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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    For those who want to see the gameplay demonstration of Shadow of War:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4bkIGgiyc

    I loved the first one and don't really care about Tolkien lore. I just want to stab more orcs with Cockney accents. Er, stab some Cockney-accented orcs. With swords and daggers. I don't think the accent is sharp enough to stab anyone with it.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    What's a Tolkien

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    It's what we've been Tolkien about this entire time. Do you make a hobbit of not paying attention?

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    TeeMan wrote: »
    What's a Tolkien

    It's those things you get at Chuck E Cheese's that let you play the arcade games.

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  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    TeeMan wrote: »
    What's a Tolkien

    It's those things you get at Chuck E Cheese's that let you play the arcade games.
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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    For those who want to see the gameplay demonstration of Shadow of War:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4bkIGgiyc

    I loved the first one and don't really care about Tolkien lore. I just want to stab more orcs with Cockney accents. Er, stab some Cockney-accented orcs. With swords and daggers. I don't think the accent is sharp enough to stab anyone with it.

    cockney is absolutely sharp enough to stab someone with

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  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Everything about that video I love.

    Forgive me wallet, forgive me.

    Edit: As for Drake/Dragon vs Fell-Beast, I'm pretty sure the latter never breathed fire.

    Karoz on
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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Big Classy wrote: »
    Middle-Earth: Shadow of War quick look is up on Giantbomb and it looks fantastic. Actual colour tiered loot like armour and weaponry. Something like 6 zones with each the size of one of the zones in the first game. Summonable branded captain's or caragors. Sieges. Overlords. And the best thing....

    MOUNTABLE BAD ASS DRAGONS!

    This fills me with dread because the "two" zones in Shadows are HUGE.

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  • ZavianZavian universal peace sounds better than forever war Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Karoz wrote: »
    Forgive me wallet, forgive me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_30Pyofut60

    Also, as a suggestion for FNG this Friday, how about some WARHAMMER? As in, both Total War: Warhammer and Vermintide? There's a new Free Lorebook DLC for Vermintide, and both games have been bundled recently so hopefully there should be enough peeps for a couple games. I should be around 10:00pm EST if anyone wants to indulge in some hammering of war!

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  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap remake will be released on consoles 18th April and the PC version will be coming a few weeks later. The game will allow real-time switching between the original graphics and the remake's upgraded visuals or combining the classic soundtrack with the new visuals and vice versa. Also, you will be able to use the original Sega Master System passwords..
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwy351pLXas

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Big Classy wrote: »
    Middle-Earth: Shadow of War quick look is up on Giantbomb and it looks fantastic. Actual colour tiered loot like armour and weaponry. Something like 6 zones with each the size of one of the zones in the first game. Summonable branded captain's or caragors. Sieges. Overlords. And the best thing....

    MOUNTABLE BAD ASS DRAGONS!

    This fills me with dread because the "two" zones in Shadows are HUGE.

    Then you might be more worried since at the end of that video, it seems each fortress and area are quickly highlighted with a red flash at the center of their forts, and I counted near 20 fortresses, and it did a really fast sweep avoiding the east of Mordor. So unless each area has multiple forts to seize, that's a lot more than 6.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Karoz wrote: »

    Edit: As for Drake/Dragon vs Fell-Beast, I'm pretty sure the latter never breathed fire.

    fell-beasts never existed at all so we can tweak some genes I think. plus Sauron could easily have added some in-demand features to the newer models.

    and just because we didn't see them breathe fire doesn't mean they couldn't. maybe they were just modest

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Karoz wrote: »

    Edit: As for Drake/Dragon vs Fell-Beast, I'm pretty sure the latter never breathed fire.

    fell-beasts never existed at all so we can tweak some genes I think. plus Sauron could easily have added some in-demand features to the newer models.

    and just because we didn't see them breathe fire doesn't mean they couldn't. maybe they were just modest

    I've always wondered if they weren't meant to be "improvements" on the dragons, which Morgoth made, and in that case they would make sense to try and breed in features more helpful to his cause.

