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That'll sure get me to start playing games on origin  You know, since they pretty took their ball and ran home, it's occurred to me that i'm really not all that fussed about EA games anymore. Don't get me wrong, i'm pretty sure i have most of the latest AAA ones from the last few years but i can vaguely recall what they were without having to look them up. Crysis 3 and Alice maybe?
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Bejeweled 3 is pretty good though. There has been a lot of free games on Origin of different age and genres and almost all of them have been pretty good. It's nice that EA is doing that.
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Dominic White posted:The thing is that Dead Man's Switch is basically 'My First Shadowrun Adventure'. It's an entry-level campaign that introduces the very basics of the setting (almost every character lets you ask stupid questions like 'What's a troll?' and 'Aren't orcs evil?' without them punching your head off your shoulders) and builds up from there, dropping in a few references to the SNES game along the way and ending with the start of one of the big world-events from the RPG sourcebooks. It's a good introduction for newbies, but it's not exactly deep. I was really disappointed with the latter sections of Dead Man's Switch, not because of the 'my first adventure' thing, but because I bought a copy of the Universal Brotherhood sourcebook when it came out and groaned when I realized I'd have to deal with that obnoxiousness in a not-really-amazing adaptation of the tabletop game. That is, if I hadn't been one of the unlucky ones for whom a patch meant to fix a game-breaking animation bug... instead inflicted that same bug on them instead. They were having nasty issues with a ballooning Unity cache at that point too, so I just shook my head and left it for lost. I am looking forward to Dragonfall though. I got the impression that things were rocky for them for a while post-launch, but they've managed to stabilize and improve on what they offered then. Getting a copy as part of the Kickstarter doesn't hurt, of course. Edit: Bejeweled 3, what? Yoink!
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Yeah, of all the stuff to complain about re: Origin, their Free poo poo Initiative has been pretty good so far. That and, frankly, uPlay's busy showing us what a real bad DD platform is like.
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Undying is a good game but it's unfortunate that they never got to make any sequels
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Drifter posted:Except Undying was pretty great back in teh day, while Jericho just kinda sucked throughout, regardless of time. I concur (one of the few times I do with you), but still. That final boss man. It's like the modeler either got fired or had a stroke during design.
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Kin posted:That'll sure get me to start playing games on origin All the free games at least got me to install it and play the games. It's inoffensive and it works, so I guess I'm fine with it  e: at 10 games now, and I haven't paid for any of them, that's how it starts, isn't it? 
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Sep 16, 2014 19:56
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Cathair posted:I just wish there was an option to play with the enemy stats and other benefits of Normal, but with the full AI of Classic and above. The restricted AI is what becomes boring the quickest on Normal and also the single biggest obstacle to transitioning to harder modes, since it will allow you to do dumb things with fewer repercussions.
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Drifter posted:They (steam) got some deals on those rpg maker games. Skyborn and the like. I've heard Skyborn or Skybound or whatever was supposed to be a pretty good entry into the genre. I then realized I owned it from that last Humble Bundle where I picked up RPG Ace Maker for 4 bucks. Skyborn's one of the better RPGMaker games I've played, honestly. It's not as good as Exit Fate or Last Scenario (which can be both had for free), but it's relatively grind free, it's short enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome, the combat is pretty fun and the plot (while not hugely original) is tolerable enough. Aveyond: Lord of Twilight is trash and everyone should stay the hell away from it, though. Does anyone know how the other games in the sale are? ChrisAsmadi fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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The random button on the steamcompletionist page threw up Gone Home for me and I finally played it after having it sit in my inventory for a long time... It took me an hour to complete. Why was this game a big deal? I feel like there have been these "walking simulator" type games that have done everything Gone Home tried to do but better. Was it just the subject matter? It just felt way too much like rich kid problems and nostalgia for an age that I didn't share. The revelation at the end was also kinda... Pointless. Maybe it was ruined for me by all the things I had already learned before playing. Not much point in an exploration game if you already know what's being explored. Still. "Psycho House Girl"? Really? American high school in fiction is the dumbest place.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:26
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Gaming journalists praised it a lot and so people got very angry, even though the proper thing to do is NOT GIVE A poo poo ABOUT GAMING JOURNALISM I enjoyed it though.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:29
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i think part of it was the price/gameplay ratio but i dont really pay attention to that poo poo. i just got it basically for free from the humble bundle so i'll try it i guess even though it doesn't really appeal to me.
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General Emergency posted:I feel like there have been these "walking simulator" type games that have done everything Gone Home tried to do but better.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:33
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IMO it wasn't worth the intial asking price of 20 bux and I wish there would have been like, puzzles and stuff. But if you got it for like 99 cents it's fine.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:33
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Gone Home is the David Eckstein of video games.
