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garfield hentai posted:Have you played Anodyne 2? I had never heard of it before the best games of 2020 thread but it's incredible and absolutely fits the bill for trippy weird avant-garde indie games. I own it but haven't played it yet, to my shame.
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yegods posted:That was the main reason I stopped researching building my own As far as I know none of the boutique places do Mini-ITX or builds of that sort because there's no call for them, at least for at home gaming PCs. Someone might know more though.
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StrixNebulosa posted:I own it but haven't played it yet, to my shame. It's great, and weird. I liked the first one too, but it's not necessary to have played it to play the second game. There's a couple of "oh poo poo, that's cool" moments that you'll miss out on, but whether that's worth playing a decent but kind of clunky Zelda clone for is debatable.
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Broken Cog posted:I bit the bullet and picked it up. It's honestly not bad, though the combat isn't as meaty as Hollow Knight or Dead Cells (tbf I didn't expect it to be). It has that issue where there is feedback on your hits, but it still feels like all your blows go straight through enemies. I’m a sucker for these types of games but Ender Lilies does absolutely nothing new or interesting so I’d say most people should skip it
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Lakbay posted:I’m a sucker for these types of games but Ender Lilies does absolutely nothing new or interesting so I’d say most people should skip it Yeah, absolutely adequate is about where I'd put it.
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pentyne posted:1070Ti's are selling on ebay for $500. Thanks, I could move up in price to that range, but I'm really looking for something pretty small. The ones on amazon, seem fairly large, but it's difficult to gauge the size from their photos.
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yegods posted:Sorry for the slightly off topic, but I'm looking for a vendor for a mini gaming pc, hopefully around the size of one of current gen consoles. I'd like to stick one in my living room, and don't have the patience to build those tiny things. Any reputable online builders I should know of? TIA You could try asking in the build a computer thread in SHSC https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3970266&pagenumber=4&perpage=40 Read the OP so you ask the right questions: budget, use case, location etc
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Orv posted:As far as I know none of the boutique places do Mini-ITX or builds of that sort because there's no call for them, at least for at home gaming PCs. Someone might know more though. Thanks, just thought I'd ask around. I'll probably end up waiting until the graphics card-pocalypse dies down, and build my own.
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StrixNebulosa posted:It's me, I fuckin' love trippy weird avant-garde video games. The itch bundles have been a godsend for showing me WEIRD nonsense games and having one of them on steam is aces. You should look at Slimes: quote:Of the things that came with the arrival of an alien being, the weakest of all of them are the slimes. Nobody knows what exactly these things are, but, as weak as they are, nobody's succeeded in destroying one of the dungeons from which they spawn.
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So I'd kind of forgotten about its existence since it was an EGS exclusive, but Industries of Titan just came out on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/427940/Industries_of_Titan/
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Mordja posted:So I'd kind of forgotten about its existence since it was an EGS exclusive, but Industries of Titan just came out on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/427940/Industries_of_Titan/ I've been looking forward to this one. Picked it up today but haven't played it yet. Looks really stylish, hoping it holds up.
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Is Cities: Skylines still the go-to if I'm looking for a simcity-esque building game? A quick look shows that apparently it got enmeshed in some weird privacy/publisher account nonsense that people are still miffed about?
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yegods posted:Thanks, just thought I'd ask around. I'll probably end up waiting until the graphics card-pocalypse dies down, and build my own. If you don't want to build your own, your best bet is probably to use a gaming laptop instead of an SFF prebuilt (if you can even find a company that makes them, I'm not aware of any). Just make sure to run it with the lid open and keep it well ventilated. If you do decide to build your own, you should check out the dedicated SFF thread in SH/SC: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3776587 Either way, I think you're gonna need more budget. In addition to the market being royally hosed with shortages and scalpers, gaming laptops and SFF both come at a price premium compared to standard ATX desktops.
