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Which of these 4 SEGA games are you getting?


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prudis

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That was a lot of pantsu shots
its basically Schnitzelfee the game :upside-down-face:

just look at the description
Yuuta Iridatsu is a pretty normal high school kid, with one exception: he faints if he sees girls’ panties. You never quite notice how frequent panty flashes can be until they ruin your day – he has to not look, or it’s lights out!

When he one day finds himself in the midst of a bus hijacking incident, he meets the famed vigilante crime fighter Strange Juice, and something unexpected happens to Yuuta – his soul separates from his body. Stuck in a ghostly incorporeal form, he finds that his penchant for panties has disastrous consequences.

While a ghost form lends itself to panty sightings galore, allowing Yuuta to wander unseen, looking up skirts and causing shenanigans, there’s a terrible catch: if he sees too many panties, Yuuta gets too excited, faints, and somehow causes an asteroid to hit the Earth and destroy all life on the planet.

Able to travel back in time to before the destruction of the Earth, Yuuta’s task is clear – solve this mystery! What happened to turn Yuuta into a ghost? How can he time travel? Why does fainting at the sight of panties cause destruction of the world!?
Answers must be found! …right after checking out the panties on that girl over there.




aand another cool one for May
 
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Kvik

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Downunder.
I totally forgot what the Punch Line anime was all about. Anyway, I hope it's good.


To my surprise, the Atelier Arland trilogy wasn't locked to 1080p. It can't detect DSR resolutions, but you can edit the .ini file and set the resolution there. Also unlocked framerate.

Sadly, no effective anti-aliasing solution. The aliasing is still present even at 2880p.
 
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I totally forgot what the Punch Line anime was all about. Anyway, I hope it's good.


To my surprise, the Atelier Arland trilogy wasn't locked to 1080p. It can't detect DSR resolutions, but you can edit the .ini file and set the resolution there. Also unlocked framerate.

Sadly, no effective anti-aliasing solution. The aliasing is still present even at 2880p.
Generally, for cases like this I do external FXAA + downsampling. (FXAA is effective at minimizing aliasing and downsampling restores any detail potentially lost by it -- though it's not like there's a lot of that in Atelier in the first place!)
 
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The Steam Link App is also on Apple TVs? 😲

Now I kinda want to try it but I also want to wait until I can afford one of those 4K OLEDs :thinking-face:

Anyway, Yakuza Kiwami 2 forced me to do some sidestuff before I could continue in the main game of Cabaret Club Grand Prix. But I'm close to the end in that. Now I have lots of cash in the game and don't know what to do with it...
Hope I can finish it this week.
 

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I totally forgot what the Punch Line anime was all about. Anyway, I hope it's good.


To my surprise, the Atelier Arland trilogy wasn't locked to 1080p. It can't detect DSR resolutions, but you can edit the .ini file and set the resolution there. Also unlocked framerate.

Sadly, no effective anti-aliasing solution. The aliasing is still present even at 2880p.
While they have resolution options, Atelier Rorona and Meruru's internal resolution is still 1080p despite what you set (and so the games look very aliased even at high resolutions, they're still running at 1080p after all).
For some reason, only Totori runs properly at the selected resolution.

There are users that have tried to mod Rorona/Meruru to run properly at different resolutions, but, they haven't been able to do it without breaking the UI...
 
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While they have resolution options, Atelier Rorona and Meruru's internal resolution is still 1080p despite what you set (and so the games look very aliased even at high resolutions, they're still running at 1080p after all).
For some reason, only Totori runs properly at the selected resolution.
Yeah, that sounds like a KT port.
 
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... aaaaaaand confirmed exclusive (not that anyone was expecting anything else after that last announcement)
 
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gabbo

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They said this about Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy, but I wasn't impressed.
Wasn't fahrenheit's HD remaster done by QD? This is done by AI. I've heard good things, and the game is 20 years old, any graphical upgrades are likely to be an improvement. I remember the game looked like mud when I first played it years ago.
 

