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Awesome! posted:"im saying, in 2009 B game tier, this is fine" The games magazine (!) I subscribe to described it as a game you should probably play if you're a real big Terminator fan and probably not if you're not. A lot of love towards the franchise in there and that's the main reason to play it since yeah, mechanically it's quite plain and somewhat dated.
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I'm looking for recommendations of a game that's hack-and-slash-ish, and that has ridiculous over the top attacks that are bright and colourful and full of lasers or explosions or similar. I just bought Van Helsing, for example, because a Diablo-like would be good (As opposed to a Devil May Cry-like), but it's not over the top enough and the game systems (Level-up stats, skills, etc.) are a bit too involved for me to want to put the time in to get it to "Holy poo poo this is awesome". I've generally played all of the well-known hack-and-slash games, so I'm looking for recommendations of less well known games. I tend to avoid games like Dynasty Warriors because the combat feels very light.
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anilEhilated posted:Anyone got any experience with Dark Devotion? It's the daily deal and I usually enjoy these games; hell, I even like Salt and Sanctuary. it has an unusual format and it's worth playing for a different experience if nothing else. the no-backtracking-ever world design with a lot of different paths to take is interesting but makes seeing 100% of each area more annoying than it should be--if you do particularly well on a run, you'll end up far past a great deal of the game and have to start your next run before an area you passed by if you want to see more. I feel like the ideal experience would involve dying more than I did. execution has a lot of flaws though. some hitboxes are noticeably off which is hard to forgive when the game's art is already very low-res, the % chance to miss has absolutely no place in a game like this, some attacks ignore shields with no warning where the only way to know is to try it and eat poo poo if they do, and many of the slower two handed weapons are borderline unusable against many enemies because the tuning between player vs. enemy attack speeds is off. a lot of slower weapons are only good if you abuse their range to hit enemies as they approach before they can attack at all->roll away and repeat, but a lot of enemies have no answer to this strategy, so it feels pretty cheesy. The blessing/curse system also has some questionable stuff, like getting a curse from taking an item which is supposed to make you immune to curses, or getting a really debilitating curse from not swapping out your armor for a long time during a run where 0 armor has dropped so far. atmosphere and sound is very good which is the main selling point of the game imo--if anything, the sound being so crisp and clear contrasts with the low-res visuals and I would like to see a dark devotion sequel with the same sound quality but higher res graphics. Unfortunately the setting/background lore is really scattered and too much of a chore to try to decipher; if I had to guess, they were going for some kind of souls thing with the lore except the game's english translation is bad and doesn't even give you a loose idea of why you're there or what you're doing (souls at least offers you this much) so I didn't feel engaged with this part of the game at all. this reads a bit more negative than I wanted to come across as I did enjoy it for the most part, but it definitely feels like an experiment or prototype in some ways.
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Feb 9, 2020 01:34
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Darkrenown posted:Is this Terminator game ...good? It's an extremely ok game clearly made with a fair bit of love for the source material, by devs who released the really not very good Rambo light gun game. The fact that it actually has at least one fantastic standout section that makes the generic terminators genuinely terrifying alone is quite a surprise. It's a fair few notches above the Terminator Salvation game, which I thought was an okay co-op romp at least.
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Feb 9, 2020 01:41
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that it seems like it should be awful. But it's so well reviewed! Anyone tried it? They even have a featured Youtube review that gives it a 4/10 Bad review. Why would they put that there? E: oh that might be an Augmented steam thing.
