Gianni Merryman
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Age of empires I assume?
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Age of empires I assume?
Whatever could it be?! Microsoft has so many well-loved strategy franchises!
More_Badass
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So is Postal 2 so bad it's good or is it actually good? The only thing I know about it is that it's politically incorrect and over-the-top violent. Pretty cool that the developers are still supporting the game
Just give me a proper AoE IV or AoM II and I don't want anything else from my life
It's pretty good actually and it is still very much playable, but as you said it's very politically incorrect and over the top so you shouldn't take it very seriously
YianGaruga
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Until you accidentaly spread the Random rule all over the world
derExperte
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Halo Wars 2 of course.
BinaryPork2737
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I can't wait for a new Halo Wars entry!
Please bring Age of Empires back to its former glory.
Edit: Three posts in a row? It's a sign.
Close Combat's making a comeback?
Don't toy with my emotions Tellaerin. That was just a bridge too far.
Terra_Ex
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I always found 6 to be superior, despite playing it way after 7, 8 and 9 but there was something magical about the ps1 games (and FFT) at the time. I never had a problem with any of the games from that time tbh, it was a simpler time I suppose. I enjoyed them at the time and was very much in the target audience back, no need to pick apart every perceived failing and issue with the story, although the internet seemingly delights in doing so. I was upset there was no Gold Saucer mini-game heaven equivalent in 8 but Triple Triad exists so that gripe was somewhat allayed.
I do find it pretty strange speaking with younger gamers now who have never played them though, it just feels weird to me as back at the time of release everyone (in school) had played 7 & 8... Nowadays I just wish Square could make something half as decent as either one that wasn't locked away on a portable...
This happened today,
I was going to do a giveaway but it'd be overshadowed by n8's so it can wait for a quieter time, hopefully I can pick up some fancier things to give away in the sales.
derExperte
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I actually preferred Tetra Master. Might be blinkered by liked 9 more than 8 though. But I will say this at least Triple Triad had effects on the game and wasn't just a diversionary mini game.
I was having a chat the other day with a few peeps at work about SE and why instead of just straight porting their old 8,16 and 32 bit RPGs to newer platforms they feel like they have to add value and almost totally rehash them. I'd be happy if they just took the Chrono Trigger SNES ROM and dumped it on digital distro in an emulator that allowed for 1:1 scaling and be done.
Anyway enough port fantasies as I've got a mighty backlog to clear before KiD and Neghbourhood Watch Dogs come out.
I really hope they can give the first GRID! I finished GRID2 last year and loved it but I have yet to pick the first one and since I read that the first one is much better (Cockpit view as one of the things) it's a must for me to play it. If you can't find a good home for the first GRID, well, let me know, I know someone who would like it. If not, it's more than okay too!
On a related note I wish they could put the first DIRT on Steam but I guess that is impossible because the license of Colin Mcrae...
Colin McRae: Dirt is my favourite of the three Dirt games, 2 & 3 had too much of an emphasis on other racing disciplines. Check your PM inbox
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I'm fortunate in that I've raised my kids to respect the classics. I took my kids (and my daughter's boyfriend) to a Distant Worlds concert a few weeks ago and everyone had a blast. They played scenes from the games on the big screen and it was great knowing that my kids have played, and enjoyed, the classics of my own youth. And of course, the music was phenomenal.
Congrats on 1,000!
Gianni Merryman
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It depends upon your definition of good or bad, either way I gather it may have not aged well tech-wise, as it did not shine even then when compared to other games.
I played it long ago and I found it to be much satirical, along the lines of South park to give you just an idea.
As far as I can recall the game can get violent if you want to.
Colin McRae: Dirt is my favourite of the three Dirt games, 2 & 3 had too much of an emphasis on other racing disciplines. Check your PM inbox
I agree. I still have hope that they are going to announce a new DIRT this for PC/PS4/XB1 I remember that Tweet from them teasing something. I just want snow, dirt, rain, dust, and lot's of tracks focused on Rally. I was not a big fan of those Gymkana events so the most Rally focused, the best. At least for me. Also, I replied to your PM.
Tizoc
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Thing is I've missed out on cheaper discounts by waiting lol.
It became a budget FPS game? What? I never made the connection before.
Destineer! Hah! Thats the Six Days in Fallujah guys.
edit: oh wait, that was just one spin off.
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There's going to probably be a bundled discount before the year is out. Keep holding out, my friend!
