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Too Shy Guy posted:It would be cool if someone who has it can explain it because the store page looks neat but I'm totally not getting how it plays. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3740936
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Too Shy Guy posted:It would be cool if someone who has it can explain it because the store page looks neat but I'm totally not getting how it plays. You travel the world completing quests and fighting enemies to get stronger, eventually to fight the King. The King is slowly dying every turn, so every turn that passes it gets easier to kill the King. The person to kill the King first wins. It's a turn based digital boardgame.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:22
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I did a 3 month sub so I ended up with Pillars even though I own it, and I also have an extra copy of Sherlock Holmes. First person to quote me can have one or both.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:23
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SinineSiil posted:The thread's OP explained it really well: Huh, I thought it was more SRPGish, guess I was wrong.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:24
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DrNutt posted:I did a 3 month sub so I ended up with Pillars even though I own it, and I also have an extra copy of Sherlock Holmes. First person to quote me can have one or both. Can I try Pillars? e: https://steamcommunity.com/id/CreepyJackalopeEye tight aspirations fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Jul 7, 2017 18:25
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DrNutt posted:I did a 3 month sub so I ended up with Pillars even though I own it, and I also have an extra copy of Sherlock Holmes. First person to quote me can have one or both. Sherlock Holmes? http://steamcommunity.com/id/noworriesbro
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Jul 7, 2017 18:26
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Too Shy Guy posted:It would be cool if someone who has it can explain it because the store page looks neat but I'm totally not getting how it plays. It's very pretty but bad boardgame. There is almost 0 interaction between characters because everyone is trying for different things on different parts of the map, and the result of your actions are mostly random. It's not Talisman random but it's pretty bed.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:27
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DrNutt posted:I did a 3 month sub so I ended up with Pillars even though I own it, and I also have an extra copy of Sherlock Holmes. First person to quote me can have one or both. Could I have Sherlock ? SteamID = http://steamcommunity.com/id/pennfalath
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SinineSiil posted:The thread's OP explained it really well: HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You travel the world completing quests and fighting enemies to get stronger, eventually to fight the King. The King is slowly dying every turn, so every turn that passes it gets easier to kill the King. The person to kill the King first wins. It's a turn based digital boardgame. Thanks! That's definitely neat, didn't realize it was all the way board-gamey.
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I bought Armello when it first came out and haven't played it since, it's not an SRPG and I don't think it's based on a real board game (I could be wrong on that) but it's structured like one. It plays sort of like a 4x but instead of controlling a civilization and building cities, you control a single unit and go on quests. It's card-based and you play cards as spells or special abilities, or as traps for other players if they step on the tile. If you die, you respawn a few turns later and become more corrupted - details are fuzzy because it's been so long but I think corruption means you're more combat focused and you can try to win the game that way, or something. It sounded really cool but nothing about it grabbed me, it was confusing and I couldn't tell what I was doing or accomplishing half the time. There were long-term goals like killing the king to win, or something, but the tutorial did a poor job of explaining how I was supposed to get to them. I couldn't make sense of what the AI was doing but every time we would fight they would seem significantly more advanced than me and it would be hopeless. Combat is dice-based and they would always be rolling like 4 times as many dice as I was. I play lots of video games and board games and I'm used to complicated and confusing board game rules but I bounced so hard off of that game that I didn't even know what it was after 5 hours of playtime. Balance was really bad when I played, like there was one hero that focused on combat and if you picked them you would virtually automatically win any combat encounter with an enemy player, so whatever player or AI picked them could just run around killing other players off and denying their ability to play. One hero focused on traps which are useless because it's a wide-open hex-based grid and the likelihood of people stepping where you placed traps is super low. I think they started pumping out DLC when it was still in EA which is when I stopped paying attention to the updates, but maybe I'm confusing it with something else. deep dish peat moss fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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tight aspirations posted:Can I try Pillars? Pennfalath posted:Could I have Sherlock ? Sent you both gift links via PMs. I have my steam account linked to HumbleBundle so I couldn't just get a steam key to send you. e: Sorry Pennfalath!
