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Guillermus posted:Aren't you sure there isn't something on your end (or your carrier)?
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couple things I noticed today
edit: almost forgot, Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror, it's being described as a game, but it's really more of a pseudoscientific software toy. http://www.timothylearyarchives.org/mind-mirror/ doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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The GOG winter sale has started and they've released some new stuff to go with it. First off we have Star Trek Armada 1 and 2, which I think completes all the old Star Trek games. https://www.gog.com/game/star_trek_armada https://www.gog.com/game/star_trek_armada_ii And secondly we have, surprisingly enough, a remaster of American McGee's Scrapland. https://www.gog.com/game/scrapland_remastered
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Lucinice posted:And secondly we have, surprisingly enough, a remaster of American McGee's Scrapland. Never heard of this game before (or I just forgot about it). Is it closer to American McGee's Alice, or American McGee's Bad Day L.A.?
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Max Wilco posted:Never heard of this game before (or I just forgot about it). Is it closer to American McGee's Alice, or American McGee's Bad Day L.A.? From looking at review aggregates I'd say more towards the former. Interestingly enough it was developed by MercurySteam (Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Metroid Samus Returns, Metroid Dread)
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Angry_Ed posted:From looking at review aggregates I'd say more towards the former. Their first game as that company, it seems
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Ooh yay Scrapland. The disc version was released with StarForce in Europe which made it not run on my machine back then. I think I downloaded a  version without that crap, but lost it since.I remember really enjoying the game even though IIRC reviews were mixed at release.
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Scrapland is, if memory serves, a game that McGee's name was slapped on rather than one he was actively involved in.
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I will probably buy Scrapland on the basis that Human.ogg was a banger of a track. [Edit] Though Googling it indicates it only appeared in the demo. 
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Fil5000 posted:Scrapland is, if memory serves, a game that McGee's name was slapped on rather than one he was actively involved in.
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orcane posted:He was a producer at the US publisher of the game, so yeah his name on it is just marketing (which is wild to me because with Alice he only made one game with his name on it before). Yeah but I don't think there were too many other creators that had slapped their name on a game before so maybe they thought he'd got brand recognition? Like, the only one I can think of really is Sid Meir, even Romero didn't call it John Romero's Daikatana
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Yeah but the "American McGee by American McGee" stuff was always odd to me because he never seemed to be a rockstar developer on that level, even after Alice (I remember people making fun of basically every game that had his name on it like that). Not on a level with "John Romero's about to make you his bitch." though:  
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Dec 14, 2021 14:28
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I suspect it's largely because America McGee is a hilarious and extremely 90s name and so the thinking was that people would see it and go "wow, that must be some rockstar developer I can't remember"
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I remember buying Scrapland for a dollar on ye olde Impulse and I'm not even sure if that service still exists in a enough of a capacity to still access that copy.
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I suspect it's largely because America McGee is a hilarious and extremely 90s name and so the thinking was that people would see it and go "wow, that must be some rockstar developer I can't remember" Maybe they were just betting on people being really into ID Software level designers 
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I suspect it's largely because America McGee is a hilarious and extremely 90s name and so the thinking was that people would see it and go "wow, that must be some rockstar developer I can't remember" Is that even a real name?
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Elias_Maluco posted:Is that even a real name? No names are real
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Basic Chunnel posted:Speedtest has me at about 240mbps down, Steam's got me at about 50... unless Xfinity is specifically throttling it idk what the deal is with GOG's browser-accessible downloads. Fluctuated wildly between 20 min prediction and 6 hours for 1.2 gigs, ended up taking about 65 minutes. Couldn't it be that specific game? Perhaps it is stored somewhere that is experiencing a lot of demand or for some reason just has a very unstable upload speed
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Elias_Maluco posted:Is that even a real name? Masters of Doom talks about his upbringing, which, uh, didn't really happen. I think his single mother left him alone in their apartment when he was six, never to return?
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Dec 14, 2021 19:12
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Bad Mojo was $2.09USD for the game and the soundtrack that normally goes for $10 itself on Bandcamp. Dunno what else I'll grab this sale.
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John Murdoch posted:I remember buying Scrapland for a dollar on ye olde Impulse and I'm not even sure if that service still exists in a enough of a capacity to still access that copy. Nope. Gamestop bought it and summarily closed the service down a while later.
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Fil5000 posted:Yeah but I don't think there were too many other creators that had slapped their name on a game before so maybe they thought he'd got brand recognition? Like, the only one I can think of really is Sid Meir, even Romero didn't call it John Romero's Daikatana Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts did this a lot in the 1990's starting I think with Monkey Island 1 (1990). I think that was more of the game studio's branding thing, like they wanted to be seen in the same vein as Lucasfilm itself with its recognizable directors and producers.     edit: I was wrong, this started at least by Maniac Mansion (1987). Zak McKracken discontinued this practise, maybe because there were so many credited designers. Nenonen fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Dec 15, 2021 |
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Dec 15, 2021 14:43
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Zak McKracken is a great drat name. MCKRAKEN!!!! 
