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Playing Blood again on lightly broiled and just got through episode 2. That was definitely way easier than 1.
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SeANMcBAY posted:Playing Blood again on lightly broiled and just got through episode 2. That was definitely way easier than 1. Blood's difficulty is very front-loaded, yeah. Even on Extra Crispy I found the game pretty manageable (albiet with a lot of quicksaving) in the later episodes.
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Nov 9, 2020 02:19
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One of the expansions gives you an insane amount of Napalm too.
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Nov 9, 2020 02:28
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A few days late butSeANMcBAY posted:Is Duke 1 and 2 worth checking out or they just lovely dos platformers like the rest? I admit that I haven't really stuck with either game to see them to completion, though I wouldn't exactly blame them on the quality of the games themselves. Well, okay, DN1 can get a bit samey, but it's very polished otherwise!
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The endless deluge of Quake map releases continues, with the Speedmap Snack Pack bringing along 16 new Copper maps made in a 24 hour stretch.
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Nov 9, 2020 08:13
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Are speed map packs ever any good? I’ve always avoided because, to me, “making a level in a short period of time” as a design rule seems like it would really limit the quality of a map. Is that just me? Should I give them a whack?
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Nov 9, 2020 08:55
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It's a mixed bag. But often you'll find that quite a few very experienced Quake mappers get involved in speed jams because the enjoy the opportunity to experiment beyond their usual expressions. Restriction breeds creativity — so you may well find some interesting poo poo in there.
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Nov 9, 2020 10:23
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chaosapiant posted:Are speed map packs ever any good? I’ve always avoided because, to me, “making a level in a short period of time” as a design rule seems like it would really limit the quality of a map. Give it a try, don’t expect consistent quality. When it comes to Quake I personally kind of prefer a coffee break sized level to an hour long labyrinth with 30 secrets even if the latter is more technically impressive.
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Nov 9, 2020 12:43
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Sounds like I'll go ahead and pick up Prodeus. Speaking of, it's the 9th, why isn't it available on the store yetttttttttttttttttttttttt 
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Nov 9, 2020 15:08
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If Quake mappers want me to stop looking for secrets under elevators they're going to have to stop putting them there. 
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Nov 9, 2020 15:23
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Pyrolocutus posted:Sounds like I'll go ahead and pick up Prodeus. Speaking of, it's the 9th, why isn't it available on the store yetttttttttttttttttttttttt 10AM PT friend. Sooooooon
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https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1325800422645276673 And thus the bulk of the work concludes, pending any "surprise we're adding Halo 5" announcements that I'm not expecting. Next up is a buncha patching I guess.
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Shadow Hog posted:https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1325800422645276673
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Nov 9, 2020 17:41
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Heretic e4m9 status: Had to look up a walkthrough to find a door-disguised-as-wall in a dark sector of the map in order to progress with the map. I hate this place.
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Nov 9, 2020 18:28
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Groovelord Neato posted:Had no clue that was being done in GameMaker I had assumed Unity. This is nuts. Maybe it has something to do with NB porting everything to consoles and it's worth the delay for the extra sales for them but if I was programming this game I would be dropping a radio in my bathtub right now. I guess it's guaranteed work if you're getting paid. I don't get why GameMaker and Godot are looked at as toys and Unity and Unreal are the only acceptable engines... caleb fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Nov 9, 2020 18:59
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caleb posted:This is nuts. Maybe it has something to do with NB porting everything to consoles and it's worth the delay for the extra sales for them but if I was programming this game I would be dropping a radio in my bathtub right now. I guess it's guaranteed work if you're getting paid.  ) and other devs can chip in as needed.
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Nov 9, 2020 19:04
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Opening stages of Prodeus is fun so far, but I hope I'm not missing out on anything with the apparent lack of subtitles. Also it's kinda silly that you have to hold down two buttons to flurry of punches rather than just one.
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caleb posted:This is nuts. Maybe it has something to do with NB porting everything to consoles and it's worth the delay for the extra sales for them but if I was programming this game I would be dropping a radio in my bathtub right now. I guess it's guaranteed work if you're getting paid. Unity used to be seen as a toy too. Game Maker's gotten a little bit of a better rep than it used to, and Godot I think just isn't well-known enough, but you're right that they're generally seen as "less" than Unreal and Unity
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It's more that if you wanted to make an FPS Unity was the way to go (it's why I've been messing around with it for awhile). It's had visual scripting add-ons for awhile and they've since integrated their own visual scripting into Unity itself which is a godsend for the non to barely programmers like myself. My reaction wasn't in thinking GM was a joke it's that it's a 2D game maker in my mind.
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Angry_Ed posted:Unity used to be seen as a toy too. Game Maker's gotten a little bit of a better rep than it used to, and Godot I think just isn't well-known enough, but you're right that they're generally seen as "less" than Unreal and Unity Between Spelunky, Hyperlight Drifter, Hotline Miami and Post Void I think it's been proven you can make professional stuff with GM that makes an impact. I hate to see it looked down on because I use it and don't know C at all beyond messing with Quake things. I should probably step up my game and learn a real language though.
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Unity and Unreal just come with a guarantee of support for all platforms for the future, they're "industry standard" because a lot of the industry uses them.
