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STEAM | August 2016 - No Man's Sky will leave Mankind Divided
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pantsattack
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DerExperte. I think it's a super slick, good looking and sounding game, but I'm not good at it.
SatelliteOfLove
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Yeah, a bit closer to the root inspiration than Crimson Shroud (no Sakimoto or Smith or what have you, but what can you do).
For as much shit as Call of Duty gets, a lot of games that differ from the formula of following the funhouse take a lot of shit.
Crimsonclaw111
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Thanks
If it were up to me I'd do nothing but make kick ass action games all day though.
More_Badass
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finally finished va11-hall-a
really cool game, playing a cyberpunk bartender is actually a really clever way to almost effortlessly do a shit ton of world building and it's really pays off, the game sets up a pretty large cast of characters that you slowly get to know and it's just really entertaining to see them interact with each other and learn more about them and the pretty entertaining anime cyberpunk world this all takes place in. characters range from hired assassins and hackers to loli robot prostitutes and uh, dogs.
i was surprised by how much i was enjoying it as someone that doesn't really like visual novels, and it just goes to show how the little bit of interaction that it's in there helps. fixing drinks is not a very demanding task, but there's a bit of freedom in how you do it, people will generally ask for, say, "sweet" drinks and you can choose to serve them an expensive drink to earn a bigger comission to have money to decorate your house, or you can just try and guess which drink would suit them. some drinks have optional alcohol so i figured i'd make up a rule for jill that her thing is always doing other ingredients / 2 rounded up + 1. sometimes people ask weird stuff you don't really know what they mean. you can also browse through blogs and news sites and set up the bar's jukebox and idk, none of this is very substancial but it all helps set up the time and place in a way that's involved enough that it grabbed me way more than if it was just reading
it's still a pretty standard visual novel but idk, it grabbed me, its version of the cyberpunk future is super cool and i just find the whole concept incredibly cool and clever.
also the sprite work is so damn good
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finally finished va11-hall-a
really cool game, playing a cyberpunk bartender is actually a really clever way to almost effortlessly do a shit ton of world building and it's really pays off, the game sets up a pretty large cast of characters that you slowly get to know and it's just really entertaining to see them interact with each other and learn more about them and the pretty entertaining anime cyberpunk world this all takes place in. characters range from hired assassins and hackers to loli robot prostitutes and uh, dogs.
i was surprised by how much i was enjoying it as someone that doesn't really like visual novels, and it just goes to show how the little bit of interaction that it's in there helps. fixing drinks is not a very demanding task, but there's a bit of freedom in how you do it, people will generally ask for, say, "sweet" drinks and you can choose to serve them an expensive drink to earn a bigger comission to have money to decorate your house, or you can just try and guess which drink would suit them. some drinks have optional alcohol so i figured i'd make up a rule for jill that her thing is always doing other ingredients / 2 rounded up + 1. sometimes people ask weird stuff you don't really know what they mean. you can also browse through blogs and news sites and set up the bar's jukebox and idk, none of this is very substancial but it all helps set up the time and place in a way that's involved enough that it grabbed me way more than if it was just reading
it's still a pretty standard visual novel but idk, it grabbed me, its version of the cyberpunk future is super cool and i just find the whole concept incredibly cool and clever.
also the sprite work is so damn good
There's a disturbing lack of shoutouts to the dogs in this write up, this won't do zky.
But yeah, I agree wholeheartedly with you. There's something very heartwarming about getting to know these people and helping them in some way or another (especially if you get the character specific endings, which are very sweet), while living in a totalitarian dystopia that complete lacks any hope of things ever getting better, and the future's outlook looking worse by the day. It's like finding shelter in a world where there's none; and the fact that the characters are very well written help a lot, they're not one dimensional notes that stick to their tropes for the entire playtime, I really enjoyed how their personalities where developed and how the "twists" where laid out during the game (although in the end, everything feels the same, since Jill doesn't really have any input in the real world). But yeah, it's hard to put what I think about it in words because it's a game that I really liked and moved me, and even 2 weeks after beating it, it's still dwelling in my mind and I'm having a hard time playing anything else.
Atraveller
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Replaced my MX100 SSD with 850 EVO, now all that's left to do is to RMA my old drive. Maybe I could get a free upgrade out of this.
Nice!Getting ready for that Nier Automata release on STEAM. Only thing I'm waiting for now are my fittings, back plate, and tubing.
that's a nice way to put it, yeah
i'm thinking about going for the other endings, but idk, playing a mostly story-driven game like this again doesn't sound too fun, and that fan made metroid 2 looks awesome
Been watching the GB stream of Titanfall 2 from a few days ago and....
