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It does have a lot of child death in it. I've definitely had times in my life when that would have been a big nope.
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Just got a nice gaming laptop after going without a PC for 4 years. I forgot how easy it is to spend money on video games. Fuckin loving Disco Elysium
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Apr 20, 2020 03:26
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HopperUK posted:It does have a lot of child death in it. I've definitely had times in my life when that would have been a big nope. The bathtub chapter starts and you immediately know what is going to happen and that you are going to watch it go down; I can see someone sensitive to that topic immediately quitting and uninstalling the game. Similarly for people who had abusive childhoods there's a lot going on in general that might be too much. The cannery was the point where I was completely drawn in to what was going on. However looking back it definitely seems like that was clearly the most developed and built out story and some of the others just existed to take up space. Little Billy's peach eating adventures and make daughter learn hard scrabble survival skills felt kind of forced in there to pad out the ones they really spent time on, little girl animal warg, comic book horror cliche, and the aforementioned cannery. The overall story, family curse w/weird creepy house, was a nice framing device but had tons of missed potential. the whole curse thing was mental illness right? And just plain bad luck
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Apr 20, 2020 03:34
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Kraps posted:What kind of game is Elite Dangerous and is it fun? It's a space game like others have mentioned but when I started playing it I was addicted. I did Deep Core Mining to earn money - "space mining doesn't sound very exciting" you might be saying and in every other videogame where it's a possibility you'd be right, but in Elite you accomplish this by actually flying around in a physical space, scanning asteroids, finding high-value ones then maneuvering around them while strategically launching variable-powered seismic charges into cracks in the crust to reach the optimal explosion which cracks it open and drifts the chunks gently apart, then you time all of your charges right, crack it, and fly right into the core of it while launching drones that collect ore. They're not perfect pilots so you have to maneuver your ship into a good position for them to reach the cargo bay. There's a whole lot of optimization you can do to speed the process up and you feel yourself becoming better at the more irl experience you get with it. Playing it also exposed my brain to a whole new level of perception of scale, nothing else has ever conveyed the sense of size of space to me quite as well as that game. deep dish peat moss fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Apr 20, 2020 03:39
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I just finished OneShot, and while I liked it a lot, I didn't really consider it as thought-provoking as it was trying to be. It's just a cool little game where you can occasionally talk to your character.
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Apr 20, 2020 03:44
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SardonicTyrant posted:I just finished OneShot, and while I liked it a lot, I didn't really consider it as thought-provoking as it was trying to be. It's just a cool little game where you can occasionally talk to your character. Did you go through the Solstice content?
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ultrafilter posted:Did you go through the Solstice content?
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SardonicTyrant posted:I did not. You've only seen about half the game then.
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Apr 20, 2020 04:31
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pentyne posted:The bathtub chapter starts and you immediately know what is going to happen and that you are going to watch it go down; I can see someone sensitive to that topic immediately quitting and uninstalling the game. Similarly for people who had abusive childhoods there's a lot going on in general that might be too much.
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pentyne posted:The overall story, family curse w/weird creepy house, was a nice framing device but had tons of missed potential. the whole curse thing was mental illness right? And just plain bad luck you can read it either way, in a way basically the movie Hereditary, of not too dissimilar themes. hail king paimon
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Albinator posted:That was in fact the point where I noped the gently caress out of there. I thought the treatment was horrific. "Such a happy kid, who knows what he's thinking" - probably not actually what you made us sit through, guessing it was a bit less cheerful all round. Very much not for me. It's been a little while, but isn't that scenario from the writings of a doctor or the father or somebody, trying to make it seem less tragic and cheerful to try to help the grieving mother? I thought it was quite poignant and powerful in that context. The way you described it made it sound like Hatred.
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I'm very late on this, but A Short Hike was really good. Especially given that (1) the world is a bit depressing and (2) you can't go outside much, it was really ideal. Such a chill exploration of a small open world with pretty satisfying traversal mechanics. You're basically a bird who goes on a short hike, as the title suggests. Would definitely recommend -- it's maybe 1-2 very pleasant hours in total.
