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Disposable Scud posted:Severed Steel owns bones. 
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The Steam thread is dead. Long live the Steam thread. For the Jaws of the Lion DLC for Gloomhaven, when is that meant to be played? I know that the tabletop version was meant to be more a streamlined introduction campaign to the megalith that is Gloomhaven proper.
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Elden Ring good. A friend started their playthrough recently and I started playing on a new character, a pure STR warrior I haven't played since DS3 (and I played the games in a reverse order, 3-2-1->ER). Probably won't have to patience to do everything on a same magnitude than on my first go, but it still feels good. I did the game first time around as an INT melee/mage and then changed to a faith build after finishing to exploit some of the better weapons available for my clean-up (since I missed a LOT of stuff, even if I tried to search for it) I wonder how much of the angry feedback from other (western) devs back when it launched were internet exaggeration but it just baffles the mind how little hand holding a game generally needs and how much of it the games generally throw in your way nowadays. We live in an era where people will read walkthroughs on their first play not to play "wrong" so it's just so refreshing to have an open world game like this.
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Jack Trades posted:FFX is the most boring game I have ever played and I have suffered through 30 hours of it become one of my friends kept insisting that "it gets good soon". I've never understood this about FFX. It's always been full of bland characters, a generally boring story, super linear paths and an asinine way to level up. It has some nice visuals but it's just meh as a game. I often wonder if it has the same hype behind it as FF7 does because it might have been the first FF for some people after they got a PS2 as their first console.
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Kin posted:I've never understood this about FFX. It's always been full of bland characters, a generally boring story, super linear paths and an asinine way to level up. I think it's almost a historical curiosity at this point and worth playing trying to imagine what the context was like as a major 3D jrpg with full voice acting when that was brand new. Especially if you are coming from FF9, FFX will give you insane whiplash. I feel the same way about Shenmue, even if the 3rd is a massive stinker that shows the creative lead had not learned anything in the previous 17 years.
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Jan 2, 2023 10:04
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Do any of the Final Fantasy games hold up if I strongly disliked FFX's characters and story? The only other experience with the series that I have is FFXIV 2.x through Heavensward was pretty drat good. ARR and Stormblood were mostly boring though.
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Jan 2, 2023 10:13
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Jack Trades posted:Do any of the Final Fantasy games hold up if I strongly disliked FFX's characters and story? I'd recommend looking into the 3d remake of ff4 the pc release of ff9 so you can see if you enjoy either game's casts.
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Jan 2, 2023 10:15
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Unlucky7 posted:The Steam thread is dead. Long live the Steam thread. Whenever you want, really. It's no longer an introductory campaign, it's just a mini-campaign within the bigger one.
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Jack Trades posted:Do any of the Final Fantasy games hold up if I strongly disliked FFX's characters and story? Honestly, despite it being a bit of a cliche at this point, Final Fantasy 7 is one of the best ones made. It's got a blend of scifi/fantasy and it's leveling system/magic is pretty straightforward. I dunno how easy it is to deal with the running around pre rendered backgrounds these days, but if you're looking for a decent story with big set pieces (for a FF game) you can't go wrong with it.
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If a friend started playing Elden Ring, would Seamless Co-Op be the way to go?Cantorsdust posted:Crossposting from the hidden gems thread since the game’s on sale: I thought I might have gotten the base edition with no DLC in an itch.io bundle, but steam isn't showing anything either.
