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Halo 1 has a few insanely bad levels that are almost impossible to navigate if you get turned around at any point, they got me so lost when I was 13 and I quit halfway through
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Herc's Adventures was one of my favourite ps1 games to play with an old friend and I've never heard or seen another person mention it.
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Nov 24, 2020 12:03
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it was fun to trick the big armored guys to melee you and then shoot them in the back with a single casual pistol shot
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Nov 24, 2020 12:04
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The basebuilding in the " first new" X-Com sucks because I suck at it and it's not fun. Also, the way that game is paced and how promotions work, it seems I need to stick to a select elite force and not get any of them killed, ever. I haven't played the older games but from what I've seen, you're kind of expected to lose quite a few people in those.
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Nov 24, 2020 12:45
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Yeah, the base building and personnel management aspects were pretty superficial and clearly mostly there because they were expected. They could have as well let you make a permanent squad like in an RPG and the difference would've been minimal. But I don't remember the sequel being much different from the first one in these regards.
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Nov 24, 2020 12:52
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I just haven't gotten that far. I played Enemy Unknown up to something called "terror mission" or something, dunno, and this new type of alien just ran into the room and stabbed my dude. Stopped playing after that. In hindsight, maybe going in blind on ironman mode was a mistake.
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Nov 24, 2020 13:02
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I really loved xcom 1994 and xcom 2012 but havn't been able to find the time to play xcom 2, should i?
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Nov 24, 2020 13:11
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Caesar Saladin posted:Halo 1 has a few insanely bad levels that are almost impossible to navigate if you get turned around at any point, they got me so lost when I was 13 and I quit halfway through A very smart decision since while the first half of Halo is fantastic and was one of my favorite things to play as a teen, the second half is much duller than the first. I actually haven't played a shooter since my teens, which was the time of the original Call of Duty and Halo and Half-Life 2 etc. Playing Doom Eternal after such a long time has been quite a trip.
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Nov 24, 2020 13:33
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Avirosb posted:I just haven't gotten that far.  experience - 'gratz!JollyBoyJohn posted:I really loved xcom 1994 and xcom 2012 but havn't been able to find the time to play xcom 2, should i? So yes, game is good, if you like the idea of tactical shootyman sims, get Xcom1(+xpack), 2, then 2+xpack, in that ascending order of complexity. They are good games and sold well for a reason.
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Nov 24, 2020 13:39
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Serephina posted:I preferred the flavor of Xcom1 (2012) and its goofy armours, FINALLY, someone who agrees with me on this. Playing the XCOM as special black-ops force against sectoids and thin men (and other alien stereotypes) is much more interesting, than being a "cool rag-tag group of rebels" against genetically modified cops and robots.
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Nov 24, 2020 14:03
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I feel like the only people who like XCOM are masochists and people who so desperately want the type of game XCOM is they'll settle for it as there's nothing actually good in the space. Like people who thought Dune 2 or Warcraft: Orcs and Humans were good games but the real good stuff in the genre was yet to come.
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Nov 24, 2020 14:43
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Phigs posted:Like people who thought Dune 2 or Warcraft: Orcs and Humans were good games but the real good stuff in the genre was yet to come. Like Starcraft? Which happens to be set in space
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Nov 24, 2020 14:45
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its crazy how Blizzard ripped of Warhammer Fantasy and then a few years later ripped off Warhammer 40k. Once I understand, but twice?
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Nov 24, 2020 14:49
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Actually i think you'll find no protoss representation in the 40k universe
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Nov 24, 2020 14:53
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Caesar Saladin posted:its crazy how Blizzard ripped of Warhammer Fantasy and then a few years later ripped off Warhammer 40k. Once I understand, but twice? Yeah, and so brazen. I always find that weird, that they don't get called out on it more. It's like league of legends, using the characters from the Battle Chasers comic in it, and no one ever bringing it up?
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Nov 24, 2020 14:54
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Actually i think you'll find no protoss representation in the 40k universe space elves are space elves even if you make them look a lil different
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Nov 24, 2020 14:58
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Protoss are more space orc than space elf
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Nov 24, 2020 15:01
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but they're super psychic skinny arrogant dorks who live in fancy golden buildings
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Nov 24, 2020 15:12
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Nov 24, 2020 15:14
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Phigs posted:Ancient Is there another word for 'group of people of greater age'?
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Nov 24, 2020 15:18
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Actually i think you'll find no protoss representation in the 40k universe the Tau kind if look like protoss
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Nov 24, 2020 15:57
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!Klams posted:Is there another word for 'group of people of greater age'? Seniors.
