-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER
- Thread starter MRORANGE
- Start date
- Status
That's weird because I didn't find Last Light boring or repetitive at all. Some of the stealth sections were a bit underwhelming because of the dumb AI but other than that it was a fantastic ride. Definitely my favorite FPS of last gen
indiegala FROZEN HEART giveaway(no cards this time)
https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways
https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Don't toy with my heart.
PandaPedinte
Member
Famitsu just announced Resident Evil HD Remaster, which is REmake in HD, and one of the platforms is PC, so it'll be Steam.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201408/05058567.html
That's nice, now you all just need to wait for the inevitable Dragons Dogma HD.
Yea...
I would go ape bananas for this!!11 As it stands I can't even get it locally for the PS3!
You DO NOT WANT the HD Remakes of Silent Hill. Believe me, you really don't.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I wasn't impressed with it either, if you don't like what you have played so far I doubt it'll change your mind.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
You don't, but I want the PC versions of SH2-4 to release on Steam.
Dragon1893
Member
Not going to say that I was expecting a full blown remake when I clicked the link but still disappointed nonetheless. Would've been amazing.
toddhunter
Member
Yeah fair enough. Maybe I'll save it for a new PC and go back for a few more hours.
KainXVIII
Member
This, with achievements and proper widescreen support.
MMBosstones86
Member
Unity
Comet/Rogue
Liberation HD
Also Far cry 4 and watch dogs.
Ubi has gone beyond annualisation, ridiculous. Although JaseC will be happy
Well it really isn't that difficult when you recycle the shit out of everything. Ubi is basically an Ass factory at this point.
PandaPedinte
Member
I remember my friend had Silent Hill 4 for PC, were these versions any good?
Tizoc
Member
This guy gets it, hell with the MG Company barely giving a fuck, just put the ports and let the fans do the fixing and modding.
They have their issues, but there are a variety of mods available to bring them into widescreen.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Dun-dun~ In for the response.
SH2 and SH3 are very good PC ports especially for their day and age. Neither have built-in widescreen support, but with some simple modding from the community it can be achieved rather easily. They performed well and could run in about any HD resolution without any problems.
Silent Hill 4 was a tad different, it was missing a small few effects from the Ps2 version (I think this is because it's based on the Xbox version which was missing a few effects as well), but it's a minor thing you wouldn't know unless you put a few scenes side by side, and like the others, runs well and good community have added in easy things for widescreen.
I know I've mentioned this one a few times already, but have you looked at Jade Empire In Style? I still haven't messed with the mod myself, but I'm planning to install it when I get around to my playthrough of JE. If the vanilla combat system isn't doing it for you, it might be worth checking out.
Baron_Calamity
Member
What game is that?
3 AssCreed? I'm missing something...
Also even for Jasec 3 200 hours game per year should be too much!
does it give you a gift option?
Also even for Jasec 3 200 hours game per year should be too much!
does it give you a gift option?
Lili child of geos, it's in the groupees bundle atm
Ban Puncher
Member
And in an even more awesome universe, Konami releases 1-3.
LibHD is fairly short for an AssCreed game. After 15 hours I was only a few chapters from the end before I made the mistake of trusting GSM to back up my save. The only reason I haven't made an effort to finish it since is that it's also fairly boring for an AssCreed game -- the setting is architecturally and aesthetically lacking, the world small and sparsely populated, and while the dress/outfit mechanic could have been interesting, Ubi saw fit to hold players' hands by forcing certain outfits during missions instead of leaving it up to player experimentation and designing the missions around this element.
Give this link to your friend!(normal version,NO DLC)
https://www.indiegala.com/game?game_id=a2e25a0c1c9911e4897faf43655f538c
first come first served
are we doing this now?
And in every sane universe Konami releases Suikoden anywhere (._.)
PandaPedinte
Member
I'm on my phone so this is a pain in the arse to go find it but look in MRORANGE's PC Gaming Threads thread (linked in the OP as an image you can click) and Lime has a thread in there where they discus how to get 2,3 and 4 looking their best on PC.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Ouch :/
Tripolygon
Banned
Taken, thanks.
freshVeggie
Member
Just got the free code for Frozen Hearth from indiegala.
Everyone can get a free key, so this is only for those too lazy or not wanting to make an indiegala account.
For anyone concerned with throttling, just go get your free key at indiegala.
Everyone can get a free key, so this is only for those too lazy or not wanting to make an indiegala account.
For anyone concerned with throttling, just go get your free key at indiegala.
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below containing the game you want to enter for. Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
ModBot Basics:
- I really appreciate thank you messages, but please send them to me (freshVeggie, not ModBot!) via PM instead of in thread.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.
Frozen Hearth --MB-70AD0F5FC562AEBB- Taken by Tizoc
Ban Puncher
Member
Silent Hill 4 was the beginning of the end.