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GreenNight posted:Zak McKracken is a great drat name. “Release McKraken!”  Question:Is DivinityII—Developer’s Cut worth $1.99? I see a lot of folks talking about about “Original Sin” being good, and this a no-poo poo buy if so. I just don’t want to buy a game with such a Steam backlog! I’ve never played original Divinity, either; should I get it to play through too because apparently GoG, Epic, and Steam’s algorithms have discovered that I haven’t played many games since Skyrim and WoW and they throw these >$2.00 deals at me I can’t resist. Pls help 
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The Divinity games are all incredibly different from one another. The Original Sin games are top-down multi-character RPGs with an emphasis on...I guess you would describe it as old school D&D-esque improvisational bullshit combat. Where you don't win by applying sword to bad guy, you win by dumping a barrel full of grease across the field then setting it on fire and then teleporting the bad guy into the fire. Divinity 2 is more your standard third-person RPG fare, with loot and abilities, and a few weird gimmicks that set it apart from most. Plus some decent writing. This would be the one that would be most familiar to you if Skyrim and WoW are your touchstones. Divine Divinity (and Beyond Divinity) are, IIRC, funky Diablo clones. And while all of the games are loosely related, all of the different ones take place hundreds or thousands of years apart from one another, so no need to worry about continuity or anything.
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DerekSmartymans posted:“Release McKraken!” Divinity II is way well worth more than that, I paid 25€ back in the days and had a lot of fun. The only thing that shares with the other Divinity games is the funny writing. It's a 3rd person action RPG running on Gamebryo (Fallout 3/Oblivion/Skyrim) but I had no issues with bugs at all and I didn't play the Director's Cut (played Dragon Knight Saga, a previous version). Get it and please, invest some points on mind reading because you get the XP back fast and there are some hilarious dialogue options because of it. And: John Murdoch posted:The Divinity games are all incredibly different from one another.
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John Murdoch posted:The Divinity games are all incredibly different from one another. Ok, appreciate the explanation! I’d seen D:OS a lot in the Steam thread, and this deal for DII popped up. I might just get it because it’s good writing, 3rd person, and $2  then.Edit: Thanks Guill, too! Mind reading sounds fun anyway, so I’m getting it! Edit II:  they added the other Divinity-s for $0.59/apiece. They have discovered my weakness!!!Looking forward to playing them! DerekSmartymans fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Dec 16, 2021 |
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DerekSmartymans posted:Ok, appreciate the explanation! I’d seen D:OS a lot in the Steam thread, and this deal for DII popped up. I might just get it because it’s good writing, 3rd person, and $2 Think of the first Divinity as a Diablo game that lets you use a bucket as helmet and has stupid interactivity with the environment for a game of that time. There are a couple of translations and unofficial patches iirc for higher resolutions too.
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Divinity 2 is pretty Diablo itself, just from a different camera angle.
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Lucinice posted:Maybe they were just betting on people being really into ID Software level designers His Doom II levels weren't even good!
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My understanding is that McGee's name was put onto Alice to make it easier to trademark, and once you start it kinda looks weird if you stop.
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I have a lot of fondness for Divinity 2, it has much sharper and funnier writing than the subsequent games imo and it's a labour of love while never feeling quite as bloated as the OS games do (to be clear, it's not as good as them overall). Much as the plot doesn't really matter I've also been waiting for a continuation of the story for like 10 years now lol
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Randallteal posted:His Doom II levels weren't even good! His early levels are absolute bangers, and I like The Inmost Dens!
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Randallteal posted:His Doom II levels weren't even good! I'll never forgive him for e4m1
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GoG, why the gently caress are you showing off literally The Worst Monkey Island game as the headliner for the Adventure Games category in the Winter Sale?  Nobody deserves to suffer through Escape from Monkey Island, or wander into it blindly. Also I can't help but laugh at GoG continuing the tradition of every listing for the game, and article, for VtM: Bloodlines leading with that one screenshot of the random NPC girl in the cowgirl costume from the nightclub.
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I'd rather play EFMI again than TFMI, swamp and monkey kombat and all.
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X-Morph: Defense Complete Edition is free on GOG today, and man let me tell you, it's pretty sick.
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God what will it take to get Wheel of Time on GOG. >: (
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We're well past the point for GOG to care enough, but getting a functional (with multiplayer!) version of Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance would probably be my biggest wish.
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My fondest wish was the NOLF games, but now I would actually prefer the Magic: The Gathering game from the late 90s with all the expansions. Will never happen.
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