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Steam | 02.2016 - Orangeade
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Well this is the fastest I've signed up for something.
pls I want in
Why does every survival game have to be in first person?
Yes. Because third-person is just plain awful.
I'd say always, but that'd be a lie. Just... Ninety percent of the time.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Thanks. I was getting tired of getting fucked by that energy rifle thing.
Contradiction is great and Jenks' facial expressions are awesome. It's totally recommended.
It was voted nr. 10 in our personal GOTY list.
abracadaver
Member
Why is Elite: Dangerous listed under SteamVR for me?
How do I move it back to the rest of the games?
I never had it installed so far.
How do I move it back to the rest of the games?
I never had it installed so far.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Yes, it's very much worth playing.
Nice, I missed this. Gonna buy it then.
Is this for SP?
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
I think so. AFAIK Mirror's edge doesn't have any multiplayer elements other than shit like Leaderboard, stats of friend's etc
Not going to quote all posts related (to Trails talk), it would take too much effort.
Firstly, playtime depends a lot on using a guide or not using, I don't and I consider only that being a true game length, not with a guide, reasons doesn't matter why would one use a guide.
Secondly we play games for fun (some of us, anyway), talking with NPCs in Trails is for the most part fun, as I said before, even calling them NPCs is kinda injustice. No, they are not playable, but they are essential for the game, for many reasons, and yeah, there are hints, secret quests and all that, not like talking is just for talking and making NPCs into people, even if that is enough.
I'm not gonna post screenshots about examples of said talk, as I don't want frost to get a stroke or something, but you may remember some of them already.
Thirdly I'm enjoying myself, so I'm not in a rush to finish it, for any reason, even 52 games challenge.
And for the last but not least point, people are different, saying that a game (or games) like Trails has some definitive length is simply wrong, because it can be played differently.
That's about it, I think.
Firstly, playtime depends a lot on using a guide or not using, I don't and I consider only that being a true game length, not with a guide, reasons doesn't matter why would one use a guide.
Secondly we play games for fun (some of us, anyway), talking with NPCs in Trails is for the most part fun, as I said before, even calling them NPCs is kinda injustice. No, they are not playable, but they are essential for the game, for many reasons, and yeah, there are hints, secret quests and all that, not like talking is just for talking and making NPCs into people, even if that is enough.
I'm not gonna post screenshots about examples of said talk, as I don't want frost to get a stroke or something, but you may remember some of them already.
Thirdly I'm enjoying myself, so I'm not in a rush to finish it, for any reason, even 52 games challenge.
And for the last but not least point, people are different, saying that a game (or games) like Trails has some definitive length is simply wrong, because it can be played differently.
That's about it, I think.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I've been doing this too lol.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
doesn't mods prevent getting achievements in Civ5, I think they do.
So it will be the same for xcom2 then?
that doesn't look edible
So it will be the same for xcom2 then?
that doesn't look edible
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
Wew, you are fast.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
It should also be listed under the "normal" games, games that support Steam VR are just collected in the VR tab too
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I'm in! Hopefully it won't be too actiony, but knowing it's open world means there should be some exploring and that seem the most interesting to me, to run around and find new ways to get to new places.
watching that trailer surely doesn't give impression that it's a first person game
so, it's coming to steam?
sorry, I had to
What on earth are they?
*goes off a goog-a-ling*
Corn Chex? So I guess like Shredies but made from corn not wheat. Then coated in a mixture of melted chocolate, butter and peanutbutter with a dash of vanilla. Left to set and then dusted with icing sugar? I think I've gained weight just looking that up.
corrosivefrost
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It should've been higher.
Also "nr." is not an english abbreviation for number that I've ever seen. # would be the default shorthand.
And since I'm on grammar/semantics, it definitely wasn't my personal GOTY list. Mine had games that "weren't eligible" by the rules of JShackles.
Dunno if it's something everyone should play, but I certainly enjoyed it enough to 100% it back on PS3.
No clue on DS3; you'd think it would be, after DS2, but we won't know for certain, I think, until April.
Embrace the future.
Thanks for the screenshot consideration.
And yes, I do play games for fun. Most of the time. Which is why I haven't bothered with FC, since I'm 99.89% sure I cannot enjoy it based on my penchant for achievement hunting and dislike of the tone/humor/writing used in translation/localization.
(This is a damn shame, because it was gifted to me and I accepted based on it's reputation as a really solid JRPG not knowing that I would take issue with one of the core aspects of the game as a JRPG.)Also, while I understand your argument about NPCs, I do not agree with it. I mean, I know why they're there... it would look silly to walk into a town and have no people in it. But giving every single one of them something meaningful to say, something worth reading, something that makes them "jump off the page" (to use a literary term, since we're talking about how they're written)... that's just about impossible.
