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mystes posted:if remastered isn't just supposed to be a term for a remake what exactly is it supposed to mean in this context? the original assets with just the engine replaced?
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repiv posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHxH61UshHk Wow, Quake 2 with muzzle flash, makes a world of difference. Quake 2 is...missable but I am kinda interested in that expansion, since Machine Games' best work was that Q1 episode they did.
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Aug 10, 2023 18:09
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mystes posted:if they're going to remaster quake II shouldn't they at least try to make it look better than quake III? Don't think there has been a 'remaster' that totally changes the engine to something else. Would be loving amazing if they made GTA3/Vice City in the GTA4 or 5 engines.
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Phigs posted:I especially have this habit of wanting to buy multiple things when I buy one thing. glad I'm not the only one lol
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Aug 10, 2023 18:28
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I finally started Lunacid after having it on my wishlist for ages. I'm gonna pump dexterity so much I can make the jump on those broken stairs in the beginning for sure. Although it took me a while to remember to actually raise some stats, since I missed that option on the crystal and first time leveled up when I was level 17 or something, oops. Only thing that bugs me is the text looks a little garbled, especially with some filters, but with the default option as well.
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Aug 10, 2023 18:55
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I just happened to play that RTX remake of Quake 2. The lighting was pretty drat awesome, and it still played close enough to a modern game. Feeling like I'm not missing anything here.
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Bit the bullet and got Remnant 2 after playing a bit of 1. Gotta see how it runs now but the install size was 69.69gb according to Steam so we're off to a nice start.
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Aug 10, 2023 20:48
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I thought the Quake 2 remaster was called Quake 4.
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Aug 10, 2023 21:37
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ymgve posted:If you liked Pyst (or at least the idea of Pyst) you should play The Looker I have an unfortunately strong memory of briefly looking at a boxed copy of Pyst in an Electronics Boutique once should I play The Looker
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Aug 10, 2023 21:43
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Tiny Timbs posted:should I play The Looker It is a free game, so there is nothing to lose in trying it out
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Aug 10, 2023 22:06
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The Looker is a parody of The Witness, so it helps if you are familiar with that amazing first person puzzle game.
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teethgrinder posted:I just happened to play that RTX remake of Quake 2. The lighting was pretty drat awesome, and it still played close enough to a modern game. Feeling like I'm not missing anything here.
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repiv posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHxH61UshHk Quake 2 was the first game we tried after getting a fancy new 3d accelerated video card back in the day. This just reminded me of seeing the pistol shoot and being so in awe of how smooth the lighting was that followed the projectile. 
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Guess I'm replaying Quake II
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Action Quake II remaster when
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Eediot Jedi posted:Quake 2 was the first game we tried after getting a fancy new 3d accelerated video card back in the day. I used to Play Quake 2 on an Intergraph TD30 workstation running Windows NT 4.0 and dual Voodoo2's. It was loving awesome. Way back in 1998, I was playing Three Wave CTF and my oldest would sit on my lap and watch me play. Once in a while she would grab the mouse and move it around. We actually won a CTF round with my daughter moving the mouse around and me running to the flag capture point. narrowly dodging railgun blasts. I let the losing team know that they had been all been beaten by a two year old girl. The subsequent meltdown text responses were glorious to behold and I will forever treasure the fact that my oldest and I used to play Quake 2 together. As someone who owns an original boxed copy of Quake 2, also being able to play the latest version on the Steamdeck is very,very cool. tango alpha delta fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Aug 10, 2023 |
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tango alpha delta posted:I used to Play Quake 2 on an Intergraph TD30 workstation running Windows NT 4.0 and dual Voodoo2's. It was loving awesome. I don't know what it is about those old games but some poo poo just never got better. Almost 30 years later and ive never heard a game with the remarkable spacial sound that Thief had.
