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Pillars of Eternity 2 has a super cool setting and is beautiful, but i hate its combat so I just use cheats to power through all fight so I can keep doing the roleplaying part
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blue squares posted:Pillars of Eternity 2 has a super cool setting and is beautiful, but i hate its combat so I just use cheats to power through all fight so I can keep doing the roleplaying part Yeah, despite praising Pillars of Eternity 2, I feel the combat is a minus for it. It is an improvement on PoE and Tyranny, but it is still pretty eh. Definitely a good game despite it. Turn-based mode is better, but it is clear the game was not built for it and the encounter design goes from bad to rubbish in turn-based mode because it has a lot of trash fights that go from "10 second skirmish" in rtwp to "5 minute affair" in turn-based mode.
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Oct 7, 2020 17:07
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I can't believe they are not forcing us to buy a EA game at 60 bucks
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Oct 7, 2020 17:24
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The thing that I feel is kinda weird from Larian is that in all their games, they have super intense grimdark concept art that would fit stuff like the Disciples series. And then in the final implementation, the visual style is happy and colorful contrasted with some body horror crap in the enemy encounters. Kinda giving some whiplash there. I enjoy it though, but dang, the difference between some of the concept art and the initial presentation is pretty wild.
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Oct 7, 2020 17:30
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Call Your Grandma posted:sounds like a very unethical person. also, intra-party conflict is good and makes for much more interesting narratives. this is why Vegeta is one of the most iconic heroes of our time. 
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Oct 7, 2020 17:31
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Are y'all complaining about skill checks leading to negative results again? Read the drat text and don't just click on things with brackets. Wasteland 3 absolutely screws you over if you blindly click skill checks the first time you meet the Patriarch you can med skill check his hand tremor and he HATES you if you do it and New Vegas: Dead Money is full of checks that ultimately lead to bad endings if you click them: Don't let Dean know that you're smart.
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Oct 7, 2020 17:50
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It’s just the one time in the latter. Which is initially infuriating but ultimately brilliant.
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Oct 7, 2020 17:53
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Propaganda Hour posted:...and New Vegas: Dead Money is full of checks that ultimately lead to bad endings if you click them: Don't let Dean know that you're smart. I understand the desire to be friends with all your NPC companions, but that is a case where you it is okay if you are not all buddy-buddy. A bad ending for him is a good ending for everyone else.
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Oct 7, 2020 17:55
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Propaganda Hour posted:Are y'all complaining about skill checks leading to negative results again? Read the drat text and don't just click on things with brackets. Wasteland 3 absolutely screws you over if you blindly click skill checks the first time you meet the Patriarch you can med skill check his hand tremor and he HATES you if you do it and New Vegas: Dead Money is full of checks that ultimately lead to bad endings if you click them: Don't let Dean know that you're smart. iirc the only check that truely matters is the initial bartering check because you put Dean in his place and tell him he's not in a position of power. That makes him turn on you later on. you can more or less tell Dean to gently caress off otherwise
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Oct 7, 2020 17:56
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Luisfe posted:The thing that I feel is kinda weird from Larian is that in all their games, they have super intense grimdark concept art that would fit stuff like the Disciples series. Yea I thought divinity 2 had some pretty absurd tonal dissonance where it comes across as trying to be funny before immediately giving you a detailed description of a crucified person’s suffering. the result is the worst of both worlds where the grimdark poo poo isn’t something you can take seriously because you just got through a stealth section where the game represents going into concealment by making giant barrels and bushes comically appear around your characters, while simultaneously the goofy poo poo isn’t actually funny next to the rest of the subject matter Best turn based strategy game I ever played though
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:Yea I thought divinity 2 had some pretty absurd tonal dissonance where it comes across as trying to be funny before immediately giving you a detailed description of a crucified person’s suffering. the result is the worst of both worlds where the grimdark poo poo isn’t something you can take seriously because you just got through a stealth section where the game represents going into concealment by making giant barrels and bushes comically appear around your characters, while simultaneously the goofy poo poo isn’t actually funny next to the rest of the subject matter Ya that sums up my complaints about OS2 also the itemization and equipment system was not good having all your stuff be invalidated on level up sucks even if you can bring it up. Its a Shame and I'm not sure why people gave it so much praise when every thing outside of the combat is so rough.
