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[Dr Dogg]

Best thing about the Soul Reaver games are the MomaRobotnik threads. I went back to play SR 1 a couple of years ago and took a considerable amount of hassle to get it to play nice wih a modern GPU for essentially a PS1 game. Plus the sound is still fucked (not even Nixxes are infallible).

 

[Knurek]

I saw that mentioned on twitter earlier, but there's a few environmental factors that need to be taken into account. The most important one being that they made the unfortunate choice of deciding to launch on the same day that a larger than normal sale went live, ripping a lot of the launch attention towards cheap horror games. It also debuted at $30, which puts it at a slightly higher price point than many of its fellow Japanese games launched at. Those two alone are going to give it a rough opening week. I'm sure once the storefront calms down, we'll see more movement for it.

Also, don't forget we had a few high profile jRPGs releasing recently (Zestiria, Nep3, Type-0), all of which have not left the fans hanging high and dry for a better part of two years.

 

[Momentary]

Galak-Z is on another level of brutal. I haven't played a game this hard since the NES.

 

[zkylon]

soul reaver was so damn cool back in the day

i tried to play it after buying it on steam but yea those games are not playable today lol

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Best thing about the Soul Reaver games are the MomaRobotnik threads. I went back to play SR 1 a couple of years ago and took a considerable amount of hassle to get it to play nice wih a modern GPU for essentially a PS1 game. Plus the sound is still fucked (not even Nixxes are infallible).

Honestly, one of the only reasons I keep my Dreamcast around at this point is for Soul Reaver. I can't really stand the PS1/PC version.

 

[Tizoc]

soul reaver was so damn cool back in the day

i tried to play it after buying it on steam but yea those games are not playable today lol

I was able o play SR fine on my Vita last time. I do wish it allowed me to skip cutscenes though.
I mean I like Tony Jay as the elder god but sometimes I just want to explore this gothic world. It's a product of its time though.

 

[Anteater]

played soul reaver on the dreamcast i can tell you it's pretty awesome for the 15minutes I've played, everyone likes it too!

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I still need to finish New Vegas and play the earlier Fallouts.

I probably wont buy day 1, but it's going to be tempting.

 

[Atraveller]

I still need to finish New Vegas and play the earlier Fallouts.

I probably wont buy day 1, but it's going to be tempting.

Start NV first, there's a good chance it'll be a better written RPG than 4, I'm already having a good time in NV.

 

[LurkerPrime]

With any luck, you'll be able to buy total conversions of FO4 that cover all the classic Fallouts. (Except NV.)

 

[uncredited male]

Gothic 3's outdoor environments always looked great. The forest and plains areas were the best.

And now it will be shamed as troll fodder.

 

[zkylon]

With any luck, you'll be able to buy total conversions of FO4 that cover all the classic Fallouts. (Except NV.)

why would you want to ruin perfectly good games tho

I still need to finish New Vegas and play the earlier Fallouts.

I probably wont buy day 1, but it's going to be tempting.

yes you do. they're all fantastic games

I was able o play SR fine on my Vita last time. I do wish it allowed me to skip cutscenes though.
I mean I like Tony Jay as the elder god but sometimes I just want to explore this gothic world. It's a product of its time though.

i duno i just hate pushing box puzzles

 

[Syphon Filter]

Honestly, one of the only reasons I keep my Dreamcast around at this point is for Soul Reaver. I can't really stand the PS1/PC version.

what DC has over the pc version? i cant see how its better.

 

[Dr Dogg]

i mean, if it's only gonna be background scenery like statue of liberty then yeah, who gives a shit

setting is important to set up other stuff of how the world in general behaves and what sets it apart from other post apoc stories

thats the thing with fallout, fallout actually happens 200 years after the bombs, the thing beth really missed the mark on was that they wrote the fo3 ppl as if no time had ever happened and they were still living in the 50s, which is dumb and misses the point entirely lol

but i think setting matters a lot, stalker wouldn't be stalker if it wasn't for its ukranian roots, same with fallout, the setting feeds into the gameplay and presentation and atmosphere. stalker is a much darker and bleak game than fallout. stalker never feels like there's a society being rebuild, just feels like crazy people where they don't belong risking their life for scraps and that probably says something about the developers which is pretty interesting too.

edit: btw this might be a lot of nonsense i wrote i didnt feel like reaidng it cos fever taking over lol

Hahaha no no it makes sense don't worry.

