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STEAM | March 2016 - This thread is badass
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originally asked if it was ff8 but thought it looked way too good for ps1 so changed it to 10
wow, that's pretty fantastic texturework
I hope you never win it either >
I knew you were useless, but insubordinate? Unforgivable!
Fatal Futanari
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Thank you! Can't wait to play it
Are you playing it on Win10? I remember it wouldn't play correctly on Win8 for me. Been wanting to replay it.
Thank you! Can't wait to play it
Are you playing it on Win10? I remember it wouldn't play correctly on Win8 for me. Been wanting to replay it.
Windows 10. The thing is you have to install the Physx from the game folder. Of course other games later will ask you to update which is kinda shitty but I roll with it.
Hero Prinny
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If you value and respect your time and money dont do this.
someguyinahat
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And here we go with my impressions for Dracula's Legacy (what's this? No colon in the title? Are you SURE this is a hidden-object game?)
The story: You play a literally nameless female protagonist: she doesn't remember who she is, but she's well-dressed and hanging around a park (because as we all know, amnesiacs have jobs that allow them to pay for nice outfits with cash, and give them plenty of leisure time to boot!) She meets a guy named Matt. Matt, good guy that he is, decides not to take her case to the cops, but rather makes her his girlfriend right away. (Wouldn't you?) She describes dreams featuring "a weird town," and Matt suggests they go there...and they somehow find it based on just that information. They fall in a pit and get separated, and it's up to her to find Matt and destroy the vampires, with the help of the deceased mayor's ghost - again, because ghosts you just met are totally trustworthy.
The story is ridiculous, and worse yet, it doesn't even have a proper ending. It was maybe one cutscene away from making perfect sense. Spoilers to follow:
Guys, just end your damn stories already.
The graphics: They actually attempted some 3D rendering here and there. The ghost appears to be done in 3D, as do a few of the cutscenes. So bonus points for that. There is still some uncanny valley in those characters, and there's one particular cutscene showing a set of twins that's particularly uncanny. If they were trying to make those twins look creepy, mission fucking accomplished.
There were cutscenes galore. In the first act, entering almost every new room came with a cutscene showing the girl entering the room. It gave the game almost a "Dragon's Lair" feel, which was pretty cool, but they also showed her walking lensward (or in other words they turn the camera around for each cutscene) which is kinda jarring. But some were used to good effect: the first cutscene has some cinematic takes like "show just the boots as she leaves the car" and "couple looks up but you can't see what they're looking at yet." Not to say I like games that are overly cinematic, but it shows they were trying to set the bar a little higher for production values. Did they succeed the rest of the way? Read on!
The dialogue and voices: Just as wooden as Frankenstein's. Despite a setting in a weird foreign town, everyone speaks unaccented English and sounds bored. Developers, I get it, overacting can often be much worse than underacting, but would it kill you to direct the voice actors to emote a little?
The puzzles: Mostly dead easy once again. "Casual" shouldn't mean "brain-dead," guys. The biggest piss-off in this game was creating an achievement for finishing a hidden-object puzzle in less than 30 seconds. If you had all 12 items visible, okay, that would be KINDA fair. But if you show 4 at a time, the first 3 of which require some additional action, it's basically false replayability. (I went back to "New Game" and redid the first HO puzzle - twice - to get that achievement.) Near the end, one hidden-object puzzle only had about three objects left in the scene after you were done. That's not how hidden-object games should work! You need clutter, you need camouflage!
My favourite puzzle by far? When you're blocked by an unhelpful villager, you actually load up a SHOTGUN and fire a warning shot, then threaten him at gunpoint to co-operate with you. That's gangsta! Might just be one of my favourite solutions in any hidden-object game I've played. Way better than "use a camera to get rid of bats" - like huh? Does that work? Is that a thing? It was in both the Frankenstein and Dracula games.
The length: 2.6 hours to get every achievement. Includes replaying the first bit twice to get the speed achievement, and quitting from the main menu several times since achievements don't fully register until after you quit the game. (Just...why...) So, it's slightly longer than Frankenstein. It's still below average for an HOG.
The verdict: The game, even on expert mode, is a cakewalk with a bad story. On the other hand, it has a few good moments where you can see the ambition and effort, and you can see the protagonist being a badass. I can't recommend going out and buying this (even for the three-dollar asking price,) but if you get it in a bundle and you have time to kill, I'd say at least give the first hour a try and see if it's for you.
