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Katamari games kind of feel like Honey I Shrunk The Kids even though it's not exactly that.
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ZZZorcerer posted:I enjoyed Odissey but I found it a bit exhausting, too much stuff. Could do with more focused content. Yeah I'm sure that'll be different.
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Apr 30, 2020 08:39
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15 minutes to Streets of Rage 4! And then I can find out if I can afford it.
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Apr 30, 2020 08:48
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re: Yakuza 0 - holy poo poo that scene to round out chapter 11 nishitani owns, what a boss, and what a game for making me feel for him and his point man both out of nowhere
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Apr 30, 2020 10:10
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Yakuza games are freaking amazing and I can't wait for the Remastered Collection to be ported to PC.
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Receiver 2 got an update that apparently fixed the crashes and the control issues (Shift now works properly). EDIT: I'm not exactly a fan of the Assassin's Creed series, but it seems everyone is already writing off the new game before it even comes out. Blattdorf fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Apr 30, 2020 11:10
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Orv posted:"Odyssey with snow" could actually be really good. I suppose my issue is the lack of major landmarks or towns. I don't want to return to the trees of AC3. Though as its subtitled Valhalla, maybe it will lean more into the supercool mythical stuff from the last two games.
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Apr 30, 2020 11:14
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Orv posted:Can't wait for Harald Hardrada to be a complete rear end in a top hat/best bud to me. Just going to go out on a limb here and say that "Harald Hard Ruler" might fall in the former category.
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Apr 30, 2020 11:50
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Xakura posted:Just going to go out on a limb here and say that "Harald Hard Ruler" might fall in the former category. You pal around with the Marquis de Sade in the French Revolution game so like, anything goes.
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Apr 30, 2020 12:03
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I thought Origins and Odyssey were really good so I'm looking forward to AC Vikings.
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Apr 30, 2020 12:04
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I'm looking forward to the new one, at least to the point that I'd like to see what they'll do with the theme and perhaps any gameplay changes. I'm still slowly going through Odyssey, and have skipped Origins for now,. I'm really enjoying it so far.
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Apr 30, 2020 12:29
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Anyone have any recommendations for either a Puzzle Quest-style "casual" game or a light, turn-based roguelike-ish thing that doesn't require constant attention? I'm stuck in endless useless Zoom meetings instead of doing actual work now that one of my clients made their whole staff WFH, and I need something to occupy myself with that doesn't require a ton of attention. I played through and beat Ancient Enemy in two days of meetings, so I need something new. Into The Breach has been my other go-to, but I'm finding it a little bit too distracting if I want to pretend to pay a marginal amount of attention to what people are saying. edit- burned through a bunch of Hexcells too
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Apr 30, 2020 12:37
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ZZZorcerer posted:I enjoyed Odissey but I found it a bit exhausting, too much stuff. Could do with more focused content. I am playing through Odyssey right now and maybe have a fifth of the map explored after 35 hours. Way too much stuff indeed. Absolutely loving it though.
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Apr 30, 2020 12:44
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Paradoxish posted:Anyone have any recommendations for either a Puzzle Quest-style "casual" game or a light, turn-based roguelike-ish thing that doesn't require constant attention? I'm stuck in endless useless Zoom meetings instead of doing actual work now that one of my clients made their whole staff WFH, and I need something to occupy myself with that doesn't require a ton of attention. I played through and beat Ancient Enemy in two days of meetings, so I need something new. Gems of War is basically F2P puzzle quest with some systems changed, I like it a lot. Especially since you can speed up the animation speed significantly.
