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Dead Space 1 owns so far. How are the sequels? And the remake?
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Morpheus posted:Cult elements in any supernatural horror are always the worst parts. Like, there's eldritch entities and things beyond your understanding and dark forces you can't possibly comprehend and also here is jim with a knife. I feel the difference is that the SH1 cult felt very real despite the fantastical of it. It had its charlatans like Kaufman, it had a drug trade loving up the town to fund its ventures, it had shitloads of child abuse, and it felt suitably like modern-day lunatics loving around with old forces that they didn't respect (Dahlia).
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Jul 17, 2023 18:17
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sponges posted:Dead Space 1 owns so far. How are the sequels? And the remake? The remake's good enough that I'm never gonna play the original again, it mostly sticks closely to it but fixes things I didn't like so much. 2's a fantastic sequel that still holds up. 3.........there's some okay stuff in it....
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Jul 17, 2023 18:25
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Black August posted:I feel the difference is that the SH1 cult felt very real despite the fantastical of it. It had its charlatans like Kaufman, it had a drug trade loving up the town to fund its ventures, it had shitloads of child abuse, and it felt suitably like modern-day lunatics loving around with old forces that they didn't respect (Dahlia). True. I think the issue I have with them is that a lot of the time it grounds the threat in a really boring way. Those guys aren't really threats, they're just people that are in the periphery of the things you're fighting. Then there are the cultists enemies from Homecoming...
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Jul 17, 2023 18:27
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"The Vision™" is going to be hamfistedly overexplaining the plot/mythology, or recreating the Rogue One Vader scene but with Pyramid Head. Possibly both
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Jul 17, 2023 18:28
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Captain Hygiene posted:The remake's good enough that I'm never gonna play the original again, it mostly sticks closely to it but fixes things I didn't like so much. 2's a fantastic sequel that still holds up. 3.........there's some okay stuff in it.... 3 is a fantastic co-op shooter set in the Dead Space universe. It is very unlike the others in terms of almost everything, and the story has gone completely off the rails in a very bad way.
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Jul 17, 2023 18:32
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after the double pyramid head boss fight james will pull the helmet off of one only to see his own face staring back at him then he will pull the helmet off the other to also see his own face staring back at him
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Jul 17, 2023 19:35
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0 rows returned posted:after the double pyramid head boss fight james will pull the helmet off of one only to see his own face staring back at him Then he's going to look in a mirror and see he's wearing a pyramid head, then the screen will flash and he'll back away going "no...no!" while grasping and shaking his head.
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Jul 17, 2023 19:43
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Stop making the SH2 remake sound good.
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Jul 17, 2023 19:44
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I'm expecting one giant wink at the camera for four hours. Bloober Team really should have been given an Illbleed remake to work on given their past performance and the level of subtlety they appear to be comfortable with.
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Jul 17, 2023 19:53
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My review of DreadXP's My Friendly Neighborhood went live this morning. https://bloody-disgusting.com/video...ys-it-straight/ It's a PG-13 Resident Evil, down to being extremely speedrunner-friendly. You might dig it if you're able to suspend your disbelief.
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Jul 17, 2023 19:54
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Manager Hoyden posted:I'm expecting one giant wink at the camera for four hours. Nah they'd gently caress up on the subtlety of brainless Randy somehow
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Jul 17, 2023 19:55
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I'll probably give the SH2 remake a try if the only complaints end up being people whining that it isn't exactly like the original. Who knows, Bloober might surprise everyone! ... it's a very, very long shot. TheAnomaly posted:3 is a fantastic co-op shooter set in the Dead Space universe. It is very unlike the others in terms of almost everything, and the story has gone completely off the rails in a very bad way. It is a bearable co-op shooter at best, and that's only because playing it with a friend is what makes it bearable. This has been hashed out before though so just gonna agree to disagree on that particular point.
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Jul 17, 2023 19:58
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0 rows returned posted:after the double pyramid head boss fight james will pull the helmet off of one only to see his own face staring back at him And then to show that he has finally accepted himself they kiss and like in a hot way VvV Yes you CAN pet the dog! CuddleCryptid fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Jul 17, 2023 |
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Jul 17, 2023 20:00
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the dog ending is going to take up 33% of the game
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Jul 17, 2023 20:02
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Wanderer posted:My review of DreadXP's My Friendly Neighborhood went live this morning. Lol, I'm not sure I'd really seen anything about that one before. It sounds like it probably goes a bit outside of what I like most gameplay-wise, but I'll check it out on youtube at the very least.
