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Tres Burritos posted:Sooo with a winter break coming up I've been hankering for a couple of different kinds of games. I've got a PC with a pretty decent graphics setup. You, my friend, want Starshatter: The Gathering Storm.
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Philip Rivers posted:Can anyone point me in the direction of a good, nontraditional JRPG? Some of my favorites are TWEWY, Infinite Space, the M&L series/SMRPG, the Mother series, Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, and FF5 and Four Heroes of Light. Have you tried Persona 4?
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Yeah, try Persona 4. It's pretty hosed up. I got like 28 hours in and some of the game mechanics still baffle me. Fusing Personas for example isn't very intuitive. Its a gem of a game as far as RPGS go though and I wish I'd been 10 years younger when I played it. Ie: The age I was for Final Fantasy 7.
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I'd like a setup-and-forget-as-you-go type of 4X. A great big map where you need to put some effort into taking over/setting up establishments, but once you do, that particular place can pretty much take care of itself (defend against attacks, harvest resources for you) from then on with minimal player input needed. Once I have 30 cities, I don't want to have to constantly monitor all of them. My input should only really be needed for combat/acquiring new territory, then building new establishments of my own there. Basically, a 4x where you only have to concentrate on a minimal number of war fronts at a time. edit: (the setting doesn't matter to me. Space, a planet, a country, etc. I'm more interested in the mechanics.) GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Dec 20, 2011 |
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GreatGreen posted:I'd like a setup-and-forgetas-you-go type of 4x. A great big map where you need to put some effort into taking over/setting up establishments, but once you do, that particular place can pretty much take care of itself (defend against attacks, harvest resources for you) from then on with minimal player input needed. Once I hvae 30 cities, I don't want to have to constantly monitor all of them. My input should only really be needed for combat/acquiring new territory, then building new establishments of my own there. Try some of the more recent Romance of the Three Kingdoms games. Governors can be set up for areas that are already doing what you want them to do, but you do have to pay attention to initial development of things like which cities need to build which structures to handle your military's immediate and local needs.
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I agree completely with Persona 4. You might also like the PS2 Shin Megami Tensei game. (it's hard but great, and certainly non-traditional)
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GreatGreen posted:I'd like a setup-and-forget-as-you-go type of 4X. A great big map where you need to put some effort into taking over/setting up establishments, but once you do, that particular place can pretty much take care of itself (defend against attacks, harvest resources for you) from then on with minimal player input needed. Once I have 30 cities, I don't want to have to constantly monitor all of them. My input should only really be needed for combat/acquiring new territory, then building new establishments of my own there. Distant Worlds is precisely that. With the expansions it's a bit of money, but it's pretty good and features a lot of automation. Keep fleet management and research on manual, and let the AI take care of the rest. You can (and should) configure it so the AI asks your permission before doing anything like colonizing, diplomatic stuff, and all that. Control military operations and guide the big-picture stuff, while the AI manages colonies and the private sector runs your economy. Or just rule in absentia and leave everything on automatic.
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Distant Worlds is something I never got round to because it looked to me like the diplomatic and construction side of things (my favourite aspects) are pretty minimal and it's mostly geared towards conquest. Would that be a correct assessment? Anyway, I kind of doubt it'll run on my aging 2007 era PC (dual core 3.2ghz) given the size of the galaxies it generates and so on. GalCiv II is usually fine but there is a point when I've explored the majority of the universe that it starts to chug.
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Anybody have some good spreadsheet buyin/sellin games? I've been reading the Gazillionaire Deluxe LP and it's getting me interested, but I want a single player game. I know there's Recettear, and New Horizons for SNES. Anything else?
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Patrician and Port Royale series?
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Any decent airport simulation games out there? I can vaguely remember one from a few years back but I can't recall the title. I found a couple of possibilities searching through Google but I'm interested in knowing what goons have had experience with.
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I...can't believe I'm about to say this...am looking for a JPRG for the Xbox 360. It is a genre I haven't touched since FFX, for good reason, but I guess I'm either feeling nostalgic or like I should punch myself in the dick, because I'd like to pick one up. I've heard nothing but rough things about Final Fantasy XIII, but also that is one of the best ones out there. What about Tales of Vesperia? Used prices are high, so that means there's a demand for it. Is that because of quality or scarcity? Are there any others that really stand out?
