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Author:  Mr Dave [ Thu Mar 27, 2014 0:44 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
Betrayer sounds interesting to me (and maybe you).

It does sound interesting to me. But I'm a little worried that the actual gameplay may be a bit lacking, and that the dark souls esque penalty for death may be a bit too harsh, but that's hard to judge.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Mar 27, 2014 13:14 ]
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Cloudbuilt is another interesting sounding indie PC game built around frantic free-running as a metaphor for recovery from physical injury. I'm actually struggling a bit from the review though to get a sense of how exactly it plays, I might YouTube it to see if that helps matter.

ETA: it would probably help if I actually included the link.
Author:  myp [ Thu Mar 27, 2014 13:17 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Cloudbuilt is another interesting sounding indie PC game built around frantic free-running as a metaphor for recovery from physical injury. I'm actually struggling a bit from the review though to get a sense of how exactly it plays, I might YouTube it to see if that helps matter.

ETA: it would probably help if I actually included the link.

I looked at a video, and it looks an interesting if less well-polished Mirror's Edge.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 18:14 ]
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Still not indie but most people will already have it

http://savygamer.co.uk/2014/03/28/the-o ... linux-3-2/

Three of your pounds for The Orange box on steam (PC / PC or PC)
Author:  Bamba [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 16:23 ]
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Stumbled across first person puzzle adventure game Ether One on Steam which sounds like it might be worth a go. It certainly looks very pretty (the cel-shaded look of the alternate universe part of the game puts me in mind of a much less filthy version of Dishonoured's Dunwall) and this Joystiq review is very good.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:35 ]
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Shelter is back down to £1.74 if your still looking for it : http://savygamer.co.uk/2014/03/31/shelter-pcmac-1-74-2/
Author:  Satsuma [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:54 ]
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zaphod79 wrote:
Shelter is back down to £1.74 if your still looking for it : http://savygamer.co.uk/2014/03/31/shelter-pcmac-1-74-2/


Awesome work!

And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time. I see there's a sequel coming in August with a Lynx an' all.

Stanley Parable is still a tenner at the moment but I'll get it as soon as Dark Souls has been defeated.
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:58 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time.


You can buy stuff from the Steam website as well, you don't need to go to the actual Steam client to pick stuff up.
Author:  myp [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:04 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time.


You can buy stuff from the Steam website as well, you don't need to go to the actual Steam client to pick stuff up.

The iOS app is actually really good. You can even use chat and look at your game library as well as purchases too. Not sure if there's an Android one.
Author:  Satsuma [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:06 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time.


You can buy stuff from the Steam website as well, you don't need to go to the actual Steam client to pick stuff up.


Not from work I can't.

Did I ever mention that I had to request access to a website from the IT Department that the internet firewall wouldn't let me look at? I did y'know, it was for work; some local news site reporting an accident. I wanted to see a photograph that had been taken immedately after the accident that might have been helpful.

Anyway, IT emails me a PDF of the page I referred them to.

I emailed back saying, I want access to the site, I want to examine the picture.

SO THEY EMAIL ME A PDF OF THE PICTURE FROM THE SITE.

I emailed back again saying "You're all cunts and I want to search the site for any other information" and they email back saying "What search do you want to do?"

I didn't have the will to live after that so I didn't bother responding to tell them what useless cunts they are.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:13 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time.


You can buy stuff from the Steam website as well, you don't need to go to the actual Steam client to pick stuff up.

The iOS app is actually really good. You can even use chat and look at your game library as well as purchases too. Not sure if there's an Android one.

There is - I'd not considered that such a thing would exist. I am trying it now.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:19 ]
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It seems pretty good - I can't find how to see a list of the games I own, though.
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:24 ]
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Grim... wrote:
British Nervoso wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
And I've just purchased it using the Steam App so I don't miss out this time.


You can buy stuff from the Steam website as well, you don't need to go to the actual Steam client to pick stuff up.

The iOS app is actually really good. You can even use chat and look at your game library as well as purchases too. Not sure if there's an Android one.

There is - I'd not considered that such a thing would exist. I am trying it now.


So am I, although the fact the when you try and login it doesn't tell you which of the password, CAPTCHA or 'secret code' you got wrong is making me want to throw my phone out the fucking window.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:25 ]
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Bamba wrote:
So am I, although the fact the when you try and login it doesn't tell you which of the password, CAPTCHA or 'secret code' you got wrong is making me want to throw my phone out the fucking window.

It mentions "humanity" if you get the CAPTCHA wrong.
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:34 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Bamba wrote:
So am I, although the fact the when you try and login it doesn't tell you which of the password, CAPTCHA or 'secret code' you got wrong is making me want to throw my phone out the fucking window.

It mentions "humanity" if you get the CAPTCHA wrong.


Hmm. When I tried logging in with what I knew to be the the correct password it just gave me a generic error so I assumed it was just crap validation but it's logged me in alright now so it could've just been me being a fat-fingered tit.

