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How terrible is dirt 3's gfw integration? Looking for a rally game now that I have a driving force gt and see it's discounted here http://www.greenmangaming.com/bundles/?epicbundlesweekend
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lordfrikk posted:The combat in Marvel Heroes is incomparably less interesting and thus worse for me, the combat in any ARPG is the most important thing (besides loot which directly increases your enjoyment of combat) and most APRGs nowadays fail spectacularly at making it interesting which was exacerbated even more after playing D3. And I don't even play it that much, probably put about 80 hours into all my characters combined and haven't played since the expansion came out. The reason why MH was so good is because it had the ROS bounties before D3 had them in form of the legendary quest system and 'rifts' in the form of Midtown Madness. Fighting mobs and periodically getting a uber-boss pack in the form of the Sinister Six or the Brotherhood of Mutants was super fun. Now that Blizzard copied the concepts of MH that made it so replayable, D3 definitely has an edge in terms of the visceral combat polish. Also Marvel Heroes is inconsistent in that not all characters have had the same amount of polish (which is why you get those 52 reworks.) The ones that fun to play aren't too far off from the Diablo characters.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:23
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Harminoff posted:How terrible is dirt 3's gfw integration? Looking for a rally game now that I have a driving force gt and see it's discounted here Has the basic GFWL version that lets you never need to redeem the key again, but other profiles can't play the game unless they get a key. However the developers are going to patch out GFWL in favor of Steamworks, but they are really behind at this right now.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:32
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Personally, I blame Jay Wilson and Chris Metzen for the failure of Diablo 3. Ddraig's being kinda bone-headed about it, but I agree with him. I was burned at launch by Diablo 3 and nothing is going to get me to come back. Now that Marvel Heroes exists, and is free, I don't think I'll need another ARPG for the foreseeable future. Diablo 3 wasn't a failure, it just launched with some really bone headed ideas (auction house), plus the failures of the servers to handle the initial rush so people couldn't play the game on release day. It still sold insanely well, and if anything the Loot 2.0 update re-energized the fan-base and brought more people in. The most common complaints about Diablo 3 on these forums or others usually do include a mention of Diablo 2 or a comparison to Marvel Heroes.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:37
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Diablo 3 is really good now but I wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to give Blizzard another $40 or even $20 to play it after paying full price for the release version and the modes RoS adds are a big part of what improve it so much. If you dont mind dropping $20 for it now though it's totally worth it, it's like the difference between Marvel Heroes release and Marvel Heroes 2015.
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Oct 5, 2014 00:39
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Fifteen of Many posted:I'm going to sound like a real nitwit asking this, but in Knytt Underground how do you get access to the bells? I feel like I've uncovered 40% of the map and found two doors to bells, but only have one of the set of items each is asking for. You basically just need to explore more and be more of a completionist. My recollection is that the items for a given bell are roughly in the same general region as that bell, but they're pretty spread out. Alternatively, I remember hearing that each of them has an alternate entrance that avoids the toll, but is fairly tricky to get to.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:08
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Wait did someone say D3 was on sale for half price? I'm not seeing that anywhere.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:18
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sector_corrector posted:Wait did someone say D3 was on sale for half price? I'm not seeing that anywhere. https://us.battle.net/shop/es/product/game/diablo Works for me, shows it all with 50% off
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Oct 5, 2014 01:20
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Tezzeract posted:The reason why MH was so good is because it had the ROS bounties before D3 had them in form of the legendary quest system and 'rifts' in the form of Midtown Madness. Fighting mobs and periodically getting a uber-boss pack in the form of the Sinister Six or the Brotherhood of Mutants was super fun. Eh I'd say the nice thing MH had was tons of small incremental things to grind towards. You had cube shards/splinters/relics/odin marks before considering actual gear. I'd say rifts are completely different from midtown in MH just due to how you needed to kill crap in D3 to spawn the boss at the end, while you could idle around in midtown. So a character with solid gear and skillset could clear rifts quickly to spawn the boss, adding a time attack element to it. That said I've been playing more MH than D3 lately since MH has updates in the form of new heroes and the novelty of events sucks me in. But man I really should be hitting up D3 more since they've added those bullshit gems to level up.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:23
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I've just played through most of Bioshock Infinite and I'm having a blast. I got bored of both Bioshock 1 and 2 about halfway through and never finished either of them. I don't really get all the criticism it got - was it just a case of it failing to live up to overhyped expectations?
