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StrixNebulosa posted:Oh no, lots of games for a genre I like, whatever will I do You may want to look into Total War: Three Kingdoms.
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If you haven’t played 7, try that one too. It’s similar to 8, slightly fewer gameplay features, but it’s probably the best of the lot in terms of actually telling the three kingdoms story through its campaigns.
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Ainsley McTree posted:If you haven’t played 7, try that one too. It’s similar to 8, slightly fewer gameplay features, but it’s probably the best of the lot in terms of actually telling the three kingdoms story through its campaigns. 44 hours in it, don't worry. I love 7 a LOT. drat Dirty Ape posted:You may want to look into Total War: Three Kingdoms. I'm very stupid playing strategy games so I need it to be a lot cheaper before I pick it up. (Same goes for the Ro3K games.) If it were XCOM I'd be good, but the only tactical Ro3K games are on the PS2, not on steam. (please please update and rerelease them! I liked them a lot!)
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Feb 29, 2020 01:08
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Total War games are a pretty special breed of strategy in any case. It would be a good idea to try it for a few hours or at least get a cheaper one to start with before you commit to the expense. The mix of strategic-level decisions and real-time tactics for combat isn't something that necessarily appeals to everyone - I've enjoyed a lot of RTS games over the years, but something about the combination just never made TW games really click for me even when I tried my best to enjoy them.
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Feb 29, 2020 01:13
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Sometime I will understand why I have such a skill disparity. I'm not amazing at XCOM but I can beat it on normal. I understand the general flow of "stand behind cover, throw grenades, advance there" and this applies to most stuff in that genre. Strategy games meanwhile reveal how stupid I really am. Civ 5? If the difficulty isn't literally at baby I will die, usually to Carthage or India. I do not grok how to balance military needs vs everything else. This extends everywhere else in the genre - Stellaris, Master of Orion, Endless Legend, Total War Warhammer. RTSes also tend to evade me, unless I bring my special friend cheat codes. (I miss when these were kosher to have in games.) I've tried to watch LPs and read strategy guides, but there's something that I just don't get, and yeah. It sucks! Fortunately other genres exist, and musous are very comfortably in the "are you breathing? you can do well" difficulty zone. (Unless you crank the difficulty on purpose, which isn't recommended unless you're intimate with the rhythms of how combat works. In 7 I could do this, but I'm still learning 8 and 9.)
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Feb 29, 2020 01:16
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I'm just waiting for Koei to announce Samurai Warriors 5 to see if they're going to iterate on the DW9 style gameplay or keep with the old style. That and announce Dragon Quest Heroes 3, but only if it has Sylvando.
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Feb 29, 2020 01:24
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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 I think that's the whole point. This is like saying you don't like Frankenstein games because the real monster is man if you think about it.
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Feb 29, 2020 01:25
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Have a Shenzen IO! https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=MphvZbKXc75Gzckn
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Fifteen of Many posted:Have a Shenzen IO! Much thanks!
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Feb 29, 2020 01:47
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Make no mistake, Total War games are very hard to lose on normal difficulty and that's even if you are a beginner. There WILL be serious setbacks and you'll play much more optimally the second time around but it will be difficult to properly lose.
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Feb 29, 2020 01:50
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also all the total wars are on sale at Fanatical so you know irresponsible purchases
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Det_no posted:Make no mistake, Total War games are very hard to lose on normal difficulty and that's even if you are a beginner. There WILL be serious setbacks and you'll play much more optimally the second time around but it will be difficult to properly lose. and if you're still having trouble, very easy is almost insultingly easy. and if you still want help, there's mods
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If I haven’t played a Total War game since the original Rome, have the games changed much through Warhammer 2?
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Feb 29, 2020 02:43
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In terms of campaign features that mostly don't work or have impact and lots of bugs? No. In terms of actually interesting combat? Total Warhammer absolutely blows the doors off everything else CA has ever done. It's not fundamentally different in terms of how you need to play, but the vastly increased differences between units make it a lot more fun. Factions are hugely different, and the unit scale variety is also excellent. They're still shitlords who you shouldn't support, but if you're going to, make it Warhammer and not their other stuff.
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Yo, give me your recommendations on this months Humble unlocks! Definitely looking at Shenzen I/O, Okami and FrostPunk. I know there are mixed opinions about the Pathfinder game, and Project Warlock. The only one that looks like it probably isn't my jam is Warstone TD, but if it is an exceptional TD game I might be convinced. Help a gooner out dudes
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Feb 29, 2020 02:53
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Book of Demons is fun and has a demo if you want to try it first.
