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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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Well here are the links:gdt5016 said:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PREC/precursors
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-XENUS2/xenus-2-white-gold
only good for the next 6 days or so.
I haven't played them but from what I've seen they're kind of like Stalker but with a totally different theme and some different mechanics (in Precursors you can take body region damage, in other words step on a mine, and you can't run and have to heal your leg)
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Actually by my calculations that is about 3 times the length of your average shooter. Based on what I have played so far of Dungeon Siege 3 (I'm 7.5 hours in in co-op), I would be content with being at the half-way point. I don't need or want every RPG to be 30-80 hours.JaseC said:
I don't believe this was an Avellone baby so I think that might be why the story isn't all that compelling.
The Lamonster
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So I am about to beat KOTOR (beat it back in the day too) and want more. KOTOR 2 isn't on Steam and I've already played the shit out of the Mass Effect series. I need more PC WRPG goodness though.
Where should I go next, GAF?
Where should I go next, GAF?
Interfectum
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The Lamonster said:
The Witcher?
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OG Dragon Age, Vampire Bloodlines, Fallout 3/New Vegas, Elder Scrolls.The Lamonster said:
The Lamonster
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been there, done that, but I will definitely check out the Witcher and Vampire Bloodlines. I played some of DA 2 and it was sickening. But maybe I'll give the original a chance someday.Stallion Free said:
I hope my rig can run the Witcher... I can max KOTOR though!
Don't start quacking and flapping like crazy when I ask this, but does The Witcher support controller?Chinner said:
I have the Enhanced Edition but haven't started it yet because I can't find a comfy KB&M setup. To be honest, I can't really be arsed to find a comfy setup, I prefer using my PC as a sort of 'Super-Console' with pad control wherever possible.
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I heard Witcher had shit support for controller when I played it a few weeks ago.
I'm going to try a controller for 2, though, when the big update is released. Meant to be much better.
I'm going to try a controller for 2, though, when the big update is released. Meant to be much better.
indigo-cyclops
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Gvaz said:
This is an amazing deal for people that haven't picked them up. Especially Precursors! Jump on it folks!
I don't think so, but I found this post for you:LovelyDave said:
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1037364980&postcount=10
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Don't pre-judge the original based on what you played of DA2.The Lamonster said:
The combat does get kinda better, I mean, adding in new skills and shit. Might be worth playing on hard so alchemy is worth while. When I first played the game I stopped playing, but if you break through the prologue/chapter 1 it develops into something brilliant.Brazil said:
Foliorum Viridum
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I disagree that the combat gets better, it stays utterly terrible throughout, but the game as a whole gets better. Keep on with it.
Just get past chapter 1.
Prologue is cool, chapter 1 just fucking drones on, Chapter 2 owns, Chapter 3 owns less, Chapter 4 is the best, chapter 5 owns less than 3, and the epilogue is about like chapter 3.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to say I like the combat. It's simplistic but it's easy in the mechanics and what you can do in the game.
Prologue is cool, chapter 1 just fucking drones on, Chapter 2 owns, Chapter 3 owns less, Chapter 4 is the best, chapter 5 owns less than 3, and the epilogue is about like chapter 3.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to say I like the combat. It's simplistic but it's easy in the mechanics and what you can do in the game.
Foliorum Viridum
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They really need to release that patch for 2 so I can play it, goddammit. I was planning on having it finished by now until they announced that!
bloodydrake
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Gvaz said:
I didn't hate the combat as much as some. I just wish there was a mod that made the combo notification better(bigger brighter maybe with a sound notification as well) and it shouldn't be so pixel hunter happy, you shouldn't have to make sure your curser doesn't slip off your target.
Foliorum Viridum
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I never said anything was wrong with 2? I'm just waiting for that update now since it's so close. Seems silly not to.Gvaz said:
scorpscarx
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The W1? Meh I love the combat of the Witcher, it's different in a good way.
I'm one of the strange ones, but I preferred it to the W2, felt more PC-centric to me.
I'm one of the strange ones, but I preferred it to the W2, felt more PC-centric to me.
Stallion Free said:
I'll admit I haven't played a lot of shooters lately, but I figured ~5 hour campaigns were still largely attributed to Call of Duty games.
When I think of the RPG genre, more specifically RPGs from large-publisher-backed developers such as Obsidian, I expect more meat than ~15 hours. Mind you, if the creative foundations of the game can't adequately support anything longer, then I suppose it being on the shorter side is for the best.
