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ketchup vs catsup posted:HTLB says Setsuna is 20-25 hours
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anakha posted:> Disgaea 5 Complete (I read that the Steam version is missing some content compared to other platforms - am I better off getting the Switch or PS4 versions instead? Content wise it's the same between all three, I think the map editor might have gone AWOL in Complete but it was useless garbage anyway
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Wrapped up the last Control DLC, not really impressed, ended up with ~30 hours to beat the game while doing almost all side missions. Overall after having time to think back Control: 8/10, maybe 9/10 if you've got it running at max graphics Foundation: 6/10, lacks a lot of what made the base game good, no interesting puzzles or ideas, fairly boring level design, plus just a bunch more random unexplained poo poo AWE: 10/10 for me because I loved Alan Wake, probably 7/10 on its own without the nostalgia factor. Good deal in general, especially in a year or 2 when more people have ray-tracing GPUs. This game is all about presentation and atmosphere.
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Jan 2, 2021 09:07
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John Murdoch posted:Someone casually putting a slur in a game and then deciding after the fact that maybe it was a bad idea (conveniently after being called out on it) isn't a great look, gently caress authenticity. Proceeding to try and play rhetorical chess with that "are you offended, or are you worried someone else might be offended It's kind of rude, but it's like the equivalent of calling an irishman a Mick, lol. it's a common muslim surname, not an inherently derogatory word. Personally, I don't really want to play a game set in the ongoing imperialist US actions in the middle east, but the line in the sand for me is not whether or not the game uses Bad Words
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Jan 2, 2021 09:16
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" poo poo is an extremely bad look.
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MarcusSA posted:If you read through the whole thread he explains it better. Said explanation, while comparatively less horrible than all of the "triggered much, snowflake?" replies surrounding it still kicks off with quote:I don't care for political correctness and "SJ" And the explanation still boils down to "the slur itself wasn't the problem, it's that I used the slur in the wrong context". Except he then goes on to claim the game is supposed to be a pastiche of Iraq war stuff, not an actual historical setting. So why exactly is it so critical to strive for authenticity in this very specific way?  YMMV I guess but I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
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Jan 2, 2021 09:18
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goferchan posted:not an inherently derogatory word. quote:how is that a racial slur when you're killing terrorists LOL
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Jan 2, 2021 09:24
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 Well, I have just broken this game completely in half over my knee. (Yes, those are tokens.)
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Jan 2, 2021 10:14
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I'm probably going to pick up Desperados III at some point just because I liked Shadow Tactics, but I heard it's really short... is this more of a $9.99 game than a $24.99 game?
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Jan 2, 2021 10:56
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anakha posted:> Darkest Dungeon (If this is as big a grindfest as some reviews make it out to be, I have no issues leaving it off my buy list) Its not too bad, ive played through it for the first time here this christmas and I feel like progression is pretty fast, but then I havent started losing dudes yet.
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Progression through early levels is decent, a chore at higher levels, and then all progress grinds to a halt once you start working through the Darkest Dungeon itself.
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Jan 2, 2021 10:59
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Omi no Kami posted:I'm probably going to pick up Desperados III at some point just because I liked Shadow Tactics, but I heard it's really short... is this more of a $9.99 game than a $24.99 game? Do so, it's really good. The campaign is a longer than shadow tactics.
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Jan 2, 2021 11:05
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Yeah, I'd say Darkest Dungeon is worth it for the atmosphere and wonderful visual and sound design but you should stop when it's not fun any more. And do not start your first game with the Crimson Court DLC enabled. It'll eat you.
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Jan 2, 2021 11:06
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anakha posted:I'm looking at the following RPGs currently on sale. Are there any here that you guys have tried and disliked? quote:> Wasteland 2 (I read some complaints about how linear it is, which I'm not sure is an issue for me since I like Final Fantasy games Copy pasted some of my bitching here
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Jan 2, 2021 11:07
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I just stare at the list of things on sale and scroll.
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Jan 2, 2021 11:08
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Somewhat related, there are too many devs/publishers with bad apples, bad attitudes (edgelording especially or  ), bad crunches, or uh... straight-up sexual harassment/assault. My personal boycott list keeps growing, but man, these issues are just wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidespread.- Unrelated: art of rally is nom nom  Norman-Fetus 
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Jan 2, 2021 11:10
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Okay cool, thanks guys! And re: Darkest Dungeon, yeah... the first 5-10 hours were really fun for me, but the grind is definitely real. There are a ton of situations where you can lose a party member really quickly in a way that doesn't feel like your fault, and a lot of higher-level dungeons feel RNG-heavy in the sense that the same party with the same gear can have a perfect run and a total party kill back to back in the same area. It also hits some roadblocks when you start losing guys, because balanced 4-character parties are essential, and if you lose your only level 5 healer you've basically gotta recruit a new party from scratch and grind them up from 1-5 all over again. Except now you've got seven melee guys and one healer... I enjoyed it a lot, and think it's probably worth playing, but gently caress did I find it frustrating, and a lot of that frustration came from features that felt like they were intentionally engineered to be hard instead of fun. If you do get it, I would make sure to set difficulty as low as possible- "difficulty" in DD basically just means "amount of grind," and a lot of the stuff that turned me off gets significantly more manageable on easy.
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Jamfrost posted:Somewhat related, there are too many devs/publishers with bad apples, bad attitudes (edgelording especially or That would be a good list to publish with like a sentence or two about why. Obviously the big poo poo like Ubisoft is an obvious one but a running list like the devs for Doorkickers, Brigador, etc. anything where major parties are scum human beings. Also the ones where the owners gently caress over their staff like Chucklefish Games.
