I did not see it mentioned elsewhere, but dev of Miegakure suspended his Twitter account after he was called out at the end of August.
Kingdom of Loathing/West of Loathing creator accused of abusive behaviour
CW: rape, abuse I haven't seen a thread about this and I'm not sure if it's widely-known. If it is, indeed, common knowledge and being discussed, I apologise. If it's been and gone and I missed it, I apologise - I searched Era before posting this. Anyway, without further preamble... In short...
Oh dear....
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Sayonara Wild Hearts - ESRB
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Everyone 10+ - This is a rhythm/adventure game in which players travel through futuristic cities while riding motorcycles, dancing, skateboarding, and battling enemy characters.
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ESRB just rated Sayonara Wild Hearts for PC (and PS4). Its only been announced for Switch atm.
its published by Annapurna though so get ready for another EGS exclusive.
I mean, we already know this will be a timed exclusive but it's still great to know that it's coming soon-ish so I don't mind to wait and I'm actually happy to have this confirmationSayonara Wild Hearts - ESRB
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Everyone 10+ - This is a rhythm/adventure game in which players travel through futuristic cities while riding motorcycles, dancing, skateboarding, and battling enemy characters.
ESRB just rated Sayonara Wild Hearts for PC (and PS4). Its only been announced for Switch atm.
its published by Annapurna though so get ready for another EGS exclusive.
Oh, great. Another horrible human being to avoid forever...Kingdom of Loathing/West of Loathing creator accused of abusive behaviour
CW: rape, abuse I haven't seen a thread about this and I'm not sure if it's widely-known. If it is, indeed, common knowledge and being discussed, I apologise. If it's been and gone and I missed it, I apologise - I searched Era before posting this. Anyway, without further preamble... In short...
Oh dear....
The list is getting quite long, really depressing.
which number is this one?...Impossible Spell Card is the only one that truly matters.
Yup blessed touhou age that we are on par with japan.
I wonder if those who got the base game can also try the Season Pass 3 characters for free
I add games to my "to play soon" backlog faster than I finish them. This is a problem.
I buy games on Switch, they are not fucking cheap, and I don't have time to play them.
To play soon
Mario Rabbids
Mario Odyssey
Astral Chain
Undertale
Octopath Traveler
Monster Hunter World
Starlink
Anno 1800
To play after that
Yooka-Laylee
Actraiser
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Drakengard
Final Fantasy Legend II-III
Seiken 2-3
Deadly Premonition
Romancing Saga 1-2
Atlus PS2 games
Ori and the Blind Forest
Nier
Nier Automata
Drakengard 3
Untenable.
I buy games on Switch, they are not fucking cheap, and I don't have time to play them.
To play soon
Mario Rabbids
Mario Odyssey
Astral Chain
Undertale
Octopath Traveler
Monster Hunter World
Starlink
Anno 1800
To play after that
Yooka-Laylee
Actraiser
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Drakengard
Final Fantasy Legend II-III
Seiken 2-3
Deadly Premonition
Romancing Saga 1-2
Atlus PS2 games
Ori and the Blind Forest
Nier
Nier Automata
Drakengard 3
Untenable.
Starlink has been really fun, but after the campaign is halfway done (according to the IGN walkthrough I checked to how far I am into the game), the game wants me to grind the hell out of it in order to continue the campaign, which I won't bother,
Li Kao Starlink is frequently half-price or less for the physical version and figures over here, so look out for deals.
Aside from First Party Nintendo games Switch games should have deals too after a while and if you're not going to play them right away you may as well wait
Aside from First Party Nintendo games Switch games should have deals too after a while and if you're not going to play them right away you may as well wait
14.3
It's a sequel to 14 (Double Dealing Character) where you get to play as one of the antagonists. Gameplay-wise it's quite different though.
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I really have to stop buying games.
I have so many new games to play (many from campaigns I backed on crowdfunding campaigns years ago, or Early Access games finally launching), it actually ends up hindering my enjoyment, because I don't know what to play, and I keep leaving games unfinished.
I "dropped" games like Bloodstained and Yakuza 0, after quite a few hours played, because I spent some time without playing them, and now I want to restart them.
Then, I look at Grim Dawn, a game I'm really enjoying, and don't want to drop it, and after months I'm still on chapter 3.
I'm replaying Phoenix Wright (I previously played it on the Nintendo DS), and I only completed 2 cases from the first game.
