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Lemon-Lime posted:I don't know that calling it single player Hunt is right, though it's old West + spooky things so I'm guessing that's where most of the comparison comes from. drat, that's disheartening to hear that the combat blows and to learn that it's more of a survival game. I don't even like Hunt as a game either but I love the aesthetic and gunfeel, just wish sweaty live players weren't a thing. Deakul fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Nov 1, 2022 |
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AFAIK the Cultic dev hasn't even started work on the next chapter. He really did himself a disservice by releasing chapters instead of just making them Cultic 1 and 2. The word 'chapter' does imply that it's the first half of a whole - and that may be true in terms of plot but as a video game it really does feel like a finished product. Tho I do understand the people in the thread wanting to knock all of ~Cultic~ out in one go so you can just experience the two parts in one sitting. Especially since we all generally have backlogs to get through. Gaspy Conana fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Nov 1, 2022 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I can’t really sympathise with dorks who aren’t willing to drop €10 on a cool game. And if you can't justify 10€ then you can currently even pay 2€ less on GreenManGaming! Angryhead fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Nov 1, 2022 |
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Angryhead posted:And if you can't justify 10€ then you can currently evenpay 2€ less on GreenManGaming! Just fyi, this is still $11.49 in  drat, I definitely would have picked it up.
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Serephina posted:The Godfather was originally written and released as a standalone, and having sequels spoke to its success as such. A more apt cinema comparison would be the Hobbit trilogy maybe? Dunno, haven't picked up Cultic yet, but I can sympathize with people getting tired of the way games are currently being released.
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Angryhead posted:And if you can't justify 10€ then you can currently even pay 2€ less on GreenManGaming! dang still  in usa
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I picked up my replay that I took off the burner 2 weeks ago just to see how I felt about it now and while the honeymoon period is "over" I still think the game is great and am baffled by the few opinions I see to the contrary. But I really don't like anything involving platform sections, especially those that require precision jumps. I don't know what it is but it's just frustrating at times. Fortunately they're not super common but it is a con
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Gaspy Conana posted:AFAIK the Cultic dev hasn't even started work on the next chapter. He really did himself a disservice by releasing chapters instead of just making them Cultic 1 and 2. The word 'chapter' does imply that it's the first half of a whole - and that may be true in terms of plot but as a video game it really does feel like a finished product. I can definitely see this. Cultic Chapter 1 is a cohesive unit (and a fantastic deal for US$9.99) but the semantics suggest it being part of something rather than it's own "thing". I don't have much of a problem with it beyond recognizing the issue, but maybe it would have been better to call Chapter 1 something like "Cultic: Rise From Your Grave" and then Chapter 2 could instead be called "Cultic: The Ham Sandwich Mystery" etc.
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Gaspy Conana posted:AFAIK the Cultic dev hasn't even started work on the next chapter. He really did himself a disservice by releasing chapters instead of just making them Cultic 1 and 2. The word 'chapter' does imply that it's the first half of a whole - and that may be true in terms of plot but as a video game it really does feel like a finished product. I already thought you were right that it should've been Cultic and Cultic 2 and you're even more right after I've played it.
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Edit: nvm this is dumb. The AVGN and his retreating hairline has a new episode about Doom with a special guest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5zyhC11hzQ Al Cu Ad Solte fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Nov 1, 2022 |
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:I don't see how the dev did himself a disservice; what difference does it make whether it's called 1 and 2 or episode 1 and 2 or chapter 1 and 2. because some dumbasses won't buy it just because it's called chapter 1 or whatever
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if people already explained that they'd rather play the whole finished product i don't know what the use is in pretending you don't know what their reasoning is
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I'm sorry I'm not going to read your posts until you've posted every post you'll ever post.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Edit: nvm this is dumb. This was pretty good. Really brings me back to my first impressions of the game.
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Naughty Dog was clever to rename Last Of Us to Last Of Us Part 1 only after Last Of Us Part 2 was released.
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Cultic: Chapter 1 is a full experience that is well worth your time and will last you several hours. It also has lots of replay value. This weird quibbling over the title is loving dumb.
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I'd play halo infinite but it's never going to reach infinity (that's a joke of course. i played halo infinite and didn't like it)
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Cultic Chapter One took me 10 hours (according to my Steam playtime) on Extreme difficulty. Not at all a bad price for what I paid, and I'll probably go back for a victory lap on a lower difficulty at some point.
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that really cool looking FPS book someone mentioned earlier is now up for preorder!
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Quantum of Phallus posted:that really cool looking FPS book someone mentioned earlier is now up for preorder! https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002 This, for anyone wondering.
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Gaspy Conana posted:AFAIK the Cultic dev hasn't even started work on the next chapter. He really did himself a disservice by releasing chapters instead of just making them Cultic 1 and 2. The word 'chapter' does imply that it's the first half of a whole - and that may be true in terms of plot but as a video game it really does feel like a finished product. This is what I was trying to get at with my dumb godfather joke, thanks 
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002 Quoting this to point out that you get a pdf of the book when you purchase it, no need to wait for the thing to turn up in the post!
