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A Proper Uppercut posted:I always assumed it was something like "We have <insert religion> people on our team so any negative depiction of said religion is okay", or least that general idea. I like that the Hitman games include it now, I assume as a parody but perhaps in case anybody gets offended at 47 almost solely targeting hyper-wealthy assholes who think they're above the law.
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May 15, 2022 04:16
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Kibayasu posted:The first game was set during the third crusade around Jerusalem. You can see why they might want to get ahead of that before you even start the game. I guess it’s just sort of a tradition now, a dumb tradition. Begemot posted:Yeah, I imagine it started because Assassin's Creed 1 was set during the crusades, so they didn't want people thinking it was explicitly pro-christian (being a game from a French company, after all). Since then it just became a standard thing, kind of pre-empting criticism over bias of any kind, even when the game is set in like the Caribbean or Norway or whatever. And considering AC2 ends in a fistfight with the Pope...
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May 15, 2022 04:43
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John Murdoch posted:And considering AC2 ends in a fistfight with the Pope... To be fair, that was a Borgia so everybody in the world was okay with it.
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May 15, 2022 04:47
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man, assassin's creed was kind of cool before it codified everything wrong about open world games
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May 15, 2022 04:49
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Now I never finish them before I get bored with them.
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May 15, 2022 04:51
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So I bought Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia and it might be the 3rd game I ever get a refund on. I tried to jump into it and just got so overwhelmed by the UI by brain felt like it was going to vomit. I was just so confused. I needed to somehow use both my keyboard and my controller to navigate the menus because I couldn't find the right buttons just on one or the other. Now I need to say, please do not take this as an indictment of the game. I might just be in a real bad headspace right now. But yeah. Something about this seems cool but I don't think I can excavate it right now. Also, this is a remake/reimagining of an older game? Does anybody have familiarity with that game because I've never heard of it.
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May 15, 2022 04:57
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Cowcaster posted:man, assassin's creed was kind of cool before it codified everything wrong about open world games The climb in quality from 1 to 2 remains one of the most amazing turnarounds I've ever seen in a AAA setting. Too bad that nothing good can stay, though! It's not AAA by any means, but about the only other one that comes to mind is No Man's Sky.
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May 15, 2022 05:04
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Origin and Odyssey were both a blast to play after the series had gotten really stale, and felt like they'd revitalized the series even if they hadn't quite fully dumped the boring modern day storyline. Enough so I was gonna play Valhalla, but then they jammed it onto Epic instead and I honestly just completely forgot it existed: with Origin and Odyssey I remember people couldn't shut up posting about it or posting screenshots, maybe that's still going on in the AC thread but I have no idea if the game was considered good or not. Also it's gonna be a tough ask to surpass Kassandra as the lead character, she was incredibly cool.
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May 15, 2022 05:06
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people say that about origins but myself i think “revitalizing” the series by adding levels and loot was a really awful idea
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May 15, 2022 05:08
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I can't speak to it's quality per se, but Valhalla is Ubisoft doing their bullshit studio shuffle routine again so that game needed to reinvent a bunch of wheels after Odyssey had figured poo poo out.
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May 15, 2022 05:09
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Chieves posted:The climb in quality from 1 to 2 remains one of the most amazing turnarounds I've ever seen in a AAA setting. Too bad that nothing good can stay, though! Same for the change from 3 and 4. I honestly thought the franchise was dead after 3 but they decided to make a free roaming pirate simulator and it sold gangbusters and became one of the definitive open world game series.
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May 15, 2022 05:12
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pentyne posted:Same for the change from 3 and 4. I honestly thought the franchise was dead after 3 but they decided to make a free roaming pirate simulator and it sold gangbusters and became one of the definitive open world game series. I'm still mad they didn't do a full-on Sid Meier's Pirates! remake with all the systems from that game. The pirating action was so much fun, they already had all the pieces!
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ChrisBTY posted:So I bought Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia and it might be the 3rd game I ever get a refund on. The original Brigandine was a PS1 game, yeah, and this one is basically a big ol' love letter to it. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you! It was first released for the Switch, though, so maybe the port isn't so good.
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May 15, 2022 05:19
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The port is fine, it has some weird interface stuff but it's fine. The real issue is that it's an incredibly slow and tedious game which... fits the bill for PS1 era strategy game. It's a game where you can, in theory, have a maximum of 21 units on either side and every unit's turn consists of selecting it, selecting a relatively distant hex, selecting skill/magic attack, selecting the attack itself, selecting target, and then needing to hit the enemy four or five times to drop it. It takes a while. With an increasingly complicated stragetic map system too, mostly in equipping your heroes with items and configuring their pokemon retinue and training them and oh by the way anything that starts past level five is a dead character because they have wasted, empty level ups and most of your army starts at ten or so It's a weird mix of some Three Kingdoms title and some Fire Emblem and you could be playing either instead.
