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sebmojo posted:i've seen people complaining about the graphics but I love the approach they've taken (they look modern, if chunky, from a distance, then when you get close it's all pixellated). it's a good combination of effective and nostalgic. I restarted the game/looked through ini files/reinstalled a bunch of times trying to get it to recognize that I did in fact select high texture settings before realizing it was in fact a deliberate choice
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Back in my days we had our pixels crunchy and we liked it that way!
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garfield hentai posted:I restarted the game/looked through ini files/reinstalled a bunch of times trying to get it to recognize that I did in fact select high texture settings before realizing it was in fact a deliberate choice It's a bit surreal in the same way that most modern boomer shooters are where you have chunky pixels rendered in very high resolution. SM: boltgun gives me that feeling. For SS they seem to have pulled it off fairly well though, it feels "right" in many ways. Another one of those "we updated it to look like how it was in your head when you played it 20 years ago" games.
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RandolphCarter posted:Strongbad’s Cool Game For Attractive People is being delisted thankfully it will forever live on my hard drive as a GOG offline installer
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CuddleCryptid posted:Another one of those "we updated it to look like how it was in your head when you played it 20 years ago" games. 30. 30 years ago. (well 29 but i'm trying to make a point)
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ymgve posted:thankfully it will forever live on my hard drive as a GOG offline installer It'll still work and be downloadable if you own it on Steam, they're not removing it from people's accounts. poo poo like that is incredibly rare. Hell, I don't think I've even heard of any games being removed from accounts after being delisted for whatever reason.
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May 31, 2023 17:35
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I bought & played them even though I'm not attractive, don't tell anyone
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anyone seen this? looks pretty cool and just came out https://twitter.com/StasisGame/status/1663953106961301532?cxt=HHwWuICw9ZyixpcuAAAA
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Looks like a really strong bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/must-play-metroidvania Hollow Knight Rain World Blasphemous Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Lost Ruins Lone Funtus Haiku, the Robot
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Lunsku posted:Looks like a really strong bundle: (Rain World is very polarizing, I played on easy/yellow mode and had a good tome)
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No Wave posted:Hollow Knight Blasphemous and Bloodstained are three of the best in very distinct ways. If you're crazy enough to be missing two of them buy this bundle!!
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That's a pretty interesting bundle in that there probably isn't a single person in the world that doesn't have one of HK, Bloodstained, and Blasphemous that doesn't also have the other two. Or maybe like 90% all three and 99.9% two of three. edit: and Rain World owners absolutely have all three OzFactor fucked around with this message at 20:50 on May 31, 2023 |
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OzFactor posted:That's a pretty interesting bundle in that there probably isn't a single person in the world that doesn't have one of HK, Bloodstained, and Blasphemous that doesn't also have the other two. Or maybe like 90% all three and 99.9% two of three. I own blasphemous but not the other two. But I don't like metroidvanias much so it's not really for me.
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Waste of Breath posted:I own blasphemous but not the other two. But I don't like metroidvanias much so it's not really for me.
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OzFactor posted:That's a pretty interesting bundle in that there probably isn't a single person in the world that doesn't have one of HK, Bloodstained, and Blasphemous that doesn't also have the other two. Or maybe like 90% all three and 99.9% two of three. I'm one of those people? I finished Hollow Knight on my Switch and just never got around to playing the others
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No Wave posted:hey everybody. this poster hasnt played hollow knight. Maybe I'll get into metroidvanias in my 40s. I'm sure it's great on steam deck but right now my deck is a SMT3 machine for whenever I finish my projects around the house and have an hour before bed.
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No Wave posted:hey everybody. this poster hasnt played hollow knight. Hollow Knight was the point I made peace with myself that metroidvania’s just weren’t my bag. It absolutely was not enough to overcome whatever issues I had with the genre.
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Picked up Friends vs Friends because it's like $6 right now and I want with every fiber of my being to like it more than I do but progression and matchmaking just feels so poorly thought out it actively hampers my ability to have fun with it. For $6 it might be worth it though, especially if the devs fix the main issues.
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SavageMessiah posted:I'm enjoying the SS1 remake a lot. It's really obviously just SS1 but dejankified (holy crap was the original clunky) and prettified.
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Rain World is one of those games I really want to love, but I keep bouncing off it every time. I just can't seem to get a proper grasp of the slugcat controls and end up throwing sticks instead of jumping or falling down because I apparently forgot to jump. Add in the map that resets, the apparently-not-respawning food, shelter pressure, the (I think) little flower guide seemingly not guiding me anywhere and the (possibly patched since) latest map additions disappearing on death and I end up calling off every new attempt with a deep feeling of inadequacy.
