Morgan Blackhand
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pretty nice monthly bundle. five games wishlisted + broken age which i already own.
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AHA-Lambda
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Jawmuncher
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Too late
UnderWaterTree
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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero gives you CS 1.6 for free now
it's not what it used to mean, it used to mean menu based combat story heavy character based RPGs. What means ARPGs are not JRPGs, they are ARPGs, same with TRPGs.
People made such a big deal of a word Japanese in later years like last 5-6 years, that now it means literally nothing and is useless.
Black Soma
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Can I immediately cancel the Humble Monthly subscription after paying?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It's pretty handy for the people who buy them though because it tells them everything they need to know: Japan.
derExperte
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Leafhopper
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Jaw please.
You need to make sure you don't make the monkey and the chicken swim over at the same time or they'll getting eaten by a fox.
corrosivefrost
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Nah. The sales have been mostly underwhelming since Valve got rid of daily/flash deals. And maybe even before that.
arts&crafts
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Anyone know if there is anywhere to currently get MGSV for 30$? That was the steam price a few weeks ago 
FiveElementNinja
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They only do cards for summer and winter sales. Not the in-between ones.
Ah okay thanks, didn't know that
This sale is bizarrely placed. It would have made a lot more sense next month, or maybe the month after. It's been literally a month since the winter sale ended. So here we have a sale that seems to include some ideas that probably should have been in that sale, way too soon, so the deals are basically the same (or worse), and most people aren't going to have more money for games yet.
Lone_Prodigy
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What's the verdict on the Humble Monthly Bundles so far? Worth the $12? At least the contents of their regular bundles haven't seemed to decrease.
I also agree with this. It's a useless term all around.
only there are quite a few JRPGs made not in Japan, I'm not going to bring french fries argument again, because if people don't get it without explaining, they won't get with as my experience with such arguments shows.
Se7enSword
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Yeah, the terminology has diluted and become synonymous with any Japanese game nowadays
Tizoc
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Oh does the bundle also come with drm free versions of som or the games?
ramoisdead
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If you don't own a lot of games, the monthly HB can be pretty good on getting some quality games. For folks like me, which from this bundle I own 4 out of the 6 games, I'm still a bit wary.
This is a pointless argument. The people that use that definition aren't arguing from any sensible position. You're not going to win an argument with a crazy person.
derExperte
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Depends on if they get featured on the frontpage on Tuesday or not.
Se7enSword
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Bundlestars are doing something again:
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Actually not attempting to be a jerk here: what are some of the games that are generally considered JRPGs that aren't made in Japan?
I've seen some games that are "inspired by" or "in the style of" but not ones that a fan of JRPGs would call a JRPG.
corrosivefrost
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Hahaha.
Sure? As soon as they charge you and it unlocks the current monthly so you get ARK or whatever, you can cancel and you'll get the rest of the March games when they come out and will not be subscribed to the April bundle.
You're right, it's kind of useless as it is now, but once upon a time, it conveyed a distinct style of game (and there still can be meaning there if it's used as such). Broadening a genre to encompass everything from a given country really does make it useless as I said above...
Which now has me wanting to go into that thread and list a bunch of character action games as my top 5 JRPGs, since they all have RPG elements in buying skills with currency earned by fighting enemies and they were developed in Japan. :lol
1. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
2. Devil May Cry 4: SE
3. Devil May Cry 3
4. Ninja Gaiden Black/Sigma
5. Bayonetta
Or something like that...
Maybe South Park: The Stick of Truth and Child of Light? I don't really know, just guessing.
Also, there are other titles besides the souls games that don't follow the Pokemon formula, like Xenoblade. Why would Xenoblade and Final Fantasy XII be JRPGs and not Baldur's Gate?
The more I think about it, the more useless I think the term is now.
Which now has me wanting to go into that thread and list a bunch of character action games as my top 5 JRPGs, since they all have RPG elements in buying skills with currency earned by fighting enemies and they were developed in Japan. :lol
1. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
2. Devil May Cry 4: SE
3. Devil May Cry 3
4. Ninja Gaiden Black/Sigma
5. Bayonetta
Or something like that...
Sure, but those games are usually not considered to be any kind of RPG, nor W, nor C, etc, so that would probably backfire.
Baron_Calamity
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Its hit or miss. The christmas sale, there were less titles on my wish list on sale than there are now and a few that were are getting greater discounts.
arts&crafts
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Please for the love of god someone overhaul the GMG website.
Black Soma
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Yes, this is what I wanted to know. Thanks.
my point is, genres are dumb, dark souls is a japanese rpg, even if it's not a straight jrpg, and i wouldn't judge how other ppl do that stuff since discussing things based on conventions is kinda silly when the conventions themselves are arbitrary and actually kind of unclear
jrpg for a lot of people means rpg from japan, while for other ppl it means story-heavy turn based combat filled with anime tropes
similarly wrpgs can range from deus ex to baldurs gate to mass effect and alpha protocol and skyrim
genres have their uses, but i feel being really strict about them is silly
who decides which meaning of the word jrpg is the proper one?
Remember when this blind sided a load of folks because of the title?
I mean granted mechanically it's got quite a few things in common with that Mana game and while it's got a few hints in the plot that it's Made in the USA, going by the localisations of eastern titles brought over to the west from that era you could easy think otherwise.
The only thing I'll bought from the Steam sale is "Pinball FX2 - Civil War Table" just so I could erase the game from my hard drive and still own it. Then I go to check it's there in the DLC tab and realizes I already bought The Force Awakens table, and thus I had no need of buying the Civil War table. At least it was only 0.74.
The jrpg/wrpg thing is pretty dumb because for the longest time it was understood that jrpg meant "like Final Fantasy" and wrpg/crpg meant "like Baldurs Gate" and there were exceptions but everyone seemed to get it and no one got uptight about it
And I know I dump on Dark Souls a lot but it's no coincidence that a lot of this silliness started because somebody always has to jump in and say "Dark Souls is the best JRPG."
And I know I dump on Dark Souls a lot but it's no coincidence that a lot of this silliness started because somebody always has to jump in and say "Dark Souls is the best JRPG."
arts&crafts
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Leafhopper
Banned
Yep.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Hm, I know I wouldn't consider them JRPGs, but I guess South Park has more in common with Final Fantasy than Skyrim.
Baron_Calamity
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Just a remind, Arcen Games is in trouble and had to layoff most of their staff. Most of their stuff is on sale really cheap and it might help them get back on their feet
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Arcen Games, LLC
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Arcen Games, LLC
Leafhopper
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Well it all depends on how you would classify Paper Mario. That's what it is closest to.
The key to the monthly bundles is how many games you own and what kind of games you like. So far I got every bundle and the only game I already owned was Spelunky and in every bundle i got at least 2 or 3 games i already wanted from my wishlist and a couple of good surprises.
The thing is that I now that i won't last forever, some time soon the bundles will get bad...
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