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I've been playing some Occult Chronicles and it's a pretty fun board game roguelike thing, I'll do a mini write up for the OP later.
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Occult Chronicles (Currently in Beta) Map:  Trick taking card game:  Genre: Turn-based RPG, Board-game Graphics: 2D room tiles and nice card and encounter art. Platform: Windows. Cost: $14.99/£10.43/€12.19 Occult Chronicles is an commercial strategy game with roguelike elements and a light Lovecraftian theme currently in Beta. It features perma-death and a randomly generated map. You are an Occult Defense Directorate (O.D.D.) agent on a mission in an old mansion, there are 4 different missions which affect what kind of encounters you'll find. All encounters (battles, spells, lore check, trap avoidance etc) are done via a card game where you have to score a certain number of tricks to succeed, your chances with the cards are affected by your stats which can be improved directly or through edges (read perks) by levelling up. After an encounter you are shown 10 face down cards and given a number to pick, if you won the encounter you'll likely find some good things (health, sanity, bullets) if you lost some bad things (losing sanity/health) amongst blank 'no effect' cards. Luck does play quite a big part with the cards which is double edged, sometimes you'll lose an encounter due to a bad draw but on the results screen you'll draw only blanks so you end up losing nothing. Bonus silly encounter: 
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Aug 12, 2013 14:55
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doctorfrog posted:Also, I'd consider Zafehouse: Diaries to be a roguelike as well. It has a randomly generated map, it's hard as gently caress, and though you manage a party, when someone dies, they stay that way. For my tastes, it's too complex and punishing for me to get more than ten minutes in, but my short experience with it sure makes it seem rogueish. It really is hard, especially when relationships decay and/or you get one of those special events. FairyNuff fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Aug 13, 2013 |
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Aug 12, 2013 23:58
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my dad posted:Or, worse, your only competent survivor is black, and everyone else is a racist. They die so fast. Yeah  They released a new update last month with an apparently easier gamemode 'No Survivors': quote:You’ve been asking for a truly endless game mode and here it is! The biggest change you’ll notice in this new mode is that you start with just one survivor. Don’t worry, by searching the town or using a flashlight or beacon, you can find / attract survivors to boost your odds. Each survivor brings with them prejudices, items and even injuries, so you’ll need to carefully consider their inclusion. And, when the group reaches its capacity of five, it’s not you who decides who should go — your survivors will make that decision for you! On a different note had the shortest game of Occult Chronicles so far. I rolled an accountant (bonuses to persuasion, a few random intellect items and a bonus to avoiding horror) promptly fell through a rotting floor after failing to grasp the edge. I found myself in an underground room and was attacked by the spawn of an elder god. Game lasted 12 turns. FairyNuff fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Aug 13, 2013 |
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Aug 13, 2013 00:35
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Jordan7hm posted:On that note, I should have some more stuff for the OP later tonight or tomorrow. I'd like to knock off the roguelike platformers at least. I did make a post for Occult Chronicles that you can add: Geokinesis posted:Occult Chronicles (Currently in Beta)
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Aug 14, 2013 11:03
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Occult Chronicles is properly released now! Also there is a demo version you can download from the site so you can see what it's like.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:05
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Jack Trades posted:Wow, Occult Chronicles is really really good. I wish there were more horror/Lovecraft themed roguelikelikes. It really is fun and even though it is officially released the Dev says they will keep working on it for some months still. Just lost a game of it when exploring the attic I ran away from a zombie (due to being heavily injured 1hp left) and then had the floor collapse on me, I failed to grab the edge and died ignominiously. I hope the friendly brain in the jar I was carrying died too.  Edit: Character archive stat screen for that run if anyone cares. 