Generally it's a bit slow and ugly; I think I'd prefer to just use the website on my phone.
Author:  myp [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:45 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Bamba wrote:
So am I, although the fact the when you try and login it doesn't tell you which of the password, CAPTCHA or 'secret code' you got wrong is making me want to throw my phone out the fucking window.

It mentions "humanity" if you get the CAPTCHA wrong.


Hmm. When I tried logging in with what I knew to be the the correct password it just gave me a generic error so I assumed it was just crap validation but it's logged me in alright now so it could've just been me being a fat-fingered tit.

Generally it's a bit slow and ugly; I think I'd prefer to just use the website on my phone.

This post is what could be considered a honey trap. Too easy.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:46 ]
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Grim... wrote:
It seems pretty good - I can't find how to see a list of the games I own, though.

Ah, you click on your name.

Obviously.
Author:  myp [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:48 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Grim... wrote:
It seems pretty good - I can't find how to see a list of the games I own, though.

Ah, you click on your name.

Obviously.

On iOS there's a section called 'Library' :shrug:
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:50 ]
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Nope, not that I can find.

:shrug:
Author:  Satsuma [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:53 ]
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Does it have a side bar as thusly?
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 13:14 ]
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Nope.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 19:50 ]
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I already own most of these but the latest Humble Weekly Sale might be of interest to some

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

$6 (about £3.50) for

Hotline Miami
Super Hexagon
Little Inferno
Natural Selection 2
Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate
Critter Crunch

+ Soundtracks

Worth the £3.50 for the Super Hexagon soundtrack on its own !
Author:  Bamba [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:14 ]
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is 50% off on Gamer's Gate at the moment; so that's £6.50 vs the £13 on Steam.

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-AAMFP/am ... e-for-pigs
Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:36 ]
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I was looking at this just yesterday as [someone where on the internet] said that Outlast was "just as scary" as Amnesia so I had to have a look what this was as Outlast was pretty bloody awesome.
Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:39 ]
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My shortlist of games I'm going to get once I finish my first Dark Souls 2 walkthrough is looking like this:

Shelter (purchased for cheaps)
The Stanley Parable
Papers Please
Depression Quest
Gone Home
FTL

In about that order (depending on how I feel after Dark Souls 2).

Dark Souls.

2.
Author:  Bamba [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:47 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
I was looking at this just yesterday as [someone where on the internet] said that Outlast was "just as scary" as Amnesia so I had to have a look what this was as Outlast was pretty bloody awesome.


Machine for Pigs is actually the sequel which has much higher production values but is generally agreed to be less scary than the original Dark Descent and it's likely that [someone where on the internet] was talking about the original there.

You're in luck in that respect though because the Gamer's Gate sale covers the original as well so you could pick it up for £3.24:

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DDB-ATDD/am ... ent-bundle
Author:  zaphod79 [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:51 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
In about that order (depending on how I feel after Dark Souls 2).

Dark Souls.

2.


Pay the 60p and get Super Hexagon (before Wednesday night) - if your so in love with DS2 you could try it again in about 2 weeks when the PC version comes out (its about £19 in various places to pre-order now)
Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:53 ]
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You have purposefully not corrected [someone somewhere] you spaz, but I know that you know that that's a typo. ;)

Anyhoo, sweet, I'll get that D to tha L'ed an' all.

Steam-App-a-go-go!
Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:11 ]
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Bamba wrote:

You're in luck in that respect though because the Gamer's Gate sale covers the original as well so you could pick it up for £3.24:

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DDB-ATDD/am ... ent-bundle


Quick question, since that's not actually Steam (obv.), but is that a download or physical copy? I can't figure it out. :/
Author:  myp [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:25 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is 50% off on Gamer's Gate at the moment; so that's £6.50 vs the £13 on Steam.

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-AAMFP/am ... e-for-pigs

I refuse to buy that as I couldn't get the first game to work, either on PC or Mac partitions. :(
Author:  Bamba [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 13:29 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
You have purposefully not corrected [someone somewhere] you spaz, but I know that you know that that's a typo. ;)


I actually just copy and pasted it straight out of your post and never even noticed it was gibberish; my brain must've auto-corrected it during my initial reading of your post.

Saturnalian wrote:
Quick question, since that's not actually Steam (obv.), but is that a download or physical copy? I can't figure it out. :/


Gamer's Gate is download only so it'll definitely be that. They do actually sell stuff that then activates on Steam/Origin/whatever but this isn't one of those so will just be a download from their site.

British Nervoso wrote:
I refuse to buy that as I couldn't get the first game to work, either on PC or Mac partitions. :(


The new one is much newer (of course) and, as I say, has much higher production values so the chances of hassle are hopefully less. I think it uses the same engine as the original so anyone who's concerned could try out the demo of the original game on Steam as a test bed of sorts maybe?
Author:  myp [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 13:31 ]
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I think it's the fact it uses OpenGL and I couldn't get that working. From what I remember it opens up but nothing responds.

