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explosivo posted:Yeah I am in what I assume is the latter part of the game now and this stuff was pretty frustrating. Some of the quests teleport you back to the boat once you complete them but there's no way to tell so I've had dives get cut of early because I stumbled into a quest while fishing. The one stealth section forces you to go to it once you go back to the boat and doesn't give you a chance to save/quit until you go through the whole section. VIPs or events coinciding with days where story stuff happens sucks too because you don't get all the time to stock up for service. I still think it's a fantastic game and it's an easy recommend but it feels like the later I get into it the more questionable decisions start to surface.
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FPS_Sage posted:Yep, those are my feelings about Dave the Diver as well. I loved the early section of the game when it was just fishing and the restaurant. But they just keep adding more and more 'stuff' to do that it starts to feel like a chore. Having multiple special events coinciding on a single night (VIPs, special fish conventions, special missions) can make it feel unnecessarily stressful at times, when this game's biggest strength is how chill it can be otherwise. Are there any unlocks later in the game that let you 'automate' the farms in some way? You can get sprinklers if you upgrade the watering cans fully but that's as far as farm automation goes. You'll still have to plant the seeds and harvest manually. I think the game adds in days if story content is going to interfere with special fish conventions, not sure about VIPs. Was kind of frustrated at one point because a story bit happened on the day that a jellyfish festival was supposed to take place and I thought I had missed it, but then it happened the next day instead. NoEyedSquareGuy fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Jul 8, 2023 |
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Updates on my time with Strangers of Paradise for the fellow high-speed-stylish-action impaired. I'm about 38 hours in now and I have finished most of the game up through Bahamut difficulty. Bahamut is the fifth level of difficulty. I think there is at least one more difficulty level unlock past this and I still haven't see hide or hair of the DLC content so I assume that's at least another couple hours. So far I feel a lot better about it that Wo Long. I've been able to get by with a mix of dodging, parrying, and blocking and none of them feel completely useless. The spells and abilities are useful but feel kind of at odds with the actually melee system a little bit. It still kinda works as a completely different playstyle but they don't mesh together very smoothly as a flow if you want to melee, toss a spell, then roll back into melee. You can do that but the spells really seem to want to be charged more. Guns are weird and I think I just don't fully understand how those are intended to play. There are also some higher skill-ceiling things like various kinds of animation canceling, chain comboing, and on the fly job-swapping stuff that I am pretty mediocre at but hasn't yet been really demanded of me either. The game is split up into missions ala Monster Hunter, MGS Peacewalker, MGS5, etc, etc. Not a super big deal but different than what I initially expected. Most of the levels are fine but a few are easy to get lost in even after you have done them a lot. I'd say about 2 of the ~20 levels are actively bad from level layout and aesthetic viewpoints. I combine those two things together because they are related, the levels I am talking about are all horribly textured and that combines with the layout to make them a chore to navigate and just be in. Reminds me a lot of how the Oblivion Gates in TES Oblivion were just a mess. The other problem is, in the classic Monster Hunter style, you are expected to re-play levels over and over to grind up gear and XP. Right now I'm taking a break because my hands hurt from trying to down the Warrior Of Light on the last level of Bahamut difficulty. This is the first fight where the mechanics are forcing me to really focus on defense and only going in at specific points and its kicking my rear end. Before this I found that at the default Action difficulty things were just a tad too easy but you couldn't really go up a difficulty level to Hard or Chaos without gearing up first or trash mobs could just one shot you from nowhere. This is the very first fight I felt like I couldn't just grind to outgear if I was having trouble. The story is interesting for a FF and has lots of tie-ins and references to all the other FF games throughout history. Most of the levels are loosely based on specific parts of specific games while the main story itself plays around with what happened in FF1. The main story is ultimately pretty decent as long as you don't think too hard about it or pick at some of the plot holes too much. Which kind of fits the vibe of the whole game really. Its a good game to turn your brain down to a simmer on. A summer blockbuster equivalent. Overall I think this is a pretty solid game. I think it fills a nice niche for Monster Hunter fans who want a game that demands slightly more of you in combat than those games but is less cruel than a Wo Long. I'd put it right about the same level as a Dark Souls 3 challenge wise I think. 8/10 Objective Action fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Jul 9, 2023 |
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Thanks for the Voidigo recommendation. I've done a few runs now. Last night I got an item that gave me rocket boosters in midair, it was a blast hurtling through the air dodging attacks while finding moments to counterattack. Game is good.
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Stranger of paradise rules. great coop game to play with a friend.
