part you are drawing, ie place a dot on a shoulder then draw the arm out from that spot. * You can redraw any part on a creature except for the body, make sure you're happy with the body before getting too into a design as you cannot replace the body. * The in-game save "boxes" have 12 slots per box, you don't need to save individual Graffiti Creatures to separate boxes. * To l...")
• 22:17, 15 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Crystalis (Created page with "* Bosses are hard gated by both equipment and level; if you hit and get a tink sound, you did 0 damage. If all of your available swords tink, you're too low level (or you sequence broke). * You can only have one status effect at a time, so getting turned to stone (which wears off by itself) is a solution to being poisoned or paralyzed. Category:Games")
• 22:16, 15 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Potion Permit (Created page with "* You need to whistle before you can interact with your dog. Your furry buddy can track villagers to their current location. * Blue icons on the map indicate in what area a quest takes place. This will let you know if certain quests are in a region you can't access yet. * The town hall, church and police station all have a task that can be repeated each day to earn some currency. You can't access these tasks if the building is (considered) closed for the day. * Leano'...")
• 08:11, 15 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Soul Blazer (Created page with "* Hold down the strafe button the whole time. It lets you face the enemy and instantly attack while you back up and swing. * Get a guide on the location of items. * Always have an herb and equip it. * You can hug an obstacle and manually move the magic circle further out and direct it at enemies. * There are invincible enemies in each area that are harmed by one of three swords you get much later. * Dying only costs your gems unless you have a certain jar equipped w...")
• 09:00, 13 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Wildmender (Created page with "* You can always fast travel away from a gate, but it'll be a one-way trip. You need to repair them to make them two-way. * There are two craftable rings, one on the earliest ring skill, one on the last, that increase inventory size. You can equip both at once, but multiples of the same ring don't stack. * Your storage baskets have a prompt to press "V" for crafting when you're looking into them - this opens their upgrade menu, e.g. to make them larger, or build basket...")
• 14:03, 2 March 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Terranigma (Created page with "* Magirock is reusable; when you use a magic ring or medal, the magirock you invested in it is returned. It's more of a pool limiting how much magic you can carry around at once than a currency. * Magic is of debatable use altogether. Many of the later boss fights outright prevent using magic at all. You may find you get the most consistent use out of Grass Pins and Wind Pins. * The boss of Sylvain Castle is infamously tuned too high. You either have to grind your way...")
• 08:23, 25 February 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page SKALD: Against the Black Priory (Created page with "== Getting started == * The easiest classes to play as for your first go-around are going to be the heirophant and the hospitaller. Early access to healing is very useful, since you will start with very little access to healing items, money, or vendors. Plenty of classes are good, but these two will give you the least frustration for your first time, even if you decide to start over after familiarizing yourself. * For any of the skills, only one party member really nee...")
• 20:44, 5 February 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Abiotic Factor (Created page with "* None of the starting options are bad, but by and large you can train up skills during the game and you can't get traits. Consider starting as the Intern or something for the extra trait points. * As with many other survival crafting games, carry weight and inventory are the limiting factors for at least the first several dozen hours. It's expensive, but the fanny pack trait is actually incredibly useful. * You increase your strength and therefore you carrying capacit...")
• 13:49, 4 February 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Exit 8 (Created page with "* As soon as the game starts, go into video settings and remove "motion blur"; this game depends on you seeing fine details. * None of the anomalies require you to understand English nor Japanese. * There are no fatal mistakes. You just return to Exit 0. * Anomalies you successfully avoid <div class="spoiler">do not repeat until you've avoided all other anomalies</div>. Category:Games")
• 15:43, 2 February 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Created page with "* Personal stress is extremely bad and can rapidly death spiral your whole game - often far better to just pass the cycle and waste many dice than to risk stress hitting 3. * Crew stress is a resource to use however, esp on crisis events. Category:Games")
• 15:40, 2 February 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Super Robot Wars V (Created page with "* Put all your money into the Yamato and the game will be very easy. Otherwise just upgrade what you want, but be aware you'll pretty much always have the Yamato. * Pilots receive an ace bonus once they've accumulated 60 kills. They vary by character but are a permanent buff that carries over to new playthoughs * Units gain a buff once they've been upgraded 5 times in each stat (except weapons). It's better to evenly upgrade each stat rather than focus on one. * Ange...")
