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mystes posted:As an American you should feel more dunked on by that email because the US doesn't even have passenger rail Nah, Amtrak exists, but it's only really worth using on the coasts to get between big cities.
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:I am throwing a party tomorrow and I'm thinking of buying an extra game or two for local multi-player geared for a party atmosphere. SpiderHeck!! It's a really fun single-screen arena fighter. Great variety of stages and weapons and game modes, and while the controls take a second to adjust to they're quite simple and once they click you can pull off some very fun and fluid movement. It's also on Gamepass I believe. edit: I was also able to find online matches pretty easily on the Gamepass version for anyone who's looking to play solo -- not sure if that's the same matchmaking pool as Steam though
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Echoing the Duck Game and Chicken Horse suggestions, and also adding Unrailed if you want something co-op instead of competitive
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Randallteal posted:Nah, Amtrak exists, but it's only really worth using on the coasts to get between big cities. Amtrak is the way to go between New York and DC. I took the train from NYC to Boston once, and while I'm glad I did it once, I would never do it again.
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mystes posted:As an American you should feel more dunked on by that email because the US doesn't even have passenger rail That's just a constant thing in the back Randallteal posted:Nah, Amtrak exists, but it's only really worth using on the coasts to get between big cities. Northeast amtrak is good but the chicago to louisiana sleeper line is pretty fun
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Northeast amtrak is good but the chicago to louisiana sleeper line is pretty fun
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amtrak misses the whole point of public transportation by somehow being slower and more expensive than just driving to your destination alone in a car gimme some of those high speed chinese trains
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wielder posted:The size of the increase is absolutely not proportional at all to real inflation over the pre-order period in all those countries. I've checked. Minimum wage here at the moment is ARS 69500, and considering we have 75% taxes on steam purchases, the game goes up to a staggering ARS 22676, or 1/3 of minimum wage. With the price jump the game is currently more expensive than in the US, coming in at $64.54 with the new price. T_T lets hang out posted:Might be based on Steam's recent adjustments to their recommended regional pricing. Some indie devs have been suggesting the huge jumps in Turkey and Argentina are more about discouraging people from swapping regions to get games much cheaper than they could in their own currency, and I guess deciding the people who actually live in those countries can get hosed. I'm just mad, both at capcom and at my loving country sorry. 
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The 7th Guest posted:expensive as poo poo tho That's the big issue. I prefer the train when one is available and I'm able spare the time, but as often as not it's as much as a plane ride, and sometimes more expensive.
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goferchan posted:SpiderHeck!! It's a really fun single-screen arena fighter. Great variety of stages and weapons and game modes, and while the controls take a second to adjust to they're quite simple and once they click you can pull off some very fun and fluid movement. It's also on Gamepass I believe. Spelunky is fun coop
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kazil posted:There's good reason to dunk on American infrastructure but most derails aren't even close to the scale of what happened in Ohio yeah the majority of it is boring poo poo like a boxcars falling off the track at 5 miles per hour inside a railyard instead of "instant superfund site." https://twitter.com/BFRyback/status/1603148475881123841
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:I am throwing a party tomorrow and I'm thinking of buying an extra game or two for local multi-player geared for a party atmosphere. Jamestown, Micro Mages and Streets of Rage 4 (on sale atm) have 4 player local coop.
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Is Mount & Blade: Bannerlord worth a look sometime, or would I get approximately the same experience by reinstalling Warband?
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:amtrak misses the whole point of public transportation by somehow being slower and more expensive than just driving to your destination alone in a car The whole point of public transportation is I show up, someone else drives me to where I want to go, and I can sleep or play videogames while getting there. who cares if it's slower if I don't have to do as much work
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Omi no Kami posted:Is Mount & Blade: Bannerlord worth a look sometime, or would I get approximately the same experience by reinstalling Warband? I've been wondering the same thing myself, so I looked into some reviews, though I haven't gotten back around to playing Bannerlord after the nominal end of early access to verify. The consensus I got was "if you just want the general M&B experience of running around and punching people in the face, Bannerlord is better", but with enough asterisks that it might not be worth dropping $50 over if you already have Warband.