Anyway, Konami aren't interested in anything that isn't Metal Gear, Pro Evo or Japanese health clubs.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
.ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 2 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
ModBot Basics:
- I really appreciate thank you messages, but please send them to me (The_Super_Inframan, not ModBot!) via PM instead of in thread.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.
Rules for this Giveaway:
- This is a free for all! You can enter for multiple games on the list below. Send an individual PM for each game you'd like to win.
- This giveaway is a LIGHTNING raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 15 minutes after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
BALLPOINT UNIVERSE --MB-9AF3091C75EF4CE8- Taken by danhese007. 1 entrants total.
Frozen Hearth --MB-D2E8F24C8095FE73- Taken by Diedac. 1 entrants total.
Jawmuncher
Member
Damn REmake on PC that is some cool news to wake up too. Now the ball is Rolling if that does well enough we should get the other earlier titles as well hopefully.
That's some scary thought, if even you find it boring, it could kill me instantly (><)
dress/outfit mechanics? You mean like in FFX-2?! What are you doing? Now I want it!
StAidan
Member
Morning, everyone.
Thanks for these impressions guys, I guess I'll pick both of these up. The asking prices are nice and low, and it sounds like both games are pretty good fun.
Thanks for these impressions guys, I guess I'll pick both of these up. The asking prices are nice and low, and it sounds like both games are pretty good fun.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Played and beat it today, here's my impressions of Pineview Drive.
Pineview Drive is an indie haunted house simulator with relatively simple gameplay. Over the span of 30 days, you try and find clues to what happened to your wife, Linda, who disappeared without a trace at an old abandoned estate 20 years ago, for your own closure. To accomplish this you must look around the house, find keys, open doors, and experience a variety of scares and spooks.
And let me restate this point: This game is a haunted house simulator. It's with these expectations that I think the game is best experienced. It's done in a similar vein to the Ju-On The Curse game or the Haunted House mode in the Fatal Frame 2 Wii Remake. Nothing is coming to attack you, there is no hiding mechanic, no enemies to shoot and kill. Your character is slow, can't jump, and gameplay consists of looking for keys/matches/batteries/notes/locked doors, and experiencing events.
On this accord, it does some smart things. Your character does have health even though you're attacked, but the health is basically responsive to how you react when 'scared' When a scare happens, if you do something with your controls, IE starts shaking your mouse around or suddenly start running or stop running or stop altogether, basically changing the pace of movement you were doing when the scare happens, you'll lose health. How much health you lose is accordant to how extreme/timely your reaction is. This also is all monitored to take note of what you react strongly too and don't and stores that information away to change some minor events. It works well for the most part, though I noticed the game seemingly thinking I was scared of certain events that didn't scare me.
And in my opinion the game works, mainly due to the fact the atmosphere of the game is good and some of the scares did legitimately scare the crap out of me. Scares are subjective, but most games don't scare me, so when one game manages to scare me several times over the course of the game, I take notice. The atmosphere helps a lot towards this, the rooms look appropriately creepy, the music has good variety and can be good to make you unnerved, along with the type of music you sometimes question if the music is the background music or something happening. It starts off slow starts rolling a few days in.
Some scares and moments are obviously inspired by other things however. They're still effective, but can take away from the moment if you recognize the scare's obvious inspiration. Without spoiling too much, there were two scenes that were very obviously inspired by the film, "Ringu", and the game, "Condemned: Criminal Origins."
On the flip-side, there was some very unique scares in places and some were handled well, and there's a good variety. There's even a few scares and entities that are randomized and can happen anywhere later in the game as you're exploring. Special mention from me goes to a certain clown and scarecrow...
But the game is bogged down by a few problems. Firstly, it's very dark. I had to turn brightness all the way up and it was still super dark. This would be fine, but you don't get your flashlight until a bit into the game, and I found myself stumbling through the dark for a while before I eventually found it. A second flaw is that while new elements get added in scares and the like, the gameplay remains mostly the same, making the later parts sometimes feel rather tedious. On this, in some of the later areas when a lot of the estate is opened up to you, sometimes there's very little indication of where you're supposed to go, leading you to randomly scout rooms to see if you spot any keys or if any events trigger. Spend too long searching, and your character will eventually tell you where to go, but it seems disappointing and not well designed especially since the game at some points does an excellent job at leading you to specific parts of the house with cues, sounds, and graphical things.
Also the last area of the game and the ending are slightly confusing and come out of left field, and I found the last area ended up being kind of trial and error with getting past it as it's a bit too harsh on your health and scares to get through all of it.
Still, it turned out better than I expected and I enjoyed playing it. I reminded me of a game version of those horror movies about characters stupidly staying at an obviously haunted house that gets worse as time goes on. Some good atmosphere and scares steal the show here, even if not all moments are winners. It's held back by a few problems, but if you want a haunted house simulator to play through, this is a pretty solid effort.
