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monster on a stick posted:If you want to play a Muslim which is easymode right now, get Sword of Islam. Also, the base game starts in 1066, with Old Gods you can start in 867, or with Charlemagne in 769. Legacy of Rome's standing armies (Retinues) aren't too expensive or broken either, Monster is just annoyed because their costs got increased - check the CK2 thread for more varied opinions.
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Quest For Glory II posted:GMG VIP deals today: $20 for Lego Batman 3 I guess is good if you need to play it now, but the price of Lego games drops like a rock after a couple of months of them being out. Lego Marvel came out around this time last year and was on sale for $5 by the time the summer sale rolled around, maybe even before. The Lego Movie game came out in like February and was $5 at that point too.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:18
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Kurtofan posted:Think it's safe to wait for the winter sale or whatever? I want to get Alpha Protocol. Yeh, if you don't feel the need to grab Alpha Protocol right this very instant, wait until the winter sale season starts. I think I picked it up for under $5 from Greenman last year.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:19
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So after an entire two days, I can make store purchases again. Not that I;m complaining, but hopefully this glitch doesn't suddenly reoccur during the holiday sale next month.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:21
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King Vidiot posted:The shame about Remember Me is that in spite of every thing else about it being really good, particularly the visuals, the gameplay is just incredibly barebones and tedious. It's the linear, mindless platforming of the Tomb Raider reboot combined with a stripped-down mix of Batman Arkham and something like Devil May Cry. I made it to the halfway point and then just completely lost interest in continuing. The combat is okay and the combo system interesting if you are into that type of thing (sadly I'm not), but there is far too much of it and it just becomes a boring slog getting in the way of the climbing/jumping and the (far too few) puzzles. By the time you've unlocked all the special attacks and built up your focus so you can combine multiple specials together, you've already fought your way through boring fight after boring fight where you DIDN'T have those abilities. It's a short game but like you I reached the halfway point and felt like quitting. I pushed through and finished and it did get better, but even so a rebalancing of the game so it had less combat and more puzzles/memory remixes would have been appreciated.
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Darkrenown posted:Legacy of Rome's standing armies (Retinues) aren't too expensive or broken either, Monster is just annoyed because their costs got increased - check the CK2 thread for more varied opinions. I'm like 2k posts behind current in the ck2 thread but when the expansion hit the general opinion seemed to be retinues were hosed to be less useful than mercs. have there been some more balance patches since then?
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Dec 1, 2014 23:24
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Gyshall posted:Yes but for $8 Alpha Protocol is a great value. I paid full price and got my monies worth ten times over, there is so much content to see in that game. Oh I love the game, it's just that I already own it on xbox360 so I'd rather wait for a further price drop before buying it on steam. 8 dollars is definitely a steal for that game otherwise. Cool Kids Club Soda posted:Yeh, if you don't feel the need to grab Alpha Protocol right this very instant, wait until the winter sale season starts. I think I picked it up for under $5 from Greenman last year. That's what I'm going to do, thanks.
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Am I reading this right, Dynasty Warriors 8 has splitscreen for the PC? Can I split the screen between my two monitors?
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Dec 1, 2014 23:25
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Help help somebody come rescue me I bought FTL and now I can't stop playing. I sunk 22 hours into it over the Thanksgiving holidays. Where did the time go?!
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Dec 1, 2014 23:26
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Away all Goats posted:Am I reading this right, Dynasty Warriors 8 has splitscreen for the PC? checked real fast for you. it does, its top-bottom split and i don't see any options to change it. i don't have a second monitor though
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Dec 1, 2014 23:30
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Awesome! posted:I'm like 2k posts behind current in the ck2 thread but when the expansion hit the general opinion seemed to be retinues were hosed to be less useful than mercs. have there been some more balance patches since then? I remember that the Reddit 'recommended retinue' thread said 'welp, archers are the best deal now' and then they nerfed archers, so yes. I could barely afford building retinues in my last game as a republic for what it's worth. The earlier start dates really don't mean anything if you are new to CK2, unless you want to play tribal which you shouldn't if you are new to the game.
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Speaking of dual monitor multiplayer, do any racing games offer multiple monitor support (for multiplayer)? That seems like a no-brainer, but I haven't seen it anywhere.
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monster on a stick posted:I remember that the Reddit 'recommended retinue' thread said 'welp, archers are the best deal now' and then they nerfed archers, so yes. I could barely afford building retinues in my last game as a republic for what it's worth.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:40
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Is Shadowrun Returns worth it or completely overshadowed by Dragonfall? They are different campaigns, right? Six bucks seems a bit steep for a genre I'm not too hot in but a dollar is a pretty good sounding deal.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:45
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In general I wish I could utilize my second monitor in games more than we currently can. I'd love to drag inventory or characters sreens or other UI elements to my second monitor. Having a map on the second monitor while I play on the main screen would just be great.
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Det_no posted:Is Shadowrun Returns worth it or completely overshadowed by Dragonfall? They are different campaigns, right? Dragonfall is superior by a long ways.
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Agent355 posted:In general I wish I could utilize my second monitor in games more than we currently can. I'd love to drag inventory or characters sreens or other UI elements to my second monitor. Having a map on the second monitor while I play on the main screen would just be great. This was a thing I was 100% sure was going to happen as a future standard in PC gaming and then didn't because I guess most games still have to cater to the lucrative console markets. And also I guess because maybe most people don't really use dual monitors.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:51
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What is this? Those characters look like they're from one of the Law & Order shows.
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Edmond Dantes posted:I've read/heard in a bunch of places that the recommended difficulty setting is hard, since on normal the AI is kind of stupid and the game loses a lot of its tension, so anyone getting the game should give it a try on hard at least. It isn't stupid as such. On Hard the Alien will be near you all the time, 'tethered' to you much closer than lower difficulties, and destroy any hiding spots if you use them - regardless of whether or not it would logically know you've been inside. It basically raises the Alien's reaction times while forcing you closer to it at all times.
