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[Arthea]

was tits the game that had like 15 cards? that's actually a decent reason

other than that too generic, drill me on it, what's so amazing about it?

i've been interested in it for the longest time on reputation alone but now that i can actually buy it i'd like to know something more

those songs are pretty dope btw

Trails is basically about writing, characters and writing, I don't agree that gameplay is just decent, it's good, the game is good, everything about it is good, that doesn't happen that often, as you probably know.
OTOH I'm wary of word "amazing". Is it amazing? For example I think that the Last Remnant has amazing bs, while you hate it. You see what I mean?
It is a good game, all series are good and I would like all of them on steam, actually. Now do you want to play a good game for fair price, it's up to you, really, nobody can convince you if even dead spiders don't...

 

[toddhunter]

Do people still do reviews? I want to do a review:

Show me that concept again. (Show me that concept)
Don’t waste another minute on your playin’.
You’ll stop nowhere near the end (nowhere near)
A good game is not ready to begin.

Oooohhh. As long as we got super meat boy
We got a decent platformer right in our hands.
Steam bros you and me, we gotta be
The luckiest players who quickly quit playin’.

As long as we get tight controls’
we can play anything else that comes our way
Baby, spikes or shovels, all the time
We got plenty of other games, deserving of laughter and love.

So yeah, Growing Pains is not good.

 

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[Dr Dogg]

Do people still do reviews? I want to do a review:

Show me that concept again. (Show me that concept)
Don’t waste another minute on your playin’.
You’ll stop nowhere near the end (nowhere near)
A good game is not ready to begin.

Oooohhh. As long as we got super meat boy
We got a decent platformer right in our hands.
Steam bros you and me, we gotta be
The luckiest players who quickly quit playin’.

As long as we get tight controls’
we can play anything else that comes our way
Baby, spikes or shovels, all the time
We got plenty of other games, deserving of laughter and love.

So yeah, Growing Pains is not good.

Hahaha brilliant. Love the store page description...

Growing pains is a fast and furious platformer which gives the genre a shake up with psychedelic graphics, a thumping soundtrack and an ingenious twist. The "Vessel" continually grows and expands leaving you in a permanent race to escape the area before you find your butt wedged in a tight spot.

and then reading the store page reviews, some which says it's anything but. Still they're seem to aiming for Workshop support so some one might mod in some of the above.

 

[Shadownet]

Several interesting Kickstarter projects I found:

Fritz: A Video Game About World War I.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462029764/fritz-a-video-game-about-world-war-one?ref=discovery

Jenny LeClue - A Handmade Adventure Game.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mografi/jenny-leclue-a-handmade-adventure-game?ref=discovery

Jotun.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/682108903/jotun?ref=discovery

Survive the Nights.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/697158346/survive-the-nights?ref=category

After Reset RPG
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackcloudstudios/after-reset-rpg-rebooted?ref=category

Zipper Quest
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1980879772/zippons-quest-the-lost-kingdom?ref=category

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Not a game but I thought this might be worth a look. Got me interested for sure.

Squarriors: Teeth & Nails
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/devilsdue/squarriors-teeth-and-nails?ref=discovery

 

[zkylon]

Trails is basically about writing, characters and writing, I don't agree that gameplay is just decent, it's good, the game is good, everything about it is good, that doesn't happen that often, as you probably know.
OTOH I'm wary of word "amazing". Is it amazing? For example I think that the Last Remnant has amazing bs, while you hate it. You see what I mean?
It is a good game, all series are good and I would like all of them on steam, actually. Now do you want to play a good game for fair price, it's up to you, really, nobody can convince you if even dead spiders don't...

yea that all sounds like shit i would be interested in

i didn't hate last remnant combat system btw, i just don't think the good outweights the bad and i'm not a fan of very specific things about it (story+characters, unnecessary rng elements, dungeon design being stupid). i still had lots of fun with it while it lasted, but also that's why i never got too far into it.

 

[_hekk05]

Several interesting Kickstarter projects I found

I'm still waiting for paradise lost

I just can't wait that long a time from kickstart to game release, so I try not to touch kickstarter

 

[BinaryPork2737]

was tits the game that had like 15 cards? that's actually a decent reason

other than that too generic, drill me on it, what's so amazing about it?

i've been interested in it for the longest time on reputation alone but now that i can actually buy it i'd like to know something more

those songs are pretty dope btw

It's got 13 anime cards, all selling in the $.30 range.

The biggest reason is that if it sells well, it might bring more JRPGs to Steam. That said, Trails is still a great JRPG on its own.

