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My ARPG Hot Take is that skill trees suck and Diablo 3's skill system was the best thing about it.
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StrixNebulosa posted:isthereanydeal only lists legit stores, gg.deals lists assholes There is an option to turn key shops off if you are so inclined. I pretty much do all my purchases after consulting gg.deals nowadays, the Steam discounts alone ain't cutting it anymore.
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Feb 12, 2024 08:07
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Broken Cog posted:Killer 7 is a very fun game to look at screenshots or cutscene clips of. My stopping point with it was when I realized about one in three Save Rooms actually lets you Save despite that they're all the goddamn same.
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Feb 12, 2024 08:24
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Unlucky7 posted:My ARPG Hot Take is that skill trees suck and Diablo 3's skill system was the best thing about it. Honestly it's really good if you look at it as a straightforward action game. Equip one of the three endgame sets, select the skills it buffs and kill poo poo. It's not what I was looking for, but I appreciate that there's space for a Diablo where you don't have to think about putting a build together.
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Feb 12, 2024 08:46
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There's a lot of complexity around build choices in Diablo 3, at least as much as there is in D2, it's just that the work is mostly backloaded and you can get a build up and running very quickly by following the set archetypes. I think people have kind of a warped view of D2 when the endgame there for literally 5/7 classes is Enigma and SOJ/BKB.
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Feb 12, 2024 08:59
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now itad looks like ggdeals but loads slowest of the two. good job! i like itad's email digests but if i'm actively shopping i just use the better site
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Feb 12, 2024 09:02
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rip the best arpg, marvel heroes. even completely removing the skill trees couldn't save you.
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Feb 12, 2024 09:26
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Ghostlight posted:rip the best arpg, marvel heroes. even completely removing the skill trees couldn't save you. oh man yeah, also the Games thread was hilarious
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Feb 12, 2024 09:31
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I tried out Killer7 on a friend's gamecube ages ago and it was intriguing but a nightmare to play Then supergreatfriend did a comprehensive LP a few years ago with upscaled emulator graphics if anyone's interested in the game but don't want to deal with it themselves. It's a recommend, he's fantastic e: I also adore the track Harman's Room, it's my favorite from the game, it's a moody slow burn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkaHG5czKA flesh dance fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Feb 12, 2024 |
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Feb 12, 2024 09:47
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SGF's LP of Killer7 was a hoot but I wouldn't want to play it.
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Feb 12, 2024 10:05
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Croccers posted:It takes longer to load (I wonder how many ads are getting blocked Seems there are actually no ads and no trackers. The only thing blocked by uBlock Origin is sentry.io which is metrics.
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Feb 12, 2024 10:17
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Does anyone have any recommendations for digital jigsaw puzzle games? I've tried Pixel Puzzles Ultimate, but holy hell, the fact that I can't stick pieces together is very annoying. I'd also love something that has larger puzzles and the ability to control puzzle shapes (don't like weird jagged edges and poo poo). Yes, I am an old woman, why do you ask? 
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Feb 12, 2024 10:25
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Radiation Cow posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for digital jigsaw puzzle games? I've tried Pixel Puzzles Ultimate, but holy hell, the fact that I can't stick pieces together is very annoying. I'd also love something that has larger puzzles and the ability to control puzzle shapes (don't like weird jagged edges and poo poo). It's not quite the same, but I just saw this game in NextFest which might scratch an itch? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2654860/Mizi_NO/ In this free 2D puzzle game, you must reassemble broken objects that your cat has knocked over. 
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Feb 12, 2024 10:59
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Megazver posted:broken objects that your cat has knocked over. It's too real. 
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Feb 12, 2024 11:00
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FishMcCool posted:It's too real.  EDIT: Oh, here's another curious one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2619860/Animated_Jigsaw_Puzzles/ Megazver fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Feb 12, 2024 |
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Feb 12, 2024 11:19
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Ghostlight posted:rip the best arpg, marvel heroes. even completely removing the skill trees couldn't save you. Glad the private server is still around at least.
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Feb 12, 2024 12:21
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The best and criminally overlooked ARPG will forever be Sacred. It absolutely isn't but I enjoyed it quite a bit when i was like 15. 
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Feb 12, 2024 12:32
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Resdfru posted:Are there any (good) arpgs that aren't grimdark fantasy? Grimdark Sci fi would be acceptable Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded CrossCode Everspace 2 Hades The Riftbreaker Yakuza Ys Bastion and Transistor are still grimdark fantasy but in a unique way Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Feb 12, 2024 |
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Feb 12, 2024 13:20
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Perestroika posted:The best and criminally overlooked ARPG will forever be Sacred. Mega Man Anubis is still the best class anyone has made for an RPG at least
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Feb 12, 2024 13:25
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The correct answer is Nox.
