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Ciaphas posted:I've got some SteamWorld games sitting here - a couple of Digs, a Quest and a Heist. Any of them particularly notable? Steamworld Dig 2 and Heist are amazing. Heist is like a great turn-based side-scroller xcom but where you can aim bullets and shoot them around corners to ricochet and pop off hats, it's really pleasant and well-done. I hope they make a Heist 2 game. I'm not even a big TBS combat fan but I loved it in this. Steamworld Dig 2 is one of my favorite Metroidvanias. It has a MotherLoad/IDigIt-esque loop where you can dig, bring up gems to the surface and sell for better lanterns, better drills, more fuel, then go you can go deeper and dig more, get double jumps and powerups after fighting bosses to go to another location, etc. It's kinda lite on the MotherLoad elements but they're still a fun and addicting NUMBER go UP. It also doesn't outstay it's welcome y'know, just a nice addicting metroidvania with cool graphics in a fun world without anything complex going on nor overly long, something you can beat in 20 hrs or less. Steamworld 1 is fine, it's a competent metroidvania like above with MotherLoad-esque gameplay, even pretty solid, but it's also a bit generic and doesn't do much special. They really refined it much better in 2. If your time is limited, I would say go straight to Dig 2 and Heist unless you have a lot of time on your hands, then play DIg1->Dig 2 + Heist Quest sucked, skip it. Basically the devs tried to hop on the ~TRADING CARD~ ccg fad and honestly just did not make the cut or do anything good with it. It's OK on a Switch because it's easy to pick-up and put down while on the go (the onyl reason I even finished it was because I was playing it on an airplane); but don't waste your time on the PC, just play Slay the Spire or Monster Train or literally anything else like that because there's like nothing to it and the strategies are braindead with no fun synergies or anything. Speaking of which, I hate how loving fad-dragon chasing that even indie gaming is these days. Like it's one thing for AAA pubs to chase da MOBA/lootbox-f2p/overwatch aesthetic/battle royale/open world/6v6 dragon or w/e, they're intellectually bankrupt and that's OK. But it's kind a bit sad how even the bigger indie names are chasing fads too these days like the sudden trading card stuff, even Klei is getting on the CCG fad with Griftland. I get CCG deck-building is old, but it seems like there's just been an overwhelming amount of them the past year and on the horizon. There's also games aping Hades like https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123770/Curse_of_the_Dead_Gods/ which hey if it's good, so be it, but also like most of the time they don't bring anything better to the table than their predecessors Xaris fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Ciaphas posted:I've got some SteamWorld games sitting here - a couple of Digs, a Quest and a Heist. Any of them particularly notable? Heist is my favorite 2D XCOM game with aimed shots and hat collecting. Quest is really simple. I like it a lot but boy it is simple.
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Jul 20, 2020 02:19
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END ME SCOOB posted:I remember that stuff, it's in a pair of Chico Tapes. It's not a thing they made up. It's pretty hosed! Yeah it's real and real hosed. MGS5 is actually kind of bad tbh. It has amazing open world gameplay and some really memeable moments but the plot is a trainwreck and Quiet is awful, the oops Konami cut us off nonending immediately soured me on the game and there is no way to pretend Kojima didn't blow the budget. I love stupid Kojima poo poo but I can't defend MGS5. If you just ignore the plot and some of the tapes(most of them are fine to good) it's pretty fun though 
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Jul 20, 2020 02:30
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I adored the first act of heist but found it getting samey a few levels into the second. The ricochet aiming is an incredible gimmick but they chose all the progression mechanics I hate.
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Jul 20, 2020 02:35
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MGS5 is one of the best-controlling stealth games I've ever played, and I loved the slow, natural way in which you realise how many options you have at all times. It was also the first Metal Gear I played, and I think I actually benefited from not having any investment in the plot or characters.
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Jul 20, 2020 02:38
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Oxxidation posted:mo:astray is really, really good  mo:astray absolutely rules. Once you get the double jump it feels real good to play and the (penultimate chapter) DYLANN boss fight is pretty drat excellent.edit: https://youtu.be/XXHtQp61Yo4?t=142 this one (non-embedded because spoilers) SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Jul 20, 2020 02:41
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Det_no posted:Explicit content warning. The tape it all comes from. Pretty much. The bomb was the least messed up part. EDIT - I am not saying that these things aren't a tactic of war and extremist groups. I'm not even saying that such things should be handled delicately. But Kojima there's a difference between something being "raw" and being "edgelord". Hub Cat posted:Yeah it's real and real hosed. I don't understand why people immediately took Kojima's side during the Konami debacle. It's clear the game was way over budget and without a vision. The game should have just been one giant Ground Zero. Krazyface posted:MGS5 is one of the best-controlling stealth games I've ever played, and I loved the slow, natural way in which you realise how many options you have at all times. It was also the first Metal Gear I played, and I think I actually benefited from not having any investment in the plot or characters. The stealth mechanics and control is incredible. The level design is trash unfortunately outside of a few set pieces. punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Jul 20, 2020 02:51
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punk rebel ecks posted:I don't understand why people immediately took Kojima's side during the Konami debacle. It's clear the game was way over budget and without a vision. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Jul 20, 2020 02:58
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I liked MGS5 but it was one of the few singleplayer I've played games where it seemed like its real money stuff actually did interfere with the gameplay, in that I beat it and did a lot of side content, and probably unlocked only a quarter of the tech tree. Late-tier prices got insane.
