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[PepsimanVsJoe]

Interesting looking. In comparison to Pac-Man CE however, is it like that where figuring out and memorising the best pattern is key to high score or is there more variation to it?

The main difference is that every game in Heiankyo Alien 3671 is randomized, so you can't really memorize anything. The maze changes, and the locations of hidden treasures (essential to scoring) also change. However, while there is RNG involved, you're not solely depending on luck for a high-score.

At first I was having trouble earning more than 250,000 a game. Now I'm starting to consistently score 2+ million. It's all about learning the myriad of scoring mechanics, while being able to develop routes on the fly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfs5I-eUkU

A few things to point out.
-Every level-up increases the value of power-ups and hidden treasures. Power-ups should be picked up regularly, since only two can be on-screen at once. Hidden treasures should be picked up last (especially the diamond, because it doubles the current score).
-Every "building" (all those squares and rectangles) can have a wall built around it. When the wall is completed, the player is awarded some points. Every wall that's still standing upon level-up results in an additional bonus.
-Green aliens flash and make a sound when they walk over a hidden treasure. However, they also destroy walls.
-Optimization is everything. That means no dying and no wasting time.

Also Echo just dropped on steam, anyone played? Know anything about it?

The website I write for has a review of it - http://www.cubed3.com/review/4204/1/echo-pc.html 8/10

 

[Tizoc]

I feel bad that I didn't really enjoy Hollow Knight.

I liked parts of it but in the end I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped.
It has a lot of great things going for it, but it just wasn't my kind of game.

 

[Hektor]

Square Enix is hiring for something Nier related. I'm about to explode in love juice

Spoiler

watch it be a job posting for a pc patch lol

 

[MUnited83]

That converts to about $23 Dollarydoos, if you use Cup20 at GMG it's $20 dollarydoos. Obviously it will depend on you location and exchange variables.


Also Echo just dropped on steam, anyone played? Know anything about it?

I haven't played it, but the concept sounds absolutely awesome, read a few previews when it was announced.

 

[Rhaknar]

if you have the slightest interest in Marvel, Max (known FGC video maker and gaffer) was streaming online matches (on PS4) earlier, and he had this fantastic set against someone that actually knew what he was doing.

So here you go, Max (X / Strider) vs Random Good Online Person (Gamora / Dormammu)

thats what the actual game is (or can be I guess), once you go past the memes.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Let's celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by continuing our normal PC gaming discussions as they are. :V

 

[Rizzi]

That converts to about $23 Dollarydoos, if you use Cup20 at GMG it's $20 dollarydoos. Obviously it will depend on you location and exchange variables.


Also Echo just dropped on steam, anyone played? Know anything about it?

That looks pretty cool.

 

[lazerfox]

hmmmm....

https://twitter.com/Durante_PT

I'm hoping he'll be making those amazing blog posts like he did for CS1. Really interested in how much of his work can be carried over to the sequel.

73 hours in and I'm still not done with my first playthrough. This is all SteamGAFs fault for making me play these awesome timesinks.

 

[GoldandBlue]

Let's celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by continuing our normal PC gaming discussions as they are. :V

So posting Anime.

 

[Vuze]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440650/Niche__a_genetics_survival_game/

This looks actually pretty dope. Anyone here played it yet? It's out of early access on thursday.

 

[Mivey]

Let's celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by continuing our normal PC gaming discussions as they are. :V

Avast, ye scurvy scumm! That's what ye be wantin', ye landlubber? Why not instead hunt for some booty!

 

[Lain]

hmmmm....

https://twitter.com/Durante_PT

Durante did say he was busy.

 

[jshackles]

SIH deleted their previous announcement that they would be rolling back the changes they made, and replaced it with this:

You can install an additional tools such as Google Analytics on the websites you developing. This is made to explore your own users and to imrpove the quality of your services. Earlier we have no possibility to make something similar in the browser extension. When you are entering a website that uses cookies, you are not leaving it, right? But cookies are making the same thing. Now, when SimilarWeb is made us able to make similar things that Google Analytics do on the websites - we are using it for growing and evolution of SIH.