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Jul 17, 2023 20:04
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GoG is doing a big retro games sale rn which, among other things, features Clive Barker's Undying at $1.50. it's p good and the price is a steal if you get it, make sure to read the little lore book it comes with that has all the family members' diaries. one of the best lore supplements in any game I've played Buck Wildman fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Jul 17, 2023 |
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Jul 17, 2023 20:19
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Alice had one of those booklets too. I poured over both of them as a kid over and over lol
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Jul 17, 2023 20:38
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RE4 update: just got done fighting 2 giants. Dropped one of them in a lava pit, fought the other one in honorable single combat so I could loot his corpse afterwards. Haven't gotten to the alleged bad bits yet
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Jul 18, 2023 11:43
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Wanderer posted:My review of DreadXP's My Friendly Neighborhood went live this morning. I saw a YouTuber play the demo of it a while back and I absolutely loved how some enemies seemed to have literal minutes-long monologues about topics like responsibility and other Sesame Street stuff. I also like mechanics where enemies never truly stay dead unless you burn a rare resource
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Jul 18, 2023 11:59
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Instant Grat posted:RE4 update: just got done fighting 2 giants. Dropped one of them in a lava pit, fought the other one in honorable single combat so I could loot his corpse afterwards. I couldn't get them in the lava and ended up killing both of them before I could get them into position. Whoops! Also, there are bad bits?
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Jul 18, 2023 12:45
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The island isn't quite as good as the early village and castle imo, but it never comes close to 'bad' imo, just slightly less good
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Jul 18, 2023 12:48
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Instant Grat posted:RE4 update: just got done fighting 2 giants. Dropped one of them in a lava pit, fought the other one in honorable single combat so I could loot his corpse afterwards. Did you go over and check the lava pit afterwards?
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Jul 18, 2023 12:48
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Sakurazuka posted:Did you go over and check the lava pit afterwards? Nope, lol Sounds like there would've been 15,000 pesetas waiting for me if I had?
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Jul 18, 2023 13:23
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CharlestonJew posted:I saw a YouTuber play the demo of it a while back and I absolutely loved how some enemies seemed to have literal minutes-long monologues about topics like responsibility and other Sesame Street stuff. Yeah, something I appreciate about the final product on MFN is that most of the puppets stand around talking about kids'-show stuff until you interrupt them somehow. Some of those monologues go in weird directions, but only a couple actually go dark. The rest are entirely typical children's-entertainment spiels, or dumb jokes aimed at the same audience. There's a delicate balance at work in MFN that I feel like you have to be a big horror fan to catch. It's not the obvious sort of story where these puppet people have been corrupted by some outside presence, or some Meet the Feebles thing where the puppets were always hosed up. Instead, it's more about abandonment, loss, and cynicism packaged as entertainment.
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Jul 18, 2023 20:22
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Instant Grat posted:Nope, lol if you go to it right after you dunk a gigante, it’ll rear back up and take you with it into the lava.
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Jul 18, 2023 20:46
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I go back and forth over that or shooting at the water from the dock being my favorite little thing in the game. e: or maybe Luis getting mad and one-shotting you if you friendly fire him enough in the cabin siege 
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Jul 18, 2023 20:48
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Instant Grat posted:Nope, lol Yup, it's the ol' five finger discount
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Jul 18, 2023 20:48
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Your Uncle Dracula posted:if you go to it right after you dunk a gigante, it’ll rear back up and take you with it into the lava. Captain Hygiene posted:I go back and forth over that or shooting at the water from the dock being my favorite little thing in the game. god, this game owns
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Jul 18, 2023 21:09
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Captain Hygiene posted:I go back and forth over that or shooting at the water from the dock being my favorite little thing in the game.  I had no idea that was a thing. I knew about the dock and the Gigante but because lol my dumbass died doing both by accident back in the day but the spoilered one is delightful
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Jul 18, 2023 23:15
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joylessdivision posted:
Lol yeah, I've been playing the game frequently almost since it came out and I only found that out this past year. A real  moment 15 years in.
