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Gone Home is great! I would have given that away too but for the soundtrack
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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.
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dark_inferno
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Luftrausers and Papers Please are the best in that bundle. The rest is good (Besides Gone Home) but nothing special.
Nabs
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Hey! Gunpoint is special.
someguyinahat
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Your friend is doing it right.
Sharkiller
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so true. i bought that game thinking it was some kind of horror game. never read about it. i know it won a goty or best pc game or something.
played for a few hours waiting for something scary or even a scary end to find I finished the "game" one moment to another.
worst dollars ever spent. -1/10
I concur, wonderful game and the level editor and Workshop make for even more pleasure.
So I paid $7 for LUFTRAUSERS, it better delivers or I have another grudge against der Experte, as he sold me on this game.
oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying is wrong to like it, even if I can't understand why, but I still loathe it.
and hopefully something I don't have will be unlocked later.
oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying is wrong to like it, even if I can't understand why, but I still loathe it.
It's polarizing that's all. I loved it, for others perhaps there wasn't enough waifu or blowing shit up.
MMBosstones86
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I enjoyed BioInf and Gone Home.
Come at me GAF.
Come at me GAF.
dark_inferno
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Okay Gunpoint is a bit special.
there is walking and there is Gone Home, which isn't even walking, it's plain boredom (><)
gabrielt16
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Pretty much, but if you are into narrative games then it's good. But yeah you just walk around and interact with stuff around the house and listen to diary entries.
I haven't played it, but my understanding is you walk around a house and pick up stuff to look at it. All of the story is told through items and notes that you find. There are no puzzles, people to interact with, or obstacles to overcome.
Whether that's a bad thing is obviously going to depend on your personal opinions.
AHA-Lambda
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Hmm, tempted by steamworld dig, own everything else that interests me.
Some of my favourite games of last year.
Sue me.
Some of my favourite games of last year.
Sue me.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Preach.
dark_inferno
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Wouldnt even say the "game" is about narrative. Its more about a ministory that is obviously,boring and doesnt give you something to think about. Its more like a walking-simulation-that-is-about-the-atmosphere-because-80s-are-so-damn-cool-right-now.
Dear Esther at least made you think about what the fuck you just played.
Oh ok, thank you!
With the look of the horror game I get why people are disappointed.
And I own nothing in this bundle
Oh yeah off topic Nozaki-kun - I love the intro so much! Thought it was Nico Touches the Walls at first though lol. Currently on episode 7.
Gipsy Danger
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It's about the 90s though. And it's great.
Edit: Can we please cut this "not a game" shit out? They're just words, if you don't like it being referred to as that then big deal. Doesn't make it any less of a game.
someguyinahat
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Wow, did you just compare it disfavourably to Dear Esther? That's a bold comparison indeed.
Chairmanchuck
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I also like Dear Esther far more than Gone Home. Dear Esther had a great atmosphere, while Gone Home felt... kinda empty I think.
And the story was also more like from a soap-opera.
dark_inferno
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Both are bad. But Dear Esther at least came first and Gone Home is worse than DE.
If you at least say it isnt a game then im okay with you liking it.
Edit: Okay i cut it out now. Seems like all those Architecture Programs where you could run trough the house you just build is considered a game now.
Giving away these games. I hope you enjoy them. I really enjoyed Gone Home.
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Nabs
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Dark_inferno pls
Chainsawkitten
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The only video game I've played that was also a game is Asphyx.
Gipsy Danger
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It is a game though. It's sold on Steam under the games category.
jediyoshi
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Does it make you think because the narration is so obtuse you literally have to try and recall what the fuck actually happened? Is that a good thing nowadays?
dark_inferno
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So Tags are now worth the same? Bad Rats = GOTY confirmed.
Like i said.
Seems like all those Architecture Programs where you could run trough the house you just build is considered a game now.
No. But Gone Home is like 1 Minute long if you take the "Explore everything and look in every corner" seriously.
MulderWasTaken
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Is http://store.steampowered.com/ down for maintenance or something else?
fernandes
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Store and community are erroring out a lot atm. Same thing happened last night.
Haunted
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Your best bet in these cases is to check http://steamstat.us/, which seems to indicate that the store is, indeed, currently down.
General_Frags
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SSPssp
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I don't know why its down, but its down for me as well.
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jediyoshi
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I'm pretty sure DE is like 1 Minute long if your character wasn't crawling on his hands and knees throughout the entirety of the game.
Fare Godmace
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Typical. I F5'ing Humble Bundle every single day, and the first day in months that I'm not home is when they decide to launch the BOTY :'(
Waiting for my 5$ Paypal coupon to buy the BTA...
Waiting for my 5$ Paypal coupon to buy the BTA...
MulderWasTaken
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dark_inferno
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Same could be said about Stanley Parable.
Walking Simulations are not great if you dont like the theme or what its about. And i still didnt found a Walking Simulation with Nazi Dinosaurs in it.
someguyinahat
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Merriam-Webster defines a "game" as "a physical or mental activity or contest that has rules and that people do for pleasure." I was going to put the definition of "video game" but that uses "game" to define it, so we couldn't get to the root of the matter.
One could argue that Gone Home doesn't have rules. Also given the lack of puzzles, one could further argue that it's not a mental activity. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with that assessment, but I think its status as a game is subjective as opposed to objective.
Blak_Status
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Going for the full $10 since I had prison architect on my wishlist anyway.
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