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Kragger99 posted:I've been contemplating starting a recurring thing where I'll buy a new(ish) game for a goon that wants to play it, and they can post a detailed summary/review of the game. I like this idea and will try to whip something up for the most recent game you gave me: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. It's even on sale, so the timing is good.
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Funnypost Collabo posted:Does Valkyria Chronicles ever get past the "puzzle level" slump around chapter 7? I gave up on the mission where you have to chase a vehicle through a city, blocking off alleys with your tank and shooting it with small arms because the levels were starting to feel like they had one intended solution which I was expected to figure out through trial and error instead of actual tactical battles. The level before that (getting the two separated units back to the tank) was a little better, but the stealth mission before that and the battle against the giant tank in the desert soured me on the game, so when I got to a third mission like that I just gave up. Gimmick puzzle and stealth levels? Hmmmm... maybe not the game for me. Thanks.
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Jamfrost posted:Edit: When did Drive to Hell come out? Also, Google wanted to correct my search to Ride to Hell. We originally released it elsewhere last February, added full widescreen graphics in July, and then finally got it up on Steam about a week ago with a bunch of other fixes. Awesome! posted:the 2nd boss in drive to hell is insanely hard and i will probably never beat it Pro Tips: the center of the screen is your friend and, if you didn't know, building multiplier increases shot speed. Also at any time you can quit to the main menu to change vehicles or lower the difficulty, the game constantly saves your progress.
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monster on a stick posted:Gimmick puzzle and stealth levels? Hmmmm... maybe not the game for me. Thanks. The stealth level is maybe five minutes long and you can just kill everyone that you come across in it without any problems. Plus there aren't very many gimmick puzzle levels. I'm about 12 missions in and the only ones are stopping the car without exploding it and the level where you're using the smoke launcher to get through choke points, neither are big deals. Testekill fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 02:12
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Yodzilla posted:Pro Tips: the center of the screen is your friend and, if you didn't know, building multiplier increases shot speed. Also at any time you can quit to the main menu to change vehicles or lower the difficulty, the game constantly saves your progress.
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monster on a stick posted:Gimmick puzzle and stealth levels? Hmmmm... maybe not the game for me. Thanks. "Stealth level" wasn't really the right term, it's thematically a stealth level but there's nothing stealthy about it. You only get two characters, one is wounded and the other is an escort. The reason the mission sucks is because it was a run down a linear path that only had like four enemies and you had to avoid spotlights, except the wounded character has a very slow walk animation so the turns take a while and all you're doing is limping forward. On its own it wasn't that bad, but I kept forgetting the game doesn't autosave and hitting alt-f4 after the mission, then having to re-do it. I think I did that mission 4 or 5 times and it was never any different from the first time, just a walk down a linear forest path and stopping in a few spots to shoot someone. The reason it made me mad is because there were 3 levels basically all in a row that were similar; there was a very specific intended way to beat it that wasn't obvious the first time you attempted the mission, because it usually involved setting up for things that didn't happen until a later turn. It was a pretty dramatic change of pace from the levels before which felt like actual fights where I was duking it out with the enemy army. The other levels were fun and I liked them. If I hadn't restarted those missions due to my own forgetfulness I would have kept playing and if the missions go back to the way they used to be I would probably enjoy the game, but having to replay those three dumb levels multiple times each due to my own forgetfulness left me salty.
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Feb 8, 2015 02:43
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Funnypost Collabo posted:"Stealth level" wasn't really the right term, it's thematically a stealth level but there's nothing stealthy about it. You only get two characters, one is wounded and the other is an escort. The reason the mission sucks is because it was a run down a linear path that only had like four enemies and you had to avoid spotlights, except the wounded character has a very slow walk animation so the turns take a while and all you're doing is limping forward. On its own it wasn't that bad, but I kept forgetting the game doesn't autosave and hitting alt-f4 after the mission, then having to re-do it. I think I did that mission 4 or 5 times and it was never any different from the first time, just a walk down a linear forest path and stopping in a few spots to shoot someone. You do know that you can save anytime in battle, so you could just have multiple saves at various points of a fight to revert back to in order to not replay an entire map. And though it's too late now, but for anyone that's playing it now, during the "stealth" section, you can walk up to the glowing flower things and it makes the wounded character move in a more normal manner.