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Oct 5, 2014 01:24
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I've been playing more Diablo 3 since Gazillion have really been dragging their feet on adding more story content/new maps to MH. I'm really getting tired of every new update being a new hero or a new event that's just random drops from enemies AGAIN.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:26
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Bubz posted:I've just played through most of Bioshock Infinite and I'm having a blast. I got bored of both Bioshock 1 and 2 about halfway through and never finished either of them. Most people poke fun at how super deep GameFAQs users and the like think it is.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:27
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Pretty much. It's a serviceable game but stuck up its own arse to such a degree that it over-shadows anything else brought to the table. Kind of an inverse Gone Home in that respect, I guess.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:41
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Bubz posted:I've just played through most of Bioshock Infinite and I'm having a blast. I got bored of both Bioshock 1 and 2 about halfway through and never finished either of them. If you've only played most of it you haven't got most of the dumb parts of the plot yet.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:44
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In Diablo 3, sometimes a rainbow goblin appears and if you kill it before it disappears you are rewarded with a portal to Whimsyland, where you can murder and explode carebears and my little ponies, and sometimes find a literal loot pinata. Top that, Marvel Heroes  (I haven't played it, not saying it's not fun)
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Oct 5, 2014 01:54
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Unlucky7 posted:Also, I see that Crysis 2 and 3 are pretty cheap nowadays. I only played 2 on the console but I liked what I played. Never played 3. Which should I get? Reposting this.
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Oct 5, 2014 01:58
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Crysis 3 is the most impressive visually and has the most fun mechanics. The bow and remote hacking is great.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:00
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:I've been playing more Diablo 3 since Gazillion have really been dragging their feet on adding more story content/new maps to MH. I'm really getting tired of every new update being a new hero or a new event that's just random drops from enemies AGAIN. As much as MH updates theres only really new content once a month in the form of heroes, then maybe 3-4 months for a new zone. One thing thats always irked me about MH are the promos, they always tie some RNG loot box into it. Or how they seem to be slowing edging you into buying more storage by adding more poo poo to collect, through they finally got around to that currency tab like a month ago to free up acouple slots.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:02
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Unlucky7 posted:Reposting this. Crysis 2 is pretty fun if linear, and offers a good 10-12ish hours of shooting dudes. It's not nearly as freeform as Crysis was, but that's not really a bad thing. Crysis 3 is about 4 hours long, but brings back the huge open maps to gently caress around in. The problem is just that there are only 4-5 levels total, and if you just go from objective to objective, you can beat it in FOUR HOURS. And it gives you no reason not to do this. Oh also the plot is goddawful to the point it's almost offensive how bad it is, and the last boss fight is really crashy on consoles last I checked.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:03
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mr. nobody posted:In Diablo 3, sometimes a rainbow goblin appears and if you kill it before it disappears you are rewarded with a portal to Whimsyland, where you can murder and explode carebears and my little ponies, and sometimes find a literal loot pinata. You can also make a staff that lets you open a portal to Whimseyshire whenever you want. It's hilariously gory.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:03
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Also Crysis 3 has a rather spectacular moment of the 'New York City 2.0' reveal which is pretty cool as yes, that is where you'll be fighting.
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Rookersh posted:Crysis 3 is about 4 hours long, but brings back the huge open maps to gently caress around in. The problem is just that there are only 4-5 levels total, and if you just go from objective to objective, you can beat it in FOUR HOURS. And it gives you no reason not to do this. Oh also the plot is goddawful to the point it's almost offensive how bad it is, and the last boss fight is really crashy on consoles last I checked. I heard bad things about 3, but that sounds dire if you got it at full price. I recall it being on sale in Origin. Then again, 2 is even cheaper.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:23
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The Nemesis system is making me want a game that has that mixed with Dark Messiah's combat. Imagine enemies developing grudges because you kicked them in the nuts into a bonfire.
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Oct 5, 2014 02:26
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Ghostlight posted:Marvel Heroes has the traditional D2 cow level, space asgard cow level, and a level where you fight green loot potatoes that vomit hammers at you. Would you be so kind as to name the level or how I could find something on youtube? Sounds hilarious
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Oct 5, 2014 02:27
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Mr. Fortitude posted:The Nemesis system is making me want a game that has that mixed with Dark Messiah's combat. Imagine enemies developing grudges because you kicked them in the nuts into a bonfire.
