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Someone mentioned a few pages ago that's playing through Shadow Warrior (2013) and I've realized I own it on my steam account with 0 hours played (weird, I played it on release, maybe on another platform, dunno), so I decided to reinstall and play through it again. I forgot how fun it is, Wangtastic! I'm a sucker for shooters/action games with a decent story, characters and lot's of flavour and humour, like Shadow Warrior, Blood Dragon, Call of Juarez:Gunslinger. Can someone reccomend me similar games? My pc is not top of the line though, so moderate spec requirements. Angry Lobster fucked around with this message at 10:16 on May 26, 2020 |
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Bulletstorm.
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May 26, 2020 10:25
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E:D's flying controls spoiled me for the other, better space games being made these days. Like I appreciate that House of the Dying Sun, Everspace, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw are good to great games, but they're not designed for joystick and they're just a little oversimplified. Like, I'm not even looking for sim controls, Freespace 2 is my usual jam. I just want to feel like the game I'm playing was designed for joystick and not a 360 gamepad, not because I don't like using my gamepad or for some elitist reason, it's just an important part of the whole spaceship fantasy to me and adds a lot to the enjoyment.
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May 26, 2020 10:29
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Angry Lobster posted:I'm a sucker for shooters/action games with a decent story, characters and lot's of flavour and humour, like Shadow Warrior, Blood Dragon, Call of Juarez:Gunslinger. Binary Domain, everything by Remedy. Non-shooter action games: Yakuza, Metal Gear Rising etc.
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May 26, 2020 10:44
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Angry Lobster posted:Someone mentioned a few pages ago that's playing through Shadow Warrior (2013) and I've realized I own it on my steam account with 0 hours played (weird, I played it on release, maybe on another platform, dunno), so I decided to reinstall and play through it again. I forgot how fun it is, Wangtastic! Armed and Dangerous No One Lives Forever Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 12:22 on May 26, 2020 |
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May 26, 2020 11:44
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Hwurmp posted:Armed and Dangerous I revisited this one a few years ago. It hasn't aged gracefully, but the humor and story still stand up. Actual recommendation: the first modern Wolfenstein and its expansion has gobs of character married with some very satisfying shooting. It's sequels, not as much. Do. not. get. Wolfenstein: Youngblood. It might be too too beefy for a modest machine, depending on the specs, though.
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John Murdoch posted:Bulletstorm. Neat, goes to my wishlist. Kennel posted:Binary Domain, everything by Remedy. Never been a Kojima fan. What's the consensus about the best Yakuza game? I heard a lot of people swear about Yakuza 0. Afriscipio posted:I revisited this one a few years ago. It hasn't aged gracefully, but the humor and story still stand up. Yep, I recently watched LPs of New Order and New Colossus. They are on my list but I'm not in much of a hurry. Hwurmp posted:Armed and Dangerous If I recall correctly, you can't buy a functional copy of No One Lives Forever anymore, right?
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May 26, 2020 12:57
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Angry Lobster posted:What's the consensus about the best Yakuza game? I heard a lot of people swear about Yakuza 0. I haven't played all of them but 0 is a fine place to start.
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May 26, 2020 13:01
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How about Singularity? Solid shooter, interesting story set in an alternate-timeline Soviet Union. I beat it in 5 hours, but I had plenty of fun during those 5 hours.
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May 26, 2020 13:24
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Angry Lobster posted:Never been a Kojima fan. How about Platinum Games? Because they took the project and made it into an actual game, not Konami/Kojima. And it shows.
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Mindblast posted:How about Platinum Games? Because they took the project and made it into an actual game, not Konami/Kojima. And it shows. Ok, I didn't know that, will look into it and maybe will give it an opportunity whenever I have some spare time and cash. Phlegmish posted:How about Singularity? Solid shooter, interesting story set in an alternate-timeline Soviet Union. I beat it in 5 hours, but I had plenty of fun during those 5 hours. Forgot about it, played it already and I agree, it's pretty good. Hwurmp posted:I haven't played all of them but 0 is a fine place to start. Ok, gonna pick it up on the next sale. Thank you all for the recommendations.
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Metal Gear Rising is DEFINITELY not a Kojima game. It's a Platinum game with Metal Gear characters. It's one of my all time favorite games, I highly recommend it.
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ShootaBoy posted:If you mean the advanced combat tutorial, its literally broken. Even experienced pilots who are actually good at pvp can't win it most times, because the AI ship gets engineering now and the player is still in a stock Sidewinder. Yeah, failing the tutorial so hard also made me put down the game. That and the controls were way to complex to play in VR without a flight stick.
