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Rise to Ruins is released and has decent reviews whereas Stoneshard sounds like a fun idea that is nowhere near an actual fun playable state yet.
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Yeah I'm probably going to buy it tbh, I'm a huge sucker for roguelikes but if I had to pick between the two Rise to Ruins is mature right now and who knows whats going to happen in two years with a fresh early access game. That said they aren't really the same genre so 1 to 1 comparison isn't great. Looks like you can try out the prologue/tutorial section of Stoneshard for free here
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Aug 28th puts it on the day Meg Jayanth did her twitter thread so he is actually smearing his victims there. But yeah he is probably saying it was some conspiracy by Failbetter games to destroy this poor indie developer. Edit for evidence: https://twitter.com/betterthemask/status/1166757334103842816 Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Morter posted:Anyone buy anything recently on steam and get it hanging? Hit Purchase (once) and now it's "Working" and grayed out. Check your payment method, if it went through usually you will get it eventually. Otherwise check https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/ and if it shows as pending you can cancel it and try another payment method. (Sometimes whatever auth method they use between paypal breaks and times out) Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Feb 14, 2020 |
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Cancelling and using the card has always worked for me. I'm pretty sure it fails before Paypal even sees the transaction so it should be safe. (its happened 3-4 times and I've never been double billed or anything)
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It also doesn't work if Steam is aware of the update, it won't allow you to play without updating even in offline mode. Real answer here is either never go online with Steam or find a crack for that version of the game.
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Kin posted:Yeah, the xbox gamepass PC version was buggy as gently caress. It had terrible reviews because of it but i wasn't sure if it was just that particular version of it or not. I only had one major crash on the Epic version of Metro Exodus and it only set me back to a near autosave  , and I've had xb gamepass cause autosave issues with other games like Children of Morta that work fine on Steam.
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Omi no Kami posted:How-ish long was it? The internet says 15-40 hours, and I'd totally be onboard for a long-rear end Metro game but I'm worried it'll turn out to be more, like, 10-15 1-hour hallways. Epic has my playtime at 22 hours so probably 20-25ish hours if you don't blaze through it. There are some follow these assholes for 30 minutes segments but a lot of it is either openish map segments with multiple objectives and hidden gear that sort of thing or linear levels that you can do at your own pace, a good comparison imo would be the modern Tomb Raider games.
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The story is frankly pretty dumb but I don't think too many games absolutely nail atmosphere like Exodus, especially if you play with minimal hud.
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Piranha Bytes have been working on a mystery RPG (likely Elex 2 based on some financial filings) that they're supposed to be announcing this year and they've said they aren't involved with the Gothic remake. I wouldn't preorder anything from a brand new studio THQ Nordic stands up. Also Elex is good. https://twitter.com/Piranha_Bytes/status/1206891990257983488 Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Feb 20, 2020 |
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baka kaba posted:But I mean, does the majority of the audience care or even know what an F-16 or whatever looks like? Like surely they could get away with something spookily similar called an X-69 SKYSNAKE developed with advanced metal gear tech the boffins upstairs have been keeping under wraps and people would just be all "hell yeah" and they wouldn't have to deal with licencing or the military industrial complex complaining about how backflipping planes misrepresent their product like it's Gran Turismo or whatever The intended audience absolutely cares and knows what an F-16 looks like.
