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ilitarist posted:It's well-reviewed but it's very unique gameplay. If you play strategy games that kinda look similar to this you're used to it being about knowing the systems and iron man-ing the obstacles. In this one, you're told if you haven't saved for 30 seconds. Any wrong move means death, it's like a puzzle game in that regard. It's Commandos for the "dark souls SL1 naked broken sword no-hit runs have gotten stale and lame" crowd.
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I was sure Shadow Tactics was the isometric turn-based "tactical" game that used FPS controls, but I guess I was remembering wrong? What was that, then? (I'm thinking late 1990s) e: Remembered it just after hitting POAST. Shadow Watch and it was also a Tom Clancy game.
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Waffleman_ posted:https://www.sega60th.com/ I know that's how this stuff works, but I'm always trepid about signing in to 3rd party websites via Steam. Sega's reputable, but I'm just worried one day it'll be a site that's pretending to be something reputable. (To be clear, I got my copy immediately added to my library).
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Kobal2 posted:It's Commandos for the "dark souls SL1 naked broken sword no-hit runs have gotten stale and lame" crowd. I thought I'm just bad at it. I was hesitant to call it Commandos clone because most people here were probably born after the Commandos series stopped being relevant.
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Rinkles posted:I know that's how this stuff works, but I'm always trepid about signing in to 3rd party websites via Steam. Sega's reputable, but I'm just worried one day it'll be a site that's pretending to be something reputable. (To be clear, I got my copy immediately added to my library). I think it's good to be cautious and skeptical about these. Usually good protections are in place but just another reminder to always use unique passwords, 2FA (and not the SMS kind), and review all connections that's been made in the past from things like this. Also if all you need is a throwaway email, you can use something like SimpleLogin or AnonAddy.
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Dec 13, 2021 17:10
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The General posted:Whats wrong with sms 2fa? A scammer will call your cell phone provider and convince them to port your number to another phone, specifically the phone in the scammers hands.
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The General posted:Whats wrong with sms 2fa? Ask the POS, but IIRC you can buy SMS redirections. A russian SMS node tells verizon your phone is in siberia and verizon just trusts them.
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Whenever possible try and enable 2FA through an app based token. Google's native authenticator on Android is okay enough in the sense that anything Google is providing can be "secure", but if you pay for a premium password app or VPN they may also have an authentication service and app included in your membership
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Rinkles posted:I know that's how this stuff works, but I'm always trepid about signing in to 3rd party websites via Steam. Sega's reputable, but I'm just worried one day it'll be a site that's pretending to be something reputable. (To be clear, I got my copy immediately added to my library).
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Lib and let die posted:Whenever possible try and enable 2FA through an app based token. Google's native authenticator on Android is okay enough in the sense that anything Google is providing can be "secure", but if you pay for a premium password app or VPN they may also have an authentication service and app included in your membership I'll mention that it may not be a good thing to use one app for both passwords and token authentication in the event that it's compromised. Using separate ones will lower your risk. Its a bit outside this thread's scope but I think it's always good to have a discussion about privacy and security when it comes up.
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So where even is the steam code or however you redeem that? I just see some free Sonic hd wallpaper pack on the Sega60 link edit: disregard. something was cached so had to click a LOG OUT link then back in and link steam Fart.Bleed.Repeat. fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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I use LastPass (PC password vault) and it’s Authenticator phone app on Epic and other stuff that supports it. Not sure how well that do, but Epic didn’t ask me for password ever again. So it’s easy to auto sign in with gmail, grab free game, and sign-out/expire. 
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Waffleman_ posted:https://www.sega60th.com/ It just bugs out when prompting me for a country. Ah well. E: Oh nevermind, there we go. I've been wanting to try this game for years, especially for Christmas.  EE: Why is this thing 2 GB. I bet they stuck some dumb HD company logo videos in there or something. THE BAR fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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cage-free egghead posted:I'll mention that it may not be a good thing to use one app for both passwords and token authentication in the event that it's compromised. Using separate ones will lower your risk. This thread's diverse range of entertaining derails is like 60% of the reason I keep it bookmarked - it's part of its charm, even. I've only ever actually played a handful of the games I've snagged because of it.
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Lib and let die posted:I've only ever actually played a handful of the games I've snagged because of it.
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Rinkles posted:I know that's how this stuff works, but I'm always trepid about signing in to 3rd party websites via Steam. Sega's reputable, but I'm just worried one day it'll be a site that's pretending to be something reputable. (To be clear, I got my copy immediately added to my library). Turns out I already had Nights, so now I'm trying to work out if there's a way to revoke the link between Sega and my Steam.
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The news article on GOG says that there'll be three more free game giveaways throughout their Winter Sale event.
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Looks like 3 in Dec and 1 in Jan. https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/status/1470414718359818249
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Kobal2 posted:It's Commandos for the "dark souls SL1 naked broken sword no-hit runs have gotten stale and lame" crowd. Glad to hear this from someone else because when I picked it up for free on EGS I bounced off it harder than any game I played in my life. Midway through level one had me uninstall it, and I usually love tactical games
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Breetai posted:Glad to hear this from someone else because when I picked it up for free on EGS I bounced off it harder than any game I played in my life. Midway through level one had me uninstall it, and I usually love tactical games Same. I keep thinking I'll give it another go, but idk.
