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rolandz_Baton_PROD
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p. sure it's Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
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Man I heard AC:Unity was buggy but this is getting outta hand.
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Sigourn
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Really close to finishing Koudelka. I've been grinding in preparation of the final boss since I was fairly underleveled (product of me running away from most encounters in Disc 3 and 4 because of how slow battles were). No joke, every battle I win I gain levels. Not sure if this is because of poor balance or a good indication that I was truly underleveled. Then again, these battles are fairly easy so I dunno. The game is really poor either way, if Baldur's Gate is a 5 out of 10 and "play it for historical reasons", then Koudelka is pretty much the same but "play it for the unique setting", except I may as well recommend people to watch a Let's Play instead.
Zdzisiu
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Using RetroDays tileset, to be more precise.
The game can look quite a bit different depending on the tileset used.
City builder? RTS? Looks interesting.
Shaka Zulu looked at his glorious holdings.
The cities of Nigger Bay prospered nicely. But the treacherous neighbours never slept, jealous of the prosperity of Zululand.
But the combined might of the Zulu armies brought all of them to their knees. The powerful spear-chucks sunk their vessels, ravaged their womyn and tore apart their tanks with their bare hands.
... and then one of his vassals MISSCLICKED on the diplovictory screen, voting for the Swedish menace...
Fortunately the game knew who was the rightful winner.
Who mastered the economy, the culture, the science, the armies. The world.
Shaka Zulu, you will go down in history with great fame.
Outland
Great game, interesting mechanics and polished gameplay. One of the better newer platform games that I've played and actually finished.
Great game, interesting mechanics and polished gameplay. One of the better newer platform games that I've played and actually finished.
Yet.
zwanzig_zwoelf
Graverobber Foundation
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rolandz_Baton_PROD
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Posted, so i could participate in the CYOA's in all of my glorious, presiding faggotory
ALSO, I don't remember how i did this glitch. I think it had something do with the scope modifications on the weapons or the binoculars
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Countdown: Vampires
Bandai's somewhat infamous attempt at cashing in on the 90's survival horror craze kickstarted by their rivals, Countdown: Vampires tries its own spin on the formula by taking a dash of classic gothic horror and sloshing it about with both Dusk til Dawn's monstrously sexy vampires and Resident Evil's B-movie bioweapons. Reviewers were rarely kind to C-list also-rans without a strong gimmick to set them apart from the pack, and the game's sloppy localization, comical English dubbing, stiff controls and infrequent difficulty spikes no doubt contributed to the avalanche of middling to subpar scores. For all the negativity surrounding the game, it really isn't that awful, though it helps illustrate how just being "good enough" couldn't, by itself, keep the genre alive.
The story follows maverick cop Keith J. Snyder in the fictional "Sea Rim City" (somewhere in the same area of Nevada that inexplicably plays host to the ruins of medieval castles) who has been assigned to escort duty for VIPs as punishment for some suitably generic backstory involving a dead partner and numerous departmental violations. Attending a glitzy casino party alongside a number of other disgraced or unreliable law enforcement officers - all of whom are critical to the overall plot and yet completely vanish after the introduction and fail to re-appear until the game is replayed in "Special Mode" - our shirtless hero leaps into action as black goo floods the premises, turning hapless partygoers into bloodsuckers. Misato, a young Japanese cocktail waitress - whose greatest ambition in life is, like all Japanese women, to get knocked up by an American - soon falls under his protection, only for Keith to discover her involvement in an ancient prophecy concerning the resurrection of a vampiric Emperor. Cue the mysterious stranger, cults and corporations, mutants, ghouls, experimental monsters, classy hotels, ghost towns and underground laboratories.
Anyone who's played a PS1 survival horror title will immediately feel at home upon starting the game. There are a few mostly inconsequential additions to gameplay such as choosing your blood type upon starting a playthrough - which allegedly influences enemy placement and behaviour - as well as being able to stun and "cleanse" the weaker, cannon-fodder foes to improve your final ranking (important for accessing the "true" story mode and ending). For much of the first half of the game you'll also have access to poker and slot machines, which allow you to gamble for currency to purchase maps and healing items. Whilst there's a good deal of puzzles, backtracking, and key hunting, the game certainly leans heavily towards action-oriented gameplay. On Normal difficulty, ammo and weapons are plentiful (with the exception of Stun rounds, which will only allow you to save around 80% of the corrupted human enemies you'll encounter) and new enemies will often repopulate cleared rooms according to story progression. In retrospect, I paid far too much heed to ammo conservation in my first run, tanking a lot of damage and barely touching any of the weapons introduced in the later areas. Whilst the awkward combat probably won't surprise many veterans of the genre, the final chapters of the game can be somewhat sadistic, in several cases spawning multiple enemies right next to area transitions for cheap shots. Being stunlocked by three giant mutants within a few seconds can certainly lead to some frustrating deaths. Still, even players who've been relatively libertine with their ammo shouldn't need to worry about replaying sections too often, with the probable exception of the Special Mode's final boss.
