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[liezryou]

Tales of beseria felt stretched really long to me and the combat was so repetitive and stale... The story however, was excellent.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Tales of beseria felt stretched really long to me and the combat was so repetitive and stale... The story however, was excellent.

So, a Tales game?

 

[PantsuJo]

Can anyone recommend some JRPGs worth playing on PC? Preferably Steam but any PC stuff would do. I unfortunately bounced of Nier but its put me in the mood for a JRPG, a genre I haven't played for years. I don't want to say I'm looking for something clichéd, but something 'typical' that checks all the genre tropes would be ideal. I haven't really played since stuff like Digital Devil Saga, Star Ocean 3, or the early 360 games etc.

All the Falcom games, especially the two Trails. Awesome games.
There are a lot of Ideas Factory games (Fairy Fencer F and various NepNep games).
There are many others but I don't remember everything right now, sorry

 

[Dragon1893]

Man, Rogue One is fantastic, really enjoyed it.

 

[Ascheroth]

Can anyone recommend some JRPGs worth playing on PC? Preferably Steam but any PC stuff would do. I unfortunately bounced of Nier but its put me in the mood for a JRPG, a genre I haven't played for years. I don't want to say I'm looking for something clichéd, but something 'typical' that checks all the genre tropes would be ideal. I haven't really played since stuff like Digital Devil Saga, Star Ocean 3, or the early 360 games etc.

Trails in the Sky FC and SC

So, a Tales game?

Aren't Tales game known for the opposite though?

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Man, Rogue One is fantastic, really enjoyed it.

Halo Reach was much better as a movie, I agree.

 

[Wok]

Steam is on Steam.

 

[purseowner]

Steam is on Steam.

Rails to Riches, Games to Hats.

Truly the Valve story.

 

[data]

Steam is on Steam.

how does it work if Valve trademarked steam? Or did they not trade mark it?

 

[JarrodL]

how does it work if Valve trademarked steam? Or did they not trade mark it?

The official version of one of the best board games - Steam™: Rails to Riches

Valve launched Steam on September 12, 2003. This game is a digital version of a board game, the original version of which was released in 2002.

 

[Dragon1893]

Trails in the Sky FC and SC


Aren't Tales game known for the opposite though?

Another vote Tits.

And yeah, I hear Berseria does have a good story but people play Tales mostly for the battle system.
I really need to check this one out, I really liked the Xillia duology and it seems that this one is better in every way.
Normally it would've been a day 1 for me but like so many other recent releases it'll have to wait due to lack of funds and time.

 

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[Wok]

Am I the only one who believes this is Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider game?

 

[Monooboe]

I think I've gotten the "wait for humble monthly" thing, I was so close to getting Stories Untold but realized that it seem like a game perfect for a humble monthly. I'm never going to able to buy indie games again am I?XD

 

[Dusk Golem]

I think I've gotten the "wait for humble monthly" thing, I was so close to getting Stranger Things but realized that it seem like a game perfect for a humble monthly. I'm never going to able to buy indie games again am I?XD

You mean Stories Untold, Stranger Things is a Netflix series.

Also if it ever is in Humble Monthly, it probably won't be so for a while since the game is finding success.

I come from the stance I like to support things I would like to see more of. I also notice Humble Monthlys hardly ever contain horror games, so take that as you will. I buy almost every horror game the moment it comes out, and I almost never own any of the games that are in Humble Monthly. Take this from a horror enthusiast, it's VERY rare for a game in the Humble Monthly collection to be a horror game, like so rare I think it's only happened twice so far in the year I've been subscribed, and in one of the cases it was a game that released on the same day as the Humble Monthly (Husk).

There's certain genres I notice Humble Monthly are more likely to skew towards, and horror is certainly not one of them.

 

[Monooboe]

You mean Stories Untold, Stranger Things is a Netflix series.

Also if it ever is in Humble Monthly, it probably won't be so for a while since the game is finding success.

I come from the stance I like to support things I would like to see more of. I also notice Humble Monthlys hardly ever contain horror games, so take that as you will. I buy almost every horror game the moment it comes out, and I almost never own any of the games that are in Humble Monthly. Take this from a horror enthusiast, it's VERY rare for a game in the Humble Monthly collection to be a horror game, like so rare I think it's only happened twice so far in the year I've been subscribed, and in one of the cases it was a game that released on the same day as the Humble Monthly (Husk).

There's certain genres I notice Humble Monthly are more likely to skew towards, and horror is certainly not one of them.

Ah yes of course! I mean Stories Untold. Yeah I was also thinking that if it were to be in the bundle it would take awhile but then it went on sale quite fast so maybe it would mean it gets bundled faster also. Hmh. I was also close to get Death Road to Canada but decided to wait with it also while I am subscribed to monthly. Might be a good thing for me to learn and wait with games that I don't need to play instantly.

