CarbonatedFalcon
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Talos Principle for $10 was tempting, but I caved and bought the new hotness Stardew Valley. I'll have to grab Talos when it's on sale another time.
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Comprehensive write up concerning the current state of development of Star Citizen from the Space Games thread.
MMBosstones86
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freshVeggie
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There will be a time you won't find it worth even collecting those back again
Keep at it. Dark Souls 2 is a great game which opens up more the more you play. Soon you'll help others as a summon and beat bosses blindfolded.
jaundicejuice
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Most people will probably answer this with Blood Money but even though it was the peak of the series, the game is a few years old now. It hasn't aged well and might be hard for you to get into.
You would probably enjoy Absolution, maybe even think it's great, but if you go into the older games in the series you have to know that the Hitman games have always been sort of clunky, kinda flawed games with a really neat idea at its core of social stealth. You hide in plain sight rather than crouch walking everywhere or hiding in shadows. Each level is a sandbox with its own set of rules and half the fun is playing and re-playing levels until you learn all of the rules, what disguises will get you where, how you can move through a level without ever being seen and murder your target and make it look entirely like an accident.
Silent Assassin is where the series started to hit its stride, Contracts was a kind of a re-hash of the first game but overall was an improvement, while Blood Money was sort of the series apex.
I'd say give Blood Money a shot but if you find it too hard to get into, give Absolution a try. You have no real preconceptions about the series, so you'd probably like it.
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BinaryPork2737
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Stardew Valley's word of mouth sales seem insane
And as others have pointed out in the thread, that's only counting Steam copies of the game.
And as others have pointed out in the thread, that's only counting Steam copies of the game.
LurkerPrime
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Absolution's disguise system is infuriating and the detection mechanic is inconsistent/arbitrary. It's also a very bumbling action game which makes firefighting through levels a complete chore, and the opposite--total stealth assassinations--are nigh impossible unless you spend hours scouring a level to find, like, a hair comb and the exact chair it can be inserted into to murder the target (at which point it becomes a puzzle/maze of invisible detection radiuses). It would be a lot more satisfying if it dedicated itself to either action or stealth, rather than the horrible in-between it sits at.
Hitman: Absolution is a cavalcade of bad decisions. It has much to atone for.
Enter the Dragon Punch
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the culling is so fucking fun
MrTeachwell
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I really like the sound of that. That sounds much better than all the work I planned to get done tonight.
How so?
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
ok so basically
it's like the hunger games meets far cry
- you and 15 others are dropped into an island (free-for-all or 8xteams of 2)
- you gather supplies like weapons and tools that help you hunt down others
- you can find crates and shit to open in game for shit (not csgo like actual crates)
- there's random air drops that annnounce where they're going so the players converge if they know the location, otherwise they search for it (no map or objective markers, just a compass)
- if you can pick it up, you can kill someone with it
also, animations are really well done from what i can see, it runs great, and there's a lot of unlockable character customization items
the difference between the two is the structure tho
tits games are just linear jrpg things that you have to play one after the other
pillars is just selling expansion packs so you can not finish the game and still safely play those
Enter the Dragon Punch
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Should I upgrade my 300i fam?
not until the game is out, grief
Kind of fell into the same thought process. Not that I bought anything else, but by the time I actually go to load up Talos, it will likely be on sale again at the same price or cheaper.
Kurt Russell
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I tried the Star Citizen 2.2 update yesterday and today, the game is fun to play now. Getting out of the ship in the middle of nowhere while other people blast each other to pieces is one of my favourite activities.
I got an Avenger, its gun is almost as big as the ship.
I got an Avenger, its gun is almost as big as the ship.
yeah talos is pretty alright
i don't think it's quite as good as i hoped for but it's a decent puzzle game
i didn't care for the story at all and it also gave me motion sickness and some of the puzzles had red herrings and timing based stuff that left a really bad taste in my mouth but other than that it was perfectly enjoyable
i don't think it's quite as good as i hoped for but it's a decent puzzle game
i didn't care for the story at all and it also gave me motion sickness and some of the puzzles had red herrings and timing based stuff that left a really bad taste in my mouth but other than that it was perfectly enjoyable
LurkerPrime
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Is Talos better than Portal 1, or more like Portal 2? You know, bad.