• 10:42, 29 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page World War Z (Created page with "* Strongly recommend working with other people online whether it is random PUGs or pulling in a friend or three. While the bots are good enough at saving you from peril and can cover well enough during big waves of enemies, they cannot be told to go somewhere to cover a specific area nor will they pick up items unless you tell them to do so (and they don't pick up everything). They will never, ever shoot you in the back, though, and will rush to help if they're not busy...")
• 09:34, 26 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Wall World (Created page with "* This game is meant to be played in many runs. You'll spend your money when you're dead. * The second (classified) upgrade room is unlocked by finding blueprints you find during your runs. * Don't hold LMB to dig, you can dig several times faster by "long clicking" repeatedly, try adjusting the tempo to rock type/your digger upgrades until it works. * Keep an eye out on the purple bar, by the time the alarm sounds you should already be entering the spider. If you hav...")
• 09:32, 26 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page SaGa: Emerald Beyond (Created page with "* Playthrough length: When choosing who to play as, Ameya and Mido both have the shortest playthroughs, Bonnie and Formina have a medium length run, and Diva and Suignas have the longest playthroughs. (There's a slight caveat here that Ameya actually has an extended endgame that can make her playthroughs much longer, but that's one of the last things you're likely to do in the game, with multiple playthroughs of prerequisites) * Diva's final boss is generally considered...")
• 08:31, 20 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game (Created page with "* As with all Vincelikes it's important to role play your build. You can be an incredibly effective fighter with a personality of a wet mop or you can be Rizzmaster General who can barely shoot. Even if this is the most forgiving of the Vincelikes in this respect, you can't really do both super well. - Skills improve by using them and experience points from quests and combat levels you up which grants you perks. The frequency of your level ups decreases significantly aft...")
• 07:39, 14 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page FREEDOM WARS Remastered (Created page with "* EN voice track is the default starting up. You'll get to have the choice between EN and JP voice tracks once you make it to your cell and you're out of the tutorial. * The facility system has been completely redone: You don't have to spend actual time building up items and weapons for yourself and upgrading has been simplified on account of stat growth for weapons now being fixed instead of RNG hell. Additionally, and this is the big one, you can now upgrade the rarit...")
• 14:50, 11 January 2025 Ahobday talk contribs created page Siralim Ultimate (Created page with "* The most build-defining thing in the game is your character's class, which determines their perk list. Taking a good look at that should give you an idea of what to look for in other systems. * Picking the most impactful perks first is by far the fastest way of gaining power early on. In the very early game when it's still about individual creatures, here's a couple of favorites I tend to use: ** Unicorn Vivifier has Reinvigoration, which resurrects your dead creature...")
• 17:21, 30 December 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Nine Sols (Created page with "* Fast Travel between your current checkpoint and your home base is unlocked very early. However, full fast travel is unlocked roughly 25% of the way through the game, so it may be worth saving any backtracking until after that point. Category:Games")
• 22:06, 27 December 2024 User account Girldickenergy talk contribs was created by Ahobday talk contribs
• 09:57, 24 December 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Tactical Breach Wizards (Created page with "* Some of the optional challenges are impossible until you have leveled up your team more and you can come back to try the level again, so if you can't figure one out, just clear the room and repeat the mission later. * The game really opens up once you expand your team (I think the fourth member is the best gameplay-wise) so if it feels a little simple to start, stick with it because it gets more complex. * Anything that gives you more moves and actions is good. So ea...")
• 21:45, 9 December 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Saints Row (2022) (Created page with "* Fast travel points can be unlocked by taking a photo of certain locations marked by a train car logo on map (when you get close enough). * Some side hustle missions(blue marker) won't show up until you've done another hustle of the same type or progressed the story. * Some challenges require you to use weapons (like longsword and pinata stick) that are actually an alternative skin for another weapon (pick axe and crowbar respectively) and unlocked as a reward for som...")
• 18:49, 3 December 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Phoenix Point (Created page with "* Enemies have weak points that can be deliberately targeted to weaken them, like disabling claws etc. If the enemy has no weapons, they will flee the battle. You don't have to kill everything. * Vehicles are actually very useful and worth focusing on early. They are strong, and give you lots of mobility in the early game. This is also true for the strategy layer, with aircraft. * Overwatch is good, but has some caveats. Expanding the radius covers more area, but reduc...")
• 09:35, 29 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War (Created page with "* You can't send a lone scout off into the void and expect it to survive long. The neutral units are merciless and usually much stronger than your starting units. Keep your forces together, scout in force, and always be ready to retreat. * Spend a minute looking through your tech tree, as every faction's Settler-equivalent has a different name. Generally you do not start with the ability to make them; you first need to research the building that constructs them. Most se...")
