You mean "What about Alpacas?"
Oh yeah its that time of the year again!
Btw jshackles, about Fantasy Life. how are the quests? I read the reviews and I heard some parts of the game is a bit repetitive.
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STEAM | November 2014 - Ride of the Valkyries
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Btw jshackles, about Fantasy Life. how are the quests? I read the reviews and I heard some parts of the game is a bit repetitive.
Maybe they motion-captured it, because Bill Murray's acting only seemed to be at 30FPS as well.
Otherwise I mostly agree with your assessment of the game.
My tablet fills what little mobile gaming needs I have. Though this thread did have me seriously thinking about getting a Wii U but I'm still saving for my 970. I'll just stick with port begging for the time being.
TheLetdown
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Started (and finished) a review of Transistor but work browser did a thing and it went poof.
The TL;DR (still TL, probably DR) version is:
- the narrative was placed on paper and someone with those scissors I don't know the name of that cut in patterns was called in to go wild for a little bit. A brief "recursion" play up to the first boss is highly recommended and is enough to be engulfed by it, letting the nuances really play out. The story is so much better than what you've read and what you've been lead to believe. I can't really tell you why you should trust me but you should.
- you ought to use limiters as they come around and swap them to your desire. It changes the gameplay wildly. I started with a limiter that caused enemy kills to pop shielded "cells," which are dropped on kills and must be collected to prevent further spawns. I HAD to run a build that focused on real-time playability to ensure I cleaned my kills. Later, I cut that single limiter and adjusted my build to being wholly turn-based. My between-turns mode was to dash away, dash away, dash away, position, and unload in turn-based. Any build is viable; GO WITH IT.
- the art style... it's beautiful. And there's a button to stop and hum.
- I could have used some game time on the back end. It opens and explodes once you get some levels under your belt. There's a great amount of replayability, but once you really catch your stride, the game seems over a little quickly.
- isolation and its effects, connection with others and its effects, are all still thematic elements explored by Supergiant. While I prefer the loneliness developed in Bastion, leading to the more guarded warming to others, it's still at play heavily here.
You're looking for your voice and aren't we all?
The TL;DR (still TL, probably DR) version is:
- the narrative was placed on paper and someone with those scissors I don't know the name of that cut in patterns was called in to go wild for a little bit. A brief "recursion" play up to the first boss is highly recommended and is enough to be engulfed by it, letting the nuances really play out. The story is so much better than what you've read and what you've been lead to believe. I can't really tell you why you should trust me but you should.
- you ought to use limiters as they come around and swap them to your desire. It changes the gameplay wildly. I started with a limiter that caused enemy kills to pop shielded "cells," which are dropped on kills and must be collected to prevent further spawns. I HAD to run a build that focused on real-time playability to ensure I cleaned my kills. Later, I cut that single limiter and adjusted my build to being wholly turn-based. My between-turns mode was to dash away, dash away, dash away, position, and unload in turn-based. Any build is viable; GO WITH IT.
- the art style... it's beautiful. And there's a button to stop and hum.
- I could have used some game time on the back end. It opens and explodes once you get some levels under your belt. There's a great amount of replayability, but once you really catch your stride, the game seems over a little quickly.
- isolation and its effects, connection with others and its effects, are all still thematic elements explored by Supergiant. While I prefer the loneliness developed in Bastion, leading to the more guarded warming to others, it's still at play heavily here.
You're looking for your voice and aren't we all?
Tizoc
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Only prehistoric sharks
Prehistoric sharks were dinosaurs?
just tested, it works nicely.
It would be nice to have an option to switch in on-off on the search page, if it's not too much work for you.
I totally would buy Fantasy Life day one
on steam
corrosivefrost
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(1) Maybe. I don't use it now because sometimes ES gets confused about what I do and don't own, so I'm afraid to use it... but I'd like to be able to click a box and say "hide the stuff that's in these results that I own".
(2) It does? Could've fooled me.
So, it left you wanting more? Sounds like one of those good problems.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
There are three types of quests in the game:
"Life Quests" which relate to your Life (class) - these vary from class to class but are there to generally engage you and teach you what your class is all about. For a Paladin, that means killing X number of a certain type of monster or fighting a particular boss creature. For something like the Blacksmith class it can be "Make Iron Armor". I think these are the ones that are typically regarded as "repetitive" because they're very focused. The idea is to switch your Life often enough that it remains interesting.
"Butterfly Quests" (main quest line) - not to be too spoilery, you travel with a butterfly that talks (and talks for you as the main character). These quests simply serve to move the story line forward and aren't really repetitive but can at times be annoying.
"Random Quests" these are things the townsfolk ask for - most of these have to do with certain a particular Life you can choose. They're repetitive by nature but are 100% optional it would seem. They're essentially a way to make some extra money in the game.
