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Artelier posted:Decided to get Game Pass so that I could enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy - great so far but its button prompts are...well.... Man what the hell this happens to me too and I'm using an Xbox controller. The first prompt of the game was "hit X to jump" and I noticed A was actually jump then realized it says R1/R2 instead of RB/RT and realized what was going on.
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goferchan posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1865780/Downfall__A_Slay_the_Spire_Fan_Expansion/ It used to be for all mods, back in the days when Source mods were common on the store. Later IIRC it became a Greenlight thing, and nowadays it's for exceptionally large and popular mods.
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Alright i'm in a weird mood in that I want to play a racing game where in you play(/grind for) parts to upgrade or otherwise tweak your car. Kind of like The Crew 2. But who wants to play The Crew 2? Are there any other games like that? It doesn't have to be an MMO or even all that flashy.
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Morter posted:Alright i'm in a weird mood in that I want to play a racing game where in you play(/grind for) parts to upgrade or otherwise tweak your car. Kind of like The Crew 2. But who wants to play The Crew 2? Wreckfest has upgrades you unlock as you level your profile up / can buy as you earn money. Single player has a campaign with different challenges and races and multiplayer is a blast and still pretty populated. Plus, smashing up cars never gets old. It’s also on game pass but the multiplayer is separate from steam servers, but will at least let you see if you like it. You can still usually find a decent server, or start your own with AI and it’ll usually fill up with people in the evenings.
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Morter posted:Alright i'm in a weird mood in that I want to play a racing game where in you play(/grind for) parts to upgrade or otherwise tweak your car. Kind of like The Crew 2. But who wants to play The Crew 2? Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
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Morter posted:Alright i'm in a weird mood in that I want to play a racing game where in you play(/grind for) parts to upgrade or otherwise tweak your car. Kind of like The Crew 2. But who wants to play The Crew 2? Need for Speed Most Wanted, the original.
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For the mod thing, I'm assuming the (mod) devs still need to pay the $100 or whatever for the listing, which would cut out most of the junk.
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Peewi posted:Hades has button prompts for Switch pro controller. Does nintendo have color associations with the buttons? There was this dumb one  "press RED for yes, YELLOW for no, GREEN to fire your weapon"
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Mescal posted:Does nintendo have color associations with the buttons? There was this dumb one The last Nintendo console with colored buttons was the Gamecube. I don't get why, but it seems like all of the console makers have moved away from differently colored buttons.
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goferchan posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1865780/Downfall__A_Slay_the_Spire_Fan_Expansion/ There have been Half-Life 2/Source mods downloadable from Steam like that for over a decade. So, not a new feature, just not one that gets used a lot.
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Peewi posted:The last Nintendo console with colored buttons was the Gamecube. Well some of us can't tell yellow from green so that's a plus in my book  (from an in-game prompt perspective, I don't mind the actual physical controller having coloured buttons)
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Mescal posted:Does nintendo have color associations with the buttons? There was this dumb one
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I really do like the Nintendo scheme. So much so that I kind of get annoyed with all the other launchers. Don’t make me play even more Nintendo, Epic. We’ll see if itch.io’s is any better.
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Peewi posted:The last Nintendo console with colored buttons was the Gamecube.
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First time playing Yakuza, and started with Yakuza 0 and its....weird.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:First time playing Yakuza, and started with Yakuza 0 and its....weird. Sounds like you've discovered what yakuza is
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Morter posted:Sounds like you've discovered what yakuza is I can't say I'm at all interested in the mini games, not only is the karaoke silliness impossible to pay attention to because I'm trying to do the QTEs properly, and the combat is just button mashy and clunky (I remember Sleeping Dogs having better combat) and the UI is kind of slow, there's a certain charm The story hook is interesting, the MC gets set up and he has to find out who set him up and why, and it keeps throwing some twists and turns at you in a compelling fashion, the facial animation is really well done, the camera angles for the cutscenes are interesting. The music is good, and it's not terrible looking in places, texture work is inconsistent, low res on some bottles in a bar and then 1 bottle is like 8k textures or something stupid. I have no idea what items do, and you only have a few slots before you have to find a payphone to deposit your goodies. The camera is also kind of clunky. Apparently it's a 7 year old game that debuted on the PS3? (the PS3 was getting releases up to 2020?  I thought that system was dead in 2014 or so.) so I guess all of that makes sense.
