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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    also I've always enjoyed how in videogames you can use a Warhammer to cave someone's skull in, but because it isn't an edged weapon, it will never be lethal
    Except, it has an edge

    That pointy bit there

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    For a good long while, the polehammer in Mount and Blade was a couchable weapon. It was very useful for prisoner farming, because apparently getting hit in the head by a cinderblock-sized stone hammer with the full weight of a galloping horse behind it is just enough to knock you unconscious.

    I think you can still do the same thing with the jousting lance, but the visuals aren't as hilarious.

    Jedoc on
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    ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    el_vicio wrote: »
    Ah well. Quake's good, too

    My guess is definitely quake. Fantasy and sci-fi, which a new quake game could have easily. Also they just released the quake remaster which was probably an indication of where their heads at

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Did you know they cut Quake from his own game

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Quake incidentally had a huge hammer unless I'm misremembering the details

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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    Types: Boom + Robo | Food: Sweet | Habitat: Plains
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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular

    This Halloween evening my son journeyed as a Nomai traveler in search of mysteries… and candy! Many thanks to @chinbeard of Punished Props for the mask build guide, and of course @Mobius_Games and @A_i for Outer Wilds. https://t.co/K3Wu3umlLL

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    McHogerMcHoger Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    I had a plan to play a bunch of different horror games today, but instead put 8 hours into Mundaun. I just couldn't stop until I finished it. A walking sim with some survival horror and light puzzling. Also goat petting, coffee drinking, and cozy afternoon drives with friends. Highly recommend it.

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Now that I'm between games I was looking forward to for a bit and in the mood for something big and RPG-y, I've been digging into Horizon after playing it at PC release and wanting it to have a bit more time in the oven.

    Hey, turns out that game's pretty good!

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    DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Now that I'm between games I was looking forward to for a bit and in the mood for something big and RPG-y, I've been digging into Horizon after playing it at PC release and wanting it to have a bit more time in the oven.

    Hey, turns out that game's pretty good!

    Eat the rich.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    My current game of Surviving Mars is the longest I've ever stuck with one. I have two domes, one full of geologists pumping out metal for export and the other I'm filling with scientists and farmers. I have enough money coming in to support my colony and now I can start trying to get manufacturing going so I can stop relying on imports. I've survived multiple disasters and I have just got my first patches of green starting to appear for terraforming.

    It's going very well and as a result I'm extremely stressed. Progressing in games like this always feels like stacking up an ever taller pile of plates.

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    godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »

    This Halloween evening my son journeyed as a Nomai traveler in search of mysteries… and candy! Many thanks to @chinbeard of Punished Props for the mask build guide, and of course @Mobius_Games and @A_i for Outer Wilds. https://t.co/K3Wu3umlLL

    There should be a follow-up tweet with all of the guesses folks in the neighborhood made about what they thought that costume is

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Martel-de-fer and fer-de-lance sound like things the Swedish Chef from the Muppets would say

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    PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Finally getting into The Forgotten City and I'm definitely intrigued so far. For people that have played it, how did you feel about the markers painting exact objective locations? Did it cut out the cruft or make it feel too easy? I think there's a setting for it but I've left it on for the moment.

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    ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    I’m about to play that and I’m definitely going for markers, I’m bad at puzzles and figuring stuff out I just want story, point me to the story game

    Also playing dark souls 3 and look I’ll accept all kinds of unfair bullshit, but the fact that you can lock into a behind finisher move but the enemy doesn’t get grabbed, leaving you open for attack because you’re doing a locked in finisher move on thin air, that’s just garbage. It’s happened to me like a dozen times over the course of playing the game. Like that’s not my mistake, that’s the game.

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    VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    Prohass wrote: »
    I’m about to play that and I’m definitely going for markers, I’m bad at puzzles and figuring stuff out I just want story, point me to the story game

    Also playing dark souls 3 and look I’ll accept all kinds of unfair bullshit, but the fact that you can lock into a behind finisher move but the enemy doesn’t get grabbed, leaving you open for attack because you’re doing a locked in finisher move on thin air, that’s just garbage. It’s happened to me like a dozen times over the course of playing the game. Like that’s not my mistake, that’s the game.

    I'm assuming this is happening when you try and backstab invading players? Latency is a real shit sometimes, yeah.

    e: Oh huh, I'm looking this up and it turns out you can whiff a backstab on regular enemies too if they iframe out of it? That's wild, I don't think I've ever experienced that.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    So Spire of Sorcery

    man, what a disappointment

    I first heard of that game when it was in development as a "mage tower" sim - send your acolytes out to gather resources or do research or delve into arcane ruins while you fend off attacks by the anti-magic inquisition and unlock the secrets of immortality

    Since then the game's development has been rebooted twice, and now it's a sort of FTL esque rogue-lite with basically no RPG/management elements

    I am so goddamn disheartened by this, the original premise had huge promise and was fully capitalizing on an untapped niche, and now it's "just another one of those" with a somewhat above par art style

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    ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    I’m about to play that and I’m definitely going for markers, I’m bad at puzzles and figuring stuff out I just want story, point me to the story game

    Also playing dark souls 3 and look I’ll accept all kinds of unfair bullshit, but the fact that you can lock into a behind finisher move but the enemy doesn’t get grabbed, leaving you open for attack because you’re doing a locked in finisher move on thin air, that’s just garbage. It’s happened to me like a dozen times over the course of playing the game. Like that’s not my mistake, that’s the game.

