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END ME SCOOB posted:Good news! Finally, another good Sonic game
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I thought the agreed upon translation was PoE = Path of Exile, and Pillars = Pillars of Eternity.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:11
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Is there a place in Steam that will show me all the updates on the current games I follow with out having to clean each game under the followed tab?
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Aug 15, 2017 13:31
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I can't believe i'm saying this, I'm reinstalling No Man's Sky.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:33
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Rookersh posted:I thought the agreed upon translation was PoE = Path of Exile, and Pillars = Pillars of Eternity. I remember when motherfuckers coopted GoW for Gears, stupid Xbox owners with their stupid kegstands and stupid frat parties. If you're not hardcore into ARPGs I think you really should stay away from PoE, that game is basically an exercise in "but what if we made D2 more grognardy?". Okay, there's quite a bit of QoL improvements in there plus they seem to have changed quite a bit of the game in the two or three years since I first got into it (also I get to play on a decent server now, glory hallelujah). Still, it's very much a tinkerer's game and it's kinda built around ignoring everything and just rushing super hard - hell, they even host race leagues. Having 10 acts instead of the standard Normal/Nightmare/Hell progression makes leveling a lot better tho, and now you can just buy your gems and use whatever stupid attack you want.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:34
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Dias posted:Still, it's very much a tinkerer's game and it's kinda built around ignoring everything and just rushing super hard - hell, they even host race leagues. Having 10 acts instead of the standard Normal/Nightmare/Hell progression makes leveling a lot better tho, and now you can just buy your gems and use whatever stupid attack you want. I wouldn't say it's built around rushing super hard, it's just something people who have played a lot do because the end-game and leagues are what's important to us. Now that it's got 10 acts it's easily a better game for casual solo playing than a lot of the other Diablo inspired games on the market, tho probably has a few more trap options in character building than others outside of really poorly balanced poo poo like Torchlight 2 or the Van Helsing games.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:57
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Dias posted:If you're not hardcore into ARPGs I think you really should stay away from PoE, that game is basically an exercise in "but what if we made D2 more grognardy?". Okay, there's quite a bit of QoL improvements in there plus they seem to have changed quite a bit of the game in the two or three years since I first got into it (also I get to play on a decent server now, glory hallelujah). Still, it's very much a tinkerer's game and it's kinda built around ignoring everything and just rushing super hard - hell, they even host race leagues. Having 10 acts instead of the standard Normal/Nightmare/Hell progression makes leveling a lot better tho, and now you can just buy your gems and use whatever stupid attack you want. I disagree! I'm into Act Two and while it's not grabbing me, no ARPG does. The actual gameplay, when I compare it to Diablo 2 and Titan Quest and Grim Dawn is pretty much the same and easy to grok. You don't have to rush anything, you can meander around the skill tree - I mean, maybe there are difficulty spikes later on but I haven't died even once yet.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:59
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Just call it PoX
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Aug 15, 2017 14:00
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BRB making "Pylons of Externity", a zone control srpg.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:09
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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:It's just a masterclass in level design, tone and voice acting. And horrible freshman year creative writing. For the record I genuinely love the genre as a whole and would rank Gone Home as one of my favorite games of all time, but I bounced off Dear Esther HARD. I can't deny that it's a pretty game but having Discount Liam Neeson narrate a crummy story whose twist is guessable 10 minutes in while you're forced to walk at a snail's pace between the 800 invisible walls is not my idea of a good time.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:13
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Speaking of ARPGs, I'm enjoying Grim Dawn but is it normal to keep the same weapons for half the game? I got some insect blade things ages ago and they've easily outclassed everything else, unless I'm reading the stats wrong somehow. My equipment in general isn't changing that much. Still fun though.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:14
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Nevvy Z posted:BRB making "Pylons of Externity", a zone control srpg. I'd play this tbh
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Aug 15, 2017 14:18
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iRend posted:I can't believe i'm saying this, I'm reinstalling No Man's Sky. I didn't bother with the 1.1 and 1.2 updates, but this new one has got me hooked again. I played about 40 hours of what was released last fall and liked it but after you maxed out your ship and suit, got all of the tech super easy just by interacting with every object you saw and visited a bunch of planets with no other real purpose, there was no further reason to play. The new quests and missions focus the gameplay more, there are some much-needed QoL improvements in the interface, you now have to put some effort into getting tech and money so you can't get max ship/suit slots in one hour anymore, and there's a sense of progression that was missing a year ago. Seriously, if you still have the game in your library but haven't touched it since last year, give it a shot. It's still by no means perfect and needs more bug fixes but they've clearly been steadily working on this.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:18
