Sparrowhawk
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It's pretty cool that they're practically giving it away.
Unless it's unintended, which would suck. :/
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It's pretty cool that they're practically giving it away.
Unless it's unintended, which would suck. :/
It's intended.
It's kinda shitty just linking to the widget and not the developer's site tho. (not dogging madjoki, just whoever started spreading the humble-widget direct link)
https://vectorpark.itch.io/metamorphabet
It's kinda shitty just linking to the widget and not the developer's site tho. (not dogging madjoki, just whoever started spreading the humble-widget direct link)
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
My plus one's got a plus one so don't make a fuss son..
Sparrowhawk
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Eh, don't think they had any ill intentions, they just saw it on the Humble Store.
It's not on sale on the Humble Store.
Wok
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Most likely, the people who saw it have scripts monitoring all the Humble widgets and Steam-redeemable stores waiting for price mistakes.
Atraveller
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I still have very sudden FPS drops in Dishonored 2 after 1.03 patch. Do you guys play with adaptive settings on?
Sparrowhawk
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Ha!
You're clearly new to this Steam thing.
I'm close to 700 games, which is why I was trying to warn this poor soul.
yeah not in the right state of mind for dishonored 2, imma just drop it for the time being. game is just too demanding in a way that i don't find fun right now and i feel its story and universe is actively pushing me away right now
started dragon's dogma instead, which kind of got me hooked as soon as i got a good look at it and realized this is a ps2 fucking looking game and i love it lol
like the fucking grimiest textures ever and just janky animations all over and demon's souls menus and all that stuff, it's awesome
i should go back to ladykiller in a bind too, but i'm not in the mood for that either
i should one of these days just transform into this weird state that only plays league of legends and fallout 2
started dragon's dogma instead, which kind of got me hooked as soon as i got a good look at it and realized this is a ps2 fucking looking game and i love it lol
like the fucking grimiest textures ever and just janky animations all over and demon's souls menus and all that stuff, it's awesome
i should go back to ladykiller in a bind too, but i'm not in the mood for that either
i should one of these days just transform into this weird state that only plays league of legends and fallout 2
yeah, I got only direct link and don't have clue where it originated.
Yeah, imo these kind of deals should be limited to 1 per person (payment method / ip). Humble does this for bundles, not sure if for widgets.
I'm close to 700 games, which is why I was trying to warn this poor soul.
I have 3700, I'm lost already.
So I've recently bought this because I liked the artstyle and it seemed interesting. Just completed it at probably 7 or 8 hours, so here are my thoughts:
First of all, the artstyle really is the best thing about the game, right along with great eerie atmosphere. Have some examples:
Gameplay is only decent and sadly sometimes just frustrating.
Essentially it's a 2D puzzle adventure game, where you control your character by dragging around the green firefly and also use it to interact with things. It's a neat idea and not a problem most of the time, but it can get annoying fast when you're required to react fast and/or precise, which then makes it feel like you're fighting more against the controls than against the obstacles and puzzles.
You also have a purple firefly which can only move in shadows. You can trigger the shadow world where time freezes and you control that firefly to move around in that world and can interact with some objects.
The highlight for me besides artstyle and atmosphere were the boss battles. I enjoyed those a lot, even if I died a lot. They were a welcome change-of-pace.
...Except the last one. Because fuck the last boss.
Again the idea was cool - but it both went on for too long and got ridiculously difficult. And not the 'you need to figure out his weakpoint first and then bring your A-game'-kind of difficulty, but the 'lol fuck you, hope you're lucky'-kind.
There really are a more than necessary amount of moments that just feel difficult for the sake of being difficult. A shame.
Also the game is dark as fuck. There is no story outright told, but what you can piece together by the environments and see in the flashbacks from the memory fragments you find in the levels is the opposite of happy-go-lucky.
Hell, there is a boss you have to defeat by feeding corpses that look like you, which it uses as nutrients, to other plants so that it just withers and dies.
Ah shit, I have the same GPU. Does Last Blade run at the same strange framerate for you as well? If you own it, that is. I remember hearing a similar complaint for that game too. I can only get 57 or 58 at best for whatever reason. What sucks is people say the netcode is better than the PS4/Vita version and uses rollback.
It's pretty simplistic control wise, the stages get more complicated as you go further on though.
Anor Londo is actually the place that got me into the game completely. I love the architecture there, the lighting, the rotating platform, the different types of fights there...and of course Gwynevere.
I was legit sad when I moved onto the next stage.
Django.Mango
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Any tips for playing Spelunky anyone? I think its pretty difficult. I have played the early Megaman games and finished them. So maybe i´m missing something.
I like it so far, the music is great.
I like it so far, the music is great.
Wok
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Coincidence.
If you see spikes in front of you, at the same altitude, you can just run past them. You only die if you jump on them.
It has been a long time though, so I hope I am not making things up.
Don't get me wrong, Anor Londo is great. It's just those archers near the beginning are ridiculously unfair lol.
Practice is your best friend in Spelunky. You'll start to learn the quirks of the enemies, weapons and environments the more you play. When you reach the end of an area (1-4, 2-4, etc) be sure to give Tunnel Man the items he needs to make shortcuts. While the thrill in beating the game comes from doing it without shortcuts, building them will allow you to practice each area with less frustration.
