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SolidSnakesBandana posted:To people checking out FF8 reminder that A.I. upscaling mods exist and make the backgrounds look fantastic. I’m really curious about this. I looked into it once before, and it seemed like a real hassle. It looked like you had to source and replace background images individually?
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Anonymous Robot posted:I’m really curious about this. I looked into it once before, and it seemed like a real hassle. It looked like you had to source and replace background images individually?
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May 5, 2020 20:29
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Ainsley McTree posted:Yeah I initially slept on Pyre because the whole "sports game" gimmick didn't really appeal to me, but that was stupid, I liked it a lot and couldn't put it down when I started playing it. Music owns bones, which is no surprise for a supergiant game, obviously, and the gameplay is basically fantasy NBA jam, so that owns too. Yeah, I just beat it, and still love it quite a lot. Especially as I started using Titan Stars, the basketball got INTENSE. The AI was able to set up moves, whip the ball around, etc etc. Really impressive and a real challenge. While the actual moves never got more complicated, I needed to better master them to succeed in a lot of the later fights, and it was super satisfying pulling off some real rear end in a top hat plays. Still have a few complaints though that dragged it down. I felt they could have done a lot more with the Rites if they had dropped the upgrade mechanic and instead encouraged having multiple Talismans. There was this move a lot of the enemies did lategame of basically tossing the ball to my teammate, then instacasting an attack while I tried to attack them and now couldn't that caught me several times. Or the chaos dunk move the Demons could do, mixed with an instantly from behind Imp grabbing the ball and running off. I couldn't really play with any of that because I didn't buy those Talismans earlier. I also kind of wish they leaned heavier into the failure aspect. There was basically 3 people that I felt needed to make it out of the Downside and everyone else basically didn't care at all. Jodariel would have been happy staying if Rukey/Hedwyn got out ( but had a better ending in the Commonwealth at least ). *ae never cared. Gilman never seemed to have any connection to anything. Pamitha just wanted her sister to get out, didn't care after that. Bertrude didn't care. Ti'zo didn't care. I reached a point where it stopped being big choices and instead it felt like if I had sent anybody else up it'd have actually been bad, because they were all happy in the Downside together and sending up one would have meant they'd have left their friends for nothing. Also the fiddly "try and play the other Triumverates to face off against the ones you want." system really didn't work that well. I'm not sure they really connected the two modes as well as I'd have liked. I wanted more sportsball with more stuff and more players, but that'd have taken away from the visual novel. But I also wanted a more complex visual novel with more choice/consequence but that would have taken away from the sportsball. Felt a bit more uneven then Bastion or Transistor in that right, where the core gameplay loop was far more entangled with the actual story. Still it worked well enough, and I do want to go back eventually and fiddle with a few things now to get a more "final" ending for my playthrough now that I know a few things. I wonder if I'd have liked the game a lot more if it was significantly longer, with more time for people to grow on you/expand on why it'd be best for them to go back, and more time to flesh out the actual play sessions. The Liberation Rite song is gorgeous though, like all Supergiants music.
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May 5, 2020 20:47
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Rookersh posted:I also kind of wish they leaned heavier into the failure aspect. There was basically 3 people that I felt needed to make it out of the Downside and everyone else basically didn't care at all. Jodariel would have been happy staying if Rukey/Hedwyn got out ( but had a better ending in the Commonwealth at least ). *ae never cared. Gilman never seemed to have any connection to anything. Pamitha just wanted her sister to get out, didn't care after that. Bertrude didn't care. Ti'zo didn't care. I reached a point where it stopped being big choices and instead it felt like if I had sent anybody else up it'd have actually been bad, because they were all happy in the Downside together and sending up one would have meant they'd have left their friends for nothing.
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May 5, 2020 21:05
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Ulio posted:As someone who played ff13, its still dogshit even with this minor clarification especially the story/world. It’s not 13, it’s Lightning Returns.