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Foul Fowl posted:it's like a tactical fps. every mission you're told to kill one or more people and then find the level exit. there's tons of different ways to go about this, the levels are generally enormous and sprawling and full of weird things and secrets and terrifying enemies. the game knows it's a game, knows that you know it's a game, and so messes with your expectations and its rules very freely. movement feels amazing and only gets better with the more hideous and disgusting bio mods you buy and install into yourself. it looks ugly as gently caress until you play it for a bit. then it looks great. It's not the same kind of FPS but I recommend Prodeus for this oldschool FPS design philosophy as well, it's an absolute homage to old Doom (right down to several enemies being essentially the same) and keeps the same gameplay flow in-tact of being dropped in a level, killing everything and finding the keys, then finishing the level. I played through Doom 1 and 2 recently for the first time (and I played in VR which was great) and then started trying out some of these Doom/old iD FPS remakes/re-envisionings recently and Prodeus is the only one that really feels as good as old Doom to me. It also looks really good in a way that even other throwbacks with new rendering techniques like Amid Evil don't. And it has a great, easy to use and powerful map editor, and an in-game browser of user-created maps and campaigns. Also it has absurd ultra-gore and a soundtrack that rivals any Doom soundtrack and great gun sounds, and a quad shotgun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGXuAUlM28 deep dish peat moss fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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Jun 21, 2021 20:04
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Isn't there already a game called Prodeus from way back? Like with the d and everything.
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Wildermyth update: my mage's son, who joined the party and was mostly stuck doing boring stuff like building walls around towns, joined us for a fight and almost died. I couldn't just let him die in front of his mother so I took the 'maimed' option instead, and now he has an awesome petrified arm that he can hit people with. So win-win really. Except now he can't use two-handed weapons.
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Orv posted:Isn't there already a game called Prodeus from way back? Like with the d and everything. You sure? I can't find anything but there was def a Proteus.
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Mordja posted:You sure? I can't find anything but there was def a Proteus. I am probably wrong about the d, honestly. Definitely remember a Proteus so that's probably it.
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HopperUK posted:Wildermyth update: my mage's son, who joined the party and was mostly stuck doing boring stuff like building walls around towns, joined us for a fight and almost died. I couldn't just let him die in front of his mother so I took the 'maimed' option instead, and now he has an awesome petrified arm that he can hit people with. So win-win really. Except now he can't use two-handed weapons. I just got involved in a couple of other long playing games but really want to hop into this and play just for this weird rear end stuff that happens.
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i've got prodeus on my wishlist and ready to buy the second it fully releases (along with gloomwood, wrath, ultrakill, hrot, a bunch of other FPS games) since my brain worms won't let me play games in EA and all the new boomer shooters seem to be there. speaking of FPS's though i started playing doom eternal for free* on gamepass and it's hard as gently caress but really drat fun.
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Broken Cog posted:Any opinions on Ender Lilies? Souls-like 2d metroidvania (I know I know...) with overwhelmingly positive reviews. Seems to have released today. I like the art but Dead Cells has probably ruined me for the genre. If the controls and movement aren't as tight as dead cells, I can't gently caress with it. Do you have dead cells? Dead cells is a good game.
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Streams of Dark Alliance are up. It sure is a video game that was made. For whatever reason.
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Mordja posted:So I'd kind of forgotten about its existence since it was an EGS exclusive, but Industries of Titan just came out on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/427940/Industries_of_Titan/ So Epic for their money got the first year of what will likely be at least two years of Early Access exclusively. And they're also doing Phantom Brigade at the same time, same deal? Gotta respect that hustle.
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Mescal posted:I like the art but Dead Cells has probably ruined me for the genre. If the controls and movement aren't as tight as dead cells, I can't gently caress with it. Do you have dead cells? Dead cells is a good game. There is very little metroidvania in dead cells imo, it's almost purely just an action roguelite doesn't scratch that itch at all
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GhostDog posted:So Epic for their money got the first year of what will likely be at least two years of Early Access exclusively. And they're also doing Phantom Brigade at the same time, same deal? Gotta respect that hustle. I think the Industries of Titan crew is publishing for the Phantom Brigade devs?
