Tizoc
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I think I'll go grab it soon. The GB Quick look got me interested.
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STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER
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I think I'll go grab it soon. The GB Quick look got me interested.
I'm torn on Risk of Rain. It started to pick up a lot more once I unlocked newer character class and a bunch more items. I do like the variety in character classes, though as you said all of them move much too slow. The classes that aren't good at damaging multiple enemies at once are pretty useless after a certain point though.
I like the achievements to unlock characters and items. Made it so there was always a secondary objective to work towards. The UI is godawful though (Mouse only navigation, and not even good for a mouse). Controller support is quite poor. Controls are default mapped to the analog stick, and if you map movement to the d-pad it will only recognize inputs that are purely X or Y (if you push up and left, you don't move at all). This makes grabbing ladders mid-jump next to impossible. On the analog side, there seems to be no dead zone at all, so every time I would release the stick, it would snap my character in the opposite direction, causing me to attack in the wrong direction.
But I did really enjoy the combat system and the item progression. It was really fun to amass an army of drones, and certain combinations of items allow you to do some crazy things. There is even a rune you unlock that lets you chose what item you want to get from basically every item pickup, which lets you get crazy overpowered (though trying to select an item from a list while enemies are constantly respawning and attacking you is... difficult to say the least).
Sadly, the constant respawn rate, that gets up to insane levels as the timer counts up was just too stressful for me. Especially on the last level, it was basically impossible to kill enemies faster than they spawn, so you just have to never stop moving and spam your dodge move constantly. And sadly there is no way to quit a game and resume later, you have to complete a run in a single session. So after beating the game a few times, I found myself with awful stress headaches. I think there is a lot I liked about the game, but I probably won't play it again in the near future.
Jawmuncher
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Regarding HuniePop and Humble widget purchase and steam keys:
Will humble even take a AO game?
Guess you can get around that by saying not rated.
Yeah one thing I've learned from playing JRPG is that always read the manual. Especially if you never play something like it before. JRPG has really diverse gameplay mechanics.
Harsh, not even Bad Rats is in that category.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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No apparently they want the ESRB to rate the game.
Easton Dark
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For some things. I had to change it. WASD4life.
Also, talking mess about the best game of 2013, Risk of Rain, tsk tsk steamgaf.
Regarding HuniePop and Humble widget purchase and steam keys:
HuniePop is coming to Steam? And it has an AO version? Does it actually have nudity, or is it because of the insane amount of trashtalk I recall seeing from the trailer?
Spring-Loaded
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I like complex systems in my jRPG, stories are almost universally bollocks (or, at best, mediocre rip-offs of Laputa), dungeon design in general doesn't hold a candle to western games, but give my a convoluted, unintuitive way of breaking the game to hell and back, and I'm a happy camper.
BinaryPork2737
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You're just adding more fuel to the fire with that :/
Well, their website had pictures of anime sex toys, fingering, and whatever this probably NSFW "late game content" is supposed to be, so I'm going to guess it's the former.
This game is going to be so bad.
i have no idea what you're talking about but i wouldn't say either ff8 or 7 have complex systems
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Deleted member 125677
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vanguard princess cards are surprisingly good value!
thank you, based waifu lovers
thank you, based waifu lovers
8's Junction system was somewhat complex. Or at the very least it wasn't a standard straightforward leveling system.
It was also incredibly easy to break the game by taking advantage of it.
Kanhir
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And it actively discouraged you from using magic, considering you had to spend ages farming spells and you'd drop a stat whenever you used one.
I bought it thinking the value would rise fast and put the thing up for sale with a high price so I could just click on it in the market overview to get to the listing (was before Valve implemented a button to do that). But then got a few invites which annoyed me. Still have it because the value hasn't risen despite a very limited number available, it looks almost like nobody is using it, only dudes like me speculating.
The first rule of collecting is don't buy anything being sold as a collectable.
Jawmuncher
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It has nudity along with getting some.
That must be a pain if they haven't done it already. Though I guess the kick starter should have covered esrb ratings.
How can you think Junction, coupled with GF Skills, coupled with Triple Triad card refinind, coupled with Aura+LowHP+Zell's DeathFist of Doom, coupled with an almost infinite number of exploits I'm probably forgetting at the moment is not complex?
This is how I felt after a few hours, but then I suddenly lost interest in it. No idea why exactly, hopefully you won't.