The story: You play a literally nameless female protagonist: she doesn't remember who she is, but she's well-dressed and hanging around a park (because as we all know, amnesiacs have jobs that allow them to pay for nice outfits with cash, and give them plenty of leisure time to boot!) She meets a guy named Matt. Matt, good guy that he is, decides not to take her case to the cops, but rather makes her his girlfriend right away. (Wouldn't you?) She describes dreams featuring "a weird town," and Matt suggests they go there...and they somehow find it based on just that information. They fall in a pit and get separated, and it's up to her to find Matt and destroy the vampires, with the help of the deceased mayor's ghost - again, because ghosts you just met are totally trustworthy.
The story is ridiculous, and worse yet, it doesn't even have a proper ending. It was maybe one cutscene away from making perfect sense. Spoilers to follow:
Matt is turned into a vampire, and you get a weird box from Dracula after you kill him. Dracula calls you "Vivian" and says he's been waiting 200 years for you, but it's unclear whether that's actually your name. On the drive home, the box glows, and Matt kinda stirs a bit, but you can't tell whether his eyes are vampire red or back to normal.
The graphics: They actually attempted some 3D rendering here and there. The ghost appears to be done in 3D, as do a few of the cutscenes. So bonus points for that. There is still some uncanny valley in those characters, and there's one particular cutscene showing a set of twins that's particularly uncanny. If they were trying to make those twins look creepy, mission fucking accomplished.
There were cutscenes galore. In the first act, entering almost every new room came with a cutscene showing the girl entering the room. It gave the game almost a "Dragon's Lair" feel, which was pretty cool, but they also showed her walking lensward (or in other words they turn the camera around for each cutscene) which is kinda jarring. But some were used to good effect: the first cutscene has some cinematic takes like "show just the boots as she leaves the car" and "couple looks up but you can't see what they're looking at yet." Not to say I like games that are overly cinematic, but it shows they were trying to set the bar a little higher for production values. Did they succeed the rest of the way? Read on!
The dialogue and voices: Just as wooden as Frankenstein's. Despite a setting in a weird foreign town, everyone speaks unaccented English and sounds bored. Developers, I get it, overacting can often be much worse than underacting, but would it kill you to direct the voice actors to emote a little?
The puzzles: Mostly dead easy once again. "Casual" shouldn't mean "brain-dead," guys. The biggest piss-off in this game was creating an achievement for finishing a hidden-object puzzle in less than 30 seconds. If you had all 12 items visible, okay, that would be KINDA fair. But if you show 4 at a time, the first 3 of which require some additional action, it's basically false replayability. (I went back to "New Game" and redid the first HO puzzle - twice - to get that achievement.) Near the end, one hidden-object puzzle only had about three objects left in the scene after you were done. That's not how hidden-object games should work! You need clutter, you need camouflage!
My favourite puzzle by far? When you're blocked by an unhelpful villager, you actually load up a SHOTGUN and fire a warning shot, then threaten him at gunpoint to co-operate with you. That's gangsta! Might just be one of my favourite solutions in any hidden-object game I've played. Way better than "use a camera to get rid of bats" - like huh? Does that work? Is that a thing? It was in both the Frankenstein and Dracula games.
The length: 2.6 hours to get every achievement. Includes replaying the first bit twice to get the speed achievement, and quitting from the main menu several times since achievements don't fully register until after you quit the game. (Just...why...) So, it's slightly longer than Frankenstein. It's still below average for an HOG.
The verdict: The game, even on expert mode, is a cakewalk with a bad story. On the other hand, it has a few good moments where you can see the ambition and effort, and you can see the protagonist being a badass. I can't recommend going out and buying this (even for the three-dollar asking price,) but if you get it in a bundle and you have time to kill, I'd say at least give the first hour a try and see if it's for you.
Those T-Rexes were real bastards when you tried to fight them right at the start of the game.
Also:
What do you know, Selphie is good for something.
SirMossyBloke
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oooh boy. Don't go to Off-Topic if you haven't seen Star Wars TFA lol
Edit: They deleted the thread.
Edit: They deleted the thread.
Se7enSword
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Hmm.
Wonder if we will get Melty soon. Looking forward to it although I am still occupied by Blazblue at the moment.
Yes. Melty release is likely as it was slated for Spring.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It was pretty great though.
If you play online games you've seen that exact spoiler anyway. People made it their Steam name so even if you block all but party you can still get spoiled :|
Jawmuncher
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Captain Phasma is female.
Leafhopper
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Who?
Fatal Futanari
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Nice to know it works on Win10. Thanks!
Atraveller
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The new Bobba Fett except even more useless.
The Division needs a difficulty between normal and hard. Like, they're the Resident Evil equivalent of normal and professional, there needs to be a veteran. Also flamethrower enemies can fuck off.
