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STEAM | August II 2014 - Kept you waiting, huh?
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Darksiders 2
Atraveller
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Shit.
SSPssp
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NingenJanai
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The right question is why is not the DLC cheaper than the GOTY edition?
Options are limited, but it runs well provided you don't max out shadows (the ability to adjust shadow quality was patched in; despite the performance penalty I could not see a difference between the highest and penultimate settings).
Atraveller
Banned
I heard V-Sync was borked at launch.
Chairmanchuck
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Isnt that the situation almost every time? Early adopters or people who buy it at release somehow are always effed when its about DLCs..
Then again, Dark Souls 2 sure ain't a good port either.
Beware, it's a multiplayer only game. And last time I played it, the player base was super low
But it has cards =)
SteamGAF which one would be better to get: Tales of Graces F or Digital Devil Saga 1? I don't think I'd be able to get both DDS right now though I'd want to. I'm leaning tales since apparently the physical copy is expensive and atlus does a lot of sales.
Note that I might be looking into getting Invisible Inc. early next month so can't spend too much at the moment, that last bit is also served to keep this post somewhat pc related.
Note that I might be looking into getting Invisible Inc. early next month so can't spend too much at the moment, that last bit is also served to keep this post somewhat pc related.
NingenJanai
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Yes, its an endemic problem, fuck those publishers, if the game is discounted the DLC should get discounted at least that much.
freshVeggie
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I just got Orbital Gear. Thanks topyy!
Did anyone play it? Did you like it?
Did anyone play it? Did you like it?
Tales. I love that game.
Dragon1893
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DDS, it's not even a contest.
I feel bad as I never done a Iorveth playthrough. Though that's about to change!
Well my main gripe was it was 10 hours too long but that's in every version. It's a bare bones port so don't expect much in the options and whatever AA method they used is quite a big performance hit (might be MSAA thinking about it) but ran fine on my old PC so shouldn't be too much of an issue to middle of the road hardware these days.
Still one of my favourite looking games in recent years. Although it's a bit spotty in places but I'm a picky so-and-so. I find 2 easier to get into as the early hump isn't anywhere as near as tedious as the firsts 2 hours in the swamp.
Untouched, unfettled, goodness (though to be fair that's a crazy downsampled couple of pictures mind). Though I should go grab a couple of mods like EatChildren's foliage mod and there's a few other decent one over at the Nexus.
Both are very different as DDS is turn based combat with random encounters where as Graces is real time with enemies on the screen. Personally I don't get on with the Tales series but Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 I found fantastic from a gameplay and story point of view. Some great characters that get fleshed out in the first part and turned on it's head for the second.
The only thing i really disliked about The Witcher 2 was the combat mechanic in the early hours of the game. At least for me (playing on hard) combat was more about rolling around (and throwing bombs) than swinging my swords and casting signs just to prevent getting overwhelmed by the almost always outnumbering enemies (i.e. that Melena quest ... way to many enemies at once for an early quest). I personally think that the early encounters would have been more fun with fewer but maybe slightly tougher enemies.
Played and finished the game close to release.
I only had to apply this fix and i could play the game maxed out 80+ fps with no performance issues or bugs.
the game looks amazing. shame it is MP only. the game only peaked with 8 players today.
What system are you buying it on? Tales of Graces is terrible outside of the combat. Even that wasn't enough to keep me playing. Get Tales of Vesperia if you have an Xbox 360, Tales of Xillia 1&2, Tales of Symphonia if you have a PS3. Tales of the Abyss if you have a 3DS.
Also Tales of Hearts is coming to The PS Vita, but you have to get it at GameStop though.
Any of the above is easily better than Graces F.
If you have a Vita. Get Persona 4 Golden if you haven't. I bought a Vita just for it after hearing the hype. Completely worth it.
Do you care if the story is meh? DDS has the better story but slightly repetitive gameplay. Graces F has good less repetitive gameplay but a very mediocre cast/story. You will want both DDS games though as the first game is only half the story. Otherwise it's also turn based (dds) vs real time (tog) battle systems.
doctorcdcs
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not a fan of the hoops I had to jump through to acquire said game, to be honest. oh well, lesson learned.
Terra_Ex
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DDS would be my choice, it's a much better game overall. Graces has an excellent combat system and I didn't find the story/characters to be as intolerable as the rest of GAF apparently does, enjoyed it a lot more than Vesperia, which is supremely overrated in my eyes, all things considered.
It would be extremely convenient to have the Tales games on Steam. Bamco has that series spread out over so many systems, it's insane.
