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STEAM | April 2017 - Fly me to the Moon

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gngf123

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Corpekata said:
Nier fans get really touchy. I don't think "Route B is a slog" is exactly a controversial statement.
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It's not, even among people who really like Automata. It's my GOTY and even for me the first half of route B is by far the worst part of the game.

I personally feel it is still worth flying through the 4 hours or so of shared content because the end of the route and then the entirety of route C onwards is fucking amazing.
 
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Ludens

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Didn't Platinum say Automata won't have dlcs?
I guess money make people change their mind easily, expecially for some skins which can be created in a day of work I guess.
 
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gngf123

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Ludens said:
Didn't Platinum say Automata won't have dlcs?
I guess money make people change their mind easily, expecially for some skins which can be created in a day of work I guess.
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Yoko said that they had no budget left for it.

They can probably easily get the funds for it now.
 
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Hektor

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Ludens said:
Didn't Platinum say Automata won't have dlcs?
I guess money make people change their mind easily, expecially for some skins which can be created in a day of work I guess.
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No, only Yoko Taro said DLC won't be anything big, that's about it. The game even launched with DLC's lol
 
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Ascheroth

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Ludens said:
Didn't Platinum say Automata won't have dlcs?
I guess money make people change their mind easily, expecially for some skins which can be created in a day of work I guess.
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The only thing I heard is Taro saying not to expect much, because they have really little budget for DLCs
 
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Dragon1893

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Ludens said:
Didn't Platinum say Automata won't have dlcs?
I guess money make people change their mind easily, expecially for some skins which can be created in a day of work I guess.
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He said there wouldn't be any substantial story dlc like Witcher 3's for example since they didn't have the budget for it.
Stuff like costumes was always going to happen, especially with waifus that are a hit with the community lol.
 
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Ludens

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I have a question: is the entire Numenera settled in ONE city?
Because I'm 10 hours in, but I'm still in the first city you visit. I did a lot of quests, but I noticed there are still three locations I need to explore in this city (and this involving talking with all characters).
 
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Hektor

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New Nier bossfight in which you fight against the Square Enix and the Platinum CEO

Ludens said:
I have a question: is the entire Numenera settled in ONE city?
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No, the first city is the biggest and best area, from there on out the game falls off of a cliff in terms of quantity and quality.
 
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Ludens

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Hektor said:
New Nier bossfight in which you fight against the Square Enix and the Platinum CEO



No, the first city is the biggest and best area, from there on out the game falls off of a cliff in terms of quantity and quality.
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So after I'm done with the first city, how long is until the end of the game?
 
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Ludens

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Hektor said:
If you finished the city you finished half the game.
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Nah, I still have three locations to fully explore and some quests opened. Plus I think I need to talk with each companion to see if they have unique quests like in Pillars.
Oh, is there a way to change your companion and take them back? In example if I want to dismiss Rhin and later pick her up, can I do that?
 
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Hektor

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Ludens said:
Nah, I still have three locations to fully explore and some quests opened. Plus I think I need to talk with each companion to see if they have unique quests like in Pillars.
Oh, is there a way to change your companion and take them back? In example if I want to dismiss Rhin and later pick her up, can I do that?
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If you dismiss Rhin she's gone forever (unless they changed that in a patch)

You can dismiss and rerecruit other party members, but only in the first city iirc
 
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Dragon1893

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I hope SE makes an official english statement soon. Apparently this is only the first of 3 dlcs? (3 doors with this being for Flooded City)
Does the $15 include them all?
 
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data

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What the fuck @ Skyforge. My character is clearly wearing very sturdy armor but her boobs jiggle like pudding. And the smallest boob size you can go is not small by any means. Idk what to think

Plus isn't this a korean mmorpg? I can't out how to make an Asian female, for some reason
 
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kionedrik

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Ludens said:
Oh, thanks for that. So the fact you can pick up or not some compaion depends from the companion itself :(
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Apart from
Rhin
, you can recruit and dismiss all companions at any stage of the game. There are only 2 that can't be in the party at the same time. You can find a special item in Sagus Cliffs that allows you to recall companions after you've left the city.
 
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Buraindo

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data said:
What the fuck @ Skyforge. My character is clearly wearing very sturdy armor but her boobs jiggle like pudding. And the smallest boob size you can go is not small by any means. Idk what to think

Plus isn't this a korean mmorpg? I can't out how to make an Asian female, for some reason
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IIRC it's Russian not Korean.
 
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LurkerPrime

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A thought just ocurred to me: whatever happened to Audiosurf 2? Turns out it released two years ago. Welp...

Audiosurf 1 was a blast. I don't remember why Audiosurf 2 fell off the face of the Earth at all. I guess it's kind of hard to improve on perfection. (I only ever played the most basic mono version of the game.)

