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Daztek posted:Beamdog is doing an orginal game Saturday morning cartoon is a cool vibe but it's nutty that they are making something like this after all the old game porting they've been doing. I would've expected at least something isometric. I also think 4 set characters where coop is just picking who plays what is pretty lame. I'd prefer full creation where I can play dress up but at least make > 4 options.
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Play posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280930/Astral_Ascent/ This one is pretty good actually. Reminds me a bit of Skul the Hero Slayer which I liked a lot. Nice pixel art and pretty good action. Unfortunately it's one of those where the first boss seems kind of impossible until you get the upgrades going which kind of annoys me these days. Still, they did a good job with what they were going for. Also I'm absolutely love B.I.O.T.A. It's not just cheap retro appeal it's a drat fun game and looks amazing despite the limited palettes (which you can change to what suits you best).
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I've been playing it too, the bosses are very doable without upgrades. But you'll have to know their movesets to know how to move/dodge and when it's safe. That's the impossible part really. Fun game, will be interesting how much more things they can pack into it. They are definitely trying to hit the same notes as Hades with all the voice acted interactions for every character, but it's not hitting the same highs.
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Dackel posted:I've been playing it too, the bosses are very doable without upgrades. But you'll have to know their movesets to know how to move/dodge and when it's safe. That's the impossible part really. Fun game, will be interesting how much more things they can pack into it. They are definitely trying to hit the same notes as Hades with all the voice acted interactions for every character, but it's not hitting the same highs. I'm sure they are, I only tried it two times but to learn the moves and how to avoid them it's still gonna take a while. At least for me. Second time I got him down to like half but his attacks are extremely varied, actually the second time I ended up seeing like three or four brand new attacks I didn't get to in the first time. Worse thing about it is it takes a while to get to the boss again. Fun but just not quite enough to get me to want to spend however many hours it would take to beat all (12, presumably, since it's the zodiac) bosses. Story and characters didn't really do it for me like you said. Just kinda whatever. Art is nice though and the gameplay is good. I think I will at least give it another try with the punchy lightning guy, he looks more my style.
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Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256881741/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1649807462 So I've been playing this for the past few days, and its really drat good. Extremely polished. I would genuinely compare the feel of the platforming to something like Hollow Knight, with lots of wall clings and air dashes, and lots of exploration for hidden upgrades and secrets. Bosses are good, with well telegraphed attacks that are fun to dodge. I've generally beaten each on on about the third try, so It's about the right level of difficulty for me.
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Fatty posted:Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread Okay, that one looks really great, I think I'll try it after the holidays.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Okay, that one looks really great, I think I'll try it after the holidays.  Has a demo, too
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Was thinking about trying this one and posting it but wasn't sure of the actual quality. Good to hear gonna check it out
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Annie and the Art Galleryquote:After months of waiting, Annie finally snags a ticket to the new art exhibit. However, things take a turn for the worst: she finds herself trapped in the museum's haunted basement. Help her navigate puzzles, traps, and more as she tries to escape - and find out the truth of what's really going on. 91% positive based on 12 reviews. Free to play.
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Played the demo, It seems fun. The voicework is great and the controls feel right. I Will probably be my next buy once I am truly burned out with Elden Ring. Feels like that will happen soon.
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Some I missed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/789660/Buggos/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256874671/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1647538647 quote:Buggos is an RTS Auto Battler where you direct a bug swarm to conquer the planet from the dirty resident humans! You unlock evolution points when defeating the humans in battle allowing you to customize your bug swarm. You are the bad guys! You are the evil bugs! You are here for blood! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1777160/Nuclear_Assault/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256854504/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1634508328 quote:Nuclear Assault is a Shoot 'em Up with all the essence of Arcades in the 90s! Equip new cannons, collect different Power-Ups, defeat the 4 Robot Kings and earn new scores! But most importantly... Shoot, shoot and don't stop shooting!
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The Iron Oath is out in Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/699330/The_Iron_Oath/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc1AyiCztSQ quote:Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Lead your band as they age, retire, and die I backed it on kickstarter years ago so it's nice to see it's finally arrived. A lot of the UI and combat feedback has been improved since the demo, along with a more generous dungeon timer.
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Had a few games on my wishlist exit EA/become available today. I've been looking forward to Teardown for a while: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167630/Teardown/  It has overwhelmingly positive reviews. Fully destructive terrain, physics, emergent gameplay, etc. Has a campaign now. Samurai Bringer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1851280/Samurai_Bringer/ Cute little roguelite, doesn't have much for reviews yet. I'll give it a shot if I'm not too tired of the genre yet.