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Jul 20, 2020 03:01
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punk rebel ecks posted:I don't understand why people immediately took Kojima's side during the Konami debacle. It's clear the game was way over budget and without a vision.
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Jul 20, 2020 03:14
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To bring this all the way around Konami decided to release the game knowing the state it was in so ultimately they're still to blame. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Mordja posted:I liked MGS5 but it was one of the few singleplayer I've played games where it seemed like its real money stuff actually did interfere with the gameplay, in that I beat it and did a lot of side content, and probably unlocked only a quarter of the tech tree. Late-tier prices got insane. You never needed to pay real money, if you’re referring to the microtransactions that are in it. You collect enough for free (just log in on Wed, Sat, and Sun) that you’ll have enough for another FOB by the time you complete your current FOB. I’m completing the max level base now (FOB 4). It’s 450k fuel for each of the four platforms I have left, plus 468k of another resource. The MB coins don’t help with this. They only cut down the time it takes to complete. I wonder how much money Konami actually made off that dumb system.
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Mgs3 is still GOAT tho
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Iratus talk: Has anyone bought the Supporter Pack of this game yet? How is the additional minion "Infested"? Worth the price?
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I enjoyed MGSV a great deal, but it clearly had a horrific case of scope creep and the writing that's there is mostly godawful. It is like 25% incoherent mess, and 75% the most fun stealth game I've ever played. If it had just been Peace Walker But It's Not On The PSP Anymore, it would be the game of the decade, easily, but they had to go gently caress it up with all this grimdark bullshit.
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a cat irl posted:Mgs3 is still GOAT tho yeah it's the only MGS I've played and it was amazing.
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Considering its the fifth one, playing MGS1-4 doesn't really help with your understanding of MGS5's story. The first hour is still incomprehensible.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:The first hour is still incomprehensible.
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So I'm interested in Death Come True, but this review is off putting to me. "Not worth the full price. It's a ~3h movie with 2 endings, which you pick at the end of the film. If you're looking for a multiple route mystery, go play Zero Escape or the Infinity series instead." The lack of choices and "choose your own ending" are off putting to me.
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I wish MGSV would've been completely done, I think i still would be playing it today if it was finished. Gameplay wise it's such a good game, and I'm saddened that Konami aren't making full use of it, and just decided to make a lovely zombie survival game out of it's assets. I just wanted to be Big Boss, and recreate Rambo 3.
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Scalding Coffee posted:On top of that: Each supercomputer were named after US Presidents. or could it be the other way around?
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Considering its the fifth one, playing MGS1-4 doesn't really help with your understanding of MGS5's story. The first hour is still incomprehensible. Peace Walker itself is almost completely irrelevant to V. Almost all side characters are forgotten or thrown away very quickly aside from Huey and Kaz, the entire subplot of Boss building his PMC is redone anyway, the only plot thread that's actually followed upon is the Cipher reveal, which happens in a post-game mission that is infuriatingly annoying to unlock and most people - myself included - probably just youtubed. I think that maybe 3 would be interesting for building the origins of the whole thing, but that's more a reason to play a really good game than to 'get' the sequel.
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punk rebel ecks posted:So I'm interested in Death Come True, but this review is off putting to me. I have played it and that's incredibly accurate. There are a lot of deaths along the way, but the biggest issue is that a mass of the content has no subtitles as far as I can tell. There are entire behind the scenes things and extra content unlocked by earning more deaths that seem to be, at least on the Switch version, entirely in Japanese with no subtitle option anywhere. This is loving incredible given that the main game has like... 12 languages on it. You had better really, really want to gently caress with the new title from the Zero Escape + Danganronpa dudes teaming up for the length/mostly-simple branching
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I like MGSV but i like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint more because I can be stealthy in open world and do lethal kills without being guilted about it. < >
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END ME SCOOB posted:I have played it and that's incredibly accurate. There are a lot of deaths along the way, but the biggest issue is that a mass of the content has no subtitles as far as I can tell. There are entire behind the scenes things and extra content unlocked by earning more deaths that seem to be, at least on the Switch version, entirely in Japanese with no subtitle option anywhere. Uh wow...so it's both very linear, choices don't matter, and it isn't properly translated? What the gently caress? It's 2020. Standards have changed. I was hoping for 428 but FMV and a murder mystery.
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Morter posted:I like MGSV but i like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint more because I can be stealthy in open world and do lethal kills without being guilted about it. < I thought Ghost Recon:Breakpoint was complete and utter dog poo poo though?
