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I'm quite liking Dragon Quest XI! In a way, not sure why but reminds me of Dragons Dogma.
Other than the name I honestly don’t know how 😛

Btw. what camera mode are you playing in? I think it defaults to the new one which has pointless walking around. Would recommend changing that to classic which made the battles snappier for me.
 

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C'mon Amazon

what the fuck am I paying for you if you can't even give a fucking a email about with the tracking number :fearful-face:

for my Sega Genesis Mini
 
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I think I've had Switch fever for quite awhile

GODALMIGHTY WHY MUST NINTENDO/GOD be so fucking cruel with their console pricing in stores when it's like cheaper online and stuff

NintendoGod have mercy on my soul, ALL I WANT IS SMASH AND TWEWY AND THE GOOSE GAME

WHY MUST NintendoGod abandon me
 
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already posted that in the epic thread :p

for lazy people - the relevant bit:
NO EGS EXCLUSIVE

Finally, we have noticed that since our last Kickstarter, things have changed quite a bit. Due to broken promises from indie devs all the way to AAA publishers, it is probably no exaggeration to say that trust in developers is at an all-time low, especially in regards to Epic Games Store exclusives of titles that were originally (co)funded on Kickstarter.

Ironically, one of the main reasons why we are doing another Kickstarter is to double-down on our promise that EVERSPACE 2 will launch on Steam first, no matter what. Just in case there are still any doubts, you might want to read an official interview on Gamesindustry.biz why Steam is and will be our most important digital games storefront.

With this hopefully being out of the way, please head over to our new campaign and help us once again to make an even bigger and better space shooter and tell your friends all about it. We couldn’t be more excited about EVERSPACE 2 going open-world – let’s do this together!

See you in EVERSPACE 2 on Steam!

Michael and your dedicated ROCKFISH Games Team
 

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Something I didn't think of much at first with the Steam update, but now really like is how easy it is to see both achievements for games on the games page but also seeing how many has also completed the achievement. As I'm playing RE7 I can see where people stopped playing it, I'm soon further than half of those who played the game!:D
Maybe I'm not understanding but what's new? Achievements have always had percentages for those that have it. And you were always able to see your recent unlocked achievements on a game's page. The only new achievement things I've noticed are the golden glow for achievements you have that have a less than 10% rate of ownership and the activity feed sort of update on a game's page that shows achievements you earned.
 
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Man I should really have ordered those speakers, I'm getting tired of wearing headphones all the time.
If you are talking about the logitech ones, they are loud, I have to have them set to 8% and even then with games I have to set them to under 50% audio via Windows (not in game). I am sure that I could mess around with other settings but ya.

They do sound nice and loud though
Linus has convinced me I will eventually buy a N/S Lite. In a year or so after they made "new models" which are less prone to drift?

Also
How about improving it then Sony? Sony seems to spend more money advertising their services than they do improving them? or maybe it's just my imagination. I may get PS Now later on to play some older PS3 games since I never owned one

Also I should have shared this a week ago

I guess this would have gone well with Code Vein since it did release at the end of September

 
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I tried it when it was free with PS+ and it was the first time a GaaS game overwhelmed me with its grind stuff. I just can't be bothered right now lol.
Its not even the grind, there's just so much shit to do right out of the bat, as someone who hasn't really played Destiny much beyond vanilla 1 it's just too much lol

There's GaaS games that are known to be too slow at the start (FFXIV is notorious for this) but this is like the other extreme, it just expects too much out of me as a newcomer that it gets utterly confusing. There's nothing to ease new people into it, here's a gun a slap on the back and go do strikes while barely understanding the game's mechanics.
 
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If you are talking about the logitech ones, they are loud, I have to have them set to 8% and even then with games I have to set them to under 50% audio via Windows (not in game). I am sure that I could mess around with other settings but ya.
Yeah those ones. I had some expenses when I was going to buy them but I still want them.
 
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Yeah those ones. I had some expenses when I was going to buy them but I still want them.
I see, but ya just be aware that they are just very loud in general (you can do somethings to lower the volume but that may not be enough depending on your living situation).


Some stuff I'm going through
By the way I hope you guys don't mind me asking but what were you doing in your early 20s? I guess I've turned into the thing that I made fun of my older sister for and that's being a 20 something with a dead end job (?) that's still living with their parents.

