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I thought that I was going mad there for a second, but today on Steam Worms: Armageddon came out as a totally stand-alone title. I think that it is a little overpriced at $14.99, personally, but I feel that it is hands-down the best Worms game ever, so I am happy to see it. I hope that GOG gets it soon, but it is probably a Steam-exclusive deal of some sort.
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Does anyone know how to run King of Dragon Pass in a window larger than 640x480? I've added the -w parameter to my shortcut and disabled forcing 640x480, so I've got it actually running in the weird mTropolis windows, but that's as far as I get.
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Rinkles posted:I don't think this changes anything, really. The closure of the in-house development studio doesn't tell us anything about what Disney intends to do with the rights to LA's properties. Lucasarts closing really isn't surprising. That whole studio has been an absolute void of quality since Republic Commando. It's the definition of squandered potential and I'm not sad to see them go. Not sure what will happen with the IPs under Disney, because they've been pretty aggressively closing any internal video game development going on there as of late. Other companies are still making Marvel games, though, so it might end up being the best solution if it's just a 3rd party licensing deal.
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JustJeff88 posted:I thought that I was going mad there for a second, but today on Steam Worms: Armageddon came out as a totally stand-alone title. I think that it is a little overpriced at $14.99, personally, but I feel that it is hands-down the best Worms game ever, so I am happy to see it. I hope that GOG gets it soon, but it is probably a Steam-exclusive deal of some sort.
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Mar 20, 2013 14:41
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Looks like I missed Omikron chat, but are there any graphics mods or texture packs or anything? Everything looks so muddy.
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Zero Star posted:I just wish the Monkey Island HD games weren't Steam-only. The work great on my iPad and my Xbox 360. 
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Mar 20, 2013 21:01
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Syndicate Wars is out for $6, and Indie Low-Res Pixelart RPG # 46925 for $7.49.
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Mar 21, 2013 12:34
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Was Syndicate Wars any good? I think my computer was under spec at the time so I missed it completely, but the original was a blast
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Mar 21, 2013 12:38
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The Kins posted:Syndicate Wars is out for $6, and Indie Low-Res Pixelart RPG # 46925 for $7.49. God drat, they are hitting all sorts of titles that I've been wanting lately.
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Mar 21, 2013 12:58
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Anybody got an opinion on Clive Barkers Undying (by Clive Barker)? looks interesting. Written by Clive Barker I think!
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Mar 21, 2013 13:03
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dud root posted:Was Syndicate Wars any good? I think my computer was under spec at the time so I missed it completely, but the original was a blast Syndicate Wars is greeeaaat. I'll admit I never played the original as much as Wars, so I can't compare them, but it's one of the best "gently caress around" games ever made. The weapons are fantastic and you can basically do whatever you want, including leveling every building on the map. The Persuadertron allowed you to take over a whole level and field a literal army of civilians. It also has the distinction of having nearly the exact same plot as The Matrix years before that movie came out. You're playing as the agents, cancelling people who've been "awakened" and fighting against the resistance, who are basically insane zealots. I seem to remember that there's a campaign for both Eurocorp and Church of the New Epoch, too. And as a bonus, it really captures that dirty 90s cyberpunk aesthetic incredibly well. You can tell they were heavily inspired by Ghost in the Shell; it even has trailers for the film running on screens in-game along with some weird Judge Dredd thing. Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Mar 21, 2013 |
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Mar 21, 2013 13:07
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I have fond childhood memories of the Syndicate Wars demo, where I'd spend the whole time planting bombs to level buildings on a computer that was so slow, it had trouble rendering the explosion. Hearing that building collapse sound on a loop while my frame rate dropped into single digits couldn't get me down, because DUDE I JUST TOTALLY BLEW UP A BUILDING.