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May 5, 2020 21:12
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K8.0 posted:Transistor is really a simple puzzle game, but it doesn't make that clear. The combat involves essentially zero skill, it's about using the right setup and winning for free. If you try to play it as an action game, it's totally unfun. Play to be cheesy and give it another shot, it has a really good story. edit: Ainsley McTree posted:Hades looks great and I hear nothing but praise for it, but I'm stubbornly waiting for it to come out of early access before I get invested in it. Serephina fucked around with this message at 21:15 on May 5, 2020 |
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May 5, 2020 21:13
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It’s not 13, it’s Lightning Returns. aren't they all 13
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May 5, 2020 21:17
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zedprime posted:This is an incredibly important irony for building the theme up. The best candidates to send home from the Downside are the ones least likely to outwardly show they should go home from the Downside. Should they use their newfound zen center to live their best Downside life, or bring the enlightenment to the crumbling commonwealth? I didn't pick anyone because they are personally better off back home. I picked people who would fill the best holes in the commonwealth. Which to me in a lot of ways is still the core four. *ae is a really good choice cause she'll help center the Commonwealth around the Scribes again, but honestly gently caress the Scribes. Also she's never going to be as happy there as she would with Ti'zo, Pamitha, and Gilman. Ti'zo is an Imp. Gilman could do some work on the Wyrms, but that's frankly an entirely different can of worms, and I don't think he alone can fix their culture problems. Pamitha and Tamitha shouldn't go back together, and Pamitha legitimately doesn't care as long as her sister makes it back. Her sister will mellow out and eventually reconcile with Pamitha if you have them fight a few times in the Downside. The opposite is very one way, with Pamitha/Hedwyn bringing the Harps closer to the rest of the Union, but also Tamitha suffering for eternity in the Downside. Bertrude just wants to make sure Sandlewoods plan goes off. Afterwards is it really better for her to be up there with him? Nothing is ever going to happen. In the Downside she can at least help people. Meanwhile Hedwyn fixes the Harp problem and gets to be with his girlfriend. Jodariel fixes a lot of the issues with community service/community. Rukey helps connect the Downside/Union. Sandlewood brings the various people together. Like I want to change my playthrough a bit, but it's all minor stuff. I want to spend more time having Pamitha/Tamitha reconcile before I send Tamitha up. I want to lose to Oralech so I can convince him of the Plan and then send him up.
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May 5, 2020 21:19
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I can't find the thread for the Xbox Game Pass, has anyone else run into a problem where you just get a blank screen while trying to log in? I bought a month for Ori and can't interact with the app at all now since I can't log in.
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May 5, 2020 21:24
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Justin_Brett posted:I can't find the thread for the Xbox Game Pass, has anyone else run into a problem where you just get a blank screen while trying to log in? I bought a month for Ori and can't interact with the app at all now since I can't log in. Is Windows up to date? Gamepass can be really finicky unless you have the latest latest version installed. I've also had problems starting online matches with a VPN. This is what I did to get around it: 1. Right-click the Start button, and then select Device Manager. 2. Select View > Show Hidden Devices. 3. Select Network Adapters. 4. Identify any adapters that have a name like TAP-Windows. Right-click the adapter name, and then select Disable.
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May 5, 2020 21:30
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If I were to play Far Cry 5, how soon from the start of the game can I get a dog companion?
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May 5, 2020 21:43
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:If I were to play Far Cry 5, what is the quickest path to getting a dog partner? You can make a beeline for the pumpkin farm as soon as you do Dutch’s island, it’s like right next door.
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May 5, 2020 21:45
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he said he wanted a dog partner, not a pumpkin!
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May 5, 2020 21:45
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Cowcaster posted:aren't they all 13 no you see you have Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, as Lightning Returns is the good one, it has distanced Final Fantasy, let alone its number, to subtitle status
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May 5, 2020 21:49
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They sell GM food, it is both for dogs and pumpkins. But really, as soon as you get out of the intro, you can be at Ray-Rays and with your faithful dogger in half an hour, so about one and a half hours after you actually start the game. Yes, the intro section is obnoxiously long.
