What game do you wish Phil would play? - AKA best future TIHYDP material?

[TheGoutburglar]

I know he's never going to touch it, but I'm really curious to see WHY Code Vein is off-limits, and I get the feeling that watching him play it for less than five minutes would say it all.

 

[actually]

I know he's never going to touch it, but I'm really curious to see WHY Code Vein is off-limits, and I get the feeling that watching him play it for less than five minutes would say it all.

Didn't he play the beta long ago?

Edit: Alpha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9CdShfbKhU

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

I know he's never going to touch it, but I'm really curious to see WHY Code Vein is off-limits, and I get the feeling that watching him play it for less than five minutes would say it all.

People already say it's because it has anime tiddies and Kat would shank him in the dead of night and feed his entrails to jasper if he dares to touch a game with anime tiddies. Phil's explanation is that the game sucks really hard

But honestly, CodeVein would be right up his alley. It's a souls-style game where you cannot fuck up your build (you only spend souls on increasing your levels, not allocating stats), you can change your build on the fly thanks to blood codes (you don't like how you play or something doesn't work, you can change it with absolutely no detriment) and magic is very strong. And let's not talk about the AI companions which are really strong. I still stay by the idea many have that Kat forbids him from anything that is mildly sexual, because CodeVein would be far easier than his average From Soft games.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

Capitalism 2 so we can see his robust business degree in action. The game is so good at simulating various aspects of finance and business, from real estate to the stock market, that it was even used as a teaching aid in many business schools as a tool which allows you to put in practice what you learned in class.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

Capitalism 2 so we can see his robust business degree in action. The game is so good at simulating various aspects of finance and business, from real estate to the stock market, that it was even used as a teaching aid in many business schools as a tool which allows you to put in practice what you learned in class.

Proper simulation/realist games would really anhialate. Specially if they are obscure enough that no one else has played them. If he ever dare to play Silent Hunter, he wouldn't be able to get past the tutorial. That game is ruthless as hell.

 

[Verxis]

Rapelay.

 

[Spirelord]

I know he's never going to touch it, but I'm really curious to see WHY Code Vein is off-limits, and I get the feeling that watching him play it for less than five minutes would say it all.

Because Phil is a fucking denthead that got burned ONCE by Lords of the Fallen being diet Dark Souls with day 1 bugs and never played any 3D ARPG without Fromsoft's stamp of approval, while simultaneously not understanding that he may have a niche audience due to him playing just the From Software titles ~17 times or so that may want those games played. If I remember correctly, during one of An1337's Christmas restreams Phil said he STILL hates LotF because of bugs that have been (tbf mostly, as I've experienced the respawn bug in the DLC area but only the one time in ~3 playthroughs) rid of through about a year's worth of patches after release, and is unwilling of giving it or The Surge 1/2 a shot because 'might as well play Dark Souls'.

Mr Business Degree doesn't understand anything about appealing to specific demographics outside of 'gamer', 'machoor adult', 'FGC', and for some reason the LGBT community, as seen by his pandering attempt during pride month in the prestream slideshow. He's stubborn and it'll bite him in the ass someday, maybe when his Elden Ring streams underperform because they left, having nothing to tide them despite the many other ARPGs he could play.

Also thread title tax, I want him to play uh... My Lovely Daughter? I've been addicted to the sequel's beta but Phil being a mature adult wouldn't be able to handle the idea of a succubus, let alone being a pimp. The first game, however, is essentially simplified Honeycam Studios where you just need to take care of fake children while forcing them to do labor before sacrificing them to feed a soul and try to bring your real daughter back. It'd be boring chill stream fodder because I doubt he'd care about the story, but it is on Switch and it's genuinely hard to lose so it's right up his alley. On a personal note, even if it is repetitive I'd still say I enjoyed playing it if only to see what the homunculi are thinking and learning about the protagonist Faust, so I'd like it if more people knew about the game even if it's because of Phil's infamy.

 

[Massively Strong Greed]

Since I’ve already mentioned Binding of Isaac:
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl (he will fail so many times)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
the original Ocarina of Time or Majora’s Mask
the original Crash Bandicoot WARPED
pretty much any Sonic game he hasn’t played
and I’d like to see him return to Mario The Lost Levels.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl

Is it that hard? Did they added new stuff to it to bump up the difficulty?
I know he sucks at any pokemon game because rather than building up a team that covers for each other's weaknesess, he just lets his chat vote on what pokemons he should carry, making everything harder than it should be. His pokemon Sword run was painfully bad and let's not forget he lost against Olivia in Sun.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Is it that hard? Did they added new stuff to it to bump up the difficulty?
I know he sucks at any pokemon game because rather than building up a team that covers for each other's weaknesess, he just lets his chat vote on what pokemons he should carry, making everything harder than it should be. His pokemon Sword run was painfully bad and let's not forget he lost against Olivia in Sun.

Cynthia has a competitive level team.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

Cynthia has a competitive level team.

Still, all of her team is rock type and for me it was the easiest kahuna tbh. But gotta remember Phil had a team with 4 pokemon weak to rock and most of the heavy lifting was done by the Lycanrock.

 

[UncleTusky]

Still, all of her team is rock type and for me it was the easiest kahuna tbh. But gotta remember Phil had a team with 4 pokemon weak to rock and most of the heavy lifting was done by the Lycanrock.

