Besides the ones mentioned Dishonored was also solid.
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Besides the ones mentioned Dishonored was also solid.
TheLetdown
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Dishonored's DLCs rivaled the main game, to me. Knocked that one out of the park.
AHA-Lambda
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Hmm, I liked Virginia but hated Thirty Flights of Loving 
Not really, if you nuke your stats and savefile on the game, it will be fresh. It works for me.
True.
Someday I'll play that expansion.
Salsaaaaaa
EDIT: I've been playing some Arkham Knight and I'm really, really dissapointed with
the reveal of who the Arkham Knight is. Didn't Rocksteady swear it was a completely new character? Everyone knew it was going to be Jason Todd, EVERYONE, why didn't they just call him Red Hood since the beginning? And the revelation of who he was makes Bruce look dumb as hell.
Also the fight against the drill suuuuuuucks
After 77 hours, I think I've finally finished what I'm going to with Crypt of the Necrodancer.
By that I mean that I've finished the game with what are considered the three "story" characters, and have seen the final ending.
So all in all, I'd say that it's a really good game, but not without its flaws.
First, as you can see from my uncertainty at having "finished" the game, it doesn't do a great job at telling you what the actual intended way to play the game is. From the main lobby, you can access any of the four zones directly, play through all four in sequence, or play through a mode with all three of the story-related characters in a row.
All of these trigger the various cutscenes and endings, so which is the "right" way? Maybe there isn't one, and while I have no problems going through all four zones in a row with the first two story characters, doing that with the third one (who
) does not sound fun.
However, as annoying as that last character sounds on paper, I actually really enjoyed the challenge of playing as her through the last four zones individually. The game does a great job of mixing up that final playthrough by having you
. Despite all this character's drawbacks, there's still some benefits. The item drop pool is rebalanced so you don't get items that are totally useless (something that Binding of Isaac could really learn from). This means that you have a really good chance of getting lots of damage up items and items that protect you from a single hit, drastically improving your chances.
It's also about the time you get to this character that you really have a good feel for the enemy patterns, and that's a good thing, since the small margin of error means that you need to be able to clear a room without having the time to think about your next move and without making any mistakes. Being in a hopelessly dire situation and managing to fight your way out, one beat at a time, is incredibly satisfying, especially when you find that the enemy attack patterns are so ingrained that you've done it all just on reflex.
My other big issue with the game is how many of its rogulike elements aren't very well balanced to the point of being useless. Mainly it comes from the shrines scattered around. Now, I get that they were aiming for something where you can gamble by giving yourself a benefit while balancing things out by increasing the difficulty in another area, but I found that for the most part, the shrines ended up being useless. There's one that gives you a shovel, but makes the levels much larger. You start with a shovel, and while there are better ones, they're nowhere near useful enough to be worth the increased enemy count that comes with a longer level.
I'd still highly recommend the game, though. Aside from a couple minor nitpicks, it's still really fun, and DannyB continues his streak of excellent soundtracks.
By that I mean that I've finished the game with what are considered the three "story" characters, and have seen the final ending.
So all in all, I'd say that it's a really good game, but not without its flaws.
First, as you can see from my uncertainty at having "finished" the game, it doesn't do a great job at telling you what the actual intended way to play the game is. From the main lobby, you can access any of the four zones directly, play through all four in sequence, or play through a mode with all three of the story-related characters in a row.
All of these trigger the various cutscenes and endings, so which is the "right" way? Maybe there isn't one, and while I have no problems going through all four zones in a row with the first two story characters, doing that with the third one (who
dies in a single hit, dies if you do something off-beat, dies if you let a beat pass without doing anything, and can't use any weapon but the standard dagger
However, as annoying as that last character sounds on paper, I actually really enjoyed the challenge of playing as her through the last four zones individually. The game does a great job of mixing up that final playthrough by having you
play the zones in reverse order, with enemies from the zones you've cleared showing up in the current one as you go, making for a total mess in the final zone
It's also about the time you get to this character that you really have a good feel for the enemy patterns, and that's a good thing, since the small margin of error means that you need to be able to clear a room without having the time to think about your next move and without making any mistakes. Being in a hopelessly dire situation and managing to fight your way out, one beat at a time, is incredibly satisfying, especially when you find that the enemy attack patterns are so ingrained that you've done it all just on reflex.
My other big issue with the game is how many of its rogulike elements aren't very well balanced to the point of being useless. Mainly it comes from the shrines scattered around. Now, I get that they were aiming for something where you can gamble by giving yourself a benefit while balancing things out by increasing the difficulty in another area, but I found that for the most part, the shrines ended up being useless. There's one that gives you a shovel, but makes the levels much larger. You start with a shovel, and while there are better ones, they're nowhere near useful enough to be worth the increased enemy count that comes with a longer level.
