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Ah, a new steam thread... Hi, people reading this in 2021! How's future Factorio? I assume even more excellent than present Factorio, which is excellent.
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Pwnstar posted:Watch Dogs 2 is good but they should have leaned into the wacky teen vibe harder and had the courage to get rid of guns completely. I couldn't agree more, as long as you mean player guns. Sitting in a parked car across the street and getting rid of every guard in a compound by using the drone to start gang1 vs gang2 vs SWAT threeway fights somehow never got old  Phlegmish posted:Also, nearly all of the vehicles handled like poo poo (I imagine that's the case even with a controller). I'd say driving is...just about adequate with a controller. I'd never go as far as 'good', game falls a long way short of GTA in that respect.
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I played both new asscreeds to an embarrassing high level of completion! Odyssey is a better game: it's much larger and most (not all) systems are improved slightly, notably the mercenaries. But Origins was a better experience. Egypt is undoubtedly the better map and Bayek has the better story. Ultimately, they're similar enough that if you like one you'll like both. But I'd say that unless you have a really strong preference for Ancient Greece, get Origins. The major DLCs for both are generally worth it, Origin's Curse of the Pharoahs is the best of them all. You can completely ignore the little packs, both base games come with plenty of dress-up options and you'll never need more swords.
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If we're talking about Far Cry. Ubisoft is having a big sale on Uplay and I'm thinking about getting a new open world game for these stay-at-home times. BUT! Ubi does a poor job on the store page descriptions and I don't care to seek out youtube reviews, so not sure which one to go for! Is anyone able to give me a quick rundown of what the key differences are between 4, Primal, 5 and New Dawn? Like, obviously Primal doesn't have guns but does that...work? Is it worse than the gun entries? Better? Should I just skip to the newest entry because they're all the same and the newest is most polished? Advice welcome! For reference the last FC I played was FC3 & FC3: Blood Dragon, but I have played the most recent Asscreeds.
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Gracias, all. Sounds like Primal is the way to go, which I'm glad of because riding a sabretooth around certainly sounds more interesting than fighting a cult in Montana! If I still want more after that I'll look at 4, and by the time I'm done with THAT...well, we'll probably have FC6 by then.StrixNebulosa posted:In conclusion play 2. It's a masterclass in what games can be, what they can say...and it's stupid fun. Already have  I found many a blood diamond and know the hidden secret of the checkpoint they're pretty bad at following you offroad.Now, why later games -including Far Cry 3! - didn't take the FC2 fire mechanics is something I never understood. I had so many gunfights change completely because me or the AI accidently started a huge fire that forced everyone to adapt to the moving safe areas.
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Mar 29, 2020 05:01
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The 7th Guest posted:i want all upcoming games to come out of the five basic food groups: Subnautica, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Animal Crossing, Picross, and Doom Very curious how Total Warhammer 2 would fit in this system
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A lot of the problems with GTA Online stem from 2 factors: The first is it's been running since 2013, so yeah for a new player there's an overwhelming amount of vehicles, weapons and businesses and very little in game way to tell what's actually worth your hard-earned GTAbux. The GTA thread here can help with that, fwiw - you don't need nearly as much as you think to be effective. The second is that back in, oh I dunno, 2010? when they were drawing up the design docs, Rockstar weren't expecting MP to be the main moneymaker. I can't remember if this was ever confirmed, but the expectation was that they'd keep it fresh with big expansion DLCs like they did for GTA 4. Anyway, then they opened Online up and found that the stupidly overpriced GTAbuck bundles were making them a metric fuckton of money. Like, an absurd amount. Still are! So they more or less abandoned single player and shifted their resources to Online. Thing is, the game wasn't designed to be a constantly updated multiplayer world. It took them, what, 3 years to add the originals heists, which are essentially just big, linked contact missions? 6 years to add a mostly freeroam heist? 4 years to figure out how to do weapon upgrades (and the Mk2s are technically completely separate weapons)? 6 years to figure out how to rearrange the vehicle call-in menu? The end result is that the player experience for some parts of this game is nothing short of completely awful (good lord, the UI). This is because the decisions they made basically a decade ago with different assumptions can't be meaningfully altered, they're too deeply baked into how the game works. I'm interested to see if they can improve for GTA 6 whenever that shows, although RDR2 doesn't have me too hopeful. Like any online game, both those problems are lessened if you play with cool people (so, not pubbies). Again, the thread here can help you with that! Playing with others isn't for everyone though, I get it! So here's another piece of advice for new GTA-havers who want to check out Online. And if you're not strictly here for the single player story it's probably worth a look, the Online characters feel a lot tougher and you can customize them much more. If you launch Online via the Escape menu, there's an option to launch an invite only session*. It locks out a few of the grinding activities, but lets you play around in freeroam without anyone else able to join and ruin your fun. There's also a setting in options where you can launch the soloable missions (contact missions, races) under the same rules, so you really don't have to see other players if you don't want. If you do this, then you've effectively got all the customization and Online-only toys plus the PvE/racing game modes in an effectively SP environment. There's some tools/mods that go further, but this is a good place to start. Hope this helps a few of you get the most out of your new free game! *You may have to get thru the Online tutorial first, I can't remember. It's a short tutorial for a Rockstar game at least.
