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Postby internetfriend » Thu May 30, 2019 9:02 pm

i was really excited for VB to be "heat sig but fps (but good)" when i first saw it but it looks like it doesn't have nearly the same potential for lateral thinking in the ship raiding segments? i dont know if i've seen late game yet so maybe you get access to some crazy things, but the parts that i saw were "enemies run at you and you shoot them"
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Postby dr. badvibes » Thu May 30, 2019 9:16 pm

there's a lot of "run past the enemies" too, either sprinting to dodge projectiles or sneaking by when their backs is turned

the stealth has pretty bad feedback. the game definitely tells you that enemies don't hear you when you're walking, but you have such a clomping metal footstep it doesn't feel right even though it works
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Postby internetfriend » Thu May 30, 2019 11:00 pm

so who is playing Outer Wilds? i've seen a lot of praise for it but i still dont really have a full grasp on what it is
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Postby banquo » Fri May 31, 2019 12:04 am

internetfriend wrote:so who is playing Outer Wilds? i've seen a lot of praise for it but i still dont really have a full grasp on what it is


I'm not on the praise train yet, but the groundhog day resets seem like a neat way to mix playing at your own pace and hurrying up.

only been at it for about an hour and the concept is definitely there- I'd be surprised if it doesn't end up worth the $15?

it's also something where you probably don't want to read guides or spoilers because there seems to be a handful of very specific threads to chase
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Postby compatibility mode » Fri May 31, 2019 2:49 am

trouble wrote:Void Bastards has a lot of style but I really find the game boring. I just think I really don't like these progression based rogue-lites. Like Dead Cells had much cooler combat and a lot more experimentation but even then I found it hard to look past the skeleton of the whole thing and VB has even less going on.


I hate to agree with this post. Really wanted to like both those games. Dead Cells is good for a run here and there and I've only played a bit of Void Bastards but the pacing is clunky to me.

I did have a good run last night where I was on a ship full of screws and gun points down to 5 HP and had to get off the ship. I just realized you could pay to see enemy locations and was able dash off the ship after turning off security. That was a good and fun situation.
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Postby broodstar » Fri May 31, 2019 3:52 am

i think void bastards is incredibly good for one playthrough and then after that you probably don't want to touch the game again
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Postby Jeremy » Fri May 31, 2019 4:22 am

I was considering picking up Void Bastards but I think I'll hold off.

Did anyone looking for something turn-based with similar theming play Deep Sky Derelicts? Or Starcrawlers?
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Postby broodstar » Fri May 31, 2019 5:58 am

deep sky derelicts is pretty mediocre
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Postby Kenny » Fri May 31, 2019 5:59 am

It's old by now but the best game, imHUMBLEo, for that would be FTL
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Postby Swelling Itching Brain » Fri May 31, 2019 6:04 am

I just bought outer wilds
I'm not really into exploration games but this one seem to have enough of a gameplay drive to give a shot
and the variety and dreamlike fantasy of it all seems pretty appealing. I got a steam link recently and this seems like a swell couch game
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Postby Kenny » Fri May 31, 2019 6:06 am

I wonder if my computer would play that because I really want to
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Postby Jeremy » Fri May 31, 2019 7:12 am

broodstar wrote:deep sky derelicts is pretty mediocre


It's not executed very well but it is the exact thing described. The concept and style were enough for me to get my hours out of it (that and it being one of the few recent things that will run on my busted laptop). Actually wait I don't think the "dungeons" are procedural, or if they are it's minimal.

I like Starcrawlers a lot even if it's sometimes hard to tell if something's a design decision or a mistake. But I guess the storyline missions in that are also static, it's just side jobs that are procedural.
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Postby Marcus » Fri May 31, 2019 7:18 am

outer wilds is quite good

been chipping away at unlocking shit in void bastards

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Postby iambic » Fri May 31, 2019 8:19 am

I think the thread has talked me out of doing void bastards

but it's okay because I am currently doing an oakland athletics ootp save where I individually manage each game

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Postby Gutslab » Fri May 31, 2019 8:40 am

i liked void buddies but probably won't play it again. although it does really make me want to revisit xiii
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Postby internetfriend » Fri May 31, 2019 9:06 am

Gutslab wrote:i liked void buddies but probably won't play it again. although it does really make me want to revisit xiii

well you’re in luck because it’s getting a rerelease
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Postby Kenny » Fri May 31, 2019 9:07 am

Are we talking Red XIII or FFXIII
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Postby Gutslab » Fri May 31, 2019 9:23 am

neither. it's about impossible 13 :roll:
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Postby Esteban » Fri May 31, 2019 9:59 am

Kenny wrote:Are we talking Red XIII or FFXIII


It's XIII (2003) for the original xbox
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Postby a-10 warthog champion » Fri May 31, 2019 10:22 am

jesus we need to denoob this thread a bit this kids dont know shit about videogames
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Postby broodstar » Fri May 31, 2019 10:25 am

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Postby Kenny » Fri May 31, 2019 10:28 am

Esteban wrote:
Kenny wrote:Are we talking Red XIII or FFXIII


It's XIII (2003) for the original xbox


I don't think there was any FF games on the og xbox.
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Postby surly » Fri May 31, 2019 10:29 am

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Postby Kenny » Fri May 31, 2019 10:30 am

That's a good magic spell from the Time materia in FF7
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Postby figaro » Fri May 31, 2019 11:06 am

i'm going to do it...I'm gonna download the code vein beta because I hate myself.
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Postby broodstar » Fri May 31, 2019 11:23 am

i would hate myself

honestly the basic gameplay loop of god eater (pretty much what code vein looks to be) is compelling enough, it's just done in an extremely mediocre and anime way

if code vein improves upon that in any way im gucci
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Postby broodstar » Fri May 31, 2019 11:25 am

reading era impressions though it seems people say it's in the realm of bad to mediocre and just play nioh/souls instead
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Postby Jeremy » Fri May 31, 2019 2:19 pm

Anybody playing Absolver? I finally understand it even though I still suck at it.
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Postby a-10 warthog champion » Fri May 31, 2019 2:40 pm

yeah i like god eater as like a light hunter game but those games [i dunno about 3] and stuff are better on portables
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Postby a-10 warthog champion » Fri May 31, 2019 3:04 pm

Jeremy wrote:Anybody playing Absolver? I finally understand it even though I still suck at it.



i saw mites this weekend and he mentioned youd been playing. im interested, but is there like stuff i could do with you? he told me about your fighting style, which sounded hilarious
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