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StrixNebulosa posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1511830/Shadows_Behind_the_Throne_2/ If I remember correctly, there was a kickstarter about being a cultist that tried to awake Cthulhu, was successful with 4x times the funding and ended up a wet fart, with a shitload of delays, excuses and fake videos showing gameplay (basically a mini Star Citizen). Bobby Two Hands released the first game in the time between updates. The SA thread was fun. Still have it bookmarked.
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Intravenous just released, looks like a hotlinemiamilike, but with a bit of Splinter Cell or Deus Ex mixed in. There's more of a focus on stealth and crawling through vents, but you can also go guns blazing and combat seems very lethal. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486630/Intravenous/
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grate deceiver posted:Intravenous just released, looks like a hotlinemiamilike, but with a bit of Splinter Cell or Deus Ex mixed in. There's more of a focus on stealth and crawling through vents, but you can also go guns blazing and combat seems very lethal. Oh that looks really cool! I'll probably suck at it, but I gotta pick it up!
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More mostly multiplayer stuff today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581420/Pets_No_More/   quote:Welcome to Pet Island, home of the Zombie Pets Tournament, where the greatest and deadest players are brawling to earn the title of "King of the pets". https://store.steampowered.com/app/1669030/Indigo_7/  quote:Indigo 7 is a fast-paced multiplayer puzzle game for up to 4 players, with a cool and fun single-player story mode plus more than 6 different play modes. Get the best score, conquer the territory before your opponent and don't run out of moves in this amazing adventure! Easy to learn hard to master!
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Did not see this mentioned in the thread, but Gedonia was suggested to me in my discovery queue today and it seems interesting. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114220/Gedonia/ quote:Gedonia is an open world roleplaying game, inspired by oldschool classics. Become a simple traveller and adventure seeker, explore huge world of Gedonia, progress your character any way you want, discover hidden treasures and mysteries and fight vast array of enemies. Its still early access and supposedly done by a single dev, but it is giving me real Breath of the Wild vibes to it. Don't think I am going to buy it just yet, but something I am for sure adding to my wishlist to keep an eye on.
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I just finished playing this. It was really well written and I absolutely recommend playing it!
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StrixNebulosa posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1511830/Shadows_Behind_the_Throne_2/ I really like the idea of this one, but I really don't get how to make things happen in it.
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Dr_Amazing posted:I really like the idea of this one, but I really don't get how to make things happen in it. Are you talking about the political part or the map powers part? Because the political maneuvering basically was the entirety of SBT1 so I can give some advice on the subject.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/821880/Idol_Manager/quote:Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary. quote:I have waited for this game for 2 years and now finally, it is here! I love how the game resembles to the 48/46 groups because I'm a massive fan of those idol groups.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/597170/Clone_Drone_in_the_Danger_Zone/ Out of early access quote:Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena. quote:I enjoy this game, its machanics, and its diffrent modes. The game is fun at its best with many challenges to try, and a fun and polished story mode. HOWEVER, this is a game intended to be played by more "tryhard" gamers. It is a difficult and sometimes wildy challenging game. If you enjoy testing your skills agenst the odds, with some old/newschool arena action than this is a good game for you. Otherwise if you get easily irritated by difficult levels and sometimes unfair deaths than i think you should turn elsewhere.
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lmao!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158850/The_Great_Ace_Attorney_Chronicles/  This one is getting a release on steam. Apparently it's locked at 30 FPS for some unfortunate reason quote:Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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Play posted:lmao!! Holy poo poo I didn't realize it released so soon, I had it pre-ordered. Can't wait to boot it up 
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1434950/HighFleet/ From Microprose the publisher quote:Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?
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StrixNebulosa posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1434950/HighFleet/ The manual is super impressive and worth a read.
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SpacePope posted:The manual is super impressive and worth a read. I've been waiting on this one, it looks really cool from all the previews. That manual is kind of bewildering, but it seems like the kind of game that'll be easier to pick up how it works through playing it.