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Oct 7, 2020 18:01
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I imagine the lack of any real competition has something to do with it. The last few years have been pretty anemic when it comes to good isometric RPGs. There's maybe one or two on the market every few years that are worth any attention.
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Oct 7, 2020 18:09
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What the **** is this ******** ****** in my ********** preferences? https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2855803154584367416 quote:Chat Filtering Now Available on Steam Edit: Also the Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition starts today
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Oct 7, 2020 18:16
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How does it handle Scunthorpe?
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Oct 7, 2020 18:18
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Double post
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ultrafilter posted:How does it handle Scunthorpe? very carefully
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blue squares posted:Pillars of Eternity 2 has a super cool setting and is beautiful, but i hate its combat so I just use cheats to power through all fight so I can keep doing the roleplaying part It was at a certain point, I want to say fights with an incomplete team on both por 1 and tyranny led me to say gently caress it and set it to story mode difficulty and keep it that way. The combat is definitely a minus, and I think this applies to almost all obsidian games, with combat is usually the weakest point in comparison to the rest. How did Nier Automata get handled, it was Platinum games just doing the combat portion and Square handling the story? Or maybe a not so popular one, Team Ninja doing Metroid Other Ms combat, and Sakamoto with the horrible story?
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Fargin Icehole posted:How did Nier Automata get handled, it was Platinum games just doing the combat portion and Square handling the story?
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Oct 7, 2020 19:36
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ultrafilter posted:How does it handle Scunthorpe? It filters to 'humanity’s greatest sin against God'.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:40
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Cardiovorax posted:Less Square and more Taro Yoko. It's his project, really, and he wrote the entire script. Square, to the best of my knowledge, is really just the publisher. Yeah the square bosses love yt and kind of let him do whatever
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Oct 7, 2020 19:45
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800peepee51doodoo posted:$60 for a broken, unfinished EA game? You can gently caress right off with that poo poo, Larian. People are just cool with paying full price for EA now? https://twitter.com/LarAtLarian/status/1313598859596226563 
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800peepee51doodoo posted:$60 for a broken, unfinished EA game? You can gently caress right off with that poo poo, Larian. People are just cool with paying full price for EA now? I opened up my Steam Activity Feed and nine of my friends had bought it immediately. I haven't seen a same-game blob on my friends list for a long time. I don't get it either, but apparently, yes, people are very okay with it.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:53
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Master_Odin posted:Iron Danger - 5Y4PE-MDXK3-B3IDJ Is it part of a bundle somewhere?
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Xander77 posted:Lurked with zero acknowledgement :/ Current humble choice.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:58
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Codeacious posted:I opened up my Steam Activity Feed and nine of my friends had bought it immediately. I haven't seen a same-game blob on my friends list for a long time. Video games are fuckin weird. I'm trying to imagine, like, a book publisher selling first drafts and outlines or like movie studios selling workprints with no vfx or post production. I get the idea of EA as a funding and testing mechanism, with the trade off being a reduced early-adopter price. I've bought into a few EA games myself. But the idea that the value is seen by a lot of folks as completely independent of the game being complete is honestly a bit mind-boggling to me.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:09
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They knew what they were doing. This is Baldur's Gate, one of the last video game IPs that hasn't been totally wrung of value. They could sell a poop sandwich and it would still sell if it was called Baldur's Gate 3.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:12
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Video games are fuckin weird. I'm trying to imagine, like, a book publisher selling first drafts and outlines or like movie studios selling workprints with no vfx or post production.