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Deakul posted:drat, that's disheartening to hear that the combat blows and to learn that it's more of a survival game. PvPvE just makes pretty much every game it's attached to worse, all the worst aspects of PvP and PvE with none of the benefits Milo and POTUS posted:I picked up my replay that I took off the burner 2 weeks ago just to see how I felt about it now and while the honeymoon period is "over" I still think the game is great and am baffled by the few opinions I see to the contrary. But I really don't like anything involving platform sections, especially those that require precision jumps. I don't know what it is but it's just frustrating at times. Fortunately they're not super common but it is a con The weird thing is unlike a lot of FPS games it's not because of the actual jump mechanics, Cultic Guy can jump pretty good, the issue is that the hit detection for platforms(or indeed edges in general, it's really noticeable on those small spiral staircases for example) is really wonky depending on the angle you're approaching it from Volte posted:Cultic Chapter One took me 10 hours (according to my Steam playtime) on Extreme difficulty. Not at all a bad price for what I paid, and I'll probably go back for a victory lap on a lower difficulty at some point. Was about 5 and a half hours on Casual* for me *which in spite of the name is more like the normal difficulty of most games, still a good bit of challenge(like getting hit by a Harvester chainsaw will still take off about half your health, same if you get whacked by a physics object a Ghost tosses at you), also lets you indulge in action movie style rampages a bit more than higher difficulties
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Edit: nvm this is dumb. Game looks really cool but imma wait until they've released every wad in 1.0 before i try it
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The FPS book is on my Christmas list. I have their point and click adventure book and it’s cool.
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Casimir Radon posted:The FPS book is on my Christmas list. I have their point and click adventure book and it’s cool. Oh sweet, didn't see that one. They look like great gifts and if you buy them you get a PDF so I can also read them on my ipad 
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”John Romero” posted:Remember: those that fail to learn from history - are DOOMed to repeat it. This may explain the current climate
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drrockso20 posted:The weird thing is unlike a lot of FPS games it's not because of the actual jump mechanics, Cultic Guy can jump pretty good, the issue is that the hit detection for platforms(or indeed edges in general, it's really noticeable on those small spiral staircases for example) is really wonky depending on the angle you're approaching it from Oh no you're right cultic guy (lol not as catchy as doom guy buy a mile) can jump like a frog on steroids. And it does seem related to the geometry obviously (most of you've played it) e: now that I think about it, what's this guy's vert? Really does seem like he should be in the nba. I can jump out of a giant trench no problem Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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I like that if you throw a kick I'm the air while you jump you go higher, so his best vertical is one-legged while doing a split.
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I keep having to take breaks with Cultic. Its setpieces can get genuinely really tense and creepy.
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The game definitely strikes a pretty fantastic balance between creepy set pieces and power fantasy--which is something DUSK did a pretty good job at as well, come to think of it. I love that level where you start off wandering through the woods in the quiet dark--with little more than the faint illumination of a truck or a campfire in the distance to direct you--and you're just waiting for the other foot to drop. And when the Corpses suddenly appear, you only have until the first one leaps at you to figure out that they're not the shuffling, dumb zombies we're used to--no, these fuckers can lead you with their jumps like DOOM 2016's imps lead you with their fireballs, and they seem to suddenly be everywhere, but it's too dark to really figure out how many are out there before you're backpedaling through the woods and tossing molotovs like a maniac. Hell, I even loved crawling through the crypts with the flashlight and catching a glimpse of the first MR MOUTH MAN off in the distance and knowing that at some point I'm going to be in the same room with whatever that thing was. Cream-of-Plenty fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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Adding to the CULTIC owns pile, bought it and played two and a half hours yesterday. Very cool (and surprisingly creepy!) set pieces. Milo and POTUS posted:But I really don't like anything involving platform sections, especially those that require precision jumps. I don't know what it is but it's just frustrating at times. Fortunately they're not super common but it is a con Like even with the very first secret hint in the first level (jump on a door to get into a vent duct) it took some tries to figure out whether it was even possible to jump on that door frame... yes, it is, the collision detection/physics for it is just quite twitchy. I'm playing on the Deck and the performance isn't totally perfect 60 but I turned the settings down a bit and it's consistent enough! The demo didn't show controller bindings but the full version totally does (and the aim assist helps a scrub like me get through the game fine) https://twitter.com/DanielWienerson/status/1587669515952828416
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drrockso20 posted:PvPvE just makes pretty much every game it's attached to worse, all the worst aspects of PvP and PvE with none of the benefits I played a few free weekends of HUNT and I agree with this. If the game was pure PvE coop would be perfect for me but right now I don't care about getting shot from 200m away by a guy with a sniper rifle while we're fighting one of the NPC objectives. For me is either PvP or PvE, the mix never ends well (like the Dark Zone in The Division 1 and 2 for example).
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Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is free at GOG right now! https://www.gog.com/game/jazz_jackrabbit_2_collection (I refuse to believe there are people who played Doom in the 90's but not Jazz Jackrabbit)
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I never played Jazz Jackrabbit. I thought it looked like a knockoff of Duke Nukem with Commander Keen sensibilities.
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Volte posted:I never played Jazz Jackrabbit. I thought it looked like a knockoff of Duke Nukem with Commander Keen sensibilities. Its like if you gave Sonic the Hedgehog a gun so its terrible and uncontrollable but I have fondness for it versus the other two you mentioned.
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