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Nuramor posted:Could I bother you for this as well? I don't have Platinum though, so we'd need to communicate via Steam. Sure, I'll add you on steam
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A LOVELY LAD posted:Sure, I'll add you on steam And got it. Thanks to A LOVELY LAD for helping me out.
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A LOVELY LAD is indeed a lovely lad and top notch goon! Thanks to his assistance I was able to circumvent German censorship attempts without having to resort to shady third party key sellers. Thank you much appreciated.
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Bolivar posted:Germans with their zombie sensorship German here. It's not just zombies getting censored. Basically half of Youtube doesn't play for us because there's music in it.  In Heart of Iron IV, they even censored the Hitler portrait. As if people didn't know what he looked like. 
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Hopper posted:A LOVELY LAD is indeed a lovely lad and top notch goon! Thanks to his assistance I was able to circumvent German censorship attempts without having to resort to shady third party key sellers. Dying Light Enhanced whatever is on German gamesplanet, it's been on their top 10 for many months. No idea how or where they got those working keys, but hey. https://de.gamesplanet.com/game/dying-light-enhanced-edition-steam-key--2670-5
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Glad to see many other Goons trying out Dying Light! I insist it is an amazing mission driven open world survial parkour game embedded in a zombie theme and I am really curious how your first impressions are, and feel free to mock me if you feel I/we praised DL too much.  redreader posted:I really loved the first area of dying light, but the second area doesn't seem too great? Am I the only one thinking that? (the inner city built-up area). Does the entire second half of the game stay there? The city of Harran is the core of the main plot, but the game forces you to explore the map for several quests in the mainstory. So yes, you have to invest about 40%-50% of your time in the second area and...well... I don't wanna to spoil too much, so only read this if you really wanna know how the different game areas and instances work with the traveling mechanic: "After beating the story you can use fast travel to go back to all the main areas in the game (Slums, Old Town, Antenna). This is very important for searching collectibles and completing all side quests! The game doesn't actually tell you that you can go back to the other maps or that there is a fast travel option. To fast travel between the Slums and Old Town you need to head to your bedroom in the tower. There's a poster on the wall that lets you travel to the other map immediately. To get to the Antenna area you need to use the door in the north of the Slums or the sewer entrance in the north of Old Town (there are only some flags and zombie statues there). You can also go back to the sewers if you wish, the access points are marked on the map and are the same that you took during the story missions." Description quoted form this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLTjV5it2JE" (Video contains spoilers in a way that it descirbes how to fast travel later) You will come around a bit for sure and revisit places. The Followings Map is even bigger because you can drive, and it is focused on the countryside with woods, fields, some hills, water and only a little "citiy area".
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Many thanks to Xander77 for his gift of Lichdom Battlemage  Will hopefully be able to pay it forward next paycheck 
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Has anyone got any recommendations for economy or management games that are on sale at the moment?
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Steam Link is on sale on Amazon for $20. Anyone use it? Tempted to grab it although I could probably just hook my tv directly to my gaming PC with HDMI and Digital Audio switches and a bunch of cables...
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Fuzz posted:Steam Link is on sale on Amazon for $20. Anyone use it? Tempted to grab it although I could probably just hook my tv directly to my gaming PC with HDMI and Digital Audio switches and a bunch of cables... I have one and like it quite a bit, but if your computer is close enough to use an HDMI cable the Steam Link's only advantage is the novelty of owning a piece of Valve hardware. It basically does exactly what you expect. Mirrors your PC with no noticeable lag or degradation, as long as your network is good.
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Mystic Stylez posted:Never heard of this but it sounds awesome, thanks for the heads up. Anybody else played it? Conquest of Elysium 4 is a strategy game in the vein of HOMM. It's super simple, extremely unbalanced, and ugly. That being said, there's such a ridiculous amount of variety in units and factions that it ends up being a ton of fun to play around with. For example, the last game I played ended with a battle between an army of giant fire-breathing parrots and ghost barbarians. I've put around 70 hours into COE4 at this point and it feels like I've only seen a fraction of the content in the game. If you're looking for something to dump a ton of time into while listening to podcasts (probably my favorite "genre"), I'd highly recommend it.
