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[LurkerPrime]

Finished The Longest Journey. There's been plenty said about how obtuse the puzzles are, but even I was surprised at just how bad they were. The rubber ducky/clamp/key puzzle was the worst offender, but there were plenty of others that were almost as wtf. I had a walkthrough open on my other monitor the whole time, so when it came to the puzzles, I could just say, "Oh, you" and keep on playing, but back in the day, I would've been tearing my hair out.

The story was ultimately a bit more pedestrian than I expected given the game's reputation. It was mired in fantasy tropes just as much as it poked fun at them, and I think the game perhaps spent a bit too much time in Arcadia in the middle stretch. The ending was also a bit too neat for my tastes, but I guess Dreamfall more than made up for that, eh?

I loved playing as April though. She's likeable from the opening moments of the game, and I grew more and more attached to her as the game went on.Given the length of the game, probably 15+ hours, I really did feel like we went on a long, long journey together. I can't wait to see what they did with her character in Dreamfall - hopefully she's been treated well.

Good little review.

I'm curious to see how you like Dreamfall and (eventually) Dreamfall Chapters. I've only played the former, but found it to be a massive bummer after sharing a sentiment similar to what you have regarding TLJ.

Now that I think of it, playing TLJ several years ago is what got me interested in adventure games to begin with. I haven't yet played the classic adventure games, but I've found the Wadjet Eye stuff to be utterly fantastic.

In a similar vein, TLJ was my favourite adventure game before I played the Blackwell series. So consider this a stealth recommendation for everyone to play the Blackwell games. One thing to note: like TLJ, make sure you play them in order.

 

[Hero Prinny]

My goty is still bravely default.
A 3DS game i played in February.
With Transistor as the runner-up.
Its been kind of a sad year if you ask me.

That will change once you play smash Wii u.(although I don't understand how the 3ds version didn't suprpass BD )

 

[Corpekata]

Is that really going to be a thing? TBH, I think they should just leave it now =/

More Souls is always a good thing. The current DLC is great. I'll happily snap some more up if it's the same quality.

 

[Tesseract]

good day steamers, play something

 

[Anteater]

that black throne level in darksiders is terrible to play under the influence of alcohol, that's too bad. Although I still managed to solve that one puzzle last night, but I didn't even know how.

Also update on the RE HD Texture project:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135967720&postcount=721

Shit is looking awesome.

 

[L.O.R.D]

good day steamers, play something

hmmmm , whats wrong with the color under you name ?

 

[Anteater]

hmmmm , whats wrong with the color under you name ?

mods don't like him so they colored it in pee color

 

[Kiru]

hmmmm , whats wrong with the color under you name ?

He got GAF Gold.

 

[Hemi-PoweredDrone]

mods don't like him so they colored it in pee color

Shame it doesn't show up on mobile.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Also update on the RE HD Texture project:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135967720&postcount=721

Shit is looking awesome.

I'm still impressed by how much effort is being put into this. Once the project is finished, I'll gladly buy RE4 again.

hmmmm , whats wrong with the color under you name ?

He's a super saiyan, there's even proof.

 

[Turfster]

Gamefly horror sale final day: Konami

• Castlevania LoS & Mirror of Fate 50% off
• Castlevania LoS 2 & Revelations 50% off
• Silent Hill Homecoming 50% off
• SAW 50% off

 

[Jawmuncher]

That will change once you play smash Wii u.(although I don't understand how the 3ds version didn't suprpass BD )

No snake hit the game hard.

 

[Copons]

So cool, Deadly Premonition suddenly stopped recognizing HALF of my controller.
While the right half (both right triggers, start button, the 4 buttons and the right stick) works flawlessly, the entire left half (d-pad, left stick, select and the two left triggers) doesn't do anything.

Of course the controller works fine in any other game, and of course I've already rebooted and I've all the common workaround already in place.

I'm reinstalling it from scratch, this time also on the SSD, hoping for slightly shorter loading times too, but still, I'd pay loads of money to be able to play a properly working version of this great game

Spoiler

on PC

.

 

[me0wish]

just saw this game on steam :
http://store.steampowered.com/app/313400/

anyone here got it? i want some opinions about the game

I have the first one on 360, this game is the shit!

