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I’m just too old for dick-kicking games. Like I wanna play a game, have fun, be moderatelyish challenged and yeah. So many games are going for the Uber hard ‘souls-like’ stuff and I’m over here like ‘but no? Not yucking anyone’s yum, but oy I was wish games would embrace a multitude of difficulty sliders that didn’t punish you if you use them to make the game easier. I don’t mind challenging, but I don’t want a game that’s out to kill me. Like an adversarial DM or some poo poo. I dunno.
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My opinion on Tunic is the art style and cozy vibe the manual concept* creates is brilliant but its writing a check its gameplay isn't just not cashing, its tearing it up and lighting it on fire. Combat is incredibly punishing of mistakes (for example if you run out of stamina and get hit enjoy taking 150% damage) and enemies are designed often to do extremely rude things like dash away from you and then shoot at range, and some can shoot at you through impassable terrain they can cross at will. Enemy mixtures also are high lethality and upgrades are very very necessary and often well hidden. Your health, also, is quite limited, expected to lose at least 1/4th your health everytime you're hit with bosses and tough foes able to dish out more. What kind of pushes it over the edge is that save points are fairly infrequent, especially as the game progresses, so death is a huge time loss and death can happen incredibly quickly. So you have very slow combat that is extremely risky with an estus health system and very long intervals between check points. Theres no way I'd recommend playing this without infinite health and stamina cheats unless you're very comfortable with an incredibly punishing experience. *Seriously, this is just absolutely brilliant. Just inventive as hell and so much effort and charm went into this and its basically perfect. Shame the game its attached to. Barudak fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Mar 21, 2022 |
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Does it have very much input buffering + no animation canceling? I feel like that’s the combo I struggle with the most with combat.
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tildes posted:Does it have very much input buffering + no animation canceling? I feel like that’s the combo I struggle with the most with combat. Pretty much. I love the game and discovered the parry early on, but I have parried a laser once. I still took damage because the animation didn't have iframes after reflecting the initial laser
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Saxophone posted:I’m just too old for dick-kicking games. Like I wanna play a game, have fun, be moderatelyish challenged and yeah. So many games are going for the Uber hard ‘souls-like’ stuff and I’m over here like ‘but no? Yeah that's it for me, I don't hate that it exists, it's just sounding like it's very much not for me compared to what I thought from its initial look.
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Tunic has options for infinite stamina and invulnerability, so if you hate the combat for being punishing you can just make it a cakewalk
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ymgve posted:Tunic has options for infinite stamina and invulnerability, so if you hate the combat for being punishing you can just make it a cakewalk I think it would be better if they had an option to, like, double or triple both instead of making them infinite. Being invulnerable is pretty boring it really gets old fast. And the rest of the game is okay but combat is a huge part of it.
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Play posted:I think it would be better if they had an option to, like, double or triple both instead of making them infinite. Being invulnerable is pretty boring it really gets old fast. And the rest of the game is okay but combat is a huge part of it. I was just gonna say something like that, I've been very appreciative of games having granular difficulty accessibility options lately. Tuning up defense or damage a bit is way more fun for me than just going god mode.
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The best implementation I've seen is Hades god mode where the more you die, the less damage you take up to...50% less? Pretty grand idea imo.
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thecluckmeme posted:The most recent thing that is like it I would say is Death's Door, although I bounced off of Death's Door and am fully engrossed with Tunic. I think the charm of the game and how you discover it's mechanics helps carry it. It's on gamepass at the least so its a worth a shot if you have that There's also Hob. Which is Zelda if you are a boy with a robot arm/friend. But out of the three I've played Death's Door the most. Tunic is challenging as soon as you encounter the shooter monsters which (without a shield? I haven't found one yet) will grind away at you if you aren't precise and careful with them.
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It's not recent, but if you're disappointed by Tunic's combat and want to scratch the 2d zelda itch, I recommend Blossom Tales
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Haystack posted:It's not recent, but if you're disappointed by Tunic's combat and want to scratch the 2d zelda itch, I recommend Blossom Tales Added to my wishlist, thanks  And also relevant, it has a sequel listed for this year.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Added to my wishlist, thanks
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Haystack posted:It's not recent, but if you're disappointed by Tunic's combat and want to scratch the 2d zelda itch, I recommend Blossom Tales Blossom Tales is super good! I played it on the Switch a few months ago.
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moonmazed posted:hob was really good imo Somehow I missed this game completely even though it came out a few years ago. It's made by the Torchlight folks?? Wishlisted...
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ultrafilter posted:Hob, Blossom Tales, Lenna's Inception, Wirewalk(), Ocean's Heart, World to the West, Anodyne, Songbringer.... Anodyne is pretty good but Anodyne 2 is a masterpiece, one of the most unique games I've played in a really long time and I never would have heard of it if it wasn't for one of the GOTY threads.