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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    So I finish everything in Pony Island last night
    Kinda odd the game, through achievements and counter, encourages you to collect all the tickets. Chastises you for collecting the tickets. Gives you a big boss fight. Chastises you for beating the boss fight. Then leaves you hanging.
    Mixed messages.
    I'm less enthusiastic about the game then when I finished my first play through.
    Still cool, but the 2ish hours playing the main game>the 2ish hours finding all the tickets

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Karoz wrote: »

    Edit: As for Drake/Dragon vs Fell-Beast, I'm pretty sure the latter never breathed fire.

    fell-beasts never existed at all so we can tweak some genes I think. plus Sauron could easily have added some in-demand features to the newer models.

    and just because we didn't see them breathe fire doesn't mean they couldn't. maybe they were just modest

    I've always wondered if they weren't meant to be "improvements" on the dragons, which Morgoth made, and in that case they would make sense to try and breed in features more helpful to his cause.

    you'd think he would have bred in saddles then; they look slippy

    Kalnaur
  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Does this pixel privateers game let you get a station master drunk and forge his signature so you can "buy" his station's battlecruisers?

  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    Basil wrote: »
    That reminds me, I haven't tried the reception hall oven idea I had, yet.

    Hypothetically, if I lined the outside of a longish deathlock with wood and set the wood on fire now and then, I should be able to make the interior hot enough to incapacitate or cook whoever walks in.

    Alternatively, heaters might accomplish the same with less raging fires. I should test that with some prisoners.

    make that shit dwarfy as fuck, fires or nothing.

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  • DaimarDaimar A Million Feet Tall of Awesome Registered User regular
    Does this pixel privateers game let you get a station master drunk and forge his signature so you can "buy" his station's battlecruisers?

    That's a negatory big shoots.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Daimar wrote: »
    Does this pixel privateers game let you get a station master drunk and forge his signature so you can "buy" his station's battlecruisers?

    That's a negatory big shoots.

    I want this game, character design letting me make a swarthy crew of fireflies, an andromeda nation state, or start my own galactic religion that is stolen by my chosen son/clone/interdimensional doppelganger.


    Speaking if royce_ebooks, what is that space police game where you have a black woman as captain and a dog as her first officer?

  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Shadow of War is Day 1 buy for me, holy hell does that game looks good.

    Also, what i wrote yesterday about buying Monks and Mystics dlc for Ck II? I don't have to, Paradox sent me Steam code for reviewing purposes, when I lost hope that they would answer to my e-mail.

    Life is kinda good, guys and girls.

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    I don't think I've day 1 purchased anything in years. Probably 5+. Part of it is I just can't afford it, but a bigger reason is that I want all the DLC out before I play a game, because I don't afford myself the luxury of going back to games these days since I have just over 400 of them to play (if not beat).

    I really wish Dragon's Dogma was better at telling me what to do and where to do it. It's just short of explaining what I'm needing to do or look for. I mean, it has Quest markers, yes, but it also seems to rarely if ever tell you where to find (for example) NPCs to continue certain quest lines. It's solid fun otherwise, though a bit generic feeling in setting, the monsters and spells are ramped to 11 in terms of visuals. The only game with this kind of world and fighting system that I've really played otherwise is Kingdoms of Amalur, and while overall I enjoyed Amalur more (thus far), Dragon's Dogma is still a fun and solid game.

    Though I may actually need to bump up the difficulty; that's what happens when I summon pawns from you people who probably have hundreds of hours into the game. :wink:

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    Last Day 1 buy I had was Bioshock: Infinite

    because Xcom: Enemy Unknown was added to it

    and while i liked Bioshock, I spent much, much more time with Xcom

    so, uh, it was a good purchase?

  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    It's been a very long time since I bought a game day 1 as well, and it was probably a console release. Specifically, a 360 game. Probably Batman: Arkham City. It felt worth it to me, even if it can be had for $5 with other Batman games on the regular from Bundlestars these days.

    Can't even remember the last game I paid full price for on PC.

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    I don't think I've day 1 purchased anything in years. Probably 5+. Part of it is I just can't afford it, but a bigger reason is that I want all the DLC out before I play a game, because I don't afford myself the luxury of going back to games these days since I have just over 400 of them to play (if not beat).