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Lofidelity Media posted:I...can't believe I'm about to say this...am looking for a JPRG for the Xbox 360. Lost Odyssey is exactly what you're looking for. Probably one of the best traditional JRPGs out there. e: Odyssey is the worst word to spell. Beartaco fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Dec 21, 2011 |
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jackofarcades posted:Anybody have some good spreadsheet buyin/sellin games? I've been reading the Gazillionaire Deluxe LP and it's getting me interested, but I want a single player game. You want X3. I'd almost classify it as an economy simulator 1st, space flight/combat sim 2nd. You have tons and tons of types of products to buy from, then sell back to space stations, with stock ranging from food to ore to ammunition, located all over the universe, the price of every good fluctuating based on the supply the station currently has and a few other factors. Use that money to build your own empire of factories and production loops, hireable and autonomous traders that will operate based on criteria you give them, and armed automated ships to defend it all, and eventually use all the money you earn to buy and supply lots of ships and travel around the universe in style, meaning in a carrier with dozens of small fighter ships inside waiting to be deployed onto an enemy, with a few destroyer class escorts at your back as well, of course. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Harmonica posted:Distant Worlds is something I never got round to because it looked to me like the diplomatic and construction side of things (my favourite aspects) are pretty minimal and it's mostly geared towards conquest. Would that be a correct assessment? I run it easily on a 2009 Macbook Pro with Win 7. Not sure how that compares. The construction aspect is pretty small. Well, it's big, but highly automated. Construction ships automatically build mines and civilian ships transport and mine on their own. The biggest impact you have on construction is building space ports, defensive bases, monitoring stations, and stationing resupply ships. Planetary development is basically automatic. Diplomacy is fairly simplistic- willingness to war or treaties depends on the sum of all the factors affecting their attitude towards you. Some races/government types intrinsically hate others, there are big penalties for encroaching on another race's space or for being especially powerful or wealthy, and bonuses for good behavior and trade. The thread for it is here. Rob Rockley fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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I've been replaying old adventure games (some i played when i was a kid, a couple i didn't), and was wondering if there are any i've missed. I've played the space quest(s), kings quest(s), monkey island(s), police quest(s), sam and max, full throttle, leisure suit larry, maniac mansion, laura bow, beneath a steel sky, day of the tentacle, zak mckraken, loom, gabriel knight and indana jones. They don't have to be lucasarts/sierra, but that general style is good. I don't mind if it's a text parser or point and click (or musical stave), and i don't care about the subject/setting/graphics/anything else really. Something like grim fandango (although great) is newer than i was looking, you can get the kind of era from the list i gave. Please tell me i've missed/fogotten/never heard of some great ones! e: oh and on the PC, dosbox / scummvm / virtual machine / whatever is needed is fine 0staf fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel Classic old school adventure game. I still have the original 14 floppy disks somewhere. Get and play Snatcher and Policenauts they are the ultimate in what I feel are 'old school adventure' games. Policenauts is one of those games I wish I could men in black style wipe my mind and play again, it was excellent. The english patched ISO for Policenauts is here if you have archives: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3190473 quote:Bluecobra posted: If you want something more modern but in the same style of adventure games, without actually being an old school adventure game LA Noire kind of gave me those feelings. Captain Beans fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Law posted:Lost Odyssey is exactly what you're looking for. Probably one of the best traditional JRPGs out there. Lost Odyssey is probably the best. Blue Dragon can be fun if you have a high tolerance for goofiness. I -really- liked Resonance of Fate. It's anime trope overkill, but it's got a really neat setting, so the incomprehensible anime plot line carries itself out in a path that is interesting and almost novel. The bizarre gun crafting quirky combat system can also be fun.
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I got Jamestown from the Humble Bundle and loved it despite never playing any shoot'em ups before. I'd like to try a few more, hopefully with a similar difficulty (I want some challenge, but bullet hell games seem unplayable and they're the reason I had never tried the genre before  )Got any recommendations?