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StarkRavingMad posted:So how is the tank mechanic game? I liked Car Mechanic simulator or whatever it was called, and was thinking about picking this up, but I was also worried that it is probably the same basic gameplay It has the same basic gameplay except you spend most of the time repairing parts by pointing one of three tools at them. Sometimes you go out in a field and find a buried tank(you use a metal detector and where it beeps you click the dig button). The tanks have fewer parts than the average car in Car Mechanic sim and you don't have as many tools. (There is no diagnostic element or wheel balancing that sort of thing) Less irritating to play than Car Mechanic but also not nearly as featured. Haven't run into any crashes but there's some frustrating bugs like parts not showing up in the shop. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Feb 22, 2020 |
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Artelier posted:I tried Dying Light for the free weekend and does the game ever give you a sense of real power and progression? I am trying to enjoy dropkicking zombies but the game is trying its hardest to withhold this joy from me with special zombies and a low damage output. Kick them off buildings or into spikes, unlock the ability that lets you instant kill knocked down or stunned zombies(exploit this ruthlessly to kill the parkour zombies by forcing them to climb up to you) avoid specials and humans or destroy them with molotovs and explosive throwing stars. Eventually you will get to a point where you can oneshot basic zombies and humans unless they broke that with patches. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Feb 24, 2020 |
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KazigluBey posted:We live in a cultural post-scarcity, he's not wrong. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Feb 24, 2020 |
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KazigluBey posted:Nobody here went that far, outside of whatever strawmen flatluigi is shadowboxing with. "My position: fair and rational. Your position: dumb and so goddamned crazy"-hyperbole-posting sucks, but whatever. Terminal autist posted:Movies are allowed to be challenging, books are allowed to be difficult, music is allowed to be obscure and abrasive. I've never understood the sentiment and obsession that all video games need to be accessible. I can't imagine anyone claiming that more esoteric rappers like billy woods or aesop rock need to dumb down their lyrics or explain their references or hardcore punk bands would need to tone down their political content or play less abrasive to attract more people. The soulsborne games clearly sell well enough that they dont need to attract a wider audience that dont appreciate what they are doing and its totally ok to dislike them, steam has a 2 hour refund window and that should give people plenty of time to decide whether or not these games are for them. Frankly its classic gamer entitlement that makes people demand an easier setting, if fromsoft wanted to do it I wouldnt be opposed but they have been making these games for over a decade and they clearly dont want to at this point. You can call me a gatekeeper or whatever else but the truth of the matter is they make a highly tightly balanced game and I get a little concerned if they start to forsake their core fanbase at the attempt to attract more people who dont appreciate what they are doing.
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KazigluBey posted:yeah fair enough, that post's vibe kinda sucks, especially quoting that cringe rightfully meme'd to hell tweet. Mea culpa in that it was lovely of me to insinuate it was the threads/your position, that was an unnecessary rear end in a top hat move on my part.
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StrixNebulosa posted:dilemma: Hitman 2. I've played the bajeesus out of it, but I'm not currently playing it. Since ETs aren't running I can't see myself boot it up anytime in the next few months, if not longer. Which is fine, any game that gets 100+ hours out of me is huge. All the levels are dlc so when I had the same dilemma I unchecked the levels I don't like and never play and that freed up a bunch of space, of course I eventually just ended up uninstalling the whole thing anyway so
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Nice! Tank Mechanic sim adding in a parts highlight and splitting the parts list into collapsible sublists clearing up two of the biggest annoyances in one go. Now if they could just label parts like Ammunition Box A,B,C instead of just Ammunition Box for all 3 that would be great.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Wasteland Remastered is out, and looks like a cool version of an old game. Reviews are good, but it's mixed because???? There's a bunch of reviews in German complaining that character creation is broken if you play it in German.
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Ciaphas posted:Hope they always use actual people instead of The Algorithm then or there's gonna be a lot of  Edit:Meh, marginal sales you wouldn't have made otherwise probably balance out the handful of shady characters that theoretically take advantage of refund policies like this and there is no way to tell how much GOG will use their discretion to refuse refunds. It's a marketing strategy to pull sales from Steam that gives them a lot of leeway to refuse refunds. People that just want to play games and not pay can already easily pirate DRM free GOG games. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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I liked Hat in Time generally but it definitely frays at the edges and the levels don't really work together as a cohesive game experience.
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Diephoon posted:Good reviews are great but if you're not having fun that's all there is to it. I recently refunded Stone Shard, Noita, Last Epoch, and Project Zomboid. All of these have good reviews, but I played them for a bit and decided I wasn't really having fun with them. I'm not going to tell people they're bad games, but I'd prefer to spend my money on things I actually want to play. One exception is Blasphemous. I've never even installed the game but I was happy to buy it just because I liked the art so much. Wow this is the wrong thread for this friend, everybody knows that in the Steam thread: There is no Play. There is no Refund. The Backlog grows.
