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« Reply #1200 on: March 29, 2022, 05:04:20 AM »
Finished Kentucky Route Zero. Superb stuff, actual literature. Easy achievements too lol
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« Reply #1203 on: April 06, 2022, 02:28:55 PM »
Just started Weird West and it’s already triggering my loot goblinism. I cleaned out the first town, then ended up having to throw a lot of stuff away because my inventory was full of every piece of garbage imaginable and I haven’t found a vendor yet. I’m throwing out all my corn and potatoes so I can pick up more rusty spurs, someone that’s good with inventory management please help. My family is starving.
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« Reply #1204 on: April 07, 2022, 04:19:05 AM »
Actual footage of me downloading A Memoir Blue, getting 1000/1000 and promptly deleting it within the timeframe of like, an hour



Pretty poor as far as walking simulators go. You dont even get to do any walking. Just a bunch of interactive widgety things. Reminds me of an old edutainment CD ROM or something. Some decent animation and music. Worth a pump-and-dump for when the gamerscore to reward points promotion is on
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« Reply #1205 on: April 17, 2022, 07:08:42 PM »
Tunic! I liked it!

Kept comparing it to Death's Door. Lots of similarities between the two. Combat here isn't as tight as it is there. But puzzles and the manual gimmick are fun. Post game gets radically different.

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« Reply #1206 on: April 17, 2022, 09:31:10 PM »
Outlast 2 and Streets of Rage 4 are leaving, better get those in before they bounce
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« Reply #1207 on: April 18, 2022, 09:28:19 AM »
I played Life is Strange: True Colors over the weekend. Cute characters and a decent story, but the final twist and the ending were all a little too tidy.
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« Reply #1208 on: April 19, 2022, 11:13:52 AM »
Started playing Lost in Random, on Game Pass Ultimate/EA Pass. Seems pretty dece, I like the dark fairytale vibe. Kinda reminds me of Alice: Madness Returns if you replaced the playing cards motiff with dice.
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« Reply #1209 on: April 19, 2022, 09:48:25 PM »
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is only about two hours long, but it still manages to have two glitched achievements. Good for a quick 1000 after they patch it, I guess.
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« Reply #1210 on: April 24, 2022, 11:03:28 PM »
Infernax looks interesting, has anyone played it?
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« Reply #1211 on: April 25, 2022, 07:27:16 AM »
Classic Castlevania clone. Didn't finish it, but liked what I played.

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« Reply #1212 on: April 25, 2022, 09:37:33 AM »
It takes inspiration from Castlevania 2 most of all, down to the day and night transitions.

Real gimmick is the morality system. Read it gets different content at some stage. Had fun with it but not enough to replay it two or more times.

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« Reply #1213 on: April 25, 2022, 10:43:21 AM »
Actual footage of me downloading A Memoir Blue, getting 1000/1000 and promptly deleting it within the timeframe of like, an hour

Knocked this one out too. Super mid.
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« Reply #1214 on: April 26, 2022, 08:42:12 PM »
The 2d animation was the highlight and was pretty well done.

Pretty horny for Bugsnax to drop, need to play a chill game after getting boned by Hades and Elden Ring
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« Reply #1215 on: April 27, 2022, 09:12:26 AM »
Played about half-way through Lost in Random. I really love the Nightmare Before Christmas/Coraline aesthetics and the environments, but gotdam the combat is such a slog. Just running around in circles pinging enemies with your slingshot until you have enough crystals to do an attack, kill one or two things, repeat about 10-20 times per combat zone. I'm tempted to knock it down to Easy just because it's so boring. The game looks so nice though that I want to keep playing. Fortunately it's not a very long game.









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« Reply #1216 on: April 28, 2022, 08:45:51 AM »
Agreed.

I don't know what they were thinking with the crystal mechanic. Your deck can speed things up a *bit* with explosive arrows (MVP), re-roll (MVP during board game fights), bonus crystals, etc. but you have to find those cards or be able to afford them, so I would still recommend to switch to easy.

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« Reply #1217 on: April 28, 2022, 10:20:02 AM »
Agreed.

