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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23100 on: March 14, 2014, 07:57:10 PM »
UGGGGGGH. Just died with Mom's Heart at literally a pixel of health. No more Isaac today.
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« Reply #23101 on: March 14, 2014, 07:57:20 PM »
Atelier Escha & Logy

i have an hard time stopping playing this because i wanted this for so long and there is really nothing fundamentaly wrong with it and ehy it's a turn based jrpg! but it's soooooooooooooo dull, you get a new task, a new zone related to task open up, you play the actual game for 10 minutes and then you are left for the remaining 30 minutes doing chores until the new task unlock or just beating enemies up and grinding so that the free days don't go to waste,if you played totori it kinda suffers from the same disease except of instead of a long dry spell it's several smaller dry spells over the course of the whole game

and the music is awfull compared to ayesha! i can't stress this enough... compare these two both of which are the music from your base




the escha one just kind of end up getting on my nerve... here's the world map one for example




the ayesha one is super cheerfull and the escha one it's just sort of dullish, the ayesha soundtrack had tons of amazing upbeat piece using even stuff like bagpipes but here it's all slow instrument and relaxing snooze inducing tunes






and lastly,the character... i finaly understood what bothered me so much, almost all of the character are related to each other only for work reason's so 80% of the cutscene all go like "oh jolly! i just submitted this paperwork! i hope i didn't make any mistake" "i have to clean this place before the boss find out!" "are you getting accustomed to work?" "i have to control the work of other people!" "are you getting enough rest or just working?" and so on, ayesha went on this big-ass adventure so she encountered a wide variety of character and that was interessing but here it's paperworkpaperworkpaperwork... i guess i might also be part of the problem since i picked logy who is the most boring protagonist ever! seeing the character from ayesha X year later would have been amusing at least but they barely appear and they haven't changed a single bit so they might as well be just tiny cameo rather than a proper part of the plot

i said before that at least the game had a money management aspect not found in the previous games... scratch that! making money become incredibly easy after a while, in fact it's probably the easiest atelier game ever when it comes to do so

so really in the end what does this game has over to ayesha...

1) an alchemy system that is slighty more complicated by the introduction of elemental gauge that dictate which alchemy power you can use and which one you can not
2) it's more battle focused,you control 6 party member instead of 3,you are able to switch them in & out of the battle and there are actual bosses and enemy that can put up a fight before you are almost done with the game

if you haven't played ayesha there is absolutely no reason to start from this one instead
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« Reply #23102 on: March 14, 2014, 10:06:33 PM »
also, he's an egotistical asshole who likes to shit all over other people's hard work.  I can only imagine how fucking deflating it is busting your ass working for that guy only to have him act like he's the sole reason why the games are good, but that's neither here nor there.

Yeah, 2012 GDC, his US studio was running a hiring faire, and I hadn't yet sealed the deal on the job I ended up taking, so I dropped by their booth to see what they wanted. There was a 'round the corner line waiting for something, and there were applications on clipboards for everyone to fill out. It was a survey to test knowledge of MGS to-date, and to rate one's self in each aspect of game development: programming, art, audio. ...BUT there were neither game design nor producer positions listed, nor any category for management skill evaluation. They said they weren't looking for anyone in management unless it was for marketing. I passed them back the clipboard, and said "bye."

If Kojima needs a bunch of drones who will work tirelessly and in the service of his vision, he should stick with building shit in Japan. As for the MGS knowledge portion of the survey, it's flying in the face of the "never hire fanboys" rule.

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« Reply #23103 on: March 14, 2014, 10:13:51 PM »
Kojima is becoming(probably already is) the Lucas of gaming surely. Really, the last person you'd want to work under. I very much doubt any team under Kojima would have any real creative freedom, because clearly Kojima thinks he knows everything there is to. I mean the interviews with the MGS2 translator and Jeremy Blaustein just paint the guy as such an asshole.
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« Reply #23104 on: March 14, 2014, 10:34:40 PM »
the mgs2 translator shit :lol
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« Reply #23105 on: March 14, 2014, 10:54:50 PM »
Do, then tell us at length about it.

It's much shorter than DA:O. You know you want to.

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I used to feel this way, but EA recovered and makes some good, original new games, and is trying to overcome its bad reputation. The hardcore game knee-jerk reaction is unbecoming in the face of their efforts these last few years. And I'm not pointing my finger at you, I'm talking about butthurt mobs moving to vote EA "worst company in the world" each year, where there is still AT&T, British Petroleum, Comcast, and don't even fucking get me started on TEPCO.

