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Final Fantasy XIV endgame stuff, Final Fantasy 3. Some miniature painting.
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Hektor Out of all the EVA-01 figures which do you recommend? Doesn't matter when it was released, which one is the best and also of the current ones/one available for pre-order which would you recommend?
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Although I don't do a traditional 9-5 job, so its not as terrible as its sounds, I haven't had a day off in the last few months and the same for another couple months.
However, I always consume TV in bulk over short periods of time so I'm playing catchup of a few seasons of a couple TV shows this weekend.
Watching some VTubers and playing Titankin and Beyond the Frame and Minecraft.
Gonna get my haircut later and then buy some food before i go on my Diet & Exercise regime to lose my "Lockdown Belly"... actually that means i'll be tidying the main room so i can setup Ring Fit Adventure too.
Gonna get my haircut later and then buy some food before i go on my Diet & Exercise regime to lose my "Lockdown Belly"... actually that means i'll be tidying the main room so i can setup Ring Fit Adventure too.
Dorfromantik / Psychonauts 2
Maybe Control, but I crave something lighter in mood these days
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Hdmi cable is a few streets away. So scratch that, time to chain F5.
Brave new world. It's only cool on one end though, delivery man life must feel miserable.
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The time to things actually starting to hit the fan is also pretty long.
I liked some things about it, but on the balance there were more that put me off. Maybe I should have sought out the previous entry and played that first or something.
FWIW, the common route is one of the longest I ever experienced in a VN, at roughly 40 hours.
Character routes are shorter.
Yeah I'll echo your comment on it taking a long ass time to get to where the stakes really ramp up. Stein's Gate this ain't in that regard, I thought SG was quite well paced actually.
On the first game though Chaos Head, I think if anything in this regard its much worse.
It's a bit overlong but I'm still enjoying Chaos Child, Chaos Head I just plain didn't like.
I put my thoughts on chaos head in the review thread near the start of the year
Reviews - Rate the game you finished/retired
Finished Smile for Me This is definitely the most creative and funny game I've played this year. You're playing as a florist who ends up in some kind of psychiatric institution, and your goal is to make the other residents smile by solving their problems and grieves. If you succeed, this...
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Now obviously this is meant to build mystery and tension but when its going on so long with little development its just annoying.
Even when everything is revealed at the very end it relishes in pseduo sci-fi jargon bollocks that made me need a wiki.
Chaos Child hasn't had that effect on me in comparison; its references to Chaos Head are actually quite sparing outside of gigalomaniacs and the original new generation madness (at least from what I've read so far anyway)
Also the protagonist is a massive dickhead.
The Noah version of Chaos Head may be better but that's never been translated on PC from what I know.
Ah kinda good to know then. I'm on the last chapter of the common route at 28 hrs so far so maybe I'm a faster reader than i thought
I'm going to get the first ending then take a break (check out 12 minutes and psychonauts 2) before coming back for the rest I think.
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Speaking of long VNs, I was considering starting Clannad until I read that it’s longer than the entirety of the LotR trilogy. What the frick?
I gave up after seeing the first ending, which I thought was disappointing and a bit of an asspull. Definitely echo most of your issues based on what I experienced though. The main character was not great and I thought his voice acting was very grating with the amount of screeching going on constantly. I believe I just turned off the sound entirely after a while.Yeah I'll echo your comment on it taking a long ass time to get to where the stakes really ramp up. Stein's Gate this ain't in that regard, I thought SG was quite well paced actually.
On the first game though Chaos Head, I think if anything in this regard its much worse.
It's a bit overlong but I'm still enjoying Chaos Child, Chaos Head I just plain didn't like.
I put my thoughts on chaos head in the review thread near the start of the year
Reviews - Rate the game you finished/retired
Finished Smile for Me This is definitely the most creative and funny game I've played this year. You're playing as a florist who ends up in some kind of psychiatric institution, and your goal is to make the other residents smile by solving their problems and grieves. If you succeed, this...
boop beep It's only 60-85 hours, no problem. It's a breeze. It's supposed to be great though.
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That's what prompted to look it up. I could not believe what I was seeing! I guess the totality of Higurashi was similar length-wise, but at least that's subdivided into somewhat more manageable chapters with their own openings and conclusions. The art style of Clannad is also not something I'm sure I could handle for that amount of time... Though I suspect I'd stop noticing after hour 30 or something.boop beep It's only 60-85 hours, no problem. It's a breeze. It's supposed to be great though.
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boop beep It's only 60-85 hours, no problem. It's a breeze. It's supposed to be great though.
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Might I suggest Umineko?
In all seriousness it's really god damn long but its definitely my fav VN
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That's what I thought I'd pick up instead of Clannad, funny enough
Until I checked HLTB just now. Guess I'll keep on looking.