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Cardiovorax posted:You're supposed to feel that way. Don't worry, Ammy just as unimpressed with it as you are. He grows on you, though. Hwurmp posted:He does but Okami is still good Oxxidation posted:You hear that, Ammy? He's asking if that green bug thing is going to talk at him through the entire game! lol thanks for the replies about Okami; I'm going to keep playing regardless. Going in I didn't know anything about it other than the visuals and general type of gameplay, so I was expecting something a little more serious and atmospheric. The light humor wasn't unwelcome, but I absolutely didn't foresee the "annoying chattering sidekick" thing popping up, it was a bit much 
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ahobday posted:I'm looking for recommendations of a game that's hack-and-slash-ish, and that has ridiculous over the top attacks that are bright and colourful and full of lasers or explosions or similar. I just bought Van Helsing, for example, because a Diablo-like would be good (As opposed to a Devil May Cry-like), but it's not over the top enough and the game systems (Level-up stats, skills, etc.) are a bit too involved for me to want to put the time in to get it to "Holy poo poo this is awesome". I've generally played all of the well-known hack-and-slash games, so I'm looking for recommendations of less well known games. I tend to avoid games like Dynasty Warriors because the combat feels very light. Which ones have you played? How over-the-top is over-the-top enough?
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Feb 9, 2020 02:00
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Omi no Kami posted:Has anyone played either of these guys? Mostly the latter. You're creating biomes and unlocking things. It's very much a podcast game with the real challenge being in figuring out how to unlock new things to place. You might need to create a specific biome with specific plants or might have to breed plants for desired traits such as size or color. Stuff like that. Perfect for podcasts. E: Okami is my jam. The best comedy comes from the protagonist herself and her behaviors/reactions. Jamfrost fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Feb 9, 2020 |
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Feb 9, 2020 02:32
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ahobday posted:I'm looking for recommendations of a game that's hack-and-slash-ish, and that has ridiculous over the top attacks that are bright and colourful and full of lasers or explosions or similar. I just bought Van Helsing, for example, because a Diablo-like would be good (As opposed to a Devil May Cry-like), but it's not over the top enough and the game systems (Level-up stats, skills, etc.) are a bit too involved for me to want to put the time in to get it to "Holy poo poo this is awesome". I've generally played all of the well-known hack-and-slash games, so I'm looking for recommendations of less well known games. I tend to avoid games like Dynasty Warriors because the combat feels very light. Victor Vran is a Diablo-like game that you may want to check out. Very similar in theme to Van Helsing, but with simpler RPG elements and an action game style control scheme rather than the follow-the-mouse style that most Diablo-likes have. It's not very deep, but I enjoyed playing through it once.
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Feb 9, 2020 02:52
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Cardiovorax posted:You're supposed to feel that way. Don't worry, Ammy just as unimpressed with it as you are. He grows on you, though. 
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Feb 9, 2020 02:56
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Omi no Kami posted:Has anyone played either of these guys? More like Trials if you want to beat all the challenges/unlocks, and progression is relatively challenging. It's sorta like if you mixed Trials with exploration, because a lot of the challenge is finding faster ways/shortcuts down the mountain (and there are many) and then executing it, which will be hard. Audio is like the total opposite of Trials, at least what I played, as it's all just natural soundscapes of birds, rivers, wind, etc. Very serene. It's on Game Pass, too.
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Feb 9, 2020 03:16
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge At long last, Ambrose Bierce's classic late nineteenth century short story is available as a video game format. It's free and takes about ten minutes to play, so why not give it a try?
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ahobday posted:I'm looking for recommendations of a game that's hack-and-slash-ish, and that has ridiculous over the top attacks that are bright and colourful and full of lasers or explosions or similar. I just bought Van Helsing, for example, because a Diablo-like would be good (As opposed to a Devil May Cry-like), but it's not over the top enough and the game systems (Level-up stats, skills, etc.) are a bit too involved for me to want to put the time in to get it to "Holy poo poo this is awesome". I've generally played all of the well-known hack-and-slash games, so I'm looking for recommendations of less well known games. I tend to avoid games like Dynasty Warriors because the combat feels very light. A few of us are looking forward to Wolcen, out next week. A Cryengine game and very flashy, probably the nicest looking of the ARPGs? Path of Exile also has a few fancy skills too but I'm kinda waiting for its semi-sequel before trying it again because its skill gem system is a real chore as is.