I'm not enjoying the game so much solo. It's serviceable, but I don't get that same rush I would in other loot games. There doesn't seem to be any real weapon variety at lower levels. Every machine gun feels like every other machine gun. Most of the side missions are just you going through the motions.
I'm not enjoying the game so much solo. It's serviceable, but I don't get that same rush I would in other loot games. There doesn't seem to be any real weapon variety at lower levels. Every machine gun feels like every other machine gun. Most of the side missions are just you going through the motions.
Tizoc
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Ouch~
So the ea ty 1 release aint that bad
60 fps, typical ps2 era graphics but otherwise runs fine so far
Would be interesting to see if they could apply new txtures or allow for mods to up the visual presentation
What happened?
Leafhopper
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OHhhh.
jaundicejuice
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I see this every time I see what bits and pieces of FFXV I somehow can't avoid....
texhnolyze
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I see this every time I see what bits and pieces of FFXV I somehow can't avoid....
Every FFXV threads on gaf will end up with hundreds if not thousands of posts.
People are
VikasNarula
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Welp it's been awhile since I've been in here. Hope everyone's good. I was just browsing through Steam for the first time in months and figured I'd drop in and see what's going on with SteamGAF.
Will be setting up some giveaways in a few...
Welcome back dude, we miss you
Tizoc
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You have a warren avatar your opinions are worthless
pantsattack
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So far I've launched Binary Domain, Tomb Raider, STALKER 1, and Rainbow Six Vegas, but nothing has stuck. I'd actually "play" more Black Ink but the demo timer ran out. It's kind of neat.
I think I'd only get into Vegas if I hear a glowing recommendation for it. Stalker actually seems cool as hell but I need something a bit less dense since my play time is so limited.
I think I'd only get into Vegas if I hear a glowing recommendation for it. Stalker actually seems cool as hell but I need something a bit less dense since my play time is so limited.
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LurkerPrime
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Stardew Valley's random name generator gave my duck the name "Goku." Do RNG get any better than this?
For VC? It's just their ragdoll playing out... the game loves ragdolls.
Edit: Have you ever wondered what cyborgs eat? Well, wonder no more; Adam Jensen has the answer:
For VC? It's just their ragdoll playing out... the game loves ragdolls.
Edit: Have you ever wondered what cyborgs eat? Well, wonder no more; Adam Jensen has the answer:
Arthea alert
If you switched to Win10, you might have noticed RPG Maker 2000/2003 games are no longer working for you, unless you use DXGL or something similar.
Well, turns out there's a working Open Source interpreter out there.
I give you EasyRPG Player.
Still in development, but should at least work with some games.
There's also another one for RPG Maker XP/Ace/VX, used in some Steam games (To the Moon, Last Dream). Has a better performance and resolution support, so you might want to give it a go as well. It's called mkxp
If you switched to Win10, you might have noticed RPG Maker 2000/2003 games are no longer working for you, unless you use DXGL or something similar.
Well, turns out there's a working Open Source interpreter out there.
I give you EasyRPG Player.
Still in development, but should at least work with some games.
There's also another one for RPG Maker XP/Ace/VX, used in some Steam games (To the Moon, Last Dream). Has a better performance and resolution support, so you might want to give it a go as well. It's called mkxp
The Dear Leader
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Adam Jensen lives off alcohol, pain killers and menthol cigarettes.
BoosterDuck
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no, Jensen lives off those filthy thieves that pirated Final Fantasy 7 in the 90's
NingenJanai
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Inventory management in The Witcher 2 ._.
Stop hoarding flowers
Tizoc
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How is ur undertale playthru going?
I played those 30mins yeaterday morning and then asked when its supposed to click, nobody replied and I havent touched it since (not because of that, just had to sleep and then rl shit and then work)
Like I said in that post, those 30mins did nothing for me
texhnolyze
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I wouldn't recommend unlimited weight mod. Use the mod that makes crafting mats and alchemy ingredients weightless. Weapons and armors will still have weight, and you still have to manage your inventory once in a while. Not sure if the mod is still exist, I used it on the early days of the Witcher 2. That's just me though.
Tizoc
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Keep playing this game is one which u want to appreciate the settting and characters
It gets better after toriel and while u could play it like a regular jrpg style game try to go thru it pacifist style
LurkerPrime
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Stop hoarding leathers, metals, and those nekker pieces you'll never need. And get rid of all the extra armour/weapon sets. Travel light, live on the road--it's the witcher's way.
But he only gets up for Magic Gnome.
But he only gets up for Magic Gnome.
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