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caleb posted:Between Spelunky, Hyperlight Drifter, Hotline Miami and Post Void I think it's been proven you can make professional stuff with GM that makes an impact Spelunky did switch to a bespoke engine for the HD remake and sequel though, and Hotline Miami was rebuilt on PhyreEngine for the console ports
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also GM has a relatively specific wheelhouse (2D games) and, while you can make a Doom-style FPS with it technically, it's pretty much guaranteed to be extremely jank e: like, I'm not gonna dog on Game Maker as a piece of software, it's good poo poo and for particular types of games you can make something really good with it (see: Hotline Miami, Undertale). but there's a lot of stuff that's just not in its wheelhouse, and even if you can technically pull it off you're gonna have a bad time trying. so I think NB made absolutely the right call here, because Unity is just straight-up better built for what this game is trying to do. WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:If Quake mappers want me to stop looking for secrets under elevators they're going to have to stop putting them there. I know right??
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Not that I'm buying it until it's 1.0, but is there more to Prodeus than what was in the beta?
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Hold on, is there no mid-level save in Prodeus? You have to finish the whole level or start from the beginning?
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Mordja posted:Not that I'm buying it until it's 1.0, but is there more to Prodeus than what was in the beta? The beta was just like one level wasn't it? The EA release has a bunch of levels (idk how many exactly) Pyrolocutus posted:Hold on, is there no mid-level save in Prodeus? You have to finish the whole level or start from the beginning? Do the checkpoints not persist if you quit out?
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It appears that there is supposed to currently be "3-5 hours" worth of content in Prodeus, according to the developers.
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MMF Freeway posted:The beta was just like one level wasn't it? The EA release has a bunch of levels (idk how many exactly) I'll have to double check but I didn't start from the checkpoint when I restarted last time.
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So I had a chance to play again, selecting Continue. It spat me out at the beginning of the level, I think 1-2 checkpoints behind? And I only had my fists rather than the weapons/ammo I had built up? If this is meant to be a playthrough in one go per level thing, I'm sure other people enjoy that but it really should have been made more obvious on the store page, I thought it would have regular saves so I could check in and check out as I wanted. Unless I'm missing something, I'll probably refund it in the next day or so.
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Played a good bit of Prodeus now and I think all my problems with it can be summed up in: I want more options. Maybe I've been spoiled from playing too much Doom lately, with its extreme customizability these days, but there are just a bunch of little things that I wish I could tweak. I want to turn the blood down by like half, I want the automap to be more clean/simple with colored doors highlighted, I want a kill/secret counter and I want health to be on the left and armor/ammo on the right damnit! Holding down both mouse buttons to punch is dumb, the crosshair is too big, and using the scroll wheel for weapon select doesn't wrap around (if you're at the end of the list scrolling that way does nothing). And yeah while the saving system doesn't personally bother me I don't see much reason why there couldn't be an option for normal saving. Not to come down too hard on it though because it really is quite solid and I like it a lot, plus its still EA afterall and there's a decent amount of content to play already..Ataraxia. posted:I've enjoyed it for sure, but I don't think there was enough in the beta to make a proper judgement call. We really only got one Campaign map and it felt like it is definitely an early map in the campaign. I'm still getting it day one, but that's because I enjoy making maps for it a lot. I played your map and it was a lot of fun! A notch above the early campaign levels difficulty wise as well which was nice (I played on the recommended Hard). Maybe ease up on the "use this console, opps it broke" style ambushes in subsequent maps though 
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I only played the first 2 levels of Prodeus but I really enjoy the style and feel so far. I love how ridiculously violent it is. I'm not sure if it'll get stale eventually but first impressions are strong and I'll probably double dip on Switch. SeANMcBAY fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Nov 10, 2020 |
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Prodeus is such a mishmash of vaguely-retro stuff that never actually coexisted together in reality that I have a hard time getting into it because it is not cohesive at all edit: though it looks like you can turn most of that stuff off to make it look like a normal game... edit 2: the blood is stupid in a good and hilarious way BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 07:49 on Nov 10, 2020 |
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Like I said earlier, it looks like a fake video game that you’d see someone play on a tv show 10-15 years ago and I appreciate that.
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Played a bit of Prodeus, the first 4-5 missions, thoughts: -The faux retro style is more natural in game than it is in videos, plays naturally -The blood/explosions really cover the screen in a bad way -Overall, the aesthetic works quite well. This is aided by lots of mood lighting, atmosphere, and (so far) good level layouts -The game is like an object lesson in why reloading isn't fun. -->The shotun/akimbo smgs are much less fun with huge artificial gaps in the shooting. -->Conversely the chain gun and rocket launcher are super fun, and have intrinsic 'reloads' (spinup, long time between shots). Funny that. -->The lightning gun's reload is fine, because it's super fast, doubly so since a single clip can flatten an entire screen twice over. -A few other cardinal sins: The pistol is doom-level worthless/obsolete (why?!), and the shotgun's alt-fire is 'too good' in that it's absurdly ammo efficient and universally applicable at all ranges. Using it slows the game down and is bad. -A pet peeve, but that shotgun looks like a SMG I swear. -Enemy variety was baseline acceptable, but that's probably because of early game and EA issues. Overall I had fun and it's worth keeping an eye on, but I do hope they take a serious look at the basic shooting loop before leaving EA. Probably not, though.
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Behold, Ar Lumiae, a GARGANTUAN GZDoom map that was started for Mapwich 2 and grew too big to handle.
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My first thought was ‘but the maps in mapwich 2 were already tediously long in the back half’ and then I saw the estimated completion time of 6-8 hours. Not really sure if any map could sustain itself for half that time. Even the new sunder maps start to wear out their welcome around the two hour mark
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Not to mention the performance limitations of such a big map with ZDoom, ouch.
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