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I seriously need to stop mistaking flash sales for daily deals.  Hm... How's Amalur? Is it a single player MMO as I've read?
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Edmond Dantes posted:I seriously need to stop mistaking flash sales for daily deals. Pretty much. There's some neat ideas in there, but most of the world's info and backstory is told through dialog trees, and it's ridiculously easy to overlevel or overgear yourself. It's not as bad if you don't try to do every quest and ignore the crafting system, though. That being said, the state of Rhode Island would be very grateful if you did buy it.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:06
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Edmond Dantes posted:Hm... How's Amalur? Is it a single player MMO as I've read? Yes. Up to you to decide if that's a good or a bad thing. It's a good single player MMO. It's a bad game if you don't like MMO style combat/quests.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:07
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Kin posted:Does anyone know how the digital versions of warcraft 3/starcraft are over at Blizzard? I've got the original disks for them somewhere but gently caress knows where, so i figure getting the digital versions would aleviate the hassle. The digital versions of WC3 and Starcraft work perfectly. WC1 and 2 aren't available because they not NT-compatible, basically. I think there was a Windows 95 edition of WC2 but in order to play either of them on a modern PC you need DOSbox, which it seems like Blizzard doesn't want to include in the download. mr. nobody posted:Yes. Up to you to decide if that's a good or a bad thing. It's a good single player MMO. It's a bad game if you don't like MMO style combat/quests. Reckoning doesn't have MMO combat. It's basically lovely God of War.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:07
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/edit: ^^^^ Consider yourself quoted as well.  Evil Mastermind posted:Pretty much. There's some neat ideas in there, but most of the world's info and backstory is told through dialog trees, and it's ridiculously easy to overlevel or overgear yourself. It's not as bad if you don't try to do every quest and ignore the crafting system, though. mr. nobody posted:Yes. Up to you to decide if that's a good or a bad thing. It's a good single player MMO. It's a bad game if you don't like MMO style combat/quests. Ah, cheers. I can probably put it on hold then, I've seen it get discounted quite a few times and I've spent quite a bit on this sale already.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:09
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:The digital versions of WC3 and Starcraft work perfectly. They released Lost Vikings and Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne though.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:09
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Breadallelogram posted:They released Lost Vikings and Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne though. Did they dosbox them? If so that's strange, because I know for a fact WC1 works just fine in Dosbox.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:11
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Did they dosbox them? If so that's strange, because I know for a fact WC1 works just fine in Dosbox. Lost Vikings and Blackthorne are dosbox, RNR is zsnes.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:12
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Today's deals: Dishonored - THIS IS SO GOOD and the actual Thief 4, do not buy "Thi4f" you dumb fuckos, also get the bonus 2 part DLC campaign because it's a near-full-length campaign with altered powers Tomb Raider - An excellent use of your $4, decent gun and bowplay, fun platforming, and hilarious pratfalls. Lara is slamming her face into the ground throughout the entire game, it's nonstop hijinx Max Payne 3 - Relatively authentic sequel despite shedding the hard boiled atmosphere. Bullet time feels good and Max's prose is as idiotic and campy as ever Transistor - Cool action game that you can play however you want with all the different ways to attach 'programs' either as primary skill, alt skill or perks. Play it like an arcade game zipping around and zapping enemies or like a strategy game with the turn-based mode To the Moon - overrated schmaltzy game with lame comedy, RPG Maker-looking visuals, and a very telegraphed story. don't get the love people give this game at all
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Dec 28, 2014 19:14
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:
That's the best way I could describe it; ranged/spell combat was tab/lock targetting, the melee combat didn't require it but had the option. Lots of escort quests and fetch 9 bear rear end type quests. Not my video, but skip to any random part of this video to see how it plays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XplqXm93PUk edit: also, wasn't it literally being made as a MMO before they ran out of time/money and pushed it out the door as a single player thing? mr. nobody fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:WC1 and 2 aren't available because they not NT-compatible, basically. I think there was a Windows 95 edition of WC2 but in order to play either of them on a modern PC you need DOSbox, which it seems like Blizzard doesn't want to include in the download. Breadallelogram posted:They released Lost Vikings and Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne though. 
