Oh boy, that reminds me of Just Cause 3. I hope atleast the world in mafia 3 isn't as bland as in that game.
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STEAM | October 2016 - A month where 100 games launch rather than coming out earlier
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spindoctor
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So... you feel your "witcha 3" experience was harmed because you chose to skip optional content because you feel there was too much optional content and you feel super triggered by all those question marks which, again, were optional and you could have disabled entirely in the options?
Fair enough. It's difficult to make a cogent argument against dem feels.
The actual game world in Mafia 3 is one of the highlights of the game. You can tell that a stupendous amount of effort went into crafting New Bordeaux because there's a ton of detail and variety on the map. Driving around the city at the right time of day with the right music playing on the radio is an extremely enjoyable experience. The city also has lots of buildings you can enter which is rare for open world games. The sad thing is that none of the map ever gets used for anything other than your missions and some random gun fights that can break out. Now, the open world not being used much outside the story is a hallmark of the Mafia series, but with the amount of effort they put into crafting the world one can't help but think that they had much more ambition and grand plans for the game than what finally shipped. This game desperately needed more time in development.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Tizoc
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Lots of positive impressions from SteamGAF in the past year so do consider getting it.
i feel u skipped the part i said you can't tell apart good side quest/hidden dungeon question marks from trash bad filler question marks :>
witcha 3 would be a cooler game if it didn't have so much filler trash in it, optional or not
it's the arkham city vs arkham asylum thing, yeah all that trash was optional, but it was still there, and it made the game feel unfocused and tedious because like, it's right fucking there, that stupid camera that takes almost no effort to destroy and u still feel really empty when u destroy it cos u know, you didn't actually do anything besides act on command like an open world puppet you are
meanwhile arkham asylum is awesome cos what's there is there to be awesome and nothing more, there's no padding or anything like that, there's a set number of puzzles and secrets and you know, it engages with ur braincells a little bit and shit. yeah that last joker boss fight was the worst shit ever but nothing is perfect, not even arkham asylum and arkham asylum is pretty darned good
witcha 3 is the same thing, i totally hold it against a game if most of their content is bad, even if it's optional. yeah the main content in witcha 3 is pretty good, specially that bloody baron stuff, but the filler is still part of the game and i can't ignore it, specially when a game like new vegas manages to do open world without it being 80% filler
StrategyFan
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Probably bad. It won't be a Steam key, by the way. The first Acti game to be Steam-redeemable was Modern Warfare 2.
Doesn't work for me. Can't install any of them.
Edit: Somehow it did work regardless of the install error. The DLCs show up in the SW2 DLCs
Yeah, you get a useless install window simply because DLC doesn't install the traditional way and Steam treats all install links identically.
Large Professor
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There is now a f2p version (or "demo") of this game.
My steam review:
Rating 7.5/10
Overview: Rogue, Card builder with Real-time combat
The Good:
+ When different genres are mixed together the results can be very unpredictable, yet when they work you get a pleasant surprise. Hands of fate thankfully does a successful job of mixing rogue with building a card deck with real-time combat. The game is pretty simple in its execution, you build a deck with equipment and 'encounter' cards, the dealer then mixes in his own cards (usually bad ones). The deck is then shuffled and the cards are placed faced down on the table. Most cards have a game of chance involved, the higher the reward the higher the risk. By completing cards, you then unlock new cards that can be used in subsequent play-throughs, usually resulting in greater rewards.
+ Unlocking new cards and equipment is very satisfying
+ You also have to manage 3 types of resources, health, food and gold. Every time you select a card you lose one food. Run out of food and you begin to lose health after every selection. Certain cards reward gold/food/health. Acquired gold can then be used to purchase food, equipment etc at a shop.
+ To make things interesting the dealer mixes in 'curse' cards in the deck. These cards are numerous and can drastically change the way the game is played. I.e. enemies do double damage, lose gold after every turn etc.
