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Has anyone in the world actually played We are the Caretakers? Came out a couple of weeks back, but all the reviews are from its initial Early Access release in 2021. I remember playing its demo in a festival back in the day and finding its afro-futurist ecologist XCOM premise interesting.
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secretly best girl posted:Which rules. That scene absolutely rules. Now I am curious and have to watch this.
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Mordja posted:I call it StarCRAP btw.
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lets hang out posted:I don't know, doesn't seem like it but all the pre-release stuff has focused on the new characters. There are some new/modified rooms, bug fixes, loading screen tips, and more tutorial popups around, but I haven't heard of any substantial changes to the 3 existing characters. That sounds amazing. I loved Rain World back in the day but I am legit unsure if I have the emotional strength to revisit it, but I'll definitely be grabbing the expansion down the line.
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Bad Seafood posted:The Rain World update seems interesting, though I'd heard the recent update erased some people's save files. I was in the middle of my first run myself, so I went to check up on it. Seems it's still intact, but worth spreading the word just in case. I believe they fixed the "nuking old saves" bug in a day 1 patch for the DLC, for what's worth. Honestly, Rain World is the game that has scratched the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. itch the best of games released in the last decade, such an amazing package, but it really requires the right attitude for it.
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Jan 22, 2023 02:02
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lol I remember on my first playthrough I went west and down into the water area and holy poo poo, was that hell. I've never loved a game that pissed me off so much before or since. And yeah, I have to admire the ~auteur~ approach to the controls. They can feel awkward at first, but once you learn enough movement tricks you're like a goddam slug god. High level play in RW is downright insane.
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I am going to say that Rain World is a legit fun game. It has a very obtuse learning phase and like others here I almost called it quits on the Exterior, but then I looked up on Youtube the following area and was like "holy poo poo, I have to check that out" and by that time I had crossed that point I was good enough at the game that I brought extra thingmajigs to Looks-to-the-Moon on my way down, which is literally playing the game with both hands tied behind your back, and it wasn't that difficult of a time. There really isn't any game that has quite scratched the ecological exploration bug in my brain to the same degree and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Subnautica are the only other ones I've played that have really done it for this particular itch.
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Jan 22, 2023 13:47
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Serephina posted:Please do not buy bad games just because they have a slider that you like. That's literally how Paradox grew its market base. Now they make mid games without cool sliders Disgraceful
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Jan 24, 2023 12:15
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No Wave posted:Does anyone younger than 30s/40s know what a saturday morning cartoon is? drat
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Jan 27, 2023 14:26
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Kibayasu posted:It could be something like that but Syndicate 2012 was also a massive failure from what I recall. Something like not even 100k copies sold within a year which must be millions and millions gone for a company like EA so spending on money at all on it is probably too much for them. Glad I got to play its co-op mode after buying it for $5 though. Syndicate 2012 makes me sad because Syndicate Wars is one of my all time favourite games and probably the oldest game I still replay every few years.
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Jan 31, 2023 00:40
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chglcu posted:You know you can quit when a game stops being fun, right? My average completion is 16% and that seems really high, so I’m questioning how they calculate it. I drop most games in less than 30 minutes these days, since so many are absolute dogshit. Mine is 40% and I still feel I am pretty wasteful with games and I 100% will quit a title if it didn't scratch anything for me in its opening hours.
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Jan 31, 2023 11:27
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FuzzySlippers posted:How interesting are builds in Troubleshooter? It doesn't seem to have any character creation but if the build space is wide enough that can be sufficient for me. My usual play session in the post game was like an hour tweaking builds and then doing a mission. [edit] I'd say that where Troubleshooter truly suceeds in comparison to nuXCOM and most tactics games of that lineage is in making the late/post game the most interesting part as opposed to a victory lap. You accumulate a lot of tools throughout the game and if you set all the difficulty options all the way up you are going to need every single one of them ZearothK fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Feb 1, 2023 |
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Zereth posted:You can't even get the REAL bullshit going in D&D anyway, not enough flexibility building characters. Call me when you play a system where you can find a way to destroy the entire planet, if not universe, on a starting character's budget. Ah, so you want a Wild Talents CRPG.
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Feb 2, 2023 11:28
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They should have copied Magicka's system.
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TeaJay posted:Xenonauts 2 actually in demo phase? Mind, Xenonauts 2 had a demo like five years ago.
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Feb 5, 2023 00:08
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All the metacurrencies in Hades are merely window dressing for the four real metacurrencies all games consume: Time, Electricty, Horniness and Rage.
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Feb 6, 2023 11:16
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lunar detritus posted:And Avatar is the highest-grossing movie of all time. The fact that it's popular now means nothing in the long term. I mean, maybe a century from now, but you can bet it will remain a relevant franchise in the west for the next few decades if the third film isn't Matrix 3 bad. And I am saying that as someone who hasn't bothered to watch the second film because I found the first one boring. I am not the target audience, but James Cameron is somehow making do with like a billion people instead. ZearothK fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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Feb 7, 2023 02:49
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how someone old enough to post in these forums and presumably had electricity growing up didn't even hear of power rangers is positively mind boggling
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Feb 7, 2023 23:52
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lol, I got Space Marine for like 5 bucks (along with about twenty games) as part of the THQ bankrupcy bundle back in the day
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Feb 9, 2023 22:06
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Propaganda Hour posted:Civvie11 put up a video recently on the first Unreal. It's been forever since I played through the game, but the Skarrj reminded me so strongly of the marauder. They do the same scary back-up-and-circle-stafe move which immediately caught my attention. Civvie pointed out that the Skarrj were programmed by a dude that wrote bot scripting for Quake which modeled human behavior like zone and resource control, air control, switching weapons based on engagement distance, and splash damage utilization. All the things that human players were doing at the time in competitive games, and it was terrifying and effective. It's almost surprising that this stuff isn't more common 25 years later. Thanks for sharing! That's really interesting, the Skaarj really were amazing and memorable opponents and I legit can't think of an enemy in a FPS that I've played since that offered a similar experience. (did not play Doom Eternal to compare them to the Marauder) also it's a goddamned tragedy what happened to the franchise
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Bad Seafood posted:Anyone else getting this weird bug where Steam dulls your library? It fixes itself once I log out and in, but it bothers me all the same. What do you mean "dulls" your library? Like desaturated colours or does it hide all the cool games and leave you with only basic AAA titles?
