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Speaking of Clive Barker, that guy is great, and he does sound like a classy demon. (from all the smoking and demonic rituals)Fil5000 posted:And then the narrator says "No, John, you are the demons." Kind of like the ending of Cannibal Holocaust (I found that movie not very good), where the guy muses "Who are the real cannibals?", which was funny stuff. But a bit profound. Cat Mattress posted:There's a French comic called 666 (yes it's hard to google) which was basically about a demon invasion, and well eventually when the actions of the hero (who is largely written as a parody of the tough action hero stereotype, since he's a buff, chain-smoking, gun-obsessed priest who becomes the new Pope after the demons killed the old one) have allowed Earth forces to regain their footing, they send bombers through the Hell portals to just nuke Dis and kill Satan. After Earth wins the war, the remaining demons are rounded up and rehabilitated, eventually integrating in human society, where they have a lot of success in the financial and food industry sectors. It's extremely silly throughout, and full of sex and violence. Speaking of cool/weird comics, I enjoyed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse comic by Bisley and Mendheim, based on a cancelled game. So it has CGI cutscenes and stuff on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS32BB-pCaM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUUB6gIif5Y Some beta gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9b52GJo8U Looked kinda cool. Heavy Metal fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Oct 12, 2017 |
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Pope Guilty posted:Clive Barker's Jericho is awful. Jericho was a game that had a really interesting premise, but was tripped up by how bad the game was, and how ugly the visuals came across because of all the filters and such. The development of it, though was interesting: HG101 | Clive Barker's Jericho posted:The genesis of Jericho was difficult. Back in 2005, Mercury Steam was on the brink of closing down, thanks to Scrapland's terrible sales. The team made up a real-time tech demo of 15 seconds showing a Exorcist-like little girl possessed by a demon in a effort to promote a potential horror game to Codemasters. Greenlighted by the editor, Mercury were in very bad shape financially but back on track. According to Enric Alvarez, MercurySteam CEO:
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Social Animal posted:Didn’t the lore also say that some demon hooked him up with the armor? Who’s the hooded figure in that one photo of him ripping and tearing imps? I wasn't sure if that was just the demons fluffing themselves up. It's all stuff written by them, and the armour has serial numbers on it, but we don't see any automated factories in hell. It seems more like the product of an alternate-universe UAC.
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Oct 13, 2017 06:14
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The key storyline reason why we need another Doom game asap, we can't have Doomguy left in a similar lurch to Gordon. What a hilarious ending Doom 2016 has. That's like a blood pact to deliver a sequel, or id will be damned and guilty of buggery. The detached weirdo talking at the protagonist in stasis or whatever thing, it's gonna happen to everybody. Calling it, Mario Odyssey too.
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http://celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61517 More Q1 SP goodness
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Bushmaori posted:Some of the backstory things you find in the game say that the demons made a super titan demon to surpass all others, only for it to prove to not be a match for Doomguy. So yeah, it was sort of a last ditch effort type of thing. Maybe they even planned to kill him with it, but once it didn't take they used demon poo poo to help keep him sealed in. Yeah, you even drop into the corpse of the titan in one level. That thing was so big, doom slayer killing it turned an entire region of hell into a blood-and-guts swamp. The robed figure from the tablet that gave him his armor and powers is (at least how I read it) from the dimension that had the Wraiths that the demons screwed over. Last of their Knights. Those dudes would make for a fantastic spin-off - high-tech/medieval fusion civilization worshipping horrifying eldritch monsters being invaded by hell that have a squad of elite super-knights protecting them.
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I really need to play Doom 16 again and actually read the plot stuff, first time around I just blasted through everything and ignored it 
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Some dude posted on a Discord server I'm in. Honestly, it looks better than many games claiming to be "oldschool FPSes" on Steam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePiPBI1zNE
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Convex posted:I really need to play Doom 16 again and actually read the plot stuff, first time around I just blasted through everything and ignored it That's pretty much what you're supposed to do, though.
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DatonKallandor posted:high-tech/medieval fusion civilization worshipping horrifying eldritch monsters That sounds like basically Quake. Maybe not so much the high-tech part, but yeah.
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Convex posted:I really need to play Doom 16 again and actually read the plot stuff, first time around I just blasted through everything and ignored it I'm sure there are screens of all the text dumps somewhere you can read real quick
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Yes, but then you're not playing Doom 4 again.