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FishMcCool posted:Rain World is one of those games I really want to love, but I keep bouncing off it every time. I just can't seem to get a proper grasp of the slugcat controls and end up throwing sticks instead of jumping or falling down because I apparently forgot to jump. Add in the map that resets, the apparently-not-respawning food, shelter pressure, the (I think) little flower guide seemingly not guiding me anywhere and the (possibly patched since) latest map additions disappearing on death and I end up calling off every new attempt with a deep feeling of inadequacy. Rain World is a game for people who are deeply unwell and it’s great.
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Serephina posted:iirc (I never bought a pass), the gambling chits where "free" and so firmly fell into a "use them or lose them" category - people where spending them willy-nilly, even on doomed matchups. It was highlighted in that post as just another way the ceiling was lowered for non-payment progression opportunities. I realize it wasn't real money gambling and why it was mentioned in the first place, but if we're talking about the ways this stuff is grossly manipulative and exploitative, straight up injecting more explicit forms of gambling is another good example! And even if you couldn't feed more money into the system directly, if I understand the concept correctly the tokens nonetheless have an implicit dollar value because they contribute to compendium levels which you can directly buy. I guess maybe your average player didn't care about them one way or another, but I'm having trouble seeing how they were truly frivolous if they fed right back into the money harvesting machine all the same. Wanna say Dota 2 was also one of the earliest to make their loot boxes do the roulette wheel thing.
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Orv posted:Rain World is a game for people who are deeply unwell and it’s great. I loved Rain World and I binged it during the worst period of my life so yeah lmao fml
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ZearothK posted:I loved Rain World and I binged it during the worst period of my life so yeah lmao fml Literally same! 
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Orv posted:Rain World is a game for people who are deeply unwell and it’s great. I am unwell and can confirm that Rain World rules. Also the latest patch adds a bunch of deeply needed tutorializing (but maybe not enough, lol).
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gently caress everything with the rain deer, tho. Hate those assholes.
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It’s a garbage game for insane people and I strongly caution anyone against getting duped by this thread like I did I have 800 hours in a different garbage game for insane people so that isn’t a condemnation of anyone who likes it, just don’t let them fool you
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Bumhead posted:Hollow Knight was the point I made peace with myself that metroidvania’s just weren’t my bag. It absolutely was not enough to overcome whatever issues I had with the genre. Same, I enjoyed almost everything about it except not being able to figure out where to go next and just wandering around dying over and over til I got too annoyed. I did beat Metroid 1,2, and Super Metroid as a kid but I guess I don't have the patience in my dotage.
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The best are the ones with elaborate lore-heavy wikis that I can read instead of playing them EDIT That's snarky; I will buy that bundle with Blasphemous in it to make up for it. Squiggle fucked around with this message at 22:48 on May 31, 2023 |
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Owl Inspector posted:It’s a garbage game for insane people and I strongly caution anyone against getting duped by this thread like I did Well now you have to say
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err posted:anyone seen this? looks pretty cool and just came out I've played their other games and they were great so I assume this will also be
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Disposable Scud posted:I still need to play Stasis and CAYDE. New one looks dope. very good games but they make me feel so dumb
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FishMcCool posted:I just can't seem to get a proper grasp of the slugcat controls and end up throwing sticks instead of jumping or falling down because I apparently forgot to jump. Dunno if you want advice but: -For the pounce, don't give any directional input until after you're airborne or it fails. -Play on keyboard. If you're using an analog stick grabbing poles while jumping max distance will be inconsistent and the game asks you to do that a lot, usually while over bottomless pits. Rain World rules, it's frustrating but it's also unique and satisfying.
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i thought the ending of rain world was mediocre, but the ascent from the memory crypts to the top of five pebbles is one of my favorite sequences in any video game ever
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Venuz Patrol posted:i thought the ending of rain world was mediocre, but the ascent from the memory crypts to the top of five pebbles is one of my favorite sequences in any video game ever Agreed, the ending falling flat is its biggest failing. Behind the loving rain deer.
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Blasphemous is a tough one for me. I actually made it past that gate at the bridge that needed three bosses dead, but then stopped because by then it didn't seem like the gameplay was ever going to get any faster I'm spoiled by the likes of Hollow Knight, Metroid Dread, and Ori & the Will of the Wisps, in that regard - Blasphemous just feels kinda slow & clunky by comparison. I'm always on the lookout for Metroidvanias like those, that feel good just to control
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