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May 5, 2020 22:13
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Justin_Brett posted:I can't find the thread for the Xbox Game Pass, has anyone else run into a problem where you just get a blank screen while trying to log in? I bought a month for Ori and can't interact with the app at all now since I can't log in. Try logging in to the Microsoft store app instead. I was stuck in an infinite loading screen with the Xbox App and that fixed it.
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May 5, 2020 22:21
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Speaking of gamepass bugs, general warning: gamepass doesn't necessarily uninstall your games. I had finished the trial subscription, then uninstalled games then uninstalled gamepass. Recently I was doing some work with a lot of data and saw my storage getting full so I cleaned up my steam folder and still ended up with a full 200+ gigs unaccounted for. Nothing showed up so I had to install a hard drive viewer and lo and behold there's all the Xbox gamespass stuff. Then I had to hack my own computer as Microsoft protects the folders even if you have administrator privelages. Some googling showed this was a somewhat common problem. It wasn't totally unsolvable but a huge pain in the rear end and something you don't notice for a long while if you have a larger hard drive.
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May 5, 2020 22:29
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Serephina posted:You might have rose-tinted glasses on there with Bastion. I reinstalled last week on a lark, having plumbed Hades for all it currently has, and I was immediately stuck by how much less responsive the combat was, in addition to all the lovely quirks of the game forcibly removing&replacing your weapons mid-mission. Bastion is a classic and a titan of it's time when indie games where rare and Humble Indie Bundle was a force of GoodTM, but apart from it's charismatic narrator Hades is an iterative (and innovative) improvement in every way. Honestly I despise a lot of the mechanical design in Hades. Like most 2d combat games it's ultimately too focused on an incredibly overpowered dodge that makes the combat get boring really quick to me. Bastion I loved every moment of, Hades by about 5 hours in I was sick of it and just playing to see the remaining content. Haven't even been slightly tempted to reinstall for new content because I can't stand the thought of actually playing it more to see the content. If you enjoy something like Gungeon I can see you absolutely loving Hades.
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May 5, 2020 22:32
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Det_no posted:Try logging in to the Microsoft store app instead. I was stuck in an infinite loading screen with the Xbox App and that fixed it. If you mean clicking 'launch' on its page on the store that gives me the same thing. I can log into their site just fine but if it's through an app, white screen every time.
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May 5, 2020 22:35
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Justin_Brett posted:If you mean clicking 'launch' on its page on the store that gives me the same thing. I can log into their site just fine but if it's through an app, white screen every time. No, I meant logging in to the Microsoft Store. If you are already logged in there then nevermind.
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May 5, 2020 22:42
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I was before without it changing anything, and after logging out as part of a supposed fix I can't log into that either, same issue. I really have no clue.
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May 5, 2020 22:46
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Cowcaster posted:aren't they all 13 No, they're actually all over a 1000 years old
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May 5, 2020 22:49
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Samuringa posted:Humble Sierra Bundle
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May 5, 2020 22:55
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There's a lot of hours of gaming in that Sierra bundle. Holy poo poo.
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May 5, 2020 23:08
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drat, no kidding. It's not all adventure games, either. I think I might shell out for the top level just to get a full copy of Caesar III again, I haven't played that in years and years.
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May 5, 2020 23:10
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Pretty evil to put GK games there in a reverse order. (Unlike most of Sierra's adventure games they are legit good)
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Cardiovorax posted:drat, no kidding. It's not all adventure games, either. I think I might shell out for the top level just to get a full copy of Caesar III again, I haven't played that in years and years. You may be able to get it for cheaper by just buying it on GoG, unless there’s other bundle stuff you want.