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tildes posted:I'm very late on this, but A Short Hike was really good. Especially given that (1) the world is a bit depressing and (2) you can't go outside much, it was really ideal. Such a chill exploration of a small open world with pretty satisfying traversal mechanics. You're basically a bird who goes on a short hike, as the title suggests. Would definitely recommend -- it's maybe 1-2 very pleasant hours in total. I spent 3 hours 100%-ing it, it's really good! The only thing I wish I had known before is that you can play at native resolution: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1055540/discussions/0/2944710017721269891/
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Apr 20, 2020 06:11
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I didn't mind the filter but I'm curious how it looks without it now... Definitely a nice little experience though 
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Part two of "Games I got from a recent Humble Bundle that I either already have or don't really want" Replace * with 3 Replace & with 9 Replace % with 7 Replace @ with 5 Replace $ with 4 A Mortician's Tale B8RED-V&*&@-YRIMY DUCATI - &0th Anniversary CH$@T-*Y2X6-BCFMV This is the Police DD&LW-KH@GZ-J0T6F PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2 AXFBK-WAVTI-E$D%& Magicka A&NEJ-$JBY%-FNHQK HIVESWAP: Act 1 AHNGT-N$%@&-WPD$M World of Goo AMNN0-LXE0I-*H0RY Europa Universalis IV B@E8D-V@LCD-WXXNA Alien Spidy A@BDW-2VGAR-WAJZ$ Hacknet A82W%-6PK&R-XTRBI Lostwinds AN@68-CJRW@-8RDYB Super Hexagon A&J2%-BV0WE-TC&%F Zombotron HYN$2-XDFP*-$B6CB 8one6 fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Apr 20, 2020 06:56
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Sigourney Cheevos posted:I spent 3 hours 100%-ing it, it's really good! The only thing I wish I had known before is that you can play at native resolution: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1055540/discussions/0/2944710017721269891/ Yeah I did turn the pixel effect down a bit
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8one6 posted:Part two of "Games I got from a recent Humble Bundle that I either already have or don't really want" Grabbed this cheers Does anyone remember a post apocalyptic farm simulator game (epic exclusive a while back)? Also, the chat about the bizarro hidden object games has me intrigued - whats absolutely bonkers and goes on sale for cheeep?
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Perpetual Hiatus posted:Grabbed this cheers Do you mean Atomicrops?https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/atomicrops/home Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Apr 20, 2020 07:23
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Hub Cat posted:Do you mean Atomicrops?https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/atomicrops/home Thats the one! Cheers
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pentyne posted:The overall story, family curse w/weird creepy house, was a nice framing device but had tons of missed potential. the whole curse thing was mental illness right? And just plain bad luck If they were aiming for this then I don't think they really succeeded, because so many of the setups were totally unforeseeable circumstances or frankly comedic mishaps instead of the crushing, oppressive struggle that living with a mental illness can be. With many of the side stories you spend literally 4-5 minutes learning anything about the character and WHOOPSIES now they're dead, which when repeated 10 or 11 times begins to look more like a farce. The writers were clearly trying to go for some kind of life-affirming message, especially in the context of the final chapter, but I don't think they really "earned" those moments with the characters. With the exception of the cannery scene and a couple others you don't really get to inhabit the mental state of the family member you're controlling, you don't get to go on a journey with them long enough to feel sad that they all died young. You're just kinda playing along with whatever the new gameplay gimmick is for that chapter while waiting for this hapless sucker to get a game over 10 minutes from now.
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DrNutt posted:Here was what I did to maximize my enjoyment of Elite Dangerous: bought an awesome HOTAS joystick, played the game at night in a dark room, played with noise cancelling seinheiser headphones, and got high as gently caress. Probably the most immersive experience I could have gotten out of it without dropping money on a VR headset. The WHOM of the ship exiting lightspeed never gets old. I'm short on drugs and HOTAS but this is probably the most enjoyable way to play E:D The atmosphere through sound and visuals is very intense and the best available when it comes to space. It's very time consuming though and has plenty of issues, but it's enjoyable for a time.
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I had planned to play E:D in virtual reality, but eventually had to give up. The controls are already complex when you aren't wearing the headset, but if you straight up can't see the keyboard you're not gonna be able to do anything. edit: should have made it more clear, I believe you need a flightstick to play this in VR. ideally it would be the one that the dude in the game is using, which I believe you can buy SolidSnakesBandana fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Shame that there is no way to control your ships right from in-game through your cockpit, or is there? That would be just amazing.
