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I’ll hate myself if I start playing Spider-Man 2 tonight. But I know I’ll also have a bitchin time deep into the night
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Eh, tomorrow's Friday. Everyone phones it in on a Friday. I've done blatantly irresponsible staying up too late at times. Just don't bitch about it the next day, take your lumps and it's worth it. All things in moderation, including moderation.
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Oct 19, 2023 19:51
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I was gonna binge Spider-Man 2 this weekend, but I realized I never got more than an hour into GoW Ragnarok. So I'm currently binging through that first, and I'm really enjoying the hell out of it. Though Aliens Dark Decent just went on sale and now I'm contemplating buying that for this weekend. 
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Oct 19, 2023 20:29
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I really liked that. Felt very Aliens in the "completely outmatched and surrounded" way
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Oct 19, 2023 20:42
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Yea, you aren’t fighting your way out of things very often. If you get in a firefight and the APC isn’t nearby, you’d better be ready. Even with the best guns, one of your dudes getting knocked out can start a failure cascade that’ll be over and done with in about 10 seconds.
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Oct 19, 2023 20:46
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I finally got around to finishing Baldur's Gate 3, what a ride that was. Don't think I've binged a game quite this hard since the late 90's when I skipped school so I could stay home and play Final Fantasy 7.
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Oct 23, 2023 00:54
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Does it pick up at all? I made it to the defense of the tavern in the first chapter, I think, and lost interest after that.
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Oct 23, 2023 06:04
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I mean, I thought it was an absolute treat to play from start to finish pretty much but I also think there's no point in suffering through a game if you're not vibing with it. I certainly wouldn't want to plow through a game as big as BG3 if I got a few hours in and thought the pacing was way off.
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Oct 23, 2023 09:21
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BG3 is one of those games that I really enjoy, but I have to have a lot of free time and be in a certain state of mind before I play it.
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Oct 23, 2023 13:14
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Syrian Lannister posted:Does it pick up at all? I made it to the defense of the tavern in the first chapter, I think, and lost interest after that. Do you mean defense of the emerald enclave? The only tavern defense bit is in Act 2.
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Oct 23, 2023 16:23
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Random poo poo I just learned: the voice of Weaver from Shipbreaker is voiced by none other than Chief Tyrol from BSG
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Oct 27, 2023 10:34
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If you at all liked Control, or Alan Wake, or anything Remedy has done, you owe it to yourself to get Alan Wake II. It's a resource monster, but it is designed for PS5/XBox so the low end is likely fine. The high-end is just super high-end and it looks that way, versus the latest unoptimized games.
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Oct 28, 2023 03:07
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facialimpediment posted:If you at all liked Control, or Alan Wake, or anything Remedy has done, you owe it to yourself to get Alan Wake II. That does look fun, I liked the first one & recall when I needed batteries the energizer logo was prominent & it oddly felt ok as helped real world tone. But then the giant Verizon billboard during a tense driving sequence was ill advised.
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Oct 28, 2023 03:11
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Thankfully Remedy is a beneficiary of a ton of Epic Games cash to be an exclusive, so there's been zero product placement in my first hour or so and lots of fucks. Lots and lots of fucks. Non-spoiler: here's the first TV collectible thingy that sounds like it was basically made for gip https://youtu.be/tfPBKxj19aw?si=-2W_ldSN37wHBHBa
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Oct 28, 2023 03:21
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Picked up Ghostrunner 2 on a whim having not played the first and holy poo poo this game is cool. It’s like Mirror’s Edge meets Cyberpunk 2077 meets Ninja Gaiden or something. Runs very well and looks super good even on a 2060. You will die- a lot- but it doesn’t feel excessively punishing. https://youtu.be/qVYNkBqmytE
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facialimpediment posted:If you at all liked Control, or Alan Wake, or anything Remedy has done, you owe it to yourself to get Alan Wake II. I have fond memories of the first game and the narrative in Alan Wake 2 looks suitably trippy, but I'm a bit baffled over how the combat system seems to be basically copy-pasted over from the first game, completely ignoring all of the cool poo poo they did in Control. I suppose this is a game you play for the story and not so much for the pew-pew but it still has me scratching my head a bit, especially since Alan Wake and Control takes place in the same universe.
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Oct 28, 2023 06:40
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Yeah it's a design choice to fit the mood/theme. The first Alan Wake wasn't really scary, this one's scary as hell to the extent that the resident evil games could take notes. Considering I basically got my rear end handed to me dealing with two basic enemies at the same time, and I'm suitably dreading every combat encounter, dumbing down the system really works.
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Oct 28, 2023 14:00
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Nuclear Tourist posted:I have fond memories of the first game and the narrative in Alan Wake 2 looks suitably trippy, but I'm a bit baffled over how the combat system seems to be basically copy-pasted over from the first game, completely ignoring all of the cool poo poo they did in Control. I suppose this is a game you play for the story and not so much for the pew-pew but it still has me scratching my head a bit, especially since Alan Wake and Control takes place in the same universe. I mean, Alan doesn't have a REDACTED in his head like Jesse does. At least that's how I read the difference between the two games, one has someone who might be sensitive to what's happening while the other has someone that has had something happen to them bringing them more fully into whatever the power(s) that are doing these things. Think Force sensitives vs Force users in Star Wars.
