Leafhopper
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What did I tell you about OT? It's dangerous.
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Steam | November 2016 - Rally to Restore Fear and/or Sanity in the Steam Community
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What did I tell you about OT? It's dangerous.
Final Fantasy XII would like to have a world with you.
(Also, you should definitely try that Final Fantasy 5 Roguelike mod - 0% story, 100% mechanics)
Did you lost an avatar bet or what? Where's muh slime?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Make the thread but don't make the title anything that invites a comparison. Just make it "FF5 has great game mechanics" rather than "FF5 has the best game mechanics in the series". Even mentioning other games for comparison in your OP will doom you.
Welcome to the club. Join us next year for the Fiesta! That's how many learn to truly appreciate the perfect design of the job system.
Tizoc
Member
Do it. Ignore those that want to rank their FF games and just talk about it.
Also obligatory awesome GBA localization post
Also Guido knows what it's like to be a PC Gamer when having to deal with Console peeps
Sorry couldn't find any good GBA screenshots :V
uncredited male
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Hey slabs! New thread.
I finished FF V on iOS a few months ago, and I found the job system is pretty basic. I mastered monk+ninja+ranger class, and for most part of the game my four characters were basically dual-wielding their fists and each attack eight times in one turn with the Rapid Fire skill.
Well it was posted several posts earlier and is in the Steamworks group for devs.
Syphon Filter
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Anyone know if there is an old steam green ui skin? One that is updated because i think the one i saw had bugs.
Wok
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Same here. I think it is down.
I was not even considering the first tier. Now that you said that, I might buy the bundle for the $1 tier.
For higher tiers: I don't have multiple monitors, I prefer a local solution such as KeePass rather than LastPass, I don't like the "too good to be true" promises made on the VPN website, plus I don't like the "2017 Plus SuperMaxiGood" annual releases, so it sounds like a pass for me.
Nabs
Member
almost time for tuesday maintenance.
trailmix16
Member
is the pc/steam version an ok way to play through FFV or is there something terrible about it? i guess this goes for every classic FF
You found it basic because you came across an I win button combination. The reason why the Fiesta is so popular is because it forced you to learn how to use the other jobs effectively.
uncredited male
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stEAm
PetriP-TNT
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EA takes the stEAm out of Origins
electroflame
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freshVeggie
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Finished Sniper Elite V2. Took me exactly 8 hours according to in-game statistics actually. A bit sooner than I expected but just the right time. It was getting tedious.
It's a third-person shooter with a clear focus on long-range sniping, set in the last days of World War II. You play as a generic American sniper with the mission to eliminate five German rocket scientists before they can escape to Soviet Russia. This is it. This is the amount and depth of the story and characters. I don't remember a single name of the scientists or high-ranking German officers. I don't even remember my own name or if it was ever told. You could call it shallow, a backdrop or just not a focus of the devs which is fine because Sniper Elite V2 feels like a budget production, so it's natural for it to be lacking in visuals, polish and presentation in general.
They did however put enough focus on what matters, the actual sniping. It is simply fun. What also makes it stand out is the gratuitous, excessive violence of the slow-motion x-ray kill-cam. It never got not satisfying to watch organs, skulls, gonads and bones get shredded.
The game's structure is very straightforward with corridor-like maps that leave little room for different approaches. This surprised me as sniping could be done in a more open map design. It's not a detriment to the game though. This way missions take not too long and avert becoming tedious hunts. Besides your sniper rifle you also have a submachine gun and a pistol which will be used not as often. This is a good thing since close-quarters combat is lacking.
On that front I feel the need to advise against a stealth playstyle. The mechanics are just not well implemented and the results are frustrating and unsatisfying. Once I abandoned stealth after the first few missions, my enjoyment with the game increased significantly. I feel the devs knew this as well, since there are no missions which have stealth requirements which is odd since there are stealth mechanics like carrying corpses, timing shots to ambient noise, visibility markers etc. They just don't work well on top of a lack of manual saving and bad, bad AI. As an action shooter it is a fun time.
I do recommend giving this a try. Just leave any expectations of story at the door and prepare for a glorious shooting gallery.
Kurt Russell
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Finished Sniper Elite V2. Took me exactly 8 hours according to in-game statistics actually. A bit sooner than I expected but just the right time. It was getting tedious.
