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explosivo posted:I hadn't heard of Biomutant before yesterday but I gotta say I love the description of this game. but it's been in development for a few years, it was announced at an E3 before E3 went on covid break
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Looks like Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition just dropped on Steam. If you happen to have an RT capable card, this might be worth installing to check it out. Huh... I have Exodus and according to the Steam news page I should see a separate entry for EE, but I only have the 'base' Exodus.  Can anybody confirm they see a separate "Enhanced Edition" in their library?
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Edmond Dantes posted:Huh... I have Exodus and according to the Steam news page I should see a separate entry for EE, but I only have the 'base' Exodus. Restart your Steam.
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May 6, 2021 18:13
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Sininu posted:Restart your Steam.  
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May 6, 2021 18:17
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lordfrikk posted:What games did it recently? I can't think of any. I can't think of any more recent ones than the Mass Effect series that had both character creation and the ability to bring over a character between games. Outside of Diablo clones and looter shooters I can't really remember a lot of RPGs with that kind of more freeform character building even being released recently, though. The Dragon Age series allowed you to bring along the world state from game to game, but the main character changed every game. It was seemingly more of a 90s RPG thing that Bioware kept alive longer than most developers.
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May 6, 2021 20:12
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Can confirm that I do not regret spending the time or (sale) money on the full Muv-Luv trilogy (as of two-thirds of the way through Alternative), and that you need the full experience. Yes, Extra is ~18 hours of pretty standard schmaltzy harem dating sim in an idyllic setting, but they make FULL use of that... retroactively. All three games are very much following a linear series of events from the protagonist's point of view and even though all the interesting development only starts happening in Unlimited, it's important to have that contrast, and furthermore the events of Extra start becoming more and more important as you go through Alternative. I will say that there are multiple "Namek is going to explode in 5 minutes!" scenarios that end up dragging out over an unbelievable length of time as they suddenly dive into atomic-level granular detail on sci-fi technobabble and/or the motivations, fear, selfishness, trauma, and logical fallacies of the protagonist and people in general. But... sci-fi technobabble aside, some of this is legitimately helping me, just a little bit, to work through some poo poo of my own. It's quite remarkable.
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May 6, 2021 20:22
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lordfrikk posted:What games did it recently? I can't think of any. They even made a very comprehensive in-game history generator if you wanted to generate a character to import without actually playing through the full first game that let you go through almost every choice that carried over into the second game.
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May 6, 2021 20:33
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How is Tales of Vesperia's steam release? I'm reading a lot of reviews that mention controller/stability issues, is it worth grabbing on deep discount or is it another Symphonia-esque hackjob of a port?
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May 6, 2021 21:45
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Omi no Kami posted:How is Tales of Vesperia's steam release? I'm reading a lot of reviews that mention controller/stability issues, is it worth grabbing on deep discount or is it another Symphonia-esque hackjob of a port?
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May 6, 2021 21:53
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For anyone like me who missed out on the last demo, Slipways the space grand strategy/trading game has another demo going from now until the 10th, people seemed pretty into it last time so I'm interested to give it a go.
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May 6, 2021 22:35
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Zathril posted:For anyone like me who missed out on the last demo, Slipways the space grand strategy/trading game has another demo going from now until the 10th, people seemed pretty into it last time so I'm interested to give it a go. Hell yeah that demo was good and chill as gently caress. Looks like this one has some new stuff.
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May 6, 2021 22:47
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BexGu posted:I can't believe I'm both cautiously optimistic on both Biomutant and Necromunda: Hired Gun after the last two gameplay trailers dropped. Both are really looking great with a off beat and weird AA type of game that we don't see that often. I have been keeping an eye on Biomutant for a long time and it's starting to come together. Really looking forward to it.