 

[Prurient]

Thanks for the responses guys, I'll check some of the suggestions out. Think I'm going to dig out my copies of Digital Devil Saga too and look into getting them running on my PC.

 

[TheSeks]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/TabletopSimulator/announcements/detail/562228356572960705

Is this the first game to go past the 1gig cloud limit?

 

[JaseC]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/TabletopSimulator/announcements/detail/562228356572960705

Is this the first game to go past the 1gig cloud limit?

Nah. 1GB wasn't the limit, just the default. Several other games offer 100GB.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Do Nier Automata's side quests get better?

So far it's all very MMO-like fetch quest stuff :/

 

[Rhaknar]

Do Nier Automata's side quests get better?

So far it's all very MMO-like fetch quest stuff :/

some are good, a lot are standard fare. The die hards will tell you "BUT THE LORE IN THEM" of course

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I'm enjoying Nier so far, loving the style and combat especially, but I must admit I'm finding the map to be rather irritating, the side quests have all so far been pretty darn bad, and the story has been rather slow to this point (really hoping that picks up soon).

I've just got to the forest zone fwiw

 

[Corpekata]

Of all the OMG THIS YEAR IS SO GREAT games, I'd say only 2 or 3 have good side quests/optional content. Hollow Knight, Zelda, and Torment. Not outright bad in some other games, but often the weakest aspect.

Playing games this year has given me a renewed appreciation especially for games like Torment or the Souls series. Very few games can nail that "stumbled upon something really cool and in depth" aspect these days with so many games designed to make sure players see most of a game.

 

[Shalashaska]

Mgs V makes me wish there were more MGS games on steam

At this point I've given up hope on updated versions, at the least I don't know why the collection hasn't been put on Steam. That's easy revenue for Konami with minimal expense.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Of all the OMG THIS YEAR IS SO GREAT games, I'd say only 2 or 3 have good side quests/optional content. Hollow Knight, Zelda, and Torment. Not outright bad in some other games, but often the weakest aspect.

Playing games this year has given me a renewed appreciation especially for games like Torment or the Souls series. Very few games can nail that "stumbled upon something really cool and in depth" aspect these days with so many games designed to make sure players see most of a game.

Resident Evil 7 didn't have side-quests proper, but I think the small optional things you could do in that game were all pretty fun. There was a surprising amount of hidden stuff to uncover and all of them were pretty fun/rewarding to do.

It maybe helped there weren't too many of them and many focused on diversifying the gameplay/objective a bit, and how the structure of the game worked. To give examples, every VHS sequence in RE7 is completely optional to complete the game besides one but all were pretty fun to do. There's a number of hidden items you can get by doing stuff in the environment, the most interesting processes I think were for the double barrel shotgun and the machinegun. There were a few treasure photos you could find to locate hidden treasures. Some items were just insanely well hidden, collecting coins to open up bird cages was pretty engaging, and there were a few kind of neat side stuff you could partake in for just fun.

 

[Ascheroth]

Do Nier Automata's side quests get better?

So far it's all very MMO-like fetch quest stuff :/

Niers sidequest aren't really anything special gameplay wise, some are better, some are worse.
It's the stories around those sidequests that make them worth doing (for me at least). Some extremely memorable, haunting and fucked-up things in there.

The area you're in right now has 2 of my favorites btw.

 

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[TheLetdown]

Mgs V makes me wish there were more MGS games on steam

Yes. The Ac!d games would be perfect.

I wouldn't mind revisiting MGS 2, since it's the one I haven't played in the longest, and never was my favorite. I think I could appreciate the batshittiness of the plot.

And Peace Walker is underrated.

 

[sheaaaa]

I think I've gotten the "wait for humble monthly" thing, I was so close to getting Stories Untold but realized that it seem like a game perfect for a humble monthly. I'm never going to able to buy indie games again am I?XD

I'm in the same boat, so what I'm doing is if I know I'm going to play the game right now, I'll spend whatever they're asking for it and sell the key if it does make it to Humble Monthly. I've gotten really good at ignoring the 25-50% off deals for games I would just add to the backlog anyway.

 

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[Teggy]

Am I the only one who believes this is Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider game?

Reminds me of Syberia.

 

[Auraela]

Anyone think Microsoft may have gotten a deal with from software for a game spencer keeps mentioning Japanese games etc.

I expect from will announce something at e3 even if its just third party

 

[tuxfool]

Reminds me of Syberia.

That's because it is.

 

[Village]

Yes. The Ac!d games would be perfect.

