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Drifter posted:Waking Mars Grabbed this, thanks man. I'm also going to go ahead and recommend Binary Domain, it's a goofy popcorn action flick of a game.
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These Loving Eyes posted:If I want a gothic, demonic action-adventure game, which one should I choose, Darksiders 2 or Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2? Lords of Shadow 2 didn't review that well if I remember right so probably Darksiders 2.
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Binary Domain is a really fun game, and the horde-mode multiplayer is fun too, if you can get some people together to play it.
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Man I was having fun with Binary Domain and all of its goofy charm but I ran into a really bad QTE when you're trying to jump off an exploding truck and I just could never do it after multiple tries. Really me soured on the game and I stopped playing.
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Accordion Man posted:Man I was having fun with Binary Domain and all of its goofy charm but I ran into a really bad QTE when you're trying to jump off an exploding truck and I just could never do it after multiple tries. Really me soured on the game and I stopped playing. I hope all this recent press and donation surge with the Ice Bucket Challenge can find a cure for you someday soon.
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These Loving Eyes posted:Second, is there a preferred order to completing the character chapters in Resident Evil 6? From what I've heard, Chris's campaign is lovely, but would it be better to get that out of the way immediately or leave it for last to see if the game is interesting enough for a full playthrough? I realise this is from a few pages back, but I felt the need to comment. Everybody I've spoken to who's played the game disagrees on which campaigns were the worst/best. You'll find people for each campaign who think it's the best one, and people who think it's the worst one. So as for avoiding Chris', you may well like it the best, who knows. I'd recommend you leave it until you're familiar with the combat, though, as RE6 has an amazing, but somewhat complex combat system that it makes little effort to explain to you, and Chris' campaign is very combat heavy. Also, avoid Ada's campaign until the end! The game's story isn't great, and it does a horrible job of explaining it, but Ada's campaign will spoil all the others, so it's best to leave for last. Other tips: Learn the combat system before you play! There are several guides online to help explain it, and going into the game knowing how to play will improve your experience tenfold. I tried playing with a friend without doing this, and we gave up because we just weren't enjoying ourselves. Went back much later with another friend and had a great time, because we actually knew what to do. Try Mercenaries mode! You probably already intended to do this, but the combat's the best part of the game, and it really shines here. I've finished all the campaigns, and Mercenaries mode keeps me coming back again and again. Play co-op if you can! Not much to say here, I just thought the game was much more fun in co-op. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the game!
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Drifter posted:I hope all this recent press and donation surge with the Ice Bucket Challenge can find a cure for you someday soon.
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Greenman Gaming is doing an encore of all of their "Top 50 Games to Play Before You Die" (which is honestly just an arbitrary list of random popular games), plus they added an additional 20% off voucher. http://www.greenmangaming.com/50-games-1-10/ Z4364W-7MR5WA-N5BCOO
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^ Yeah, haha. I was boggled at their choices in that list for a second until I realized they were just pushing product and not suggesting amazing games.Accordion Man posted:I've played more than enough games with QTEs and beaten them, its just a really bad QTE. I'm just joshin', accordion man. I still wish that games would let you hit a button at the beginning to instawin QTEs and just watch it play out as a cinematic, because you're right, some of them are so goddamn lovely.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Greenman Gaming is doing an encore of all of their "Top 50 Games to Play Before You Die" (which is honestly just an arbitrary list of random popular games), plus they added an additional 20% off voucher. No it doesn't.
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How much content is there to Invisible Inc. right now? I'm really liking what I see on the videos the Yogscast is doing, but ~Early Access~ and all.
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Skyrim and Oblivion for  collectively is just mind-boggling to me. I mean, I know the deal itself has been done before but holy poo poo is that a lot of video game for the price.
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How substantial is the new stuff in Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship edition? I'm guessing that's a new difficulty mode in there but are there enough new levels and content to be worth throwing down more money?
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RBA Starblade posted:How substantial is the new stuff in Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship edition? I'm guessing that's a new difficulty mode in there but are there enough new levels and content to be worth throwing down more money? Did you play the Gold edition or standard? The addition of Intenso mode in combat is imo the most worthwhile addition but I don't know if that was in Gold.
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Ciaphas posted:Also, gently caress me running, Crypt of the Necrodancer owns. A little bit harder than I thought it was gonna be, at least while trying to keep the coin multiplier going. Its so good, I cant wait for the finished game to be honest. Speaking of good early access games... Ziggurat seems to be a really neat little game currently in early access. It's a a fps with "magic" themed weapons and procedural level generation/enemy spawns. Its getting a lot of praise/positive first impressions from a lot of people and the devs are really active. Really close to just pulling the trigger on that one, reminds me a lot of Hexen/Heretic.