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Bannerlord is on Gamepass these days, if you have that.
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Any opinions on the elite 2 controller? worth upgrading if I have an xbox one controller that works fine?
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I'd say no. I have one and it's heavier, which is good, because like the gun in Snatch when it breaks which it apparently prone to doing you can just hit someone with it.
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I would just play Warband, I bought Bannerlord and it was more of the same but also it crashed my graphics card drivers somehow lol Despite that it didn't do enough new to justify the price, very disappointing
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I've tried to start Outward a few times and I want to like it but the combat is rough. It doesn't feel like Souls deliberate it just feels awkward as gently caress. Like it's a fumblecore game or something.
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Schwarzwald posted:That's the big issue. I prefer the train when one is available and I'm able spare the time, but as often as not it's as much as a plane ride, and sometimes more expensive.
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Omi no Kami posted:Is Mount & Blade: Bannerlord worth a look sometime, or would I get approximately the same experience by reinstalling Warband? Depends on what you like about Warband. Probably best to keep in mind that Bannerlord falls short of an idealized "Mount & Blade 2" despite the title and is more like Warband Remastered in more ways than you'd think. By that I mean Taleworlds never truly expanded on the basic formula, but instead fleshed out minor or incomplete features from Warband. The mod scene for Bannerlord hasn't quite caught up to Warband, but there are some exciting total conversions like The Old Realms and the workshop integration is full of mods that quickly become "standard" for players like Improved Garrisons. With that said, multiplayer is more popular for Warband because the cRPG community never really made the transition to Bannerlord. I have about 500 hours in both games and honestly prefer the Bannerlord campaign for a handful of reasons that are all relatively minor but do add up into a worthwhile package: battle variety, player perks/skills customization, kingdom management, sieges, large battle management, and family management. It feels like a more complete game than Warband and is so much easier on the eyes at the same time. Like others have said, it's on Gamepass and it routinely goes on sale for 30-35 USD if you can wait for a sale.
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Propaganda Hour posted:Depends on what you like about Warband. Probably best to keep in mind that Bannerlord falls short of an idealized "Mount & Blade 2" despite the title and is more like Warband Remastered in more ways than you'd think. By that I mean Taleworlds never truly expanded on the basic formula, but instead fleshed out minor or incomplete features from Warband. Yeah its a shame how much this lines up for me. I had fun in my +100 hours of playing, but it definitely feels like an update of the game and not really what I was hoping for, an expanded sequel. buglord fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Mar 12, 2023 |
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Propaganda Hour posted:Depends on what you like about Warband. Probably best to keep in mind that Bannerlord falls short of an idealized "Mount & Blade 2" despite the title and is more like Warband Remastered in more ways than you'd think. By that I mean Taleworlds never truly expanded on the basic formula, but instead fleshed out minor or incomplete features from Warband. The mod scene for Bannerlord hasn't quite caught up to Warband, but there are some exciting total conversions like The Old Realms and the workshop integration is full of mods that quickly become "standard" for players like Improved Garrisons. With that said, multiplayer is more popular for Warband because the cRPG community never really made the transition to Bannerlord. I have about 500 hours in both games and honestly prefer the Bannerlord campaign for a handful of reasons that are all relatively minor but do add up into a worthwhile package: battle variety, player perks/skills customization, kingdom management, sieges, large battle management, and family management. It feels like a more complete game than Warband and is so much easier on the eyes at the same time. Like others have said, it's on Gamepass and it routinely goes on sale for 30-35 USD if you can wait for a sale. Is there like a definitive or recommended list for Bannerlord mods to get? I bought it on launch (mostly to support the dev since I spent so much on Warband) but dropped off when I got a newer comp and haven't installed it yet.
