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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:witch joan of arc 
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Jordan7hm posted:I think the purpose of the Discord is mostly just so that you can stay connected with whatever does eventually happen, though honestly I think you'd see if here too unless for some reason Lowtax closed the forums. Lots of folks are migrating to bread and roses, fyi: https://breadnroses.net/ You can reg and then post your username in the Games chat thread and they'll push your account through without the $10 registration fee.
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Jun 24, 2020 21:39
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il serpente cosmico posted:Lots of folks are migrating to bread and roses, fyi: https://breadnroses.net/ lmao gently caress that poo poo
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Jun 24, 2020 21:41
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I’m not gonna gently caress a web site
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Jun 24, 2020 21:43
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Posting to try to shake a phantom post loose, don’t mind me.
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Jun 24, 2020 21:46
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Mordja posted:lmao gently caress that poo poo why?
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Jun 24, 2020 21:46
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El_Elegante posted:I’m not gonna gently caress a web site i am
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Jun 24, 2020 21:51
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Mordja posted:lmao gently caress that poo poo Why? I don't think that forum will work out for me as they don't have anything that I love about SA yet, but what's making you react that way to it?
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Jun 24, 2020 22:04
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Sininu posted:Why? It was originally created as a C-SPAM off-shoot, would be my guess.
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Jun 24, 2020 22:08
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Wizard Styles posted:They Are Billions is great but do not ever, under any circumstances, consider playing the campaign. It's just bad and pointless. Bad as in badly written, badly designed.... or both? HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I can offer opinions on these! They are Billions is very good, except for one fatal flaw: There's no failure spiral. There's a failure cliff edge. If you make one tiny error, everything falls apart immediately. No room for recovery. Excellent, thank you! I'll report back on things --- assuming they get good discounts, assuming this forum doesn't die overnight, etc. God I cannot wait for tomorrow.
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Jun 24, 2020 22:11
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It's probably the very heavy handed "We reject policies of social dominance, Neo-liberalism, patriarchy, the gender binary, white supremacy, and other social ills espoused by capitalism." which, ok, while I agree with most of that (though isn't neo-liberalism just libertarianism?) it's a bit much for a first impression? Like it's trying a bit hard.il serpente cosmico posted:It was originally created as a C-SPAM off-shoot, would be my guess. That explains it. It's frontloading all of the site's politics because it originates from the politics subforum. I'm a fan of being against all those things don't get me wrong, but I'd rather have a place that's "We're here to talk about games and have fun! Nazis get hosed!" instead of "if you talk about capitalism being even slightly ok you get banned". Especially when it's very America-centric.
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Jun 24, 2020 22:19
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StrixNebulosa posted:Bad as in badly written, badly designed.... or both? I haven't played it but I heard it's just badly designed and was added as an afterthought because they said they would as a stretch goal or something. The skirmish mode is the real meat of the game. That said, as someone who plays RTS games poorly because I always have a tendency to build a base and do nothing else, this game was perfect for a dozen or so hours for me.
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Jun 24, 2020 22:21
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StrixNebulosa posted:Bad as in badly written, badly designed.... or both? There are three mission types, regular base-building ones, swarm/defense missions, and commando missions where you take a hero unit and some backup through some kind of level. The commando missions are boring for a pretty simple reason: the combat in this game is built around pushing only as far as you can without overextending. Combat is not inherently fun or interesting; you're watching your dudes shoot zombies that run at them mindlessly. It's what goes into the decisions on whether to take on that infected village now or leave extra troops in another part of the map that make the combat part interesting, and none of that comes into play in these campaign missions. The base-building missions are bad because you have to unlock even very basic buildings. There are some unique elements to the maps but still, it's essentially "Play a regular sandbox game but worse.". The swarm missions let you spend points to buy defensive structures and troops and then you need to survive. Those are okay but ultimately just make a subset of the base-building game into a mission type. I don't think the campaign was an afterthought. There are a lot of assets and unique systems created for it, and its a fairly sizable campaign (I think; I didn't play through all of it). It's just poorly thought out and honestly doesn't even have a reason to exist in this game. Wizard Styles fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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Jun 24, 2020 22:34
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John Murdoch posted:My backlog has reached a point where there is literally no reason to buy anything, especially not big ticket stuff, unless I'm playing it immediately (unlikely) or it's a 200% must-have inescapably good deal (Doom Eternal goes on sale for $5 for no reason). I'm having a blast playing through GTAV for the first time. I was stoked it was free on Epic despite being only a few years old, til my kid pointed out that it was released in 2013  It's me, I'm the most patient goon of the SA end-times.
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Jun 24, 2020 22:39
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John Murdoch posted:I am pretty much laser focused on buying the four sudoku apps made by the Cracking the Cryptic dudes and not much else. My backlog has reached a point where there is literally no reason to buy anything, especially not big ticket stuff, unless I'm playing it immediately (unlikely) or it's a 200% must-have inescapably good deal (Doom Eternal goes on sale for $5 for no reason). They own (although I've only bought them on Google instead of Steam) Every time I hit an apparent dead end and suddenly notice something I hear Simon saying "Ah. Now this is interesting..." in my head
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Jun 24, 2020 22:42
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Sloppy posted:I'm having a blast playing through GTAV for the first time. I was stoked it was free on Epic despite being only a few years old, til my kid pointed out that it was released in 2013 Technically basically a new game.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:17
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1166860/Rival_Stars_Horse_Racing_Desktop_Edition/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROasPBA2y8 
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Jun 24, 2020 23:19
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The Mayans were off by 8 years.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:23
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I just bought a game on Steam (on sale, which ends before the summer sale starts tomorrow), and didn't see any event cards pop up, so assuming they might not be doing that this summer (can't recall if they haven't done that for a few sales now or not). Just wanted to post that in case anyone was wondering.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:25
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Blattdorf posted:The Mayans were off by 8 years. Funnily enough, I saw a few articles that said the world was supposed to end back on June 21st according to a new interpretation of the Mayan calendar. In games related stuff, Sonic Generations is currently on sale for one dollar to celebrate Sonic's anniversary.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:33
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Kragger99 posted:I just bought a game on Steam (on sale, which ends before the summer sale starts tomorrow), and didn't see any event cards pop up, so assuming they might not be doing that this summer (can't recall if they haven't done that for a few sales now or not). There are but you need to craft badges for them. I just made one to test (and the trading card itself can't be traded until the 1st of July so there goes my genius plan to complete badges for free.)