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Aug 31, 2013 18:11
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Stelas posted:Occult Chronicles is pretty boss, I'm finally figuring out how to get places in it. I wish I knew how long you were supposed to take on each floor roughly speaking, though, I always end up going downstairs too early and getting my rear end kicked. I think for floors you should try to do all the starting floor then the first floor and then the attic above it, then go for downstairs as you'll have rewards from completing quests or beating/magicing up the encounters. Yeah you tend to nee at least some Wands for horror, but if you keep it low-ish and focus on swords and cups you'll be able to do quite well breezing through the early encounters. This should allow you to use the skill points to buy an extra background that allows you to pump wands for later.
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Sep 1, 2013 14:14
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Stelas posted:Yeah, but after the upper floors I'm usually at 6+ tokens out of 12, with three basement floors and no idea where the objective room is. I've even dropped down to easy and combed the poo poo out the basement, and I still don't know where to go. Hmmm. I think also you need to know when to run away from things, especially if you aren't geared to beat them. With the roaming encounters you should try running and hiding: Manual posted:To lose a random encounter that is pursuing you, you need to move more than one room away from the encounter. If the encounter can not observe which door you went through contact is broken. Once contact is broken there is a chance based on the game difficulty and your hidden Luck attribute that the encounter will be removed from the game. Otherwise it will loiter or randomly choose an adjacent room to enter until it is removed from the board. Other than that I dunno  .
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Sep 1, 2013 16:37
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Uncle Jam posted:I'm going to go against the grain and recommend against putting down $20 for Occult Chronicles. Eh it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it is meant to be like more interesting and strategic dice rolls, what with all the edges and inventory stuff. So rather than just getting a 'roll' you maybe have a brain in a jar reveal some cards to you, so you can use your luger to bump your cards up and win the scenario or cast an eldritch spell etc. Uncle Jam posted:2. The game is poorly balanced right now. You can get into an encounter you should win easily, and just draw a bunch of low cards. Then on the penalty draw you get pinged -2 swords and suddenly you get 1 trick per game to make 7 points which can only be resolved with a face card taking another face card of the same suit in one chance. Meanwhile you have permanents that block damage on the penalty draw so you are forced to play for the unlikely occurrence of two face cards. God help you if you get more stat debuffs. I don't really agree, often you can lose encounters and get full sets of no effects (unless you have a lot of psychic pushback) and even if not you still have the chance of your talismans blocking the result. Whilst if you do get hit by a debuff it is debilitating, it fits thematically. You are just a human fighting supernatural lovecraftian monsters, you are kind of fragile. Also the debuffs are clearly meant to be permanent I mean you don't heal a missing eye easily. (Of course you can heal them via certain events and cards!) Whilst you might have your stats lowered you don't end up drawing 1 card for 1 trick forever as there is a built in mechanic to help you: Determination posted:If you are attempting a particularly difficult challenge and you are drawing less than 5 cards or less than 5 trick cards are being placed on the board, then after you fail a challenge, if you attempt the exact same challenge again you will receive a +1 bonus to cards drawn and tricks on the board each time that you fail until you are drawing at least 5 cards and at least 5 cards are played to the board. If you leave the encounter or pick a different option type (challenge) then the bonus is reset back to 0 and will only increment again if you fail the challenge. Uncle Jam posted:You can get coins to rebuy stats (sometimes, what determines the categories?!?) but they are too rare compared to the debuffs. It should say when you are picking which extra background which stats you will be able to buy, so certain magic based ones will only let you buy pentacles, whearas one of the hybrid ones could let you get cups and wands etc.
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Sep 2, 2013 20:12
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The basement in Occult Chronicles really has some nice gently caress you traps. Also for others playing OC one thing I'd missed is that if you have any item/feat/spell cards you can right click them to discard them in exchange for experience tokens.
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Sep 15, 2013 01:40
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Stelas posted:Man, I wish I'd known on my win, I was rolling with items. I really like the instant death chance things, especially when they are attached to encounters that fit thematically. Like if you lose at the chess game or aren't strong enough inside the iron maiden. A good build I had was soldier and just beating everything I could, no quests just smashing. Anything that couldn't be smashed was to be fled from. It went well until a very bad draw of cards (like aces 2s and 3s ugh) meant a grenade trap got the better of me.
