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david_a posted:People also pointed out to him that the pistol renderings he showed made absolutely no sense if you understood how firearms function but he refused to budge on that. Good for him
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Jun 29, 2021 13:50
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The more inaccurate firearms are in games the stronger I become.
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Jun 29, 2021 14:18
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Put those old Hyper shitpost reloads in a game unironically imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmIlogViPes
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Yep, this is a thing. Or was going to be a thing. I was going to do a video about it at some point, so I'll just copy-paste some history from the script I was writing for that.quote:California-based Lazer-Tron, aside from being a fun thing to say, announced a collaboration with Opus Entertainment in the UK and Texas-based LBE Systems to bring PC games to sticky arcade floors as the Lazer-Tron Arcade PC System. Conversion kits for pre-existing cabinets were produced, but the real deal was equipped with a 233mhz MMX Pentium 2 processor, a Quantum3D Obsidian "Heavy Metal" GPU providing Glide graphics, a custom Quantum3D-manufacured I/O card for interfacing with arcade controls, a chunky 27-inch monitor running at 640x480, Windows 95 and a security dongle for the parallel port to prevent piracy. A number of games were announced as coming to the platform on a monthly basis, including Jazz Jackrabbit, Monster Truck Madness and Carmageddon, but only two were announced as part of the initial launch: Gremlin Interactive's Actua Soccer, which I'm not entirely convinced actually reached arcade floors, and Quake. Right then, where was I... repiv posted:Put those old Hyper shitpost reloads in a game unironically imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycrDNiugA0 In other news: VR dancin' https://twitter.com/NightdiveStudio/status/1408845175653244928 In other other news, the Kickstarter for the First Person Shooter documentary has gone up. I was pretty skeptical of this when it was first announced, but Richard Moss is involved and his Secret History of Mac Gaming book is really good, so I'm intrigued. Not quite intrigued enough to drop fifty kangaroo bucks on it yet, though, but that's already a fairly impressive lineup...
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Nightdive's been radio silent on the System Shock remake for a lil while now, I hope it's just because they're in the final stretch  Yes I'm aware I'm a colossal dingbat for holding out hope that it'll be out soon LEAVE ME ALONE.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Nightdive's been radio silent on the System Shock remake for a lil while now, I hope it's just because they're in the final stretch Or the source code for the game became self-aware and slaughtered everyone in the studio.
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Jun 29, 2021 20:16
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repiv posted:Put those old Hyper shitpost reloads in a game unironically imo
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Jun 29, 2021 20:48
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Vakal posted:Or the source code for the game became self-aware and slaughtered everyone in the studio. Just before I die from severe blood loss and physical trauma after battling a Cortex Reaver stalking the halls of Nightdive I scrawl "REMEMBER KICKSTARTER" in my own blood and then fall face first into a pile of my own entrails.
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Jun 29, 2021 21:41
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   Extremely cool new quake release today: Reliquary, a rebalance mod and set of two particularly challenging maps. It's based on copper with a bunch of interesting weapon tweaks to make the player a bit more powerful: The single shotgun has been replaced with a pistol that fires faster and has a tighter choke. The axe does knockback and deals double damage, so you can use it to bully ogres and death knights. Most interestingly, the double barrel shotgun has been replaced with the triple-barrel widowmaker shotgun from AD, but with a lengthy cycle time between shots. It feels a bit lot like doom's SSG and can down a shambler in 5 shots. There's also some tweaks to make the nailgun and explosive weapons a tad more powerful to bring them in line with everything else. Despite this, the maps are difficult and contain lots of encounters that require some thought and target prioritisation to defuse safely. Ammo and health are balanced on a bit of a knife edge on the higher difficulties and you'll really get bullied about, but the levels are short and monster count low, so it's a lot of fun to keep grinding away for a victory. I hope more maps come out soon.
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Jun 29, 2021 22:12
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Another indie boomer shooter for the watch list https://twitter.com/dunwoody_byron/status/1361399004676898816?s=20 Makes me think of half-life with some more quake thrown in.
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I bought the original HL1. It’ll be interesting going through it after playing Black Mesa. I haven’t played it since it was new. I’ll post thoughts here when I’m done.
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Jun 30, 2021 06:11
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SeANMcBAY posted:I bought the original HL1. It’ll be interesting going through it after playing Black Mesa. I haven’t played it since it was new. https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-mmod There's a pretty slick looking effects/weapons enhancement mod coming out relatively soon too.
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Jun 30, 2021 07:43
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Zaphod42 posted:Another indie boomer shooter for the watch list Scenarios and weapons are Half-life-ish yeah, but on the other hand the action is clearly faster.
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Jun 30, 2021 08:25
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SeANMcBAY posted:I bought the original HL1. It’ll be interesting going through it after playing Black Mesa. I haven’t played it since it was new. Me and some friends played Sven Coop recently and it's a pretty good time, if you want a different way to experience it. Kills the sense of isolation of the base game though.
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https://twitter.com/matteusbeus/status/1409821415512047624 Neat!
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Jun 30, 2021 23:22
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That’s really impressive. I would have got a 32X if it got this kind of performance back then.
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Jun 30, 2021 23:26
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The author of Delta Touch has just released the first beta of Raze Touch, if playing BUILD engine games on your phone is something that interests you. Apparently this one will be completely free and not a paid Google Play app like his other projects, which is nice.