I don't know what they were thinking with the crystal mechanic. Your deck can speed things up a *bit* with explosive arrows (MVP), re-roll (MVP during board game fights), bonus crystals, etc. but you have to find those cards or be able to afford them, so I would still recommend to switch to easy.

I took all my re-rolls out while I was changing my deck around and entered the Baroness' Canon fight without then. Then the game gives me a popup that says "FYI, the Game Master card is really good in this fight" after the fight has already started and it was too late to change my deck lmao. Nice one, game. That fight ended up taking over half an hour because I would just get Wall like 4 times in a row.

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« Reply #1218 on: May 01, 2022, 07:05:35 PM »
Bugsnax is pretty good. The characters are just so weird, they're like Sesame Street Muppets but they have very strange mannerisms and you can't really discern anyones motives. Unusual narrative as well. Load times are total anus on Xbone S - prob runs a lot better on Series X, haven't tried it on mine yet.
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« Reply #1219 on: May 02, 2022, 05:32:17 AM »
https://twitter.com/XboxGamePass/status/1498660298831532032

I know people generally don't like them, but I kinda wanna give the FF13 games a chance now that they're all on GamePass.
Nothing is a fair price to pay for the FFXIII trilogy. :teehee
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« Reply #1220 on: May 27, 2022, 04:23:32 AM »
New Sniper Elite is the same as the last one, with some multiplayer gimmicks. That’s not a bad thing. Loop of snipe Nazi, see gnarly kill animation, repeat, is a good one. Has non-lethal options now. I don’t know why and don’t care.

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« Reply #1221 on: May 27, 2022, 09:15:24 AM »
I want to check it out (played 3 last). But god damn, 86GB? :stahp

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« Reply #1222 on: May 27, 2022, 06:30:47 PM »
Yeah. Sizes are ridiculous. Yet to try Forza Horizon 5 because of it.

Never played Sniper Elite 3. Played 2 and 4. Difference between those two, and carried into 5, are large open maps with various objectives. It’s like the newer Hitman games.

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« Reply #1223 on: May 28, 2022, 05:26:55 AM »
Yeah, I've never played them, but hearing it plays like a great MGS/Hitman/Splinter Cell has my interest as a stealth fan.

I always thought these games were just like stand in place and snipe people games.

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« Reply #1224 on: May 30, 2022, 06:33:13 PM »
The second game funneled you into optimal sniping spots. Not like Silent Scope. But once you were in position, you were set. Metal Gear (5) is a good call for how it evolved in 4. Wouldn’t be shocked to learn it inspired the change. What else I’m noticing with Sniper Elite 5 is the viability of mid and close range play. It is resembling a jankier MGSV at times.

How the series handles noise is unique. Silencers make a fair amount of noise. If stock a rifle can be heard from 150m, a silencer drops it to 85m. Unless there’s something to mask the sound, planes overhead or sabotaging a truck engine, isolating before shooting matters.

There’s an achievement to shoot Hitler in the balls. That’s something.

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« Reply #1225 on: May 30, 2022, 11:25:36 PM »
Holy shit, Sniper Elite 5 is really goddamn good.

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« Reply #1226 on: June 01, 2022, 08:02:25 AM »
Holy shit, Sniper Elite 5 is really goddamn good.

It's like WWII Hitman in a way. Really pleasantly surprised.

And IO need to steal their throw body mechanic, it would be useful for Agent 47.
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« Reply #1227 on: June 01, 2022, 08:34:13 AM »
Oh really now you guys have me interested
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« Reply #1228 on: June 08, 2022, 06:05:28 AM »
Finished the first mission and finally know how to play the game. Was trying to go 100% stealth and not get noticed, clean headshots or knock out the enemies, hide bodies etc just like I'd play Hitman. Eventually I realised the better way to play is that they're Nazi's and deserve to die, and to first thin them out from long range, then move in to take out what is left.
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« Reply #1229 on: June 08, 2022, 09:33:03 AM »
The game was like "You can choose to incapacitate Nazis instead of kill them" and I was like "lol WHY"

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« Reply #1230 on: June 08, 2022, 10:27:06 AM »
Figured out exactly one instance non lethal matters for: those kill contracts. It’s easier to knock them out and place the body under a chandelier than luring the AI with bottles. And well, it’s still lethal in the end.

