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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Doug » Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:01 am

Monty wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:31 am Man, what a mess.
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Re: It's Videogames

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Dantes » Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:56 pm

Worth noting that the next gen version of the game isn’t even out yet. The PS5/XBSX version doesn’t even release until sometime next year.
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by haplo » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:07 pm

MS officially chiming in now

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Doug » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:17 pm

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by the_zoomies » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:43 am

haplo wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:07 pm MS officially chiming in now
Tweet took forever to load and I was excited for a Miseting post.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by the_zoomies » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:44 am

"they XPECT"

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:45 am

I've been trying some goofy indie games in the hope of finding a hidden gem. Not much luck so far!

System Crash is a cyberpunk CCG (story mode only, no PVP) that I really wanted to be good, and it's just serviceable. It's very barebones, it's like Hearthstone except every creature autoattacks the creature in front of it. There's still a little bit of fun to be had because it does the Shandalar thing of giving you a shit deck to start with, then giving you random cards to slowly upgrade it over the campaign. And I love that!

Unfortunately, the gameplay lacks depth. It's also completely symmetrical, which is a dumb choice when it's PvE and you're a runner going up against corporations. Netrunner blows it out of the water in every respect except the Shandalar progression thing (which I have to stress is awesome).

Talisman Origins is a single-player board game. Talisman! It's kind of fun! At first. It quickly gets dumb and grindy and kinda unbalanced. You can make some interesting decisions, but ultimately that's not what matters, what matters is do you have the patience to keep grinding weak monsters to level up so your stats get high enough to challenge whatever the Big Bad is for the given scenario.

It's vaguely fun because the different scenarios all have different mechanics, but most of the mechanics don't change the optimal strategy, which is "keep grinding the easy locations until you get buff".

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:47 am

I kinda just want to be playing Genshin Impact again, but also I kinda don't.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Rylinks » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:47 am

talisman is like edh--the point isn't to be a good game, it's to take a long time so you can drink and talk with your friends

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Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:51 am

I haven't played "real" Talisman but yeah, I could see it being a fun party game. It's not complicated and there's just enough interactivity so you can mess with your friends but not completely screw them over. Unfortunately, Talisman Origins went all-in on being single player, and it's a pretty hollow experience, despite their efforts to improve it with various mechanics.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by KingRamz » Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:51 am

Just play Hades man! Just do it!

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:53 am

But it's only 20% off, that's barely a deal :panic:

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by KingRamz » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:00 am

I would say it's worth it at 60 bucks FWIW. I have paid that much for nintendo first party titles that had comparable graphics and I didn't enjoy as much

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:06 am

It's not about the price, it's about losing the management sim meta-game of "check out how cheap I got these games, I have a super fat Steam collection that I got for not a lot of dollars" If it was $60 but 70% off then I would have bought it already, because that's a deal! Unfortunately it's $20 but 20% off, which is cheaper but less of a deal. This MAKES SENSE TO ME.

But argh fine, I'll pull the trigger, everything tells me it's a good game that I'll like, and I could kind of use one of those

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by haplo » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:27 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:06 am It's not about the price, it's about losing the management sim meta-game of "check out how cheap I got these games, I have a super fat Steam collection that I got for not a lot of dollars" If it was $60 but 70% off then I would have bought it already, because that's a deal! Unfortunately it's $20 but 20% off, which is cheaper but less of a deal. This MAKES SENSE TO ME.

But argh fine, I'll pull the trigger, everything tells me it's a good game that I'll like, and I could kind of use one of those
it's 40% off on epic tho :skink:

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:29 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:06 am I have a super fat Steam collection that I got for not a lot of dollars
it's like you don't understand the point of this game at all

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by haplo » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:29 am

you can add non-steam games to steam, problem solved

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by haplo » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:31 am

the real tragedy is it was once only $7 and it will never be that low ever again, and you missed it

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:33 am

this would crush me but fortunately there are online historical price databases telling me that you're lying :smug:

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:37 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:06 am It's not about the price, it's about losing the management sim meta-game of "check out how cheap I got these games, I have a super fat Steam collection that I got for not a lot of dollars" If it was $60 but 70% off then I would have bought it already, because that's a deal! Unfortunately it's $20 but 20% off, which is cheaper but less of a deal. This MAKES SENSE TO ME.

But argh fine, I'll pull the trigger, everything tells me it's a good game that I'll like, and I could kind of use one of those
ashenai I will sell you a copy of hades for two hundred united states dollars

I understand if you prefer to go for the 90% off deal on steam instead though

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Khaos » Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:16 am

Jeb Bush 2012 wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:37 am
Ashenai wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:06 am It's not about the price, it's about losing the management sim meta-game of "check out how cheap I got these games, I have a super fat Steam collection that I got for not a lot of dollars" If it was $60 but 70% off then I would have bought it already, because that's a deal! Unfortunately it's $20 but 20% off, which is cheaper but less of a deal. This MAKES SENSE TO ME.

But argh fine, I'll pull the trigger, everything tells me it's a good game that I'll like, and I could kind of use one of those
ashenai I will sell you a copy of hades for two hundred united states dollars

I understand if you prefer to go for the 90% off deal on steam instead though
holy shit what a deal im buying this right now

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Rylinks » Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:48 pm

ashenai i will sell you a copy of hades for five thousand united states dollars

i understand if you prefer jeb bush's 96% off deal though

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:02 pm

actually I think I'll go with Rylinks' offer

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:46 pm

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Post by Juri » Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:40 am

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by the_zoomies » Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:43 pm

Baba is you is so great. Every level so far seems completely impossible until you "get it"

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Skeletor » Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:16 pm

I should give it another chance
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Juri » Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:00 am

the_zoomies wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:43 pm Baba is you is so great. Every level so far seems completely impossible until you "get it"
oh you're playing this? hell yeah
game is so good and it just keeps unfolding and escalating on you
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Ashenai » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:12 am

It's objectively a great concept, but subjectively I didn't like it for as long as I thought I would.

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