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Apr 30, 2020 13:23
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Paradoxish posted:Anyone have any recommendations for either a Puzzle Quest-style "casual" game or a light, turn-based roguelike-ish thing that doesn't require constant attention? I'm stuck in endless useless Zoom meetings instead of doing actual work now that one of my clients made their whole staff WFH, and I need something to occupy myself with that doesn't require a ton of attention. I played through and beat Ancient Enemy in two days of meetings, so I need something new. I think I'd say Monster Slayers looking at my list of installed things, its light enough that it doesnt need too much attention ever, cards based so can shift attention instantly. Bunch of characters with different playstyles/decks to work through. Unlocks and whatnot. Bit of pathing and vaguely random loot and trash. Plus when you 'beat' the game you have the option to mindlessly smash that deck against endless waves of enemies till they eventually murder you which might give you some solace in an endless meeting. Its old and definitely not a slay-the-spire balanced genre-redefining game. *Dont* get the expansions.
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Dungeons of Dredmor might be your speed, too. I used to play that all the time when I worked from home. Really good roguelike for beginners, fun character creation and skills, challenging but not too crazy.
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Apr 30, 2020 13:30
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Paradoxish posted:Anyone have any recommendations for either a Puzzle Quest-style "casual" game or a light, turn-based roguelike-ish thing that doesn't require constant attention? I'm stuck in endless useless Zoom meetings instead of doing actual work now that one of my clients made their whole staff WFH, and I need something to occupy myself with that doesn't require a ton of attention. I played through and beat Ancient Enemy in two days of meetings, so I need something new. Tametsi is a slightly janky cross between Hexcells and regular Minesweeper. Delete is also in a similar space.
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Apr 30, 2020 13:31
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Troubleshooter: the mechanics translation is workable, in my opinion. It's not great, but it's RPG XCOM and you can parse what things do. I'm playing it just fine, and I can generally figure out what stats I want. If you're interested in it, I say you should give it a go and refund it if the translation doesn't work for you. Caligula: I'll look it up before I make any irresponsible purchases, don't worry. If I wind up hating it I want to blame myself and not this thread. AssCreed Valhalla: gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme
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Apr 30, 2020 13:59
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Metal Gear Solid 5 4$ I think that's a good price for this?
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I mean sure 4 bucks. Its a very redundant, unfinished game. Dont go out of your way to do all the side missions and it wont feel as rehashed. drat I really want Streets of Rage but 26 bucks? On sale? I mean I'll beat it in an hour then not touch it again.
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Apr 30, 2020 14:34
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srulz posted:What is this Troubleshooter game that actually has a 9/10 rating which is higher than both XCOM: Chimera Squad & Gear Tactics? And also incredibly cheap as well? It is pretty good, very anime, but solid tactical play, it is essentially a JRPG (KRPG?) about fantasy cops (don't worry, it is not a cop apologia game) using the format of XCOM's combat. I'd say to increase difficulty as high as possible if you're coming from XCOM, as the game starts off considerably easier, but does gradually amp challenge to a more satisfying point, I've had some pretty close missions later on. It is also very long, I am about 30 hours in and I think I am half way through? The game has mostly story missions with some optional ones you can choose from which are generally harder than the scenario stages. I've focused on the main path missions, so I can say with confidence there is no need for grinding. It is a lot of game for its value. There is no creating characters or customizing appearance other than some skins, but there is an ARPG-like inventory system with drops and stores and rarity, you can also choose which active skills characters have so you can build them for different roles, you also have a very wide selection of passive skills you can plug into the characters. You start with 99 respec items if you're indecisive and get some extras as the game goes on. It takes a while before you get characters other than the main one in your team, but you do control regular police forces and guest hero characters in those early missions, so it's not like you're stuck playing with a single characters. As others have said, re: Engrish. Dialogue is much better than the store page may suggest, but there were some tooltips I had to do double-takes.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Metal Gear Solid 5 Still one of the best stealth games on the market in spite of it being a clearly unfinished game.
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codo27 posted:I mean sure 4 bucks. Its a very redundant, unfinished game. Dont go out of your way to do all the side missions and it wont feel as rehashed. Beat it in that time and you can return it!
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Apr 30, 2020 15:10
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Lord Lambeth posted:Still one of the best stealth games on the market in spite of it being a clearly unfinished game.
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anilEhilated posted:Yeah. 100 hours of fun pretty much guaranteed if you like the genre, it's a steal for that price.