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SpacePope posted:The manual is super impressive and worth a read. That is a cool manual. I wish the game supported controller input though, that's kind of a bummer for me. It's pretty interesting about MicroProse actually, this is more like the undead, re-risen version of the company. It was originally founded in 1982, released some huge hits including Sid Meier stuff, but was defunct by 2003. This new MicroProse is actually the result of a person named David Lagettie, a fan of those games and the publisher, who started purchasing IPs as well as the name and logo of the company and ended up resurrecting it. It gets even weirder from there as he's also apparently the lead singer of the band Seventh, and in addition to creating games for consumers he and the Spanel brothers created war/combat simulators that are actually used by the US military among others. And the band supplied the theme song for those military simulators. I'm not sure if MicroProse itself will be making combat simulators for militaries around the world or if that's in the past. That was a weird google hole Play fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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Play posted:lmao!! In this kind of game, does a 30FPS cap matter?
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ymgve posted:In this kind of game, does a 30FPS cap matter? Not as much as it normally would but I just dislike how 30 FPS looks, to me it is noticeable even in a game like this. But yeah definitely less of one since it is a visual novel kind of game without direct controls.
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On a similar note, make sure if you have any DPI stuff going on (I use my TV as my monitor) to select "Override high DPI settings" in the Compatibility settings for the game's executable. I had the resolution set to 4k but it looked indistinguishable from 720 or whatever the default setting was until I made that fix.
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I played a beta of this for a bit. It had some neat ideas (recruitment is kinda done like a gacha role with rarities) and i liked that your idols can end up being gay and even date each other. But when I played— I don't know if this is the case still— events felt like they barely happened. I'll probably dip my toe in sometime again and see if this is still the case. e: note there is some iffy stuff, like that nazi uniform image and you can date your idols (the flirt button is only available for idols who are 18+ but still weird) Snooze Cruise fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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Tribes of Midgard - Steam Tribes of Midgard released today. It’s like a mix of Don’t Starve Together , Valheim, and Hades. Lots of the bullshit from DST is gone and you get level ups that you can use packs to jumpstart your next round. I’ve played a few iterations of the game cycle and it is looking good so far. Just roguelike enough to hook me and it isn’t a tedious system. Beware the pause key. When you go in menus you don’t auto pause.
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Snooze Cruise posted:
I enjoyed the demo a lot too, but yeah both of those things are like..I know WHY they're there, even just from a 'this is what happens in the industry' standpoint but..
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Virigoth posted:Tribes of Midgard - Steam Is this always-online / can it be played single player?
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kirbysuperstar posted:I enjoyed the demo a lot too, but yeah both of those things are like..I know WHY they're there, even just from a 'this is what happens in the industry' standpoint but.. The beta apparently had some CGs for the romance stuff where you see the idol you are dating in a bra or the shower apparently. Currently not in this version of the game because they are trying to move down their rating but they will probably put out a patch outside of steam because that is typically what people do. From what I read there are no straight up sex scenes, just fades to black. Honestly what makes the romance stuff the weirdest to me is the idols are randomized. Like they randomly select one of the pictures, add a name, stats and traits, sexuality yadda yadda. There isn't really any character to them. You are just dating an abstracted concept of an idol, which I think makes things feel impersonal and doesn't get across "these are people"
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Snooze Cruise posted:The beta apparently had some CGs for the romance stuff where you see the idol you are dating in a bra or the shower apparently. Currently not in this version of the game because they are trying to move down their rating but they will probably put out a patch outside of steam because that is typically what people do. From what I read there are no straight up sex scenes, just fades to black. Oh I thought the rarer ones were set designs. Yeah that is weirder, then.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Oh I thought the rarer ones were set designs. Yeah that is weirder, then. I think maybe certain pictures may only show up in higher rarities or something, but yeah.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016800/Chernobylite/ Came out of early access; looks like STALKER quote:Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past. quote:It's easy to frighten someone with a jump scare but in Chernobylite I got scared by a statue of Lenin which was just standing still in a dense fog. It says a lot about the spooky atmosphere which can only be achieved with top quality graphics, sounds and music. As a fan of soviet culture, architecture (those mosaics ❤ ) and exploration of creepy, abandoned buildings I was delighted to play Chernobylite. Because of strong immersion I forgot all about "the real world" while playing, which is what I value in video games the most. Not to mention captivating story (how is it going to end?), challenging combat (increase difficulty level if you find it too easy) and dillemas when making decisions (I'm sorry Olga ❤, but I couldn't tell you the truth). What makes this game even more precious is a fact that some of the locations captured in game (3d scanned) were forever lost in wild fires more than a year ago, furthermore Chernobyl exclusion zone is being constantly, slowly destroyed by a passage of time and one day will dissapear completely. It's uplifting to know this unique place will forever stay digitally preserved in a form of an entertaining video game.