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Feb 8, 2015 02:50
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Awesome! posted:I can clear the crap dudes off him without getting hit but after he starts shooting all bets are off. the insta-death if he touches you is really frustrating. I tried ~20 times tonight and got pissed and quit, maybe I'll try again in a couple days. I am playing on the lowest difficulty and using the 2nd car which is the only one I have unlocked so far. I gave up on the game when I realized that my main problem with it was that the bullets were too slow. Not the rate of fire, but that the bullets moved too slowly. When half the stupid enemies orbit around you, and you have to lead them waaaaay ahead to actually hit them, the game was more frustrating than fun.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:06
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Join in. Drawful is whats happening currently. Of course. We need more artists... cmoooooooon We're done here. Full games = fun games. Thanks for playing. Syves fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 03:29
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monster on a stick posted:Gimmick puzzle and stealth levels? Hmmmm... maybe not the game for me. Thanks. That was literally the only level I had any issues. Put the game down after that level for a long time. Beat it finally after a while (ps3). Love the game though. Despite that stupid level.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:31
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Sivek posted:You do know that you can save anytime in battle, so you could just have multiple saves at various points of a fight to revert back to in order to not replay an entire map. And though it's too late now, but for anyone that's playing it now, during the "stealth" section, you can walk up to the glowing flower things and it makes the wounded character move in a more normal manner. Yeah, it was just me being forgetful, not blaming the save issues on the game at all. I mostly play roguelikes and ironman-style games so it didn't even cross my mind, and I'd leave it alone for a few days each time and then forget it happened. I did get all of the flowers, they just expand her AP bar back up to its full amount though, they don't do anything about the speed of her walk animation.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:39
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Awesome! posted:I can clear the crap dudes off him without getting hit but after he starts shooting all bets are off. the insta-death if he touches you is really frustrating. I tried ~20 times tonight and got pissed and quit, maybe I'll try again in a couple days. I am playing on the lowest difficulty and using the 2nd car which is the only one I have unlocked so far. I'm sorry.  Difficulty is such a tough thing to balance, especially in a genre where people kinda expect it to be hard and just get harder.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:45
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The game is fine but you need youtube recognition or all the kids are just gonna wait for it to hit another bundle/steam sale because the steam store might as well be a cellphone app store
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Feb 8, 2015 03:49
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Trying! We're getting some streamers but it's honestly really goddamn tough. I'd honestly be more bothered but we're too busy developing our new game and it's pretty goddamn baller.  e: i'm more shocked at the number of people who have no idea what a shmup is. i've had multiple streamers call it "an on rails shooter like Call of Duty" and that makes me real sad
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Feb 8, 2015 03:53
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I still think your sales could be boosted with anime titty trading cards
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Feb 8, 2015 03:54
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Yodzilla posted:Trying! We're getting some streamers but it's honestly really goddamn tough. If it's any consolation all you need is one ~youtube superstar~ to look at your game and you'll be swimming in sales. The original Binding of Issac sold poorly until youtube people started streaming it 6 months later and suddenly it took off like crazy. Something like a 200% sales increase because of that.
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Feb 8, 2015 03:57
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SynthOrange posted:I still think
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Feb 8, 2015 04:05
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Yodzilla posted:Trying! We're getting some streamers but it's honestly really goddamn tough. Try getting in touch with someone like Mathas or Bisnap. They mostly do indie games and are more likely to have time for you unlike one of the bigger names.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:18
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SynthOrange posted:I still think your sales could be boosted with anime titty trading cards Or just cards in general
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Feb 8, 2015 04:20
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Testekill posted:Try getting in touch with someone like Mathas or Bisnap. They mostly do indie games and are more likely to have time for you unlike one of the bigger names. Yeah I'm continuing to send keys out. Thankfully the only thing that costs is my time! Spiderdrake posted:I was really surprised to hear how not difficult it is to add anime titty trading cards and question why so few games have them Getting set up on Steam is more complicated than other stores but yeah it's really not all that tough.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:21
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Yodzilla posted:Getting set up on Steam is more complicated than other stores but yeah it's really not all that tough. Because I asked a friend at Valve and he said something to the effect of 'well you need ms paint and 10 minutes' but he is a bit of a fibber at times
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Feb 8, 2015 04:23
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Yeah that sounds about right. You just need to create two pieces of art (the card and the full-size image for each) and know how to use an upload form on a web page and you're good to go.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:29
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I tell you wut, if I buy and like Drive to Hell, I'll be the 11th positive review for that game on Steam. I mean, it's gotta be better than Lucius. That's one dollar I regret. That's a game that has a horrid save system that made me uninstall so that I wouldn't waste any more time on it.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:54
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Was there a browser app or something that helps me to sell my ten billion steam cards? Can't find it in the OP.
