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Chin Strap posted:Lumines Remastered coming to Steam in May. I played the hell out of the original, probably will this too: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/20/lumines-remastered-announced-for-may/ Man, I always wanted this again, but the PC port is supposedly pretty shoddy and I think may have literally never have been on sale. Xander77 posted:It's ugly as hell (even by AC3 standards) buggy as gently caress (and that's something I've never experienced with an AC game), and the story is loving terrible and incoherent. Also from what little I've played, the whole disguise / role system is very much "Man, I can see why you thought this would be interesting and thematic, but it's not fun. I just want to flip around and stab people, is that too much to ask?"
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The modern stuff in Assassins Creed is shite. Up until Revelations it was an irritating intrusion into the real meat of the game, and then they decided to undermine the final scene with Ezio/Altair by interrupting it by pulling you back out of the machine again. Thankfully they've jettisoned large parts of it for other games so I can just do what I actually play the games for, which is climbing buildings in important cities during a particular heyday.
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Jerusalem posted:One of the AC games introduced the ability to pet cats and dogs (ACIII maybe?) but that has been superceded by WatchDogs 2 in which everytime you stop to pet a dog, everybody in the surrounding area stops what they're doing to cheer They reintroduced it in Origins, the game owns hard, the best AC imo. You can even pet your eagle and there are like 3 different animations for it.
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Mar 24, 2018 13:55
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Palpek posted:They removed the ability to pet animals in Unity because Parisianers are assholes. Origins is by far the best AC since Brotherhood. Black flag was a good game but it wasn't a good AC game
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mike12345 posted:So I'm playing MGSV and Quiet just left me/died/whatever. How far along am I? Really not a big fan of redoing old missions on a higher difficulty setting, feels like lazy padding. I never got that event before finishing the game so you might be done already, depends how you play. Either way you are a few hours away at most.
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Krazyface posted:You're close to the end. There are 50 missions, including all the remixes. Weirdly enough there are several remixes listed after the proper final mission. aha, ok. Det_no posted:I never got that event before finishing the game so you might be done already, depends how you play. Either way you are a few hours away at most. Yeah, it's a side mission. It's weird how some of the story-critical stuff is tucked away in side missions. Anyway it's hard as balls, you need to eliminate waves of tanks, some of whom one-shot you. Oh, and there's a chopper.
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DatonKallandor posted:The Desmond story was the only thing keeping the AC series interesting Holy poo poo, no Assassin's Creed should never have had a metaplot, just be a plain historical fiction series
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Mar 24, 2018 14:34
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I think if they had followed up on the early premise of the first games being training for Desmond and then had a modern day entry where he used all the skills he'd learned from his ancestors, that might have been fun. Maybe. But the way they did it was so pointless and boring.
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Mar 24, 2018 14:47
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I, honest to goodness, had convinced myself that Ubisoft was going to Kojima everyone and Watch Dogs was actually the new assassins creed, a fact that would be revealed after the first few hours.
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Mar 24, 2018 15:02
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Has anyone checked out this Ash of Gods game? http://store.steampowered.com/app/691690/Ash_of_Gods_Redemption/ I don't know if it was inspired by Banner Saga or is just a copy of it. Hell, if it was Banner Saga with decent gameplay, that's one up on Banner Saga.
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GrandpaPants posted:Has anyone checked out this Ash of Gods game? http://store.steampowered.com/app/691690/Ash_of_Gods_Redemption/ I looked into it to see if it also had that thing where no matter what the turn order is always a friendly unit followed by a hostile unit. Didn't find any concrete mechanics, but they keep mentioning that smaller teams have some kind of turn-order advantage which doesn't really fill me with confidence. But hey, maybe I'm reading it wrong, I'll wait and see what people say.
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Mar 24, 2018 15:18
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I just got a 25% off token for it somehow so how's the story of Divinity Original Sin 2? I loved the gameplay in Original Sin 1 but just bounced off the plot and characters entirely when you were just arbitrarily teleported into a big wizard's tower and told "world in danger, go save it".
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Mar 24, 2018 15:41
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I bounced off D:OS in exactly the same place and loved D:OS2. It's still very combat focused, but the plot is pretty good and does a better job of hooking you in (your first task is to escape a prison island, then there's an interesting twist on the "chosen one" idea). If you do pick it up, use one of the prebuilt characters (you can still heavily customise them, including choosing if you want them to be a fighter or a wizard or whatever weird hybrid you like), they come with unique backstory that offers interesting interactions throughout the game.
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fivehead posted:I, honest to goodness, had convinced myself that Ubisoft was going to Kojima everyone and Watch Dogs was actually the new assassins creed, a fact that would be revealed after the first few hours. The way Bellweather is described, it's basically only a few small steps removed from Templar mind control anyway. Once again expressing my displeasure at AC, Watchdogs, and Farcry not canonically sharing a universe despite easter eggs implying otherwise.  Also clearly the ultimate culmination of it should be Hurk showing up in all three series. Including his ancestors in whatever historical period a given AC is in.