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PantsBandit posted:Did you play the Gold edition or standard? The addition of Intenso mode in combat is imo the most worthwhile addition but I don't know if that was in Gold. Gold edition, it had the El Infierno series of challenge rooms only I think. What is Intenso mode? Actually to be honest if it adds a lot more combat then I'll just throw down the five bucks right now.
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RBA Starblade posted:Gold edition, it had the El Infierno series of challenge rooms only I think. What is Intenso mode? Basically you build up a meter and once it's full you can go into a super mode where all your attacks do a poo poo ton of damage, your movement speed increases dramatically, and you ignore shields. I only played STCE but intenso was my favorite part of the combat. Oh and when you activate it an announcer goes "INTENSOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" which is awesome.
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Ziggurat is super fun and worth the price of admission even for an early access. A little more polish and it'll be a great game I think.
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PantsBandit posted:Basically you build up a meter and once it's full you can go into a super mode where all your attacks do a poo poo ton of damage, your movement speed increases dramatically, and you ignore shields. I only played STCE but intenso was my favorite part of the combat.
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Accordion Man posted:So does this make boss fights easier, because I stopped playing a while back because Jaguar Javier was such a ridiculous difficulty spike. Oh yeah, frankly it makes the game a little unbalanced but it's too fun not to use.
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PantsBandit posted:Oh yeah, frankly it makes the game a little unbalanced but it's too fun not to use.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Greenman Gaming is doing an encore of all of their "Top 50 Games to Play Before You Die" (which is honestly just an arbitrary list of random popular games), plus they added an additional 20% off voucher. They've also got 30 indie games on sale which is also just a list of random games (some of them I refuse to believe are popular) but the standout is that you can get Spintires for for 33% off and almost 50% off if you put the 20% voucher in.
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smenj posted:I realise this is from a few pages back, but I felt the need to comment. Thanks for the extra input! I only played through the tutorial today, since currently all of my friends have either already beaten the game or are waiting for a Steam sale. It sounds kind of strange for them to skip proper combat tutorials, since both Resident Evil 4 and 5 gradually eased you into each game's intricacies. These Loving Eyes fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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Accordion Man posted:That's good to hear, I was really enjoying Guacamelee up until that point because I really wanted a good Metroidvania due to both titular series being dead right now, because I love 'em. It was just such an unbalanced spike in difficulty. I might be misremembering, but Javier's a chump. Basically all of his moves can be avoided by jumping to the side, and he has really predictable timing on his counterattacks. The only thing that can trip you up is he has a bunch of frames of stagger immunity, but as long as you don't overcommit it's no big deal.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Greenman Gaming is doing an encore of all of their "Top 50 Games to Play Before You Die" (which is honestly just an arbitrary list of random popular games), plus they added an additional 20% off voucher. Awesome. I was upset I missed their earlier Dishonored GOTY sale. Getting it for 6 bucks is great.
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These Loving Eyes posted:Thanks for the extra input! I only played through the tutorial today, since currently all of my friends have either already beaten the game or are waiting for a Steam sale. It sounds kind of strange for them to skip proper combat tutorials, since both Resident Evil 4 and 5 gradually eased you into the games' intricacies. The big thing that RE6 doesn't really explain in full is the stamina bar. Essentially, you use it to power all your coolest close-combat moves, which do major damage and usually stun. You can even spend a single 'block' of stamina on a special close-range shot that automatically forces an enemy into a stun, so you can hit them with a fancy wrestling move straight away. It also fuels your dodge moves. Once you're out of stamina, you're at a big disadvantage, and I recall that if you drain it completely, you move really slowly for a while. The less you're doing, the more stamina recharges. Walking is better than running, passive is better than aiming, etc. The absolute fastest way to regenerate stamina is to dive and land prone. Stay on your back for a couple seconds and you'll recharge to full. The main rhythm of combat should be softening up targets at range, getting in, spending stamina on big moves, finish with guns as required, then back off, recharge and repeat. With two human players it's a ton of fun, because you can really tag-team your way through fights.
