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STEAM | August II 2014 - Kept you waiting, huh?
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Taken from source code.
lashman
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Jawmuncher
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Considering Tycoon wasn't a mobile or a F2P microtransaction mess. I think this might actually be something. Could see it being a downloadable horror title. Pure FPS might mean were getting something like Amnesia. Guys have never developed anything though and don't even have a website.
EDIT: That source description makes it sound like it'll be something similar to Guardian of Light or Temple of Osiris.
timetokill
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Some interesting looking games in that OP.
Ah, that makes sense. I guess Valve knows better than to give out free money (even though trading cards are already free money). Thanks.
Jawmuncher
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Or both.
Might have been. I was thinking it would be people just messing around.
But they were really into it. Even talking about glitches and stuff which was interesting.
Enjoy
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Super TIME Force Ultra - Dr Dogg
So what's the game all about? Well in the year 1987 Dr Repeaptski has finally invented time travel. Shortly there after the whole world have gone to heck, buildings are destroyed and the planet had been invaded by the Blounbot robot army. Why are they called Blounbots? No one knows for sure. But don't worry because Commander Repeaptski, Dr Repeaptski from the future, has arrived to erase histories dumb mistakes. How is he going to achieve this? Well with the help of his Super Temporal Infinite Manipulation Expert Force, otherwise known as the Super TIME Force. Cue an adventure taking in various stages set in various different era’s and locales ranging from the past, the present and the future.
At the start the Super TIME Force consists of three members and they each have a distinct use and special ability. Jean Rabois is the gunner time character armed with a machine gun with his special firing in 3 directions at the same time in a triangle. Aimy McKillen is the more precision shooter and her rifle allows her to ricochet her shots to get hard to reach enemies while her special shoots through objects. Finally there is Shieldy Blockerson who is the defensive member of the TIME Force with his regular move using his shield to deflect incoming fire as he moves forwards. His special is to drop an orb that acts as a shield lasting a small amount of time blocking fire and sending a shockwave to destroy nearby enemies. But as you continue to play the game you can recruit other members that you can save along your way from the different era’s you visit.
Now on to the gameplay. Well on the surface the game appears to be a classic 2D side-scrolling shooter, you know like Contra but there's a bit more to it than that. Now in a Contra like game once you die you start over right? Well not here. You have the power to control time. These are called a Time Out and you have a certain amount you can use at any time regardless if you die or not but more on that later. So once you die you can rewind time to an earlier point, like scrubbing through the timeline of the the stage and selecting the point to resume or even start over. While taking a Time Out you can select any of your members of the team, even a copy of the past member who has just died. But you also have your past self (you know the one that died) playing out the actions as well. If you can save them from dying you gain an extra unit of health before timing out and you gain the saved member's special power which also stacks with your own. You can combine different members of the TIME Forces specials as well for some crazy combinations. There are also pickups that extend the stage timer, give you certain bonuses like slowing down time and more.
So where the game really switches things up is the time sensitive situations. These are usually for when you have a chance to recruit new members to the TIME Force that need to be saved or for the boss battles. So not to spoil anything I'll tag this part but if you want to know what the score is it will just describe the situation where you get to recruit your first new member,is saved, hooray! The boss battles are mixed in their approach but they take this concept on in various ways by having to stack damage and by having to deal damage at set points in time when the boss is open or vulnerable. It's a really clever concept and makes you think about how you want to stack damage and where you need to place your members and at what time they need to be shooting and a combination of all of the above.Jef Leppard. Now Jef is being held captive by a larger Blounbot robot and you have to save him in a set amount of time. First thing though is that you have to destroy the breakable wall in front of you before you can damage the Blounbot. If you play this like a straight up shooter you will run out of time and poor Jef will sadly die. So what do you do? Well use your TIME Force powers of course. Instead of using just one version of yourself you take a Time Out and multiply the damage done to the wall by adding more and more copies. By stacking up the damage you can blast through the wall in seconds and Jef
As for the new Ultra additions it looks like there are lots of added challenge levels, a new power from the Alternate Dimension and new characters galore to add to the team.
