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STEAM | July 2017 - Magical Pyres can't melt Cold Steel
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I think I would have bought a bunch more games in the Steam Sale if not for Humble Monthly.
With Warren Ellis writing.
Its a good thing its only 4 episodes because he doesnt write more than 6 issues of a comic book at a time >_>
Wait that doesn't bode well for S2 which will be 8 episodes
bobnowhere
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Wow, I've actually been playing games I bought during the sale!
Standard Telltale fare, maybe a little more area exploration than recent efforts. Performs fine, nothing like Batman. Below TWaU and TotB but well ahead of GoT. Probably let down by the performances, the guy playing Peter is average at best maybe worse than that, Groot is completely underutilised and Gamora is just boring, the rest are great.
Seems to take place in an alternate universe independent of the movies, people who should know each other don't etc... The story is quite decent, mostly about the various relationships between the crew and others.
Strategic 4x Zombie apocalypse simulator. Take over parts of a city, exploit the squares resources expand etc... standard stuff. You research better defences, better production.
When attacking new blocks the game becomes a "twin stick" style clicky shooter where you have to fend off the hoard of zombies hopefully with multiple companions, very easy to get overwhelmed. When the zombies attack you your defences come into play and it becomes a fine balance between the amount of defences you can produce versus the amount of territory you are trying to defend as as the zombie hoard expands things can go very wrong very quickly.
Standard Telltale fare, maybe a little more area exploration than recent efforts. Performs fine, nothing like Batman. Below TWaU and TotB but well ahead of GoT. Probably let down by the performances, the guy playing Peter is average at best maybe worse than that, Groot is completely underutilised and Gamora is just boring, the rest are great.
Seems to take place in an alternate universe independent of the movies, people who should know each other don't etc... The story is quite decent, mostly about the various relationships between the crew and others.
Strategic 4x Zombie apocalypse simulator. Take over parts of a city, exploit the squares resources expand etc... standard stuff. You research better defences, better production.
When attacking new blocks the game becomes a "twin stick" style clicky shooter where you have to fend off the hoard of zombies hopefully with multiple companions, very easy to get overwhelmed. When the zombies attack you your defences come into play and it becomes a fine balance between the amount of defences you can produce versus the amount of territory you are trying to defend as as the zombie hoard expands things can go very wrong very quickly.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little salty at the sudden Hollow fawning, when months ago me and nabs were saying that shit was the best in the genre since Symphony of the Night and everyone was basically "Sure Jan"ing us and going "but but Ori lol"
Well, I bought it just because of how you two hyped it then haha
NingenJanai
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Yeah, aesthetics are pretty generic.
not just how it looks but the whole i'm a generic videogame white dude protagonist and gotta kill some army dudes to save my girlfriend thing is just really lame haha
the game looked like it was going somewhere kind of interesting when i dropped it so maybe i missed out, but it didn't have any like immediate appeal for me
the game looked like it was going somewhere kind of interesting when i dropped it so maybe i missed out, but it didn't have any like immediate appeal for me
AHA-Lambda
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This VN a good one?
Any connection with Root Double?
ramoisdead
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Pretty damn low price for Root Letter. Wasn't expecting that. Will wait to hear the PC port impressions.
I hear it's alright but no, it has no connection whatsoever with Root Double.
NingenJanai
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So you quitted before the dinosaur genetic experiments and invasion of alien zombies?
curi0usBystander
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Its a good thing its only 4 episodes because he doesnt write more than 6 issues of a comic book at a time >_>
Wait that doesn't bode well for S2 which will be 8 episodes
To be fair he wrote Transmetropolitan which was 60 issues long. But then again that was a long time ago.
What are the chances this thing will be good?
Tizoc
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Nah humble monthly is mext week
If only they'd add a timer to their website so one could be know when these monthly bundles end.
That timer says it's in 9 hours though.
Anyway I'm looking forward to the Monthly. I already got my value out of Dark Souls 2 alone, but comparing it to previous highlight games it wasn't really good, so I hope there are some highlights in the unlocks.