I mean if a film, games, book, TV show, whatever binds its story to a specific setting and then has a what if scenarios like a post nuclear society trying to rebuild itself then sure it can matter to the potential audience. Though it's more to do with how well incorporated those elements are and how key the might be to the characters motivations. Mad Max for example kind of runs with where we are now rather than where we have been and what has happened. Miller could throw some token winks and nudges to the audience to try and place the setting but would it really add to the setting? Probably not but it's hard to say when an attachment to the series has already been formed.

I get what you're saying regards to games and those using the setting for world building purposes. An AssCreed would just not be the same if it was set in a generick, no name european city. The history, the landmarks, the architecture all of these are kind of like characters in thier own right. You could and you can do a post apocalyptic setting in a generalised setting but the idea of my hypothetical questions I threw out there is that it can work either way (based on a generalised setting or a historical one) but you have to make it matter and not just for set dressing.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

what DC has over the pc version? i cant see how its better.

PC version is a port of the PS1 version, DC version had (different, not necessarily better) textures and upgraded models.

 

[kurahador]

Trails SC is on the 3rd page last place top seller, lower than Neptunia V3.
Truly the dark age of jrpg on steam.

 

[dex3108]

i mean, if it's only gonna be background scenery like statue of liberty then yeah, who gives a shit

setting is important to set up other stuff of how the world in general behaves and what sets it apart from other post apoc stories

thats the thing with fallout, fallout actually happens 200 years after the bombs, the thing beth really missed the mark on was that they wrote the fo3 ppl as if no time had ever happened and they were still living in the 50s, which is dumb and misses the point entirely lol

but i think setting matters a lot, stalker wouldn't be stalker if it wasn't for its ukranian roots, same with fallout, the setting feeds into the gameplay and presentation and atmosphere. stalker is a much darker and bleak game than fallout. stalker never feels like there's a society being rebuild, just feels like crazy people where they don't belong risking their life for scraps and that probably says something about the developers which is pretty interesting too.

edit: btw this might be a lot of nonsense i wrote i didnt feel like reaidng it cos fever taking over lol

To be honest it is not impossible. People are rebuilding society based on period they lived previously. It would take years until all major damages to heal (nuclear winter, ozone layer to heal...) so if first people go back to surface after 150 years for example world state when payer comes out would be more-less like it is presented in Fallout.

 

[Milamber]

Trails SC is on the 3rd page last place top seller, lower than Neptunia V3.
Truly the dark age of jrpg on steam.

SC really isn't that popular, I guess.

 

[Kyougar]

SC really isn't that popular, I guess.

or xseed killed all momentum with the delay and the price

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Trails SC is on the 3rd page last place top seller, lower than Neptunia V3.
Truly the dark age of jrpg on steam.

The game came out of nowhere after all the delays.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

or xseed killed all momentum with the delay and the price

The price is kinda what put me off. With that plus my backlog of recent purchases I just decided to wait. I wasn't gonna play it right now anyway.

 

[mrgone]

Galak-Z is on another level of brutal. I haven't played a game this hard since the NES.

Those sentinels are motherfuckers.

I'm really loving the climb up the learning curve, though - it's a great feeling, getting coordinated with the ship's range of motion and actions.

 

[Leon Belmont]

I think that Soul Reaver games needs a HD remake asap... and one of the best in the series is Defiance!

 

[Thorgal]

From the Screenshot thread ;

Looks like Rockstar could make HL3 if Valve won't do it

 

[Knurek]

My Opera install changed the icon from the beautiful red O to some kind of onahole.

