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Quick question regarding assassins creed chat: I don’t generally like this style of games, but I really enjoyed shadows of Mordor, and enjoyed the Witcher 3 (for the experience, not for the combat)- do you think I would enjoy assassins creed? For reference, I haven’t played games like far cry or call of duty or even saints row, GTA, or the new tomb raider because I generally don’t enjoy the genre.
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ClothHat posted:I would pass, or maybe play for a little while and refund it through gog like I did. For me the focus on taking your creatures out to pillage meant the dungeon design was pretty irrelevant, and without that all you have left is a mediocre RTS. And yes the jokes are beyond terrible. I tried to like it, but it seems like the only games the developers had ever played were the warcraft games, so all the humor revolves around parody of those, and it just feels like a bad wc3 mod. In other words: not good. Also, after asking about assassins creed, I saw that there was an Ubisoft game pass equivalent for $15 a month, so will probably just get that and play the AC games and Anno 1800 for a month (or more I guess, if I need to). Seems like a good deal if you haven’t played many Ubisoft games, like me.
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Mar 18, 2020 22:38
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Earlier this month some people were posting about Horizon's Gate, the rather pixelated SRPG. Can anyone give and/or repost their thoughts on it? It seems like it'd be up my alley, but there's not much in the way of reviews. I did not like it at all. The combat is very clunky, with keyboard and mouse at least, in that you have to select the character to move, select a square to move to, select an ability, select a square to attack, then select a direction to face at the end of your turn. It’s extremely cumbersome. The grading part is bare bones- you will always make a profit from yrading, it just increases with distance. Skill accumulation is too slow, and by the time the game was almost over (I couldn’t even bear to slog through to the finish) I still didn’t have any interesting skills or abilities to use even though I had traded my way to a large trading fleet. It’s just not very interesting or compelling at all. Just to see if I was missing something, I went back to one of the dev’s other games that I had forgotten about previously buying and the same combat control system was just as bad there. I have read some reviews of people liking it, so maybe I am just missing the fun.
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Mar 25, 2020 06:10
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C.M. Kruger posted:What's the current state of all the various Transport Tycoon/Railroads style games? I've been looking at Mashinky and Railway Empire recently and considering maybe picking one up later. I really liked railway empires. I think it’s fairly simple compared to what I’ve read about Transport Tycoon (haven’t played it) but you can go hog wild tediously building switches and signals and all that if you want to, or there is an option to turn that off, which I did. It is a supply chain/ research game with scenarios, but I like the maps, and on higher difficulties the AI can put up a challenge, though it’s pretty passive on lower difficulties. I also liked rise of industry, which is a similar logistics/supply chain game that is not as pretty and generally not as good, but still worth a play.
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Mar 29, 2020 02:09
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Xtanstic posted:If I want a fun Tycoon game, should I grab Megaquarium or Two Point Hospital? Leaning towards the latter. Haven’t played mega aquarium, but two point hospital is great, and I had a lot of fun with it. Also, the radio stations are some of the best content of this type I’ve ever encountered- I haven’t played for a while, but I still get the “two point raaaaaaaaadio” jingle stuck in my head. I think I played the base game for free on Xbox game pass, then bought it with all the DLC on steam because I liked it so much.
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Apr 9, 2020 21:10
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Darkrenown posted:Does anyone have thoughts on CORRUPTION 2029? I have an Epic coupon to use up and I like the new Xcoms, but on the other hand I still have Mutant year zero sitting unplayed. Play Mutant Year Zero- it’s good! Sure it has flaws, but if you like tactical games, it’s well worth the time.
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Apr 12, 2020 16:28
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DrManiac posted:Sentinels of Freedom looks interesting, but how the gently caress does a super hero themed xcom-like game not ship with mod support? It’s very fun so far, but I really want more customization options.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:28
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Ragequit posted:I just watched the dev play this for a few minutes and it looks rad as hell. Lot of variation in how you can get in and out of trouble while solving cases. This look amazing! Alamoduh fucked around with this message at 23:24 on May 16, 2020 |
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May 14, 2020 05:38
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I really like two point hospital, and I hope they never stop making DLC for it, which is more than o would say for most paradox games.
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May 15, 2020 02:19
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Iverron posted:Chronicon rocks Quoting this because it does!
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Aug 3, 2020 07:28
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Lt. Lizard posted:The judge just straight up muting the Apple lawyer on Zoom call after he interrupted her made me chuckle. What a time to live in. This exchange happens in almost every trial, almost exactly like this, at least once. Usually many more times. Though the zoom mute aspect is something I think all judges wish for in normal trials- it’s exceedingly rare to have a judge cut an attorney’s microphone.
