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Played some Inscryption for 4 hours yesterday and it's real good, incredibly good, until it, uh, suddenly decides not to be (let's say, once the three other card types get introduced, although of course thats not the cause of the problem). And it was so good until then, too. I get what the dev was trying to do but it feels like the game drops its strong points in favor of shenanigans. Hopefully it'll get better again.
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Futaba Anzu posted:Outside of the aesthetics it felt obvious this was boring since they seem to have missed the big draw of boomer shooters having wildly varying gun feel designs and just decided to go with the absolute most boring idea of all hands making random gestures instead I could forgive a limited weapon selection if the weapons were cool and felt good to use and felt like they presented tradeoffs but the magic wiggly hands that make pew pew noises and have infinite ammo ain't it, yeah.
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priznat posted:I tried Outriders on game pass, it is new on there. Did it get pretty panned critically? It seems not great. The demo was good but as soon as you hit the Jungle, the game takes a severe nosedive.
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Chev posted:Played some Inscryption for 4 hours yesterday and it's real good, incredibly good, until it, uh, suddenly decides not to be (let's say, once the three other card types get introduced, although of course thats not the cause of the problem). And it was so good until then, too. I get what the dev was trying to do but it feels like the game drops its strong points in favor of shenanigans. Hopefully it'll get better again. yeah i noticed watching various streams this is also where the streamers either stop playing or look visibly annoyed as they try to grip with the changes - really wondering what to make of the rest of it
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Oct 20, 2021 15:19
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What happens? Does it drop the room escape/card game formula, or does it just muddy the waters further on how to play the card game? It's on my wishlist because the demo toed the line between creepy and intriguing, but if it pivots far enough away from the base gameplay after the 2 hour refund window then that's lovely
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thecluckmeme posted:What happens? Does it drop the room escape/card game formula, or does it just muddy the waters further on how to play the card game? It's hard to talk about the game without spoiling stuff, but it remains a card game throughout and the room aspect comes and goes.
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Oct 20, 2021 15:30
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Without getting into tremendous detail. You're playing with maybe 1.5 out of 4 resources in the demo, and the game drops all of the others on you all at once when certain things happen. Then it removes some again, and I'm currently hammering my head against a slide puzzle that uses mechanics that I just can't wrap my head around yet because the slide puzzles don't give you feedback but it's the first time I've been able to walk around since Act 2 began in earnest.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Avengers isn't a terrible co-op beatem up thing and the story is alright, it's just..man the live service destiny stuff was a huge misstep, enough to the point where half the marketing for Guardians is "NO ONLINE DON'T WORRY" I added up what the cost of buying all of the cosmetics for a single character in Marvel's Avengers would be. It was somewhere around $400. To get a bunch of costumes and visuals for one character. There are nine characters. This is (was) a $60 game. Edit: It's showing $40 retail now, but I'm not sure if there was a price drop since release. It's not a terrible game if you want a dumb "mash buttons, destroy bad guys" experience. And it's on Game Pass for PC (and Xbox?), so effectively "free" for a lot of people. Anyway. Thanks to the thread for reminding me Inscryption is out (and apparently great). The trailer was intriguing back at E3, and then it completely fell off my radar. WhiteHowler fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Oct 20, 2021 |
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Chev posted:Played some Inscryption for 4 hours yesterday and it's real good, incredibly good, until it, uh, suddenly decides not to be (let's say, once the three other card types get introduced, although of course thats not the cause of the problem). And it was so good until then, too. I get what the dev was trying to do but it feels like the game drops its strong points in favor of shenanigans. Hopefully it'll get better again. I'm annoyed because I did much better on the demo, beat the Prospector on the first try and had a good deck, but in the real game I didn't do as well and for some reason it's really bothering me. Probably doesn't matter because you're going to die until it finished introducing all the aspects of the game anyways. But I want to start over and I can't figure out how, the new game tile is blacked out and won't let you pick it up. New games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1505910/Recontact_London_Cyber_Puzzle/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256817648/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1610466165 Recontact London is a motion video based puzzle game. Kind of like Her Story but with a little more UI and probably not as good although I haven't played it quote:Become a Cyber Detective https://store.steampowered.com/app/1642110/BATS_Bloodsucker_AntiTerror_Squad/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256837622/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1623498722 BATS is a cute-looking (although very bloody) retro action game featuring what seems to be the heroes of a fake TV show from the 80s or something. I think it looks pretty cool and will probably pick it up quote:A fast and frantic arcade extravaganza with tons of action and gallons of blood! It's up to Count Bloodvayne and his vampire powers to rescue his BATS teammates from Scorpion Supreme and STING's evil clutches.
