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Knurek

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Battle Chasers: Nightwar is so good at delivering an authentic JRPG experience that it's also greatly improved by using cheat engine to implement a simple speedup/turbo toggle :p

(Seriously though, it's a good game, but Turbo makes it a much better game for the same reason it does/would make most other JRPGs -- and other genres actually -- better)
I wish turbo was possible for emulated games too.
(you know, without sound being sped up)
 

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Played the tutorial in Gears Tactics. I really like it. The production values are top notch, the design is great, the graphics and sound is great and I like the ways it differs from XCOM 2.

Good job MS and Coalition. Hope it does well for them. If you can't buy it on Steam due to high price at least give it a try on game pass if it works for you.
 

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Several entries in the shmup series Raiden are currently cheap:

Raiden III:

(includes the soundtrack)


Raiden IV:

(includes the soundtrack, and an artbook)


Raiden V: Director's Cut:
 
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fantomena

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Im also sparing so much money by not buying everything I want on launch. I did it before, but I quit and it was a good choice. Lots of games that I have been interested in that I almost bought day 1 are games I don't buy until Im ready to play them and by the time Im ready to play them they are on a good sale.
 

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Battle Chasers: Nightwar is so good at delivering an authentic JRPG experience that it's also greatly improved by using cheat engine to implement a simple speedup/turbo toggle :p

(Seriously though, it's a good game, but Turbo makes it a much better game for the same reason it does/would make most other JRPGs -- and other genres actually -- better)
What's this turbo toggle you are using? I keep forgetting how to do this in Cheat engine =_=
 

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Redout Enhanced Edition FREE for Alienware Arena LVL 2+ members:
Neat. Thanks for the heads up. The footage I've seen didn't really convince me, but I guess I'll give it a shot now!
 

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What's this turbo toggle you are using? I keep forgetting how to do this in Cheat engine =_=
You enable the speedhack, and then map keybindings to different speedhack levels in the settings.
(And then map the extra steam controller buttons to those keybindings, at least in my case)
 

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There is that too, good point :).

Which reminds me of an article that Polygon published, on their front page, after the Xbox One reveal 7 years ago. It featured fierce criticism of Microsoft's always-online policies and reading the article again, it was surprisingly pro-consumer. I don't like what Polygon has become but what you said reminded me of that. Considering the outlet had been partially funded by Microsoft, writing and publishing this article must have taken some spine. Something that PCGamer doesn't seem to have.
PC Gamer could just be honest about it with a disclosure letting people know that Epic sponsors them and they're being paid. That's been standard practice for a while to disclose possible conflicts of interest for the author or the company you work for. PC Gamer just doesn't do it.
 

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Out now (free crossover with Bloodstained):


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Pax Nova, from Portuguese developer Grey Wolf Entertainment, just left early access today:


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There's a new, apparently big, content update for My Time At Portia:


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A content update + soundtrack replacement for Monster Prom:


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Caladrius Blaze, a very enjoyable shmup, is currently 80% off:

 

Durante

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Caladrius Blaze, a very enjoyable shmup, is currently 80% off:

Caladrius Blaze is really good gameplay-wise.
I feel like this is a game where the lewdness might actually dissuade people from giving it a try (since a lot of other games try to make up for mediocre or outright bad gameplay with it).

Hey guys!


Is this game good for co op? i have 3 more friends and we are searching for something new to play.
I played it in coop with friends. It's good but not exceptional IMHO.

Anyone here have a M2 ssd? are worth it?
I have multiple, and they are well worth it for what I do. For gaming, probably not (and I have the vast majority of my games on a cheaper SATA SSD), at least for now.
 

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PhaZZe Meta Co-Op played it a few times just after launch and seemed to really like it. Proabably easier to ask for impressions in the Co-Op thread rather than tag them all in.

I have a smallish M2 Nvme drive for my OS and it's great. My shitty mouse driver takes longer to initialise when i login than Windows does to boot. There are M2 SSD & M2 NVmE drives with the NVMe ones being quicker but worth the extra? I'm not sure.
 

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What you mean "good for co op"?
I mean not limited by something weird like Monster hunter world (you need to see the cinematic first)

I played it in coop with friends. It's good but not exceptional IMHO.
Thanks!

I have multiple, and they are well worth it for what I do. For gaming, probably not (and I have the vast majority of my games on a cheaper SATA SSD), at least for now.
Looks like for gaming not worth it

PhaZZe Meta Co-Op played it a few times just after launch and seemed to really like it. Proabably easier to ask for impressions in the Co-Op thread rather than tag them all in.

