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This kinda bites, I was looking around for info on Gunhead/Cryptark 2, but it looks like the devs have been almost radio silent for a year or two 
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Dackel posted:Don't think it's worth full price, but I had fun playing through it on gamepass. modern gaming.txt
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I put some time into Necromunda, it's way higher budget and nicer looking than I was expecting ... it's also extremely Necromunda and I'm not sure it's going to be appealing to many people outside a very narrow niche. XCOM lovers might like it. People without an interest in the setting, base game, or genre at all, definitely not.
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Sep 8, 2020 21:48
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Memnaelar posted:I love GW properties and just want to know if it's fun to play. Mordheim was good for about 20 hours but then the jank and the grind set in and I lost interest. So far yes, only major issue I've run into is that it's loving *slow*. The individual turns are fine, it's just the overall size and length of the fights that draws it out. I've also read some reports of some pretty bad bugs, but I haven't experienced any yet (I'm sure I will). On a not actual gameplay note, I dislike how half armored gang dinguses can take hits from loving lascannons and krak grenades. These gangers are harder than the Terminators in Deathwing  (plays fine, just feels ridiculous) I'm also *deeply* skeptical the AI can play this game once I get into full custom gang campaign territory. There's an absolute ton of options every turn, no way the AI makes good choices a majority of the time. Have to wait and see there.
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Imbalanced can be fun, "AI can't even play the game" will torpedo any enjoyment if you're using all these complicated systems to shoot target dummies
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BPM isn't for everyone, but if it's for you you'll loving love every second
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ZZZorcerer posted:They organize the scenes in the menu in chronological order with description and the names of everyone involved, you can also (I think) replay any scene. There's also a glossary for characters, places, objects, etc. on the menu so while the story is told in non-linear fashion it's not that bad Thinking about getting this, "pacific rim persona visual novel with vanillaware art" is a very very specific pitch but I might be a target
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Lord_Pigeonbane posted:I've read that Star Renegades is getting a Switch port, later this year, and I've been holding out for that. Not just valid, it's increasingly relevant now that we are in an era where your time is more limited than games to play will ever be If you wait you get the year later cheaper updated patched content complete game I avoid a lot of games I'll enjoy if there's a good chance buying early means spoiling a better overall experience later
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Biomass https://store.steampowered.com/app/1138960/Biomass/ I just found this, and I'm really glad I did. It's got some definite rough edges and some annoying design decisions, but man the atmosphere is so, so good. If you love dark scifi, you need to check this game out. Like Axiom Verge, Biomega, Akira, Prey, and other trippy weird rear end scifi worlds. Gameplay wise it's tHe dArK SOuls of 2d metroidvania. Or something. The control is tight enough, but very fast and lethal, and with some very uneven difficulty. Exploration is only moderately interesting in terms of movement, though you do gain access to new tools that open up new routes as you play. Atmospherically though, drat this game nails it. Moody, brooding music, excellently done lowfi graphics with some really beautiful vistas, and storytelling delivered as much in the environments as the bits you piece together from dialogue with scarce talkative npcs. Structurally the game is unusual, you're only going to see part of the world and part of the story on your first playthrough, by design. If you want to see more, you need to play more, sort of like Nier: Automata. I can't recommend this to everyone because the rough edges are pretty rough, and the pacing isn't perfect, but if this specific subgenre is your jam, you'll probably love almost every minute of discovery in spite of the annoyances.
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Nope, it is not even close to something like Hollow Knight or even Sundered. It only superficially resembles the genre because it has the 'find item, open new route' sort of mechanic, but it feels more like a key than a new means of traversal. You literally can't even jump, Ori this is not If you're only interested in the gameplay, I'd stay far away, there are plenty of games that do what this game does far better. If the setting and weirdness are appealing though, I'd check it out. You can definitely see if you dig it inside the refund window, a first playthrough is probably ~6 hours or so?
