Spring-Loaded
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Better than ICO?
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STEAM | April 2017 - Fly me to the Moon
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Better than ICO?
AHA-Lambda
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Better than Gone Home?
ramoisdead
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Better than Thor 2: The Dark World?
Chance Hale
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Absolutely, but Brothers does have an incredible use of the unique control scheme in the ending segment. I found the stuff that led to it very silly and jarring tho whereas Edith just builds and builds to an almost unbearable point of tension in the ending sequences. It's honestly the most affected I've ever been by a game and the first time I've ever shed tears while playing one. Not bawling, but they were there.
I honestly don't remember the ending segments of Ico despite having platniumed the game. I think going for the speedrun trophy zapped all joy out of it for me and I just wiped the memory lol.
Boy I hope so. That game was a crapper.
That's extremely easy to achieve
AHA-Lambda
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Alright. Somehow this last achievement seemed to be an unmissable story achievement, that I somehow missed.
You could've just purchased them from the in-game NPC (that's right, you can buy achievements in-game)
I refunded Sexy Brutale a week ago and haven't noticed any change in drop rates at all
Well now, aren't you a special snowflake.
Rickenslacker
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You can't, actually. That NPC doesn't sell any of the critical path unmissable ones that you would've gotten up to that point.You could've just purchased them from the in-game NPC (that's right, you can buy achievements in-game)
Better than Laser Lords?
Freeza Under The Shower
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yeah, I don't get what there isn't to like about Gone Home. Little pricey at full price, maybe, but experience wise worth it. Personally I don't need every game to be 'a game' if there's another thing it wants to do and / or be.
Worth it experience wise? How? She comes hope to find out how
fucked up her family is
Jawmuncher
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- Price to Length ratio was way off and this is from someone who usually doesn't care about that sort of thing (though it's not a big deal now cosindering how old it is)
- Differing story tastes. I didn't enjoy the story at all (despite appreciating what it was trying to do) especially with a glaring hole it had. You can tell the development team didn't do much research of the aspect.
Those would be the biggest things that stick out for it.
CheesecakeRecipe
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A lot of people seem to have thought otherwise!
ThingontheFloor
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I can't recommend it enough, Steins;Gate is best VN I've played and on another level as far as character investment and storytelling, it's become one of my favorite sci-fi stories in any medium. I wish I would have played it a lot sooner. OST brings the emotions hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5pxQUGtNCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYI2eG3DuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lImwyFWomvM (theme from Steins;Gate 0)
I would love to see a Steam release of 0, as Knurek said it is already translated and on PC so it would be minimal effort. If buying PSYCHO-PASS guaranteed its release I'd buy a few copies, but I'm not sold on the premise and haven't really heard any good word of mouth.
AHA-Lambda
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Here here! I found the story quite affecting personally
I was just giving anecdotal evidence that there is seemingly no rhyme or reason to how this works but go ahead and twist it to use it as a personal attack to make yourself feel better
please let me know what people are allowed to post or say in this thread, thanks
Freeza Under The Shower
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Stop being an ass. Every time someone comments on one of your posts you go full attack mode. Calm the fuck down.
Anyways my reply was that I was salty because some of us, myself included, have been waiting for weeks for the normal card drop rate after a refund.
Freeza Under The Shower
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why is any story worth it? Because its journey was satisfying somehow, that's the only good metric you can use. You may not have felt that, but I did, and that's all I need.
Or perhaps I should add that I am a 80s kid, so seeing old tech was a nostalgia thing for me. And going by your criticism:
the 80s were not fun for anyone outside of the white hetero normal. If you think GH is a fucked up family, you should know that the actual era was a loooooooooot worse than that. Seriously.