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Ok, Going Down is a really bad WAD to use with Death Foretold. D4T relies very heavily on being able to race around at top speed dodging projectiles, because nothing is hitscan but everything really loving hurts if it connects, using glory kills to keep your health topped up. Going Down is focused on cramped rooms/hallways/ventilation shafts and nasty ambushes where enemies teleport in at point blank range. These are two great tastes that taste awful together.
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ToxicFrog posted:Ok, Going Down is a really bad WAD to use with Death Foretold. I usually play Going Down with either Demonsteele or Project Brutality, but lately, I've been using High Plains Drifter, and it is niiiiiice 
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For what it's worth, STRAFE just received another mechanically-significant update that assigns keys to the weapons you carry, and lets you carry additional ammunition for what were previously "throw away" weapons (originally, if you picked up a second copy of a disposable weapon, it'd just "top off" its ammo). There are still finite limits on how much ammo each weapon can carry overall, but it means they play a more important part now. No more of this "only 10 pistol rounds, 20 plasma shots, etc." nonsense.
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If they keep patching it, may end being fun. I picked it during a sale and did a run wich lasted long (even did a boss fight of sorts) then didn't play again because the core game wasn't that good. Carrying more weapons and ammo is the right direction to take, I'll give it a try again soon.
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New Overload early access build is up on Steam and now has 4 full levels alongside some Challenge maps. Game is really fun even in its current state, so glad it reached its Kickstarter goal a few years back! Played it back to back with Descent via DXX Rebirth and it's basically a modern version in all but name. Really pretty too, though hopefully they'll keep optimising it until launch. On a side note, Descent Underground got delisted from Steam  
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:For what it's worth, STRAFE just received another mechanically-significant update that assigns keys to the weapons you carry, and lets you carry additional ammunition for what were previously "throw away" weapons (originally, if you picked up a second copy of a disposable weapon, it'd just "top off" its ammo). There are still finite limits on how much ammo each weapon can carry overall, but it means they play a more important part now. No more of this "only 10 pistol rounds, 20 plasma shots, etc." nonsense. I wish they had done this earlier. Game could benefit from removing these silly limits and let you got all out while throwing variable hoards at you from different corners. Convex posted:On a side note, Descent Underground got delisted from Steam and GOG and might be dead, who knows Still on GOG right now. Delisted from Steam though.
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The Descent Underground devs pulled the game from Steam because people kept leaving reviews saying "this is bad, go get the new descent game by the original Descent developers instead because it's way better," and tried to claim that Steam had forced them to remove it because they weren't releasing enough updates and that the Overload team was review bombing them or something. https://steamcommunity.com/games/360950/announcements/detail/1492238800024274472 quote:Well, at least I actually did get the D:U shirt I paid for. I wear it occasionally as a reminder to never back another EA/Kickstarter game. https://steamcommunity.com/app/360950/discussions/0/1519260397787672709/ quote:So, based on your video here(4:33) it sounds more to me like you were forced off of Steam due to a lack of updates then by choice. Vocally blaming Steam for your own slow progress, and citing 'neg-spaming' as somehow a cause for it? How does another games progress or popularity hurt your development process? The moment someone says something bad, the entire team has to go on stress leave and recover? The negative feedback is due to your seemingly nonexistent progress and a lack of communication to your customers. Leaving Steam won't make that go away, showing real progress updates instead of live multiplayer matches will. quote:Id also like to add that if you want to make a video where your dev team plays the game and talks about things, it might be a nice idea to record the sound properly so you dont seem like a bunch of idiots who cant use recording software...
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Convex posted:On a side note, Descent Underground got delisted from Steam and GOG and might be dead, who knows Good.  Still hopeful for Sol Contingency and Overload, though.
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Well, that sure was something. Crowdfunding and early access has left a pretty bad taste in my mouth. Most people are much more sceptical these days when it comes to stuff like this. Since couple developers have dropped the ball, it's been pretty hard for most consumers to to even trust developers and game sites. Bit of a weird time we live in, but shooters have been doing pretty well.
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The AGDQ 2018 game list came out. Relevant entries: Blood 2: The Chosen (Either Ophilia or Caleb, it looks like it's not decided yet), two Duke3d runners (probably a race?), Half-Life: Opposing Force, and Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy. Lithtech is unpredictable enough when you're not trying to speedrun it for a marathon, I hope they know what they're doing.
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The release of that big SPV3 mod has made we want to finally give Halo a shot, despite my belief that its influence drat near ruined the FPS genre for almost a decade. Are there any mods or fanpatches I need for it to play nice on a modern PC?
