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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Shovel Knight is a fantastic game. Any fan of platformers should definitely, DEFINITELY pick it up even at full-price. Why is it not on sale, without even a symbolical discount? Are devs Steam-phobic like that Castle Doctrine guy or they think that they are too succesful to rely on sales?
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Some people who are insistent on letting people know they really don't like a video game remind me of Louis CK's daughter in his joke about "pig newtons": just angry and having to yell/grumble/fight about it.
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Dec 25, 2014 13:25
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The guy made one post about it. 
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Dec 25, 2014 13:43
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CJacobs posted:The guy made one post about it. He's gone too far.
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Dec 25, 2014 13:50
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Fart of Presto posted:Far Cry 4 is pretty fun if you want an open world where you can run around and shoot people with your co-op buddy, Hurk.
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Dec 25, 2014 13:53
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fatherboxx posted:Why is it not on sale, without even a symbolical discount? Are devs Steam-phobic like that Castle Doctrine guy or they think that they are too succesful to rely on sales? They just don't want to put it on sale yet. Here's a thread in the Steam Community (lol) where the devs deflect queries similar to yours: http://steamcommunity.com/app/250760/discussions/0/626329820819471754/ I know people have stated (numerous) times upthread there's a specific reason they gave, but IIRC it's pretty much "we don't want to put it on sale immediately." edit: reading that thread, hoooly poo poo are people salty it's not on sale. Bruteman fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Dec 25, 2014 |
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Dec 25, 2014 13:53
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fatherboxx posted:Why is it not on sale, without even a symbolical discount? Are devs Steam-phobic like that Castle Doctrine guy or they think that they are too succesful to rely on sales?
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Dec 25, 2014 14:01
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Bruteman posted:They just don't want to put it on sale yet. Here's a thread in the Steam Community (lol) where the devs deflect queries similar to yours: Wow, thanks for the link. I find it interesting.
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Dec 25, 2014 14:04
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Bruteman posted:I know people have stated (numerous) times upthread there's a specific reason they gave, but IIRC it's pretty much "we don't want to put it on sale immediately." They said they don't want to put it on sale yet because the game is not technically complete, all the kickstarter bonus rewards are still being developed and implemented.
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Dec 25, 2014 14:10
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Bruteman posted:They just don't want to put it on sale yet. Here's a thread in the Steam Community (lol) where the devs deflect queries similar to yours: Oh, okay. Well, it is one of the most successful indie games of this year so they can afford that. Gonna buy it full price then.
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Dec 25, 2014 14:11
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CJacobs posted:They said they don't want to put it on sale yet because the game is not technically complete, all the kickstarter bonus rewards are still being developed and implemented. Ah, that was it - saw a couple of things elsewhere that alluded to that as well. I'm not buying Shovel Knight, but I still get to play as him in Road Redemption! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OikEQxORLxo
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Dec 25, 2014 14:15
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Lol at the one guy in that Steam thread who posts numerous posts about needing the sale on the title because it costs him 3 meals otherwise. Please good sir, all games should cost $5 or I can't feed my family, I beg you.
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Dec 25, 2014 14:32
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The unalienable rights of humans: food, water, shelter, games.
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Dec 25, 2014 15:02
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Peace on earth, and goodwill to all games.
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Dec 25, 2014 15:09
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I love how that one guy said he wasn't buying it because he has enough "FM synth" games. Uhhh.. First off,  ? Also, if you're going to be like that, you should at least know what the gently caress you're talking about. Shovel Knight does not use FM synthesis.
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Ddraig posted:I don't consider Far Cry 4 to be the transcendent game that people seem to think it is. It's basically far cry 3 writ large which is fine if you like far cry 3 but all the issues and problems inherent in 3 are there in 4, but more so. I don't really agree with this at all. FC4 is most certainly 'FC3 writ large', but I was very impressed by how the developers seemed to listen to the criticisms of 3 and just improve on it in almost every way. Not only did they include the 'reset bases' button, but you can redo each one individually to try and get a better score. There's random convoys and pop-up missions as you're travelling around, solving the problem where the world ran out of encounters if you'd cleared all the bases in an area. Remember the horrible distracting UI that everyone complained about after FC3's release? You can customise it however you want now. Don't like the magical ability that lets you see enemies through walls? Turn it off in the menu. Hated climbing towers? Just fly to the top in the helicopter, the altitude limit of which hardly ever comes into play. The eagles are loving annoying though, I'll give you that, and yeah, I too failed one of the first missions by going to pick up a poster. It hasn't solved every problem with FC3, but I honestly can't think of one problem in FC4 that's actually worse.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I love how that one guy said he wasn't buying it because he has enough "FM synth" games. FM SYNTH OWNS
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Quest For Glory II posted:Also the lack of games with FM synth is actually a tremendous shame Truer words have never been spoken  Also, for anyone considering getting Shovel Knight, get Shovel Knight. If you have any love at all for NES-era platformers it's absolutely worth full price.
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Dec 25, 2014 16:03
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I love how that one guy said he wasn't buying it because he has enough "FM synth" games. The essence of a good troll is that it pisses people off. Of course there really are stupid people out there. Shout out to fart of presto for firm-buttocked seasonal largesse in supplying my dick-shooting needs with premiere dick-shooter bulletstorm. You remain an amusingly named awesome dude and probable sex-haver.