If you want to boycott a game company, start with Activision, or even King.


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Context?

It's just old.

I've got a copy on standby, waiting to be played, so you won't even be the last one arriving at that particular party.

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« Reply #23106 on: March 15, 2014, 12:12:48 AM »
All three big pubs (EA, Ubi, Acti) were in on the always online shit.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23107 on: March 15, 2014, 12:47:32 AM »
Back to Pinball Arcade. They added WhoDunnit today, this looks fun.
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« Reply #23108 on: March 15, 2014, 02:58:25 AM »
EA had a nice streak at the beginning of last gen.

Now they are crap.

They ran Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Dead Space and Sim City into the ground. Did a Syndicate reboot that was what no one asked for. Horrible crap Dungeon Keeper ios game. Battlefield 4 is still not running how it should be. Fifa 14 was really meh too, plus its a 60 euro game with loads of p2w feautures.

This is only the last 4 years.

And of course theyve been sucking MS schlong and signed off Titanfall as a thank you for their drm bs.

Did I miss anynthing good they did recently?

Rahxephon91

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« Reply #23109 on: March 15, 2014, 04:08:26 AM »
I don't know about great. It certainly isn't terrible though. Too bad EA sat on it for too long and then just kind of put it out there. Same with a lot of the EA partner's games. I mean I don't know what the deal was with those games, but it sure didn't seem like EA tried to market them. And for things like Alice, again they just kind of put them out there with nothing. I'm not saying Alice Madness Returns was going to do gangbusters, but some I don't know cross marketing with Hot Topic or something probably would have helped out.

Yeah EA really started to turn it around and then basically when Medal of Honor and Battlefield 3 started to vie for the CoD money, that's whee it seemed EA changed back to a shitter version of it's PS2 self. At least during the PS2 era it seemed like EA games were'nt broken and they were doing some unique mass market games like Street and Def Jam. Now this safer EA dosen't even have that

Either way, they still put out good games so eh..
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« Reply #23110 on: March 15, 2014, 06:32:12 AM »
Borys I have Syndicate, it looks nice and it plays ok. Its not Syndicate though.

Im not saying EA is the worst company in the US, thats stupid. But its the worst of the big players in gaming.

Also lets not forget two other EA fuck ups of huge proportions:

-Plants vs Zombies 2  RUINED
-Real Racing 3 RUINED

things EA has done good lately: backed titanfall, announced Meh-ror's Edge 2, killed Tim Langdell, stood up against the Defense of Marriage Act, cut online passes (even if it was for a shitty reason), announced Sims 4 as single-player and offline, helped make Nintendo look like absolute distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

Titanfall: backed titanfall on MS DRM boxes only, so not really something you will play in Europe with friends, or the us for that matter since xbox is bombing
Mirror Edge 2: gonna be crap looking at EA track record of making every franchise a shooter like Mass Effect, Dead Space and Dragon Age being made into a brawler
Tim Langdell: no one cares
Defense of Marriage act: who care this is a games thread
cut online passes: lol just so they can add microtransactions to everything and they thought MS would do good with the xbone drm
« Last Edit: March 15, 2014, 06:43:02 AM by Lagerless »

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« Reply #23111 on: March 15, 2014, 06:48:14 AM »
So EA's recent track record:

-Mass Effect 3, crap corridor shooter (formerly cool shooter/rpg hybrid)
-Dead Space 3, crap coop shooter (formerly cool single player horror action game)
-Dragon Age 2, crap brawler made by interns, every quest takes you to the same locations, must have been made by 5 monkeys with a level editor (formely sequel to Baldurs Gate)
-Battlefield 4, still buggy 5 months after release
-Real Racing 3, P2W crapfest racing gaming (formerly best racing game on mobile)
-PvZ2, Ruined by F2P (formerly the most popular tower defense game)
-Dungeon Keeper, F2P rapefest of old IP
-Syndicate, this is not Syndicate
-Fifa 12/13/14, being invaded by a game mode that relies on microtransactions, why am I paying 60 euro for the pleasure to buy more card packs? At least make the whole game free then
-Sim City, ruined
-Ultima, ruined

Where are the cool/good EA games?

At least Origin isn't as bad as uPlay, I will give them that.

Edit: added some games
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« Reply #23112 on: March 15, 2014, 07:55:17 AM »
Damn forgot about Ultima :/

I dont have beef with Oscar, we just dont agree.