I replayed a mission on authentic difficulty, just to see what it’s like. Too much for me. Every assist is off, scopes are fixed zoom, no tagging.


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« Reply #1232 on: June 09, 2022, 07:59:28 PM »
SIX PLAYERS in a beatemup, whaaaaaaaa that's going to be fuckin awesome

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« Reply #1233 on: June 09, 2022, 08:09:48 PM »
Friendly Fire: On
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« Reply #1234 on: June 10, 2022, 07:38:40 AM »
Figured out exactly one instance non lethal matters for: those kill contracts. It’s easier to knock them out and place the body under a chandelier than luring the AI with bottles. And well, it’s still lethal in the end.

I also realised that like Hitman you're meant to go back and replay it once you've got all your skills and upgraded your weapons. So I'm skipping the kill contracts now unless they're easily accessible.
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« Reply #1235 on: June 10, 2022, 03:08:01 PM »
SIX PLAYERS in a beatemup, whaaaaaaaa that's going to be fuckin awesome

And it's on GamePass :rejoice

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« Reply #1236 on: June 12, 2022, 02:50:14 PM »
Yo they added Ninja Gaiden SIGMA (ugh) games to PC Gamepass??????

Holy shizmeroly

Then again do I even want to bother :(
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« Reply #1237 on: June 12, 2022, 03:08:07 PM »
P3P, P4(G?), and P5R coming to gamepass with P5R first 10/22 :rejoice

Starfield looks awesome, Redfall is gonna be fun in coop, and D4 being an open world mmoish game with the regular Diablo combat could be awesome as well.  Lots and lots of games shown off during the 2022 showcase, almost certainly something for everyone.  Next year is gonna be flat out amazing for games.

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« Reply #1238 on: June 13, 2022, 02:34:22 AM »
Radiant planets on top of radiant quests! 1000+

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Thank you Master Todd and best of luck Bethesda :)

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« Reply #1239 on: July 05, 2022, 09:27:36 AM »
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1544305626783686657

Might run through Carrion and Children of Morta before they're gone.


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« Reply #1241 on: July 10, 2022, 06:22:15 PM »
Cloud gaming available in NZ now - its awesome!

Games like Slay the Spire and Monster Train are perfect for mobile touch controls.

Monster Train is interesting - the presentation is very generic mobile game stuff but the gameplay seems rock solid. An interesting blend of deck building and tower defense.

Oh, and I just got enough rewards points for my second free month of Gamepass this year. I could get used to this  :smug
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« Reply #1242 on: July 10, 2022, 07:14:39 PM »
Cloud gaming available in NZ now - its awesome!

Games like Slay the Spire and Monster Train are perfect for mobile touch controls.

Monster Train is interesting - the presentation is very generic mobile game stuff but the gameplay seems rock solid. An interesting blend of deck building and tower defense.

Oh, and I just got enough rewards points for my second free month of Gamepass this year. I could get used to this  :smug

I remember you mentioned a pretty severe data cap on your home internet connection. I realize you're specifically referring to mobile here, but how is streaming content handled under NZ contracts?

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« Reply #1243 on: July 10, 2022, 07:17:06 PM »
Ah that was about 10 years ago - our govt has drastically improved our internet infrastructure over the past decade. Which is probably the best thing our previous right wing government pushed for. Turned out it was very important given the pandemic and how now everyone needs to Zoom all day

We now have no data caps and wired fiber optic connections. We get super fast download speeds now - like 10 megs a second. So on mobile on my home wifi - unlimited data.

My mobile carrier gives me one unlimited data hour per day - so when I'm on public transport or whatever I can activate that and go nuts on 5G.
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« Reply #1244 on: July 11, 2022, 12:47:07 PM »
Cloud gaming available in NZ now - its awesome!