Practice is your best friend in Spelunky. You'll start to learn the quirks of the enemies, weapons and environments the more you play. When you reach the end of an area (1-4, 2-4, etc) be sure to give Tunnel Man the items he needs to make shortcuts. While the thrill in beating the game comes from doing it without shortcuts, building them will allow you to practice each area with less frustration.
Django.Mango
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Thanks guys, that should help for now. Shocking about the spikes lol.
Good game.
Good game.
So I've been playing Echoes+. It's a twin-stick shooter with faux vector graphics art that plays like Geometry Wars meets Asteroids.
It's good. It's also free. (Straight up free, no microtransactions.)
Might be old news to most of you, but I thought it was worth passing along.
Oh look, it's everyone's favorite free game, "502 Bad Gateway". -_-;;
It's good. It's also free. (Straight up free, no microtransactions.)
Might be old news to most of you, but I thought it was worth passing along.
Oh look, it's everyone's favorite free game, "502 Bad Gateway". -_-;;
- Always carry something. A rock or skull or pot or a weapon. Even a rat will do on the first world, in case you need to set off one of the arrow traps.
- Remember you can aim somewhat with your throws, practice that for a while. Especially with bombs.
- The damsel/dude/dog in distress that you rescue will give you an extra health if you take them to the exit.
- If you see a sacrifice alter, go ahead and put a body on there. Give as much as you can to the hungry goddess.
- It's worth killing the giant spiders at least once.
- A few levels have secret entrances to hidden stages on them. One has a specific item that will help you locate it for a secret shopping area.
Just explore, kill everything at least once, and in time the secrets of the game will show up to you. Have fun, it can be addictive.
Ubisoft going above and beyond to deliver that Assassin's Creed experience before you even get the game.
Django.Mango
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Thanks a lot. Will dive into it a lot, it really is addictive.
The bomb aiming is a bit frustrating first and the arrow traps are real tough.
The bomb aiming is a bit frustrating first and the arrow traps are real tough.
Got these bonus codes from backing Indivisible and I don't need them.
Brother shouldn't be the one modbot picked up but Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, but it's my fault there as I used the name from backerkit page.
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Brother shouldn't be the one modbot picked up but Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, but it's my fault there as I used the name from backerkit page.
yay finished jedi academy, chose the light side and its power mostly, game sorta drags a bit towards the end tho, since you fight the same dudes a lot
gonna play outcast next because I thought jedi knight II: Jedi Outcast is the sequel to Jedi Academy ಠ_ಠ
The Jedi Knight naming scheme is a mess, it's no surprise you got the order mixed up.
I played both games this year and I thought Outcast was way, way better. The minor improvements to combat in Academy are no substitute for Outcasts much better story and level design. The heavily segmented design of Academy's levels, being able to play them in basically whatever order you want, was a huge turn off to me.
Make sure to play the game with lightsaber dismemberment turned on
Lopping off heads, arms and torsos is ceaselessly entertaining.I thought Dark Forces 2 was pretty good as well, especially considering the time frame it was released, but I can't imagine playing that game last would be very enjoyable as it's a lot more dated/archaic than Outcast and Academy.
Chairmanchuck
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Anyone wanna try out some keys?
I have some unredeemed keys from some Bundles, but I am not sure whether they work:
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Beware Planet Earth!
Mercenary Kings
Trine 2: Complete Story
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
I have some unredeemed keys from some Bundles, but I am not sure whether they work:
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Beware Planet Earth!
Mercenary Kings
Trine 2: Complete Story
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Dude, yeah. I don't know who thought that was a good idea. You play as Kyle in like 4 different games (edit: okay, 3 1/2) and he has a rich backstory to his character and then Academy basically relegates him to Luke Skywalker #2 while you play as some blank slate Jedi. Lame.
And Jan Ors not even being in the game is unforgivable.
HashtagLapsed
Member
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is legit.
May be my sleeper hit of the year.
May be my sleeper hit of the year.
hooijdonk17
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I'd love to try Bureau..
sales equals quality now? I guess that only works for indie darlings huh? :3
no need for irony, for games that aren't AAA, good sales usually mean that a game is exceptionally good, especially if it's not hyped game. You won't argue with that, or would you?
edited: to be clear I'm not saying that good games can not fail to sell, because they totally can.
just yanking your chain although when COD sells...err... used to sell (lol) relaly good nobody was rushing off to say it must be really good. Just sayin
Coreda
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Grrrr... So I finally attain the Metropolis status for a city in Anno 1404, which according to this wiki should grant 850 Prestige—enough to gain the required level of Prestige with the Vizier needed for a quest—yet it didn't grant any Prestige...
Campaign mode sucks in that way. Completely different set of rules.
Campaign mode sucks in that way. Completely different set of rules.
Chairmanchuck
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Sent you a PM.
hooijdonk17
Member
I would like the Mercenary Kings if it's not gone already.
And the OST😍
Seems weird that the page would be down so soon...none of the other Ubi 30 giveaways have had this problem...
Well, aren't they?
Budget-wise, I'd peg them as 2-3% of standard Final Fantasy game.
Play Fata Morgana before Steam GOTY awards
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