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frank.club
Jan 15, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Yeah I like having fun

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Pirate Jet
May 2, 2010

Anonymous Robot posted:

I've got a theory that the people who enjoyed Saint's Row 2 were those who liked getting into a GTA and completing the game, exploring the whole city etc, and those who enjoy 3 and 4 were more into flipping all the cheats on and messing around.

Saints Row 3 and 4 are significantly less fun to gently caress around in, though.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
I'm really not a fan of Saints Row: The Third but I think Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 4 kick equal amounts of rear end.

Kanfy posted:

Good news for Orv as Winged Cloud, the makers of highly acclaimed western VN titles such as Sakura Spirit and Sakura Angels have their next title on Greenlight already.

Seems like they're sticking to their true and tested formula.



I honestly don't know how you make a game development studio that does nothing but make anime porn that, really, isn't even quite anime porn.

null_user01013
Nov 13, 2000

Drink up comrades
Every video game should have a big head mode, moon jump and unlimited ammo or it might as well be a book.

Ragequit
Jun 1, 2006


Lipstick Apathy

AxeManiac posted:

Every video game should have a big head mode, moon jump and unlimited ammo or it might as well be a book.

Pillars of Eternity may please you.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

The Colonel posted:

I honestly don't know how you make a game development studio that does nothing but make anime porn that, really, isn't even quite anime porn.

There's actually a big market for exactly that in Japan. It's even got a specific genre title that I do not remember.

Turtlicious posted:

Is Kentucky Route Zero fully released? Is it worth buying into? Is it good?

Kentucky Route Zero is awesome and I heartily recommend you buy it. It's an episodic game and 3 out of I think 5 have been released so far, but the fourth is coming relatively soon. It's definitely worth it. If you need further provocation see my avatar, although it will spoil probably the best moment of the game for you in case you're not okay with that.

CJacobs fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Mar 15, 2015

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

Belated Bear Witness
Soiled Meat

Anonymous Robot posted:

What I mean is, Saint's Row 3 normal is like Vice City or San Andreas with cheats on. (My own problems with the game relate far more to how obviously unfinished it is, but that's the impression I get.)

No it's not. Not at all. SR3 just had a much more fun general tone, and stories it told. The gameplay's the fuckin' same for the most part.

SR4 got amazing because it was funny as hell and had superpowers. The gameplay-story loop was still the same though, and it suffered for it.

revdrkevind
Dec 15, 2013
ASK:lol: ME:lol: ABOUT:lol: MY :lol:TINY :lol:DICK

also my opinion on :females:
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Spiderdrake posted:

I never cheated in SR3, I just enjoyed wandering around and having fun in a game that basically didn't give a poo poo.

I also liked the fact that in spite of your character being an inserted creation you actually seemed to act like you were part of the plot. Felt like a man or woman of action, instead of the bog standard protagonist who just gets dragged everywhere and through everything. Granted I think that has to do with morality - that if your character "never asked for this" it's okay to shoot like 500 people in the face, whereas the SR boss was like YES! Shooting people in the face rules! Give me the tank!

My character in SR 3/4 wears samurai armor and kabuki makeup. And he's got the cockney accent. He fits seamlessly into the game world, and seems perfectly in place next to the other colorful characters. Few other sandbox games accomplish this so well. Oddly enough.

Anonymous Robot posted:

What I mean is, Saint's Row 3 normal is like Vice City or San Andreas with cheats on. (My own problems with the game relate far more to how obviously unfinished it is, but that's the impression I get.)

Nah. SR3 is more like the funny/outrageous bits that have always been in the games. From GT1's rocket launcher rampages and El Burro through lots of aspects of Vice City, especially. SR4 is just a logical extension. Instead of being the funny parts of GTA, it's GTA with the filter completely removed so it's just a fantasy fulfillment shoot things game. Sort of like Trevor in GTA5, only Trevor seems a bit outclassed by Da Prez these days.

