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Sininu posted:I'm curious why they didn't just round it, or why even mention it when they uploaded it in 30. I thought it would be 60 at first and felt really weird looking at it, like they had messed up frame pacing or something, but it wasn't like that after all. Antigravitas posted:Old TV legacy rate. Probably recorded via capture card that uses old TV rate for reasons. Not just old TVs. My primary monitor, a Dell u2715h, has a refresh rate of 59.951 Hz, and my secondary u2415 is 59.95 Hz. It is pretty weird, especially as both were marketed with a 60 Hz refresh. Oxxidation posted:being unfun gets you a pass in a lot of horror games, clunkiness is practically a genre mainstay. but the medium is just badly designed all over - lame puzzles, repetitive environments, outside threats are usually limited to scripted chase sequences, and of course that spoilered section. a man's girlfriend was captured and killed by the nazis and the trauma of that apparently drove him to molest kids. the game expects this to be a sympathetic moment. it also ends on a smash-to-black cliffhanger, because of course it does That is about the dumbest 'justification' they could possibly have used. What an awful game. e. HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It gets worse. That's part of a message of like, a cycle of trauma thing. The ending suggests the only way to break the cycle is to kill the abused victim to prevent them from becoming an abuser. 
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sebmojo posted:Downloaded the demo of outriders and goddam that's some tediously generic flimflam AAAgame.txt
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Ambaire posted:Not just old TVs. My primary monitor, a Dell u2715h, has a refresh rate of 59.951 Hz, and my secondary u2415 is 59.95 Hz. It is pretty weird, especially as both were marketed with a 60 Hz refresh. It gets worse. That's part of a message of like, a cycle of trauma thing. The ending suggests the only way to break the cycle is to kill the abused victim to prevent them from becoming an abuser.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It gets worse. That's part of a message of like, a cycle of trauma thing. The ending suggests the only way to break the cycle is to kill the abused victim to prevent them from becoming an abuser. Holy poo poo.
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Hell yeah. I backed this game. Twice. It owns.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:43
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Well that makes things a lot more appealing from the last time I tried it. the AI War games always looked appealing but were very complicated and confusing to actually play.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It gets worse. That's part of a message of like, a cycle of trauma thing. The ending suggests the only way to break the cycle is to kill the abused victim to prevent them from becoming an abuser. 
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Sailor Dave posted:Well that makes things a lot more appealing from the last time I tried it. the AI War games always looked appealing but were very complicated and confusing to actually play. AI War 2 is still confusing and highly complex, but you can tune the difficulty settings so that it becomes a puzzle without much time pressure, so you have time to plan your moves properly.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It gets worse. That's part of a message of like, a cycle of trauma thing. The ending suggests the only way to break the cycle is to kill the abused victim to prevent them from becoming an abuser. Does it at least have a stupid justification like an evil demon who infects and corrupts via abuse, so killing the victim is tragic but "justified" to kill the demon, or is it just that stupid pop psych thing taken to the extreme?
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ymgve posted:Does it at least have a stupid justification like an evil demon who infects and corrupts via abuse, so killing the victim is tragic but "justified" to kill the demon, or is it just that stupid pop psych thing taken to the extreme? Abuse grows a demon in your head who makes you do abuse down the line
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I'd better go kill Bloober Team before I make a terrible game
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Why does/did The Medium get so much hype and carry in the first place?
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Croccers posted:Why does/did The Medium get so much hype and carry in the first place? the devs wholesale copied silent hill's aesthetic, right down to the fixed camera angles and akira yamaoka on the soundtrack. good for getting clicks on trailers
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Croccers posted:Why does/did The Medium get so much hype and carry in the first place? It's an Xbox exclusive (console-wise) and the Xbox is so starved for exclusives that anything they get gets hyped
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It also got some rave reviews from people I actually kinda liked.
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ymgve posted:Does it at least have a stupid justification like an evil demon who infects and corrupts via abuse, so killing the victim is tragic but "justified" to kill the demon, or is it just that stupid pop psych thing taken to the extreme? Sorta, I would make it more akin to a rabid dog. It's not the dogs fault it got rabies but you have a real problem on your hands if you don't destroy it. Since the victim is "blameless" (although I think they are at fault for rabid dog killing a lot of people?) the ending is unclear on what happens as not being rabid may be a solution. The pedophile otoh, while being a victim of trauma too, is killed because that's not an excuse for being a pedophile and also embracing the rabies. I don't think the game said that the pedophiles victim would eventually be an abuser (and spread the rabies) , but rather that the victim is going to keep killing because the rabies is in control. I didn't think the game made the pedophile sympathetic, it was more that blooper wanted to explain why the rabid dog got rabies and why it would spread the rabies, and did so extremely clumsily because blooper is obsessed with chasing the silent hill 2 dragon in an "all the monsters are traumas" thing. Blair Witch did this too, it can't just be that the Blair witch is a reality distorting monster that hunts you, no, it also has to be that you're a war criminal and the ghosts are all past sins. Also everything in the medium had to be connected, which really grated on me - why can't the protagonist be an outside observer investigating what happened without any ties to the monster (oh wait, gotta have that trauma). I thought the game was ok but I'm a sucker for horror and the first half or so made me think that blooper wasn't going to do their usual shtick. Also some parts look really good on a big screen in a way that a YouTube vid isn't going to convey.
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Did anyone get any messages from stolen accounts lately? I got a message saying I am being impersonated and looking it up. Could be a scam, but not taking chances.
