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yeah death stranding is amazing,. i really didnt think id like it but here i am hiking through the mountains delivering packages and dodging ghosts
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anilEhilated posted:I got Age of Empires 2 Definitive on a whim and my god the voice acting and narration are hilarious. Totally went above my head as a teen, but I'm really enjoying the accents now. The campaigns have one, two or three swords next to the campaign name on the map. That's the difficulty. That said, some maps (like Saladin's last few missions) represent a huge difficulty spike that's not exactly indicated beforehand by the difficulty rating. Also, all the voice work was redone for the Definitive Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLY_4BYP1TA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9E2L9c-0ho Some people think the original voice acting is superior, I personally feel like it went way too ham with the accents but to each their own.
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Jul 18, 2020 00:35
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My favourite storyline of the AoE2 campaigns is the one told from the perspective of a priest or missionary or whatever that ends up following Gengis Khan around, and after you beat the last mission he waxes poetic about how great it was killing all those people and how he misses the old days of butchery with the horde (spoiler alert for a 25 year old game lol) It was pretty metal poo poo for 10-year old me 
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Jul 18, 2020 00:49
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On a separate note, looking at the patch notes for Demon Crawl when I'm absolutely terrible at making progress in it is a real trip. Metagates? Boss Fights? Obelisks? The gently caress?
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Jul 18, 2020 01:29
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drat horror queefs posted:My favourite storyline of the AoE2 campaigns is the one told from the perspective of a priest or missionary or whatever that ends up following Gengis Khan around, and after you beat the last mission he waxes poetic about how great it was killing all those people and how he misses the old days of butchery with the horde (spoiler alert for a 25 year old game lol) The Barbarrosa campaign is narrated by the dude who betrayed Barbarrosa multiple times throughout the campaign 
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Jul 18, 2020 01:30
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 geeeeeeet wrecked, Monster Train final boss! God I love this game it's better than slay the spire in like every way The combo of the mermaid who gets stronger when you cast spells + the guy who summons things to eat every turn + the boss guy who gets REALLY big when he eats things = ludicrous damage, as I'd spend my turns summoning even more things to eat / keeping the lower levels alive and by the time anyone would make it to the top floor they'd get flattened
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Jul 18, 2020 01:39
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Nice, the FFXIV 5.3 patch that cuts out an insane amount of busywork in the main quest is releasing August 11: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_3/ Maybe I'll finally beat the main quest this time. I own all of the expansions and have never touched them.
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Jul 18, 2020 01:46
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queeb posted:yeah death stranding is amazing,. i really didnt think id like it but here i am hiking through the mountains delivering packages and dodging ghosts It really is a fantastic game if it grabs you. It's the most self indulgent Kojima game possible and I love every minute of it. Even if you don't like Kojima(which again to be clear this game is Very Kojima so your tolerance had better be pretty drat high) the actual mechanical moment to moment gameplay of walking and climbing is super compelling, just that thinking about and planning hits like every great puzzle game(I mean like Tetris). The human opponents have a lot of the fuckery gameplay of a good MGS game so that's there for the people into that. The BT's are pretty interesting not really sure how much to say since a lot of the magic is figuring things out for yourself imo. All in all Death Stranding good unless you hate it which you can probably figure out in under 2 hours so give it a try. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Hub Cat posted:Even if you don't like Kojima(which again to be clear this game is Very Kojima so your tolerance had better be pretty drat high)
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I mean to be totally clear outside of the story missions is dozens of hours of just running around and delivering stuff, the Kojima writing and dialog never stops but like 64% of the game is super chill running and climbing 10% BTs 10% sneaking and loving with human opponents 15% KOJIMA 1% is that Voice Actor that person?(Yes). The numbers aren't exact but I feel it's a good estimation The game frontloads a lot of stuff and of course the end is wall to wall cutscenes but mostly it just leaves you alone until you return for storytime. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 01:54
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I do kinda wish there was more cutscenes in the middle of the game. The emails and static hologram dialogue stuff weren't terribly engaging to me.