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Jerusalem posted:I have hundreds of hours across both the new Hitman games and I still felt a pang of regret after I completed every possible achievement/challenge and decided to uninstall to free up Hard Drive space... like maybe I still hadn't quite gotten enough gameplay out of it or something This post is very accurate
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SirSamVimes posted:So if I own Hitman 1 & 2 and I want to play Hitman 1, I can buy the game of the year upgrade for 1 and that will let me add all the 1 content to 2, right? No the GOTY is separate from that: if you own HM1 levels, they can already be played in HM2. What the HM1 GOTY upgrade lets you do is play the Patient Zero minicampaign in HM2 + a unlocks a few other little bits and bobs. Check in with the Hitman thread if you have any questions, the process can sometimes be obtuse due there being 2 different publishers involved.
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Jun 15, 2020 22:23
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Lister posted:I burst out laughing at the horse betting part. How has no one made a game yet where you can be a degenerate horse track gambler? GTA Online has that box ticked since the casino dropped Det_no posted:In games related stuff, Sonic Generations is currently on sale for one dollar to celebrate Sonic's anniversary. Is that the modern Sonic game that's actually fun?
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credburn posted:I have Hitman 1 and Hitman 2. As I understand, Hitman 2 knows I have Hitman 1 and I don't actually need to install Hitman 1 to play Hitman 1's levels in Hitman 2's engine. My question though, is... I want to play through Hitman 1's story before going on to 2. Can I do that? Or is it only the levels that I can play, like some scenario selector or... ? Yep do it in 2, it's the same campaign as HM1 except with the HM2 gameplay improvements
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Fifteen of Many posted:Just started XCOM 2. My troops have worse aim than a standard stormtrooper. Maybe, but tbh the tactical game is very secondary to the fashion game  Ironically, I don't have any stormtroopers Bonus Total Warhammer 2 crossover: 
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Aug 8, 2020 10:12
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The slightly mystic atmosphere of Origin's Egypt was really well done and I missed it in the much less subtle Odyssey. Egypt was just a seriously great setting and Bayek fit in that world so well.
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Dang, it's sounding like the best way to experience Cyberpunk is to wait for after NeonBlood And CyberWine has come out when it might actually live up to the hype.
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pentyne posted:Speaking of goon made Dropsy is $2.50. I haven't played it but remember the raging excitement during the cyoa threads. I got it during the summer sale, it's easily worth 2.50 if you like point and click adventures. Give everything slightly damp clown hugs.
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Dec 27, 2020 23:43
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Mr. Locke posted:Just hedge your bet- hold the control stick of your gamepad in one hand, have the other use your mouse. Best of both worlds. I know of a few goons do this in GTA Online, with some remapping you can have analog throttle driving on the left half of a controller and drive-by aiming/shooting on the mouse
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Jan 7, 2021 21:40
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StrixNebulosa posted:I finally hit 80 hours in Factorio! By 'winning' you of course mean launching a rocket every second, yes? 
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pentyne posted:Pathologic 2 welcome to the Russian literary tradition, enjoy your stay
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I thought the Diablo 2 remake was called Path Of Exile?
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ErrEff posted:That and 90's sci-fi novels. Execs aren't reading books, you know they're working off the Ready Player One movie
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Cardiovorax posted:Most recent Warhammer games have been on the 'decent but remarkable' spectrum, so they're doing a lot better than most licensed titles. Every so often you then get something like the Dawn of War series, which is legitimately good. Don't forget Total Warhammer II, which compared to the historical titles painfully highlights how none of the factions vying for Rome had access to t-rexes, rocket artillery, dragons, on-demand comets or even rat-powered mobile war crimes
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Hey steam thread, the best cyberpunk game released in 2020 is getting an expansion/sequel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536370/Cloudpunk__City_of_Ghosts/ https://twitter.com/ionlands/status/1377237239042834432
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Yeah, Cloudpunk is a story game first and foremost: You're a delivery driver trying to get by in a strange futuristic city you've just arrived in. The assignments you're given send you off to meet some odd characters who are thriving or not in the megalopolis. Maybe you'll have to make some decisions about which deliveries it might be best not to do? Your hovercar AI will help you out with his thoughts on events, although his advice is biased as he currently has the personality of your pet dog (who's a good car?). Maybe one day you'll save up enough to get him a dog chassis again. There's a fair amount of meditation on cyberpunk themes in the story, particularly around AI. It's also one of those 'experience' games you play to soak in the vibes. The low-poly neon, rainswept aesthetic is strong and there's nothing really stopping you from just wandering/driving around, checking out the vistas. Heck, maybe you'll stumble on a interesting character in an alley or a good noodle stand. Very chill experience.