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Slipways sounds like my kinda thing, your description reminds me a bit of Space Tyrant https://store.steampowered.com/app/562230/Space_Tyrant/, which is another stripped down strategy game
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Curse of the Dead Gods is out and it's rad The reductive take will be "it's like Hades", but it has its own thing going on and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Have to see if it holds up for the long haul. Curse posted:You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
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Cactus posted:Is it better played on a pad (like Hades) or a m&k (like diablo)? I went right to pad, it's extremely action focused - parry, dodge roll, charge and timing attacks, basic combos, three weapons of many types and a light to swap between The control is extremely tight, but it's more (looks around, lowers voice) dark souls parrying and dodging at high speed than mowing through hordes with one button like Diablo I generally prefer pad for this kind of game (even Diablo after playing the console port ), but I didn't test it on mkb. You could easily gauge if you like the feel in the refund window, there's very little fluff before you're in the thick of itLASER BEAM DREAM posted:Can you talk a little about things it does differently? I'm interested Sure, I think the main thing is "double edged swords for days" - the titular curses accumulate through a meter that acts as another resource you need to manage alongside health and gold (you can 'spend' curse points at vendors instead of gold, some enemy attacks cause curse damage). The curses have an upside and a downside, well managed they can be a benefit, but fill the meter all the way and you'll get the doom curse draining your health (which if you're a boss I suppose you could still deal with). Light and traps - it's dark in the temple, you have a torch you can use to light fires (or enemies!), and while in the light your can spot otherwise invisible traps. You also take more damage in the dark... but some weapons and abilities give benefits in the dark. The traps are all well themed with the different temples, and you can use them to your advantage if you're careful. That's all the stuff that's layered on top of the combat, which feels very action game to me, and there's a ton of status effects and triggers that play off each other from all the weapons, boons, and items, encouraging weapon and attack type swapping to maximize damage and effect output, while managing your stamina pool. There's more but if that sounds at all appealing and you like this type of game I'd say just dive in and try it, you'll know real fast if it feels good to you. I think for some people the constantly accumulating curses will stress them out, for me it just feels like an interesting mechanic to play with, alongside the darkness and the traps. victrix fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Feb 24, 2021 |
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I have literally nothing but bad things to say about windows store games
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kalthir posted:Derelict Void Heyyy, the one other person who played Out There. https://store.steampowered.com/app/334420/Out_There__Edition/ Not to be confused with Out There Somewhere https://store.steampowered.com/app/263980/Out_There_Somewhere/ Or the upcoming Out There: Oceans of Time https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145290/Out_There_Oceans_of_Time/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/Cozy_Grove/quote:Welcome to Cozy Grove, a game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. As a Spirit Scout, you'll wander the island's forest each day, finding new hidden secrets and helping soothe the local ghosts. With a little time and a lot of crafting, you'll bring color and joy back to Cozy Grove! On a scale of 1 to Cozy, how Cozy are we talking here? Like maximum cozy? (it's extremely animal crossing afaict) 
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1038370/Trials_of_Fire/ Trials of Fire is out of early access quote:A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge! It's an unusual mix of genres, but it pulls it off pretty successfully I think, I played and enjoyed it during early access The meat of the game is turn based combat using cards, so if those aspects tickle your fancy you should check it out
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Slitherine is a publisher, battle sector devs is another company, don't know the name
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StrixNebulosa posted:I want to be absolutely crystal clear that I linked this game so people could mock it. Get your vaccines please, and stay masked until we're sure the delta variant is gone. I'd rather this stuff get zero exposure or engagement, ironic or otherwise
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Palpek posted:Ok, so Death's Door and Axiom Verge 2 are loving amazing, big recommendations from me. If you're looking for a recent good game, get those blind. Jupiter Hell is great if you're in the mood for a "pure" roguelike Old World if you want paradox dynasty and events melded with Civ6 4x The Ascent is a stunning cyberpunk action rpg/twin stick shooter
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I should note that while it's traditional (increasingly: old) in terms of not having meta progression, being turn based, etc, it's also a very very slick and clean design. It plays fast, most of its mechanics are intuitive, you can play it with a controller if you want. An old school roguelike with modern sentiment. It's a game about shooting a lot of demons with cool guns and it does that extremely well.
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Somfin posted:Hey all, I just found out about Tainted Grail: Conquest, which is a loving gorgeous deckbuilder roguelite, very much in the vein of good old Slay the Spire, that scratches that "ramp to infinity" roguelite power-trip itch harder than I've seen in a long time. A quick search of this thread showed it hadn't been mentioned yet, but it released back in May and holy poo poo, it's amazing and beautiful and when you're doing well, you feel like a god. It's got a touch of the "bleak for bleakness' sake" fantasy theming going on, but the story's going in intriguingly meta directions, the player is offered real chances and reasons to fix things instead of just being a vague blob of vagueness vaguely pushing forward for their own reasons, and the systems all play into each other in fun and meaningful ways. You can't post that without posting the boss theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjmp2r2OsZ4&t=46s
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296360/Archvale/ This game is like catnip for me, pixel art bullet hell... zelda? I don't know if it will suddenly start to suck later but the intro charmed me completely
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deep dish peat moss posted:Now I want to play a roguelite hiking game where you just walk through a pretty forest and discover different neat scenery each time I think you just described life
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This isn't strictly new since it launched in Dec, but it's getting incredibly overlooked: Togges https://store.steampowered.com/app/1550270/Togges/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZQakG85ws What if puzzle game with adorable Roomba, but Mario Galaxy? No seriously, it's adorable
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Subjunctive posted:Someone said that it was a chud game and I don’t doubt it, but I read over the store page and really I would have no idea from that description. Is there some dog-whistling phrase there that I’m not picking up? just watch the video, it showed up in one of my feeds and I checked it out and was like "huh cool", then saw the video, then read a few reviews. avoid. honestly shouldn't even give it exposure in this thread or anywhere
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bitterandtwisted posted:Fwiw you can change the settings so abandoning a run doesn't lose any loot This and it has a mountain of gaming accessibility options to tweak how harsh/friendly/easy it is It's a fantastic game, but I wouldn't recommend it if you can only play in small bites, sinking into it is a good time - I don't think it'd be quite as good in bits and pieces
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Play posted:
https://twitter.com/RikuKat/status/1766261499574776089?t=QjM0GwY_qpRSQwx_eZpoEg&s=19 womp
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Jedit posted:(Also: Jeff Minter was a goon?) I mean come on
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grate deceiver posted:Just found out about this game, releases into EA in a week and looks dope as hell - Underspace "multiplayer pvp" yeah no dawg, that's dev resources best spent elsewhere
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What the gently caress this looks insane https://store.steampowered.com/app/2581960/The_Collage_Atlas/
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