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no do it, you won't regret it, it's the best visual novelThat's what I thought I'd pick up instead of Clannad, funny enough
Until I checked HLTB just now. Guess I'll see keep on looking.
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Umineko is also structured like Higurashi, with 8 chapters total. Difference is that you can only buy them in packs of 4 instead of each one individually though.That's what I thought I'd pick up instead of Clannad, funny enough
Until I checked HLTB just now. Guess I'll see keep on looking.
It's god damn long for sure, and the pacing is very rough at points, but overall I'd still heavily recommend it. There's nothing quite like it.
That's what I thought I'd pick up instead of Clannad, funny enough
Until I checked HLTB just now. Guess I'll see keep on looking.
Don't tell me those are long ass VN too
I was interested in Majikoi slice of life hijinks and Muv-Luv.
Oh, by the way, shipment delivered. New scratching pad included because
kitty !And, as expected, kitty don't give a shit about the pad but is ALL over the cardboard box it came in. Dat cardboard, se gusta.
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just play ace attorney if you need a quick and easy VN fix.Don't tell me those are long ass VN too
I was interested in Majikoi slice of life hijinks and Muv-Luv.
Oh, by the way, shipment delivered. New scratching pad included because
And, as expected, kitty don't give a shit about the pad but is ALL over the cardboard box it came in. Dat cardboard, se gusta.
Picked up a nice boxed copy of Doom 3 off ebay.
In great condition.
In great condition.
Nice.
I have my issues with Doom3 mainly the monster closets and less so that a lot of the enemies looked like inflatables rather than creatures and everything was sooo shiny but i enjoyed my time with it.
It was also fun trying to get the "leaked" beta working on my old, underspecced rig. lol.
I have my issues with Doom3 mainly the monster closets and less so that a lot of the enemies looked like inflatables rather than creatures and everything was sooo shiny but i enjoyed my time with it.
It was also fun trying to get the "leaked" beta working on my old, underspecced rig. lol.
Watching my favourite vtuber's singing stream where she's roleplaying a loli, complete with a speech impediment and an encroaching creepy fox. A bad description of the situation for sure, but you simply have to see it.
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Picked up a nice boxed copy of Doom 3 off ebay.
In great condition.
CDs? What are those?Picked up a nice boxed copy of Doom 3 off ebay.
In great condition.
Master Wok, I've been thinking about this specific issue and it reminded me of the game "The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game" which has "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews and is similar to above game in length duration and I don't know if there is a way to obtain or filter only "refunded reviews" to compare both but I suspect the Frog game didn't have any particular issue with refunds rate giving the fact the game can be completed in just 1 hour.No proof that the refund rate was above average. Little proof that the support was overwhelming either.
322 reviews at the time of the first tweet, out of which 1% at most had abused the refund process.
Take that with a grain of salt: we cannot be sure that this is representative of the sales, maybe abusers don't like to write reviews.
382 reviews now. So a nice boost of sales: at least 60 copies in the most extreme worst case scenario.
For comparison, the game should have sold roughly between 10k (322*30) and 30k (322*100) copies using review multiplier.
If we assume that new customers were more likely to write a positive review to show their support, let us say this leads to a review multiplier of 30 for these new reviews, that would be roughly 2k (60*30) additional copies sold. Maybe less than that, the review multiplier could be lower than usual due to the context.
Overall, I would guess that the press coverage lead to roughly 1k additional sales for a game which must have sold 20k copies, so that would be a 5% increase.
Edit: These people exist too in the review count mentioned above. Not sure if they will really ask for a refund. They are very marginal (4 reviews).
What I mean is that if the game is good enough, the refund rate shouldn't be an issue even if your game is really short.
Obviously there will be always bad actors regardless game quality but I'm a bit cautious with all this situation regarding "EMIKA GAMES" since no proofs were shown.
They’re basically MiniDiscs but like big.
Played (as in fully played and completed the basic story) 2 of those. Tiberian Sun and GTA2.I played 24 of those, and you? :>
Missed so many of these classics. So many.
Casually browsing the Steam mods for Car Mechanic Simulator 2021.
GD I love the Workshop.
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After scrolling through reviews at:
Steam Community :: Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island - Play as The Detective in this thrilling mystery of THE HAUNTED ISLAND! Meet a kooky cast of characters, with clues and quests to help you on your way.!! 1 hour estimated completion time !!A small sloth has been haunted for weeks by a mysterious ghost that...
I find only 2 reviews with the mention "Product refunded", one positive and one negative.
Steam Community :: SolarBlaze :: Review for Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
funny frog mouse moves spooky ghost
Steam Community :: Kolosus :: Review for Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Absolutely not worth the 4€. Apart from being really shoddily made, the "LOl sO raNdUM" humor falls completely flat. Don't bother wasting whatever 30-40 minutes it takes to complete this.
The total number of reviews is 2186, but roughly half of them are not refundable (most likely copies from Humble Choice).