Also, where's my Cold Steel release date.
UcchedavÄda
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Paradox has reverted their prices and are now offering free Steam keys for one game or two DLC as an apology to anyone who purchased anything not in USD between May 17th and July 6th. The reason given is that it was not possible to offer partial refunds for games purchased at the increased prices.
More information here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...hread-latest-news-here.1031635/#post-23049884
More information here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...hread-latest-news-here.1031635/#post-23049884
NingenJanai
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Yeah, but if I check their website I'll be tempted to buy it, no thanks.
I was super tempted at first by the humble monthly, but the more months that go by without me being particularly bothered by the selection of games on offer the more I realise I'd be better off just saving the money and waiting for a sale on the games I do enjoy.
My modus operandi is basically this: Do I want to play the highlight game right now for the monthly price? If yes, buy and everything else is a nice extra. If not, don't buy.
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I fucked up and bought this piece of shit without checking if i already own it or not. Game was removed from store because of fake reviews, so it won't give you +1.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Tizoc
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...i gotta use ':v' just so you lads understand that i am joking, huh?New monthly is today in ~9 hours... Just as the timer on the page says
:v
Wok
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That's the rule on the Internet. Always use a smiley when you are joking around. 🙂
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NingenJanai
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So are you guys ready to get pumped tonight?
Release date: July 7th.
Published by GAMEPUMP.
Dev has connections with famous indie devs:
http://i.imgur.com/Thv4bVG.png
So, it's going to be a shitty game?
Wok
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Oh, no, one of the best Greasemonkey scripts is acting weird for me right now.
Edit: Alright, I could revert to an old version, thanks to Github.
Edit: Alright, I could revert to an old version, thanks to Github.
Tizoc
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So they saw your avatar and fled?
NingenJanai
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What do you mean? my avatar is a real life photo of me.
I'm sorry I didn't mean that Euro Truck 2 had 0 RPG elements, but the fact that those elements are very subtle. I consider it a very good game and I have much respect for the team behind it (but-duck dev specially).
So yea, I agree with you on your thoughts, just pointed out a funny example as how tagging is a mess right now.
How to fix it? It's hard to be honest. You can't deny users to add custom tags and at the same you can't only rely on tags applied by devs.
Maybe using a weighted arithmetic tagging system?
Chairmanchuck
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About ARK's recently price hike, well....
I still find new price really crazy. It was an early unlock on a Humble Monthly Bundle ($12)
Considering that the performance is still a huge mess, the price is far too high.
Tizoc
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Considering the action approach they're taking with RE in those games, one really needs to let go of it being a horror game and approach them as action games as you say. Capcom have a history of releasing good action games mind you.
About ARK's recently price hike, well....
I still find new price really crazy. It was an early unlock on a Humble Monthly Bundle ($12)
What I find hilarious is that they're charging $60 for a shitty game + $20 DLC - all for an Early Access game. Game was never that great to begin with, but the concept was new(ish) so I definitely enjoyed it for the first few weeks.
After that you see the devs aren't doing shit about fixing bugs, they're just happy they hit a money jackpot and are milking it for all its worth.
Atraveller
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Ori has better flow of movent, it's a joy to control. Hollow Knight is less analog, more restricted to up down left right in terms of attack and movement. And I personally prefer the music and art style of Ori.I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little salty at the sudden Hollow fawning, when months ago me and nabs were saying that shit was the best in the genre since Symphony of the Night and everyone was basically "Sure Jan"ing us and going "but but Ori lol"
Maybe Hollow Knight would impress me later on the game. I'm about to fight the mantis lords.
The contextual melee moves are some awesome shit.
Like how when a zombie is on the ground you crush its head under your feet if you're positioned right and otherwise just step on its body and deal some damage.
The most efficient playstyle so far seems to be to shoot them once in the head and use the stagger window to finish them off with a melee attack.
Chance Hale
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Anyone played steam's first full porn game House Party?
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