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Fuzz posted:Steam Link is on sale on Amazon for $20. Anyone use it? Tempted to grab it although I could probably just hook my tv directly to my gaming PC with HDMI and Digital Audio switches and a bunch of cables... I used it specifically with the goal of shooting emulators to my TV via Libretro/ICE and all that jazz. Works great for that. Only complaint is it doesn't work naturally with the Xbox One controller but you can hook a 360 wireless adapter to it just fine and it'll detect it. You also will definitely want it plugged in via ethernet. Edit: looks like you can use the Xbox One S controllers on it since they have bluetooth.
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I'd be using a DS4 anyway, which apparently works out of the box. I'm mainly interested in using it as both a streamer but also an option to bring to my parents' house to stream my laptop, as well. At $20 with Amazon, cheaper than an HDMI switch and no need to fiddle with 6 different wires to hook it all together on the desktop, plus I can easily send it back for a full refund, so gonna try it out so I can chill on my sofa and play Witcher 3 with mods. Here's hoping!
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Hang on, I'm a Luddite here I guess. This Steam Link thing: Does the PC need Bluetooth capabilities? What connections does the Link need? I assume there's a power wall wart, and a HDMI port, but does it "need" to be wired Ethernet? Would I need a wireless dongle thing to use a wireless Xbox 360 controller? If I use a wireless DS3 or DS4 controller with this thing, is it a pain to switch those controllers back to working with their PlayStations?
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Hang on, I'm a Luddite here I guess. This Steam Link thing: The Steam Link itself has bluetooth so it should be able to take those. If you use a wireless 360 controller, you'll need to plug the PC adapter thing into the Steam Link via USB. Basically the Link itself has the necessary controller drivers built in. It can run wireless but unless you have crazy internet it's not recommended. I get almost 200 Mbps down on wireless and still had issues on some more graphically intense games. It's why I stuck to emulators with it and invested in an Nvidia Shield TV.
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Are there any good city building games sorta like Majesty? Like where you build a city and there's an adventuring element or RPG sorta thing going on, but not overly complicated where I need to manage the price of goat feet in the market.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:It's been sitting on my list for ages because it looks interesting but I still don't really get what it is or how it plays. Tell me more. (Sunless Sea) My first captain was a natural philosopher seeking the secrets of the underworld. In 30 minutes of bad decisions on his second expedition, he got cursed by 2 different gods, gouged his own eye out in a fit of madness, and slaughtered half of his mutinous crew. Beleaguered, starving, and running on fumes, his wretched ship and crew limped back towards London but were sunk by an irate jellyfish. It plays sort of like FTL, if FTL was set in a Victorian London that's sunk into an oceanic underworld of endless night, Lovecraftian terrors of the deep, and general weirdness. It has a mix of light RPG elements, open-ended exploration, real-time combat, and choose your own adventure style events. I'm not far into it and don't know what the complaints were, so it might totally suck if I play longer, but so far it's really fun and well-written. I also picked up Party Hard, which is lackluster. It's a cute idea but very repetitive, and it makes that mistake of having Hotline Miami-like difficulty with levels that are 10 minutes long instead of 2. Avasculous fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Furnaceface posted:Zetsu recommend me some anime games again. Price doesnt matter. I need something to combat my depressing Christmas and anime is surely the cure. I have all the Neps (and all the bad CH/IF games), all the Final Fantasy games, and anything by NIS already. Thanks to your recommendations last year I also ended up with Akibas Trip, Long Live the Queen, Grandia II, Recettear, and Tales of Zestiria. Science Girls - $2.49 (-50%) - solid RPG from Hanako Games Final Dusk - $0.59 (-88%) - protect the vampire princess from sunlight and other hazards This Starry Midnight We Make - $1.99 (-80%) - simulation puzzler about guiding the growth of celestial objects Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - $8.99 (-10%) - charming action-RPG Rime Berta - $3.74 (-75%) - japanese indie SRPG also Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden - $2.99 (-70%) Rabi-Ribi - $12.95 (-28%) Valkyria Chronicles™ - $6.79 (-66%) Uncraft World - $4.99 (-50%) Lord of the Seal - $4.99 Nusakana - $3.59 (-60%) plus (these look GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst - $19.99 (-60%) Mad Father - $3.99 (-20%) Mind Zero - $7.99 (-60%) Stranger of Sword City - $23.99 (-40%) Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - $11.99 (-40%) GIGA WRECKER - $10.04 (-33%)
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Zetsubou-san posted:plus (these look Good games. Zetsubou-san posted:Mad Father - $3.99 (-20%) Very bad games. Mad Father and Conception are basically wannabe fetish porn.
