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Cardiovorax posted:Can someone give me the low-down on how Deep Rock Galactic actually plays? The whole "procedural FPS with fully-destructible environments" seems pretty neat, but at the same time, I'm also not really into multiplayer and I'd really like to know how well the game would work for singleplayer and what it has to offer in that regard before I take the plunge. The Steam description isn't all that helpful, sadly. if you play solo you get a robot buddy that you can command around to perform tasks like mining veins of ore, shining light in areas, and shooting bugs, but essentially it'd be like playing through all the left 4 dead maps solo with the bot ai, it's not the really intended way to do it and it's a bad game to pick for solo play. honestly i think one of the closest comparisons you can make is helldivers, if you've ever played that: you drop onto a random map with a bunch of other shlubs, you accomplish the couple of objectives you are given to do based on the type of mission while holding off waves of enemies, and then you extract. maybe a bit of payday 2 in there too.
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Phetz posted:Played through the whole campaign and DLC with multiple characters without touching multiplayer and had a blast. If you liked BL2 then this one’s a no brainer. The story and characters really didn’t click with me but the gameplay more than made up for it in my opinion. I did like BL2, but I used CheatEngine to kick up the run speed and drop tables, because holy moly. If those are improved in BL3 then I am all over it.
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Cardiovorax posted:Can someone give me the low-down on how Deep Rock Galactic actually plays? The whole "procedural FPS with fully-destructible environments" seems pretty neat, but at the same time, I'm also not really into multiplayer and I'd really like to know how well the game would work for singleplayer and what it has to offer in that regard before I take the plunge. The Steam description isn't all that helpful, sadly. If you aren't into multiplayer, then forget it. It's very much a "shoot the bugs, and shoot the poo poo with pubbies/friends" while everyone is drunk/stoned. pubbies are actually very good in it so far and hasn't reached payday/l4d level of toxic assholes for some reason, which is good, but maybe that's just because its EA. there is a relatively large goon presence to show you the ropes. i mean you can play SP, in some ways it's easier, but it's just kinda boring to do so and it's like, why bother, just play Call of Juarez Gunslinger or Metro or Doom Eternal for a SP experience
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Cowcaster posted:if you play solo you get a robot buddy that you can command around to perform tasks like mining veins of ore, shining light in areas, and shooting bugs, but essentially it'd be like playing through all the left 4 dead maps solo with the bot ai, it's not the really intended way to do it and it's a bad game to pick for solo play. Xaris posted:If you aren't into multiplayer, then forget it. It's very much a "shoot the bugs, and shoot the poo poo with pubbies/friends" while everyone is drunk/stoned. pubbies are actually very good in it so far and hasn't reached payday/l4d level of toxic assholes for some reason, which is good, but maybe that's just because its EA
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:Driller can dig ramps up to ledges or higher resources, dig in a straight line to extraction, there’s some nerd poo poo about digging bunkers I ignore but it’s a strategy that exists, drilling gets you a bit of improvised everything Xaris posted:Driller can get to any mineral anywhere; carve a path straight back to the dropship, carve shortcuts between windy rooms, carves out an "enclave" during Salvage missions where you have to defend a point but the box is right up against a wall giving you much more room to work wtih. Hmm... guess I'm gonna have to get creative with it then. Thanks for the responses
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Hmm... guess I'm gonna have to get creative with it then. Thanks for the responses yeah it helps to mark minerals (you can also place a "permanent marker" by holding down the laserpointer for 5 seconds) beforehand and work up the wall towards the marker; and use the 3d map liberally to see where rooms are and if there's any shortcuts you can take to save time. always be mapping
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Ragequit posted:I did like BL2, but I used CheatEngine to kick up the run speed and drop tables, because holy moly. If those are improved in BL3 then I am all over it. I think I had more legendaries drop in my first fifteen levels of BL3 than I did in all my time playing BL2 before I cheat engined it.
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I mean the red army are bad but only because Yuri mind controlled the Russian president and invaded America so it's not really their fault if you think about it.
