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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache
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Don't bully.
Hero Prinny
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whats that
Jawmuncher
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This isn't even my final form.
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Baron_Calamity
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Got some extras.
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Oh man, I completely forgot about that. Meant to play it but forgot and then I got a new computer. Will download it again, soon. It's still free, right?
The problem with 1 is that it looks like plastic. With 3 they just need to tweak their LODs in the shader (or alternatively just run at a higher resolution).
Tizoc
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GRIEF
HOLD MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!
It is on sale at Humblebundle.com if you could get it from there.
Godddddd I would kill for a Banjo Kazooie: Nuttier and Boltier.
Tizoc
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It's going to be one of these, isn't it
V. Chronicles and Typing of the Dead overkill both were teased via Facebook IIRC.
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enter for more than one
Finally got around to sending my votes.
(5 Points) - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
(4 Points) - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
(3 Points) - Resident Evil HD Remaster
(2 Points) - Life is Strange
(1 Point) - Axiom Verge
I skipped a lot of the major releases this year, so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down to just five. Gameplay alone was almost enough to give number 1 to MGSV but I just can't look past... well, everything else.
Oh, fuck! I just realized I totally should've put Infinifactory on there. I only started playing in the last couple weeks, so I didn't think to add it when I made the list of all the 2015 releases I played. Damn it...
(5 Points) - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
(4 Points) - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
(3 Points) - Resident Evil HD Remaster
(2 Points) - Life is Strange
(1 Point) - Axiom Verge
I skipped a lot of the major releases this year, so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down to just five. Gameplay alone was almost enough to give number 1 to MGSV but I just can't look past... well, everything else.
Oh, fuck! I just realized I totally should've put Infinifactory on there. I only started playing in the last couple weeks, so I didn't think to add it when I made the list of all the 2015 releases I played. Damn it...
someguyinahat
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Some impressions for Brink of Consciousness: The Lonely Hearts Murders:
The story: The setting is Victorian England. You play Owen Wright, who...well it's not actually explained what he does? But his daughter Olivia was kidnapped by a serial killer called the Lonely Hearts Killer who kidnaps victims with broken hearts, then kills them 30 days later and displays them publically like a stage prop with a lotus flower calling card. Whether Owen Wright is some kind of Holmes-esque consulting detective who's working with the cops, or he's just a concerned father thrust into the role, is unclear. The story unfolds as the days pass, and they throw out red herrings here and there. It's well told, a fun ride and better than most HOGs, but I'm sure if I was paying more attention I'd find plot holes. It's mostly realistic with a touch of steampunk, and they add a callback to the first game with an MO that we're never sure is technological or mystical or what the fuck.
The puzzles: Some of the minigames are more challenging than others. I skipped one visual puzzle where you had to rearrange a picture of 18 tiles by swapping adjacent ones along various tracks. I know I could have got it eventually, but it just took so damn long to get halfway that I said "fuck it." Overall, however, the minigames are great. The hidden object scenes are pretty few (but it's the one thing preventing them from going full point-and-click adventure, I suppose, so they HAVE to add some) and they're, once again, above average. Decent hiding, playing around with graphics (the stockings are actually see-through, for example) so no complaints there...but the inventory puzzles are another matter.
Where you find stuff makes no sense whatsoever. My home has a missing item, which I find in the police station's safe. I use that item in my house, and find a missing item for someone ELSE'S house. Why did the cops have my stuff? Why do I have theirs? For a while, I thought the detective was the killer and he was planting shit everywhere, but nope, it's never explained. The inventory puzzles are still fun, but be ready to suspend a shit ton of disbelief.
The dialogue and voices: Probably the best I've seen in an HOG, and good for a game period. The devs' previous game, Dorian Gray Syndrome, was just as good in this regard. MagicIndie got their shit together on this point at least. My favourite voice is Jayden the stereotypical bumbling rookie, who gets a nice exchange with the detective in the bonus chapter about why he's not fired yet. THAT, they could explain. Why your house contains a puzzle piece, they can't. If I could find one thing to improve though, I would have liked to see the dialogue contain the names of the characters instead of just their pictures. Some of them look rather similar and I forgot who was who at times.
The graphics: Environments look great, hidden object scenes great...basically everything that doesn't move looks great. But they gotta work on their people and animations. The staged corpses looked more lifelike than the living people!
The length: 4.1 hours, including bonus chapter, not including one skipped puzzle, including all watched cutscenes. So about average for an HOG.
The verdict: It's a little rough in parts, but it's absolutely playable. Solve the puzzles and watch the cutscenes, don't think too much about why something is where it is, and enjoy the ride. Also, if for whatever reason you have both this game and Dorian Gray Syndrome in your library, play this one first even though it came out later - it's more of a prequel.
The story: The setting is Victorian England. You play Owen Wright, who...well it's not actually explained what he does? But his daughter Olivia was kidnapped by a serial killer called the Lonely Hearts Killer who kidnaps victims with broken hearts, then kills them 30 days later and displays them publically like a stage prop with a lotus flower calling card. Whether Owen Wright is some kind of Holmes-esque consulting detective who's working with the cops, or he's just a concerned father thrust into the role, is unclear. The story unfolds as the days pass, and they throw out red herrings here and there. It's well told, a fun ride and better than most HOGs, but I'm sure if I was paying more attention I'd find plot holes. It's mostly realistic with a touch of steampunk, and they add a callback to the first game with an MO that we're never sure is technological or mystical or what the fuck.