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No Wave posted:They knew what they were doing. This is Baldur's Gate, one of the last video game IPs that hasn't been totally wrung of value. They could sell a poop sandwich and it would still sell if it was called Baldur's Gate 3. I thought about this, but the converse isn't true: there are early access games that do incredibly well without being a known IP. What was the MMO everyone was freaking out over a few months ago? New World, right? I still don't know why that one did well but it was undoubtedly a huge EA launch, despite being a totally new thing. I didn't even know it existed until I saw it on the top of the Steam Store.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:16
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The fact that there’s already 25 hours of content in there helps, if it was something where I’d be done with what’s in there in five hours I wouldn’t pay 60 bucks for it and I don’t think most people would either.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:19
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I mean yeah if some author I liked was selling the first draft of his book and was taking feedback on it I would buy it
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Oct 7, 2020 20:19
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I imagine no marketing drone worth their salt wouldn't try improve the chances of the product by slapping a well-known and respected name on top of it if they had the opportunity, even if there's always the possibility of an EA game making it big entirely on its own merits.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:21
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Anyone playing The Solitaire Conspiracy? Looks like a really neat idea
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Oct 7, 2020 20:22
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The Chad Jihad posted:I mean yeah if some author I liked was selling the first draft of his book and was taking feedback on it I would buy it oh no what have i done
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Oct 7, 2020 20:23
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I would not read anything by an author who openly let fans influence their story
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Oct 7, 2020 20:24
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Is the Warhams Inquisitor ARPG any good? It's 70% off at the moment and I've sorta had my eye on it, but for some reason I can't quite bring myself to actually buy it yet.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:28
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Getting to mess around in mechanically dense games before they get properly balanced and tested is fun, imo. I’m gonna buy it anyway, might as well get some extra enjoyment out of tinkering around for the next year or whatever.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:29
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Let me know if I’m stretching here but maybe a lot of people actually do like the games Larian has made recently.
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Oct 7, 2020 20:36
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Zephro posted:Is the Warhams Inquisitor ARPG any good? It's 70% off at the moment and I've sorta had my eye on it, but for some reason I can't quite bring myself to actually buy it yet. Consensus seems to be that the 2.0 updates really improved it and that if you like 40k it's a safe buy. That said, it is supposedly solid, but not incredible. I plan to pick it up after work if you were looking for people to play with.
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Meridian posted:Consensus seems to be that the 2.0 updates really improved it and that if you like 40k it's a safe buy. That said, it is supposedly solid, but not incredible. Played it on PS4 and quite enjoyed it. I will say there are 2 cons i can leverage against it: 1. It is an always online single player game, even on ps4 - which I absolutely hate. But i guess thats life. So if it is on gog, buy it there. I dont think it is. 2. You use a galaxy map to navigate your base to areas/missions. You can "zoom" into/out of locations. There are like 4-5 layers of this. This can get really confusing in terms of where you need to go and what utility all the other locations serve. It is a literal spiderweb and it is way more confusing than it should be. The game does sign post main missions via a purple highlight on locations. ---To clarify, the game is spit into missions and is not open world. You select which mission you want via this map. There are a of (side) missions to choose from for various rewards/difficulties. Additional (more minor) cons: a. There are some vehicle-based missions (i think i remember 2 of these) these are just not good. Luckily, there are not many of them. What i did like: - Classes and sub-classes: there are 3 main classes and a 4th if you have the dlc. Each class has 3 sub-classes. So there is a good amount of variation. These are more directionally focused (the sub-classes) than hard classes as i remember. Your actual abilities are totally dependent on what weapons you are using. - The weapons: There are a lot of different weapons. You can carry 2 and alternate between them. skills have cool-downs are you would expect. Switching resets these. - The actual combat is fun Overall i liked it. It has parts of it that are a bit more opaque than they rightfully should be. But once you understand the (few) systems that are harder than they should be, it is a good time if you like arpgs strategery fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Oct 7, 2020 |
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Zephro posted:Is the Warhams Inquisitor ARPG any good? It's 70% off at the moment and I've sorta had my eye on it, but for some reason I can't quite bring myself to actually buy it yet. I got it free on Xbox and found it tedious and slow. Slow paced combat, no convenient way to sort by gear effects, no clear way to craft gear with desired effects. Since it’s aping diablo skill progression starts off very unsatisfying, and it couldn’t hold my attention to see if it got better. I think I got like 5+ missions in and it was drip feeding the story so slowly that I gave up.
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