This "Special Mode" is the main source of replayability, adding new cutscenes and memos that help flesh out Keith's and his compatriots' backstories (though they feel more like basic plot points that were cut for no reason), whilst unlockable infinite ammo weapons and a melee-focused "Vampire Mode" help squeeze further blood from the stone. Judging from reviews and many players' recollections, most people weren't even aware of these features, though perhaps Bandai felt that journalists wouldn't have enjoyed further exposure to the badly translated script and bargain-bin VA. Production values in general received mixed reception, with some viewing the pre-rendered Casino environments as overly garish, and many more dismissing the soundtrack as "flat...repetitive" and "tedious". Discovering it for the first time in 2019, I'm not sure the game deserved such a drubbing. Though a model of mediocrity, I can't see why anyone without a pre-existing aversion to console games of the era wouldn't be able to enjoy Countdown: Vampires. Give it a whirl if you like PS1 survival horror, though you might want to download a save with the Special Mode unlocked to spare you a replay for the complete story. I only played it for Mira's huge breasts anyway.
Bandai's somewhat infamous attempt at cashing in on the 90's survival horror craze kickstarted by their rivals, Countdown: Vampires tries its own spin on the formula by taking a dash of classic gothic horror and sloshing it about with both Dusk til Dawn's monstrously sexy vampires and Resident Evil's B-movie bioweapons. Reviewers were rarely kind to C-list also-rans without a strong gimmick to set them apart from the pack, and the game's sloppy localization, comical English dubbing, stiff controls and infrequent difficulty spikes no doubt contributed to the avalanche of middling to subpar scores. For all the negativity surrounding the game, it really isn't that awful, though it helps illustrate how just being "good enough" couldn't, by itself, keep the genre alive.
The story follows maverick cop Keith J. Snyder in the fictional "Sea Rim City" (somewhere in the same area of Nevada that inexplicably plays host to the ruins of medieval castles) who has been assigned to escort duty for VIPs as punishment for some suitably generic backstory involving a dead partner and numerous departmental violations. Attending a glitzy casino party alongside a number of other disgraced or unreliable law enforcement officers - all of whom are critical to the overall plot and yet completely vanish after the introduction and fail to re-appear until the game is replayed in "Special Mode" - our shirtless hero leaps into action as black goo floods the premises, turning hapless partygoers into bloodsuckers. Misato, a young Japanese cocktail waitress - whose greatest ambition in life is, like all Japanese women, to get knocked up by an American - soon falls under his protection, only for Keith to discover her involvement in an ancient prophecy concerning the resurrection of a vampiric Emperor. Cue the mysterious stranger, cults and corporations, mutants, ghouls, experimental monsters, classy hotels, ghost towns and underground laboratories.
Anyone who's played a PS1 survival horror title will immediately feel at home upon starting the game. There are a few mostly inconsequential additions to gameplay such as choosing your blood type upon starting a playthrough - which allegedly influences enemy placement and behaviour - as well as being able to stun and "cleanse" the weaker, cannon-fodder foes to improve your final ranking (important for accessing the "true" story mode and ending). For much of the first half of the game you'll also have access to poker and slot machines, which allow you to gamble for currency to purchase maps and healing items. Whilst there's a good deal of puzzles, backtracking, and key hunting, the game certainly leans heavily towards action-oriented gameplay. On Normal difficulty, ammo and weapons are plentiful (with the exception of Stun rounds, which will only allow you to save around 80% of the corrupted human enemies you'll encounter) and new enemies will often repopulate cleared rooms according to story progression. In retrospect, I paid far too much heed to ammo conservation in my first run, tanking a lot of damage and barely touching any of the weapons introduced in the later areas. Whilst the awkward combat probably won't surprise many veterans of the genre, the final chapters of the game can be somewhat sadistic, in several cases spawning multiple enemies right next to area transitions for cheap shots. Being stunlocked by three giant mutants within a few seconds can certainly lead to some frustrating deaths. Still, even players who've been relatively libertine with their ammo shouldn't need to worry about replaying sections too often, with the probable exception of the Special Mode's final boss.
This "Special Mode" is the main source of replayability, adding new cutscenes and memos that help flesh out Keith's and his compatriots' backstories (though they feel more like basic plot points that were cut for no reason), whilst unlockable infinite ammo weapons and a melee-focused "Vampire Mode" help squeeze further blood from the stone. Judging from reviews and many players' recollections, most people weren't even aware of these features, though perhaps Bandai felt that journalists wouldn't have enjoyed further exposure to the badly translated script and bargain-bin VA. Production values in general received mixed reception, with some viewing the pre-rendered Casino environments as overly garish, and many more dismissing the soundtrack as "flat...repetitive" and "tedious". Discovering it for the first time in 2019, I'm not sure the game deserved such a drubbing. Though a model of mediocrity, I can't see why anyone without a pre-existing aversion to console games of the era wouldn't be able to enjoy Countdown: Vampires. Give it a whirl if you like PS1 survival horror, though you might want to download a save with the Special Mode unlocked to spare you a replay for the complete story. I only played it for Mira's huge breasts anyway.
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