To be compared to the other horror indie game:
So, by judging number of copies and refunds based on reviews, the refund rate could be 6 times higher than for the frog game.
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Hunt: Showdown – $19.99 on Steam
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order – $17.99 on Fanatical
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LUNA The Shadow Dust – $15.99 on Steam
Assassin's Creed Odyssey – $14.99 on Steam
CODE VEIN – $14.95 on Steam
Winter Resort Simulator – $13.39 on Steam
THE LONGING – $11.99 on Steam
Assassin's Creed Origins – $11.99 on Steam
Shenmue 3 – $11.99 on Steam
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling – $11.99 on Humble Store
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Prototype – $4.99 on Steam
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Fran Bow – $3.74 on Steam
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Jade Empire: Special Edition - $3.74 on GOG
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I'm curious; how many of you figured out how to proceed in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night after getting the bad ending? 
Does reading it online count as figuring it out?XDI'm curious; how many of you figured out how to proceed in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night after getting the bad ending?
Did not play something yet... but I watched Tomb Raider with Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. It was okay flix. Neither of the actress which played the role are British but yea this one was OK. I'm guessing this installation of Lara is very much inspired 2013 game.
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without a guide? haha no chanceI'm curious; how many of you figured out how to proceed in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night after getting the bad ending?
I did but I also I was a backerof the game and knew there was more to find. Without that prior knowledge I probably would not have figured it out.I'm curious; how many of you figured out how to proceed in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night after getting the bad ending?
Thanks for the impressive work Wok as always. Certainly without developers official numbers is still hard to imagine why people would abuse refunds system on Steam on a game that has "very positive" ratings with a low price point and no trading cards.After scrolling through reviews at:
Steam Community :: Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island - Play as The Detective in this thrilling mystery of THE HAUNTED ISLAND! Meet a kooky cast of characters, with clues and quests to help you on your way.!! 1 hour estimated completion time !!A small sloth has been haunted for weeks by a mysterious ghost that...steamcommunity.com
I find only 2 reviews with the mention "Product refunded", one positive and one negative.
Steam Community :: SolarBlaze :: Review for Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
funny frog mouse moves spooky ghost
Steam Community :: Kolosus :: Review for Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Absolutely not worth the 4€. Apart from being really shoddily made, the "LOl sO raNdUM" humor falls completely flat. Don't bother wasting whatever 30-40 minutes it takes to complete this.
The total number of reviews is 2186, but roughly half of them are not refundable (most likely copies from Humble Choice).
1056 reviews based on refundable copies, and only 2 cases of "product refunded".
To be compared to the other horror indie game:
333 reviews based on refundable copies, and 4 refunds mentioned in the reviews.
So, judging number of copies and refunds based on reviews, the refund rate could be 6 times higher than for the frog game.
Something feels off here and maybe the reviews rating isnt telling us exactly the whole picture about the game.
This is a job for Simonc who we need to get on Meta.
Finishing up NieR √1.5. Got ending E and did the 33rd weapon upgrade last night and just have the speed run achievement left.
Also since it's the weekend I have D&D the next two nights.
So i reached Meridian city in Horizon Zero Dawn and i am doing quests around it and can i ask, are there any quests in this game where NPCs don't ask for your help? Quests that are funny or twisted or anything beside "Aloy save us, my husband, my sister, my brother, friend..."? Also this is first game in a long while where i am noticing hard cuts in NPC dialogues and music. Also machines are bit too aggressive in my opinion, all of them are instant threat as soon as they see you. They could have made at least some of them leave you alone unless you attack them .
I am still kinda enjoying story and lore but boy does this game lacks any meaningful quest rewards or exploration. Nothing says job well done at the end of the quest like loot box you get XD
I am still kinda enjoying story and lore but boy does this game lacks any meaningful quest rewards or exploration. Nothing says job well done at the end of the quest like loot box you get XD
Dude the best piece of advice I can give you: if you're not enjoying it drop it.
It certainly doesn't sound like you're getting much out of it
Nah i like lore and kinda story, i just don't understand how was this game praised as much as it was on release.
sony exclusive, pretty gfx, female lead, sci fi robot dinosaurs, open world formula somehow hasn't bored mainstream reviewers to tears yet
why yes, I am that cynical
The game had a lot of viewers on Twitch, so maybe the followers of a famous streamer decided to try the game and asked for refund afterwards.
Edit: After looking at responses to reviews, I think the dev attaches too much importance to reviews, which might explain the need for vacations.
Here, they ask the reviewer to write a proper review, despite the review being positive.
:lul:
Here, they answer to a negative review which is actually positive.
And there are many cases where they try to fix issues:
Hence why it is tiring.
Here, they answer to a negative review which is actually positive.
And there are many cases where they try to fix issues:
Hence why it is tiring.
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Loosely related, here is a funny dude:
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