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Jerusalem posted:https://kotaku.com/the-gta-remastered-trilogy-appears-to-be-real-and-comi-1847474620 Kotaku wasn't sure which titles exactly are being remastered so I hope they're doing Vice City Stories & Liberty City Stories as part of this
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I just finished Horizon: Zero Dawn! Some thoughts: - bows vs dinorobos is fun, it's got an involved but not overcomplicated combat system with lots of options - it's odd to play an open world AssCreed-like that actually has a well-told story - gently caress Ted Faro Good game.
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DerekSmartymans posted:AssCreed stuff It sounds like you're after PC versions so if you're not already aware, Ubisoft offers a Netflix style subscription service. It's something like $15 a month and gives you access to pretty much all of Ubisofts games, usually with all the DLC included. I assume this includes every Assassin's Creed title but probably worth double checking that before signing up. Your computer would have to be good enough for the more demanding newer ones, but if you're primarily interested in AC3 and AC4 that shouldn't be much of a problem.
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As for the game itself, AC3 is much bigger that the Ezio games. Unfortunately, a lot of what they added is bloat that doesn't really add much fun. The story and protagonist are also a step down from Ezio. The game world suffers a bit from the setting, revolutionary America being mostly forests and dinky little wooden colonial towns as opposed to the grand cathedrals and castles of Italy. However, the core gameplay is still there and if you're interested in the period then interacting with Washington and co should be cool. Apparently the alt history DLC where Washington becomes a tyrant king is much more fun but I haven't played that personally.
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Re: XCOM2 mission timers You don't even need a mod these days, in the advanced start options when you set up a new game of WOTC there's an option in there that sets all the timers to double the normal value.
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Ciaphas posted:... excuse me? It's a Swedish joke, they think that Danes sound like they're speaking Swedish with a mouthful of potatoes.
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Unlucky7 posted:Anyway, I am getting the semi-annual urge to play XCOM2 again and maybe beat it this time (but I likely will not). One question as I try to get into it; do I need to keep anything in mind in order to have a successful run on Normal, or will I be good if I beat most of my missions and keep progressing with research and stuff? If you're consistently beating missions you should be good on the campaign! One thing to keep in mind is that it's always tempting to build the stuff that upgrades your troops, but if you're not aggressively expanding the resistance network you might lose the strategic game anyway.
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In terms of catchy tunes, I've been listening to Are We Stars by The Class pretty much on repeat recently. RIP Jordan Cross, taken from us too soon  e: Oops, didn't notice this was for videogame music. Sorry! IOI commissioned a 3 track EP for the in-game band whose lead singer you assassinate in Hitman 1. Canonically, that's Agent 47 drumming on this track!
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Hollandia posted:It is crazy that with 40k they have such a deep wealth of IP to draw from, with some crazy and inventive characters and races, and they inevitably build games around "what if humans but bigger" Not that crazy. iirc, space marines outsell every other faction combined Yes, even though tyranids are cooler AND cuter (indisputable fact)
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So this Starship Troopers RTS, I notice it says it's "set in the Starship Troopers movies universe". Movies Now, I'm sure they're mostly drawing from the original Verhoeven film because frankly, it's the only good one. However, I'm wondering if the devs took anything from ST3:Marauder? ...No, not the mech suits. I'm asking if there's any musical numbers.
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RBA Starblade posted:Alan Wake is an extremely uninteresting character they should really give up on in favor of Visionary and Dreamweaver Garth Merenghi They should! I, for one, refuse to play games about writers who haven't written more books than they've read
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AfricanBootyShine posted:If I have Hitman 1 and 2, what should I buy to get the most of 3? 3 is an extremely good game and would be a great place to retry the earlier maps from the Trilogy! So, assuming you have Hitman 1 & 2 on Steam and are getting 3 there as well, then Hitman 3 Standard Edition will be fine. You can play the levels from 1 & 2 within 3, although note that if you chiefly played Hitman 1 you'll be starting fresh, there's no way to import progress from that. Most of the extras for 3 are just a way to unlock levels from 1&2 without needing to own those games separately. The exceptions are Hitman 3 Deluxe and the 7 Deadly Sins pack, but those only add escalation missions and are honestly skippable until you're really running out of things to do in the game. One last thing would be to look at either the Trilogy Premium Addon for Hitman 3 OR the Expansion Pass for Hitman 2. Either of those will add 2 new (very good) extra maps - a NY bank and a Maldives resort - if you don't already have them.
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