And now, I look at my library, and notice on top of my huge backlog, I have recently added the following games I really want to play:
-GreedFall
-Blasphemous
-River City Girls
-Overland
-Starpoint Gemini 3
-The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan
-Knights and Bikes
-Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
-Blair Witch
-Remnant: From the Ashes
-The Great Perhaps
-Yuppie Psycho
-Metal Wolf Chaos XD
-EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
It may seem silly, but I'm finding that having an excessive number of games to play can be a bad thing.
I'm always torn between starting a new game, or continuing another.
I have so many new games to play (many from campaigns I backed on crowdfunding campaigns years ago, or Early Access games finally launching), it actually ends up hindering my enjoyment, because I don't know what to play, and I keep leaving games unfinished.
I "dropped" games like Bloodstained and Yakuza 0, after quite a few hours played, because I spent some time without playing them, and now I want to restart them.
Then, I look at Grim Dawn, a game I'm really enjoying, and don't want to drop it, and after months I'm still on chapter 3.
I'm replaying Phoenix Wright (I previously played it on the Nintendo DS), and I only completed 2 cases from the first game.
And now, I look at my library, and notice on top of my huge backlog, I have recently added the following games I really want to play:
-GreedFall
-Blasphemous
-River City Girls
-Overland
-Starpoint Gemini 3
-The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan
-Knights and Bikes
-Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
-Blair Witch
-Remnant: From the Ashes
-The Great Perhaps
-Yuppie Psycho
-Metal Wolf Chaos XD
-EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
It may seem silly, but I'm finding that having an excessive number of games to play can be a bad thing.
I'm always torn between starting a new game, or continuing another.
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I don't think that is it but rather because of how people have different schedules and stuff like that. I don't know but the game just felt like it dragged on for way longer then it should have. Battles were fun however
I never played the OG games, I did play Gold when I was a kid but by the time I did stuff like the original Ruby was already out and I was playing that. I think Pokemon Ruby was my first Pokemon game. I played it when I was in elementary school but my parents didn't like me playing those games so I would go years with out playing them. And then in 2010 or so I ended up buying both Ruby and Fire Red at a swap meet (I got them both for $10 USD and which was an amazing deal for the games especially since they are legit and not a ROM some one copied onto a cartridge illegally).
I thought that overall both Ruby and FR were good games. My next Pokemon game was Black and boy is that game great. Heart Gold is pretty good, but it did feel "slow". I didn't really like the Sinnoh region games. I played Y and I liked the new stuff that they did with it but it also didn't feel that special. I played Omega Ruby and didn't think it was that good and Sun was the last game I played and I just thought it was bad and showed that as a series Pokemon has not really "evolved" and feel way slower compared to some other RPG games (and monster taming games). I think I might get Sword but I don't have high hopes for the game.
I think Black version is still the best game out of the whole series (and it was not even my first Pocket Monsters game) and yet there has not been a game that's come close to it. I out so many hours into the game and the others as well and yet I got sick and tired of Omega Ruby and Sun that I just gave up on games and never beat them (same can be said for the Sinnoh games I gave up on those ones as well)
In Japan Black is also highly regarded as well and I think was the last "best selling" game in the series. The OG games sold insanely well but after that the series has just not sold as well with each new version selling less than the previous ones but Black and White actually sold better than the 4th gen games from what I recall.
So far I've bought 3 games this year that actually came out this year, and the only one I've played was Druidstone (which I dropped a while in). Bloodstained and Age of Wonders Planetfall I haven't gotten to yet.
On the upside I have beaten 17 backlog games from earlier years, and I'm 95 hours into Pathfinder and really closing in on the ending. Hooray for blitzing!
On the other downside I keep buying dumb bundles of older games so the backlog hasn't really shrunk at all. But at last they were cheap!
On the upside I have beaten 17 backlog games from earlier years, and I'm 95 hours into Pathfinder and really closing in on the ending. Hooray for blitzing!
On the other downside I keep buying dumb bundles of older games so the backlog hasn't really shrunk at all. But at last they were cheap!
Ya it's not happening, when Bandai does PC ports they are planned along side console versions, they are not like SEGA EU or Square Enix that just announce a PC version as a stand alone thing.It's been almost two years, i guess Girls und Panzer Dream Tank Match won't get a PC port. 「Echo」
Bumco indeed.