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Nov 24, 2020 16:02
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Avirosb posted:Seniors. That's just mister in Spanish u dummy
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Nov 24, 2020 16:14
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Lol I don't think you're allowed to complain about xcom difficulty if you choose ironman your first time out I agree enemy within is better than 2 just because I like doing ufo raids more than the city stuff, but 2 having melee makes it the better game mechanically imo. Sword guys own
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Nov 24, 2020 16:28
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Shibawanko posted:halo 1 is fun the other ones are lovely This man's ironic punishment in hell will be to play The Library on legendary, but when he rides the last elevator, he just arrives back at the first floor again
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Nov 24, 2020 16:35
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Phigs posted:I feel like the only people who like XCOM are masochists and people who so desperately want the type of game XCOM is they'll settle for it as there's nothing actually good in the space. x-com for non-masochists is mario & rabbids it’s pretty good even though I can’t fuckin stand rabbids
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Nov 24, 2020 16:38
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There aren't enough games in the turn based tactical rpg genre. Banner saga would be good if they hadn't gone for "depressing downward spiral" as an aesthetic
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Nov 24, 2020 16:42
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ikanreed posted:There aren't enough games in the turn based tactical rpg genre. God bless Yakuza 7
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Nov 24, 2020 16:46
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ikanreed posted:There aren't enough games in the turn based tactical rpg genre. I just want another tactics ogre Hell I'd take another ogre battle
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Nov 24, 2020 16:48
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ikanreed posted:There aren't enough games in the turn based tactical rpg genre. i can't wait for The Last Spell god drat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j83RLrJCD0
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Nov 24, 2020 17:08
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Rutibex posted:i can't wait for The Last Spell god drat That looks dope as poo poo, I was just talking with my brother about wanting to play a survival RTS and other than They Are Billions there kinda aren’t too many great “defend your poo poo with RTS stuff” games.
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Nov 24, 2020 17:39
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Serephina posted:Sounds like you got the authentic my authentic experience was the midgame dlc event in xcom2012 where your base gets attacked and the game auto-deploys a random assortment of recruits on hand, and instead of giving me my colonel snipers and shotgunners all i got was Pvt Brett Farnsley from Ghana with a loving holdout pistol
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Nov 24, 2020 18:51
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jokes posted:That looks dope as poo poo, I was just talking with my brother about wanting to play a survival RTS and other than They Are Billions there kinda aren’t too many great “defend your poo poo with RTS stuff” games. That's a super terrible trailer though. I legit stopped looking at that monitor and actually forgot I had it running until about 50 seconds in and my eyes wandered back and I thought "does this even show gameplay?". Was about to close it when the gameplay started loving a minute into the trailer. I don't get how you can be this bad at making a trailer. It seems like the easiest loving thing to get that part correct. I don't care about your lore if I'm not already invested in your game and how can I be invested if I haven't seen anything but your lore? Legit made me angry. All that work put in to a game and they could be wasting it if all their marketing is on par with that trailer.
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Nov 24, 2020 21:23
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!Klams posted:Yeah, and so brazen. I always find that weird, that they don't get called out on it more. Which LoL characters are based on Battle Chasers characters?
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Nov 24, 2020 21:41
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Mr. Lobe posted:I just want another tactics ogre One of the greatest offenses of Square Vandar posted:Which LoL characters are based on Battle Chasers characters? I'm gonna guess Garen, Blitzcrank, Ezreal, and Katarina are Garrison, Calibretto, Gully, and Red Monika
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Nov 24, 2020 22:49
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Caesar Saladin posted:Halo 1 has a few insanely bad levels that are almost impossible to navigate if you get turned around at any point, they got me so lost when I was 13 and I quit halfway through
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Nov 24, 2020 23:17
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Phigs posted:That's a super terrible trailer though. I legit stopped looking at that monitor and actually forgot I had it running until about 50 seconds in and my eyes wandered back and I thought "does this even show gameplay?". Was about to close it when the gameplay started loving a minute into the trailer. This is such a loving problem on Steam. Every time I go to check out a game that looks interesting I immediately skip to the halfway point on the first video, and if there's no gameplay footage I skip to the halfway point on the next video and if there's still nothing I'm out. Who the gently caress do they think is going to sit through a minute of every logo from every company involved in the game slowly fading in and out of a black screen as dramatic music builds? Who is being sold on games from watching a short cgi scene of some randos having a crouching tiger fight like they're 2000s era Blizzard? Like even tiny indie studios who should know better are still doing this poo poo.
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Nov 24, 2020 23:45
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The x-com '94 base building is also generally pretty trivial once you understand what you're doing, much like the geoscape system in general. Julian Gollop got roped into adding a strategic layer when he just wanted to make a tactical game and it shows. The mondo-mods like xcom files and xpiratez do more with bases, especially the latter, but it's kinda not the strength of the game. They're also insanely bloated and poorly playtested past the first part.
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Nov 24, 2020 23:50
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Mr. Lobe posted:I just want another tactics ogre I think I'd call Tactics Ogre my favourite game ever.
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Panzeh posted:The x-com '94 base building is also generally pretty trivial once you understand what you're doing, much like the geoscape system in general. Julian Gollop got roped into adding a strategic layer when he just wanted to make a tactical game and it shows. The mondo-mods like xcom files and xpiratez do more with bases, especially the latter, but it's kinda not the strength of the game. They're also insanely bloated and poorly playtested past the first part. Otoh the tactical gameplay has a lot less draw without the strategy layer gradually changing combat and getting you invested in individual soldiers, making mission outcomes matter, and providing a narrative via research. It's not deep or interesting gameplay, but really makes the part that is feel more satisfying.
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