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duckfarts posted:i like Enter the Gungeon but didn't know about the coolness mechanic at all and um yeah they should loving mention that because that's kind of neat and interesting IF YOU loving KNOW ABOUT IT While Coolness exists, it's not what you think it is. You only get coolness from items, which does a few things, but isn't tied to taking damage. The whole "no hitting rooms gets you additional drops" is a complete myth. The only thing that getting hit affects is that you don't get currency from the enemy that hit you, and I'm not 100% sure about that part. RNG is RNG, so it's easy to see these kinds of biases where it doesn't exist. Here's the wiki page on it: https://enterthegungeon.gamepedia.com/Coolness Roluth fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Roluth posted:While Coolness exists, it's not what you think it is. You only get coolness from items, which does a few things, but isn't tied to taking damage. The whole "no hitting rooms gets you additional drops" is a complete myth. The only thing that getting hit affects is that you don't get currency from the enemy that hit you. RNG is RNG, so it's easy to see these kinds of biases where it doesn't exist. hahahahahahahaha wonderful
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Any good wireless headset recommendations? I was gonna slap a modmic to my sennheiser cans for voice comms but I like the idea of having something without cables (with good sound quality, not just some el cheapo ones). From a cursory amazon search I'm eyeballing the Corsair VOID and the Logitech G933 since I've always liked their stuff. The Logitech looks busy as gently caress, but I couldn't find a... 'non gamer' version, unfortunately. Opinions and recommendations welcome.
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not sure if battleborns sub-100 peak is more impressive than lawbreakers 200 peak like 3 weeks after launch
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deep dish peat moss posted:Someone mentioned Gems of War earlier and it made me want to play either it or another RPG puzzle game, in particular one that's heavy on the RPG elements. I have no interest in RPG in my match-3, but I can tell you that GoW has pretty much no RPG in it whatsoever. You can read along with the little stories as they unfold, and of course you get to power up your chosen troops if you accrue enough cards and souls. XP levels up your primary character and you can chose what colour gems to improve mana-collection from. Hmm, maybe that qualifies as an RPG after all? But having never played an RPG match-3, maybe that's as good as it gets? Anyway, I've got 170 hours in GoW and haven't once felt the need to spend any money on it.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Opinions and recommendations welcome. my opinion is, having played lots of different games with people who used desk mics, built-in mics, and headset mics, that it really sucks to play with someone using a headset mic. please do not combine your headphones with your microphones.
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The White Dragon posted:my opinion is, having played lots of different games with people who used desk mics, built-in mics, and headset mics, that it really sucks to play with someone using a headset mic. please do not combine your headphones with your microphones. why? gonna need more detail on this one
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You're always gonna get better quality off a separate mic but headsets should be good enough for MP poo poo.
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duckfarts posted:why? gonna need more detail on this one every time i'm in a call with someone with a headset mic, it's always crackling and popping and wheezing out a constant whine of electrical feedback because they're wired shoddily and produced cheaply, and it often picks up the sound coming out from their own headset just from proximity and because the headphones don't contain their output very well. even the purportedly-good USB logitech ones! it becomes a battle between turning down the sensitivity so low that half the things they say get cut out, or getting a disorienting echo loop. back in skype days, it was even worse, but now i can just mute them individually  for the sake of everyone you play with, strictly avoid combo headsets. Fur20 fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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the only time i care is if your mic is close enough to your face that i can hear your breathing or you have a setup that produces an echo when anyone says anything. other than that i dont give a poo poo if you are talking through a tin can
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I hate when people have voice activated mics but no headphones. Buy some loving headphones.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Opinions and recommendations welcome. I have a 633, identical to the 933 but wired. It's not bad, microphone quality could be better (it's not as good as a v-moda boompro but that one had some noticeable background hiss with my PC, the 633 doesn't probably cause I use it with USB) but audio is good and the silly surround options can be fun with action games. I'll admit I always used off-brand headsets so the 633 was my first "real" set, couldn't tell you how it sounds compared to other stuff. I DID use an old pair of Beats Solo HD for a couple years and those sounded a bit "punchier" than the 633s but everyone always says Beats are garbage so what do I know. Biggest problem for me was that the 633s felt REALLY uncomfortable the first couple months just because you NEED to wear the headband pretty centered on your skull or even closer to your brow. I was used to wearing stuff closer to my crown so I'd often feel like the headset was slipping off. I got used to it and things seem fine. I actually heard the biggest weakness of the 633s is a crappy mini-usb port that can get busted up so the wireless 933s should be good. They certainly had really high reviews back when I decided on buying a pair, only went for the wired version to save some money.