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StrixNebulosa posted:I disagree! I'm into Act Two and while it's not grabbing me, no ARPG does. The actual gameplay, when I compare it to Diablo 2 and Titan Quest and Grim Dawn is pretty much the same and easy to grok. You don't have to rush anything, you can meander around the skill tree - I mean, maybe there are difficulty spikes later on but I haven't died even once yet. There are a couple of humps after Act 4/5, I think the late-game there is pretty much on par with Hell Diablo 2 - it's not the hardest thing EVER but you better have a decent build and good items. You can take things at your own leisure, but even the maps feel straightforward in that game if all you wanna do is rush a character, which is something I appreciate.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:40
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il_cornuto posted:Speaking of ARPGs, I'm enjoying Grim Dawn but is it normal to keep the same weapons for half the game? I got some insect blade things ages ago and they've easily outclassed everything else, unless I'm reading the stats wrong somehow. My equipment in general isn't changing that much. Still fun though. That was my experience in Grim Dawn. There's certain monsters that spawn with and drop unique loot they call "monster infrequents" and a good roll on one of those would last a long long time.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:56
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il_cornuto posted:Speaking of ARPGs, I'm enjoying Grim Dawn but is it normal to keep the same weapons for half the game? I got some insect blade things ages ago and they've easily outclassed everything else, unless I'm reading the stats wrong somehow. My equipment in general isn't changing that much. Still fun though. Start throwing relics into the gear if it really fits your build. As you play double check the Factions gear vendors for recipes to create some pretty powerful stuff and then the higher level sets/gear will start coming with additional skills/effects.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:05
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StrixNebulosa posted:I disagree! I'm into Act Two and while it's not grabbing me, no ARPG does. The actual gameplay, when I compare it to Diablo 2 and Titan Quest and Grim Dawn is pretty much the same and easy to grok. You don't have to rush anything, you can meander around the skill tree - I mean, maybe there are difficulty spikes later on but I haven't died even once yet. Unrelated to ARPGs, but I recently finished Stranger in a Strange land and I notice your use of grok. First time I've ever noticed the word being used.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:15
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Wildtortilla posted:Unrelated to ARPGs, but I recently finished Stranger in a Strange land and I notice your use of grok. First time I've ever noticed the word being used. I've tried reading that book twice and bounced off of it, and until a google search a minute ago I didn't know it wasn't a "real" word.  I have no idea where I picked it up - I did read other Heinlein and Vonnegut when I was younger, but... Huh. Cool.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:38
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No Man's Sky was a lot of fun in the ~2+ hrs I played until I refunded it, because it ran like a potato. Id really like to play it again once I can pick up a video card at non-buttcoin inflated prices.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:45
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PlushCow posted:No Man's Sky was a lot of fun in the ~2+ hrs I played until I refunded it, because it ran like a potato. Id really like to play it again once I can pick up a video card at non-buttcoin inflated prices. I really want cryptocurrency to tank, bankrupt a bunch of idiot libertarians, and graphics card prices to normalize again.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:47
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StrixNebulosa posted:I've tried reading that book twice and bounced off of it, and until a google search a minute ago I didn't know it wasn't a "real" word. Weird poo poo. It's an okay book. If you're looking for hard sci-fi look elsewhere. I got suckered into reading it after Starship Troopers and I was too far into SiaSL to drop it when I realized it wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:50
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Wildtortilla posted:Weird poo poo. It's an okay book. If you're looking for hard sci-fi look elsewhere. I got suckered into reading it after Starship Troopers and I was too far into SiaSL to drop it when I realized it wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Yeah. Starship Troopers was good, and my vague memories of the Cat who walks through walls and Have Spacesuit Will Travel say they were good, but the rest of his stuff either wasn't my jam or it was really skeevy/weird.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:55
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Hey, a CK2 patch is out, I wo... - No longer possible to sacrifice the same person to Satan multiple times
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Aug 15, 2017 16:10
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mcbexx posted:drat, the Gamesplanet summer sale has some nice flash sales. Almost feels like Steam in the good ole days. Thanks for linking this, I'll wait to see if Phantom Pain gets a flash deal. Will probably buy it anyway if it doesn't but still.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:29
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PlushCow posted:No Man's Sky was a lot of fun in the ~2+ hrs I played until I refunded it, because it ran like a potato. Id really like to play it again once I can pick up a video card at non-buttcoin inflated prices. Yeah if Bitcoin and Ethereum could gently caress off forever so I can pick up a 1060/1070 at some point, that would be super.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:36
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il_cornuto posted:Speaking of ARPGs, I'm enjoying Grim Dawn but is it normal to keep the same weapons for half the game? I got some insect blade things ages ago and they've easily outclassed everything else, unless I'm reading the stats wrong somehow. My equipment in general isn't changing that much. Still fun though. Not in the first playthrough but definitely in the second, where the way the game forces you to hyper-specialize to stay competitive means that almost all the gear you find doesn't apply to your build and gets ignored. I gave a second playthrough a fair shake and stopped two thirds of the way in when I noticed some of my slots had the exact same gear in them as when I started. It gets very boring.