I wouldn't mind revisiting MGS 2, since it's the one I haven't played in the longest, and never was my favorite. I think I could appreciate the batshittiness of the plot.

And Peace Walker is underrated.

Mgs2 is my favorite because its nuts, and Its message I feel is one I grow to appreciate as time went on

 

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[Teggy]

That's because it is.

I'm good.

 

[Rickenslacker]

I just finished route A of Automata. It took me just shy of 19 hours, and when I was hearing quotes of around this time for the route completion I was expecting mine to be way longer, as I was trying to go for side quests and only saving the ones that seemed a bit out of my level range for later.

Spoiler

It's weird that I gave the wandering couple 50,000g only for the boss fight immediately after to cut off all side quests and funnel me to the end game.

That said I've had a copy of the original NieR lying around collecting dust for a while as I picked it up for $10 when I had the opportunity. If that game has the same kind of general pacing and scope as this, I might want to dig into that shortly after I'm done with Automata. I expected it to be a bit more overwhelming in size for some reason.

The game has a few enemies that are gold-plated that are the same as their regular variants, but they hit harder and have about ohh... 500x the health? I fought a pair of them and it was pretty monotonous, so when I ran into another some time later I just did the sensible thing. I got the idiot stuck in a crevice, locked onto it, and weighed down my pod fire button and did something else in the meantime.

Look at this idiot. Look at him and laugh.

This took literally 25 minutes to whittle down.

Spoiler

It was not worth it.

 

[InquisitorAles]

I'm trying not to think about depressing situation in my country and thousands people that was apprehended today because they don't agree with our government, so i'm planing to stay at home and play games whole weekend. Played 4 hours in Nier, combat is amazing and fascinating to watch, overall game performance is great, no stuttering or noticeable FPS drops after disabling AA completely. But there is way too much backtracking in sidequests, openworld is relatively small in this game but it's still a chore to run across the map just to talk with NPCs and then run back. Can i ignore sidequests and do story stuff without fearing of missing out anything? I see there is 100% sidequests achievement, so i wondering is it possible to get it within one savefile.

 

[pantsattack]

Man I'm getting an urge to buy a win gpd. Being able to stream my games on it and install some smaller PC titles is super appealing.

There was one in the BST thread. See if it's still there.

219 pages and I just realized it exists.

So much Mystery you missed in this thread.

 

[Tizoc]

Quite enjoying Lit
If u like puzzle games grab it when it goes on sale for around $1 or in a bundle, worth a playthru at least

 

[InquisitorAles]

Another Interplay was added to Steam

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm trying not to think about depressing situation in my country and thousands people that was apprehended today because they don't agree with our government, so i'm planing to stay at home and play games whole weekend. Played 4 hours in Nier, combat is amazing and fascinating to watch, overall game performance is great, no stuttering or noticeable FPS drops after disabling AA completely. But there is way too much backtracking in sidequests, openworld is relatively small in this game but it's still a chore to run across the map just to talk with NPCs and then run back. Can i ignore sidequests and do story stuff without fearing of missing out anything? I see there is 100% sidequests achievement, so i wondering is it possible to get it within one savefile.

You can buy any achievement with money in game

 

[InquisitorAles]

You can buy any achievement with money in game

Uuuuuummm, no thanks, i'll better save my money for something else and unlock everything i can while playing the game

 

[Ascheroth]

Uuuuuummm, no thanks, i'll better save my money for something else and unlock everything i can while playing the game

No, he literally means

Spoiler

you can buy the achievements with ingame money.

 

[Tizoc]

For jshackles

 

[jshackles]

For jshackles

Aquaman is so cool he can swim through the air too

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Anyone knows if that Nonary games "bundle" price is bugged or intentional?

I mean the Mini-Ost seems to be free, but if you wanna buy the bundle, it shows up as the same price as the whole game, so you dont even save anything if you already have ZTD.

 

[InquisitorAles]

No, he literally means

Spoiler

you can buy the achievements with ingame money.

That's... Interesting, i guess i didn't unlocked this option for now because i looked in menus and didn't find it. And that means that i can complete everything without fearing of missing out and new playthorught from the scratch, right?

 

[Head of Vengarl]

God I'm almost done selling off my entire Dota inventory. Then I can uninstall the game for good.

Good, good. Come to Smite where the grass is greener.

 

[Ascheroth]

That's... Interesting, i guess i didn't unlocked this option for now because i looked in menus and didn't find it. And that means that i can complete everything without fearing of missing out and new playthorught from the scratch, right?

You get that option after completing the game.
But really, it's built in a way that you really can't permanently miss anything. You'll even unlock

Spoiler

a chapter select feature at the end.