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Agrinja posted:Triangle Wizard 2 looks so good. I'm also loving Wizard of Legend. Anything else like this? I have played and love Noita. It's turn-based, but considering giving IVAN a try 
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Has anyone played the co-op on Astral Ascent? The thing I am most curious about is if that mode has special boss banter. I assume it would be the case since the game also takes account you bringing along Zodiac summons.
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Angry Diplomat posted:It's turn-based, but considering giving IVAN a try I may have played it. That's the classic style one where you wind up short a few limbs every game? That was fun, lol
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Nov 26, 2023 20:29
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Agrinja posted:Triangle Wizard 2 looks so good. I'm also loving Wizard of Legend. Anything else like this? I have played and love Noita. Do you like Isaac? Do you like noita? Then play magicraft! It even has a demo! Only $10 otherwise. I'm loving it, and love coming up with cool wands in it.
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Nov 26, 2023 20:37
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w00tmonger posted:Path of achra is a riot so far, but it seems very all or nothing as far as failure has been concerned. There is a race option that has one shot protection. Also if your prayer is full that will save you from death from one source. Not sure how you were supposed to win with a dodge build before that was introduced.
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Nov 26, 2023 22:31
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Snooze Cruise posted:I'm bad at video games so I only just got a run where I reach the final boss in Astral Ascent and oh god oh no I am never going to beat this thing. It is funny how like... extra he is: summons all the other bosses, makes you fight a shadow clone of yourself, all the classic final boss beats are here! The final boss has another one of those! If you bring along a Zodiac spell (not summon, just the special themed spells you get every now and then) then he goes 'nuh-uh, their power's mine' and makes it way harder to cast lol In general I really like AA's final boss, it's an arms race to see who has the most bullshit at hand. Spoilers about choosing a sign, because it doesn't work like one would think: Sadly, it doesn't affect the actual fight - instead, there's a very small chance the corresponding Zodiac will show up at the beginning of a run and give you a hand. Despite doing 25 runs I still haven't seen Virgo appear for me so it seems it's a very small chance.
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I am very late to the party with Synthetik but I bought it during this Steam sale and am having a blast with it. I already want to take the plunge on Synthetik 2 but I feel like I could put in a lot of hours in 1 before getting bored. So far I've just played a few rounds with each class and they all feel interesting and have different enough playstyles, which seems to bode well.
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Nov 26, 2023 22:54
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Thanks! This is what I was looking for.
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Nov 26, 2023 23:17
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Mithross posted:I was conflating Astrea and Astral Ascent for quite awhile. I realized that they were two things last night, and immediately tried Astral Ascent and realized it is quite good.
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I feel like my main lingering issue with Roboquest is how some perks functionally don't do anything against bosses or require melee hits which is impractical most of the time and especially so against phase 1 Iris. I think some might just be oversights because there are effects that get adjusted for bosses, but it's hard to say. I guess it's hardly the first roguelike/lite to have problems with the final boss forcing your strategy. They also should really pause effect/perk timers while you're in a time out zone like they already do for the clock. 
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Playing through Cobalt Core and man, does Gemini get a busted boss relic like Ares or anything? I know the whole deal is that you can play two drone cards in a row without having to burn a shift or move, but there's only one drone character and, so far, zero missile characters. It feels like it's build for a niche of one even putting aside how busted Jupiter is.
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You actually don't care as much about drone cards with Gemini. Try going for big meaty attacks with downsides
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moot the hopple posted:I am very late to the party with Synthetik but I bought it during this Steam sale and am having a blast with it. I already want to take the plunge on Synthetik 2 but I feel like I could put in a lot of hours in 1 before getting bored. So far I've just played a few rounds with each class and they all feel interesting and have different enough playstyles, which seems to bode well. Synthetik is amazing. There's no reason to jump to 2 yet until it's at least done developing.
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Harminoff posted:Do you like Isaac? Do you like noita? Then play magicraft! It even has a demo! Only $10 otherwise. I'm loving it, and love coming up with cool wands in it. I'll also add in Undermine, which I've put plenty of hours into on multiple platforms.
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Cobalt Core is as good as people are describing, I'm not sure how much of that is the actual card game which feels fiddly - there's a lot of seemingly garbage cards - but the writing is absolutely carrying it so far.