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ultrachrist posted:Had a few games on my wishlist exit EA/become available today. Ok, I hadn't realized before that I need a game that lets me drive a flaming semi trailer around town, but I can totally see that now
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Captain Hygiene posted:Ok, I hadn't realized before that I need a game that lets me drive a flaming semi trailer around town, but I can totally see that now Teardown is a game I've kept at bay because the whole game premise is speed running a heist with a bunch of explosives, and that's a rabbit hole I can't go down until I have vacation 
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thecluckmeme posted:Teardown is a game I've kept at bay because the whole game premise is speed running a heist with a bunch of explosives, and that's a rabbit hole I can't go down until I have vacation I've been playing the alpha, and rest assured the game is a miracle. The meat of the game are the timed heists, but the timer only starts once you trigger an alarm (which is generally unavoidable at some point). Before the alarm, you have infinite time to manipulate the buildings and vehicles in any way you want with the tools available to you, in order to build a route you can complete all your objectives in. Also there are levels where you just level someone's house down to the ground with hammer and flame. It's good stuff. Buy it.
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A few releases off my wishlist today. None have had an EA period, so no reviews yet. Revita quote:In this fast paced twin-stick roguelite platformer, you play as an unnamed child ascending an ominous clocktower in pursuit of their lost memories. Harvest and sacrifice souls to grow your power in order to challenge procedural encounter rooms and intimidating bosses! Anuchard quote:Anuchard has fallen. Generations after the fall, its surviving descendants have chosen you as the Bellwielder of the magical Audros Bell. Go forth, battle monsters, solve puzzles, and restore Anuchard to its former glory: A paradise in the skies! Tandis quote:Tandis is a short puzzle game where you discover mind-bending geometric forms.
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ultrachrist posted:Had a few games on my wishlist exit EA/become available today. if a game like this had two player I'd shovel money their way
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Weirdly like...HD PS1/N64 style? Kind of nifty.
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Play posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1851280/Samurai_Bringer/ Been toodling around with this one today and I can vouch for it- it's running on a very lite roguelite structure where every item you acquire is a permanent unlock / power increase. You build up attacks out of parts and different weapons react to different parts in different ways, and you're not really meant to be able to figure it out, which is why every passive equipment item you acquire gives you access to a new dude in your big menagerie of samurai who usually has one or more of the special tricks set up in their starting attacks. There's a whole mechanic for storing and restoring attacks between characters. Since enemy attacks are also made of the same parts, you can sometimes figure things out just by observing powerful enemies. For example, there's an attack which is "call in an archer artillery strike" which is almost entirely useless in its base level because it kind of plunks a single arrow down in a random position in front of you. You can stack a bunch of them up but that just makes it plunk down that many arrows. But then you work out that the multi-hit attack part makes arrows bounce, and you watch an enemy whose whole trick is using that attack and having the arrows bounce and then home in on you, and then you remember the awful enemy whose main trick is a spray of flaming arrows, and all of a sudden you're seeing new ways of approaching what this one attack trick can do. It makes the lite-ness of the roguelite feel really earned and useful because while your toolset to build new attacks goes up real fast, your ability to use that knowledge is limited by your willingness to explore, observe, and collect. Also the art style looks like what would happen if someone translated a 16-bit sprite character to 3D while trying to keep the essential feel of that original sprite and it hits way more than it misses, especially with how buckwild some of the demon bosses can get in comparison.
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I like Samurai Bringer, here's a post I made about it in the roguelikes threaddeep dish peat moss posted:If you've ever played Dynasty Warriors and thought "This would be good as an action roguelite" then the day is finally here
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I'm not that far into the game and I rarely get past the second area before a big samurai fucks my poo poo up with some weird broken attack, but I'm still having tons of fun. As far as I can tell, there's two ways to figure out combos: the premade samurai you can select at the start of the game often have attack-parts that build a special attack, and then there was the scroll merchant who taught me the power dash. Are there any other ways to learn these recipes? Because whenever I try to mash random stuff together it doesn't tend to do what I envisioned it would.
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I'm enjoying it as well but it's a little frustrating where sometimes you'll be fighting something and not be sure if you're supposed to die or if I'm just bad at the game. Like (hopefully not a spoiler) there's a big spider at one point and it's not really clear if it's expected I lose and try again or just to 'get good'.