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May 26, 2020 23:46
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Metal Gear Rising loving owns. If you are at all into Devil May Cry's stylish action shtick, then you'll enjoy Rising. Holy poo poo it's so much fun, and the writing is better than any of the sappy poo poo in the mainline Metal Gear Solid titles. The soundtrack loving rules, especially the boss themes. The whole thing is over the top in the best way. I mean, the main villain is a roided up libertarian white guy who quotes Dr. King, i.e. probably one of your uncles.
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May 27, 2020 02:49
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my dude the main bad guy isn't just that, it's literally superpowered dick cheney complete with a nanomachine-fueled artificial heart
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Shine posted:Metal Gear Rising loving owns. If you are at all into Devil May Cry's stylish action shtick, then you'll enjoy Rising. Holy poo poo it's so much fun, and the writing is better than any of the sappy poo poo in the mainline Metal Gear Solid titles. The soundtrack loving rules, especially the boss themes.
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the main antagonist has great lines like COULD'VE GONE PRO and NANO MACHINES SON it is the best
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I feel like people like him were always implied to be around in the rest of Kojima's games, except usually they're way off in the background responsible for everything, and in Rising instead of despairing at how war is a horrible thing and the bureaucracy will just chew up and destroy people trying to do their best to serve it, you're in a big punch-up with him. Which is off-theme but much more cathartic.
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i saw there's a new dungeon defenders game on sale? is it any good? the idea of dungeon defenders i find fun and interesting but the execution i've never found to be super great, and apparently the devs are real jerks too? if the game's good i might be willing to buy it for myself and some buddies though
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ninjewtsu posted:i saw there's a new dungeon defenders game on sale? is it any good? the idea of dungeon defenders i find fun and interesting but the execution i've never found to be super great, and apparently the devs are real jerks too? Judging from the reviews it looks like it's yet another sloppy attempt at remaking the first game. Dunno if they made any actual changes to improve upon it, but considering their last attempt was so bad they scrubbed it from Steam entirely and told everyone to just play the (now fan-developed) original version instead...I doubt it.
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So, I can't part with the cash for X4 and my PC probably can't run it anyway, but I want to build up a big fleet of ships with a simulated economic model and summon them to a trouble spot and have a big shootout, feel like a real big space man.
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doctorfrog posted:So, I can't part with the cash for X4 and my PC probably can't run it anyway, but I want to build up a big fleet of ships with a simulated economic model and summon them to a trouble spot and have a big shootout, feel like a real big space man. Void Destroyer 2
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:E:D's flying controls spoiled me for the other, better space games being made these days. Like I appreciate that House of the Dying Sun, Everspace, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw are good to great games, but they're not designed for joystick and they're just a little oversimplified. I don't get this because flying with a mouse and keyboard in E:D is so easy that you could almost say there is little to no skill involved. I've always wondered if people were making the game way harder for themselves by using these peripherals
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doctorfrog posted:So, I can't part with the cash for X4 and my PC probably can't run it anyway, but I want to build up a big fleet of ships with a simulated economic model and summon them to a trouble spot and have a big shootout, feel like a real big space man. You need Starsector in your life: https://fractalsoftworks.com/ Best 15$ you'll ever spend.
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Cross-posting (with a few edits) from the games chat thread because I didnt see this thread until now:Eason the Fifth posted:I'm looking for games that have that "keep you playing" quality (which I'm sure has a name--besides "compelling"--but I don't know what it is). Games like WoW or Grim Dawn have it with world design, the loot chase, and the social aspect. Total War/X-COM/Darkest Dungeon have it with the high-suspense turn-based gameplay. Deus Ex and Prey also have that quality, but those two games use story, sound, and immersive gameplay to generate it. It's a quality that goes across genres, so I'm not looking for any specific type of game. Just the ones that make you want to keep playing. Any suggestions?
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SpacePope posted:You need Starsector in your life: https://fractalsoftworks.com/ Starsector is good. Endless Sky is good for being a free game.
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Eason the Fifth posted:Cross-posting (with a few edits) from the games chat thread because I didnt see this thread until now: Dusk (starts of kinda vanilla, gets into really weird levels in ep2 onwards, really cool to explore), Terraria (built around exploring, gathering gear, finding new poo poo), Civ (one more turn! one more turn!), Caves of Qud (really cool world and writing, enough procedural stuff to keep it interesting, and goon made!) , Infinifactory (great puzzles, and also a neat backstory and locales), HITMAN 2 (exploring and trying out stuff in this game is the best poo poo). quick edit: also Stellaris! A great 'grand' strategy game but it also features really cool smaller plots, anomalies, digs, stories, etc.
