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Steam | 02.2016 - Orangeade
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I'm quite astonished every time someone say it's a dissapointment. I get that people don't like the whole "do challenges to get upgrades" thingy, but the challenges are fine(outside of motorcycle ones. Fuck the motorcycle controls). The traversal is more fun now with the wingsuit, less jank in general, and the new hook mechanics and physics system is goddamn amazing.
Tizoc
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Sounds like a fun game to just around and explore the world mal in
Shame my lappy may not be aboe to run it on low >_>;
I know what you mean, and I agree with you 100%.
Mass_Pincup
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This last four days were great gaming wise for me.
Switching between Firewatch, XCOM and Shadowrun: Hong Kong mini campaign was gaming bliss for me. It's been awhile since I played this much.
Good choice, it's a bit buggy for now anyway.
Switching between Firewatch, XCOM and Shadowrun: Hong Kong mini campaign was gaming bliss for me. It's been awhile since I played this much.
Good choice, it's a bit buggy for now anyway.
Tizoc
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Nothing surprising about it
Now is a sales week period s-e likely dont want to risk it being burried under all those discounted titles
As is it may release by march
Hopefully they release it on friday, when the sale ends. I noticed there's a bunch of relases lined up for that day, even though they haven't completely stopped because of the sale, there's just more on that day.
Unless the reason to not release it is something technical, not because of potential lack of spotlight. Then it'd be understandable if it getts pushed back to March.
I had a feeling it'd be like that =/
Chance Hale
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Really enjoying Oxenfree, some of the perspective shifts are really creative. There was one bit that was a bit weird though in terms of two of the characters who seemed super chill suddenly becoming angry with each other LiS style.
The problem isn't so much that it's short but that it also has zero replayability. Also it doesn't help that ending
is a huge letdown that doesn't go anywhere
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Firewatch is one of the few games where I felt it should have been longer - not speaking from a value standpoint, but using an extra hour or two of dialog and setup. There are several plot points which would have benefited greatly from being fleshed out to increase the effectiveness of their eventual conclusions. Some stories can get away with the frantic pacing of, say, Thirty Flights of Loving, and still communicate exactly what they need to. In TFoL's case, there wasn't even any dialog to help deal the hand it wanted to show by the end. Firewatch leans heavily on the dialog between its two characters, which is fluid and performed in a more natural tone than other 'video game' casts tend to, but its final story beats just lack punch.
I will probably roll through it again, playing a drastically different Henry, to see how much of an impact choices make on the journey. The journey in this case being how Henry's attitude causes future actions and banter to frame certain plot points, not direct changes to the game world or anything of that sort. But I don't foresee it fixing some problems which left me feeling like it didn't earn the payoff it really wanted to give players.
I won't call it bad, and I'm reserving making any sort of final judgement until I've had a few days to think it over. But it didn't strike me as the tightly written experience I'd hoped it would be.
I will probably roll through it again, playing a drastically different Henry, to see how much of an impact choices make on the journey. The journey in this case being how Henry's attitude causes future actions and banter to frame certain plot points, not direct changes to the game world or anything of that sort. But I don't foresee it fixing some problems which left me feeling like it didn't earn the payoff it really wanted to give players.
I won't call it bad, and I'm reserving making any sort of final judgement until I've had a few days to think it over. But it didn't strike me as the tightly written experience I'd hoped it would be.
TheAutomator
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Sigh. Missed Just Cause 3 again.
Anyone can sell me Just Cause 3?
Anyone can sell me Just Cause 3?
Chance Hale
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Anyone playing through Unravel?
TheAutomator
Banned
Can't believe I missed Just Cause 3 AGAIN.
That game will stay on my wishlist forever.
That game will stay on my wishlist forever.
LurkerPrime
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BoosterDuck
Banned
it's an eidos game it'll be $5 during the summer sale
WinterDemons
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I forgot Alien: Isolation was in the February HB Monthly.
BoosterDuck
Banned
too bad Alien would get #rekt by my XCom soldiers v_v
99% chance to hit. Game over.
abracadaver
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Ultimate Carnage, but its GFWL
The controller was always good, but with the previous update version some people had issues editing profiles.
Tizoc
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2 is the best one which is what ingot
Keep n mind that the main menu doesnt accept controller input only keyboard
Main races are controller tho so dont freak out about it
I really liked the first one, i'm okay with that.
That game had cards? I finished it and didn't got a single one. Bullocks.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I watched one of the GAFfers I follow on twitter completely change their tune from frustration with the profile editor tools just days ago to sheer elation when the update dropped earlier. It was an impressive turnaround from "I think I am going to sell the controller and go back to my other pad."
It's had a ton of up and downs for me, but I think I'm finally at the point where it is a mostly super positive experience rather than frustrating. Jumping into Firewatch this morning and having it just work was great. Same goes for XCOM 2 last week, The Witness, and Tomb Raider the weeks before.
I think I'll get FlatOut 2 then because I can't be bothered with gfwl. Thanks for the input.
Apprently you can use a VPN like Tunnel Bear to activate.
Shadowlink
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ramoisdead
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Up to Day 3 of Firewatch and I got to say, it's enjoyable. Not really the OMG hyped game everyone has been professing for weeks so far but it's relaxing, the visuals are appealing, and the back and forth conversations with Delilah is very enjoyable. Looking forward to tackling more "Days".
man xcom is so filled with content, it's kind of insane just how much stuff is in it, all these different enemy types and different missions and locations and upgrades and whatnot
it's super impressive
it's also pretty bad
it's super impressive
it's also pretty bad
Is "fun" spelled "bad" now?
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