SimilarWeb is a partner that helps us to track the users activity in the app because Google don't provide this kind of info.
Google's statistics are only: 1) Total users 2) Views/Installs 3) Uninstalls
This is super small and 0 informative nowadays...
As I said previously, it will allow us to track info of the active users, see what countries are u using our app from and help us to improve the app with this info in the future.
SimilarWeb is a trusted and loved company by Google, you could check their extension in the Chrome store, see how it works and so on.

Just wondering, why people talk about keyloggers and sh*t? Selling info to the other sites? Are you crazy? Please google it, how it works. This is ridiculous.

Please stay with your own clear mind and don't trust these misleading topics.
Its your own choice to believe us or not. If I would say "we are safe" again, you would laugh on it as it was earlier on reddit threads. What a sad story.
We have never scammed anyone. Free-based app which is evolving for users is called fishy. We are sad about this.

Never scamming. Never.

- SIH Team

Again this is either gross negligence or gross ignorance. I would still advocate uninstalling, leaving 1 star reviews on the Chrome web store, and reporting this to Google.

 

[Grief.exe]

I feel bad that I didn't really enjoy Hollow Knight.

I'm only early on in the game, but I can see how it could be polarizing.

The atmosphere is quite oppressive and the game gives you no clear indication on what to do or where to go. The latter can be off-putting as the majority of modern games point you in the correct direction constantly.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Square Enix is hiring for something Nier related. I'm about to explode in love juice

Spoiler

watch it be a job posting for a pc patch lol

it's about time, lol

 

[arts&crafts]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440650/Niche__a_genetics_survival_game/

This looks actually pretty dope. Anyone here played it yet? It's out of early access on thursday.

I think this is one of those games that was given away for free on that Swiss Video Game Day, sadly it was all out so I had to get a different game.

 

[Xater]

I feel bad that I didn't really enjoy Hollow Knight.

I also stopped after the 5 hour mark. At first I though the map mechanic was clever, but then it just started to annoy me. I'd rather have that work like in other Metroidvanias. My progrss also felt slow and I lost interest.

I just saw that the PC version of Monster Hunter World is coming out after the console versions. That hurts...

 

[Anteater]

i kept getting lost in hollow knight so i stopped playing it

 

[Jawmuncher]

Can someone explain to me how Midnight Launches on Steam work? You don't have to pay for it right? Is it only allowable if you have X amount of preorders or something? I'm curious.

 

[Purkake4]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440650/Niche__a_genetics_survival_game/

This looks actually pretty dope. Anyone here played it yet? It's out of early access on thursday.

I was kind of interested in it a while back, but it was really basic back then. Not sure what it's like now.

 

[ramoisdead]

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is officially released at the Steam store.

 

[Lain]

Tales of Berseria is 53% off over at bundlestars: €23.49

 

[Jawmuncher]

Tales of Berseria is 53% off over at bundlestars: €23.49

Wait until $6 bucks on Namco store

 

[BiggNife]

People asking for years for MGS Legacy PC port and Konami gives us ZOE2.

ZOE2 fucking rules, though

It's not like this is asking for candy bar and getting a piece of shit

It's like asking for a candy bar and getting a completely different candy bar that's just as good

 

[Buckle]

SIH deleted their previous announcement that they would be rolling back the changes they made, and replaced it with this:



Again this is either gross negligence or gross ignorance. I would still advocate uninstalling, leaving 1 star reviews on the Chrome web store, and reporting this to Google.

Looks like they got scared at first but then they doubled down.

This isn't going to end well for them, they need to just knock this shit off.

In any case, uninstalled it with extreme prejudice.

 

[Knurek]

hmmmm....

https://twitter.com/Durante_PT

Durante, please tell me they at least included MD5/SHA sums for all files on that HDD.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Personally I think Zoe 2 is worse than 1 since it has dumb gimmick sections like mine fields and escorting.

 

[Arthea]

Also Echo just dropped on steam, anyone played? Know anything about it?

ECHO

Immediately thought about Remember me after seeing this.