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TeaJay posted:I wonder how much of the angry feedback from other (western) devs back when it launched were internet exaggeration but it just baffles the mind how little hand holding a game generally needs and how much of it the games generally throw in your way nowadays. We live in an era where people will read walkthroughs on their first play not to play "wrong" so it's just so refreshing to have an open world game like this. The previous games had some issues with really obscure pvp mechanics and poorly described stats but in general they are wonderful games for just letting the player mess around and learn from their mistakes. "Savescumming" is basically a core mechanic, encouraging the player to experiment and there isn't any fail state. No quests to stress about either, just some character vignettes and hidden content for a second playthrough. It helps that there aren't really a ton of different systems going on under the hood compared to most modern games. No skill trees, unlocks, reputation meters or whatever. I actually think Elden Ring moved a bit too far in the opposite direction and while its one of my all-time games, I'm not sure I want another one. Gamefaqs walkthroughs, achievement hunting and the idea of 100%ing a game has been around forever though and I think its hard for folks to adjust to a playstyle without that.
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Some games from this months Humble Monthly have leaked: Doom Eternal - https://store.steampowered.com/app/782330/ OlliOlli World Rad Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190170/OlliOlli_World/ Tribes of Midgard - https://store.steampowered.com/app/858820/Tribes_of_Midgard/ Koburn fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. Maybe check out Motor Town: Behind the Wheel You'd be better able to judge how accessible it is to kids that age, but it's a game about driving around and doing things (though more driving focused than running around). They might also enjoy Under Leaves, a really beautiful hidden objects game
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. My five-year-old niece is completely in love with Slime Rancher and Bugsnax. Might also be worth looking at Chicory; that has a mode where player 2 can just colour stuff in, I believe. For driving, Motor Town has lots of different kinds of vehicles but it's not really aimed at kids and at the moment, Krampus is wandering around and is a bit spooky for tinies perhaps. But maybe glance at it anyway.
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. I don't know about playing it, but that age group—generally—seem to love videos of Farm Sim. There's even dedicated streamers/youtubers who mod in bright coloured terrain and machines, neon level, and drive around obstacle courses, etc. specifically making content for toddlers. If you got the game it's easy to get a "government subsidy" mod that gives you either hundreds of thousands of cash a day, or else millions, and just buy fields, machines and tractors to your heart's content.
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FFX is a good game with solid character work and a fairly cohesive story and extremely annoying side quests That’s it’s appeal
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I randomly tossed Trombone Champ into my cart and I don't regret it a bit. My kids and I were laughing our asses off everytime one of us attempted a song. What a stupid fun game.
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CharlestheHammer posted:FFX is a good game with solid character work and a fairly cohesive story and extremely annoying side quests The consistency of your takes is fascinating.
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Unlucky7 posted:
It's a stand alone story. You can import it into a main campaign if you want to keep unlocks but it'll be a bit easy. That being said it actually has more gimmick missions and gimmicky classes even if the difficulty is lower.
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Jack Trades posted:The consistency of your takes is fascinating. That’s literally the coldest take anyone could have I have hot takes but they aren’t relevant here
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. I'm on my phone, so no link, sorry. Nuclear Blaze (I think that's the name) has a kid-friendly mode made specifically because the dev has a young child. The steam page has his adorable explanation for it. My nephews (5 and 7 now) love Sonic Mania, and have for a couple of years. Fifty Farts fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Xander77 posted:If a friend started playing Elden Ring, would Seamless Co-Op be the way to go? I was wrong and misremembered. The Time of Creation update was free. Will edit the post.
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. Have a look at Tracks: The Train Set Game. Very young kids won't be able to build the track, but can still have fun making the train go round and blowing the whistle.
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CharlestheHammer posted:FFX is a good game with solid character work and a fairly cohesive story and extremely annoying side quests FFX is a very good fantasy blitzball manager with an rpg game tacked on.
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I was not aware that ytmnd worked on iOS these days. There goes my morning…next you’ll be telling me SA has a front page.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:I randomly tossed Trombone Champ into my cart and I don't regret it a bit. My kids and I were laughing our asses off everytime one of us attempted a song. What a stupid fun game. It's so funny. And a goon game!