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Teledahn posted:Somehow I have never met anyone else who knew of these games. Great to be reminded of them.
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THE BAR posted:Why is this thing 2 GB. I bet they stuck some dumb HD company logo videos in there or something. It's an hd remaster of a game that was already 700mb in the 90s.
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I'm on Day 2 of playing Godfall: Challenger Edition and I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying it. The combat is fun and the game is gorgeous. The end game feels like a bizarro Warframe that went all in on melee combat instead of guns, and decided nobody needs to jump. I definitely agree with opinions I've read on the elemental effects/Valorplates being too generic. I think I'll pick up the standard edition when the Christmas sale rolls around and hope they add more to the game.
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I haven't played Shadow Tactics, but I played and loved the dev's next game, Desperados III (available free with GamePass), which is apparently fairly similar to this but with different theming. It's really more of a puzzle game presented like an X-Com game, so if you approach things X-Com style then yeah you're going to have a bad time. For me, the best aspect was that the levels/puzzles are extremely open with a wide variety of solutions - you don't have to figure out precisely what the devs were thinking in order to finish the level. It was a great feeling to spend a few hours puzzling out a particular level, then go on YouTube and see the different ways other people had solved the same problems. So if this game is similar, I'm actually pretty keen to check it out!
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ilitarist posted:I thought I'm just bad at it. *eyes narrowing* you callin' me old, son ?
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ilitarist posted:I was hesitant to call it Commandos clone because most people here were probably born after the Commandos series stopped being relevant. Lol do you know what website you're on?
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Yeah I played the poo poo out of the original Commandos. Just not sure I have that kind of patience anymore.
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Kobal2 posted:*eyes narrowing* you callin' me old, son ? My exact thought. I'm (relatively) young. But I grew up loving commandos. Robin Hood was another game in that vein I sadly could never get to run on my modern PC. In short: games good, party on Wayne.
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Breetai posted:Glad to hear this from someone else because when I picked it up for free on EGS I bounced off it harder than any game I played in my life. Midway through level one had me uninstall it, and I usually love tactical games To clarify : I don't think it's a bad game. I think it's a very good game in fact. It's just hard as balls, even for a hardened veteran of this niche kind of game.
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the first half or so of shadow tactics and desperadoes 3 aren't that hard if you take it slow and pick away at the enemies before doing objectives. the tools you get are really powerful and versatile and the focus on quicksaves means you can experiment at your leisure. it does require a lot of patience, so it isn't for everyone. the later missions are indeed hard as balls, though.
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Kobal2 posted:To clarify : I don't think it's a bad game. I think it's a very good game in fact. It's just hard as balls, even for a hardened veteran of this niche kind of game. I could tell just by looking at it that it was basically a single-solution puzzle game where the player hits quick save/load more often than the left mouse button, but any game that gets that good of reviews has my attention. Speaking of entertaining derails, I was thinking about which game I want to see on GOG most of all. I used to say No One Lives Forever, but even moreso I want to see the complete Magic: The Gathering game from the late 90s. It will never happen because Hasbro wants people to play their BS, pay-to-win, somehow-legal-gambling Magic Arena, but I would pay £100 for that game happily. I still have my discs, but I can't get them to run.
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JustJeff88 posted:I could tell just by looking at it that it was basically a single-solution puzzle game where the player hits quick save/load more often than the left mouse button, but any game that gets that good of reviews has my attention. I'm certain you must be aware of this, but for your former dream, there's always http://nolfrevival.tk/, which is damned close to what you're asking for. The site appears to exist to troll into existence the actual rightsholders for negotiation.
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dis astranagant posted:It's an hd remaster of a game that was already 700mb in the 90s. I didn't know it was with updated graphics. That's neat, potentially!
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dis astranagant posted:It's an hd remaster of a game that was already 700mb in the 90s.
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While it recognises my 8Bitdo SNES gamepad, it really doesn't like me using it. Otherwise the game works just fine, feels good trying it out.
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Rayman Origins is free on Ubi's store https://register.ubisoft.com/rayman-origins/en-US
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JustJeff88 posted:I could tell just by looking at it that it was basically a single-solution puzzle game where the player hits quick save/load more often than the left mouse button, but any game that gets that good of reviews has my attention. There are ways to get it to work. Have a look on youtube I know there's a tutorial. Forget what I did to get it running
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THE BAR posted:While it recognises my 8Bitdo SNES gamepad, it really doesn't like me using it. This game is not only cool but it actually has historic importance. It was the reason Sega came up with an analogue controller back in the day, which then went on to become the basis of the Dreamcast controller, which then went on to be the basis of the first Xbox controller (the Duke), and so on... And here you are, at the tall end of 2021, trying to play Nights with a 2D controller like some sort of barbarian, SMH.
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