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Eason the Fifth posted:Cross-posting (with a few edits) from the games chat thread because I didnt see this thread until now: X-Com and Darkest Dungeon have pretty much perfected the gameplay loop of battle and resting/re-equipping. I totally get how they are compelling - the gameplay is portioned out so it doesn't get stale and you're always discovering something new in the downtime. In that vein, check out FTL and oddly, the Mass Effect series as well. Going further afield, Age of Wonders 3/Age of Wonders Planetfall are 4x games with excellent tactical combat as well as exploration and research/building. Each turn has a similiar rhythm, it's like X-Com on a larger scale. Terraria as mentioned, can also be good for that, depending on your playstyle. Stellaris is excellent as well. Aside from all that, if you like Grim Dawn, you'll probably like Path of Exile. Titan Quest also got an expansion last year and still holds up.
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SpacePope posted:You need Starsector in your life: https://fractalsoftworks.com/ Saul Kain posted:Starsector is good. Endless Sky is good for being a free game. Shame there ain't more, but I'll check Starsector out. Thanks!
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:I don't get this because flying with a mouse and keyboard in E:D is so easy that you could almost say there is little to no skill involved. I've always wondered if people were making the game way harder for themselves by using these peripherals
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My brother managed to forget his account information - like, all of it - since the last time he played Sims 3, and he was unable to convince EA's Helpdesktron that he deserved to be able to play his physical discs. No one involved is exactly eager to shoot more money at EA, so we're looking for an alternative. He says his favorite part is having the characters work and interact with each other and stuff, and that the house-building is secondary. What might he like?
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Bit of a long shot, but Rimworld?
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FredMSloniker posted:He says his favorite part is having the characters work and interact with each other and stuff, and that the house-building is secondary. What might he like? Crusader Kings II  Yep, Rimworld is the one that comes to mind.
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FredMSloniker posted:My brother managed to forget his account information - like, all of it - since the last time he played Sims 3, and he was unable to convince EA's Helpdesktron that he deserved to be able to play his physical discs. No one involved is exactly eager to shoot more money at EA, so we're looking for an alternative. He says his favorite part is having the characters work and interact with each other and stuff, and that the house-building is secondary. What might he like? Rimworld with the psychology mod. I don't know the age of your brother so watch for a self-harm mental break event from the mod, and the base game itself features drugs and slavery and stuff.
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Have you read the Rimworld thread? Self harm is a serious issue that I would never try to detract from but it doesn't even come within the top 1000 of horrifying things that happen on the Rimworlds
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Pharnakes posted:Have you read the Rimworld thread? Self harm is a serious issue that I would never try to detract from but it doesn't even come within the top 1000 of horrifying things that happen on the Rimworlds Oh I read it. I mostly mention it because it's a weirdly graphic event that psychology adds and it's not something you can CHOOSE to do. Like, turning prisoners into human leather so you can wear them as hats is a choice, a prisoner breaking and giving you an alert that they're cutting themselves is not, and I don't want anyone to get hurt by playing an otherwise awesome game.
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I think it'd be best to stay away from Rimworld. For one thing, it's not exactly a super-casual game. For another, he has... well, there's a lot going on in his life, and he's not incredibly emotionally stable. Any suggestions for more of a chill vibe? On a sort of related note, I myself have been interested in Rimworld, but one of the things that's made me reluctant to pull the trigger is what I've heard of the storytellers, i.e. two of them will just murder you eventually and the third might murder you immediately. Is there a modded storyteller that ramps up the difficulty over time, but doesn't just give you nothing but endgame raids at the high end?
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Is Animal Crossing an option?
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FredMSloniker posted:I think it'd be best to stay away from Rimworld. For one thing, it's not exactly a super-casual game. For another, he has... well, there's a lot going on in his life, and he's not incredibly emotionally stable. Any suggestions for more of a chill vibe? Stardew Valley, maybe? Rimworld has difficulty settings that let you determine how much the storytellers can bring to bear against you; at the most chill setting I believe almost all the damaging events (including raids) are disabled. You can also adjust those settings mid game, if you want to give yourself a grace period to get started and then start scaling up, or if you start finding the endgame raids to be a hassle.
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FredMSloniker posted:Chill What do you think about My Time at Portia
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