Some recommendations for both games here but it seems that the DDS games won out. I've never played a Tales game and from the looks of things symphonia, xilia and vesperia are better. I'll be sure to look those up at another time then. I would get Persona 4 Golden but I don't have a vita unfortunately. Thanks for the help guys!
I work at GameStop. If you ever need to get your hands on a pre-owned Vita or PS3/360 to play a JRPG. I can help you out
I have 15% employee discount.
Good think my fake Facebook account still works. Managed to get a key using it.
Get DDS, or Nocturne if you haven't played that. Both games are great and should be experienced for any RPG fan. Nocturne is especially good and has good bits for everything with good music, great dungeons, and a battle system that is fun, but still challenging.
Also what is going on in Dark Souls 2. I thought I was better at these games, but Dark Souls 2 is killing me at every corner and basically laughing about it. I didn't even realize til like an hour ago that they brought back the downgraded health punishment -____-.
That's an enticing point, though not strong enough to make me go and start a facebook account to get that game.
I work at GameStop. If you ever need to get your hands on a pre-owned Vita or PS3/360 to play a JRPG. I can help you outI have 15% employee discount.
I'll be sure to bother you in the future then ahahaha!
Nocturne is next up on the purchases list, but that will have to wait for another day.
The Dear Leader
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This Paranormal Foil card (Manny the Mannequin) I have is a curse I must endure, I've lowered the price on it a dozen times and not even a single buy order for the card exist.
The Dear Leader
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The irony isn't lost on me.
Unless the "Tales of" is followed by "Vesperia" or "Symphonia" (or whatever the Gamecube one was), always bet on SMT.
Depends...
Graces F has the best combat system up to now.
Sadly, it has a super cheesy story.
Leon Belmont
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I'm waiting that Nordic Games release a patch that fixes the 300kb save file size limit, the game will crash if it passes that limit.
SMT: Nocturne has Dante from the Devil May Cry series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUfhhoRh84
Graces is really fun is you play it for everything besides the story lol.
corrosivefrost
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Ok, my crazy ass happens to be grinding to level 60 in TR2013 private solo matches (I hate you, Stallion)... and I decided to see if Shadowplay would grab SweetFX settings on capture (since Steam screen capture doesn't)...
Here are 3 videos showing the differences between SweetFX enabled and disabled on my PC:
When I disable SFX, it becomes more... washed out... almost like a fog/filter was over the screen... the SFX is also much darker/deeper in the dark areas, so it was a little hard to adjust to at first:
Benchmark
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.39.32.03.mp4.converted.webm
Underground, Normal Gameplay:
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.26.34.01.mp4.converted.webm
Underground, Explosion Triggered:
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.37.11.02.mp4.converted.webm
Here are 3 videos showing the differences between SweetFX enabled and disabled on my PC:
When I disable SFX, it becomes more... washed out... almost like a fog/filter was over the screen... the SFX is also much darker/deeper in the dark areas, so it was a little hard to adjust to at first:
Benchmark
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.39.32.03.mp4.converted.webm
Underground, Normal Gameplay:
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.26.34.01.mp4.converted.webm
Underground, Explosion Triggered:
http://robotbrush.com/corrosivefrost/Tomb Raider (2013) 08.23.2014 - 13.37.11.02.mp4.converted.webm
Yeah 2K kind of suck when it comes to good will towards their existing costumers. They used to have a Gold upgrade for CivV but they removed it. Been waiting for the DLC to Dishonored go on sale but they never do for more than 50%. With that said, good for those who never own any of their games, good prices on those GOTYs.
legacyzero
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'Murica
WinterDemons
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I work at GameStop. If you ever need to get your hands on a pre-owned Vita or PS3/360 to play a JRPG. I can help you outI have 15% employee discount.
Would have to bother you for Tales of Hearts R if it doesn't pop up at EBGames.
He was referencing Konami's recent tendency to disallow a bunch of Asian countries from registering keys for its games.
Woody Invincible
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Darksiders franchise for 2 keys at dispenser.tf
...In case anyone is interested
...In case anyone is interested
Hahaha, that's awesome. Matador will fuck you up if you don't learn how to play early.
One of the harder adjustments to Dark Souls 2 is that you need to put points in adaptability to get decent invincibility frames when you roll. Early on I was just taking hit after hit that I thought I should have avoided. I think 20 adaptability is probably good for most players, a bit more might be helpful if you don't wear a lot of armor.
Outside of that, there are a lot more situations where you have to take on multiple enemies, compared to DS1 where you could almost always find a way to fight 1 on 1. You have to learn to deal with enemies in groups, or you are in for a world of hurt.
I really liked Abyss too, but betting on SMT is always good advice.
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