When is Vivaldi's going to release?

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

My Opera install changed the icon from the beautiful red O to some kind of onahole.

When is Vivaldi's going to release?

I didn't know anybody still used Opera. :O

I also didn't know about Vivaldi, so this is cool.

 

[fertygo]

IDR's price of SC is pretty good but I'm not even playing FC (wanna buy off-sale price, but broke atm lol)yet so eh

 

[Anteater]

I didn't know anybody still used Opera. :O

I also didn't know about Vivaldi, so this is cool.

I still use opera 12 for the notes thing

They seem to keep removing features I actually use with every new version though

 

[Pachimari]

I hate that good and helpful posters like lashman and Jase got pushed so far by shameful people, to change their posting habits and avatars.
Those two are among the most on-topic, helpful and friendly people who made me enjoy this place.

Kinda sad to see JaseC giving up on the saorise stuff, for a board that prides itself with liberalism and tolerance. some people sure are judgemental as fuck.

Wait, wtf happened?

 

[Chariot]

Wait, wtf happened?

Intolerance and diet bullying, as usual.

 

[Monooboe]

I bought an apartment in GTA V Online... all I want to do now is to decorate it, buy furniture and shit, have parties.XD

 

[derFeef]

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[Pachimari]

Intolerance and diet bullying, as usual.

So Lashman isn't posting anymore?

 

[Atraveller]

So Lashman isn't posting anymore?

He only posts news links and new releases now.

 

[bobnowhere]

I didn't know anybody still used Opera. :O

I also didn't know about Vivaldi, so this is cool.

I use opera on my Tablet, haven't used on my desktop in many a year.

 

[Milamber]

I watched "Coming to America" again after like 15 years, the R-rated one, I didn't even know there was an R-rated one.

 

[Ozium]

I watched "Coming to America" again after like 15 years, the R-rated one, I didn't even know there was an R-rated one.

There's one that's not rated R?

 

[Tizoc]

I watched "Coming to America" again after like 15 years, the R-rated one, I didn't even know there was an R-rated one.

The movie's R-rated, but TV airings are censored.
Murphy's 80s stuff is his best.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I wish classic fighting games like SF3 and DS3 are in Steam

 

[Sarcasm]

Anybody sub to that monthly humble bundle?

 

[NingenJanai]

Anybody sub to that monthly humble bundle?

I was curious, but 12$ is too high a price for an unknown quality and quantity.

 

[Uzzy]

I wish classic fighting games like SF3 and DS3 are in Steam

Third Strike on Steam would be amazing.

 

[CyanideFuse]

Is Warhammer Vermintide region locked (if bought from Nuuvem). I get the "not available in your country" so used a VPN to bypass that.

I just worry that the game is region-game locked. I am not a great expert at this but from my rather ignorant checking it seems like the game itself isn't?

 

[derFeef]

Any small gems that I need to pick up in this sale?

 

[crazyrabbits]

Any small gems that I need to pick up in this sale?

Shadowrun: Dragonfall. $3. Worth every penny.

Also, LISA is amazing. It's the Earthbound-meets-Dark Souls game I never knew I needed.

 

[Deques]

Anybody sub to that monthly humble bundle?

I have

 

[YianGaruga]

I just learned that the Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden is actually a Clicker game with a story about harvesting organs, which might be interesting to some of you

Completely missed it when it came out

 

[Sarcasm]

I was curious, but 12$ is too high a price for an unknown quality and quantity.

I have

Wish I had the guts. I know the first few will be decent. Wish they gave like tiny clues to what is in it.

 

[lashman]

90s Arcade Racer gameplay video 3

 

[Deques]

Wish I had the guts. I know the first few will be decent. Wish they gave like tiny clues to what is in it.

But they have given clues

Guesses are
Saints Row 4
Besiege
Valkyria Chronicles
Shovel Knight
Sunless Sea