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Aug 25, 2020 17:43
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:yeah likewise judges don't want to seem favourable to one party over another so they'll press further on the side with a stronger legal argument than the side half-assing things as a general rule, since the one half-assing will try to make a point of judge bias at appeals Claims of judge bias would be very unusual in a case like this, barring blatant external factors like investments or family ties. And absolutely neither side is “half-assing” in this case- legal costs are absolutely not a factor here, and litigation costs will easily reach into at least the tens of millions of dollars on both sides. This is absolutely a “bet the company” case because the precedent here will have massive implications. See, for example, the Qualcomm v. Apple patent litigation that concluded last year.
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Aug 25, 2020 17:54
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/apple-can-block-fortnite-but-not-epics-unreal-engine-judge-says.html “Epic’s problem is entirely self-inflicted.”
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Aug 25, 2020 23:48
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SirSamVimes posted:How's the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos? Is the fantasy XCOM stuff fun, and is the story at least entertaining (I'm not expecting a good story, but is it at least fun to follow) It is pretty bad, as of now. Every half hour or so, I get a freeze that makes me have to kill the process, and this has been widely reported by others on steam. The humor is great, if you’re a misogynist or 13-15 years old, otherwise it’s easily the most unfunny game I’ve ever played. Eg: there is an NPC named Binsc, with a giant miniature space hamster named Moo. An NPC says “I used to be an adventurer like you till I took an arow to the knee.” The bimbo elf says “why does everyone want to put their hands in my pockets.” The party leader says “all these girls are naked under their clothes! Oh no, must focus.” However, the gameplay is pretty good, except there is a weird lag when you try to move, the keypresses are not always responsive, some of the stats and equipment don’t work or give the proper bonuses, and it’s very punishing- like a version of XCOM where you will miss or be dodged if your to-hit is lower than 75%, be dodged if lower than 85%, and every other attack is a critical fail where you heal the enemy and damage yourself. Also lots of typos and things not translated from French. (French dev team). I’m a sucker for games like this, but play something else until it gets patched a few times. Fort triumph and the dark crystal tactics game are both better than this at the moment, and both of those are simply mediocre. Alamoduh fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Sep 22, 2020 |
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Sep 22, 2020 01:58
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SirSamVimes posted:I had a bad feeling that it was going to be that kind of humour from the trailer. These are problems that can be sorted out with time, but currently make the game an unfun experience that I uninstalled after the third combat in a row where the game controls became unresponsive, forcing me to alt-F4. If that sounds tempting, more power to you! Report back of you have a different experience. Otherwise, probably need to wait a few months on this one.
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Sep 22, 2020 02:58
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Glazius posted:Hey Steam thread. I wanted to talk about a little game called Tenderfoot Tactics, which launched with approximately no fanfare (and certainly none here) about a month ago. I don’t know how I missed this game completely, but thanks for the heads up!
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Nov 21, 2020 21:36
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Morter posted:Actually give it a whirl and you'll forget most of your prejudices about it. Like any aRPG it starts off slow but it's not long before the skills come in quick, and the level ups are pretty frequent. Most skills are very functional and there are oodles of unique items and gear sets. I don’t generally like ARPGs and I don’t really care for pixel graphics, but Chronicon is a very good game and I enjoyed it a lot. If absolutely nothing else, it is worth it to be exposed to creativity by one person (the solo chronicon dev) that exceeds the creativity of multi million dollar teams on games like Diablo or world of Warcraft. Chronicon is something special, and I’m asking you, as someone who would be turned off by this game by looking at the store page, to give it a shot- you won’t regret it.
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Dec 6, 2020 07:35
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McCoy Pauley posted:Now I engage in my semi-annual exercise of looking at my wishlist and failing to remember why I added most of the games I have on it. In doing that, one jumped out at me that actually looked like it could be interesting -- Fort Triumph. Possibly I am just falling under the spell of the magic words in the summary -- "turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM" -- which words check some pretty big boxes for me. I loved fort triumph, it’s a fantasy xcom where you can use the environment to set up some pretty game-breaking galaxy brain combo attacks. I highly recommend it. It won’t give you as many hours of fun as xcom, but well worth the money spent. But your post makes me wonder- what ever happened to HOMM, did they just kill it after deciding that it absolutely had to have a AAA budget, laughably bad story, and unlockable artifacts using proprietary currency in their proprietary web store?
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Dec 23, 2020 02:02
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MarcusSA posted:Yeah this. Like not keeping those sort of metrics is really interesting. It’s not that they don’t keep them, it’s that they don’t want to give them to Apple . It would be trivial for someone to put together a report like this (in reality), but the legal argument is that 1) it is unduly burdensome; and 2) Apple doesn’t get to ask for internal corporate data for no reason. Frankly, the request is bullshit and valve is 100% correct in its response.
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