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Mar 24, 2018 16:14
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John Murdoch posted:The way Bellweather is described, it's basically only a few small steps removed from Templar mind control anyway. At least we get Predator/Alien and the Clancyverse sharing a universe instead which is just as hilarious.
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Mar 24, 2018 16:29
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John Murdoch posted:The way Bellweather is described, it's basically only a few small steps removed from Templar mind control anyway. They ultimately are basically iterations of the same game with how homogenized a Ubisoft game becomes over time. You could definutely milk the dlc packs of hacking with assassins or some other dumb poo poo with Hurk throughout the ages showing up in gemetic memory of Asscreed or whatever.
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how does the egyptian AC stack against this trend? people were pretty jubilant about it when it came out, is it a trend break?
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double nine posted:how does the egyptian AC stack against this trend? people were pretty jubilant about it when it came out, is it a trend break? I mean the people that like Ubisoft's formula are pretty okay with whatever, but will also happily bitch about bad entries. People that don't like Ubisofts formula will never be happy with anything they do. Origins is fantastic, and if you haven't played an AC in years, or haven't played one ever, it's a great place to play an AC and then absolutely hop back off the train if you found yourself satisfied with it.
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Mar 24, 2018 17:22
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I think pretty much everyone has played one Ubisoft game too many too quickly at some point. It was definitely AC: Revelations right after Brotherhood for me.
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Mar 24, 2018 17:26
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Origins is an action rpg.
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I was pretty burnt out on AC, I never beat Unity cause it was really samey, and Syndicate took me a really long time to finish... I think it took me at least 2 years to finally beat it and by then I was just so done with AC. But then I played ACO and couldn't put it down until I beat it, so far I've got 115 hours with it and I still need to beat the 2 expansions. It changed enough that it was refreshing and the setting was really engaging for me.
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Yeah that was kind of unfair of me. There are definitely people who just hate Ubisoft because reasons, but most people have totally justified feelings regarding burn out since yeah, they are markedly similar. That said Origins is as much of a shake up as any of their games have ever had, in not just gameplay and design but also their philosophy with regards to content and player involvement. It's still superficially an AC game, you run around on roofs and you jump on dudes and there's some vague Templars and Assassins stuff, but it's mostly just a giant sandbox in Ptolemaic Egypt that has a cool story and good combat attached. Orv fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Mar 24, 2018 |
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origins is good but they're still batting like .300 on making good ac games
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The only bad ACs are Unity, 3, and 1
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Any goony opinions on River City Super Sports Challenge or River City Melee? Indiegala has them in a bundle, and just wondering if they'd be worth it as a lark for my couchplay night with friends, or if they're as low-effort as they look.
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corn in the bible posted:The only bad ACs are Unity, 3, and 1 I feel like Unity would be really good if the person playing it never played an AC before or they had a really long break between entries. Its biggest crime is just being more of the same only now it has skill points and you can play dress up with individual pieces. After I beat ACO completely I'll probably go back and give Unity another whirl.
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Deakul posted:I feel like Unity would be really good if the person playing it never played an AC before or they had a really long break between entries. Arno is a blank slate who never accomplishes anything. He doesn't even get to do revolutionary stuff because Both Sides Are Bad in that game so he's just kind of around, doing nothing much, while other people have exciting adventures. At least ac3 has Haytham in it
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Anyone have a review on Ni No Kuni II? http://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/
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It's crazy how many little details and systems AC:O features. When Ubi takes longer to develop a game in the series it's obvious that some of their development departments have nothing to do so they just keep adding details on top of details. I wish the game got better writing, cinematic direction for sidequests or more complex facial animations instead but hey.
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Palpek posted:It's crazy how many little details and systems AC:O features. When Ubi takes longer to develop a game in the series it's obvious that some of their development departments have nothing to do so they just keep adding details on top of details. I wish the game got better writing, cinematic direction for sidequests or more complex facial animations instead but hey. I like the writing in a fair amount of the sidequests. And the main quest at least is simple, rather than being some incomprehensible conspiracy bullshit
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They're on a good streak lately, AC:O, Watch_Dogs 2 and the new South Park are all great. More people should buy W_D2. It has a decent story, great dialogue, likable characters, it's genuinely funny and you can play it either causing total mayhem or going stealth (with full equipment going along with those). The multiplayer stuff with co-op missions, chases, invasions and pvp on the go when you feel like are also fun as hell. It's the best GTA-like in recent years imo.
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Palpek posted:More people should buy W_D2. It has a decent story, great dialogue, likable characters, it's genuinely funny and you can play it either causing total mayhem or going stealth (with full equipment going along with those).
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I found it pretty boring tbh. I don't really want to put myself through a crash course of pop culture of yesteryear to get all of WD2's jokes, but I'm sure they were very biting and witty. And besides causing cars to turn 90 degrees, what could you do around the city that was fun I haven't already done in GTA 5? The fashion options were stellar though.
