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SlothfulCobra posted:Prototype was built off of the engine of the best Hulk game ever made, so jumping around as Alex Mercer is basically like jumping around as the Hulk. If you want to play just the Hulk game, you'd need to go looking for Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, which I don't think ever came out for modern systems. Hulk: UD was goddamn wonderful. You could rip a car in half and use it as boxing gloves. You could knock a helicopter out of the sky by clapping your hands. You climbed buildings by just running up them with impossible gravity. It was loving GREAT.
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My sister is looking for an online casino/card game on PC. She's looking for today's Yahoo Games, basically, to play poker (and ideally more; dominoes, etc.) against randoms with Monopoly money. If this type of game is dead on PC in favor or mobile games, then that'd be fine, too. Any decent, populated games out there? Either a game I can buy for her outright, or a F2P game that isn't terribly exploitative garbage ("You are out of credits! Click this MEGA DEAL to get X credits for only Y dollars!") Thanks!
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Thanks all, I'll check those out. HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Specifically poker, I think the best shot is Pokerstars? I know they've got a great VR version, but the actual client should do monopolybucks. Y'know, I knew PokerStars VR existed and is good poo poo, and didn't even consider that there'd be a PokerStars Non-VR 
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ShootaBoy posted:Don't get into E:D, it doesn't have what you're looking for. The multiplayer is mostly non existant outside of the few high traffic spots left. And even when you find people, ED's multiplayer is a completely unbalanced mess, as the devs shat out a poorly planned "Engineers" upgrade system that made ships incredibly more powerful than vanilla, provided you didn't mind slogging through a big, lovely grind. Jumping into PvP without participating in this lovely grind will have you killed in 10 seconds or fewer, during which time you'll reduce the other player's shields by 0.5%. And other than PvP, there aren't a ton of people playing in the open multiplayer mode, and there are minimal benefits to doing so. Most people play in solo, in which they still share the same galaxy and gameplay, but they don't instance with other players. It's a singleplayer game that's trying to halfass its way as an MMO. Their co-operative multiplayer features also have issues, both technical (frequent disconnects) and design (NPC ship crew receive more compensation than human ship crew  ).Their upcoming bigass content release requires a player to have ridiculous amounts of credits to participate, and thus is only feasible if a player hops onto whatever buggy feature is accidentally paying out far more than it should at the moment, or they play the game literally full-time like it's a job. Someone who primarily plays for combat would have to shoot down tens of thousands of ships just to get their foot in the door of the new fleet carriers. From a design standpoint, Elite: Dangerous is a loving mess that would've been abandoned long ago had they not absolutely nailed the flight model, audio, and sense of scale, especially in VR. As detestable as I find much of the game, the actual in-the-cockpit experience is fantastic and has singlehandedly kept the game populated. But yeah, I'd never recommend it as a multiplayer game.
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May 25, 2020 20:59
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ShootaBoy posted:If you mean the advanced combat tutorial, its literally broken. Even experienced pilots who are actually good at pvp can't win it most times, because the AI ship gets engineering now and the player is still in a stock Sidewinder. And this is why someone bought 
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May 26, 2020 09:19
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Metal Gear Rising loving owns. If you are at all into Devil May Cry's stylish action shtick, then you'll enjoy Rising. Holy poo poo it's so much fun, and the writing is better than any of the sappy poo poo in the mainline Metal Gear Solid titles. The soundtrack loving rules, especially the boss themes. The whole thing is over the top in the best way. I mean, the main villain is a roided up libertarian white guy who quotes Dr. King, i.e. probably one of your uncles.
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Riatsala posted:I'm looking for an electronic babysitter to keep my high rear end entertained when I inevitably get in too deep with some edibles during my never-ending pandemic lock-in. I'm looking for something light-hearted and comical, visually interesting, and not too complex. Jazz Punk was perfect for this, just a stream of surreal humor and fun-box activities. Any recommendations? Chex Quest HD.
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StrixNebulosa posted:what the entire gently caress Apparently the music license expired, so they've stopped selling it.
