Yeah, if a Queen came out, you guys would have tied with a straight.
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Poker Night 2 |OT?|
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Yeah, if a Queen came out, you guys would have tied with a straight.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Eh. Brock seems the weakest and easiest to goad into stupid plays. He often matches an all in for me if he has nothing. In my games, he's usually the first out unless I'm going all in at the beginning to get an early advantage (no penalty for doing this)
One on one
Ash strongest
Sam 2nd
Clap 3rd
Brock lul
It was satisfying to take out Sam with those 3 kings though
KojiKnight
Member
Eh. Brock seems the weakest and easiest to goad into stupid plays. He often matches an all in for me if he has nothing. In my games, he's usually the first out unless I'm going all in at the beginning to get an early advantage (no penalty for doing this)
One on one
Ash strongest
Sam 2nd
Clap 3rd
Brock lul
It was satisfying to take out Sam with those 3 kings though
My playthrough has been like this. I don't believe the AI are completely random, there is definitely a noticable style for each character, whether you find that style to be easier or harder seems to be up to your individual play style.
(edit) While I assume this is common knowledge by now, anyone who doesn't know, if you use complete sets (all venture bros chips/cards/etc for example) you completely change the theme of the Inventory and you unlock extra dialogue options.
While we're on the subject of character difficulty, I often find that I tend to make Ash choke over his overbetting, whereas it's Brock who tends to make me choke one-on-one. (I have since adapted to play slowly but surely against Clappy and Sam.)
So if Inventory is also where they can go to cross over a neutral setting, then Game Central Station is where they can go to meet so as to branch out and cross over in non-neutral settings?
Liking the full sets and their dialogues and conversations e.g. the Sam and Max 25th anniversary has a noir like B&W look and the comment(s) on their 25 years.
Other than that, it does feel the same old comfortable game of poker to play like the last one with unfortunately, what seems to be more repeated conversations than previously. I do like GlaDOS' banter with the characters though; and surprisingly I think that her banter in particular plays well with Claptrap's.
Other than that, it does feel the same old comfortable game of poker to play like the last one with unfortunately, what seems to be more repeated conversations than previously. I do like GlaDOS' banter with the characters though; and surprisingly I think that her banter in particular plays well with Claptrap's.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Seriously? Ash is from Sam Raimi's popular Evil Dead franchise and Brock is from Venture Bros. And they're both amazing.
Also, I find it interesting they've grafted the playing styles of the first game's characters onto the second's (Ash is the confident bluffer instead of Strong Bad, Brock is the wild card instead of Max, Clap Trap is the conservative player instead of The Heavy, and Sam is the cautious checker instead of Tycho). It makes one wonder if they just copy-pasted the AI from the previous game or if they're similar on purpose.
SolarKnight
Member
I don't think they copy pasted the AI like that simply on account of Sam not being nearly as much of a pain in the ass as Tycho was :|
Bubble Metropolis
Member
Played for about an hour last night until the table was cleared except for me and Sam. Five or so minutes of him using the same two or three lines on every bet and victory/loss was unbearable and I went all in to just end the game.
Aside from the humour wearing thin during a face-off, it was fun! Definitely more so than the first.
Aside from the humour wearing thin during a face-off, it was fun! Definitely more so than the first.
Azure Dream
Member
Edit: Nah, nevermind. Already put my foot into my mouth about things in this thread.
SolarKnight
Member
This hand...I just...woah
It's basically the same thing as Texas Hold'em except you get 2 extra hole cards to pick from. I found it to be a lot more interesting and allows for more options, so I only play that now.
SolarKnight
Member
More than that, I feel like much of the dialogue is locked to the themes really. If you never play on them, you won't hear plenty of lines.
Having never played the first game, was there a lot of dialogue in the first Poker Night?
Azure Dream
Member
Yes. You could still get repeats, but I don't recall hearing the same conversation twice in the same tournament, which I just had happen to me tonight.