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« Reply #23113 on: March 15, 2014, 08:05:30 AM »
Im not seeing black and white though.

Origin is ok as I said, ive put 20+ hours into BF3 which was nice and star wars wasnt too bad.

But thats not a lot is it? Which games is Chrono talking about?

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« Reply #23114 on: March 15, 2014, 08:10:54 AM »
That one does look ok too.

But the list also needs to mention Sim City which is a laughingstock

Edit: obviously titanfall isnt a bad game either, i am looking forward to playing it in the future maybe, but not releasing on playstation is franchise suicide here
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« Reply #23115 on: March 15, 2014, 11:48:07 AM »
Let's put aside the EA talk for a minute. WhoDunnit is stupid fun.

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« Reply #23116 on: March 15, 2014, 01:43:47 PM »
EA have been COMPLETELY silent on Sims 4. They tout it as having a fall 2014 release date, but there has been literally ZERO new info since the original announcement. They had three keynotes scheduled for it at GDC and they've already cancelled one. There has been no new info, and upon requesting new info, EA doesn't say shit, just to pre-order a copy. There has been nothing on how they are going to follow up on fixing Sims 3 flaws, or how they're going to evolve Sims 4. Nothing. Meanwhile, the fanbase - which is a big part of the Sims fanbase at large, so in other words, people who bought SimCity - grows more and more apathetic.
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« Reply #23117 on: March 15, 2014, 02:03:16 PM »
I liked Syndicate.

Sims 4 is gonna be :heh
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« Reply #23118 on: March 15, 2014, 06:46:39 PM »
The worst company ever shit is childish petty ballot box stuffing for sure. I kind of just 'meh' EA. Don't care for most sports games or fps stuff so they aint gonna win me over either way. Unless they res some of their cool old C64 shit like Mail Order Monsters and Racing Destruction Set. :bow
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« Reply #23119 on: March 16, 2014, 02:50:03 AM »
Got body slammed by Sheol in Isaac. :'(
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« Reply #23120 on: March 16, 2014, 01:37:23 PM »
Wipeout: Pulse
The soundtrack is pretty limited and I don't really like most of the songs. Some tracks repeat too often, but otherwise this is a pretty fun game.

Wild Arms 5
Finally done with that. The last fight was weak, but the dungeon was just assholish. That stupid pipe you have to shoot... I was stuck there for a good long while. The most anime JRPG I've played in a while, complete with giant robot fights and people riding missles.

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« Reply #23121 on: March 16, 2014, 02:47:06 PM »
Doom

Seems awfully overrated.

swear to god i want to choke you to death while staring directly into your eyes

but in the meantime try downloading one of the many doom frontloaders that will allow you to disable the effects you dont like, then turn the difficulty up to ultra-violence and quit being an ungrateful bitch
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23122 on: March 16, 2014, 04:41:39 PM »
Wipeout: Pulse
The soundtrack is pretty limited and I don't really like most of the songs. Some tracks repeat too often, but otherwise this is a pretty fun game.

are you emulating the ps2 version? if yes, does it run properly?

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« Reply #23123 on: March 16, 2014, 04:55:21 PM »
Nope, PSP version using PPSSPP. Runs flawlessly and looks great up-ressed.

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« Reply #23124 on: March 16, 2014, 04:58:03 PM »
I need to try that emu. :obama
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« Reply #23125 on: March 16, 2014, 04:59:08 PM »
I haven't played the ps2 version. Wonder if it's any better than the OG. Maybe I should pick it up, can't be too expensive on amazon or whatevz...

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« Reply #23126 on: March 16, 2014, 05:10:04 PM »
The PS2 version includes all the downloadable tracks and ships as well as a splitcreen mode but lacks the online functionality, photo-mode and custom skin creation. And yeah, it is cheap. 7€ for a used copy on Amazon.de.

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« Reply #23127 on: March 16, 2014, 08:03:53 PM »
I continue my way LTTP obsession with the Binding of Isaac. So far the game is not nearly as hard as I thought when I played it for a few hours years ago. I've already beaten Mom's heart 4 times and have even had a very close call with Sheol. Spelunky's definitely much more challenging and rewarding, but there's something really addictive about the sheer diversity of items and power ups in this game. Definitely see myself putting a ton more hours into this thing.
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« Reply #23128 on: March 16, 2014, 08:07:11 PM »
I continue my way LTTP obsession with the Binding of Isaac. So far the game is not nearly as hard as I thought when I played it for a few hours years ago. I've already beaten Mom's heart 4 times and have even had a very close call with Sheol. Spelunky's definitely much more challenging and rewarding, but there's something really addictive about the sheer diversity of items and power ups in this game. Definitely see myself putting a ton more hours into this thing.
Just wait until Rebirth comes out (warning giant .gifs ahoy)
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« Reply #23129 on: March 16, 2014, 08:09:19 PM »
That really put the tingle in my dingle. :drool
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« Reply #23130 on: March 16, 2014, 08:32:46 PM »
@Kosma, Syndicate is a great FPS. It just should not be called "Syndicate".
Borys I have Syndicate, it looks nice and it plays ok. Its not Syndicate though.

