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The White Dragon posted:for the sake of everyone you play with, strictly avoid combo headsets. I play online with a bunch of guys that all have different headsets. None of them have any issues whatsoever so I don't know what kind of half-arsed kit your people have. In other news, I really enjoy the Batman games and just started playing Arkham Origins. Loads of Bat-fun and then they stick me with the Deathstroke fight only a couple of hours in and it feels like the difficulty is set for the end-game boss. What a piece of poo poo. A lesser game would have made me uninstall. I'll get it eventually but I foresee more hours just trying to get through this one prick.
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Space Hulk: Deathwing is currently 50% off for $20. I know the game wasn't the great at launch, but I've heard they've patched it since. Is it worth jumping into for that price?
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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 was more ok with it than what is typical with that style of ending, because at the very least (ALSO HUGE SPOILER!) the simulation was based on events that had really happened. How the real Morgan handled the situations is left up in the air and all we can know for sure is that he/she didn't kill or let Alex die.
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Unbalanced posted:I was more ok with it than what is typical with that style of ending, because at the very least (ALSO HUGE SPOILER!) the simulation was based on events that had really happened. How the real Morgan handled the situations is left up in the air and all we can know for sure is that he/she didn't kill or let Alex die. She probably got killed by the Nightmare because she didn't have quicksave/quickload
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Steam game Monaco-What yours is mine is free untill 6pm PST today. Pick it up if you don't have it.
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Terminally Bored posted:Okami HD was just rated by ESRB for PC. Wanted SEGA to port Virtua Fighter 5 but this'll do. Sweet I always wanted to play this back in the PS2 days but I never did. Same for God Hand so I hope they do that as well.
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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. It's not as laughably implemented as it was in say Vanishing of Ethan Carter, but the surprise, it was all a dream/simulation ending to me always indicates a lack of confidence in your storytelling. Make bolder choices and trust that the audience will pick up what you're putting down, knawmean.
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Velocity Raptor posted:Space Hulk: Deathwing is currently 50% off for $20. I know the game wasn't the great at launch, but I've heard they've patched it since. Is it worth jumping into for that price? If you want to marvel at how you can make Space Marines in Terminator Armour feel piddly and weak, yeah. Bad game is bad.
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Sep 8, 2017 13:47
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Is Steep still bad? I'm feeling a hankering for some snowsports action.
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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've used the Logitech G930 for 2 years, which is "less busy" than the one you linked. I have enjoyed it immensely. Great battery life, comfortable for long periods of time, sound incredible (there is a switch that changes it from stereo to Dolby and it's insane when you know the disparity), and I assume the microphone is solid as you have heard me use it in Overwatch. As a bonus, they are cheaper than the Logitech G933!
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exquisite tea posted:It's not as laughably implemented as it was in say Vanishing of Ethan Carter, but the surprise, it was all a dream/simulation ending to me always indicates a lack of confidence in your storytelling. Make bolder choices and trust that the audience will pick up what you're putting down, knawmean. Shame we won't get a sequel.
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I see that Styx: Shards of Darkness is 50% off. If you're looking for an old-school "creeping around in the shadows" stealth game, this will definitely scratch that itch. There's a bit of low-budget jank and the ending is sequel-bait but it plays great and the maps are fun and challenging. Also, they don't reuse all of the levels like they did in the first one. Finding creative ways to use the cloning power is also a lot of fun.
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Has anyone played The Long Dark's story mode (Wintermute) and if so do they have any opinion on if it's worth waiting until all the episodes are out to play? I already own it, but I'm not sure if I want to hold off or not.
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il_cornuto posted:Has anyone played The Long Dark's story mode (Wintermute) and if so do they have any opinion on if it's worth waiting until all the episodes are out to play? I already own it, but I'm not sure if I want to hold off or not. I say go ahead and play it. The way transitions between the first 2 episodes make it feel very pick-up and go, so you're not right in the middle of something when the episode ends. Alan Wake's episode would be a good comparison in that the episodes are fully self contained. Given how the survival mechanics have been around since EA, you shouldn't need to worry about forgetting some how to play.
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Sounds good, I'll start playing tonight. Thanks!
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Thanks all for the headset recommendations and comments. I'll probably end up basing what I get depending on what a friend of mine is willing to bring over from the states; if he tells me to gently caress right off with a giant box, I may end up getting the modmic after all.  Thanks again!
