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Infinitum posted:I def need to get off my rear end and figure out a Games Played tracker that works for me for the 2024 GOTY thread. I use a spreadsheet and put in the % I've completed in a game so I don't lose track of what I'm playing.
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fridge corn posted:The next AC game is in Edo period Japan which seems like a game they should have made 10 years ago or at least before Ghost of Tsushima came out but nevermind I read AC as Armored Core at first and all I can say is: 
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Backloggd is a nice Letterboxd like for games
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GiantRockFromSpace posted:I tried out the Prince of Persia demo. On one hand, discovering it was apparently more Metroidvania/Hollow Knight-like was a neat surprise and gameplay felt good, an in game screenshot of places you can't go without upgrades was a nice idea.. And it was interesting they were at least going for a more Persian look that the sorta-Arabian Nights of the more famous trilogy. My main gripe with that game is that they're asking 50 goddamn American dollars for it. I mean, come on. No loving way. I played the demo, I think it'll be a solid game, but I ain't parting with that much scratch for a 2d metroidvania. Especially when I just got mirage and motorfest for around 25 each. I'll probably get it once it falls below 20 or so. Sakurazuka posted:Yeah they'll go back to making good ones like Odyssey odyssey was bloated, grindy crap with awful pacing (the tutorial area that took between 3 and 8 hours to complete, ridiculous) terrible combat, almost no fun stealth, and zero positive qualities overall. The same team went on to make immortals: something rising which makes a lot of sense. That wasn't a terrible game but it had a lot of the same problems as odyssey
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Infinitum posted:I def need to get off my rear end and figure out a Games Played tracker that works for me for the 2024 GOTY thread. I’m keeping a log over in Post My Favorites to keep it all on the forums.
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B-b-but Metroid Dread was released at full Nintendo price!!! It probably still is knowing them.
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goatface posted:B-b-but Metroid Dread was released at full Nintendo price!!! It is, I checked when someone said "I'm not paying AAA prices for a metroidvania" somewhere else
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Here's your reminder that PALWORLD is coming to game pass in less than a week. According to the latest trailer on Steam it will have the following amazing features: -Character Customization -Multiplayer -PAL Abilities -Base Building & Crafting (at this point in the video they show the famous clip with the rows of leafeons running an assembly conveyor belt of assault rivals inside a volcano) -PALs with weapons -Faction Leaders
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While I am under the impression that almost nobody gives a poo poo about Ark: Ascended, I just propped up a 20-seat PvE Nitrado crossplay host. Details are in the Private Games sub, if you're interested.
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lost crown is getting quoted in reviews as 20-25 hours, or by the one hard mode review i could find as 30-35 hours for 100% on hard mode. that's about twice as long as metroid dread, a $60 game. that's twice as long as basically any metroidvania i can think of in the past few years, other than the ones that went hard on the RPG side of things and have grinding and such i get hating ubisoft and not wanting to give them money or whatever, but also, if people won't pay $50 for a 20-25 hour video game in 2024 just because "it's a metroidvania," i feel like that's just gonna ensure no AA(A) publisher ever touches the genre again. this isn't like a callout to the people in this thread who posted they wouldn't pay that much, it's just a worried observation i am making. i'd also like if ubisoft montpellier stuck around because they made those good rayman games and their only other listed project is BG&E2 which is definitely super dead, so i feel like if this game fails that studio is done 
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DalaranJ posted:Here's your reminder that PALWORLD is coming to game pass in less than a week. it's still really funny and entirely worth it for the concept trailers alone
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Vermain posted:darkest dungeon feels like one of those games where if you like it, you like it, and if you hate it, you really hate it, so a sequel's not really gonna make a splash amongst anyone other than the faithful
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Captain Invictus posted:that game is going to be absolute garbage and I have zero faith in the developers I'm hoping it makes for some very funny streams.
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Captain Invictus posted:that game is going to be absolute garbage and I have zero faith in the developers
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abraham linksys posted:lost crown is getting quoted in reviews as 20-25 hours too long imo
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Erg posted:too long imo if you would like a cheaper, shorter metroidvania, might i recommend Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
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abraham linksys posted:if you would like a cheaper, shorter metroidvania, might i recommend Momodora: Moonlit Farewell it's on my watchlist for when it comes out on something besides PC 
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if you would like a machine on which to play metroidvanias, might i recommend a Steam Deck (I didn't realize Momodora 4 was ported to consoles, hopefully there'll be ports for Moonlit Farewell soon as well)
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20-30 hours is comparable to Hollow Knight if it holds up. That actually does make me more likely to buy it, the map must be enormous
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Man Lethal Company is funny. I wish it had more visual variety but the game has such naturally funny comedic timing. Playing it with a group of like 6 or 8 friends is chaotic and hilarious. Also since I never carry a walkie talkie cause I'm so confident I'll die and lose it, I love playing the psychic game between me and the friend on the console on the ship, when I'm dealing with turrets and peaking around corners to get her to turn them off, and then she does and I have to make a mad dash to the next spot. Also the teleporter that throws you into a random spot inside the building is my favorite thing in the world so I'm always excited when we get the money for that.
