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there's more than one RAGE 2 DLC. i think one of them is ~$15.
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You know how the main game of Rage 2 is extremely satisfying when you are murdering dudes and then extremely tedious in between those moments? What if they fixed that by making the murdering dudes also extremely tedious? That is the DLCs.
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Mar 31, 2021 15:55
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Ciaphas posted:I only learned years later that the labels were referring to what you think about what the interview subject just said, not Cole's response. after that Doubt made more sense, as a bluff-call because you think they're lying but can't prove it (if you could, you'd choose Lie) apparently in the remastered version they did (which is not the PC port for some reason) they changed the Doubt label to "Bad Cop," which makes some sense given that it makes Cole go from like "tell me about the argument, ma'am" to "I KNOW YOU ATE THOSE BOYS, YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME"
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Mar 31, 2021 16:00
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I don't know anything about the game except that one scene where you can browbeat an 8-year old girl whose mother was just murdered, which I think made the whole endeavor worth it.
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Mar 31, 2021 16:01
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Seems like they got their wiki name right.
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Mar 31, 2021 16:02
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Orv posted:What if they fixed that by making the murdering dudes also extremely tedious? That is the DLCs.
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Mar 31, 2021 16:12
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Mordja posted:Haha, oh yeah, how so? In the typical way that most games gently caress it up, honestly. "We've given you an extremely powerful suite of tools, weapons and abilities. Here's our DLC in which basically every new enemy has some way of no-selling your coolest poo poo." The teleporting fuckers were the worst but they all sucked. Granted I was not really into Rage 2 for a challenging experience because while I thought the power fantasy was good, the actual challenge of the encounter design wasn't. So maybe you might find it less annoying and more properly challenging, to be fair. E: I should probably clarify that I feel like "no-selling your coolest poo poo regardless" and "forcing you to use your coolest poo poo in different ways" are different things, Rage 2 does the former. Orv fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Mar 31, 2021 |
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Mar 31, 2021 16:17
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exquisite tea posted:I don't know anything about the game except that one scene where you can browbeat an 8-year old girl whose mother was just murdered, which I think made the whole endeavor worth it. [CW for the implication of child abuse] Here’s the best question Cole can ask in the entire game. https://youtu.be/U1qnRv-fuxQ Bonus, this is one of those accusations you can just throw out there and then retract with no consequences.
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Mar 31, 2021 16:17
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Orv posted:In the typical way that most games gently caress it up, honestly. "We've given you an extremely powerful suite of tools, weapons and abilities. Here's our DLC in which basically every new enemy has some way of no-selling your coolest poo poo."
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Mar 31, 2021 17:03
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Rage 2 DLC, much like yesteryear Ubisoft story DLC it is entirely unrecommendable I feel so you're not really missing anything.
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Mar 31, 2021 17:10
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Blattdorf posted:The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is out now.  It's also... not available for non-Windows platforms, or even standalone purchase. Uh. Alright. e: and they disabled mods again lmfao this is The Worst Update Let me get this straight: this is deliberate? They turned a fan mod into official content, and in the process somehow tied its lore into the previous official DLC or what the gently caress ever so that it's now DLC for their previous DLC which everybody ended up hating, so you have to buy the Bad DLC to be allowed to buy the Good DLC. And then disabled mods again. Nobody let the big publishers get wind of this business model, holy loving poo poo. MonkeyforaHead fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Mar 31, 2021 |
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Mar 31, 2021 17:33
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Hmm, that feels like something that Valve might either slap down or look at with extreme interest depending. Or more likely than anything just let it slide but still, that's pretty poo poo.
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Mar 31, 2021 18:08
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MonkeyforaHead posted:
 But to be fair to McMillen. quote:While reporting this story, we reached out to Edmund McMillen, the creator of Binding of Isaac, who has been working with Nicalis for console ports and remakes of his games since 2012. When informed of the specific allegations against Nicalis that Kotaku planned to report, McMillen said that Rodriguez “wasn’t ever my boss, he’s always just been a publisher of my work” and that he would be halting his plans to work with them on two future games. https://kotaku.com/inside-the-ghosting-racism-and-exploitation-at-game-p-1838068522
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Mar 31, 2021 18:11
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Mods are only disabled temporarily.
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Mar 31, 2021 18:13
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MonkeyforaHead posted:
Not sure if anyone knows this but the publisher, Nicalis, is absolute trash and it's a shame they have this under their umbrella.
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Mar 31, 2021 18:26
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TOOT BOOT posted:Mods are only disabled temporarily. How were BoI mods distributed? Does it use the Workshop?
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Mar 31, 2021 18:48
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Also the AB+ bundle currently has a higher discount so if anyone for some reason wanted to go from 0-100 and throw themselves into the BoI + All DLC meat grinder it'd ostensibly be cheaper to buy this first and then this after.