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Elman posted:I got Jamestown from the Humble Bundle and loved it despite never playing any shoot'em ups before. I'd like to try a few more, hopefully with a similar difficulty (I want some challenge, but bullet hell games seem unplayable and they're the reason I had never tried the genre before Raptor: Call of The Shadows - $3 http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/raptor_call_of_the_shadows_2010_edition To many, the mac daddy of scrolling shoot em ups. My brothers and I broke 2 joysticks playing the shareware version for embarrassing amounts of hours. Sweet bosses, sweet upgrades, just excellence in all of it. It isn't a bullet hell type game that requires rain man to beat it. Captain Beans fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Captain Beans posted:Raptor: Call of The Shadows - $3 Just what I was going to recommend as well. Raptor is still a great game today, and it's been far too long since I've played it. Played the shareware version SO MUCH as well. Think I might just rebuy it.
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Elman posted:I got Jamestown from the Humble Bundle and loved it despite never playing any shoot'em ups before. I'd like to try a few more, hopefully with a similar difficulty (I want some challenge, but bullet hell games seem unplayable and they're the reason I had never tried the genre before I enjoyed Jets'n'Guns Gold. It's slightly different from jamestown as it's sidescrolling, and you earn money for killing things, then at the end of each stage use that to buy (ridiculous) new guns or whatever, but it's the same basic principle of flying something while loads of poo poo tries to kill you. It also has a really badass soundtrack that's perfect for the game (metal/chiptune style i guess you'd call it?) and is real easy to just pick up and play. It's just fun more than anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxZ5WSUju04
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0staf posted:I've been replaying old adventure games (some i played when i was a kid, a couple i didn't), and was wondering if there are any i've missed. I've played the space quest(s), kings quest(s), monkey island(s), police quest(s), sam and max, full throttle, leisure suit larry, maniac mansion, laura bow, beneath a steel sky, day of the tentacle, zak mckraken, loom, gabriel knight and indana jones. Broken Sword I & II are absolutely essential, and Discworld II is all-around well designed, lengthy, and very funny. I can't recommend the first Discworld on its merits as a game (it's basically unbeatable without a guide, even though there are no dead ends), but the writing is really strong. Simon the Sorcerer I & II are decent and worth playing once you've exhausted your other options, but you might be turned off by the generally mean-spirited humor and a few poorly designed puzzles.
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Discworld 1 has Eric Idle and donkey carts though, if you're a fan it's great. Discworld Noir is underrated in my opinion. And avoid Simon III. Shudder. The Dig doesn't appear in your list, you should play that as well. If you don't mind a bit of (sometimes challenging)action, I would recommend Another World. Cursor keys rather than point and click, but the overall style is the same and it's amazing storytelling and presentation. jackofarcades posted:Anybody have some good spreadsheet buyin/sellin games? I've been reading the Gazillionaire Deluxe LP and it's getting me interested, but I want a single player game. I think it's a bit off to call Patrician (III is the best) or Port Royale (1 is the best - Port Royale 2 is like a more developed Patrician III-does-Pirates, but the combat is much more simplistic than 1 for some reason) spreadsheety games. They're basically Elite/Pirates clones and yeah you stare at numbers a fair bit but there's also other stuff going on. Same with X3 but I agree that is first and foremost a trading/economics game. If you get X3 read the thread here and load up on mods. Space Rangers II is in the same area, buy low sell high, move 'special goods' throughout the galaxy, help the war effort or completely ignore it. Also includes mostly unavoidable (turn based) combat which can get slightly irritating. You'd probably want to start friendly to pirates, since they are dicks. Capitalism is the definition of spreadsheety. It's a business sim though, less of a game. You need to make your own fun in it. Harmonica fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Rollersnake posted:Broken Sword I & II are absolutely essential, and Discworld II is all-around well designed, lengthy, and very funny. I can't recommend the first Discworld on its merits as a game (it's basically unbeatable without a guide, even though there are no dead ends), but the writing is really strong. Simon the Sorcerer I & II are decent and worth playing once you've exhausted your other options, but you might be turned off by the generally mean-spirited humor and a few poorly designed puzzles. I actually never played the broken sword games and i have no idea why now i think about it, as i've heard of them. I'll give them all a go, thanks a bunch (and thanks to captain beans too). Harmonica posted:And avoid Simon III. Shuder. Ah the dig, another one i've heard of but not played, thanks  and i'll add Another World to the list too (not one i know)
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0staf posted:
You might know it as "Out of this World", which is how it was released in some places (where I lived, anyway).