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Feb 10, 2023 13:14
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Azran posted:I like that StS popularized the term 'deckbuilder' outside of board games because I love the confused look in people's faces when you tell them Magic the Gathering isn't a deckbuilder It isn't? What the Christfuck.
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Feb 10, 2023 20:02
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Countblanc posted:i didn't see anyone give a great answer here but it's because "deckbuilder" in board game spaces refers to games where building a deck is the actual activity you do within the game itself, rather than a metagame one where you build a deck to bring to the game. you'll usually see games like Magic, Netrunner, Flesh and Blood, etc., referred to as "deck construction" instead to more directly separate them from games like Dominion (or Slay the Spire, to use the original example) where you build a deck as you play. My boomer brain appreciates the proper answer, because I sure as hell expected Magic to fit in in that group.
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SoR Blaze posted:Anyone got any recommendations for simple ARPGs? I've been craving one of those PS2 era games like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance or Champions: Return to Arms. Mostly I'm not looking to get showered in tons of lot with tiny granular %-based upgrades, so stuff like Grim Dawn and PoE and the like are right out. Here's more what I'm looking for: You're in luck, there's a more recent Dark Alliance game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXgaEGpfHc it sucks almost as much as that trailer
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Feb 13, 2023 00:34
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CharlestheHammer posted:The last Harry Potter movie came out in 2011 so I actually doubt that I regret to inform you that the kids of the middle-aged people who read Harry Potter as kids are now reading Harry Potter.
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Feb 15, 2023 20:27
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The 7th Guest posted:
I feel a lot of people are neglecting to mention how goddamned BRITISH Ctrl-Alt-Ego is. The whole presentation has this 60s-70s sci-fi feel to it, like even the death robots look like props from very early Dr. Who. If the idea of System Shock, but less horror and more puzzle and a billion times more English appeals to you, I beg you, dear reader, get this game, you won't regret it.
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I hope the rest of the year can keep up with February on large mid releases that generate controversy.
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FuzzySlippers posted:Of all the things to copy from Destiny I dunno why the mind numbing equipment system is the one they land on. all shall die on the altar of number go up
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The 7th Guest posted:hey everyone. i'm currently dealing with the loss of one of our cats who died suddenly and unexpectedly, so my Games of April post is gonna be kept simple. you can look the games up yourself to see the screenshots. I do thank the people in discords that have offered kind words and condolences. Your posts are an institution at this point, don't worry. Condolences for the cat. [edit] disappointed Jedi Survivor is not a Vampire Survivor clone
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explosivo posted:elden ring is an open world rear end open world game And it's also the eleventh Berserk rip-off from a studio which pretty much only does that.
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Mescal posted:what's the canon of trad rogue likes? the ones that are ancient and presumably still in development via forks at least and usually free Caves of Qud is an amazing game, though it might be in the very border of what a trad roguelike is like.
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explosivo posted:Played that Wildermyth with a friend tonight via remote play together; it has both players sharing all input at the same time unlike the normal MP coop that lets you assign players to characters. With friends this is not really an issue because you can just say 'you control these people and I'll control these people' and try not to hijack the mouse but figured I'd mention it since I asked about it the other day itt. Wildermyth loving rules, I need to play more Wildermyth. It's fantastic with friends too, like playing a D&D campaign together. I haven't played since release either and I know there's been a lot of updates since then. Right on! They added a new campaign on top of some bits and QoL. It is also going to get its first DLC later in the year. Just saying so this isn't an empty quote.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It's good in terms of Obsidian having plenty of licenses they're allowed to play with now Maybe after they release Avowed in 2037.
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Shrecknet posted:Guys I am just too old to keep playing games. I haven't bought a game in a year and the last time I played anything that wasn't Drawful at a party was last August. I think it might be time to give up my Steam account. usually people just have kids and let them carry on with the account
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Paracausal posted:Australia is introducing a legislation amendment so that any game containing loot boxes will be rated R18+ or Restricted Classification I remember how an Adult classification kept me from playing Mortal Kombat as a kid.
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exquisite tea posted:Game developers always seem to be specifically into sexy spider ladies. fear and excitement are one and the same
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Nancy posted:If you bounced off Phoenix Point at release or even a year ago I'd say give it another try, very different game to what it was imo. Yeah, I kinda liked Phoenix Point a lot, coming at after it was content complete. My major issue with it was pacing, a lot of doing the same mission types before the game opens up with more variety of equipment, classes and scenarios.
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Mordja posted:So I fired up Time Commando in a browser and was surprised to see that it actually animates as well as I remember. Then I got to thinking: maybe I should play through Time Commando?\ Man, I played that so much as a kid. Came with our kicking rad Soundblaster card back in the day. Would be kinda fun to have a spiritual successor. Artelier posted:Oh man, this sparked some memories and I just realised that my brain edits out all the pixellation. I do remember greatly enjoying it tho! Lol, yeah, memory post-processing is a legit thing.
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drat, I remember liking Consortium back in the day. Didn't even know The Tower was in EA, lol, six years there and no release in sight? Is that a record?
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Mr.Acula posted:People are seriously such pussies these days lmao Where is my clown slider
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