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Yakuza 0 and Kiwami are the last gasp of the old engine, which they had been using since Yakuza 3 (the first one in HD). Kiwami 2 and 6 use a new engine that has much better combat, imo. Oh, and the Kiwamis are remakes of 1 and 2, since they were PS2 games. 7 of course is not a brawler at all but a straight up turn-based JRPG.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Yakuza 0 but I got sick of Kiryu by the end of the game and finding out that it's the only time you get to play as Majima was a total bummer.
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Begemot posted:Yakuza 0 and Kiwami are the last gasp of the old engine, which they had been using since Yakuza 3 (the first one in HD). Kiwami 2 and 6 use a new engine that has much better combat, imo. Oh, and the Kiwamis are remakes of 1 and 2, since they were PS2 games. Well I'm going to play it sequentially so it'll be a while for me to get to 7, but that sounds like the better combat
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Well I'm going to play it sequentially so it'll be a while for me to get to 7, but that sounds like the better combat It's... different. Yakuza has always been an RPG in it's heart, but LaD's take on turn-based combat is about as basic as it comes. It's fun mostly because of the use of very classic and usually fantasy-driven RPG tropes and mechanics in a modern crime story setting but Yakuza 7's combat is barely one step removed from Dragon Quest 3 mechanically. It's fine but Yakuza finally hit a good groove with it's brawler combat with Zero/Kiwami/2, and it definitely feels like a step back unless you're someone who just really, really does not like action combat. They mentioned that Yakuza games in the future will be following LaD's example, so hopefully it gets a chance to grow into something a little more robust.
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LaD had absolutely no business letting enemies and your party members randomly dance around the fighting area while also utilizing proximity-based area attacks as well as attacks of opportunity style 'run past a guy to get to the one behind him and the one in front will knock you on your rear end' style mechanics. That one mechanic of people involved in the fight not standing the gently caress still utterly ruined the game for me.
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it's a functional battle system, but that's about it. i'm looking forward to seeing how the sequels improve on it.
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Like a Dragon also badly needed more than two unique QTE prompts for moves.
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Yakuza is an odd series, its one of the few games I've played that makes me laugh out loud but the combat, particularly on the older ones feels so awful, they are a great game to play on easy and just run around enjoying the silly side stories and overly dramatic main plot, as well as some of the mini games, but the people who put 100+ hours into each game sound crazy to me edit: I really should try 7 now that I've got gamepass, 6 had one of the best main stories but the lack of side content was a bit disappointing JollyBoyJohn fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Mar 28, 2022 |
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Safari Disco Lion posted:LaD had absolutely no business letting enemies and your party members randomly dance around the fighting area while also utilizing proximity-based area attacks as well as attacks of opportunity style 'run past a guy to get to the one behind him and the one in front will knock you on your rear end' style mechanics. That one mechanic of people involved in the fight not standing the gently caress still utterly ruined the game for me. Which means the attack misses. It's very much a first try at the battle system, which makes sense considering it was originally not going to be but then they did a "it's turn-based!" april fools joke and the reaction was so positive they retooled it. As for the rest of the battle system... I wish Ichiban had grown up playing Final Fantasy 5 instead.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Apparently it's a 7 year old game that debuted on the PS3? (the PS3 was getting releases up to 2020? Yeah it's a really odd game and series in general and I don't know how to describe it except that it's somehow way more than the sum of its parts. I don't think I'd recommend it solely on the strength of the combat, or the mini games, or the open world, but by the end of the game Yakuza 0 was one of my favorite experiences ever. For what it's worth, while it doesn't change drastically, there are several combat mechanics that unlock via story progression and it definitely gets more engaging when you have a wider move pool and stances to switch between. Don't feel like you have to do everything available to you as soon as it pops up during the early chapters. edit: any unique "Side Story" is worth doing though, some of them have cool rewards and even the ones that don't are often laugh out loud funny
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It used to be for all mods, back in the days when Source mods were common on the store. Later IIRC it became a Greenlight thing, and nowadays it's for exceptionally large and popular mods. Had no clue, thanks! I'd never seen one pop up in the store page before. That said, it's an awesome mod if you like Slay the Spire and want to see some creative things done within the context of the game. Last time I checked it out there were only a couple characters but now that it's complete there are seven new ones, all with their own cards and unlockables and some very distinct mechanics. I'm also extremely impressed with how they handled the new boss fights against the original cast, they actually have a deck they draw from and play their own cards, it's super cool. edit: everything errs on the side of very high complexity though, just as a heads up. There's a stance-based character that makes The Watcher look really easy.
