Speedball 2 Tournament was "bundle-fodder" before it was cool. Free from cdaction.pl I think.
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Speedball 2 Tournament was "bundle-fodder" before it was cool. Free from cdaction.pl I think.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
simulation, action, and/or rpg!
Greatest Ever
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As an old school shooter it absurdly misses the point of a lot of design decisions of games like Doom, and as a new game, its limpdick combat is outclassed by even games like Skyrim.
Phineous_2
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What's your opinion of the controller? I ordered one, it arrives Friday.
hooijdonk17
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XCOM 2?
Will Rock
Greatest Ever
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It's even worse than the terrible campaign, unless you have a squad ready to shoot the shit with and wait through a LOT of loading times with.
SmokedMeat
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Where's the Wolfenstein love?? Ditch that Serious Sam junk as well as Painkiller. Buy the Wolfenstein TNO and Old Blood instead. They're much better games.
Do you have FEAR? If not then Bundlestars usually offers the entire series for $5. Hard Reset Redux is okay as is Shadow Warrior. If you can do Devil Daggers it's a fun game.
Oh, and Turok is $5.
Edit: Just noticed you already bought the Sam titles and Painkiller. For some reason I thought you were considering them.
I really like GTA campaigns so thats like... that's a very broad description for me. Worse than the campaign to me is ranging from pretty damn good to god awful. As for friends and load times, that's why i'm wearing of buying it, I like gta but I have no friends who play gta llike that.
abracadaver
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I have a lot of negative stuff I could say about GTAV but, y'know, Rockstar has added a few cool modes to online over the past year or so. I was very tempted to re-install to try out their Tron Lightcycle mode but, I've got other games to play and everyone I played with has moved on.
It's not really pay2win. More like pay2-have the coolest looking cars/bikes/jets/apartments/etc because the grind for money is stupidly long and quite frankly there isn't really enough engaging content to support it. Plus having hackers in almost every lobby with invincibility or spawning in tanks for themselves or whatever killed a lot of the fun I was having *fast*. Dunno if it's still like that though, this was like a year ago.
There are like 2 Heists that are legitimately entertaining and compelling, and they both hit pretty early, which makes the subsequent 3 or 4 after that feel kinda disappointing. I ran through them all once or twice with friends and had my fill, the bulk of my time with GTAO was just goofing around in free mode with them. If you don't have friends to play with I'd probably give it a hard pass.
I know this probably sounds like a "No duh" thing, but to be perfectly clear, it's far and away best on the couch or in a chair where using a keyboard or mouse isn't possible.
It isn't a total replacement for KB/M, but it's definitely a very good stand-in on the couch in most cases. Works well for isometric and other bird's-eye view games, and is often fantastic - a real-time game with lots of inputs like Satellite Reign can be dicey, but slower/turn-based games like Chroma Squad, Underrail and PoE work extremely well - and it's pretty much perfect for Dolphin, once you get bindings set up to your preferences. It's been perfectly fine for games with simpler controls too, i.e. 2D sidescrollers like Ori and Momodora, but I've never been a one of those d-pad fanatics, joystick's always been fine for me.
I haven't found anything I'm comfortable with for third-person games yet, though. In particular, I've spent some time with Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3, and it just hasn't clicked with me yet like the 360 controller. As a game that isn't designed with KB/M at the forefront, the gains of being able to do things like trackball-swipe a quick 180 seem overshadowed by the simplicity and directness of having a joystick instead of a trackpad under your thumb. And that's beside retraining your brain for differently spaced buttons and two additional grips.
Beyond that, there are only two things that really stick out: it's an entirely personal thing, but community bindings strike me as pretty garbage so far, so expect to be filling out a lot of your own profiles in games, and I feel like there is a bit of added bugginess to it, with games crashing in ways I haven't seen before and even Steam crashing altogether. Could be BPM as much as the Steam Controller, but for all intents and purposes, they're the same thing in that situation.
Long story short, it's great for KB/M games when you're away from the keyboard (especially slower ones), and thus really hits its full potential when you have a Steam Link to go with it. Beyond that, it ranges from "great" to "a fine swap" to "Eh, it works, but I feel like I'm adding an extra layer of burden here" depending on how fast the game plays, how complex it controls, and how familiar you are with your custom bindings.
Ohhh
Hnnngggg
That's a good call, I did just get my fill of Massive Chalice the other day so this'd be a great step up.
but $29.99 in a steam sale, gotta think that out
Post game content and especially Bitterblack Isle were the most fun part of the game for me. I recommend not wasting too much time at post game part and move to BBI as soon as you levelled and geared some at post game.
Greatest Ever
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If you have no friends playing it, it's just a lot of loading screens between whatever action there is. I'd honestly recommend YouTube videos and seeing if that's what you want.
