I don't own the game but everything I've read about it since the game was released (both from roguelike players and PC gamers in general) has been negative.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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I don't own the game but everything I've read about it since the game was released (both from roguelike players and PC gamers in general) has been negative.
It does take a bit of getting used to but once you understand the synchronicity between your squads abilities things get easier.
Try playing a bit more defensively. Use Carters lift ability plus the snipers shots in quick succession. Taunt an enemy to come towards you but lay a mine in front of you before you do.
There is a good game to enjoy on a mechanical level it just has a little bit of a learning curve. The story however is nonsensical so brace yourself if you even get to the end.
This kept happening to me right now but went through after retrying a few times. I didn't do anything differently from the previous tries, so I guess the site is just being glitchy.
Stallion Free
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Did you play on the hardest difficulty? Because it's impossible not to miss them screwing up there. Lower difficulties they handle fine because they can take more hits.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I really hate it when new cards appear on indie games that have 2GB~ file size with a very, very mediocre gameplay (Edna and Harvey).
bigace33
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Dude, you are clearly playing wrong. My team routinely had more kills than me as I was mostly support. Especially engineers and snipers. I healed and lifted enemies while my engineer sent out killer laser turrets and my sniper went stealth and one shot killed most enemies. I guess you just leave your AI partners to make decisions on their own?
Ah, if only you'd read a few posts more!
But yeah, no. Just had my second fight against a muton where they were 'focusing fire' and 'using' their abilities... FROM THE OTHER FUCKING END OF THE MAP, HIDING BEHIND A WALL. (read: doing fuck all)
The Red Wizard
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You spent it well.
Second one is way more better/easier to get into IMO. The first one feels heavily outdated to me whenever I play it. But yeah, for the sale price now I'd definitely say it's worth a shot.
toddhunter
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Why? You don't need to download them.
I didn't like the first one either, but quite enjoyed parts of the second. Worth a shot.
DexterPepper
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Alright, I was willing to forgive a lot in LoS. The camera, the QTEs, the first four chapters... All terrible for sure, but I'm over the hump right?
No.
Vampire Wargames.
Why would anyone want this?
It took me 20 minutes to chip away at her last piece (vampire) with my last piece (necro) because of the ridiculous RNG turn system.
Twitch Plays Pokemon made more progress in that time than I did.
No.
Vampire Wargames.
Why would anyone want this?
It took me 20 minutes to chip away at her last piece (vampire) with my last piece (necro) because of the ridiculous RNG turn system.
Twitch Plays Pokemon made more progress in that time than I did.
oh pixeljunk bundle is $3.74 on gmg
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/hk/en/pc/games/indie/pixeljunk-monsters-ultimate-and-shooter-bundle/
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/hk/en/pc/games/indie/pixeljunk-monsters-ultimate-and-shooter-bundle/
bigace33
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You have to micro manage your ai partners. Continuously order them into good cover because if you don't they will run out into the heat of battle. If you utilize all of their skills they won't have much time to make dumb mistakes. I actually enjoyed giving orders and watching Jabo and Vanzeggo lay waste to hordes of alien fools. My squad was pretty much death dealing specialists.
Both games are in indiegala bundle
but that's 5.99 and I don't know what the other games are!
MMBosstones86
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um. SAM?
Or do the steam_appid.txt trick.
AScotAbroad
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First one is janky as fuck. I'm about 75% done the first. It's a great game, but can be clunky and unresponsive. The first chapter or two are okay, but it gets better.
Can't wait to play TW2 though.
Stallion Free
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The hardest difficulty becomes impossible without them though. Counting kills is taking a very narrow view of their purpose.
Is Shooter fun? I'm not interested in Monsters since I've heard it's a tower defense game, and I'm not a fan of them. But Shooter looks cool.
Well, I'm playing on what it defaulted to, which is... second hardest?
It was basically shorthand for "these guys are useless."
I don't care about the kills so much as I care about the broken AI and the fact that you spend more time trying to get them to do the right thing between reviving them than actually progressing.
AngryChinchilla
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Well, I did win, so I guess it could have been worse.
