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Li Kao

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Pet peeve : when I click on a dev on steam, it's because I want to see the games they made. I know, how original. So can you please go fuck yourself when you bring me to the publisher's page ?
Fucking publishers.

Oh, and I'm playing Lovecraft Untold Stories and having trouble understanding if I like the game or not. But I risk writing an uninteresting mass of text over the subject, so...
Maybe it's a bad game that I happen to like despite its design flaws ? Probable.
 
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What are my options if I want to shoot people in the face (or in the groin, I'm not picky) in a retro fashion ? There are more and more of those games.
Bonus points if the game is more Doom than Quake, but again, I take what I can. Or Half-Life. Or Soldier of Fortune. God, I miss traditional solo FPS :confounded-face:

'This is the mother of all huge ass base soldier. Now you take it room by room, with your dick and your knife.'

Is it easy to import all my lastpass passwords to bitwarden?
Not difficult, just not intuitive if you are dumb. And I am.
 
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Is it easy to import all my lastpass passwords to bitwarden?
Seems easy enough here is the breakdown Import Data from LastPass | Bitwarden Help & Support

What are my options if I want to shoot people in the face (or in the groin, I'm not picky) in a retro fashion ? There are more and more of those games.


Not difficult, just not intuitive if you are dumb. And I am.
Not retro, but Bulletstorm always has those feel good sounds and numbers when cracking a nut.
 

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Well, I picked up Tetris Effect despite my earlier claims that I'd be smart about it and get it cheaper. To be fair, it's at a historical low and you get part of the soundtrack :surrenderblob:

Based on Mark MacDonald's comments on Era, I get the impression the "Connected" exclusivity didn't necessarily mean it couldn't come to Steam, but they held off on it to do a simultaneous release on all other platforms. It's worded a little imprecisely, but I think that's what he meant.
I'm still a little bitter at Mark MacD for taking all those deals in the first place, honestly. I've been a big fan of his due to EGM (and later, the 8-4 podcast), and seeing Enhance taking consecutive deals with Sony (.... then Epic.... then Microsoft) kinda stung.

I mean, I really love the game, and I did double dip on Steam (my other copy is PS4), but... damn, son. Three consecutive timed deals.

If they try anything like this again for the inevitable sequel (or whatever Mizuguchi gets up to next), I am absolutely all the way out, despite my personal love for TE.
 

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Standard response then is:
Titan Fall 2
Maximum Action
Wolfenstein series
Fear
Infinite Warfare
Prodeus
Destiny 2
Ultra Kill
Dusk
Amid Evil
Ion Fury
Ah, Titanfall 2 is one of the greatest FPS campaigns ever made. I replayed it again recently, and certain moments still gave me chills.

This is a great set of recs! On the indie side of things, Maximum Action and Ultrakill are indeed incredible for when you just want to fill randos full of lead (especially the former).
 

Li Kao

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In deep thought trying to understand if there is a difference between saying ‘I miss traditional solo fps’ and ‘I miss Raven Software’.

Fucking Activision.


PS. Indie devs, now that you have abused the corpse of Quake like there is no tomorrow, can you please do Soldier of Fortune or Nolf or Kingpin ? K thanks.
 
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It is funny how Era is still not allowing CP2077 threads outside OT while you can post Activision, Ubisoft, Insomniac... ones without any issues XD
I don't mind calling out Cyberpunk out like this, a game that still features pretty transphobic adverts.
I can see why Era would be hesitant about doing the same to all games from Activision Blizzard, Ubi and so forth, as big AAA titles are essentially most of the threads in any gaming forum. But if you are going to be pragmatic about that, then it feels strange to treat CD Project like an outlier.
 

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It is funny how Era is still not allowing CP2077 threads outside OT while you can post Activision, Ubisoft, Insomniac... ones without any issues XD
Limiting the Cyberpunk discussion was a decision made in coalition with the trans community, since CDPR targeted them specifically. I don't think the situation with Activision or Ubisoft is comparable to that?
 
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Limiting the Cyberpunk discussion was a decision made in coalition with the trans community, since CDPR targeted them specifically. I don't think the situation with Activision or Ubisoft is comparable to that?
Activision/Blizzard people did far worse things (remember one employee committed suicide as result of those issues). Ubisoft did similar things. You can't say that you are for the better industry and then treat same and similar issues differently based on who is targeted or not. Being sh*t to human being is core issue and it should be treated equally in my opinion.
 

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Activision/Blizzard people did far worse things (remember one employee committed suicide as result of those issues). Ubisoft did similar things. You can't say that you are for the better industry and then treat same and similar issues differently based on who is targeted or not. Being sh*t to human being is core issue and it should be treated equally in my opinion.
Not sure if it's a good answer, but one is a direct attack against a minority community within the board (many of whom were calling for boycots and reduced talk about the game), and the other affects game developers who aren't really calling for a boycott (as it would affect their livelihood too) but rather for reforms. Feels like a different situation.
 

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Activision/Blizzard people did far worse things (remember one employee committed suicide as result of those issues). Ubisoft did similar things. You can't say that you are for the better industry and then treat same and similar issues differently based on who is targeted or not. Being sh*t to human being is core issue and it should be treated equally in my opinion.
No, I mean limiting the Cyberpunk topics was a way to create a comfortable and safe space for the trans community. It was not an attempt to solve the situation or necessarily send a message.

This cannot be compared to ATVI/Ubi since there are no specific victims outside of the workplace at those companies. What would the point be of limiting the discussion of Blizzard games - to create a comfortable space for posters; or an attempt to send a message/decrease their revenue?

Edit: Sorry for the OT.
 
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cba reading all the outlets dunking on cyberpunk again for another week
easy bait for clicks , people still obsessed by it for some reason

it took hello games years for jurnous to stop caring about the hateclick bait articles.... stopped just recently when it was obvious they kinda redeeemed themselvs
 
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I'm still a little bitter at Mark MacD for taking all those deals in the first place, honestly. I've been a big fan of his due to EGM (and later, the 8-4 podcast), and seeing Enhance taking consecutive deals with Sony (.... then Epic.... then Microsoft) kinda stung.

I mean, I really love the game, and I did double dip on Steam (my other copy is PS4), but... damn, son. Three consecutive timed deals.

If they try anything like this again for the inevitable sequel (or whatever Mizuguchi gets up to next), I am absolutely all the way out, despite my personal love for TE.
For sure, it's too bad that it took so long to come to where I'd like to play it. I wonder if it's a matter of them being a small studio/publisher. I'm sure Rez did alright, but maybe not that alright, and Tetris probably isn't a cheap license. But, much like Tetris Effect helps you to get into a zone with the game, Epic's shenanigans have made me a very patient player :coffee-blob:
 

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Im now not sure about tetris effect, i mean they already have 2 exclusive periods, but the are offering regional price(which is amazing) and 25% off, im paying like 14 usd for the game....

Damn, mortal shell is a joke about regional price...
 

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I would like to get 5D Chess in a split in the Group Buys forum, but nobody is willing to host a split. And there are two people in the same situation. :lul:



Group Buys are great... when they exist.
 

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That pokemon legends looks rough, worse than genshin impact on mobile somehow, jesus....
It really, really does. I'm all up for playing another Pokemon game, but at least make it look nice. SwSh and these upcoming entries have been disappointing on that front.
 
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Li Kao

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I tweeted Dave Oshry and he didn't send me a steam code, unforgivable !

But, more seriously, I would really have liked him to answer me asking what his advice would be for what game he would point at to someone who have missed the boat on the wave of retro shooters and who is new to it ?
(that's a fucking long sentence with few punctuation :thinking-blob:)
 
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