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haldolium posted:Abiotic Factor released into EA https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/ Unless Nintendo has a surprise This is the game I want more than any this year
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Play posted:Played this for quite a bit yesterday, and it's a very, very strange formula. I like so much of what they did but I can't look past one thing. Infinity Gaia posted:Let me just reassure you that it does get hard, it just takes a really long while. I'd say until practically the end of the first major arc/first game's content. There's just an overwhelmingly ridiculous amount of content so the easy tutorializing part is way the gently caress too long. Yea I've seen some late game video and it definitely looks like poo poo ramps up in the late game. Which is nice cuz as you mentioned there's an absolute fuckton of systems and customization options available to tinker with. I'm really enjoying the game too, the mix of VN and fast paced brawler combat combined with mech tinkering is definitely unique. I dig that you can just take a break from the VN elements at any time and hop into some fast paced action. It's a weird but good game that deserved to have some sort of marketing budget. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnD9Ga-U3vc
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# ? May 3, 2024 11:42 |
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Chrono Ark https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256767027/movie480_vp9.webm Roguelike deckbuilder (yeah, yeah, I know), with the hook being that it's also a party-based JRPG with a lot of story to it. 20 characters, some unlockable, and you can change who you use for each run. Also notable in that it's been in Early Access for about 4 1/2 years and this is the actual 1.0 release. Very positive reviews, with about 6,800 reviews over time and over 500 reviews recently. Several positive reviews from people with over 100 hours in it, so it looks promising. $18.74 on 24% launch discount. It also has a swimsuit DLC so, yeah, very JRPG.
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# ? May 3, 2024 17:43 |
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Ingressionquote:Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox. 100% out of 6. 10% launch discount. Free prologue. Puppet Master: The Game quote:This free-to-play online multiplayer game celebrates the series' 30-year legacy. Revisit iconic locations, select from a large roster of playable characters from the movies, and play a variety of online multiplayer game modes, each inspired by the Puppet’s many adventures. 87% out of 727. Free.
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# ? May 3, 2024 17:50 |
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StarkRavingMad posted:Chrono Ark
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# ? May 3, 2024 17:56 |
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Astro Pigquote:A 90-s inspired lo-fi adventure puzzle platformer about a piglet astronaut and his intelligent ship. 100% out of 13. 10% launch discount.
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# ? May 3, 2024 19:09 |
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/983870/FOUNDRY/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/257020319/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1714666346 quote:Build a factory optimized to perfection or an artistic masterpiece in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your ever-growing production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to mechanical mastery in FOUNDRY. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746400/The_Foretold_Westmark_Legacy/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/257013086/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1712250220 quote:Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
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# ? May 3, 2024 19:28 |
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https://mystic-valley-game.itch.io/mystic-valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efsxIWuF178 quote:The new game from the creator of TANUKI JUSTICE and AGGELOS!
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# ? May 3, 2024 22:41 |
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I asked about Chrono Ark in the Steam thread and have been assured it is horny, but not *creepy*.
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# ? May 3, 2024 22:49 |
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It seems like Penny's Big Breakout is pretty good? Kind of surprised I haven't heard more about it here.
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# ? May 3, 2024 23:20 |
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HopperUK posted:I asked about Chrono Ark in the Steam thread and have been assured it is horny, but not *creepy*. It's got an upskirt shot of a little anime girl in the trailer. Pretty sure it's creepy.
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# ? May 3, 2024 23:27 |
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StarkRavingMad posted:Chrono Ark Do the monsters wear swimsuits?
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# ? May 4, 2024 00:01 |
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CainFortea posted:It's got an upskirt shot of a little anime girl in the trailer. Pretty sure it's creepy. I don't *think* that character is a child, but I was merely reporting what I was told. drat.
