crazyrabbits
Banned
I was told by another user that the last time I did a mass Desura dump (no pun intended), one user redeemed all 20 codes I gave away.
So, someone out there has to be enjoying these. Right?
Right?
(crickets)
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I was told by another user that the last time I did a mass Desura dump (no pun intended), one user redeemed all 20 codes I gave away.
So, someone out there has to be enjoying these. Right?
Right?
(crickets)
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
That was frightening as I had my headphones pretty high.
I may have fucked up in New Vegas and went to the Big MT was underleved and am stuck. Turning it to easymode. Bleh.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
How did you manage that? I swear it gives you a big fat point of no return/level suggestion warning before you go in.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Poor Desura!
Well, I'm happy knowing that someone can have an instant collection, DRM platform be damned.
I have so many games between different platforms (760 on Steam, 30 on GOG, at least 15-20 on Origin) that I can't handle a fourth provider. It's just too much.
I love how all of my games with controller support run perfectly with my PS3 controller except for Final Fantasy VIII, the PSX game. Has anyone else had problems with this?
Apparantly GOG's upcoming client is supposed to group all the games from other clients together or something, so that could help!
Apparantly GOG's upcoming client is supposed to group all the games from other clients together or something, so that could help!
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
FFVII's default PC controls are a damn mess.
Both ports are not too great, TBH. I feel like Squeenix barely did any touch-up to the PC ports they made back in the 90's for their re-release on Steam...
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Yeah...serves me right for not reading.
BinaryPork2737
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I mean, Tails and Knuckles weren't bad in the old 2D games, because they didn't talk and could do stuff that Sonic couldn't so they were actually fun to play as. But then Adventure happened, and unlike Sanic, Knuckles no longer chuckles, and now Tails is, well, Tails. I think Big the Cat is the worst though. Or maybe the new Sanics from Sanic Boom.
And pls no. I don't think I can handle this becoming a fan art thread.
crazyrabbits
Banned
So I finished the original Ys - whipped through it in less than 4 hours with a walkthrough. I had heard about the dubious quality of this title, but I wanted to play it for myself.
Ys I feels like a glorified demo, a proof-of-concept piece. It's one of those games where everything not only feels antiquated in retrospect, but there's hardly any meat on it. Granted, this is a remake of a game from 1987, and there are still a few interesting points, but I was surprised at how little content there was in the game.
To start with, there's hardly any map to speak of. You have three towns, a small central hub and an incongruously huge final dungeon, with only a couple of sidequests and hidden items. Not only that, but you can whip through the main storyline in no time - if I wasn't going for sidequests, I could have easily beat the game in 3 hours or less.
If I could describe this game in one word, it would be "bipolar", both in its gameplay and story presentation. The main character, Adol, runs at a very fast clip, but travelling and fighting enemies is incredibly monotonous. Whether you're using the four-direction or full-360 degree movement, many fights consist of both you and your enemy running around each other in an ersatz dance to see who will hit each other first.
Experience and gold are bizarre - once you hit max level, nearly every enemy in the game becomes a pushover, including the bosses. I defeated half of the bosses just by running suicidal charges into them on Normal difficulty.
The difficulty spikes are something else, ranging from weaklings in the plains to creatures that will one-shot you unless you're at a very high level. And that's to say nothing of the final dungeon itself, a 25-floor monstrosity that's practically impossible to complete without a guide.
It does do a few interesting things which I liked. The inventory system and item pickups easily rival the early Zelda games in the way every item has multiple functions. There's a couple of neat alternate decisions you can make (like choosing whether or not to rescue a prisoner at one point), and there's an escort mission tied into the rescue that I liked.
I have heard a lot of high praise for Ys II, so I'll be jumping into that tomorrow and Monday. Should be very good.
Ys I feels like a glorified demo, a proof-of-concept piece. It's one of those games where everything not only feels antiquated in retrospect, but there's hardly any meat on it. Granted, this is a remake of a game from 1987, and there are still a few interesting points, but I was surprised at how little content there was in the game.
To start with, there's hardly any map to speak of. You have three towns, a small central hub and an incongruously huge final dungeon, with only a couple of sidequests and hidden items. Not only that, but you can whip through the main storyline in no time - if I wasn't going for sidequests, I could have easily beat the game in 3 hours or less.
If I could describe this game in one word, it would be "bipolar", both in its gameplay and story presentation. The main character, Adol, runs at a very fast clip, but travelling and fighting enemies is incredibly monotonous. Whether you're using the four-direction or full-360 degree movement, many fights consist of both you and your enemy running around each other in an ersatz dance to see who will hit each other first.
Experience and gold are bizarre - once you hit max level, nearly every enemy in the game becomes a pushover, including the bosses. I defeated half of the bosses just by running suicidal charges into them on Normal difficulty.
The difficulty spikes are something else, ranging from weaklings in the plains to creatures that will one-shot you unless you're at a very high level. And that's to say nothing of the final dungeon itself, a 25-floor monstrosity that's practically impossible to complete without a guide.
It does do a few interesting things which I liked. The inventory system and item pickups easily rival the early Zelda games in the way every item has multiple functions. There's a couple of neat alternate decisions you can make (like choosing whether or not to rescue a prisoner at one point), and there's an escort mission tied into the rescue that I liked.
I have heard a lot of high praise for Ys II, so I'll be jumping into that tomorrow and Monday. Should be very good.
In my opinion, Ys I + II are the weakest in the Ys series. Felghana/Origin are miles better than those.
That doesn't mean I + II are bad, or that they should be avoided - I still got a lot fun out of them.
