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The sound design in System Shock 1 it amazing particularly for a game that old, but one neat little touch that I've just seen for the first time is on Deck 5. Music in the game is your standard mid-90's bleep-bloop thumpin' techno track, which fits with a cyberpunk-y game where you hack terminals and smash robots, but there are 2 or 3 areas on Deck 5 where you see the last stand of other humans against the encroaching robot/mutant infestation, with a half-dozen dead bodies strewn around, and when you go into those areas... Silence. Up until now the music has been constant (and gets more frantic during battles with multiple enemies around), but then you step into a cargo bay full of corpses and wonder why it seems so eerie, and then it hits you that everything is quiet as a tomb. It's a really neat little bit of sound direction, and one of the reasons why a game with comparatively primitive graphics is still so immersive.
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I've been playing Shadow Warrior 2 and I love all the different weapons you get. Someone in it's thread compared the arsenal to the Project Brutality mod for Doom and I think that's an accurate comparison. Each weapon feels like a sidegrade than a upgrade. Some of the weapons are also a reference to a game or movie. For example, one of the sawn off shotguns is called the Stick of Doom, which is obviously a reference to the Super Shotgun from Doom 2. Your character even holds it in the center of the screen, and it's reload animation is just as satisfying. Oh, and you can modify weapons and add things like elemental damage and/or change it's firing mode. You can have a shotgun that unloads all it's barrels in one shot and blow away every enemy onscreen and lights them on fire in the process. Or have a grenade launcher whose grenades you can remotely donate and shock anyone in their radius while also giving you back health. It's also just fun running around slicing dudes up with your katana much like it was back in the first game. Shadow Warrior 2 owns.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:19
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MiddleOne posted:I'm still bummed that Semi-FPS Turn-based Strategy RPG's never really took of as the Valkyria Chronicle sequels got shunted off to the dying PSP with a healthy dose of literal anime high-school drama. It was a cool addition to a genre which still feels like it's just mostly bumbling together elements from past Fire Emblem games and XCOM with nothing else really being even tried anymore. There's so much that could be tried but there's just no ambition on the developer side. There's a sequel that's coming out soon but it's console exclusive at this point in time. edit: I do suggest trying out VC3 as that is probably the best story and characterization wise.
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Jun 28, 2017 01:12
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Valkyria Chronicles having such fun mechanics and characters was really brought down by the fact that the 'expected' way to play (i.e. like it's a tactical skirmish) was totally at odds with the optimal way to play that also gave you the most points - by rushing your best scout up to the enemy outposts, headshotting them, and taking it. If the need for cover and the effects of suppression were more robust then it would've felt better. To me, anyway.
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Jun 28, 2017 01:54
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To be honest this isn't a little thing and should go in the opposite thread but while we're on the Valkyria Chronicles topic I thought I'll highlight something in World of Tanks. (On the Asia server) Context: Sega and Wargaming collaborated and released two premium tanks based on the VC franchise, first released on the Asia server of World of Tanks. Quicklybaby, one of the big names in the World of Tanks community (no this isn't the guy who called a premium tank a pile of AIDS) that reviews in game tanks, has never played any of the VC games. He decides to create an Asia server account and records the following two videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PK-sNHp7a0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-gSUxNC3G4 I'm sorry you had to learn about the inability to transfer crew members to/from other tanks thats unique to these two tanks this way.
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Jun 28, 2017 06:11
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Testekill posted:There's a sequel that's coming out soon but it's console exclusive at this point in time. Yeah, as far as I could tell in the other two, the main characters sucked. The third one had at least a more interesting commander.
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Jun 28, 2017 06:19
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Some of the NPCs in Grand Theft Auto Online will remark on how your character never says anything. It's a running gag in one of the Heist chains, with Lester constantly bringing it up. "I'd threaten to cut out your tongues, but you never use them anyway."
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Jun 28, 2017 09:25
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Maxwell Lord posted:Some of the NPCs in Grand Theft Auto Online will remark on how your character never says anything. It's a running gag in one of the Heist chains, with Lester constantly bringing it up. "I'd threaten to cut out your tongues, but you never use them anyway." Which is funny, because the player characters "talk" whenever their player uses voice chat, so they're not really silent in-world despite being literally silent.
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Jun 28, 2017 09:42
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Testekill posted:There's a sequel that's coming out soon but it's console exclusive at this point in time. The sequel is unfortunately a mediocre action RPG missing everything that made the old games good.