    I really wish Dragon's Dogma was better at telling me what to do and where to do it. It's just short of explaining what I'm needing to do or look for. I mean, it has Quest markers, yes, but it also seems to rarely if ever tell you where to find (for example) NPCs to continue certain quest lines. It's solid fun otherwise, though a bit generic feeling in setting, the monsters and spells are ramped to 11 in terms of visuals. The only game with this kind of world and fighting system that I've really played otherwise is Kingdoms of Amalur, and while overall I enjoyed Amalur more (thus far), Dragon's Dogma is still a fun and solid game.

    Though I may actually need to bump up the difficulty; that's what happens when I summon pawns from you people who probably have hundreds of hours into the game. :wink:

    Are you summoning pawns that are higher level than you? You take a penalty to XP earned if you do (and get a bonus if they are lower level instead).

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    I don't think I've day 1 purchased anything in years. Probably 5+. Part of it is I just can't afford it, but a bigger reason is that I want all the DLC out before I play a game, because I don't afford myself the luxury of going back to games these days since I have just over 400 of them to play (if not beat).

    I really wish Dragon's Dogma was better at telling me what to do and where to do it. It's just short of explaining what I'm needing to do or look for. I mean, it has Quest markers, yes, but it also seems to rarely if ever tell you where to find (for example) NPCs to continue certain quest lines. It's solid fun otherwise, though a bit generic feeling in setting, the monsters and spells are ramped to 11 in terms of visuals. The only game with this kind of world and fighting system that I've really played otherwise is Kingdoms of Amalur, and while overall I enjoyed Amalur more (thus far), Dragon's Dogma is still a fun and solid game.

    Though I may actually need to bump up the difficulty; that's what happens when I summon pawns from you people who probably have hundreds of hours into the game. :wink:

    Are you summoning pawns that are higher level than you? You take a penalty to XP earned if you do (and get a bonus if they are lower level instead).

    Oh, much higher level. 48 and 133, I think? No one really had ones my level that were you folks, and I don't see the point in doing it otherwise or just taking my pawn and I, as we'd likely not survive. I'm already level 20-25ish, as in the both of us are, and I don't feel an EXP penalty if one is in effect. I had had a ranger of level 22 earlier, but I out-leveled them so I replaced her.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    It's been a very long time since I bought a game day 1 as well, and it was probably a console release. Specifically, a 360 game. Probably Batman: Arkham City. It felt worth it to me, even if it can be had for $5 with other Batman games on the regular from Bundlestars these days.

    Can't even remember the last game I paid full price for on PC.

    I'll pay full price for some games. Mostly to support my favorite indie devs and because I want to show support for quality linux ports. So yeah, full price for me generally isn't AAA launch prices. Which frankly are fucking ridiculous when you add in all of the DLC. But I'll happily give developers like Zachtronics or Illwinter what they ask for their games. I know I'll be getting plenty of bang for my buck from the games they make and they need the cash a whole lot more than Activision.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Last I bought at full price was sky rogue

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I bet you whatever the last game I bought at full price was, I've played less than one hour of it!

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Gah, how could I forget about my most recent PC purchase on the release date? All of the Binding of Isaac stuff, pretty much. Then again, all of those games have been on discount for me.

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    I don't mind paying full price for something if it's something I really want and I have the money. I've preordered Andromeda and ESO: Morrowind. I bought ReCore at full price. Tomb Raider. Hell, I can't even name specific things now, but there's been a fair number. I'd merrily throw the money at Nier Automata, too, if I hadn't thrown it at my car instead last week. :lol: And the day Hellblade becomes buy-able, I'm there.

    Basically, I'm just terrible at "eh, I'll wait for a sale." Terrible.

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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    Housing project come back a few hundred dollars cheaper than expected? Time to buy some video games.
    Consider me now fully prepared to not have enough time to play Nier, Mass Effect, and more Hearthstone.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    I missed Jill's rent bill by $300. :/ I'm as bummed as she is.

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  • BeryllineBerylline One Tiara to rule them all Registered User regular
    Thank you all for the kind words. I truly appreciate them. <3
    Benji and I have been spending a lot of time together. He's sitting on my lap right now as I'm typing this. <3

    So, the punishment suggestions for backing out of my incentive have been pretty lacking. I do want to do something for you guys though and am still open to further suggestions. (Don't feel guilty - I wouldn't be doing it immediately, regardless.)

