>"Oh hello there! My name is Nern. I'm considered the greatest historian of our time... I've gathered a wealth of knowledge about Olathe and what happened here. Many tales... Would you like to hear? Hmm... I wish you were more enthusiastic... Oh well, I'll tell you anyway.
>Let's see.... Oh right! It all started with what I like to call, THE FLASH. I was sitting with my wife, god rest her soul, sipping on sweet lemon tea. I believe it was homemade by my sweet wife, God rest her soul. Or wait... Maybe she bought it from the store in a bottle. You know, like a plastic bottle? Well hold on now, that would be ridiculous to buy a bottle of sweet lemon tea, then transfer the contents into a glass. Why not just drink it from the bottle? I guess maybe so she could put ice in the glass? But then again, making tea homemade would be just as time consuming, if not more! That sneaky bitch... Anyway, I'll save that story for later!
>So, I'm sitting on my porch drinking sweet lemon tea. From a glass of course, ho ho! When suddenly... A great strangeness fills my body... Something was wrong... I've lived many years, and I've never felt something like this before. Do you know what it was? Yup! It was my rocking chair! That wooden son of a gun stopped rocking! So I looked down and realized a little rock had gotten caught beneath my chair! A rock under my rocking chair! What a day! I decided it was time for bed, I had had a little bit too much excitement for one day! Hoho! I slid into my jammies, brushed my teeth, and said my prayers. As I was climbing into bed I noticed my wife, God rest her soul, brushing her hair in the bathroom. As I peered across the hall my body swelled up with emotion...
LISA THREAD
>"Why can't I be married to an attractive woman?" "Is it me?" "My bank account?" I'm a tall guy, I workout forty minutes a week... Is that not enough? Now my neighbor at the time, Tom Forknight, was very short. His wife, Karen Forknight-Plateburger... Yeah, one of THOSE women. Well, she was more attractive than my wife. I'd say she was a soft six, whereas my wife was a hard four. What's the deal? I thought women liked tall men? Why was Karen with him?
>Anyway my horse of a wife, God rest her soul, crawled into bed next to me. She decided to leave the bedside light on so she could read her book. It was one of her romance novels again... Give me a break... As if I don't already feel inadequate enough... Not only do I have to compete with Tom, now I have to deal with these fictional hunks! Ay yai yai! At this point I had already suppressed the urges of intimacy, I rolled over and tried to sleep. Her bedside light was only of minor annoyance. I was able to drift off...
>Then I woke up to a big flash of light. That's about it. I can tell by the way you're walking away that you don't want to leave... If you really want to hear another story I'll tell you. Once upon a hot summer night. Sometime in July... Was it July? My local grocery store sells really good eggs in July. I don't know why. Do chickens operate better in heat? Fireworks maybe? I don't know. I don't want to get off topic. Point is, the eggs that Summer were marvelous! Anyway, my wife and I, God rest her soul, went to a BBQ that night. It was held at Dale Spooner's house. Well, his backyard... Conny Spooner doesn't want people in her home, I think she's just an uptight bitch.
>So at this BBQ I see none other than... That's right, Tom Forknight... Now earlier in the day wife, God rest her soul, had made potato salad for the BBQ. Personally I hate potato salad, I'm a mashed kind of fellow. Hoho! So I sat in the TV room avoiding her till the BBQ. Once we were at the party, I made sure to distance myself from my dumb potato bitch wife. God rest her soul, I just didn't want anyone to think I would associate with someone that would bring a potato salad! Anyway, Tom and his above mediocre wife were already there. And get this, they brought a fruit salad! With whipped cream! The nerve of those Forknights! Needless to say I gave my wife, God rest her soul, a couple choice words About whipped cream! Versus potato salad! God dammit! Son of a bitch! A real tongue lashing! Geez, you're kind of smothering me. I'll talk to you later.