It's sort of something that I'm struggling with mentally. I was having some issues but in the last 2 weeks or so I've been improving.

One of the things that I have been telling myself is that not every has their life together in their early 20s (college drop out) but they do figure stuff out and in some cases end up starting a family in their 30s.

Maybe I just felt lonely and while talking to people online can help it's still not a substitute for real life human interaction.

Because of the way that I grew up I would not go out and play with other kids and most of my time was spent in doors playing games and watching TV (and manga... Oh how manga would be the downfall of me). I would hang out with my friends only at school. And in college I pretty much did the same thing.

Something that I heard but I have no idea if it's true, is that it's harder to make friends when you get older, or at least find places to make friends? Because as you get older people start to settle down and all of that.

And yes I freak about things very easily
 
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Its not even the grind, there's just so much shit to do right out of the bat, as someone who hasn't really played Destiny much beyond vanilla 1 it's just too much lol

There's GaaS games that are known to be too slow at the start (FFXIV is notorious for this) but this is like the other extreme, it just expects too much out of me as a newcomer that it gets utterly confusing. There's nothing to ease new people into it, here's a gun a slap on the back and go do strikes while barely understanding the game's mechanics.
Yeah, that's kind of what I meant though. The game opened up quickly and it seemed like there was so much to "do" in terms of daily tasks and learning strikes/raids/whatever (stuff I would consider a daily grind) that I felt way overwhelmed within a few days.

If I wasn't already deeply invested in FFXIV, maybe I could have been bothered...but I was chest-deep in that game already and it was too late for me. Also, I can't be arsed to go looking outside the game for parties to complete content. The fact that FFXIV lets me find learning parties and teachers within the game with no problem made it much more appealing to me.
 
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I see, but ya just be aware that they are just very loud in general (you can do somethings to lower the volume but that may not be enough depending on your living situation).

By the way I hope you guys don't mind me asking but what were you doing in your early 20s? I guess I've turned into the thing that I made fun of my older sister for and that's being a 20 something with a dead end job (?) that's still living with their parents.

It's sort of something that I'm struggling with mentally. I was having some issues but in the last 2 weeks or so I've been improving.

One of the things that I have been telling myself is that not every has their life together in their early 20s (college drop out) but they do figure stuff out and in some cases end up starting a family in their 30s.

Maybe I just felt lonely and while talking to people online can help it's still not a substitute for real life human interaction.

Because of the way that I grew up I would not go out and play with other kids and most of my time was spent in doors playing games and watching TV (and manga... Oh how manga would be the downfall of me). I would hang out with my friends only at school. And in college I pretty much did the same thing.

Something that I heard but I have no idea if it's true, is that it's harder to make friends when you get older, or at least find places to make friends? Because as you get older people start to settle down and all of that.

And yes I freak about things very easily
Well, I'm 28 right now.

From 20 to 25 I finished college and hopped between 3 jobs. I left my parent's house on my 26th birthday. Things have been, uh, difficult. There are weeks that I stuggle to pay the bills and pay for food because I left home with a very high credit card debt, which I'm on my way to completely pay.

I tell myself that this was for the better even if I havent had the most comfortable life these past two years, at least I have a (rented) roof over my head and in truly dire situations my friends were able to give me a hand. If I were at home, I would still be drowning in debt plus my parents monitoring everything I do :p

Right now I'm sitting on my ass playing videogames with headphones, something unthinkable in my parents house in a Sunday.

Houses / apartments are stupidly expensive here so I don't worry too much about it because I wouldnt be able to afford one anyway, I would rather rent at premium prices (I don't, currently) near my workplace than have 'my house' and endure a 2 hour commute everyday.

All of my friends are either trying to get married, pregnant, living with their girlfiends and the like. And I'm like, fuck that lol. I love my girlfriend, but I would never get married, much less have a kid (actually I want to get a vasectomy soon).

I'm supposed to be CEO of my own company, married, with kids, with a huge ass house according to my elders, but yeah, fuck that.
 

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東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 aka Touhou Gouyoku Ibun aka Touhou 17.5 has been recently announced and a trial version has been released. Here is a stream someone did. I've been playing it for 30 minutes or so and I have to say it's pretty fun, I've seen a couple of complaints about the lack of a regular jump button and lack of neutral attack, but otherwise it's a good concept and plays very smoothly.