Im not saying EA is the worst company in the US, thats stupid. But its the worst of the big players in gaming.

Also lets not forget two other EA fuck ups of huge proportions:

-Plants vs Zombies 2  RUINED
-Real Racing 3 RUINED

things EA has done good lately: backed titanfall, announced Meh-ror's Edge 2, killed Tim Langdell, stood up against the Defense of Marriage Act, cut online passes (even if it was for a shitty reason), announced Sims 4 as single-player and offline, helped make Nintendo look like absolute distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

Titanfall: backed titanfall on MS DRM boxes only, so not really something you will play in Europe with friends, or the us for that matter since xbox is bombing
Mirror Edge 2: gonna be crap looking at EA track record of making every franchise a shooter like Mass Effect, Dead Space and Dragon Age being made into a brawler
Tim Langdell: no one cares
Defense of Marriage act: who care this is a games thread
cut online passes: lol just so they can add microtransactions to everything and they thought MS would do good with the xbone drm

Kosma, I like you, but you have got to resist waving the Idiot Flag with such vigor, so frequently. Borys goes through the effort of posting a rare, concise and even directly-addressed post, and you gloss over its content. With Langdell, you casually dismiss the public evisceration of one of the games industry's biggest curs, a coward who feigned support of indie game development, even while going after the weakest ones, just so he could keep making money for nothing; he was more or less our industry's Wormtongue and, thanks to EA, he's been dealt with finally and absolutely. I wanted to cheer. You just want to hand-wave that away. DoMA, again, we're talking about company policies and standing up in the face of abuse. Maybe in Europe, where it was OK for you to have your experimental period in high school, and still every other weekend after a few too many pints, the DoMA looks like a joke -- but in America, where the lower-half of US still thinks they have a right to marry their sister, but don't want to think about boys kissing each other, this kind of corporate support by the makers of NASCAR games is a bold statement.

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« Reply #23131 on: March 17, 2014, 12:11:00 AM »
Doom

Seems awfully overrated.

swear to god i want to choke you to death while staring directly into your eyes

but in the meantime try downloading one of the many doom frontloaders that will allow you to disable the effects you dont like, then turn the difficulty up to ultra-violence and quit being an ungrateful bitch

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« Reply #23132 on: March 17, 2014, 12:15:31 AM »
Ruzbeh, DOOM was transformative. Whether or not it plays well now, or has the polish you crave now, is irrelevant. You don't have to be impressed, but announcing that is something like watching the first talkie movie and stating you don't get what the big deal is, without having lived through the silent era.

Im not seeing black and white though.

Origin is ok as I said, ive put 20+ hours into BF3 which was nice and star wars wasnt too bad.

But thats not a lot is it? Which games is Chrono talking about?
I'm sure he'll answer for himself, but I know at least for one thing he enjoyed/is enjoying Garden Warfare.

I got my rant out of the way before I finished catching up with the thread.  :-\

Lessee, I am really enjoying PvZ: Garden Warfare. It's a hoot. 

Dead Space was fun. I didn't buy 2 because I hadn't finished 1. I didn't buy 3 because it's apparently not horror any longer.

From EAP, I was happy to see Alice: Madness Returns, though I admit disappointment in what turned out to be pretty bog-standard 3rd person platform shooter gameplay, AND a lack of Chris Vrenna soundtrack.

I own but haven't played Dragon Age, which was touted as good, isn't that why DA2 was roundly poo-poo'd?

I also have a soft spot for them that they published Brütal Legend, which I love-love-loved. But I'm probably not helping my case, there.

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« Reply #23133 on: March 17, 2014, 12:20:50 AM »
@Kosma, Syndicate is a great FPS. It just should not be called "Syndicate".
Borys I have Syndicate, it looks nice and it plays ok. Its not Syndicate though.

Im not saying EA is the worst company in the US, thats stupid. But its the worst of the big players in gaming.