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Oct 28, 2023 17:21
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Picked up Dave the Diver for Switch, having fun exploring the ocean & designing a sushi restaurant menu. I like the freedom & it’s funny to club an ugly giant fish then put it on the menu to see if anyone wants it (so far no.)
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Oct 28, 2023 19:08
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facialimpediment posted:Yeah it's a design choice to fit the mood/theme. The first Alan Wake wasn't really scary, this one's scary as hell to the extent that the resident evil games could take notes. Considering I basically got my rear end handed to me dealing with two basic enemies at the same time, and I'm suitably dreading every combat encounter, dumbing down the system really works. Fair enough, I think I was just expecting something with a bit more pizzazz after Control made me feel like I was Neo zipping around the Matrix.
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Fair enough, I think I was just expecting something with a bit more pizzazz after Control made me feel like I was Neo zipping around the Matrix. ~15 hours in (no idea what %) and I'm thinking there's no way this amount of batshittery is even possible without limiting the gameplay. The pizzazz is all there, it's just in plot and batshittery. Sam Lake must've had the time of his loving life making this thing.
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Oct 31, 2023 21:40
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Picked up Dave the Diver for Switch, having fun exploring the ocean & designing a sushi restaurant menu. I like the freedom & it’s funny to club an ugly giant fish then put it on the menu to see if anyone wants it (so far no.) I envy you for I'll never be able to relive the first-time- experience at playing this amazingly chill game
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Nov 1, 2023 03:02
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Duzzy Funlop posted:I envy you for I'll never be able to relive the first-time- experience at playing this amazingly chill game *lures giant shark into explosive trap, harvests meat to buy bigger harpoons* oh yeah it’s chill
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Woah I missed they released a new game in the King of Dragon pass series, Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out. I’m not good at those games but always have fun & my profile pic obligates me to buy them. One of the best laughs I’ve had was playing the first game cold & I kept raiding the duckmen as it felt like a safe way to get food and even when they kept warning me to knock it off I chuckled as what could they do about it? Cue game over screen as the ducks & their beastmen allies ran riot over my Vikings & the absurd end to my first tribe was wonderful.
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Nov 8, 2023 02:29
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So a friend of mine convinced me to give Battle Brothers a shot. It has been 4 days since I got it and Steam claims I've spent 37.6 hours on it. Send help.
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Nov 11, 2023 23:48
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Heavily recommending Cobalt Core if you like roguelike or deckbuilders or games with rad sound tracks.
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SerthVarnee posted:So a friend of mine convinced me to give Battle Brothers a shot. This looks intriguing, might pick it up once I'm done poopsocking BG3. I'm sure I'll get tired of it at some point.
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Nov 13, 2023 23:48
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Nuclear Tourist posted:This looks intriguing, might pick it up once I'm done poopsocking BG3. I'm sure I'll get tired of it at some point. More games need a BG3/Larain type narrator, and to let me argue with squirrels. I know this means I should finish DoS1 and DoS2.
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Nov 14, 2023 02:09
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Return of the Obra Dinn is excellent, worried it would be more abstract and weird but it’s surprisingly fair with clever storytelling & fun puzzles. Always feels like I’m making progress & haven’t hit anything that felt unfair or required a guide. Neat moments of horror too.
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Nov 14, 2023 02:18
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Obra Dinn is good to go back to every few years when you've forgotten enough of the puzzle details for it to be intriguing but remember enough about them to get those last 4 sailors nailed down.
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Nov 14, 2023 03:23
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I had to take a break from BG3, got to act 3 three different times. On my first character, co-op character, and my Dark Urge character. Haven't played hardly any of Act 3 but burned out on BG3 after 2-3 months of it. Think I'm gonna finally try to play through Outward.
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mario rpg remake is preloaded im stoked as hell
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:mario rpg remake is preloaded Hell yeah.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:mario rpg remake is preloaded Game was a huge part of my childhood i am readyyyy
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Nov 14, 2023 07:37
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I've been playing the everloving poo poo out of Railgrade, a dumb-fun train management sim with challenge elements on Steam. Transport cargo around the map, supply different industries with raw materials/intermediate products, supply cities with goods to generate more workers for your industries, export goods for cash, build magnificent spaghetti nightmares with your money. 64 hours in and counting. The campaign is pretty drat extensive, and there are a lot of bonus stages along the way, great value for money
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Nov 14, 2023 09:10
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i hope the secret FF2 bosses are still in
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Nov 14, 2023 13:01
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:mario rpg remake is preloaded I didn’t know this was coming, and I can still hear the battle music in my head from over 25 years ago 
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Duzzy Funlop posted:I've been playing the everloving poo poo out of Railgrade, a dumb-fun train management sim with challenge elements on Steam. Where on the Ternary plot of Factorio, Zachtronics, and OpenTTD does this fall? M_Gargantua fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Nov 14, 2023 |
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M_Gargantua posted:Obra Dinn is good to go back to every few years when you've forgotten enough of the puzzle details for it to be intriguing but remember enough about them to get those last 4 sailors nailed down. Oh yeah it’s satisfying to make deductions about what might have happened and get rewarded. I like how you have to have three new ones right to avoid encouraging excessive guessing without paying attention.
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Nuclear Tourist posted:This looks intriguing, might pick it up once I'm done poopsocking BG3. I'm sure I'll get tired of it at some point. Seriously, the humor in this game is wonderfully on point for the sell sword lifestyle.  That champion enemy at the top of the list is just a randomly generated name.
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