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https://twitter.com/RubyBenji/status/1728832614394634372
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that is a lot of stuff! i dunno if its appropriate to call the game tiny rogues... maybe big rogues... big bia rogues...
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Impermanent posted:You actually don't care as much about drone cards with Gemini. Try going for big meaty attacks with downsides I think you're thinking of Jupiter. Gemini really does like drones.
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I thought people were taking about the remake of Savant Ascent when they were saying Astral Ascent, what are the chances those two would come out at the same time
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gently caress yeah I was looking for a reason to get back to it
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Schurik posted:gently caress yeah I was looking for a reason to get back to it 0.2 should hit public testing on December 1st so you don't have too much more to wait. I don't know exactly when Rift Wizard 2 is hitting EA but it should be sometime over the next couple months.
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Cobalt Core dev hinted at some new content on their latest update. Can't wait!
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I tried getting back into Rift Wizard after reading about it in thread, but bounced off it pretty hard. I had won a few of times (mainly based off lightning builds) in the past, but now find myself struggling to get past realm 10. I forgot how steep the learning curve was.
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Do you like Shiren knock-offs, but also wish they had a lot of risque character art? Your wish will be granted soon! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436340/Yuuna_and_the_Haunted_Hot_Springs_The_Thrilling_Steamy_Maze_Kiwami/ Looks like there's also an action minigame. (NGL, I'll probably get this if the reviews aren't terrible)
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It's wild the dev is releasing this on 12/22, but also a christmas miracle for anyone wanting to play games over the break.
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It feels like the unlockable ships are really the sauce behind some of the other characters. Isaac kinda blows on the starting ship but on the Jupiter he can really cook. Ares/Jupiter also enables some balls out attack decks which are cool.
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Tequila Bob posted:Do you like Shiren knock-offs, but also wish they had a lot of risque character art? Your wish will be granted soon! A different and unrelated game, by different publishers, with a mixed rating and mystery dungeon tag recommend underneath by the Steam algorithms: Omega Labyrinth Life posted:Roguelike x Relaxation! Take it easy in the latest addition to the series where you buff your bust with every foe you defeat, Omega Labyrinth! Enjoy your daily life in an academy of fair maidens! … Going back to the actual developer and looking over their previous titles I’m notably more optimistic but that might just be the whiplash from the Steam algorithm.
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Broken Cog posted:
Yeah I think I only ever got a win with like 3? characters in my 36 hours of play time? I am bad at video games tho. e: i never did play it since 1.0, i should give it another go while waiting for Balatro. Snooze Cruise fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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Snooze Cruise posted:Yeah I think I only ever got a win with like 3? characters in my 36 hours of play time? Can definitely recommend giving it another go, they've added quite a lot since EA. Especially many new characters. I can't quite remember how many areas/bosses there were before 1.0, but there's 3 worlds + 4 bosses for an "Ultimate stakes win" (or Win+++, as the game denotes it) now. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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After 15 hours in Touhou Branch of legends, I quite like it. Colored mana is a very interesting twist.
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Schism starting off EA strong come mid Dec: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/ Likewise, Tiny Rogues EA free expansion update (Yes) coming in mid-late Dec with a price bump, snazzy trailer, and chaotic beta this Friday'ish: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2088570/view/3881601883175540664
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Synthetik has its hooks in me for sure. While I haven't been able to fully beat a run yet, I'm slowly getting better and more familiar with the mechanics and started adding on some of the different difficulty modifiers, at least to 140% so I won't be behind the curve once I start prestiging. So far, I really like the Breacher class. Zipping along, stunning groups of enemies and magdumping point blank shotguns feels really satisfying.
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My favorite Syunthetik class is the Heavy Gunner. You get to saturate the atmosphere around you into being at least 50% lead and you a nice long scoot dash that makes you even better at it.
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Always been a fan of the sniper. Headshots and crits in synthetik feel so drat good and when you get a disgustingly upgraded sniper and can reliably pull off headshots there's nothing like it.
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shout out to Snooze Cruise for evangelizing The Void Rains Upon Her Heart. i'll be obsessed with it for approximately forever not just a perfect marriage of shmups and roguelite mechanics, but arguably the most accessible shmup of all time
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Yeah really can't stress enough how good the game is about providing an on-ramp into higher difficulty stuff. I definitely found myself clearing things I never thought I'd clear and probably became better at shmups in general, without ever hitting a big wall
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