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Jun 24, 2020 23:40
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Kragger99 posted:I just bought a game on Steam (on sale, which ends before the summer sale starts tomorrow), and didn't see any event cards pop up, so assuming they might not be doing that this summer (can't recall if they haven't done that for a few sales now or not). It'll probably be some kind of overly complicated, but completely lame flash game, that won't work properly for the first 48 hours. I'll be astonished, if I end up buying a single title from this sale.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:41
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Det_no posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1166860/Rival_Stars_Horse_Racing_Desktop_Edition/ I'm happy this exists even though I will never play it.
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Jun 24, 2020 23:49
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2020 is the year of horses on the desktop
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Jun 24, 2020 23:56
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It's probably the very heavy handed "We reject policies of social dominance, Neo-liberalism, patriarchy, the gender binary, white supremacy, and other social ills espoused by capitalism." which, ok, while I agree with most of that (though isn't neo-liberalism just libertarianism?) it's a bit much for a first impression? Like it's trying a bit hard. Rejecting libertarianism is cool and good, it's a philosophy that draws people in with promises of weed legalization and then the masks come off to reveal that every single one of their idealogues is an abhorrent monster overly concerned with the age of consent and racial purity
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Jun 25, 2020 00:00
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Wizard Styles posted:Well, it is the most recent GTA. PS5 launch title, how much newer can you possibly get??
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Jun 25, 2020 00:08
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Has anyone played the point-and-click Adventure Memoria? Any thoughts on it?Wizard Styles posted:Did you play it (Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark) before the DLC? I just started a playthrough with the DLC but haven't gotten to anything DLC-related yet. I haven't got the base game of Fell Seal yet, so I think I'll try that before getting the DLC, which looks like it adds mostly optional content. There's no difference in price between getting the base and DLC separately or buying them in one bundle.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:10
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QuarkJets posted:Rejecting libertarianism is cool and good, it's a philosophy that draws people in with promises of weed legalization and then the masks come off to reveal that every single one of their idealogues is an abhorrent monster overly concerned with the age of consent and racial purity Yeah, I don’t disagree, I just don’t know why it has a different name now.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:10
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By "now" you mean "since the 70s"? edit: actually you seem to be both talking about neo-liberalism and libertarianism? because they're different things and the post mentions the first. ed2: why is this even a derail happening in the Steam thread
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Jun 25, 2020 00:11
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My only understanding of neoliberalism comes from a cursory google search which just showed a bunch of libertarian talking points. The post mentions the first, and I said aren’t they both the same, then Quark said it was bad and I agreed. The derail is happening because of that Bread+Roses website.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:16
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I haven't got the base game of Fell Seal yet, so I think I'll try that before getting the DLC, which looks like it adds mostly optional content. There's no difference in price between getting the base and DLC separately or buying them in one bundle. They recommend that you start the game with the DLC if you're planning on it, since I don't think the DLC is like, extra chapters or whatever.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:25
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Has anyone played the point-and-click Adventure Memoria? Any thoughts on it? Memoria is a sequel to The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, but you won't be lost if you haven't played that one. You alternate between two main characters: a man named Geron, who's trying to uncurse his fairy girlfriend Nuri who got turned into a crow in the last game, and a woman named Sadja, who is trying to stop some terrible demon war ages in the past. I liked it. Sadja is badass and there are some good writing twists.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:28
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If you like racing games, check out Inertial Drift: Sunset Prologue.
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Jun 25, 2020 00:31
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Det_no posted:There are but you need to craft badges for them. I just made one to test (and the trading card itself can't be traded until the 1st of July so there goes my genius plan to complete badges for free.) Geez, I didn't think to look at the badges page - yup, there they are.
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Jun 25, 2020 01:28
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ultrafilter posted:If you like racing games, check out Inertial Drift: Sunset Prologue. Pretty interesting spin on the drifting genre! Also I loooooove the aesthetic. Thanks for linking it!! EDIT: Recommended you play till the second car to see how big the difference is in the feel of the cars. Artelier fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jun 25, 2020 |
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Jun 25, 2020 01:57
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My wallet is ready...see you guys tomorrow. Unless they turn the forums switch off tonight in which case it has been a pleasure to waste money alongside all of you on games we’ll never play.
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Jun 25, 2020 02:27
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Det_no posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1166860/Rival_Stars_Horse_Racing_Desktop_Edition/ I burst out laughing at the horse betting part. How has no one made a game yet where you can be a degenerate horse track gambler?
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Jun 25, 2020 03:07
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I will totally buy that game when I have money. I want to experience the thrill of making my own, perfect horse, raising it with love and then making me lose money at the races because it got spooked by ants on the ground or something.
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Jun 25, 2020 03:20
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Det_no posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1166860/Rival_Stars_Horse_Racing_Desktop_Edition/ meh this has nothing on that one crazy japanese horse racing game
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Excelzior posted:meh this has nothing on that one crazy japanese horse racing game MGS5 is the best crazy Japanese horse game
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