Please tell me episode 4 is the mystery, I would finally activate my 1&2 from groupees
I agree. I still have hope that they are going to announce a new DIRT this for PC/PS4/XB1 I remember that Tweet from them teasing something. I just want snow, dirt, rain, dust, and lot's of tracks focused on Rally. I was not a big fan of those Gymkana events so the most Rally focused, the best. At least for me. Also, I replied to your PM.
They have been posting images from rally events in UK, and I think Codies Community Manager posted on the /r/rally subreddit asking what the community's favourite classic rally cars were. If we can get historics and Group B, I hope they won't be DLC.
doctorcdcs
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I think the proper close combat games are still being made
http://www.closecombatseries.net/CCS/
So I guess it can't be Close combat, especially if someone else is devloping/publishing them
Wait for GOTY. With Deep Silver publishing, the game will be on sale regularly.
derExperte
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Fantomena likes it and other impressions I read here and there were generally positive. Could be a surprise hit.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
This is a good time as any to write-up some impressions I have on Continue?9876543210.
This is a bit of a hard one to write about.
Continue?9876543210 is a surrealistic adventure game that is somewhat stylized like an old RPG game. Or something like that. Continue is a very strange game; The basic idea is that you play as a video game character who is at the end of his life. The classic, 'Continue?' screen of arcade games of old has passed, and no quarters were inserted. And so, you have 'died', and enter into a realm where all data from a previous game goes to be erased, wiped clean for the world to start anew again for the new player, and New Game option. In this desolate space, data is assimilated into bytes and data, and you having not made your peace yet struggle to survive in a climate made to delete you.
In the game, you start on a level that is representative of some gameplay trope, IE town, field, ruins, etc. There are a variety of NPCs and locked doors. You can talk to the people, who will either try to sell you something, give you a hint of some sort in the level you're currently in, say something about the story of the game, or say some rather useless blabber. NPCs phase in and out of existence, however. There's also monsters that spawn on the level, and wander around. Touching them triggers a battle scene, that transitions to a different scene like an RPG game. However, the battles aren't turn-based, but real-time, and work more similarly to a Zelda game. However, what they exactly are changes per encounter. Some are top-down, some are side-scrolling, some make you defend something, or you just have to fight all-out. Winning battles or doing things around the level usually get you a key, which you can use to unlock one of the various locked structures around the level. Inside the structure you'll either find a shop, something to push the story, some sort of side-quest, or a person who will either build structures or cast lightning.
Now building structures and casting lightning is important. The game has a sort of time limit, both in levels and the overall game. The levels you go to are randomized, and each has differences to each other. However, you have a certain number of 'rounds' that will pass before the whole level is eliminated. If you're in a level when it's eliminated, it's game over and you get a bad ending. There is a time period you have to do stuff in the level, and then the round ends and you face some kind of challenge. This can be like a tricky level, a boss fight, some kind of puzzle, etc. They're random. If you win, you get a big benefit to your cause of survival, but if you lose you miss your chance for some aid. Aid for what? To exit the level, you need to get people you encounter to cast lightning, as casting lightning will destroy some of the blocks randomly blocking one of the several exits out of a level. However, you also need to build structures. After every two levels or so, you'll be in a sort of 'storm' you need to survive, or else its game-over. In the storms, you're in a town that is formed of the buildings you have made people build in the normal stages for you. A storm hits, and the buildings are stricken by lightning. You have to hide in a building and wait for the storm to pass, though if your building is hit and destroyed you have a certain time limit to quickly scamper around the town to another building. If there are no other buildings or you run out of time, it's game-over.
You will always be given a choice of either Lightning or Building Structures. Lightning will clear a path to the next level after a few lightning strikes, while building structures will create buildings to hide in during these 'storm' sections.
Basically the game is all about time management and succeeding in the various challenges that both the monsters, NPCs, and Round End's bring, for doing these allows you to gain chances at either Lightning or Structure Building, to make it past the individual level in time and to build structures for the storms that happen every two levels or so. You'll either like the game or not, it's a bit complicated to understand at first, and won't be fun for everyone.
Also there are side-quests you can do that effect your story. The game has multiple endings, possible level paths, and more... What you do in levels, what level path you take, and the like effects the ending you work towards. The game is kind of made to be played multiple times, as its not very long and you won't go to many of the levels or see the whole game in a single playthrough.
And the game gets weird. The story is told in a very indirect way, and some of the events that can happen are just absolutely bizarre. Honestly the story feels most similar to something that David Lynch might of concocted up if he were to make a video game about video games. Depending on who you are, that might either be a good or bad thing.
The game's oddness is supplemented perfectly by its audio department. The game has a haunting soundtrack, interesting but odd sound design, but it all fits the weird atmosphere of the game perfectly.