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Euphoriaphone posted:TBF as someone who's seen but only vaguely remembers the GOTG movies, and since the game is explicitly not the MCU version (but also maybe kind of?), I agree it's not super easy to jump into the game's plot. It doesn't help that the GOTG plot isn't a basic and well known backstory like "nerdy kid gets bit by spider, gets spider-like powers", so starting the game I have no idea what the characters' relationships with each other is supposed to be or how they came together. Is Star-Lord still the son of a planet in this version? I know only what the films are about and the game does not follow that continuity so it's moot what you know from them. In fact the game presents itself as if you know very little of the band at all, and gives you information about them through other means - all you need to know is that the group of them are together, and Quill is a human. The rest unfolds as you play the game, and I found myself loving the character dynamics of this group more than the MCU's.
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25-30 hours seems too much for a Metroidvania. Hollow Knight is too long.
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lordfrikk posted:25-30 hours seems too much for a Metroidvania. Hollow Knight is too long. Hollow Knight is only that long because of how tough some of the boss fights are. I don't think the map is that much bigger than a typical Metroidvania.
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Is there a place where I can discuss how The Surge 2 is kind of disappointing? Like a general Souls-like thread? Anyway I played way more of The Surge 2 (beat the second boss) than many people according to the achievements and I get why. The levels are very very boring. There's no sense of wonder to it. All the repetition inherent to the genre sucks if the environment is also bland and repetitious.
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I liked it well enough, but the way NG++ and up is handled was off-putting to me.
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Healbot posted:I liked it well enough, but the way NG++ and up is handled was off-putting to me. I couldn't imagine playing it that much
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Macaluso posted:Man Lethal Company is funny. I wish it had more visual variety but the game has such naturally funny comedic timing. Playing it with a group of like 6 or 8 friends is chaotic and hilarious. It really is, enough so that dying early and spectating doesn't even feel bad. Watching your friends make bad decisions or somehow evade a dozen monsters trying to murder them is entertaining as hell. Perfect game for some followup Garctic, too, which is always a plus.
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Over the last month or so I've played through TW3. I've just finished the HoS DLC and I have a short stretch of the main quest left to finish. Amazing game, but I'm currently debating about whether or not to leave the Blood and Wine DLC to go through after a break to play something else. I'm starting to feel the fatigue of the game's length and the combat was fine throughout but I've lowered the difficulty because I'm getting bored of it and just want to see the story. What an experience though! I'm going to try to write some thoughts about my time with the game because it definitely will be on my GOTY list this year. At this point it shows its age in a few places but really, just a phenomenal game, surely one of the best western RPGs of all time. Tosk fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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Tosk posted:Over the last month or so I've played through TW3. I've just finished the HoS DLC and I have a short stretch of the main quest left to finish. I'd recommend taking a break. I tried to power through Blood and Wine when I was already burned out on the game and I didn't really enjoy it as a result.
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Surge 2 is my favourite Soulslike (+ a good Metroidvania to boot) other than maybe Lies of P at this point
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what are the genres that its acceptable to charge $50 for and what are the genres that are acceptable for a game thats 20-25 hours longStrawberry Panda posted:Hollow Knight is only that long because of how tough some of the boss fights are. I don't think the map is that much bigger than a typical Metroidvania. nah it's substantially bigger than most other metroidvanias (for the better!), and it sounds like the lost crown is similar in scope (a good thing). the only others that come to mind as being similarly big are la mulana 1 & 2, but they're even longer with the immense amount of backtracking & puzzles lih fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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GlyphGryph posted:It really is, enough so that dying early and spectating doesn't even feel bad. Watching your friends make bad decisions or somehow evade a dozen monsters trying to murder them is entertaining as hell. Yeah this is another thing about it that makes it work very well. Dying early doesn't feel as punishing because it's still entertaining to watch the rest of your crew bumble through a dungeon or switching over to the ship and seeing the person running the monitor desperately trying to keep said bumbling crew from dying in the dungeon by opening and closing doors and turning off turrets, all while the red dots become more numerous and start converging on the players.
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Never pay more than 20 bucks for a video game
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RBA Starblade posted:Never pay more than 20 bucks for a video game i abide by this rule unless it's a nintendo game
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RBA Starblade posted:Never pay more than 20 bucks for a video game $20 in 1990, the year monkey island came out, is the equivalent of $48 today just gotta wait for that sweet 5% discount on the lost crown and then you can feel fine about it
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Inflation was invented by eggheads and pencil pushers to steal half my paycheck.
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What about egg pushers and pencilheads?
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abraham linksys posted:$20 in 1990, the year monkey island came out, is the equivalent of $48 today
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