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Can confirm that I do not regret spending the time or (sale) money on the full Muv-Luv trilogy (as of two-thirds of the way through Alternative), and that you need the full experience. Yes, Extra is ~18 hours of pretty standard schmaltzy harem dating sim in an idyllic setting, but they make FULL use of that... retroactively. All three games are very much following a linear series of events from the protagonist's point of view and even though all the interesting development only starts happening in Unlimited, it's important to have that contrast, and furthermore the events of Extra start becoming more and more important as you go through Alternative. After being blown away by 13 Sentinels I've thought about trying some VN's, and reading stuff like this puts Muv-Luv at the top of the list. But I'm worried that crossing this line will result in the Steam algorithm sentencing me to anime hell.
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May 6, 2021 23:51
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Loop Hero is on sale! Does it have good staying power or was it a FOTM gimmick?
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Question about downloading old versions of steam games: If there's only one depot on steamdb does that mean only that one version can be downloaded?Sloppy posted:Loop Hero is on sale! Does it have good staying power or was it a FOTM gimmick? If you think of it as a puzzle game it's good but as a roguelike, eh. You'll solve it eventually and be unbeatable without truly dire luck.
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May 6, 2021 23:55
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Sloppy posted:Loop Hero is on sale! Does it have good staying power or was it a FOTM gimmick? It’s worth it, it’s not the best thing ever but it’s a lot of fun as long as you don’t go and look up optimized poo poo to trivialize the game.
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May 6, 2021 23:56
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Loop Hero is very much an RNG-driven grind. If you play the demo and wish there was a lot more with a lot more randomness and a lot more grind to reduce that randomness, maybe buy it.
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bees x1000 posted:After being blown away by 13 Sentinels I've thought about trying some VN's, and reading stuff like this puts Muv-Luv at the top of the list. But I'm worried that crossing this line will result in the Steam algorithm sentencing me to anime hell. That's not how Steam recommendations work. And anyway I'd say it's worth it even if it was. Muv-Luv Alternative is you living through a world where the common saying is "make your death count". It's the slow burn story of an idiot trying to find his place in a world like that, a story of growth -- but also of enough twists and political maneuvering and creepy poo poo that it stays interesting throughout the whole thing.
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May 7, 2021 00:03
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K8.0 posted:Loop Hero is very much an RNG-driven grind. If you play the demo and wish there was a lot more with a lot more randomness and a lot more grind to reduce that randomness, maybe buy it. You get enough tools to reduce the RNG factor that it doesn’t feel too random, I can usually tell what bad choice hosed me. It’s definitely a basically solvable game and solving it is most of the fun, hence why I suggested avoided leaning heavily on guides. I had a fun 20 hours or so with it as mostly a podcast game.
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Saoshyant posted:That's not how Steam recommendations work. And anyway I'd say it's worth it even if it was. It kind of is how Steam recommendations work, but it'd be equally likely to sentence you to anime hell for buying the Phoenix Wright trilogy, so
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May 7, 2021 00:12
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Fine, on the wishlist they go.
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May 7, 2021 00:28
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Not sure if you're as confused as I was but to my understanding: There's Muv-Luv, which has two parts (extra and unlimited) after which comes the sequel, Muv-Luv Alternative. Everything else is secondary, and despite being a trilogy there's only two actual games to buy. I... think. They also never go on that deep sale, being like 40% off at best so if they go down to that you might as well get it then.
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it's confusing but that's my understanding as well, I just wishlisted the two games.