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:If you want to marvel at how you can make Space Marines in Terminator Armour feel piddly and weak, yeah. Bad game is bad. That statement doesn't hold much weight due to the fact that it comes from the guy who also recommended Man'O War: Corsair.
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Seventh Arrow posted:I see that Styx: Shards of Darkness is 50% off. If you're looking for an old-school "creeping around in the shadows" stealth game, this will definitely scratch that itch. There's a bit of low-budget jank and the ending is sequel-bait but it plays great and the maps are fun and challenging. Also, they don't reuse all of the levels like they did in the first one. Finding creative ways to use the cloning power is also a lot of fun. Just be aware Styx is soooo sooooo much more annoying than he was in the first game. My god I wish he would shut up.
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VolticSurge posted:That statement doesn't hold much weight due to the fact that it comes from the guy who also recommended Man'O War: Corsair. What's wrong with Man O' War: Corsair?
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Seventh Arrow posted:I see that Styx: Shards of Darkness is 50% off. If you're looking for an old-school "creeping around in the shadows" stealth game, this will definitely scratch that itch. There's a bit of low-budget jank and the ending is sequel-bait but it plays great and the maps are fun and challenging. Also, they don't reuse all of the levels like they did in the first one. Finding creative ways to use the cloning power is also a lot of fun. This reminds me, I need to finish Of Orcs and Men, the game that spawned all the Styx sequels
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VolticSurge posted:That statement doesn't hold much weight due to the fact that it comes from the guy who also recommended Man'O War: Corsair. One of these features Ork ships that board you by literally launching a claw at you. The other one has Man O' War is kinda cheeseball and jank and I love it for that. Deathwing is Streum-On taking away the weird and satisfying from EYE and making it a horde shooter. FirstAidKite posted:What's wrong with Man O' War: Corsair? While I'm a staunch defender of it, it has terrible melee, janky animations consistently and certain graphics still look fairly placeholder, like the cannon aiming one. It's just kinda a pure green with some opacity, it doesn't appear to be rendered in any way to be appealing to the eye. The way certain events trigger is also janky as heck. It also is mostly lacking in voice acting, though that's actually great because it let the devs put in a whole bunch of quest lines rather than just generic missions everywhere which may have been too expensive for a small dev to implement with voice work. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Gort posted:Eh, I thought it was fine. well we tend to have at least somewhat similar views on civ so you know what brah i'll tentatively believe you for now
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FirstAidKite posted:What's wrong with Man O' War: Corsair? Graphically, it looks about 12 years old, mechanically nothing feels right; right down to the attempt at ripping off Black Flag's naval combat... which 9 times out of ten leaves you completely loving blind due to the AWFUL stock smoke effects and I can't even tell when I'm actually hurting other ships, the melee combat is floaty and doesn't feel great at all; you just kind of wack at mooks until they fall over and die, shooting is serviceable but still lacks oomph and just suffers from the same issues as everything else. I never really bothered to delve into its open world much because I couldn't even get past the awful first impressions. $30 game it aint, it looks and feels like a $10 budget title. At least Deathwing looks great, feels great, and sounds great... unfortunately it's literally just L4D with cumbersome squishy terminators instead of agile humans and isn't actually fun to play. Deakul fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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FirstAidKite posted:What's wrong with Man O' War: Corsair? It's jank, for one thing. It's also buggy as hell. Then there's the fact that on-foot combat is tedious as hell-especially sacking ports. Basically you're better off spending your money on a good Warhammer game like
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Deakul posted:Graphically, it looks about 12 years old, mechanically nothing feels right; right down to the attempt at ripping off Black Flag's naval combat... which 9 times out of ten leaves you completely loving blind due to the AWFUL stock smoke effects, the melee combat is floaty and doesn't feel great at all; you just kind of wack at mooks until they fall over and die, shooting is serviceable but still lacks oomph and just suffers from the same issues as everything else. Yeah, I 100% agree with all of this. I'd never recommend it at full price, but I still think it's better than Deathwing. If you do make it past the first impressions (I didn't at first) you'll find a game that tries so very hard but you know the devs were not capable enough to accomplish what they were going for rather than a game that is dull at the very conceptual foundation. VolticSurge posted:Basically you're better off spending your money on the best Warhammer game like Battlefleet Gothic Armada. Just had to fix that slightly, though Space Marine is also quite fun.
