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RBA Starblade posted:The character glossary is largely irrelevant, just don't look at it if you're worried Perhaps, but that bugged character description also alluded to another character dying
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I tried the demo of Darkest Dungeon 2 and spent way too long riding the carriage around with only one combat encounter to break it up before I gave up on the game.
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May 1, 2023 06:16
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Oh firmament is this month too? I will never get to half of the games I want to.
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May 1, 2023 06:24
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The 7th Guest posted:Alright, so May's just about here, here's what's due this month: thanks as always! and happy birthday!!!
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May 1, 2023 06:25
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Is Darkest Dungeon 2 actually finished soon or is it just released from Epic Jail to have another two years of EA on Steam?
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Jack Trades posted:Is Darkest Dungeon 2 actually finished soon or is it just released from Epic Jail to have another two years of EA on Steam? Yeah it's releasing on steam for proper
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May 1, 2023 06:33
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May 1, 2023 06:51
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The Lone Badger posted:Isn't Redfall a multiplayer-only team shooter? This is why it's a dead on arrival game pretty much. The devs have had an impossible time explaining what Redfall and what it isn't. It is for sure designed with co-op in mind, but it isn't required, and its online requirement is planned to be removed.
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May 1, 2023 06:53
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Saltpowered posted:Afterimage The mention of brutal boss and even normal enemy difficulty puts me off somewhat. There are some games where normal mobs are just tedious to kill, especially if you have to make the same run over and over.
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May 1, 2023 07:11
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i appreciate the clarification that afterimage is absolutely not for me.
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May 1, 2023 07:13
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SirSamVimes posted:I tried the demo of Darkest Dungeon 2 and spent way too long riding the carriage around with only one combat encounter to break it up before I gave up on the game. It's a baffling design decision when I feel like what most people wanted was DD1 but in a better engine and more variety? Hopefully the carriage can be modded out somehow in the future. I played a bit of the early access on Epic and really didn't like the roguelite style but it seems like they are rowing back on that with each update so maybe by v1 it will be in a better place.
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May 1, 2023 07:30
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Speaking thereof, what's the deal with all these demos getting scrubbed from the internet? Not that the publishers demand it, but that it's been so successful? I feel in the days of olde there'd be hosted for years after obsolescence, nowadays I can't even find them on freaking torrent sites.
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May 1, 2023 07:41
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Demos are bad for game sales. They're much better at convincing people who probably were gonna buy your game to not buy it than they are at convincing people who probably weren't gonna buy your game to buy it. They make the demos to capitalize on the hype and publicity during steam demo fests or whatever and then disable them afterwards since it's just better business sense.
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May 1, 2023 08:31
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:Demos are bad for game sales. They're much better at convincing people who probably were gonna buy your game to not buy it than they are at convincing people who probably weren't gonna buy your game to buy it.
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May 1, 2023 09:13
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I think the Early Access model has filled the role of demos pretty effectively. Turns out folks are willing to pay for unfinished portions of a game. Comes with the added risk of alienating players that don't like changes made during development though.
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May 1, 2023 09:22
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The difference between just releasing a demo for your game and participating in a time-limited Demo Fest or whatever is that Valve is doing at least some of your marketing for you by putting you on the front page and throwing up ad banners everywhere, then at the end you get to take the demo down to avoid some of the negative. More people learn about your game's mere existence than get turned off by trying the demo you put out for a week.
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May 1, 2023 09:28
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The 7th Guest posted:
They are remasters of the DS games, not of remakes Untold 1 and Untold 2 for the 3DS. Hence the beasts and monsters are all 2D and they still use the old skillsets. Since I still have a 3DS I only care about the third game (which didn't get a 3DS remake), but I'll just wait for the first 50% off sale before I even consider buying it. You all should definitely buy it tho so they know there might be interest in new EO games!
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Honestly demos are great at getting me to buy good games and put me off from buying bad games, which is probably why big publishers did propaganda against them. I think a lot of demos are decomissioned from the fest because they were kinda alpha/beta versions of the game and companies don't really have the manpower to maintain them to the latest version, specially in an age of constant updates through a game's lifetime.
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May 1, 2023 11:06
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IceG posted:It's a baffling design decision when I feel like what most people wanted was DD1 but in a better engine and more variety? Hopefully the carriage can be modded out somehow in the future. I respect the wish of devs to change things up but man i bounced off that steam next demo hard. And yeah the apparent transition into another roguelite is basically the last thing i would have ever wished for. But hey, the 3d art looks p fly
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May 1, 2023 11:39
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Hell yeah Cook Serve Forever. I am cursed that whenever anyone references a song by saying 'making my way downtown' I will instantly default to the CSD3 theme tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6LjnEzLaqM
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May 1, 2023 11:39
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Obduction was flawed but the parts that were good were very very good so I'm looking forward to Firmament
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I like what I've played of Obduction, though I haven't finished it yet. That said, a note to all prospective developers: when attempting to block off player progression with the environment, please consider a more impassable obstacle than a shallow stream a child could wade across.
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May 1, 2023 12:25
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I thought Obduction was incredibly boring myself
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kazil posted:I thought Obduction was incredibly boring myself that's the classic myst aesthetic!