• 19:03, 27 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (Created page with "* You have to actually be holding your artifact detector to know if anything is nearby, even though your unseen anomaly detector and Geiger counter obviously do not need to be held in your hand to work * Different merchants will buy things for different prices. Honestly I have not even figured out fully what the optimal traders are, I just know that bartenders for some reason pay twice as much for artifacts as other vendors do * Paying for things to be repaired will co...")
• 07:12, 15 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Star Trucker (Created page with "* Try to have a few air filters on hand at all times. Always try to look for them at a discounted price, same goes with batteries. You can't recharge batteries either (which is silly, you should be able to at stations imo), and once they're gone just find a place where the price for them is high and sell them for a bit of cash. Try to keep your filters from winding down to nothing, too - the battery consumption in your O2 systems is affected by the quality of the filters...")
• 13:38, 12 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Drova - Forsaken Kin (Created page with "* The Remenants and Nemeton have identical trainers so just pick the faction whose ideology appeals to you. * Doing the ripper quest at the Inn will get you the very first real set of armor in the game. * Try to focus on one melee weapon type. The final skills in each tree cost a lot of LP. * At least in Chapter 1, don't explore too much and just do quests that are near the road and join one of the factions. Almost every big ruin is part of the main plot later on. *...")
• 13:37, 12 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Last Stand: Aftermath (Created page with "* As you're starting out, you should prioritize the upgrades that allows you to use the radios that you level up your characters from without having to use a battery on them. After that, you can focus on things that make life convenient like backpack upgrades, searching for items more efficiently, or gaining access to areas that you normally would not be allowed to visit on the playing field. * Even when you're all buffed out after some runs, you shouldn't expect to sur...")
• 22:45, 11 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Metal Slug Tactics (Created page with "* Movement is king. It generates Adrenaline and Dodge, both of which you will want in abundance. It's usually a good idea to move each unit as far as they can go, into cover if possible. Everyone has a specific trigger to gain bonus moves, so try to capitalize on that so you can move your maximum distance or close to it, then use a bonus move to get to cover. * As usual with these types of games, action economy is incredibly powerful. When presented with unit upgrades,...")
• 10:26, 8 November 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Created page with "* In the character creator, there are options to recreate the Inquisitor (the protagonist of the previous Dragon Age) and set some of the choices they made. These are very easily missable, so be sure to keep an eye out for it if that's something you care about. * The game also has an option to edit your character customization from the home base, so don't feel like you need to reset if you're not 100% satisfied with what you make initially. Category:Games")
• 06:54, 29 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Factorio: Space Age (Created page with "* If you add cargo bays to your cargo landing pad, both on your space platform and on your planet, you increase both the storage AND throughput of orbital drops. * If you want to leave your space platform, there is a button on the right side of the screen that lets you drop to a planet. * Thrusters only go on the bottom edge of the space platform, and asteroids don't seem to fly at you from that direction. Category:Games")
• 09:18, 28 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Crew 2 (Created page with "* You can change vehicle in freeride without resetting position by pressing the right joystick on gamepad (or F on keyboard). * Certain photo ops require you to reach high places and are much easier with a helicopter. To unlock it, keep playing until the Offroad progress is at 50% and beat the champ. The helicopter can now be unlocked at the Offroad HQ (You can also reach it through catalog menu where it's under "Proto"). Category:Games")
• 07:42, 27 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page We Happy Few (Created page with "* There are meters for fatigue, hunger, and thirst. While the game is cool with letting you bottom these out and not kill you for that, they will saddle you with appropriate penalties until you sleep, eat, and drink some. * You can gamble with some rotten food as minor food poisoning will only make you occasionally unable to run and give you double vision until it goes. If you keep going and eat more, though, it will turn serious and you'd best not be near someone who w...")
• 19:44, 25 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Created page with "* Musubi upgrades can be refunded and reallocated with no loss. * In a level, you always want Yoshihiro moving along the spirit path and (if applicable) the carpenter repairing something. * If you start a stage and realize you don't have the Guards or Talismans you wanted equipped, you can select Restart from the pause menu and you'll get the option to change equipment. It's faster than leaving the level and going to a camp tent. * The game auto-saves at the beginning...")