Easton Dark
Member
I hope Steamgaf is taking advantage of the Mount and Blade sale if they don't own it already. And if you do, get it for someone you love.
Chance Hale
Member
Hopefully the sale means they're revving up to reveal more about Mount and Blade 2. Worst reveal ever.
I thought it was because they were adding steam workshop support
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I bought rise of the triad today and... well, frankly I am disappointed. I like fast paced shooters but this one is failing to hold my interest even after only 3 levels being played. It claims to be old school but it just feels like a hallway shooter with no health regen, faster movement, and a few old school mechanics like the bounce pads.
The explosives are satisfying but really not enough to keep my interest.
I can't comment on MP since no one was playing MP when I checked the server browser... of which there were only 4 servers anyway.
The explosives are satisfying but really not enough to keep my interest.
I can't comment on MP since no one was playing MP when I checked the server browser... of which there were only 4 servers anyway.
Chance Hale
Member
I would, but I have to manage my budget for this month a bit. Was a bit too euphoric with my giveaways :x
crazyrabbits
Banned
I dropped forty hours into it before I ran into the same thing. Just got completely bored, uninstalled it and haven't touched it in nine months.
Not to say it's a bad game - far from it - but there's only so much you can do in the vanilla game before it comes rote. I'm not even interested in mods or the Napoleon DLC.
Mods sound great but have the exact same problem.
If you've seen one town, you've seen them all. The world is dead. Everything is static. I don't understand how people can play SP for hundreds of hours. Unless you're happy with repetition.
Easton Dark
Member
There might be a give-away in the future by someone who wants more people to get on the Mount and Blade hype train.
300 hours.
The towns are not the important part.
Don't you do quests?
I guess you could travel around and play a trader or go to war or something. The freedom is amazing but I got bored every time I entered a city or did a copy and pasted quest.
Darkroronoa
Member
Tomb raider anniversary feels like the opposite of tomb raider 2013, i have forgotten how much platforming heavy the old tomb raider's were.
If only the new one had a few more puzzles and harder platforming and it would have been fantastic.
If only the new one had a few more puzzles and harder platforming and it would have been fantastic.
-MD-
Member
If the new one had platforming and puzzles I probably would have really liked that game.
I hope so. Warband is a great game and everyone should love it.
Easton Dark
Member
There comes a point where you stop doing quests for the towns and get all the money and experience you'll ever need from wars. After that, towns are nothing more than a dumping ground for your loot.
That point is usually by level 10. You don't spend too long having to do those quests. Besides, lord quests pay you much more if you still want to do any.
HalfwayOrb
Member
n/m.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Eh, I even got bored with those. There were only so many times I could siege a castle or retake a town before I realized it was incredibly repetitive. I started making and breaking alliances on a lark to see what would happen before I quit. I still loved the field skirmishes, though.
Maybe sometime I'll try the Napoleon DLC with a large group, as I know the real fun comes from organizing and carrying out meticulous battle plans.
:OOOwait... Mount and Blade has single player with quest and loot?
I thought it was a multiplayer only joint
The single player is the funnest part. This game is totally sandbox. You're some guy or woman in a medival world. That's it. You can do everything you want, be a marauder, a sellsword, helping the poor, trade your way to riches, join a faction and rise in the ranks, make your own faction with blackjack and hookers, help some pretenders to get the throne, etc.
Are keys on game.co.uk Uplay or Steam?
Regarding HOMM VI Gold
Regarding HOMM VI Gold
maneil99
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Uplay, it has no steamworks integration and no other sites sell steam keys
lashman
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From the arrow slits; the tiny in length, tall in height windows on the side of the walls. In castle design it allows a person to aim out, but very unlikely for someone to aim and hit the archer.
Yea I thought about that, but those arrows seem a bit too wide spread to go through those slits
PrematureQuiche
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Playing Sniper Elite 3 and then moving on to Divinity OS with a friend once we are done with that! I have never played a game like Divinity so I hope I like it.
-MD-
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Divinity: Original Sin, I'm loving you so far, but mostly I'm loving your kind way of trolling me everytime. <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYROYegLOhs
(the video spoils an in-game joke, I guess unrelated to anything, but who knows, if you're really anal don't click)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYROYegLOhs
(the video spoils an in-game joke, I guess unrelated to anything, but who knows, if you're really anal don't click)
Tizoc
Member
Boss fighta are good imo and i liked exploring to find power ups for the most part.
cardinalmind
Member
I've played the divinity games but they are not "clicking" on me. I don't know if Original Sin can change that. Although the remarks here are quite glowing.
AHA-Lambda
Member
hmm, I'm about 10 days in now (posted my impressions earlier) and it's really not doing anything for me so far =/
poor sheep
But POOR ME!!
What is this new thing in RPGs that I cannot even desecrate the first grave I meet?
(also, am I crazy or in D:OS animals actually speak? like, if I click on them, the text below is like "moooooh", but at the same time I hear an incredibly polite "Greetings!", and the voice actor it's totally different than mine!
)How do I git gud? Everytime I get to like 15 soldiers, I get beaten in battle and captured. I'm trying to be a valiant knight, but at this point I'm more like Sir Nicketty Nox than Sir Lancelot.
Atraveller
Banned
There's a talent called "Pet Pal", with it you can talk to the animals.But POOR ME!!
What is this new thing in RPGs that I cannot even desecrate the first grave I meet?
(also, am I crazy or in D:OS animals actually speak? like, if I click on them, the text below is like "moooooh", but at the same time I hear an incredibly polite "Greetings!", and the voice actor it's totally different than mine!
Edit: It's also a good way to pick up quest clues.
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