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Oh lordy I didn't realize it was $70 on top of everything else. AAA publishers choosing to do that during a period of high-profile flops is kinda awkward, huh
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May 2, 2023 02:39
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Tiny Timbs posted:How representative of the combat is this video? It looks super clunky and the environment doesn't look like it has any detail in it. The combat system on mouse and keyboard feels terrible.
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May 2, 2023 02:39
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I saw more videos and I feel really bad for anybody who paid $70 for this game
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May 2, 2023 02:43
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IGN posted:During one side mission I died trying to kill a vampire, but when I came back to finish the job he was just a non-interactive blue ghost, rotating to face me but otherwise rooted in place. When I came back again his energy shield was there, but the vampire… wasn't in it. During a co-op session I found myself (more than once) fruitlessly attacking an enemy who was standing right in front of me but my friends saw as a dead body. At one stage, while playing solo, my crouch and start buttons broke. They just made clunking sounds. My inability to crouch persisted after death, but returned when I fast travelled to a safehouse. The start button doesn't pause the game, by the way. It's obviously understandable when playing online co-op, but completely baffling and inconvenient when playing solo. this year's Fallout 76
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May 2, 2023 02:43
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Pigbuster posted:Oh lordy I didn't realize it was $70 on top of everything else. AAA publishers choosing to do that during a period of high-profile flops is kinda awkward, huh Our last lovely game didn't sell well enough? Better raise the price of our next lovely game to make up for the loss!
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May 2, 2023 02:44
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How is Symphony of War? Someone described it to me as Fire Emblem With Armies, which sounds like exactly my thing, but the art is so loving terrible I'm really having trouble even wishlisting it. Is it like Siralim, where the godawful looks conceal rad-tastic mechanics? Or should I give it a pass and go play more Fire Emblem instead?
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May 2, 2023 02:45
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Since people are talking about Prey and Dishonored (2), I thought I'd throw my 0.02 in, because I'm currently playing them. I love the environment design and the story is pretty decent, but drat if the stealth is buggered to hell. Seems like every enemy is omnecient about my position, regardless of where I direct a feint to (like throw a bottle).
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May 2, 2023 02:50
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The 7th Guest posted:Shadows of Doubt is basically the pure immsim experience complete with the bugs and jank that have been described. the game will not stop you from doing whatever the gently caress you want to get information and try to solve cases Ghostlight posted:it does have a bunch of stealth and distraction mechanics, and you can set up some elaborate kill-zone traps, but none of it matters or asks you to engage with it because you move and kill like a Quake character and the most dangerous opponent outside of the instant-death pits is essentially a mirror-match that doesn't have your extra lives. Putting these posts side by side, because I think it's very clear from seeing Redfall in action that it's building directly off of Deathloop's least interesting, least immsim elements while maintaining a thin veneer of the genre over top because it has a rudimentary stealth system and turrets.
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May 2, 2023 02:53
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Omi no Kami posted:How is Symphony of War? Someone described it to me as Fire Emblem With Armies, which sounds like exactly my thing, but the art is so loving terrible I'm really having trouble even wishlisting it. Is it like Siralim, where the godawful looks conceal rad-tastic mechanics? Or should I give it a pass and go play more Fire Emblem instead? I think it's alright. Lot of cool ideas, but not really developed enough to be good. I played it at launch and I think there were a few patches that changed things mechanically, so my impressions may be out of date, but you can very, very easily create god tier squads who can tank everything and destroy everything on counterattack, which trivializes the game strategically and tactically. I also found the unit variety kinda eh, like there wasn't that much of a reason to use one of the three or whatever infantry types over the other. The story isn't anything to write home about and is probably closer to bad than just there. The creator definitely has a giant woman fetish and will make you realize this too. I don't regret playing and finishing the game, but I wouldn't recommend anyone go out to pick it up, although I don't know what else I'd recommend in its place besides the usual Rad Codex games, Tactics Ogre, and Triangle Strategy, none of which are really the same type of game Symphony of War is.