Anyway, Steam and stuff...
corrosivefrost
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I would say it's more along the lines of "the game is over too quickly once you finally get the hang of it."
When I think of Transistor, 90% of my thoughts are negative. It's still sitting on my HDD in #ACHIEVEMENT CLEANUP, but I don't know if I'll ever be arsed to go and deal with it.
Tizoc
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We get iOS games on Steam, its time SEGA wised up and got SMT1 on there too.
It's a freakin' dungeon crawler, that's the popular stuff with fans of old school RPGs, come on SEGA...
corrosivefrost
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Every monday is the same as last monday, eh?
The Dear Leader
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"Has COD released yet?" is the new "How do I get my Alien TF2 items marketable?".
See, that happens when you don't post the daily two days in a row. The world as we know it slowly ceases to exist.
someguyinahat
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I do love it when they chain. Sometimes the quest reward will be an item somebody else wants, so you can collect one thing and complete three quests in one go.
Ah thanks man, sounds like fun. I'll put it on my wishlist. I saw it yesterday at GameStop and almost grabbed it. Man Pokemon is coming up too. RIP wallet.
derExperte
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Can I go the other way and totally ignore that? Is the game still 'meaty' enough then? I ask because I kinda hate Animal Crossing and find the stuff you have to do there mind-numbingly dull. I also want to viciously murder everyone in my village right after meeting them and just sell the whole place so someone can build a highway or something but that's probably just me. Fantasy Life seems to have more going on but honestly I'm only considering it because I haven't turned on my 3DS since Kirby and probably won't until the new Sega 3D remasters (Outrun etc) come out. Don't know, maybe I'll watch some reviews.
Jawmuncher
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I just lump them in there because i can.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The game can (to a point) be played as a straight up action RPG game, but there are certain areas that you won't be able to unlock unless you progress the main story line along. In addition to your "Life levels" your character also levels up independently which lets you allocate skill points into things like Strength, Vitality, Luck, etc so if you'd like you could just go outside of town and grind levels for a few hours if that's your thing.
You can't kill the townsfolk though.
Chance Hale
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Ugh, Call of Duty online is tough. I'm so slow ;-;
Maybe the CW sent them a cease and desist.
NingenJanai
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I hope, I was getting bundle overdose.
Damn, that's rough. It's got good style at least.
I don't want to brag, but I'm pretty good at CoD
until I play online multiplayer
cicero
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I would rather keep quality bundles coming from Humble than some of these recent bundles from Groupees and IndieGala.
derExperte
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Someone make Zombieanimal Crossing please.
But thanks for your explanations, watching a Let's Play video now. That artstyle though, I don't know....
crazyrabbits
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Hmmm. Maybe they have a tiered response system, where higher-priority issues get resolved faster?
Recent bundles from Groupees and IndieGala have been pretty damn decent, so, eh. The Doujin Bundle 3 at Groupees is even very,very good.
DaBargainHunta
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I can't complain about the recent Halloween bundle from Gala. Had a game that's been on my wishlist forever (Eversion) and two others I've been curious about (Dead Hungry Diner and Capsule).
Crimsonclaw111
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I just use twitter, they usually reply quickly through that.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Hippy barthday, Ozium! Your name sounds like a periodic element.
I'm going to authorize Steam Home Sharing on my laptop in case my sister, who's just come home, wants to use my library.
I'm going to authorize Steam Home Sharing on my laptop in case my sister, who's just come home, wants to use my library.
No problem here.
BinaryPork2737
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It actually looks sort of decent for what it is, too.
It just shows up as the normal HB library for me.
PetriP-TNT
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There's a Room 2? YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, LISA
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
So this was easier than I thought:
Basically you can easily toggle between the two. I may add some other things to this box later on, like hiding stuff that's in your wishlist or in your cart.
If you have the option checked to always hide by default, it will set the default value of the box to "checked" in which you can then uncheck it and show all of the results if you'd like.
Basically you can easily toggle between the two. I may add some other things to this box later on, like hiding stuff that's in your wishlist or in your cart.
If you have the option checked to always hide by default, it will set the default value of the box to "checked" in which you can then uncheck it and show all of the results if you'd like.
You are truly the first born of the steam god.
Shalashaska
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Yeah, this is a great feature I didn't know about.
This is a really good idea.
The first form of the game's final boss basically does, so there's thatBlanka-esque rolling attacks
Yeah, it's true, (Deadly Premonition endgame spoilers)
he does, but the George boss starts as a squeaky-leather dressed Freddie Mercury and his last form is a Japanese-demon-like creature, but he looks more like Hulk with Blanka's hair while he does his shock move, so pretty much Blanka.
D
Deleted member 125677
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seems like there is pre-loading available for Rebirth, but I get an error (content still encrypted) ?
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