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Eason the Fifth posted:I don't know what it is about those old games but some poo poo just never got better. Almost 30 years later and ive never heard a game with the remarkable spacial sound that Thief had. gently caress yeah. Thief Gold, The Metal Age and System Shock 2, basically all Dark Engine games, have this ambience that is completely unmatched even today. Eric Brosius is some kind of loving wizard.
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Cool now someone do Weapons Factory
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Gromit posted:The Looker is a parody of The Witness, so it helps if you are familiar with that amazing first person puzzle game.
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Rebel Blob posted:Also if it helps, Jon Blow hates The Looker and even mentioning it on his Twitch streams will get you banned from his chat. Should I know who he is?
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CommissarMega posted:Should I know who he is? He made The Witness and takes his work very seriously
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*Jon Blow in a pitch black room solemnly watching Soulja Boy playing Braid*
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Rebel Blob posted:Also if it helps, Jon Blow hates The Looker and even mentioning it on his Twitch streams will get you banned from his chat. Brb now I definitely need to play The Looker. Lmao. Blow is a sanctimonious asshat so far up his own rear end he can visually inspect his own teeth for cavities.
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He's also become completely right wing conspiracy brain wormed I will buy his new block pushing game because it will be very good
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he's never going to finish his next game because he scope creeped his way to making it with a custom programming language he is developing from scatch
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repiv posted:he's never going to finish his next game because he scope creeped his way to making it with a custom programming language he is developing from scatch
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fez_machine posted:He's also become completely right wing conspiracy brain wormed He's always been kind of weird politically. I watched a few of his streams a while back and he was an Andrew Yang guy when Yang was still in the running and had the typical Elon Musk reverence you might expect from a programming guy. Braid and The Witness are still some of the best games ever made and I'll play the next one if he ever finishes it.
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tango alpha delta posted:I used to Play Quake 2 on an Intergraph TD30 workstation running Windows NT 4.0 and dual Voodoo2's. It was loving awesome. I used to play mwo with my daughter when she was six, she liked the child robots (lights) and thought the clans were Australian for some reason. One of my desktops is the score sheet from a match where we got three kills 
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you play the witness on its own and you think oh, this game has a lot of philosophical viewpoints because it wants you to keep an open mind. and then you learn more about jonathan blow and you realize oh, this game has a lot of philosophical viewpoints because jonathan blow has absolutely no convictions outside his precious game design
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sebmojo posted:I used to play mwo with my daughter… and thought the clans were Australian for some reason. I mean, kind of yeah
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repiv posted:he's never going to finish his next game because he scope creeped his way to making it with a custom programming language he is developing from scatch Yeah that definitely has a history of not working out in favor of whatever the primary programming task is.
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Rebel Blob posted:Also if it helps, Jon Blow hates The Looker and even mentioning it on his Twitch streams will get you banned from his chat. Is there a way I can pay $60 for The Looker
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I think one of the lead designers of the game killing himself has probably delayed the game more than the programming language judging by the work in progress stuff he's shown on stream
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Eason the Fifth posted:Action Quake II remaster when LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION sebmojo posted:I used to play mwo with my daughter when she was six, she liked the child robots (lights) and thought the clans were Australian for some reason. One of my desktops is the score sheet from a match where we got three kills I hope she never learned the truth about Australians, that's so cute.
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happyhippy posted:Don't think there has been a 'remaster' that totally changes the engine to something else. Venuz Patrol posted:you play the witness on its own and you think oh, this game has a lot of philosophical viewpoints because it wants you to keep an open mind. and then you learn more about jonathan blow and you realize oh, this game has a lot of philosophical viewpoints because jonathan blow has absolutely no convictions outside his precious game design
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the actual puzzles in the witness are good imo, just ignore the audio logs they don't matter at all
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The Witness has some absolutely fantastic puzzles, especially the ones after the twist. But some of them are just complete poo poo like the sound based ones where increasing amounts of noise are layered over the clues.
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repiv posted:he's never going to finish his next game because he scope creeped his way to making it with a custom programming language he is developing from scatch He’s right about C++ sucking, at least. Still a prick, though.
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