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Jul 7, 2017 18:30
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IIRC they broke dunking gifts directly into your library ages ago and asking for it to be redeemed just gives you a key that works fine for anyone?
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Jul 7, 2017 18:33
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DrNutt posted:Sent you both gift links via PMs. I have my steam account linked to HumbleBundle so I couldn't just get a steam key to send you. Thank you 
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DrNutt posted:Sent you both gift links via PMs. I have my steam account linked to HumbleBundle so I couldn't just get a steam key to send you. Got it, thanks much!
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Jul 7, 2017 18:35
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You can hide it. You can remove it from your library. If it's that bad a purchase, you can refund it within 14 days. You have the choice. It's not like you have to keep it visible, you can put it away. It's not the same as companies keeping personal information in any way, shape or form. You still don't get it I see. Thanks for clarifying you're an idiot so I can ignore you.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:36
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Biggest surprise of the summer sale - for me - was Age Of Rivals. Picked it up on a whim and have been playing the hell out of it since. Takes a couple of games to fully get to grip with the mechanics, but it's really nicely designed. (You can get it for phones as well, but it's much nicer and less claustrophobic on a proper monitor.) Each game only takes a few minutes, new cards are continually unlocking, the AI's good enough to offer a challenge, and no microtransactions - solid game imo. Well worth a look.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:37
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DrNutt posted:Sent you both gift links via PMs. I have my steam account linked to HumbleBundle so I couldn't just get a steam key to send you. No problem!
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Downs Duck posted:You still don't get it I see. Thanks for clarifying you're an idiot so I can ignore you. Of course I don't get it, it's bloody bonkers. Fat Samurai posted:It's very pretty but bad boardgame. There is almost 0 interaction between characters because everyone is trying for different things on different parts of the map, and the result of your actions are mostly random. It's not Talisman random but it's pretty bed. It'd be really really bad if it was as slow as a normal boardgame, but zero interaction is fine for singleplayer and for faster multiplayer games, though I would agree that the randomness is less excusable.
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Ask for games: Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin SimplePlanes Galactic Civilizations® III Kero Blaster Got the next month's bundle as well NBA 2K17 Pillars of Eternity Sininu fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Jul 7, 2017 18:39
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BTW, Armello's multiplayer sucks because the only way to communicate with other players is with premade messages so you could be playing singleplayer for all it difference it makes.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:41
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SinineSiil posted:Ask for games: Sherlock Holmes woul be rad http://steamcommunity.com/id/syscal/ a little sad I didn't sub this month  e; a gentleman and a scholar, thanks again sauer kraut fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Jul 7, 2017 18:45
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gmq posted:BTW, Armello's multiplayer sucks because the only way to communicate with other players is with premade messages so you could be playing singleplayer for all it difference it makes. AI is really insistent on attacking other players so they die all the time. It's nothing like multiplayer where players are way more careful and use actual strategies. I've been playing it with a friend and it has been lot of fun even though we aren't that good. sauer kraut posted:Sherlock Holmes woul be rad
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SinineSiil posted:Ask for games: I got Kero Blaster wishlisted so I'd gladly take it if you don't mind http://steamcommunity.com/id/cryomancer/ edit: Thanks!
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Jul 7, 2017 18:47
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SinineSiil posted:AI is really insistent on attacking other players so they die all the time. It's nothing like multiplayer where players are way more careful and use actual strategies. I'm just annoyed at the lack of goading and annoying other players since that's 90% of the fun of a board game. If you're playing with friends and have another way to communicate (Discord, for example) game's fine.
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gmq posted:I'm just annoyed at the lack of goading and annoying other players since that's 90% of the fun of a board game. If you're playing with friends and have another way to communicate (Discord, for example) game's fine.
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Jul 7, 2017 18:51
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SinineSiil posted:Using spells and traps on other players can be very annoying, especially if they force them to change their playstyle. But I can't hear their tears!