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thecluckmeme posted:What happens? Does it drop the room escape/card game formula, or does it just muddy the waters further on how to play the card game? I'm at about 9 hours in and it just keeps getting better and better. Things change, and I understand why some people got into the groove of the demo gameplay, but the way stuff just unfolds is outstanding IMHO. You're still doing the cardgame as your main way to interact with the game, and you still have to pay attention to environmental clues to find secrets. I might be in a third act now but I'm not really sure. Even if I am, I can see myself repeating this a number of times to diverge on some very obvious forks in the road. There a several overlaid mysteries that have me curious and I'm unable to put it down. Unless there's a huge letdown coming up this will be my game of the year.
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Jalumibnkrayal posted:I'm at about 9 hours in and it just keeps getting better and better. Things change, and I understand why some people got into the groove of the demo gameplay, but the way stuff just unfolds is outstanding IMHO. You're still doing the cardgame as your main way to interact with the game, and you still have to pay attention to environmental clues to find secrets. I might be in a third act now but I'm not really sure. Even if I am, I can see myself repeating this a number of times to diverge on some very obvious forks in the road. There a several overlaid mysteries that have me curious and I'm unable to put it down. This is exactly what I was hoping for, I liked the dev's previous works for how they can string together lots of elements so as long as it doesn't take a hard turn and never look back at the demo's kind of content, I'll be happy.
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I'm finding the way you navigate around the room confusing. Sometimes A moves you left, sometimes it rotates your viewpoint left. I have amazing difficulty getting back into the chair after I've walked around the room; I keep approaching it from the side. Can anybody explain in words of one syllable what "WASD" are doing, and how it changes with context?
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Growing Up is out, a life simulator / Princess Maker 2-like where you are a child growing up in the '90's and making decisions about what to do, what to learn, and who to be friends with. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1191120/Growing_Up/ It's a neat little game, largely driven by a "brain map" game mechanic where you navigate to build up your stats, and schedules you make around activities you want to do, occasionally interspersed with choose-your-own-adventure sections of navigating friendships.  Did I mention that it's set in the '90s?  It is very set in the 90s  Anyways, it's from the team that did Chinese Parents, and I think they've refined and improved the mechanics they used for that one a bunch, making it simpler, more straight-forward, and more fun. The narratives are fine, if a little straight-forward and predictable, but they're handled generally well IMHO. Also, the sound track is by Jim Guthrie, who did the tracks for Planet Coaster and Griftlands, and while I can't prove it, I think he did some for Surviving Mars, and the soundtrack for this game is very good (though not nearly as 90s as the art and fashion). skeleton warrior fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Oct 20, 2021 |
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I'm finding the way you navigate around the room confusing. Sometimes A moves you left, sometimes it rotates your viewpoint left. I have amazing difficulty getting back into the chair after I've walked around the room; I keep approaching it from the side. I'm pretty sure A and D rotate, W is forward and S is backwards. I don't think you ever sidestep with A/D.
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for some reason many games on my wishlist released today Gloomhaven hit 1.0 today (board game adapation, apparently a good one) https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256852431/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1632328187 Klang 2 (has a demo) came out as well, which I put there mainly because psytrance bassline, hope the actual game is good too https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256789303/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1592236611 They Always Run came out. Forgot why I wishlisted it honestly https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256855464/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1634048779 aaaand Drox Operative 2 came out too
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Jalumibnkrayal posted:I'm at about 9 hours in and it just keeps getting better and better. Things change, and I understand why some people got into the groove of the demo gameplay, but the way stuff just unfolds is outstanding IMHO. You're still doing the cardgame as your main way to interact with the game, and you still have to pay attention to environmental clues to find secrets. I might be in a third act now but I'm not really sure. Even if I am, I can see myself repeating this a number of times to diverge on some very obvious forks in the road. There a several overlaid mysteries that have me curious and I'm unable to put it down. I joined the developers discord after I finished it and man there's a *lot* to miss.
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Just finished Inscryption.. I think? I mean, this is my first time dipping my toes into these rabbit holes, so I'm not certain if the game goes on, but. I just got the actual credits to roll and there's definitely mysteries left unaddressed here that the information didn't exist for as far as I can tell, I just don't have the slightest idea where to go digging at this point
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Alectai posted:Just finished Inscryption.. I think? I think people are still figuring stuff out but I know that there's a console you can access if you hit control+c during the system reboot at the beginning of part 2. It lets you access the old_data folder that's referenced a few times through the game. edit: Absolutely do not click this link if you haven't finished Inscryption - Link to the document where people are compiling findings
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Can we keep endgame chat about a game that really doesn't want to be spoiled out of the thread meant to introduce new games? Brief reviews and opinions please, jeez.