Interesting story too, as Touhou games go:
Black water gushed out onto the surface. The water released an odd odour and was hard to get off once it's stuck to your body. It was not something that you could use as your everyday water.

Some saw the gushing water as misfortune, some as good fortune; some saw it as holy, while others as evil; some saw it as a natural disaster, some saw it as a business opportunity, various theories were tossed around. Some even started a festival and made a fuss.

But when the people thought it was over, it still floated above the water and put a strain on the people. Atop the drinking water, the beautiful streams, hot springs at rest spots...... Regardless of the location, the black water gushed out.
Tasofro are the same developers who did the fighting games like Antinomy of Common Flowers, although they're probably better known for Hisoutensoku.
 
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I want a G604 sooooooooo much, like, I need it for yesterday

On Amazon it's like $89 to import it but it will 100% get taxed by customs :suicide-blob:
even if it were $89 here (it won't be) - i still couldn't afford it :(
 
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Well, I'm 28 right now.

From 20 to 25 I finished college and hopped between 3 jobs. I left my parent's house on my 26th birthday. Things have been, uh, difficult. There are weeks that I stuggle to pay the bills and pay for food because I left home with a very high credit card debt, which I'm on my way to completely pay.

I tell myself that this was for the better even if I havent had the most comfortable life these past two years, at least I have a (rented) roof over my head and in truly dire situations my friends were able to give me a hand. If I were at home, I would still be drowning in debt plus my parents monitoring everything I do :p

Right now I'm sitting on my ass playing videogames with headphones, something unthinkable in my parents house in a Sunday.

Houses / apartments are stupidly expensive here so I don't worry too much about it because I wouldnt be able to afford one anyway, I would rather rent at premium prices (I don't, currently) near my workplace than have 'my house' and endure a 2 hour commute everyday.

All of my friends are either trying to get married, pregnant, living with their girlfiends and the like. And I'm like, fuck that lol. I love my girlfriend, but I would never get married, much less have a kid (actually I want to get a vasectomy soon).

I'm supposed to be CEO of my own company, married, with kids, with a huge ass house according to my elders, but yeah, fuck that.

Best of luck paying those bills.



Speaking of hardware I think I will try to get a new mouse and keyboard but I am not too sure what to really look for in either. For the mouse I don't mind if it's wired and if it had multiple (and easy to access) function keys that would be nice since there are some games were I use the two buttons on the side of my mouse to zoom and stuff. I guess for keyboard I would need something smaller? The issue is that when I play games I can touch ASWD, RQ, shift and space bar but that's about it, I have a hard time pushing other buttons, so I can't really push 123 in order to change weapons in TF2. I have tried to use my scroll wheel to change weapons but it almost never gets it's right.

Most of my games I play with my Xbox Controller but I have been trying to play more FPS games with Mouse and Keyboard.
 
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Just beaten Code Vein. My review:
Anime Souls

What else that can describe Code Vein other than that? It's pretty much a Souls-like game but in anime aesthetics and storytelling. In fact, I believe it's the most true to the Souls formula compared to the other games like Nioh and The Surge. Everything that you can expect from a Souls game is here, from the combat system, Souls system, exploration, upgrades, and progression. However, Code Vein fails to achieve the heights of Souls games, especially in terms of combat and exploration. There are tons of bosses in the game, some are great but most of them are just alright. Combat feels weightless at times because you'd need a heavier weapon (and buff) to make enemies stagger more easily. Enemies are varied enough, but they're not great either.

That said, this game is also doing its own things. Lots of new system and mechanics are introduced here, such as the drain attacks mechanic according to your blood veil (armor) and various AI partner which can accompany you at all times. The game gets considerably easier with AI partner. Fortunately, you can still play solo if that's what you prefer. There are also a "class" system here, and you can switch at any time. Each class has its own gifts (skill) that you can learn and inherent so you can use them on other classes. This leads to huge amount of customization and playing styles. Lastly, I like it that there are lots of cutscenes in this game. It's such a nice change of pace from all the fighting. The story and characters are also interesting and often emotional. They way the game tells the characters stories through memory scenes is also brilliant. They really nailed it.

Overall, it's a solid Souls-like game and I'll be there when the sequel arrives.
 

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Just beaten Code Vein. My review:


Ya the whole memory thing is pretty cool but it does suck how you can't see them very clearly (which I guess is the point?) but it would be nice to revist them since I think the Sana (Open bath) is only for cut scenes and not the memories?

