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Yeah, I have a very low tolerance for "visual novel bullshit" and I was thiiiiis close to giving up on DDLC at several points. I only kept going because of how highly regarded the game is and I'm glad I did.
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spaceblancmange posted:I have never bought or played a Tropico game and I have 3 of them now I think the series was it's best at three, tbh.
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Dec 23, 2020 22:39
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I also have never bought a Tropico and have 4 and 5 twice now.
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edit: nvm, now seeing the mod post Anyways, why do people like INSIDE so much? What's so interesting about it.
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It plays just like Limbo, so if you liked that, you'll like Inside. It's only a few hours long though so the price is a bit much.
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I wasn't really a fan of Limbo, tbh. Not sure why.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I wasn't really a fan of Limbo, tbh. Not sure why. Probably because it was floaty garbage (gameplaywise)
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It's not exactly like Limbo because both the puzzles and atmosphere have a different focus. Unfortunately, saying more delves into mild spoilers that are probably best experienced. Give it a try when it's free! I'm curious if it clicks for you when Limbo didn't - it's definitely a major refinement of the formula.
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Limbo is of that first wave of indie hits which were huge at the time, but wouldn't get a second look if they came out today Inside's production values and polish are through the roof in comparison
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I wasn't really a fan of Limbo, tbh. Not sure why. I liked Limbo until I got to a part I needed to look at a walkthrough to get past the single point in the entire game you have to walk slow so a thing doesn't hear your footsteps and it kinda ruined the whole game for me.
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OgNar posted:I also have never bought a Tropico and have 4 and 5 twice now. I think I bought the second one on a steep discount and got 3/4/5 for free. There must be a difference between them, but I can't tell what it is. It's the type of game that's perfectly fine and perfectly bland and you quickly realize "hey, I've only got an hour of game time, why am I wasting it on this?" They give this series away so often, who on earth would pay for Tropico 6 and who in god's name would even want a Tropico 6? Show yourself.
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6 has good game pad controls but that's all I can tell you about it
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AARP LARPer posted:"hey, I've only got an hour of game time, why am I wasting it on this?" this is my life as I mine in Eve Echoes but I keep on mining.
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kirbysuperstar posted:6 has good game pad controls but that's all I can tell you about it okay, this is great. what kind of idiot would pay for this game: idiots like me (i bought trop2) what's the diff between them: 6 has good game pad controls i now know twice as much about this series as I did a few hours ago. thank you, that's a wrap!
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wasn't trop 2 about running a pirate island and you got citizens by kidnapping folks? the rest are just not-Cuba simulators?
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No that's mgs v
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Skwirl posted:I liked Limbo until I got to a part I needed to look at a walkthrough to get past the single point in the entire game you have to walk slow so a thing doesn't hear your footsteps and it kinda ruined the whole game for me.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:edit: nvm, now seeing the mod post As someone who was bored out of their mind in five minutes of Limbo but played through all of Inside in one sitting: -The core gameplay is very well done and polished. The jumping and climbing physics are weighty and responsive and the signposting is good enough that you're never really lost or banging your head against everything seeing what you can interact with. -The tutorializing and storytelling is very lean and mostly done through environmental storytelling and gameplay mechanics. I don't think there's a single spoken or written line of dialogue in the game, you're operating entirely off of emotive yells and grunts which is a huge relief given how much indie games seems to love vomiting text and quips and exposition at you. -The puzzle mechanics are interesting, it's not just stock standard physics seesaw puzzles and collecting keys. -The story is really good and creepy and genuinely surprising without relying on jump scares or personal melodrama or hamfisted metaphors. -When you die you respawn immediately at the beginning of the same area and never lose more than a few seconds of progress.
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The best Tropico game is the one you played first, because none of the others are much different. I like the idea of a political and economic city builder, but after spending 20-30 hours in (I think) Tropico 4, nothing about 5 or 6 remotely appeals. Even during the free weekend for 6 I was bored within an hour. Just play Anno instead.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:edit: nvm, now seeing the mod post Like Outer Wilds, it's a game that really benefits from going in blind. It's free, so I highly recommend just booting it up. You'll know within 5 minutes if it's for you or not (it's not one of those "it gets good eventually" games) edit: Limbo's good, sorry haters Trickyblackjack fucked around with this message at 09:12 on Dec 24, 2020 |
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...of SCIENCE! posted:-The story is really good and creepy and genuinely surprising without relying on jump scares or personal melodrama or hamfisted metaphors. I bought Inside on release but must have gotten distracted by another game and left it around three-quarters through, despite enjoying it for the same reasons listed here. I decided to finish it off a few months ago and was totally surprised at how it wrapped things up, it was well worth it.
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Len posted:wasn't trop 2 about running a pirate island and you got citizens by kidnapping folks? the rest are just not-Cuba simulators? Yes and I really liked it at the time because it had (has) amazing music and was a refreshing take on the city planning game. I don't remember all the details but it was more than just a reskinned version of a normal island builder type game but instead had an economy based on supporting the pirates.
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Oh huh, apparently I already got inside on epic earlier in the year or something. that was anticlimactic
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Inside is my 65th Epic game. And the...third I’ve actually installed. At least I can take it off my Steam list.
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I've got 101 free Epic games, I've played maybe 5 of them. I really should install Into The Breach next, one of these days.
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Desperately clinging onto the idea that I still actually play games instead of spending all my time worrying about the future.
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I just downloaded Gamepass for PC, but I seem to be only able to install games from the "Home" section. If I go to "All Games", it prompts me to buy the game, but I don't see any link to install it off the bat. I'm trying to download Mechwarrior 5, but I don't really want to buy it. I know for sure it's included in GamePass, does anyone know how to help? Edit: Never mind, I just restarted the app and it seems to be working fine. SoR Blaze fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Dec 25, 2020 |
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SoR Blaze posted:I just downloaded Gamepass for PC, but I seem to be only able to install games from the "Home" section. If I go to "All Games", it prompts me to buy the game, but I don't see any link to install it off the bat. I'm trying to download Mechwarrior 5, but I don't really want to buy it. I know for sure it's included in GamePass, does anyone know how to help? The PC Xbox app and Gamepass are janky and don't always explain to you when something is "wrong". I can usually resolve the issues by doing the following: restart the app, restart my computer, go into the Microsoft Store app and check for app updates. Some combination of those steps usually resolves things.
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Overcooked got added to Prime Gaming today. Also a reminder that Xbox/Windows Game App for PC still has problems if you don't install all games to the C drive.
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I really like Deep Sky as a dungeon crawler 
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:Desperately clinging onto the idea that I still actually play games instead of spending all my time worrying about the future.
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Darkest Dungeon on EGS. Also 1 DLC an addon class.
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OgNar posted:Darkest Dungeon on EGS. I think those two pieces of DLC are always free. I reinstalled on steam recently and was able to grab a character and the pvp (which is better than I assumed it would be). Darkest Dungeon is still a great pickup for free
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:Desperately clinging onto the idea that I still actually play games instead of spending all my time worrying about the future. Same
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For Darkest Dungeon the base game is 80-90% of the experience and DLC don't really add much good game play. Even if you don't pickup the DLC's the free base game is still worth picking up if you don't already have it.
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Oldstench posted:jerk it. Another fun free game with great replayability, but it was never not free so not the right thread.
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davebo posted:Another fun free game with great replayability, but it was never not free so not the right thread. never not not not jerk it
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GreenBuckanneer posted:never not not not jerk it A - Always B - Be C - Jerking it
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Portia is free today
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Is Portia good? Should I just replay Stardew?
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