Steam Megathread: Stop being boomers! *adds 10 boomer shooters to cart*

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SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk/

This just came out of nowhere and looks right up my alley. I am not sure about the price, though...

# ¿ Apr 23, 2020 17:39

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 09:57

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/ionlands/status/1259124252550324225

Cloudpunk is fixing the camera controls. This was my main issue with the game, so I look forward to seeing the city up close.

# ¿ May 9, 2020 16:30

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

El_Elegante posted:

It�s surprising that an outfit as sophisticated as Rockstar is licensing music in a way that requires them to go back and rip it out.

They should go back to making their own music for the games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEi_yNAre2I

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 15:16

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Fargin Icehole posted:

At this point it's too late, but yeah the early GTAs 1-3 had some drat good soundtracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzWXgbZeYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrg1m-B6iXk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yave4ZaSc

Connor & Jay deserve to be better known.

SimonChris fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Jun 30, 2020

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 15:51

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

pentyne posted:

Anyone ever put time into or play Project Snowblind?

The reviews say it was supposed to be a follow up to Deus Ex but was rushed out as its own thing. It starts off with a gunfire and explosions everywhere attack you fight through, then get hit with a massive explosion and wake up as an augmented soldier. Its got a surprising amount of polish and feels like they were definitely going to build up a AAA rpg shooter just from how much detail and casual dialog you encounter in the early game. It very early 2000s PC game design so it's missing a lot of the standard QoL features from later first person games, but otherwise seems pretty competent.

I haven't played it yet, but it's less than one Euro on Steam right now, so what the hell. Should be an interesting historical experience if nothing else.

I'll report back.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2020 12:02

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

The Joe Man posted:

It sounds like you would absolutely love Battlezone:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/301650/Battlezone_98_Redux/

I, too, had no idea that there was a Battlezone remaster. That was one my favorite games at the time. Heartily recommended.

Another similar game I loved at a time is Uprising: Join or Die, which differs from Battlezone in that your command tank is more powerful than the NPC units, so leading the charge personally is more important.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2020 15:25

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

The 7th Guest posted:

*buys new computer with i7-10k and 3070 rtx*

*loads up cart mostly with point n click adventures and IF that could run on a toaster*

e: maybe I'll get Roki so there's at least one other adventure game actually using the video card

Yay, someone bought PataNoir! Thank you

# ¿ Nov 29, 2020 18:04

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

StrixNebulosa posted:

+1 bought PataNoir, seeing it was goon-made and also it was an IF game made me perk up. I am extremely burnt out by point n' click adventures, but text ones? Hell yes!

https://ifcomp.org/ballot/

This years IFComp is just about to conclude, if you feel like playing some free text adventures.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2020 19:36

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

Get this poo poo out of the Steam thread!.... because it makes me sad knowing I can't buy this

https://store.steampowered.com/app/850320/PHOGS/

Good news!

# ¿ Dec 3, 2020 15:16

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

The 7th Guest posted:

#1: PataNoir ($3.49) - A detective game where the solutions involve treating noir metaphors literally. If the light in the room is described like a pool, you can hop in the pool. If someone's face is 'cold and hard like marble', you can take the metaphorical marble, and then that person is no longer unfriendly to you. It's just brilliant, and the game exhausts all possible puzzle possibilities out of this premise before ducking out at the right time.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481960/Death_off_the_Cuff/

Thank you for this very nice review! Make sure to check my next game, when it launches on Steam in January (like PataNoir, this is remaster of and older game, with new content).

# ¿ Dec 29, 2020 20:15

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

sebmojo posted:

The specific game you specifically mentioned has made 100 million dollars and never gone on sale lol

It's 10% off right now. Not a very large discount, but the dev does seem to recognize that sales have marketing value.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 21:44

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481960

Promotional page: http://www.sichris.com/Games/Cuff

To those who liked PataNoir, my other game, "Death off the Cuff", is now available on Steam!

Unfortunately, due to Steam's review policy, it is not in my interest to hand out codes, but there is a nice launch discount.

SimonChris fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jan 11, 2021

# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 09:14

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

StrixNebulosa posted:

So Cyberpunk is looking pretty great!

Yeah, Chongqing is basically Deus Ex: Hitman Revolution. It's awesome!

# ¿ Jan 22, 2021 21:18

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063310/Vane/

Vane is a beautiful, if somewhat janky, game about playing a shape-shifting bird-boy.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 19:26

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

StrixNebulosa posted:

https://twitter.com/DominicTarason/status/1364777661369827330

I posted this with a "yeah I like state of decay 2" and then I read it again and wait, gently caress. negative =/= positive. And now I'm mad, because god damnit I loved this game but gently caress's sake, don't be secret nazis.

https://twitter.com/StateOfDecay/status/1364868905613680642

https://twitter.com/StateOfDecay/status/1364870216514117634

Response from the devs.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2021 11:45

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1380629877431369732

SimonChris fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Apr 17, 2021

# ¿ Apr 10, 2021 13:48

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/veryfriendly/status/1380602979296813056

I am morbidly curious how this actually plays, but not enough to give the developers 14.99. I mean how big is that open world?

# ¿ Apr 10, 2021 15:35

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Have you tried uninstalling Deus Ex: Invisible War? :rimshot:

# ¿ Apr 11, 2021 10:40

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

SimonChris posted:

https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1380629877431369732

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3750711&pagenumber=58#post514045654

This is now being Let's Played if people are still curious.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2021 14:33

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/ionlands/status/1389969664323821576

Cloudpunk expansion releases on May 25th. The developers have vastly improved the base game since release, so I am really looking forward to this.

