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JDR13

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Rise of the Triad (2013)

Completely over-the-top but fun as long as you don't take it seriously.

Also stilll playing Horizon Zero Dawn. I'm in the expansion area now. Still enjoying the gameplay enough, but I'm ready to finish it at this point.
 

lightbane

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It's been a while since I was able to play games properly due the plandemic and other issues, but now I can give my thoughts about a few games.

First: The Way. A Polish Another World-clone that is too wonky for its own good, with puzzles that do not work as intended and checkpoints too far away between each other, seeing that you die from one hit and your weapons are shit. I dropped the game after the second level and watched the rest of the game in Youtube, I believe it was a good decision since the endings are weaksauce and try to force a message that is bland as hell, the game conveniently removes all of your tools after having fought so hard to get them and, worst of them all... There's a homage of that airbike section of Battletoads! :rage:
Not as bad, of course, but still incredibly annoying.

Second: Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice. Much better than the previous game, it's more of the same, for good and bad. Capcom still doesn't know what to do with Apollo Justice, the red-headed step-child of the fourth game.

Third: The Procession to Cavalry. Actually a sequel to Four Last Things, with similar humor. Very short too, but worth a try. This time, the main change is that you can kill most people standing in your way instead of bothering with inane puzzles, starting with the casual murder of a cripple to get a certain item. Naturally, things won't end well for you, but you can complete the game in 10 minutes or so in exchange. The protagonist is a warrior lady, which usually would be decline, but they make fun of that too (and she's not given a better treatment than others in the bad ending).
 

Silly Germans

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I've enjoyed CoJ2 a lot at the time. It looked good, it was different, competent, engaging... It might not hold up very well, but I wouldn't know.
My view on CoJ 2 turned a lot more to the negative after i played them in direct succession recently, you really get hit before the head when you start playing it directly after CoJ 1. It feels extremely adjusted for consoles and generally for the Call-of-Duty audience. If you compare CoJ 2 only to other games of that type it comes of well, but if you start thinking of what it could have been, if they had improved on CoJ 1, you realize that it is major decline. It disappoints as a direct gameplay-sequel/story-prequel.
 

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Codex 2016 - The Age of Grimoire Codex+ Now Streaming! Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is. My team has the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit. Pathfinder: Wrath
Started my 3rd attempt at Tides of Numenara. Determined to stick with it this time and at least try to get into it. I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

ALso about 2 hours into Dead Rising 3. Got it on sale for £7.50. It seems pretty good actually and I think I'll probably complete it, although some of the Steam reviews mention their saves being wiped which is a little worrying. Probably going to look into backing them up myself
 

Voids

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Started my 3rd attempt at Tides of Numenara. Determined to stick with it this time and at least try to get into it. I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

ALso about 2 hours into Dead Rising 3. Got it on sale for £7.50. It seems pretty good actually and I think I'll probably complete it, although some of the Steam reviews mention their saves being wiped which is a little worrying. Probably going to look into backing them up myself

I'm getting ready to try it again too. The massive lore dump at the beginning is mind numbing.
 

Grampy_Bone

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Been playing Days Gone, a game that exists. It feels like someone took The Last of Us and turned it into a real game instead of a walking sim. Unfortunately it's still not very good.

The aiming was pissing me off. Most games will lower the sensitivity when you aim but this one doesn't seem to, so when you hold left trigger and nudge the stick the reticle flies all over the place. It's just a mess. I finally swallowed my disgust and turned auto-aim on.

Baseball bats and other weapons breaking after a dozen hits is another thing that will never not piss me off. I had a wooden bat as a kid and I must have smashed 100 mailboxes with that thing. It never broke.

People complained about scavenging for gas but I like it. It makes you have to plan your trips. In the Mad Max game, all the survival aspects were quickly obviated by the base upgrades that gave you free unlimited resources. Besides there are gas cans everywhere so far so you never have to look too much.
 

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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is. Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
Now that Genefroge 3 and Eye of the Beholder 3 are beaten (let us never speak of these games again), I started up System Shock Enhanced Edition. It's still fun, I dig the music and the gameplay. And SHODAN is still a cool villain.
Wasteland 3 will be my next focus, and I'm going to dabble with Geneforge 4 soonish. I still want to beat the whole series this year.

I also beat Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness on PlayStation Vita. It's serviceable. It's not on the caliber of SteinsGate or some of my other favorite VNs, but it's a decent time waster I played in 20 minute sessions before going to bed. It was good enough for me to platinum it.
I only have 2 more games before I can "retire" the system. It will never truly be retired (emulation!), but I'll have beaten all games that I own on it. The two games left are Danganronpa 2 and Oneshika: Tainted Bloodlines.
 

Catacombs

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Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun
 

DalekFlay

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Played the Outer Worlds' first expansion. It's more Outer Worlds, shocker.

Installed Baldur's Gate afterward, thinking it was finally time for a replay with BG3 coming. Haven't played it in 15 years probably. Loaded it up and... oof, it's pretty rough. Also I forgot how boring it is at first, with extremely bland dialog. It's funny people bashed Pillars for being bland when this is a classic. I might struggle through until it gets more interesting but damn...
 

Abu Antar

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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is. Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun
Lords of Xulima, Blackguards, Geneforge, Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil are a few recommendations pff the top of my head.
 

Kabas

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Erannorth Reborn, a deckbuilding card game.
A certain someone here said it was good and so i finally ended up trying it.
It looks remind me of those western porn games you can see on patreon.
You have a lot of races and classes to unlock with some of the more interesting ones(Summoner,Noble) gated behind DLCs. You also have a lot of perks to specialise you further like focusing on doing specific type of damage/effect or giving you an access to some special cards. I found that the best race/class combos are the ones that give you additional sources of damage to minimize the chances of you running into something that has immunites to everything you have. Like, mixing Undine with a Shadow so you have an access to Water cards in addition to Piercing, Poison and Dark.
You have multiple modes to play ranging from different gauntlets to semi-open world where you can choose your fights.
Never was much into deckbuilding card games but i found this one rather addicting.
 

Strange Fellow

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun
Knights of the Chalice.
 

Vlajdermen

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I gave Return to Castle Wolfenstein another shot, I'm back at the X-labs which is the point at which I quit last time, and it's really growing on me. I love how hefty the guns feel and how slow you move compared to something like Blood. It's exactly what I was looking for in that thread about vidya with slow, heavy, lumbering combat.
 

ERYFKRAD

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Strap Yourselves In Serpent in the Staglands Shadorwun: Hong Kong Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun
Realms of Arkania HD
 

Ghulgothas

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Been working my way through Black Mesa as a palette cleanser after seeing my first Underrail playthrough through to the end. It took some time getting my mod suite to play nice with it, it may be in 1.0 but it sure as hell isn't mod friendly yet.

I don't think I can't remember the last time I played a game that was this elevated by it's own soundtrack.
 

JDR13

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Been working my way through Black Mesa as a palette cleanser after seeing my first Underrail playthrough through to the end. It took some time getting my mod suite to play nice with it, it may be in 1.0 but it sure as hell isn't mod friendly yet.

I don't think I can't remember the last time I played a game that was this elevated by it's own soundtrack.

Black Mesa is great. Never tried any mods with it though. Which ones are you using?
 

JDR13

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Never tried any mods with it though. Which ones are you using?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2171469409

A modest collection. Classic Headcrabs has resulted in some crabless zombies, but everything else works as-intended. The HD-Restyled Sleeves with Weapon Reanimations are a must-have.

Thanks. I'll definitely be using the On a Rail Uncut mod next time I play. Not sure about the others as I like most aspects of the vanilla game the way they are.
 

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