I post this mostly for Sat's interest but Shelter 2 is apparently out. I'm still too chickenshit to play the first one but that's a pretty savage review of the sequel so it doesn't sound like I'm missing much with that installment.
Ziggurat is the closest we got so far for a first person Binding of Isaac. Play it, it's fun (and better than Tower of Guns)
Bamba wrote:
I post this mostly for Sat's interest but Shelter 2 is apparently out. I'm still too chickenshit to play the first one but that's a pretty savage review of the sequel so it doesn't sound like I'm missing much with that installment.
Destructoid is a terrible site for dudebros though.
http://www.destructoid.com/dmc-devil-ma ... 8347.phtml
Bamba wrote:
I post this mostly for Sat's interest but Shelter 2 is apparently out. I'm still too chickenshit to play the first one but that's a pretty savage review of the sequel so it doesn't sound like I'm missing much with that installment.
I've had to go back and remind myself what I thought about Shelter and I've rediscovered that I thought it was shit. Sharn't be trying Shelter 2 then.
Future Warrior wrote:
Bamba wrote:
I post this mostly for Sat's interest but Shelter 2 is apparently out. I'm still too chickenshit to play the first one but that's a pretty savage review of the sequel so it doesn't sound like I'm missing much with that installment.
Destructoid is a terrible site for dudebros though.
http://www.destructoid.com/dmc-devil-ma ... 8347.phtml
It earned it's place in my RSS list mostly because Jim Sterling used to write for then but they do also review stuff that doesn't get mentioned elsewhere.
As far as mainstream gaming sites go, destructoid is one of the best. The only two other gaming sites that i read are RPS and Eurogamer (which isn't half as good as it used to be though...same for RPS).
Ori and the Blind Forest seems to be getting a lot of love at the moment so it's been firmly added to my wishlist. The Steam page for it's here. It's also out on the Xbone but who gives a shit about that?
Any1 in here who plays
Verdun
Rise of Flight
IL2 - Battle of Stalingrad
on Steam?
Verdun
Rise of Flight
IL2 - Battle of Stalingrad
on Steam?
Rayman Legends very well might be the best platformer I've ever played.
Yeah I gave it a serious bit of loving over in the Wii U thread, it's absolutely fucking glorious.
The brilliance of the music attack style levels is just the sumptuous icing on a cake of unbridled magnificence.
The brilliance of the music attack style levels is just the sumptuous icing on a cake of unbridled magnificence.
I should have wrote "best straight platformer", because i don't know if i prefer it to Castlevania Aria games.
RuySan wrote:
I should have wrote "best straight platformer", because i don't know if i prefer it to Castlevania Aria games.
What's your favourite gay platformer?
Elton John?
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I've just noticed that utterly shameless but apparently very good iOS Wind Waker rip-off Oceanhorn recently got a PC release.
Apparently the hype on Pillars of Eternity was justified. Reviews are saying it's an instant classic.
I've just bought A Pixel Story from Steam and thought it worth highlighting to other people. My interest in it stems from the time I played it in a tent in front of the Dundee council building way back when it was an entrant in the Dare to be Digital contest; at which point it stood head and shoulders above the other entrants and was probably the only thing I was genuinely interested in seeing make it to a commercial product. The visual hook of the game is that as you progress you move through a number of 'generations' of platform game graphics and it's certainly a very pretty looking thing. Gameplay-wise there's a touch of Portal going on in that you have a magic hat which you can place anywhere you can reach, and which you can then teleport to from wherever else you are. Like Portal your direction and speed are retained when you emerge from the hat so you can use this to reach places you wouldn't otherwise be able to. I can't tell you for sure it's worth playing as I haven't seen any real reviews for it yet but I really loved the demo version I played all those years ago and am looking forward to getting my hands on the final version.
One of the articles I was reading about A Pixel Story linked to Bedlam because it does a similar 'through the years' approach but to FPSs rather then platform games. The other interesting thing about it is that it's a companion piece to a Christopher Brookmyre novel and he also wrote the plot/dialogue for the game. The game's in early access at the moment so no proper reviews--though the user reviews are generally positive--but definitely something worth keeping an eye on.
RuySan wrote:
Apparently the hype on Pillars of Eternity was justified. Reviews are saying it's an instant classic.
That's what I hear, everyone seems to be raving about it. Can't really justify purchasing it when I've still to start the latest Divine Divinity (and Baldurs Gate 2 Enhanced, Wasteland 2, The Witcher 1 & 2) though.
Which reminds me I still have to finish Dragon Age Inquisition before I start on any of those. By which time it should be on sale (or we will have games beamed directly into our brains).
Well, did you played Legend of Grimrock 2 already? I started last week and it's even better than the first. An absolute triumph in every way.
You can play that instead since it's half the price of Pillars.
As for the other RPG's of this golden age, i didn't like Shadowrun Returns, and from the comments from forums and such Wasteland 2 seems average.
Divinity:OS, on the other hand, seems brilliant, and it's probably my next purchance, since it's going to be a while until PoE gets a decent discout.
And yes, play The Witcher 2. It's spectacular.
You can play that instead since it's half the price of Pillars.
As for the other RPG's of this golden age, i didn't like Shadowrun Returns, and from the comments from forums and such Wasteland 2 seems average.