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May 15, 2022 05:54
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Speaking of strategy games. I bought the HOMM like Songs of Conquest and the AI just blatantly cheats. There are no difficulty settings for the campaign but I noticed that the AI heroes get free reinforcements every turn. Also they don't need to stick around In your cities to convert them they can just tag them and run. Also they have more movement than you can have baseline and respawn quicker if defeated. I tried the last campaign mission for hours before I gave up. It's early access so that might change but it sucks out all the fun for me.
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May 15, 2022 06:00
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Gamerofthegame posted:The port is fine, it has some weird interface stuff but it's fine. The real issue is that it's an incredibly slow and tedious game which... fits the bill for PS1 era strategy game. Just be glad it isn't Hoshigami, which is even slower
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May 15, 2022 06:09
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Begemot posted:I'm still mad they didn't do a full-on Sid Meier's Pirates! remake with all the systems from that game. The pirating action was so much fun, they already had all the pieces! Wasn't Skull & Bones supposed to be that?
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May 15, 2022 07:08
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Begemot posted:I'm still mad they didn't do a full-on Sid Meier's Pirates! remake with all the systems from that game. The pirating action was so much fun, they already had all the pieces! Its been 17/35 years, and still a worthy Successor to the Sid Meier's Pirates! line has not graced us. A good poster posted:Wasn't Skull & Bones supposed to be that? Isn't that some dumbass multiplayer only PvPvE thing?
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May 15, 2022 07:17
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Not that I've ever been inclined to give Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt (especially not following From Dust, sheesh), but a lot of post-9/11 games leaned heavily on an unquestioning allowance for mowing down scores of AI Muslims, so I can kinda understand and even respect the "Yo, this game is about the Crusades, but we're trying to walk a line here" intention of the disclaimer, even if (in execution) it's a bit muddled. But I haven't so much as touched an Ubisoft game since 2011, so I don't know what they're up to these days (aside from yet more sandboxes).
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May 15, 2022 07:19
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deep dish peat moss posted:e: Granted despite playing a lot of metroidvanias and being familiar with every video game ever released, I have not even heard of any of the games in this post except for Aquaria and Deedlit: Metroid-style: Environmental Station Alpha Psycron Journey to the Savage Planet (Prime-style) Lone Fungus Shadow Complex Vision Soft Reset A Robot Named Fight Recompile (Prime-style) Outbuddies Escape from Tethys Xeodrifter MindSeize Momento Temporis (game was never finished) IGA-style: Bloodstained The actual IGA games, as there's a collection Deedlit/Luna Nights Timespinner Chasm Inexistence Rebirth SuperEpic Castlevania (but not IGA) style: Infernax (Simon's Quest) Odallus: The Dark Call Zelda-style: Elliot Quest (Zelda 2) Unsighted Darksiders Pear Potion Chronicles of Teddy Hatchwell Lenna's Inception Blossom Tales Other specific game-become-vania: The Messenger (Ninja Gaiden) Axiom Verge (Contra-style weaponry) Dust: An Elysian Tail (splashy/character action) Strider 2014 (...Strider) Monster Boy (Wonder Boy) Aggelos (Wonder Boy) Blaster Master Zero (of course the whole series kinda is its own flavor of MV i suppose) Vomitoreum (DOOM) The Mummy Demastered (Contra) Rocketron (Contra weaponry w/ Blaster Master structure) Rex Rocket (Megaman) Spud's Quest (Dizzy) Either unique or not leaning in a particular direction (I know that's contradictory but I just mean not belonging to the above categories): Hollow Knight Ori & the Blind Forest (& sequel) Arkham Knight Grime Supraland Yoku's Island Express Astalon Shantae series Momodora Reverie Alwa's Awakening/Legacy BIOTA Guacamelee Cathedral Valdis Story Dandara Transiruby Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Robot Wants Kitty After Death Ghost 1.0/Mini-Ghost Aquaria Super Panda Adventures Catmaze Mystik Belle Batbarian Win the Game/Super Win the Game Castle in the Darkness Pharaoh Rebirth And All Would Cry Beware Adventures of Chris Kunai Aquatic Adventures of the Last Human Omega Strike Magicians & Looters Super Skelemania Tiny/Super Dangerous Dungeons 1000 Amps Treasure Adventure World Spooky Ghosts Dot Com Retro Game Crunch (has a MV in it among other games) Mable & the Wood 8Doors UnEpic (sucks) Dark Matter (game was never finished) Ghostly Matter Forma.8 The Waste Land (bad bad bad) Aerannis (problematic AF) Visual Out Rabi-Ribi Lore Finder Robot Exploration Squad (ugly as heck but actually decent IIRC) Minishoot Adventure Exophobia Rubi: The Wayward Mira Kingdom Shell Exile's End Not actually Metroidvanias but they have the tag on Steam for some reason: Cave Story (it's not it's not it's not) Foregone Apotheon Asha in Monster World HD Knytt Underground (Knytt Stories, however, does qualify and is quite good... but not on Steam) Fez ICEY Binky's Trash Service (a cool little game but not a MV) Flynn: Son of Crimson The Swapper (good puzzle game, not a MV) VVVVVV Full Bore Myth Bearer Abyss Odyssey Chariot Spaceport Hope Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Rabbit Willy Jetman Shovel Knight ARES Out There Somewhere Azure Striker Gunvolt Seraph The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 07:40 on May 15, 2022 |