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Aug 15, 2017 17:06
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https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/897296837547315204 This is so weird and delightful at the same time. Some dude fell asleep on twitch so Devolver gave away game codes and made him famous for a while e: Flipping - this isn't the chat thread. 
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Aug 15, 2017 17:08
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he woke up
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Digirat posted:Not in the first playthrough but definitely in the second, where the way the game forces you to hyper-specialize to stay competitive means that almost all the gear you find doesn't apply to your build and gets ignored. I gave a second playthrough a fair shake and stopped two thirds of the way in when I noticed some of my slots had the exact same gear in them as when I started. It gets very boring. I think Path of Exile honestly does items about the best that can be done, even plains can be super desirable due to better socket-links-color rolls and better than rares/legendaries sometimes. And legendaries tend to be very specifically useful and possible beaten out by other sub-types at times and there's more strict requirements on items. I think its a much much better game than it was when I played it at beta, but still has some clunky features. Probably my dream game would include d3-improved UI and polish with d3 visceral limb-exploding combat/movement with the actual items-gem-upgrades of exile but I enjoy that  level of building and options.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:23
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I've written a review for a game I'm really passionate about, but it's turned out a bit long. Do people prefer longer or shorter reviews? Should I go into detail about the battle system, or keep it lighter?
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Aug 15, 2017 19:25
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Ragequit posted:Yeah if Bitcoin and Ethereum could gently caress off forever so I can pick up a 1060/1070 at some point, that would be super. No idea what this is referring to. How are those cryptocurrency companies affecting graphics card prices? BTW, I'm not being sarcastic or anything.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:31
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Zaphiel posted:I've written a review for a game I'm really passionate about, but it's turned out a bit long. Do people prefer longer or shorter reviews? Should I go into detail about the battle system, or keep it lighter? Longer is better! If I want short I'll just read the first paragraph and decide if I want to keep going or not. Longer gives me more details if I'm interested and helps me decide if I want the game.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:32
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yegods posted:No idea what this is referring to. How are those cryptocurrency companies affecting graphics card prices? BTW, I'm not being sarcastic or anything. GPU Mining became "profitable" again back in May. So people went out and bought the everything which lowered gpu stock and caused prices to go up. GPU mining isn't really all that profitable now and it really wasn't profitable to buy a gpu to get into mining even back in May but that won't stop people.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:33
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Zaphiel posted:I've written a review for a game I'm really passionate about, but it's turned out a bit long. Do people prefer longer or shorter reviews? Should I go into detail about the battle system, or keep it lighter? If your goal is to sell other people on the game, go into the details of how it plays and why those details are good things. Explaining the battle system will help a lot because people will read reviews to find out the mechanics work if the store page isn't super clear on them. Folks who actually read reviews don't care how long they are, so make it as long as you need to explain why it's good.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:34
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Ragequit posted:Yeah if Bitcoin and Ethereum could gently caress off forever so I can pick up a 1060/1070 at some point, that would be super. fam, same actually i've been trawling newegg for a while and there's a $250 6gb 1060, but it's in very high demand
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Aug 15, 2017 19:36
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StrixNebulosa posted:Yeah. Starship Troopers was good, and my vague memories of the Cat who walks through walls and Have Spacesuit Will Travel say they were good, but the rest of his stuff either wasn't my jam or it was really skeevy/weird. Welcome to the fifties. 'Grok' is very specific and means to completely understand. it tends to date those of us knocking on a bit. havenwaters posted:GPU mining isn't really all that profitable now and it really wasn't profitable to buy a gpu to get into mining even back in May but that won't stop people. There's a brief moment when the increase in horsepower outstrips the dive to the cost of electricity in mining the buttcoins. With any luck it should increase the rate of carbon being pumped into the atmosphere and eventually choke all the bitcoiners to death. And everyone else, but small victories and all that. The White Dragon posted:fam, same You're not going with a 970?
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Aug 15, 2017 19:39
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Zaphiel posted:I've written a review for a game I'm really passionate about, but it's turned out a bit long. Do people prefer longer or shorter reviews? Should I go into detail about the battle system, or keep it lighter? 
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Hav posted:
6gb 1060's somewhere between a 970 and 980 or something so no real issue there. Basically you can find stuff priced close enough to what they used to be if you search long enough/get lucky with nowinstock alerts.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:44
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>observer is some heavy poo poo. It feels like it's the new SOMA. I can't say a bad word about it so far.
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Blattdorf posted:>observer is some heavy poo poo. It feels like it's the new SOMA. I can't say a bad word about it so far. Wait, it's good? I'm saying that because it came from the same devs as the aggressively  Layers of Fear.
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