>5 years later
>no indie game has resonated with me quite in the way LISA did
>still listen to the tunes every now and then and get the mysterious feels of that first playthrough
I don't know how Dingaling did it. It's one of those rare games you can't really forget. I don't think we'll ever get anything else like it for a long time.
its just one of those games. i'm feeling like replaying myself
I didn't realize till recently that Brad put Rando in the same position Marty put him in as a kid. A son trying to defend his sister from their father.
Does anyone know what he's doing these days? I want to see what he makes next.
STOP WITH THE FUCKING LISA THREADS ANZYLL YOU REDDIT WHORE
He's still working on Ninja Tears, if I recall correctly.
He's working on a movie / game called Ninja Tears. He's been on lock-down mode for the last few years but claims to be constantly working on it.
Shut the fuck up Curly, We hate him too its just that we don't bring up leddit drama. Most of the people in the Pointless dev team hate him too.
You're the only one bringing him up.
OP here, am not anzyll lole
The biblical reference this guy brings to the table floored me when I caught on to it. LISA is fucking inspired.
>post yfw "Did I do the right thing?
>Somewhere, in an alternate universe, Marty quickly recovered from the loss of his wife, Brad and Lisa had a good upbringing, and Buzzo and Lisa went on to live a happy life.
Thanks.
I relate with that mentality.
Which fan games are worth playing?
pointless. that's it. hopeful's okay, but not my cup of tea, personally.
Beady bites your head off.
Is that motherfucking Ramenman?
How's your party looking, Yea Forums?
Why is Lisa being brought up after all these years? Was there an expansion or did an eceleb discover it?
Duck, fly and bo since it turns the game into a bad joke. Still need to do a canon run where I only get the members Brad would logically get if he was actually rushing to save buddy like he should be.
Reminder that if your adopted daughter was the last girl you'd murder and teach her to kill without hesitation too.
it got recommend to me on steam early September last year
Fangames, Lots of em'
Check out pointless once it updates, Try hopeful in the meantime.
It's one of the very few games out there that's intended to make the player feel bad/depressed. It definitely stands out because of it, and it's a wonder why so few games aim for that.
>fangames
>lots
their all cancelled except for a few though
recommended*
I wonder what Austin thinks of kinnikuman
Joy addicts are NOT based user drugs are bad.
Ah, thanks lads.
Brad and Buddy. It sounded good to me.
>First time seeing Yado
>ooooh haha the music in this area is by some weirdo with a trumpet
>mfw slowly learning what his deal was
I want a fan game where Marty wasnt abusive so you play as a party of Buzzo, Lisa, Rando and Brad as their sensei.
The plot would start with you doing good deeds for Brad's gang members in the original game but as normal people or work against assholes like Fly. The climax is they find a proto-joy mutant that escapes Yado lab, enter the lab and stop Yado before he causes the White Flash or perfects Joy. The end is defeating Yado, his monsters and finding a baby Buddy in the lab which Brad raises.
Someone gimme the rundown. Havent played this game inna while.
why does this videogame still hurt
>Yado makes Joy so he can rule the world with his mutant "children"
>spreads and feeds it to local military and Orth as a whole
>uses a trumpet to control them, a reference to the trumpets of heaven sounding during the end of the world by the angels that are sent down to oversee the final seal being broken
>has a girl with his wife, then kills his wife and tosses the girl into the mix because he thought it would be entertaining
>implied he gave the girl many enhancements which is why she is killing gangs of grown men at 13~
>this ends up shocking Yado and so while he does try to protect her with his monsters he also wants nothing to do with her, since she threatens his power
This doesn't include his business with Buzzo and the women but that stuff is a lot of speculation or its very obvious.
HE WAS BEHIND IT ALL, user.
ALL OF IT, EVERY SINGLE BIT.
WHITE PEOPLE BAD
Unironically this
Ok, shlomo
PEOPLE BAD
What evidence is there that she's enhanced?