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Scalding Coffee posted:Did anyone get any messages from stolen accounts lately? I got a message saying I am being impersonated and looking it up. Looks to be a scam, but not taking chances. Did they change tactics? There was one going around where they were like "I have to get in touch with you asap" and if you respond they claim they VAC reported your account by mistake and you need to contact support. Of course, the link they give you to support isn't real.
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Croccers posted:Why does/did The Medium get so much hype and carry in the first place? Probably because it had a very striking appearance based on the works of Polish artist Beksinski - many of the locations in the game's "otherworld" are essentially his haunting works rendered in 3D. But the gameplay just consists of linear paths through corridors and simplistic puzzles. The "boss fights" suck... and the less said about the story the better. It's only really interesting as a graphical showcase where you can walk around inside strange environments. EDIT: Oh, and as mentioned above, Akira Yamaoka was involved somehow (the game barely has a soundtrack though). That automatically got the Silent Hill fans interested.
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ymgve posted:Did they change tactics? There was one going around where they were like "I have to get in touch with you asap" and if you respond they claim they VAC reported your account by mistake and you need to contact support. Of course, the link they give you to support isn't real.
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ErrEff posted:Probably because it had a very striking appearance based on the works of Polish artist Beksinski - many of the locations in the game's "otherworld" are essentially his haunting works rendered in 3D. He's one of those artists with such an insanely distinct aesthetic that anything trying for that style is immediately going to get a ton of buzz. I don't think anyone else has come close to presenting concepts of existential horror and dread in such a terrifying way. It's like saying you're making a game inspired by H.R Giger.
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For the people in here who like squad tactics stuff, this just came out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266890/Tactical_Troops_Anthracite_Shift/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzVwAIvnuTA
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C.M. Kruger posted:For the people in here who like squad tactics stuff, this just came out: This game isn't by the same devs and it's different from it, but it's making my brain light up with joy over finding something that feels the same as Strain Tactics. Thank you so so much for sharing it here!
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pentyne posted:He's one of those artists with such an insanely distinct aesthetic that anything trying for that style is immediately going to get a ton of buzz. I don't think anyone else has come close to presenting concepts of existential horror and dread in such a terrifying way. It's like saying you're making a game inspired by H.R Giger. Lust from Beyond I mention straight up says its influenced on Lovecraft, Giger and Beksinski. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKSrkABgKB4 But yea Beksinski has gotten a lot of attention lately. The very end of the Astarties Animated series current features a landscape heavily based on his artwork. This is a pretty good overview of his works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxRB4sdbIcw also 
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So Metamorphosis is on sale for 70% off. Has anyone played this? I'm a Franz Kafka nerd and love short games so I want to play it badly but I have some hang ups:
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treat posted:So Metamorphosis is on sale for 70% off. Has anyone played this? I'm a Franz Kafka nerd and love short games so I want to play it badly but I have some hang ups: This is all the Franz Kafka i need 
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I'd hoped it was exactly what I thought it was and I wasn't disappointed.
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I am pleasantly surprised to report that the SaGa Frontier 1 remaster, released today, is fantastic. It ran perfectly (for the 3 or so hours I played tonight, anyway), the QoL improvements are great, the upscaled sprites are adorable and fit the visual aesthetic perfectly (contra e.g., those awful-looking FF6 remaster sprites), and there's new poo poo added that I haven't seen yet like Fuse's campaign (previously Japan only). There's even the option to turn the new poo poo off if you're a purist weirdo. My only complaint so far is that the button remapping options on controller are sort of odd. The menu button can only be mapped to X or Y and nothing else, but then there's a button for quicksaving that can only be mapped to Y or Y+RT, so you can't change the menu from X to Y because it overlaps with the quicksave button (even if you set quicksave to Y+RT so just Y should be freed up). Maybe they'll fix that in a patch, but by then I'll be used to the default controls and won't care anymore
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Mordja posted:I'd hoped it was exactly what I thought it was and I wasn't disappointed. Home Movies is so loving great. DON'T KILL CHILDREN, DON'T RUN 'EM OVER / LET THEM LIVE THEIR LIVES, LET THEM GET OLDER
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drat horror queefs posted:I am pleasantly surprised to report that the SaGa Frontier 1 remaster, released today, is fantastic. Yeah I put some time into it, and I'm very impressed. The QoL stuff is really nice, especially the "Story" option in the menu that tells you what you're supposed to be doing next, that was always a problem in the original. The sprites look REALLY nice, as do the backgrounds, the only parts that are still a little blurry are in battle, where it's actually being rendered in 3D.   
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drat horror queefs posted:I am pleasantly surprised to report that the SaGa Frontier 1 remaster, released today, is fantastic.
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Is anything on the Steam Capcom sale (other than Res Evil 4) a don't-miss? I've heard the dog painting one is pretty good
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Monster Hunter
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RE2make is one of the best games I've played in recent memory. At 60% off, it's a no-brainer.
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sad question posted:There's a game about painting dogs? How about taking photos of dogs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCWrD3-IC8
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sad question posted:There's a game about painting with dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9bJsvmdvo
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Begemot posted:The sprites look REALLY nice, as do the backgrounds, the only parts that are still a little blurry are in battle, where it's actually being rendered in 3D.
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I hate to say this but seeing SaGa Frontier 1 in higher resolution only makes me appreciate SaGa Frontier 2's hand-painted storybook artstyle a lot more.
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Begemot posted:Yeah I put some time into it, and I'm very impressed. The QoL stuff is really nice, especially the "Story" option in the menu that tells you what you're supposed to be doing next, that was always a problem in the original. The sprites look REALLY nice, as do the backgrounds, the only parts that are still a little blurry are in battle, where it's actually being rendered in 3D. The sprites and background kinda look like they just applied a handpainted-looking photoshop filter on everything.
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