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Mar 31, 2021 18:57
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So I've been playing Endzone for a while now and I really like it so far. It's mostly very Banished-like, but it has some neat things of its own. The weather system is cool: the weather fluctuates between seasons of rain, dry seasons, and drought seasons. It's neat to watch the environment literally change around you as rainclouds pass by or everything dry out and the ground turn yellow and cracked as a drought gets going. There are technologies that can only be learned by sending out expeditions into pregenerated ruins on the game map, which will then do things like make new types of food or tools available to you. Overall, I would give it a cautious recommendation now that I've put three hours into it, but with a game like this, that is of course only scratching the surface.
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Mar 31, 2021 18:59
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After finishing Rage 2 I realized I don't remember any of it.
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Mar 31, 2021 19:57
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It's for the best.
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Mar 31, 2021 20:03
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MonkeyforaHead posted:
They turned a fan mod into official content, but also added a boatload of stuff on top of it. The Anti-Birth author worked with the team on this, too. The mods are disabled temporarily because they still need to finish out a few things. They'll be back.
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Mar 31, 2021 20:03
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I just started (and finished) "Her Story" today, and it was pretty interesting, and it got me wondering about other similar games. How is Contradiction: Spot the Liar? It's currently on sale at the moment.
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Mar 31, 2021 20:11
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I just started (and finished) "Her Story" today, and it was pretty interesting, and it got me wondering about other similar games. How is Contradiction: Spot the Liar? It's currently on sale at the moment. I suppose the main gimmick - listening to people talk and picking out the contradictions or mistakes - is similar to Her Story but the tone in particular is far, far away from it. Despite the circumstances of the plot its delightfully and deliberately silly but unlike a lot of low budget projects manages to fit into that perfect space between taking its humour too far into annoying and keeping things too serious into comical. Its spurred on by the main character (and some of the other characters) pulling out some of the most amusing faces you'll ever see at the best possible moments during the interviews - as opposed to just doing it all the time that is.
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Mar 31, 2021 20:28
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You might enjoy Infectious Madness Of Dr Dekker. It has a different vibe but is mechanically similar to Her Story (finding correct keywords/phrases to progress). Contradiction is enjoyable as well.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:17
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sad question posted:You might enjoy Infectious Madness Of Dr Dekker. Cardiovorax fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 31, 2021 |
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Mar 31, 2021 21:30
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Contradiction is one of the best FMV games ever made, it's amazing, get it. It's not Her Story at all but it's so good, it would be awesome to go into it again blind.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:35
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sad question posted:You might enjoy Infectious Madness Of Dr Dekker. It has a different vibe but is mechanically similar to Her Story (finding correct keywords/phrases to progress). As someone who recently played through Dekker: god please, watch a longplay of it or something, the gameplay was frustrating to figure out until I got a walkthrough for what to ask. They really whiffed on that one, which is a shame because the concept is lots of fun.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:40
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Weirdly I'm playing through Contradiction right now with some friends over discord, it's very fun and as mentioned above the faces pulled during dialogue are worth seeing. Jenks' chewing of the scenery is delightful, but Paul Darrow playing Captain Disdainful is the star of the show. We've already decided to play Shapeshifting Detective next, but Her Story and possibly Late Shift are on the block at some point too.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:53
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It's the bane of many a text parser game - not enough depth. Doctor Dekker is definitely one of those - the premise is great and there's a variety of interesting characters, but getting the game to understand your input is painful. Contradiction is good.
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Mar 31, 2021 21:58
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Palpek posted:Contradiction is one of the best FMV games ever made, it's amazing, get it. It's not Her Story at all but it's so good, it would be awesome to go into it again blind. How long of a game is it? I liked Her Story because it was pretty quick but fell off Telling Lies because it was way too long, especially when there's 8 minute clips you have to watch twice because you only get one side of the conversation at once, and then it turns out 90% of the other side of the "conversation" is a small child just staring into camera not saying anything while her dad tells her a bedtime story
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Mar 31, 2021 21:59
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Contradiction is a detective game but it's much more a straightforward FMV 'adventure' than Her Story and Telling Lies. Those two rely on you forensically going over every piece of content to find keywords, but Contradiction has you interviewing suspects and conducting an investigation by exploring and finding hard evidence, then figuring out lies. I'd say it is somewhere under 10 hours to get through.
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Mar 31, 2021 22:13
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Lone Goat posted:How long of a game is it? I liked Her Story because it was pretty quick but fell off Telling Lies because it was way too long, especially when there's 8 minute clips you have to watch twice because you only get one side of the conversation at once, and then it turns out 90% of the other side of the "conversation" is a small child just staring into camera not saying anything while her dad tells her a bedtime story Depending on how well you spot the liars I feel its probably about 4 or 5 hours? A lot of that is of course watching the videos.
