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I didn't have any issues running the demo at 3440x1440 with a 3080, and I thought the presentation in Phantom Brigade was really neat, but I question whether I like the timeline turn based gameplay. It's a neat game, but I felt like I was missing some of the mechanics. Price is better than I thought it would be though so I may buy it anyway.
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Actually, performance is better for me than I thought. The in game v sync was causing the frame cap to not work. Turning v sync off in game gives me much more reasonable GPU usage.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Actually, performance is better for me than I thought. The in game v sync was causing the frame cap to not work. Turning v sync off in game gives me much more reasonable GPU usage.
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ShadowMar posted:when is lost planet 2 going to be playable on modern hardware again I need a new game in this spirit very much
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Feb 28, 2023 21:50
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Pigbuster posted:I also feel like I'm obligated to love it because this was one of the first things that happened to me: Is there some sort of draft-your-own-poker hand thing going on? Cuz if not, getting a royal flush just means is that the game is cheating in your favor to make you feel clever. I had a daft friend who played a lot of games on Facebook, she played the freeware version of a gambling casino thing. Often crowed at how good she was, always being up money easily in blackjack and poker... and I'm like, lady, don't be dumb, you don't make half a million against the house in blackjack.
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Feb 28, 2023 21:59
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I think the tutorial intentionally gives you one really good hand. You can also use abilities to wild cards, change suits, or change the card value up or down one.
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Feb 28, 2023 22:00
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So what's the DLC situation with Ace Combat 7? The super ultimate Top Gun edition is on sale for 20 bux and comes with...the Top Gun stuff and then also the season pass which looks to be 3 planes and maybe a few other minor goodies. But that doesn't cover everything. Is this a EDF style situation where you can throw more money down to get more wacky planes to choose from, but none of its essential or otherwise a big deal?
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Feb 28, 2023 22:14
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Frankly I think all of them are candidates for "least necessary DLC" on any game I've played in the last five years. The three missions are fine, but not at all necessary. The planes are all "these are just more planes" and most of them look pretty stupid to boot
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Feb 28, 2023 22:16
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Oh, Phantom Brigade is using Unity, which explains why the demo was at 1fps in a menu. Unity just does not like wine/proton, what a goddamn shame. Maybe I'll wait for AC4? --- Also by the same guys, Necrodancer's latest DLC is still in bloody Early Access. That's cheeky, right? The game's a huge success, already has a major expansion out, and suddenly the second xpack needs 6+ months of EA? Seems greedy.
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Feb 28, 2023 22:31
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I think they're doing EA because they're adding 6 player multiplayer? IIRC
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Feb 28, 2023 22:34
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Serephina posted:Also by the same guys, Necrodancer's latest DLC is still in bloody Early Access. That's cheeky, right? The game's a huge success, already has a major expansion out, and suddenly the second xpack needs 6+ months of EA? Seems greedy. How so?
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Serephina posted:Also by the same guys, Necrodancer's latest DLC is still in bloody Early Access. That's cheeky, right? The game's a huge success, already has a major expansion out, and suddenly the second xpack needs 6+ months of EA? Seems greedy. please explain how this is greedy
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The responses make me feel like I'm crazy? EA is (was?) about getting funding to finish your project, so you're selling things half-finished. Small indie studio with shallow pockets kind of thing. If you need beta testers, Necrodancer was/is successful, the studio is funding much larger projects, and the Synchrony DLC was being loudly marketed instead of a quiet ping for 'testers needed'. I suppose this is more a rant about EA and the modern games market in general, but it feels bad to see established products/teams selling unfinished DLC.
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Feb 28, 2023 22:57
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Rich company doing EA for DLC definitely seems weird. It’s easy to not pay for EA DLC though.
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EA is also about polishing the game based on people's feedback aka the Larain and Klei model of EA. Early Access then is just a marker of hey this game/dlc is unpolished buyer beware. Sometimes it comes at a cheaper price for early adopters. It's fine, if you want the polished thing you can just wait and wait again for a discount. It's not like there's not a million other finished games to play in the meantime.
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Feb 28, 2023 23:03
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Necrodancer is a $15 game that is often basically free when it's on sale. It's an amazing game. How do you go calling them greedy? These are the good guys.
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The Crypt of the Necrodancer devs have finally been held accountable.
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Feb 28, 2023 23:09
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Grift of the Necrodancer.
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I think it's just EA because they're still making major changes? But that's not necessarily a bad thing considering that they're still adding stuff.
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John Murdoch posted:So what's the DLC situation with Ace Combat 7? The super ultimate Top Gun edition is on sale for 20 bux and comes with...the Top Gun stuff and then also the season pass which looks to be 3 planes and maybe a few other minor goodies. But that doesn't cover everything. Is this a EDF style situation where you can throw more money down to get more wacky planes to choose from, but none of its essential or otherwise a big deal? You want to get the missions. The three missions are the best Ace Combat content ever made, hands down. The Top Gun stuff is skippable, as are the other standalone planes. It's pretty much an EDF situation.