The game looks and plays nothing like the first game. It seems like I was watching some call of duty game. Something about it feels off. Maybe because they aren't doing 360 version this time? I didn't play a lot of the first game but the amount I played was much faster and more hectic than what I saw with this. The map design is very bad too compared to the first. Very disappointing too see them abandon what made the first so different from other shooters. Good thing they are doing a singleplayer campaign otherwise I don't think I would have a reason to ever pick it up in the future.
There is zero % chance of that happening. Survive looks like it'll hit low 60s or high 50s on metacritic. Even that is being generous when you consider how quick they are releasing this after TPP. That genre of games just doesn't review well. Whatever is left of that team after Kojima left worked at a snail pace as well. They needed like 6 months to release a small map pack for MGO3. The support for Survive will probably be shit after it releases.
They are doomed without Kojima. And it wasn't just him that left too. He took a bunch of other employees with him. People should have very little faith in Konami. The best course they can take at this point is to remake the foundation Kojima left in place or outsource work for remasters. The real best thing they can do ofc is sell the ip to someone that has leadership in place that can do the ip justice. Sell the Silent Hill and Castlevania ips as well while they're at it.
Sell Metal Gear to Square Enix
Sell Silent HIll to SEGA
Sell Castlevania to FROM/Bamco
This is the best we can hope for.
The game looks and plays nothing like the first game. It seems like I was watching some call of duty game. Something about it feels off. Maybe because they aren't doing 360 version this time? I didn't play a lot of the first game but the amount I played was much faster and more hectic than what I saw with this. The map design is very bad too compared to the first. Very disappointing too see them abandon what made the first so different from other shooters. Good thing they are doing a singleplayer campaign otherwise I don't think I would have a reason to ever pick it up in the future.
There is zero % chance of that happening. Survive looks like it'll hit low 60s or high 50s on metacritic. Even that is being generous when you consider how quick they are releasing this after TPP. That genre of games just doesn't review well. Whatever is left of that team after Kojima left worked at a snail pace as well. They needed like 6 months to release a small map pack for MGO3. The support for Survive will probably be shit after it releases.
They are doomed without Kojima. And it wasn't just him that left too. He took a bunch of other employees with him. People should have very little faith in Konami. The best course they can take at this point is to remake the foundation Kojima left in place or outsource work for remasters. The real best thing they can do ofc is sell the ip to someone that has leadership in place that can do the ip justice. Sell the Silent Hill and Castlevania ips as well while they're at it.
Sell Metal Gear to Square Enix
Sell Silent HIll to SEGA
Sell Castlevania to FROM/Bamco
This is the best we can hope for.
darkwing-buck
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lmao
pantsattack
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Thanks Uzzy! This is very generous.
Dang that looks pretty cool.
Baron_Calamity
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lmao
hahahaha
LurkerPrime
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For Deus Ex: HR sequels, is it wrong to want a Malik detective game instead of another Jensen aug-venture?
Although honestly, it'd be better if they just used Technobabylon's setting instead and put Max Lao in the main role.
...Technobabylon is so good, you guys.
Although honestly, it'd be better if they just used Technobabylon's setting instead and put Max Lao in the main role.
...Technobabylon is so good, you guys.
The Dear Leader
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She was just a pilot though, I don't think it would make for a very good detective game if the main character has no experience detecting. That being said, more Malik the better.
LurkerPrime
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But Jensen was just a petty corporate enforcer, and look at everything he got to do.
The Dear Leader
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Dudes got robot arms that have swords in them breh, and a host of other augments. Now if Malik got into a helicopter crash and got augmented then that would be cool.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Final Fantasy 6 is looking pretty good these days with the bilinear filter gone and sprite mods
Obviously the battle interface is still the mobile one, but it's a step in the right direction
Obviously the battle interface is still the mobile one, but it's a step in the right direction
Sad to hear about only one true city hub in Mankind Divided. Between that and cut content, I'd love to know what happened.
If they're going to spend another five years for the sequel, maybe it's time to axe the takedowns and move to an active melee system, bring back swimming and perhaps go farther into the future.
If they're going to spend another five years for the sequel, maybe it's time to axe the takedowns and move to an active melee system, bring back swimming and perhaps go farther into the future.