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Mrenda posted:I don't know about playing it, but that age group—generally—seem to love videos of Farm Sim. There's even dedicated streamers/youtubers who mod in bright coloured terrain and machines, neon level, and drive around obstacle courses, etc. specifically making content for toddlers. If you got the game it's easy to get a "government subsidy" mod that gives you either hundreds of thousands of cash a day, or else millions, and just buy fields, machines and tractors to your heart's content. Every year on my birthday I go with my sister and her little girl to the zoo. A couple of years ago the kiddo was about two and a half and we went on the little steam train thing that goes around the zoo. We adults were all gasping and pointing and showing her elephants and stuff and she was politely interested, and then suddenly she leapt to her feet and pointed and shouted "TRACTOR!!!" There was a tractor doing something in a field on the other side. We asked her in the car what was her favourite animal at the zoo and she said it was the tractor. Anyway now she plays Minecraft but just as a way to collect as many cats as possible and walk around with them.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:I randomly tossed Trombone Champ into my cart and I don't regret it a bit. My kids and I were laughing our asses off everytime one of us attempted a song. What a stupid fun game. And it's a goon game! E:fb
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Shrecknet posted:no it just means there's a stamina bar and attacks have windups I played on “story mode.” I’m just a button-masher and wanted to see the story, so it all worked well for me. I play Chun-Li/E-Honda levels of button-mashing, too…but I’m currently in the middle of Trek to Yomi on easy and it’s a lot of fun.
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Resdfru posted:So anyone got any recommendations for games that 3 to 6 year olds can play? For an idea of what they like: they love Wobbly Life and Grand Theft Auto 5 (with the family friendly mod). So basically open world driving but you can get outta the car and do stuff too. I have “Alba: A Wildlife Adventure” (on Epic lol), and my grandnephew and cousin’s girl (both 6) almost cried when they had to leave after Christmas. My brother is mad because his grandson wants a PC now (he did have fun with original Doom, tbh with God-mode on). I will probably spin up my old GTX 970 rig for his birthday to alleviate the pain, now that you can replace a graphics card reliably. My PC doesn’t have IG, and a couple of years of no graphics cards/no graphics output-ports if my 3070 died meant I hoarded my hardware like Scrooge. Oh, Wuppo is good and fun too! Edit: Spelunky even older games are family friendly…try to think of games you personally enjoyed as a youngster and, more importantly, why you enjoyed them and you can’t go wrong. My toddler loved emulated Donkey Kong (yes, the original) as much in the 00’s as I did as a kid in the 80’s, for instance! DerekSmartymans fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Jack Trades posted:Do any of the Final Fantasy games hold up if I strongly disliked FFX's characters and story? The Final Fantasy games are pretty much unrelated to each other except for the title. There are some mechanical similarities, but not as much as you might expect from the fact that they all share a series title. The earlier games in the series basically defined JRPGs as a genre*, so they might be worth checking out to see how it evolved. That said, the NES games (1-3) are pretty old school and may not be that appealing if you like more modern games. The SNES sequence (4-6) is the high point of the series IMO, and I would definitely recommend looking at those. The PSX games (7-9) are more of a mixed bag, and they're also a bigger time commitment, so I'm going to recommend those less strongly. If you're going to play the older games, the Pixel Remasters are the way to go. They're closer to the original releases than the 3D remakes are but they have some quality of life features that have become standard in the last thirty years. *The early Dragon Quest games were heavily influential in the NES days as well, but the series never really evolved as much as the Final Fantasy games did so it's become something of a throwback since then.
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Jack Trades posted:Do any of the Final Fantasy games hold up if I strongly disliked FFX's characters and story? 9 is another good starting point if you like a more traditional high fantasy-y setting instead of the emo/scene kid style cyberpunk of 7. The pacing and graphics have aged way better than (not the modern remake version) 7 IMO.
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Honestly, if you strongly disliked the characters and story from one Final Fantasy you'll probably dislike all Final Fantasies
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Hi, I'm stupid as hell! How do I insert a steam widget into Gmail?