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Yakuza games are basically "what if we made a jrpg but with a brawler combat system". The writing is delightful in a very weird way and the mini-games are extremely hit or miss. I'd recommend Yakuza to just about anybody, but some folks are gonna bounce off them if the combat or writing doesn't click. That said, the mini-games are entirely optional, there are mechanics for skipping random encounters and there's an easy difficulty setting, so feel free to avoid the parts of the games you don't enjoy.
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honestly if you don't like the side activities i don't think you'll like Yakuza that much, because going out and doing random poo poo is part of the whole appeal of the game
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yeah that somewhat true, having said that, i've played through 4 and a half yakuza games and i think the most time i've spent on a single minigame is the batting cages in K2 or 3 for an hour or so but yeah there will always be the occasional outlier of someone who learned mah-jong or shogi within the game
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Oh cool Kairosof ported a bunch of their games to pc! Oh no, they didn't add keyboard support 
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The basic gist of Yakuza is: deadly serious crime drama mixed with absurd mini games and sidequests that juxtapose humor with the otherwise played straight storyline. Beat ‘em up by way of shallow but flashy and over the top combat. Open world by way of small but highly dense slice of life Japan. It focuses on lovingly recreating key areas in Japan and putting various activities you can do into those areas, which as I mentioned before, are usually humorous or otherwise silly compared to how serious the main story takes itself. Sidequests follow a similar philosophy. Imagine a very manly soap opera where the primary method of communication is people ripping their shirts off to beat honor and other valuable lessons into each other. Ultimately there’s nothing else like it on the market, and it nails what it’s going for really well. That’s why Yakuza is so beloved by its fans.
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Unless you're in love with the combat, just put it on Easy for Yakuza 0, it's not worth the frustration.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Unless you're in love with the combat, just put it on Easy for Yakuza 0, it's not worth the frustration.
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Yakuza 0 is an old-engine PS3-era game and has some older game-design problems, the most frustrating probably being that you can't change difficulty. This is a problem both ways- the first time I played, I was on normal and eventually the combat became way too easy with no way to bump the difficulty up. I think the games after Yakuza 6 are more "modern" where you can save anywhere and change the difficulty at any time.
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also i wouldn't recommend easy on Yakuza 0 specifically because that's a great way to *really* ensure that the combat will be mindless button mashing, but that's depending on what you really like
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I think Yakuza 0 prompted me whether I want to temporarily drop to easier difficulty, after failing a boss battle couple of times. Which was a welcome crutch given that I'm dogshit in brawlers. Wasn't the combat the felt appealing in that game, should get back to it some day.
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Yeah, Yakuza 0's combat is fine and not overly difficult. Hit folks with a bike all day. I'd only recommend Yakuza 3 on easy because it's so incredibly old at this point.
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