I have incredible difficulty buying games.
-I have too many to complete, its overwhelming, even though I've gotten through 25 this year alone
-Fun stuff starts on item #1000 of things I need to spend money on
-My backlog is over 300 games.
-I have too many to complete, its overwhelming, even though I've gotten through 25 this year alone
-Fun stuff starts on item #1000 of things I need to spend money on
-My backlog is over 300 games.
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I bought Druidstone, and Age of Wonders: Planetfall. And I was a backer for Bloodstained.
The later, I dropped after 9 or 10 hours. The other two I'm yet to start them.
I was a backer for Pathfinder. I'm yet to even start it.
I just saw Stevey posting screenshots of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. I keep wanting to play that game, but I haven't even started it.
Heck, I even have the Resident Evil 2 remake, and Devil May Cry 5, completely untouched. Let alone games like Prey, Dishonored 2, Pillars of Eternity 2, and many more.
Yeah Dragon's Dogma is another one I bought a while ago and I'll really hoping to get to it soon, maybe by the end of the year. If I ever manage to beat Pathfinder before then, that game just goooooes.
I gave up on my backlog.
I now consider the 1.500+ games that I haven't touched in my Steam library as "things I might play if I break something / catch a weird illness that will force me to stay off of work for a few weeks / months / years".
I now consider the 1.500+ games that I haven't touched in my Steam library as "things I might play if I break something / catch a weird illness that will force me to stay off of work for a few weeks / months / years".
Haven't played gen 5 yet. I own White and Black 2, but I only launched them to grab some mons from the previous owners' save files that I was missing for my living dex.
Played Platinum a few years ago and didn't like it, it's way too slow and I missed the quality of life features from gen 6 (the latter it not its fault, of course). I started HeartGold a month or two ago and so far it's been fun (waaaay better than Platinum), but I'm only halfway through Johto and haven't touched it in a while.
Suffered through gen 7 twice, both in Moon and Ultra Sun. The first half is awful, but it gets better afterwards. It doesn't make up for the previous 20 hours, but it's much better. The constant cutscenes never stop being annoying as fuck, and the Ultra games only made the stupid RotomDex worse. If you also consider the removal of gen 6's awesome connectivy features and ORAS' DexNav (the cool feature that shows you which Pokemon you're missing in each area, and lets you search for one in particular), then it's clear how big of a downgrade those games are. They look better, but are an infinitely worse experience. Of course, this being Game Freak the lack of old features is par for the course, but here they took it to an extreme. They ruined the connectivity, removing the optional always-online aspect of gen 6 (and I stress the "optional" part; DRM this was not!) and burying the multiplayer capabilities under a dreadful hub hidden behind a random menu option. Oh well, here's hoping gen 8 drops the crappy cinematic style, although I fear it won't.
The game release train moves so fast that if you're not buying games within a month of release, it likely that the next time you think of buying it, its been years since it came out and its on a deep discount. I've fallen into only purchasing during large sales and of course I go for the less expensive games, which are those that where released more than three years ago. I rarely even pay attention to new releases for the past two years.
I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I'm getting more enjoyment out of getting more games on discount or a far smaller number of games full price but recently released.
I do know that not buying any games and staring at the same Icons in my steam library isn't a winner. Maybe its just this year that my passion for really trying to work through a lot of games has disappeared, maybe its the wrist problems I've had, perhaps I bought a bunch of games on word of mouth and price and now I'm in a sunk cost fallacy........
I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I'm getting more enjoyment out of getting more games on discount or a far smaller number of games full price but recently released.
I do know that not buying any games and staring at the same Icons in my steam library isn't a winner.
Maybe its just this year that my passion for really trying to work through a lot of games has disappeared, maybe its the wrist problems I've had, perhaps I bought a bunch of games on word of mouth and price and now I'm in a sunk cost fallacy........
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I have been observing the Oculus Quest subreddit (pretty good subreddit actually) since launch and the further you get from launch, the more talk and questions is there about the best way to stream SteamVR to the Quest. The Oculus Store for Quest lacks games due to heavy curation, so people are getting games from Steam instead and streaming them to Quest. Of course since the Quest is not officially supported by SteamVR unlike the Rift/Rift S there are problems and people are talking about ways to solve those problems.