Your final point is something I was going to bring up myself... trying to assign length to a game like trails is somewhat arbitrary because you will have people that use guides, people that skip through most/all of the dialogue, people who do everything, people who only do what's required, etc.
Nobody reads the OP... nobody reads the thread either, it seems.
It's been covered already, for sure, in the last couple pages (depending on your PPP).
Gamesplanet was mentioned at having it for $40.
CDKeys has it for $36 or so, but whether or not you're willing to buy from a grey market key reseller is up to you.
Edit: FFS, Hektor posted this in REPLY TO YOU:
spindoctor
Member
Yo Veggie what the fuck. I thought we were friends
I just went ahead and upgraded. So far so good.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
There are a few varieties of chex, including wheat, rice, or corn, and I don't use butter when I make them, but you're on point otherwise.
They are surprisingly light, as far as sugar-coated, peanut butter chocolate drenched breakfast cereal goes. You get fat from the volume you eat.
I think I'm the only person totally satisfied with how merging the two February threads went.
Why have none of you posted about this? I've just searched this and the last thread and drew a blank on various search terms so either I'm at fault or you lot are terrible.
Children of Zodiarcs (Squinex Collective backed Kickstarter campaign)
Looks and sounds like a lot of folks cup of tea, has a team with quite a few experienced heads and their community dudder is apparently a GAFfer.
Children of Zodiarcs (Squinex Collective backed Kickstarter campaign)
Looks and sounds like a lot of folks cup of tea, has a team with quite a few experienced heads and their community dudder is apparently a GAFfer.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Now I know how you guys felt when I was scratching my head trying to figure out what Döner meat was. Muddy buddies (or as we called them in the Southern US "puppy chow") is amazing.
Haunted
Member
Just pretend the 10 isn't the ranking, but the score.Yes, it's very much worth playing.
Endruen
Member
You can play ARK in third person if you want to.Why does every survival game have to be in first person?
I've looked at the day one mods, and they look great, but I think I owe the game a vanilla playthrough before I get into mods.
corrosivefrost
Member
I can't help but laugh at this... it's so ridiculous it's funny.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Out of 100? Pass.
This is amazing
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
HELLDIVERS is fantastic.
Kinda wish it wasn't a double XP weekend though. Everyone's playing the same maps.
Kinda wish it wasn't a double XP weekend though. Everyone's playing the same maps.
corrosivefrost
Member
Unrelated to your post, but definitely related to your tag:
Being a Bostonian (or something like that), have you played D4?
If you have, I'd be curious to know what you think about how Swery has represented Boston in the characters of David, Teddy, etc.?
Warren knows what's up.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Just upgrade ya dumbos.
Dragon1893
Member
Don't mind if I do.
I'm not going to go as far as to say that every single human you meet in Trails is interesting to talk to, but it's as close to that as any game ever got. Of course, to get to know all them in detail, give everyone not only character and opinions but personal story also, would take a book, or rather huge series. So you are right about impossibility of it in literary sense, but what they did in Trails is truly amazing and worth praise, even if it makes localization pain in the ass.
bbbut driver problems, compatibility problems
I upgraded, it's better than win8, that's for sure
Se7enSword
Banned
Oh, then you still have a ton of things to do. You'll reach 80 hours at least in no time at all.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
-HORROR ALERT-
I've decided to make the call and after every month is up, do a Horror Alert to fill you all in on what horror releases came out during the previous month (and the start of the month this time, I guess) that are worth looking into. Won't spend so much time on each game, but to inform those who may be curious.
I haven't played every horror game of January yet, so any I might play in the future but missed mentioning here I think are worth mentioning I'll mention the month after as "Missed but worth checking out" titles from the previous month.
For prosperity I'll also not include Early Access games, UNLESS they're absolutely top of the line and worth mentioning, or when they come out of Early Access otherwise.
With that said...
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Pony Island - $4.99
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies."
My Quick Take: A game where the less you know, the better going in. A 2-3 hour experience, not scary but quite interesting. Minor spoilers you can figure out in the first 30 minutes of play:
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OxenFree - $19.99
Release Date: Jan 14, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong."
My Quick Take: Very good narrative-based game that's set somewhere in the thematic of 80s horror. The main gameplay elements are exploring, tinkering with a radio you have for signals, and conversing with the people you came with on vacation. A lot of different potential pathways, events, beautiful art style and music, and actually a really good story. Think of it as an atmospheric take in a world kind of like some anthology horror show like Twilight Zone, but with a consistent cast with an on-going narrative and some actually well-written Teen Drama.
