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Mivey

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I liked Exodus a lot, but I don't see myself spending 40€ just to play the expansion pack, which is what I'm interested in. Will wait for Gold to drop to around 20€
 

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new mods added on old dooms on Beththingie


and backers finally getting the stretchgoal sharkgirl


and the peak culture, GOTY-est of GOTYs is up in English
《Moe Moe World War II-3 Deluxe Edition 萌萌2次大戰(略)3豪華限定版》 is a game that revolves around weaponry being humanized. During World War II, all the commonly used weaponry during that period of time are being represented by "Cute Girls". The story revolves around a female humanoid weapon named "Girls of Steel"; it was told through three different story-lines: Japan, America, and German. Players can control different characters as a commander, planning and giving direct orders such as using ultimate abilities and fight their way to victory.
 
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Stevey

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Thinking of getting Metro but I wonder if it's worth waiting until the inevitable removal of Devuno
 
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Joe Spangle

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Metro is still to pricey for me. Its now competing with the bucket of games Ive bought over the past year. Might get it next year. Maybe. If its dirt cheap.
 
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Hektor

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Did Gyaru Ryza mod ever get publicly released or am I gonna have to dig through some skeevy sites?

I don't particularly mind if I have to dig.
Just curious.
The good one still hasn't.
You can find some copycats if you look for it, but none of them are as good as the unpublished OG.
Or it's the fact that it's unpublished that makes it seem so much better than the rest

:H02hmm:
 

lazerfox

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Played the first mission from Halo CE Beta. It's shaping up to be a lot better than Reach. High frame rates feel a lot better and the sound mixing is finally acceptable.

I wish more remastered games had the feature to switch to original graphics on the fly. It's such an amazing way to show how much work went into redoing the whole game.



 

Ge0force

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Well Metro seems to be doing high on the best seller list.
Deep Silver's CEO must be laughing out loud all day. How sad. 😟

This said, I'm curious how former EGS exclusives doing well on Steam will impact future exclusivity deals. Is this a motivation to sign more of these deals? Or is it seen as money that they could have had on day one at full price?
 

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Deep Silver's CEO must be laughing out loud all day. How sad. 😟

This said, I'm curious how former EGS exclusives doing well on Steam will impact future exclusivity deals. Is this a motivation to sign more of these deals? Or is it seen as money that they could have had on day one at full price?
If anything they can use it as an argument to drive up prices for exclusivity
 

Ascheroth

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Deep Silver's CEO must be laughing out loud all day. How sad. 😟
I see it a different way. They've launched on Steam with less than half of the price from last year.
They must be kicking themselves because a portion of the buyers would have bought it at a higher price during the previous year, and I'm sure they would have made more money than over on egs.

I see this as a good thing. It shows that a lot of people don't care about egs (and game pass to an extent) and that you can't launch at full price after a year of Steam absence.
 

KainXVIII

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I wish more remastered games had the feature to switch to original graphics on the fly. It's such an amazing way to show how much work went into redoing the whole game.
And how do you switch it? On keyboard i mean.
Also cutscenes still looks stuttery (30 fps animation?)
 
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I see it a different way. They've launched on Steam with less than half of the price from last year.
They must be kicking themselves because a portion of the buyers would have bought it at a higher price during the previous year, and I'm sure they would have made more money than over on egs.

I see this as a good thing. It shows that a lot of people don't care about egs (and game pass to an extent) and that you can't launch at full price after a year of Steam absence.
ultimately - we'll find out once they have another game closer to release

they already took moneyhats for Metro and Shenmoo

we'll see if they take any more
 
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Mivey

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Played the first mission from Halo CE Beta. It's shaping up to be a lot better than Reach. High frame rates feel a lot better and the sound mixing is finally acceptable.



Does this affect Halo Reach too, or did they only fix it for Halo CE?
 

Li Kao

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After passing a few more hours on Two Point Hospital, I gotta ask : are there good modern Dungeon Keeper clone ?
 
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Alextended

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After passing a few more hours on Two Point Hospital, I gotta ask : are there good modern Dungeon Keeper clone ?
This one seems to be accepted as a solid/good game faithful to the old school style.

There's also this. Still great but apparently less faithful to that formula with some different/new aspects.

PS: added lots more tweets to the #screenshotsaturday post.
 
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fantomena

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Deep Silver's CEO must be laughing out loud all day. How sad. 😟
"See people, the game is selling really bad on Steam, deciding to go with Epic was the better choice"

But of course, this also means that if the game sells well on Steam, the Epic moneyhat might not have hurt them so much.

Still, if the game sells well on Steam, better than DS expected, it can only show them that people do indeed prefer to buy their games on Steam which sets Steam in a good light.
 