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Drunk Tomato posted:This was a thing I was 100% sure was going to happen as a future standard in PC gaming and then didn't because I guess most games still have to cater to the lucrative console markets. And also I guess because maybe most people don't really use dual monitors. Having just started recently using a second monitor I've been trying to convert every PC gamer I know, it's fantastic.
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raditts posted:What is this? Those characters look like they're from one of the Law & Order shows. no stabler so it's worthless
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Dec 1, 2014 23:57
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Away all Goats posted:Having just started recently using a second monitor I've been trying to convert every PC gamer I know, it's fantastic. But games don't cater to it, do they? What's fantastic about it? is it more for multitasking purposes between games and other computer usage, or what?
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Nintendo gets it.... but they never port to PC.
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Everblight posted:ehhhhhhhhh, I liked it a lot 7 years ago, but the enemies are kinda meat-shieldy and Battleblock Theater has the same gameplay but better in every other way. BBT not being an absolute ghost town doesn't hurt either. Battleblock Theater does not at all have the same gameplay as Castle Crashers.
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poptart_fairy posted:It isn't stupid as such. On Hard the Alien will be near you all the time, 'tethered' to you much closer than lower difficulties, and destroy any hiding spots if you use them - regardless of whether or not it would logically know you've been inside. It basically raises the Alien's reaction times while forcing you closer to it at all times. Ah, good to know, cheers.
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Drifter posted:But games don't cater to it, do they? What's fantastic about it? is it more for multitasking purposes between games and other computer usage, or what? If games started using it more often than never it would be amazing. As it is though it's still amazing for other reasons, like multitasking standard computer stuff or using your second monitor as a TV while you play games.
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raditts posted:What is this? Those characters look like they're from one of the Law & Order shows. Probably because it's a Law and Order game. http://store.steampowered.com/app/205330/
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raditts posted:Battleblock Theater does not at all have the same gameplay as Castle Crashers. Yeah, I'm not sure how you could even start to claim one is a "replacement" for the other.
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What's the chances for a Valkyria Chronicles deal for Christmas? I mean, more than -10% off.
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Regarding Dragonfall: Director's Cut... You should own it. It's awesome. One of the best written RPGs in years. The original campaign - Dead Man's Switch - isn't nearly as well written, but it's decent enough and a followup to the SNES Shadowrun. It also costs just £1 right now, so well worth getting as an extra. Now, here's the weird thing: Dragonfall DC runs on an enhanced version of the engine. Better UI, AI and combat in general. It also contains all the resources from Dead Man's Switch - graphics, tilesets, music, etc - but not the campaign itself, even if you own it. To run Dead Man's Switch in the Director's Cut engine, it's a simple matter of copying over one file and two directories. Do that, and both campaigns will appear in Dragonfall's 'New game' menu. Nice upgrade at an even nicer price. Get on it while it's super cheap! Dominic White fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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HenryEx posted:What's the chances for a Valkyria Chronicles deal for Christmas? Probably not much. Those Asian publishers tend to think a little differently than American ones.
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Drifter posted:But games don't cater to it, do they? What's fantastic about it? is it more for multitasking purposes between games and other computer usage, or what? Agent355 posted:If games started using it more often than never it would be amazing. As it is though it's still amazing for other reasons, like multitasking standard computer stuff or using your second monitor as a TV while you play games. Some do, but it'll depend a lot on the genre. Sim games have been supporting multiple monitors since the last millennium, and there are quite a few games that sneakily support it without making it a feature by letting you set your game resolution to the entire spanned desktop and then move around the UI bits to fit stuff where you think it should be. But yes, no-one has yet explicitly made use of it for “gimmick gameplay” the way Nintendo has done on the DC and Wii-U.
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Dominic White posted:Regarding Dragonfall: Director's Cut... You should own it. It's awesome. One of the best written RPGs in years. Thank you - I did this (forgot about those instructions) and the original campaign loaded up just fine.
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I have 3 copies of Gauntlet available for $7.49/each. PM me if you're interested! Yes, it's from a 4-pack.
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Thoughts on Wasteland 2? Worth the $26.79?
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Dominic White posted:Regarding Dragonfall: Director's Cut... You should own it. It's awesome. One of the best written RPGs in years. Is it worth the time to play the original campaign, assuming you do it this way with the DF:DC engine? Or should one skip right to Dragonfall? Will Dragonfall make sense as a standalone? I never played the SNES game.
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What exactly is in the Deluxe Edition of Far Cry 3, and is it worth an extra $2.50?
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yeah, I'm not sure how you could even start to claim one is a "replacement" for the other. Castle Crashers is basically Golden Axe or (Insert Any Given Beat-em-Up Here), BattleBlock Theater is... I don't even know what the gently caress. I guess BattleBlock Theater is its own genre, which I'll just call "Hilarious Fun-as-Hell Platform-em-Up".
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Lakitu7 posted:Is it worth the time to play the original campaign, assuming you do it this way with the DF:DC engine? Or should one skip right to Dragonfall? Will Dragonfall make sense as a standalone? I never played the SNES game. Both campaigns are totally standalone stories. Dead Man's Switch is kind of a 'My First Shadowrun Adventure' deal, wheras Dragonfall is a far more complex and personal story about a bunch of people in Berlin, which tends to be one more the more interesting locations in the setting. Dragonfall also drops you into tougher combat, sooner.
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Ok so I want to buy the Far Cry franchise pack, but I already own Blood Dragon. If I buy the pack as a gift, does anyone know if I'll get the individual games so I can gift Blood Dragon or will it just be one big "franchise pack"?
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