Cynthia is the champion in DPPt and an optional boss in BW, I think you got her confused with Olivia in Sun/Moon.

Is it that hard? Did they added new stuff to it to bump up the difficulty?

Cynthia has a competitive level team.

She did not get much of an upgrade because she did not need the help - all six of them have good neutral coverage + few shared weaknesses, two of them are OP for single-player, and one of those was OP for competitive (yes there is a competitive Pokemon scene, no I didn't just make it up to make the Dungeons and Dragons nerds seem cool by comparison, please stop giggling).

Remember when you played the original Pokemon games and tried to beat the entire game with just one or two Pokemon because you were five years old? Cynthia's last Pokemon is strong enough to do that, even against things that have a type advantage.

For my own recommendation I'd add Rayman 1: It's very hard in places, Phil would have to 100% the game to unlock the final level, and the levels are longer than 2D Mario ones with only a single save point each. Some of them are also just open-ended enough for him to get lost too. Then there is Dark Rayman near the end of the game. Some of the jumps in the level where he appears are so finicky that putting him in there was just plain cruel.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

She did not get much of an upgrade because she did not need the help - all six of them have good neutral coverage + few shared weaknesses, two of them are OP for single-player, and one of those was OP for competitive (yes there is a competitive Pokemon scene, no I didn't just make it up to make the Dungeons and Dragons nerds seem cool by comparison, please stop giggling).

Sorry, i got confused with Olivia. And yeah, Cynthia's team is pretty fucking brutal. I still remember how annoying her Spiritomb was and how brutal that fucking Garchomp was. Phil would be in for a very hard time and he would most likely get locked at her if he does the same he does in every single Pokemon game he plays.

 

[Martys_not_smarty]

This new one that came out earlier this month GTFO.

 

[Sup3r]

Is it that hard? Did they added new stuff to it to bump up the difficulty?
I know he sucks at any pokemon game because rather than building up a team that covers for each other's weaknesess, he just lets his chat vote on what pokemons he should carry, making everything harder than it should be. His pokemon Sword run was painfully bad and let's not forget he lost against Olivia in Sun.

For the most part, the games are much easier than the ds originals, especially since it's based on the much easier DP instead of platinum, with teams barely being updated. But the elite 4 and champion were made much harder, with competitive level movesets and ev spreads (in all of the other games, all trainers had 0 in the EVs, even the champions).

 

[TheGoutburglar]

If Phil's going to just keep playing old games, I don't see why he can't pick stuff like Divinity 2 back up and finish it this time. I mean I know the real reason that kind of thing is off the table, but his logic dictates that it shouldn't be, because by digging out such ancient titles as Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, the original Mass Effect, and GTA San Andreas, he has already basically declared that there are no rules anymore. Especially since no one asked for any of those games, and no one but him is responsible for them cluttering up his schedule.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

If Phil's going to just keep playing old games, I don't see why he can't pick stuff like Divinity 2 back up and finish it this time. I mean I know the real reason that kind of thing is off the table, but his logic dictates that it shouldn't be, because by digging out such ancient titles as Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, the original Mass Effect, and GTA San Andreas, he has already basically declared that there are no rules anymore. Especially since no one asked for any of those games, and no one but him is responsible for them cluttering up his schedule.

The easy answer: low views, low contributions and it's probably a game that Phil doesn't like. I would bet Phil wouldn't pick it up unless he had absolutely no excuse or election on the matter (no other titles, nothing new...). And this year will start with Elden Ring, so you can bet Divinity 2 will stay in the freezer for quite a while.

 

[Sup3r]

The easy answer: low views, low contributions and it's probably a game that Phil doesn't like. I would bet Phil wouldn't pick it up unless he had absolutely no excuse or election on the matter (no other titles, nothing new...). And this year will start with Elden Ring, so you can bet Divinity 2 will stay in the freezer for quite a while.

The only way he'll be playing divinity anytime soon is if a whale promises to donate £150 and walk him through every stream until he completes it. He appeared to hate every second of his time with it.

 

[TheGoutburglar]

Just seems to me that he hates every game enough, even the ones he replays, that it doesn't even factor in. Like, it takes so little for a game to piss him off, that I would expect him to struggle to rank any of them in that regard, even if he wanted to. It's how anybody who's not actually into something tends to be when asked their opinion on it, they're incredibly incapable of picking any examples that stand out enough, because they just don't have enough investment to enjoy one or two and hate the rest. Describes Phil to a T, if you ask me.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

Like, it takes so little for a game to piss him off, that I would expect him to struggle to rank any of them in that regard, even if he wanted to

To Phil, no game matters. After all, you remember when he played Sekiro? He got ultra pissed at most bosses in the game and at the beginning he was terribly angry about anything. Yet by the end of the game and after finishing it, he did like with every game he plays: he game some nondescript bland praises and said "eh, it's good". He does this with nearly every game he plays unless it's a game that pisses him off so badly that he goes on an inmense tirade about how the game is trash for X reasons, like it happened with the last Need for Speed.

At this point we can safely say that Phil cannot enjoy videogames anymore unless it has gambling in it. He got really excited and pumped up playing Blackjack in Yakuza and also in Fallout New Vegas. It seems like gambling is the only thing that might get a reaction from Phil and make a game somewhat memorable for him.