the_firewithin
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have you played life is strange ep4 yet?
that is some good cosplay there. that is cosplay right?
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STEAM | August 2015 - Three versions of Windows since the last Half-Life
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that is some good cosplay there. that is cosplay right?
Tizoc
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If anyone's interested, Street FIghter V is being streamed atm
http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters
http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters
Jawmuncher
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I already own it on PS4 and XB1. I also bought a nvidia code for MGSV for 35. So with that kind of discount yes.
how about paying 35€ or less (well, no less, that's just not gonna happen), but let's say paying less than 60€ for a full package is good, for not full, not good. What's not to understand? Paying 60€ for anything is just not an option. Getting not full package is bad.
but what if you didn't have? and there was no nvidia codes, what then?
I'm still crazy salty over Vega, but the game looks so damn good.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
So, the Jackbox Party Pack is on sale at Bundle Stars for 10 bucks. Would you guys be interested if I also hosted some Jackbox Party Pack game nights in addition to the Quiplash nights? Most of the games in it only allow up to 8 players, though, so extra people can't participate as audience members like in Quiplash.
Thanks! I'm glad its not the E3 build again.
Doit.avi
Yeah, I meant that she looks like CGI. Did you forget about the Joakim Mogren thing here on GAF?
maybe if the image had some Chromatic Aberration
quick dr dogg we need your help
Just pre-ordered Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and got Ground Zeroes, which I already have. So, enjoy:
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Yeah, I meant that she looks like CGI. Did you forget about the Joakim Mogren thing here on GAF?
Just look at all those looneys. Not me though I voted #TeamReal. Granted I did make some Joakim avatar head wraps for the thread the quite a few ended up using at the time.
Don't tempt me.
Just pre-ordered Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and got Ground Zeroes, which I already have. So, enjoy:
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes --MB-06A1885836D503EF- Taken by Last Baron. 29 entrants total.
pls
do it
freshVeggie
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Looking good. Fine work sir!
Cool. Mod support would be pretty incredible. I mean, people are gonna do that unofficially anyway so why not just put a bit effort into an official support?
derExperte
Member
Why did I buy GZ when it got released? I even had the PS4 version lying around. Why.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I love monitoring my PC with MSI g2Afterburner.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
because you got it at $9 on nuuvem and it was a bargain then.
it's ok, duder, we'll get MGSV for cheap. It'll all be fine
freshVeggie
Member
Let's keep the train rolling. Another SNGN
(short-notice game night)
Let's see how midnigh-eu-gaf and just-out-of-work-us-gaf fare.
Just post when you're joining. Other game recommendations are welcome.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Let me point out a few weekling deal games worth looking into. Unfortunately not many 'super cheap' ones to point out this week, but there's a few interesting games that are the cheapest they've ever been. I'll go in alphabetical order of a few I spotted.
The Charnel House Trilogy ($3.59) I haven't played yet, but have heard very good things about it. It's a point'n'click adventure horror game. Where it shines I hear is actually is insanely creepy, has a great atmosphere and story that's slow-burning but builds up in an unexpected, twisted way.
I really liked Claire ($2.49) and tied for the cheapest it's been (though been in a few bundles). It's kind of like an interesting mix of Lone Survivor meets Clock Tower/Rule of Rose mixed with its own thing. You play as a girl named Claire, who eventually befriends a dog companion named Anubis. You're helping take care of your mother in the hospital, when suddenly reality begins to shift. The enemies in the game are unkillable, and all you can do is to run, hide, and fend them off from areas with light, which will fend them off. They can break down doors and chase you around levels. While you play the game, a somewhat cryptic story is revealed to you slowly. Has a nice pixel style, good atmospheric music, some really tense and creepy moments, and I actually liked the conclusion, though the game can be fairly challenging at times.
In High Strangeness ($4.99) players play an action-RPG where they can switch between 8-bit and 16-bit worlds to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and tries to save the universe. Heard positive impressions from this at PAX, and reviews on Steam are positive too.
Homesick ($9.89) is a first-person horror game set in an abandoned complex where light streams through windows, plants over-run, and a story slowly expands itself as you solve puzzles, explore, and survive something that lurks deeper in the complex... I kickstarted the game and beta tested the first few rooms, I liked what I played, I've heard the full game is about 3-4 hours long, and has a very good story and atmosphere to it.