Phew! That was a lot. I'm pretty sure I've butchered this and missed a whole lot of other bits of info too but as with all previous Capy games this has a fantastic soundtrack that's worth checking out as well.
Edit: And because I keep on bloody editing this here's some gifs from Capy's tumblr
I thought exactly the same, clunkiness due to the player character not exactly being Lara Croft. The comic looks are a nod to TWD, I think?
EDIT: KOF13 game night incoming?
I thought about that too, but you can be alone with others. I remember people saying "we're all alone in the world". So I think it's ok to say that four people are alone, without anybody else, in the dark.so ... a moba then?
also:
I think someone has to tell Atari what "ALONE" means exactly
crazyrabbits
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I love dat new thread smell. In other news, I have to get my keys together to do a giveaway.
I hope Ground Zeroes releases by year's end.
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I REALLY don't buy that xD sorry
Gipsy Danger
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New thread! I saw Jawmuncher wanted to play some KoF on Steam. I'm down for that. Although I'm in EU and I'm not sure how feasible it would be with the US and the East.
Great bundles today. Here are my spare keys:
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Techically giving cards is free money for valve from fees.
But it's abusable, so it makes sense.
No More Room in Hell got even boosters disabled. So cards can actually gain some value. (So if you want the badge or speculate now's best time to buy). Other three seems still have boosters if you already idled.
That's a great deal. I really liked Cognition, it's a good, dark, point and click adventure game.
Ah that's good to know. I think this whole Second Screen initiative has been a bit of a gimmick and hasn't really caught on. which is a bit of a shame as with Assassin's Creed IV having the map on a tablet constantly as well as some of the other items you would have to dig into the menu made things a bit easier and you could remove most of the UI elements from the screen.
abracadaver
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Don't need this:
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I hope you don't have any appointments for tomorrow or the day after.
My guess too. I sold a rare Ys background for $10 and an uncommon 99 Spirits background for $5, so anime thirst seems real.
Sgt.Pepper
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So apparently a tf2 key is less than $2 atm lol
I guess I should buy another one or two.
I guess I should buy another one or two.So apparently a tf2 key is less than $2 atm lol
Is it still profitable to open chests?
Get STALKER COMPLETE http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009
So apparently a tf2 key is less than $2 atm lol
TF2 keys are nearly always under 2 dollars on most sites. Unless you meant the market.
Rickenslacker
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tylerf
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This is way too true and the only reason I'm hesitating haha!
fernandes
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Oh, I noticed they removed the drops from No More Room in Hell but I didn't know they did the same for the others. Better cancel my sales for Defiance cards and wait a few weeks before trying to sell them again, then.
jshackles
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I'm so pumped for Shadowgate. I've been reading some online (not trying to give myself spoilers) but it seems a lot of the puzzles have been remade in such a way that anyone like me who knows the original game like the back of their hand will still find the game incredibly challenging.
The developers have mentioned several times that they would be very interesting in remaking the other "Macventures" games - Deja Vu 1 & 2, and Uninvited, if Shadowgate sells well. That would be amazingly cool.
Sgt.Pepper
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Nah. Too risky, and you might end up with a .30 cents item instead.
So apparently a tf2 key is less than $2 atm lol
Really? What's with the sudden price drop?
ReduxMachine
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Think that review of super ultra time force has sold me on it,
Awesome, I knew there was a mod like this. Is there a big performance hit? I'm guessing I'll still run it fine, but I'd hate to dl it and find out it causes issues.
TheFightingFish
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For me at least it's way worse than SFxT was on the 360. The lag spikes don't seem like ordinary "general" bad netcode issues. It's like something else crappy is going on. My connections go from pretty solid (same as SSFIV on 360) to having 5-6 times a match where it all chugs to a halt. Very annoying right now, and not really playable.
I heard it's better to play it with that Stalker complete mod.
Mavromatis
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I just checked the post numbers a bit and found out that the large posters post less while total posts stay around the same number. I drew the conclusion that there is a huge influx of new members to the famous StearnGAF.
This is why I want to redirect this crowd towards Origin, where everything is oranger.
This is why I want to redirect this crowd towards Origin, where everything is oranger.
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