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Any notable FPS demos? I gave Industria a quick go and it seems kind of neat while missing the fundamentals.
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Mordja posted:Any notable FPS demos? I gave Industria a quick go and it seems kind of neat while missing the fundamentals. e: bear in mind DT is not perfect, I thought the level design was a little confusing or easy to misread at times and the maps don't take enough advantage of the sword throw and dash mechanics The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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Orv posted:I think the Industries of Titan crew is publishing for the Phantom Brigade devs? Steam has both as the same dev, but I don't know the specifics.
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Orv posted:Isn't there already a game called Prodeus from way back? Like with the d and everything. I believe you're thinking of the same game, it's actually been out on some level, early access I assume, for a while now. Not 'way back' but some time anyways
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The 7th Guest posted:Dread Templar is a fun retro one. Severed Steel if you like doing slides, dives, wallruns and bullet time. Hmmm, I played DT back when it was Hell Hunt and didn't think much of it, and yeah, already played SS, was a fun time.
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GhostDog posted:Steam has both as the same dev, but I don't know the specifics. Phew, my memory isn't completely cheesecloth yet. https://twitter.com/BYG_Vancouver/status/1035378224304291840?s=20 Same studio (now,) different teams
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deep dish peat moss posted:It's not the same kind of FPS but I recommend Prodeus for this oldschool FPS design philosophy as well, it's an absolute homage to old Doom (right down to several enemies being essentially the same) and keeps the same gameplay flow in-tact of being dropped in a level, killing everything and finding the keys, then finishing the level. Yo, thanks for bringing this game to my attention. Everything about the look of that video is my jam. Thanks to Hired Gun I've been on the look out for more fast-paced shooters, retro-inspired or otherwise, and this looks like a prime candidate.
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prodeus owns. its ea and the campaign mode isnt finished yet but its like the best feeling old school shootoer ive ever played including the actual old school ones https://i.imgur.com/SUTxijK.mp4
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So after hearing some people mention upthread that Wildermyth can be a bit easy I jumped straight into it at the difficulty above normal. And then promptly had a full party wipe in my first incursion battle. Really enjoyed everything up to that point, so now I'm just trying to decide if I stick with it as-is, or put the difficulty down to normal...
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So apparently Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance is complete garbage. That's too bad, because I think there is a market for more beat-em-up type games like the original Dark Alliance so I was kind of hoping for the best even though I was baffled by some of their decisions like moving it to a 3rd person view.
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IIRC Dark Alliance has always been garbage, I remember making fun of the first game and the whole idea itself still seems just as corny and missing-the-point as ever. How is that new Ninja Turtles beat-em-up? I don't have the best impression of the genre in general so I can't tell what sets apart a good one from bad. edit: Maybe this is a Fable kind of thing, a sort of sucky game that is only remembered by people who really love it and remember it fondly and liked what it did and how. The new one looks broken regardless of my old opinion of the franchise. Khanstant fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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Khanstant posted:IIRC Dark Alliance has always been garbage, I remember making fun of the first game and the whole idea itself still seems just as corny and missing-the-point as ever. You recall wrong. The old Dark Alliance games are great.
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Dark Alliance 1&2 were stone cold classics, look at how they massacred my boy, etc.
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Looks like controller style diablo and controller seems like the least miserable way to play an aRPG. I can see why Baldur's Gate wanters were bitchy about it but why people who played it woulda had a good time, at the time, at least. Makes it weirder they hosed the new one up, if they made enemies run towards the player character they'd be a lot closer already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9bzFJAe_A There was even a gameboy version, gameboy devs made the formula work on a gba but new folks on new tech couldnt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIaeb17QBcA
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