I'd still highly recommend the game, though. Aside from a couple minor nitpicks, it's still really fun, and DannyB continues his streak of excellent soundtracks.
Wok
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Hmm, I liked Virginia but hated Thirty Flights of Loving
Yeah, me too. I like the large amount of
sex
Or just funny to catch references to
sex
Looks far far better than a mobile game if you ask me. I really don't get the crying that has been going on about it. Seeing it in motion and how clear it is to understand during play at further distance, is excellent. Personally I would prefer less saturation in certain lighting, but that's the only complaint I have regarding its looks
Gipsy Danger
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Absolutely my most disappointing game of all time. The reveal does make Batman look like a god damn idiot since everyone could figure out who the AK was. The game overall was severely underwhelming to me which sucks, AA was one of my favourite games of all time but it's just been constantly downhill from there tbh.
Best puzzle game is finally out on Steam:
300 achievements, represent!
Also gj, Volvo.
Game has one pre-release review. Positive at that. What does the new implementation of review scoring show? Negative, 0% of the 1 user reviews are positive.
Yes, Arthea, DROD is better than Picross, Spacechem, Lyne and Letter Quest combined
300 achievements, represent!
Also gj, Volvo.
Game has one pre-release review. Positive at that. What does the new implementation of review scoring show? Negative, 0% of the 1 user reviews are positive.
Shalashaska
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The game also has a wide ranging potential user base that includes people with lower PCs so it really isn't all that surprising either.
Atraveller
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The Knife of Dunwall had a good portion of reused level though.
I'm not aware of the details, but there are simple ways to tell a program to ignore cores within Windows itself.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Has anyone who bought a GMG 10 pack actually gotten anything good?
bobnowhere
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I got Lucius II in one and 9 bundlejunk.
Thing is, I simply won't turn off 2 cores.
At least the characterization of the Arkham Knight is good. I mean, AK is as whiny as
Red Hood
Jawmuncher
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Dino Crisis Confirmed
ramoisdead
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ftfy
What?
Dark Souls III is ~$34 USD on Nuuvem if anyone is looking to bite. It's $56 to get the game + season pass there as well.
Homefront the Revolution is about $13.50, or $16.50 with season pass.
Man I was really hoping for a great DSIII season pass steal before the DLC came out but its looking like i'll be paying near full price.
Homefront the Revolution is about $13.50, or $16.50 with season pass.
Man I was really hoping for a great DSIII season pass steal before the DLC came out but its looking like i'll be paying near full price.
paperspace
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Uhm, what?
Ooh, thanks. Almost got the other one. By the way. Looking at the file. There's an updater, and the program. Do I have to run the updater every time I want to update ds4windows?
you can click a button in the main program to update
Gipsy Danger
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I agree. AK is as shit as the comics.
Nyteshade517
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saw people talking about Sleeping Dogs last night so figured I'd start up again with the Definitive Edition...still a really good game
Isn't that what I have to do to get the game working? It does not support CPUs with over 4 cores, I have a CPU with 6 cores.
I must be missing some posts between this
Damn, didn't know I could do that.
You can set the program to automatically check for updates.
Alternatively, just download the latest build from GitHub and replace the files manually.
Up to you.
(Updates are infrequent as it is, so not really much of an issue)
Abomination
Member
I count 8 cores
or is that not your screenshot?
Not mine.
I have a 5820k, so 6 cores.
Edit: Checked the affinity thing, I got cores from "processor 0-11".
Kaleinc
Banned
Has to be done every time the application is launched though.I must be missing some posts between this
You can use external tools to force that on runtime.
Code:
"start /affinity F iexplore.exe"Real talk US folk.
If your epipens cost $1000, your acne cream $9,500, how long will it take for Tylenol to reach $100k per bottle?
Where's that hidden hand that regulates a free market?
dave is ok
aztek is ok
*healthcare not included
I got your hidden hand right here 🖕🏼
It's invisible, duh.
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SteamGAF, how do you feel about the game Journey? I just completed it, and I don't feel strongly in either direction, but I want to hear more from people who really enjoyed it. Maybe you see something I don't.
Nabs
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Since the question has been answered, I'll give you a small tip that'll save you some trouble in the future:
Go into the settings tab and check "Hide DS4" to remove the dinput controller from being recognized by some games. It'll prevent some games from having double inputs.
Good thing I got mine for 98% off. 💰
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