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It says a lot about how bad SOTS2 is that there is a Paradox catalogue sale, but SOTS2 is not mentioned or listed at all.
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Oct 5, 2014 03:11
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How hard is Crusader Kings to get into if you just kinda start playing it? I'm thinking of installing since it's free at the moment, but I'm a bit apprehensive because of how hard everyone says it is, and I really hate watching youtube tutorials because the people doing them always have these horrible obnoxious voices.
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Oct 5, 2014 03:22
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Diablo III was good at launch and is fantastic with the expansion, but I have three times as many hours in Marvel Heroes as I do D3. I also think Van Helsing has a better story, and Grim Dawn has a more interesting setting and systems. It's really hard for one ARPG to be the "best" because they're made of so many little parts that have to feel right. D3 has arguably the best combat out of any of them, for example, but I feel like so much more of a badass playing Marvel Heroes because the enemies tend to be weaker, come in greater numbers, and ragdoll further. 
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Zombie Samurai posted:Diablo III was good at launch and is fantastic with the expansion, lmao shut up
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Moryrie posted:How hard is Crusader Kings to get into if you just kinda start playing it? I'm thinking of installing since it's free at the moment, but I'm a bit apprehensive because of how hard everyone says it is, and I really hate watching youtube tutorials because the people doing them always have these horrible obnoxious voices. http://lparchive.org/Crusader-Kings-2/ I think that's the one to work with. Read that while you start playing. It's a pretty complicated game in the beginning to learn; it's certainly not pickupandgo unless you have played a bunch of other similar titles. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3559664#post417491613 You could also just roll with CapnAndy's serious/tutorial LP of the game. It seems pretty nice and will definitely help you get started. Drifter fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Oct 5, 2014 |
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Gort posted:If you've only played most of it you haven't got most of the dumb parts of the plot yet. Okay, the continual hate for Infinite in this thread has gotten to me; I'm going to  and say that if you think this about the ending of the game -- or you think the game in general had a dumb story because the time travel/infinite universes concept was handled poorly -- then you have legitimately Missed The Point.NB: I am not saying Infinite is High Art or God's Gift to Games or anything like that, but the developers clearly had a very specific theme they wanted to explore, and the story for all its pulpy silliness was actually really drat well crafted to advance that theme: there is no such thing as meaningful choice in a video game. Now, you can disagree with that theme, or think they are dumb and wrong for believing it to be true, but pretty much everything in the plot of the game is engaged with the delivery of that idea, and it's only in the last hour that it all crystallizes. If you play through the final hour of Infinite and think "man, what a dumb ending, that made no sense," then you are not thinking carefully/critically enough about the story you've just experienced. And, I mean, if you want to argue that you shouldn't have to think about a game to enjoy it then go hog wild I guess, but if you're going that route then don't slag on a game trying to do more than provide fun shootymans time because it invites you to think harder. Bioshock Infinite, like a vanishingly small number of games, is actually trying to make the player think and not just feel, and whether or not you agree with its theme, you're simply wrong if you write off what it's trying to do as "dumb."
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Here's a meaningful videogame choice: Don't play Bioshock Infinite
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Ddraig posted:Here's a meaningful videogame choice: Don't play Bioshock Infinite I thought that was Spec Ops: The Line
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Occultatio posted:Okay, the continual hate for Infinite in this thread has gotten to me; I'm going to I liked Infinite and I am not sure what you are going on about.
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Oct 5, 2014 03:48
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Unlucky7 posted:I liked Infinite and I am not sure what you are going on about. "Bioshock Infinite can be read as a text in a manner similar to how literature can be read, because like literature it develops a central theme. This makes it unusual among video games." EDIT: "And if you say it sucks because the story is "dumb" you're basically like people who say [insert work of generally-accepted-to-be-great literature here] is bad because it's boring."
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Oct 5, 2014 03:52
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lol you want sum fuk?
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The first Bioshock already had that as a theme and it did it a thousands times better and it didn't have to make a really failed attempt at trying to address racism and have a convoluted as poo poo sci-fi plot that contradicts itself to do it. So in short, lol.
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Accordion Man posted:The first Bioshock already had that as a theme and it did it a thousands times better and it didn't have to make a really failed attempt at trying to address racism and have a convoluted as poo poo sci-fi plot that contradicts itself to do it. This, basically
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