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Mystic Stylez posted:Any good bang for your buck recommendations? I was thinking a long-ish game in the vein of RPGs/strategy/roguelikes and about 5~10 dollars on price. Eador: Masters of the Broken World - $5.99 (-70%) - HoMM-style strategy game. An upgraded version of Eador: Genesis Ziggurat - $5.24 (-65%) - first-person rougelite dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock - $5.09 (-66%) Invisible, Inc. - $5.99 (-70%) Warlock - Master of the Arcane - $6.24 (-75%) Dungeonmans - $7.49 (-50%) Eufloria HD - $7.49 (-50%) Endless Legend™ - $7.49 (-75%) Qvadriga - $7.99 (-60%) Legend of Grimrock 2 - $8.15 (-66%) Fairy Fencer F - $8.99 (-70%) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - $9.99 (-50%)
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Black Closet. Is this Long Live the Queen but in high school? Or a creepy sex game? Because I love LLTQ
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Hang on, I'm a Luddite here I guess. This Steam Link thing: You basically need wired internet on both ends for it to work the way it should. I bought AC Power adapters (about 80 bucks) and it works where you cant tell it is streaming. Wireless on either end for me worked, but not really well enough to play a whole game that way. Regarding controllers, the PS4 controller works fine and is easy to set up. I havent switched it back to ps4 yet, but I imagine you would just need to plug it in the ps4 wired and then turn the ps4 on to set it back. strategery fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Zetsubou's games wot i quite like - pointless christmas awards edition  Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel - $3.29 (-78%) - squad-based tactical Fallout TIS-100 - $3.49 (-50%) - because spacechem and infinifactory didn't melt your brain: program a lost microcomputer in a cut down version of assembly Vector - $3.49 (-50%) - side-scrolling acrobatic free-runner Darkout - $3.74 (-81%) - a terraria-alike with enemies that are weak to bright lights Gnomoria - $3.74 (-53%) - Dwarf Fortress but with a gui and graphics Infested Planet - $3.74 (-75%) - squad-based action game fighting a swarm of alien bugs Rime Berta - $3.74 (-75%) - japanese indie SRPG Road Not Taken - $3.74 (-75%) - puzzle game from makers of Triple Town Space Run - $3.74 (-75%) - TD variant where you outfit your spaceship with bristling death and bust through waves of enemies Dungeon Manager ZV - $3.99 (-60%) - Dungeon Keeper by way of Football Manager Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale - $3.99 (-80%) - charming sim/RPG, tagged "Capitalism", ho! Solar 2 - $3.99 (-60%) - grow from an asteroid to a black-hole, causing havoc along the way Train Valley - $3.99 (-60%) - puzzle game that is like laying out train tracks in Transport Tycoon Deluxe Echo of the Wilds - $4.49 (-50%) - surreal 2D survival adventure NaissanceE - $4.49 (-70%) - very atmospheric exploration game, a great experience Toki Tori 2+ - $4.49 (-70%) - puzzle platformer with birb Craft the World - $4.74 (-75%) - side-on DF-alike Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal - $4.94 (-67%) - sci-fi TDalike about stopping a relentless mass of blue ooze Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten - $4.94 (-67%) - great tower-defense RPG Space Colony - $4.94 (-67%) - remastered version of a fun base-builder from 2003
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Apricot King posted:Conquest of Elysium 4 is a strategy game in the vein of HOMM. It's super simple, extremely unbalanced, and ugly. That being said, there's such a ridiculous amount of variety in units and factions that it ends up being a ton of fun to play around with. For example, the last game I played ended with a battle between an army of giant fire-breathing parrots and ghost barbarians. I've put around 70 hours into COE4 at this point and it feels like I've only seen a fraction of the content in the game. COE is totally crazy. Here are actual gameplay mechanics: As a necromancer, make your apprentices do the grunt work of raising the dead. That way , when they inevitably go insane, your master necromancer is good to go. You can always get more apprentices. The high priestess of Baal can go out on to a mountain with hundreds of human sacrifices to create a second sun, which starts turning the continent into desert around it. When you banish a demon, it goes back to hell. Hell is a real place, just as large as the main map! This is occasionally important, because The Senator can take over hell, crowning himself Dark Emperor. Then he can make himself into a literal god and be the dark god-emperor of hell. COE is an ugly, unbalanced, barely functional masterpiece. There's nothing quite like it.
