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GhostTrick
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After watching Aliens, I'm really mad at Gearbox.
Welcome to the club.
At least Isolation could make up for it, altho it's based on ALIEN and not ALIENS
The first two movies are absolute all time classic, too bad everything after was mediocre at best.
GhostTrick
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Yeah, I love that we got Isolation. But if Alien got its perfect game, I wont feel complete until Aliens get its perfect game.
pretty done
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RIP Star Wars
It depends what movies you consider to be a part of the franchise. Alien and Aliens are godtier and I'll stand by Alien 3, we have Alien 4 and Covenant on the awful side and Prometheus on the meh side and Alien vs Predator shouldn't even be considered (they are shittier than shit, just so bad it's sad), so worst case scenario we're even, so I won't give up on Alien just yet.
Tizoc
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GhostTrick
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeell
Good luck finding a cheap affordable board tho
Yeah, that's what emulation is for
spindoctor
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Never thought about it this way. Actually kinda makes sense.
PetriP-TNT
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Played an hour of Pony Island, what a weird game
Most franchises with more than 4 movies have more bad than good ones.
Baron von Loathsome
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I bought and refunded it during the winter sale because the first cutscene was lagging like hell. Have they improved the performance at all since then?
FTFY
thats why you stop at 3!
ussjtrunks
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btw guys the 12.9gb update for telltales Batman is eating saves luckily i hadn't started it yet but a few have lost progress on the steam forums
High-Quality Steam Content
I'm actually okay with this.
Heh, isn't the steam store personalized now?
I'm pretty excited for the new Steam client. I think Valve will knock game recommendations out of the park. They have so much data on what games you enjoy, how much you play, what your pace is, etc.
Baron von Loathsome
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Hasn't stopped anime from popping up on my front page, even with filters.
Thankfully, there's none right now.
the_firewithin
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time for ridley to let it go. Would have like to see what blomkamp would have done
Alien vs Predator is the only awful movie in that franchise. Everything else is solid to good to great.
GhostTrick
Banned
High-Quality Steam Content
I'm actually okay with this.
Eh, my list is Hellblade, Dead Pixels, Onirim, American Civil War, Lawbreakers, Shift Happens, Quell Zen, Children of Zodiarcs, Particle Mace, Grimoire, Secrets of Grindea, Pyre.
Hero Prinny
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High-Quality Steam Content
I'm actually okay with this.
gross
someguyinahat
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Thanks to a user who looks like an Irish-American actress, I give you impressions for The Last Dream: Developer's Edition (wait, not a collector's edition? Is this just for developers? Or is it meant to be like a director's cut? I don't even know anymore.)
The story: You play Ben Hit, a factory worker...wait, I have to stop and let this sink in. The protagonist is MALE, has a NAME, - albeit kind of a silly one - has a known JOB, and that job is a regular-guy blue-collar job?! This game is already winning points with me - it's like the opposite of most hidden object games! Anyway, it's the year 2013, and Ben gets in a car crash along with his wife Elizabeth (his wife also has a name! This is bizarro-HOG.) and begins dreaming about seeing her ghost. He tries to follow her for one last moment together, but barriers keep popping up in his way. You have to get past the barriers and make it to your wife.
The setting is told in a dreamscape, so expect some mildly surreal stuff, as well as convenient handwaving of adventure game bullshit. However, there is a pretty cool chapter of a dream-within-a-dream, done in a slightly different graphical style, which I thought was a nice touch.
Spoilers!
Sure, the twist isn't all that exciting, but you know? They're trying. It's marginally more poignant than standard HOGs, for reasons that I'll explain in the Graphics section.
There's a bonus chapter told from Elizabeth's point of view, as she describes a dream of her own, regarding her husband's wedding ring, which she sees as a symbol of togetherness. Overall, pretty good story.
The graphics: The cutscenes are all FMV. And I'm not talking like FMV sprites over pre-rendered backgrounds (although I guess they do this too with Elizabeth's ghost scenes in-game,) this is straight-up camcorder stuff, like mini-movies. I can see what they were trying to go for, but it's clear the guy playing Ben wasn't an actor, and it's a good bet Elizabeth wasn't either. When he finds something in a lake he needs to retrieve, he very casually removes his shirt and wades in with no sense of urgency. When the Barrier starts advancing on him, crackling with lethal force, he doesn't show any sign of fear as he backs up, he doesn't show any anger, defiance, determination, he's just... " :| " When they're trying to make an emotional game, it's really hard to get emotionally invested if Ben looks like he doesn't give a fuck. Would over-emoting have made it too cheesy, ruined it, made it worse? I'm gonna say no. I'd rather laugh at an over-the-top portrayal of fear because I can at least GET that he's scared. But he's just nonchalant through the whole thing.