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Not sure creative assembly deserve to be called shitlords honestly, they've been on a roll and seem pretty well adjusted
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Feb 29, 2020 03:00
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I enjoy Dynasty Warriors 8's alternate histories. Main Wu path: Sun Quan carries the burden of the kingdom after his father and brother die. Alternate Wu path: father and brother live but still shove the responsibility onto Sun Quan, laughing at him needing to lead while they get to have fun fighting.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:02
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Hub Cat posted:Book of Demons is fun and has a demo if you want to try it first. They’re making an actual card game out of it too.
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Yall can have some keys because I forgot to pause this month: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=uHCPr6CEfvNCxHvB Frostpunk A92B*-LK9HQ-Q720B Und*rH*ro Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 29, 2020 |
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Book of Demons is basically Diablo 1 if the RPG elements were pared down to health and mana upgrades and everything was kept in a cardboard/trading card aesthetic. No actual trading cards, though.
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Cardiovorax posted:Book of Demons is basically Diablo 1 if the RPG elements were pared down to health and mana upgrades and everything was kept in a cardboard/trading card aesthetic. No actual trading cards, though. Yikes no thank you
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Hub Cat posted:Yall can have some keys because I forgot to pause this month:
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Fallom posted:Yikes no thank you
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I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this here yet, but I learned the other day from the State of Decay 2 thread that SoD 2 is coming to steam next month (March 13), with the Juggernaut Edition: a new map, new weapons, more clothes (gently caress yeah dress-up), a graphics update, and the DLC is included (Heartland, which goes back to Trumbull County from the first game; and Daybreak, a co-op wave-defense mini-game thing). Anyone who has the Microsoft XBox Live Game Pass for Windows powered by Bing or bought the game from the microsoft store (sans game pass) will get the Juggernaut Edition upgrade for free. The Steam version will be the Juggernaut Edition, to be clear.Undead Labs posted:And, if you already own Daybreak, Heartland, or purchased the Ultimate Edition of State of Decay 2, we’re sending you some exclusive in-game gifts that won’t be available anywhere else. Simply log in on launch day to collect them! more info here: https://www.stateofdecay.com/2020/02/14/state-of-decay-2-juggernaut-edition/ trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhj5phhsqC0 As for my thoughts: I loved the first game, despite (or maybe because of) the jank and obvious low budget. The second one is bigger and better and more-r. There are 3 maps (soon to be 4, plus Trumbull County from the Heartland dlc), each one seems to be about the size of the first game's map, but at least one (the Plateau) has a lot of mountains and cliffs that seem to exist mostly to get in the way when you want to go somewhere. The gameplay loop seems to take a lot from Breakdown (the endless mode from the first game). Scavenging is mostly the same. Zombies get more numerous and dangerous over time, and there are Plague Hearts around the map, which spawn red-eyed plague zombies (you can get a blood plague disease if they damage you) until you go in and destroy them (bring firecrackers and also fire). Cars require fuel now (and repair kits to get rid of damage). Crossbows are cool. Base management is about the same, and you have more control over the community itself - you can choose a leader which gives specific bonuses depending on what role they take (there are four leader roles and you know which one every character will become, so you can choose your leader accordingly). The most important thing about community management is the closet, which lets you play barbie dress-up with your survivors. You find new clothes out in the world, and those are unlocked globally (so if you start a new community, they'll have access to all the lizard hoodies and puffy vests you've already found). After you finish your community leader's main quest line, you can choose to retire the community and add some of those characters to a pool you can choose from when making a new community, so you can bring in your fully-loaded and -leveled zombie-slaying powerhouse hero to a group of absolute newbie survivors and get a little head start in the early game. Oh, and there's multiplayer, up to four. Only the host keeps progress made, but all joining players can get a bunch of gear and Influence (currency) when playing in someone else's world. When searching buildings in multiplayer, every player has their own color-coded loot boxes, so everyone can get their own set of stuff from a house. I like it, because the more people you have, the more stuff you can get from a place. I'd imagine four people can get pretty wild - I think zombie spawns scale up (not sure about that), but Infestations and Plague Hearts and Juggernauts are all a lot easier, even with just one other person. AI allies can be helpful, but they're not very smart. Overall: good game if you like zombies and some light base/community management/survival stuff. If you didn't like the first game, you probably won't like this one either, but if you did, you probably will.
