Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
what's this game like?
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STEAM | July 2014 25TH THREAD EDITION (2008-2014)
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what's this game like?
AbundantChoice
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Man, Sunless Sea is fascinating. And hard to describe. real-time movement, but sort of turn based combat (sort of... more like you chose actions which take X seconds to trigger in queue), and sort of choose-your-own-adventure sections when you're not in your ship. Not to mention some sort of trading simulation, oh and Lovecraftian horror.
It's like... uh... I actually can't think of another game that it's like. I see people using FTL as an example, but it doesn't feel much like that at all to me.
Need to play it more, i've only put about an hour into it so far.
It's like... uh... I actually can't think of another game that it's like. I see people using FTL as an example, but it doesn't feel much like that at all to me.
Need to play it more, i've only put about an hour into it so far.
That's a shame.
corrosivefrost
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Mind melting?
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
fez IS a great game.
It's hard to describe! You really have to think outside of the box for this one. It's really cool and makes your brain hurt.
uh games just get cheaper bro
Fez and Antichamber are both still the shit
people were buying fucking System Shock 2 for $1.5 days ago
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
lol, I just beat it. It's the first of many point-and-click adventure games I've gotta play...
BASS is definitely accessible: the interface does a lot of the hard work for you, since you simply left-click to move and get item/hotspot descriptions and right-click to activate things or combine items on each other or a hotspot. The game's got adjustable clock speeds, a healthy amount of save states, and does a good job of telegraphing death scenes before you hit them without saving beforehand. It's probably one of the shorter P&C's, going from hearsay, though I got several good hours out of it.
The worst flaw I can think of is that puzzle-related items disappear too easily into the background art. There's a really-good example of this at late-game where an item's hanging on a wall, but looks more like a logical part of a door mechanism than a detachable item needed to procure something. An early-game example would be the all-purpose cable item you'll need for some actions, which also happens to blend into the red-colored environment well. I blame a lot of my confusion on Dave Gibbons not understanding players would want to quickly find quest items, rather than do a tedious pixel hunt on every single screen in a game where hotspot hitboxes are annoyingly small. Aside from all this, the game's disappointingly easy, though well-paced and a good primer on the pros and cons of this genre. Don't bother with the enhanced soundtrack, this game's music sounds better in AdLib, more jaunty and shrill to the benefit of the story's adventurous tone.
Next P&C for me will probably be the first Leisure Suit Larry, then Maniac Mansion. I need to try A Mind Forever Voyaging, too, since Infocom text adventures are cool.
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
I keep losing too. I've only won once..
It's like someone painted a sign that says "Win" and placed it above a door. You walk through the door and you're 1,000 miles beneath the sign, and the sign is really a button.
Repeat this exercise over and over.
I feel like they changed the odds after that whole hacking incident or whatever happened. It seems like way less wins than it used to since then.
corrosivefrost
Member
I've won thrice, but got screwed out of 1 of the prizes because I messed up the billing address... and for whatever reason, it ended up draining the card, but amazon said there was a problem and now it's just garbage. I wish I could win again. :lol
never said they werent good, theres a lot of bundle fodder that is good
well, not a lot :/
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
sounds........ great?
Apparently it's good, and also quite challenging. Game Informer has a review here:
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/a...tichamber-review-a-lesson-in-originality.aspx
(Full confession: I bought it last year and it's in my library, but even though it's the kind of game I'd probably really enjoy I still haven't actually gotten around to playing it yet. ._. Shame on me.)
I haven't played it yet, but that sounds like a good thing.
The Walking Dead dragged at times, especially episode 4.
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
the magic of PC gaming
Sega CD version please!
NingenJanai
Member
Sniper Elite 3 is amazing guys, I love it
Chance Hale
Member
Thanks to liezryou for helping me get my keys back. Told the trader who had been ignoring me for days that I'd report him to steamrep and low and behold he finally responds.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
There are a ton of old "FMV" games I wish were on Steam. Like The Daedalus Encounter.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
If you want to get more Japanese adventure games onto digital distribution platforms like GOG, then it's best to start by raising awareness of all the old Japanese PC games nobody's played until very recently. I'm contributing to a wishlist page on GOG by adding game entries, so you can vote here to keep the page high on GOG's profile.
Seriously, you guys deserve to play something as cool as Star Cruiser (originally for the NEC PC-88), or the Portopia Serial Murder Case, or Tokyo Twilight Busters. I'm thinking of learning some hacking basics to go in and get these games ready for English-text translations, which can reliably be done with a disassembler and knowledge of assembly programming.
Bad Mojo was released today :O
Jawmuncher
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The Daedalus Encounter with Tia Carrere in the hottest role of her career.
That line is still stuck in my head from the trailer.
BinaryPork2737
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The first one that comes to mind that still isn't available on Steam or GOG is Ripper.
corrosivefrost
Member
liezryou sensei is absolutely awesome!
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Oh man, I had Megaman 3(?) on a 3 1/2 inch floppy. It was terribad.
I have a few spare coupons if anyone would like them:
- 33% off Pixel Boy and the Ever-expanding Dungeon
- 50% off Lili: Child of Geos, and
- 75% off The Culling of the Cows (which until now I always thought was "The Culling of the Crows")
- 33% off Pixel Boy and the Ever-expanding Dungeon
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
I had the PC port of Sonic 3D blast. It was a surprise hannukkah present.
PUKING
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Been out on GOG for some time, too.
Still waiting for The Dark Eye (Poe stories told with stop-motion and stuff) to rear its head on GOG or Steam.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Kind of along the same lines, but it's a damn shame that The Neverhood never got a proper digital release.
Jawmuncher
Member
The first one had a boss named Sonic Man... and he literally just shot Sonic Booms. The games were pretty much unplayable also, megaman moved so slow and horribly while the enemies were fast. One level had the bee's from Hard Mans stage in 3. Never again!
goddamn you accept my gift.
So...apparently Steam changed their EULA again. Now this is an EULA I can understand!
how? I'm locked out of the community market until monday
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
I want a full digital release of Full Throttle.
NO HD REMAKE.. just the OG.
NO HD REMAKE.. just the OG.
Jawmuncher
Member
Dunder is selling it right now in the Buy/Sell community thread.
Hes your go to guy he takes paypal and is great.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
This needs to be remedied. If Armikrog makes a good profit following its release (and considering that it was backed successfully), I bet the current rights-holder(s) would capitalize and either release it themselves or give that duty to some other publisher.
He's selling what exactly? TF2 keys or Broforce codes?
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