Those pixels are so sharp and beautiful.
wow, 1st 2 pics look great.. then i looked at the bottom of the 3rd pic and i gagged... again. Still pissed at squenix for butchering the game like that.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
This version is such a mixed bag. The monster sprites as well as the battle backgrounds are easily the best versions of any port. The script is the reworked one, so that's nice. The character sprites are terrible and don't match the art style of the rest of the game, which I believe is this version's worst offense. Thankfully, people are working on bringing the old sprites back.
The battle UI, while not terrible, is pretty bad. I hope someone steps up to mod that soon. After the sprites are all replaced, this will be the game's worst trait at that point.
The two best parts of FF 6 are MARIAAAAAA and suplexing the ghost train.
How do you do Sabin's moves with mobile controls?
How do you do Sabin's moves with mobile controls?
Too bad they're not going to stay faithful to the game book and make you automatically fail the entire game because you chose not to go down a certain path and do an an encounter, but they won't let you know it's impossible to win until late into the book.
Crimsonclaw111
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Been looking to get a 1070, but I'm still on a 1080p display and might just wait to get like an 1170 or something next year. Anybody get a 1060? How's it working for them?
I'll be upgrading from a 770 so just curious if the jump from it is good for $250-300.
I'll be upgrading from a 770 so just curious if the jump from it is good for $250-300.
LurkerPrime
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What if augs were one of us? Just a bod' like one of us. Just a pilot in a rush.
Malik... with an arquebus.
Do it, Eidos.
Malik... with an arquebus.
Do it, Eidos.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Even though it looks like the mobile, you can still control it with the Dpad
When you go to blitz it looks kinda like this:
and it shows you what you've entered
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BoosterDuck
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honestly even if the new sprites suck i think just slapping the old ones over the new background graphics looks pretty bad as well
it's a heck of an effort for the modders, but it's still such a painful way to play that game
square really blew it with ff6 lol
just play it on emulator
Are today's PC's able to be quiet?
The last two PC's I bought were supposed to be quiet, but when I got them I was disappointed on how loud they were.
If I get a new desktop PC, what should I think of?
Or should I get a laptop since they are quieter? Budget is quite limited.
The last two PC's I bought were supposed to be quiet, but when I got them I was disappointed on how loud they were.
If I get a new desktop PC, what should I think of?
Or should I get a laptop since they are quieter? Budget is quite limited.
Ah, the time we live in - where a majority 8/9/above-average game is treated like bargain-tier rubbish.
I get the disappointment that it's not a good as it could/should be, but hyperbole works both ways.
Depends upon your budget and expectations - when I had a desktop, I had a NZXT Phantom 530 case with 3 case fans and an Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme CPU cooler, and the loudest thing in my case was the 970gtx (which I could only hear when I was gaming). But that case alone was £100, so... Laptops are generally pretty quiet now (my wife's is very quiet), but the trade-off is the not-meant-for-gaming lower specs. If you're wanting in-depth help, you could nip over to the new PC thread, tell them how much you're willing to spend, and they can show you the best/quietest bang for your buck.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
For me personally, I know there is quite a bit of nostalgia that drives the experience of having the old sprites. While I agree that it's not the ultimate ideal solution to simply uprez the existing blocky sprites and put them in the game, I personally think it's an improvement.
The problem with playing the game on an emulator is that there isn't really a good solution for that either. The SNES version of the game has a horrible script translation, and the GBA version has sound issues. The PS1 release has a few cut scenes but otherwise is identical to the SNES version but with much worse loading times.
As I mentioned, the PC version has a lot going for it with the exception of the battle UI and character sprites. I think that eventually this could be the "definitive" version of the game.
Tizoc
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It's OK if you're too broke or cheap to join us cool kids chomping down on chocolate bars to go on sucker punching people to save mankind and whatever.
We won't judge~
Bonus, Adam Jensen Bitch Slapping people
Atraveller
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Laptops are loud under load. Get a Fractal Design case.
hmm, yeah, i guess those details make it interesting at least
personally i think a good artist could just draw some better high res sprites that mesh with the game better, as well as a better ui design
that'd be nice, but also it's kind of a bummer to have to fix square's mess
ramoisdead
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Oh wow, the pre-lastboss in Axiom Verge is quite irritating! Also not having the save room close as usually makes it worse. The problem with me is that I get way to angry at irritating stuff where I have to retry often.
Otherwise, great game.
EDIT: Aaah got him, read a good tip
Otherwise, great game.
EDIT: Aaah got him, read a good tip
to keep costantly teleporting through him.
More_Badass
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You're good. It's the final release. Dev will he updating the game with new heroes post-launch though
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
why is RE4 not in sale
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