Author Topic: PC Games |OT| - "I'll never play any of these games, but they're just so cheap!" (Read 54071 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #240 on:** June 08, 2011, 09:47:55 PM »

Quote from: Herr Mafflard on June 02, 2011, 01:58:28 PM

just set up my GOG account and bought the first Gabriel Knight (haven't played them before), since the recent Gemini Rue reignited my interest in retro adventure games

All three Gabriel Knight games are great, and they all three have different styles (1 = 2D, 2 = FMV + Digitized 2D, 3 = 3D).

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #241 on:** June 08, 2011, 11:11:12 PM »

Jamestown is a really fun shooter, by the way. Not too hard for a shooter and it looks/sounds great. The only real gripe is that there's no online multi, but local multi is great fun if you can get some people together.

iconoclast · « **Reply #242 on:** June 09, 2011, 11:46:43 PM »

Just bought Jamestown. I've only played for like 30 minutes, but it's a pretty fun game. It seems very novice friendly as well, so I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #243 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:09:54 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on June 09, 2011, 11:46:43 PM

Just bought Jamestown. I've only played for like 30 minutes, but it's a pretty fun game. It seems very novice friendly as well, so I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot.

The fifth level is insane though. My brother and I tried to beat it five or six times, but couldn't even make it to the boss.

iconoclast · « **Reply #244 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:25:53 AM »

Yeah, I just played stage 5. Most of the time I don't like it when shooters make you navigate through stage geometry like that, but it was okay there I guess. The boss was pretty good too.

Gonna start working on my scores now. I would've been #3 on stage 2, but I didn't realize you have to hit a button to submit your score to the leaderboard.

Bebpo · « **Reply #245 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:54:53 AM »

Cool. I was waiting to see the shmup community's reaction before plunking cash down. The trailer looked hot, but sometimes they can be deceiving.

archie4208 · « **Reply #246 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:51:28 AM »

I went into the "survive 15 seconds" challenge all

then this happened:

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[close]

:'(

iconoclast · « **Reply #247 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:34:46 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 10, 2011, 12:54:53 AM

Cool. I was waiting to see the shmup community's reaction before plunking cash down. The trailer looked hot, but sometimes they can be deceiving.

I'm liking it, but the whole 16:9 vertical shooter deal is giving me some trouble. Your ship doesn't move very fast, so when you need to get to the other side of the screen to take out an enemy, you usually can't get there in time unless you know it's coming (I guess). It doesn't seem as tightly designed as some other games. But it's still fun. I like the scoring system a lot, and a good scoring system makes a game 5x more fun to play.

I just spent almost 2 hours playing stage 2 and trying to get a good score (and I finally did - got 1.7m). I'd always wind up chaining half of the stage and then dying right before the boss, causing me to lose my bonus.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #248 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:41:57 AM »

Quote from: archie4208 on June 10, 2011, 01:51:28 AM

I went into the "survive 15 seconds" challenge all then this happened:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
[close]

:'(

lol yeah, it's not too hard though, you just have to take out as many bombs as you can and then use vaunt to survive the ones you can't.

Bebpo · « **Reply #249 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:44:05 AM »

Yeah, I played it for a few hours and it's pretty nice. The scoring system makes the game.

The only thing I wish it had to be more like Cave is 1) I wish the gold would automatically come to you; having to go pick it up is annoying since like you said, your ship moves slow and you want to get moving to the other side to fight new enemies and 2) I wish your ship had more a more powerful screen filling width shot like in Cave games, which again would help with the slow moving wide screen ratio so you could still shoot down all the enemies.

Otherwise it's great and the replay value with all the bonus levels, and shop, and 0-5 star ranking system, and having to play on higher difficulties to progress; it's all great stuff that means I'll be playing it for 5x the amount I would be playing it otherwise. Definitely a good deal at $8.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #250 on:** June 10, 2011, 09:40:19 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on June 10, 2011, 02:34:46 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on June 10, 2011, 12:54:53 AM
Cool. I was waiting to see the shmup community's reaction before plunking cash down. The trailer looked hot, but sometimes they can be deceiving.

I'm liking it, but the whole 16:9 vertical shooter deal is giving me some trouble. Your ship doesn't move very fast, so when you need to get to the other side of the screen to take out an enemy, you usually can't get there in time unless you know it's coming (I guess).

In that way it seems more like it's designed for co-op than solo play. Too bad about the no online, though.

iconoclast · « **Reply #251 on:** June 10, 2011, 06:42:08 PM »

Got in the top 5 for every stage, and I got #1 in Gauntlet mode.

I like Legendary the most because it's pretty well balanced for scoring & survival. Divine seems okay, but scoring on most of the stages seems a little annoying because you have to use your barrier for survival sometimes. But I dunno, I haven't played it much. I finished up all of the challenges as well. They're a nice distraction, but I wish they had leaderboards. That would've added a reason to play them more than once.