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Drunk Tomato posted:Was there a browser app or something that helps me to sell my ten billion steam cards? Can't find it in the OP. Steam inventory helper, here's the chrome version: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/steam-inventory-helper/cmeakgjggjdlcpncigglobpjbkabhmjl
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With Kragger's request in mind, here is a short review of Lara Croft: The Temple of Osiris. Temple of Osiris is an isometric arpg where you plunder temples, collect gear, and help Osiris take down that butthole Set. The tombs are full of traps, enemies, and challenges. Here is a quick look at a standard set of challenges: And traps: Each of the tombs also contains a weapon. The weapons vary in power, firing speed, and ammo consumption. You can equip up to 4 at a time to swap with the directional pad. You can use the gems you find to open different tiered chests at a chance for high quality rings and amulets. You can equip two rings and one amulet. Rings add bonuses like weapon damage, speed, and bomb radius, and may lower stats at the same time. Higher quality rings will only have bonuses, and more of them. Amulets are a whole different story. When the multiplier gets high enough your portrait electrifies and puts your amulet bonus in to effect. This can range from adding ice damage to bullets, spread shot, regenerating health/ammo and more. It can change up your gameplay depending on the combination you use. The main goal of the game is to run around the (small) overworld, pick the temple you want to tackle, and obtain a piece of Osiris: Once you have completed the entire Osiris statue, you can take on Set. The boss battles in this game were great. I won't go in to great detail as they should be experienced, but one of them involved fighting a dung beetle on a giant rolling ball of poo poo. Overall I really enjoyed the game. It took me around 4 hours to complete the solo content, and a bit longer to wrap up the challenges for each temple. The co-op content is great fun as well. You and up to three others can tackle different challenges and be dicks to each other as you inevitably butcher the puzzles. If you played the first game, it is more of the same with some added equipment. It's currently $6.79 in the Squeenix sale which is a hell of a deal in my book. Even if you don't have friends you can enjoy the solo content for a few hours. Ragequit fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 05:45
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Yodzilla posted:e: i'm more shocked at the number of people who have no idea what a shmup is. i've had multiple streamers call it "an on rails shooter like Call of Duty" and that makes me real sad Who the gently caress cares as long as some youtuber makes it wacky enough to stick to dumb kids brains then they'll buy it and boom. Sell the gently caress out and embrace it.
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Feb 8, 2015 05:57
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What's the point of a write-up, aren't you just paraphrasing the Steam Description?
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Feb 8, 2015 06:00
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bonds0097 posted:What's the point of a write-up, aren't you just paraphrasing the Steam Description? I have been caught red handed.
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Feb 8, 2015 06:08
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I'm enjoying Darksiders 2 so far but I've only done the first main storyline mission (reopening the forge), and people have said in the past that the game is way too long and gets repetitive and bloated, so I hope that has been overstated  . Maybe because the gameworld was already pre-established by the first game, but I'm finding this one a lot easier to get into/understand than the pretty uneven first game.It helps that your "companion" this time is just a bird that stays the gently caress out of the way and is actually useful, as opposed to the companion in the first game who was annoying, with a voice performance phoned in by a bored sounding Mark Hamill doing a basic variation on his Joker voice.
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You're going to be entirely okay with it through the end of the really, really cool boss fight to save the giants. And then you'll reach world two.