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Mar 31, 2021 22:15
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sad question posted:You might enjoy Infectious Madness Of Dr Dekker. It has a different vibe but is mechanically similar to Her Story (finding correct keywords/phrases to progress). Okay, that one looks interesting too... but given the warnings below, I'll probably hold off on that one. Actually... I think Jesse Cox or Dodger did a longplay of that. I might check that one out. ErrEff posted:Contradiction is a detective game but it's much more a straightforward FMV 'adventure' than Her Story and Telling Lies. Those two rely on you forensically going over every piece of content to find keywords, but Contradiction has you interviewing suspects and conducting an investigation by exploring and finding hard evidence, then figuring out lies. That definitely makes Contradiction more interesting. Her Story was fine, but I found out the big twist very early (just 12 searches!) by trying to ask about the victim or suspect's friends, and that keyword led me to something, and following that thing led me to another thing.
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Mar 31, 2021 22:30
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MonkeyforaHead posted:
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Mar 31, 2021 22:32
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:That definitely makes Contradiction more interesting. Her Story was fine, but I found out the big twist very early (just 12 searches!) by trying to ask about the victim or suspect's friends, and that keyword led me to something, and following that thing led me to another thing. My then-girlfriend basically that out in 4 moves, she looked at me and said "is that it"? I told her normally it lasts longer.
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Mar 31, 2021 22:40
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Also the AB+ bundle currently has a higher discount so if anyone for some reason wanted to go from 0-100 and throw themselves into the BoI + All DLC meat grinder it'd ostensibly be cheaper to buy this first and then this after. So Base game:7.49/14.99 -50% off Afterbirth DLC 5.49/10.99 -50% off Afterbirth+ (can't buy alone) 4.99/9.99 -50% off The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Bundle [contains all of the above, and is completable] priced at whatever missing pieces of the above add up to. Listed at 50% off since all the pieces are 50% off. There's no additional discount. So if you own nothing it's 7.49+5.49+4.99=17.97/35.97=50% The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Complete Bundle [contains the above, plus the new 14.99 DLC] priced at the sum of the missing pieces, will say less than 50% off since new DLC is not discounted. So if you own nothing it's 17.97(as above)+14.99= 32.96/50.96 (35% off) but it's the same actual amount of money as chaining purchases.
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Mar 31, 2021 22:53
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I just started (and finished) "Her Story" today, and it was pretty interesting, and it got me wondering about other similar games. How is Contradiction: Spot the Liar? It's currently on sale at the moment. I was about to go "holy poo poo!" because it's literally the first time since its release 5 years ago that it's gone on sale but lol they just bumped the base price up and it's the same cost as before
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Mar 31, 2021 22:59
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Pointing out that Hard West and its DLC can be got for less than 5bux. It's XCOM in the Old West. I've only played the first scenario (groupings of about 10 missions) and just started the 2nd, but so far it's all right. Not as polished as 2012 XCOM, even a little janky in places, but it brings enough new stuff to the table to be enjoyable for fans of turn- and grid-based tacticool combat. You can equip 2 weapons, 2 consumable and one 'totem' (armor) on each character, most of which has direct comparisons to XCOM soldier loadouts, but one new thing is a resource called Luck that gets consumed when a shot misses you, refilled when you get hit, and is uses as MP for a lot of your special abilities. Also you can collect and equip playing cards for additional bonuses, and if you build a poker hand with them (2 of a kind, straight, etc) you get a bonus bonus. Instead of base management, there's an overworld map and you just click around on FTL-style nodes and pick options from a text menu, mostly about mining for gold but also some story things like finding extra gear or choosing to help or rob people you meet. Also various shops and stuff to buy gear and consumables. Also Kingdom Hearts isn't that hard to follow if you know a little bit about Campbell's Hero's Journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwEwxKkCGJE
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Mar 31, 2021 23:35
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You know, I just realized that it's pretty funny when Steam asks me if I want to recommend a game I have 'played' for 2100+ hours (EU4). Although to be fair, I have often let the game sit paused in the background for days at a time while playing a bit here and there. I don't really bother with the recommendations and stuff, but you'd think that after a certain threshold of hours that steam would just assume you'd recommend a game.
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Astroneer got a big update today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1mV616rvpU New mission system  New, bigger power systems    And a smaller one (QT RTG, to the left) that can either be found or rewarded from certain missions  And the feature that I'm most excited about : a COMPASS!!! no more getting lost on long exploratory journeys  Power production and usage was also thoroughly revamped, with higher power production but also much higher usage depending on the industry. Check the update link for more details. Cross posted to the dedicated Astroneer thread. e. goddamnit, should've waited for 1 more post. ah well, suppose it doesn't really matter Ambaire fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Apr 1, 2021 |
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