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ahobday posted:I'm looking for recommendations of a game that's hack-and-slash-ish, and that has ridiculous over the top attacks that are bright and colourful and full of lasers or explosions or similar. I just bought Van Helsing, for example, because a Diablo-like would be good (As opposed to a Devil May Cry-like), but it's not over the top enough and the game systems (Level-up stats, skills, etc.) are a bit too involved for me to want to put the time in to get it to "Holy poo poo this is awesome". I've generally played all of the well-known hack-and-slash games, so I'm looking for recommendations of less well known games. I tend to avoid games like Dynasty Warriors because the combat feels very light. Hades is more action and less RPG, but it's fantastic action and it's pretty over-the-top and flashy. It has a rogue-light progression system and the weapons you unlock feel meaty and very different. If you've played Bastion, Hades is the natural progression of Bastion's combat system cranked to 11.
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Darkrenown posted:Is this Terminator game ...good? yeah, it is surprisingly OK to play if you like shooting Terminators (and not much else). For a low budget shooter it does a lot of things right you wouldn't expect (or even be in a game like that). I don't think it's worth 40€ though, maybe 15-20.
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Stickman posted:Hades is more action and less RPG, but it's fantastic action and it's pretty over-the-top and flashy. It has a rogue-light progression system and the weapons you unlock feel meaty and very different. If you've played Bastion, Hades is the natural progression of Bastion's combat system cranked to 11.
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Omi no Kami posted:
It's somewhat difficult. I really like the style and the relaxing nature of rolling down a hill in the forest but i didnt want to put in the effort to beat the time trials and unlock more levels, which was not relaxing.
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Feb 9, 2020 11:33
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Just to be sure, you can maintain Low Chaos in Dishonored 2 as long as you don't kill anyone, regardless of how stealthy you are? Because I'm already eating poo poo just trying to be non-lethal, if I have to start ghosting as well I might as well give up
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Phlegmish posted:Just to be sure, you can maintain Low Chaos in Dishonored 2 as long as you don't kill anyone, regardless of how stealthy you are? Because I'm already eating poo poo just trying to be non-lethal, if I have to start ghosting as well I might as well give up The margin for low to mid-chaos is really high, though. I think the figures are such that you can kill 20% of the actors in a given level and still be at low chaos. That number would include even neutral NPCs, by the way, so it's factually even higher than it sounds. Don't worry about offing the occasional guard or anything. You can go really loud once or twice per level and still get away with it no problem. Killing bloodflies is A-ok, by the way. Only humans matter.
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Thanks, that's good to hear. I will continue charging in as I don't mind striking fear into the hearts of my enemies, they are all traitors, after all. It hurts my epic pro gamer pride to admit this, but I am not good at this game. I keep trying to stealthily take out people when I think they're alone, but I somehow end up alerting every NPC on the map half the time.
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Feb 9, 2020 12:52
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Phlegmish posted:It hurts my epic pro gamer pride to admit this, but I am not good at this game. I keep trying to stealthily take out people when I think they're alone, but I somehow end up alerting every NPC on the map half the time.
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Trip report on Stone Shard. Game has real good feeling systems and powerful feeling moves and progression, which is real nice, the balance feels way overtuned atm though so hopefully they do something about it, cause it just seems masochistic right now. On the technical side it hitches a little and has an issue where it stop registering keyboard commands until you click on the screen sometimes. But those are the only real issues I've run into on the technical side, so I'm optimistic about them having a stable and fluid game by the end of EA. Got fairly standard eurojank fantasy writing (I think it's Russian?) so your tolerance for that is gonna define how you feel about it. It's firmly in the wait category for me, but keep an eye on it if you like top down rpgs, it seems like it has a lot of promise.
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Last time I played Doom 2016 was on my ps4 with a 49 inch tv. Now, to get ready for the sequel, I’m playing again with my PC, 120Hz 65” and (most importantly) subwoofer. Shits awesome. Rip and tear until the neighbors complain.
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Feb 9, 2020 16:23
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Hwurmp posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmF2HA04THc Maybe not for a rhythm game, but this loving rules.
