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I'm loving the new Contra stuff. I just love that Brownie is in a new game in 2024 
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Halls of Torment just got its big pre 1.0 update, it's on the experimental branch now https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2218750/view/4184484271465716807?l=english
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May 10, 2024 15:56
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If the Vampire Survivor devs keep releasing DLC, I am going to have over  invested into this game that I have only gotten 100 hours of gameplay from.
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May 10, 2024 19:42
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I like Halls of Torment but these dumb achievements that need you to min/max a build in the weirdest ways possible are not fun.
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May 10, 2024 19:57
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Some of them point you towards a fun build but with every new patch they really stretch a few to the point of tedium. Learning you can solo the game by stacking attack speed/crit splitting phantom needles rules and is cool. Pretending I care about Golems/Phantom Warriors not so much, though the PWs get funny if you get their dash shockwaves to cover the whole screen.
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May 10, 2024 19:59
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just adding quest tracking and the menu ingame makes it so much more tolerable
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May 10, 2024 20:10
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I remember having a bit of a hard time with some of the achievements in the previous update then after I finished them all, I realized that they added physical and magical damage upgrades to the metaprogression pillar thingvictrix posted:just adding quest tracking and the menu ingame makes it so much more tolerable Yeah that would be really nice
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May 10, 2024 20:27
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Yeah that would be really nice I mean it *is* nice, they added it in this patch 
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May 11, 2024 00:04
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Ah my bad, I didn't read the patch notes for the beta
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May 11, 2024 00:50
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explosivo posted:I'm loving the new Contra stuff. I just love that Brownie is in a new game in 2024 SAME. Brownie was my go to when I got Hard Corps for christmas all those years ago. But Brad Fang is also really good in the expansion. Especially in the other areas besides Mad Forest. Seriously give him a try in locations like Dairy Plant and Inlaid Library. He does just as good as Colonel Bahamut.
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May 11, 2024 01:29
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Katamari Democracy posted:SAME. Brownie was my go to when I got Hard Corps for christmas all those years ago. But Brad Fang is also really good in the expansion. Especially in the other areas besides Mad Forest. Seriously give him a try in locations like Dairy Plant and Inlaid Library. He does just as good as Colonel Bahamut. absolutely a paragraph consisting of words I love videogames
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May 11, 2024 01:54
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explosivo posted:This rules. Been getting into VS again and catching up with the last few updates now that they have cloud save functionality and I can switch between PC, my phone, or my retroid pocket as I see fit so I picked this up, although it seems like the mobile version may not have been updated yet. How does the cloud save function work? I don't see the option anywhere on my pc or ios version.
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May 11, 2024 02:34
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Nfcknblvbl posted:How does the cloud save function work? I don't see the option anywhere on my pc or ios version. You need to be on the beta branch for both versions of the game, not sure how it works on ios but on android there's a way to opt into betas on the store page. Once you do there'll be a new icon in the upper left corner for it. Steam you right click the game > properties > Betas then choose public-beta. explosivo fucked around with this message at 04:29 on May 11, 2024 |
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May 11, 2024 04:26
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explosivo posted:You need to be on the beta branch for both versions of the game, not sure how it works on ios but on android there's a way to opt into betas on the store page. Once you do there'll be a new icon in the upper left corner for it. Steam you right click the game > properties > Betas then choose public-beta. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! The iOS beta invite code is here for the next 83 days https://testflight.apple.com/join/Q3eOYwKC
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May 11, 2024 05:51
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victrix posted:I love videogames
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May 11, 2024 13:33
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I don't. I'll kill you!
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May 11, 2024 19:47
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This game's nuttier than I remember last time I played it.
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May 11, 2024 22:40
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For VS, should I be concentrating on the Unlocks, aside from collecting any stage relics? I haven't really touched any of the expansion content yet.
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May 12, 2024 01:25
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Unlucky7 posted:For VS, should I be concentrating on the Unlocks, aside from collecting any stage relics? I haven't really touched any of the expansion content yet. anything you can do that works towards metaprogression is important. I'd dip into the expansion stuff briefly just because the unlocks for each are generally pretty fast, though
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May 12, 2024 04:36
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Bleh, ran out the time limit at the tower and was one level short of 80 for the next area unlock  EDIT: Did get several unlocks anyway so it wasn't like it was a waste. Still annoying though.
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May 12, 2024 05:05
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Still can't believe the amount of value ive gotten out of the $9 spent, inclusive of dlc, on this game Nordic Ashes has shaped up quite nicely for 1.0, too. Saw that Army of Ruin has had a few updates since I last played, so gonna re-100% it I think.