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Aphex- posted:I mean the red army are bad but only because Yuri mind controlled the Russian president and invaded America so it's not really their fault if you think about it. I would kill for a modern reboot of the Red Alert series
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Feb 28, 2020 19:01
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Reboot Emperor: Battle for Dune please and thank you.
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Flimf posted:Reboot Emperor: Battle for Dune please and thank you.
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Flimf posted:Reboot Emperor: Battle for Dune please and thank you. SelenicMartian posted:Or just make it loving run.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I think I had more legendaries drop in my first fifteen levels of BL3 than I did in all my time playing BL2 before I cheat engined it. That sounds great. Is there a recommended edition? I can get the base game for $20 or game + season pass and all digital extras for $40.
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Mordja posted:Ooof, that's a game that hasn't aged well. Reinstalled it a couple years ago and it's got a lot of cool ideas, but is just a hassle to control. Pathfinding is atrocious. It's the midpoint between Westwood's 2D C&C games and C&C Generals (the best C&C) that's real fucken rough. Yeah i remember loving it when it came out but also remember vividly how it played, which is why i haven't even bothered reistalling it. The Dune setting is really good for rts games i think, which incidently is also why Dune 2000 is the best C&C.
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Mordja posted:Ooof, that's a game that hasn't aged well. Reinstalled it a couple years ago and it's got a lot of cool ideas, but is just a hassle to control. Pathfinding is atrocious. It's the midpoint between Westwood's 2D C&C games and C&C Generals (the best C&C) that's real fucken rough.
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Some Ruskies are working on a spiritual successor E:BFD that's slowly coming along. Complete with FMV! https://twitter.com/mars2000game
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Flimf posted:Reboot Emperor: Battle for Dune please and thank you. This is in the hands of Funcom/Tencent now. Some things are better left to die.
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Feb 28, 2020 19:43
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Ragequit posted:That sounds great. Is there a recommended edition? I can get the base game for $20 or game + season pass and all digital extras for $40. Well the DLC so far has been great and they’ve been good about patching and doing in-game events. They’ve also announced the upcoming DLC and content roadmap which all sound good if they keep with the trajectory they’re currently on, so I think the season pass isn’t as much of a gamble as it is with a bunch of other live service-y games. Seems like a good deal to me.
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Feb 28, 2020 19:46
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Phetz posted:Well the DLC so far has been great and they’ve been good about patching and doing in-game events. They’ve also announced the upcoming DLC and content roadmap which all sound good if they keep with the trajectory they’re currently on, so I think the season pass isn’t as much of a gamble as it is with a bunch of other live service-y games. Seems like a good deal to me. The BL2 DLC was some of the best stuff in the game, I jumped on the Season Pass when it came out just because of that.
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Flimf posted:Yeah i remember loving it when it came out but also remember vividly how it played, which is why i haven't even bothered reistalling it. I actually find the Dune setting pretty distasteful, the crimes of house atreides are just as bad as those of house harkkonen if you think about it
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  Today I learned that there is no fall damage in Dynasty Warriors 9, and that you can climb Mount Song with a grappling hook. Cao Cao truly is a god amongst men e: Assassinate Dong Zhuo? No. I'm busy. 
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Deakul posted:You know, I miss fancy installers that were full of lore and cool interfaces. I had totally forgotten this. What a blast from the past. Some games I used to enjoy installing almost as much as playing them.
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quote:I always thought Dynasty Warriors was just this big mission-based mass-brawler thing and didn't give it much mind. If it also has fishing mechanics, for god only knows what reason, I must have gotten a pretty wrong impression of what kind of game it actually is.
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Cardiovorax posted:Nice hat. No, you pretty much had it right. DW9 is the first to change up the formula significantly, but to mixed success as I understand it. Is the PC version any good? I know the game was poorly received initially but has gone through loads of updates so I have no idea what state it’s in now.