Still, not every day you see FMV. Again, attempts were made and I'll applaud them for that. This was also their second game ever. Maybe they can get better.
The environments were pretty good. Nothing breathtaking, but better than average, I'd say.
The audio and dialogue: The game was made by Russian developers (what's this? Russians made a hidden-object game? What are the odds?!) so it is a bit jarring to see a dubbed cutscene where you get the same voices as all the other hidden-object games. It might have been cool if they had the original Russian voices with subtitles for that "foreign film" effect. That said, quite a bit of translation jank, and the voice actors are just as flat as the cutscene actors, sadly.
The gameplay: Not too many hidden object scenes in this; it's closer to a point-and-click adventure. The ones they have are picture-based and the items you find are pieces of items that, when assembled, you use within the scene to find the remaining items. I've seen HOGs where every item you find is a piece to one whole, and I've seen ones where you just find whole items to use within the scene, but never in a combination like this. It's obvious, and I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen it before, so there you go. Kinda sorta breaking new ground!
The minigames are hit and miss. Some are fiddly, and some would have been a lot easier if they explained the instructions better. That PEARL minigame REALLY pissed me off. I actually checked a youtube walkthrough cause I wasn't getting it, and it turns out they were doing things I'd tried, only getting the move to register was like a pixel-perfect exercise.
There are two sets of missables: photos of Ben and Elizabeth (some of which bring up the question of "who took this picture?" - like the one where they're climbing rocks, taken from above) and cat toys...because you get a cat helper, who talks in the very first scene and then never again. Both sets are pretty easy to get, though.
The length: Steam profile says 3.8 hours for both main story and bonus chapter. Felt shorter than that, maybe because it's split up into sections. Still a good length.
The verdict: In a genre that is rightly accused of making games that are too samey, this one FEELS different, even though it isn't really. The FMV transitions from chapter to chapter are an interesting change, even if it could be executed better. This game was made in late 2015, so who knows? Maybe this is the shape of games to come. I'd say give it a try if you already have familiarity with hidden-object games and want to see something that makes attempts at a "real" love story. Definitely some potential here. But fuck that pearl game.
The story: You play Ben Hit, a factory worker...wait, I have to stop and let this sink in. The protagonist is MALE, has a NAME, - albeit kind of a silly one - has a known JOB, and that job is a regular-guy blue-collar job?! This game is already winning points with me - it's like the opposite of most hidden object games! Anyway, it's the year 2013, and Ben gets in a car crash along with his wife Elizabeth (his wife also has a name! This is bizarro-HOG.) and begins dreaming about seeing her ghost. He tries to follow her for one last moment together, but barriers keep popping up in his way. You have to get past the barriers and make it to your wife.
The setting is told in a dreamscape, so expect some mildly surreal stuff, as well as convenient handwaving of adventure game bullshit. However, there is a pretty cool chapter of a dream-within-a-dream, done in a slightly different graphical style, which I thought was a nice touch.
Spoilers!
His wife is actually alive, and he's in a coma. The dreams and the ghost are his way of fighting back to consciousness to be with his wife.
There's a bonus chapter told from Elizabeth's point of view, as she describes a dream of her own, regarding her husband's wedding ring, which she sees as a symbol of togetherness. Overall, pretty good story.
The graphics: The cutscenes are all FMV. And I'm not talking like FMV sprites over pre-rendered backgrounds (although I guess they do this too with Elizabeth's ghost scenes in-game,) this is straight-up camcorder stuff, like mini-movies. I can see what they were trying to go for, but it's clear the guy playing Ben wasn't an actor, and it's a good bet Elizabeth wasn't either. When he finds something in a lake he needs to retrieve, he very casually removes his shirt and wades in with no sense of urgency. When the Barrier starts advancing on him, crackling with lethal force, he doesn't show any sign of fear as he backs up, he doesn't show any anger, defiance, determination, he's just... " :| " When they're trying to make an emotional game, it's really hard to get emotionally invested if Ben looks like he doesn't give a fuck. Would over-emoting have made it too cheesy, ruined it, made it worse? I'm gonna say no. I'd rather laugh at an over-the-top portrayal of fear because I can at least GET that he's scared. But he's just nonchalant through the whole thing.