Edit: I think it's a bit expensive, even on the 360, dunno how much content the steam version adds but I highly doubt it's worth much more than 5$.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Gamefly horror sale final day: Konami

• Castlevania LoS & Mirror of Fate 50% off
• Castlevania LoS 2 & Revelations 50% off
• Silent Hill Homecoming 50% off
• SAW 50% off

wait wait wait wait
Silent Hill Homecoming is available on PC ? and on steam ?
i just knew about this now

This item is currently unavailable in your region

oh, thats why i didn't know

i put this link
http://store.steampowered.com/app/19000/?cc=us
and i can see the store page...$40 for this game ? screw that

Current Lowest Price: $14.00 at Nuuvem

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Gamefly horror sale final day: Konami

• Silent Hill Homecoming 50% off

This game is never going to reach $5 on PC, is it?

 

[Tesseract]

This game is never going to reach $5 on PC, is it?

welcome to silent hill

 

[Turfster]

Fuck. Stupid daylight savings time discrepancy.
Daily Super Meat Boy 80% off

 

[Anteater]

wait wait wait wait
Silent Hill Homecoming is available on PC ? and on steam ?
i just knew about this now

oh, thats why i didn't know

I think they region locked it so people like us won't be able to play and talk about their games on the internet.

I must say I agree with their decision because that would possibly lead other people into buying their games, and making money is awful.

 

[Benedict]

I can't find the castlevania games on gamefly.
link?

 

[Turfster]

I can't find the castlevania games on gamefly.
link?

The problem with Gamefly's shitass site is that it breaks depending on which region you're in.
I think the non-US site hasn't even updated yet.

 

[Zeeman]

Is Deadly Premonition worthwhile? How shitty is the port, even with Durante's fix?

 

[LurkerPrime]

Is Deadly Premonition worthwhile? How shitty is the port, even with Durante's fix?

Yes, it's worth the time. And the port is absolutely dire.

Still worth it.

 

[Molemitts]

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

 

[Anteater]

need for speed hot pursuit is fun, but EA seems to be on a mission to force you to watch their intro logo videos and shit because it's even integrated it as part of the main menu, you win EA.

 

[mannerbot]

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

You should just get it so it'll go on sale the day after for the rest of us.

 

[me0wish]

Is Deadly Premonition worthwhile? How shitty is the port, even with Durante's fix?

Bought at pre-order price, horrible (almost unplayable) port, no regrets.

 

[Molemitts]

You should just get it so it'll go on sale the day after for the rest of us.

That's exactly what I'm worried of! lol

 

[Yakkue]

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

Do you want to play it immediately?
Do you own other games already that you'd want to play now?
Would you be upset if it gets discounted next month (as there'll probably be an autumn sale around Thanksgiving)?

That said, I bought it day 1 and think it was worth it.

 

[Nabs]

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

Yeah. It's a great game.

 

[dani_dc]

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

Its a week wait, and it has a few levels that could work doe a Halloween sale.
I say wait, at worst you'll buy it at full price on a week.

 

[Molemitts]

Do you want to play it immediately?
Do you own other games already that you'd want to play now?
Would you be upset if it gets discounted next month (as there'll probably be an autumn sale around Thanksgiving)?

I'd like to play and finish it before the end of the year, as it looks like it could be a contender for my GOTY list. I have a few other games to play, but I'm looking for something to dedicate myself to, as I haven't had a game like that in a while.

Its a week wait, and it has a few levels that could work doe a Halloween sale.
I say wait, at worst you'll buy it at full price on a week.

I'm thinking about doing that, but I'm on half-term this week, so I'm looking for something to play this week!

 

[ashecitism]

Went over to the Steam Universe group to check if Valve still give a damn and saw they made an announcement after almost 5 months of silence:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/246896471916728432

*rolls eyes*

 

[Grief.exe]

that black throne level in darksiders is terrible to play under the influence of alcohol, that's too bad. Although I still managed to solve that one puzzle last night, but I didn't even know how.

Also update on the RE HD Texture project:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135967720&postcount=721

Shit is looking awesome.

This one is the most impressive to me, but it also highlights the interesting changes made in the recent PC release of RE4.

Either the textures looked strangely out of place, or had nothing done to them at all.

I still thoroughly enjoyed running through one of the best games of all time at 60 FPS, mouse controls, and very high resolutions, but the overall visual style was very inconsistent.

I've been waiting for Shovel Knight to go on sale since its release. I know the Halloween sale is likely coming up, but I doubt it will go on sale then. Do you think I should just get it anyway?

I've been wanting to jump on Shovel Knight since release as well, but I'm so backlogged I kept pushing it back for a sale.