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0staf posted:I've been replaying old adventure games (some i played when i was a kid, a couple i didn't), and was wondering if there are any i've missed. I've played the space quest(s), kings quest(s), monkey island(s), police quest(s), sam and max, full throttle, leisure suit larry, maniac mansion, laura bow, beneath a steel sky, day of the tentacle, zak mckraken, loom, gabriel knight and indana jones. The entirety of the Quest for Glory series are goon favorites. Imagine if King's Quest had statistics relating to fighting, lockpicking, spells, etc. that determine whether or not various paths are open to you, along with a kind of Punchout-like battle system. If the idea of that scares you, it isn't normally required, and I think it is done incredibly well. This is a slightly spoilerish (not in any meaningful way though) video of a 'boss fight' that exemplifies the way it combines genres.
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Looking for a RTS game without any base building, unit construction or resource gathering. Or one where those elements play as little part as possible if such a thing doesn't exist. I just want to focus on combat strategy and not have to bother with construction queues and other babysitting tasks. Tried a little bit of Company of Heroes and enjoyed it up until it introduced barracks. The Total War games sound like they might fit the bill but I'd prefer something faster paced, closer to Command & Conquer. Have a PC and Playstation 1+2+3. Edit: forgot that I bought Under Siege on PSN a while back but haven't installed it yet. Guess that might fit with what I'm looking for, but any other suggestions would be great. Tokyo Incident fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Men of War? Theatre of War if you dont mind hardcore with terrible interaces. Blitzkreig series if you dont mind old games, although they are really showing their age now. Codename panzers is also old now but might hold up a little better by modern stanards although the combat is rather arcadey. E: Dawn of War 2 maybe? E2: also World in Conflict for something a little mroe modern. Pharnakes fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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Badguy posted:Looking for a RTS game without any base building, unit construction or resource gathering. Or one where those elements play as little part as possible if such a thing doesn't exist. I just want to focus on combat strategy and not have to bother with construction queues and other babysitting tasks. Tried a little bit of Company of Heroes and enjoyed it up until it introduced barracks. The Total War games sound like they might fit the bill but I'd prefer something faster paced, closer to Command & Conquer. Have a PC and Playstation 1+2+3. Yeah try Men of War. You have no bases, you are either given units to control or select the ones you want to use at the start of the mission, and then you just use them to complete the objectives with an RTS style control over them. You get one resource (from what i remember) for completing objectives/capturing points, and just use that to select a new squad or whatever to field, which you then place at your deployment and that's it. Ground control is similar but a little older. e: as an aside, the genre you are describing is called "real time tactics" rather than "real time strategy" so that might help you search for some more 0staf fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Dec 22, 2011 |
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I'm a fan of strategy games like Civilization or the Paradox series. I'm currently reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and thought it might be pretty cool to pick up one of the games in that series by Koei. I only have a PC, so that limits my options to X or XI, I think. What are the differences between the two, and is one considered better than the other?
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0staf posted:e: as an aside, the genre you are describing is called "real time tactics" rather than "real time strategy" so that might help you search for some more Thanks both of you for the recommendations though, seems I have plenty of options to look at. Already missed Theatre of War when it was on sale on Steam a day ago, but I'll keep an eye out for the rest.
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nessin posted:You, my friend, want Starshatter: The Gathering Storm. This looks neat surprisingly good for an old game. Where can I buy it? ... Amazon says 100 bucks... Not Really Edit: Apparently a hard to find game. Developer and publisher are bust? Time for  ?
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Any good RPGs with really in depth character customization? I want to be a ~*special snowflake*~ (and crunch numbers and min-max  ). Please don't say anything from the Elder Scrolls series since I've beaten all of the main games multiple times. Maybe a DnD game would be nice?