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Fear Equation - $14.99
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analyzing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management."
My Quick Take: Actually an incredibly interesting Horror Rogue-Like Strategy game. I can't help feel this was inspired by FNaF's a bit, but it's a lightly inspired by, not a rip-off is a clear point to make. In the game, you have a 'turn' to make a certain amount of actions with a variety of things to do; you're in a conductor's car on a train that's being attacked by nightmare creatures of surprising variety. Elsewhere on the train there's survivors who want to live. But you also have to protect yourself from the monsters and make sure you are able to bring the train to a safe stop. You can only do so much in a turn; do you help the survivors, help yourself, try and work on getting this train out of control to rest, or other things. But nothing is as easy as it seems; the survivors are panicking as a strange fog is bringing their personal nightmares to life, you need to communicate and calm them down, and then direct them to be safe... There's more, but it's an interesting game of resource management, communication, decision making, and managing different systems while nightmare creatures wreck havoc.
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Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster - $19.99
Release Date: Jan 19, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story."
My Quick Take: A fantastic remaster of a one of the weakest old-school Resident Evil games; but even the weakest of the older Resident Evil games still makes it a very good game. Tough in places, with more resource management than usual and a kind of weak narrative and enemy selection, the game has fantastic environments and details, some fun if not easy puzzles, mixed with strategizing to survive, limited supplies, slowly unlocking more areas and maneuvering dangerous situations, it features some changes and 'quaintness' to previous entries, but stands as maybe the best-looking classic survival-horror game of all time to date.
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Arctic alive - $3.99
Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Arctic alive - a simulator with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in Siberia on the research station "Arctic". There was something in what is necessary to understand the player. The world is open for exploration."
My Quick Take: I'm not sure if this is a particularly 'good' game, but it's worth mentioning. If you can like creative, quirky games with low-budget and rough around the edges elements, there is stuff to like here (a few things they need to patch, however). You basically are stuck in some Arctic outpost and can do misc things; water the plants, exercise, read a book, etc. And you take care of needs; you need warmth, you need food, and doing misc things like exercising will increase stamina, or bathing will decrease odor, etc. The eventual goal is you want to escape the outpost, but leaving is not so easy, there's wildlife like bears out there that will eat you... But the longer you stay at the outpost, the more nightmarish it gets, as strange shadow monsters begin to slowly take over. Again, not really a good game, but it's interesting and has some appeal, some rough edges, but might be worth checking out if it sounds interesting to you.
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Rusty Lake Hotel - $1.99
Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Rusty Lake Hotel an eerie point-and-click adventure developed by the creators of the intriguing Cube Escape series."
My Quick Take: Actually a pretty good horror point'n'click. About 3-5 hours long, has a nice visual style, and interesting kind of grotesque story, some challenging puzzles, and a good growing uneasy feeling. You are Mr. Owl in a hotel littered with animal-headed guests, but there's murder afoot, and maybe more... It has some violence and gore, but in an interesting, twisted way, and the story than unfolds is actually pretty nice.
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IMSCARED - $3.99
Release Date: Jan 31, 2016
Official Synopsis: "I need a Heart in order to open it"
My Quick Take: This started as a remake of a 2012 freeware game, and became a much expanded, now paid version. At the time of writing it has a few bugs it seems the developer is ironing out, but this game is completely worth checking out. It has a very pixely-3D style, and the game can be quite effective in doing what its title implies. It's got some great atmosphere, twists and turns, and surprises up its sleeve. Maybe wait to play it when it's a bit more ironed out, but a good remake/expansion of a good freeware horror game, another one that's best to go in knowing as little as possible. If you want an idea of what it's about, it's original freeware 2012 version is still available of course.
---
Will fill you guys in for February horror releases next month.
I've decided to make the call and after every month is up, do a Horror Alert to fill you all in on what horror releases came out during the previous month (and the start of the month this time, I guess) that are worth looking into. Won't spend so much time on each game, but to inform those who may be curious.
I haven't played every horror game of January yet, so any I might play in the future but missed mentioning here I think are worth mentioning I'll mention the month after as "Missed but worth checking out" titles from the previous month.
For prosperity I'll also not include Early Access games, UNLESS they're absolutely top of the line and worth mentioning, or when they come out of Early Access otherwise.
With that said...
---
Pony Island - $4.99
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies."