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Jun 6, 2020 18:27
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The Ur-Quan Masters all but requires note-taking. It's a modernized port of the all-time classic space adventure, Star Control 2. I remember playing it like 15 years ago, and I had a bigass text file in which I'd record any keyword/name/mystery/coordinate/possibly-useful-bit-of-info that I came across, which was a loving lot. I would've been completely screwed if I didn't take notes.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:What's a good "turn off your mind and wreck stuff" kinda game. Something in the vein of EDF/Musou/Diablo sorta things Streets of Rage 4 (just came out and it loving owns) Doom 2016 One Finger Death Punch
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Knightmare posted:I was trying to figure out some Steam game recommendations to give my dad for Father's Day, he really only ever played Rise of Nations for years and then lost the disc. There are...some caveats: Into the Breach!
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:One Finger Death Punch is pretty cheap, silly, easy to play, and uses literally only the mouse as controls. That said, it's very twitchy, precise clicking. Dunno how well that'll play with MS.
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A LOVELY LAD posted:Hey, Streets of Rage 4 is awesome for this. It's a game that has a lot more technical depth than you'd expect, so it'll be fun for you, but you can also (on lower difficulties) get by with walking up to enemies and mashing attack. Don't bother explaining blitz attacks, animation cancels, infinite combos, i-frame moves, etc. Just say "punch with this button" and that's all a novice needs to know to contribute. Shine fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jun 16, 2020 |
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Jun 16, 2020 21:55
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Chex Quest HD? This.
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Jun 17, 2020 00:10
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StrixNebulosa posted:Portal, the OG Doom, honestly any of the earlier shooters Portal is about the last FPS I'd recommend for someone who gets motion sick.
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Jun 17, 2020 00:58
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Galactic Civilizations 2 can be won without space battles, though it's hard to avoid at least some aspect of combat, even if it's just fortifying your planets against invasion. IIRC the paths to victory (aside from galactic military conquest) are: - Research, in which you become so technology advanced that you basically become machine gods. - Influence, in which your culture becomes the dominant one in the galaxy and all but erases others. Extremely lovely, but nonviolent. - Alliance, in which you peacefully ally with every other major race in the galaxy. Though this often ties into combat, as it could be a case of "make friends with everybody who survives some bigass war," or support your allies by providing them with war resources, even if you yourself don't do any fighting. I remember winning games as a kid without building a single warship. You can set up a custom game that has only the less violently inclined races, to reduce the chance of a war and make it more a Star Trekky "explore stuff and meet people" experience.
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Jun 22, 2020 05:05
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Monster Hunter World is wonderful. Beautiful scenery, endearing personality that never takes itself too seriously but also doesn't go full monkeycheese, adorable cat friends running around, and drop-in co-op with players online 'round the clock. It's pure video game joy  .The Earth Defense Force mainline titles (EDF 4.1, EDF 5) are also very "feel like a kid again" games. You run around with bigass guns shooting giant insects while your comrades randomly break out into song and talk about how neat it is to have lasers. EDF 5 doesn't ham it up quite as much as 4.1, but it's still absurd, and playing the absurdity straight is hilarious in its own way. Like when your commander and intel officer discuss, in total seriousness, how the midgame alien solders look exactly like humans, as they have two eyes, two ears, hands and feet, a mouth, and are bipedal they're giant frogs.
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exquisite tea posted:STREETS OF RAGE 4!!!! Extremely correct answer.
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Robo Reagan posted:What's the game that's half visual novel and half NBA jam with abilities? You're all banished to shitland and once you beat a season someone gets to return 
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Afriscipio posted:The world is relentlessly charming, despite the monster killing. The canteen scenes 
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Manager Hoyden posted:My wife and I have been playing Diablo 3 together for years. It's not quite as gritty as Grim Dawn and it's as easy or hard as you want it to be. Yup. My wife and I were long-distance at first and we had Diablo 3 date nights. You can tromp your way through the campaign for the silly story stuff, and then run bounties and poo poo until you're bored, and then hop back on when a new season starts and do more bullshit. It's a good on again/off again game. The Switch port is great. Doing inventory stuff is kinda awkward when you gotta take turns hogging the screen, but being able to kick back on the couch together (and your characters being forced to stay close to each other) makes for fun date nights.