If that's still a thing, that's a deterrent, can anyone say if that's still a thing?
Are there only those 2? :[
The closest thing I can think of is Enter the Gungeon where you get credits for killing bosses that you spend in between runs to unlock better weapons and passives (Edit: that are then added to the loot drop table- it's not something you can select in a loadout or take with you for each run). Double edit: It's also getting free DLC next month.
Greatest Ever
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Get Spelunky, Tagy. Get it.
Crimsonclaw111
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Any wizards of steamgaf want to help me? I've got my completely wireless setup almost done, but I need a script or hot key set to turn off my monitor and continue my streaming on the Steam Link. Right now I'm using a program but every time the monitor turns off, it turns right back on when streaming.
I'm so close to perfection here.
I'm so close to perfection here.
Yeah I thought about Gungeon, but I was thinking more about actual stat upgrades.
Oh I have it, it's great! Unfortunately it's not really what I'm looking for.
It's a shame that it's such a niche idea, but it's understandable. People usually either want to play full roguelikes or normal games, not much interest in between.
idk how much post-game content there is but i've been enjoying the boss fights a bunch so will probably give it some time. not super into the massive health bars on some of the regular enemies and i hate those fucking fire dogs but i think i want to be done with this first before going to bitterblack isle
but idk, i may go there since i'm kind of stuck at this bullshit oneshotting hydra right now lol
Rudimental
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I remember someone mentioning one or two in the Hidden Gems thread, can't remember the names though so you'll have to just check there.
DyslexicAlucard
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Yeah, tell me about it, haha. I know it's probably not good when I buy a game for $5 and don't get to it for a long while, or buy a bundle with some games I may never play. But it's hard to get to upset with myself when all this costs less than a cup of expensive coffee. At least I'm not smoking or spending $80 a night at the bar.
That being said, I have been actively trying to cut down lately. I do need to get a bit of a hold on my spending, and that includes cheap games as well.
Hero Prinny
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Been playing pony island, good stuff. Game gets super weird, assuming the game has only 3 acts, i just got to the last one although i have a feeling theres an epilogue as well so im most likely half way through it. Will finish it up tomorrow
IIRC the bosses were more or less random that part. You might wanna enter another room and try other bosses that are easier. You should enter BBI after you can more or less handle post game enemies, as BBI is much harder. But you get way better gear at BBI and it gets much easier after gearing there some.
Divinity: Original Sin
Rockin' Ranger
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Dark Souls
hooijdonk17
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Oh neat! Will look, thanks!
Rudimental
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I remembered one name: Dungeonmans, but you can just ask in that thread, it is better for niche recommendations than this one I find.
exactly zero chances.
Tyrant Rave
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Ended up getting The House in Fata Morgana and I got gifted one of the Momodora games. Dunno when I'll actually get around to playing them but I think I'll enjoy them.
Rudimental
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I remembered another, which is RymdResa, though I'm not entirely sure how permanent progression works in that.
Guys,
Is Dark Souls II SOTFS a good port? It's like 15 bucks and I'm quite tempted...
I wanted it on PS4 for a while...but now that I have a 4K TV I wonder if it would run 4K 60FPS with my GTX 1060. I guess it's bit borderline, I assume it would run 1440p without a problem, but if it handles 4K, it's a buy right away!
Is Dark Souls II SOTFS a good port? It's like 15 bucks and I'm quite tempted...
I wanted it on PS4 for a while...but now that I have a 4K TV I wonder if it would run 4K 60FPS with my GTX 1060. I guess it's bit borderline, I assume it would run 1440p without a problem, but if it handles 4K, it's a buy right away!
Lol that's the same one I found too! But just one game is a victory in itself, considering how specific i'm being!
Renowned Explorers with the More To Explore DLC might also fit into that permanent progression idea.
Hey I recommend DS3 instead.
intheinbetween
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as long as you get SOTFS you're fine, it's a great port, but avoid the vanilla edition
NingenJanai
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I finished the vanilla edition and it was fine on my laptop.
intheinbetween
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vanilla edition is DirectX 9 while SOTFS edition is DirectX 11
If you've played\seen previous Neptunia games, it's more of the same - with some gameplay and visual imrovements. Personally, i liked it, but that doesn't say much, since i generally like Neptunia's characters and silly dialogue (which are the high points of these games for me). It's also a direct sequel to Neptunia ReBirth 3, so it's kinda expected from the player to know all the characters to fully comprehend the story (you can play it without experiencing previous games, but there will be some stuff that isn't really explained, like some references and characters).
EDIT: forgot to mention another great thing about this game - it has an outstanding OST this time around,
bobnowhere
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I've missed my last two, it's sometime in late March.
Since it was in a recent Humble monthly there might be some keys still floating around in the B/S/T thread or less reputable places for cheaper.
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