If anything, I'd say people who tend to dislike Saints Row are people who tried to take GTA seriously instead of seeing it mostly as a fun sandbox game that happened to have a story mode.

Yeah, the minigame repetition is a little lame and samey, and it'd be nice if they put in more effort. But for a fun shoot things game, it's still a decent waste of time- I'd probably only pick up the next game on sale, if it doesn't shake things up enough.

null_user01013
Nov 13, 2000

Drink up comrades

Ragequit posted:

Pillars of Eternity may please you.

I backed it! I'm looking forward to it, not sure about the moon jump however

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

The last battle of Valkyria Chronicles is really bad, I didn't think I'd ever ragequit a single player game in my life but i was on turn 16 and just couldn't take it anymore

Sober
Nov 19, 2011

First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

AxeManiac posted:

I backed it! I'm looking forward to it, not sure about the moon jump however
(It actually has big head mode).

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Ragequit posted:

Pillars of Eternity may please you.

Wait, will PoE have poo poo like that? If this is true, well, I was happy enough to get a modern love letter to Infinity Engine games to begin with.

CJacobs posted:

There's actually a big market for exactly that in Japan. It's even got a specific genre title that I do not remember.

uh i believe the word you're looking for is エロゲ you dirty gaijin

Fur20 fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Mar 15, 2015

Sober
Nov 19, 2011

First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.
From the POE backer beta:

SolidSnakesBandana
Jul 1, 2007

Infinite ammo
Saints Row 3 was kind of a let down for me. I enjoyed the heck out of Saints Row 2, and Saints Row 3 had a really awesome set of intro missions. Then, I dunno, it just felt bland. The story missions were just the side missions, and there were less cutscenes. I liked it enough to finish it.

frank.club
Jan 15, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Playing Divinity DC while waiting for x3 to download. It's incredibly good wow

Selenephos
Jul 9, 2010

Saints Row 3 got hastily rewritten midway through development and it shows. The original concept of the game sounded way more interesting than what we ended up with. Although the original concept would have killed Johnny Gat off for good instead of his death being really weird to the point it's easy enough to retcon in the next game.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Mr. Fortitude posted:

Saints Row 3 got hastily rewritten midway through development and it shows. The original concept of the game sounded way more interesting than what we ended up with. Although the original concept would have killed Johnny Gat off for good instead of his death being really weird to the point it's easy enough to retcon in the next game.

I'll be honest; I didn't even realize that Johnny was dead until after his funeral because nobody seemed to even mention him until that point.

SR3 was fun, but yeah there's large chunks of the story missing.

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Evil Mastermind posted:

I'll be honest; I didn't even realize that Johnny was dead until after his funeral because nobody seemed to even mention him until that point.

SR3 was fun, but yeah there's large chunks of the story missing.

I assumed he'd come back even after the funeral because we still didn't see a body.

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



Mr. Fortitude posted:

Although the original concept would have killed Johnny Gat off for good instead of his death being really weird to the point it's easy enough to retcon in the next game.
What was the original treatment?

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord

Spiderdrake posted:

What was the original treatment?
Killbane nukes Stillwater off the face of the Earth and Shaundi's personality change would have been given more focus if I remember right.

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Saints Row 4 actually referenced some of the contents that got cut or glossed over on SR3, like the change in Shaundi and Gat's death.

Ragequit
Jun 1, 2006


Lipstick Apathy

Sober posted:

From the POE backer beta:



And they are seriously huge.

Drifter
Oct 22, 2000

Belated Bear Witness
Soiled Meat

Ragequit posted:

And they are seriously huge.

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009

Drifter posted:

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

Uhhh I guess that depends on how big the breadbox is..

Smoremaster
Aug 5, 2009

Don't forget to source your quotes!