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Feb 12, 2024 13:26
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Nox is brilliant, I've played through it like six times, but not in recent years. Gotta go back to it sometime. It's like, imagine if D2 had zero procgen content and everything was meticulously hand-placed. And pretty and colourful and full of life, like there's this world you'd really love to to just explore. It's just such a different take on the same control scheme, it's marvelous. And it has balanced PvP. Geez. Serephina fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Feb 12, 2024 |
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Feb 12, 2024 13:52
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Hwurmp posted:Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded Boy, CrossCode was such a great game. I fizzled out in one of the latter puzzle dungeons because it is the sort of thing I need to be in the right mood for, but the combat was just impeccable. Also the story was surprisingly charming for an Isekai.
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Feb 12, 2024 13:56
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Idunno, I found Crosscode to be extremely boring. The story was incredibly mundane (at least for as long as I bothered to play. Steam says I have about 20 hours), and every. single. dungeon. wayyyy overstayed its welcome. Apparently I stopped playing *just* before it gets interesting, but at that point I really could not be bothered to continue. Really sleek UI though
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Feb 12, 2024 14:00
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Serephina posted:And it has balanced PvP. Absolutely not.
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Feb 12, 2024 14:13
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Ok, I only played a bit of PvP. If not balanced, at the very least... functional? Playable? D1 and D2 pvp was a mess.
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Feb 12, 2024 14:15
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I mean, functional in the same way that Diablo PvP is: you can kill a person. Functional also in that a mage will throw a lightning bolt into a room from two rooms away and everyone - probably including the mage - will die.
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Feb 12, 2024 14:16
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Broken Cog posted:Idunno, I found Crosscode to be extremely boring. The story was incredibly mundane (at least for as long as I bothered to play. Steam says I have about 20 hours), and every. single. dungeon. wayyyy overstayed its welcome. I liked crosscode well enough but I agree with you that the dungeons were way too long for their own good.
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Feb 12, 2024 14:17
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exquisite tea posted:The correct answer is Nox.   Gauntlet 2.
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Feb 12, 2024 14:44
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StrixNebulosa posted:Isthereanydeal updated and the new website looks way worse and runs worse I’ve always been a cheapshark man
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Feb 12, 2024 14:55
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Radiation Cow posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for digital jigsaw puzzle games? I've tried Pixel Puzzles Ultimate, but holy hell, the fact that I can't stick pieces together is very annoying. I'd also love something that has larger puzzles and the ability to control puzzle shapes (don't like weird jagged edges and poo poo). Check out Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations.
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Feb 12, 2024 15:00
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From first glance, this is perfect. Thank you!
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Feb 12, 2024 17:50
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The novelty of Nox PVP for me is that it felt just like deathmatching in a shooter.
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Feb 12, 2024 17:51
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Skill trees rock, goonbrains are even softer than their bodies.
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Feb 12, 2024 18:01
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Mordja posted:Skill trees rock, goonbrains are even softer than their bodies. competent skill trees are great, but for every FFX sphere grid there's dozens of Path of Exile's nonsense with no respec or forgiveness.
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Feb 12, 2024 18:11
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exquisite tea posted:It is rather annoying that in both TQ/GD the first 40 levels are spent just filling in the passive masteries while putting 1 point into your prereqs along the way. Very low on the button:awesome scale. ... You know, kinda like Chronicon does. Unlucky7 posted:My ARPG Hot Take is that skill trees suck and Diablo 3's skill system was the best thing about it.
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Feb 12, 2024 18:17
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I started a new character in Chronicon because of this thread. Killed a bunch of mobs by hitting them with lightning arrows and it felt great. Game good.
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Feb 12, 2024 18:28
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Mordja posted:Skill trees rock, goonbrains are even softer than their bodies. Do I want the style of skill tree where 1-2 cookiecutter choices are viable because they have unintuitive interactions with other skills and everything else sabotages me, or the one where it's a web of 1000 choices that add 0.0001% to sword damage each. I swear to god every time I go to read about a build in most of these games theres a pages long dissertation that starts out, "Though it doesn't specify it in the tooltip or anywhere else in the game, unlike 90% of the games skills, the % added by this passive is multiplicative instead of additive and thus-" I hate that poo poo so much. Meow Tse-tung fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Feb 12, 2024 |
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Feb 12, 2024 18:51
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can't see the skill forest for the skill trees
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Feb 12, 2024 19:05
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The skill tree(s) of last epoch is actually a fun idea, where each ability has their own skill tree. I'm too smoothbrained to come up with my own builds though.
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Feb 12, 2024 19:07
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I don't mind skill trees in themselves, but I wish each node was a big gameplay twist instead of having to invest 214 points unlocking nodes giving conditional +0.0143% buffs in order to unlock the node that turns me into a god when I sneeze.
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