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[Saad]

It took me only an hour to finish Gone Home, the story line felt like a young adult novel, which isn't my cup of tea. Good thing I only paid $3 for it.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

Love this game, someone else needs to play it.

Saints Row IV Giveaway

Yuup. Started last week got about 17 hours in, last mission and the 2 DLC left to finish tomorrow morning

 

[rtcn63]

Hey, it's dupes

 

[BigDug13]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

It's damn good. Like Castlevania-ish with random generation. You can pay a price to keep it from re-randomizing too so you can get to the bosses more intact.

 

[antitrop]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

YESSS! It's so fucking charming and whimsical. Great music, great gameplay, very addictive.

It's pretty much an action platformer RPG, where you die a lot, but your character's progressively upgrade their abilities as you die, making slightly more progress into the castle with each life.

 

[Turfster]

I'm OK with that for the most part. No Man's Sky is consolified too, but it's my most anticipated game right now.

Eh, there's a difference.
We know nothing about how No Man's Sky is going to play, for example, apart from some vague generalities, while X Rebirth tried to basically fit everything X3 did on a 360 controller (hint: they failed rather badly)

 

[-MD-]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

You move through sections of a castle, each one harder than the last and at the end of each one is a boss. You'll die frequently, you get to spend money on upgrades in between deaths.

It's a really good game. 4 bucks is a steal.

 

[Vazra]

Hey, it's dupes

A Winnie The Pooh game like that would be just. ;_; (Talking artstyle duh)

 

[Kadin]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

It's a great game. You proceed through a castle slowly building up your character as you go. You die a lot but money you obtain carries with you to use for upgrades. You then enter the castle again with no money and do it again. Sounds repetitive but it's a shit ton of fun. And hard.

 

[someguyinahat]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

It's a hack and slash dungeon type game. It starts hard, but when you die, you can buy upgrades using the money you acquired, then start again using an "heir" - you get to pick from three, all with randomized traits and classes, both good and bad. And you do it over and over until you beat all the bosses. The dungeon itself is partly randomized: there are four areas in the same general vicinities, but the rooms and monsters get mixed up.

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

I'm sure other people will give you descriptions of what the game is about but I highly recommend watching this video. I watched it before I bought it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X4NqB-7ev0

And don't feel like you have to watch the whole thing to understand what the game is about.

 

[bobnowhere]

Has it? Can I get cards for a penny to complete my badge now?

I think at the peak, the cheapest sets were 68 cents or so, now they have dropped back to the low 50's, closer to the non sale value.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

So I have to chose one: Prime Defenders, Pixeljunk bundle, Mitsurugi Kamui, or Midnight Club 2 GAF?

I finished Mitsurig Kamui Hikae two days ago. I can tell you for 2,50$ its okay, but you can finish it in like under 1 hour. After that you can try it on hard, but the gameplay mechanics arent really as full-fledged as a normal action game like DmC or even Darksiders.

It is fun for the 1 hour I played it, but I would play it any longer than that. It offers not enough variety.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

It is definitely worth it. One of the best games released last year IMO. It feels like Castlevania with everything randomly generated. No two playthroughs are ever alike.

 

[legacyzero]

Rogue Legacy worth it? The screenshots look right up my alley. But what kind of game is it exactly? I have no real concept of what a "Rogue Lite" is. Yes, I realize that's a popular PC genre, but it's one I've never knowingly dabbled in.

Game is SUPER addictive if you like Metroidvania type games. Great gameplay, and the idea of the game is very interesting. I'm gonna double dip once it hits Vita.

 

[Pumpkin King]

I hate Magic Eye.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

How can you say Gone Home isn't overrated? The GOTY kind of praise it gets doesn't even make sense before you can agree with it or not because it's not a game. It is a graphic novel minus the novel, because it's only a short story. You can like its story, but you have to be real that it's just an art piece, a statement. It is missing entire dimensions of what people play games for. I saw people responding to Proteus and Dear Esther in a reasonable manner for such an experience, but for some reason Gone Home and now The Stanley Parable seem to be getting too high of acclaim with too few disclaimers attached.

Gone Home definitely isn't GOTY material in my opinion, but I have zero idea why people have such a massive problem with these """walking simulator""" story games. They tell stories with a fairly dense amount of writing and/or VO, and allow the player to take their own pace and explore everything they want to. Sure, it's storytelling-as-treasure-hunt, and there's not much in the way of mechanics in most of them, but the genre still offers something slightly different than any other narrative mediums do (and before anyone picks at this - not better, different).

Nobody is obligated to like them but I don't understand why Gone Home and Dear Esther make people so fucking mad.

 

[RunWhiteBoyRun]

Thanks a metric shit ton Dupy!

 

[3phemeral]

DMC4 its way better.

DMC4's bosses give DmC's bosses atomic wedgies.

WANT.

DMC4 is pretty different from DmC. DmC is a reboot that is more focused on spectacle. DMC4 is more focused on gameplay. You're not going to see the same tone or use of color in DMC4.

I'm still interested in the gameplay aspect. I think I'm convinced then.

 

[Sofa King]

Eh, there's a difference.
We know nothing about how No Man's Sky is going to play, for example, apart from some vague generalities, while X Rebirth tried to basically fit everything X3 did on a 360 controller (hint: they failed rather badly)

Not sure even what this game is. Exploring is all I've seen, and an infinite world is cool, but I need more.

