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Sylphosaurus posted:So, do anyone have some impressions of Always Sometimes Monsters? What I've heard of it makes me somewhat curious but the fact that it looks like an RPG maker game makes me a bit wary. Check out the metatags Steam users have for it to get an idea of the level of headmates bullshit you're signing up for first.
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Everblight posted:This is I dunno, you could spend it on something that isn't Guacamelee
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kazil posted:I dunno, you could spend it on something that isn't Guacamelee Aside from the dumb memes, it's a pretty solid game.
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Eruonen posted:Aside from the dumb memes, it's a pretty solid game. I dunno, I felt it started out fine but then turned into dumb bullshit twitch jumping sequences and super tedious combat.
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Jul 1, 2014 19:12
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Guacamelee is excellent and stays excellent throughout, purchase Guacamelee with your money dollars and play it in your sitting chair.
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kazil posted:I dunno, I felt it started out fine but then turned into dumb bullshit twitch jumping sequences and super tedious combat. I mean, it gets hard towards the end (especially the platforming) but I wouldn't call it dumb bullshit or really even twitchy. you gotta get into a rhythm with the jumping and world swapping.
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Awesome! posted:I mean, it gets hard towards the end (especially the platforming) but I wouldn't call it dumb bullshit or really even twitchy. you gotta get into a rhythm with the jumping and world swapping. I found the main issue is that there isn't a whole lot of variety in the enemies after a while, and then the boss fights introduce totally different mechanics that you suddenly need to adjust to. Also the hit-stagger is annoyingly long.
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kazil posted:I dunno, I felt it started out fine but then turned into dumb bullshit twitch jumping sequences and super tedious combat. Several encounters go into tedium mode too. I dragged myself through the last hour to get to the last boss, realized what the fight was and uninstalled the game.
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Sylphosaurus posted:So, do anyone have some impressions of Always Sometimes Monsters? What I've heard of it makes me somewhat curious but the fact that it looks like an RPG maker game makes me a bit wary. I've only put three hours into it, but I don't think the aesthetic is a problem. Named or otherwise relevant characters get a more detailed picture when you're talking to them and it has decent music. It's more of an interactive story and people's interest are probably going to depend on how they like the tone. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it feels like webcomic: the video game. "Wacky" "adult" stuff happens that you'll either find mildly amusing or aggravatingly stupid, at least as far as I've played. I'd recommend finding a brief gameplay video before buying it.
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Jul 1, 2014 20:13
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Every time you guys say Guacamelee's platforming is frustrating I wonder if I'm a savant at the genre or you guys are just that bad. Except for the optional stuff, it's really not that hard. The shielding mechanic I could do without, but except for green shields most times it's easy to break them and juggle the enemies into oblivion.
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Jul 1, 2014 20:15
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If any of you don't have Mark of The Ninja, then you seriously need to hop on that sale and get the Special Edition. The base game is amazingly well done and I'd probably put it as one of the best stealth games out there. Special edition on the other hand adds a whole new playstyle to choose from that adds replay value.
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Scyantific posted:If any of you don't have Mark of The Ninja, then you seriously need to hop on that sale and get the Special Edition. The base game is amazingly well done and I'd probably put it as one of the best stealth games out there. Special edition on the other hand adds a whole new playstyle to choose from that adds replay value.
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Dias posted:Every time you guys say Guacamelee's platforming is frustrating I wonder if I'm a savant at the genre or you guys are just that bad. Except for the optional stuff, it's really not that hard. The shielding mechanic I could do without, but except for green shields most times it's easy to break them and juggle the enemies into oblivion. I didn't understand what people were saying when I was playing it, until I got to the the last 5% of the game and then it had some horrible unfun bullshit platforming. Also you may not realize some of the stuff is optional until later on (or you get abilities that make it easier). There was one spot where you had to keep jumping between some walls and do some acrobatic stuff that was optional but took me forever and I would have skipped it 
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Everblight posted:Does the SE just unlock the super-stealth suit from the beginning? Because I think (much like Mirror's Edge's "Don't Use Guns" achievement) people mis-play Mark of the Ninja and do themselves a disservice by not hiding under grates and pulling guards down and killing them. It's really, really awesome and feels very satisfying. Nope, it's a whole new playstyle that encourages nonlethal play.