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Cojawfee posted:I hate when people have voice activated mics but no headphones. Buy some loving headphones. otoh i will admit that this isn't always an option these days. even mid-tier laptops like IT lenovos only have a single audio jack that's specifically made for a headset+mic combo. but that's seriously the only time you should ever be using combined hardware, when the computer you have sucks so much that it's your only option
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Hamlet King Lear Othello Macbeth
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exquisite tea posted:Hamlet  Though I think maybe that's being overly praising of Battleborn.
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exquisite tea posted:Hamlet Because they're all dead by the end?
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Orv posted:
Battleborn knew it had to kill Overwatch but instead it spent all its time navel-gazing and drawing porn of its characters.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Any good wireless headset recommendations? I was gonna slap a modmic to my sennheiser cans for voice comms but I like the idea of having something without cables (with good sound quality, not just some el cheapo ones). I have the older G930. Buyer beware! There are a lot of reports over the years of it randomly disconnecting, battery life and the right channel dropping right out. I fixed mine by rolling back drivers to an older version (8.91.48), ghetto resoldering new wires over the headband. The battery - I personally haven't had a problem in the 3 or more years I've owned it (I get a full work day out of them). Audio quality is good, they are comfy, I can mow the lawn wearing them if I choose to as the range is quite impressive. Only 3 buttons but that's enough for 'mic up' 'next track' 'previous track' etc. Also a scroll wheel for volume control and a dedicated mic mute if you are stuck always on.
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deep dish peat moss posted:Someone mentioned Gems of War earlier and it made me want to play either it or another RPG puzzle game, in particular one that's heavy on the RPG elements. How about replying PQ1 with mods? https://steamcommunity.com/app/12500/discussions/0/540734792173385895/
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deep dish peat moss posted:Someone mentioned Gems of War earlier and it made me want to play either it or another RPG puzzle game, in particular one that's heavy on the RPG elements. You should consider checking out Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. It's probably the best puzzle/RPG/strategy hybrid I've ever played, although it is a little lighter on the RPG elements than Puzzle Quest. The strategy side makes up for it though, as you're matching units to start them charging for attacks or to build walls as your opponent does the same. You can customize your army with units that have different attributes and abilities as well as pick a piece of equipment for your hero that can have a pretty big impact on how you play. For me it was the perfect balance between casual matching and actual strategy, and there's enough content to last a while. The music is great too.
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EtG is a Good And Fun Game... as long as you cheat like a motherfucker. If you're finding yourself spending too much time with the basic weapons or just not having fun in general, use Cheat Engine to spawn the occasional Rainbow Chest and see if that mixes things up for you. It sure did for me!
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I just finished playing through the original Dark Forces. It hasn't aged particularly well but it's very easy to control - sure you have to use separate keys to look up and down but for the most part you can just jump in and play with a keyboard and mouse. Dark Forces 2 however is a huge pain in the rear end - you can move forward and back easily enough but left and right just turn you on your heel. Up and down and left and right on the mouse axis seem to work opposite to each other as well, so if one of them doesn't feel intuitive, inverting the controls makes the other feel unintuitive and I had to go into a file and edit it to fix it. Hardware acceleration lets you up your resolution but then the screen turns black, and turning it off gives you an image but you're stuck at a lower resolution. I know it's an old game, but it's weird that the even older game that preceded it is able to be played just fine by simply loading it up.
