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Automatisch

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Nemesis121 said:
Still pathetic, don't waste you money, if you have console buy there, PC online is the worst version of the game and it's dead even on weekends, Crapcom killed the PC community, some of the people on my friends list who own it quit the PC and got the 360 version, PC was once the best version to play SF4, now it's the absolute worst, my recommendation is AVOID..
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Uhhh, I play ranked and endless fairly regularly and it's not nearly as bad as you say it is. It's true that the Xbox version is by far the best overall, but the PC version is fine if you don't mind a much smaller playerbase.
 
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Costia said:
The evil within is basically a resident evil game? is it a good resident evil game?
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It's a good, but inconsistent action-horror game. Some parts are really great, while others are really awful.

If you're a fan of Resident Evil 4, it's worth picking up, despite being nowhere near as good.
 
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For those on the fence on Lords of the Fallen, if you can wait, I'd wait. The game is still fairly buggy, the bosses have terrible hitboxes and it really isn't balanced at all.
 
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Screaming_Gremlin said:
You didn't get that Divinity comment from Idle Thumbs did you? Because the game doesn't play like Diablo at all. It is a turn based combat system with a heavy emphasis on elemental effects.
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Yeah. The Diablo comparison was somewhat justified back when Divine Divinity came out, but it's a label that seems to have stuck to the Divinity games long after it's ceased to be relevant.
 
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And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
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Why not? I was thinking about picking it up but was waiting for more opinions.
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Checked my bank account :(...

Edit: my comparison/impressions

Yoshichan said:
- Demon's Souls is my favorite game of last gen and ranks my third best game of all time
- DkS is a overall a good spiritual successor. The early 50% of the game is just as good as Demon's Souls (perfect, in other words) but unfortunately drops massively in game quality after reaching 50%>
- DkS2 is a great and different game that is solid throughout the entire game
- Lords of the Fallen follows what DkS2 does. There is not a single part where I feel "Oh no, not this shit again" - the content is equally as good from beginning to end. The game does however fail with a few things, priorly:

- The amount of bugs in the game is next to unacceptable and had it not been a great game, I would've dropped this a long time ago. The bugs I can think of currently are:

1. The game crashed 3 times during my 30 hours of gameplay
2. I've had my character die for no reason whatsoever, he just dropped dead
3: Twice, I had no chance of getting my souls back. As I died, the souls were completely vanished
4: Throughout the entire game, I had plenty of audio bugs where the sound of getting an epic (or better item), or when killing a boss would be delayed by 10 minutes. Also every dialog from a cutscene would end up quiet. I've had to restart the game in order to 'solve' this issue but it would show up again a few hours later.
5: I had plenty of optional chests disappearing in front of my face just as I was opening them. This only happened in the challenge stages.

- The bosses are quite bad and not recognizable at all. This is a common thing in DkS2 as well. I mean their design is pretty good (everyone looks like Sauron from LotR though) but the strategy in beating them is usually identical.

Overall, the experience was great and I'll probably play this for another 100-200 hours. I especially like the fact that it's good from start to finish and there's never a point where I say "this place sucks and drops the quality of the game".

For those who don't want to read my post, here's my scoring (out of 10) for the game(s):

Demon's Souls 9
Dark Souls PS3: 6, PC: 7
Dark Souls 2 PS3: 4, PC: 8
Lords of the Fallen PS4: 6, PC: We'll see! Can't wait to get my hands on it.
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The game has been patched a lot since then btw.
 
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Bought the Talisman 4-Pack. Received a copy for myself, and 4 gift copies. Error?

3 are marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Gift' and 1 is marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Retail Gift'. Oh well, extra gift!

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For those on the fence on Lords of the Fallen, if you can wait, I'd wait. The game is still fairly buggy, the bosses have terrible hitboxes and it really isn't balanced at all.
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While all of this is true. Its not a bad price at $20. I wouldn't suggest paying more than $20 for it though.
 
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Does Talisman have a thriving online community? That is to say, i love board games, but have absolutely no one in real life to play them with. I've never played Talisman (heck, I own board games I've never played). So if I bought this, I'd want/need to be able to just grab a game with a random whenever. What are the odds of that being a possibility?
 