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Jan 2, 2021 11:31
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pentyne posted:That would be a good list to publish with like a sentence or two about why. Yeah, we have the major ones, and then some smaller scale stuff. I barely remember something with Skullgirls and then the person in question issued an apology afterwards. Some of these issues are hard to summarize without the person having prior knowledge. If it has a running list, it might need its own thread. Do we already have a thread? If not, anyone feel free to send me PMs with supporting documentation/links for the dev/publisher and I'll start compiling and formatting. I'd present information as objectively as possible and let the reader decide on what they want to do. 
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Jan 2, 2021 12:16
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The entirety of Lab Zero basically imploded over reams and reams of accusations that the owner, Mike Zaimont, was an abusive and creepy boss. A bunch of people left then Mike fired the remainder in retaliation. This means no further development on Indivisible while other teams seem to be working on Skullgirls, as the IP owner of the latter and the publishers of both have publicly cut ties with Mike Z.
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Jan 2, 2021 12:31
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Bought Control to try it out and it seems like an awesome game, albeit one that's extremely crash happy. I think I had like 15+ crashes in 107 minutes of playtime despite trying all the solutions I could find.. ended up refunding it. Shame. I don't get why every other game I've tried in the past couple years has basically never crashed once, and yet this one is crash incarnate.
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Jan 2, 2021 12:55
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anakha posted:> Child of Light (Some negative reviews say there are launcher issues - have you guys experienced this?) Unless they’ve come up since it was new, no issues with launch for me. The only thing people can find objectionable about Child of Light is that the rhyming dialogue is kind of there? It’s cutesy, doesn’t exist for any other reason really. Also the combat even at its hardest is a bit simple but it’s not trying to be anything complicated.
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Control is pretty cool and one of Remedy's best. I went into this slightly apprehensive, but it won me over big time.
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Jan 2, 2021 13:23
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Ambaire posted:Bought Control to try it out and it seems like an awesome game, albeit one that's extremely crash happy. I think I had like 15+ crashes in 107 minutes of playtime despite trying all the solutions I could find.. ended up refunding it. Shame. I don't get why every other game I've tried in the past couple years has basically never crashed once, and yet this one is crash incarnate. What’s your computer like? I never had any crashes and never really heard about anyone else having crashes. Do you have an AMD GPU?
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Kibayasu posted:Unless they’ve come up since it was new, no issues with launch for me. The only thing people can find objectionable about Child of Light is that the rhyming dialogue is kind of there? It’s cutesy, doesn’t exist for any other reason really. Also the combat even at its hardest is a bit simple but it’s not trying to be anything complicated. I haven't found the dialogue that bad. Sure, it exists... but it's not like, bad. It's also a very pretty game, imo. I enjoyed my playthrough of it.
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Jan 2, 2021 13:38
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The rhymes in Child of Light are pretty corny but I found them endearing. The soundtrack is really amazing too, one of my all-time favorites for a video game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byz6960tWxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca-AVxC4838
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exquisite tea posted:The rhymes in Child of Light are pretty corny but I found them endearing. The soundtrack is really amazing too, one of my all-time favorites for a video game. It's probably cheesy but I legitimately enjoyed just watching the MC's hair flow in the wind sometimes, too. It's nicely animated and the art style makes it look so good.
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Omi no Kami posted:I'm probably going to pick up Desperados III at some point just because I liked Shadow Tactics, but I heard it's really short... is this more of a $9.99 game than a $24.99 game? you can get the game plus DLC for $20 on Epic and basically split the difference, it's worth it, I think
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The rhyming dialogue in Child of Light was supposedly better in the original French before being translated, or so I heard. I honestly didn't mind it. The story was endearing, the graphical style picture book gorgeous, and the music something beautiful you won't forget any time soon. I highly recommend it.
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Jan 2, 2021 15:12
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Bought Unavowed and I'm hooked already
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Jan 2, 2021 15:19
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Play darkest dungeon in Bright mode! It feels maybe a little too fast early on before you realize how drat long the game is, but once the real grind kicks in its saving you dozens amd dozens of hours
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I didn't get far into child of light. Just seemed pretty samey and boring.
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anakha posted:> Child of Light (Some negative reviews say there are launcher issues - have you guys experienced this?) I really liked this one but the rhyming dialogue definitely grates. It can get a little bit grindy towards the end, but that's nothing exceptional for the genre. e: The DLC is mostly extra consumables, but the extra abilities for the main character are pretty useful. The Golem is useful enough early on to be worth it IMO but not that helpful in the late game. ultrafilter fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jan 2, 2021 |
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Suburban Dad posted:I didn't get far into child of light. Just seemed pretty samey and boring. Same. Pretty generic JRPG combat and the story wasn't interesting.
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I was pruning my wishlist last night, and it struck me as weird that with at least some delisted games (Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition in this case) you can just... pop over to a site like CDKeys and drop 2 bucks on a key, and it activates just fine. Wonder how many others are like that.
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Artelier posted:Bought Unavowed and I'm hooked already
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Question about humble bundle. I bought in to grab Pathologic 2. I don't want a monthly subscription. I was going to just cancel now but I notice my next bill date is actually the end of February. Will I get to choose games in February as well and cancel before the pay date comes up? I only paid 12 bucks so I thought I would only get one months worth of games? Also any advice on things I should know about before starting Pathologic 2? I did not play the first one.
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Cross-Section posted:I was pruning my wishlist last night, and it struck me as weird that with at least some delisted games (Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition in this case) you can just... pop over to a site like CDKeys and drop 2 bucks on a key, and it activates just fine. Wonder how many others are like that.
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