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Xaris posted:I didn't understand what people were saying when I was playing it, until I got to the the last 5% of the game and then it had some horrible unfun bullshit platforming. Also you may not realize some of the stuff is optional until later on (or you get abilities that make it easier). There was one spot where you had to keep jumping between some walls and do some acrobatic stuff that was optional but took me forever and I would have skipped it Yeah there are a couple of really rough platforming sections required to get the good ending, the treetops one is probably the hardest. It's pretty tame in comparison to something like Meat Boy though. The shield mechanic was totally fine though. You barely even need to worry about groups of enemies with different shields if you just special cancel fast enough. The one exception is those physical shield guys who counter attack you if you hit them with the wrong color, those guys are rough in the few spots they are teamed up with other shield guys.
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I bought Guacamelee in last Christmas sale on goon recommendation and it turned out to be one of my best purchases from that time. I simply loved it from start to finish. Some of the optional challenges were tricky, but even those gave me the good kind of "I'll get it this time" frustration. My own hot tip for the game is: use a goddamn controller. Don't even try to finish the game on keyboard. You might get to and even defeat X'tabay but after that you simply have so many mechanics and moves to keep using on the fly that you need a gamepad. I used Xbox controller from the beginning and everything worked just perfect. Also, learning to chain moves into longer combos and how to punish enemies after attacks is crucial later on in the game and especially in boss fights. As for the internet humor in the game, the trailer was what kept me away from the game for a long time, but once I actually played it, it was pretty good for most of the time and some of the background gags and posters were even somewhat subtle. Still not exactly amazing, but much better than what one would expect.
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For those of you who missed it during the sale, Shadow warrior is on sale again. Its a little more expensive than it was during the flash sale, but its still worth $10. Its the closest I've found to a new bullet storm.
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Laputanmachine posted:
The castle crashers thing was funny too. 
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For anyone who doesn't want to buy Guacamelee because they are afraid of memes, there's a poster of a Luchador Link and Mega Man that reads: EL LINKO VS MEGA HOMBRE Buy Guacamelee.
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Laputanmachine posted:My own hot tip for the game is: use a goddamn controller. Don't even try to finish the game on keyboard. You might get to and even defeat X'tabay but after that you simply have so many mechanics and moves to keep using on the fly that you need a gamepad. I used Xbox controller from the beginning and everything worked just perfect. Also, learning to chain moves into longer combos and how to punish enemies after attacks is crucial later on in the game and especially in boss fights. I didn't do the optional content (mostly because I'm not much for completionism than because it was hard), but I completed the game on keyboard. It's a bit finger-twisty, but it's doable. Probably makes it significatively harder, tho, so your tip is still valuable.
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LordHippoman posted:For anyone who doesn't want to buy Guacamelee because they are afraid of memes, there's a poster of a Luchador Link and Mega Man that reads: EL LINKO VS MEGA HOMBRE Actually El Linko was featured in another poster. Mega Hombre's opponent was Majora's Mask wearing fellow named El Mascara. As a counterpoint to these, if I had seen Me Gusta Guavas or Pedro Bear as the first billboards, I probably would have uninstalled the game then and there. But as I said, there's very little of that going on in the game. Buy Guacamelee. The soundtrack is pretty good too. Edit: Dias posted:I didn't do the optional content (mostly because I'm not much for completionism than because it was hard), but I completed the game on keyboard. It's a bit finger-twisty, but it's doable. Probably makes it significatively harder, tho, so your tip is still valuable. Hot drat, that is worthy of an achievement. Laputanmachine fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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I think the best reasons to use a controller for Guacamelee, aside from the optional content, come towards the end, because I can think of two bosses in particular Javier and Skeleton Calaca that really require you to be able to use the special attacks quickly.
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Quest For Glory II posted:The Summer Sale never ends. Are the serious sam games worth playing? And (broken record) do they have controller support?
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Ularg posted:Are the serious sam games worth playing? And (broken record) do they have controller support? The only game in the pack that I seriously don't like is Random Encounter. The games in it that don't have controller support: Classics, Serious Sam 2, Random Encounter. I think everything else does. Breadallelogram fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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Ularg posted:Are the serious sam games worth playing? And (broken record) do they have controller support? Serious sam, Serious Sam TSE, and 3 own. 2 is crap. They're twitch FPS games so even if you could play them with a controller you probably don't want to.