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Free things again: LIMBO: 2HQ75-H7L45-5K64D Neighbours From Hell Compilation: XLCJX-TGAHZ-LVN3R Dead Space: HVNCQ-2NB4N-FDIGT Whiirrr fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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If I felt Darksiders 1 was a little long in the tooth, would I feel the same for Darksiders 2? $5 bucks is a great price, but I don't want to buy it just to be bored with it in a few hours. Especially when I could be saving up instead for Wolfenstein or Witcher 3. Drifter fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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These Loving Eyes posted:Thanks for the extra input! I only played through the tutorial today, since currently all of my friends have either already beaten the game or are waiting for a Steam sale. It sounds kind of strange for them to skip proper combat tutorials, since both Resident Evil 4 and 5 gradually eased you into the games' intricacies. Yeah, it's really quite annoying, and contributes quite a bit to the flak the game receives. It has a really expansive melee system with tons of context-sensitive stuff that it just doesn't bother telling you about at all. For example, there's a melee attack called a coup-de-grace. It's pretty much the most powerful melee attack you can do, and often has a nice range to it, so it's great for knocking down a whole bunch of enemies at once. You also get a time bonus for doing one in Mercenaries (and I think bonus points too?). The extent of advice the game gives you about this is flashing up 'Stun enemies and melee them to perform a coup-de-grace attack!' during a loading screen (which lasts literally two or three seconds on my PC). It neglects to mention that there are two levels of stun on an enemy - level one and two. Level one is a minor stun, done by getting a headshot or something. If you then do another standard melee attack on an enemy that's been stunned once (like by sliding into them), they'll be at stun level two. If you melee attack an enemy from the front while at stun level 2, then you'll do a coup-de-grace. This isn't at all clear from the instructions given in the game, or even in the instruction book (which you have to find a PDF of online). I've got no idea how they expected you to figure that out from the in-game hints, but there it is. Stuff like this is why I was saying it's a great idea to find a combat tutorial somewhere online.
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Drifter posted:If I felt Darksiders 1 was a little long in the tooth, would I feel the same for Darksiders 2? Yeah, DS2 starts off relatively great, but it became a slog in mid-game. By the end I was pretty disappointed at how combat became a numbers game instead of a test of action game skills.
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Is anyone here following Starsector (Starfarer)? It's been in development since 2010 so I'm wondering what's the current state of the game and if it's nearing completion or at least something resembling final version.
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Dominic White posted:Stamina bar smenj posted:Stun levels I looked up a video online just a couple of minutes ago, which delved deep into both these aspects of melee. Thanks again for pointing these things out! Now I only have to convince a friend that roughly 10 euros isn't too much for a silly action-horror co-op game. Whiirrr posted:Free things again: I snatched this one, thanks!
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toasterwarrior posted:Yeah, DS2 starts off relatively great, but it became a slog in mid-game. By the end I was pretty disappointed at how combat became a numbers game instead of a test of action game skills. Literally the only thing missing was Vigil arranging for three celebrities to die during the week of release or something.
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lordfrikk posted:Is anyone here following Starsector (Starfarer)? It's been in development since 2010 so I'm wondering what's the current state of the game and if it's nearing completion or at least something resembling final version. I haven't followed too closely since I bought it a few years ago, but the dev posted something cool a few weeks ago. You might sub the main thread and check out some of the mods.
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These Loving Eyes posted:I looked up a video online just a couple of minutes ago, which delved deep into both these aspects of melee. Thanks again for pointing these things out! Now I only have to convince a friend that roughly 10 euros isn't too much for a silly action-horror co-op game. As an extra, here's the thing I used to find out about the combat mechanics. It's pretty handy, though there's one or two things it doesn't mention, such as being able to click the left stick while holding a direction to roll (or you can use left stick + aim + A, as that guide says). EDIT: Oh, I've just remembered! There's a bunch of options for the camera and controls that were added, and they're well worth a look. Many people recommend zooming the camera all the way out, as it's quite close by default, and of course change the aiming to use a laser sight (which you can also adjust the colour of!). There's also a setting regarding when the game changes the shoulder you're aiming over which I think is worth looking it. I think it makes it so that the game only changes the shoulder you're aiming over if you tell it to, or if it's necessary (like when aiming around a corner), which is helpful. smenj fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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Mechanically speaking RE6 is a fantastic third-person shooter/melee brawler hybrid (have there even been any other good examples?). Once you've learned the systems you can get a really nice flow of shooting zombies, sliding into them, and then elbow dropping them, and also everything you do in it has a really satisfying weight (I don't think I ever got bored of throwing myself onto the floor). It's just a shame that the game that those mechanics are contained within isn't all that great. It's also ruined RE4 for me, because I find the combat it that so dull by comparison.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Greenman Gaming is doing an encore of all of their "Top 50 Games to Play Before You Die" (which is honestly just an arbitrary list of random popular games), plus they added an additional 20% off voucher.
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Finished Knife of Dunwall/Brigmore Witches, an excellent 6 hour side campaign. I liked the nonlethal options this time. I'm reminded that I have Thief Deadly Shadows, maybe I'll give it a spin at some point.
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lordfrikk posted:Is anyone here following Starsector (Starfarer)? It's been in development since 2010 so I'm wondering what's the current state of the game and if it's nearing completion or at least something resembling final version. I played one patch ago. From time to time I'll check the development blog. It seems to be moving along at a leisurely pace. Not having modded the game, I have no insight into how the latest patch improved the depth of the game with mods. If playing strictly Vanilla I doubt it has much staying power. LLCoolJD fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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