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This is more video game adjacent than anything, but I played The Witcher: The Boardgame tonight and the Roach miniature is the best  
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Sab669 posted:This is more video game adjacent than anything, but I played The Witcher: The Boardgame tonight and the Roach miniature is the best
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Sab669 posted:This is more video game adjacent than anything, but I played The Witcher: The Boardgame tonight and the Roach miniature is the best Ahaha, that's great.
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Just figured out a new strategy in the sick-brained game hoarding meta: Finally turn off that "on sale" filter on my wishlist to discover a bunch of older indie games that have subsequently gone 100% free and add them to my account. Boom, wishlist is now a few games lighter.  Just be careful because some of them are actual F2P games, which obviously must be handled differently. Edit: In fairness to myself, I both actually culled a few things from the list for first time in years and only bought a small handful of games, most of which I immediately played. 
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Stranger of Paradise is amazing and I was taken completely by surprise by how good it's story is, and I don't even have any attachments to the FF franchise.
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alright, wrapped up my sale spending. $100 across Steam/Fanatical turned into: Battle Axe (now beaten), Marvel's Avengers (now beaten), Lunistice (now beaten), Chop Goblins (now beaten), Ladybug Quest, Artifact Adventure, Tyrant's Blessing, Tails of Iron, 24 Killers (started), Beyond the Long Night, Floppy Knights, Wall World (started), Hatchwell, Greyhat, Soulstice, Camp Canyonwood, Killer7, Ravva and the Cyclops Curse, Insect Adventure, Polyville Canyon, Sunshine Heavy Industries, Before the Green Moon, and Psycron
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finished Blood and Cryptic Passage, mostly on the medium difficulty good stuff that stands the test of time extremely well, though i may now be permanently paranoid around blind corners
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Oxxidation posted:finished Blood and Cryptic Passage, mostly on the medium difficulty
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i have it installed and ready to go, but i'm going to take a break before starting. the base game and cryptic passage took me around 12 hours and i've heard death wish is nearly that long by itself
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Jack Trades posted:Stranger of Paradise is amazing and I was taken completely by surprise by how good it's story is, and I don't even have any attachments to the FF franchise. Yeah I was pleasantly surprised by that. I was ready for a dumb game about four jocks and their orbs but it actually had some heart to it. The elf king was a way stronger character than I expected, his whole ”who AM I?” scene with jack and the subsequent payoff actually kinda got me a little
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I'm gonna get gunfire reborn, do I need the DLC now or can I get them later after playing the main game a bunch?
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Resdfru posted:I'm gonna get gunfire reborn, do I need the DLC now or can I get them later after playing the main game a bunch? Play it for a bit first and see if you like it then grab one or both of them later if you like the sound of them, there's a lot of content in the base game between unlocking all the characters and weapons and stuff and the DLC is just new characters and a handful of weapons. Edit: Anyone know if they ever added cross platform between steam/xbox versions of that game? Last I checked the gamepass version was like an older, shittier build of the game and there was no way to group up with people on gamepass from Steam.
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Resdfru posted:I'm gonna get gunfire reborn, do I need the DLC now or can I get them later after playing the main game a bunch? I think you can wait, they add new classes and weapons, but no new bosses or levels or whatever. They've kept adding stuff like that, it's just not tied to the DLC. Better to try it out and see if you like it before putting down money on extra content.
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thanks y'all. I've been playing it on gamepass but then I read somewhere that it was an old version or something so I decided to get it on steam. I've been enjoying it but I think I'll wait anyway because I'm sure the base game has enough to keep me entertained for a while.
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Anyone have any idea what happened with Phantom Brigade? Recent Reviews are Mostly Negative and some mention the devs being fired or the studio has been liquidated? I know the backstory - they took the EGS deal, released on Steam a year later, mid-to-decent reviews, but I'm not sure what happened since then. Supposedly they were going to release more updates but that's all dead in the water now? So like, what, the EGS money ran out but sales there were a predictable joke and Steam sales were not great and that's all she wrote? e.: Ohhhh, yeah, Studio has downsized by 50%, ooft... KazigluBey fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Jul 9, 2023 |
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I am seeing the news of the half the company layoff but nothing about Phantom Brigade not being supported anymore. They say development will continue for "other games, including Crypt of the NecroDancer: Synchrony, Rift of the NecroDancer, and Phantom Brigade" but to what extent of course still remains to be seen Pity because we need more cool mech games.
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Anyone know if Monster Train has cross-save/progression on steam and iOS? It’s hard to find a straight answer. My guess is no, but it would be cool if it was yes.
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Starting playing the Final Fantasyb7 remake. I like it so far, especially all the new ways to stretch out Midgar. I'm still not really a fan of the material system though. It's the shards themselves that are Leveling up and not the characters I always felt. But I do love the other ways they added to building the characters.