Malebolgia ($7.79) is made by a GAF'er, they posted progress and got GAF feedback in the Indie development topic after a tech demo was positively received. It's a cell-shaded game where you enter a horrific and haunting castle to explore and adventure, I hear the combat is a bit simplistic but it has a lot of style and atmosphere.
Planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ ($4.99) is tied for the cheapest it's ever been. It's a visual novel by KEY, the people who made Air/Clannad/Kanon/Little Busters/etc. Like their works, it has good characterization, great music, and a tear-jerking plot line. Hear it's very good.
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A few I spotted.
The Charnel House Trilogy ($3.59) I haven't played yet, but have heard very good things about it. It's a point'n'click adventure horror game. Where it shines I hear is actually is insanely creepy, has a great atmosphere and story that's slow-burning but builds up in an unexpected, twisted way.
I really liked Claire ($2.49) and tied for the cheapest it's been (though been in a few bundles). It's kind of like an interesting mix of Lone Survivor meets Clock Tower/Rule of Rose mixed with its own thing. You play as a girl named Claire, who eventually befriends a dog companion named Anubis. You're helping take care of your mother in the hospital, when suddenly reality begins to shift. The enemies in the game are unkillable, and all you can do is to run, hide, and fend them off from areas with light, which will fend them off. They can break down doors and chase you around levels. While you play the game, a somewhat cryptic story is revealed to you slowly. Has a nice pixel style, good atmospheric music, some really tense and creepy moments, and I actually liked the conclusion, though the game can be fairly challenging at times.
In High Strangeness ($4.99) players play an action-RPG where they can switch between 8-bit and 16-bit worlds to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and tries to save the universe. Heard positive impressions from this at PAX, and reviews on Steam are positive too.
Homesick ($9.89) is a first-person horror game set in an abandoned complex where light streams through windows, plants over-run, and a story slowly expands itself as you solve puzzles, explore, and survive something that lurks deeper in the complex... I kickstarted the game and beta tested the first few rooms, I liked what I played, I've heard the full game is about 3-4 hours long, and has a very good story and atmosphere to it.
Malebolgia ($7.79) is made by a GAF'er, they posted progress and got GAF feedback in the Indie development topic after a tech demo was positively received. It's a cell-shaded game where you enter a horrific and haunting castle to explore and adventure, I hear the combat is a bit simplistic but it has a lot of style and atmosphere.
Planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ ($4.99) is tied for the cheapest it's ever been. It's a visual novel by KEY, the people who made Air/Clannad/Kanon/Little Busters/etc. Like their works, it has good characterization, great music, and a tear-jerking plot line. Hear it's very good.
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A few I spotted.
Nyteshade517
Member
Dirt Rally got it's rallycross expansion today...finally I can actually win something, lol
here's a couple screenshots...nothing special
here's a couple screenshots...nothing special
Gross!
freshVeggie
Member
I love CA in games. Gives it a really cool cinematic look.
Jawmuncher
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Planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ ($4.99) is tied for the cheapest it's ever been. It's a visual novel by KEY, the people who made Air/Clannad/Kanon/Little Busters/etc. Like their works, it has good characterization, great music, and a tear-jerking plot line. Hear it's very good.
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I cried so good playing this.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Dsyndrome
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I want to spoil so much right now.
Khilandros
Member
I'm looking forward to Fairy Fencer F getting a Steam release tomorrow.
IFI sure surprised me when they announced the release date so close to the actual date.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/347830/
50% off release week, so I'll gladly pay $15.
IFI sure surprised me when they announced the release date so close to the actual date.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/347830/
50% off release week, so I'll gladly pay $15.
Ah the majesty of Kane & Lynch 2. Sadly the world wasn't ready for the Anti-Game and pretty much went over a lot of folk's heads.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I'll admit, I played Kane & Lynch 2 with a friend for a little over 2-hours and it's my least favorite shooter I have ever played. I understand it's an 'anti-game' type game, but I was literally getting no amusement at all and for some reason while I usually don't have this effect with games, I just found it absolutely dull. I don't even know specifically what it is, conceptually it doesn't seem so terrible when I think about what I was playing, but actually playing it lacked any sort of fun for me, and I don't quite know why I disliked it so much.
Jawmuncher
Member
I loved all of K&L 2. Played on the hardest difficulty with a friend who hated it and at least I still had a good time lol. Kills me it ends on a cliff hanger. Which reminds me I now need to find the post from Cheescake that I took as head canon. Because i'm this close to making a thread.