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AC7 ‘s dlc missions twist the Metal Gear label until it snaps off, they’re great
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Yggdra Union is in EA to iron out potential issues with the port and I'm cool with that. I'm fine with EA being a commitment statement that issues are being worked on.
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Pigbuster posted:It's great. Presentation is, as you say, very good; the story card art in particular is gorgeous. There are a lot of neat, unexpected mechanics. You basically have two separate decks+hands of abilities or playing cards, with playing cards replenishing to a full hand of 5 after every entity's turn, and all cards are kept between rounds and even between encounters, so it's very tempting to hold on to as much as you can. The way defense works is also interesting - you can only defend with the same amount of cards as an attack, so if an enemy throws a single ace at you it doesn't matter if you have a pair of kings - you can only defend with one of them and lose. One sneaky trick against an enemy attacking with a single ace you can't beat is to morph one of their cards into a pair you can beat, since the AI prioritizes pairs and switches to it. I've been playing this too, it's quite good. There's a series of story missions which can be played at four different difficulty levels (I think, I beat it through once and unlocked the second one, and they are labeled as seasons so four makes sense) and also a kind of Slay the Spire-esque non-story tree mode which also has different difficulties. The five characters play pretty differently. If I had a complaint, it's that the last two you unlock feel way more powerful and interesting to me than the earlier ones.
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FastestGunAlive posted:I need a new game in this spirit very much It’s called Monster Hunter.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You want to get the missions. The three missions are the best Ace Combat content ever made, hands down. The Top Gun stuff is skippable, as are the other standalone planes. It's pretty much an EDF situation. The campaign is relatively hard sci fi and then the first DLC mission introduces a pair of bickering anime twins. It was pretty weird.
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Serephina posted:If you need beta testers, edit: That said I do think some dev's implementation of EA has had a negative effect on some games, like Dead Cells which I adored in Early Access and they kept whittling away at the fun builds until I just kind of hated it when it came out. Volte fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Feb 28, 2023 |
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moller posted:The campaign is relatively hard sci fi and then the first DLC mission introduces a pair of bickering anime twins. It was pretty weird. Yeah it owns
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Serephina posted:Is there some sort of draft-your-own-poker hand thing going on? Cuz if not, getting a royal flush just means is that the game is cheating in your favor to make you feel clever. I had a daft friend who played a lot of games on Facebook, she played the freeware version of a gambling casino thing. Often crowed at how good she was, always being up money easily in blackjack and poker... and I'm like, lady, don't be dumb, you don't make half a million against the house in blackjack. I dunno, when I played, I kept getting tantalizingly close to a straight and failing until 66% of the way through the tutorial run, and even then it was against a flunky or something rather than the final boss. Unless someone wants to present me with the source code marked "cheat in player's favor", people can just get lucky.
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Crossposting from the hidden gems thread:Cantorsdust posted:I just finished Roadwarden and really enjoyed it.
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moller posted:The campaign is relatively hard sci fi and then the first DLC mission introduces a pair of bickering anime twins. It was pretty weird. is this your first ace combat
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You want to get the missions. The three missions are the best Ace Combat content ever made, hands down. The Top Gun stuff is skippable, as are the other standalone planes. It's pretty much an EDF situation. Ah, I see them now, and they're also part of the season pass. The trick is that it's either 10+10 for the base game and season pass or 20 bucks for the same thing but with the Top Gun stuff on top. Or I guess $2.50 per extra mission, if I care about saving an extra $2.50.
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Kibayasu posted:It’s called Monster Hunter. Explain
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Hwurmp posted:there's monsters I assume you live in blissful harmony with them?
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Finally beat Atomic Heart. Don't have too much to add that hasn't already been covered, but one thing I don't think I've seen talked about ( only being able to equip 2 polymer abilities, plus Shock, was disappointing. I know you could Refund them and spec into other skills to try them out, but I would have much preferred simply having access to the full toolkit and then choosing what to upgrade. Also just really uninspired ability options IMO, no real synergies between any of the abilities and no environmental interaction with any of them either. Fine enough game pass game, but I would be sorely disappointed if I actually purchased it
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Serephina posted:Is there some sort of draft-your-own-poker hand thing going on? Cuz if not, getting a royal flush just means is that the game is cheating in your favor to make you feel clever. I had a daft friend who played a lot of games on Facebook, she played the freeware version of a gambling casino thing. Often crowed at how good she was, always being up money easily in blackjack and poker... and I'm like, lady, don't be dumb, you don't make half a million against the house in blackjack. I’m kicking myself for not recording an actual clip of it, but I think that was a full draw from an empty hand, and it’s not the tutorial. I can believe the game gave me that one so I’m not going too crazy over it but I also didn’t see it happen in the YouTube I watched so who knows
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Quick Q: How much cash monies would a graphics card equivalent to a PS5’s GPU set a fella back these days? Is it cheaper than getting a PS5?
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I think 1-to-1 a PS5 is closest to like a 2070 Super or 5700XT? Here in the US at least those range from about the same price to a bit more expensive than a PS5, and depending on the rest of your computer don't guarantee similar performance necessarily.
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