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It's for the "people who jerk it to anime" market.
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Virigoth posted:Tribes of Midgard - Steam I was looking forward to this but it's getting brutal reviews on Steam. Sounds like barely a game and a technical shitshow.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/874260/The_Forgotten_City/ The Forgotten City was originally a mod for Skyrim or some game like that, but then was made into its own full game. Looks like it's been getting mostly positive reviews, although nothing too glowing. The facial animations are.... phew. Not good. Still down to check it out, I'm generally a huge sucker for ancient Greece. quote:The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod that won a national Writers’ Guild award and racked up over 3 million downloads. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016800/Chernobylite/  Chernobylite is coming out of early access and getting a full release. I've heard it still has some bugs, but I've been a little intrigued by this one. Mostly a shooter but has some crafting/base building stuff, team management with your companions, as well as some minor RPG elements. quote:Chernobylite is a Science Fiction Survival Horror RPG from developers Farm 51. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, you’ll take on the role of Igor, a physicist and ex-employee of the Chernobyl Power Plant, returning to Pripyat to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fiancée, 30 years prior. Play fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Jul 28, 2021 |
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Thirsty Dog posted:I was looking forward to this but it's getting brutal reviews on Steam. Sounds like barely a game and a technical shitshow. I’ll counter this by saying having played It for a few hours with a group of friends, it was pretty fun. It’s not a super deep gameplay-wise game but the basic loop of venture out get materials and go back to craft better items is perfectly fine. My only like real complaint so far is that of the like 5 times my group of friends that live in the US did the public matchmaking, we ended up grouped with people in Asia leading to 200ms+ of ping which is real bad. Playing with just my friend group led to normal pings however.
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Play posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/874260/The_Forgotten_City/ It was a pretty interesting Skyrim mod. I'm not sure how well it'll translate into it's own game, although the description sounds like they expanded it out a bit. But $25 (or $22 on sale) seems a little steep to me for what I expect this to be. If you haven't played the original mod, could be a fun one to get on sale eventually. I like that it in the trailer it looks like they just made you an archer (meme here about how everyone goes stealth archer in Skyrim). Also, this line from the description doesn't exactly inspire confidence: quote:If you don’t go into this expecting a Triple-A action RPG, you’ll have a much better time!
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Yeah it's explicitly more about dialogue and investigation than the action, which looks pretty tame and involves being able to kick and shoot a bow and arrow. Biggest issue I see is a game mostly about dialogue having such horrible facial animations that they can literally make you laugh at them. Still, I like the idea
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Unbound: Worlds Apartquote:Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
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ultrafilter posted:Unbound: Worlds Apart Yeah I think I will check this one out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114900/Ayo_the_Clown/  gingerbread man looks like he squeezing out a big 'ol chunky loaf lmao. Ayo the Clown, 3d action adventure platformer. quote:In Ayo’s hometown, things are generally peaceful. Accompanied by his talented circus dog, Bo, Ayo juggles in the park, hangs out at the carnival and longs after the Shoemaker’s granddaughter. Until one day, Bo goes missing!
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ultrafilter posted:Unbound: Worlds Apart Got this and played through the first hour, it's really pretty and the platforming's pretty good.
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mrmcd posted:It's for the "people who jerk it to anime" market. ok...? not really getting my point here are ya but whatever. thanks for the weirdo reply that makes me slightly uncomfortable. Snooze Cruise fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jul 28, 2021 |
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Snooze Cruise posted:ok...? not really getting my point here are ya but whatever. thanks for the weirdo reply that makes me slightly uncomfortable. Some people are absolutely determined to think that anime is bad, and will take it out on strangers, and it makes me sad 
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