Thanks. I might check that one out also.
Really? I've been hearing a lot more different dialog then the first game. I do change sets though like said before. You get more different stuff then.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Lol you lucky sonofa...
Happened again
Ok got a weird glitch/bug I was hoping someone might confirm/help solve..
Platform: Xbox 360
Basically, I have two Xboxes. One upstairs, one downstairs. I purchased the game on the upstairs Xbox. So, no matter if I'm logged in (the original profile that purchased the game) the upstairs Xbox can play the game. (read: My wife can play the game with her profile)
Now, every other XBLA title will let you log in the profile that purchased the game on the second controller, unlocking the game from Trial mode so other profiles can play the game. Except it's not working here, and constantly sitting on the Connecting.. screen.
TL;DR:
Anyone having DRM issues with the Xbox 360 version? Can someone try to replicate this error?
EDIT:
Saw this.. will try to see if this fixes it:
Platform: Xbox 360
Basically, I have two Xboxes. One upstairs, one downstairs. I purchased the game on the upstairs Xbox. So, no matter if I'm logged in (the original profile that purchased the game) the upstairs Xbox can play the game. (read: My wife can play the game with her profile)
Now, every other XBLA title will let you log in the profile that purchased the game on the second controller, unlocking the game from Trial mode so other profiles can play the game. Except it's not working here, and constantly sitting on the Connecting.. screen.
TL;DR:
Anyone having DRM issues with the Xbox 360 version? Can someone try to replicate this error?
EDIT:
Saw this.. will try to see if this fixes it:
speculawyer
Member
There's a line when you lose where the eyeball robot says "It's all true, even the caaaaaaaaa".
But the 'a' is weak 'a' like 'car'. What is 'caaaaaaaa' supposed to be? I'm wondering if the line was read wrong and it was supposed to be a hard as in 'cake'. (It's all true even the cake.)
Opinions?
Edit: This game was even better than I thought it would be. In addition to Sam, Max is there too spouting some lines. When you use the chips, cards, and felt in a set changes the whole room. And they added the poker game variant Omaha. It is not much of a game but I've already got more than $5 of fun out of it. The voice actor for Ash is not very good though.
But the 'a' is weak 'a' like 'car'. What is 'caaaaaaaa' supposed to be? I'm wondering if the line was read wrong and it was supposed to be a hard as in 'cake'. (It's all true even the cake.)
Opinions?
Edit: This game was even better than I thought it would be. In addition to Sam, Max is there too spouting some lines. When you use the chips, cards, and felt in a set changes the whole room. And they added the poker game variant Omaha. It is not much of a game but I've already got more than $5 of fun out of it. The voice actor for Ash is not very good though.
speculawyer
Member
You've lost nerd cred there. He's from the Evil Dead movie trilogy (the originals). You must now watch Evil Dead 2.
there is a also the fact that you have to play two cards out of your hand. in texas holdem you can use both, one or none. in omaha you are forced to use two in your hand and three on the board.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
I have this bounty challenge "deploy a purchased table unlock" .....not quite sure what that means. Anyone?
SolarKnight
Member
Buy a table and use it.
RibbedHero
Member
Use an alternate felt, deck or chips.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
How does any poster on GAF not know who he is?!
Maybe he's just really young, Spec?
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Oh I guess they mean during the actual tournament, cause I've bought shit already. What if I would've bought everything already...then I would've been boned?
Edit:, never mind...they probably just mean switch during the tournament...I'll try that later
Azure Dream
Member
Yeah, you're missing out on a lot if you aren't switching to the different settings (which means you're stuck with the different card decks, unfortunately). The first character knocked out is usually taken out in some way fitting the setting, for example. In the Sam & Max one, Ash
, and in Borderlands Claptrap
. Plus they talk about the settings a fair bit.
It's almost a shame the AI usually suicides someone right off the bat with a bad All In, because then you miss out on parts of the conversation, or even full conversations.