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Any noteworthy old school style FPS on the Steam Sale? I've got Amid Evil (finished) and Dusk (probably can finish difficulty-wise but that uncanny valley face monster thing introduced in chapter 3 is too scary for me). I've got Prodeus and Ultrakill wishlisted already, both look excellent but I am just waiting for them to cook a bit more in the oven as I hear they're very short. Not sure what else is there that's worth it. I see Hard Reset is very cheap, but also looks very slow...
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Jul 1, 2021 14:38
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Artelier posted:Any noteworthy old school style FPS on the Steam Sale? I've got Amid Evil (finished) and Dusk (probably can finish difficulty-wise but that uncanny valley face monster thing introduced in chapter 3 is too scary for me). blood: fresh supply, cruelty squad, black mesa, project warlock, post void
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Artelier posted:Not sure what else is there that's worth it. I see Hard Reset is very cheap, but also looks very slow... S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is amazing and there are mods which is a huge plus. I'm replaying it right now and I'm hooked again. There's a thread in Games that does a good job of explaining it in the op. Cruelty Squad owns and is GOTY for me. Great mission design. E: stalker thread caleb fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Jul 1, 2021 |
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Artelier posted:Any noteworthy old school style FPS on the Steam Sale? I've got Amid Evil (finished) and Dusk (probably can finish difficulty-wise but that uncanny valley face monster thing introduced in chapter 3 is too scary for me). Overload. Very pretty, somewhat mind-bending Descent clone Wrath is also good, but still only early access with not much content Also if you like Source shooters and/or cyberpunk type stuff, try E.Y.E. or G-String. Both very odd games in different ways, both can be fun, E.Y.E. is more about crazy nonstop action and shooting/psionic rampage, G-String is more about atmosphere/story skasion fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Jul 1, 2021 |
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Cruelty Squad is giving me flashbacks to playing Deus Ex and Rainbow Six back in the day. It's such a unique thing on it's own but somehow it manages to tickle my nostalgia in ways other games that are more directly derivative of the classics don't.
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HROT only has one chapter out so far but it's another game to keep an eye on
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Jul 1, 2021 17:53
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koren posted:
this is cool. i like the super shotgun change. i was able to clear map 1 on hard first try but it says the difficulty settings were changed so isn’t if that’s actually the “”hard” difficulty.
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Jul 1, 2021 19:33
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Johnny Joestar posted:HROT only has one chapter out so far but it's another game to keep an eye on I love HROT's visuals but they desperately need to get someone on the sound design, everything sounds so weak
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Jul 1, 2021 20:21
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treat posted:Cruelty Squad is giving me flashbacks to playing Deus Ex and Rainbow Six back in the day. It's such a unique thing on it's own but somehow it manages to tickle my nostalgia in ways other games that are more directly derivative of the classics don't. Yeah, Cruelty Squad wormed its way into my brain this past weekend and I've been enjoying it. I get a touch of motion sickness which is rare for me, but it is reminding me a little bit of the old R6 games.. and random crappy Counter-Strike/HL mod maps.
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Jul 1, 2021 20:39
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I haven’t been able to spend much time with Cruelty Squad but I did make a few attempts at the first level. Are you supposed to play it like a sneaking game? I found myself just blasting dudes if I couldn’t pop out of a vent directly behind them.
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Jul 1, 2021 20:58
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Fallom posted:I haven’t been able to spend much time with Cruelty Squad but I did make a few attempts at the first level. Are you supposed to play it like a sneaking game? I found myself just blasting dudes if I couldn’t pop out of a vent directly behind them. I think the sneaky route works better until you get more unlocks (or some unlocks make it even better) and a better feel for each mission.
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i found its best to sneak around and learn the levels, then equip the fart jets and blast through windows while firing your skull gun.
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Jul 1, 2021 21:20
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Squeezy Farm posted:this is cool. i like the super shotgun change. i was able to clear map 1 on hard first try but it says the difficulty settings were changed so isn’t if that’s actually the “”hard” difficulty.
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Jul 1, 2021 21:32
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i cant stop investing in Pizza House stocks im at like 60k lmao One day ill be rich!!!
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Convex posted:Reminds me of the Doom 2 cabinet from Grosse Pointe Blank MAN was I confused as hell when I was younger and saw that for the first time, I remember laughing and being completely 
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koren posted:
Played through these today! Levels look great and the weapon tweaks are a nice change, though both maps are quite short. I also just finished Alkaline, and i'm a little meh on the maps, though Foundation for Corruption and Dancing in the Golden Sun were a big highlight. Overly techbase heavy, though. The added enemies are nice for some variety, but some of them (the shielded enforcer, ugh) get annoying fast. I also recently played through Dwell Episode 1 which was great (aside from D1M7 which i found to be kind of a slog); the secret map D1M9 was a real exploration map which I really enjoyed
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agreed on alkaline. those two maps were the standouts to me as well. especially the one by bal. the one ending in the open arena fight against the strogg looking boss was cool too. a lot of the maps were just a slog... too many enemies without fun or challenging encounters. the map with all the low grav areas was technically impressive (which meant fps dips for em…) but a pain to play, especially when the boss creature drops on you in a tiny room.
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civvie is stealing from the very first post i made in this thread, by listing the stuff that is obviously good and bad with hexen in a semi profane way. drat him!!!!
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I watched the entire video, if only because I don't think I ever progressed past the first half of Hexen...
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