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Jul 18, 2020 02:02
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Hey if you were spending hours trouble shooting WDogs2, here's what worked for me. Reinstall. Verify. Turn off the second monitor. E: Game window wasn't launching but the exe was in Task Manager.
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Hub Cat posted:Even if you don't like Kojima(which again to be clear this game is Very Kojima so your tolerance had better be pretty drat high) the actual mechanical moment to moment gameplay of walking and climbing is super compelling, just that thinking about and planning hits like every great puzzle game(I mean like Tetris). Also the asynchronous cooperative multiplayer stuff that really starts to pick up after a few hours is oddly compelling, and I'm hoping to see other games start copying that idea. Building a road to make travel quicker for you is convenient, but when that road shows up in other players' worlds (and some of their structures in yours) so everyone is helping each other out, it takes on a much more satisfying feel.
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Jul 18, 2020 02:48
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Holy poo poo Death Stranding is absolutely GORGEOUS
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Jul 18, 2020 03:10
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being an honorabu katana master in Superhot Mind Control Delete owns so hard can't wait to see what the other cores can do
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Jul 18, 2020 03:13
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I decided to get Nier: Automata in order to prevent me from spending the additional money on Death Stranding. I hope I made the right decision edit: Do I need any mods for Nier? SolidSnakesBandana fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 03:18
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Luisfe posted:Holy poo poo Also this DLSS tech on newer Nvidia cards is some crazy dark magic. It renders the game at a low resolution and then, like, uses a neural network to scale it up to the desired resolution, in realtime. It ends up looking better than actual 4K rendering and runs way faster. https://twitter.com/Berduu/status/1283481152074985478 
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Jul 18, 2020 03:19
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I would like to direct your attention to Hairy Mary's reviews, which - near as I can tell - are from an entirely earnest and average midwest housewife who exclusively plays HOGs and casual puzzlers. I trust her reviews and I would die for her. She is a sweet lady.
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Jul 18, 2020 03:56
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I decided to get Nier: Automata in order to prevent me from spending the additional money on Death Stranding. I hope I made the right decision There's a guide here that has some of the biggest mods and how to use/configure them: https://www.nexusmods.com/nierautomata/mods/29 Of the mods that guide lists, the ones I recommend everyone use are FAR mod (basically a must have, fixes major resolution and graphic/performance issues), NieR Automata Input Overhaul Mod (NAIOM, makes mouse and keyboard actually usable), the high res texture pack, the LOD fix to fix some pop-in issues, and either the Re-Encoded Videos (better performance with cutscenes, but still 30fps) or the 60fps upscaled cutscenes (this one is like 22 gigs though, compared to the original 20gig files)
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Jul 18, 2020 04:02
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This is pretty high up my list of most anticipated games this year. Feels like I’ve been following it forever. https://twitter.com/PlayHumbleGames/status/1284162152199106562?s=20
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Jul 18, 2020 04:21
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Anno posted:This is pretty high up my list of most anticipated games this year. Feels like I’ve been following it forever. Any idea of the launch price? I thought the demo was charming enough during that special Steam event a few months back.
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Jul 18, 2020 04:26
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Anno posted:This is pretty high up my list of most anticipated games this year. Feels like I’ve been following it forever. Literally coming out on my birthday, in a genre I love. I might have to get myself a gift then, I hope it lives up to the hype!
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Jul 18, 2020 04:32
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Ragequit posted:Any idea of the launch price? I thought the demo was charming enough during that special Steam event a few months back. I don’t think it’s been announced. Also that was less than a month ago - 2020 is a real bitch.
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Jul 18, 2020 04:33
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That reminds me I was surprised to see Fae Tactics was made by the same guys that did Valdis Story.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I decided to get Nier: Automata in order to prevent me from spending the additional money on Death Stranding. I hope I made the right decision Sailor Dave posted:
They may have updated/patched it since, but if you run into this, you can configure it to use a previous version somewhere in the options. There was a stream forums thread about it, I'll check my bookmarks tomorrow and see if I can find it.