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Momodora: Reverie of the Night is a great little pocket metroidvania, and has had me looking for more shorter titles. Sometimes you just want a taste of something without it becoming your life for a month, you know? Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils is probably my favorite metroidvania, but they took it off Steam with no word on its return. Glad to have my copy, but it's a shame I can't recommend it to anyone.
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May 15, 2022 07:37
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Bad Seafood posted:Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils is probably my favorite metroidvania, but they took it off Steam with no word on its return. Glad to have my copy, but it's a shame I can't recommend it to anyone. Aztaka Bunny Must Die Headlander (it's actually been so long I forget if this actually is a MV or not, I forget) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Skautfold: Usurper I also played the demo of Pronty but IDK if the full thing is a MV, it was very Aquaria-like from what I remember. there are a few games in the big list above where i only played the demo but they are def metroidvanias. i intend on getting to the full versions of them eventually (astalon and lone fungus are examples... lone fungus is currently early access so i'm waiting on that to be completed) some MVs that will be releasing in the future: Transmute (Metroid-style) some games from the big list above that i played demos of (Exophobia, Kingdom Shell, Lore Finder, Minishoot Adventures) Gestalt: Steam and Cinder Astronite Islets Souldiers (so-claimed anyway... I played the demo and it felt pretty linear) Emuurom Bushiden Bio-Gun Heart Forth Alicia and Ghost Song (yes they aren't vaporware, both devs are working on their respective games still) Rune Fencer Iliya 9 Years of Shadows (just gonna link this one again because the visuals look loving sick) i love metroidvanias a lot, obviously! i have still a lot of MVs to buy & play, like ender lilies, haiku, powerslave, F.I.S.T., biomass, ato, necrosphere, aeterna noctis. i'll get to them. i will!! The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 07:59 on May 15, 2022 |
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Kagrenac posted:The second zone has an additive 20% gold bonus. I have absolutely no idea why it exists since it doesn't scale but the first sign after the entrance room tells you about it. Oh right, I totally forgot that sign, because of course I read it before I got the key item that lets me go there, and didn't re-read it on my return. (I probably would never have found it if I didn't watch Smight play for the first few hours, to be perfectly honest.) Apparently, it's just straight up to make the zone more rewarding. It seems like before it was a bit more platform-focused and open at the start, but that doesn't offer a permanent reward in the way combat does. So you gotta figure people were just avoiding the zone once they could, which would be a bummer if you spent the time on it. https://roguelegacy2.com/patchnotes/v050 I do really like the juxtaposition of that zone with the blocky castle rooms in the first area; very large spaces and very small spaces. But I'm also looking forward to checking out the other zones in earnest once I grind enough coins to stop insta-dying.
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May 15, 2022 08:01
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Jerusalem posted:I like that the Hitman games include it now, I assume as a parody but perhaps in case anybody gets offended at 47 almost solely targeting hyper-wealthy assholes who think they're above the law. Maybe they are also keeping in mind what happened with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin in 2002. Controversy The game's release sparked controversy due to a level featuring the killing of Sikhs within a depiction of their most holy site, the Harmandir Sahib, where hundreds of Sikhs were massacred in 1984.[18] In response, the level was edited from the Microsoft Windows and GameCube versions of Silent Assassin, removing all Sikh-related references.[19][20]
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May 15, 2022 08:05
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Anyone who loves metroidvanias and hasn't played GRIME needs to play GRIME.
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Mierenneuker posted:Maybe they are also keeping in mind what happened with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin in 2002.  Yeah okay I was fully unaware of that. Good Lord. I'm glad that it seems most of whoever was responsible for most of the hosed up weirdo ideas at IOI are either gone or have been completely sidelined - Absolution was really hosed up but apparently could have been even worse, and the new Hitman games seem to have taken a strong step away from "edgy" bullshit like that.
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May 15, 2022 08:24
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Gamerofthegame posted:The port is fine, it has some weird interface stuff but it's fine. The real issue is that it's an incredibly slow and tedious game which... fits the bill for PS1 era strategy game. It's a real shame. In the right time this would sound a lot like my jam. Anyway: refunded.
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May 15, 2022 08:41
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The 7th Guest posted:
I copied this list for future reference come sales time, but which would you say are the ones that you would at least consider as"good and worth your time". I'm only familiar with maybe 1/5 of these titles and I love this genre(s)! Or are there any particular duds to avoid?
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May 15, 2022 10:51
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Personally if you haven't yet I'd suggest trying out Bloodstained, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, and Touhou Luna Nights. And if you're thinking, "but I'm not familiar with a niche 90s anime about someone's D&D campaign or Touhou", well neither am I, both games are good regardless.
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May 15, 2022 10:59
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Deedlit's enjoyable, and the general gist of its plot is self-evident, but it does indulge in a lot of callbacks to the source material, so if you ever feel like you're missing something, the developers are assuming a certain body of knowledge. It's a game made for fans first and foremost, but solid enough (with a general enough plot) that outsiders can also enjoy it. Relatedly, if you're into someone turning their D&D campaign into a video game, the Chronicles of Mystara is a collection of two Capcom beat-em-ups, also on Steam. Yes, beat-em-ups, you read that correctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1skVZyMckfU A little janky, but if you've ever heard of or enjoyed Dragon's Crown, this is that game's granddaddy (and George Kamitani worked on both).
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Anyone know if there's One Weird Trick that fixes the framerate in Mankind Divided? Because I can't break 60 on lowest settings on my 3080 and that's not just annoying, it's loving stupid.
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May 15, 2022 12:20
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Black Griffon posted:Anyone know if there's One Weird Trick that fixes the framerate in Mankind Divided? Because I can't break 60 on lowest settings on my 3080 and that's not just annoying, it's loving stupid. IIRC it runs like buttass in windowed-fullscreen but is alright in exclusive fullscreen
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Trickyblackjack posted:I copied this list for future reference come sales time, but which would you say are the ones that you would at least consider as"good and worth your time". I'm only familiar with maybe 1/5 of these titles and I love this genre(s)! Or are there any particular duds to avoid? Not OP, but from the list, I'd absolutely recommend: ESA Axiom Verge Guacamelee VVVVVV (absolutely not from the genre but a great game) Shovel Knight (megaman-like, absolutely not from the genre again) And if you love the genre and randomiser mods but wish the game would deal with it by itself, then A Robot Named Fight is also a hot recommendation.
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Black Griffon posted:Anyone know if there's One Weird Trick that fixes the framerate in Mankind Divided? Because I can't break 60 on lowest settings on my 3080 and that's not just annoying, it's loving stupid. Switch to DX11.
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Best Metroidva.... games of this genre of recent years for me: Hollow Knight Axiom Verge Ender Lilies (this seems to be a sleeper, it's right up there with Hollow Knight) Bloodstained That's the top 4, bubbling under: Alwa's legacy Salt & Sanctuary Deedlit Ori & The blind forest (and sequel) Vigil : The longest night (this one also a bit more unknown but very good)
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May 15, 2022 13:04
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Free Rebel Galaxy Outl[A]w on steam: 578KI-TXP02-2[ ]GMZ (fill in the blank)
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Full Bore is absolutely a metroidvania, it's just one in which learning game mechanics allows you to access new areas, rather than receiving explicit upgrade
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Not the Messiah posted:Free Rebel Galaxy Outl[A]w on steam: Thank you!
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La-Mulana's another, though difficult to recommend. It's very obtuse, though in a creeping way. I played through it with a notebook, drawing maps, recording lore, and while that served me well for the first half of the game, the back half steadily got more and more confusing, until I finally broke down and checked a guide. Still not sure I'd believe anyone who told me they solved the mantra puzzle without a guide without brute forcing it. I recently picked up the sequel, and so far it's smoother sailing. I'm still early on though, so that could change.
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