I'm still just 19 hours in

I am at the part where you meet Karen in person and are teaming up with Jack to do a mission


I am still planning to beat both this game and DQIV. I think 12 more hours in DQIV should be all that I need to beat the game.

Digimon is out later this month and since I already played a part of the first one I think I will not really play much of it (I mostly plan to buy it at launch for the pre-order stuff). I will also be getting the Atelier game but I don't plan to play too much of it since it seems like it will be needing a lot of time to beat/needs my full attention because when I get back to that game I will be very lost.
 

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[...]

Right now I'm sitting on my ass playing videogames with headphones, something unthinkable in my parents house in a Sunday.

Houses / apartments are stupidly expensive here so I don't worry too much about it because I wouldnt be able to afford one anyway, I would rather rent at premium prices (I don't, currently) near my workplace than have 'my house' and endure a 2 hour commute everyday.

All of my friends are either trying to get married, pregnant, living with their girlfiends and the like. And I'm like, fuck that lol. I love my girlfriend, but I would never get married, much less have a kid (actually I want to get a vasectomy soon).

I'm supposed to be CEO of my own company, married, with kids, with a huge ass house according to my elders, but yeah, fuck that.
In my early 20s, I was working my first real job and doing a master's on the side (only could do one class at a time, took 5 years or so). I also knew 100% that being married, having kids, and working in an office forever were never going to be things that I wanted in life. So I played the capitalism game and saved aggressively in order to retire early. Quoting your last bit there because I wanted to encourage you to keep on and not be pressured by others to live your life a certain way. But I can also say that there's nothing like video games and the internet to be a total waste and time sink that will contribute nothing to your life and get in the way of any other goal you may have. I struggle with it all the time. It's not easy to resist the escapism and serotonin reward feedback loop.
 

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In my early 20s, I was working my first real job and doing a master's on the side (only could do one class at a time, took 5 years or so). I also knew 100% that being married, having kids, and working in an office forever were never going to be things that I wanted in life. So I played the capitalism game and saved aggressively in order to retire early. Quoting your last bit there because I wanted to encourage you to keep on and not be pressured by others to live your life a certain way. But I can also say that there's nothing like video games and the internet to be a total waste and time sink that will contribute nothing to your life and get in the way of any other goal you may have. I struggle with it all the time. It's not easy to resist the escapism and serotonin reward feedback loop.
Every day I ask myself what would I do daily if money wasnt a problem.

Coding? Nah. I would like to photograph things but I don't think I have the patience/creativity for it. I suck at artistic creations of any nature.
I would like to learn lots of languages but I'm not sure what I could do with that on my regular life.
 
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Really should post this on this site as well as Era, shouldn't I?

Anyone who purchased Indivisible from Fanatical might want to take a look at their order and Fanatical store page for their region. Region-specific keys now exist, and there's a chance your order may not activate in your region. I live in Malaysia, and when I ordered from them on the 20th of September their store page stated their key activated here. Now it explicitly says it will not activate here. I've contacted them via support page, but support doesn't open for another few hours. :/

I also guess that stores other than Fanatical may have region-locked keys in place of the previous unlocked ones now, too.
 

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Really should post this on this site as well as Era, shouldn't I?

Anyone who purchased Indivisible from Fanatical might want to take a look at their order and Fanatical store page for their region. Region-specific keys now exist, and there's a chance your order may not activate in your region. I live in Malaysia, and when I ordered from them on the 20th of September their store page stated their key activated here. Now it explicitly says it will not activate here. I've contacted them via support page, but support doesn't open for another few hours. :/

I also guess that stores other than Fanatical may have region-locked keys in place of the previous unlocked ones now, too.
I havent purchased it but it says that it does activate in my country (Mexico). Thanks for the heads up!
 
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And I also finished Jenny LeClue. Definitely my least favorite of the three games I bought on September 19 (the other two were Mutazione, which is just amazing, and Little Misfortune, which is very good) but still a pretty good title. The port (I assume from the mobile version) was pretty awful though, very unintuive keyboard controls and you cannot use the mouse even if the game has an actual pointer in many occasions. A lot of technical hiccups too, I was forced to restart the game in several occasions because the main character was completely stuck.
I also played these three games and Mutazione is the best of them. It's also longer than the other two combined.
 