MMBosstones86
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I'll tell you what, you are really making me want to give this game a try. I think i'll move it up after Far Cry 3.
It starts kinda slow but It's pretty good unless you're the type that wants to get every collectable. Then it becomes kinda tedious excavating every dirt mound for a diamond. I should go back to it.
I still think there's an interesting game hidden under there... somewhere.
(Hence me still attempting to slog my way through it)
It's just... buried deep.
It's still by far the easiest of the Steam Pixeljunk games to 100%.
Trying to do it with Monsters would be a very long exercise in frustration. As far as Eden, I kind of hit a wall with this one level where the gravity kept changing directions and put the game on backburner.
Thanks for the reminder.
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Did Interstellar Marines seriously just give me a second copy to give to someone?
Yes. And when you activate the fancy one (I forget the name, the one in the BTA) you get ANOTHER copy to gift on steam
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
SteveWinwood
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As far as I can tell, I'm one of the top reviews on the Jazzpunk page. I didn't even know it was getting helpful points or whatever, #highesthelpfulpercent. I didn't even look at it until some guy made a completely nonsensical comment on it about comparing it to ARMA.
Find a game with a steam_appid.txt file, make a backup copy of the file, edit it so it has the number that the game you want to 'play' has on the store, start the game from the exe, not your steam list, and presto
Activated both and only got one. Oh well, not like I'll ever be able to get rid of this one anyway.
Atraveller
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Origin's download speed is bullshit, I was downloading Titanfall beta, and the speed is three times what my ISP is capable of.
titanfall is kind of interesting
I mean it doesn't run too well on my pc and it's ctd both times I've played it but it reminds me of the days I enjoyed cod
I get the impression things like the lock-on gun, invisibility and whatever else they come come up with will feel kinda bullshitty but at least there's no noobtube yet
I mean it doesn't run too well on my pc and it's ctd both times I've played it but it reminds me of the days I enjoyed cod
I get the impression things like the lock-on gun, invisibility and whatever else they come come up with will feel kinda bullshitty but at least there's no noobtube yet
Stronghammer22
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If they were self sufficient, the game would be too easy. You can't have the AI just be killing machines without you needing to do anything. Thus they require constant direction, even where to stand is an important order. I know that probably doesn't sound fun to most, but as a strategy fan, I enjoyed telling them what to do.
I thought it was a great game personally.
I like strategy games. This... is not it.
Even if the AI isn't a total killing machine, some self-preserving instinct is... necessary.
It downloaded hella fast tho
HamPster PamPster
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Anyone grab Magicite? (its on early access) Sort of a Terraria x Rougelike-lite mashup. You craft items and fight enemies... and that's about as far as I've gotten. The game is hard as shit. You die in like 3 hits and have no way to recover HP until you find herbs to brew potions. And the environments are full of enemies and other hazards. I've taken over a dozen runs at the game and the majority of the time I die on the first enemy 
Still, its surprisingly addictive like most rougelikes tend to be. Right now I'm reading through the wiki and subreddit trying to pick up some tips.
I'm sure most are tired of the 2D 8-bit indie game look by now but I like the neon-sheen the game has
Still, its surprisingly addictive like most rougelikes tend to be. Right now I'm reading through the wiki and subreddit trying to pick up some tips.
I'm sure most are tired of the 2D 8-bit indie game look by now but I like the neon-sheen the game has
Stallion Free
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Because it's five gb unpacking to 13 apparently. Not 13 gb downloading.
I wonder if Origin uses some sort of funky proprietary compression for downloads, and the client decompresses it on the fly or something. I mean, the transfer speeds seem inflated, but when you look at the size of the games and how long it takes to download them through Origin, it's crazy quick. Maybe you are receiving that many mb/sec of data, just a compressed stream? This mystery's getting to me now~
Yes, Origin's "download" speed is not actually measured, but calculated. It says it's a 13 gig install, but it downloads a 4 gig file. So when it downloads 2 gigs, it downloaded 50%, but it reports to you as downloaded 50% of 13 gigs. So your speed is "crazy" fast.
BoosterDuck
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I said you get a extra one from the fancy edition, not from the regular. And why would you activate both, it's the same game
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