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poo poo prey is really good. i hope the ending isn't as bad as people have murmured about in this thread though
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Okami HD was just rated by ESRB for PC. Wanted SEGA to port Virtua Fighter 5 but this'll do. Edit Also Super Hydorah is out September 20th. Locomalito owns. Terminally Bored fucked around with this message at 10:45 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Terminally Bored posted:Wanted SEGA to port Virtua Fighter 5 but this'll do. What? No it won't. VF ride or die.
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Terminally Bored posted:Okami HD was just rated by ESRB for PC. Okami is amazing this is great news. Guess I'm going to have it play it through for a third time.
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It's weird. VF is probably the best fighting game series but no one plays it. At least it shows up in the arcades in Yakuza series. 5 had VF2 and 6 has VF5FS!
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Roluth posted:While Coolness exists, it's not what you think it is. You only get coolness from items, which does a few things, but isn't tied to taking damage. The whole "no hitting rooms gets you additional drops" is a complete myth. The only thing that getting hit affects is that you don't get currency from the enemy that hit you, and I'm not 100% sure about that part. RNG is RNG, so it's easy to see these kinds of biases where it doesn't exist. It says right in your link that room reward rates are tied to not getting hit though. It just isn't called coolness.
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Chin Strap posted:It says right in your link that room reward rates are tied to not getting hit though. It just isn't called coolness. No it doesn't? Unless I'm not seeing it, it says reward chance increases for each room you clear without getting a reward, not without getting hit.
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The White Dragon posted:poo poo prey is really good. i hope the ending isn't as bad as people have murmured about in this thread though It's not egregiously terrible but it is very much a "oh well, video games" ending.
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Jagged Jim posted:I'd rather have an Okami port. (A good port that is, not a Wii-teir port.) Terminally Bored posted:Okami HD was just rated by ESRB for PC. Wanted SEGA to port Virtua Fighter 5 but this'll do.  *Prays to Ammie that it's a good port*
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il_cornuto posted:No it doesn't? Unless I'm not seeing it, it says reward chance increases for each room you clear without getting a reward, not without getting hit. I can't read apparently.
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The White Dragon posted:every time i'm in a call with someone with a headset mic, it's always crackling and popping and wheezing out a constant whine of electrical feedback because they're wired shoddily and produced cheaply, and it often picks up the sound coming out from their own headset just from proximity and because the headphones don't contain their output very well. even the purportedly-good USB logitech ones! it becomes a battle between turning down the sensitivity so low that half the things they say get cut out, or getting a disorienting echo loop. ymmv? I used to use those ps2 USB headsets until they died because they were great. Then again, I only have chat audio going through the headset and not game audio, so I never blasted the volume or had any loop back issues
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exquisite tea posted:It's not egregiously terrible but it is very much a "oh well, video games" ending. Eh, I thought it was fine.
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Jerusalem posted:Up and down and left and right on the mouse axis seem to work opposite to each other as well, so if one of them doesn't feel intuitive, inverting the controls makes the other feel unintuitive and I had to go into a file and edit it to fix it. Jerusalem posted:Hardware acceleration lets you up your resolution but then the screen turns black, and turning it off gives you an image but you're stuck at a lower resolution.
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exquisite tea posted:It's not egregiously terrible but it is very much a "oh well, video games" ending. I liked the way it provided a narrative framework for the game to judge how you played the game and I personally didn't see it coming, but when you do the whole (HUGE SPOILER!) It was all just a dream! style ending, that's always gonna be fundamentally unsatisfying.
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Gerblyn posted:I liked the way it provided a narrative framework for the game to judge how you played the game and I personally didn't see it coming, but when you do the whole (HUGE SPOILER!) It was all just a dream! style ending, that's always gonna be fundamentally unsatisfying. I think people have just been taught to think that way about that kind of thing though, but it's super cool how it's used in Prey. Put another way, you were playing a character who was playing a video game. Some people seem to interpret this as your choices having no meaning, but then that's only true because no choices that you make in any video game ever have *real* meaning QuarkJets fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Scalding Coffee posted:They back pedaled when they showed Muhammed. Guess they took that too far. Still a good show. Only when they did it a 2nd time.
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