I really wish you could skip more of the dialogue with right clicks, though, since the action freezes while a character chatters away sometimes with a story you've heard four times before, and you just want to play. GLaDOS's taunts and blind raising are also pretty repetitive, and lengthy too.
Pause, switch to one of them, unpause, it'll tell you you've unlocked the bounty, then just switch back if you feel like it.
got chased by Max using his chainsaw
got bazooka'd by a very sad Steve
It's almost a shame the AI usually suicides someone right off the bat with a bad All In, because then you miss out on parts of the conversation, or even full conversations.
I really wish you could skip more of the dialogue with right clicks, though, since the action freezes while a character chatters away sometimes with a story you've heard four times before, and you just want to play. GLaDOS's taunts and blind raising are also pretty repetitive, and lengthy too.
Pause, switch to one of them, unpause, it'll tell you you've unlocked the bounty, then just switch back if you feel like it.
speculawyer
Member
Yeah, that is my biggest complaint. I wish you could cut off lengthy dialog with a right-click. And it is not so much that I mind hearing over and over (that is annoying but I can deal with it), it is just that you have to wait for it to complete before you get to play your cards. It slows down the play too much.
Your final hand must be a mix of the 2 cards you are dealt and 3 cards on the table.
So the game picks the 2 best possible cards from your, which was one king and one ace to make the two pairs.
This, to me, is the trickiest part of Omaha. Calculating that only 2 cards from your hand are gonna matter.
Oh, that's kinda fucked but that at least makes sense.
Also either I'm terrible at poker or this game isn't as easy as some people are saying. I've been playing mostly Texas Hold'em and I can usually bust out 2-3 people, but still haven't been able to win.
RibbedHero
Member
Slow playing works to an extent, but you gotta bluff sometimes, especially when someone makes a 10K raise, if you've got decent to good cards and reraise they will often fold. When there's 3 or 2 of you left the odds of them preflop raising with shitty cards is quite high. Pick your battles carefully. Heads up you should know that they will raise preflop with anything, especially with a face card and a rag.
I'm 21. I swear no one of that stuff is relevant if your not in America and probably weren't the best choices for a poker game about video game characters.
Hey, it's very relevant in Australia as well! Army of Darkness is awesome and funny.
Ash is in video games too, just not very good ones. This might be his best game if I'm not mistaken.
Edit: I haven't bought this game yet, even though I've played through the Xbox demo 3 times so far and enjoyed it a lot. I have the feeling it'll be on sale regularly for some reason, so I'm trying to wait it out.
I'm from Brazil and we love you Ash! ;*******
Also, Brock quoting Dune is always awesome.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
speculawyer
Member
Well, it is not a game just about video game characters. Ash is borderline as there are Evil Dead video games (not very good ones). But I don't think there is a Venture Bros video game, that is just a cartoon show.
And if you like horror movies, you really should see Evil Dead 2. (And Evil Dead and Army of Darkness but Evil Dead 2 is the best.)
This video game rendition of him is pretty lame though, the voice actor is not very good. He probably didn't want to ham it up much but that is what he should have done. And the writing is pretty meh for him.
The AI seems to be a bit better than last time. I think if you buy a round of drinks that makes the AI a little dumber. I also seem to have done better playing Omaha (once I learned the rules . . . I was severely disappointed when I didn't with with my pocket 3-of-a-kind).
Has any one figured out or tried to figure out the 'tells' that are supposedly in there? I didn't bother trying.
SolarKnight
Member
Besides the extremely obvious ones like Sam simply letting his head fall to the table when he has a horrible hand or him getting visibly excited with even his hat jumping when he has a great one?
ReeseHoward
Banned
I can't read tells and the CPU is shitting all over me.
SolarKnight
Member
I honestly don't recall ever being able to catch any tells for any of the characters ^^;
Did you buy drinks?