what I had in mind, it's not that Civs aren't worth the price, but that we shouldn't condone punishing early adopters policies that 2K is so deeply fond of, when buying a game four times in different collections is always cheaper than buying dlcs and expansions, I opt out of early birds, enough is enough.
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what I had in mind, it's not that Civs aren't worth the price, but that we shouldn't condone punishing early adopters policies that 2K is so deeply fond of, when buying a game four times in different collections is always cheaper than buying dlcs and expansions, I opt out of early birds, enough is enough.
It depends what kind of stories you like. A VN is like a book. There are lots of genres to choose from and, compared to books, even the amount of gameplay they offer. Some are just "books with images and sounds" you read. Others have actual gameplay like the Eushully or alicesoft Games (though they are hentai-games)
Okay, I'll start with Narcissu first and report back.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
Chance Hale
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Is there a good website for monthly game releases? I know I want Until Dawn on the 25th but I'm not sure if anything else comes out this month.
Shows me a 25% off discount. Is it because of some other games I already own?
Mavromatis
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I hope they include that "interview" in the BTA tier as a future bonus.
Humble The Return of Space Boy bundle
TIER 1: 1$
TIER 1: 1$
- Steam Marines
- ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS
- Starmade (EA)
- Interplanetary
- STARWHAL
- Edge of Space (EA)
- Reassembly
ramoisdead
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SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE Weekly Bundle.
EDIT: Beaten. I'll probably get the BTA. Don't own anything under that tier.
EDIT: Beaten. I'll probably get the BTA. Don't own anything under that tier.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
humble fumble yet again
Chance Hale
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Will buy for STARWHAL if the BTA goes down enough. (<4$ pls)
derExperte
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Not a good week for bundles.
I Am Bread is btw 50% off and got a new TF2 level.
I Am Bread is btw 50% off and got a new TF2 level.
$3.8 atm
$4.11 in sweden.
Wok
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I read ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS is great.
Yup.
I mean, it's free this weekend, so the only thing you'll lose is time if you give it a try, and some of the issues that I had with the game you might not have if you've not played much Civ before. So it might work for you.
Personally, I thought the most interesting part of Beyond Earth was the intro cutscene. That's full of feeling and emotion and makes me think that maybe the game will be some sweeping sci-fi epic of colonising a new world and the trials faced by humanity on foreign soil. But alas, it's a soulless husk of a game, with dull, characterless factions, who seem designed to annoy you through diplomacy and those damn statements they make everytime they get in contact with you. You'll learn to hate hearing 'As Adam Smith said..' and 'No village was ever ruined by trade.' No village was ruined by trade, but the game sure is. You'll spend most of your time renewing trade routes every turn.
The building of a Wonder, which should, you know, be wondrous, is heralded by a short snippet of text and a few pictures of some blueprints, letting you sit there confused as you wonder 'well, what the hell is a Markov Eclipse anyway?'. The tech web is shockingly poorly designed and confusing to look at, and research itself turns into a rush for affinity points, as those are the only things that matter at all in terms of progress.
It's a real misstep for the Civ franchise, especially with other fantastic games in the same genre available, like Endless Legend. Maybe the expansion will improve things a little, but I'm not holding out any hope.
Damn I'd bite if i could, all but Edge of Space are on my wl.
My library has some catching up to do compared to most of you =P
The intro cutscene is one of the best imo. Put my hopes up so high the first times I saw it, until I started playing the game...
Chance Hale
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Has anyone played Breach and Clear?
i actually think it's kind of a disservice to dark souls 2
dks2 had some glaring issues (the biggest being having a fucking spider level), but the core souls thing still shined through
hm2 was a frustrating mess that might as well not existed that felt like it didn't get its own success at all
it's probably been the biggest 180 i've had from defending a game to starting to think that maybe ppl weren't so wrong when they criticized the first one
you know, cos true detective season 2 is awful
dks2 had some glaring issues (the biggest being having a fucking spider level), but the core souls thing still shined through
hm2 was a frustrating mess that might as well not existed that felt like it didn't get its own success at all
i mean, you can still play hm1 and have fun i guess but it just shifted the story in a shitty direction that ruined hm1's story for me
it's probably been the biggest 180 i've had from defending a game to starting to think that maybe ppl weren't so wrong when they criticized the first one
that's a good way of putting it
you know, cos true detective season 2 is awful
freshVeggie
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Ok. Ok. This is good.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
LurkerPrime
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The only thing Dark Souls 2 lacked was that lovely Dark Souls 1-esque overworld design, where everything flowed together. On a scene-to-scene basis, the superb level design was still present, as tricky and dangerous as ever. And, of course, it did a much better job with the online, especially regarding Soul Memory. (Twinking for no-threat PvP ganks is bad and people championing it should feel bad.)
And that port. Man, so good.
And that port. Man, so good.
corrosivefrost
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I have. It's a really good tactics game that's similar in design to Frozen Synapse. Only problem is it's clearly a mobile game ported to PC but other than interface issues it's solid.
NingenJanai
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That should teach him
Hey, like Humble themselves, I skipped a week :3
MMBosstones86
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There we go, completely agree. I loved Firelink Shrine and the intertwined pathes that branched off of it, DK2's Majula didn't do that for me.
Disagree about Soul Memory. Soul Memory was (is?) a dumpster fire. Should have at least increased in by Souls spent, not Souls gained.
I understand this reference.
The intro cutscene is one of the best imo. Put my hopes up so high the first times I saw it, until I started playing the game...
Yeah, it's genuinely beautiful. Firaxis make some damn good cutscenes. Brave New World's intro was pretty damn moving too.
Mavromatis
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I don't get this Kalypso sale, most of the games listed on that sale page aren't on sale.
Price will probably go down dramatically in a year. Also, this will probably open up the doorway to 4TB consumer SSDs and also bring the prices down of 500GB-2TB SSDs in the process.
It might be, but it'd be dumb to purchase now since it has an expansion coming this fall that'll destroy the wallets of early buyers. Only reason I haven't picked it up yet, really; one day it'll hit complete territory (and if I bought it) the complete will be cheaper than the DLC during a sale and Valve won't put the extra copy in my inventory. :|
I thought the same thing about Besiege, but I'm really terrible at putting things together.
Missed the Rising Tide price mistake, now I'm sad.
Also, BE>Civ Vbase game
Tell me more here. I genuinely want to know how Beyond Earth as a standalone matches up to Civ V vanilla, and then Civ V complete.
jaundicejuice
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Give Beyond Earth a shot. It was flawed on release and I would argue it's been made better with patching. You should also own Civ V complete if you don't already.
lol, Civ V vanilla all over again.
"Should I try Civ V"
"No, it will kill your interest in the series, play Civ IV instead"
It wasn't until Gods & Kings people stopped universally hating on Civ V and even then it took Brave New World to make Civ V a classic.
Beyond Earth's espionage system is better than Civ V's period. It's so much more involved and fun to game because you're actually doing things as opposed to just sending an operative to a city and gettign infrequent automated updates. The espionage system is one thing I hope they lift from BE for Civ VI.
Beyond that they're two different games with different philosophies driving their design. With Civ more things are fixed, with BE, more things are mutable. In some ways this is good, in others it's not. Civs have hard bonuses, defined playstyles. Factions are light bonuses, payload load outs another set of light bonuses, the playstyles are amorphous and can be whatever the player decides.
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Who on earth plays games like the Hotline Miamis for the story?
Or the Souls games for that matter
Or the Souls games for that matter
I at least feel like I'm dying for something when I pay attention to the story.
It's not my cup of tea...
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Who plays games for story?
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