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MGS5 owns as a sandbox that rewards creativity in tackling missions, I got $60 of fun out of it at launch. Also you have to play side missions in order to unlock the final legs of story missions IIRC. Might want to Google exactly how to avoid repetitive burnout.
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Soul Glo posted:MGS5 owns as a sandbox that rewards creativity in tackling missions, I got $60 of fun out of it at launch. Yeah I bought the game full price on release and don't regret it, I had a blast. The story is unfinished and it shows, and the parts that did make it in are pretty incomprehensible even by metal gear standards, so just, expect that, going in, but the gameplay is really really solid. I didn't even mind the repetitive side missions because the game was so fun to play, but I can understand why people would complain about them. tldr yes you should buy it at $4
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Apr 30, 2020 15:59
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I couldn’t get into MGS5 at all. The first two hours were excruciating scripted nonsense, and then when I got into the open world everything just felt- annoying. I realize that’s extremely unhelpful as a criticism, but the best I can say is that the gamefeel was too loose, everything felt floaty, moving my character felt like steering a boat. It didn’t help that everything I did rewarded me MMO style crafting bits and bobs and that seemed like it was going to be asinine.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:02
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MGS V has by far the best controls of any stealth game, the problem there was entirely you. MGS V is still one of the best games ever made, there's a lot there, it just leaves you wanting even more because it's so drat good.
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Paradoxish posted:Anyone have any recommendations for either a Puzzle Quest-style "casual" game or a light, turn-based roguelike-ish thing that doesn't require constant attention? I'm stuck in endless useless Zoom meetings instead of doing actual work now that one of my clients made their whole staff WFH, and I need something to occupy myself with that doesn't require a ton of attention. I played through and beat Ancient Enemy in two days of meetings, so I need something new. Slay the Spire was my first 'podcast game' because how well I could tune out of what was happening on the screen at any time to pay attention to what people were saying which I think is kinda the same situation.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:23
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For anyone wondering, Streets of Rage 4 is on the PC Xbox Game Pass but for some reason doesn't show up in the new releases list so I had to search to find it to install it.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:29
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Humble Choice will have new games today. I'm not sure if the Golden Week sale on Steam starts today, but it's better to keep this in mind just in case.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:35
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MGSV can be pretty incoherent but at least we got the hamburgers of master miller
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Apr 30, 2020 16:46
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If any of you like choose your own adventures (or White Wolf poo poo), Choice of Games is doing three Vampire: the Masquerade games coming out over the next year and a half: https://twitter.com/choiceofgames/status/1255883852180004865
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K8.0 posted:MGS V has by far the best controls of any stealth game, the problem there was entirely you.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:52
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Cardiovorax posted:I'd say it has some of the most real-feeling. I recently had a similar discussion about Splinter Cell Blacklist and got a very similar complaint - that Sam Fisher feels heavy. Basically, Snake and Fisher both control a lot like you would expect a 220 pound adult beefslab to move, but that isn't really for everyone. If you're used to more in the way of instant responsiveness, then it can feel like a chore to get into. With a fully upgraded snake he runs cartoonishly fast though. Blacklist comparison is fair though.
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Lord Lambeth posted:With a fully upgraded snake he runs cartoonishly fast though. Blacklist comparison is fair though.
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Cardiovorax posted:It's more about the inertia than the movement speed, you know what I mean? It's where the whole "steering" thing comes from. There's a degree of felt delay to everything you do. I never really felt that so much but the complaints about geralts movement also sort of flew over my head. Might not be super sensitive to gamefeel? V  V
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Lord Lambeth posted:I never really felt that so much but the complaints about geralts movement also sort of flew over my head. Might not be super sensitive to gamefeel? V
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Yeah, I think it’s fair to say that the issue I had with gamefeel is that Snake has weight and inertia, meanwhile everything in the gameworld feels like it’s going to suddenly break its collision physics and fly into the stratosphere Gamebryo style. All of the objects in the environment felt light and floaty.
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