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VolticSurge posted:It's jank, for one thing. It's also buggy as hell. Then there's the fact that on-foot combat is tedious as hell-especially sacking ports. Basically you're better off spending your money on a good Warhammer game like Ugh, I'd kill for a sequel to that game. Especially since it hinted that you'd become a Librarian in the future.
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Rip steam https://www.destructoid.com/malaysia-blocks-steam-access-in-opposition-to-fight-of-gods-game-459944.phtml
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Harminoff posted:Rip steam What the gently caress? Also, I'm Malaysian and I can still access Steam. EDIT: Now that I think about it, I do believe our Censorship Board's dumb enough to block Steam wholesale instead of requesting that that game not be made available here.
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Deakul posted:At least Deathwing looks great, feels great, and sounds great... unfortunately it's literally just L4D with cumbersome squishy terminators instead of agile humans and isn't actually fun to play. Unless they updated this in a patch I don't agree with it feeling great. If it felt great it would be fun to play. Instead it's full of stuff like low-bass gunshots and a gun that shoots bullets at one rate, plays a firing sound effect at a different rate, and recoils the screen at yet another different rate. That kind of thing feels extremely sloppy in an FPS, especially when the guns in their previous game actually felt fantastic. I'm going to give it another shot when I have a computer that will run it better, but when the format of your game means the primary thing you do all the time is shoot at aliens, that part had better feel great, and I didn't think it did.
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So Jeff Minter, who also posts on these dead gay forums from time to time, released TxK on PS Vita some years ago. It's my favorite game on that dead gay console and it's a goddamn shame that Atari threatened to sue the guy which stopped him from porting it to other platforms. Turns out he somehow got a deal with Atari and he's now making Tempest 4000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-TCsp8C00 It looks EXACTLY like TxK, except there are some more visual effects and the music's different. Even the levels are the same. edit: here's the TxK music in all it's early 90s ravey goodness: https://txk-ost.bandcamp.com/album/txk-the-original-soundtrack Terminally Bored fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Harminoff posted:Rip steam The fabled Good Comment? quote:They're just angry that Jesus is OP. I mean, His cross-ups are insane!
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This is probably old news but the Walking Dead Season 1 by Telltale is apparently free on the Humble Store right now
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Digirat posted:Unless they updated this in a patch I don't agree with it feeling great. If it felt great it would be fun to play. Instead it's full of stuff like low-bass gunshots and a gun that shoots bullets at one rate, plays a firing sound effect at a different rate, and recoils the screen at yet another different rate. That kind of thing feels extremely sloppy in an FPS, especially when the guns in their previous game actually felt fantastic. Yeah, also power fists and thunder hammers feel less weighty than normal swords and hammers in bloody Vermintide. Let's not forget the nonsense hacking minigame (not even as interesting conceptually as in EYE), the sheer amount of walking around with no action happening and the sloppy design of the levels not evoking any real senses of say, claustraphobia or being lost.
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Cantide posted:This is probably old news but the Walking Dead Season 1 by Telltale is apparently free on the Humble Store right now Revolution 1979 is also on sale for like $1 if that's your thing.
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Terminally Bored posted:It looks EXACTLY like TxK, except there are some more visual effects and the music's different. Even the levels are the same.
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The Kins posted:It started as a port of TxK to PC and PS4 (the one that Atari stopped, funnily enough), but has evolved into its own beast. I can't find the details right now, though. Will it get the txk music? It owned so much.
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Terminally Bored posted:Will it get the txk music? It owned so much.
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exquisite tea posted:Revolution 1979 is also on sale for like $1 if that's your thing. People need to know that Revolution 1979 is a WALKING SIMULATOR, not a GTA clone. That said, it's a very, very good Walking Simulator that really makes an impression
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Gromit posted:In other news, I really enjoy the Batman games and just started playing Arkham Origins. Loads of Bat-fun and then they stick me with the Deathstroke fight only a couple of hours in and it feels like the difficulty is set for the end-game boss. What a piece of poo poo. A lesser game would have made me uninstall. I'll get it eventually but I foresee more hours just trying to get through this one prick. Origins Deathstroke is one of the two Actually Good boss fights across the entire Arkham series, so it's unfortunate you're having trouble. Just think of him like the Combat version of Mr. Freeze's Predator boss fight from City: you need to mix up all of the tools at your disposal.
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Flame in the Flood: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=dK3aepbP8bS8Se5t Infested Planet : (TAKEN) Human Fall Flat: (TAKEN) strategery fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Sep 9, 2017 |
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