My thoughts are that it's kinda funny how the main talking points regarding the Quest is the best ways to stream SteamVR to it. There are so many games skipping the Quest for now either because the Quest is too weak or the Oculus curation is strange/hard. Like one of the "vr darlings" on PSVR and PCVR is To the Top, that game did not get through Oculus curation because it was apparently too much of a tech demo.
TLDR; Lack of software on the Oculus Quest store makes how to stream SteamVR to the Quest one of the Quest community's main talking points these days.
My thoughts are that it's kinda funny how the main talking points regarding the Quest is the best ways to stream SteamVR to it. There are so many games skipping the Quest for now either because the Quest is too weak or the Oculus curation is strange/hard. Like one of the "vr darlings" on PSVR and PCVR is To the Top, that game did not get through Oculus curation because it was apparently too much of a tech demo.
TLDR; Lack of software on the Oculus Quest store makes how to stream SteamVR to the Quest one of the Quest community's main talking points these days.
IzanagiGames, G.rev, and Kakegurui author announce escape adventure / shoot ’em up game Enzai Shikkou Yuugi: Yurukill for PS4, PC
Publisher IzanagiGames and developer G.rev have announced Enzai Shikkou Yuugi: Yurukill, an escape adventure / shoot ’em up game for PlayStation 4 and PC written by Kakegurui author Homura Ka…
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I got a suggestion for the next Month's monthly challenge. Not to buy any games at all.
Pre-orders, kickstarter or those who paid for annual Humble monthly subscription are not counted, since you already paid for them
Pre-orders, kickstarter or those who paid for annual Humble monthly subscription are not counted, since you already paid for them
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I thought more or less the same.
Then, all this EGS crap started happening, and it made me take a look at my backlog, and I noticed I have games to last me for a lifetime. Or two.
What's more, is that I realized something: the games in my backlog are probably far better than most stuff coming out.
I greatly reduced the number of campaigns I back on crowdfunding platforms, and I greatly reduced the number of games I pre-order (Greedfall was a last-minute purchase, because despite Spiders' games being personal favourites of mine, I was going to skip it, since I'm still playing other games).
But still, it seems almost every week I have new stuff to play, and I can't keep up with it. Early Access games I purchased during sales leaving E.A., crowdfunding games finally launching (Blasphemous is a good example, since it launched today), games I pre-ordered months in advance (to take advantage of some temporary sales) launching. I can't keep up with it.
I continue to enjoy Immortal Planet a lot.
I find the setting really fascinating.
They went back to port the old SAO games after some released, I think. Probably some other stuff.
I find the setting really fascinating.
Not necessarily true.
They went back to port the old SAO games after some released, I think. Probably some other stuff.
Jkm23 I get like that every few months too. I've held off buying tons of games because i am playing FFXIV and now i'm giving that a rest and playing Greedfall. I frequently go for a week or two without touching anything other than my go-to comfort games. I stopped thinking of my backlog as a backlog and more like the Library it represents. It's much less stressful.
Deques You're a MONSTER!
Deques You're a MONSTER!
You monster.
I can already tell you I will fail this unless Digimon preorders go up in September still.
Never! I stopped buying new games and I started systematically clearing out my backlog playing games in alphabetical order. I reached the letter M and I was going through Mad Max when I had to stop for a while due to an influx of games for review. My quest continues!
The backlog in on your mind. I just play whatever I feel like.
Having a to do list of games makes me feel like it is work, and I already do that 10 hours a day.
Having a to do list of games makes me feel like it is work, and I already do that 10 hours a day.
A while ago, I spent one afternoon listening to podcasts/music and tiering my backlog just to get a bit of an overview of what I've got. Tier 1 is stuff I genuinely want to play and is probably worth my time. Tier 2 is made up of games that I'd like to play at some point but for some reason (e.g. length or complexity) I won't be able to get into easily. Tier 3 is mostly extra stuff I got from bundles, games I've accepted I won't finish or play, mediocre stuff. It definitely helped me narrow down what to get into next whenever I'm in doubt. I think I should give Tier 3 another pass and just remove games that I've decided I won't play (anymore).
Starlink I downloaded on the Uplay+ free month, couldn't justify buying it these days. Far too many releases.Li Kao Starlink is frequently half-price or less for the physical version and figures over here, so look out for deals.