And there isn't really much to say. The game is deceptively complicated, but actually rather simple when you get down to it. It strikes me as a huge love it/hate it type of game, and something that'll divide people's opinions on whenever it's good or not.
My stance is that it's interesting. The game itself is okay, but the atmosphere and some of the surreal elements I enjoyed. Of course, if you're less fond of such things, there will probably be less to enjoy in the game for yourself. Basically said, while there is a game here, the game is more about the experience. And depending on who you are, that experience will either be worth taking, or it won't be.
Continue may be worth it if you like experience-based games with a surreal and strange edge that are open to interpretation. If you don't like that, you probably won't like the game. Like the game itself, it all seems so complicated but it's so simple, really.
This is a bit of a hard one to write about.
Continue?9876543210 is a surrealistic adventure game that is somewhat stylized like an old RPG game. Or something like that. Continue is a very strange game; The basic idea is that you play as a video game character who is at the end of his life. The classic, 'Continue?' screen of arcade games of old has passed, and no quarters were inserted. And so, you have 'died', and enter into a realm where all data from a previous game goes to be erased, wiped clean for the world to start anew again for the new player, and New Game option. In this desolate space, data is assimilated into bytes and data, and you having not made your peace yet struggle to survive in a climate made to delete you.
In the game, you start on a level that is representative of some gameplay trope, IE town, field, ruins, etc. There are a variety of NPCs and locked doors. You can talk to the people, who will either try to sell you something, give you a hint of some sort in the level you're currently in, say something about the story of the game, or say some rather useless blabber. NPCs phase in and out of existence, however. There's also monsters that spawn on the level, and wander around. Touching them triggers a battle scene, that transitions to a different scene like an RPG game. However, the battles aren't turn-based, but real-time, and work more similarly to a Zelda game. However, what they exactly are changes per encounter. Some are top-down, some are side-scrolling, some make you defend something, or you just have to fight all-out. Winning battles or doing things around the level usually get you a key, which you can use to unlock one of the various locked structures around the level. Inside the structure you'll either find a shop, something to push the story, some sort of side-quest, or a person who will either build structures or cast lightning.
Now building structures and casting lightning is important. The game has a sort of time limit, both in levels and the overall game. The levels you go to are randomized, and each has differences to each other. However, you have a certain number of 'rounds' that will pass before the whole level is eliminated. If you're in a level when it's eliminated, it's game over and you get a bad ending. There is a time period you have to do stuff in the level, and then the round ends and you face some kind of challenge. This can be like a tricky level, a boss fight, some kind of puzzle, etc. They're random. If you win, you get a big benefit to your cause of survival, but if you lose you miss your chance for some aid. Aid for what? To exit the level, you need to get people you encounter to cast lightning, as casting lightning will destroy some of the blocks randomly blocking one of the several exits out of a level. However, you also need to build structures. After every two levels or so, you'll be in a sort of 'storm' you need to survive, or else its game-over. In the storms, you're in a town that is formed of the buildings you have made people build in the normal stages for you. A storm hits, and the buildings are stricken by lightning. You have to hide in a building and wait for the storm to pass, though if your building is hit and destroyed you have a certain time limit to quickly scamper around the town to another building. If there are no other buildings or you run out of time, it's game-over.
You will always be given a choice of either Lightning or Building Structures. Lightning will clear a path to the next level after a few lightning strikes, while building structures will create buildings to hide in during these 'storm' sections.
Basically the game is all about time management and succeeding in the various challenges that both the monsters, NPCs, and Round End's bring, for doing these allows you to gain chances at either Lightning or Structure Building, to make it past the individual level in time and to build structures for the storms that happen every two levels or so. You'll either like the game or not, it's a bit complicated to understand at first, and won't be fun for everyone.
Also there are side-quests you can do that effect your story. The game has multiple endings, possible level paths, and more... What you do in levels, what level path you take, and the like effects the ending you work towards. The game is kind of made to be played multiple times, as its not very long and you won't go to many of the levels or see the whole game in a single playthrough.
And the game gets weird. The story is told in a very indirect way, and some of the events that can happen are just absolutely bizarre. Honestly the story feels most similar to something that David Lynch might of concocted up if he were to make a video game about video games. Depending on who you are, that might either be a good or bad thing.
The game's oddness is supplemented perfectly by its audio department. The game has a haunting soundtrack, interesting but odd sound design, but it all fits the weird atmosphere of the game perfectly.