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Mordja posted:The release of that big SPV3 mod has made we want to finally give Halo a shot, despite my belief that its influence drat near ruined the FPS genre for almost a decade. Are there any mods or fanpatches I need for it to play nice on a modern PC? I don't know how it "ruined FPS games". I feel like CoD clones were far more annoying but that's a different conversation. As far as the mod, seems to play fine after some tinkering. No additional mods or patches needed. It's all included. I honestly think it runs better than the stock Halo PC game (God was that such a hack job by Gearbox). For reference, I'm running a i56500 at stock speeds and a 1060 6gb and at 1920x1080 it runs fine.
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Should have clarified, I want to play the original, base Halo before trying SPV3.
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Mordja posted:Should have clarified, I want to play the original, base Halo before trying SPV3. Ah, well you will want the latest patch which fixes a bunch of issues that Gearbox never dealt with (like active camo not working on nvidi a cards) https://www.bungie.net/en-US/Forums/Post/64943622 Amazingly they released this patch in 2014. You will also need to download Custom Edition for whenever you want to play online / install mods.
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Thefluffy posted:I hear this goldeneye 64 TC has it's issues but this level looks fun at least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2kZvSvMjOA How in gods name would you figure out where to go
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Regular Nintendo posted:How in gods name would you figure out where to go
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Keiya posted:Lithtech is unpredictable enough when you're not trying to speedrun it for a marathon, I hope they know what they're doing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8zeYPHx_9c Ophelia is faster, both physically and because she doesn't have any cutscenes because Blood 2 was a finished product.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:I don't know how it "ruined FPS games". I feel like CoD clones were far more annoying but that's a different conversation. Speaking of Gearbox, after playing that SPV3 mod, I couldn't help noticing how much they lifted from Halo for Borderlands. The movement and gunplay feel very similar, and the vehicle controls are the same.
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Clitch posted:Speaking of Gearbox, after playing that SPV3 mod, I couldn't help noticing how much they lifted from Halo for Borderlands. The movement and gunplay feel very similar, and the vehicle controls are the same. The Borderlands 1 jump is identical to the Halo jump, I'm pretty sure.
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Stepping back through a couple of posts...Uncle Kitchener posted:Bit of a weird time we live in, but shooters have been doing pretty well. Keiya posted:two Duke3d runners (probably a race?) Solaris 2.0 posted:I don't know how it "ruined FPS games". I feel like CoD clones were far more annoying but that's a different conversation. Clitch posted:Speaking of Gearbox, after playing that SPV3 mod, I couldn't help noticing how much they lifted from Halo for Borderlands. The movement and gunplay feel very similar, and the vehicle controls are the same.
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Keiya posted:Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy. Is it going to be run by that guy who did Outcast last year, i.e. The Happiest Gamer I've Ever Seen?
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The Kins posted:Gearbox lifted a lot of things for the Borderlands series... The awful shooting was one of them. If Halo games are bad at it, Borderlands (and I played BL2 A LOT) is even worse. In normal or "hard" difficulties is bland but in higher you just shoot peas against tanks, and every enemy is a tank.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Is it going to be run by that guy who did Outcast last year, i.e. The Happiest Gamer I've Ever Seen?
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Guillermus posted:The awful shooting was one of them. If Halo games are bad at it, Borderlands (and I played BL2 A LOT) is even worse. In normal or "hard" difficulties is bland but in higher you just shoot peas against tanks, and every enemy is a tank. Halo has the plasma pistol to strip shields and then you finish off enemies with your pistol. Blands just expects you to slag everything.
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Clitch posted:Speaking of Gearbox, after playing that SPV3 mod, I couldn't help noticing how much they lifted from Halo for Borderlands. The movement and gunplay feel very similar, and the vehicle controls are the same. Yup and then Bungie lifted lots of things from Borderlands for Destiny back (and failed to fix the crappy movement, jumping and shooting).
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What's crappy about Destiny shooting? Just about all you hear from Destiny fans is that the shooting is amazing. It's like the one thing everyone seemed to agree on even if they hated Destiny overall. Legit curious.
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Futuresight posted:What's crappy about Destiny shooting? Just about all you hear from Destiny fans is that the shooting is amazing. It's like the one thing everyone seemed to agree on even if they hated Destiny overall. I played the PC beta and the shooting felt "fine", but I have a feeling it's something that's more impressive on consoles maybe?
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