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phantom brigade was a neat proof of concept but that's about it.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:phantom brigade was a neat proof of concept but that's about it.
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BigRed0427 posted:Starting playing the Final Fantasyb7 remake. I like it so far, especially all the new ways to stretch out Midgar. I'm still not really a fan of the material system though. It's the shards themselves that are Leveling up and not the characters I always felt. But I do love the other ways they added to building the characters. What do you mean? Materia still level up with AP and not character experience.
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phantom brigade hosed up by not having replayable .giffable momments of your mans shooting. would have been all it took to double their sales.
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is this new? it's an alternative to downloading over the internet. pretty cool either way.
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Rinkles posted:is this new? it's an alternative to downloading over the internet. pretty cool either way. It's about six months old.
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Question about System Shock: How central is 'Bashing things heads in with the wrench' to the game? Because quite frankly that was the worst part of the demo for me; There is like no feedback on using the wrench at all and can barely tell when things are being hit.
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Unlucky7 posted:Question about System Shock: How central is 'Bashing things heads in with the wrench' to the game? Because quite frankly that was the worst part of the demo for me; There is like no feedback on using the wrench at all and can barely tell when things are being hit. not at all, you get a pistol and laser very quickly (both fun and effective) and a much better melee weapon shortly after that. but mainly I've been shooting stuff. one trick is to lower cyberspace difficulty at the outset, it can be a bit annoying.
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Megasabin posted:Anyone know if Monster Train has cross-save/progression on steam and iOS? It’s hard to find a straight answer. My guess is no, but it would be cool if it was yes. No, unfortunately not
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Impermanent posted:phantom brigade hosed up by not having replayable .giffable momments of your mans shooting. would have been all it took to double their sales. their engine was fundamentally incapable of doing so. likewise, it was incapable of tracking missiles on the timeline. those are pretty major flaws!
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:their engine was fundamentally incapable of doing so. likewise, it was incapable of tracking missiles on the timeline. those are pretty major flaws! yeah it is really something else. They are not really the kind of flaws that would seem reasonable to have in your game engine.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:their engine was fundamentally incapable of doing so. likewise, it was incapable of tracking missiles on the timeline. those are pretty major flaws! ..how?! Like, it's a timeline game, I thought dragging the mouse cursor along a scrollbar to make things zip backwards and forwards comically would be like the very first thing implemented, even if not player-facing. Fuckin' even lovely WH40k spinoff games track their torpedoes. edit: When I first saw Phantom Brigade I was like "FINALLY A MECH GAME, it's been too drat long since Armoured Core was on the PC!", then I rewatched the trailer a few times and it wasn't exactly what I was hoping for, but that's fine. Then it came out, and was using Unity 3d which runs at less than a frame per second over proton for me, so I couldn't even play the drat thing. I guess it saved me some money, that's some harsh feedback. There is now an AC game in the pipeline and Fromsoft has been doing no wrong lately, so I guess I'll just wait for that one then. Serephina fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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explosivo posted:I bought Battlebit Remastered and I feel like I've been tricked, I think it kinda feels like poo poo to play and can't stand the Duplo Blox look to everything. Reminds me of that Unturned zombie game I played forever ago. I did only put 30 minutes into it before going to play more Arcade Paradise on gamepass so I might put more time into it but also contemplating a refund. explosivo posted:I think BF2042 is good and worth playing now so Battlebit just feels like a downgrade. Maybe I wouldn't feel this way if it didn't look like roblox modern warfare but it does and I do. I keep reading people say it's the best battlefield game since X but it feels more like they're towing a line between battlefield and something like red orchestra with the low ttk that makes it feel like a different beast. I don't really get the sense that they're going for an ARMA type thing where movement is deliberately slow but again I've only played a little bit of it so maybe I'm incorrect. It seems very well done and clearly comes from a fan of games like that but I think I'm going to wait until it's out of early access to revisit it. Also the movement speed is actually insanely fast once you figure out how to take off all your armor and start running around with an SMG, it's faster than 2042 by far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7WBDh2168 Assepoester fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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The other common complaint across the negative reviews for Phantom Brigade is that you see everything the game has to offer across maybe the first third of the campaign...and are then tasked with playing through the other two thirds which are boring and samey by comparison.
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Phantom Brigade runs worse for me than Cyberpunk did at launch.
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Unlucky7 posted:Question about System Shock: How central is 'Bashing things heads in with the wrench' to the game? Because quite frankly that was the worst part of the demo for me; There is like no feedback on using the wrench at all and can barely tell when things are being hit. I think I defeated maybe 3 enemies this way over the course of a 30 hour play through.
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