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New Concept Hole posted:Gone Home is the David Eckstein of video games.  (just kidding I loving hate the Cardinals)
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General Emergency posted:The random button on the steamcompletionist page threw up Gone Home for me and I finally played it after having it sit in my inventory for a long time... It took me an hour to complete. Why was this game a big deal? I feel like there have been these "walking simulator" type games that have done everything Gone Home tried to do but better. Was it just the subject matter? It just felt way too much like rich kid problems and nostalgia for an age that I didn't share. The revelation at the end was also kinda... Pointless. Maybe it was ruined for me by all the things I had already learned before playing. Not much point in an exploration game if you already know what's being explored. That was basically my reaction as well. It's probably different if you happened shared anything in common with any of it
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Sep 16, 2014 20:36
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Gone Home was an inoffensive - if pricey - game that leaned way too heavily on 90s nostalgia. Reporters and gamers who grew up in the 90s went apeshit, people who didn't like those people went apeshit and the rest of us kind of raised an eyebrow and moved on with life.
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I think that how angry a person gets at Gone Home depends on whether they've ever unironically typed #gamergate into a tweet and it wasn't to make fun of teens Or whether they also get angry at Moms Against Gaming
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poptart_fairy posted:the rest of us kind of raised an eyebrow  smug much?
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These kinds of games rely (often too heavily) on its emotional parts hitting you. If they don't, of course you're not going to like it as much! Me, I really enjoyed it though it made me angsty as gently caress. I blame grunge.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:41
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If you like the thrill of leaving programs open to make 15 cents, Gemini Rue now has cards. Also it's a good game you probably have in your backlog so you should actually play it now.
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Quest For Glory II posted:A world series MVP? Yes. Also hilariously short.
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Palpek posted:
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Gone Home isn't a game so it doesn't even matter if it's good or not. (It's not) edit: I think it's really just your impression. \/ \/ \/
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poptart_fairy posted:?  .
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Palpek posted:Please give some examples because honestly Gone Home is the best 'walking simulator' game I played. Stanley Parable. I don't know if it counts since its gimmick is calling out all the bullshit of these pretentious bullshit glorified CYOAs while being a pretentious bullshit indie CYOA at the same time. At least it manages to be funny at times and it has a lot more replay value. The demo also rules.
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Laputanmachine posted:Stanley Parable. I don't know if it counts since its gimmick is calling out all the bullshit of these pretentious bullshit glorified CYOAs while being a pretentious bullshit indie CYOA at the same time.
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Did they release a date for when Dead Rising and RE5 were making the jump to Steamworks?Palpek posted:There are hundreds of ways to write that that wouldn't make you sound like a tryhard You seem p mad about gone home, dude.
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No I'm not, nothing I wrote indicated that but people who get out of their way to write how much they don't care make me laugh.
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Gone Home starts the lesbian revolution. Unfortunately all the revolutionaries know how to do is walk around middle class homes reading things so no one noticed.
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I read The Stanley Parable as calling out games in general and "choices" in games in particular. Gone Home was cool cause the emotional beats were pretty well done and it told a grounded story which was refreshing for me, at least in the context of games. Exploring the house and piecing together the back stories was a lot of fun for me. Also the soundtrack was rad. Anyone have any thoughts on the games the added to the humble bundle today? Already have had Monaco for a while, but I've never heard of the other two.
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A friend of mine played Gone Home and immediately wrote to Steve Gaynor asking what the deal with all the hinting that something sinister or supernatural might be going on only for the explanation to be mundane as gently caress. He got a wordy non-answer about subverting expectations and establishing mood that was pretty  .
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The house was very lovingly modeled and other than the sheer amount of scribbles and notes the kids had apparently stashed loving everywhere felt like a real place. For comparison though: To The Moon did an emotional story better, Stanley Parable did contextual narration better, Ether One did puzzles better and looked prettier too.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:52
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The actual best wander around game is the ghost hotel level in Vampire Bloodlines.
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I bought Ether One recently and I'm looking forward to playing it. My stance on walking sims is still the same-- some games would be better as walking sims than with the gameplay/combat they were saddled with Bioshock Infinite and Fallout 3 are examples for me. I just preferred exploring to the shooting. I don't begrudge anyone for having a different opinion though. e: Remember Me would probably be better without the combat too, I love the memory remixing, it feels like a Phoenix Wright gameplay system and now I want a Phoenix Wright game with this concept The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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Pahtologic and Void are really good walking around simulators. There's probably people around who know how to do more in those than wander around oooh'ing and aaah'ing at the scenery but alas I am not one of them.
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I wanted to get into The Void so badly but it was too weird for me to take in. Pathologic, no problem, the Void though? Christ.Palpek posted:No I'm not, nothing I wrote indicated that but people who get out of their way to write how much they don't care make me laugh. Nothing I wrote indicated that either so I really don't know what point you're trying to make here.  I was just saying that the 'controversy' it sparked was very vocal between two fairly small groups, with the same few names popping up again and again. By and large Gone Home's reception didn't swing in any particular direction.
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Even knowing what happens I get spooked when the kitchen attacks me.
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poptart_fairy posted:Nothing I wrote indicated that either so I really don't know what point you're trying to make here. I liked Gone Home for the atmosphere mostly. I thought the main story outstayed its welcome at like halfpoint of the game and started running in circles with nothing left to say and a pretty underwhelming e/n ending. I really liked all the side stories though and piecing the family portrait together from small bits of information spread around the house. It was overall a neat experience and I'm looking forward to the next game from the same studio.
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