It's a third-person shooter with a clear focus on long-range sniping, set in the last days of World War II. You play as a generic American sniper with the mission to eliminate five German rocket scientists before they can escape to Soviet Russia. This is it. This is the amount and depth of the story and characters. I don't remember a single name of the scientists or high-ranking German officers. I don't even remember my own name or if it was ever told. You could call it shallow, a backdrop or just not a focus of the devs which is fine because Sniper Elite V2 feels like a budget production, so it's natural for it to be lacking in visuals, polish and presentation in general.
They did however put enough focus on what matters, the actual sniping. It is simply fun. What also makes it stand out is the gratuitous, excessive violence of the slow-motion x-ray kill-cam. It never got not satisfying to watch organs, skulls, gonads and bones get shredded.
The game's structure is very straightforward with corridor-like maps that leave little room for different approaches. This surprised me as sniping could be done in a more open map design. It's not a detriment to the game though. This way missions take not too long and avert becoming tedious hunts. Besides your sniper rifle you also have a submachine gun and a pistol which will be used not as often. This is a good thing since close-quarters combat is lacking.
On that front I feel the need to advise against a stealth playstyle. The mechanics are just not well implemented and the results are frustrating and unsatisfying. Once I abandoned stealth after the first few missions, my enjoyment with the game increased significantly. I feel the devs knew this as well, since there are no missions which have stealth requirements which is odd since there are stealth mechanics like carrying corpses, timing shots to ambient noise, visibility markers etc. They just don't work well on top of a lack of manual saving and bad, bad AI. As an action shooter it is a fun time.
I do recommend giving this a try. Just leave any expectations of story at the door and prepare for a glorious shooting gallery.
They improved everything for the sequel. The maps are open, and you can actually be stealthy.
uncredited male
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They were giving one of the Sniper games away on Steam and I ran through the story.
It was ok. I only had one nut shot the whole game and it was on accident. I murder with honor.
Okay, I may have tried to nail a few more unsuspecting gonads but for the most part I opted for the quick death.
It was ok. I only had one nut shot the whole game and it was on accident. I murder with honor.
Okay, I may have tried to nail a few more unsuspecting gonads but for the most part I opted for the quick death.
PetriP-TNT
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Steam updated its CEF version before I had the time to update Chrome o_o
Head of Vengarl
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I nominate this for thread of the year.
texhnolyze
Banned
Maybe all the shovelware mobile ports will offload themselves to a CLEARLY bigger audience. /sarcasm
HP_Wuvcraft
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Will check, thanks.
freshVeggie
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That sounds actually really good. I do have SE3 but I don't feel like going back to back. Thanks though. I wasn't very hot for the third after my time with V2 to be frank.
Kurt Russell
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The maps are really big now and there are a lot of different ways to approach your objectives. You can also skip killing the grunts and just ghost your way to your main targets, and the stealth system is way better. The fourth one should improve the formula even more, going by the early previews that I read before it was delayed.
pretty done
Member
X-2 has good combat mechanics, just really bad everything else.
The reverse Witcher 3.
freshVeggie
Member
Reminds me how much great fun I had with Medal of Honor Airborne back on the PS3. Absolutely among my favorite WWII shooters. Probably even the most. Great game design.
Atraveller
Banned
Do it!
LurkerPrime
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Age of Wonders 3 is on sale.
Y'all know what to do.
Y'all know what to do.
freshVeggie
Member
Red Faction Guerilla got a new update. Yes, a game from 2009 is getting patches. That's dedication. Hats off to devs.
FINE! My name is down. When I get some free time
Love seeing older games keep pushing out these kind of updates. Still not played it, but this is certainly a good reason to give it a go!
spindoctor
Member
What. 60. What?!
Also, I know a lot of people were waiting to hear Sega's announcement for this year, so here you go.
LurkerPrime
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I wish I could remember who bought the IP from THQ. Was it Nordic or something?
Anyways, it's really impressive that they know how to treat such a classic game. It's one of my favourite open world games out there due to its sheer fun factor.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Crimsonclaw111
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That's arcade exclusive
At least somebody else is interested in the game! I wonder if it will show up on GMG. So far best deal is 20% off at the wingamestore.
Just hoping the classless system works well and the evil path is fully fleshed out.
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Yeah Nordic got it. They've been great with all these surprise updates.
Wingamestore looks like US only. Seems there are only a few places outside Steam that got access to sell it. In the UK you can get it cheaper at 15% off. So I picked up the Archon Edition for £38. Gotta have that soundtrack
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