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kazil posted:Honestly, if you strongly disliked the characters and story from one Final Fantasy you'll probably dislike all Final Fantasies I played (and was stuck for months on the very last fight to end the game!) Final Fantasy on the GameBoy. I played it (on the same GameBoy) last year. Still fun, last fight took two tries. That is still the only Final Fantasy I ever played, mainly because I loathe JRPGs. I’m warming up to a bit of more recent anime (Avatar:TLAb in streaming, re-re-watching all the Ghost In The Shell movies/shows again), but I have never enjoyed a JRPG long enough to finish one since. Thank you for reading my FF/JRPG experiences. I will now take questions on Vampire Hunter D, of which I own a VHS copy. It had one boob in it, which I thought was awesome that I could rewind and, um…watch vigorously as a teenage boy.
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Following on the farming simulator chat - are the controls straight forward for a six year old, or are there mods to simplify them? My son has Farming Simulator 14 and 16 on his tablet and is asking for one for my computer, but I don't want him to be overwhelmed or frustrated with the controls. Tablet is super straight forward. I bought one of the Farming Simulator games a year ago and ended up refunding it because to do something like chisel a field you had to do a bunch of button presses that there's no way he would remember. If there isn't a mod like that for Farming Simulator, any recommendations for simple and straight forward farming games for kids? Thanks Steam thread, you never let me down.
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americanzero4128 posted:Following on the farming simulator chat - are the controls straight forward for a six year old, or are there mods to simplify them? My son has Farming Simulator 14 and 16 on his tablet and is asking for one for my computer, but I don't want him to be overwhelmed or frustrated with the controls. Tablet is super straight forward. I bought one of the Farming Simulator games a year ago and ended up refunding it because to do something like chisel a field you had to do a bunch of button presses that there's no way he would remember. If there isn't a mod like that for Farming Simulator, any recommendations for simple and straight forward farming games for kids? Thanks Steam thread, you never let me down. The controls for Farm Sim 22 (the best one to get) would be somewhat difficult for a child, but if they have basic reading there's a box you can have in the top left corner that'll tell you what all the button presses you need to do are. It does play well with a controller, XBox or whatever, if you have one of those. There's still lots of button presses, but the box is there explaining those as well. What's more difficult is the ordering of when you plant and what you have to do to get maximised harvests. I've seen adults have trouble with that (because they're not willing to watch youtube videos explaining it.) With all this stuff though, there's a lot of accessibility/difficulty options in Farm Sim, where you can turn off some of the more difficult stuff like ploughing, or crop destruction, etc. You can even turn off "Seasonal" growth that only lets you plant certain crops at specific times of the year. Plenty of people play with it off. The Farm Sim devs are very forward on making things as easy or as difficult as you'd like. And with the mods I mentioned giving you loads of money being easy to get it'll let you do whatever you want. I would say it's more of a "supervised" game, at first. Not because there's anything inappropriate in it, just because there'll be things to learn. One thing is it's on XBox Game Pass. So if you have that it's on the plan, and if you don't there's all the tricks of getting Game Pass for a €1/$1 for a month to trial it. There's loads of DLC but you absolutely do not need more than the base game for just farming. There's also a huge amount of mods, and a pretty decent mod integration system, so just trying out various equipment can work as well, along with maps. It'll definitely take some setting up and watching some videos if you just want to let them cause havoc around the map, but that could also be plenty of fun for a six year old once you have it setup?
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Personally I like Sekiro best because you never get stuck wondering if your gear is bad for a fight, if you should level more, if this is a fight where they expect you to use summons, if you're doing things in the right order, etc. The simplicity of just having one weapon and a few different side moves really does a helluva a lot for the game. Elden Ring is really good if you don't mind a bit of grind to get a new weapon up to par and can resist throwing yourself at the same enemy a hundred times though. there is no fight in any souls game where you are expected to use summons
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Stux posted:there is no fight in any souls game where you are expected to use summons Radahn maybe but that's pretty much it
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