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Chadzok posted:Can we keep endgame chat about a game that really doesn't want to be spoiled out of the thread meant to introduce new games? Brief reviews and opinions please, jeez. It looks like everything is appropriately spoilered so just... don't mouse over them. That being said someone should definitely create an Inscryption thread since it seems like a lot of people are playing it. New game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1300100/Spectacular_Sparky/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256856660/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1634756642 Spectacular Sparky is another very retro looking action side scroller (that I think looks amazing) coming out on steam. This may have been a switch game before this maybe? quote:A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!
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Play posted:But I want to start over and I can't figure out how, the new game tile is blacked out and won't let you pick it up. thecluckmeme posted:What happens? Does it drop the room escape/card game formula, or does it just muddy the waters further on how to play the card game? Chev fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Oct 20, 2021 |
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Oct 20, 2021 22:25
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I made a thread to talk about Inscryption for those interested.
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There's apparently a game called This Land is My Land where you play as a Native leader resisting the expansion of European settlers. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069640/This_Land_Is_My_Land/
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Lutha Mahtin posted:There's apparently a game called This Land is My Land where you play as a Native leader resisting the expansion of European settlers. FWIW this is the game where Native players tried to contact the devs because the story seemed to be very stereotypical (and the discord was awarding people roles of "chief" of the "tribe") and they got completely rebuffed https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7eq5y/this-land-is-my-land-wants-to-sell-an-indigenous-revenge-fantasy-but-without-any-indigenous-input
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thanks for the link. i was wondering if it was bad and it sounds like it is very bad
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ElecHeadquote:⚡＋🤖＋🧩 98% positive based off 120 reviews. I'm going to wait and see if this gets a slight discount in one of the upcoming sales.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:FWIW this is the game where Native players tried to contact the devs because the story seemed to be very stereotypical (and the discord was awarding people roles of "chief" of the "tribe") and they got completely rebuffed It also sounds like its not complete lol. People on the steam forums complaining that promised features are still not in, and the devs saying "we're still working on it" even though it left early access
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I wanted to signal boost some smaller games a little bit as I had some time to try them out and really enjoyed them.Play posted:https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256856660/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1634756642 haldolium posted:They Always Run came out. Forgot why I wishlisted it honestly Play posted:https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256837622/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1623498722 Spectacular Sparky is a funny, simple run and gun platformer with occasional side scrolling shooter segments and a nice 16 bit retro look. You can aim and also lock your aim at a certain direction and angle with is great. It's probably a little easy, at least so far, but there's still a lot to keep track of. The main character is actually pretty amusing, and it has good voice acting. Almost a combination between super mario with a gun and conkers bad fur day. Dumb fun basically and I really like it. They Always Run is very different which is cool. All hand-painted, no pixel art and no 3D style digital stuff. It's a mostly-linear game, although there are some places that you will take your ship back to occasionally. Combat is TOUGH. You gotta be smart about how you do it. There is a basic attack which is pretty drat weak, a counter which kills most enemies instantly, a dodge, and a third arm that you can attack with manually in whatever direction you want. No stamina meter, thank loving christ. One thing I don't love is that the character's movement does seem a little choppy. I would prefer some more character frames in his movements. Apart from that seems to have an interesting-enough story and cool levels with a lot of challenges in them as you hunt down your bounty targets. BATS is a very strange game but at only 9 bucks is a decent deal. A pixel art game about navigating complex levels with some light puzzling and difficult combat. Fun art style and very very challenging.
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Alisaquote:Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
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I meant to make that last post in the steam thread. whoops lol
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What's that? Not enough extremely weird indie stuff on your to-play list? Don't worry, itch.io is here for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dRylsAu7E https://oleandergarden.itch.io/hexcraft2 quote:
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What kind of game is this, like, what do you do and is it really a big co-op forward kind of thing to experience if you can?
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Khanstant posted:What kind of game is this, like, what do you do and is it really a big co-op forward kind of thing to experience if you can? It's not a shooter if that's what you mean, I think there is free control of characters in certain exploration sections, then dialogue choices and QTE action scenes mostly. I don't know about the co-op if there is any
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It's basically a Telltale game, but horror themed and usually a twist, meanwhile there's breaks between acts so a smug narrator can talk down to you They're alright, although I'll probably just watch John Wolfe play it as background noise over the weekend while cleaning my living room. I think he's the only horror channel that doesn't lean into the "OH MY GOSH GUYS THIS IS SO SCARY" shtick
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Naw didn't get a shooter vibe, just didn't know at all what you do in the game, I think the telltale explains it
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Haven’t seen anyone mention: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1287840/Disciples_Liberation/ It’s very good if you like the series at all. It’s a solid hex based tactical squad fantasy based game even if you have never played the originals.
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DUSK '82, a sokoban game based on DUSK, is out now. Duskdude Is You
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