Also lets not forget two other EA fuck ups of huge proportions:

-Plants vs Zombies 2  RUINED
-Real Racing 3 RUINED

things EA has done good lately: backed titanfall, announced Meh-ror's Edge 2, killed Tim Langdell, stood up against the Defense of Marriage Act, cut online passes (even if it was for a shitty reason), announced Sims 4 as single-player and offline, helped make Nintendo look like absolute distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

Titanfall: backed titanfall on MS DRM boxes only, so not really something you will play in Europe with friends, or the us for that matter since xbox is bombing
Mirror Edge 2: gonna be crap looking at EA track record of making every franchise a shooter like Mass Effect, Dead Space and Dragon Age being made into a brawler
Tim Langdell: no one cares
Defense of Marriage act: who care this is a games thread
cut online passes: lol just so they can add microtransactions to everything and they thought MS would do good with the xbone drm

Kosma, I like you, but you have got to resist waving the Idiot Flag with such vigor, so frequently. Borys goes through the effort of posting a rare, concise and even directly-addressed post, and you gloss over its content. With Langdell, you casually dismiss the public evisceration of one of the games industry's biggest curs, a coward who feigned support of indie game development, even while going after the weakest ones, just so he could keep making money for nothing; he was more or less our industry's Wormtongue and, thanks to EA, he's been dealt with finally and absolutely. I wanted to cheer. You just want to hand-wave that away. DoMA, again, we're talking about company policies and standing up in the face of abuse. Maybe in Europe, where it was OK for you to have your experimental period in high school, and still every other weekend after a few too many pints, the DoMA looks like a joke -- but in America, where the lower-half of US still thinks they have a right to marry their sister, but don't want to think about boys kissing each other, this kind of corporate support by the makers of NASCAR games is a bold statement.

I didn't know who Tim Langdell was so I looked him up. Jesus, what a cunt.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23134 on: March 17, 2014, 03:42:30 AM »
This thread is about what we are playing. Yes Tim Langdell is zany and EA is nice for supporting gays, but we are not talking about that in this thread. We are talking about games.

All those games you listed Chrono (except PvZ, Alice is "only 3 years old") are older then 5 years, you are talking about how EA was. So yeah if we had this talk in early 2009 I would totally say EA is doing good.
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« Reply #23135 on: March 17, 2014, 05:52:00 AM »
This thread is about what we are playing. Yes Tim Langdell is zany and EA is nice for supporting gays, but we are not talking about that in this thread. We are talking about games.

All those games you listed Chrono (except PvZ, Alice is "only 3 years old") are older then 5 years, you are talking about how EA was. So yeah if we had this talk in early 2009 I would totally say EA is doing good.
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« Reply #23136 on: March 17, 2014, 12:51:25 PM »
my adhd agrees. it needs helping steering.
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« Reply #23137 on: March 17, 2014, 01:57:20 PM »
Too much pressure, too many expectations. I'm afraid to post now.

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« Reply #23138 on: March 17, 2014, 02:05:21 PM »
Too much pressure, too many expectations. I'm afraid to post now.
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« Reply #23139 on: March 17, 2014, 08:50:46 PM »
Just beat Satan in Isaac. Annoying that I still have to beat Mom's Heart 3 more times to see anymore new content.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23140 on: March 17, 2014, 09:41:06 PM »
Just beat Satan in Isaac. Annoying that I still have to beat Mom's Heart 3 more times to see anymore new content.

Have you unlocked the D6 yet? It gets hella easy with Issac once you have that. You have to beat Mom's Heart with ???? to get it, I think.
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« Reply #23141 on: March 17, 2014, 09:46:02 PM »
Too much pressure, too many expectations. I'm afraid to post now.

:lol

I think you've just disproved that.

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« Reply #23142 on: March 17, 2014, 09:51:30 PM »
Just beat Satan in Isaac. Annoying that I still have to beat Mom's Heart 3 more times to see anymore new content.

Have you unlocked the D6 yet? It gets hella easy with Issac once you have that. You have to beat Mom's Heart with ???? to get it, I think.

Nah. I have to beat Mom's Heart 3 more times to get ?,??. I beat Satan early by using the shovel in The Womb II.
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« Reply #23143 on: March 18, 2014, 12:56:13 AM »
I tried to get into Isaac, but couldn't get to grips with the controls... is keyboard the way to play? My keyboard is a total POS so that may be part of the problem.
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« Reply #23144 on: March 18, 2014, 01:10:08 AM »
Yeah it takes some getting used to but using wasd and the arrow keys is how it's done. Rebirth will add controller support.

