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Mordja posted:Those games are all just Crimson Land clones anyway. That's an insult to Crimsonland. Crimsonland had actual gameplay.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Although the real secret to enemies is to always try to stay diagonal to them and wait until they come to you. And also sometimes the enemies try to do the same and you just stand there for 10 seconds in some awkward standoff until one side gives up. But yeah, I thought the combat was fun and fine for what it was going for and ultimately judicious use of quicksaving will get you through any fight, which I was happy to do with some of the bosses.
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HopperUK posted:This thread is a bit grouchy today. Loved the demo, it was really dense with content where I could just sail to some random cove and find a unique item or event or whatever. From what I've seen in reviews they do a good job keeping that up over the entire game, so I'm hyped.
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EDIT this isn't the resident evil thread  But now I'm wondering if there are any games where setting people on fire, or tricking them into setting themselves on fire, does not result in them surviving to throw more molotovs at you.
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credburn posted:Anyone play Kenshi? Kenshi owns. One of those games like Rimworld that I will always go back to.
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Kenshi rules. One moment you get stopped by a gate guard who tries to extort you for money by falsely accusing you of bringing in contraband. Another time you pull the "HEY WHATS THAT BEHIND YOU" to hide your contraband. Then say "Oh, I saw an ugly person", to which the guard will get angry and say "That is my sister, you take that back!" Then you tell him to gently caress off and get attacked.
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Not to imply that Grimrock combat is really good or anything, but staying at a diagonal in a 2x2 room is really just the new enemy tutorial encounter. Any actual fight is going to be against multiple enemies and about target prioritization and disables. Also using this opportunity to plug this guy's mods again: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1712363347 . They are extremely well made, and could easily have been sold as sequels/expansion packs in a different era (though with less new assets). Despite what he says, I'd recommend starting with the guardians. Lost city is fine for a mod but the other two are what I'm really recommending.
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I was really into the concept of Grimrock but the combat landed in a weird spot, felt almost like a rhythm game. I really wanted to hit pause and queue up some actions or barring that, not be restricted to tile movement. I ended up going back to Avernum and Ultima Underworld, their combat is also jank for a dungeon crawler but more enjoyable imo. Wish there were more games in that genre. Maybe if Grimrock had had more success.
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Fruits of the sea posted:
yeah, it never took off again and usually gets combined with "rogue like" nowadays which is just not the same.
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The first one was quite successful, selling more than 600k over the first year, almost a million in two years, but it was released before Steam Greenlight and the indie game explosion. The second was against much tougher competition and I guess a lot people who bought the original never beat it and maybe had enough of that genre.
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Mar 31, 2023 10:33
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Fruits of the sea posted:I was really into the concept of Grimrock but the combat landed in a weird spot, felt almost like a rhythm game. I really wanted to hit pause and queue up some actions or barring that, not be restricted to tile movement. I ended up going back to Avernum and Ultima Underworld, their combat is also jank for a dungeon crawler but more enjoyable imo. While it's not quite the same thing, there's always Potato Flowers in Full Bloom.
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There's a new Wizardry game from Japan that's still in Early Access. It's gonna get a web-based editor at some point. There's also the Etrian Odyssey HD remaster trilogy coming out soon. Both these options are kinda crazy pricy, though, but it is what it is.
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I enjoy Etrian Odyssey to a point, but I'd enjoy the games a lot more if they were, say, half as long as they typically are.
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I just want someone to do the Wizardry 8's fantastic feature of giving your custom made characters actual character via lots and lots of situation appropriate voice acting. It's such a cool feature that literally nobody has done ever since.
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Bad Seafood posted:While it's not quite the same thing, there's always Potato Flowers in Full Bloom. Thanks, this looks neat. Looks like its missing the environmental storytelling present in some other crawlers but otherwise its exactly what I want.
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Section Z posted:EDIT this isn't the resident evil thread Hitman, the answer is always Hitman! Setting somebody on fire is ALWAYS a guaranteed kill (this includes yourself if you forget and drop a molotov cocktail that you're holding  )
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Anyone planning on getting The Last of Us on PC? Heard the launch was very crap but they've released a patch for it already. I'm wondering how long I'll have to wait until they patch the thing up properly. I was actually looking at giving in and getting a PS5, spent a week or so keeping an eye on eBay in fact, just to play this game... and I had no idea it was coming to PC at all until yesterday when a news story about how terribly the launch has gone hit my feed lol.
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I haven't followed closely other than, "Why would you give the project to the company known for releasing bad PC ports?" is apparently the scenario, so I'm waiting at least a month / until the Recent Reviews tend to balance out But like most other AAA heralded for their story above all else, I'll probably wishlist it until it's half off, buy it, and then forget about it like I did with God of War 
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TLOU has been getting slammed by everyone including professional reviewers who would probably very happily shill for anything even remotely playable, so I don't feel like one patch is really going to do the job. I think this is the kind of port that's best to forget about for a long while and/or until you start seeing nothing except universal praise.