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May 12, 2024 06:07
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The remixes in the VS Contra dlc are sick
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May 13, 2024 00:51
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Soulstone Survivors had another update adding the engineer, weapon crafting, and other stuff: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2066020/view/4207002269563127062?l=english edit: looks like a bunch of bullet heavens updated today due to the sale, deep rock, artifact seekers, strive for light survival, probably others too victrix fucked around with this message at 15:47 on May 13, 2024 |
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May 13, 2024 15:38
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Soulstone survivors is one of those titles that just resides in the cesspit of medicore along with Army of Ruin / Time Wasters / Spirit Hunters / Project Lazarus. I generally hate it when you have zero readability on the screen especially with projectile/area attacks from enemies. I think VS does a good job at keeping things somewhat clear even when enemies fire at you which is really rare.
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May 13, 2024 16:22
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I think it genuinely is easier to deal with sprites for readability in huge messes over 3D stuff, which tends to be pretty dull and washed out and everything blends together. 3D stuff can do better but it tends to require more art effort than people are putting into $5 cash-ins.
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May 13, 2024 16:26
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I really wanted to like project lazarus and the other mecha survivors
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May 13, 2024 16:33
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Third World Reagan posted:I really wanted to like project lazarus and the other mecha survivors there's been like three new ones recently, but every single one of them burns me so I have yet to try the latest few shmup or mech+vs is so obvious and no one can make a good one same issue with arpgs, they're all cursed if they try to sci-fi (why is Dreadhunter $35)
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May 13, 2024 16:53
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Third World Reagan posted:I really wanted to like project lazarus and the other mecha survivors Same
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May 13, 2024 17:00
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FrickenMoron posted:I think VS does a good job at keeping things somewhat clear even when enemies fire at you which is really rare. There's two layers to that. One, most things in VS do not actually do anything beyond contact damage. Two, projectile attacks or area attacks are the highest rendered layer of all things. SSS could easily fix that second one, I agree, but honestly turning down the opacity of your own stuff gets you 90% of the way there, so like... meh.
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May 13, 2024 17:14
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The mech survivor stuff tends to feel too Mechwarrior. They need to go full-crazy and have a gimmick where you have a body and then Left Arm/Right Arm/Left Leg/Right Leg/Backpack each of which gives you a different super robot weapon. Mazinger Chest starts with Breast Fire, Getter Chest starts with Getter Beam, Gundam Chest starts with gatting guns, etc.
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May 13, 2024 17:28
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Kyrosiris posted:There's two layers to that. One, most things in VS do not actually do anything beyond contact damage. Two, projectile attacks or area attacks are the highest rendered layer of all things. Nordic Ashes has the same problem, especially in later stages there are enemies who will spawn damage zones on the floor that will hit you if you keep moving in the same direction and they're barely visible unless you turn down effect visibility all the way.
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May 13, 2024 17:38
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FrickenMoron posted:Soulstone survivors is one of those titles that just resides in the cesspit of medicore along with Army of Ruin / Time Wasters / Spirit Hunters / Project Lazarus. Aw Army of Ruin wasn't that bad I thought, it has a charming art style and it feels pretty good to play. It's just a little annoying that you run out of things to upgrade during a run a little too quickly.
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May 13, 2024 17:41
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Deakul posted:Aw Army of Ruin wasn't that bad I thought, it has a charming art style and it feels pretty good to play. It's both that and that it's too easy overall. Character balance is a huge mess.
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May 13, 2024 18:03
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Maybe it broke my brain playing it prior to it's most recent version, but SSS is practically relaxing at the minimum of the maximum difficulty. I enjoy it and Nordic Ashes though they both pretty much require you dial down the opacity a fair amount. I had some frustration with the pace of Army of Ruin, but I'll have to give it another shot. The new character for SSS definitely left me feeling like I'd accidently booted up Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. First weapon is minigun and second is turret spam. Feels familiar, though quite strong. Definitely feels better than the Monkey King did.
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May 13, 2024 18:08
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in Nordic and similar games, change the enemy damage zones to magenta/pink instead of red, way easier to see, color blindness permitting
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May 13, 2024 18:47
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Deakul posted:Aw Army of Ruin wasn't that bad I thought, it has a charming art style and it feels pretty good to play. i liked it enough that i got 100% cheevos but i would say it is fairly mid nowadays relative to all the other offerings. it is fine it just doesnt really do anything exciting. also they havent added anything at all to it after launch so it is just stagnant.
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May 13, 2024 18:57
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Does the hall of torment beta progress carry over to the main branch once that gets updated?
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May 13, 2024 20:13
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Yes, I've been in the beta branch before. Edit: The quest tracker is an absolute godsend. Also better terminology on upgrades.
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May 13, 2024 20:35
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Gatekeeper https://store.steampowered.com/app/2106670/Gatekeeper/ Ruindog https://store.steampowered.com/app/2641760/Ruindog/ Had my eyes on these two for awhile. They both have prologues to try.
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army of ruin has a top tier ui but is otherwise pretty boring. the weapons lack impact, too.
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