    In the meantime, I think a lot of the appeal of the original incentive was the amount of Benji cuteness. So, here's a bit of Benji cuteness I can share with all of you.
    This is youngster-Benji, within the first year I adopted him.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CF0ebEv1ZM
    If you like very poorly lit and filmed clips, there are some others on the channel of my critters and some weedy/leafy seadragons.

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    every stream must be done with @Berylline in a benji costume

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  • baudattitudebaudattitude Registered User regular
    I don't buy THAT many games at launch price.

    (Reviews Amazon & Steam histories for 2016 and 2017)

    Well, sure, Dark Souls 3. And Rise of the Tomb Raider.
    And Senran Kagura Estival Versus, and Gal*Gun, and Valkyrie Drive, Gravity Rush 2, DOAX3, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Hatsune Miku Future Tone, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR, CoD:IW and a bunch of trashy visual novels.

    Hardly any.

    Hmm, this may be why I sometimes wonder where the paycheck went.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Of course, I always forget that I've bought every single WoW expansion on release. And with the exception of the most recent one, they were all boxed versions of the collector's editions. I finally went digital when Legion came out.

    I was just listening to a podcast interview with Amy Hennig from last year, and I think I'd be prepared to shell out full price for that Star Wars game she's working on. Obviously I'd have to see it in action first, but her track record is great.

  • Mai-KeroMai-Kero Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Anyone have any Steamlink experience? Since I've been playing Breath of the Wild I've realized that I do miss playing from the couch (especially now that we have a puppy that hangs out on the couch with me), but there's a very noticeable difference between something like Rise of the Tomb Raider on my Xbox one and on my PC. I've got a pretty crazy router, which should in theory provide as good of a connection as ethernet would (speed-wise, at least). Is it possible to play something like, say, Deus Ex via Steamlink and not have any noticeable visual degradation or lag, assuming the connection is fast enough? Follow-up: Does the wireless Xbox One controller work with Steamlink? Final question: If I have a spare laptop, is there any advantage other than form factor for buying a Steamlink instead of just doing streaming to the computer?

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    SteevL wrote: »
    Of course, I always forget that I've bought every single WoW expansion on release. And with the exception of the most recent one, they were all boxed versions of the collector's editions. I finally went digital when Legion came out.

    I was just listening to a podcast interview with Amy Hennig from last year, and I think I'd be prepared to shell out full price for that Star Wars game she's working on. Obviously I'd have to see it in action first, but her track record is great.

    I hadn't even touched my copy of warlords past the original install and I still bought the collectors edition of Legion.

    It's a sickness.

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  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    Mai-Kero wrote: »
    Anyone have any Steamlink experience? Since I've been playing Breath of the Wild I've realized that I do miss playing from the couch (especially now that we have a puppy that hangs out on the couch with me), but there's a very noticeable difference between something like Rise of the Tomb Raider on my Xbox one and on my PC. I've got a pretty crazy router, which should in theory provide as good of a connection as ethernet would (speed-wise, at least). Is it possible to play something like, say, Deus Ex via Steamlink and not have any noticeable visual degradation or lag, assuming the connection is fast enough? Follow-up: Does the wireless Xbox One controller work with Steamlink? Final question: If I have a spare laptop, is there any advantage other than form factor for buying a Steamlink instead of just doing streaming to the computer?

    I haven't tried it again lately but there apparently have been performance upgrades though a direct link from Steam to your computer will naturally be best. As long as you aren't playing hyper-twitchy games that require quick and precise movements you should be fine. Playing Mad Max on the tv was a blast and very few performance issues. I would believe Deus Ex would play just fine.

    Not sure about the wireless Xbox One controller, it's listed here it works fine wired but needs another program (VirtualHere) to work with wireless.. I used a wired 360 and apparently my PS4 controller should work fine so that's nice to know.

    As for the laptop, I guess it's a question of how beefy your laptop is, but then again the Steam Link has been getting pretty cheap.

    Still I'm a novice when it comes to this stuff so hopefully someone can give you better answers for the more technical side of things.

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/tzP4L90CCWw

    Games besides house of a dying son that let me feel like char, please list!

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