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Artelier posted:Is there like a definitive or recommended list for Bannerlord mods to get? I bought it on launch (mostly to support the dev since I spent so much on Warband) but dropped off when I got a newer comp and haven't installed it yet. Sadly patch 1.1.0 came out on Feb 28th and broke juuuuuust about every mod. So now might not be a great time to dive into the deep end on mods, but some of the mods I used for 1.0 were: Improved Garrisons Diplomacy Xorberax's Legacy Swadian Armory Useful Companions Immersive Sergeant Agriculture Estate Updated Detailed Character Creation Realistic Battle Mod Distinguished Service Manhunters Reputation edit: these are mainly vanilla mods that don't change up the game significantly
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lets hang out posted:Might be based on Steam's recent adjustments to their recommended regional pricing. Some indie devs have been suggesting the huge jumps in Turkey and Argentina are more about discouraging people from swapping regions to get games much cheaper than they could in their own currency, and I guess deciding the people who actually live in those countries can get hosed. As poster wielder said, those recommendations are a bit of a slap in the face. Prices generally went up across the board/globe, while I'm quite sure our local purchasing power has gone down in relation to the states.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Any opinions on the elite 2 controller? worth upgrading if I have an xbox one controller that works fine? The build quality is poo poo on the Elite 2. I had to send mine in for repair due to drifting sticks, and then a few months later it started happening again. I just gave up and started using my Dualsense on my PC instead.
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I haven't had any quality problems with my elite 2 but it's a bit bulkier than a regular xbox controller and I find it kind of uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. I got this 8BitDo pad for Christmas and it's perfect for me.
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Randallteal posted:I haven't had any quality problems with my elite 2 but it's a bit bulkier than a regular xbox controller and I find it kind of uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. I got this 8BitDo pad for Christmas and it's perfect for me.
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The standard newest xbox controller is the best PC controller you can buy imo. The Elite 2 doesn't really seem like a worthy upgrade when the standard ones already feel like they've got such good build quality.
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I got a PS5 in early autumn and ever since the DualSense has replaced the 360 controller I bought in 2010(!) as my PC's* gamepad. Partially because of how comfy it is to hold (whatever Sony's doing with each new gen model design, I hope they keep it up because somehow they just keep getting better). The other reason is the potential for more Steam games making use of the DS' haptic feedback and triggers, especially as the generation goes on and they keep that aspect of the ports across the platforms. *For Steam, that is. It won't work on EGS with any game at all but I never spend a cent there anyway. One more reason to actually support games I like just that much via Steam!
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Veotax posted:The build quality is poo poo on the Elite 2. I had to send mine in for repair due to drifting sticks, and then a few months later it started happening again. No idea why these companies won't use Hall effect sticks. Sony even put out their own poo poo quality expensive controller that lets you swap stick modules for when they inevitably drift, instead of using sticks that don't.
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It was even worse the second time for me, it wasn't just drift, the dead zones hosed up in a weird and very specific way. Basically, when I pushed forward on the stick in some games (mostly FFXIV) the game would only respond as if I had pushed it partially. So my character would walk instead of run. If I rolled the stick around it would get me running, but having to roll the stick to just run forward is loving stupid and I gave up on the controller at that point instead of sending it in for repair again.
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Kill it With Fire is a good short game if you like to pick up things and throw them and also deal with tiny spider babies by blasting them with a shotgun
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Bought one of those mystery key bundles from fanatical. Still Life - W2RLN-GB75X-L53Y? ?=9 Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic - 0NANW-QXI3I-3W39? ?=H DOOM (1993) - 0N428-56B9A-BIZR? ?=J MegaRace 1 - Y0WDY-EQHWZ-B83D? ?=X Blacksad: Under the Skin - 0WJA3-8XRJF-YLLV? ?=Q BARRIER X - 44DWI-LYDP0-53QM? ?=L Pizza Connection 2 - G3ICM-BY4XR-KA20? ?=8 The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf - 2M4WB-WDR60-H3KH? ?=H Enjoy.
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I snagged Blacksad. Edit: Atomic Heart has many phalluses.
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Velocity Raptor posted:Bought one of those mystery key bundles from fanatical. My GOD!!! Is that THE SMURFS??? GRABBD!!!
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