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They said this about Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy, but I wasn't impressed.
What? Who said Fahrenheit was one of the best adventure games? I mean, yeah, it was one of the best "did you see that ridiculous sex scene? Wtf does the cat here? What is going on? What exactly did I just play?!" game if that's a genre.
 
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... aaaaaaand confirmed exclusive (not that anyone was expecting anything else after that last announcement)
Well, I'm hoping to hear from them soon on how I'll be refunded. Clearly, expecting them to send an email informing those who already paid for the game about this was clearly asking too much.
I dropped a decent amount of cash pre-ordering the most expensive edition of the game last year, with the promise of a Steam key, and if they aren't delivering, I expect to get my money back quickly.

Bad news: one less developer to support.
Good news: more money in my pocket to support other developers, and buy a bucketload of Blu-Ray discs. :giggle:
 
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And they rebrand it to Rune II.
yeah ... the one sane change

Mordhau had its first ban wave yesterday but things didn't go so well as a bunch of people ended being banned for no apparent reason. Devs opened a thread in their forums so people can dispute the ban, and they have been reversing some bans by themselves too.
at least they're trying ... that's commendable

i can totally understand them too - they absolutely weren't expecting that game to blow up the way it did

Lol. Test version is still in my Steam Library. Fuck off.
i mean ... it was pretty much confirmed after their last announcement ... so it's not exactly surprising :p


Well, I'm hoping to hear from them soon on how I'll be refunded. Clearly, expecting them to send an email informing those who already paid for the game about this was clearly asking too much.
I dropped a decent amount of cash pre-ordering the most expensive edition of the game last year, with the promise of a Steam key, and if they aren't delivering, I expect to get my money back quickly.

Bad news: one less developer to support.
Good news: more money in my pocket to support other developers, and buy a bucketload of Blu-Ray discs. :giggle:
yup, really sad :(

also - RIP Jawmuncher 💀
 
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Hektor

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It wasn't crowdfunded but they essentially took preorders for a steam early access / beta version right?
 

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Someone said that Fahrenheit was one of the best adventure games of all time? :steam_pig_deadpan:

Anyway, The Longest Journey totally is. I absolutely recommend it.
Wasn't fahrenheit's HD remaster done by QD? This is done by AI. I've heard good things, and the game is 20 years old, any graphical upgrades are likely to be an improvement. I remember the game looked like mud when I first played it years ago.
What? Who said Fahrenheit was one of the best adventure games? I mean, yeah, it was one of the best "did you see that ridiculous sex scene? Wtf does the cat here? What is going on? What exactly did I just play?!" game if that's a genre.
It was on one of those "All-time best in genre" lists back in the GAF days. Between it and Nier, I am highly skeptical when ppl say OMG YOU NEED TO PLAY THIS!

Is Longest Journey a stand-alone game?
 
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It wasn't crowdfunded but they essentially took preorders for a steam early access / beta version right?
correct, yes ... and they were already conducting alpha tests through steam (more than once, i believe)
 
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Hektor

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correct, yes ... and they were already conducting alpha tests through steam (more than once, i believe)
Guess I'll treat this as another kickstarter fraud then even if it wasn't technically crowdfunded. I'm sure they used the preorder money as investment.

Between it and Nier
Bro.
You better be careful what you say next.
 

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If you make a Rune game and then only 5 seconds in the trailer are about swinging your sword or axe then you know you have a stinker anyway.
 
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Guess I'll treat this as another kickstarter fraud then even if it wasn't technically crowdfunded. I'm sure they used the preorder money as investment.
i'd be surprised if they hadn't ... so yeah, kinda

Oh boy, Team Sonic Racing is at 500 players in Steam. After the popularity of the previous entries I wasn't expecting that low number of players :cryingwhyblob:
pretty sure that's almost entirely due to the abysmal regional pricing (or lack thereof)
 

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Is Longest Journey a stand-alone game?
You can play and enjoy it on its own, yes.