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May 2, 2023 02:54
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Redfall isn't going to help Sony's case that Microsoft buying up publishers will hurt them
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Omi no Kami posted:How is Symphony of War? Someone described it to me as Fire Emblem With Armies, which sounds like exactly my thing, but the art is so loving terrible I'm really having trouble even wishlisting it. Is it like Siralim, where the godawful looks conceal rad-tastic mechanics? Or should I give it a pass and go play more Fire Emblem instead? They've had a few QoL patches since I played that I hear improved matters a little bit but my experience was about a 7/10. The story is a fat nothing-burger and I didn't really like any of the characters but none of them were really hateable either. The combat was pretty decent in the early and mid game with a few nice little small twists on Fire Emblem that makes it feel slightly more like the old Ogre Battle combat (sans real time part) where you are more focused on building squads of dudes with inter-squad synergies. I will say that at the time I was playing the combat did start to peter out a little bit because the skills trees and upgrades just kind of ended about 3/4 through the story. By the last 5-6 missions I was using the same squads in every mission with the same gear and just rolling over all the objectives without any real thought or strategy. I don't regret playing it but by the same token I don't expect to replay it either.
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May 2, 2023 02:57
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Wheeee posted:Redfall isn't going to help Sony's case that Microsoft buying up publishers will hurt them unclear who "them" is supposed to refer to in this sentence
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May 2, 2023 02:57
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PlushCow posted:Yeah I'd hope it has a chance, I don't think it would be too hard for EA to get a license out of Warner Bros in their current state. I think there is no exclusive license for it right now becaus Daedalic is publishing the Gollum game. It could happen but EA same too greedy to pay any licensing fee. As for games similar to it, honestly there aren't that many but I think TW is too slow compared it to it. Things like Company of Heroes, AoE2 or rts similar to that come close. I don't know if played BFME2, they had this mode War ofthe Ring it was almost like the overview mode like TW games and the real time battles. It was so fun to play that online but of course the netcode was horrible so you had to keep saving.
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May 2, 2023 02:58
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Anno posted:Apparently this person is reputable for leaking Humble stuff. Pretty decent month if you don't have any of them. Everyone should play Spiritfarer. Hard disagree. I thought Spiritfarer was heavily weighted towards the early characters, most of them get very little development and it hard to get attached. Mascot horror  and it feels like there's a mixed/ mostly postitive Warhammer game that no ones heard of in every other monthly.
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May 2, 2023 03:04
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Chaos Gate is excellent. No idea on the other things, but SpiritFarer was on gamepass last year and has been marked down as low as 5-6 USD in recent sales. Six bucks on steam at the moment.
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May 2, 2023 03:07
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Omi no Kami posted:How is Symphony of War? Someone described it to me as Fire Emblem With Armies, which sounds like exactly my thing, but the art is so loving terrible I'm really having trouble even wishlisting it. Is it like Siralim, where the godawful looks conceal rad-tastic mechanics? Or should I give it a pass and go play more Fire Emblem instead? I found the writing pretty bad too.
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May 2, 2023 03:12
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Redfall feels like a mod for far cry but at least far cry 5 (The only one I played besides Blood dragon) had an interesting map to explore
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May 2, 2023 03:14
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Redfall? More like DEADfall if you ask me, folks!
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May 2, 2023 04:01
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Redfall is very bad. I might try it with a friend if he can stomach it long enough but holy poo poo it's bad.
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May 2, 2023 04:06
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Anyone tried the newest Settlers game? I'm wondering if it's worth jumping back on uplay for a month to try out.
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May 2, 2023 04:21
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Anyone tried the newest Settlers game? I'm wondering if it's worth jumping back on uplay for a month to try out.
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May 2, 2023 04:29
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John Murdoch posted:Putting these posts side by side, because I think it's very clear from seeing Redfall in action that it's building directly off of Deathloop's least interesting, least immsim elements while maintaining a thin veneer of the genre over top because it has a rudimentary stealth system and turrets. Deathloop had a lot of positive coverage, but it wasn't really what I wanted from Arkane. A lot of the additions really exposed how weak the AI and shooting felt. Pretty disappointing to see how Redfall is just a Farcry-lite with no improvements in that aspect. 
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May 2, 2023 04:56
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/274350/Dropsy/ Dropsy is $1 right now. This is a goon made adventure game by the way!