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Watch_Dogs 2 could easily have been the cringiest poo poo but the cast is genuinely likable and the game has a real earnest, goofy sincerity to it. The game handles its topics fairly well and is far more open in calling out bullshit in modern American society where most AAA games would chicken out and shy away from. (i.e. Like Ubi's own Far Cry 5.)
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Turd Herder posted:Anyone have a review on Ni No Kuni II? Playing it right now and from a technical standpoint the port is flawless so far. Runs really well, game looks great, sounds great too. From a gameplay perspective, the combat is actually pretty good for jRPG fair just a tad bit easy. Wish they had a difficulty slider or option in game. Some reviews have said that the game takes elements from Dark Cloud (an old Level 5 IP) and Suikoden 2. Which the story had the political intrigue that S2 had, NNK is basically a fairytale but hey different markets and targets. Very wholesome and kid friendly, except you know the whole nuking of of a modern city and the president shooting a stinking rat-vole-rodent piece of trash right in the face when he saw it
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Xander77 posted:Edit - yeah, the fact that the RL portion of the story blatantly has no goal now and is just going to keep meandering for as long as there are more AC games is probably my biggest problem with it. Ok, I'll take it on faith that some people were into Desmond's story, for some goddamned reason. Is anyone really into wandering the Ubisoft offices and hacking computers? Why? Apparently Juno is trying to do something evil but even after four games of REAL LIFE sequences (Haven't played Origin) she hasn't managed to accomplish a single loving thing.
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March of  2: Electric Boogaloo Day 1: The Journey Down: Chapter Three Day 2: The Fault Series Day 3: Day of the Tentacle Remastered Day 4: Off Peak and The Norwood Suite Day 5: Spycraft: The Great Game Day 6: Beeswing and Dujanah Day 7: The Sexy Brutale Day 8: Herald: Books 1 and 2 Day 9: Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet Day 10: Choice of Robots Day 11: The Majesty of Colors of Remastered Day 12: What Remains of Edith Finch Day 13: Gorogoa Day 14: Full Throttle Remastered Day 15: #WarGames Season 1 Day 16: Gray Skies, Dark Waters Day 17: Paradigm Day 18: Aviary Attorney Day 19: Open Sorcery Day 20 : Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut Day 21: Broken Swords 1 and 2 Day 22: Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Day 23: We Know the Devil Day 24: J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars    JULIA: Among the Stars is the crowdfunded remake of Czech developer CBE Interactive’s game JULIA and was released in 2014. JULIA is a sci-fi first person adventure game that opens with the protagonist, Rachel Manners, awaking from cryosleep. Rachel is a part of Earth’s first expeditionary force to a distant galaxy. Rachel instantly finds the expedition ship damaged and in need of immediate repairs due to asteroids. JULIA, the ship’s AI, had activated when the ship was damaged and the two work together to fix the ship. Rachel soon finds out that she, JULIA, and the ship’s sentient exploratory rover, Mobot are the only beings left on the ship, the rest of the human crew having mysteriously disappeared. The trio began to investigate the disappearances and it leads them across this strange new solar system where many secrets await them. JULIA is a first-person adventure game. The game primarily has you play as Mobot through proxy as he is the only one of the trio that can land on these alien worlds. Rachel tells him where to go and JULIA advises in any way she can. The game has an in-universe hotspot button as Mobot has a scanner that shows what he can interact with. The beginning of the game is more about exploring and inventory puzzles, but as the game goes on there are and more logic puzzles, this is where the game stumbles I feel as the puzzles get worse as the game progresses, to the point where some late game puzzles feel straight up trial and error. There is also these engineering puzzles that I found annoying, though that may just be me. Now while it’s true I don’t think the puzzles aren’t very hot I still liked the game and one of the big reasons why is how it successfully captures the spirit of 90’s first person CD-ROM era adventure games I feel. The planets are interesting to explore and gorgeously atmospheric in their own ways, it nails feelings of isolation and wonder. The game has a real sense of adventure and I wanted to see what secrets the planets were hiding. The writing is also quite solid, the trio have good chemistry with each other. One might find the conclusion of the main mystery of what happened to the crew to be predictable but JULIA does an interesting twist on how it plays out. The game has two endings depending on the decision make at the end of the game and both of them are bittersweet in their own ways that I like. Despite any flaws JULIA is a fun and engaging space adventure.
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Palpek posted:More people should buy W_D2. It has a decent story, great dialogue, likable characters, it's genuinely funny and you can play it either causing total mayhem or going stealth (with full equipment going along with those). The multiplayer stuff with co-op missions, chases, invasions and pvp on the go when you feel like are also fun as hell. It's the best GTA-like in recent years imo.
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anilEhilated posted:How bad is the UPlay? I just wish they gave up on that poo poo and started integrating their games into Steam instead.
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anilEhilated posted:I just wish they gave up on that poo poo and started integrating their games into Steam instead. Nah, gotta monetize that user data.
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