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Poniard posted:Any good RPGs with really in depth character customization? I want to be a ~*special snowflake*~ (and crunch numbers and min-max Off the top of my head: Fallout series (though you've probably checked them out if you've played the Elder Scrolls) General Bioware games (especially Origins but, not DA2) Some Obsidian games (Neverwinter Nights 2, haven't tried it yet so look into it first, maybe KOTOR2) Those are games with good character creations. There are other games with the feature present, but not as developed. Still worth checking out though: Divinity 2: Dragon Night Saga (pretty limited by most standards, though you do get flexibility in what spells/talents you want) Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Penny Arcade Games (there's no "min-max" here you sperg) Dragon Quest IX (DS) Tales of Radiant Mythology (PSP) Gods Eater Burst (PSP) I'm pretty sure there are more games out there but, this is what I can remember before having dinner. If I remember more, I'll edit them in.
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Poniard posted:Any good RPGs with really in depth character customization? I want to be a ~*special snowflake*~ (and crunch numbers and min-max The Disgaea series for the PS2 and 3 are made for sperging pretty much. Very anime, though not the worse offender and can be amusing at times. But you can min-max everything, from your characters to your items. It's my go to game for that sort of thing. And in case you live under a rock, Diablo 2. Specifically with the Eastern Sun Mod. Lots of customization and number crunching in that mod. Way better then vanilla in my opinion.
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Does anyone know of any good tactical turn-based squad management games involving shooty combat that aren't JA2, X-COM (or clones) or Silent Storm? Ideally it would be spec ops/SWAT stuff but it's such a slim genre. Reason for asking is I just rebought SWAT2 from GoG the other day and it totally failed to live up to how I remembered it. Bad game. Badguy posted:Ah, okay, I didn't know it had its own subgenre. Check out the Close Combat games, Matrix Games have the license and they released updated remakes of them earlier this year. They are essentially all about tactics, and you live or die by how well you think through what you're doing. No resource management (except the lives of your men!) or base building, pausable real-time, grand campaign as well as single missions. If you liked CoH you will probably like it. The only downside for me with the games is that you order squads not individual soldiers, and sometimes this means soldiers will stand in places they shouldn't. It's probably a bit more fiddly to arrange people than it should be but you get used to it relatively quickly. I recommend watching a lets play by someone to see what the games are like (there's a good one featuring stalingrad on youtube), also because the in-game tutorials are relatively useless. Harmonica fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Dec 23, 2011 |
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My friends and I are looking for a good co-op PC game that doesn't have steep system requirements and can preferably be obtained on the cheap. We've played Left 4 Dead to death already. I've heard mixed things about the PC port of Borderlands. Is it any good? If not, are there other games like it? I'd also settle for some recommendations on add-on L4D2 campaigns.
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Sarchasm posted:My friends and I are looking for a good co-op PC game that doesn't have steep system requirements and can preferably be obtained on the cheap. We've played Left 4 Dead to death already. I've heard mixed things about the PC port of Borderlands. Is it any good? If not, are there other games like it? The PC port of Borderlands is a pretty bad console port. It is still a fun game but, is marred by stuff like fixed fov, voice chat always on (no push to talk option), and gamespy. You can fix all most of the issues by going here. Some issues have been patched like the hidden line of text. It's a good game to play if you have someone to play it with. Other good co-op/multiplayer games with low system requirements are: Killing Floor (Zombie game, centered around defending and weapon/level progression). Serious Sam HD (Comes with the classic version, if your computer really, really, sucks). Saints Row 2 (Probably the worst console port in PC history, just about any technical issues is due to the game. Is massively fun, recommend downloading Gentlemen of the Row mod). Sanctum (FPS and tower defense mix.) Portal 2 (Puzzle game with fantastic co-op campaign) Titan Quest Gold (If you like Diablo style gameplay) Magicka (Its hard to tell whether you kill each other on purpose or by accident) E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy (FPS game that reeks of  , low system requirements according to its store page)
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Sarchasm posted:My friends and I are looking for a good co-op PC game that doesn't have steep system requirements and can preferably be obtained on the cheap. We've played Left 4 Dead to death already. I've heard mixed things about the PC port of Borderlands. Is it any good? If not, are there other games like it? Terraria is unusual but very co-oppable. Super cheap and really basic system requirements too.
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