 

[legacyzero]

Eh, there's a difference.
We know nothing about how No Man's Sky is going to play, for example, apart from some vague generalities, while X Rebirth tried to basically fit everything X3 did on a 360 controller (hint: they failed rather badly)

Ahhh I see. I never played any of the X games, but that sounds a bit frustrating.

 

[TheSeks]

I think at the peak, the cheapest sets were 68 cents or so, now they have dropped back to the low 50's, closer to the non sale value.

Oh, you're talking games. I thought you were talking the summer badge.

I still don't really want to pay for card to complete badges, but getting booster packs at level 10-11 is nearly impossible now a days. :/

 

[Ezalc]

I finished Mitsurig Kamui Hikae two days ago. I can tell you for 2,50$ its okay, but you can finish it in like under 1 hour. After that you can try it on hard, but the gameplay mechanics arent really as full-fledged as a normal action game like DmC or even Darksiders.

It is fun for the 1 hour I played it, but I would play it any longer than that. It offers not enough variety.

Thanks for the input, I took it out of the running now then. Have you played any of the others I mentioned?

 

[Miguel81]

All this DMC4 talk is good. Now if Capcom would place the HD versions of the first 3, and get rid of that broken DMC3 I'd be a happy customer.

 

[phoenix296]

I have a few duplicate keys from humble. Enjoy!

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[Speevy]

I would like to thank Fascism for A Virus Named Tom.

I would also like to thank Communism for The Bubonic Plague

 

[antitrop]

WANT.

But neither game has anything on Metal Gear Rising's bosses.

 

[legacyzero]

If you havn't bought, and subsequently gotten addicted to FTL by now, you're going about life all wrong.

 

[Facism]

I would like to thank Fascism for A Virus Named Tom.

I would also like to thank Communism for The Bubonic Plague

no problem, brudda.

 

[Subtervotion]

Can anyone help me? I bought Castle Crashers 4 pack and gave to my friends. We crash like crazy on this game. Is there a patch? Can we fix it? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Yakkue]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

 

[FlashFlooder]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it already: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

looks awesome

 

[Widdly Scuds]

Since this thread is moving fast im going to ask again: is gone home supposed to be some sort of system pusher? Because i dont get why i cant get this game to lock @ 60 fps. Gonna try a system reboot to see if that helps any.

it seems the game has some performance issues. i was dropping frames in a certain part of the house while playing on an i5-3570k and 2gb gtx680

plus if you go here http://steamcommunity.com/app/232430/discussions/1/ youll see other people reporting the same thing. apparently max-settings are really demanding

 

[phantomspiker]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it already: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

Releasing during the Steam Sale? The game has a lot of buzz around it, maybe that will be good enough.

 

[3phemeral]

But neither game has anything on Metal Gear Rising's bosses.

Gah, you're only making this worse with all these games I have backlogged. First Steam gamifying their sales and now NeoGAF peer pressure!

Spoiler

Adds another game to his wishlist.

[edit]

All those MGR giveaways I skipped out on... T_T

 

[Turfster]

Ahhh I see. I never played any of the X games, but that sounds a bit frustrating.

Pages 10-12 are the controls for X3:Reunion, for comparison.

 

[Miguel81]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it already: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

I'm getting serious NES Castlevania/Zelda 2 vibes from that one. It will be mine.

 

[bobnowhere]

Oh, you're talking games. I thought you were talking the summer badge.

I still don't really want to pay for card to complete badges, but getting booster packs at level 10-11 is nearly impossible now a days. :/

Haha, oops, just realised I put non-steam instead of non-summer in my OP! No wonder it was slightly confusing. Damn distractions when posting.

 

[antitrop]

Gah, you're only making this worse with all these games I have backlogged. First Steam gamifying their sales and now NeoGAF peer pressure!

Spoiler

Adds another game to his wishlist.

No, really, though.

Metal Gear Rising's bosses.

You won't be disappointed.

 

[Ampersands]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

Wishlisted.

 

[rtcn63]

But neither game has anything on Metal Gear Rising's bosses.

Ah yess, I saw a lets play with the first boss:

 

[schroddycat]

Just cause 2--my first game purchase based on gifs posted on Internet forum. Oh I'm not being duped, am I?

 

[Salsa]

So this was probably brought up already while I was asleep, but for anyone who doesn't know it: Shovel Knight finally has a steampage.

3DS ready

 

[tylerf]

Thanks Shade. Can always use more CK2 DLC.

 

[FlashFlooder]

Just cause 2--my first game purchase based on gifs posted on Internet forum. Oh I'm not being duped, am I?

as someone who is almost completely burned out on open-world games...

you are definitely NOT being duped.

 

[mannerbot]

3DS ready

Keep your perversions to yourself, sicko.

 

[CreepingFear]

Just cause 2--my first game purchase based on gifs posted on Internet forum. Oh I'm not being duped, am I?

It's fun and pretty gorgeous looking if you have a decent rig. Doesn't have to be Smokey lvl rig.

 

[Speevy]

So can someone tell me more about Early Access games?

If the developer puts out a final build that boots to black for everyone, do the buyers get a refund?

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

my first game purchase based on gifs posted on Internet forum.

You must not have been around when Sleeping Dogs came out then.

 

[antitrop]

Ah yess, I saw a lets play with the first boss: