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The 7th Guest posted:Floppy Knights: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057800/Floppy_Knights/ Got this on Gamepass. Pretty cute and fun, even though I'm not a big FE / tactics guy. Carlton (the robot arm buddy) is an adorable little psycho.
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Wow, Travellers Rest is an utterly shameless ripoff of Stardew Valley's look-and-feel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139980/Travellers_Rest/
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Wow, Travellers Rest is an utterly shameless ripoff of Stardew Valley's look-and-feel. haha normally I'd be the first to defend something like this, calling out something derivative of something derivative feels silly to me, and there's convergence in general when making sprites at a certain perspective and self imposed resolution... but this whole package looks like something designed to be mistaken for Stardew. Plus you think if you're making a not-Stardew, first thing you'd improve and make your own would be the UI. Doesn't help that their character art, which is doing it's own thing I guess, doesn't look great but worse, doesn't match anything else. If I just saw that image in a farm game thread I would've thought it was a stardew mod with out-of-place character replacements.
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im guessing this is not going to be an opinion shared by everyone but also like taking from stardew's look is baffling to me because i think its rather drab
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Khanstant posted:haha normally I'd be the first to defend something like this, calling out something derivative of something derivative feels silly to me, and there's convergence in general when making sprites at a certain perspective and self imposed resolution... but this whole package looks like something designed to be mistaken for Stardew. Plus you think if you're making a not-Stardew, first thing you'd improve and make your own would be the UI. Doesn't help that their character art, which is doing it's own thing I guess, doesn't look great but worse, doesn't match anything else. If I just saw that image in a farm game thread I would've thought it was a stardew mod with out-of-place character replacements. It ends up looking different from Stardew when you’re playing it I think, mostly in that stuff is uglier. Eg the trees and stuff are definitely in a different and not as good style  All that said it’s a pretty fun coop game and I would definitely recommend it. The loop is pretty different from Stardew. It’s more like a little baby overcooked when you run the tavern combined with a bunch of different crafting trees for you to work your way up. Eventually the running of the tavern becomes partially automated and you focus more and more on crafting and higher level management stuff.
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New games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880230/Trigger_Witch/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256884744/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1652400822 quote:Trigger Witch is a 2D, twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world where magic is mundane, but firearms are the new unknown! You are Colette, and as you graduate from the Stock, a curious man invades your world... Welcome to the world of Witchcraft and Triggery! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972820/Suicide_Guy_Deluxe_Plus/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256884081/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1651762396 quote:Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1106340/Legend_Bowl/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256848235/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1629928346 quote:Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!
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Communist Bear posted:I'll be the negative guy and say I'm really not enjoying it compared to older versions. There is something very "paint-by-numbers" about it. The open world is pretty but very empty, and something about it just doesn't work, although I don't know what. It's maybe that the enemies are so obvious in their locations that it creates bland gameplay. Sure, you can try stealthily getting up close to everyone and taking them out silently, but why bother when the AI is so mind numbingly dumb that you can just pick them off from 100 meters away. I think maybe in the prior games there was a sense of the enemy doing something, whereas in this one they just stand around and wait for me to shoot them. That's weird, on my playthrough there were 3 or 4 guys at each one
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Siltquote:Dive into Silt’s harrowing ocean abyss and unravel long-forgotten mysteries. Explore the dangerous waters, possess sea creatures, and solve puzzles to travel deeper into the darkness... 80% positive based on 5 reviews.
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Yeah I can't wait to play Silt. Love the look of that one https://store.steampowered.com/app/1414250/CORPSE_FACTORY/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256885150/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1651715685 quote:Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1327430/Pinku_Kult_Hex_Mortis/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256884447/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1651183624 quote:Welcome to RAZORE CITY – a desolate, grim metropolis with one big problem: DEMONS. Control your own Razore City denizen as you investigate bizarre happenings around the city and track down the mastermind behind it all in this narrative-based RPG! Play fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jun 1, 2022 |
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Play posted:
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Fishing Paradiso https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256857804/movie480_vp9.webm quote:Bad news: you’re dead. Good news: at least you made it into Heaven! Seems like a cute little fishing RPG. Has a pretty substantial demo if you want to check it out. Only question in my mind is how long the full game is, but I enjoyed the demo. Note: the demo refers to the protagonist as he/him but the developers said in the Steam forums that the gender was supposed to be ambiguous and it is a mistranslation from the Japanese; they say they've fixed that in the full game.
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I got almost 500 hours into Stardew and hundreds more in Terraria, but my jesus am I ever sick of retro styled graphics. I know they cant go full modern graphics due to the indie nature of most of these studios (or one man shows like Stardew), but I will continue to yearn for the unlikely day when passionate creators have the resources to make something that even approaches AAA levels. And when you look at the aforementioned examples, surely they've earned enough from those titles to be able to make something more modern? I guess they have no desire to. Stay 2D if you must, but give me crystal clear sprites and backgrounds at least. Are there any good Zelda clones out there on Steam? I have Oceanhorn, which I believe is a mobile port and its a serviceable adventure on the cheap. Then I picked up Shalnor Legends, which was horse poo poo. I signed up for the Leap playtest, but still on the lookout for a proper fast paced multiplayer FPS.
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codo27 posted:Are there any good Zelda clones out there on Steam? I have Oceanhorn, which I believe is a mobile port and its a serviceable adventure on the cheap. Then I picked up Shalnor Legends, which was horse poo poo. Hob, Blossom Tales, Lenna's Inception, Wirewalk(), Ocean's Heart, World to the West, Anodyne, Songbringer, and the Ittle Dew games are all very good. I thought Shalnor Legends was OK with a few notable issues, so YMMV.
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codo27 posted:Are there any good Zelda clones out there on Steam? I have Oceanhorn, which I believe is a mobile port and its a serviceable adventure on the cheap. Then I picked up Shalnor Legends, which was horse poo poo. How about Tunic? It's an amazing game, although there's a puzzle aspect to it that's nothing like Zelda, it's amazingly done. Also, it's on Gamepass if you got it!
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I'm not really much of a Zelda-like person but Death's Door (which is also on gamepass) was really fun for me
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fast cars loose anus posted:I'm not really much of a Zelda-like person but Death's Door (which is also on gamepass) was really fun for me Seconding Death's Door. It's pretty great for a Zelda-Like and has a lot of character to it.
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Souldiersquote:Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat. Pretty strong positive reviews so far, but due to some weird Steam issue I can't figure out exactly how many.
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Play posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880230/Trigger_Witch/ Just finished this after about 5 hours of playtime. Really good fun, well designed dungeons, though sadly, none of the weapons you get latter on are better than your starting assault rifle. Also, massive (and a bit hackneyed) tonal shift at the final dungeon big spoiler 
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codo27 posted:I got almost 500 hours into Stardew and hundreds more in Terraria, but my jesus am I ever sick of retro styled graphics. I know they cant go full modern graphics due to the indie nature of most of these studios (or one man shows like Stardew), but I will continue to yearn for the unlikely day when passionate creators have the resources to make something that even approaches AAA levels. And when you look at the aforementioned examples, surely they've earned enough from those titles to be able to make something more modern? I guess they have no desire to. Your preference is cool and good; where I disagree is that people who do retro games can't afford to do representational games.
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Fatty posted:Also, massive (and a bit hackneyed) tonal shift at the final dungeon hi, I'd like to be the first to ask: what in the gently caress or alternatively, jesus loving christ, what in the poo poo is going on there e: okay well apparently you shoot him in the head in the middle of his evil final monologue so it's not a pro-stalin game but the question still stands Dr. Fishopolis fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Jun 2, 2022 |
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Arsenic Lupin posted:You got it in the last sentence. I'm quite sure that ConcernedApe and Toby Fox and Re-Logic have the money to do games that aren't retro-styled, but all three of them like old games. Some people want to create modern graphics, but some people want to create games that look like the ones they played as children, or that comment on the games they played as children. There are plenty of indie studios that do more representational games: "Firewatch", "Heaven's Vault", for two. (And goddamnit, both those studios got bought and their next game discontinued.)
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ultrafilter posted:Souldiers I picked this up, and played past the first real boss. Very fun so far, the controls are smooth (though you end up having to use so many different hotkeys, game seems designed around a controller for sure), the pixel graphics are neat, the game is decently challenging, and the three characters you can choose between seem fairly different in playstyle, and have their own upgrade paths. Can definitely recommend from what I've seen so far. Edit: Also, the music is quite nice, reminds me of old SNES RPG games Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jun 2, 2022 |
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ultrafilter posted:Hob, Blossom Tales, Lenna's Inception, Wirewalk(), Ocean's Heart, World to the West, Anodyne, Songbringer, and the Ittle Dew games are all very good. I thought Shalnor Legends was OK with a few notable issues, so YMMV. You didn't say Archvale or Tunic, so I will. Those and Death's Door are my current faves. Hob is okay, Ocean's Heart (especially the first one) is dire.
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The 7th Guest posted:afaik inkle is still independent. i still need to play overboard
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Ocean's Heart (especially the first one) is dire. Ocean's Heart doesn't have a sequel. Are you thinking of a different game?
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ultrafilter posted:Ocean's Heart doesn't have a sequel. Are you thinking of a different game? Yep, I was thinking of Oceanhorn. Gotta try Ocean's Heart now that I've finally made the connection.
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Cark Shark is out, a game about cheating at cards. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256793040/movie480_vp9.webm quote:Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards. $16.99 on release sale. There was a demo for this awhile back that was pretty good.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Yep, I was thinking of Oceanhorn. Gotta try Ocean's Heart now that I've finally made the connection.
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Card Shark demo was really good. Although I'll admit after learning all the tricks then getting to choose different ones, it's really easy to forget how to do each one properly. Still a really neat and creative game, and 17 bucks is not a bad price at all. Think I'll have to grab that one.
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codo27 posted:
Kharon's Crypt and Hatchewell are both recent and great but won't float your boat if you are sick of retro graphics. Mina the Hollower is still a long ways out.
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Donut Dodoquote:If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table? 100% positive based on 20 reviews.
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Bug Squash posted:Congratulations. I have a confession, I lied to you. Disco Elysium is widely regarded as one of of the best games ever made and objectively the best written. This is probably the only game I played where I didn't worry about making my checks. I just let the chips fall where they may and it's given me a huge incentive to play through it again with a different build when I have the time .
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I bought Card Shark this weekend. I have put about an hour into it and beaten two of the early scenarios and I'm really liking it. I love the hand-drawn chalky art style, I love the music, and I love the cheeky, mischievous plot about cheating French elites out of money. The gameplay seems to combine both rhythm games, memory games, and thumbstick patterns to, say, improperly shuffle a deck to make sure certain cards fall in the right spot. It's not fully Wario Ware levels of minigames, but there's a decent variety so far. I'm playing on Medium difficult and so far, I'm doing pretty good even with bad memory and bad reaction times and sucking at rhythm games. There's an easy mode and a hard mode and it looks like you can change difficulty at will. I may have to bump it down to Easy at some point but for now, even my bad brain can hang. YMMV! Hopefully that gives you enough info to know if you're interested in it.
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That Dang Dad posted:I bought Card Shark this weekend. I have put about an hour into it and beaten two of the early scenarios and I'm really liking it. I love the hand-drawn chalky art style, I love the music, and I love the cheeky, mischievous plot about cheating French elites out of money. What's the game outside of the minigames? Is it just going from point A to point B, learning a trick and fleecing someone of money, then going to point C and doing the same?
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