• 21:08, 14 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page RoboCop: Rogue City (Created page with "* When upgrading circuit boards for the Auto-9 you can block off debuffs if you put a chip in the slot that doesn't have a path to the debuff. * Be sure to explore each area thoroughly for side quests and circuit boards. * While the Auto-9 has infinite ammo the other guns you can pick up are still very useful. Category:Games")
• 17:49, 12 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Super Mario Bros. (Created page with "* Enemies covered in spikes or have large mouths cannot be jumped on. * Some question blocks contain power ups instead of coins. Some bricks may also contain power ups or a coin block you can hit repeatedly. * There are warp zones that you can reach by going outside the normal path. * It is possible to get unlimited 1-ups by short jumping on a turtle or beetle shell that is right next to a raised block. You land and it bounces off that nearby block and back into your...")
• 12:15, 12 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Starship Troopers: Extermination (Created page with "* This is a team game first and foremost so if you look around and see you are alone you are wrong. Find a buddy. After you play for a while you'll understand when its ok to be alone but at the start be codependent. * Don't be afraid to melee bug corpses if there is some down time. It really helps with sightlines and keeping the bugs from building a ramp over the walls. * Don't be afraid to liberally use your ability or throw grenades. They are just a cooldown and its...")
• 12:14, 12 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Visions of Mana (Created page with "* Experiment with the different characters and their classes; there's a lot of different combat styles * The skill system is quite robust, and you'll eventually earn more skill slots. * It's not a terribly difficult game, even if you're punching above your weight class; take advantage of the tools you're given and you can chump nearly anything Category:Games")
• 12:14, 12 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Metaphor: ReFantazio (Created page with "* The game is significantly more friendly with time than Persona games, and you have plenty of time to max out all your bonds * If you finish a task early, any days until the deadline are yours to do want you want with, so you dont lose anything dungeon running first * You will always level up a bond when talking to someone, dialog choices just give you some extra MAG * Mastering an archetype gives the character a permanent stat bonus * Of the kingly virtues, you'll...")
• 18:43, 10 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Silent Hill 2 (2024) (Created page with "* Much like in the original, James will look at interactable items as you walk past them. * The dodge move has significant i-frames, so you can go right through attacks with good timing. It's fairly easy to abuse in group fights as well. * Enemies are weak to different weapons. The Mannequins are weak to handgun rounds and Nurses are knocked down by the shotgun. * Attacking an enemy from behind can knock them down in one hit at times. * You can shoot enemies in the k...")
• 09:22, 6 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page UFO 50 (Created page with "* Most of the games are simple enough or well designed enough that you're can jump in (or discovering the mechanics is the whole point, like barbuta or MOONCAT) * That said, play Pilot Quest first. It's an incremental/Zelda game and you'll build up resources while you play other games in the bundle. It's near the end of the list if you're sorting by year, so it's worth flagging specifically. Category:Games")
• 09:16, 6 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page SteamWorld Heist II (Created page with "* Getting all stars in a sub-area is well worth it as grants a permanent stat increase to all crew (+1 move, +1 health, etc.) * The first area is blocked off for a while after the first boss fight/getting the equipment which lets you submerge. * There is one unique missable weapon in the game, during the chase sequence after the previously mentioned boss, take the whirlpool to the lighthouse. * There is an upgrade at the start of the second area which massively boosts...")
• 09:14, 6 October 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Frostpunk 2 (Created page with "* Read the detailed tutorials. It's the number one reason why people get confused, not actually going through the longer tutorial entries. * Needs are a lot less binary compared to the original, if you run out of food then hunger will slowly grow instead of slamming right into starvation mode. A mild deficit of a material is not a serious issue. * Adjacency bonuses are king. You need three overlapping slots to activate a bonus, which means that one cell of a district t...")
• 14:22, 29 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Created page with "* After completing the first actual dungeon, you're given a choice between two: go do the Northeast dungeon first as the echoes you get along the way are way better. * After completing dungeon 4, walk towards the Northeast dungeon again to unlock a new mechanic. Category:Games")
• 09:53, 27 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Star Wars Outlaws (Created page with "* Maxing out the reputation for Crimson Dawn unlocks pants that increases your crouch speed. * Unlock the slicer expert as soon as you can to unlock light footed which basically allows you to walk without being heard unless you are right next to the enemy. * Last, if you unlock the perk from the scavenger on akiva for faster crouch speed, it stacks. * It's good to have a good reputation for all the syndicates because it trivializes a lot of the forced stealth section...")