I have a smallish M2 Nvme drive for my OS and it's great. My shitty mouse driver takes longer to initialise when i login than Windows does to boot. There are M2 SSD & M2 NVmE drives with the NVMe ones being quicker but worth the extra? I'm not sure.
Will be a pass in remnant for the 3 players co op (we are 4) :(
For M2, will wait for next gen if its really needed!

Thanks Everyone!
 

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Playing Dark Souls 2 again without getting my Souls legs back was a trip. THE GANKSQUADS. Took me a while to get into the rhythm of it again.
 
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Played the tutorial in Gears Tactics. I really like it. The production values are top notch, the design is great, the graphics and sound is great and I like the ways it differs from XCOM 2.

Good job MS and Coalition. Hope it does well for them. If you can't buy it on Steam due to high price at least give it a try on game pass if it works for you.
Yeah I'll be sure to buy it as soon as there's a decent discount. What I've seen so far looks really promising.
 
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fantomena

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Yeah I'll be sure to buy it as soon as there's a decent discount. What I've seen so far looks really promising.
It really is. I have no idea though why MS prices it at 70 euros for countries with euro. I heard 2 theories, they want people to sub to game pass (odd considering I assume they will get more money for 1 copy bought than someone subbing for 1$ a month) or they wanna price match with the MS Store which has it for 70 euro (for some reason).
 
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It really is. I have no idea though why MS prices it at 70 euros for countries with euro. I heard 2 theories, they want people to sub to game pass (odd considering I assume they will get more money for 1 copy bought than someone subbing for 1$ a month) or they wanna price match with the MS Store which has it for 70 euro (for some reason).
Console games are 70€ and the microsoft store has cross-buy, so they have to price match the console version there, and the Steam version price matches that too (because why would they sell their games cheaper elsewhere than on their own store!)
 

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It really is. I have no idea though why MS prices it at 70 euros for countries with euro. I heard 2 theories, they want people to sub to game pass (odd considering I assume they will get more money for 1 copy bought than someone subbing for 1$ a month) or they wanna price match with the MS Store which has it for 70 euro (for some reason).
I'm pretty sure Play Anywhere is the reason why MS is charging the €69.99 console prices on pc as well. They are probably aware that they'll lose lots of sales because of this, but Game Pass seems to be their end goal so they probably don't care.

Anyway, I'll be happy to buy Gears Tactics once the price is fair. I'm also willing to subscribe to game pass once in a while as soon as they stop encrypting the game files. But I have a feeling that a steep discount on Steam will happen sooner 😉
 
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Caladrius Blaze is really good gameplay-wise.
I feel like this is a game where the lewdness might actually dissuade people from giving it a try (since a lot of other games try to make up for mediocre or outright bad gameplay with it).
I liked it as well. :highfiveblob:
And honestly, I found the "lewdness" to be minimal, and unnecessary.
So much, in fact, that when I wrote my recommendation above, I remembered the gameplay, the various different ships and characters, the "gothic" look of the game, and I didn't even remember you had that component where you could destroy the clothes of your stage opponent (for those reading this, don't worry guys, there's no nudity, it's fairly tame).

Besides the fun gameplay, it also has a soundtrack that, at times, almost resembles something out of a Castlevania game, and not really what you would expect from a shmup. ;)




I should add that purchases of the game include a Manual + Sourcebook (55 pages of instructions, tips, story, sketches, ...).
All, for pretty much 3 arcade credits. :thumbsupblob:

It's a very worthwhile purchase.
 
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TioChuck

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Is Remnant good solo? Can you play it solo?
I played through it several times Solo, and loved it, some times I did matchmake just to have some fun.

Every world layout is random, so you won´t see and get all the items in one single playthrough, you can get what you don´t have in other players world if they spawn a boss or tile you didn´t tho'.
 

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I don't understand GOg Galaxy 2s subcription category. I have PC game pass and Xbox game pass, but 4 games that are totally unrelated to them are showing up.

Edit: Got it working. You need to go to settings > features > and scroll down to activate it.
 
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I see Fanatical started pre-orders for Command & Conquer Remastered, but they are selling Origin keys. Did the whole "EA is back on Steam" shtick lasted just one game?
 

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Forager & Void Bastards (both published by Humble) will be the two leading games in the next Humble Choice bundle according to a Reddit post.



Take it with a grain of salt as usual, but it seems pretty reasonable. If those are the lead games, I wonder what else they'll have....

Thanks to Chairmanchuck for the heads up.
I hope it's true. I don't have either games.
 
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