Also, I have no idea what plot hole Jawmuncher is referring to. Mind explaining that one? It's a long time since I've played this.
edit: literally explained before my edit. :|
Jawmuncher
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Gone Home Spoilers
My biggest complaint about the game is the plot hole of the girl leaving the bus headed to basic training to be with her lover. If they would've said she left MEPS that would be fine (You're not bound by anything until you swear in). However they state that she was past that and on a bus to basic training. That is not how things work, even during that time frame. When you're on the bus to basic you're army property. You're not getting off that or you're under extreme watch. I guess she could have for some reason gotten off the bus and ran off. But that idea is so dumb that I can't over look it. Especially when she made more of a ruckus running and going awol, than her going to basic and getting out on some sort of discharge. You can either purposefully fail or get out on certain things. She would have to sit around for a little bit, but she could have gotten a paycheck or two out of the whole deal. Left and then had some money to be with her girl.
I understand it was hard for homosexuals during that time (More than it is now). But if anything she made things even harder on herself doing it the way she did.
I understand it was hard for homosexuals during that time (More than it is now). But if anything she made things even harder on herself doing it the way she did.
Yeah, it's high on my wishlist, it just wasn't the right price and time yet
Those are some good tracks
exmachina64
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Humans aren't rational.
Did we already discuss the fact that Trails 3rd drops in early May? Like 8 days from now???? WHO HAS TIME TO PLAY ALL THESE RPGS?!?
Damn, I mean I've been looking forward to Bayonetta on PC for years, Cosmic Star Heroine for years and now Trails 3rd for quite a while too. MY CUP RUNNETH OVER. Someone delay their games until 2018!
Damn, I mean I've been looking forward to Bayonetta on PC for years, Cosmic Star Heroine for years and now Trails 3rd for quite a while too. MY CUP RUNNETH OVER. Someone delay their games until 2018!
no delaying 3rd
CheesecakeRecipe
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Even less so in their teens, who likely wouldn't even have the knowledge about the proper method of getting discharged and making some money on the side of it. I have no firsthand experience on the process of being accepted into the military, but that seems like the sort of thing you learn about once you're well into it. Which shows a lot about how additional perspective can color our view of something - and I mean that in a positive way! It just seems like, in this case, the 'glaring hole' being mentioned might not actually be that glaring when we consider the entire situation. Jaw just happens to have been in the service, so he has a bit more insight into military training and regulations than most.
Also,
MEPS isn't a term that civilians are familiar with, but 'Basic Training' has instantly understood connotations for anyone living in the US. Makes for far less dramatic impact to have her leave for a medical examination than for Basic, which is depicted in a lot of media as the 'big farewell' to civilian life, for good reason.
Have to agree, teenagers making bad life choices isn't a plothole, that's just a flaw of the character, not the writing.
Oh no I don't want 3rd to be delayed either. It's too late anyhow they already announced a date like 8 days from now. It's happening.
But like I have no time left this year. Stop the madness!
Night Trap? Isn't that the CD game that everyone memorized when to go to that one room to see that one lady in a nightie?
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Chances are looking pretty good, since they're not denying it outright:
well then.
Now this is an endorsement.
Ok this actually looks pretty cool.
Though I'll have to consider whether it's worth the setup and time investment, as my existing (free) backup setup already backs up everything I need it to at the file level, and I'd rather do a clean install than an image backup.
Wok
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I first thought you were talking about the ending of Battle Brothers, and I was very confused.
Oh no, not an onion game! I want cheerful games.
Same, especially after it first released and there were so many "OMG powerful story" reactions.
I thought there was going to be some crazy paranormal surprise, what a wasted opportunity.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Powerful does not equate to something bad happening. A positive story can be just as effective on people.
Firewatch got the same criticism, despite
the game intentionally hammering at the point of our desire for 'more' as a means of escaping the real world
Which is why I found it pretty boring to be honest. I respect what it was trying to do but there is very little payoff or interesting stuff happening in the game.
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Same. From the moment I saw some newspaper article pinned to a wall or something like that, I totally expected a ghost. It made for great atmosphere, even if it didn't pay off.
The thing about Firewatch is that, unlike Gone Home, the plot is actually about the creepy shit going on. So, while I can appreciate what they were going for, the unsatisfying payoff is a little harder to overlook. I'm a sucker for a good mystery, so once the game started giving me Lost vibes I was totally hooked.
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