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John Murdoch posted:TIL they're bringing back Aquanox. Xander77 posted:Man, I read that as Anachronox. Had my hopes up. Mordja posted:So what's Aquanox play like? Is it basically a mission-based space sim only underwater or is it more freeform? Oh Johnny, are you it? The one other person on earth who likes the Aquanox games? (Maybe excluding 2.) We should chat. Aquanox is two games from the early 2000s, one of which was made to sell a graphics card (no I'm not joking, remember when that was a thing?) and one which was a mind-rendingly awful JRPG 6DoF under the post-apocalyptic sea. Except not poo poo like Star Ocean. Technically it's three games, Archimedean Dynasty, a game with an awesome name that I will get around to LPing one of these days when I can finally slaughter the technical giant, is a much earlier version from the System Shock 1 days but ignore it for now. In the bare vein they are 6DoF-ish, space-sim-ish games where you take a submarine, put your weapon selection on it and go do contained missions with a through line plot, mostly about saving the world for reasons. But in between those missions is a bunch of really neat, almost unique world building about this bizarre, post nuclear holocaust underwater civilization. It has some of the wonkiest VO, some of the neatest dumb world bits (people greet each other with "Light!/." because they live deep enough under water that it's almost unheard of) and really just a bizarre amount of not-game for a thing created to sell a video card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thuoXCyOPVchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrBrSMD9CKw The second game features a different cast, a supremely unlikable straight out of your FF hair nightmares emo tween that has to do some poo poo or another, I honestly forget. But it still has good 6DoF and there's just something about the way the two old games render being underwater that feels cool to this day. They're cheap on the usual on GOG if this intrigues you, and I don't know whether the Steam versions are lovely, non-working GOG ports or not. E: It also has some of the finest bad techno you'll ever hear. Orv fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Jul 14, 2018 |
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Orv posted:It has some of the wonkiest VO the main thing I remember about AquaNox is the main character pronouncing Succubus "Zookabus"
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# ? Jul 14, 2018 23:49 |
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Really Pants posted:the main thing I remember about AquaNox is the main character pronouncing Succubus "Zookabus" It is German made, as only the finest madness can be.
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# ? Jul 14, 2018 23:51 |
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The first AquaNox owned. The sexy cover art is all I remember about the sequel.
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# ? Jul 14, 2018 23:56 |
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Do you actually think Star Ocean takes place underwater, or did you just randomly pick it as a comparison because of the name?
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Do you actually think Star Ocean takes place underwater, or did you just randomly pick it as a comparison because of the name? It might just be a bad joke.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:03 |
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Orv posted:It might just be a bad joke. Finding out the universe is actually a giant ocean rather than some weird sapient VR MMO would have been better, I'll grant you that.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:06 |
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Never let it be said that I have been fair to a JRPG, lowest of genres.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:08 |
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the only legitimately good JRPG is Maplestory, current version.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:13 |
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Orv posted:Oh Johnny, are you it? The one other person on earth who likes the Aquanox games? (Maybe excluding 2.) We should chat. BIONTS Cloud of Terror
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:14 |
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The first Aquanox owned in all aspects of gameplay, characters and voice acting. Honkytonk! The second was at least pretty good in the gameplay department, not so much in all aspects related to story though...
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:16 |
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Fyi xcom 2 collection (all dlc including war of the chosen) is 24 bucks at Wingamestore.com. works fine. Bought.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:33 |
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Palpek posted:The first AquaNox owned. The sexy cover art is all I remember about the sequel. AQUANOX REVELATION 2000 MAXI-SHEEN LIP GLOSS
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BexGu posted:So I picked up The Vagrant on a lark and its actually pretty good. Its basically a one character Dragon's Crown (including every female character being exceptionally booby) with expanding move-set and abilities. The combat is very brawnler-ish on a single plane with launches, guard breaks, and a simple upgrade system. Currently for $1.99 its a fun little diversion with its positives outweigh the negatives. hmmm
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 00:37 |
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She'll be well-defended if she gets hit in the left arm specifically.
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Digirat posted:She'll be well-defended if she gets hit in the left arm specifically. To be fair, that kind of design is true to its Vanillaware inspirations.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 01:16 |
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If anyone wants to know more about MoonQuest, it was actually a kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eigenbom/moonman
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 01:31 |
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Yeah I mean... I asked if anyone tried it because I am super into those kinds of games but also super burnt by how many bad ones have been released, so my skepticism is through the roof.
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DaveKap posted:Yeah I mean... I asked if anyone tried it because I am super into those kinds of games but also super burnt by how many bad ones have been released, so my skepticism is through the roof. I actually backed it because I thought the kickstarter pitch art was rather cute, but I haven't tried it yet and can't say that I play many of these, so my trip report probably won't be very helpful
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 01:39 |
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I genuinely thought she was outright topless, and that her bra was just the outline of her breasts.