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DARKSEID DICK PICS posted:And then you'll reach world two. Oh God What the first game did have going for it was that War had his powers mostly stripped so it made sense he had to struggle his way through fights as he restored his status. This doesn't seem to be the case at all with Death, yet he's still comparatively weak when the game starts and has to build up his powers/gear, and mindless beast/demon creatures seem capable of going toe to toe with him, which is kinda weird when he's supposed to be DEATH.
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Yeah, Darksiders 2 is awesome in the Forge World. Everything feels big and interesting, and there are a ton of new powers you gain. Then you get to the land of the dead. And to speak to the lord of the dead, you need to find 3 macguffins. To access macguffin 1, you need to go down 3 passageways. Once you have macguffin 1, you need to go to where macguffin 2 is, and go down 3 passageways. Then you must do the same for macguffin 3. Ok, now you have all 3 macguffins, it's time to talk to the big guy. Oh look, he wants you to talk to 3 people, and they all have 3 tasks for you to do. And each of those three tasks involves you going down 3 separate paths in the same place that all generally look the same, to do the same things in. During this entire time you'll learn no new abilities, so it's basically just nonstop combat. No idea what comes after that, because I couldn't stomach beating it. On the bright side, a whole bunch of ex-Vigil guys/Joe Madureira got together and formed a new studio, and are working on something that sounds like it'll be revealed within the next few months. And since Madureira not so subtlety hinted that he was working on Darksiders 3 for Nordic last year, we might actually hear about Darksiders 3 this year. Or at least something similar.
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Jerusalem posted:Oh God Also the weapon system is awful. That's one game that did not need random loot.
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bonds0097 posted:What's the point of a write-up, aren't you just paraphrasing the Steam Description? My review of shadow warrior: The game is played with either the keyboard or game controller. IGN gives Shadow Warrior an 8.6 out of 10. Shadow Warrior has graphics, and it also has sound. In addition to shooting, you can also move your character. 50% off your next pizza order if the Sixers score 90 or more points, use code SIXERS at checkout. Sometimes there are obstacles to avoid, and you have to avoid the obstacles. There are enemies to shoot, and also things happen. If you reach the end, you win the game, and if you are killed, you die. The game features a variety of locations and enemies, but if you don't press any buttons, you will not experience most of them. Think outside the bun. #I'mlovingit In conclusion, Shadow Warrior is a game that you can play, that has graphics and sound, and it can be purchased from Steam.
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Feb 8, 2015 06:26
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You are all forgetting to indicate whether you like that game or not by saying if you would buy it for 140 dollars.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Looks fine to me. He was making fun of that guy from earlier. In the future I'd like to provide a review with a bit more detail and structure, but that was typed up in a few minutes on a tablet. I guess that also means I should start using the screen shot function a bit more. I haven't used it much since Transistor was released. I would not buy Temple of Osiris for $140, just to get that question out of the way.
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Yodzilla posted:Yeah I'm continuing to send keys out. Thankfully the only thing that costs is my time! Hey your game is fun and funny and i'm not a shmup master but I beat it on normal and found the difficulty to be perfect. Also, I like the coins system.
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Feb 8, 2015 06:44
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Threep posted:World 2 was my favourite part of the game and in my opinion has the best visuals of the game, it's just easy to be sick of the game by that point with how long world 1 is, and how long you then have to spend in world 2. I feel like the random loot in Darksiders 2 was there specifically to justify the customization the cursed weapons or whatever once you start getting them. It's hardly the most complicated crafting system I've ever seen but it was kind of interesting and fun to build the most overpowered scythes you possibly could by hoarding the weapons with the stats you wanted. On that note, Jerusalem, if you want to trivialize the combat at some point hold onto any item that gives health/rage (or whatever the blue orb is in Darksiders 2) on a critical hit to throw into cursed weapons. Getting either one of those, though especially health, every time you get a critical hit (and you will be getting a lot of critical hits with the scythes) can allow you to basically laugh at any enemy or boss. It's also basically a requirement to get through the 100 wave combat arena so if you want to try and do that thing you'll need them anyways.
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, I have to admit usually anytime I see the words "Weapons" and "crafting" in a game my eyes glaze over and I fall asleep, so anything that trivializes it so I can just play the game is fine by me.
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