The game actually has a sequel, Dreamfall, that expands on the mythos of the universe, and while it's quite good, it has a different protagonist and it doesn't really have an ending. The last game in the series, Dreamfall Chapters, is a direct sequel to Dreamfall and concludes the events started in that game, but it's unfortunately not very good.

So, I would just recommend The Longest Journey right now.
 

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It was on one of those "All-time best in genre" lists back in the GAF days. Between it and Nier, I am highly skeptical when ppl say OMG YOU NEED TO PLAY THIS!

Is Longest Journey a stand-alone game?
It's story is stand alone, though there are 'sequels' that take place in the same universe and are tangentially related to the characters, but Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters are not by any means required to enjoy and get the most out of TLJ
 
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They said this about Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy, but I wasn't impressed.
These games are interactive movies. The longest journey is a point & click adventure with actual puzzles.

... aaaaaaand confirmed exclusive (not that anyone was expecting anything else after that last announcement)
It's incredible that devs are still making exclusivity deals with Epic after the many outrages against their moneyhats and storefront. I guess they really don't care...
 
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It's incredible that devs are still making exclusivity deals with Epic after the many outrages against their moneyhats and storefront. I guess they really don't care...
or they really need it

either way - i really wish they had at least tried doing early access first ... because clearly website pre-orders weren't all that great ... or something
 

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These games are interactive movies. The longest journey is a point & click adventure with actual puzzles.



It's incredible that devs are still making exclusivity deals with Epic after the many outrages against their moneyhats and storefront. I guess they really don't care...
HumanHead might have needed that money more than EA/preorders was providing up to this point. They must have thought 'Can't be worse than Bethesda'
 

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Something I was wondering about: do developers on Steam have a tracker for the amount of users who flagged their game to be ignored?
 
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or they really need it

either way - i really wish they had at least tried doing early access first ... because clearly website pre-orders weren't all that great ... or something
I don't doubt that they needed it.
But, I really have to question what some of these companies are thinking, when they pull crap like this in this fashion.

They opened pre-orders for the game, with premium editions available, and I, and surely others, ended up buying the game (over a year before the expected delivery date) just to support their efforts, exactly because it's known that they are struggling.

And, with this, they essentially blew the good faith fans had in them.
They had to have signed this deal months ago, and instead of doing the right thing, and emailing the people who pre-ordered the game saying something like "sorry, we needed this funding; as a result, we are no longer launching on Steam; we will refund everyone who isn't happy with this change", they instead remain silent for months, post a trailer elsewhere announcing this exclusivity, and don't say a thing.
If I didn't visit this forum, I wouldn't have known about this. This is not the "right" way of handling things.
 

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Oh boy, Team Sonic Racing is at 500 players in Steam. After the popularity of the previous entries I wasn't expecting that low number of players :cryingwhyblob:
Price is shit and I can only speak for myself but it looks like a regression from Transformed. I wanted Transformed 2 with even more Sega characters and zanier racing, not "Sonic R but good".
 
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Something I was wondering about: do developers on Steam have a tracker for the amount of users who flagged their game to be ignored?
i believe so, yes

They opened pre-orders for the game, with premium editions available, and I, and surely others, ended up buying the game (over a year before the expected delivery date) just to support their efforts, exactly because it's known that they are struggling.
i can only imagine they got "barely" few hundred thousand $ from pre-orders and then epic came with a few million ... hence the decision

not justified, of course ... but i can see why (especially after The Quiet Man and Survived By)
 
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Price is shit and I can only speak for myself but it looks like a regression from Transformed. I wanted Transformed 2 with even more Sega characters and zanier racing, not "Sonic R but good".
...but it isn't Sonic R.
It's a racing game by Sumo, so if you enjoyed the driving in SART and Outrun even, you'll fee at home with this game. It is a solid entry, but I agree that the price is offputting for certain regions.
 
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