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May 2, 2023 04:58
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Played Redfall for about 4 hours tonight, I wouldn't call it Bad but it is mediocre and I suspect it'll be very forgettable within 2 weeks. I picked the character with the Robot friend amd using its Distraction ability is neat I guess but doesn't feel "necessary" in any sense. The C4 for my second skill doesn't do as much damage as you'd expect, and my third ability is just like a healing fountain in an area. Pretty lame character but I don't want to reroll as one of the others.
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May 2, 2023 05:39
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Anyone tried the newest Settlers game? I'm wondering if it's worth jumping back on uplay for a month to try out. Settlers has been dead a very long time and this game did not succeed in reviving it even a little.
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May 2, 2023 05:45
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Eason the Fifth posted:Arkane I know some people liked Deathloop but that game was a pretty clear red flag for the direction whatever's left of Arkane is going. Don't mourn them, they've been dead for a while
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May 2, 2023 05:53
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Oh hey, the Armello people are remaking Solium Infernum, an (originally) PBEM TBS about the rulers of hell trying to become the new Satan. That's awesome, because that game has some fantastic MP TBS design and also because more people should play it but I do find this bit from the Armello people of all people extremely funny. League of Geeks posted:Solium Infernum sounds pretty hardcore. I've not played many strategy games, will I be able to pick it up? The joke being that Armello is a very cute and wholesome looking game with such rabid amounts of dickish boardgame bullshit that it is a legend for rage quits of nuclear proportion.
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May 2, 2023 05:58
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goferchan posted:I know some people liked Deathloop but that game was a pretty clear red flag for the direction whatever's left of Arkane is going. Don't mourn them, they've been dead for a while I'm a hardcore Deathloop apologist and even I think Redfall is a loving disaster
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May 2, 2023 06:06
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Weird West might have been underbaked and low budget but that team (led by the co-founder of Arkane) were clearly interested in carrying on the spirit of the games Arkane used to make. It's an infinitely more interesting game than Deathloop, despite all it's jank.
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May 2, 2023 06:08
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I should mention that cook serve forever isn't really a csd game and the dev isn't really treating it as one. If you want your Stress Simulator you're not going to find it
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May 2, 2023 06:15
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Omi no Kami posted:How is Symphony of War? 
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May 2, 2023 06:59
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It's the SAME POSE  
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Thanks to gamepass I have experienced REDFALL with a full group of friends, as it was designed to be played. it is incredible. (sound is relevant on 2, we couldn't move it at all) https://i.imgur.com/jP37gPF.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/T14Ov7p.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/0hLX0xw.mp4 The Half Life 2-parity graphics are the game running at max settings, where my RTX 3080 Ti frequently struggled to run it above 45 FPS at 1440p despite there seemingly being no antialiasing, shadows or textures above 8x8 resolution. there was also a full disconnect over the 90 minutes we played. 
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thanks to Kragger for the bday gifts! (Powerwash and Hob's Barrow) sorry I didn't react right away, Steam didn't pop the message up or play the notification sound like it normally does. can't wait to clean up Midgar...
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May 2, 2023 07:32
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWtCDfYo-I I have absolutely no idea if Kalevania is going to be good, but it'll be releasing tomorrow and there's not many games made based on Finnish mythology compared to our nordic and slavic neighbours, so I'll be picking it up for sure! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2387950/Kalevania/   
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May 2, 2023 07:57
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okay so its a good game
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I wonder how much self awareness there is amongst dev teams when working on games like Redfall. And I really don't mean from a lovely/lazy devs angle because people can gently caress off with that. I'm sure many of the key decisions in ending up with a game like Redfall are executive lead after pointing at charts and bar graphs. But for the folks sat there actually delivering on the product.. they can't feel good about something like this at any point, surely? It's such a boring, empty product from concept to execution. I'm struggling to even make it through video reviews even for the novelty of watching bugs and design decisions get slammed. These games are starting to feel like a forced attempt to churn things out for a market that increasingly doesn't really want them.
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Orv posted:Oh hey, the Armello people are remaking Solium Infernum, an (originally) PBEM TBS about the rulers of hell trying to become the new Satan. Armello is such a bad board game in everything except presentation. Lots of random, post-input bullshit you have no way to deal with, I really disliked it.
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