How is it? I was scared away by mixed reactions at launch and have been thinking about giving it a shot now though I'm still wary, but your opiniouns are trustworthy.
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How is it? I was scared away by mixed reactions at launch and have been thinking about giving it a shot now though I'm still wary, but your opiniouns are trustworthy.
I remember playing SS 3 for the first time, and I was really annoyed by the beginning sections which felt like from different FPS. Here we don't have such problem, and the whole thing feels like a proper arcade shooter. But there is more story and characters involved. The NPC characters look really bad for a game published last year. When it comes to graphics, it feels more vibrant, closer to the original duology. I think it was a good move, plus the variety of locations and ambush spots is well done.
Some of the weapons now have secondary fire mods. For example laser gun has a powerful death ray, while the rocket launcher that loads up to five homing rockets that will lock onto enemies when fired. They are really useful in practice, especially in the later parts, where the number of enemies per encounter are way bigger. We also have new weapons, like for example autoshotgun - really powerful when it comes to close quarter fights. For the first time in the series, enemies can now take extra damage, when we shoot at their weak spot, such as their head. Weaker enemies can be dismembered by shooting at their arms or legs, which can incapacitate them. Overall the gameplay feels more smooth and better than in SS 3. Of course there are new monsters as well, some of them are included in my gallery. I won't be describing each one of them - they fit perfectly in the whole thing. At the beginning only annoying beast is Aurigan Haemovore - a vampire like creature who moves a lot. Add a dozen of them with normal monsters, and you can test, if your dodging and moving skills are good enough. So that's a big plus here as well.
We also have got side missions, but let's be frank - this is not a sandbox, and it takes only a little time for a detour to complete them. Also, they felt to me obligatory most of the time, due to introducing new weapons earlier on plus some usufel items to use for later in a big fights.
BUT
I don't like adding skill tree for Sam. It's really unnecessary, since dual wielding is the king here. We find through the game purple alien orbs that Sam crushes then inhales. There are overall 10 points to find, and it takes 5 Skill Points to unlock every dual-wielding ability. There are more of them to choose, but let's not kid ourselves - this feature is really not polished. Maybe the devs were too afraid to give double weapons from the start.
Also Croteam killed the fun of finding secrets. They made them really hard to find, and many times we don't even know, that they are at some parts of the levels. You know why? Because you have to do some jumping from point A to B, and than to C. And the jumping feels horrible in SS 4. The legion system which was advertised was for the most part a lie. Only the beginning and the huge battle before the boss shown glimpses of it.
The graphics look good (except the NPC characters, which I mentioned before), but I still had some problems, when it comes to the texture loading. Felt the same like some of the Unreal engine. Other than that, I haven't got any issues, performance drops, etc. I used the patched GOG version. Musically we have remixes and new tracks. Some of them really stand up, like town theme, while others are simply ok.
Overall I liked it. It felt like a proper SS game with gameplay and humor. Sam like to talk now, but his dialogue fits well with his character, and it was a good addition.
I didn't feel even for a moment that I was forcing myself through, and I'll be doing some replays later on.
Riskbreaker
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Chasm: The Rift a.k.a. Quackenstein: The Ukrop
now to suffer with the grindExcellent, now I can LARP as the DRA's air force
Are you using Panzerchasm to play the game?
Blutwurstritter
Scholar
Some impressions from Aquanox 2.
The visuals hold up fairly well and the dialogues are great but the actual gameplay is nothing to write home about, so not recommended if you're looking for strong gameplay mechanics. The first one was better and so was Archimedean Dynasty. But there aren't exactly many games like that so its still worth to give it a run once in a while which doesn't take much time anyways since its pretty short. The strongest point of Aquanox 1/2 are definitely the setting and dialogues(German version) with excellent usage of offensive language.
spekkio
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BROs, finished Them And Us
If you want a game which almost perfectly combines oldschool Resident Evil gameplay and graphics (say RE1 Remake) with occult themes and "heavy" atmosphere (say Eternal Darkness or RE4 but minus all the silly stuff), bigger than any RE game, with 5 endings and NG+ content, play this nao.
Map of the main mansion:
The whole mansion is a maze: almost every door require specific key (there are much more of them than in RE), you "go back to the mansion after some time spent outdoors" (same way as in RE1)... And the most important thing: dogs are in.
There are several other maps: garden, ruins, catacombs, and last but not least, everyone's favorite - swamps.
Game is so big, that there's a fast-travel mechanic.
Graphics are the sex, esp. "backgrounds" (game is fully 3D):
Got first ending after over 11 hours:
Which got me NG+ and some bonuses:
Verdict:
If you want a game which almost perfectly combines oldschool Resident Evil gameplay and graphics (say RE1 Remake) with occult themes and "heavy" atmosphere (say Eternal Darkness or RE4 but minus all the silly stuff), bigger than any RE game, with 5 endings and NG+ content, play this nao.
Map of the main mansion:
The whole mansion is a maze: almost every door require specific key (there are much more of them than in RE), you "go back to the mansion after some time spent outdoors" (same way as in RE1)... And the most important thing: dogs are in.
There are several other maps: garden, ruins, catacombs, and last but not least, everyone's favorite - swamps.
Game is so big, that there's a fast-travel mechanic.