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temple posted:i was thinking of getting wh40k gladius but reviews made it sound simple and feature lite (no diplomacy). so i thought about getting endless legend. i'm a first time player to 4x games. should i stick with gladius or try my hand with endless legend? I picked up WH40K Gladius the other day and have been having a blast. It barely qualifies as a 4X though. What it is is a turn-based and hex-based re-creation of the original Dawn of War games. This is something I never knew I wanted but seems blindingly obvious now. As for a babby's first 4X I can recommend Warlock 2: The Exiled. It's pretty fun and colourful. Alternately, anything Civ is good and I've got hundreds of hours out of the Total War: Warhammer games and Stellaris although neither of those are traditional civ style 4x games.
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Hey gang, I kickstarted the new Bard's Tale game, and got my Beta access key yesterday. Going to stream it for a bit in case anyone wanted to see it (yes they game permission to stream as long as I advise it's Beta). I'll try to watch the chat to see if there's any questions/suggestions. I might end up getting stuck on the character creation screen, as I don't know much about the game other than the first 3 were classics. https://www.twitch.tv/kragger99
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:I picked up WH40K Gladius the other day and have been having a blast. It barely qualifies as a 4X though. What it is is a turn-based and hex-based re-creation of the original Dawn of War games. This is something I never knew I wanted but seems blindingly obvious now. Thanks!
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GrandpaPants posted:When will TF2 have a BR mode? When''s Team Fortress 3? BexGu posted:So I picked up The Vagrant on a lark and its actually pretty good. Its basically a one character Dragon's Crown (including every female character being exceptionally booby) with expanding move-set and abilities. The combat is very brawnler-ish on a single plane with launches, guard breaks, and a simple upgrade system. Currently for $1.99 its a fun little diversion with its positives outweigh the negatives. Why is this game so cheap? punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Jul 15, 2018 |
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Wow, Book of Demons really is just Diablo 1.
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punk rebel ecks posted:When''s Team Fortress 3? Valve staff hisses, recoiling. "3?!" "I hate 3! 3 is the worst number!" "We'll only have decent numbers around here, like 2!"
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 04:42 |
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Half life card game in 2027
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 04:46 |
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temple posted:Thanks! Of course if you're interested in a weird and punishing roguelike 4x try Conquest of Elysium 4
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 04:47 |
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I just noticed Hero-U came out of nowhere and I loved the Quest for Fire games! Let's check out the trailer....
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Kragger99 posted:Hey gang, I kickstarted the new Bard's Tale game, and got my Beta access key yesterday. Going to stream it for a bit in case anyone wanted to see it (yes they game permission to stream as long as I advise it's Beta). Game looks alright. Thanks for showing it off.
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Red Mundus posted:I just noticed Hero-U came out of nowhere and I loved the Quest for Fire games! Let's check out the trailer.... Hell yeah, don't kinkshame my ghost romance
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Kragger99 posted:Hey gang, I kickstarted the new Bard's Tale game, and got my Beta access key yesterday. Going to stream it for a bit in case anyone wanted to see it (yes they game permission to stream as long as I advise it's Beta). I'm a little disappointed it doesn't look just like the ~dope-rear end trailer~ but it's decent enough. Thanks for showing it off!
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Red Mundus posted:I just noticed Hero-U came out of nowhere and I loved the Quest for Fire games! Let's check out the trailer.... Gross They're all hetero
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Always smooch the ghost
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New Concept Hole posted:Gross first one's a bit ambiguous honestly
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ThisIsNoZaku posted:Wow, Book of Demons really is just Diablo 1. I don't care for the papercraft look but I can't deny how absolutely similar the gameplay is. It's kind of annoying being on rails but once you look at it, every Diablo game is basically on rails. I also missed the Dungeon Keeper craze way back when, but picked up Dungeons 3 back when it was on sale, and I realized how much I missed with PC gaming back in the day. I mean, Dungeons 3 loving rules and people say it's just like Dungeon Keeper (the dialogue is terrible). I pretty much just played Blizzard games on PC and really missed out on some kickass games/genres.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 05:59 |
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I also turn into a black man when I die.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 06:00 |
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So this is on Kickstarter with a free playable demo and coming out on Steam end of the year (beta early August). Really digging the soundtrack with this game so far and the entire dev team consists of 11 Frenchies that are really into Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An317hx2LQA
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Oh yeah I saw a trailer for that, it looked pretty interesting
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu-xKlBpT_4 August 2
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