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Morter posted:Some people who are insistent on letting people know they really don't like a video game remind me of Louis CK's daughter in his joke about "pig newtons": just angry and having to yell/grumble/fight about it. At least this is a better place to do it, as opposed to certain people who jump into an actual game thread to repeatedly badmouth a game as if they're on some crusade to stop AIDS. Except instead of being on a crusade to stop AIDS, they're on a crusade to stop Borderlands or whatever. AIDS is probably a bigger problem, though. I recently tried a game until I realized it was evil. But I just removed the bookmark for the game thread and called it a day. I'm not going to jump too hard on people's fun even if it is evil.
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Bruteman posted:They just don't want to put it on sale yet. Here's a thread in the Steam Community (lol) where the devs deflect queries similar to yours: Goddammit why do I constantly read comments and threads about people being mad about dumb poo poo about video games.  Shovel Knight is arguably my GOTY. I liked it a lot. It's definitely worth full price if you're into that style of game.
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I can't decide if The Evil Within is worth grabbing or not. There are some mixed opinions even if most look to be positive 
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Junkenstein posted:I don't really agree with this at all. FC4 is most certainly 'FC3 writ large', but I was very impressed by how the developers seemed to listen to the criticisms of 3 and just improve on it in almost every way. Also, unskippable cutscenes in 2014?
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Carecat posted:I can't decide if The Evil Within is worth grabbing or not. There are some mixed opinions even if most look to be positive Don't do it.
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Kaubocks posted:Goddammit why do I constantly read comments and threads about people being mad about dumb poo poo about video games. I'll never forget the time one guy from SA griped about Bastion's controls, replying to the devs' offer to buy him a working controller (out of their own pocket) by being a snide shithead.
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I've "finished" Ether One (thanks again seorin), i.e. I've got to the end, completed about half of puzzles and it took me something around 6 hours of slow gameplay (and I've got stuck in some puzzles before leaving them be). This game is, to me, really interested in that, that it is designed to play as both walking simulator or classic adventure game/first person puzzle game, depending on the player. Almost all puzzles are optional (but worth it for interesting information or simple joy from completing them) and to me it really resembles old point&click adventure games where you pick objects, put them into inventory, use/combine them, solve riddles, but you are not limited to one arena per puzzle. In that it is very different from Portal, Antichamber and the like (or stuff like Dear Esther on the opposite end). I would recommend it to anyone mildly interested in classic adventure game with interesting story and nicely designed and elaborate but meaningful puzzles.
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Everblight posted:On the one hand, FFVII has a bunch of really, really hacky writing and a deep misunderstanding of how people relate to each other, with a healthy dollop of sitcom-style "well if you'd just say that out loud this whole mess coulda been avoided." On the other hand, they use at least 4 distinct character models for each character (world, battle, pixel cutscene, the one full anime cutscene just before breaking out of Shinra HQ) so they lack a cohesive style guide. IIRC there's a mod that replaces all of the poo poo character models with their hi-rez in battle versions. I haven't played it, but if you're on PC you owe yourself to play with that mod. The blocky OOC models have no redeeming factors.
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Which is fitting, because neither does most of the rest of the game. Where are my IX and XII PC ports Squenix?
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While FFVII is a decent game, everyone would be better off playing FFVIII instead, which is much better and cooler and has aged better.
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AfricanBootyShine posted:IIRC there's a mod that replaces all of the poo poo character models with their hi-rez in battle versions. I haven't played it, but if you're on PC you owe yourself to play with that mod. The blocky OOC models have no redeeming factors. Do the hi-res battle versions animate & emote properly, or are they just stand-ins for the bad lego models?
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Freak Futanari posted:While FFVII is a decent game, everyone would be better off playing FFVIII instead, which is much better and cooler and has aged better. This, but unironically. EDIT: VVV Both VIII and IX are superior options to VII.
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Freak Futanari posted:While FFVII is a decent game, everyone would be better off playing FFVIII instead, which is much better and cooler and has aged better. Or Final Fantasy IX which owns bones. It was so nice to have Zidane as a main character, someone who is genuinely nice and isn't the embodiment of angst.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:This, but unironically. Please don't imply that my love for FFVIII is ironic.
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Dec 25, 2014 18:12
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People are idiots, everyone's opinions are wrong except for my own, Merry Christmas.
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exquisite tea posted:Do the hi-res battle versions animate & emote properly, or are they just stand-ins for the bad lego models? I haven't played it but this is the mod I take it, no idea about emotes.  vs  I'm going to assume they will look out of place standing next to non battle characters like Biggs, Wedge, and jarring when videos play like this one. 
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gently caress you guys that don't like the blocky characters, that just means there's more to go around for the rest of us.  Seriously though I like them because they're abstract enough to let your imagination fill in the blanks and my brain likes how that works.
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That's the problem with most hi-res mods for older games. They look totally out of place compared to the rest of assets. Unless you remodel and retexture most things from scratch, it's still just gonna look ugly in a higher resolution.
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The 3D models looked out of place running around on the 2D render captures on the day the game came out.
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Uh no it looked rad as hell.
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Freak Futanari posted:While FFVII is a decent game, everyone would be better off playing FFVIII instead, which is much better and cooler and has aged better. I actually liked FFVIII better when I was younger.
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