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Mar 21, 2013 13:34
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Hakkesshu posted:Syndicate Wars is greeeaaat. I'll admit I never played the original as much as Wars, so I can't compare them, but it's one of the best "gently caress around" games ever made. The weapons are fantastic and you can basically do whatever you want, including leveling every building on the map. The Persuadertron allowed you to take over a whole level and field a literal army of civilians. I still play the audio tracks from this every once in a while. Something about those just fits so many other things very well. edit: drat, and they're not including the soundtrack as a separate download for this one. 
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Mar 21, 2013 13:46
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Bart Fargo posted:I still play the audio tracks from this every once in a while. Something about those just fits so many other things very well. I checked, the game only has three tracks and they're in the install directory as .ogg files.
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Mar 21, 2013 13:52
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JohnnyBigPotatoes posted:Anybody got an opinion on Clive Barkers Undying (by Clive Barker)? looks interesting. Written by Clive Barker I think! I enjoyed it quite a bit many years ago. I think I remember the earlier levels being the best part. The game starts off as a good paranormal horror shooter, but it felt much less scary as I got deeper into the game and acquired more ways to kill things.
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JohnnyBigPotatoes posted:Anybody got an opinion on Clive Barkers Undying (by Clive Barker)? looks interesting. Written by Clive Barker I think! First act is amazing then it turns into a decent shooter with unique weapons. It didn't age as well as System Shock 2 but I still think it's a game everyone interested in horror should try.
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Before I clicked the link, I thought that was its actual name. I kind of wish it was.
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Man, System Shock 2, Clive Barker's Undying, Syndicate Wars...GOG is on a roll!
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The Kins posted:Syndicate Wars is out for $6, and  Right, the credit card. Where is my credit card
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I played the first dungeon of Anodyne when they were giving the game away for free a few weeks ago. It's a literal Zelda clone with ominous music and a weird "story" for the sake of being weird. It's not bad but after the first dungeon I didn't get a unique item (a staple of Zelda games) and decided it wasn't worth my time. For a dollar less you can get a better game... like Syndicate Wars!
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I hope that Syndicate Wars source-port updates. I remember it being pretty good, but it throwing a poo poo-fit if you tried to run it on anything other than an original CD copy of the game, because the creator was rabidly anti-piracy. Also, don't write off Anodyne. It starts a bit slow, but it's a surprisingly huge and clever game.
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The Kins posted:Syndicate Wars is out for $6 gently caress Yes. 
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JohnnyBigPotatoes posted:Anybody got an opinion on Clive Barkers Undying (by Clive Barker)? looks interesting. Written by Clive Barker I think! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3420790&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=190#post413579169
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I just remembered that at the time, the sound effects and design was mind-blowin'ly terrific in Undying. Don't know how well that holds up now, haven't played it since I bought it like 12 years ago. BTW, can anyone recommend me other similar games? Horror FPS-games, that is. Amnesia is just too intense for me, need something with a little more cozy atmosphere. Wasn't there a game called something with "haunted house" or "haunted mansion"?
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Hakkesshu posted:I checked, the game only has three tracks and they're in the install directory as .ogg files. Oh okay. On the original CD they're redbook audio tracks that were playable in any CD player. There were only three of those too, but they're all about 20 minutes long.
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VisAbsoluta posted:gently caress One of the few old games I still haven't managed to get running properly on any computer is finally here. Time to wait patiently for payday I guess.
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dahlis posted:I just remembered that at the time, the sound effects and design was mind-blowin'ly terrific in Undying. Don't know how well that holds up now, haven't played it since I bought it like 12 years ago. Unfortunately there aren't many options. Most "horror shooters" lean more towards the shooting side than horror like FEAR. Realms of the Haunting is a point-and-click adventure/fps hybrid and it's up on GOG. If you want to get super obscure there's a PC game called Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi which gives you 90 minutes to explore a randomly generated castle to save your family. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth really does the mythos justice, at least until the final sections of the game where it runs into the same problems as Undying by throwing a ton of enemies in your face. White Day is a Korean PC game (there's an English translation) that's closer to Amnesia and will probably freak you out just as easily. Scratches is awesome and ranks next to Riven for awesome first person Myst-like games. If you want to get super weird, try to play Pathologic but you'll probably have a better experience watching an LP.