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Oh hey I actually just reinstalled SOD2 last night to see what's changed before this big patch and I think I'm back into it in a big way. I'm playing the Heartland map right now and I'm still pretty early on but really enjoying myself. I'm definitely liking the new cosmetics stuff for your survivors!
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explosivo posted:Oh hey I actually just reinstalled SOD2 last night to see what's changed before this big patch and I think I'm back into it in a big way. I'm playing the Heartland map right now and I'm still pretty early on but really enjoying myself. I'm definitely liking the new cosmetics stuff for your survivors! I got a blue lizard hoodie the other day and it was more exciting than finding a rifle with a silencer already attached and a bunch of ammo while scavving.
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I've been looking forward to the steam release of that. Can't wait to play it. I played the poo poo out of the first one.
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SoD2 is as janky and frustrating as the first game and the multiplayer barely works. It's still really fun despite that.
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I have been following Godhood for some time now. The game wasn't too hot when it was first launched in early access but they just released a patch that really turns things around in my opinion. The developer, Abbey Games, have had a rough go of things lately but they're pretty cool dudes and I'm really rooting for them.
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RVWinkle posted:I have been following Godhood for some time now. The game wasn't too hot when it was first launched in early access but they just released a patch that really turns things around in my opinion. The developer, Abbey Games, have had a rough go of things lately but they're pretty cool dudes and I'm really rooting for them. I'll forever respect Abbey Games for Renowned Explorers and its crunchy tactical combat system that consists of solving problems by talking about it and managing people's mood. Winning battles by making your foes happy is both encouraged and rewarded.
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Cardiovorax posted:I've enjoyed a lot of RTS games over the years, but something about the combination just never made TW games really click for me even when I tried my best to enjoy them. This sounded like me and I played Total War Medieval 2, Rome, Empire, Napoleon and Shogun 2 for less than 20 hours each but Total Warhammer really clicked and now I have over 100 hrs in TWW1 and over 400 hours in TWW2.
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Xander77 posted:I'm Israeli. Not a lot of tankies here. Quite a few people liberated from the camps by the Red Army after it defeated Nazi Germany though. And a fair number more from after they "stopped" the Doctor's Plot. Xander77 posted:Yeah... that's a lie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_settlements_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_deportations_from_Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_deportations_from_Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_deportations_from_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Priboi The Soviet Union was a colonialist empire, HTH.
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Wow, Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap looks EXACTLY as I remember it from 1989, what the hell changes did they make? The graphics are IDENTICAL to how I remember. I'll just hit this button that shows the original graphics to prove this point!     Also they kept the ending where Wonder Boy gets to go home and the text says good night 
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RVWinkle posted:I have been following Godhood for some time now. The game wasn't too hot when it was first launched in early access but they just released a patch that really turns things around in my opinion. The developer, Abbey Games, have had a rough go of things lately but they're pretty cool dudes and I'm really rooting for them. Woah, what? Didn't they go out of business a few months ago?
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Hey Strix you should play Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada! They went with a heavy story focus in that one and it's great - plus the way it's focused on a single clan makes it easy to wrap your head around the historical context at the time. I got it expecting a regular musou and I was amazed at how much I loved it. Also re: Total War and CA, they are a great studio in terms of not being chuds and each free update and paid content drop for Warhammer is better than the last, but some people are still understandably angry about the disastrous Rome 2 launch. Personally, can't wait for TWW3.
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Which Dynasty Warriors (or spin-off) is the best at what the series is best at/about because I'm only going to play one. PC only. EDIT: Don't say "Joan Of Arc" because I finished it a decade ago and it kinda sucked.
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The Joe Man posted:Which Dynasty Warriors (or spin-off) is the best at what the series is best at/about because I'm only going to play one. PC only. Probably 8 Complete
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kirbysuperstar posted:Probably 8 Complete Confusing poo poo like this annoys me to no end.
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The Joe Man posted:I own the base game but no DLC. What's the difference between 8 and then 8 Empires (which I don't own)? Empires is an entirely different game with more of a strategic layer on top as you as a single officer try to go around conquering China. 8, meanwhile, sticks to the Ro3K storyline. It also has boatloads of extra missions and scenarios. You do NOT need the DLC as most of it is either costumes, weapons, or extra scenarios. Only buy the DLC if you've beaten the main game and want more.
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