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Sep 17, 2013 00:28
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Occult Chronicles win! A mild mannered accountant named Daisy defeated an alien invasion force! Pentangles was actually at 7 for most of the game due to having a Major Arcana that boosted them by 2 but I used the card to make sure of victory in the final encounter. Also my low health and -2 luck came about from attempts at breaking the alien doors down right at the end, necessitating the use of my other MA cards. For the additional backgrounds I took Melee weapon specialist for more swords and because I had the axe and crowbar and Athletics specialist to help with the basement traps. Most of my Pentangles came from items like holy water, manuscripts, a MA card and the familiar. Inventory (that I remember): Axe, Crowbar, Remington Shotgun, Candle, Cacodaemon Familiar, Holy Water, Pnakotic manuscripts. Feats: Whirldwind, Flash of Genius. Psychic abilities: The Third Eye, Vaporize Mind (super useful!) Spells: Visions of the Dreamer Injuries: Bruises all over, Broken Collar Bone. Feats: Iron Stomach 5/5 (Bonuses to horror checks.) Museum Curator 1/1 (Bonus for Puzzles/lore.) Capo Ferro 1/1 (Long blade bonus.) Mechanical Monster Slayer 1/1 (Chance to get extra sword items.) Nimble feet 1/4 (Avoid traps bonus) Raconteur 1/1 (Persuasion/deception bonus.) Dances With Ghosts 1/1 (Chance to avoid sanity loss.) Lightning Reflexes 2/4 (Avoid traps bonus.) Runner 3/5 (Physical Challenges bonus.) Occult Specialist 1/1 (Lore/perception bonus.) Sprinter 3/4 (Bonus to fleeing.)
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Sep 19, 2013 20:53
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notwithoutmyanus posted:I gave occult chronicles a try the other day, and I think I basically won. My character was nearly unstoppable with great gear, except that I couldn't find the final boss encounter and ran out of time. Is there any good/reliable way to find it? Might be worth turning the difficulty up a notch then, as normal difficult can get like that. Jenx posted:Soo, is there any LP of Occult Chronicles that I can go read (or preferably - watch)? I know there's one linked in the OP, but I'd prefer to watch the game played by someone who doesn't have ADD and can actually read. There is 1 SSLP in the OC forum: http://www.crypticcomet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2843 (I'm tempted to do an LP for here when the 3 month from release thing is up.)
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Sep 23, 2013 22:12
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Stelas posted:I just died in Occult Chronicles because I got so unhappy about my bad entrance into a boxing ring that I went insane. Haha, at least you didn't go insane from failing to pick a door as that seems like it would be the most embarrassing. Belly of the Beast is pretty cool though what with the mouths everywhere. That is a pretty brutal story token though, did you have negative luck or anything?
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Sep 26, 2013 14:06
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mottbag posted:I just bought Occult Chronicles and I'm finding it really hard and convoluted. Any tips/recommended starting builds/what to avoid? Or can anyone link a guide or something? I've played about 30 games and have yet to make any real progress. In my last game my first encounter was a gang of haunted dolls(spooky); I failed the horror check and promptly lost 7 sanity in one go Also if you are playing a character geared towards certain stats feel free to just flee anything that focuses on your weaker stats and comeback when/if you feel you can take it on. So if you have mainly swords and cups and encounter something that needs high pentangles or wands, just flee and and try again later. Can you give us a run through of how you create your character and play, as stuff like that might help.
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Sep 27, 2013 10:25
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An update for Occult Chronicles:quote:Added 2 New Encounters for the basement/dungeon levels. One is a tribute to an old D & D dungeon nemesis and the other tips its hat to a famous B.P.R.D. agent…no not the big red guy. With the lower amount of horror checks a non wand heavy agent may be less painful to play. Edit: Also it is on Halloween Sale for $13.13 so if you are interested in buying it now might be a good time.
