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HopperUK posted:Anyone into Banners of Ruin? I see some grumbling in the discussions that it's too easy - that sounds amazing to me because I am awful at deckbuilders and never got far in Slay the Spire. Is it fun? Just watched some of it on twitch and it looked… very average? Could definitely be more fun to play though, so if someone has, trust that over me! (It also irrationally bothered me that they have a banner that says “Opponents’ Turn” but it doesn’t change to “Opponent’s Turn” when there’s only one enemy left. I am a broken individual.)
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Are there any good ancient Rome games? Maybe something in the vein of Middle Earth: Arkham City?
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Mescal posted:Are there any good ancient Rome games? Maybe something in the vein of Middle Earth: Arkham City? Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Origins, at least in part
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So apparently Wolcen is on sale and recently released a content patch. Is the game good yet?
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Jul 29, 2021 20:23
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Mescal posted:Are there any good ancient Rome games? Maybe something in the vein of Middle Earth: Arkham City? I have been looking for this for years and have never gotten anything truly great. There's the rome total wars, and the incredible A Legionary's Life
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News from the Annapurna Showcase: Release dates/windows confirmed.... The Artful Escape: September 9th (will be on Gamepass) - This is a story game that looks a teensy bit pretentious but has a gorgeous game world Neon White: Winter 2021 - A fast speed game and shooter where you get cards that function as guns, until you discard them and use their secondary function (like double jump, butt stomp, etc). By Ben Esposito (Donut County), also has VN segments and side quests. Solar Ash: October 26th - The latest game from the Hyper Light Drifter developer which combines third person action, platforming and parkour will be an Epic exclusive, sorry folks The Pathless - Steam release on November 16th, finally leaving Epic Game Store jail. This is a BOTW-ish game where you are an archer helping the spirit world. A lot of emphasis on building up speed by auto-locking on targets and shooting them as you move. Stray: Early 2022 - This is the cyberpunk game where you are a cat and solve puzzles as cat, and explore as cat. New game announcements: A Memoir Blue (Cloisters) (on Gamepass) - "A Memoir Blue is an atmospheric journey through the memories of Miriam: a champion swimmer, who on the day of her greatest success dwells on her childhood memories of her mother and a special trip they took." A story game that mixes real-time 3D with hand-drawn animation. Storyteller (Daniel Benmergui, creator of Fidel Dungeon Rescue) (Demo available) - A game in which you are given a story to tell, and drag and drop characters and story elements into panels in order to tell the story. While there are objectives, you can tell the story a bunch of different ways. Untitled Outer Loop (Falcon Age) game - Looks to be a story-based skateboarding game but all I could tell was what I saw on computer monitors during talking head segments. Untitled Jessika Mak (SoundShapes) game - Looks to be another music game, seems to be a combination of runner and action with switching perspectives. Untitled Ivy Road game - Ivy Road is a new studio by the creators of Gone Home and the Stanley Parable, no real details on the game. Untitled No Code (Observation, Stories Untold) game - The dev claims they never set out to make horror games with Stories Untold or Observation, but this time it will be intentional from the start. finally.. THE OUTER WILDS EXPANSION ANNOUNCED!! Echoes of the Eye, releases September 28th The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Jul 29, 2021 20:33
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Mescal posted:Are there any good ancient Rome games? Maybe something in the vein of Middle Earth: Arkham City? Might not be precisely what you're looking for but: https://store.steampowered.com/app/218020/Nethergate_Resurrection/ fake edit: then I read your second sentence and lol definitely not what you're looking for. play AssCreed Origins and Odyssey instead
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The 7th Guest posted:THE OUTER WILDS EXPANSION ANNOUNCED!! Echoes of the Eye, releases September 28th aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWMhagfKycM
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Jul 29, 2021 20:36
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The 7th Guest posted:Stray: Early 2022 - This is the cyberpunk game where you are a cat and solve puzzles as cat, and explore as cat. https://twitter.com/MerryKish/status/1420828805636050944
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looks more Half life 2 than cyberpunk
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OK, I'm about an hour and change into Chernobylite which is apparently a fraction of the available story content of course so it hardly seems fair to judge, but so far the story isn't really capturing me so that doesn't feel really good. The core gameplay loop seems to be more similar to something like This War of Mine where you have to manage a group of people, ration food, etc. That part all seems fine, good even. The base building seems pretty open-ended as to where you can place some things, but think more Fallout 4-style base building except without the ability to build structures or anything like that. I only have one actual base to build in right now, I am not sure if it ever opens up new ones or expands. It's definitely not open-world or anything like that, there's not much free-roaming. You basically assign yourself to one of a handful of levels to go collect supplies for the day, and they seem to range from medium to large in size, but nowhere to the scale of even Metro: Exodus' levels. Combat is... interesting. I think the guns feel fine, but the enemies aren't very interesting to fight and the stealth system kinda sucks. Reading reviews on Steam, I am not sure that it ever improves in that regard. Weapon customization seems to be moderately in-depth if anyone's into that. Lot of typos and stuff like that, seems rough around the edges. Might be too rough for me, I'm not sure if I can decide that quite yet.