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SlothfulCobra posted:So you're looking for a platforming collectathon? Yeah, Mario Odyssey (and 3D Mario in general) is all about collecting poo poo, often off of clues that require some detective work, of sorts. Though it can get silly.
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Funktor posted:Can anybody recommend something along the lines of an updated Marble Madness? PC or Switch, please. While not a "directly control your ball" experience like you're requesting, I'll give an honorable mention to Golf With Your Friends, which is a minigolf game where the courses have all sorts of zany bullshit for you to navigate.
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double nine posted:what's the first game you play when you've built/bought a new computer, after getting through the slog of installing all work-related software? Something really pretty, like Elite Dangerous or Monster Hunter World.
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Hwurmp posted:Rebel Galaxy has similar ship combat, but if you also want the shipboard duels and treasure hunts and dancing with governors' daughters you might be out of luck. I can't think of anything that's quite like Pirates. Rebel Galaxy also has an incredibly twangy-twang-twang-twaaaaang soundtrack that lets you live out your dream of being a space white guy.
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MrXmas posted:Seconding the Yakuza 0 recommendation. I've also heard very good things about Sleeping Dogs but haven't played it myself. Sleeping Dogs is dope.
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The lance in Monster Hunter World is loving dope. It has a very unique combat rhythm and feels nothing at all like the slashing or blunt weapons. It's a criminally underappreciated weapon (roughly 2% of players use it) and I will never shut the gently caress up about great it is in the Monster Hunter thread. It's specifically a lance and bigass shield. The game's little introduction video games it look like a very slow step-and-poke-and-turtle weapon, but it becomes one of the most mobile and aggressive weapons in the game once you learn its more advanced movement options. You can switch almost instantly between offense and defense (including defensive counterattacks) and it feels badass. That said, the combat in MHW is all against giant lizards and poo poo, so if you're looking for more of a human combat fighting game, then yeah, something like Mount & Blade would work better.
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OgNar posted:Any more games like Kenshi that anyone recommends. Try XCOM Chimera Squad. It minimizes the in-between stuff and basically just bounces you from mission to mission.
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Seconding Streets of Rage 4. It's a superb game with as much or little depth as you care to take on. Easy is mostly mindless button mashing (still fun!), harder difficulties require progressively more thoughtful positioning and move selection.
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Samopsa posted:Nuclear Throne. Nuclear Throne is dope, and has a very busy mod scene. Look up Nuclear Throne Together (a major mod with online play and bug fixes) and you'll see shitloads of mods for it. Nuclear Throne Together: https://yellowafterlife.itch.io/nuclear-throne-together Link: https://itch.io/game-mods/tag-ntt Once you get Nuclear Throne Together set up, you can add any of these. Shine fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Ark is the sort of game I played for a few hours, realized how long it would take to accomplish anything cool, then restarted with like 20x resource generation/timer reduction and had a blast playing for a few weeks.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You can play The Ur-Quan Masters without the lovely HD pack. Highly recommend you play with the original 3DO graphics and music - not the DOS and not the Precursors soundtrack. Yeah, the HD pack isn't as charming as the original.
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Mordiceius posted:Looking for a two-player co-op FPS. Preferably one not with AI companions. (I don't want it to be a 4 player game that gives you 2 AI companions if playing with just 2 players.) Earth Defense Force 5. It's a third-person shooter, split screen support, and is a loving joy to play. You romp through cities and mountains shooting giant bugs and frogs who look exactly like humans while a nonsensical story plays out, complete with whimsical dialogue that is weird as hell while also taking itself completely seriously. EDF is loving great.
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Jack Trades posted:Me and my friend had a total blast playing Clandestine, an asymmetric co-op stealth game, where one player plays the operative and another plays a hacker. It requires one of you to have VR, but Carly and the Reaperman is a co-op puzzle platformer in which one person plays the platformer part on a monitor, and the other is a giant grim reaper in VR who assists them by placing platforms, pointing out things that the screen player can't see from their perspective, and holding back enemies. It's designed for local co-op, but it supports Steam Remote Play (the VR player must host).