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StrixNebulosa posted:I would kill for a modern reboot of the Red Alert series A finger on the monkey paw curls down as an EA exec greenlights another mobile game and doesn't know why.
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Book of Demons is fun and has a demo if you want to try it first.
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Yall can have some keys because I forgot to pause this month: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=uHCPr6CEfvNCxHvB Frostpunk A92B*-LK9HQ-Q720B Und*rH*ro Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 29, 2020 |
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Serephina posted:Basically everything GW related is that. I wonder how cheap they pawn off their IP for, since it's everywhere and they're almost all trash. They gave one of the Space Hulk games to a random studio because they met them at GDC and the guy happened to have a pitch while THQ was imploding.
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So it looks like the Tom Francis the developer of Gunpoint and Heat Signature is gearing up to start testing on his new tactical turn-based wizard police game: Tactical Breach Wizards. The betas he has run before are usually pretty polished and free, so its definitely worth signing up if anybody is interested. https://twitter.com/BreachWizards/status/1236008049032056833 Edit:Video with sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcdQcmayEw4 Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Mar 7, 2020 |
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ymgve posted:Satisfactory might be up your alley, but it's Epic Store exclusive at the moment The 1 year anniversary is coming up in a little over a week and they did a little Steam teaser in the last patch video. If there's a team that would do a surprise launch its Coffee Stain. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Mar 9, 2020 |
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Fair enough, I've only been half paying attention since I shelved it a while ago.
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Nordick posted:Oh don't get me wrong, I never leave my hammer behind, that thing is just entirely too satisfying to not have along. And the drat thing is so iconic too, it would be like Gordon Freeman without his crowbar. My loadout is always, ALWAYS hammer + remote charges, which are my bread and butter tools, + whatever two I'm in the mood for or in need of for a specific purpose (nano rifle for gunships, etc). The actual firearms are what I use the least, mainly when I'm doing a hostage rescue and need to get to the hostages on upper floors without wrecking the building around me. If you're not blowing up the hostages, the guards and the whole building what are you even doing???
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Im_Special posted:Anyone get that Command & Conquer Remaster? What does it mean by "Account (Supports linking to Steam account)"? Its not out yet but at a guess they are going to force you to log into an EA account for multiplayer. Outside chance you'll have to launch Origin when you play it but I think they've given up on that.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Yep, that's what they require. Do NOT buy any ubisoft games if you can't handle running two clients at once, they're all uplay mandatory. I'm not sure on this, Fallen Order explicitly says "Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required" and this doesn't so I don't think this is going to require Origin. Like hell am I going to preorder anything from EA to find out after the year they've had though. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Mar 12, 2020 |
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HenryEx posted:????  That's where the anglerfish live 
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I don't think its a jump scare, I just thought it was funny/endearing that they called it the "most relaxed place in the OW universe." when its probably the most tense part of the entire game after you hit the trigger. The sound the anglerfish make manages to surprise me every time.
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FuzzySlippers posted:I got around to trying Frostpunk from one of the humble monthlies and I enjoyed it way more than I expected. I don't normally like RTS or management games, but it hit a nice sweet spot of responding to challenges, fiddling with base management, and an interesting story/scenario (the last bit at the end was incredibly dramatic). If someone got a key through humble and has been passing over it I really recommend giving it a shot. I'd say the Tropico games but it sounds like the totalitarian aspect might be a dealbreaker. To write out a better post, they have decent mission/scenarios but they aren't really survival focused. They are sort of hybrid management games somewhere between city builder style games and Tycoonish games more in the city building direction, you can optimize if you want but they are on the simpler end and generally are about balancing popularity between factions by providing for the needs of your citizens and setting policies favorable to various groups. There is the option to be an oppressive dictator but its not necessary and the games are satire/comedy and never brutal or cruel. Hub Cat fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Mar 16, 2020 |
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They want people to wishlist their game, it hugely influences how well the game does when it finally comes out. Its not festival wank or whatever, its cheap advertising.
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At hostpital ate cactus post mote later
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