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Mescal posted:Are there any good ancient Rome games? Maybe something in the vein of Middle Earth: Arkham City? I was just playing some of this new game The Forgotten City which takes place in an ancient Roman city with a god-enforced 'golden rule'. It's mostly dialogue based and does have some nice Roman flavor
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Protocol7 posted:OK, I'm about an hour and change into Chernobylite which is apparently a fraction of the available story content of course so it hardly seems fair to judge, but so far the story isn't really capturing me so that doesn't feel really good. Definitely curious to hear more as you go deeper. One story element I've seen in reviews that I find interesting is the ability to revisit past key story decisions you've made when you die and change them, doing a bit of a Butterfly Effect where those changes then ripple into your relationships in the present. I'm really curious to know if there's depth there or if it's largely window dressing.
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Buller posted:looks more Half life 2 than cyberpunk it's a cat so it'd be Four and a Half Lives
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StrixNebulosa posted:Might not be precisely what you're looking for but: https://store.steampowered.com/app/218020/Nethergate_Resurrection/ Aren't those in Greece? And I am open to other genres, I guess anything other than 4X.
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Memnaelar posted:Definitely curious to hear more as you go deeper. One story element I've seen in reviews that I find interesting is the ability to revisit past key story decisions you've made when you die and change them, doing a bit of a Butterfly Effect where those changes then ripple into your relationships in the present. I'm really curious to know if there's depth there or if it's largely window dressing. Yeah, I kinda get the vibe it's one of those games that hits you with a later-game "whoa" moment - just not sure the rest of the game is captivating enough to pull me away from any of the other games I'm currently playing.  I was honestly waffling on refunding it, but now that I think about it this game reminds me a lot of Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason and I lowkey loved that game too.
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zedprime posted:Factory Town has a lot more to do/is a lot more thought out at its current state. But it shares a lot of verbs with Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program which generally do those parts better. It definitely has its own unique, good take but you're moving things around to make other things and it's 3rd best in that realm in my personal list. Thanks so much! This is helpful. I saw the dev of Factory Town posting in the thread and that made me more inclined to grab it. I will ponder a bit longer.
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Mescal posted:Aren't those in Greece? And I am open to other genres, I guess anything other than 4X. Origin is mostly in Ptolemaic Egypt and Odyssey is mostly Greece. Rome is surprisingly underdone in games. I'm going to make the assumption you don't want to play Ryse: Son of Rome(which is in fact also mostly not set in Rome) and the Total War games would probably fall under the 4X banner.
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Loop Hero. Does anyone remember why they liked it? I feel like it was everywhere three months ago, and then forgot it existed. I was even struggling to remember the name of it when someone asked me about it. I kept getting it confused with Returnal.
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A legionariy’s life is really good but super, super difficult at first. Worth sticking with though.
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EricFate posted:Loop Hero. Does anyone remember why they liked it? I feel like it was everywhere three months ago, and then forgot it existed. I was even struggling to remember the name of it when someone asked me about it. I kept getting it confused with Returnal. It's good? It's just not very complicated or deep so you have your fun with it, and then you stop, and I think that's all right.
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EricFate posted:Loop Hero. Does anyone remember why they liked it? I feel like it was everywhere three months ago, and then forgot it existed. I was even struggling to remember the name of it when someone asked me about it. I kept getting it confused with Returnal. Yea the game itself might imply that it has a very long tail (with those town trinkets lol) but really it doesn't, it's a fun little weird take on several vogue mechanics that can be enjoyed and digested. I put 40 hours into it which is a lot of such a simple premise, and I'd still recommend it to anyone who felt the demo (or two hour ""demo"") was interesting.
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Hub Cat posted:Origin is mostly in Ptolemaic Egypt and Odyssey is mostly Greece. Is it good? I don't know if I like hack and slashes. I don't like grim dawn, is that a hack and slash?
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I think the only non-crap, non-4x Rome games I can think of are city builders. CivCity: Rome, Grand Ages: Rome, and Imperium Romanum. Way back in the day there was a short spate of gladiator-related games, but they're not on PC.The 7th Guest posted:Yeah, like I said gating works in stuff like Zeldas or Metroidvanias, or puzzle games. It doesn't make much sense in open world games where you can reach any objective from the beginning. I also maintain it made no sense to make you unlock essential stuff to combat in Metal Gear Rising like parrying. I can't fathom why they did it that way. Metal Gear Rising did it very poorly, but the principle is that in a game with dozens of possible inputs 1) narrowing them down to core basics and then adding more over time means you don't overwhelm new players and 2) needing the player to actively invest in unlocking say, the Stinger in DMC, means they're way more likely to essentially self-tutorialize themselves. After all, who's gonna buy a new move and then not play around with it immediately afterwards? That way they acclimate to new abilities at their own pace and said new abilities stand out in their mind better instead of being immediately lost in giant pile of possible inputs. I think Wonderful 101 does the same thing and I'm left assuming the intention is to go "hey, look, new moves appear in the store and you should really buy them because they're important!" but in MGR's case the store is frankly a huge afterthought and heavily de-emphasized. And then obviously made worse yet by the dodge move being called something weird because it's technically also an attack.