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Feb 9, 2020 19:04
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God drat, Xbox Gamepass is a ludicrous deal. I was looking at getting Children of Morta, but turns out it's on GP, along with Plague Tale and Pathologic 2. When did that happen? Then they're offering 3 months for a buck to sign back up. I seriously hate the interface, but it's just such a ridiculous value proposition.
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Feb 9, 2020 19:19
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Help, I'm getting judged by a child after buying a porn mag for another kid.
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Feb 9, 2020 19:39
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Kennel posted:Help, I'm getting judged by a child after buying a porn mag for another kid. there's no time to worry about that, you need to help train a dominatrix while some different kids ask what you're up to
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Phlegmish posted:It hurts my epic pro gamer pride to admit this, but I am not good at this game. I keep trying to stealthily take out people when I think they're alone, but I somehow end up alerting every NPC on the map half the time. My Dishonored 1 game was Corvo the Apologetic. I kept trying to be stealthy but then alerted folks and had to kill half the map to get away.
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NObodyNOWHERE posted:God drat, Xbox Gamepass is a ludicrous deal. I was looking at getting Children of Morta, but turns out it's on GP, along with Plague Tale and Pathologic 2. When did that happen? Then they're offering 3 months for a buck to sign back up. I think you just need the app to start the download for a game, after that it's all handled through the Microsoft Store app. You don't to run the Xbox app to start the games, relying on desktop shortcuts or the start menu works. Apparently next week you'll also get access to the second DLC for Metro Exodus as it launches. Kind of a "screw you" to the people who actually bought the season pass for that game, but I'm definitely not complaining. I'm game for the adventures of Steve Blum in Vladivostok. Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Feb 9, 2020 |
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Mierenneuker posted:I think you just need the app to start the download for a game, after that it's all handled through the Microsoft Store app. You don't to run the Xbox app to start the games, relying on shortcuts or the start menu works. Yeah, I've used it before. I just find it super clunky and prone to errors. About half the games I tried to play at first would just flat refuse to download without loving around in the system settings and restarting a few times. It's terrible. But I'll deal with it to play a big chunk of my wishlist for a buck.
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haldolium posted:yeah, it is surprisingly OK to play if you like shooting Terminators (and not much else). For a low budget shooter it does a lot of things right you wouldn't expect (or even be in a game like that). I don't think it's worth 40€ though, maybe 15-20. If you like shooting terminators and want a low budget shooter the only correct choice is Binary Domain.
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Youngblood is also up on GamePass. Do I remember right that the game's bad single-player?
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Bruceski posted:Youngblood is also up on GamePass. Do I remember right that the game's bad single-player? The combat feels a lot worse than the other games. It’s worth downloading if you have an RTX card, though, if only to check out the ray tracing.
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My friend and I started playing Youngblood a few days ago and we thought it was a lot of fun. There were a few annoying moments and they throw a lot of info at you very early in sort of badly parceled ways, but once we got into it, it was really fun. It's just different enough that people were mad they didn't get exactly what they were expecting, I think. That said, my friend got dc'd a couple times and when the AI took over, boy it was dumb, so I can see why anyone who didn't have a buddy to play with would have hated it.
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Hwurmp posted:there's no time to worry about that, you need to help train a dominatrix while some different kids ask what you're up to on the way you need to ram a box of nails into a man's mouth then punch him [but he does not die]
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Can I get GamePass with windows7? The installer didn't work for me.
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tripwood posted:Can I get GamePass with windows7? The installer didn't work for me. Nope
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NObodyNOWHERE posted:God drat, Xbox Gamepass is a ludicrous deal. I was looking at getting Children of Morta, but turns out it's on GP, along with Plague Tale and Pathologic 2. When did that happen? Then they're offering 3 months for a buck to sign back up.
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The game pass really is amazing for $1 but I wish it was all just win32 app format with normal installer options. Also, some games crash for me, and I quit playing the one game I wanted to play, Prey because of it. Every time I look though they add new games and the UI keeps getting better, so maybe someday it will be an option worth more than the one buck they charged me.
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Steam Prey crashed for me a few times when I was messing with the graphics settings, so maybe it's a crashy game in general?
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