The only one I can think of is she didn't die after Brad dropped her on her head as a newborn.
i'm not that into the fangames but the pointless OST is fucking great
>Choose "Don't Hug Him"
>"B..but, I love you!" *dies*
God that tore my soul apart
There is no real evidence which is why I said implied. The fact it is Yado's daughter, and a daughter he does end up protecting implies he wouldn't just throw her into Orth without giving her some help in a mad scientist kind of way.
I mean yeah sure she was raised and trained by Brad fucking Armstrong she she would be a good fighter but I don't care how well trained you are. A 13~ year old girl is not winning a 1v3 versus grown men unless some bullshit is at play.
And the only logical explanation is enhancements since she is still a pretty new joy user. If she had been using for a while then it can be explained away like with Buzzo but that's not the case.
>First clue that Brad was not good dad material.
Dropping kids is good for them though, strengthens the bones and increases life span.
I would argue her feats in Joyful came from her canonly popping Joy regularly for her fights. There is no Joyless reward in Lisa the Joyful so I figure the canon is she heavily uses Joy during the sequel to kill all the gangs.
>brad buddy and rando will never ever be happy
I also think she was on Joy for most if not all of the Joyful, but I don't think that would be enough to explain her strength. She makes guys like the Dojo Buster and Buckets look like chumps and both of them are hard Joy users.
I guess you could chalk it up to Joy and Brads decisive style allowing her to strike weak points very hard but it still feels unreasonable. Not to say stuff in the LISA games is usually reasonable but Buddy feels like an odd character if she's not enhanced considering how much emphasis the game puts in training and being YUGE.
>t. Heihachi Mishima.
Friendly reminder that Brad did literally everything wrong and directly caused both apocalypses.
post yfw this.
Make then you faggot.
Another possibility is she just OD so much on Joy that she brought herself to that pre-mutant state that Brad was in on Rando Island.
I mean by the time you fight Big Lincoln his minions are panicking and calling her a freak just like they did to Failure Brad.
Brad... I've been a loser my whole life. Hanging around you have made me feel strong for once. Like a man... The first day we met was the best day of my life. ... Even before the world changed... Maybe you don't feel the same way... But you're my best friend dude. It's just this... Brad this is our future your messing with... I'm sorry. We can't let you do this.
>tfw Shocklord reaction
GAME WHAT THE FUCK PLEASE STOP
I'm pretty sure the relation with Brad determines how the fight goes too. Shocklord and Terry rarely if ever attack while assholes like Rage or Buckets will attack more often.
Terry's a canon party member in my eyes.
Anyone who denies him his fucking character arc is not my nigga.
Which makes it even worse when you then have to fucking murder him.
Fly and RT straight up say they never liked Brad anyway and they attack normally from what I recall.
I think what made lisa so magical is that it just shifts its mood on a dime so perfectly
as soon as you start to get comfortable, it shits on your day or you just make a hard choice, but you always have a way of working around it.
its like the whole game you are just enduring suffering, but the gameplay is still fun to work through. Everything you fight for feels earned and you dont need to grind.
youtube.com
best song
this is actually one of my favorite moments in vidya, top 3 at the least
pic related is how I felt, I wanted to go out loud even if I died because I related so hard
Unironically one of the hypest fucking lines I've ever experienced
>Buddy meets a guy who has no interest in raping her
>wants to be her friend
>tells him to fuck off because he can't fight
>guy kills himself
Jesus Buddy...
>raised by a man who only ever taught her to kill and survive
>expecting her to relate to someone who just wants to be friends
The concept of pacifism confused her entirely and not because she is stupid. I don't think a decade of therapy and help integrating into a livable society would solve her issues.
Nothing like a good cleansing fire on everything. Fucking Birdie was the man of my team
>Trying to pick anything but hug
Sure it fucks you up making the choice but come on, you saw what you did just to see Buddy again
Speaking of that, they leave it open to the player to wipe out the pacifists completely. What do you feel the canon decision is for that?
I'd say it'd be early enough that Buddy would respect Rando's wishes to only kill Mr. Beautiful and spare the rest.
