well obviously i liked the story in spec ops but the story in that game is told through so many levels, from the music to the animations becoming more brutal as the game goes on to the flashy losing ur mind sequences to the mostly unsatisfying combat to the sniper guy on the main menu. the writing contributed too but i don't think i was ever too impressed by it and i feel like it was mostly good direction that carried that game, not writing
I requested a review code for this game:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/463110/
It lists these features:
-Point-and-click adventure games?
-Simple yet honest "old school" 216-color graphics?
-An 800x600 windowed resolution?
-The ability to go full screen with either stretched or un-stretched pixels?
-A single EXE file that's less than 5 MB?
-Lots and lots and LOTS of reading?
-A unique response for every single possible interaction?
-Lizard girls?
The 216-color graphics bullet point is bogus. Let's just say that was the same amount of colors available on EGA.
Here is an old game done in EGA:
And here is Farnham Fables:
So having said that, the game is only 99c and there are some interesting things going on.
First and foremost is this weird merging of old-school CRPG movement, with a VN visual style and PnC adventure game verbs and inventory system. Initially the presentation was a little underwhelming when I first played but the design of the system grew on me as it's pretty intuitive.
The other noteworthy thing is that later on in the game you have a party of three people who each have their own inventory and also their own special *verb*. Basically you got your medic/mage/warrior.
Also also, each character interacts with everything differently. There is a lot of neat ideas in the game but then I accidentally beat the game in 24 minutes when I was doing my Quick Look.
So my Quick Look transformed into a Play Through.
Also there are Lizard titties in the game.
Here's my Quick Look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWg_nzJJvPY
Yeah, that's now two games I wanted to be good that are really disappointing.
Payday 2 and Killing Floor 2
L4D3 where are you.
Haven't heard the term "shareware" in a long time.
i liked gbeast the best actually and he seemed to bring a really nice balance to the group so yeah i'll miss him like i miss patrick and ryan
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Finally! I've been waiting a long time for the second Grisaia!
I am a bit mad that I switched to the Root Double Vita version during the KS campaign. There is still no date announced for that version yet.
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Just IMO.
Hide everything. Seriously. The less clutter out in the open the more you can focus on what you're playing and the less stress in general. Choose a few things to display that can get focus. The glass desk would be one. If you want to have art or posters have some that are artistic and not blown up box covers.
For example:
Here
Interesting, let me check this out...