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Mozi posted:I'm enjoying it as well but it's a little frustrating where sometimes you'll be fighting something and not be sure if you're supposed to die or if I'm just bad at the game. Like (hopefully not a spoiler) there's a big spider at one point and it's not really clear if it's expected I lose and try again or just to 'get good'. I actually went insanely far on my very first run. I killed the spider, I killed the centipede, I got to like stage 17 and day thirty something. If you're having trouble, some tips: The purple warp zones with the lanterns ALWAYS takes you to the creature boss arena. Usually there is a samurai boss first then the creature appears. When I first got there, just like you I couldn't seem to harm it at all, I have no idea why but look around the arena and there will be a warp zone somewhere. So you can RETREAT back to a normal level. You want to wait until you have some good strong magic style attacks before fighting the creature bosses, and having upgraded running (which comes with an item) seems pretty crucial as well. If you can't even harm the boss just look around on the map for a warp zone and retreat. Every level seems to have both a purple warp for the creature bosses and a normal blue warp. The game makes it very easy to get life back. Enemies drop life items, there are inns you can heal yourself at, but also every time you beat one of the challenges and redeem it at the man statue you heal completely. Redeeming them increases your SP which is great but also heals you so sometimes it makes sense to save one or two until you need to heal. Finally, do NOT be afraid to just run away. Some samurai bosses just have really tough combinations that can mess you up and stunlock you. Don't be afraid to just run away and try somewhere else. Is there discussion about the game in the roguelike thread I guess? I'd like to compare notes on good attack patterns. New games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432910/Godlike_Burger/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256883094/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1650557454 quote:In Godlike Burger you run the craziest restaurant of the galaxy! Stun, poison and kill customers in many devious ways… and turn them into burger meat! And don’t worry: Alien customers will keep coming if you are smart about it, because cannibalism is just too drat tasty. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/mythforce-d2710b  This one's epic store only. I've heard it's not great but it does have a cool look. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135230/Ember_Knights/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256882374/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1650456720 quote:Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608470/Warstride_Challenges/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256882803/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1650362165 quote:Blast hordes of demons at lightning speed in bloody gunfights, and race against the clock to overcome everything that comes your way! Die and retry to get the highest score in increasingly intense trials. Create and share your own runs, enjoying hundreds of levels created by the community. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021100/Aircraft_Carrier_Survival/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256882317/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1650018939 quote:When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a simulator set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth
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Mozi posted:I'm enjoying it as well but it's a little frustrating where sometimes you'll be fighting something and not be sure if you're supposed to die or if I'm just bad at the game. Like (hopefully not a spoiler) there's a big spider at one point and it's not really clear if it's expected I lose and try again or just to 'get good'. You're gonna lose a lot early on; you start out with a piddling amount of stamina and ability to build attacks or combos, and those are where both your survivability and kill power come from. Run away, stay alive, don't jump into a demon portal until you're making that decision consciously. There's a lot of tutorial to get through.
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Instruments of Destruction https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256876214/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1646233042 It looks interesting, like teardown without the Heisting
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koshmar posted:Instruments of Destruction Also looks neat, wishlisted as well.
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Turbo Overkill https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256851294/movie480_vp9.webm A pretty straightforward Boomer Shooter for all your Boomer Shooter needs. It has a nice artstyle and feels really good to play. I played the demo for it during the most recent Steam Next Fest and had a great time with it. (Currently in Early Access)
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Fishing Vacationquote:A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure 100% positive based on 11 reviews.
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You'll need files from X-COM / TFTD so this is technically a steam game, and it's new, so... https://openxcom.mod.io/from-the-ashes X-Com: From the Ashes for OpenXcom quote:Global conversion mod to OpenXcom. During the alien invasion, X-COM's initiative failed, alien agents infiltrated the ranks of most major governments, and within a few months, they were placed in a puppet regime. The true motives of the aliens remain obscure. Their hostile activities are skillfully hidden from the public. There is no support from the Council of Funding Nations, and Council members loyal to X-COM are scattered and remain concealed. The player will need to learn how to survive in the new circumstances, conduct an undercover struggle against alien forces, and cooperate with global organizations involved in the conflict.
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Play posted:tips Thanks! I ran away from the boss, did another couple of levels and got more items, and then was able to defeat the spinny fire guy. It took a while though - I had a resist fire armor on and was barely taking any damage, but it took a long time to chip away at him. But I'm killing normal enemies in one hit so my output seems ok otherwise...
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Mozi posted:Thanks! I ran away from the boss, did another couple of levels and got more items, and then was able to defeat the spinny fire guy. It took a while though - I had a resist fire armor on and was barely taking any damage, but it took a long time to chip away at him. But I'm killing normal enemies in one hit so my output seems ok otherwise... Some of the generals and demons have an ungodly amount of hp
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https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/474020/view/3200379893119775760 Ragnorium 1.0 is now available! quote:I am happy to Announce that the Ragnorium Build 1.0 is now available on Steam! Please check the patch notes above!
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So Peglin is out in EA today and it's pretty good so far. Peggle/panchinko gameplay with Slay the Spire-like roguelike mechanics, where you build a "deck" of balls with special abilities, get relics with more special abilities, and progress down a branching path towards bosses.
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ultrafilter posted:Fishing Vacation Hey it's one of the entries from the Fishing Horror Jam! It's genuinely good but about 15 minutes long. Then again it's under two bucks
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grate deceiver posted:So Peglin is out in EA today and it's pretty good so far. I am a child. Also this looks like my jam, are there progression mechanics between runs?
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Morpheus posted:I am a child. Also this looks like my jam, are there progression mechanics between runs? I have not noticed any so far. You get to pick a random relic for your next run when you die, but there's no unlocks or stats or anything like that.
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Peglin update: so it's cool and all, but after 3,5h I have reached the end of available content, so my advice is to wait on it. There's only 3 levels right now, and with no unlocks or alternate game modes or difficulties it doesn't imo warrant the price yet.
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