AxeManiac posted:

That's a bummer, I was hoping it would be good. I can't seem to find a non early access broken "village building" game that isn't overtly complicated or confusing. I like building things and keeping people happy. Banished is shaping up, but a lot of the mechanics are kind of like "I don't know if this is broken or I'm just not using it right".

ScentOfAnOtaku posted:

That is the best way I've ever heard someone explain Banished. It may be early access but something about it just seems off. I do think it'll be worked out down the line, but right now there is something about the mechanics that just doesn't seem to work correctly. Great game other than that though.

I've been playing Skylines a bit and it really does feel like a great game too, though it seems just a bit more complicated than Sim City, and it sometimes throws me off a bit.

Banished is not Early Access, so don't expect it to change much.

Filthy Monkey
Jun 25, 2007

Ori and the Blind Forest is ridiculously good. I've played it for about six hours today, and it is easily the best random little steam game I've bought in a long time. Extremely pretty graphics, good music, and great controls. It plays a little like a metroidvania game, where you have a world map with random powerups spread around. It isn't terribly challenging, but the atmosphere is spot on. The thing is super polished for a random $20 steam game.

Ariza
Feb 8, 2006

Filthy Monkey posted:

Ori and the Blind Forest is ridiculously good. I've played it for about six hours today, and it is easily the best random little steam game I've bought in a long time. Extremely pretty graphics, good music, and great controls. It plays a little like a metroidvania game, where you have a world map with random powerups spread around. It isn't terribly challenging, but the atmosphere is spot on. The thing is super polished for a random $20 steam game.

I was scared of this at first because it seems most of the pretty games focus so much on the graphics that they lose out on gameplay. The controls are super tight in this game and after playing for a bit, you're able to pull off some really satisfying moves. I love it.

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


I just came to post that you can kill cats in AC: Rogue.

EDIT: I guess make it dogs too now.

Palpek fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Mar 15, 2015

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW
If you like plopping down each building, Hearthlands aims for the Pharaoh/Caesar style of city builders, but with more modern mechanics. It's shaping up pretty great.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/336300/announcements/detail/119682647824966723

Orv
May 4, 2011
I didn't know that existed, gonna have to take a closer look, thanks.

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW
It was in two Green Light bundles, so it's possible you already have it

Perk: you can drag anything place-able and place a ton of them

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Palpek posted:

I just came to post that you can kill cats in AC: Rogue.

EDIT: I guess make it dogs too now.

Then it deletes your savegame, right? And if you do it more than once, it deletes the game from your computer, and then finally from your Steam Account?

:colbert:

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


Jerusalem posted:

Then it deletes your savegame, right? And if you do it more than once, it deletes the game from your computer, and then finally from your Steam Account?

:colbert:
It also deletes AC: Unity which kept the animal animations and models but removed the ability to pet them because Ubisoft.

doctor 7
Oct 10, 2003

In the grim darkness of the future there is only Oakley.

Palpek posted:

I just came to post that you can kill cats in AC: Rogue.

EDIT: I guess make it dogs too now.

Man I would've bought Rogue so quick during the Ubisoft sale.

If it was on sale.

ookiimarukochan
Apr 4, 2011

The White Dragon posted:

uh i believe the word you're looking for is エロゲ you dirty gaijin

ギャルゲー

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender

Quest For Glory II posted:

The last battle of Valkyria Chronicles is really bad, I didn't think I'd ever ragequit a single player game in my life but i was on turn 16 and just couldn't take it anymore

What was your trouble with it? I beat that recently and could give you some tips, maybe.

Kanfy
Jan 9, 2012

Just gotta keep walking down that road.

The White Dragon posted:

uh i believe the word you're looking for is エロゲ you dirty gaijin

But that's completely wrong, everyone look at him and wwwwwwwwwww

Ariza
Feb 8, 2006
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theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
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Armitage_Shanks
May 16, 2004

Fear the aVICtar.
Is the Ubisoft sale doing daily reductions on each featured title or is everything as discounted as it is going to get?

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