Edit: With regards to the combat in The Witcher, the dullness of it was also an issue for me but when the sequel was looming I forced myself to continue with the game. I'm glad I did as 70+ hours later I'd finished it, considering the experience a wonderful one. I believe my total play time was 77 hours and I can't say the game ever felt as though it was overstaying its welcome.
bloodydrake
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oh and due to the fact the combat is such a pixel hunt,and in general your whipping your cursor all over due to the interface, I don't think it would be worth trying to use a gamepad that emulates a mouse on the right stick.
The combat in the Witcher didn't really bother me. I mean it wasn't good or anything, but it never bothered me either.
Also, here's a combat mod:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/full-combat-rebalance1
Also, here's a combat mod:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/full-combat-rebalance1
They already have sound notifications in the design.bloodydrake said:
I literally zoned out while attacking mobs and was able to time it by the sound alone
SWIF SWIF SWIF
*pause in the audio* "Oh okay hit LMB"
SWIF SWIF SWIF SWIF
*pause in the audio* "Oh okay hit LMB"
SWIF SWIF SWIF SWIF SWIF
*pause in the audio* "Oh okay hit LMB"
"Now lets do the final attack.....oh wait the mob is already dead, on to the next one!"
half the time I didn't even look at the screen, especially with group combat being so OP. Those swamp dudes were pointless though later in the game when you're taking out like 10 of them at once in one group combat hit :|
Also I never thought it was a pixel hunt and never had any issues with that. Then again, I'm an arms length (shoulder to knuckles) from my monitor
bloodydrake
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Gvaz said:
Hmm i never thought of an absence of audio as a Que but I'd rather have its more prominent.
I guess it depends which view you use for combat.
I just beat Half Life 2 Episode One in one sitting yesterday. It was completely amazing. I really liked Half Life 2, but I can't help but fall in love with short, expertly paced games. I think a great short campaign is the best type of single player experience and that is what the episodes seem to provide. I am so excited to play through Episode 2 in one sitting sometime as well!
I wish I had known about that one bullet achievement before I started though, it would have been fun to try to do that.
I wish I had known about that one bullet achievement before I started though, it would have been fun to try to do that.
ZZMitch said:
Episode Two, being the best FPS this generation, is going to... hell, I don't know. I don't think I've ever seen anybody label Episode One as "amazing".
I think it was StuBurns, though, who described it as a continuation of the best bits of Half-Life 2, which is a description I can agree with.JaseC said:
Those loot based games shouldn't be as long as normal rpgs. I would estimate DS3 took me about the same amount of time, maybe 20 hours, but I can tell you by the end I was really ready for it to finish. I was bored to tears using the same 3 useful abilities by then.
JaseC said:Episode Two, being the best FPS this generation, is going to... hell, I don't know. I don't think I've ever seen anybody label Episode One as "amazing".
Hey, if Episode 2 is even better, awesome! I wish more games had episodic content like this. I love games where I can power through in one sitting and have a great time doing it.
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Ep 2 encourages one sitting, almost. It's one great road trip.ZZMitch said:
I agree it's the best FPS ever.
I have said that yeah. I do see EP1 as HL2's epilogue, and EP2 more as HL3 part one. And I do think it's the best shooter I've ever played. I don't want to over hype it for anyone going in the first time, but it's such a different game in it's focus. It's amazing Valve managed to change directions so radically without missing a beat. There are even things in EP2 that I would swear were bad game design choices, the tunnels+lights for example, but in the context of the story it's about as intense as anything I've played.JaseC said:Episode Two, being the best FPS this generation, is going to... hell, I don't know. I don't think I've ever seen anybody label Episode One as "amazing".
They went from isolation, to partnership, to camaraderie. HL3 will need to have Gordon leading an army to keep the elevation going.
(Although the tunnel+lights thing is kind of a take on the motion detector from Aliens, which was a genius design decision for a film)
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Damn close, but it doesn't top Ep 2 for me.
(I'm glad you picked CoP and not SoC - good man!)
(I'm glad you picked CoP and not SoC - good man!)
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Daily Deal - Combat Wings: Battle of Britain $2.49 (50% off)
Never heard of it, but it seems to be a WWII flight game where you shoot down German planes. I don't want to sound to derogatory to a game I've never played, but that premise doesn't exactly blow me out of the water with its originality.
Also, "Combat Wings"? Really?
Never heard of it, but it seems to be a WWII flight game where you shoot down German planes. I don't want to sound to derogatory to a game I've never played, but that premise doesn't exactly blow me out of the water with its originality.
Also, "Combat Wings"? Really?
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