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HopperUK posted:This thread is a bit grouchy today. It's extremely good. Plays fantastic on a controller or God's perfect console, the Steam Deck. I'm not too far into it, but have a few upgrades already, found a few that are uhh... interesting, to say the least, the layers of horror are starting to unfold. Very interesting.
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https://twitter.com/dancow/status/1641097731157499905
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Where does the game take place? Maybe it's just insanely humid
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Sab669 posted:Where does the game take place? Maybe it's just insanely humid The conversation is making Ellie really anxious.
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Jerusalem posted:Hitman, the answer is always Hitman! Setting somebody on fire is ALWAYS a guaranteed kill (this includes yourself if you forget and drop a molotov cocktail that you're holding I was so very bad at hitman but also loved the hell out the fact all murders are true to save on multiple runs. "Says here you killed him via drowning, poison, electrocution, and an explosion... Checks out."
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Fruits of the sea posted:I was really into the concept of Grimrock but the combat landed in a weird spot, felt almost like a rhythm game. I really wanted to hit pause and queue up some actions or barring that, not be restricted to tile movement. I ended up going back to Avernum and Ultima Underworld, their combat is also jank for a dungeon crawler but more enjoyable imo. Given the Grimrock talk I wanna plug Grimrock-like Vaporum: Lockdown (and the first Vaporum, but Lockdown is better) If you can stomach old old games there's also the Dungeon Master series which Grimrock takes a lot of inspiration from! ed: Oh yeah others I know of that are similar-but-with-different-vibes are the Geister series (Cyberpunk Mechs) and The Quest (real-time tile movement Arena/Daggerfall-like) These are all more or less real time tile movement games though so if that was frustrating these may not be your bag. There's a ton of turn-based titles in the genre that you may or may not like more. Nancy fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Mar 31, 2023 |
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OgNar posted:Tainted Grail out today. Huh, apparently I just have this one since I early access backed the Tainted Grail deckbuilder one. That's nice of them.
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what's the canon of trad rogue likes? the ones that are ancient and presumably still in development via forks at least and usually free i got a couple semi-traditional dungeon crawlers but i kinda feel like i need a primer of sorts rogue itself has a paid cheap port on steam which is probably best since im on steam deck
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Nethack & ADOM are the obvious big ones. After that, Angband maybe?
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Mescal posted:what's the canon of trad rogue likes? the ones that are ancient and presumably still in development via forks at least and usually free The ones that have been in development long enough to implement a lot of modern sensibilities, and thus are easy to pick up and play for people that haven't grown up on those kinds of games, are Tales of Maj'Eyal and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Both can be played for free from their respective websites and both are fantastic games.
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thx. ADOM is one of the ones i bought on the last sale. i think the problem was that the text was too big on steam deck
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If you want a modern roguelike then I would highly highly recommend Jupiter Hell. It's a proper "traditional roguelike" but it's fully playable with a controller and very easy to pick up and play.
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Mescal posted:what's the canon of trad rogue likes? the ones that are ancient and presumably still in development via forks at least and usually free Caves of Qud is an amazing game, though it might be in the very border of what a trad roguelike is like.
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Anyone else play Luck Be A Landlord? It's so stupid but I keep going back to it. It's a slot machine roguelike. Turns out a zero mechanics 10 minute strategy RNG game is something I'm often in the mood to play.
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ZearothK posted:Caves of Qud is an amazing game, though it might be in the very border of what a trad roguelike is like. that one seems even more 'advanced user" than rogue etc. i do have it though so if i cared i could
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No Wave posted:Anyone else play Luck Be A Landlord? It's so stupid but I keep going back to it. It's a slot machine roguelike. Turns out a zero mechanics 10 minute strategy RNG game is something I'm often in the mood to play. Yeah, I played it for a while, great stuff. I do wish they had made some symbols unlockable because I dropped off after unlocking the 5th (?) level, since it starts to get a little samey after a while. But when you get a good combo going and those coins just roll in, it's a great dopamine hit.
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After a few hours with the DREDGE, I can already say I'm having a lot of fun. It has a great, foreboding atmosphere and the fishing / upgrading your ship and gear is fun. There's a very sinister feel of everything not being exactly as the townspeople are describing it to be but I have no idea where this is gonna go. And when you are sailing around at night time, put those lights on.    
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Mescal posted:what's the canon of trad rogue likes? the ones that are ancient and presumably still in development via forks at least and usually free Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead deserves a mention in addition to all the other ones mentioned.
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Great new HB https://www.humblebundle.com/games/...vorslike_bundle Rogue Genesia Boneraiser Minions Nomad Survival Bounty of One Just King Scarlet Tower Neon Sundown Repetendium [ $8
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