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Jul 18, 2020 04:48
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Anyone still play Company of Heroes 2? If so, any preferred commander for the Soviets? I got the game on sale and have been playing a bit. Comp stomps mainly to get my RTS legs back. I've been really liking their armor selection. They don't take a beating but they zip around the map at extremely high speed. I'm still wrapping my head around the commander stuff so any preferred ones that'd help someone getting into things?
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Thanks for the help with the Nier mods, guys
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Infinity Gaia posted:On a separate note, looking at the patch notes for Demon Crawl when I'm absolutely terrible at making progress in it is a real trip. Metagates? Boss Fights? Obelisks? The gently caress? Yeah the game doesn't really start until you beat it on normal mode. An absolute ton of features unlock afterwards, with more to come even later edit: if you need tips, please ask. unfortunately the game has a pretty slow start until you unlock a couple masteries. Spy is definitely the most powerful, but a few others like Pyro and spark are also really fun and make you think about the game in different ways. And for the purposes of beating normal, just about any mastery will do. There's a patch currently in beta, also, that adds a new "novice" mastery that makes a lot of early game stuff easier. It should hit the main game by the end of the week. goferchan fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 05:09
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Anno posted:I don’t think it’s been announced. Also that was less than a month ago - 2020 is a real bitch. Welp, I thought it was during the big demo event in March. I can't remember poo poo this year.
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srulz posted:You got a guide you're referring to for knowing all this? I hate to miss stuff. No, unless the game goes viral on Twitch or whatever there's very little aside from some basic guides like fishing or researching and the only answers you can find from google on from Steam discussions.
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goferchan posted:And for the purposes of beating normal, just about any mastery will do. There's a patch currently in beta, also, that adds a new "novice" mastery that makes a lot of early game stuff easier. It should hit the main game by the end of the week. It just hit earlier today. I was incredibly offended when I unlocked it mid-level, like the game was telling me I sucked out of nowhere.
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I'm not sure I've seen it but has there ever been like a steam key giveaway thread? I've got a few extra keys laying around and I'm not really sure what to do with them.
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MarcusSA posted:I'm not sure I've seen it but has there ever been like a steam key giveaway thread? I've got a few extra keys laying around and I'm not really sure what to do with them. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3513572 It's buried in private servers so you have to have an account to snipe it
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Jul 18, 2020 06:25
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Thanks! I never venture in there.
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Det_no posted:Green Man Gaming didn't like me trying to buy games from them, again, and blocked my attempt to purchase Pillars of Eternity. So, while their customer support hopefully unfucks itself and stops treating me like a criminal based on my geographical location, I decided to try a game I had wish-listed and noticed came out recently. Thanks for the write-up, I might pick up Aria Chronicle while it's still on discount. Assuming I can drag myself away from Death Stranding...
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Infinity Gaia posted:On a separate note, looking at the patch notes for Demon Crawl when I'm absolutely terrible at making progress in it is a real trip. Metagates? Boss Fights? Obelisks? The gently caress? This game's a rabbit hole. I can't imagine where it'll be at in two years, but I'm looking forward to finding out!
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Azran posted:Some people think the original voice acting is superior, I personally feel like it went way too ham with the accents but to each their own.
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Jul 18, 2020 10:03
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The layers keep peeling back and I'm finding there's stuff in Guijan 3 that I had literally 0 clue existed and I'm thinking the game just never tells you. I found 2 minigames in the lotus base tucked away unmarked on the upper levels. The first game is like Capt Toad's Treasure Tracker where you are a fat hamster saving your friends  The next one is some insanely complicated deckbuilder meets Mario party designed for 2-4 players. This is the results of a single round, I gave up at this point. 
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Jul 18, 2020 11:11
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god why does Kyle Crane ever let Rais talk for even a second letting him live stops making sense after the first time you meet
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This is a weird one. Anyone remember that MOBA, Paragon, that Epic was making until they realized that all they had to do was Fortnite and shut down every other game? It's back, on Steam, and it's called Fault. Basically Epic released all of the assets for Paragon after they shut it down and now some Parafans are remaking it using all of those exact same resources. I dunno, I never played the game but I know it had some amount of popularity.
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