Aside from First Party Nintendo games Switch games should have deals too after a while and if you're not going to play them right away you may as well wait
Nintendo games, well the thing is I already use grey market (CDKeys.com) to soften the blow. But cheap Nintendo is not so cheap
Man, don't remind me about Dragon's Dogma
But that's the thing ! Idgaf about my backlog ! These are all games I genuinely want to play
I have made peace with my 1000+ steam games a long time ago.
This is going to be a great challenge. Current monthly challenge is way too easy
Another period of the year, it would have been really difficult. During the Fall ? It's Dark Souls blind folded.
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In my case, it's not so much feeling like I need to play certain games.
I'm the kind of guy that, if I'm not having fun with a game, I drop it, with no hesitation.
It's more a case of:
I'm having a blast with a certain game. A new game comes out that I really want to play, and I start playing it. Before I know it, I went a couple of months without playing that first game, and now I have to drop it, since I no longer remember what is happening with it, story-wise.
Then, a new game comes out that I really want to try, and I end up doing the same for that second game.
Repeat, and you get a lot of unfinished games (that I want to replay or finish), on top of all the ones I never even started playing (that I bought, with the obvious intention of playing).
I used to love playing long RPGs, it was always my favourite genre, but now, I'm more likely to play either games I can just pick up and play, without a plot (pinball games, or shmups, for example), or short, 2-4 hour games.
The new Nvidia driver is "game ready" for Code Vein! It's actually happening.
Ni No Kuni 2
You can use the kingdom building part to learn to talk to animals and spirits or get a faster boat and that's cool!
But the majority of time is spent for that damn pointless crafting... wow I can craft stuff with fixed bonuses (instead of the hundreds available that get ignored because you can only randomly get them on dropped items)... but most are not good, so the items are literally worthless no matter how much I upgrade them.
And more importantly, everything is a stat stick in the game, so you just equip the gear with the highest numbers anyway. And it drops like candy, so nothing has value...
But at least you can explore the world, and there's lots to be found... but mostly caves that all look similar. And frankly after playing it for quite a while, that's the biggest problem: it's always, always the same thing.
In the first minutes, you fight jellies, rats and skeletons.
In the forest? Fairies, jellies, rats and skeletons
On the ocean? Wyverns, fairies, jellies, rats and skeletons.
New technological continent now! And... it's the same ennemies AGAIN, with one new one, the robot.
Why in the fuck is the variety so bad? I mean seriously, I'd take fighting groups of identical monsters instead of the exact same packs of ennemies EVERYWHERE... palette swaps is nothing new in JRPG, but we're reaching Neptunia levels of copy/paste here, from level 1 to 40 I've pretty much done one random fight with very minor variations (sometimes there's three jellies and only one rat! Big difference).
And the worst thing is... they totally have the means to have a good game... the bosses are actually quite engaging, with unique mechanics... you help the little spirit fellas, they give you a boost, knock down the boss, transform into a Nier Automata pod... if you CAN make good fights, good grief why aren't you in 95% of the content?
You can use the kingdom building part to learn to talk to animals and spirits or get a faster boat and that's cool!
But the majority of time is spent for that damn pointless crafting... wow I can craft stuff with fixed bonuses (instead of the hundreds available that get ignored because you can only randomly get them on dropped items)... but most are not good, so the items are literally worthless no matter how much I upgrade them.
And more importantly, everything is a stat stick in the game, so you just equip the gear with the highest numbers anyway. And it drops like candy, so nothing has value...
But at least you can explore the world, and there's lots to be found... but mostly caves that all look similar. And frankly after playing it for quite a while, that's the biggest problem: it's always, always the same thing.
In the first minutes, you fight jellies, rats and skeletons.
In the forest? Fairies, jellies, rats and skeletons
On the ocean? Wyverns, fairies, jellies, rats and skeletons.
New technological continent now! And... it's the same ennemies AGAIN, with one new one, the robot.
Why in the fuck is the variety so bad? I mean seriously, I'd take fighting groups of identical monsters instead of the exact same packs of ennemies EVERYWHERE... palette swaps is nothing new in JRPG, but we're reaching Neptunia levels of copy/paste here, from level 1 to 40 I've pretty much done one random fight with very minor variations (sometimes there's three jellies and only one rat! Big difference).
And the worst thing is... they totally have the means to have a good game... the bosses are actually quite engaging, with unique mechanics... you help the little spirit fellas, they give you a boost, knock down the boss, transform into a Nier Automata pod... if you CAN make good fights, good grief why aren't you in 95% of the content?
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