+ Soundtrack
The Average:
Combat is a big part of the game and it just isnt as good as other games. Combat is identical to Rocksteady's Batman games, you have a strike, counter and dodge button. The animations feel stiff, hitting enemies doesn't feel satisfying and the mechanics never change. The combat starts to feel rather repetitive after awhile. I found it strange the developers decided to use real time combat instead of a combat system that used cards which is the games entire premise.
Glitchy achievements.
Conclusion:
This is a great unique game on Steam that is a bit rough around the edges but ultimately provides a very enjoyable and satisfying experience. I understand they are making a sequel which aims to improve many of the weaknesses from this game. If you like rogue-lite type of games and are looking for something a bit different, hands of fate will certainly deliver hours of fun.
Tizoc
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gUESS i'll skip it then thanks.
Yup, won a copy from SteamGAF a while back.. I agree with what Pakkidis wrote.
If you're interested in the game, it's a good price.
If you have a PS4, I think it was a PS+ freebie at one point too.
https://twitter.com/metalgear_en/status/787108292707266560
Konami...
https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/787000403728568320
Also openly lying on how Steam works.
Konami...
https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/787000403728568320
Also openly lying on how Steam works.
Kiru
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How do idiots like that get to be community managers ?
The sad thing is, there are actually people who bought the game as a gift in order to get the dlc...check the steam community hub.
Or people deleting MGSV from their Steam accounts and purchasing the DE to get a couple of skin variations.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/287700/discussions/0/348292957936000035/?ctp=4
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Anyone still got an Ori DE coupon sitting around? Hit me up with a PM.
Jawmuncher
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I'll sell you one for $10 bucks
I'm about two thirds of the way through it & thoroughly enjoying it. It's a mix of dungeon exploration through cards/tiles, and a Batman-esque beat-em-up. You flip a tile, get some text story, some random chances, and occasionally some 3rd person combat. Then you move to the next tile & repeat.
The way the story builds up over multiple trips through the 'dungeon' is awesome - as you explore & complete a tile's story, it unlocks more story tiles for the next playthrough. The order/layout of dungeons changes, as does the enemies you face, though there's a definite strong progression.
There's loot, there's maidens to save, there's monsters to kill.
I'm digging it. It's a unique package, even if the combat is the batman inspired style that's in vogue.
Tizoc
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Gimme 8 hours and i could send a coupon ur way just pm me ur steam id
At work atm :x
hardcastlemccormick
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Baron von Loathsome
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I got burnt out on it after eleven hours, but the game is quite unique and well worth playing.
TheLetdown
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Has the Ori discount been replaced by the coupon?
AHA-Lambda
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Only thing I'll say to knock against Hand of Fate is that the last chapter's rise in difficulty is reminiscent of the Meat Circus from Psychonauts.
It's insane.
It's insane.
I think it's intended for folks who don't own the original.
Baron von Loathsome
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I want to say that I got stuck on the King of Scales.
Having played 6 hours of Shadow Wang 2, i gotta say i'm a tad disappointed.
The level design with the big open areas just feels less focused and designed than it did in Shadow Wang 1 due to that it's harder to find secrets or even just the way to your next objective sometimes, and i also feel less inclined to explore.
And the diablo style gameplay is not really up my alley i suppose, running around opening a bunch of crates and looting the enemies drags the pacing, and while the weapons got an amazing hitfeedback, it's frustrating to juggle all the different elemtal stas while fighting a horde of superior enemies and seeing your favorite gun not doing any damage due to resistance.
I don't have an issue with combat systems that are about exploiting weaknesses and preparing your equipment properly (Hell, i love JRPG's and they're nearly all about this, especialy the turn based ones), i feel like Shadow Wang 2 is just too fast paced for me to be able to properly pay attention to that.
That said, it's still a good game and i really enjoy it, i just wished they would've stuck with the concept of Shadow Wang 1.