As for the game, it's a solid JRPG, but I wouldn't call it amazing. The characters and narrative are fairly straightforward but solid and enjoyable. The new translation is solid too, haven't noticed any outstanding grammatical or spelling errors. The battle system is sort of like FFVII's, kind of, but mixed with basic movement on a tactical grid. It's not nearly as confusing as that sounds. There's a ton of sidequests to do, so you'll definitely get your money's worth, plus most of the sidequests are more unique than say get X amount of items, or kill X number of enemies. I've also heard that the trilogy only gets better with each game.

Plus the soundtrack is really excellent.

Oh hell no. I'll only back little busters and angel beats, mostly because the Key animes left me a bad impression

Not even Clannad? :/

 

[zkylon]

lemme just say

fuzzi is a strange person

and i guess i'll enjoy me some much undeserved milk

 

[Axass]

So, I'm playing To the Moon (I'm at the

Spoiler

memory about Johnny playing the piano for the dying Rain

), the atmosphere's good so far, the characters interesting...but there's barely any gameplay. Does it get better in that regard, or is it just more of a visual novel in style? I'll still finish it, the plot intrigues me.

 

[Kiru]

lemme just say

fuzzi is a strange person

and i guess i'll enjoy me some much undeserved milk

Fuzzi is a crazy and loveable person.

So, I'm playing To the Moon (I'm at the

Spoiler

memory about Johnny playing the piano for the dying Rain

), the atmosphere's good so far, the characters interesting...but there's barely any gameplay. Does it get better in that regard, or is it just more of a visual novel in style? I'll still finish it, the plot intrigues me.

Yeah, not much real gameplay just finding mementos and shizzle. Keep going for the story.

 

[lashman]

lemme just say

fuzzi is a strange person

and i guess i'll enjoy me some much undeserved milk

Fuzzi is a crazy and loveable person.

apparently all Aussies are strange, crazy and loveable

 

[MQX]

So most people in the thread are probably familiar with Sekai Project thanks to Sakura Spirit. They've got a visual novel interest survey that you can take part in.



All of the above.

Spoiler

This has to be a joke. No chance they will ever bring the Key games to the West.

 

[Arthea]

So, I'm playing To the Moon (I'm at the

Spoiler

memory about Johnny playing the piano for the dying Rain

), the atmosphere's good so far, the characters interesting...but there's barely any gameplay. Does it get better in that regard, or is it just more of a visual novel in style? I'll still finish it, the plot intrigues me.

It's basically a VN, I have no idea how and why it got tagged as RPG, it doesn't make any sense, it can be called an adventure game, even if there is barely any adventuring there, but we slap "adventure" on everything these days.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

lemme just say

fuzzi is a strange person

and i guess i'll enjoy me some much undeserved milk

You're not wrong

He's cool though.

So, I'm playing To the Moon (I'm at the

Spoiler

memory about Johnny playing the piano for the dying Rain

), the atmosphere's good so far, the characters interesting...but there's barely any gameplay. Does it get better in that regard, or is it just more of a visual novel in style? I'll still finish it, the plot intrigues me.

Nope, that's pretty much the whole game. Where it lacks in gameplay, it makes up for in story and music.

There are some puzzles though, so it's not all point and click to the next area on the screen.

Spoiler

This has to be a joke. No chance they will ever bring the Key games to the West.

Sekai Project apparently made a Gaf account and posted in that thread, so you could always ask what the chances are. Either way, more VN style games localized and on Steam, the better.

 

[Seanspeed]

Jotun.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/682108903/jotun?ref=discovery

I like the art style, but no real gameplay mechanics shown at all. Really cant get behind it when I don't know what its going to be like to play.

After Reset RPG
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackcloudstudios/after-reset-rpg-rebooted?ref=category

Reading more about this game and some alarm bells are ringing. Started off a $900,000 kickstarter project(which isn't totally unreasonable given their ambitions), but it failed and now its a $35,000 kickstarter project, which is only for the Prologue. Further development will depend on reaching stretch goals and continued crowdfunding, which is highly risky. I also don't see anywhere where the developers state any kind of experience making games.

 

[zkylon]

Fuzzi is a crazy and loveable person.

that i gather

apparently all Aussies are strange, crazy and loveable

sounds appropriate for a country of pirates

You're not wrong

He's cool though.

yea that's my deadpan way of being humbled by kindness

 

[lashman]

that i gather

sounds appropriate for a country of pirates

well - they MUST be crazy to want to live in a country where 99% of the local flora and fauna is trying to eat your face or murder you in every possible way

 

[saunderez]

I'm still waiting for paradise lost

One of many I'm waiting on too. Just looking at my list of Kickstarter games, it's gonna be a while until a lot of these pan out.