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Jun 28, 2017 14:06
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Mokinokaro posted:The sequel is unfortunately a mediocre action RPG missing everything that made the old games good. Jeez, that's disappointing. They do know that people liked VC because there is nothing like it on the market from a gameplay perspective right?
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Jun 28, 2017 14:50
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I grabbed Rocksmith 2014 on the Steam sale since I have a bunch of RS cables lying around unusable until I get my stereo fixed. Then I discovered custom DLC songs. I think I ended up playing for almost five hours after work yesterday. My fingers are pretty much angry pulp under the callouses.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:01
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Picked up Dying Light, I love how sick of everything Crane sounds all the time.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:09
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I've been playing through Just Cause 2 again as a run up to playing Just Cause 3 and I forgot how many small details the game has. Your parachute doesn't get caught on trees so you can easily go cross country with the best mode of transportation. Rico's clothes reflect the biome he's in, getting covered in sand or snow depending on where he is. Oh, and the voice acting is the perfect mixture of awful and b-level ham.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:55
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NonzeroCircle posted:Picked up Dying Light, I love how sick of everything Crane sounds all the time. It gets better across the game. He starts off as kind of dull and something of a tool, but should really grow on you over the game. You can tell Roger Craig Smith really enjoyed himself.
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Jun 28, 2017 20:50
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Shadow Warrior 2: "You can pry my dick jokes from my cold dead Wang"
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Jun 28, 2017 20:59
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if you're gonna post that also post how the F keys display as the health bar and the number pad is the mana well. that's objectively a better use of the feature.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:10
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Horizon Zero Dawn: I just went somewhere out of order and got a lot of hinting at plot stuff, at least the way greater enemy concentrations hint at stuff. I have so far found 2 ruins that I can do nothing with yet, one in the eastern mountains that I need to break the ice off the entrance of, and one in the mountain across from there that is much nastier, in what looks like a mining site that I cannot traverse all of the way through, and guarded by a stormbird. I just wanted the vantage point, and I got a pseudo-boss that was introduced by a cutscene right on top of it. Bastards. At least when the plot makes me fight that thing I can fast travel most of the way up that mountain now and take care of business and finally get that vantage point. I like that the game gives you enough freedom to do all of that. 
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Jun 28, 2017 21:20
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Sponge Baathist posted:if you're gonna post that also post how the F keys display as the health bar and the number pad is the mana well. that's objectively a better use of the feature. You know I could but then I though long and hard about it and decided be on point with the Wang.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:29
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NonzeroCircle posted:Picked up Dying Light, I love how sick of everything Crane sounds all the time. Just a head's up, while the regular game does have an ending you have to do The Following DLC to get a conclusion to the story. I'm assuming any version you're buying nowadays comes with the DLC though.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:43
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Killing Floor 2: I'm appreciating more and more how much variety you can get out of just a straight up map focused horde game thanks to unique physics and great weapons. More on point for little things, the microwave gun is right up there with Turok 2's cerebral bore in terms of "poo poo that's just plain fun to use". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0kCcI7840I
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Jun 29, 2017 03:46
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NonzeroCircle posted:Picked up Dying Light, I love how sick of everything Crane sounds all the time. I just picked this up also and am doing Co-op with a buddy. I really like how well-integrated the climb/jump mechanics are integrated, and that almost every situation is an opportunity to take four or five different possible routes. Very amusing how quickly Crane went from "sure, what do you need" to "goddamnit now what" when someone asks him for help.
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Jun 29, 2017 08:01
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The AI companions in the story quests in Horizon are actually worth a drat. They always do some damage to enemies, often quite a lot if given enough time.
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Jun 29, 2017 08:34
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VanSandman posted:I know this is being nitpicky, but why would you wish someone to lose their job? They gotta live too. I don't really. just a bit of hyperbole. I REALLY like the combat in Mad max though and REALLY wanted to just replay through some strongholds dressed as Classic Max with the sawn-off. Game should have had a "battle room" like Batman or something though.
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I tried Dyling Light on PS4 a while back and didn't get into it. I didn't hate it, just never got time to really give it a chance. I do remember feeling a little bit of being "rushed", does the game ever chill out at all, sort of how in W3 you can ignore the main quest 99% of the time and dick around? I'm aware there is a night cycle that makes it more dangerous to be out, but other than that?
