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orcane
Jun 13, 2012

Fun Shoe
Of course they did...

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Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008


God, crypto and NFTs were catnip for every rear end in a top hat on the planet

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007



They did it they've created woRmz: brain edition.

Jamfrost
Jul 20, 2013

I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.
Slime TrainerS

sad question posted:

Sounds as grave as The Taint from Two Worlds.

The title of my favorite porn.


tater_salad posted:

They did it they've created woRmz: brain edition.

:yeshaha:

Galaga Galaxian
Apr 23, 2009

What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!


No Man's Sky is just a perfect "70s/80s Sci-Fi Art" simulator :allears:

habituallyred
Feb 6, 2015

Deakul posted:

Hey goons what do I got for artillery games ala Scorched Earth/Pocket Tanks/Worms these days?

Hell, has there even been a good Worms entry since Armageddon yet?

Interplanetary? drat, also by the team 17 folks. A planet vs. planet artillery game. Stick with ridiculously big guns with arcing shells or tech into direct fire lasers. Maybe turn off resource exhaustion.

If you are playing with other human beings you could try Cortex Command and pinky swear not to move around?

Jamfrost
Jul 20, 2013

I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.
Slime TrainerS
What about : https://store.steampowered.com/app/326460/ShellShock_Live/?

kazil
Jul 24, 2005

Derpmph trial star reporter!

Gorillas remaster when?

Yami Fenrir
Jan 25, 2015

Is it I that is insane... or the rest of the world?

It's amazing how they just never tell anyone they're doing NFTs, and if they do tell someone those people tell them it's a stupid idea, and they just ignore it...

Only for it to have turned out to be a stupid idea.

It's some real surprised pikachu poo poo.

sad question
May 30, 2020

Wasn't Worms WMD supposed to be good?

Kanfy
Jan 9, 2012

Just gotta keep walking down that road.

sad question posted:

Wasn't Worms WMD supposed to be good?

WMD is fun yeah, especially once they added the ability to include all the weird crafted altermate versions of weapons into the default weapon lineups, adds a lot of variety in there. I found Reloaded (the 2010 one) and WMD to be the best post-Armageddon 2D Worms games, we've put in a few hundred hours into 'em total with a friend of mine over the years and still play WMD matches here and there.

Kanfy fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Nov 27, 2022

Omi no Kami
Feb 19, 2014


Is Total War: Three Kingdoms worth a look if I want to play a Three Kingdoms board game? I know it has low unit variety, but I loving loved Romance of the Three Kingdoms with all the stupid diplomatic poo poo and pang tong setting every loving square on fire every single time I tried to kidnap him.

deep dish peat moss
Jul 27, 2006

Omi no Kami posted:

Is Total War: Three Kingdoms worth a look if I want to play a Three Kingdoms board game? I know it has low unit variety, but I loving loved Romance of the Three Kingdoms with all the stupid diplomatic poo poo and pang tong setting every loving square on fire every single time I tried to kidnap him.

How do you feel about Total War games in general? I'd say it's one of the better ones mechanically, but it also tries to do a lot of things very differently from the others - namely being more character/diplomacy focused. That being said, don't expect diplomacy rivaling ROT3K. It's more of a Total War game with ROT3K flavor than a ROT3K game with Total War flavor. You can do some wacky diplomacy stuff but it's not what the game is "about".

(Personally I'd say Warhammer 2 is the best Total War game and then Shogun 2/Three Kingdoms are tied for #2 but I have no idea how that opinion compares to the status quo)

Jamfrost
Jul 20, 2013

I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.
Slime TrainerS
Total War: Shogun 2 is still my favorite one. It's also the only one I stuck with, despite how much I wanted to like the Warhammer ones. Maybe the third will be the one? :v:

Omi no Kami
Feb 19, 2014


I'm really inconsistent on Total War. I love 40k and Shogun, but bounced right the heck off most of the others. I know I like it enough that I'd enjoy the battle elements of Three Kingdoms, but the strategy elements and systematically conquering China is really what appeals to me. Does it do enough differently from Shogun 2 to be worth a look, or should I just re-install the latter?