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Cardiovorax posted:Nice hat. No no you're spot-on. Dynasty Warriors 1-8 are mission based mass-brawlers, and drat good ones. 9, for some reason, decided to become an open world game, so you have to ride to your missions before doing the mass-brawls. And while you're riding there you can stop and fish, hunt, climb towers Ubisoft style to unlock map icons, and do sidequests. It is absolutely bananas, feels extremely low budget, has the worst storytelling in the franchise, and I'm loving it? I still don't understand why Cao Cao has a grappling hook.
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Ainsley McTree posted:No, you pretty much had it right. DW9 is the first to change up the formula significantly, but to mixed success as I understand it. The PC Port of Dynasty Warriors 9 runs fine on my machine, but you NEED a controller. That said there are still frame-drops whenever there's loads of enemies on screen (i mean, more than normal) and fire arrow attacks basically freeze the game for a few seconds. I don't know why they didn't optimize the engine better, but for 90% of the time it plays and runs fine.
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StrixNebulosa posted:No no you're spot-on. Dynasty Warriors 1-8 are mission based mass-brawlers, and drat good ones. 9, for some reason, decided to become an open world game, so you have to ride to your missions before doing the mass-brawls. And while you're riding there you can stop and fish, hunt, climb towers Ubisoft style to unlock map icons, and do sidequests. I really would like a play a Dynasty Warrior style game that is just all wandering around and wiping the floor with large groups of every fool what look at you wrong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms style, though. And hell, why wouldn't Cao Cao have a grappling hook? I would have a grappling hook if I could figure out where to buy one.
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Givin posted:This is in the hands of Funcom/Tencent now. Some things are better left to die. Yeah, it's pretty weird that Funcom got the exclusive license and are bound to do a minimum of three games with it. Doesn't sound like a great recipe. I think EA and GOG could still do a digital re-release of Emperor. They did one for Blade Runner, after all, and nobody expected that one to happen.
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Ainsley McTree posted:No, you pretty much had it right. DW9 is the first to change up the formula significantly, but to mixed success as I understand it. It still runs poorly at parts and looks pretty crappy. You won't get 60 FPS with no drops unless you own like a 2070.
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DrNutt posted:I actually find the Dune setting pretty distasteful, the crimes of house atreides are just as bad as those of house harkkonen if you think about it who cares
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StrixNebulosa posted:I would kill for a modern reboot of the Red Alert series A finger on the monkey paw curls down as an EA exec greenlights another mobile game and doesn't know why.
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Hub Cat posted:A finger on the monkey paw curls down as an EA exec greenlights another mobile game and doesn't know why. The phrase “Command & Conquer Auto-Battler” has entered my mind palace and I am NOT happy about it
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Phetz posted:The phrase “Command & Conquer Auto-Battler” has entered my mind palace and I am NOT happy about it They literally already made that
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I'm sorry Iconoclasts, you're not completely bad, but Hollow Knight and a few other games in the genre are just way way better than you and you are no longer worth my time.
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Phetz posted:The phrase “Command & Conquer Auto-Battler” has entered my mind palace and I am NOT happy about it A finger on the monkey's paw curls.
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Back when I bought Dynasty Warriors 8, Empire and 9, I never gave any of them a fair shake due to not being in a mood to conquer China. But since I've had so much fun with 9 recently I popped 8 back up because like, I now crave classic musou combat.... and hell yeah. I understand why people call this the peak of the series because there's so much dang stuff and I'm having fun playing it. Battles are tough without being stupid, the combo stuff works, and I want more. Also, Dian Wei vs Lu Bu is GREAT.    
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Musous are good, friend. They also make like four of them a year so have fun with that. 
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Orv posted:Musous are good, friend. They also make like four of them a year so have fun with that. Oh no, lots of games for a genre I like, whatever will I do Given how big 8 + Empires + 9 are, I will probably play them for a while, burn out, come back to them, burn out again, and never completely move on. Except maybe to reinstall Fate/Extella and keep whacking away at that. (boring combat but a batshit story) God help me whenever they drop Dynasty Warriors 10 - I'm really, really invested in this specific region of China. Like, to the point that I've read over half of the novel and hopefully will read the other half this year.
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