Chat Thread: A Holly Jolly Steam Sale & A Happy Switchmas

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corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

my copy of MYTHOS TALES (a lovecraft-themed game based on sherlock holmes consulting detective) arrived and i've been playing through it. lots of notes:

like shcd, you get a bunch of things with clues and red herrings on them, as well as a paragraph book which serves as interviewing witnesses. its pretty good though it has many typos which... is a problem...

books rule videogames drool

# ¿ Dec 1, 2016 17:45

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 22:39

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Snooze Cruise posted:

Crap, i forgot about this. I need to grab it.

I hope more people rush in to make these, they are a really cool thing that mystery video games still have a real hard time handling.

there's seven kickstarter boxes (has a hardcover and a SECRET NINTH CASE) left to order https://8thsummit.net/product/agents-of-smersh-games/mythos-tales-kickstarter-hardback-edition-with-9th-case/ but if they're gonna do a reprint maybe that'd be good since it also has some typo issues and stuff which can make solving cases difficult

shcd had a ton of typos too and i dont know why

# ¿ Dec 1, 2016 18:00

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Stux posted:

its no SMT thats for sure

Thank god

# ¿ Dec 1, 2016 22:04

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Stux posted:

actually that was operation winback

too bad about operation winback 2

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 01:02

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StrixNebulosa posted:

I know that these questions can be answered with "just go with it", but uh - why would you send a special agent into a rescue mission with only a handgun and ten bullets?

And why can't he move when he's shooting? Even Harry Mason from Silent Hill could do that!

e: What the heck, why a typewriter for a save point?

Because the original resident evil also had typewriter save points and they're funny

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 06:00

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StrixNebulosa posted:

I'm playing with mouse n' keyboard and it feels good so far - I mean, outside of no moving while shooting. But that's a kind of clumsiness that's making it feel more atmospheric, so it works!

Made it to the second typewriter after the church bells rang and the zombies quit attacking me, and y'know....this is a good game. Dated for sure, but appealing nonetheless and I yelped a few times when zombies lunged at me, so it's definitely working that atmosphere.

It's great, and the writing gets really funny. Everyone loves re4 for a reason

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 06:01

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/376480/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_1

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 17:30

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I said come in! posted:

This is Castlevania II levels of ugly color palette. What is this poo poo?

art

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 20:34

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haveblue posted:

Why are so many indie games about sad dads now

Or was it always like this and I just never noticed

the 20-somethings making indie games in the 2000s are 30-somethings now

# ¿ Dec 4, 2016 21:52

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NoneMoreNegative posted:

Oh man it must be christmas, a new DLC expansion for TWO WORLDS II in the pipeline!?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/456220/

/swings swords in figure eight

They announced it a while ago. It's a DLC to celebrate the big engine update, and to set up stuff for Two Worlds 3.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2016 21:54

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please make an aaa game about penguins

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 03:01

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BURN TO THE BURN TO THE GROUND

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 04:49

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oddium posted:

crazy that super metroid and link to the past are perfect games when they aren't even the best games in their series. nintendo, does it again

Lttp is the best Zelda gently caress u

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 14:12

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deadly_pudding posted:

I'll be like Ollie North and get my own show because my video games war crimes are a farce before my Strong Opinions About Smash Bros Players

I think you have failed to understand why Fox News gave him a tv show

# ¿ Dec 5, 2016 17:12

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

i was having fun with hyrule warriors but its kind of repetitive

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 01:57

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glam rock hamhock posted:

Well yeah. It's a Musou game. They're all like that. You gotta love the grind to really get into any of those.

And why does link now have a weird Korean mmo anime character as a fairy

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 02:39

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

Mgs5 has fewer cutscenes than the other metal gears. For example, mgs4 had an ending,

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 04:00

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Don't forget Rockman & Bass

(Do forget Rockman & Bass)

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 13:06

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23GZiAzTlP0

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 20:50

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glam rock hamhock posted:

With Phil Fish, I think he's a very talented and clever game designer and I don't really care that he's a dick, though it's annoying that his dickishness and and people's other hatred of him because of it seems to have effected his desire to make games (though he did that VR thing recently).

phil fish keeps throwing tantrums and is a huge poo poo irl

# ¿ Dec 7, 2016 22:50

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Leroy Dennui posted:

(from the MUSHA manual)

but who was the salutatorian of AIR AND SPACE UNIVERSITY

# ¿ Dec 7, 2016 22:51

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haveblue posted:

I don't care what he does on Twitter or wherever but he was an idiot to price his VR game 2-3x what it's worth.

also he canceled fez 2 because people laughed at him

# ¿ Dec 7, 2016 22:57

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TastyLemonDrops posted:

Yep. Played the hell out of XCOM and XCOM 2. This includes Xenonauts, I guess.

but have you played the secret third xcom game http://store.steampowered.com/app/290410/

# ¿ Dec 8, 2016 16:41

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Lurdiak posted:

Before playing Stardew Valley, I had no idea that people make jelly out of peppers, as if they were a tasty berry and not a ball of pure fire.

I've been trying to imagine what Pepper Jam tastes like and I just can't wrap my head around it.

peppers are berries, and have sugars and juice in them like any other berry -- they just also have capsacin in them. usually people use the less spicy peppers, like jalapenos, which when boiled down and diluted with sugar and gelatin as you do when making that stuff end up just a little spicy. good stuff

# ¿ Dec 8, 2016 17:18

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lets hang out posted:

hey remember EVO Search for Eden on SNES? It was actually a sequel to a pc98 game that has an english patch coming out sometime soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISbJ0k0l0I

Yes. the patch has entered beta and is coming out in the next few weeks

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 01:38

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Snooze Cruise posted:

Aviary Attorney is pretty ok.

I like this bird. I like this game.

I am on a mystery game kick so I got a bunch of old mystery games: The Colonel's Bequest, Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes, and JB Harold Murder Club. I heard good things about Discworld Noir so I might grab that and I am for sure going to grab The Last Express because it seems pretty cool.

What is everyone's favorite mystery games?

If you don't need them to be videogames then please get a copy of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective ( https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Consulting-Detective-Game/dp/2914849893 ) asap as it is the best detective game ever made

corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Dec 9, 2016

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 16:16

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getting a used copy of SHCD is probably cheapest if you do it through the bgg used market https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2511/sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective

theyre pretty trustworthy

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 16:30

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please play games before discussing them

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 19:40

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Monkey Fracas posted:

I feel like for an open world game to be good the devs need to put actual effort into making the traversal of the world interesting in some way.

Like Density Of Stuff To Do/Things Happening has to be high or traversal itself has to be engaging. Kind of a fine line to walk since "interesting" can quickly become "annoying" if you are forced to do it too many times and then you're right back to quicktraveling everywhere because you're sick of navigating the twisty streets of your GTA-alike or picking your way across the rugged landscape of Skyrim or whatever.

Also have to try and balance "I can get across the map really quickly" with "I am traveling everywhere in a straight line so it feels like essentially waiting to get to the next mission/thing"

Boring Ubisoft-style open world games are as much a scourge as the Common Ring-Tailed North-American Cover Based Shooter was a few years ago (continues to be?)

Yakuza

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 20:28

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I love Zelda make Zeldas please

# ¿ Dec 10, 2016 01:12

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To me hearing a game world is 90000000 acres just means they wasted money making more boring roads between the places with fun in them

# ¿ Dec 10, 2016 02:42

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Andrast posted:

Do people really not rotate their saves when possible?

Ps1 Memcards were small and expensive

# ¿ Dec 10, 2016 15:39

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Zaggitz posted:

Sad I missed the discourse about Metroidvanias but just wanna say everyone who hasn't played La Mulana yet absolutely should.

They should play Toki Tori 2 and Wuppo

# ¿ Dec 10, 2016 15:41

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mario maker underwhelm

# ¿ Dec 11, 2016 16:57

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FirstAidKite posted:

It's when you bake a pizza with macaroni and cheese on top

jk it's when you tie a noose and hang yourself they're the same fuckin thing!!!!

also known as the "david carradine"

# ¿ Dec 12, 2016 00:43

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# ¿ Dec 12, 2016 05:04

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glam rock hamhock posted:

After asking that I looked at the wiki the trolls still have up and yeah, pretty much.

The thing is so detailed and it's really hilarious how much they emphasize that all of Chris's problems are his own fault and have nothing to do with the people that have literally been trolling an awkward autistic man for a large chunk of his life.

one thing i remember is there's a wiki page of every shirt cwc has ever been seen wearing, and on what dates. which is totally normal information to record and share!

# ¿ Dec 12, 2016 05:38