Pineview Drive is an indie haunted house simulator with relatively simple gameplay. Over the span of 30 days, you try and find clues to what happened to your wife, Linda, who disappeared without a trace at an old abandoned estate 20 years ago, for your own closure. To accomplish this you must look around the house, find keys, open doors, and experience a variety of scares and spooks.
And let me restate this point: This game is a haunted house simulator. It's with these expectations that I think the game is best experienced. It's done in a similar vein to the Ju-On The Curse game or the Haunted House mode in the Fatal Frame 2 Wii Remake. Nothing is coming to attack you, there is no hiding mechanic, no enemies to shoot and kill. Your character is slow, can't jump, and gameplay consists of looking for keys/matches/batteries/notes/locked doors, and experiencing events.
On this accord, it does some smart things. Your character does have health even though you're attacked, but the health is basically responsive to how you react when 'scared' When a scare happens, if you do something with your controls, IE starts shaking your mouse around or suddenly start running or stop running or stop altogether, basically changing the pace of movement you were doing when the scare happens, you'll lose health. How much health you lose is accordant to how extreme/timely your reaction is. This also is all monitored to take note of what you react strongly too and don't and stores that information away to change some minor events. It works well for the most part, though I noticed the game seemingly thinking I was scared of certain events that didn't scare me.
And in my opinion the game works, mainly due to the fact the atmosphere of the game is good and some of the scares did legitimately scare the crap out of me. Scares are subjective, but most games don't scare me, so when one game manages to scare me several times over the course of the game, I take notice. The atmosphere helps a lot towards this, the rooms look appropriately creepy, the music has good variety and can be good to make you unnerved, along with the type of music you sometimes question if the music is the background music or something happening. It starts off slow starts rolling a few days in.
Some scares and moments are obviously inspired by other things however. They're still effective, but can take away from the moment if you recognize the scare's obvious inspiration. Without spoiling too much, there were two scenes that were very obviously inspired by the film, "Ringu", and the game, "Condemned: Criminal Origins."
On the flip-side, there was some very unique scares in places and some were handled well, and there's a good variety. There's even a few scares and entities that are randomized and can happen anywhere later in the game as you're exploring. Special mention from me goes to a certain clown and scarecrow...
But the game is bogged down by a few problems. Firstly, it's very dark. I had to turn brightness all the way up and it was still super dark. This would be fine, but you don't get your flashlight until a bit into the game, and I found myself stumbling through the dark for a while before I eventually found it. A second flaw is that while new elements get added in scares and the like, the gameplay remains mostly the same, making the later parts sometimes feel rather tedious. On this, in some of the later areas when a lot of the estate is opened up to you, sometimes there's very little indication of where you're supposed to go, leading you to randomly scout rooms to see if you spot any keys or if any events trigger. Spend too long searching, and your character will eventually tell you where to go, but it seems disappointing and not well designed especially since the game at some points does an excellent job at leading you to specific parts of the house with cues, sounds, and graphical things.
Also the last area of the game and the ending are slightly confusing and come out of left field, and I found the last area ended up being kind of trial and error with getting past it as it's a bit too harsh on your health and scares to get through all of it.
Still, it turned out better than I expected and I enjoyed playing it. I reminded me of a game version of those horror movies about characters stupidly staying at an obviously haunted house that gets worse as time goes on. Some good atmosphere and scares steal the show here, even if not all moments are winners. It's held back by a few problems, but if you want a haunted house simulator to play through, this is a pretty solid effort.
freshVeggie
Member
Just saw I got a mail from Greenmangaming with a 25% voucher for:
Dark Souls II Season Pass, Shadow of Mordor, Kick-Ass 2, Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, Alien Isolation, Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition, Ultimate Street Fighter IV and Gauntlet.
Does anyone want it?
Dark Souls II Season Pass, Shadow of Mordor, Kick-Ass 2, Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, Alien Isolation, Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition, Ultimate Street Fighter IV and Gauntlet.
Does anyone want it?
MMBosstones86
Member
How long do I have to wait until getting AssCreed Japan?
Ninjas and Assassins? come on, Ubi....
Ninjas and Assassins? come on, Ubi....
I got one too. Don't know if it's a unique code or one that multiple people can use.
I've not played FFX-2, so I don't know how it compares, but basically there are three outfits and each has their own impact on your abilities (e.g. while using the sophisticated dress, you can't climb up buildings and such, but you can woo guards so that they leave their post, affording you access to a restricted area).
Baron_Calamity
Member
Ok, thanks. I'll have to check that out.
freshVeggie
Member
Yeah, I was not sure either. Didn't want to just post and give it to lurkers.
arts&crafts
Member
I totally forgot about South Park why is that game not dirt cheap like every other AAA PC game
- Status