# ¿ May 6, 2021 12:30

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/317040/Strife_Veteran_Edition/

I have been playing Strife, which I had somehow never heard of before Errant Signal mentioned it in his latest video, and it is very much my poo poo. It's like someone tried to make Deus Ex in the Doom engine in �96 and didn't quite pull it off but still managed to be way ahead of their time. I love overly ambitious janky stuff like this.

# ¿ May 20, 2021 17:46

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/mxSophieH/status/1405178723343777793

This looks weirdly addictive.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2021 09:37

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfY9BYl_vYA

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1612480/Heal_Hitler/

I don't even know what to say.

SimonChris fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jul 23, 2021

# ¿ Jul 23, 2021 14:32

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

My favorite part of the Kennedy post is when he claims that the accusations were timed to ruin his daughter's birthday, even though they were part of a large-scale callout of abusive games industry people in general. The ego is just incredible.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2021 08:18

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118240/Lake/

This seems like a neat walkingsimulatorish game. I am getting some Life is Strange vibes from the town.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2021 20:35

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

HopperUK posted:

I mean he's being replaced by someone who has worked closely with him all this time. Does he own the place? Because if he does then stepping down as CEO just means he has to do less work, it's a gesture at best.

https://twitter.com/AntonHand/status/1435054269116268547

Yeah, he still owns the place and will benefit financially if you buy their games.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2021 09:29

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Wiltsghost posted:

Why am I so into Unpacking lol

https://twitter.com/frandelpia/status/1456060232971456512

# ¿ Nov 5, 2021 09:10

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Is Control worth playing if I don't care about the action and just want a 3D version of the SCP wiki?

# ¿ Dec 25, 2021 14:17

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Occultatio posted:

I mentioned my initial impressions earlier, but I want to come back and give a solid recommendation to Call of the Sea

My first take was being annoyed that the game was actually about cosmic horror, but the real thing turns out to be even more unexpected: it's like the opposite of cosmic horror. Cosmic delight, maybe? It's extremely obvious from very early on that the protagonist is the equivalent of the Innsmouth residents, bearing a family curse to either turn into a fish person or die, but... she actually really likes being a fish person! She feels so much more at peace in the strange, non-Euclidean underwater city than she ever did in Englewood! Anyway I found that aspect to be genuinely interesting, in the end, and was disappointed that the story ending that has you embrace your fish-nature made it sound dark and creepy in a way that betrayed the mood the game had built up to that point. Seriously, though, it's a delight seeing a character move through all the stock Lovecraftian tropey settings and just go "ahhh, isn't this nice?" as she dips back into the mysterious black ichor instead of the same-old same-old gibbering madness.

But the real reason I want to recommend the game is its approach to puzzles. Unlike many adventure puzzle games where you're either trying to make literally any sense of a completely opaque set of machines and/or inventory items, or others where the "puzzles" are really just about finding the One Important Clue That Solves the Puzzle in some hidden spot on the map, Call of the Sea does this really cool thing where it "freely" gives you absolutely all the information you need -- all the ancient symbols are translated for you in the notes of the expedition whose trail you're following, for instance -- but it tells you nothing about what to do with that information. So the puzzles are like, I understand exactly how this machine works and what each button represents, but now I have to actually-think-as-the-player about what my goal in manipulating it is.

In that way it's much closer to, like, puzzle-hunt-style puzzles than the vast majority of games I've played, and I found it really refreshing. Nothing was so difficult that I actually got stuck on it, but every single puzzle made me stop and review my notes and just think for a minute or two, and I absolutely loved it.

(also, again, the game is gorgeous)

Thanks for this recommendation. I've always wanted more fiction that recognizes that being a lovecraftian monster actually sounds pretty awesome. I will be checking this out.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2021 10:27

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1697700/Whos_Lila/

A detective adventure game where you control your facial muscles directly instead of selecting dialogue options. I don't think I have seen anything like this before.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 21:22

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Omi no Kami posted:

Mads Mikkelsen, who was in Death Stranding, is from Denmark. Strand is Danish for 'beach'.

Edit: Also, I have said 'Dutch' when I meant 'Danish' like five separate times, but only when I'm talking about Mads Mikkelsen. Is that a meme, a scheme, or just an insane moron not thinking things through? Pick up more codec calls to find out.

Speaking of Denmark, there is new cyberpunk adventure game out, set on the exotic Danish island of Bornholm.

https://twitter.com/InsertDisk22Now/status/1538040221840859136

"Bornholm. Today, a quaint island in the Baltic Sea. In 2155, a sprawling metropolis able to compete with major world powers. Thanks to the Space Elevator, a technological marvel built by Bornholm's corporate consortium, The Conglomerate, few nations on the planet are more influential both in industrial matters and space exploration."

# ¿ Jun 18, 2022 12:49

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 09:57

SimonChris: Apr 24, 2008; The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.; Grimey Drawer

Fruits of the sea posted:

This is deeply weird. The only way it could look less like Bornholm is if it was a desert climate. I doubt anybody outside of the Danes, Swedes and Poles even know about it. I wonder how some Australian devs landed on specifically this island.

Apparently, the lead dev is married to a dane, and claims to have included accurate bornholmsian culture in the game.

https://twitter.com/InsertDisk22Now/status/1538071483280662528

# ¿ Jun 18, 2022 14:14

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