Games like Slay the Spire and Monster Train are perfect for mobile touch controls.

Monster Train is interesting - the presentation is very generic mobile game stuff but the gameplay seems rock solid. An interesting blend of deck building and tower defense.

Oh, and I just got enough rewards points for my second free month of Gamepass this year. I could get used to this  :smug

Both are amazing games!
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« Reply #1245 on: July 11, 2022, 11:36:26 PM »
Haha yeah I just got my second free month from points, too. I bing shit all day long, helps lol

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« Reply #1246 on: July 12, 2022, 12:18:20 AM »
My GamePass expires in 12 days. Time to re-up for another 3 years
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« Reply #1247 on: July 12, 2022, 07:13:17 PM »
Haha yeah I just got my second free month from points, too. I bing shit all day long, helps lol

yeah i swear by the weekly set on the rewards app, I'm on a 42 week streak now and the points really add up.
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« Reply #1248 on: July 13, 2022, 01:12:59 AM »
Been playing Psychonauts 2, its pretty well done. I did play Psychonauts prior, and that was also ok, the infamous Meat Circus wasnt as bad as people cried over.

Then I learned that the dumb VR game is actually canon, but whatever nothing really happens.
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« Reply #1249 on: July 13, 2022, 10:06:15 PM »
If anybody cares about achievements, Overwhelm is a platinum in 40 minutes, give or take. It’s Downwell but as a micro Metroid.

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« Reply #1250 on: July 14, 2022, 12:37:05 AM »
You better believe I care about achievements :phil

I find its good to sandbag the easy completions for when you need to urgently pop some cheevs for the weekly rewards points challenges. Its why Ive left Pupperazi installed lol. Generally you can jump in and do some stupid task for a cheev eg. jump 20 times
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« Reply #1251 on: July 14, 2022, 12:40:46 AM »
Cleared Monster Train for the first time on my 4th attempt or so - games is really weird to begin with but once you grok the turn structure and how the stats and scaling shake out its pretty addicting and awesome. The mock Hearthstone presentation is zzz but whatever, it does the job, and at the end of the day I'm here for stats and gameplay loop. Great on mobile aside from having to squint a little to read some tooltips.

Cheevos look like you'll get them with steady play and a lot of conditional ones can be boosted with seeds  :cruise
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« Reply #1252 on: July 14, 2022, 12:54:13 PM »
Easy achievements :nope

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« Reply #1254 on: July 19, 2022, 05:03:04 PM »
As Dusk Falls looks good - love me an Americana walking simulator.

Oh, its free for me as well, thanks to my free month of Gamepass via M$ rewards points :smug :cruise
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« Reply #1255 on: July 20, 2022, 12:31:43 AM »
Yeah, Dusk Falls is first game that has me tempted to resub this year. My kind of game.

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« Reply #1256 on: July 20, 2022, 09:27:18 AM »
It's not actually a walking simulator, more of a Powerpoint simulator. There's no exploration, you just watch slideshow cutscenes and make choices. Story is kinda good, but man why was this a 60GB install lmao?
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« Reply #1257 on: July 20, 2022, 08:09:20 PM »
It's not actually a walking simulator, more of a Powerpoint simulator. There's no exploration, you just watch slideshow cutscenes and make choices. Story is kinda good, but man why was this a 60GB install lmao?

I'm assuming hi-rez uncompressed art assets make up the chonker game size. Game is ok - quite a striking style with the flat 2d characters (obv traced over actors) inserted in 3d environs. Decent from a technical standpoint at least. Seems to be some funky mobile and twitch integration for collaborative decision making which seems neat? Might see if I can get the ol better half to give it a shot tonight
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« Reply #1258 on: July 20, 2022, 09:55:18 PM »
Why play As Dusk Falls when ez quick games like Omno, Raji, and Dodgeball are leaving in a couple weeks. E Z
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« Reply #1259 on: July 22, 2022, 09:26:45 AM »
Why play As Dusk Falls when ez quick games like Omno, Raji, and Dodgeball are leaving in a couple weeks. E Z
Are these all short games?