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• 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...")
• 09:01, 21 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs moved page Lords of the Fallen to Lords of the Fallen (2014) without leaving a redirect
• 19:58, 18 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Lobotomy Corporation (Created page with "* This is a game about discovery. You are going to have to take chances and make choices without knowing what the outcome of those choices will be. * Don't be afraid to restart a day (or week) if things go poorly. The TT2 Protocol is there for a reason. * There's no shame in playing the game with a guide or walkthrough. No one will judge you. * There is a very important reward for getting 100% codex completion. That said, that completion percentage does not include th...")
• 08:17, 14 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page V Rising (Created page with "* Your equipment determines your level. The basic loop is kill v blood boss, build new thing it unlocks, farm mats to make stronger gear, build it, kill the next set of v blood bosses, etc. * Plant every seed you find, and spend your early copper at the merchants buying seeds and books. You should keep a full stack of flowers you need for potions, and turn everything else into pollen at the grinder, because you want to get your paper to scrolls to page pipeline as busy...")
• 08:12, 14 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Created page with "* Peter Quill is not Iron Man or Captain America. As Star Lord, you are arguably the weakest member of your team. He is the team leader. Call the plays. Set up the opportunities, and then call in your squad to lay down the big hits. * Combining the special attacks from multiple teammates is the key to fighting the largest and toughest enemies. If you try to take down large foes with nothing but Peter’s pea-shooters, you’re going to be there a long time. * Elemental...")
• 21:10, 8 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mato Anomalies (Created page with "* HP is shared between all active party members. This has the effect of making AoE attacks particularly troublesome, so it would be best to identify and keep track of which enemies can do those so that you can hammer into them before they get to make a move. * DoT can be stacked and each time it is stacked, the effect timer resets. So you can keep hitting someone with poison and they will stay poisoned for as long as you're able to apply it. * There's four main attack...")
• 16:07, 2 September 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Moonring (Created page with "* The first dungeon is not easy. Some enemies in there are hard to beat, and you are probably expected to flee from them and get hits in when you can, instead of fight them head-on. * If you enter quiet mode you won't trigger traps when you walk over them, and you'll clear spider-webs before you walk over them, so they don't slow you down. Category:Games")
• 13:23, 31 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Created page with "* Skill Points for Jonathan's sub-weapons are gained by hitting an enemy at least once with the sub-weapon and then killing the enemy. If you hit an enemy with multiple sub-weapons only the last to hit gets the xp. * Don't sell items if you only have 1 of them. Several items that seem like they might be quite common actually appear only once and are needed to complete side quests for much better rewards. For example the Long Sword weapon and Amanita food item. * If you...")
• 13:22, 31 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society (Created page with "* The game will eventually require you to grind out random drops to progress at around the 50% point into the game. If going back to grind stuff later is something you want to avoid, consider looking up the list of what you need * After that point the games design changes and will never go back to what it was. <div class="spoiler">All dungeons from that point on are procedurally generated repeating floors over and over again with no hand designed levels</div>. Catego...")
• 13:10, 31 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Crime Scene Cleaner (Created page with "* The whole system of detergent upgrades is basically moot if you just upgrade your basic mop, bucket and sponges. The pressure washer rapidly becomes irrelevant, too. * The art museum is easily an order of magnitude larger and more complex than everything before it. Be ready to sink a lot of time into it. * The game shows your completion of tasks only in the area you are in. Take a full tour of the level before leaving if you're going for a perfect score. If going for...")
• 03:35, 23 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Black Myth: Wukong (Created page with "* It's a soft souls game, in that it does have a healing flask and rest shrines and such, but you don't lose XP when you die. I-frame dodging is your biggest defensive tool, so be sure to practice that. * XP level ups give you "sparks" which are skill points. You get them at a pretty rapid rate, but I recommend taking the first two tiers of the stances, the skill that allows you to block arrows with your staff spin, and also the skill line whose final point lets you mai...")