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I'm curious to see what the reception is for Cook, Serve, Forever; as a fan of the first 3 games I thought this one looked like they wanted to make it a far simpler experience by just showing you the buttons to push like a QTE instead of having to learn the button combinations to do everything.There also doesn't appear to be multiple orders coming in at a time or holding stations. I will admit that as much as I liked the games it became pretty hectic and not as much fun once it passed a certain point of complexity in recipes/amount of customers which is usually when I stopped playing them but I dunno this one looks too far in the other direction.
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explosivo posted:I'm curious to see what the reception is for Cook, Serve, Forever; as a fan of the first 3 games I thought this one looked like they wanted to make it a far simpler experience by just showing you the buttons to push like a QTE instead of having to learn the button combinations to do everything.There also doesn't appear to be multiple orders coming in at a time or holding stations. I will admit that as much as I liked the games it became pretty hectic and not as much fun once it passed a certain point of complexity in recipes/amount of customers which is usually when I stopped playing them but I dunno this one looks too far in the other direction. Yeah, it's going to depend on reception for me too. Maybe that'll be super fun! Maybe it'll be too simple now. I enjoyed the food truck but I liked customizing a restaurant too, though CSD2 didn't do it for me overall, so - who knows. At least the soundtrack will probably be great.
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explosivo posted:I'm curious to see what the reception is for Cook, Serve, Forever; as a fan of the first 3 games I thought this one looked like they wanted to make it a far simpler experience by just showing you the buttons to push like a QTE instead of having to learn the button combinations to do everything.There also doesn't appear to be multiple orders coming in at a time or holding stations. I will admit that as much as I liked the games it became pretty hectic and not as much fun once it passed a certain point of complexity in recipes/amount of customers which is usually when I stopped playing them but I dunno this one looks too far in the other direction. I played the demo and totally agree. CSD3 was a move in the wrong direction, I feel, with its automatic dish delivery and ability to choose you own menu so you can just keep picking the same dishes you have mastered over and over with no penalty. For me CSD2 is the sweet spot and a game I will literally never stop playing.
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The 7th Guest posted:
 Installing Redfall on game pass right now. Expectations are low so I don't think I'll be disappointed, but at the end of the day I already know I just want Dishonored 3 And I bounced off BOTW on my Switch when I first got it, but I recently installed a Wii U emulator so I could play it on my PC instead and I'm actually having a fun time with it now. Half tempted to get the new one, but again I know I'll bounce off it because gently caress gaming on things that aren't a PC  And Boltgun looks so loving good. Probably going to buy it and put 5 hours in and then get bored like I do every other boomershooter because I'm old and slow.
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The 7th Guest posted:Remember when FC5 was like "actually the racists were correct"? Fun times.
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Oh hey Redfall will be playable tonight at 8 (est). Very curious to see if that will be a trainwreck or just a perfectly mediocre game, it could go either way. Thanks, Gamepass!
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I said come in! posted:This is why it's a dead on arrival game pretty much. The devs have had an impossible time explaining what Redfall and what it isn't. It is for sure designed with co-op in mind, but it isn't required, and its online requirement is planned to be removed. Aw yeah, nothing better than a last-minute redirect to let people play the game single player by keeping all the lovely forced co-op sections and building in basic bot AI.
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SirSamVimes posted:I tried the demo of Darkest Dungeon 2 and spent way too long riding the carriage around with only one combat encounter to break it up before I gave up on the game. Same here, I really loved the visual upgrade and combat's about the same the first game but jesus... the carriage is such a boring slog, it's structured like all of these other branching path roguelite games except you're stuck behind a carriage with a lousy overhead map. Volte posted:Uh, no, I don't in fact remember this?? It was just a twist ending where the doomsday cult was actually right about doomsday. It was hilarious and directly led to FC: New Dawn which was a pretty drat fun colorful post-apocalyptic romp! Deakul fucked around with this message at 14:43 on May 1, 2023 |
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explosivo posted:Oh hey Redfall will be playable tonight at 8 (est). Very curious to see if that will be a trainwreck or just a perfectly mediocre game, it could go either way. Thanks, Gamepass! Guessing the average thought will be “it’s fine, but not what I want from Arkane 7/10”. Hopefully now that they’re actually developing games made since the acquisition they’ll be able to go back more towards a Dishonored or Prey type game. This especially but sorta/kinda Deathloop too felt like what you’d get if Zenimax told Arkane they didn’t need to change their DNA necessarily but they needed them to sell at least sort of well.
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Deakul posted:It was just a twist ending where the doomsday cult was actually right about doomsday. It was a great ending and I enjoyed seeing goons and reddit melt down over it. Spec Ops: The Line is the only other game I've seen make people so angry.
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Anno posted:Hopefully now that they’re actually developing games made since the acquisition they’ll be able to go back more towards a Dishonored or Prey type game. This especially but sorta/kinda Deathloop too felt like what you’d get if Zenimax told Arkane they didn’t need to change their DNA necessarily but they needed them to sell at least sort of well. A lot of talent responsible for Dishonored and Prey are long gone.
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Tiny Timbs posted:It was a great ending and I enjoyed seeing goons and reddit melt down over it. 
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Tiny Timbs posted:Aw yeah, nothing better than a last-minute redirect to let people play the game single player by keeping all the lovely forced co-op sections and building in basic bot AI. I’m 99% neither bots not forced co-op exists. It’s Borderlands/Farcry.
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Anno posted:I’m 99% neither bots not forced co-op exists. It’s Borderlands/Farcry. Then why was it a 4-player online-only game in the first place
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