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I'm disappointed the duke 3d $1.50 vote didn't win. I might just buy the daily $3.75 bundle it's in though. I was hoping it would show up sometime after the sale on its own. Is the workshop for duke 3d decently integrated?
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Breadallelogram posted:The only game in the pack that I seriously don't like is Random Encounter. If you have or get pinnacle game profiler they have premade profiles for First and Second Encounter and 2 so you can use a controller on them it's just not built into the game.
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Speaking of games with controller support, Heavy Bullets recently added controller support. It's a really neat game that's on sale at the moment, and I highly recommend it. Just keep in mind that it's early access, and there's only 8 levels at the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThm2MJMWDk
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snipermonkey posted:I like to imagine that after steam sales there is a lonely janitor cleaning up the mess caused by the sale in the steam mall/warehouse. He quietly does he job while the occasional valve employee walks past, sweeping up bits of digital banners and price tags. Also I love Steam even more now that I have a job where I do not have to question if I can really afford to spend $25 on games I will probably play for 25 minutes total.
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I also forgot to mention that whoever said Team Fortress 2 is a cavalcade of constantly getting items was lying, BUT I did get some sort of Halloween hat by DOMINATING A FOOL in the very first match of the game I ever played so that was amusing. I think the last time I played a multiplayer game online on purpose was Half-Life Deathmatch. Half-Life 1 Deathmatch. Hell yes. I still fondly remember being called a low-ping bastard and what a wonderful phrase that really was. (Also my master plan to not sell the DOTA 2 summer reward until after the sale is already paying off ... yesss climb, value; climb!!!)
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Liquid Penguins posted:I'm disappointed the duke 3d $1.50 vote didn't win. I might just buy the daily $3.75 bundle it's in though. I was hoping it would show up sometime after the sale on its own. At least you can download custom maps for the multiplayer on the fly, so that's something. The multiplayer owns bones as hard as it did back in '96.
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I have been so lazy at adding games from the humble bundles to Steam that I'm discovering that I have bought at least a couple of games twice. 
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So I just finished Marlow Briggs. I defy anyone to find a better dollar spent during the Summer sale. Such over the top ridiculousness. So drat fun.
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Haven't tried Marlow Briggs yet but Ring Runner has been game of the sale for me so far. So many cool spaceships to fly and ridiculous guns and powers to equip them with. My current ship kills people with math.
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Everblight posted:Does the SE just unlock the super-stealth suit from the beginning? Because I think (much like Mirror's Edge's "Don't Use Guns" achievement) people mis-play Mark of the Ninja and do themselves a disservice by not hiding under grates and pulling guards down and killing them. It's really, really awesome and feels very satisfying. It doesn't (I assume you're talking about the Path of the Mark?). It gives you an extra mission with the reward being a new outfit that focuses entirely on non-lethal combat. And while I do like to occasionally don the Path of the Hunter and go to town on everyone and absolutely murdering them, it's pretty drat cool grab the Path of Shadow and just sneak past everything without murdering/alerting anyone. I actually went back and did the NG+ mission to kill the mercenary boss with the Shadow. Path of the Shadow is actually my favorite playstyle, followed by Path of the Hunter, and finally, Path of the Mark (the one with the teleportation ability).
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Yeah there are a couple of really rough platforming sections required to get the good ending, the treetops one is probably the hardest. It's pretty tame in comparison to something like Meat Boy though. Meat Boy is harder but way more enjoyable platforming. Guacamelee's a really great game but the platforming puzzles involving the light/dark worlds were awful. I think it was mostly because you have to make some very precise jumps while involving the trigger button. It just didn't feel natural at all.
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So many new games and I play Super Amazing Wagon Adventure Turbo for a half hour. But to be fair, that was a pretty great half hour.
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I've been playing the poo poo out of Outlast, and I have to say the nay sayers in the thread when it came up as a daily were wrong. At least, for me. Basically, the game is a found footage horror movie about an abandoned mental institute. I realize this not a lot of people's thing, but it is definitely my thing. The game's definitely not perfect, but I'm enjoying it.
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Yo, thanks 7zark30 for Guacamelee, you rule
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