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Dec 28, 2014 19:19
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mr. nobody posted:That's the best way I could describe it; ranged/spell combat was tab/lock targetting, the melee combat didn't require it but had the option. Lots of escort quests and fetch 9 bear rear end type quests. No, that's something of an urban legend, but it wasn't originally an Amalur game.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:22
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mr. nobody posted:edit: also, wasn't it literally being made as a MMO before they ran out of time/money and pushed it out the door as a single player thing? Pretty much. Curt Schilling was really into WoW, and decided to start his own video game company (despite knowing nothing about the industry) whose first game out of the gate was supposed to be an MMO based on a completely new IP nobody ever heard of.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:23
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Any thoughts on This War of Mine? I've had my eye on it for a while. I was leaning towards Invisible Inc, because I figured TWOM wouldn't be a daily, but this has thrown a hitch in my plans.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:24
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Warcraft 1 and 2 might just be brought back after the Warcraft movie is released. What they should do is add support for higher resolutions in Diablo 2.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:24
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Kin posted:Does anyone know how the digital versions of warcraft 3/starcraft are over at Blizzard? I've got the original disks for them somewhere but gently caress knows where, so i figure getting the digital versions would aleviate the hassle. They're fine, Blizzard also made mention some time this year about doing something with Warcraft 1 & 2... possibly a remake or re-release.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:25
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mr. nobody posted:edit: also, wasn't it literally being made as a MMO before they ran out of time/money and pushed it out the door as a single player thing? No, it wasn't - it was originally a totally separate game developed by Big Huge Games; Schilling's 38 Studios bought out BHG and repurposed the game to serve as the intro to what would be the Amalur MMO: Wikipedia posted:38 Studios, owned by former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling, originally began developing the Amalur universe with a 10,000 year history created by R.A. Salvatore for use in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), codenamed Copernicus this however was later scrapped after the 38 Studios and Big huge games were shut down. In 2009, they acquired Big Huge Games as Ken Rolston and his team had already been working on an RPG while Big Huge Games was part of THQ.[5] The studio decided to retool their existing single-player role-playing game (RPG) to be set within the same universe in order to introduce the Amalur MMORPG.[8] 38 Studios shutdown in May 2012.[9] edit: I know the general goon opinion is the game is not worth the time, but I got it at release and enjoyed it. YMMV.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:26
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Quest For Glory II posted:Dishonored - THIS IS SO GOOD and the actual Thief 4, do not buy "Thi4f" you dumb fuckos, also get the bonus 2 part DLC campaign because it's a near-full-length campaign with altered powers Expanding a bit: Dishonoured is a fantastic game. If you don't have it, do yourself a favour and get it. Also, I'd recommend getting the GOTY, the story DLC (Knife of Dunwall and Brigmore Witches) is really good as well. Tomb Raider - Great game, fun gunplay/bow action, quite a bit of climbing to go around and it looks amazing. It also has settings for  ~MAGICAL HAIR~ Max Payne 3 is something stupid like a 35gb download, so keep that in mind. I maintain that this game is worth it if only because of when the music kicks in at the airport sequence, but if you want to shoot some people in the face, you can't really go wrong. mr. nobody posted:Not my video, but skip to any random part of this video to see how it plays.
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Mr. Fortitude posted:What they should do is add support for higher resolutions in Diablo 2.
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Quest For Glory II posted:To the Moon - overrated schmaltzy game with lame comedy, RPG Maker-looking visuals, and a very telegraphed story. don't get the love people give this game at all But then again I liked Gone Home too so maybe I should be thrown into a furnace because of it.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:37
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Quest For Glory II posted:Today's deals: To add my own impressions: Max Payne 3 - the gameplay is great but be warned it's full of long, plodding and unskippable cutscenes. This War of Mine - it's great on atmosphere and the gameplay is decent. The thread title for the game is "Sims: Wartime edition" and that's a decent comparison (there's combat but you want to avoid it as much as possible.) It's brutal and dramatic and for its benefit most of the emotion comes purely from procedural events. Recommended at that price. Divinity: Original Sin - it's a great old school style RPG. The plot is very cliche, but the writing's full of charm. There's a huge focus on exploration and the combat system's beautifully complex. It's also very pretty. Still, unless you really love Infinity Engine games (or the first couple Fallouts) you might not like Original Sin as while it has a lot of modern conveniences it's still married to those old styles. Age of Empires 2 HD - get Rise of Nations or Age of Mythology HD instead. AOE2 hasn't aged quite as well as the others. Mount and Blade: Warband - it's not very pretty but it's an incredibly deep medieval RPG/adventure with a similar framework to Sid Meier's pirates except with everything occuring in realtime. The combat engine is amazing and there's a huge variety of things to do. Avoid the Vikings expansion right now as it was pushed out the door way too early and still needs polish.