Bebpo · « **Reply #252 on:** June 11, 2011, 02:53:39 AM »

The last level is craaaaap. Not only dodging tons of bullets but ENVIRONMENT KILLS and good job making the environment DARK BLUE so it's hard to see anything. Blah. Will try to beat this another day.

There's also a huuuuge discrepency in this game between the levels themselves and the bosses. I got to the stage 5 boss with 0 credits, 0 lives and I took out his first form without getting hit. Same with the other stages on legendary. I'd usually die a ton during the stage itself and then beat the bosses without losing a single life. Bosses are generally a joke in this even on the higher difficulties, whereas the stage has a lot of bullets going on.

I also find it hard to keep track of the hitbox of my guy when dodging bullets coming in at an angle. Wish they put a glowing dot on your ship so you could always see the hitbox.

Also they should have done a ketsui credit increase where the longer you play, the more credits you get so that everyone can at least see all the stages and the ending. Stage 5 on legendary is going to be a biiitch to complete on 2 credits :\

Bebpo · « **Reply #253 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:24:19 AM »

Alright beat it.

+Bosses are fun
-Bosses are all a joke except the final form of the last boss
-Stages are pretty fun
-Except stage 5 sucks and the 2nd half of stage 2 is kind of eh; some of the bullet patterns are kind of iffy
+music is great
+art is great
-except it's not always easy to see the bullets
+unlockables are great

About as good, fun and polished as any of the $10-15 XBLA/PSN shmups; not up there with the better Cave stuff or Raiden Fighters Aces though imo.

Bebpo · « **Reply #254 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:41:46 AM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #255 on:** June 25, 2011, 02:26:35 PM »

are there any games that take advantage of more ram?

stuff happened and now I have 8gigs in my computer. off the top of my head, Metro 2033 had the requirement "AS MUCH RAM AS POSSIBLE"

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #256 on:** June 25, 2011, 02:30:25 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on June 25, 2011, 02:26:35 PM

are there any games that take advantage of more ram?

stuff happened and now I have 8gigs in my computer. off the top of my head, Metro 2033 had the requirement "AS MUCH RAM AS POSSIBLE"

The Witcher 2 is a bit of RAM hog if you've got everything maxed out.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #257 on:** June 25, 2011, 02:32:51 PM »

yeah i added four more gigs to my system last week and The Witcher 2 runs smoother than it did before.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #258 on:** June 28, 2011, 02:12:07 PM »

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #259 on:** June 28, 2011, 04:06:22 PM »

Heroes of Might & Magic VI Beta today for pre-orders. D/Ling now. And no I'm not going to call it by Ubisoft's bastardized new naming scheme. Unless it sucks, then we can all pretend like it's not a real HOMM game.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #260 on:** June 28, 2011, 05:08:07 PM »

Is Hydrophobia Prophecy worth $3?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #261 on:** June 28, 2011, 05:10:53 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 28, 2011, 05:08:07 PM

Is Hydrophobia Prophecy worth $3?

According to GAF it has realistic boob physics, so I'm going to say yes.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #262 on:** June 28, 2011, 05:13:10 PM »

hahaha

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #263 on:** August 19, 2011, 05:27:17 PM »

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MrAngryFace · « **Reply #264 on:** August 19, 2011, 11:46:10 PM »

EVE Online should add Hacker Evolution- corporate espionage!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #265 on:** August 19, 2011, 11:53:32 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 19, 2011, 11:46:10 PM

EVE Online should add Hacker Evolution- corporate espionage!

I can't really tell what's going on in that video, but it sounds exciting!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #266 on:** October 09, 2011, 03:36:26 PM »

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Also:

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Raban · « **Reply #267 on:** October 09, 2011, 03:54:17 PM »

Is OTR coming to PC? Shit, I might have to buy it.

archie4208 · « **Reply #268 on:** October 09, 2011, 04:06:40 PM »

No Dota 2, no care.

Also, it is Heroes VI

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #269 on:** October 09, 2011, 07:02:58 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on October 09, 2011, 04:06:40 PM

Also, it is Heroes VI

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #270 on:** October 09, 2011, 07:13:28 PM »

Disciples III: Resurrection, the stand-alone expansion/sequel to Disciples III comes out this week too. Kinda want because it seems like it might be better than Disciples III, but HOMM 6 is coming out this week too, so yeah...

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #271 on:** October 09, 2011, 09:09:52 PM »

I've pre-paid for Might & Magic, Orcs, and Renegade- lock n load!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #272 on:** December 16, 2012, 11:30:28 PM »

This is coming out tomorrow:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #273 on:** April 04, 2013, 10:55:16 AM »

All of these are available on Steam.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #274 on:** April 04, 2013, 10:56:42 AM »

Evoland is on Steam too, breh.