Still, not every day you see FMV. Again, attempts were made and I'll applaud them for that. This was also their second game ever. Maybe they can get better.
The environments were pretty good. Nothing breathtaking, but better than average, I'd say.
The audio and dialogue: The game was made by Russian developers (what's this? Russians made a hidden-object game? What are the odds?!) so it is a bit jarring to see a dubbed cutscene where you get the same voices as all the other hidden-object games. It might have been cool if they had the original Russian voices with subtitles for that "foreign film" effect. That said, quite a bit of translation jank, and the voice actors are just as flat as the cutscene actors, sadly.
The gameplay: Not too many hidden object scenes in this; it's closer to a point-and-click adventure. The ones they have are picture-based and the items you find are pieces of items that, when assembled, you use within the scene to find the remaining items. I've seen HOGs where every item you find is a piece to one whole, and I've seen ones where you just find whole items to use within the scene, but never in a combination like this. It's obvious, and I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen it before, so there you go. Kinda sorta breaking new ground!
The minigames are hit and miss. Some are fiddly, and some would have been a lot easier if they explained the instructions better. That PEARL minigame REALLY pissed me off. I actually checked a youtube walkthrough cause I wasn't getting it, and it turns out they were doing things I'd tried, only getting the move to register was like a pixel-perfect exercise.
There are two sets of missables: photos of Ben and Elizabeth (some of which bring up the question of "who took this picture?" - like the one where they're climbing rocks, taken from above) and cat toys...because you get a cat helper, who talks in the very first scene and then never again. Both sets are pretty easy to get, though.
The length: Steam profile says 3.8 hours for both main story and bonus chapter. Felt shorter than that, maybe because it's split up into sections. Still a good length.
The verdict: In a genre that is rightly accused of making games that are too samey, this one FEELS different, even though it isn't really. The FMV transitions from chapter to chapter are an interesting change, even if it could be executed better. This game was made in late 2015, so who knows? Maybe this is the shape of games to come. I'd say give it a try if you already have familiarity with hidden-object games and want to see something that makes attempts at a "real" love story. Definitely some potential here. But fuck that pearl game.
spindoctor
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You should already know the answer to that. But if you don't, maybe this can give you an idea of how Telltale works...
If you're still wondering... no.
Telltale does not fix their games while they are actually releasing episodes and working on it. There isn't a chance in hell they will ever go back to fix a game they've moved on from.
uncredited male
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Back in my day dark elves were actually dark.
closed? what does that mean?
my sub runs out in 14h, but I havent played in like 4 days or whatever so it might aswell have run out. That was a good month tho, no regrets.
Ni no Kuni 2 available for preorders:
I assume second has season pass or something.
wow...$$$ O.O
Was hyped. Saw price and then saw "season pass".
Tizoc
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CDKeys has cheapest price atm
http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/ni-no-kuni-ii-2-revenant-kingdom-pc-steam-cd-key
but it may not come with the pre order stuff.
Better then the slightly cheaper regional pricing here....
uncredited male
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Thinking about Path of Exile. Got to finish Dishonored 2 first. The burdens of having a SSD.
Didn't path of exiles just get a new dlc or somthing.
Really want to play it, but going to wait for the price. happy its finally on steam! i missed the First on PS3
Ni no Kuni 2 available for preorders:
I assume second has season pass or something.
And the specs, too! Looking good.
PandaPedinte
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Guess which game is going to get a season 2? Yes, you guessed right Orwell is getting a second season!
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength trailer
The store page is going to be up soon.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength trailer
The store page is going to be up soon.
Yea, my main concern here is rebuying a game I own but have yet to beat, and the fact that I'll probably wanna play both of them in short succession, once I finish Trails in the Sky the 3rd and take a break.
Its to the point of this game or another game due to price & want to play now.
Tizoc
Member
Closed = unsubbed. I have the main account still paid until the 21 and the secondary one paid until September 9, so I can still poke my head in, but got most things I cared about done.
Because of WoW I only played like 3 days of FF14 after resubbing to it for 3 months. There really is not enough time in a day to complete all the tasks for multiple characters while having time left to do other stuff, be it playing other games, reading manga, watching anime or whatever else.
Sad thing, I'll go back for 7.3 lol.
Kudo
Member
All pre-orders I've done in past have come with pre-order bonuses:
Dark Souls 3, Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Prey, so you better ask them if you want to make sure.
Tizoc
Member
I did, or rather a gaffer asked them and they responded that there won't be preorder bonuses for Tekken 7 thru cdkeys.
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