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Pretty sure I posted this before but now it has released fully: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167680/Orbital_Bullet__The_360_Roguelite/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256878280/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1647881952 quote:Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1822910/Capybara_Spa/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256876780/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1646638600 quote:Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/679830/Village_Monsters/ releasing out of early access today. Animal Crossing-like. not the prettiest game in the world, but I've heard it's fun, and it was in the Itch.io BLM bundle so you probably already own it. i think it's goon-made as well. v1.0 adds a story campaign built around a two year deadline
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Sophstarquote:A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score sytem and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre. 100% positive based on 40 reviews.
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moonmazed posted:hob was really good imo I’m remembering user reviews at the time of release not being so great, though I don’t remember why. I enjoyed it enough to finish, which is more than I can say for any other zelda-like game I’ve ever played.
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Play posted:Pretty sure I posted this before but now it has released fully: This looks super cool - I don't usually go in for these types of games, but I think this one will have to be an exception.
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Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256873380/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1644588115 quote:An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late. looks like one of the better FMV games out there.
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With Wales it really comes down to who is working with them. some of good gate's other games aren't so good (the complex, night book). but late shift by ctrlmovie was alright. and when they team up with d'avekki it's usually fun (doctor dekker, shapeshifting detective) d'avekki's next game looks interesting because it's mixing fmv with 3D (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1727270/Murderous_Muses/?curator_clanid=33495410) and the 3D is kind of crude in the same way Cyan games were, only in realtime. also you solve a murder by looking at paintings
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Village Monstersquote:Village Monsters is a cozy town life game set in a forgotten world. You play as the sole human living in a community of (mostly) friendly monsters.
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Im nearly legally obligated to promote Norco, a sci-fi themed adventure game set in New Orleans. Its on gamepass. I know nothing else about it, maybe its poo poo, maybe its good, but I don't get a lot of New Orleans games.
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garfield hentai posted:Anodyne is pretty good but Anodyne 2 is a masterpiece, one of the most unique games I've played in a really long time and I never would have heard of it if it wasn't for one of the GOTY threads. Gonna second Anodyne 2, it did an amazingly good job of pulling the rug out from under my feet every moment that I started to think I had a handle on what the hell was going on.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857780/Cursed_Quest/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256866494/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1646757346 quote:An action adventure game where you will explore, fight, solve puzzles, improve your abilities and find equipment to make your way to the "source". Barudak posted:Im nearly legally obligated to promote Norco, a sci-fi themed adventure game set in New Orleans. Its on gamepass. It's got loving amazing pixel art. Definitely gonna check it out. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256879018/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1648130432 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1404960/The_Last_Sunshine_Rekindled/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256872058/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1644850146 quote:The Last Sunshine: Rekindled is an abstract shmup and rogue-lite hybrid. Level up your stars, earn a variety of skills, then mix and match them with your customized stats to dispatch droves of dark, aggressive enemies. Will light win against the darkness? It's the end of the universe! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269300/This_Means_Warp/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256877898/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1647520235 quote:It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile universe. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535780/Imp_of_the_Sun/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256860208/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1643294180 quote:Restore the Sun’s light and end the Eternal Eclipse in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Explore hand-crafted environments, battle and improve your skills to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the Sun.
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Forgot this one https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132910/ITORAH/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256874512/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1645443410 quote:Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2.5D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague! Play fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Mar 24, 2022 |
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Haystack posted:It's not recent, but if you're disappointed by Tunic's combat and want to scratch the 2d zelda itch, I recommend Blossom Tales Speaking of, this happens to be $3.74 (75% off) on steam for the next couple weeks 
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Blossom Tales is absolutely worth $4 unless you're totally repulsed by the game's presentation. (Oh, I forgot the Ittle Dew games from my earlier list. They're very good.)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/ Planet Crafter was released today. Survival, basebuilding, exploration You are essentially a convict sentenced to terraform a planetoid but your ship crashes so you have to take short jaunts out to find crafting recipes and minerals to build all the stuff. Its a decent little game, though not hard if you are efficient, you can only get food from scavenged crates in broken ship pieces until you terraform enough to get the recipe to build an indoor grow item. No danger besides air and water. Its kinda cool watching your atmosphere and land change as you progress though.  
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OgNar posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/ It's got a demo, giving it a whirl e: trip report - it's a less good subnautica with no monsters Hello Sailor fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Mar 25, 2022 |
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1861290/Devil_Spire/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256866922/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1641336119 quote:Roguelite Pseudo-3D Dungeon Crawler. It's King's Field but procedurally generated, and with Hexen-style graphics! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734270/Royal_Frontier/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256874201/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1645042892 quote:Create your party of heroes and cross the dangerous frontier! Protect the caravan, fight bandits, get gold, rewards, and experience to survive another day.
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Royal Frontier is also available for the Switch and I'm finding it pretty enjoyable!
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As it turns out I know people (loosely) who worked on Norco because New Orleans isn't a big city so yeah, deffo go play this. They also used one of the best Cajun last names in the game, aint none of yall gonna say it right.
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