I really should go back and finish it, I'm sure I'm close to the end too.
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Deleted member 125677
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only if you want to practice a specific boss imo
it's just elaborate but it's not complex or deep. dragon age 2 also had a lot of sliders and upgrade trees and whatnot and that shit wasn't complex either
i won't argue about exploits cos i never bother with those
Yeah FF8 had alot of complex systems... but much like FF5, those systems led to easy ways to break the game early on. FF8, despite me really loving the complexity of the GF and junction system, I just couldn't get over having to mash square during each summon while having to watch the full animation each time.
YS Oath had something like that too I thought.
I say it's worth the price as there will be times you either failed to get a Fairy Chest or were simply unable to access it as you lack an ability such as triple jumping or not a dwarf, and with the Architect you can try once more to get it for those blue-prints or runes and you really don't lose too much out of it.
You should definitely at least unlock him, though I barely ever used his services. Really the only time I used him was when my previous run had a lot of rune chests that I missed because I didn't have the right class (or I needed the dwarfism trait).
I guess it's useful if you die against a boss and want to fight him again right away, but I found that in the long run it's better to do a full run clearing out everything, so that you can get better at the game, and level up your stats while you are at it, rather than trying to fight the boss over and over again. When you can clear out a whole area and still have full health, that's how you know you are ready to take on the boss. So for me, using the architect was just throwing money away most of the time.
Well, Humble already sells it through their widget so I assume they are fine with it.
freshVeggie
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Ah, now it makes sense. Always thought that Sammy is a cutesy thing.
Anyone up for Left4Dead2 at 00.00 CET ( 18:00 EST / 16:00 PST)? Can start an hour later 1CET/7EST/3PST if needed.
Four player, co-op campaign.
I just found a very cool custom campaign. Death From Above.
Just go here, download the campaign (80MB), extract the .vpk file to \SteamApps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\addons
Frosty and me are gonna play. (Right frosty?) So two more needed.
Gunstarheroes
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After that dialouge clip they put out, absolutely. I cant wait, day one
IMO, the true reason to lock down the castle is if you get one with like 3-5 item rooms, so you have a chance at 3-5 compasses which translates to 6-15 blueprints/runes. Fairy chests are sort of a dime a dozen.
Jawmuncher
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It wasnt a request.
dirtywhirlwind
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Anyone playing Screencheat? Can't find anyone and would like to try this game out.
Cloudius12
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Yes.
shit
Chance Hale
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I'm never sure how to react to people asking for game details. Remember going to the vita launch a few years back and a few people asking for my username and I was like "uhhhhhhhhhhhh" I tend to not mention such things at all unless games happen to come up for some bizarre reason.
Of course I've added hundreds of people on steam, suppose it's just odd to have an actual person tied to it. I also assume everyone posting in this thread is an Adonis while the person at gamestop was kind of weird
I'm never sure how to react to people asking for game details. Remember going to the vita launch a few years back and a few people asking for my username and I was like "uhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Of course I've added hundreds of people on steam, suppose it's just odd to have an actual person tied to it. I also assume everyone posting in this thread is an Adonis while the person at gamestop was kind of weird
i went to a show last week and some dude asked me if i was cheddahz
it was weird
I'm sure the other guys might be right, but honestly I've never used the feature.
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Ha! Easy thing to miss but I'll keep championing that thread as it's come in handy for me a few times already.
Fingers crossed. I get the feeling I'm only scratching the surface and only just getting a handle on the best way to use the mechanics so I guess we'll. Though I've been pretty good in finishing games recently (well unless they're bloody 50+ hour epics) so I should at least see this through and might have a proper look at the achievements.
How much is too much for you to spend? I noticed Play-Asia have a few of them for in and around $35. They are all labelled Asian but I didn't know if there's a difference between those and the South Korean versions. Shipping to the UK is free so don't know what it would be for you but I'd imagine the same seeing as they're based in Hong Kong and loads closer to you.
billmcdougal
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I don't even
But don't you really want to?
The base mode is players taking timed turns to climb to the top of the tower of dudes using the pretty interesting controls. Only the fastest climbers will prevail.
Recommended for local multiplayer.
I bet that cost you a pretty penny?
BinaryPork2737
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But then everyone could see how bad I am at videogames :/ I'll pass.
I don't even
It even has the equivalent of jiggle physics.
12/10, game of the generation.
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