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Peas and Rice posted:I emailed Brian Moriarty a few weeks ago about a Loom sequel and he basically said "can't be done because the rights are locked." Doubt it. Disney loves hoarding their franchises. As bad as Lucasarts was before the purchase, I don't see things being any better with Disney owning them.
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Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is also up on the latest Indie Gala bundle, good time to pick it up if you're interested. http://www.indiegala.com/
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dahlis posted:BTW, can anyone recommend me other similar games? Horror FPS-games, that is. Amnesia is just too intense for me, need something with a little more cozy atmosphere. Wasn't there a game called something with "haunted house" or "haunted mansion"? Vampire: Bloodlines and The Darkness 2 might be worth a look.
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treat posted:Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is also up on the latest Indie Gala bundle, good time to pick it up if you're interested. http://www.indiegala.com/ Holy crap, for real? I only vaguely remembered the game from an Extended Play (yeah, remember that?) review. I wonder how it holds up.
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al-azad posted:Holy crap, for real? I only vaguely remembered the game from an Extended Play (yeah, remember that?) review. I wonder how it holds up. I would also like to know this. Sounds like an FPS/Horror/Vaguely Roguelike mashup. How could it go wrong? Hundreds of ways. It's also the only game in the IndieGala that's even vaguely interesting to me.
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al-azad posted:... If you want to get super obscure there's a PC game called Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi which gives you 90 minutes to explore a randomly generated castle to save your family. ... I love Nosferatu, and I was really surprised to see it pop up in the new IndieGala Bundle, DRM-free. The game's presentation is a bit janky, but it's absolutely worth checking out. efb But seriously give it a try if you haven't!
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I guess GoG decided that they needed a ton of day one purchases. Syndicate Wars, Undying, System Shock 2...could we please expect No One Lives Forever next?
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dud root posted:Was Syndicate Wars any good? I think my computer was under spec at the time so I missed it completely, but the original was a blast It is a good game. Get a couple of Graviton Guns and Satellite Rain, go to town. I don't even think I finished the game cause I just spent all my time blowing up EVERYTHING.
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Satellite rain? Pfh, the orbital kinetic rods are way too haphazard. Four nuclear grenades, on the other hand, even make a convincing mushroom cloud!
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Syncope posted:I guess GoG decided that they needed a ton of day one purchases. Syndicate Wars, Undying, System Shock 2...could we please expect No One Lives Forever next? Be still thy beating heart.
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Hakkesshu posted:Syndicate Wars is greeeaaat. I'll admit I never played the original as much as Wars, so I can't compare them - a proper (cyberpunk) storyline - two distinct single player campaigns - secondary objectives in missions - fairly complex set-pieces/triggered events - much bigger and more varied, imaginative, and graphically pleasing arsenal - largely destructible/deformable terrain (cf. Magic Carpet) - flying cars! The only area in which Syndicate Wars might be said to be objectively inferior to Syndicate - though not by a whole lot - is in the complexity of its ammo and drug management. Aside from a handful of essentially single-use weapons, your ammunition is all energy-based, drawn from the same recharging energy pool that powers your agent's shields and cybernetic implants. No need for ammo conservation, then, just be sure not to deplete your immediate energy resources before/during a big fight. As for performance-enhancing drugs, there's only two left now, and I think you can't use both at the same time. That being said: I'm not sure if there was ever any reason in Syndicate to individually manage drug dosages, rather than going into panic mode whenever a firefight broke out, so arguably it's not a big deal.
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Clive Barker's Undying: Sexy Irish Jesus vs Edward Gorey Ghost Family
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dahlis posted:I just remembered that at the time, the sound effects and design was mind-blowin'ly terrific in Undying. Don't know how well that holds up now, haven't played it since I bought it like 12 years ago. You could try the hobo murder simulator, Condemned: Criminal Origins, which owns. There's a sequel, too, but it isn't as good.
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