>not dabbing on Brads corpse and then snagging all his drugs
Terry can attack Brad, but may not.
Shocklord NEVER attacks Brad.
It's in the code.
I think barring her being completely gone on Joy like at the very end she wouldn't ever attack them because they don't mean anything to her. They might as well be trees. There are plenty of characters she doesn't kill in canon that she could have so I don't see why she would kill a bunch of guys just hanging around.
I used to think Rando was such a pushover toward Buddy, but then my own sister went from a cheery loving kid to a ice queen 12 year old.
>It should never be about one man. His people come first. This is the lesson you need to be taught.
Was Ajeet the ultimate chad?
Based Shockbro.
i have never cried at any game more than i cried at LISA: the painful + joyful. is that bad?
Nope, I'm in the same boat. I felt legit emotions from the Lisa games, more so than any other game I've played.
So, realistically speaking, how tough does the joy make you?
We see people like Rando take a godamned bike speeding his way like it was nothing and he wasn't even on joy
And then we see a kid like buddy How old is she? that survived a complete Barrage of Bullets from Mr not fucking around and still managed to push his shit in alongside with Big L and Sindy gallows
youtube.com
best song
the pointless update when what the fuck
I'd guess near the end of March.
Joy was funded originally as a super soldier pill, based off the descriptions and effects it numbs the user of any pain, cause a Wolverine type healing factor to kick in, and severely increases the users strength (you crit x2 damage while on Joy)
Old enough to have a kid but young enough to still be a kid so realistically 11-14. And joy can make a 13~ year old girl win in a 1v8 with grown men so I have to assume it makes you comically tough.
>released 4 year ago
Where did the time go...
I just presume whatever Joy-based supersoldier therapy Yado gave Buzzo he probably gave to Buddy since he wanted her to survive long enough for the factions to tear each other apart fighting over her and he probably assumed she was going to need to be strong enough to survive being a cocksleeve for hordes of guys without being torn apart.
>get Birdie
>"haha time for fire"
>gets killed by Jonathan five minutes later
Thanks Dingaling
i felt it
>Shocklord is looking the other way during the cutscene
>After the battle with Rando you can go to the left and see Yado sitting down with his trumpet resting beside him, watching you.
If you were an Olathe denizen would you waste precious turns while fighting Buddy to stare at her breasts and lick her?
I will never understand how people think Brad did anything wrong. He was just trying to protect his kidnapped daughter from a world filled with rape crazy degenerates. Keeping her in hiding was the only logical way to raise her.
Plus he had absolutely no idea who Rando was and what his intentions were and it didn't help matters that Rando had little control over his army anyway.
>Olan attacks Brad, not out of malice but simply out of a sense of duty to save the human race
>stops attacking because he can't bring himself to kill him
Does anybody else think Ramenman looks just like Mongolman? Did Yudetamgo run out of ideas or what?
>Realize that if you swap the O and l and Olathe you get Loathe
Neat.
Akuma Shogun and Goldman look pretty similar too
Yeah if Brad had sold Buddy to Rando he'd find half his army betraying him to have their way with Buddy.
All through Painful we see Rando Army soldiers who disobey Rando's orders when he's not their to enforce them.
>be stuck in the ass end of the Midwest for my entire life
>apocalypse happens, now I can't even get pussy if I wanted to
>get attacked by the last female ever
>she shows me her tits
You're goddamn right I'd spend the last minute of my life sprinting to second base.
>LISA The Painful is actually a distant sequel to Kingdom Of Loathing
You heard it here first, folks
>You are my little Buddy
This is it, Yea Forums
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"meaningless trash"
-ajeet mandeep
holy shit how could one man be so right?
I wonder what ajeet says at the end. Always saw him as a lawful good guy
You can see all the characters end quotes in the wiki of their respective enemy page at the very top.
Ajeet's quote is:
"We have to protect our futures. And after this our children's futures... It should never be about one man. His people come first. This is the lesson you need to be taught."