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God damn the raffles in this thread are unreal!! I gotta post more often haha.

But yea I guess I'll agree with most people in that it just doesn't live up to the hype of that first one. Sweet mama that first one.

And honestly if you've just paid attention throughout the year yea most of these sales shouldn't be that face-melting I guess but still.
 
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GorillaWithDandruff said:
God damn the raffles in this thread are unreal!! I gotta post more often haha.

But yea I guess I'll agree with most people in that it just doesn't live up to the hype of that first one. Sweet mama that first one.

And honestly if you've just paid attention throughout the year yea most of these sales shouldn't be that face-melting I guess but still.
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Nothing beats your first time.
 
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autoduelist said:
Does Talisman have a thriving online community? That is to say, i love board games, but have absolutely no one in real life to play them with. I've never played Talisman (heck, I own board games I've never played). So if I bought this, I'd want/need to be able to just grab a game with a random whenever. What are the odds of that being a possibility?
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I don't think the population is exactly thriving, I didn't see that many lobbies last time I checked, that said, now its on Sale, so If you can find a good group on your own/in GAF, online is solid with plenty of House Rule options.

Hosts can "host the DLC" for other, this includes characters if you force random.
 
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FoneBone said:
Question: is it weird not to give a shit about badges? I don't really feel I have the time or patience for them, so I put all my trading cards up for sale as soon as I get them.
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No, I almost always sell. I've learned the hard way keeping hold of Steam items. The prices almost always drop eventually. Cash out. Only reason I'm crafting is because I don't want to provide tax details to the Federal government at 200 sales.
 
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The entire Far Cry franchise is on daily deal (happens a lot actually, the latest game is on the front page but rest of the franchise is with special discount until the daily sale is over).

I must confess I know absolutely nothing about the Far Cry franchise, but I love single player games. I'm not a big fan of FPS, but love Half Life.

What's Far Cry like? What games it resembles? Long or short?

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The entire Far Cry franchise is on daily deal (happens a lot actually, the latest game is on the front page but rest of the franchise is with special discount until the daily sale is over).

I must confess I know absolutely nothing about the Far Cry franchise, but I love single player games. I'm not a big fan of FPS, but love Half Life.

What's Far Cry like? What games it resembles? Long or short?

Thanks.
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Minecraft with guns and action kills
only half joking
 
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Haha that Far Cry 'deal'. Amazing. Nothing for me today from the other selection of games as I already own the ones with remotely decent discounts. Admittedly I'm slightly tempted by Lords of The Fallen but I would be surprised if I couldn't pick it up in 6 months or less for half that sale price.
 
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Everybody, buy Bully. It's worth it for the soundtrack alone. As an added bonus, the game is really good.
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Anyone else mildly annoyed that early access games are in the daily deals? I'm not against them in theory but with so many of them rarely getting out of early access I feel this is just diluting the games that are actually released. After being burned a few times on early access games when it was introduced, I made a rule that I won't buy any game until its out of early access.
 
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Mr. Luchador said:
Bought the Talisman 4-Pack. Received a copy for myself, and 4 gift copies. Error?

3 are marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Gift' and 1 is marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Retail Gift'. Oh well, extra gift!

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Not an error actually, do you happen to own Prologue as well? Part of their christmas thing was they were giving 3 copies of the game to anyone who had bought the Gold pack. For the people who owned just prologue and then bought Talisman, they ended up getting one free gift copy.
 
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Rezae

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Couldn't quite bite the bullet on Endless Legends. Never played a 4X game before... I'll gamble that maybe it'll go cheaper later. Have my eyes on AoW3 possibly though, as it's a bit cheaper.

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but Amazon has the Sonic Hits Collection for $9.99 (U.S. only). Just picked that up.
 
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Mr. Luchador said:
Bought the Talisman 4-Pack. Received a copy for myself, and 4 gift copies. Error?

3 are marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Gift' and 1 is marked as 'Talisman Digital Edition Retail Gift'. Oh well, extra gift!

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Bonus copies were added to all of the game's post-release subs. Single-copy and four-pack purchasers receive one bonus gift while those who opt for the Gold Edition receive three (excludes the standard edition sub in use on the store, for some reason).
 
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