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Humbly announcing the game we've been working on in semi-secrecy for the past year and a half. If it looks like something you'd be into, wishlists are super-appreciated ☺ It's called Near-Mage and it's about studying magick in Transylvania 🧛♀️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1685870/NearMage/
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Mr Underhill posted:Humbly announcing the game we've been working on in semi-secrecy for the past year and a half. If it looks like something you'd be into, wishlists are super-appreciated ☺ e: oh neat it's got a bit of extra rpg and customization elements to it, reminding me of quest for glory and unavowed
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Thanks! Yeah, this time around we're also shooting ourselves in the foot one extra by having custom itemized outfits that also need to be animated frame by frame 😅 It must be some kind of latent sado-masochistic tendency but hey! If you love animating there's no better way of evolving than punishing yourself with even more of it. Thanks for the kind words!
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Protocol7 posted:I was honestly waffling on refunding it, but now that I think about it this game reminds me a lot of Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason and I lowkey loved that game too. why even was this game removed from steam? No one owned the property anymore?
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.random posted:Can someone confirm this game will scratch my ogre battle itch? I have heard tell that it might Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Mr Underhill posted:Thanks! Yeah, this time around we're also shooting ourselves in the foot one extra by having custom itemized outfits that also need to be animated frame by frame 😅 Especially if you have to do more specific animation of, like, climbing a ladder and grabbing a thing off a shelf... can't imagine having to do that like 30 more times lol
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Mescal posted:Is it good? I don't know if I like hack and slashes. I don't like grim dawn, is that a hack and slash? It's a middling Xbone launch title that was kind of a meme joke game for a while, I've heard the PC port has issues. It's not like Grim Dawn, more like a God of War or Asscreed with fairly repetitive combat focused on executions, super linear and short(5-6 hours which isn't such a bad thing  ). It still looks very nice.If you're interested it's frequently available for under $5. Edit: Also lol I hate game genres how is Diablo in the same genre as Bayonetta gently caress Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Mescal posted:Aren't those in Greece? And I am open to other genres, I guess anything other than 4X. Domina! Don't be fooled by the trailer, its more management than action.
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The 7th Guest posted:At least once you get the basic cycles in it's more a matter of rotoscoping, but then there's still the different hairstyles bobbing and all the intricate interior detail linework to keep consistent :X my condolences on your drawing wrist Yep. Plus in-engine cutscenes! But a lot of the outfits are already animated & implemented, it's super fun to be able to customize your MC in an adventure game for a change.
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:why even was this game removed from steam? No one owned the property anymore? That game was a technical rats nest and IIRC even throwing modern computers at the problem didn't help. Maybe even made it worse.
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Hub Cat posted:Edit: Also lol I hate game genres how is Diablo in the same genre as Bayonetta gently caress Don't people call those diablo like games ARPGs (I assume that is action RPGs)? I wouldn't call them hack and slash. Hack and slash is less based on tons of skills and is meant to be played with a controller not m+kb. Honestly hack and slash itself is pretty ill-defined though. I've heard Bayonetta type games being called 'character action games' which I guess makes sense.
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they were called hack and slash games back when they were being compared to turn based isometric crpgs, it's a dated term for them now. kind of like calling first person shooters "doom clones". i think most people would call them arpgs nowadays but the whole genre should just be called "number go up" but i wouldn't call bayonetta/devil may cry/ninja gaiden hack and slashes either. they're beat em ups. Cowcaster fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Mr Underhill posted:Humbly announcing the game we've been working on in semi-secrecy for the past year and a half. If it looks like something you'd be into, wishlists are super-appreciated ☺ It looks real cute.
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Any goon takes on afro-futurist conservationist XCOM We Are the Caretakers?
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Hack-n-slash is quite an old term, predating computer games, that mainly meant “an rpg, but you’re not here for the plot, kiddo.” In the context of MUDs (for those who were alive then), it was the difference between a role playing server (or game) and a “let’s just kill all the things” server/game. Now it’s a lot more nebulous IMO, since there’s so many sub-genres and sub sub genres
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Mr Underhill posted:Humbly announcing the game we've been working on in semi-secrecy for the past year and a half. If it looks like something you'd be into, wishlists are super-appreciated ☺ This generally isn’t a genre of game I play but I dig the premise and art. Definitely adding to the followed list. Or is wishlist better from a dev perspective?
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