It's great and only gets better with each patch.
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It's great and only gets better with each patch.
Quadraphonic
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The opposite. Get it now. Play it ASAP. Enjoy it. It's superb.
While you still can.
TekGryphon
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Good lord I made a terrible decision grabbing Valkyrie Chronicles. "Oooh, a strategy-RPG with Japanese influence? What could go wrong!?".
RPG mechanics are non-existent. You don't have a single dialogue option anywhere and conversations between characters are slideshows with every anime trope imaginable.
The Strategy elements wouldn't challenge a child. The two most challenging parts of the game have both come from poor design choices that make it easy to hit obstacles you think you can shoot over/around, and trying to control your tank which literally wigs out every 10 seconds unless you're using an Xbox controller.
And that's the worst part. Beneath all the shallow design elements this is a game that can be defined by 4 words: "Another shitty PC port". 50-60% of the game is spent in menus and you need to use the keyboard for everything. There's not even an auto-save feature between the boring-as-shit dialogue chapters, so you have to hit a chain of keys (F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space) just to manually save so that when the game crashes (and it will crash) you don't have to repeat it.
RPG mechanics are non-existent. You don't have a single dialogue option anywhere and conversations between characters are slideshows with every anime trope imaginable.
The Strategy elements wouldn't challenge a child. The two most challenging parts of the game have both come from poor design choices that make it easy to hit obstacles you think you can shoot over/around, and trying to control your tank which literally wigs out every 10 seconds unless you're using an Xbox controller.
And that's the worst part. Beneath all the shallow design elements this is a game that can be defined by 4 words: "Another shitty PC port". 50-60% of the game is spent in menus and you need to use the keyboard for everything. There's not even an auto-save feature between the boring-as-shit dialogue chapters, so you have to hit a chain of keys (F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space) just to manually save so that when the game crashes (and it will crash) you don't have to repeat it.
CharlesSurge
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It's part of the Might & Magic sale, which was part of the "New Deals Every 12 Hours", which are only on the front page for 12 hours but last for 24. :S
Dark Messiah on PC is one of the most underrated games ever.
It's not an easy game in the sense that punishes you for each error, bad move or wrong decision, but at the same time that makes the game very rewarding once you manage to beat each level.
Difficulty itself goes up slow but steady from the easy and simple first maps to the madness you will face later on, especially if you keep using the hands-off playing style. Fire Station, I'm looking at you.
It's not an easy game in the sense that punishes you for each error, bad move or wrong decision, but at the same time that makes the game very rewarding once you manage to beat each level.
Difficulty itself goes up slow but steady from the easy and simple first maps to the madness you will face later on, especially if you keep using the hands-off playing style. Fire Station, I'm looking at you.
Keep scrolling down. It was part of the Might & Magic flash sale which is now in the "ending soon" section.
Wark
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I decided to pick up Grim Dawn because I love the genre. Is anyone up to play it sometime?
I'm still on the fence with Spintires and Bound By Flame.
Agreed. I always loved the combat in that game. I haven't played it in a while though.
I'm still on the fence with Spintires and Bound By Flame.
Agreed. I always loved the combat in that game. I haven't played it in a while though.
MagicWithEarvin
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Should I get Shadow Warrior
What the fuck did I just read
Wark
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Avinexus
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Agreed, really sad that the engine just kind of died after it.
Yes
Yes, it was a Daily Deal yesterday for $12. It is still available for that price
nextgeneration
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The better question is how can you not get Shadow Warrior? If you liked the old school arcade style first person shooters from the 90's, this is a no brainer.
Tizoc
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It is one of the BEST FPS I've played last gen. Do you live in germany by any chance?
The Shogun
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Thinking about buying Five Nights at Freddies 2 and Never Alone. Are either of them good / worth it?
Won two good games yesterday, so I wanted to give something in return.
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Visualante2
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I was getting the feeling the game was just overhyped by Vita owners happy to have something original to play. But maybe that is the issue. I just enabled some sort of overdrive feature on my monitor and my performance has increased substantially.
A better name for this game would be NolliNosegrind. The sequel can been NolliNosejob
-tetsuo-
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Part of the low ratings was due to how extremely fucked up the game was at release.
the_firewithin
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yes. its a blast and funny as hell too
Never Alone is, I hear.
Metacritic scores will be frozen since launch, so will not accurately reflect any ongoing patches and updates. I don't know how much they have updated the game however.
The Shogun
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Sweet buying now. Art style looks beautiful
LiquidSolid
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The horrible opinion of someone who thinks RPG mechanics == dialogue options. lol
Wark
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The intro with Lo Wang singing "The Touch" in a Datsun 240z sold me on Shadow Warrior.
It's also a game that's designed to be a portable game. Great to play for 5 minutes at a time.
Some of the stuff you're saying is just wrong.
Also, why would you use a keyboard to play a console port? It was designed for the PS3.
nextgeneration
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They released a new patch yesterday. My saves worked just fine after the patch was installed. Yup, they plan on adding new content, even after the game is finished, I believe. Even in its current form, there is already a ton of gameplay. I've already logged in over 40 hours and am still not done with it.
It plays better with keyboard and mouse though.
Also, not some of the stuff is wrong. All of it.
Judging from what he says about challenge I assume he's just a few chapters into the game.
nextgeneration
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Can't comment on Diablo II, as I never played through it in its entirety, but I think it's leagues better than Path of Exile. The gameplay is much better in Grim Dawn, as well as the level design in my opinion.
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