The puzzles: Some of the minigames are more challenging than others. I skipped one visual puzzle where you had to rearrange a picture of 18 tiles by swapping adjacent ones along various tracks. I know I could have got it eventually, but it just took so damn long to get halfway that I said "fuck it." Overall, however, the minigames are great. The hidden object scenes are pretty few (but it's the one thing preventing them from going full point-and-click adventure, I suppose, so they HAVE to add some) and they're, once again, above average. Decent hiding, playing around with graphics (the stockings are actually see-through, for example) so no complaints there...but the inventory puzzles are another matter.
Where you find stuff makes no sense whatsoever. My home has a missing item, which I find in the police station's safe. I use that item in my house, and find a missing item for someone ELSE'S house. Why did the cops have my stuff? Why do I have theirs? For a while, I thought the detective was the killer and he was planting shit everywhere, but nope, it's never explained. The inventory puzzles are still fun, but be ready to suspend a shit ton of disbelief.
The dialogue and voices: Probably the best I've seen in an HOG, and good for a game period. The devs' previous game, Dorian Gray Syndrome, was just as good in this regard. MagicIndie got their shit together on this point at least. My favourite voice is Jayden the stereotypical bumbling rookie, who gets a nice exchange with the detective in the bonus chapter about why he's not fired yet. THAT, they could explain. Why your house contains a puzzle piece, they can't. If I could find one thing to improve though, I would have liked to see the dialogue contain the names of the characters instead of just their pictures. Some of them look rather similar and I forgot who was who at times.
The graphics: Environments look great, hidden object scenes great...basically everything that doesn't move looks great. But they gotta work on their people and animations. The staged corpses looked more lifelike than the living people!
The length: 4.1 hours, including bonus chapter, not including one skipped puzzle, including all watched cutscenes. So about average for an HOG.
The verdict: It's a little rough in parts, but it's absolutely playable. Solve the puzzles and watch the cutscenes, don't think too much about why something is where it is, and enjoy the ride. Also, if for whatever reason you have both this game and Dorian Gray Syndrome in your library, play this one first even though it came out later - it's more of a prequel.
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I got this from here so that you don't have to.
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someguyinahat
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I'm seeing the Steam store page...but I'm not believing it...
freshVeggie
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Mh-mh. I like the way you both think but I'm prepared for some old arcade classics.
Digital Devil Saga, Devil Summoner Series, Nocturne, Persona Series... mh, there's quite a lot of old goodness from the PS2 era.
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
From what I understand, killable children or dying children tends to bump up the ESRP rating. Which would make it weird that it's an issue since This War of Mine seems to already be rated Mature and Pegi 18. I wonder if they were worried it would bump the rating up, or if it would have required the game to be re-rated?
If you want a funny case of this popping up in an odd place and what made me think of this, check out Terraria and the Angler NPC:
Hero Prinny
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I want capcom to announce a Dino Crisis port to PC and then cancel it a week or so before it releases just to see what Jaw would do. It would be pure gold
Jawmuncher
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That's pretty interesting in the case of Terraria.
I'd be coming for you first.
Hero Prinny
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you gotta admit, it would be kinda funny.
Nyteshade517
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ramoisdead
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Probly Jawmuncher would turn into a 'raptor. Then the true Dino Crisis begins...
Tizoc
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How is getting beat the shit up 'funny'?
Prinnies are not known to being self loathing :V
texhnolyze
Banned
I had no idea that the game is out already, in September in fact. No one seem to talk about it so I guess it's pretty bad?
/jk
Hero Prinny
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jshackles
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I had no idea that the game is out already, in September in fact. No one seem to talk about it so I guess it's pretty bad?
/jk
Save your money for Danganronpa bro
texhnolyze
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Nah, I was just wanted to make sure. Read some reports earlier that they still haven't updated the release date on the checkout, and it seems it's true.
The ass slap was sacrificed to the altar of skimpy outfits. If anything, Laura's got nice legs.
Here's a giveaway so I qualify for Bayo's giveaway. Darn you for making me actually give back!
Someone please take it.
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Someone please take it.
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first time!
Your final form requires Snake in current Smash and Dino Crisis to be an active series, I think we'll be safe for a long time
you're lucky i have a thing for charming puzzle games
i should finish more tho. the Swapper is high on that backlog
Oh, that's a good game. The theme behind it kinda creeped me out, though. You should definitely get on it.
And what's with your avatar? Did you finally go through evolution? And why does Bayonetta have some dude as an avatar. I don't even recognize you guys anymore.
pantsattack
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Is there a fast way to find all the 2015 games in my library?
Atraveller
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Don't think so.
Ahhh! I was wondering why there are so many ugly avatars around.
I kid. You're all beautiful people.
Backlogger
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Can't wait to see Fallout 4 take the prize.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Apparently getting Fiber internet in a few weeks. I look forward to it, see if it'll improve Steam download times.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
It's pretty great! You'll download 20GB games in like a minute.
So this is Fortnite with vehicles? Looks fun
Syphon Filter
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RE Outbreak rumor is real?
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