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Monster Hunter World is always the answer. What a wonderful game
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Fruits of the sea posted:Hey I'm in the mood for a big dumb game with nice graphics that has exploration and fighting stuff. Currently looking at Horizon Zero Dawn and Monster Hunter. Either of those two or is there something else I should take a look at? Monster Hunter World is a wonderful game. The exploration is pretty light (you can usually track down a monster within a few minutes, and the maps, while a good size and beautiful to look at, aren't gonna hide many secrets from you) but the fighting is top-notch, with each of the 14 weapons feeling distinct and useful, so you can find something that clicks for you. The greatsword feels nothing like the longsword, the dual blades feel nothing like the hammer, and even the lance and gunlance are very distinct and don't have much direct skill transfer. You can tell they've been iterating on these weapons for a decade and they all feel great to use. There's an active goon community and a large pubbie population, so teaming up is a breeze if you need help, or want to respond to random SOS signals from other hunters around the world and go help out (my favorite thing). It's a fantastic game. One of the finest ever made. But more specific to your question, once you learn the layouts of the maps and have lots of research data (a game mechanic that makes monsters easier to locate), it'll be like 5% exploring the world, and 95% fighting/crafting stuff for fighting. Shine fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Nov 13, 2020 |
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Artelier posted:Any recommendations for "quick game for break" on PC? The kind that fires up quickly, you can spend like 5 to 15 minutes doing one thing, and then done. Streets of Rage 4. Each stage is about 10-minutes long, and you can play on lower difficulties to mindlessly beat poo poo up, or turn it up and have to dig deeper into the movesets and positioning strategies.
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PMush Perfect posted:Yes. Who has a world record in what? It was like two posts above the post that kicked off this dumbass conversation . Come on, y'all.
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gently caress COREY PERRY posted:I love character creation, pouring over class decisions and mapping out builds and such. Any games that scratch that itch particularly well? Especially any games that enable that kinda stuff for more than just the beginning of the playthrough. Primarily use PC, but have Switch/3DS and am open to any emulating. Monster Hunter World's progression is entirely about planning and working toward equipment builds. While armor and weapons have the usual base defense and attack, you often ignore those and instead work toward gear with specific skills, set bonuses, sockets for skill decorations, sharpness levels, supplemental offense/defensive abilities, elemental effects and resistances, etc. It's not Path of Exile levels of spreadsheeting, but it's in-depth enough that people bother making build planners for it. The game has a handy wishlist function for easy tracking of what you need (including wishlisting not-yet-unlocked weapons in the tree, so that you get notifications once you've unlocked and collected parts for them). That said, the first few hours are pretty simple in their progression. You unlock most of the craftable gear by hunting new monsters, so you gotta go out and do some hunts to have options beyond "iron weapon +2" and such. Character build planning really picks up by the time you're halfway through the base game, and it opens up even more in the expansion, Iceborne. The endgame equipment stuff (augmenting your gear via the Guiding Lands, the final piece of the character build puzzle) is a slog IMO, but some people are into it.
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One thing to clarify about Monster Hunter World, when they launched the Iceborne expansion, they added overpowered newbie equipment to the base game: Defender weapons, and Guardian armor. I'd suggest skipping these pieces, even though the game "helpfully" encourages you to use them. This gear is super overpowered and meant to help people rush through the early game, basically catch-up armor so you can join your friends who started earlier, and get to Iceborne content quickly. The problem is that by using them, you won't learn how to play the game properly, as you'll be able to more-or-less button mash the first half of the game. Then when stuff begins to do actual damage to you, you'll have to basically start over, in that you'll then be forced to learn the mechanics of Monster Hunter combat, which imo would be more annoying than just starting out that way on the slow, easy early monsters. Plus, using that gear means you have no real reason to dig into the early game crafting, because the stats on anything you'll craft are dwarfed by the Defender/Guardian gear. Think of it as cheat gear. That said, I found value in that armor when my spouse got into the game, as she'd never been big into video games and had to learn how 3D action games control in general, nevermind the MH specifics. But if you have more recent 3D game experience than Mario 64, then that shouldn't apply to you.
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