* Wasteland 2
* Crea
* Moon Intern
* 7 Days To Die
* Rimworld
* Paradise Lost
* The Mandate
* Heart Forth Alicia
* Armello
* The Universim
* Hover: Revolt of Gamers
* Deer God

I need to give it a rest for a bit I think.

 

[wilflare]

Idle Master is crashing on boot for me now :/

 

[Double]

So I'm still using the "old" Idlemaster. Is this bad? Do I need to upgrade? Consider my laziness.

 

[_hekk05]

Idle Master is crashing on boot for me now :/

My IdleM@ster has been wrestling with System Shock 2 for that last card for the past hour

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

Germany is fine with violence these days (e.g. Gears 3 went through unscathed and it's rather gory owing to the chainsaw-gun... thing), it's just the Nazi stuff that's still a big no-no (although as I understand it, this wouldn't be the case if games were classified as art). What's harming Germany at the moment is publishers having a dated notion of what will pass through the USK unabated and them wanting to avoid resubmission costs -- The Last of Us is a prime example of this.

^ Thats right, it's really rare these days that games are cut or not released at all.

And a lot of this stuff could be prevented if Valve finally would add a age verification system to steam...

And I bet Capcom didn't even try to get Dead Rising released/approved here...

The Nazi/Art stuff is a bit more complicated and it's lame that the German version of Wolfenstein is cut/altered, but there is nothing Bethesda could have done about that. At least they walked the extra mile and made a version that could be sold here...

 

[JaseC]

^ Thats right, it's really rare these days that games are cut or not released at all.

And a lot of this stuff could be prevented if Valve finally would add a age verification system to steam...

And I bet Capcom didn't even try to get Dead Rising released/approved here...

The Nazi/Art stuff is a bit more complicated and it's lame that the German version of Wolfenstein is cut/altered, but there is nothing Bethesda could have done about that. At least they walked the extra mile and made a version that could be sold here...

Yeah, the first two were refused classification, so this time around Capcom simply didn't bother.

 

[Milamber]

Yeah, the first two were refused classification, so this time around Capcom simply didn't bother.

It's not like they did nazi that coming too.


EDIT:

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

Yeah, the first two were refused classification, so this time around Capcom simply didn't bother.

Which makes me wonder why they prevent German Steam users from playing the game at all?

I understand why you can't buy/see the game in the German Steam store, but there is no legal reason why Germans couldn't play a "imported" (in this case gifted) version.

Lots of lost sales there...

 

[JaseC]

It's not like they did nazi that coming too.

Which makes me wonder why they prevent German Steam users from playing the game at all?

I understand why you can't buy/see the game in the German Steam store, but there is no legal reason why Germans couldn't play a "imported" (in this case gifted) version.

Lots of lost sales there...

Yeah, it does strike me as needlessly heavy-handed. Who knows, maybe Capcom will change its mind closer to release.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

It's not like they did nazi that coming too.


EDIT:

That gif is horrifying in the weirdest way

 

[Fuzzification]

So...Yaiba is pretty darn fun. Only early in, stopped to recover from an interrupted panty party, but the action thus far has been great. Will be posting proper impressions when done.

Spoiler

Will have to gift a few copies here when done too >.>

well - they MUST be crazy to want to live in a country where 99% of the local flora and fauna is trying to eat your face or murder you in every possible way

I want one of these guys in a horror game.

 

[lashman]

It's not like they did nazi that coming too.

your pun was bad and you should feel bad!!

Spoiler

 

[YianGaruga]

Which makes me wonder why they prevent German Steam users from playing the game at all?

I understand why you can't buy/see the game in the German Steam store, but there is no legal reason why Germans couldn't play a "imported" (in this case gifted) version.

Lots of lost sales there...

This is what's bothering me the most. It's such a fringe case and there is no reason to restric the game like that in Germany.

They can't legally sell it, okay. But If I buy it somewhere else (like importing a physical copy even), isn't that entirely my responsibility? i'd really like to know the reason for it.

 

[Tellaerin]

you'd be surprised how little i care for this shit outside league of legends

So in your case, it might be safer to say that LoL doesn't have waifus, it is your waifu.

 

[JaseC]

So in your case, it might be safer to say that LoL doesn't have waifus, it is your waifu.