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Oct 19, 2013 20:33
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Bob NewSCART posted:How do people feel about project zomboid? Looks decent. It is fun whilst being an alpha still. I think once they add NPCs back in it'll really become a lot more deeper and deadly, as currently whilst surviving alone is fun/challenging with NPCs it'll just be so much more. Also mentioned in the steam thread, people should try Coin Crypt it's cheap and fun: Yodzilla posted:Dumb and Fat Games developers of perfection have just released Coin Crypt on the Humble Store with Steam Early Access key included!
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Nov 19, 2013 21:39
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Anyone playing the early access action-roguelike Nuclear Throne? http://store.steampowered.com/app/242680 It is pretty fun and the devs stream some of their development during the week so the players get a lot of input into what goes into the game. It is early access though, although the most recent update added a fair bit including a katana wielding chicken mutant.
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Dec 4, 2013 02:47
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Corridor posted:gently caress I've already spent too much money on games the last month doctorfrog posted:I love Vlambeer's playful art and approach to making games, but Nuclear Throne looks incredibly tedious. It is really fun, although if you don't like fast action roguelikes it probably won't be for you. For people who might be interested, some stuff about Nuclear Throne: You pick a character at the start, they all have different abilities you can activate (the throne butt upgrade can enhance the ability). Killing enemies and breaking glowing cores drops you rads which are basically EXP, if you gain a level when you go through the end of level portal you pick an upgrade out of 4 randomly selected ones. There are various types of weapons with their own ammo and melee weapons which don't tend to use ammo, you can only hold 2 weapons so you might be often picking up different guns if you run out of ammo. Might make a thread for it.
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Dec 4, 2013 12:04
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Went and made a Nuclear Throne thread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3591506
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Dec 4, 2013 14:06
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lordfrikk posted:I like bullet hell arenas when they're not straigh-up bullet hell but only around the level of "quite a bit of bullets". When it's reaching the heights of one of the shmup video I've seen where there's only a tiny narrow space you have to navigate through not to get hit that's when the game stops being enjoyable for me. That's why I like Binding of Isaac 95% of the time, the rest is near the end where things get really hectic and annoying. You might find Nuclear Throne fun, as whilst there are often a lot of bullets there is a lot of ways to avoid them, the easiest being shoot everything. Certain character's abilities really help; like Crystal being able to turn into a massive crystal which deflects all bullets, or Eyes whose special bends the bullets around you or Chicken slowing down everything close to you so you might have a better chance to react. Failing that all melee weapons if swung at the bullets will deflect them back the way they came. Also there is a mutation that slows down all enemy bullets making it way easier. FairyNuff fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Dec 4, 2013 |
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Dec 4, 2013 16:03
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Agent Kool-Aid posted:Oh man, anyone who enjoys Binding of Isaac will probably enjoy Nuclear Throne on Steam. It's early access right now but it's pretty drat fleshed out and they release updates about every week. It's a bit more focused on action than BoI is, but the formula is similar. It is really fun but definitely brutal, I made a thread for it if anyone is interested.
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Dec 29, 2013 19:11
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Spacedad posted:Looking for several different types of roguelike/rogulite games in the follow categories: Nice looking/beautiful/etc: Dungeons of Dredmor. -Pretty nice animations, also diggles are pretty cute. Nuclear Throne. -Good pixelly explosions and death. Risk of Rain. -Levels are fantastic and the music is amazing. Occult Chronicles. -Nice card art. FTL. - Nice scifi aesthetic Co-op: Risk of Rain Spelunky (Local) Zafehouse Diaries. Local Maybe? If you add your faces into the game and they try to decide between you or something? Can't really think of that many MP roguelikes/lites.
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Dec 29, 2013 20:03
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uPen posted:Any word on when crypt of the necrodancer is coming out? I remember it exists every once and awhile and get filled with hope that it's already out but no luck yet. Their twitter says no concrete release date yet as of the 23rd of december.