It sounds interesting enough, I wonder how it plays, btw a nce gif

Square Enix is hiring for something Nier related. I'm about to explode in love juice

Spoiler

watch it be a job posting for a pc patch lol

I'm pretty sure they will make another game after Atomato success, it would be stupid not to, but I'm not sure it will work as well for them if they ditch platinum.
We'll see

 

[Javier23]

Personally I think Zoe 2 is worse than 1 since it has dumb gimmick sections like mine fields and escorting.

I always felt MGS4 followed a very similar design philosophy and overall structure to that of ZoE2, that felt definitely a bit out of place within the MGS series. But I can also see some people disliking it too in the context of the ZoE series itself. It's a very short game and there's definitely a lot of gimmicky sections. I don't remember there being a lot of depth to the basic gameplay loop (the opposite of which is true when it comes to MGS and that being the issue with MGS4), so I actually enjoyed them for the variety they introduced.

 

[Kaleinc]

hmmmm....

https://twitter.com/Durante_PT

HD huh? That cat definitely has underwear on its head.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

SIH deleted their previous announcement that they would be rolling back the changes they made, and replaced it with this:



Again this is either gross negligence or gross ignorance. I would still advocate uninstalling, leaving 1 star reviews on the Chrome web store, and reporting this to Google.

This just gets grosser and grosser.

Never touching that stuff with a ten foot pole.

 

[BiggNife]

Personally I think Zoe 2 is worse than 1 since it has dumb gimmick sections like mine fields and escorting.

ZOE2 has some flaws but I think ZOE1 is mind-numbingly boring.

 

[Arthea]

ZOE2 has some flaws but I think ZOE1 is mind-numbingly boring.

Hyperbole?

Spoiler

just checking

 

[Jawmuncher]

Zoe 1 is so short it all works out

 

[Lain]

ZOE2 is good, ZOE1 is average at most.
Getting ZOE2 over 1 is a win.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

ZOE2 has some flaws but I think ZOE1 is mind-numbingly boring.

It's definitely an early PS2 game. It's very pretty for the era and flashy, but yeah, I feel no sense of loss in not getting ZOE1 on PC.

 

[Orakio Rob]

Zoe 1 is so short it all works out

This.

 

[Hektor]

As someone who's never played ZoE i'd certainly like to get a steamrelease of the first one as well, but alas, an emulator will suffice if nessecary

 

[prudislav]

I just saw that the PC version of Monster Hunter World is coming out after the console versions. That hurts...

no surprise its known since the MHW announcment

 

[Granjinha]

People asking for years for MGS Legacy PC port and Konami gives us ZOE2.

i won't complain. ZOE2 is fucking amazing

 

[madjoki]

Oddworld Abes Odyssee free for Steam:

directly from steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/15700/Oddworld_Abes_Oddysee/

steam key:

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/oddworld-abes-oddysee

 

[Lain]

ZoE 2 has this.
ZoE 1 doesn't.

Beyond the Bounds still owns.

 

[the_firewithin]

when is planet coaster going to go cheaper...i want to try but still to expensive

 

[Anteater]

i have zoe1 on the ps2, didn't even finish it

 

[madjoki]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308040/Back_to_Bed/

Back to Bed free on steam too.

 

[Deques]

when is planet coaster going to go cheaper...i want to try but still to expensive

It's 33% off on Steam now

 

[voodooray]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308040/Back_to_Bed/

Back to Bed free on steam too.

I liked this, it was a decent puzzler set in an Escher landscape. Drops cards too.

 

[Annubis]

ZoE 2 has this.
ZoE 1 doesn't.

Beyond the Bounds still owns.

and HD collection has this.
Best of both worlds.

 

[Freezard]

ZoE 2 has this.
ZoE 1 doesn't.

Beyond the Bounds still owns.

ZoE1 has a great main theme as well, they're both really good!

 

[Tizoc]

Caramba
MvC Inf plays nice and I like Jedah in it, need to practice with him more though
But geez the UI and music are terrible.
The graphics I can deal with esp. coming from KoF14 but it doesn't have the same pazzaz that UMvC3 had.