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To The Moon has a demo floating around out there somewhere, I'm glad I checked that out because I couldn't get past the game's presentation and dialogue, no matter how good the story apparently turns out to be.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:45
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Red Faction: Guerrilla is a bargain at $3, especially if you like breaking poo poo. You can wreck pretty much every structure in the game; in fact you're pretty much required to because that's how you get cash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Brwna1U_Y0 Just make sure you opt into the beta to remove GFWL.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:50
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An update: The other day I posted about having issues with Steam minimizing to desktop every couple minutes. I'm pretty sure I narrowed it down to my bluetooth looking for something to connect to. Thanks for the help, hopefully this cures it.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:54
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Evil Mastermind posted:Red Faction: Guerrilla is a bargain at $3, especially if you like breaking poo poo. You can wreck pretty much every structure in the game; in fact you're pretty much required to because that's how you get cash. You can't just not post Space rear end in a top hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUBI-YVRY8]
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Dec 28, 2014 19:56
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Evil Mastermind posted:Red Faction: Guerrilla is a bargain at $3, especially if you like breaking poo poo. You can wreck pretty much every structure in the game; in fact you're pretty much required to because that's how you get cash.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Red Faction: Guerrilla is a bargain at $3, especially if you like breaking poo poo. You can wreck pretty much every structure in the game; in fact you're pretty much required to because that's how you get cash. Steamworks is the default for RFG now; you're probably thinking of Dark Souls (1) with the beta thing.
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Dec 28, 2014 19:57
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Steamworks is the default for RFG now; you're probably thinking of Dark Souls (1) with the beta thing. Oh, cool. RF:G had the same thing a while ago when they first removed GFWL a while back, I didn't realize they finished patching it out.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:03
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Yup. It's probably not going to go away for a while (you can still switch to GFWL in the Betas menu) but they aren't offering keys for it anymore or anything. Expect similar for Dark Souls around February 16.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:06
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RFG multiplayer is also really drat fun once you figure out how the backpacks work. There's been a small resurgence as of late and today's sale will likely help that.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:10
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Edmond Dantes posted:You can't just not post Space rear end in a top hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUBI-YVRY8] This sold me, thanks.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:10
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I still have yet to play or pick up Mount & Blade, literally every single video or stream I've seen of it looks insanely janky, and yet it has universal praise. What am I missing?
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Dec 28, 2014 20:11
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If anyone plans on getting Dishonored GOTY - I mistakenly bought it awhile back thinking (stupidly) that the DLC would be separate from the base game (which I already owned). So if you want to trade me, I'm in the market for The Long Dark (and you can even keep the $0.20 difference ). http://steamcommunity.com/id/EmptySkyWriter e: Also, is it worth getting the GOTY edition of Tomb Raider? marjorie fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Dec 28, 2014 20:17
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Kin posted:Does anyone know how the digital versions of warcraft 3/starcraft are over at Blizzard? I've got the original disks for them somewhere but gently caress knows where, so i figure getting the digital versions would aleviate the hassle. WC3 plays fine on modern systems. If you want to bother digging out your old copies you can just punch the CD keys into your BNet account and it'll add them to your games list and you can just download the installer. Not sure about SC though.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:20
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victrix posted:I still have yet to play or pick up Mount & Blade, literally every single video or stream I've seen of it looks insanely janky, and yet it has universal praise. What am I missing? It plays way better than it looks. And the whole RPG/management aspect is addictive. Build your army, smash some guys.
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victrix posted:I still have yet to play or pick up Mount & Blade, literally every single video or stream I've seen of it looks insanely janky, and yet it has universal praise. What am I missing? Galloping across a map and swinging a mace into some jerk king's face, then stomping his army into the ground and putting your flag on his stupid castle HECK YEAH.
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victrix posted:I still have yet to play or pick up Mount & Blade, literally every single video or stream I've seen of it looks insanely janky, and yet it has universal praise. What am I missing? It is ugly as poo poo, but the gameplay is awesome: you start from nothing, recruit more and more people as you go, acquire better gear and soon you are leading an actual army into battle. There is something deeply satisfying in seeing a volley of arrows hit the enemy troops. Also, there are many quality total conversion mods that are almost if not better than the vanilla game itself. I'd say get it.
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victrix posted:I still have yet to play or pick up Mount & Blade, literally every single video or stream I've seen of it looks insanely janky, and yet it has universal praise. What am I missing? I think this one was done by some guy and his wife. It is pretty janky, but the gameplay is still really good. The large scale army battles are great. Once you have a horse and a polearm, you can carve into armies like a hot knife through butter.
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marjorie posted:e: Also, is it worth getting the GOTY edition of Tomb Raider? Shakenbaker posted:This sold me, thanks.
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