Actually, scratch that. Audiosurf with Spotify integration would be the next step.
data said:
What the fuck @ Skyforge. My character is clearly wearing very sturdy armor but her boobs jiggle like pudding. And the smallest boob size you can go is not small by any means. Idk what to think

Plus isn't this a korean mmorpg? I can't out how to make an Asian female, for some reason
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Huh. I thought Skyforge was the MMO Obsidian wrote for, but I must be misremembering.
 
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Lain

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Another masterpiece is out on Steam.
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data

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LurkerPrime said:
A thought just ocurred to me: whatever happened to Audiosurf 2? Turns out it released two years ago. Welp...

Audiosurf 1 was a blast. I don't remember why Audiosurf 2 fell off the face of the Earth at all. I guess it's kind of hard to improve on perfection. (I only ever played the most basic mono version of the game.)


Huh. I thought Skyforge was the MMO Obsidian wrote for, but I must be misremembering.
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A quick google shows it's made by the people who did Allods in collab. with Obsidian. They really skimped on the character creator so far imo.

The dialogue and story so far doesn't seem like the quality I'd expect from Obsidian
 
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Durante

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fantomena said:
Waiting for an upcoming PC-version is a terrible advice when we have absolutely no idea if that will ever release. Just buy the PS3 version if you can find it.
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Why is it a terrible advice?
I mean, Nier was my GotY in 2009, but it was already quite dreadful technically back then, and will be much more so now.

If someone is not in a hurry to play it (and who would be given the wealth of games releasing) then "wait" doesn't seem like terrible advice to me at all.
Invest your play time in the best possible version.
 
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LurkerPrime

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Alright, what's up with WEBS VEBS UEBS and how is it on the top sellers list?


I mean, look at it. It has the store page of a scam game:
About This Game
The Game:

Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in Epic Battle Simulator. Mess around with a massive variety of units. Everything from, Roman Centurions, Medieval soldiers, Knights, Orcs, Trolls, and yes, chickens! The main focus in this game is giving the player no restrictions to what he can do. That is why we decided not to limit the amount of units in battle. Want to see what a battle of 100,000 units looks like? We don't recommend going past 10,000 for most machines but its your CPU, do what you want! On top of that, you can play as any one of the units in the game, getting up close and personal to help change the tides of a massive battle, while rallying teammates and giving them orders!

The Technology:

Unfortunately there really aren't many engines that you can chuck 10,000 characters in and expect good performance. This is why I worked months on end to create the most powerful crowd rendering system ever conceived in Unity engine. The detail of each character has little effect on performance while each individual acts independently, but is working towards a greater good for his team. Each individual decides his own path and navigates complex environments. But I didn't stop there! With the large open environments, I needed a more dynamic lighting solution than the one built in to Unity engine. So I built my own dynamic global illumination lighting engine. This enables bounce light completely in real time. What does that mean? That means every piece of shiny armor is reflecting it's true surroundings, every bright surfaces illuminates it's surroundings and effects the overall lighting.

Yes I worked hard to bring this game to life, may you all inflict carnage upon it!
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But apparently people are buying it... I just don't understand.
 
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Hektor

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LurkerPrime said:
Alright, what's up with WEBS VEBS UEBS and how is it on the top sellers list?


I mean, look at it. It has the store page of a scam game:

But apparently people are buying it... I just don't understand.
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This brings back memories to my playsessions with TW: Medieval 2 where i used to build armies so big that the game ran at single digits.

Good times.
 
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spindoctor

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So... will they let you access the new Nier DLC from the main menu? I don't think I want to replay the game just to unlock an arena mode and some costumes...
 
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Purkake4

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LurkerPrime said:
I can see the appeal of mass attack mods, where huge armies clash... but buying a game expressly for that? It's an hour of distraction, at best.

Streamers, though. That must be the answer; I should've known.
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It's fun to mess around with.

There aren't enough streamers on the planet to push anything into Steam's bestsellers just by them buying it.
 
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Hektor

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Nillansan said:
Any good guides for fusing Chips in Nier Automata?
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Chips having a star next to them means, that is the best possible version of the chip and you should try to fuse only those with each other.

So if you fuse a Rank 1 * and another Rank 1 * you get a Rank 2 *, fuse that with another Rank 2 * to get a Rank 3 * and so on ans so forth. That's the way to get the best possible chips.
 
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Nillansan

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Rickenslacker said:
It's pretty straight-forward I think, what are you looking for with a guide?
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I just heard that you can botch your Diamond-rated Chips pretty easily.

Hektor said:
Chips having a star next to them means, that is the best possible version of the chip and you should try to fuse only those with each other.

So if you fuse a Rank 1 * and another Rank 1 * you get a Rank 2 *, fuse that with another Rank 2 * to get a Rank 3 * and so on ans so forth. That's the way to get the best possible chips.
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Thank you, it's as simple as that huh? That's great.
 
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