 

[lashman]

Went over to the Steam Universe group to check if Valve still give a damn and saw they made an announcement after almost 5 months of silence:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/246896471916728432

*rolls eyes*

Volvo Time™

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Silent Hill Homecoming is mine the second it goes under 5 bucks.

Been so hangover today that I couldn't get out of be without puking and now clock is eight. Goddammit

 

[Robert J. Sullivan]

anyone tried enforcer ?

 

[BinaryPork2737]

welcome to silent hill

This is even worse than the original ending to Homecoming.

Actually I think it was 75% off on Steam one time the day after a X-Mas sale ended, and I bought it

Even $10 is a little pricey for it, in my opinion. I think I'd settle for $7.50 if there wasn't anything else I wanted on sale, though.

 

[legacyzero]

Silent Hill Homecoming is mine the second it goes under 5 bucks.

Been so hangover today that I couldn't get out of be without puking and now clock is eight. Goddammit

Silent Hill: Hangover

 

[ashecitism]

How many employers work at Valve? And what they do all the day, excluding hats?

Around 300. Working in different groups. Dota 2, TF2, CSGO, Steam, Steam Universe, Source 2, L4D3, HL3, SFM, VR and who knows what else.

Volvo Time™

It's not just that, but couldn't they put it in a more friendly way at least? Who do they think their target audience are? :lol

 

[Nzyme32]

Went over to the Steam Universe group to check if Valve still give a damn and saw they made an announcement after almost 5 months of silence:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/246896471916728432

*rolls eyes*

not really an announcement. more of a "our beta update is now a full release.... for our beta OS" haha

 

[Haunted]

Finished The Longest Journey. There's been plenty said about how obtuse the puzzles are, but even I was surprised at just how bad they were. The rubber ducky/clamp/key puzzle was the worst offender, and there are plenty of others that are almost as wtf. I had a walkthrough open on my other monitor the whole time, so when it came to the puzzles, I could just say, "Oh, you" and keep on playing, but back in the day, I would've been tearing my hair out.

The story was ultimately a bit more pedestrian than I expected given the game's reputation. It was mired in fantasy tropes just as much as it poked fun at them, and I think the game perhaps spent a bit too much time in Arcadia in the middle stretch. The ending was also a bit too neat for my tastes; then again, I guess Dreamfall more than made up for that, eh?

I loved playing as April though. She's likeable from the opening moments of the game, and I grew more and more attached to her as the game went on.Given the length of the game, probably 15+ hours, I really did feel like we went on a long, long journey together. I can't wait to see what they did with her character in Dreamfall - hopefully she's been treated well.

The duck puzzle is one of the most infamous adventure game puzzles at this point, right up there with Gabriel Knight 3's cat hair superglue puzzle.

And yeah, April is a really great character, and while the story and plot itself aren't super special, it's all carried by the excellent writing. That also holds true for the sequel(s).

As to April's treatment in Dreamfall and beyond... oh boy, you have no idea.

 

[Casimir]

anyone tried enforcer ?

Unless you can beat a innocent persons head repeatedly into the ground and then charge them with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer for shielding themselves from the blows it isn't a realistic police simulator.

 

[Nzyme32]

Around 300. Working in different groups. Dota 2, TF2, CSGO, Steam, Steam Universe, Source 2, L4D3, HL3, SFM, VR and who knows what else.

Wearable biometric sensors, butt and tongue controllers (the largest group).

 

[NingenJanai]

I had no trouble at all with the duck puzzle in TLJ, I dont think it was that hard.

 

[ashecitism]

Are HL3 employers actually unemployed?

Some of the core and general HL3 people are also in other groups. And you mean employee, not employer

Wearable biometric sensors, butt and tongue controllers (the largest group).

Not sure biometrics are still a thing.

 

[Casimir]

Employers is not correct?

Employers are the ones who direct and pay workers (employees) for services rendered. I don't know what you meant to say with the original statement however.

 

[Tenrius]

Well.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Well.

Stop tempting me >_<

 

[Tellaerin]

I mean employees. Well, I learned a new thing, didn't know there was a difference.

"-er" is one who acts on something; "-ee" is the object of the action. So an employer employs people, while an employee is someone who's employed by another person or company.

Stop tempting me >_<

Not having the cash for a WiiU renders me immune to temptation. I will live vicariously through you, my SteamBros. Those of you who pick it up, enjoy it for me.