The level design with the big open areas just feels less focused and designed than it did in Shadow Wang 1 due to that it's harder to find secrets or even just the way to your next objective sometimes, and i also feel less inclined to explore.
And the diablo style gameplay is not really up my alley i suppose, running around opening a bunch of crates and looting the enemies drags the pacing, and while the weapons got an amazing hitfeedback, it's frustrating to juggle all the different elemtal stas while fighting a horde of superior enemies and seeing your favorite gun not doing any damage due to resistance.
I don't have an issue with combat systems that are about exploiting weaknesses and preparing your equipment properly (Hell, i love JRPG's and they're nearly all about this, especialy the turn based ones), i feel like Shadow Wang 2 is just too fast paced for me to be able to properly pay attention to that.
That said, it's still a good game and i really enjoy it, i just wished they would've stuck with the concept of Shadow Wang 1.
Yup, I can't sign into Community either.
AHA-Lambda
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Getting strange black artifacts at the beginning of some videos on Chrome, but nowhere else, any ideas? =/
I really wanted to love it, but in the end I was pretty disappointed in it. First of all, don't get any impression it's a card game, it's not a card game in the least. It's basically a roguelike where the cards represent encounters. The way you get cards and progress the story is creative, but the combat is really poor, and the sense of advancement just wasn't there for me. It does lend itself to short play sessions if that's what you're after. Overall it just felt like the sum was actually less than the total of the parts. But there are people who did love it who may be able to give you impressions of why it stuck with them. I made it about half way through the main campaign before I finally stopped going back to it, though I'll probably go back to it again someday.
Deponia Doomsday is even worse than other Deponia games. First, it's a totally useless game, considering
In the second place...why so much backtracking? I mean, there's a LOT of it. It's ALL focused on
the plot closed with the third game, Daedaòoc released a trilogy version of it but maybe they thought they could to some good money out of it, so here is a game based on time travel.
In the second place...why so much backtracking? I mean, there's a LOT of it. It's ALL focused on
backtrack do to the same actions with a variation, seeing the same cutscenes, hearing the same dialogues...luckily you can skip them with Esc, but what the hell, it's clear this is only to increase artificially the game's lenght.
Cheers, I grabbed the Story Pack DLC.
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
I eventually had to drop the difficulty down to Easy to beat the last chapter. I keep wanting to go back to it on normal for the cheezmo, but I dunno. Might just say I'm done.
Super secret pro-tip for him:
You have to actually kill him first as he keeps his minions immortal. That took me way too long to figure out.
For some reason LEGO The Movie started with Vsync disabled.
For exactly that reason I'm now painfully aware what coil whine is, and that my GPU exhibits it quite severely.
Funny thing - I played Witcher 3 previously, and been playing some other games with Vsync disabled - nothing previously had this reaction.
For exactly that reason I'm now painfully aware what coil whine is, and that my GPU exhibits it quite severely.
Funny thing - I played Witcher 3 previously, and been playing some other games with Vsync disabled - nothing previously had this reaction.
Free giveaway at IndieGala: Horizon Shift
These are usually shovelware, but this one actually has mostly positive reviews.
These are usually shovelware, but this one actually has mostly positive reviews.
ScreamingTrees
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Never heard of this until now. Thanks. Looks like a game I'd like. Wishlisted.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Witchkin is a game on Kickstarter I'm not pushing for.
It's also on Steam Greenlight.
I got a chance to play the demo of this game, loved it and hoping it makes it through Kickstarter, so I do want to help raise awareness. You can find a video of me playing the demo here, but the Greenlight Kickstarter page should give you enough about the game.
What initially sold me on it before the demo were the entity designs:
NeoGAF Thread I made for the Kickstarter, hoping it see's the light of day.
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Isn't coil whine usually tied to very high framerates, like when games hit 200-1000 fps on a blank loading screen? Lego games run ridiculously well so vsync off was probably getting you into that fps range.
Tizoc
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edit: nvm im thinking of a different game
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