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# ? May 4, 2024 01:52 |
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HopperUK posted:I asked about Chrono Ark in the Steam thread and have been assured it is horny, but not *creepy*. I've played about six hours of it now, and aside from one of the characters wearing a bikini top and wielding a chainsaw, there's been nothing sexual at all. Even the friendship conversations with Ms. Chain have just been about how rad of an engineer she is and how much she loves killing poo poo with a chainsaw on fire. Oh and there's some other girl with big boobs in town who keeps wanting to steal my necklace, but there hasn't been anything sexual there aside from her character drawing. Disclaimer: I don't have all the characters unlocked yet and I did not buy the swimsuit DLC, but at least so far it does not seem creepy. And it's pretty fun so far. (edit): here is Miss Chain, see if she offends your sensibilities, if not you should be fine StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 02:08 on May 4, 2024 |
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I have played chrono ark since early access since I got it in one of the roguelike deckbuilder humble bundles. Have just shy of 80 hours put into it, completed the true ending and a few of the character stories, and I've enjoyed it start to finish. It plays very snappily, all the characters have unique playstyles, and drafting your party is really satisfying when you get a good deck going and just start demolishing encounters. Game probably leans toward the easier side things but does have an expert difficulty, and there are Blood Mist modifiers you can take during a run if you want more challenge (and then there's mods if you want to make it even harder beyond that). The story, while overall pretty neat, does have some rather dry writing but that's entirely due to the english translation being done by one guy as a volunteer effort, and he's been very quick to fix any issues with the translation as it's reported to him. Game probably has some of my favorite mechanics-as-storytelling moments I've personally ever run into. tl;dr play chrono ark it rules re: concerns about creepiness, starkravingmad's spot on in that any sexual content is confined entirely to artwork, does not involve underage characters (i hate that i have to specify this), and effectively doesn't exist as far as the writing goes e: this also applies to the swimsuit DLC content for the record JimmyBiskit fucked around with this message at 03:17 on May 4, 2024 |
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Thanks pals. I really do appreciate these forums sometimes. I feel like asking that question in a lot of online spaces would have people leaping down my throat all 'why do you CARE' and it's good to be around people who understand the actual question I was asking.
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# ? May 4, 2024 03:12 |
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I played Chrono Ark pretty early on but bounced off hard from the terrible translation. I understand they've revised since then but also the updates kind of overworked one of my older drives (should have uninstalled it sooner lol), so I've been reluctant to reinstall it. Maybe after the 1.0 update it's okay, though.
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# ? May 4, 2024 03:29 |
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Chrono Ark is good. Haven't played it in a while because I been waiting for 1.0 so I'll have to give it ago. Also yeah its a roguelike deckbuilder but... it really doesn't play like most of the other games in the genre. It really does feel more like building a deck of actions rather than cards, and ultimately feels more like playing a rpg than another STS-like.
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# ? May 4, 2024 03:58 |
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I just found a sort of recent detective game which seems interesting. Apparently it's a year old but was released in languages other than Korean a week ago. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128480/Staffer_Case_A_Supernatural_Mystery_Adventure/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/257018826/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1714104518 96% of 1464 positive reviews. It has a demo of the first two cases. I'll probably check that one out this weekend.
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# ? May 4, 2024 11:08 |
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Kinda ballsy to name your new jrpg Chrono ______, I was real excited for a second
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# ? May 4, 2024 12:31 |
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Swilo posted:https://mystic-valley-game.itch.io/mystic-valley Aggelos is an extremely good Zelda2/wonderboy type game. Total hidden gem. This looks cool, they're doing Zelda 1 now. I wonder if this will get distributed to wider platforms like their other games.
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# ? May 4, 2024 23:26 |
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I'm pumped to play front mission 2 after all these years and the port seems good so far but it has some misspellings/typos that are kinda jarring. Like "career" is spelled "carrer" in the loving network menu, so that's one you'll see often, and I've noticed several other spelling errors in my first ~45 mins of playing...which on its own is not a huge issue but makes me concerned for which other aspects of the game may be a bit sloppy.
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# ? May 5, 2024 01:17 |
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free hubcaps posted:Iirc front mission 2 has never had a NA release right? Correct; FM2 didn't get a release outside Japan until this remake dropped on the Switch late last year. 1 got a Western release on the DS then the remake that came out a year or two ago, 3 and 4 both got Western releases back in the day, and 5 has never been available outside Japan to date.