My Quick Take: A game where the less you know, the better going in. A 2-3 hour experience, not scary but quite interesting. Minor spoilers you can figure out in the first 30 minutes of play:
A super meta-game, maybe one of the best meta games yet, with a unique story about you being a 'playtester' for a game that may or may not be made by the Devil, with the coat of a Pony Runner-type game. Has a lot of twists, turns, and tricks.
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OxenFree - $19.99
Release Date: Jan 14, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong."
My Quick Take: Very good narrative-based game that's set somewhere in the thematic of 80s horror. The main gameplay elements are exploring, tinkering with a radio you have for signals, and conversing with the people you came with on vacation. A lot of different potential pathways, events, beautiful art style and music, and actually a really good story. Think of it as an atmospheric take in a world kind of like some anthology horror show like Twilight Zone, but with a consistent cast with an on-going narrative and some actually well-written Teen Drama.
---
Fear Equation - $14.99
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analyzing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management."
My Quick Take: Actually an incredibly interesting Horror Rogue-Like Strategy game. I can't help feel this was inspired by FNaF's a bit, but it's a lightly inspired by, not a rip-off is a clear point to make. In the game, you have a 'turn' to make a certain amount of actions with a variety of things to do; you're in a conductor's car on a train that's being attacked by nightmare creatures of surprising variety. Elsewhere on the train there's survivors who want to live. But you also have to protect yourself from the monsters and make sure you are able to bring the train to a safe stop. You can only do so much in a turn; do you help the survivors, help yourself, try and work on getting this train out of control to rest, or other things. But nothing is as easy as it seems; the survivors are panicking as a strange fog is bringing their personal nightmares to life, you need to communicate and calm them down, and then direct them to be safe... There's more, but it's an interesting game of resource management, communication, decision making, and managing different systems while nightmare creatures wreck havoc.
---
Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster - $19.99
Release Date: Jan 19, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story."
My Quick Take: A fantastic remaster of a one of the weakest old-school Resident Evil games; but even the weakest of the older Resident Evil games still makes it a very good game. Tough in places, with more resource management than usual and a kind of weak narrative and enemy selection, the game has fantastic environments and details, some fun if not easy puzzles, mixed with strategizing to survive, limited supplies, slowly unlocking more areas and maneuvering dangerous situations, it features some changes and 'quaintness' to previous entries, but stands as maybe the best-looking classic survival-horror game of all time to date.
---
Arctic alive - $3.99
Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Arctic alive - a simulator with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in Siberia on the research station "Arctic". There was something in what is necessary to understand the player. The world is open for exploration."
My Quick Take: I'm not sure if this is a particularly 'good' game, but it's worth mentioning. If you can like creative, quirky games with low-budget and rough around the edges elements, there is stuff to like here (a few things they need to patch, however). You basically are stuck in some Arctic outpost and can do misc things; water the plants, exercise, read a book, etc. And you take care of needs; you need warmth, you need food, and doing misc things like exercising will increase stamina, or bathing will decrease odor, etc. The eventual goal is you want to escape the outpost, but leaving is not so easy, there's wildlife like bears out there that will eat you... But the longer you stay at the outpost, the more nightmarish it gets, as strange shadow monsters begin to slowly take over. Again, not really a good game, but it's interesting and has some appeal, some rough edges, but might be worth checking out if it sounds interesting to you.
---
Rusty Lake Hotel - $1.99
Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
Official Synopsis: "Rusty Lake Hotel an eerie point-and-click adventure developed by the creators of the intriguing Cube Escape series."
My Quick Take: Actually a pretty good horror point'n'click. About 3-5 hours long, has a nice visual style, and interesting kind of grotesque story, some challenging puzzles, and a good growing uneasy feeling. You are Mr. Owl in a hotel littered with animal-headed guests, but there's murder afoot, and maybe more... It has some violence and gore, but in an interesting, twisted way, and the story than unfolds is actually pretty nice.
---
IMSCARED - $3.99
Release Date: Jan 31, 2016
Official Synopsis: "I need a Heart in order to open it"
My Quick Take: This started as a remake of a 2012 freeware game, and became a much expanded, now paid version. At the time of writing it has a few bugs it seems the developer is ironing out, but this game is completely worth checking out. It has a very pixely-3D style, and the game can be quite effective in doing what its title implies. It's got some great atmosphere, twists and turns, and surprises up its sleeve. Maybe wait to play it when it's a bit more ironed out, but a good remake/expansion of a good freeware horror game, another one that's best to go in knowing as little as possible. If you want an idea of what it's about, it's original freeware 2012 version is still available of course.
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Will fill you guys in for February horror releases next month.
TerryLee81
Member
Did Tomb Raider already drop out of the charts?? Can't find it anymore, only under "Popular New Releases"
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