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Dec 29, 2013 21:38
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Bogart posted:
I think it is really good! (Also I wrote the post for the OP, so I guess I didn't get across that well enough.) Why not try the demo though? Then you have 75 turns to see how you like it. http://www.crypticcomet.com/games/OC/Occult_Chronicles.html
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Dec 30, 2013 01:37
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Uncle Jam posted:I'll throw in a dissenting voice for occult chronicles. I don't like the gameplay mechanics very much and the UI is clunky as gently caress, especially for a $20 game. One of the things is that it feels like a board game where nothing is automated. Part of it was my fault because I just straight up bought it after reading some positive reviews, but it was hands down my most regrettable video game purchase this year. Yeah, I can understand that the mechanics might not be everyone's cup of tea, seeing as you have a direct effect in encounter outcomes playing the card games instead a of having dice rolled for you. If people are on the fence really try the demo to see if you like it first!
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uPen posted:
quote:Look at those Tits.... Is it seriously meant to be erotic? I mean could people not just go and read some sex stories rather than have it be part of a roguelike.
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Dec 31, 2013 19:39
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:Well, I'm not really sure what I was expecting, but http://helmet.kafuka.org/thepile/Noxico_example_characters Reads a bit like that FATAL tabletop game.
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Dec 31, 2013 19:57
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Unormal posted:
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Jan 3, 2014 21:25
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Jordan7hm posted:This postmortem of Eldritch was posted in the Steam thread, and I thought it might hold some interest here. The dev is pretty open with his sales figures. Looks like it's been a decent little success, netting him about 100k since September. I didn't even realize there was a free expansion released, so he's definitely right that he failed with marketing there, but otherwise he's done well. I'm glad he's done well enough out of the game, especially after idiots on steam were moaning about him explaining why the default character was a black woman.
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Jan 5, 2014 16:18
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Man the zombies in Coin Crypt are really really painful now they start off with the damage/healing reversal status.
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Jan 6, 2014 20:58
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Someone linked a video for the kickstarter for the roguelike platformer Catacomb Kids that shows the many uses of a rock, there is another video showing the uses of a boulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWDZd8OcblI
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Has anyone been following the development of Sunless Sea? It is a proper game from the creators of the browser game Fallen London and has a successful kickstarter (with enough to reach the stretch goal of a submarine DLC):quote:
You've got roguelike elements such as the map being different every time, having to manage supplies and fuel for your ship as well as terror and hunger for your crew, etc. As well as strong (random) story focus with events and crew having different interactions. etc. FairyNuff fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Feb 12, 2014 |
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Demiurge4 posted:Is Occult Chronicles any good? I tried the demo and it was okay, if a bit confusing. But I'm not dropping 20 bucks on it unless it's nothing less than stellar. It really depends on if you like it or not, if you weren't really enjoying the demo then you probably won't like the full game. Personally I find it fun, although it was a bit confusing how all the perks and edges and stuff worked at the start.
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Feb 17, 2014 18:28
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lordfrikk posted:So I decided to check out Nuclear Throne yesterday and after 4 hours of non-stop playing the chicken dude I can conclude the game is officially awesome even though it's still Early Access. Chicken dudette you mean! Yeah Nuclear Throne is awesome though.
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Apr 26, 2014 17:10
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If you've pre-ordered Sunless Sea, you can now download it from the humble store, it'll also be on steam come 1st of July. It is gonna be early access but they have a good plan and have been popping out updates (http://sunlessseagame.com/sunless-sea-content-updates) regularly to match it. Edit: Or you could just buy it here: http://sunlessseagame.com/buy FairyNuff fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Jun 17, 2014 17:32
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In about 2 hrs Sunless Sea unlocks on Steam EA. (If you pre-ordered you have a steam key on your humble bundle library section.)
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IronicDongz posted:the disc gun is actually quite good if you get good with it Disc gun with Y.V.'s upgraded pop pop is brutal.
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Demiurge4 posted:I posted this in the Kickstarter thread a few days ago but I figured it deserves to go here too. Darkest Dungeon released a PAX gameplay video on YouTube which shows off about 20 minutes worth of play going on a quest to kill a necromancer. It's pretty cool. I love the art and animations, it looks amazing.
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