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Muv-Luv guide from someone who has read the whole thing from before it was on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/802880/MuvLuv/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/802890/MuvLuv_Alternative/ Buy these two games, they contain the main story in three arcs. Arc 1: Extra. This is a vaguely funny stock standard highschool comedy romance thing. Sets up the main character and his relationships with the various girls, has a variety of silly endings. Arc 2: Unlimited. Originally a secret that you only unlocked by finishing Extra. You're supposed to go "what is this" and read it and be surprised at how it's now military sci-fi. Main character wakes up one day to find himself not in the high school comedy life, but instead in a ruined Japan. He's soon drafted into the military and put through training and stuff...and all the girls he knew from Extra are back, as soldiers who don't know him - except for one girl, his childhood friend. This one is a weird mixture of serious and comedy, and it ends in a weirdly unsatisfying way - the aliens you're fighting? They never show up in this one. It's military sci-fi without the action. Arc 3: Alternative. This is what it's all been building to. Protagonist man wakes up in ruined Tokyo, back at the beginning of Unlimited...except he remembers the events of Unlimited. He's already a hardcore soldier. He gets himself drafted again, prepares to make sure they get a proper ending here, and.... the aliens show up. Cue one hell of a story as major characters fight and die, secrets are uncovered, a dimension is crossed, and you find your missing childhood friend. If you're willing to engage with this series on its level - horny, stupid, anime and cliche as gently caress - it rewards you with badass mecha fights, genuinely emotional moments, tragedy, and more. But be warned that the horny will intrude, especially at a moment in Alternative where it doesn't belong, and goddamnit. Oh, and the mecha pilot suits are horny cling-wrap because the devs were horny.  I think it's worth reading through despite these flaws, but I have a huge anime tolerance and enjoyed basically all of it - except for the lacrosse arc in Extra, which was boring.On the bright side, you're reading the edited actually good version of the translation that made it to steam, and not the clusterfuck I read! Enjoy!
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Acerbatus posted:There's Muv-Luv, which has two parts (extra and unlimited) after which comes the sequel, Muv-Luv Alternative. That's it, yeah. You can skip Extra + Unlimited and still figure out things, but the impact of some events and callbacks in Alternative will be way lessened. Extra while just being a dumb dating VN, it actually got a strong sense of humor playing with your expectations. I enjoyed me time with it because it was wacky as hell. Unlimited, on the other hand, tried to also do this along with the other serious stuff that it's theme felt inconsistent, but the good news is that's it's short and it's the direct prequel to Alternative so you end up jumping to it without much regret. All in all, not a bad way to spend time until the main course.
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So Hardspace Shipbreakers is on sale this weekend. I know it’s still in EA but how’s it coming along?
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Now that people are describing it, I realize I've been confusing Muv-Luv with Gal*Gun.
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Kibayasu posted:So Hardspace Shipbreakers is on sale this weekend. I know it’s still in EA but how’s it coming along? Now is a good time to jump in, since there’s about to be a big content update that’ll be incompatible with old saves.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Now is a good time to jump in, since there’s about to be a big content update that’ll be incompatible with old saves. its out already actually, act 1 of the main story is in now as well.
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The countdown on Steam says RE releases in 2.5 hours, but people are already playing, so I guess it's released.
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Is it REgional?
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I believe it's out in EU/Asia/Oceanic so if you VPN to any of those you can go play it now.
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Oh yeah that's it. It doesn't feel like many big games do that nowadays on PC so I didn't even think about it.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Oh, and the mecha pilot suits are horny cling-wrap because the devs were horny. They take their sweet-rear end time getting around to it and there's only a couple lines to acknowledge it, but the cling-wrap pilot suits are horny for in-universe reasons (unisex military conditioning to train your sense of shame out of you). ...Yeah, it's a lovely excuse for a dumb as hell design decision. At least the sex scenes are removed by default.
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Yeah and Kojima made that naked sniper lady "genetically unable to wear shirts" for in universe reasons too if you write the universe after you write the horny parts, anything can have in-universe explanations
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:Yeah and Kojima made that naked sniper lady "genetically unable to wear shirts" for in universe reasons too What? No. She couldn't wear shirts because she would suffocate. God get your poo poo right.
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I hope you feel ashamed of your words and deeds, RPATDO_LAMD
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MonkeyforaHead posted:They take their sweet-rear end time getting around to it and there's only a couple lines to acknowledge it, but the cling-wrap pilot suits are horny for in-universe reasons (unisex military conditioning to train your sense of shame out of you). As I said, the devs were horny. Which is, it’s fine to be horny but I wish they had owned it instead of that poor excuse.
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