PowerBeard
Sep 4, 2011

Kanfy posted:

WMD is fun yeah, especially once they added the ability to include all the weird crafted altermate versions of weapons into the default weapon lineups, adds a lot of variety in there. I found Reloaded (the 2010 one) and WMD to be the best post-Armageddon 2D Worms games, we've put in a few hundred hours into 'em total with a friend of mine over the years and still play WMD matches here and there.

Worms WMD felt kinda off, like the movement and weapons just didn't feel up to Armageddon. I really should try give it another shot, can't be any worse than the games that got rope physics wrong.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Yami Fenrir posted:

It's amazing how they just never tell anyone they're doing NFTs, and if they do tell someone those people tell them it's a stupid idea, and they just ignore it...

Only for it to have turned out to be a stupid idea.

It's some real surprised pikachu poo poo.

The idea of making GBS threads out some jpegs that might conceivably earn thousands of dollars is so utterly appealing to C-suite sociopaths that it completely short circuits any other reasoning they might do.

man nurse
Feb 18, 2014


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1913680/Elevator_Action_Returns_STribute/

Excuse me?

Edmond Dantes
Sep 12, 2007

Reactor: Online
Sensors: Online
Weapons: Online

ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL

:stwoon:

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



deep dish peat moss posted:

How do you feel about Total War games in general? I'd say it's one of the better ones mechanically, but it also tries to do a lot of things very differently from the others - namely being more character/diplomacy focused. That being said, don't expect diplomacy rivaling ROT3K. It's more of a Total War game with ROT3K flavor than a ROT3K game with Total War flavor. You can do some wacky diplomacy stuff but it's not what the game is "about".

The main game seems to be reasonably discounted, but I have an irrational hatred of buying a game without all the DLC (which are numerous and expensive). Which ones are worth it, if any?

Fatty
Sep 13, 2004
Not really fat

big cummers ONLY posted:

What is the best space game for listening to podcasts while you do resource collection, space courier stuff, and arcade-style fighting? I know no man's sky has this, but are there fun payoffs for your time mining asteroids? Like is there a worthwhile incentive to do it beyond "I want to mine asteroids and catch up on Comedy Bang Bang"? I recently got a new gaming computer so a game that looks really pretty is a plus.

Gonna recommend Starcom Nexus. Its more about rewarding exploration than economics and has a Star Control feel. Building your ship is simple, and the research tree lets you make some real monsters by the endgame.

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester


There's an extremely bad arcade light gun shooter EA that's definitely not Time Crisis now too

Someone's milking an IP lol

Cool Kids Club Soda
Aug 20, 2010
😎❄️🌃🥤🧋🍹👌💯
I remember playing a pirated copy of the first Virtua Cop on a Pentium, and mouse aim just completely trivialized the whole game

Annath
Jan 11, 2009

Batatouille is a great and funny play on words for a video game creature and I love silly words like these
Clever Betty
Is there a Steam Deck thread or is that this thread? I'm considering buying one but I have questions.

Sterf
Dec 31, 2004

Annath posted:

Is there a Steam Deck thread or is that this thread? I'm considering buying one but I have questions.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973713

Azran
Sep 3, 2012

And what should one do to be remembered?

Xander77 posted:

The main game seems to be reasonably discounted, but I have an irrational hatred of buying a game without all the DLC (which are numerous and expensive). Which ones are worth it, if any?

The DLC adds new start dates, new characters and every now and then one or two factions for the 'main' (i.e the most popular) start date. The Nanman DLC (Fury of the Wilds) is the only one that adds a wholly unique culture, the Yellow Turbans are technically a separate faction mechanically but not that far removed from the base Han factions IMO. A World Betrayed and Fates Divided add a bunch of characters to the Cao Cao and Yuan Shao factions as well as two new start dates so those provide the most variety. Mandate of Heaven sends you back to the start of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and it's a very ambitious scripted scenario that sadly tends to break more often than not. Stay away from Eight Princes and only buy Yellow Turban Rebellion if you want to play Yellow Turbans in the main start date (basically a hard mode faction where you cannot engage in meaningful diplomacy with Han factions).

In general DLC is much less important for 3K than Warhammer - the most significant content updates came as part of the free patches.

Omi no Kami posted:

I'm really inconsistent on Total War. I love 40k and Shogun, but bounced right the heck off most of the others. I know I like it enough that I'd enjoy the battle elements of Three Kingdoms, but the strategy elements and systematically conquering China is really what appeals to me. Does it do enough differently from Shogun 2 to be worth a look, or should I just re-install the latter?