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Thanks for the Link info, guys. I think my wife will enjoy it. Sounds like I just need to replace my entertainment center Ethernet switch with one that has more ports.
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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:Black Closet. It got a little weirder than I expected it to get. But not fully creepy. And it's like a small fraction of the game that you have to push on through concerted effort in dialogue, not like the main thing. But it does have a bit more Visual Novel in the blood than just a straight-up management game which is what I thought it was going to be. The non-anime art option may disguise this for some people
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Galaga Galaxian posted:So for dying light is there any recommended "must have" skills to aim for? Most of them are pretty obvious and you can end up having basically all of them, but I'd avoid anything about buying or selling since it is trivial to make craploads of money once you've been playing for a bit. I almost never actually buy anything but cheap parts from the vendors. Also the 'disguise yourself as a zombie' skill (and upgrade) is super duper useful and makes some tricky missions cakewalks since you can basically just do whatever you need to do and the zombies will leave you alone. Grappling hook is great, any skill that makes you parkour better, the 'throw current weapon' skill is pretty powerful, as well as the ones that make your modded weapons stronger and better (don't worry about modding early crappy weapons since you will just throw them out and get new ones).
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I am a bit confused about dying light. I bought it when it came out, and steam says I have the enhanced version. Was there a free upgrade? Do I still need to buy the following dlc, or do I have that.
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Farcry 3 worth snaggin for 5 bucks I feel like the game has always intrigued me but I've also heard it feels pretty grindy by today's standards.
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I got a $50 steam gift card for Christmas and immediately went about thinking of how to spend it. This is what I came up with. I think I did alright. I'm currently working my way through Witcher 3 but am very excited for Alien Isolation based on the recommendations in this thread. Also I wanted to get The Witness, but saw Braid on sale and figured I could play that first and pick up The Witness on a summer sale.
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Figured I would ask here as well: I was able to pick up Metal Gear Solid V for $16 from DLGamer, but just noticed there is some DLC. Is any of it worth it, or is it all online/multiplayer garbage? I am all for paying $0.50 for a funny/cool outfit for the main campaign.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:I got a $50 steam gift card for Christmas and immediately went about thinking of how to spend it. This is what I came up with. I think I did alright. I'm currently working my way through Witcher 3 but am very excited for Alien Isolation based on the recommendations in this thread. Also I wanted to get The Witness, but saw Braid on sale and figured I could play that first and pick up The Witness on a summer sale. Alien: Isolation and DOOM? I approve wholeheartedly.
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For the million goons that just bought Dying Light and want somebody to co-op with, add me on steam (just bought it too). http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019113278/ Looked around a bit for a thread in games but didn't see one.
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ArbitraryC posted:Farcry 3 worth snaggin for 5 bucks I feel like the game has always intrigued me but I've also heard it feels pretty grindy by today's standards. It has one of the best villains ever, and if you enjoy shooting things it's a good time. The 2nd half kinda falls flat but there's definitely $5 worth on fun to be had.
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I also bought Doom with part of my $50 gift card. Abzu and Dying Light rounded out the list. I bailed on Battlefleet: Gothic, the DLC turned me off a bit. I can wait on the next sale, tbh.
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By the way don't forget if you're a Gamestop Power person, you can turn your old console games into Steam cards. Just did it yesterday and got my sale budget in place.
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ArbitraryC posted:Farcry 3 worth snaggin for 5 bucks I feel like the game has always intrigued me but I've also heard it feels pretty grindy by today's standards. There's no reason to play Farcry 3 when Blood Dragon exists.
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