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Jul 18, 2023 23:27
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I like that Silent Hill’s cult is based around appropriating indigenous magic which is then appropriated by Kaufman to sell drugs to tourists. Dead Space 2 is real good but the moment I opened the shop and was treated with literal 2 dozen “free” DLC late game equipment I was reminded just how loving exhausting EA was a decade ago.
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Jul 21, 2023 14:52
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Buck Wildman posted:GoG is doing a big retro games sale rn which, among other things, features Clive Barker's Undying at $1.50. it's p good and the price is a steal Blood Omen is 96 cents, the best Zelda game starring a vampire that vortexes blood in his mouth and has a putrefying flesh spell. VAE VICTIS!!
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Jul 21, 2023 14:56
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al-azad posted:Blood Omen is 96 cents, the best Zelda game starring a vampire that vortexes blood in his mouth and has a putrefying flesh spell. VAE VICTIS!! I loved Blood Omen so much. A game where you play as a vampire, and not a good guy vampire? Blew my mind in my youth. I probably would have played it a bunch more but then Symphony of the Night came out a few months later and it blew BO away with vampire gameplay. Sadly I never got into Soul Reaver, and Blood Omen 2 was disappointing.
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Jul 21, 2023 15:12
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Any recommendations/warnings for https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959350/Homebody/? Timeloop slasher teenage thing, sounds like it's good but have some writing and/or pacing issues.
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Jul 23, 2023 03:48
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Morpheus posted:Any recommendations/warnings for https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959350/Homebody/? Timeloop slasher teenage thing, sounds like it's good but have some writing and/or pacing issues. It's deftly written and has some clever moments, particularly as you move further into the game. However, its puzzle sensibilities have a lot more in common with '90s CD-ROM games than anything else, and once the game hits the road, you have very limited windows of time to mess with anything. Imagine Myst, but you only had 3 minutes to reach a given puzzle and mess with it before somebody came up to shank you in the neck. It can be annoying.
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Jul 23, 2023 03:59
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Playing My Friendly Neighborhood, it's a good idea but god is the combat awful. It's going after Resident Evil style gameplay but the thing about RE is that most of the time enemies could be dodged around in order to get by without having to spend resources on them. In MFN half the time the puppets are standing in the center of the one path you're supposed to be taking with nowhere to kite them, and tape is rare enough that you have to fight them over and over when you go through areas. There's spots when I've just been exploiting doors in narrow halls where I bounce in and out of doors to reset enemy positioning in the hallway to move them out of my way which is very gamey. It wouldn't be so bad if they were more Bioshocky in their melee combat, where it was fairly clear what "melee" range was and enemies couldn't rush grab you from a couple arm lengths away.
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Jul 23, 2023 04:15
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One of the things I ended up doing with MFN was only taping Norman, because he's by far the tankiest of the standard puppets. Most of the rest can be knocked down with as few as two to four "pistol" rounds, but Norman routinely soaks up 6+ before he drops. You can also find the cheat tape for Mega Wrench very easily in the first area. There's no particular penalty for using it and it turns any hit from the wrench into a one-touch kill.
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Jul 23, 2023 04:30
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Wanderer posted:It's deftly written and has some clever moments, particularly as you move further into the game. This isn't too heavy on horror elements aside from a neat bad guy but for a less frustrating time loop game, I prefer Elsinore, where you play as Ophelia trying to survive the events of Hamlet. It's got some jank (like how you can start a rumor that Rosencrantz has died while she's standing next to you) but i think it engages with the time loop better.
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Jul 23, 2023 05:34
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Morpheus posted:Any recommendations/warnings for https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959350/Homebody/? Timeloop slasher teenage thing, sounds like it's good but have some writing and/or pacing issues. Argue posted:This isn't too heavy on horror elements aside from a neat bad guy but for a less frustrating time loop game, I prefer Elsinore, where you play as Ophelia trying to survive the events of Hamlet. It's got some jank (like how you can start a rumor that Rosencrantz has died while she's standing next to you) but i think it engages with the time loop better. [scrambles to add more time loop games to my wishlist] Need my fix. 
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