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Speaking of regional stuff, the RDR2 discussion in Era made me installed the R* launcher. To my surprise, they also offer regional pricing AND support my local currency. GTAV price is exactly the same as it is on Steam. It's kind of nice to see that there are companies that still do care about people outside of NA/EU market. It also makes me mad that how come that WinStore, Origin, Uplay, and GOG that have been around for much longer still don't get it.
 
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Speaking of regional stuff, the RDR2 discussion in Era made me installed the R* launcher. To my surprise, they also offer regional pricing AND support my local currency. GTAV price is exactly the same as it is on Steam. It's kind of nice to see that there are companies that still do care about people outside of NA/EU market. It also makes me mad that how come that WinStore, Origin, Uplay, and GOG that have been around for much longer still don't get it.
I find it really funny that R*'s launcher supports my currency day 1 with all of their titles having the exact same price as Steam (which is a good thing because Steam has by far the best CAD support in the entire industry, significantly better than consoles even.). But even 10 months later EGS doesn't.
 

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Speaking of regional stuff, the RDR2 discussion in Era made me installed the R* launcher. To my surprise, they also offer regional pricing AND support my local currency. GTAV price is exactly the same as it is on Steam. It's kind of nice to see that there are companies that still do care about people outside of NA/EU market. It also makes me mad that how come that WinStore, Origin, Uplay, and GOG that have been around for much longer still don't get it.
Well shit you are right, and they support Paypal too! This already make it better than EGS and make me want to buy it day 1 on R Launcher.
 
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Hi all.
Don’t talk much but that’s just me. Wanted to say thanks for all the entertainment and information. Couple of weeks ago and completely without warning I had a diabetic related fit which turned into a heart attack and then permanent angina.
Had a quadruple bypass and managed to go home a couple days ago.
Through the last couple weeks of which I have memory of about half, this thread and a couple over at resetera kept me entertained and my mind off things so thanks to you all :)

It’s a bit difficult to be at a PC screen for reasons, though I can run a hdmi cable to a tv where I am. Anyone have any Bluetooth kB and mouse recommendations?
 

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Not wanting to name names, but I just saw that a friend has exactly 2 hours on Monster Hunter World and 0 in Destiny 2.
Yeah, people, I tell you ! :cryblob:

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
 
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Not wanting to name names, but I just saw that a friend has exactly 2 hours on Monster Hunter World and 0 in Destiny 2.
Yeah, people, I tell you ! :cryblob:

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Well, I don't know who you are referring to, but I'm on your friends list, and I have 2.4h in Monster Hunter World, and 0 in Destiny 2. :giggle:
 

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Now on a definitely less joyful note, I just had the geforce experience update hang up on me. Don't even now how to proceed next.

edit - added the word 'update', yeah my post makes sense now
 

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I wasn't speaking about you, you are not a friend !
was totally speaking about you
In my defence, I don't have free space on my disk for Destiny 2, not even close to it. ;)
I would need to uninstall Hitman 2 to free some space, but that game will remain on my disk for a while longer. :)

As for Monster Hunter World, I would say I have 2h too many. :grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 

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In my defence, I don't have free space on my disk for Destiny 2, not even close to it. ;)
I would need to uninstall Hitman 2 to free some space, but that game will remain on my disk for a while longer. :)

As for Monster Hunter World, I would say I have 2h too many. :grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes:
The other way around wouldn't have hurt so much :crying-face:
 

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Hi all.
Don’t talk much but that’s just me. Wanted to say thanks for all the entertainment and information. Couple of weeks ago and completely without warning I had a diabetic related fit which turned into a heart attack and then permanent angina.
Had a quadruple bypass and managed to go home a couple days ago.
Through the last couple weeks of which I have memory of about half, this thread and a couple over at resetera kept me entertained and my mind off things so thanks to you all :)

It’s a bit difficult to be at a PC screen for reasons, though I can run a hdmi cable to a tv where I am. Anyone have any Bluetooth kB and mouse recommendations?
Hoping the best for you fam!
I just use a budget keyboard and mouse and it gets things done for me very well :x
Not wanting to name names, but I just saw that a friend has exactly 2 hours on Monster Hunter World and 0 in Destiny 2.
Yeah, people, I tell you ! :cryblob:

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
I am ruled out as i do not own the former :v
 
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