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If you've got a HOTAS you can easily play Elite in VR, most sticks nowadays have more than enough buttons you need for 99% of controls.
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Cardiovorax posted:Shame that there is no way to control your ships right from in-game through your cockpit, or is there? That would be just amazing.
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Aphex- posted:If you've got a HOTAS you can easily play Elite in VR, most sticks nowadays have more than enough buttons you need for 99% of controls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0b2Kd2xhU
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8one6 posted:Stealth 2: A Game of Clones I got this one, thank you. Note that Tropico is also taken, tried to redeem that one.
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Tried to grab A Good Snowman is Hard to Build but looks like that was taken already as well. Ah well, thanks for handing out games regardless.
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8one6 posted:Part two of "Games I got from a recent Humble Bundle that I either already have or don't really want" Wow, I didn't expect this to still be available nearly six hours later. Thank you.
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SilkyP posted:Just got a nice gaming laptop after going without a PC for 4 years. I forgot how easy it is to spend money on video games. What graphics card is in there? If it’s the RTX 2060 or 2070 you need to check out something with ray tracing, stat. Just watching videos doesn’t really do it justice. E:maybe not metro exodus, though, that doesn’t support DLSS 2.0 and a laptop RTX card will have a rough time doing decent ray tracing settings without that. Control, though, hot drat.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:What graphics card is in there? If it’s the RTX 2060 or 2070 you need to check out something with ray tracing, stat. Just watching videos doesn’t really do it justice. Got the rtx 2060. Haven't messed with ray tracing but what would you suggest to try it out? Edit: will check out control if I can get it relatively cheap!
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SilkyP posted:Got the rtx 2060. Haven't messed with ray tracing but what would you suggest to try it out? Quake 2 with ray tracing is free on steam. It’s not the most visually impressive thing out there but it’ll give you a taste. Wolfenstein Youngblood is not a great game but they patched in ray tracing and DLSS 2.0 and it looks really good, if you already have it or can get it cheap that’s worth a bit of dicking around in. I legit haven’t been able to go back to control on my laptop since I played it on my 2070S, it just looks that drat good with ray tracing that it feels weird without it.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:If you're trying to stumble on how to unlock things, its extremely unlikely. Look up a guide for that stuff. Having just now sat on the Nuclear Throne for the first time (  ) I went ahead and took this advice, and looked up how to unlock the last few characters. I can confirm that there was indeed no chance of me ever stumbling on those requirements naturally. Not even remotely.
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Picked up Fort Triumph, it's Fantasy X-COM. Fantasy X-COM is good. Speaking more fully, it feels like there's still a bunch of fertile soil in that particular mechanical system. Battletech was excellent, Fort Triumph is a blast, X-COM of course was a hit. I would like to see a space 4X use that system for their space combat mechanism. Ship design would consist of assembling the different abilities and stats that you want for your ships or squadrons. Mm. It's ripe with possibility. But that's not Steam Thread chat. Go get Fort Triumph, game good.
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El Spamo posted:Picked up Fort Triumph, it's Fantasy X-COM. Oh nice, I forgot I backed this however long ago. I’ll give it a shot tonight.
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My main problem with fantasy XCOMs is that they tend to be comedy-focused, and every comedy fantasy game after Majesty has been overdone and unfunny.
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StrixNebulosa posted:My main problem with fantasy XCOMs is that they tend to be comedy-focused, and every comedy fantasy game after Majesty has been overdone and unfunny. My immediate reaction was "That can't be true even if I love Majesty" and I have not reached any kind of actual denial of it. Hm.
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Orv posted:My immediate reaction was "That can't be true even if I love Majesty" and I have not reached any kind of actual denial of it. Hm. Note that I love Majesty and think its humor works, it is the last good comedy fantasy game.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Note that I love Majesty and think its humor works, it is the last good comedy fantasy game. Yeah I meant that there surely had to be something after it that worked and then I kept coming up empty.
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I remember liking the humor of that Bard's Tale Diablo clone, but that's been 15 years ago and probably mainly because of the beer song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUJNeuFIFA Baller Time fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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