Shogun 2 is so old and clunky in comparison to 3K that I'd say there's no comparison.

claw game handjob
Mar 27, 2007

pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

RBA Starblade posted:

There's an extremely bad arcade light gun shooter EA that's definitely not Time Crisis now too

Someone's milking an IP lol

I mean this is literally the Saturn version of EAR ported to PC, the company is doing a few of these right now with Taito games (see also: Cleopatra Fortune). I dunno where knockoffs come in

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

RBA Starblade posted:

There's an extremely bad arcade light gun shooter EA that's definitely not Time Crisis now too

Someone's milking an IP lol

Elevator Action Returns was an actual arcade/Sega Saturn game

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
Elevator Action Returns loving whips rear end

claw game handjob
Mar 27, 2007

pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

kirbysuperstar posted:

Elevator Action Returns loving whips rear end

Yeah legit that is a loving all-timer action game, the soundtrack slaps, it's got just enough engrish spice on it to be charming, and it plays tight as hell.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
DESTROY THE OLD ORDER

CREATE A NEW SOCIETY

Zereth
Jul 9, 2003



Tism the Dragon Tickler posted:

There's a lot of that. Unoccupied, out of the way star systems have a lot of weird things you can find, and it's usually very rewarding to go looking for them, albeit to some degree of risk from ancient drones and such.
Followup question: How practical is hot-rodding up a small/medium ship and killing things by a combination of outflyign them and having 30 pounds of weapons in a 5 pound ship? I loved me some Pirate Valkyrie Class IVs in EV: Nova.

Fajita Queen
Jun 21, 2012

Zereth posted:

Followup question: How practical is hot-rodding up a small/medium ship and killing things by a combination of outflyign them and having 30 pounds of weapons in a 5 pound ship? I loved me some Pirate Valkyrie Class IVs in EV: Nova.

Very. You control one flagship in your fleet and it's a very popular choice to make that a fast frigate with some kind of movement special ability, since you'll be able to take advantage of that much better (and safer) than the AI can for your other ships.

Owl Inspector
Sep 14, 2011

Harvestella seems very good having played through most of spring so far. it is much simpler than rune factory 5 with very little to consider as far as crop placement, but the rest of the game outside of farming seems a lot better than RF5. money is scarce and getting profits feels very rewarding, at least at this stage.

Serephina
Nov 8, 2005

恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

Im_Special posted:

Starsector too actually, but this one is not on Steam.

Oh yea that game, I recognize the sprites! Been ages, I wonder low long.... (finds patch notes from 2010).

Yea. I might just forget about it for another decade, and see it when it's done.

Arrinien
Oct 22, 2010





Omi no Kami posted:

I'm really inconsistent on Total War. I love 40k and Shogun, but bounced right the heck off most of the others. I know I like it enough that I'd enjoy the battle elements of Three Kingdoms, but the strategy elements and systematically conquering China is really what appeals to me. Does it do enough differently from Shogun 2 to be worth a look, or should I just re-install the latter?

3K is on Gamepass so if you happen to have an active sub, you can go try out the base game.

err
Apr 11, 2005

I carry my own weight no matter how heavy this shit gets...
I always go back to Medieval 2. So many mods for it that change the game totally.

Risutora
Dec 28, 2006

kazil posted:

Gorillas remaster when?

Bored Gorillas

Attack on Princess
Dec 15, 2008

To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!

Deakul posted:

Hey goons what do I got for artillery games ala Scorched Earth/Pocket Tanks/Worms these days?

Hell, has there even been a good Worms entry since Armageddon yet?

Forts flirts with Worms ideas, but is its own thing.

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256698343/movie480.webm?t=1508470512
https://store.steampowered.com/app/410900/Forts/

It has a fun campaign. I imagine the multiplayer mode is dead though unless you can rope in some people.

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C.M. Kruger
Oct 28, 2013

Donnerberg posted:

Forts flirts with Worms ideas, but is its own thing.

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256698343/movie480.webm?t=1508470512
https://store.steampowered.com/app/410900/Forts/

It has a fun campaign. I imagine the multiplayer mode is dead though unless you can rope in some people.

Steam Charts says it seems to fluctuate between 300-900 a day, not bad for a indie game.

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