Edit: Stealth edit!

Edit 2: Evoland looks kinda neat though, prollly have to check it out.

Edit 3: Also, don't forget about Lords of Football.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #275 on:** April 04, 2013, 10:59:05 AM »

GoG version is available RIGHT NOW, filthy Steam peasants have to wait three more hours.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #276 on:** April 04, 2013, 08:23:37 PM »

Cities In Motion is great, will get the sequel in a steam sale. Waiting for a demo of Lords of Football, it could be awesome.

Himu · « **Reply #277 on:** April 04, 2013, 08:38:19 PM »

Lords of Football I will bite on next week and report back.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #278 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:14:12 AM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #279 on:** April 15, 2013, 04:32:44 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #280 on:** April 15, 2013, 04:51:57 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 04, 2013, 08:38:19 PM

Lords of Football I will bite on next week and report back.

Soooo how is it?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #281 on:** April 15, 2013, 07:50:29 PM »

I've heard it's terrible.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #282 on:** April 15, 2013, 08:09:16 PM »

How long is La Mulana? It looks freaking amazing.

Eric P · « **Reply #283 on:** April 15, 2013, 08:13:42 PM »

i had a lot of fun with Eador when it was the one man game. looking forward to this remake / etc

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #284 on:** April 15, 2013, 08:53:14 PM »

http://www.gamersnexus.net/features/gg/442-baldurs-gate-2-redux-released-for-dragon-age

Someone install this and tell me what the deal is

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #285 on:** April 15, 2013, 09:02:21 PM »

My birthday is next week. I will shower whoever buys me Mulana as an early gift with love and affection.

(Kinda broke this month)

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #286 on:** April 15, 2013, 10:56:40 PM »

The ever so generous Sultan Drinky Bin Cruncheon

Himu · « **Reply #287 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:15:38 AM »

I passed on Lords of Football after bad reviews. The idea sounds great but...eh.

Rufus · « **Reply #288 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:46:55 AM »

Very important tip for La-Mulana, unless they changed something:
Buy the translation device as soon as you can so you can read the tablets in the temple, they give you hints.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #289 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:58:47 AM »

Fuck. I knew I was missing something. Everything was gibberish. Grabbing it now. Thanks.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #290 on:** April 16, 2013, 02:52:59 AM »

La Mulana feels like a game Sony will get.

Rufus · « **Reply #291 on:** April 16, 2013, 03:02:00 AM »

I have yet to play Demon's or Dark Souls, but from everything I've heard it's basically that in 2D.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #292 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM »

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/16/capcom-hope-to-update-older-resident-evils-on-pc-eventually/

Capcom in talks with Capcom in hopes of bringing RE up to date for Win7/8, but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #293 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:06:19 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM

but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #294 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:29:21 PM »

please understand

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #295 on:** April 16, 2013, 07:42:08 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/16/capcom-hope-to-update-older-resident-evils-on-pc-eventually/

Capcom in talks with Capcom in hopes of bringing RE up to date for Win7/8, but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

Welcome to the world of Japanese companies and useless American subsidiaries

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #296 on:** April 16, 2013, 08:37:36 PM »

La Mulana

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #297 on:** April 16, 2013, 08:40:31 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on April 16, 2013, 07:42:08 PM

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/16/capcom-hope-to-update-older-resident-evils-on-pc-eventually/

Capcom in talks with Capcom in hopes of bringing RE up to date for Win7/8, but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

Welcome to the world of Japanese companies and useless American subsidiaries

you accidentally a useless

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #298 on:** April 17, 2013, 12:22:08 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on April 16, 2013, 07:42:08 PM

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/16/capcom-hope-to-update-older-resident-evils-on-pc-eventually/

Capcom in talks with Capcom in hopes of bringing RE up to date for Win7/8, but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

Welcome to the world of Japanese companies and useless American subsidiaries

we glimpses of it and after a while you just "sense" it if you pay attention to Capcom especially...but this seemed like a cry for help for him to say that so directly

cool breeze · « **Reply #299 on:** April 17, 2013, 12:46:29 AM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 16, 2013, 12:02:51 PM

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/16/capcom-hope-to-update-older-resident-evils-on-pc-eventually/

Capcom in talks with Capcom in hopes of bringing RE up to date for Win7/8, but the talks between Capcom and Capcom have been going on for a year and they haven't made any progress with each other.

punchline: capcom already released updated versions of old resident evil games for PC years ago

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Author Topic: PC Games |OT| - "I'll never play any of these games, but they're just so cheap!" (Read 54071 times)