Graphics are the sex, esp. "backgrounds" (game is fully 3D):
Got first ending after over 11 hours:
Which got me NG+ and some bonuses:
Verdict:
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Riskbreaker
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Yep. Same old 0.3 build of it, the port being abandoned by the looks of it. I mainly wanted to see the whole game in high resolutions but outside of that I'd stick to dosbox for replaying it.
Wunderbar https://store.steampowered.com/app/913740/WORLD_OF_HORROR/
Its fantastic game highly recommend checking it out it cost almost nothing and still gets new content if you don't mind heavy RNG you will have good time with this title tons of mysteries characters spells weapons enemies and other shit big replayability!
Its fantastic game highly recommend checking it out it cost almost nothing and still gets new content if you don't mind heavy RNG you will have good time with this title tons of mysteries characters spells weapons enemies and other shit big replayability!
Looked interesting then I read cards...
What cards?
spekkio
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BROs, doublepost!
Last week I've been playing Them and Us, which turned out to be a fantastic Resident Evil clone. And this week I've started Tormented Souls, which turned out to be a great Silent Hill clone. Indies showing Capcom and Konami how to do it right - what a time to be alive...
Got a lighter. And a source of light is the most important item in the game...
Alternate Hospital
Nail gun in action
Wheelchair enemies can't climb stairs
Looks like Christ isn't welcome here...
Same for our heroine, it seems
Verdict so far:
Last week I've been playing Them and Us, which turned out to be a fantastic Resident Evil clone. And this week I've started Tormented Souls, which turned out to be a great Silent Hill clone. Indies showing Capcom and Konami how to do it right - what a time to be alive...
Got a lighter. And a source of light is the most important item in the game...
Alternate Hospital
Nail gun in action
Wheelchair enemies can't climb stairs
Looks like Christ isn't welcome here...
Same for our heroine, it seems
Verdict so far:
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Malamert
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Had to take a break from it when Mary Skelter Finale released, but now I finally finished Tokyo Xanadu eX+. Golly, what a ride it's been! I took things slowly, extremely slowly and ended up playing it for 194 hours! What a charming and superb game! May have taken too many screenshots yet again, haha! 8GBs worth of screenshots!
Neat ED too.
Youichi's a wizard!
It's go time.
You're damn right KAREN...
...all true samurai shoot up their schools.
Punks, yakuza & MIB. That's the good stuff.
Alright, let's hit the dance floor with this fashion victim.
Womanlets...when will they learn?
Feelsbadman
Digging these NG+ costumes.
Woah, rude.
Nuts to Chizuri, pumpkin bros unite!
What did she mean by this?
That's a big fox.
muh Gorou sensei
This gigalesbo...
Heh, don't worry about it, I happen to be an expert when it comes to stalking women.
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
Aw yes, the mandatory hot springs level!
This kills the chestlets.
Chestlets on suicide watch.
Don't diss muh shoes!
I may have spent too much time playing this fishing mini-game.
Uhh...
PANIC.
What the FUG did Kaoru mean by this?
Green panties. Nice.
Ryouta wants to be cool but his childhood friend won't let him.
What did the PE teacher mean by this?
Womanlets on suicide watch.
Just bee yourself bro.
Saburo knows what's up.
God I wish that were me.
Thanks, Kaoru! You're a real lifesaver!
Death to all those who break off from the NEET alliance.
Buy high, sell low!
Hell hath no fury like a lesbo scorned.
Yatabe is enlightened.
Ah, yes, the (((truth))).
Uhh...
Not one, not two, but THREE Soras!
Huh...
Get out of my face, roastie!
Roasties...
ROASTIES EVERYWHERE!
Aw yes.
All according to his keikaku.
Neat ED too.
Youichi's a wizard!
It's go time.
You're damn right KAREN...
...all true samurai shoot up their schools.
Punks, yakuza & MIB. That's the good stuff.
Alright, let's hit the dance floor with this fashion victim.
Womanlets...when will they learn?
Feelsbadman
Digging these NG+ costumes.
Woah, rude.
Nuts to Chizuri, pumpkin bros unite!
What did she mean by this?
That's a big fox.
muh Gorou sensei
This gigalesbo...
Heh, don't worry about it, I happen to be an expert when it comes to stalking women.
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
Aw yes, the mandatory hot springs level!
This kills the chestlets.
Chestlets on suicide watch.
Don't diss muh shoes!
I may have spent too much time playing this fishing mini-game.
Uhh...
PANIC.
What the FUG did Kaoru mean by this?
Green panties. Nice.
Ryouta wants to be cool but his childhood friend won't let him.
What did the PE teacher mean by this?
Womanlets on suicide watch.
Just bee yourself bro.
Saburo knows what's up.
God I wish that were me.
Thanks, Kaoru! You're a real lifesaver!
Death to all those who break off from the NEET alliance.
Buy high, sell low!
Hell hath no fury like a lesbo scorned.
Yatabe is enlightened.
Ah, yes, the (((truth))).
Uhh...
Not one, not two, but THREE Soras!
Huh...
Get out of my face, roastie!
Roasties...
ROASTIES EVERYWHERE!
Aw yes.
All according to his keikaku.
Putting up with Mud...
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