And there isn't really much to say. The game is deceptively complicated, but actually rather simple when you get down to it. It strikes me as a huge love it/hate it type of game, and something that'll divide people's opinions on whenever it's good or not.
My stance is that it's interesting. The game itself is okay, but the atmosphere and some of the surreal elements I enjoyed. Of course, if you're less fond of such things, there will probably be less to enjoy in the game for yourself. Basically said, while there is a game here, the game is more about the experience. And depending on who you are, that experience will either be worth taking, or it won't be.
Continue may be worth it if you like experience-based games with a surreal and strange edge that are open to interpretation. If you don't like that, you probably won't like the game. Like the game itself, it all seems so complicated but it's so simple, really.
More_Badass
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Totally agree with those Continue impressions, Dusk Golem. I felt it was a mediocre game, but a wonderfully surreal atmospheric experience.
It still used the Colin McRae name, the license most likely expired and Codemasters decided to not extend the licensing deal. I'm assuming it got pulled after his death, which also might have had an effect on the licensing deal.
Maybe the new studio will pick up where Ensemble left off.
This happened today,
I was going to do a giveaway but it'd be overshadowed by n8's so it can wait for a quieter time, hopefully I can pick up some fancier things to give away in the sales.
Full steam ahead to 2k.
BinaryPork2737
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That image had me so hyped years ago when I saw it, or something like it at least. Then AoE online happened.
I doubt it had anything to do with the McRae name as it would have affected all the games rather just the original. Car licences would be my guess.
MK9 is $5 on the humble store? Time to buy it (again) I guess!
this also means I missed the CK2 deal, lame
I assume this is a reference to "Booty Sweat" or is it for real? :O
that is incredibly mean to 90% of the human beings
j/k, I really don't care about the "drama" that surrounds Mr Fish
Fully agree with this.
And also this.ftfy
I thought these bundles didn't have GTA 1 and 2 anymore?
So do you guise think that deep silver bundle happening today? or maybe next week? I've been craving some open world single player games ever since completing sleepy doges so hopefully if the deep silver bundle does happen they throw in some saints row games
The game is excellent and really fun (I personally loved it to death), but mind it's more inFamous/Prototype than GTA/Sleepy Dawgs.
The only DLC that matters is the Season Pass as it gives the new story missions, everything else (save for the Explosive Pack that includes powers) is either costumes or cheats.
This, even the 500GB and larger are getting "cheap" too, you can get one for about USD200 (which is what I paid for my 256GB one a little over a year ago).
FFVIII is best 3D FF. The story is mostly garbage, but everything else is top notch.
Nice, didn't get the final 2 yet, and mind that "Union Buster" is from the "Gangstas in Space" DLC missionToday's Playfire rewards:
- Saints Row the Third - play for the first time - £0.10
- Saints Row the Third - unlock A Better Person - £0.10
- Saints Row the Third - unlock Union Buster - £0.25
- Saints Row the Third - unlock Everything is Permitted - £0.50
Will be getting those Saints Row ones for sure, shame I've already played it on Steam.
trailmix16
Member
i sort of like seeing the low number of reviews for owners of 1k(+) games.
on a side note, day 10 waiting for playfire support ticket. Wheee
on a side note, day 10 waiting for playfire support ticket. Wheee
Dammit, and I have just went back to playing Saints Row within the last few days. Only achievement I don't have now from that list is Union Buster.
You probably are right. I thought that Codemasters stripped the McRae branding from the game with the second game already, but it actually was the third. I just hope we can get a return to form that is similar to the first Dirt.
Seeing everyone post their milestone shots with low DLC counts has made me realise I have a bit of a problem on that front. I.. It's just so cheap during sales, I can't help myself but buy loads of DLC
derExperte
Member
Mine from April 22nd got a reply today. Which didn't help at all, totally missed what the problem was. Oh well, I don't think writing a long winded reply is worth it, you can keep your fiddy cents.
The second even has a nice tribute video that you get after completing the career.
A review dated late February all but categorically states the original games are included ("I was saddened that GTA 1 and 2 are not available to purchase through steam anymore but now I can relive all the old memories of my childhood once again thanks to GreenManGaming!"), so unless something changed within the past two-and-a-bit months they're still part of the pack.
I didn't know fantomena has the time to actually play games with all the money he's making.
Developed by Spiders huh. Mars: War Logs always seemed mildly interesting to me, was that any good? Seems to have somewhat positive ratings on Steam at least.
Like Thief (2014) it's already a option in the AMD never settle bundle.
Nuuvem is also still selling the GTA complete bundle that includes GTA 1 and 2.
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