It was a pain in the arse, anyway. I don't have the patience to endlessly fiddle around though, so it got binned in the end.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 13:42 ]
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Secrets of Raetikon looks like it might be interesting. It's certainly pretty enough and I like the idea of an open world explore-y puzzle-y type experience.
Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 14:43 ]
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That's very pretty with some nice art work, but I couldn't see how it was supposed to be played. Presumably with a mouse...
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 14:48 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
That's very pretty with some nice art work, but I couldn't see how it was supposed to be played. Presumably with a mouse...


The relevant Steam page says it has full controller support. The manual linked from that same page has a section about the controls which recommends a controller but also gives KBAM mappings if you want to use that.
Author:  LewieP [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 14:55 ]
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This is remarkable

http://mobeenfikree.itch.io/we-are-doomed
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 15:07 ]
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LewieP wrote:
This is remarkable

http://mobeenfikree.itch.io/we-are-doomed


Score-chasing neon shooter; it doesn't seem all that remarkable?
Author:  zaphod79 [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 15:29 ]
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Bamba wrote:
LewieP wrote:
This is remarkable

http://mobeenfikree.itch.io/we-are-doomed


Score-chasing neon shooter; it doesn't seem all that remarkable?


Generally my tastes in shooters is very close to Lewie's so i'll check this out later tonight :-)
Author:  LewieP [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 16:19 ]
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It's just really well put together, and it's only a couple of quid.
Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 22:32 ]
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It's strange how you can be playing a game - sorta enjoying it, sorta wondering what it's about, sorta thinking that you're going through the motions - when something happens and you're thinking "This isn't going to end well for these badgers, is it?"

Shelter is a strange, clunky game.

And short. I'm not sure it lasted an hour.

It's basically one of those art vs. game things, right?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Was I upset when the badger got washed away? No. Did I go looking for him? You bet your ass I did.

And all because I'd spent 20 minutes finding food for the little buggers to eat. 20 minutes work literally washed away in a moment.

And then.

I very rarely say things out loud to myself when I'm at home on my own but I did hear myself say "Oh jesus, I've left two of them to burn to death". Only to see two baby badger running out of the burning bush with puffs of baby smoke trailing behind them. It was a good moment.

But, let's face it, it's a bit boring really. And if you don't like animals you'll probably just start laughing at the bleakness of it; a bleakness that you can't emphasise with because you're obviously a deranged sociopath. You might feel, if you're a normal animal loving person like me (and therefore normal), that the end was sad but, let's face it, we've seen worse on any wildlife programme.

I wanted this to be the type of 'game' that could provide a narrative and feeling that only a videogame can do, but after the credits had shuffled along and the post-game reveal was, um, revealed I was left thinking that, yes, animals kill animals for food - obviously - and that I'd seen more affecting stuff from an Attenborough documentary.

I'm glad it was as short as it was as there wasn't enough game in it to tell a story that, one day, only a videogame could tell.

About badgers.
Author:  Pod [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:50 ]
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How much did your eyes melt from the badger-o-vision?
Author:  Satsuma [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:37 ]
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I quite liked the pastel colours and strange blankets of foliage.

I thought it suited the game extremely well; a juxtoposition of kiddie art and the brutal nature of, um, nature if you like. It was just a bit ropey and the camera was rubbish.

I couldn't understand why they couldn't have made it gamepad compatible either. It only used two buttons. Three if you count the sneak action, which I don't, cause there was never a time when you had to use it. It didn't even feature in the brief tutorial, to my recollection!
Author:  Satsuma [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 16:33 ]
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Papers Please Purchased.
Author:  Bamba [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 17:41 ]
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I heard about this one ages and it looks interesting if repetitive in it's current form. Viscera Cleanup Detail:


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... ess-review
Author:  myp [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 13:27 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
Papers Please Purchased.

You will love it!
Author:  Satsuma [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 23:14 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
Papers Please Purchased.

You will love it!


This is utterly brilliant. Like, seriously good. I do love it.
Author:  LewieP [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 23:42 ]
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Yeah it is the best game.
Author:  Satsuma [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 23:55 ]
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And now I have Surgeon Simulator 2013 for dirt-cheaps from Humble Bumble. PC gaming is the tits.
Author:  Pod [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:43 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
And now I have Surgeon Simulator 2013 for dirt-cheaps from Humble Bumble. PC gaming is the tits.


Let me know how many minutes of time Surgeon Simulator occupies you for. I've not played it, but I keep putting off buying it because I think I'll play it for 2 minutes before going "is that all?"
Author:  myp [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:19 ]
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Pod wrote:
Saturnalian wrote:
And now I have Surgeon Simulator 2013 for dirt-cheaps from Humble Bumble. PC gaming is the tits.


Let me know how many minutes of time Surgeon Simulator occupies you for. I've not played it, but I keep putting off buying it because I think I'll play it for 2 minutes before going "is that all?"

It's tough as nails, but I keep going back, thinking I'll one day perform a successful operation.
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