• 08:03, 16 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (Created page with "* As you defeat bosses and sub-bosses, you'll get access to their attacks and will also unlock new moves for yourself, such as an improved evade. Since there are a lot of things laying around, if it's too annoying to reach or just impossible, you may want to come back to it later. * There is no invulnerability period whenever you take one on the chin, so it's in your best interest to get used to the evade and to also avoid situations where you'll get cornered by multipl...")
• 20:34, 8 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Created page with "* Units rank up by getting RP. RP is gained solely from being activated in battle. 1 activation in a story battle gives 1 RP, normal skirmishes give half, hard ones give 1.5x. Notably, it doesn't matter what the unit does, just that you took control of it. * The game's explanation of squad stories is misleading if not flat out wrong. Instead of using those units together, you just need to use one of them until they get 20 RP, which for most units makes them a corporal....")
• 16:34, 7 August 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Amnesia: The Bunker (Created page with "== Resources == * Keeping the generator running at all times is vital. The monster becomes insanely aggressive and present in the absence of light, making the game insanely tough and slow. * Fuel is an extremely valuable resource and should be prioritized over other items you may find around, save for key tools to progress the game. Between refilling the generator and crafting items, it's by far the most important resource to manage. * Albeit unpractical, you will unl...")
• 07:44, 30 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Created page with "* Be sure to read the in-game instruction manual, it includes some tips that would normally be in a list like this. * There's exactly enough money in the game to cover everything you could spend money on. * Nothing is missable. Any info you need for a puzzle can either be recalled through your character's photographic memory or is part of the environment. * Even so, take notes. Take a lot of notes. * There are some puzzles you'll run into early on where you won't hav...")
• 07:58, 29 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Just Cause 4 (Created page with "* Instead of taking down locations bit by bit, you will be working with the Army of Chaos (this game's rebel army) to push frontlines in order to spread their influence. This is done by completing a mission and then sending some forces from an adjacent territory. Depending on circumstances, you could get away with doing that for no cost or even earn some more forces. * The upgrade system this time is tied to three characters: Luis for the air lifter (a balloon), Javi fo...")
• 07:56, 29 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Shin Megami Tensei (Created page with "* Go for a physical build on the main character and magic for all the other characters. The protagonist can't use magic, but physical is pathetically weak until endgame so it's not worth doing it on anyone else if you can avoid it. * The game hands out incense (stat boosting items) like candy, so it's easy to patch up weak stats. As a general rule: Strength and Luck incense goes to the main character, and Intelligence and Magic go to the Heroine. You can split Agility a...")
• 18:20, 20 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Earth Defense Force 6 (Created page with "* It helps to have a mission list of enemies who appear so you won't bring bad weapons. At the least, note if flying enemies and bosses show up and if it's caves. * There are cave missions that limit what weapons you can bring. You won't be calling bombing runs or air-dropping giant death robots one mile underground. A spiderbot will do. * The Rotational Lerp setting is only for controllers. * There is a setting for weapon damage display and having it near your charac...")
• 15:34, 16 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page 1000xRESIST (Created page with "* Don't stress over your dialogue choices. They may change what immediate response you get, but otherwise don't have a strong impact. * Talk to absolutely everyone in every chapter. You'll know you've found everyone in the hub area because it will pop up a task completion message. * Don't worry if you don't understand something immediately. Pretty much everything will be explained in some way eventually. * Pay close attention to the dates in the bottom left corner of...")
• 17:16, 10 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Hogwarts Legacy (Created page with "* Hufflepuffs get to visit an extra location in their story. Other than that it seems like the experiences are mostly the same for the different houses. * Exploration is key, there's a lot of stuff floating around the castle, cosmetic items etc. * I don't think any of the missions are time sensitive, so you can take your time and explore at your leisure. Category:Games")
• 09:21, 2 July 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Metal Slug Attack Reloaded (Created page with "* As you're starting out, there's a Build Up menu that will take your MSP so that you can do things more efficiently in a fight under the Customize Bases menu. In order, it's Buildup Speed (for AP), MSP Gain, Deployment Speed, Hangar (for initial AP value), Destruction Bonus (get AP for downing units), and Base (for HP). Your main priority is to up MSP Gain as much as you can and then you can work on the rest. The level you can hit max at is 10 and then you have to level...")