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# ? May 5, 2024 01:17 |
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ultrachrist posted:Aggelos is an extremely good Zelda2/wonderboy type game. Total hidden gem. This looks cool, they're doing Zelda 1 now. I wonder if this will get distributed to wider platforms like their other games. I'm not sure, it's been released independent of their previous publishing partners so it may not. Just finished up after about 4 hours, at 3:10 on the in-game because I forgot to save before quitting between sessions and had to replay the fifth dungeon and final boss It's a fun little 8-bit adventure game with a lot of obvious Zelda inspiration, but also some older Japanese PC titles like Ys and Hydlide, and probably others I'm missing. It gets surprisingly hard by the end with lots of bullets to dodge but never feels unfair; it says I died 20 times but there's probably another dozen in that bit I lost to not saving. Definitely worth the $5.
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ultrachrist posted:Aggelos is an extremely good Zelda2/wonderboy type game. Total hidden gem. This looks cool, they're doing Zelda 1 now. I wonder if this will get distributed to wider platforms like their other games. Never saw Aggelos before, but was a huge fan of the Wonderboy series growing up. Bought the Dragon's Trap remake from a few years ago and the Monster Boy spiritual sequel when that came out, so this might be an instant purchase for me. Thanks for the recommend.
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# ? May 6, 2024 14:19 |
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Hades II (early access)quote:Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
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# ? May 6, 2024 18:02 |
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Came here to post that. No reviews yet...
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Welp I know what I'm doing this afternoon
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avantgardener posted:Came here to post that. No reviews yet... 100% positive out of 26. Should we start a pool on how many reviews it takes to get to the first negative?
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# ? May 6, 2024 18:55 |
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ultrafilter posted:100% positive out of 26. Should we start a pool on how many reviews it takes to get to the first negative? Already happened.
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Currently 98% overwhelmingly positive with 2200ish reviews. Seems like a pretty polished and content filled game already. Cant imagine what it’ll be like by 1.0.
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# ? May 7, 2024 00:15 |
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My brother, after months of trying to decide whether to play early access or not caved instantly. I'm gonna wait it out but man it looks cool already.
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# ? May 7, 2024 12:38 |
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quote:Hades II in Early Access already has more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters than the full version of the original Hades game.
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# ? May 7, 2024 14:28 |
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Regy Rusty posted:My brother, after months of trying to decide whether to play early access or not caved instantly. I'm gonna wait it out but man it looks cool already. Same. I didn't find out about the first one until full release, but did read about the EA experience afterwards from the game's thread here. While it seemed like there were some neat little Easter eggs for finding placeholder content, I believe I enjoyed the game more by not playing it before it was finished. Did start a new playthrough of the original, though. I never got to the epilogue the first time, gonna try for it now.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640630/Heading_Out/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/257021187/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1715093464 quote:It's you, your car and the road. As you drive across the USA, people take notice. But nobody knows where you'll end up - not even you.
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# ? May 7, 2024 20:31 |
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Play posted:100% positive out of 24. Except I see a negative review so I'm not sure how that works. Either way, this looks strange and interesting. The summary stats at the top of the page are updated infrequently. It doesn't seem to be on the same cadence for all games.
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# ? May 8, 2024 02:47 |
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ultrafilter posted:The summary stats at the top of the page are updated infrequently. It doesn't seem to be on the same cadence for all games. I know that much, but I actually went down to the bottom, cleared all filters, and it still said all positive out of 24. Despite a negative review sitting right there lol Actually, the top one said all positive out of 12 so yeah that's why I generally check the review section unless there's a ton of reviews.
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# ? May 8, 2024 03:35 |
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There's a little star icon on the corner of every review that tells you whether it counts towards the total or not, Steam excludes anybody who registers with a key or received a gift instead of purchasing directly.
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# ? May 8, 2024 03:46 |
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Steam is just weird about it. I checked soon after your post and it said 88% positive out of 18 reviews for me so. (currently 81% out of 61 reviews) Game does look interesting though! Negative reviews seem to be annoyed that you don't actually drive and that it makes fun of right-wing politics. SlothBear fucked around with this message at 14:31 on May 8, 2024 |
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Oh, not driving is kinda dissapointing.
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