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Jul 7, 2017 18:52
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gmq posted:But I can't hear their tears! SinineSiil posted:Ask for games: I stubbornly got the next month's bundle as well so I now also have Pillars of Eternity and NBA 2K17 to give away
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Fart of Presto posted:So, back in 2016, SteamSpy mentioned that Samsung TVs would get Steam support. Alright, A bit late but I was running some tests. So I got a Samsung TV recently and I had read about the Steam Link app, but it wasn't available in my region so I kinda dismissed it for the time being; however, after reading your post I tried changing the region and lo and behold, I got it running. It works... surprisingly well. I don't have an ideal connection, I'm running it via a powerline adapter (and hooked to a power strip at that) and I was just playing Bayonetta and Dishonored 2 without any major issues other than a bit of an audio hiccup here and there. The app has 3 settings: "fast" "balanced" and "beautiful"; I was using balanced since it was the default. It detects your host pc automatically and prompts you to enter a code in it when you select it (I just plugged a wired 360 controller to the usb port on the tv and it picked it up without batting an eyelash), after that it just runs. Overall... yeah, I think this works! I was ready to dismiss it, but if you have a proper network cable running from your host PC to your set, you could probably bump the setting to 'beautiful' without major issues.
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looks at the most helpful review of SimplePlanes 858 hours played, short novella length review rated negative as someone who played this single-player simulation game for the equivalent of a month straight, let me tell why you it's not good and worth playing. Sivek fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Edmond Dantes posted:Overall... yeah, I think this works! I was ready to dismiss it, but if you have a proper network cable running from your host PC to your set, you could probably bump the setting to 'beautiful' without major issues. Yesss. I was debating buying a new tv since the one I have has no working HDMI ports and playing without moving my PC would be awesome. I wonder what models are supported.
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SinineSiil posted:Ask for games: Well if you're just going to give DS2 away: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999392630/
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Jul 7, 2017 18:58
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Bought the bundle for Dark Souls 2, but I'm pretty  on everything else. First come, first serve.SimplePlanes: 2W85*-36DZ2-8209V GalCiv3: 2*ZF3-EPEZ4-MKK*8 Schlock Homies: 2V*0F-FIWQD-BWEXX Kero Blaster: 2QH*G-YVQL6-7E93B The missing character is the 10th letter of the alphabet. Post if you take it.
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Thanks for Sherlock!
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Too Shy Guy posted:I've always had a collector's mindset about Steam, and the only thing that tempered it was marrying someone who doesn't play games and letting her manage our finances. Now I have to explain everything I buy, which has gotten harder since it started to include "this game is actually garbage but I want to write about it for people on the internet". I am also married to a non-gamer, and while I currently have around 2000 games on steam, I've slowed down significantly. We decided we didn't want to be explaining all of our personal hobby purchases, but I now have a set amount of money for video game spending instead of just buying everything I want. It's helped a little bit, but the sad truth is that I can buy way more games than I can play. I just like having games and having options.. Also I play a lot of things for 2 hours and then move on.
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Mordja posted:Bought the bundle for Dark Souls 2, but I'm pretty Grabbed Kero Blaster, thanks!
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I actually like Kero Blaster more than Cave Story, but it plays like an old arcade game, as in you can't change which way you're shooting while jumping and there's a lives mechanic that's pretty pointless. It's a fun and simple arcade experience and I played through it three times. There's normal mode, the hard mode that unlocks after beating it that remixes levels a bit and then an extra mode that's basically a new game plus sort of deal.
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SinineSiil posted:Fair enough! Can i have Pillars?
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SinineSiil posted:Fair enough! Any chance I could get NBA2k17 if no one else has claimed it? http://steamcommunity.com/id/cavauro/ e: SinineSiil gave me the key but unfortunately it wouldn't activate in my region even though it didn't mention that. Thanks for the efforts! Cavauro fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Monthly leftovers: • Hyper Ligh* Drifter — https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=Nz*Ex6XFsBvR4sMh Tippis fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Tippis posted:Monthly leftovers: I grabbed Ar*ello. Thanks!
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