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Kennel posted:Pretty evil to put GK games there in a reverse order. FWIW that new King's Quest is good as well, so that's another plus for top tier-ing it. Would also recommend Quest for Glory if you've never tried 'em, they hold up better than you'd think
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Ugly In The Morning posted:You may be able to get it for cheaper by just buying it on GoG, unless there’s other bundle stuff you want. Man, The Beast Within is a great game. I've actually been to most of the places it used for in-game locations. Great fun to compare that to your memories of the game. Oh, and a little PSA for people buying the bundle: the King's Quest season pass requires the free King's Quest remake that is available on Steam. Activate that for free and then activate the season pass, it'll refuse to go through otherwise.
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Is Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition any good? It looks like an ugly mobile game, but we're starting to run out of things to do in Stardew Valley so looking for something similar. Any other recommendations? (that are not Don't Starve, vanilla Minecraft, Terraria, or Animal Crossings)
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FuzzySlippers posted:Is Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition any good? short answer: no longer answer: anything currently under the name "Harvest Moon" in this era is made by a western dev trying to capitalize on the trademark they used to localize the old games which has nothing to do with the real farm-sim dev team and tends to involve contractors who get kept around for two games tops and then canned for the next one to try shoveling poo poo out under the brand. (If you want the actual people who made those old games, seek Story of Seasons. I know the last one of those came to Steam.)
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Kennel posted:Pretty evil to put GK games there in a reverse order. Is GK3 the one with the much-criticised cat hair moustache puzzle?
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END ME SCOOB posted:seek Story of Seasons. I know the last one of those came to Steam.) I'm surprised I've never heard of that. Looks really pretty, but unfortunately it's single player only. Looking for a multiplayer crafting/farming/whatever game for me and the wife that's cute and has some story/npc elements (so not pure sim). I'm looking at Dragon Quest Builders 2 but the multiplayer sounds pretty limited? Anyone try? Anyone try Garden Paws?
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FuzzySlippers posted:I'm looking at Dragon Quest Builders 2 but the multiplayer sounds pretty limited? Anyone try? Based on the PS4 one, and I don't see it changing - once you finish the first... two? three? islands you can replace the AI companion with another player, over the internet only. No local co-op. It's not stellar. edit \/\/: yeah, the game is great, but as a play with a partner title, nuh-uh claw game handjob fucked around with this message at 02:28 on May 6, 2020 |
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FuzzySlippers posted:I'm looking at Dragon Quest Builders 2 but the multiplayer sounds pretty limited? Anyone try? I don't know about the multiplayer, but fwiw dq builders 2 is awesome even in single player and has a ton of content.
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FuzzySlippers posted:I'm surprised I've never heard of that. Looks really pretty, but unfortunately it's single player only. Looking for a multiplayer crafting/farming/whatever game for me and the wife that's cute and has some story/npc elements (so not pure sim). This might seem obvious, but have you tried Stardew Valley?
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Party Boat posted:Is GK3 the one with the much-criticised cat hair moustache puzzle? Yeah. It was pretty minor side puzzle that they added in a rush, but became the most famous part of the game (and genre), because it was so easy to ridicule (let's be honest, it's really stupid).
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GrandpaPants posted:This might seem obvious, but have you tried Stardew Valley? FuzzySlippers posted:we're starting to run out of things to do in Stardew Valley so looking for something similar. Any other recommendations? (that are not Don't Starve, vanilla Minecraft, Terraria, or Animal Crossings) Yep and we both loved it so looking for similar stuff. END ME SCOOB posted:Based on the PS4 one, and I don't see it changing - once you finish the first... two? three? islands you can replace the AI companion with another player, over the internet only. No local co-op. It's not stellar. This is on two PCs so over the internet is good, but you don't build anything together? You like go on missions or something?
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Yeah, you wouldn't be building "together" unless you both focus all your time and energy on one person's space. And I think it would leave P2 behind on experience if they weren't doing anything in their own world.
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