• 13:22, 24 June 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Fights in Tight Spaces (Created page with "* Don't expect to win the first few games you play: use them as opportunities to learn the mechanics, enemy patterns, and earn better cards. * Your goal should be to remove weaker cards from your deck and set up a deck with good synergy. Expect to have between 15 and 25 cards in your deck by the end of the game. It is okay (often preferred!) to skip card rewards if the options given don't contribute well to your deck. * Turn on the "Entity Data Always Available" option...")
• 11:30, 15 June 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Crime Boss: Rockay City (Created page with "* Any mission you complete benefits your overall level. Even the tutorial. * Objects that are flashing are explosive and have a massive damage radius. Same for vehicles. I'd shoot explosives on sight during loud missions. * Standing on a vehicle is dangerous without human players supporting you. * The unlocks you get for leveling your Boss can give you more options for the Roguelite campaign. If you have a higher tier crew to pick, do it. That puts them in the recruit...")
• 21:15, 8 June 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Coromon (Created page with "* It takes a while before the game explains the mechanics in detail, so don't worry too much about the long term strategies and keep playing at least until you get the second pile of books from the Hayville library (unsurprisingly it's mostly just Pokemon). * Solving the library quiz gives you an XP share item (lazy gem) which is handy to keep your benchwarmers leveled up. The second library quiz gives a sloth gem which is even stronger. There's another early sloth gem...")
• 15:03, 24 May 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Mullet MadJack (Created page with "* The mode that removes the time limit and gives you a standard health bar neglects to mention that checkpoints do not heal you like they would on all other modes. Enemies will not give you any health upon defeating them, either, unless it's a finisher. You're reliant on the vending machines to keep you alive for the duration of the chapter, so even if everything does reduced damage, be careful. * If there is a pit of some kind and an enemy is on the other side, they ca...")
• 17:06, 15 May 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Crow Country (Created page with "* Enemies stay dead but new enemies and traps appear with progress. It's usually worth at least killing the little blob things, since they only take a single handgun bullet and will trip you up as you try to run from larger, deadlier enemies. * The camera snaps behind you when you aim. This can be useful for navigation but also means you need to be careful with positioning during fights. * Use your environment as much as possible to save ammo. Exploding barrels, blue p...")
• 18:17, 12 May 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page The Knight Witch (Created page with "* Madame Paquita can clone cards at the castle. When talking to her for the first time she gives a x2 multiplier for green gems when an enemy is killed by magic. This can go up to x5 after cloning more cards but you have to talk to her directly to get the upgrade, not through her store. * To unlock the ability to replay ambushes you have to first reunite the 2 soldiers with the dog at the castle, then show the dog the ghost cat after unlocking the ability to summon it....")
• 12:45, 6 May 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Cookie Cutter (Created page with "* The blue flash indicates an attack can be parried, but the timing on it is misleading. You actually want to watch the enemy attack animation and press the button just as it makes contact instead. The basic enemies where they teach it to you are also particularly bad targets for it, some later enemies telegraph their attacks better and it becomes more worthwhile to do as enemies get tankier. * If you're a completionist, there's destroyable flying TVs that count toward...")
• 12:33, 30 April 2024 Ahobday talk contribs created page Arcade Paradise (Created page with "* It doesn't take long before money from the arcades far outpace anything else in the business * There's no real penalty to neglecting cleaning clothes, except you get a little less money for it, so don't worry too much about them. * If you're playing a game when the business closes, you can still keep playing to your heart's content. But if you stop, then you won't be able to play it again until the next day. Category:Games")