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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache
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I don't think it is going to be a shitty port, Ubisoft Massive have roots in PC development.
arts&crafts
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I loved borderlands, have and beat all 3! Need a new fix now.
Ban Puncher
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The game is going to look kinda blurry if you try and play it from outside the house, staring through a window.
Since I'm the one who voted for Infinifactory as their GOTY, allow me to elaborate:
First off, this is pretty much me:
I grew up in a fairly frugal family, so I often find myself waiting until stuff gets cheap before I dive in. I didn't get a PS2 until it was out for about four years, and I didn't get a DS until about a year after the 3DS came out. The games will still be good later on, and I can save a ton of money.
This approach to things is only bolstered by Steam sales and bundles.
So part of the problem is that a lot of my game time in 2015 was taken up by games that didn't come out in 2015. I played through GTA4 and its expansions, and Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was a huge time sink for me.
But as with everything else, there are exceptions. There are just some developers who have earned my trust and I know I love their approach to things. Zachtronics is one of those (Team Meat and Terry Cavanagh are a couple others, and I'm a sucker for anything with a Danny Baronowsky soundtrack, which is why Necrodancer was my #2 for the year).
In case you haven't played any Zachtronics puzzle games (such as SpaceChem, Infinifactory, TIS-100, along with a scattering of web-based games), they can best be described as Sandbox Puzzles. Unlike most other puzzle games, where there's just one or two solutions to any given puzzle, there are a theoretically infinite number of solutions to a Zachtronics puzzle. You're given a set input, told you need a set output, and you have free reign with regards to how you're actually going to do it. Generally speaking, your only limitations are the space of the playing field and a set of failure conditions (for example, in SpaceChem, you can't have any molecules collide with other ones or leave the puzzle area). This allows for a huge amount of creativity. Each solution is unique, so when you're watching the puzzle make its various widgets properly after what is usually hours of tinkering and refining, it's just so damn satisfying. For example, here's one of my Infinifactory solutions to a later level (made with the in-game gif creator):
I laid out all the blocks in that gif. All you start with is a big empty room (technically, that level is two rooms that you have to get to sync up, but you get the idea), and there are no limitations on part numbers. It's not like you start with a partial factory and just have to fill in the blanks, you're building everything from scratch.
lashman
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I went to prom, that must have been what you were doing during yours.
Also it's Ubisoft. I don't trust that its going to be a good port until its right in front of me. Same for WB now.
These shots just makes me hope that Ubi abandons all their other dozen or so internal engines and makes all their games with Snowdrop from now on.
Excluding Ubiart.
Isn't Unity considered to be one of the best looking games?
Assassin's Creed just can't justify that kind of budget anymore.
arts&crafts
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I was watching a stream and it was like this for a bit and then they did a quest and it was just grey fog and ugly.
Hero Prinny
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Not buying Disgaea now
you'll buy disgaea and you'll fucking like it.
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One Finger Death Punch (STEAM)
Pay only $2.89 or more (ONLY FIRST 24 Hours) and Get The Entire Bundle of 12 Steam Games!
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At least on PC, I can use Cheat Engine to grind less... so maybe.
Leafhopper
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I was interested into Subject 13, but I think I'll skip the bundle, since on Steam there are mixes reviews and it doesn't seem really good. Did someone here play it?
That was the year Rogue Legacy won right (uggghh)? Here's my ballot for that year:
We've come a long way; the results this year are much better.
IndieJones
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Can someone please post Quicken WillMaker Plus 2016 specs, I'm on mobile
Baron_Calamity
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I have an anime question.
My 12 year old daughter is interested in watching anime. Any particular series or movies that would be appropriate for her age?
My 12 year old daughter is interested in watching anime. Any particular series or movies that would be appropriate for her age?
Kurt Russell
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Unity looks fine, as long as you don't look too closely on some of the stuff. AnvilNext has some serious LOD issues that you can't get rid of even on PC, and don't get me started on all NPC related issues. Among other things.
Of course Snowdrop could be the same, so we'll see. But everything I have seen of it so far looks great. So fingers crossed.
But I'm more interested in it because it's supposedly a fresh code base instead of an upgrade of an upgrade of an upgrade of an older engine. At this point you can trace Anvil back to 2003-2004 at least, since they started working on it after Sands of Time. And who knows what the first version was based on, maybe the Jade Engine. Obviously it's gotten significant rewrites along the way, but fresh code base and modern development tools just excite me for some reason.
Ban Puncher
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Hero Prinny
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No you won't, you're going to learn to love the grinding young man
Yes you will.
Leafhopper
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No, I won't. You ain't my dad.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Before I can go any further: is she actually 12 or a 1,000 year old dragon?
InfiniteNine
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The Little Witch Academia shorts should be good for that they're both on Netflix.
fluffydelusions
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The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
MMBosstones86
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Wait, Unity looks better than Syndicate?
Because Syndicate looks pretty damn amazing, especially the DLC.
Kaleinc
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I could only imagine the maintenance and repair costs on something like that.
MMBosstones86
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Yep, Syndicate was definitely a downgrade graphically compared to Unity.
Ban Puncher
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In ten years you'll be able to 3D print extra parts.
From part plans you stole off www.pirateparts.co.ru
Street Fighter V OT - Not F2P, just A2M
freshVeggie
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Finished the second act of the campaign. Only one last left and I can feel this being all about that sweet combined warfare. Gimme tanks, chopper and jets!
It also has boobies. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
More like eggplants
Ban Puncher
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Fifteen years then.
We're trying to clean up the thread from off topic posts. We have a signal to noise problems and it's not just anime that is cashing the issue.
I'm told there is a dedicated anime thread on the forum that will better answer your question, you can also PM or Steam Message the anime experts on this thread and they should point you in the right direction.
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