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« Reply #23145 on: March 18, 2014, 01:18:29 AM »
I tried to get into Isaac, but couldn't get to grips with the controls... is keyboard the way to play? My keyboard is a total POS so that may be part of the problem.

I had the same issue when I played it years ago. For some reason it just clicked hard with me this time. My biggest issue in the past was that I didn't really understand Isaac's hitbox or the way tears behaved, but it's definitely something you get used to and figure out after a few plays.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #23146 on: March 18, 2014, 01:32:18 AM »
Yeah it takes some getting used to but using wasd and the arrow keys is how it's done. Rebirth will add controller support.

I just want an XBLA version, as that's where Sceneman's games are played :noah

I'll give it another go. Game design seemed awesome but I'm not into the obvious atheist bent and the gross-out aesthetic (although ironically I like Ren & Stimpy because the art is good).
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« Reply #23147 on: March 18, 2014, 10:55:34 AM »
Started The Maw, from Twisted Pixel. This game was not pretty when it launched. It is less pretty now. So far the game is very slow-paced and hand-hold-y. It doesn't seem particularly fun. It's difficult to believe this came from the 'Splosion Man crew.

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« Reply #23148 on: March 18, 2014, 08:04:34 PM »
Oh, forgot for some reason: I've also started both Scott Pilgrim VS The World: The Video Game and Sacred Citadel. Kunio-kun/Renegade and Golden Axe are two of my favorite nostalgia games, so I was expecting to fall in love with these immediately.

I'd tried the demo versions of both before, and Pilgrim felt too hard for me, honestly. As I've played further, I've become better at it. It's still really tough though!

Citadel is, on the other hand, kind of repetitive and boring, except for boss fights, which are boring and repetitive and hard. Somehow.

In both games, there isn't much in way of control explanation. Pilgrim has controls which can only be occasionally activated, or after powering up, but they aren't mentioned anywhere. Sometimes Scott revives himself, other times he's just dead, and it uses up a Life. Citadel, OTOH, has several types of consumables, but no mention of what they actually provide in-game. It's frustrating.

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« Reply #23149 on: March 20, 2014, 12:24:05 AM »
Oh my god I beat the Cathedral with ?.??! I unlocked the D6!  :D :D :D Now the real fun starts.
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« Reply #23150 on: March 20, 2014, 01:06:55 AM »
Fear Effect
I didn't know that this was basically Dragon's Lair. Finally snapped at the start of disc 4 and binned it. The game is less than three hours long if you know what you're doing, but I can't do this. I'm watching someone else play disc 4, just to see how assholish it gets.

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« Reply #23151 on: March 20, 2014, 07:50:55 AM »
very, very assholish, but I remember disc 3 being the worst. stupid kitchen sequence.
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« Reply #23152 on: March 20, 2014, 08:39:31 AM »
Oh yeah, sneaking by the cooks was a pain. Thankfully I figured out how to get past the last pair by listening to their murmuring. Later on I basically ran out of ammo for Hana, that was fun.

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« Reply #23153 on: March 20, 2014, 08:47:03 AM »
Where did you find a copy of Fear Effect now? Remember always wanting to play that game.

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« Reply #23154 on: March 20, 2014, 09:58:00 AM »
Fear Effect was pretty awesome for its gruesome deaths.
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« Reply #23155 on: March 20, 2014, 10:31:59 AM »
Fear effect rocks
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« Reply #23156 on: March 20, 2014, 11:51:56 AM »
I'm playing Sonic Racing Transformed on PC and it's really good and really hard. I guess you really need to master drifting to finish first on the higher difficulty levels. Were some of the F-Zero GX guys involved in this?
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« Reply #23157 on: March 20, 2014, 01:26:14 PM »
I'm playing Sonic Racing Transformed on PC and it's really good and really hard. I guess you really need to master drifting to finish first on the higher difficulty levels. Were some of the F-Zero GX guys involved in this?
Yep. I've been playing it on PC too and some of those 3 stars are surprisingly hard for a kart racer.

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« Reply #23158 on: March 20, 2014, 01:53:21 PM »
So good.
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« Reply #23159 on: March 20, 2014, 04:57:47 PM »
Where did you find a copy of Fear Effect now? Remember always wanting to play that game.
I bought it eons ago. Just had it lying around and finally decided to put it in. I have the sequel (prequel) too, but I'm not sure if I want to play that now.
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