Finished Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Great Metroidvania meets Soul games. The controllers are tight and difficulty felt fair and any mess up are basically your own fault. As you progress through the game things just gets better in terms of locales, upgrades and bosses. Finished with 97% of the map so I have to do New Game Plus for sure to go for the 100% plus find any things I may have missed on my first run. Also I have another ending to get in NG+.
Definitely worth the price of admission and absolutely recommended. Perhaps one of the best games on it's genre.
Great Metroidvania meets Soul games. The controllers are tight and difficulty felt fair and any mess up are basically your own fault. As you progress through the game things just gets better in terms of locales, upgrades and bosses. Finished with 97% of the map so I have to do New Game Plus for sure to go for the 100% plus find any things I may have missed on my first run. Also I have another ending to get in NG+.
Definitely worth the price of admission and absolutely recommended. Perhaps one of the best games on it's genre.
is that a real question or you just wanted to take advantage of the situation to say portal 2 was bad?
LurkerPrime
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Both.
I guess a better way to phrase my question question is more like, is the Talos campaign just the tutorial for the real puzzles, or is it the main part of the game?
LurkerPrime
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Good.
I've noticed that I need story in my puzzle games, to drive my desire to finish them.
idk about the dlc but basically the campaign is the puzzles, kind of like portal but less story-heavy and linear and fun
the story stuff lost me pretty quick but there's some cool atmosphere and mystery to drive you if you need something like that
texhnolyze
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A bit off topic, but here goes..
IGN leaks Overwatch release date, pre-order for open beta early access
IGN leaks Overwatch release date, pre-order for open beta early access
LurkerPrime
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Start your watch, watchmen. It's time to prepare for the xeno hordes... and Overwatch.
Edit: 'Zelda Meets Diablo' perked my ears up more than the Overwatch ad. I blame them for putting watch in the blurb.
Edit: 'Zelda Meets Diablo' perked my ears up more than the Overwatch ad. I blame them for putting watch in the blurb.
texhnolyze
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We're gonna get Battleborn instead, right?
Because Steam. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Atraveller
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Nice!
Whoa, didn't know they were going to add multiplayer into the game. Gonna hold on longer on buying it then since it feels like the game is gonna get even more polish and updates.
Stumpokapow
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It's longer than both combined, and I think ultimately better than both. I'm not sure the heights of individual puzzles match the best moments of Portal, but the amount of content combined with the well-executed meta-story and just consistently high content quality secures it as a better game than either for me.
I also replayed Portal 1 a month or so ago (on the Steam Controller, which Portal does not support can you fucking believe how bad Valve is) so I have a pretty fresh point of comparison.
Why don't you just sell those extra XBones flarz?
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My Elite was a Christmas gift...I'm uhm, not selling my Christmas gifts.
My one from best buy I'm selling to a friend who missed the deal for $250, and I dunno what I'll do with the laptop, I'm currently down $60
Cool ill be done with dark souls 3 by then, good timing
How long is it? III was quite short
4 hours for me on Normal, you'll probably want to play NG+ to get the stuff you missed afterwards though.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I love reading how other indie devs are doing on Steam with their just released games.
I did about 3 hours and 54 minutes but started NG+ as soon as I finished it to get some hidden stuff and the last 3% of the map. lol
Yeah, i really like the character designs. They're the only thing i know about this game. Tho, i wouldn't say that they're straight out of league because their styles have consistency.
league character styles have consistency, at least the ones they've released since i've started playing (that would be after league became huge and took over the universe). the older ones are really ugly and dumb but you know, that's old stuff and they're straightening them out one by one
momodora
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4 hours for me on Normal, you'll probably want to play NG+ to get the stuff you missed afterwards though.
I dont do NG+s and 4 hours is longer than I expected
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