Alexandros

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Deep Silver's CEO must be laughing out loud all day. How sad. 😟
Think about Tim Sweeney's face as he's looking at the top sellers list on Steam, that should cheer you up. :D

This said, I'm curious how former EGS exclusives doing well on Steam will impact future exclusivity deals. Is this a motivation to sign more of these deals? Or is it seen as money that they could have had on day one at full price?
Who knows, I think that people will interpret it in all sorts of ways. The one sure thing is that a whole lot of people skipped Tim Sweeney's trash fire of a platform and that makes me very happy. The industry was so eager to prove that "people will follow the games" and the PC gaming community showed them otherwise.
 

Li Kao

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War for the Overworld is cool and all, but I think I hear the call of Tropico 5.
Oh God, it will be 100 hours long, won't it ? :cryblob:

Waiting for a good price on Anno too, but it's certainly not the case these days.
 
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fantomena

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Considering getting Exodus Expansion Pass for some odd reason. That and Daemon before the discounts ends.
 
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Played the first mission from Halo CE Beta. It's shaping up to be a lot better than Reach. High frame rates feel a lot better and the sound mixing is finally acceptable.

I wish more remastered games had the feature to switch to original graphics on the fly. It's such an amazing way to show how much work went into redoing the whole game.



Played a little bit and I agree. It's the first time I've played Halo CE at 144Hz, and it all feels real good so far. But I'm the kind of person who will be pouring over the game ASAP to make sure they replicated the effects that were in the original Xbox version and missing from every version after. Very preliminary report says so far I haven't found a missing one.
 
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lazerfox

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And how do you switch it? On keyboard i mean.
Also cutscenes still looks stuttery (30 fps animation?)
Yeah cutscenes can get pretty choppy but at least the gameplay is very smooth now. I couldn't figure out how to switch graphics on keyboard so I just used my gamepad. I think the controls are still somewhat work in progress. Zooming in with the sniper for example is still bugged if you have a Vehicle Function bound to Mouse 2.

Does this affect Halo Reach too, or did they only fix it for Halo CE?
I would hardly call it a fix, it's just not as awful as before. I don't think they changed anything for Reach. It doesn't sound any different to me.
 

Mivey

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I would hardly call it a fix, it's just not as awful as before. I don't think they changed anything for Reach. It doesn't sound any different to me.
That's a shame. Really hope they get back to Reach and improve the sound mixing. I am not asking for much, just don't have the music and effects tune out absolutely everything. How can that be such a hard job?
 

low-G

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Spoke too soon, spotted some shader effects still missing from Covenant drop ships. Hasn't been present since OG Xbox...
 
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Mor

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I wouldn't be surprised if Metro reaches and surpasses their previous all-time ccu peak
at this rate I think it might very well make 12-14k between now and tomorrow.




If anything they can use it as an argument to drive up prices for exclusivity
 
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Hektor

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Can i just say that i absolutely despise diplomacy systems in videogames?
99% of them are just lowkey (terrible) dating sims where you need to pick the right dialogue option and give gifts to up your romance level to gain bonuses or support from your favorite waifunation
 

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Considering getting Exodus Expansion Pass for some odd reason. That and Daemon before the discounts ends.
Did you get Metro Exodus on Steam early on? Unless it is like 50% off or more, best to hold off.
Daemon is a better pick otherwise.
 

Ascheroth

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Finished Underhero (from current Humble Choice)

I had a lot of fun with it (~10 hours length). Interesting combat, lots of charm, exploration, secrets and collectibles and a surprisingly interesting story with cool twists and turns.
Recommended!
 

rybrad

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Great minds, I just downloaded it to start tomorrow lol. I've heard the story is pretty decent but the way it's been translated makes the dialogue and text a lot more utilitarian, straight forward and basic than the original Chinese which takes away the life of a lot of the writing.
I'm a little late on the reply here but wanted to share my feelings on the game. For the first dozen hours or so, I had a really great time. The game felt like it had a ton of possibility with solid combat, an interesting world, and lore. After awhile, the mediocre localization started to grate on me and the game lost some appeal. There is a massive amount of cutscenes and NPC interaction which meant the small annoying bits (grammar mistakes, typos, weirdly worded sentences, etc.) started to really add up for me. It felt really wooden and stiff which feels like a waste on what are potentially interesting characters.

Normally, wonky localizations don't bother me too much, but with the heavy amount of story it ended up losing me. It's too bad because I was actually really interested in the world and lore. All that said, it is cool to see what the team made and hopefully their future games will do well enough to have a better (not even perfect) localization.
 

rybrad

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Is Wolcen an online game?
It has an offline mode but you can't move characters between the two modes. So if you want to play with friends ever, you need an online character. If you only care about playing solo then offline is fine and avoids all the server issues.
 
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