Here's the enemy page list if you're interested.
>no one sides with brad
I fucking hate the ending so much.
Sounds like a great fan game. You should make it.
>at 13
I thought she was 16.
I put the ~ to signify its approximate. She's is old enough to have a child and the average age that happens for girls is 11. Though that is discounting the fact her diet as a kid must've been jerky and beer but the fact she is still called a kid by multiple characters make me think she isn't that old. 16 is possible but I always felt like she was 13ish.
>If words were knives...
Because the point is what Brad is ultimately trying to accomplish is illogical to everyone but him. His crusade is justified only by his emotions which no one else in this harsh world can relate to as his emotions mean the end of the human race.
Dingaling made his game with RPG maker right? I honestly like the idea enough to consider learning how to use that tool.
But the alternative plan is also illogical. One woman can not repopulate the Earth. The human race's progeny will be fucked-up and infertile in a few generations.
How does someone even come close to reaching the same emotional milestones that Lisa the Painful did? As an emotionless drone who cares little for anyone other than myself, how does someone write characters as compelling as Lisa's?
If I wasn't a retarded brainlet I'd study and learn with you. It sounds like a comfy Mother-tier adventure
I don't support the plan, but the game takes place in a dying world where all the women came and went. Not inseminating the only potentially fertile womb is practically generational suicide.
It's better than nothing. At least it buys humanity more time.
underrated
anyone else just prefer to ignore joyful? i don't like buddy's characterization, the gameplay is a step down, and the joy was better left a mystery.
good and bad can be very subjective things. I feel like any person should do what they think is right and best in life to the fullest of their ability, because regardless of whether people call you a monster or wrong or evil or right or a hero, no one likes a quitter.
I enjoyed the story and was ok with the gameplay, mainly challenged myself to see how long I could go Joyless (before Mend was added making the game ez mode)
I got to Big Lincoln before running out of health items and had to use Joy to survive.
I honestly am curious, how would you have Buddy's story continue? Joyless seemed fitting for Buddy after taking Joy in Painful and with all the background of the setting.
words were printed on a screen and beamed directly into my soul
I really liked buddy in Joyful. It made a lot of sense for a girl probably hitting puberty and literally being treated like she's the center of the universe to act the way she did in her circumstance.
RPG Maker is pretty simple to use, but still powerful enough to shit out a game.
it makes perfect sense. especially when you throw in the fucking EXPERIMENTAL MILITARY GRADE PSYCHOTIC DRUGS, but no, Yea Forums's general consensus on the matter boils down to hurrr durrr women.
I still cried like a bitch on joyful's ending
>Dad loves you
Speaking of that, Rando all through Joyful was pretty lenient toward Buddy's edge and using Joy. He only abandons her after she calls Brad a piece of shit if I recall.
What would be an explanation for Rando not having a hard stance against humanity's last woman abusing a drug he knows mutates people?
Bo is my favorite design and gameplay wise, but I feel bad for using him because he only joined so you can find his brother
>Rando just wants to learn from Brad
>Implying he would harm the only thing Brad ever cared about
I felt ready to throw the fuck down even though I just murdered my friends
>Buckets is an asshole
>Implying he didn't give out a heartfelt goodbye to Brad and was crying the whole time but you couldn't here because of his bucket
fuck you. Buckets is based
He was a playboy after all
>tiger man is my favorite
>he’s a joy addict
By the way Fly Minetti is the most busted guy in the game.
>hear*
god dammit fuck me in the urethra
Yeah Super Vomit inflicting all of the best status effects in the game is OP.
With him you can literally beat Buzzo.
>joy addict
>hardest guy to recruit
>not even that good
>Buckets: "..." (In Pain Mode, he says "The girl is ours")
Not my nigga.
what the hell did jack ever do to you?
He's just a kid.
>Dick in based
>Rooster in based
>Olly in based
>Garth in cringe
>Jack in cringe
besides that I think you're spot on