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Fargin Icehole posted:I thought Ghost Recon:Breakpoint was complete and utter dog poo poo though? They patched it a bunch* so now it's as bad as whatever you thought of Wildlands(maybe better?) and the politics aren't quite as bad. *Adding back ai partners, giving you the option to turn off the RPG cruft, fixing most of the bugs Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Fargin Icehole posted:I thought Ghost Recon:Breakpoint was complete and utter dog poo poo though? And so is MGSV, because it has no clue how to make its mechanics and open world feed into eachother at all. It feels good to play, but is so extremely hollow.
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Fargin Icehole posted:I thought Ghost Recon:Breakpoint was complete and utter dog poo poo though? It never was but it's even less objectionable now if you hated playing solo or hated the RPG stuff or a bunch of other nice QoL changes.
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Outer Wilds is pretty neat so far. It has always been kind of annoying when exploration of specific areas is time limited (I don’t mean the main gimmick) and it remains so in OW but there’s always something else to go look at so it’s usually fine. I don’t think I’m ever going to get a handle on flying the spaceship though, at least in gravity.
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Kibayasu posted:Outer Wilds is pretty neat so far. It has always been kind of annoying when exploration of specific areas is time limited (I don’t mean the main gimmick) and it remains so in OW but there’s always something else to go look at so it’s usually fine. Don't look up any spoilers or solutions unless you are about to give up completely on the game. Everything is spelled out and explained in one way or another and very little you think you could do is actually impossible. If it seems impossible there's likely a much simpler way. The first time in the twin planets I'm thinking "man, how the hell could I ever figure all this out in the time limit" and then a few hours later I'm blasting through it getting everything in a single pass. Only thing you need to do is go to the Jupiter planet and talk to the guy once, and then again after a reset. He unlocks an ability for you that is super helpful in general. I got about 2/3rds of the way through the game before hitting a wall of frustration and looking up what to do. It all made sense mostly because I was confused by things I hadn't been paying attention to at the time. The Quantum Stuff takes a bit of mental gymnastics to understand at first but then seems super easy.
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Speaking of (somewhat) abridged MGS history, there's also this series by Chip and Ironicus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrekaHLD2rhb9wsyiCDR6vjbk29rVaT4g
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pentyne posted:Only thing you need to do is go to the Jupiter planet and talk to the guy once, and then again after a reset. He unlocks an ability for you that is super helpful in general. You don't even need to do this, they just relabel the restart button in the menu so it fits better thematically. Exact same position and functionality.
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StrixNebulosa posted:This was a highly entertaining read. Metal Gear Solid really is a soap opera with military trappings, isn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLiLRVeaZA&t=278s
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sauer kraut posted:The Stick of Truth is really funny and as mentioned already, stacking damage over time is very strong. Thanks for letting me know. I had just started and the game seems fine but I picked Warrior as my class. I think the timing of attacks would work better on a console with a gamepad but it seems totally playable on my laptop. Guess I'll go back and re-roll as a Jew. On the topic of MGSV, I love that game so much. Even as unfinished as it is, it is still one hell of a ride. (I do wish David Hayter had done at least some of the voice work on it.) HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:(Excellent MG summary here.) Really good work. Just the most important part of MGS 2 you left out. The Internet was a mistake.
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You mean the naked Raiden flips.
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Xaris posted:Question for anyone whose played both Snowrunner and *TS series; how does the TS compare to Snowrunner? I've been enjoying Snowrunner a lot as a podcast game, just curious what sort of gameplay differences there are since I haven't played *TS game. I suppose the *TS are less about wrenching yourself and trying to drive through mud and snow and managing fuel/repairs and hauling big rear end cargo trailers that tip over easily right? There's only so many different turns and intersections in use around the world so after about a dozen Truck Sim hours you've learned how trucks work on roads and there's not a lot of bang whiz traversal after that, where Snowrunner has a bit longer legs of finding interesting situations to drive across. From that point you play truck dress up or start the background idle game where drivers earn you money for more garages or truck dress up. Depending on what you want out of the driving you either slavishly adhere to the rules of the road or absolutely ignore them and turn the governor off and send your truck screaming through busy roads or alternate between the two.
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mmkay posted:Speaking of (somewhat) abridged MGS history, there's also this series by Chip and Ironicus: Seconding this. Chip and Ironicus love the MGS series and will absolutely call it on stupid bullshit. It's the way I've "played" MGS since 2.
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Irritated Goat posted:Seconding this. Chip and Ironicus love the MGS series and will absolutely call it on stupid bullshit. It's the way I've "played" MGS since 2. Yeah I’m half way through it and it’s pretty good.
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Kill it with Fire: HEATWAVE is a free demo of a game where you hunt spiders in your house, and collateral damage is expected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APYY8HqhBE4 Was fun to play with for an hour, might get the full game when it releases: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1366290/Kill_It_With_Fire_HEATWAVE/
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