    I'm assuming this is happening when you try and backstab invading players? Latency is a real shit sometimes, yeah.

    e: Oh huh, I'm looking this up and it turns out you can whiff a backstab on regular enemies too if they iframe out of it? That's wild, I don't think I've ever experienced that.

    Yeah this is against regular enemies, it’s definitely just the game stuffing up the connection of the animation to the enemy

    Also I know they’re a relatively small company, but dear god I hope the dark souls guys figure out human bodies for dark souls 4. Is it like a tradition now that the player character looks like it’s from a badly made 2005 game no matter what you do to try and fix it

    Also ffs I killed this bot phantom invader or whatever but he keeps coming back. And it’s a heaps bullshit one, like he doesn’t get hit properly and lags, but it’s not a player

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    DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    So Spire of Sorcery

    man, what a disappointment

    I first heard of that game when it was in development as a "mage tower" sim - send your acolytes out to gather resources or do research or delve into arcane ruins while you fend off attacks by the anti-magic inquisition and unlock the secrets of immortality

    There's an ancient budget DOS game called Dominus that sounds pretty up your alley for that description. It's a pseudo-rts kingdom management sim where you are the overlord of a kingdom being invaded by eight monster clans and you do a lot of what you're talking about - have your generals gather resources and perform tasks while you construct traps, mix spells and craft monsters to defeat each clan and secure your realm.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9Jo12e2G4

    It's definitely got a lot of that 90s budget jank and has quite a learning curve even with the manual, but I had some good fun with it back in the day.

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    cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    I’m about to play that and I’m definitely going for markers, I’m bad at puzzles and figuring stuff out I just want story, point me to the story game

    Also playing dark souls 3 and look I’ll accept all kinds of unfair bullshit, but the fact that you can lock into a behind finisher move but the enemy doesn’t get grabbed, leaving you open for attack because you’re doing a locked in finisher move on thin air, that’s just garbage. It’s happened to me like a dozen times over the course of playing the game. Like that’s not my mistake, that’s the game.

    I'm assuming this is happening when you try and backstab invading players? Latency is a real shit sometimes, yeah.

    e: Oh huh, I'm looking this up and it turns out you can whiff a backstab on regular enemies too if they iframe out of it? That's wild, I don't think I've ever experienced that.
    I'm pretty sure in 2 and 3 whiffing is a deliberate mechanic to make backstabs less free.

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular

    11/2
    -Minecraft (PC)
    -Unpacking (PC/X)

    11/4
    -It Takes Two (PC/X)
    -Kill it With Fire (PC/X)

    11/9
    -Football Manager 2022 (PC/X)
    -Forza Horizon 5 (PC/X)

    11/11
    -GTA San Andreas (X)
    -One Step From Eden (PC/X)

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    KarlKarl Registered User regular
    Forza Horizon 5 is already installed, WAITING for the 9th.

    Can't wait. I stopped playing FH4 because 5 was coming out so soon after I discovered the series (was never into racing games) and I didn't want to burn myself out.

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    MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Ah yes, It takes two to kill it with fire

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    SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    I actually bought FH5, despite having Gamepass. On the upside, since I did, I get to play on the 5th instead of waiting until the 9th.

    Still gonna zoom around in FH4 for a bit though, I want to see how many cars I can get before the new one launches.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    So Spire of Sorcery

    man, what a disappointment

    I first heard of that game when it was in development as a "mage tower" sim - send your acolytes out to gather resources or do research or delve into arcane ruins while you fend off attacks by the anti-magic inquisition and unlock the secrets of immortality

    There's an ancient budget DOS game called Dominus that sounds pretty up your alley for that description. It's a pseudo-rts kingdom management sim where you are the overlord of a kingdom being invaded by eight monster clans and you do a lot of what you're talking about - have your generals gather resources and perform tasks while you construct traps, mix spells and craft monsters to defeat each clan and secure your realm.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9Jo12e2G4

    It's definitely got a lot of that 90s budget jank and has quite a learning curve even with the manual, but I had some good fun with it back in the day.

    I think I cant go back to 90s gamejank, unfortch. Spoiled by good graphics and working mechanics

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BG98e_w6d0

    unpacking, btw, looks like it rules

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BG98e_w6d0

    unpacking, btw, looks like it rules

    the demo was really good

    never seen a game quite like this one, sort of a reverse hidden object game? where the narrative is exclusively told with environmental story telling?

    definitely going to give it a try tomorrow

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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    ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Oh Minecraft. I guess I have no excuse not to get this running for the kid now.

    WiiU: Windrunner ; Guild Wars 2: Shadowfire.3940 ; PSN: Bradcopter
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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    Speed running Mario Party sounds like a bad time

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
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    MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Speed running Mario party is one of the circles of hell I'm pretty sure

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    ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Speed running Playing Mario party is one of the circles of hell I'm pretty sure

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    MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Playing it is one thing

    Speed running requires playing it over and over and over and over again

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    snakes and ladders(100% all-snakes) speedrun lets GOOOO

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    djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    David_T wrote: »
    Yeah, what a nerd.

    *discreetly hides three ring binder of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe opened to Fer-de-Lance*

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    I haven't kept a lot of physical things from the 8-bit days, but this is always going to be one of them:

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    TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    no joke I would love to see what sorts of bullshit a TAS of a mario party game could get up to

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    no joke I would love to see what sorts of bullshit a TAS of a mario party game could get up to

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sQ8VmWgTw

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
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    el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    So I attempted to play Dragon Age Origins twice, and both times ran out of steam because it was just dragging on and the world felt pretty bland and eh.
    Dragon Age II is ostensibly not good. Could I jump into Inquisition without much prior knowledge and have a good time?

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