Everybody has one. Or something.

 

[Double]

Aw shit I finally found my missing FTL key it seems. A gift key. Man they should store that shit somewhere in your humble account. All glory to the god old email search.

 

[Milamber]

This is what's bothering me the most. It's such a fringe case and there is no reason to restric the game like that in Germany.

They can't legally sell it, okay. But If I buy it somewhere else (like importing a physical copy even), isn't that entirely my responsibility? i'd really like to know the reason for it.

I believe they are just covering their asses for future dealings with them. They don't want to cause a fuhrer when they find out that it can still be gifted or accessed via VPN quite easily from the Steam store.

 

[saunderez]

They can't legally sell it, okay. But If I buy it somewhere else (like importing a physical copy even), isn't that entirely my responsibility? i'd really like to know the reason for it.

Seems like a case of going out of their way to cover their own ass, but it's still ridiculous.

 

[wilflare]

found the culprit.. it's Empires Total War causing the crash

Ctrl+C not working to skip

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

But If I buy it somewhere else (like importing a physical copy even), isn't that entirely my responsibility?

Thats whats so strange about region locks like this, I can import a physical copy of the Xbone version without any problem and it isn't even against any laws as long I'm old enough, but I can't play a "imported" copy on Steam...

I'm not really that interested in Dead Rising, and cases like these are getting rare but it still annoys me for some reason

 

[Double]

Oh shit more humble gifts emerging now that I masterfully adjusted my email search parametres. If the popup on the link doesn't say the gift has already be redeemed than it has not, right? Right?

 

[Haunted]

I believe they are just covering their asses for future dealings with them. They don't want to cause a fuhrer when they find out that it can still be gifted or accessed via VPN quite easily from the Steam store.

What you did there, I see it.

 

[Kiru]

Oh shit more humble gifts emerging now that I masterfully adjusted my email search parametres. If the popup on the link doesn't say the gift has already be redeemed than it has not, right? Right?

Did you try this before using your email search thingie ?^^
https://www.humblebundle.com/?s=resender

 

[JaseC]

Oh shit more humble gifts emerging now that I masterfully adjusted my email search parametres. If the popup on the link doesn't say the gift has already be redeemed than it has not, right? Right?

Left. I mean right.

 

[derExperte]

This is what's bothering me the most. It's such a fringe case and there is no reason to restric the game like that in Germany.

They can't legally sell it, okay. But If I buy it somewhere else (like importing a physical copy even), isn't that entirely my responsibility? i'd really like to know the reason for it.

Yes it is. Even the Wolfenstein lock wasn't legally necessary because while certain symbols prevent a game from being able to be sold here owning and playing them is perfectly fine (as long as you don't do it publicly). Though there we at least got a changed version. Locking DR3 like this makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[tylerf]

Well I gave in. I reached out and grabbed TitS. It was just too much temptation for a man to ignore.

 

[Phinor]

My IdleM@ster has been wrestling with System Shock 2 for that last card for the past hour

I'm into hour four for my second card of Sir, You Are being Hunted. The first card game quickly, but nothing has happened in the three+ hours since. I guess something went wrong.

 

[Axass]

Yeah, not much real gameplay just finding mementos and shizzle. Keep going for the story.

Nope, that's pretty much the whole game. Where it lacks in gameplay, it makes up for in story and music.

There are some puzzles though, so it's not all point and click to the next area on the screen.

Okay, thanks.

It's basically a VN, I have no idea how and why it got tagged as RPG, it doesn't make any sense, it can be called an adventure game, even if there is barely any adventuring there, but we slap "adventure" on everything these days.

Definitely not an RPG... unless you count that "squirrel fight".

 

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[Double]

Did you try this before using your email search thingie ?^^
https://www.humblebundle.com/?s=resender

Yes, of course. I mean, no. I mean, JaseC is at fault!

Thanks I seem to have actually done this once, god knows why I didn't write these links down somewhere. I am an organization mastermind.

 

[Tellaerin]

but what do u know about argieland

It's the country that gave us Luisana Lopilato. That's good enough for me.

Everybody has one. Or something.

Heh, indeed.

For what it's worth, between the recent Aussie talk here and having Defiance on the brain, I'm envisioning you as Grant Bowler. This may be wildly inaccurate, but that's my mental image now.

 

[Rhaknar]

why do I have Total War Shogun 2 Fall of the Samura Preorder in my list all of a sudden? although I could sware I owned that

free weekend later today maybe?