The Dear Leader
Banned
The multiplayer was really fun, that's about the main thing I remember from that game.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
That's not surprising given that the hitman games always felt like shit whenever the stealth broke down and you had to shoot your way out of a situation. I don't know if that gets better in Blood Money or Absolution but it was complete crap in H2 and Contracts.
Jawmuncher
Member
I dunno what game Salsa played but the controls were fine in K&L 2, now K&L 1 was the one where it was kind of wonky. 2 is just a regular TPS.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Or they just didn't want the message it carried, which is fine too. I loved how much it paraded about, knocking over action game tropes like a stumbling drunk, doing what it could to break down the formula.
I can understand why though, it really was quite basic in the approach. Levels lacked a sense of progression, with only a few of the later areas really differing visually from where you started. Guns all felt similar and lacked personality of their own, at least from the knock-off piece of shit beater weapons you found in the single player portion. Some of the multi guns were much more fun to use, but that required you to get into a multi match.
I still loved it, despite its massive flaws as a third person shooter. I really want a K&L3.
And I totally want it to be a continuation of that Head Canon piece I wrote! :3
Yes. Shame the K&L games carry a lot of baggage and tend to get dropped quickly. The multi is still one of the most tense experiences I think I've had with an online game, mixing aspects of the intrigue of The Ship/BGT with the crime stylings of Payday or GTA. I am a huge sucker for heist media, so it hit plenty of buttons for me many games still haven't even thought about pressing.
Absolution's shooting mechanics were much more refined. They had to be, since they put a lot more emphasis on the action sections.
All games should have MP3's amazing gun handling. Watching how he swapped weapons and seeing the physical impact of shifting his shotgun to one hand, trying to hold onto it while running and shooting with another hand was impressive from a detail standpoint. Also, everything died rather nicely when you unloaded into them. Where's that gif of the guard being shot in slow-mo with the body armor? That's the detail I'm talkin about.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I actually went into Kane & Lynch 2 with an extremely open mind, I wasn't even aware at the time it had negative response. I don't even know specifically what it was I disliked so much is the thing, again, when I think about it, it doesn't seem like it's that bad, and there's some things I like, the 'found footage' presentation, the contrasting Asian Pop music at times, etc. I played on hard difficulty, as I usually do, and it wasn't -too- challenging, but I just don't know... For some reason, I didn't like it.
I usually don't have this effect with games, a lot of games people will call bad I actually enjoy, but something I don't quite know what it is made the game extremely draining and dull for me, and I can't quite put my finger on it. Like, I wasn't having fun at any point, even concepts that conceptually should of been fun for me I didn't find fun, so I think it has to do with somehow the game played, mechanically, or how it's designed, but I don't quite know.
I usually don't have this effect with games, a lot of games people will call bad I actually enjoy, but something I don't quite know what it is made the game extremely draining and dull for me, and I can't quite put my finger on it. Like, I wasn't having fun at any point, even concepts that conceptually should of been fun for me I didn't find fun, so I think it has to do with somehow the game played, mechanically, or how it's designed, but I don't quite know.
Spring-Loaded
Member
You're right about MP3 having the best TPS gameplay, but K&L2 did the aesthetic better and took it further than MP was going for.
The artifacting, shaky-cam, bender vibe deserves a better game.
PandaPedinte
Member
I can barely notice the CA on this image
Spring-Loaded
Member
MP3 was Heat, and K&L2 was Miami Vice?
I know it's the norm, but that doesn't make it any less weird, especially in examples like these where the word "auteurship" can be bandied around.
Doesn't look right without gratuitous lens flare.
derExperte
Member
KL2 has the dubious honor of probably being the only AAA game that has a shorter single player campaign than Modern Warfare 3. Was over before it could seriously annoy me but even then the extremely basic gameplay was a problem, afair you didn't even have grenades, nothing but cover + guns.
Max Payne 3 was straight up Man on Fire tbh. So more Tony Scott than Mann maybe
anti hero
ghosts of the past
alcoholic
gets job in private security
boss family gets kidnapped
blames himself
goes on rampant revenge killing spree
not to mention they use the same visual effects and on screen random short text
seriously shit's almost a movie adaptation
most similar Mann movie is probably collateral, from a visual standpoint
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