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No "ticking clock" as far as I can remember. My friend started it a few months ago and wound up levelling every stat to max before he even knew there was another part of the map to explore.
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moosecow333 posted:I've been playing through Just Cause 2 again as a run up to playing Just Cause 3 and I forgot how many small details the game has. If you have the parachute thrusters (from the Black Market Aerial Pack DLC) the parachute becomes the best way to get around, and you'll hardly want for vehicles outside of missions. (Especially if you mod them for infinite fuel.)
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FreshFeesh posted:I just picked this up also and am doing Co-op with a buddy. I really like how well-integrated the climb/jump mechanics are integrated, and that almost every situation is an opportunity to take four or five different possible routes. Once you get the grappling hook, especially once fully upgraded a lot of those intricate paths become lost, it was quite interesting seeing as my coop buddy had played ahead after getting to the second part of the city and had already gotten it, while I was still climbing around like a pleb. It really changes the pacing and your approach to things. It's also awesome. It really is a great game with all the parkouring and later on with the driving. The only thing that is really important is to not play it alone.
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:I tried Dyling Light on PS4 a while back and didn't get into it. I didn't hate it, just never got time to really give it a chance. I do remember feeling a little bit of being "rushed", does the game ever chill out at all, sort of how in W3 you can ignore the main quest 99% of the time and dick around? I'm aware there is a night cycle that makes it more dangerous to be out, but other than that? The night stuff is more difficult, but not only does it double XP gains, it gets rid of the XP penalty for dying. Ideal time to go nuts.
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If you're a huge pussy like me it's also way scary.
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Jun 29, 2017 16:34
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m2pt5 posted:If you have the parachute thrusters (from the Black Market Aerial Pack DLC) the parachute becomes the best way to get around, and you'll hardly want for vehicles outside of missions. (Especially if you mod them for infinite fuel.) In the base game if you get consistent in your grappling it's better movement than the vehicles over land too. You become something like a reverse spider man!
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I think what I like most about Just Cause 3 is how colorful it is, especially compared to 2. A lot of games of that genre try to make everything really gritty and dim but JC3 is full of fields of flowers and bright blue oceans. It's a really pretty game.
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Jun 29, 2017 18:20
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I got Nier: Automata in the steam sale. 9S has pestered 2B twice, asking her to call him by a nickname that I suspect he made up himself.
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Jun 29, 2017 20:09
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Duke, Ace. Ole Iron Balls
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Johnny Aztec posted:Duke, Ace. Ole Iron Balls Maybe ace-hole.
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samu3lk posted:I got Nier: Automata in the steam sale. 9S has pestered 2B twice, asking her to call him by a nickname that I suspect he made up himself. > Says all his friends call him Nines > Never hangs out with anyone but 2B If 2B weren't blindfolded all the time she'd be rolling her eyes nonstop at his bs.
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Now that I've finally hit the second Ruin in Horizon: Zero Dawn I love the storytelling in this game. I love the hologram-scenes of Elisabet discovering the nature of Apocashitstorm, ie all the robots made by Ted's company starting to eat everything in sight to convert to biomass. Just Ted trying so feebly to placate her and her responding with "This isn't a glitch Ted, this is a disaster..." "It gets worse... " and the great moment of "My Bad..." "You're bad? This isn't bad Ted, it's apocalyptic!" Also Aloy calling Sylens out for being a little too coy while sending her into danger.The characters in this game are so good.
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I love how in Dishonored when you choke out someone that is holding some money or a key, you automatically take it off them.
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Jun 29, 2017 22:18
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Sage Grimm posted:In the base game if you get consistent in your grappling it's better movement than the vehicles over land too. You become something like a reverse spider man! I thought the combat was heavily based around rolling and grappling between cover and everyone played like this anyway to be honest. Maybe I'm doing it wrong! My only bugbear with the parachute is the same as the typical SR4 complaints: as soon as you get good at it there's little point in vehicles when you can just grapple everywhere. Boats are an exception obviously, although I like that they spawn lots of ocean traffic so you don't end up constantly having to swim miles to shore when you run out of momentum.
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There is however little I've found more satisfying than slide-tackling the undead while running past/through them
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FreshFeesh posted:There is however little I've found more satisfying than slide-tackling the undead while running past/through them Jump kicking them off a roof. Achievement Unlocked: This. Is. Harran!
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