Divinity:OS, on the other hand, seems brilliant, and it's probably my next purchance, since it's going to be a while until PoE gets a decent discout.
And yes, play The Witcher 2. It's spectacular.
I wouldn't bother playing witcher 2 because it's been out over a year and (spoilers deleted -ed)
It's been out for very long, which means it's very slick and cheap. And still one of the best looking games around.
Haven't played Legend of Grimrock 1...bugger there's another two to add to the list.
LoG is a very different beast. It's an heir to Dungeon Master and Black Crypt and has lots of puzzles. Excellent ones (many inspired by Portal), in fact, and it's a much better game than its influences.
I'm generally 'over' point and click adventure games and have little time for the genre these days but The Charnel House Trilogy looks interesting and it's only a few quid and it's got bonus Jim Sterling so it's going on the wishlist.
I envision an alternative universe where point and click adventures are the most popular genre. There is no other genre more appropriate to tell a story, but unfortunately until recently these kind of adventures became stuck in a very conservative design.
I think there's huge potential in innovating the genre. Multiple solutions to puzzles, different endings, choices and consequences, a more dynamic pace....a game that implements these becomes immediately more interesting. "Life is Strange" is a nice start. Primordia is also another great one.
I think there's huge potential in innovating the genre. Multiple solutions to puzzles, different endings, choices and consequences, a more dynamic pace....a game that implements these becomes immediately more interesting. "Life is Strange" is a nice start. Primordia is also another great one.
I used to love them when I was younger but now when I think about them I just imagine pixel hunting through an environment and then constantly listening to NPCs repeat themselves while you laboriously try different combinations of items against the current puzzle. I think you're right that there's a lurking possibility of innovation revitalising things and certainly, having just finished Tiny Thief, there's evidence of scope in the format if someone would do something with it on a decent scale. Life Is Strange is on my wishlist so I'm curious now to see what it does and I'll look at Primordia as well.
Bamba wrote:
I used to love them when I was younger but now when I think about them I just imagine pixel hunting through an environment and then constantly listening to NPCs repeat themselves while you laboriously try different combinations of items against the current puzzle. I think you're right that there's a lurking possibility of innovation revitalising things and certainly, having just finished Tiny Thief, there's evidence of scope in the format if someone would do something with it on a decent scale. Life Is Strange is on my wishlist so I'm curious now to see what it does and I'll look at Primordia as well.
Moi aussi. I used to bloody love them. But I think part of the pleasure I derived from them was my childish enthusiasm for seeing what happens when you put two things together. It was a simple satisfaction that I could enjoy in some fantastically vivid and atmospheric worlds with great writing.
But as games have become more advanced and the potential for doing much more than x + y = this, I think point and click has suffered.
All games definitely shouldn't be the same, but I found going back to Grim Fandango on the Vita wasn't a fun experience. I felt bored - I simply wasn't enjoying the mechanics of it. And that's very sad.
Even more conservative point and clickers, like the ones from Daedalic, have hotspots to prevent pixel hunting. Other games, like the ones from Zombie Cow Studios, have so much funny lines from experimenting with the wrong combinations, that you kind even want to play it wrong.
I think Grim Fandango is terribly overrated, as it has lots of nonsensical and frustrating puzzles. It kind of bums that people are still stuck considering these classics as the best games of the genre (like the Richard Cobbett top25 whatever) and ignoring the current great games.
The Dream Machine is also amazing. One of the most beautiful games I've ever played.
You have to have some tolerance of teen cliches to fully enjoy life is strange, but even so is a big improvement on the Telltale formula.
I think Grim Fandango is terribly overrated, as it has lots of nonsensical and frustrating puzzles. It kind of bums that people are still stuck considering these classics as the best games of the genre (like the Richard Cobbett top25 whatever) and ignoring the current great games.
The Dream Machine is also amazing. One of the most beautiful games I've ever played.
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Life Is Strange is on my wishlist so I'm curious now to see what it does and I'll look at Primordia as well.
You have to have some tolerance of teen cliches to fully enjoy life is strange, but even so is a big improvement on the Telltale formula.
Engadget currently have an article listing "Nine surrealist games" here. I've played, or am aware of, the majority there but the final couple sound interesting.
SURREALISTa is part game, part interactive exhibit of the work of an Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico and is available on a name-your-price basis.
The Tender Cut is, well: "The Tender Cut is a first person interactive installation/exploration adventure game inspired by the "Il etait une fois" scene from Luis Bunuel's movie "Un Chien Andalou". It invites the viewer/player to dive into a surreal atmosphere, sharing the character's experience." Pretentious, bizarre and completely free.
SURREALISTa is part game, part interactive exhibit of the work of an Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico and is available on a name-your-price basis.
The Tender Cut is, well: "The Tender Cut is a first person interactive installation/exploration adventure game inspired by the "Il etait une fois" scene from Luis Bunuel's movie "Un Chien Andalou". It invites the viewer/player to dive into a surreal atmosphere, sharing the character's experience." Pretentious, bizarre and completely free.
Bamba wrote:
The Tender Cut is, well: "The Tender Cut is a first person interactive installation/exploration adventure game inspired by the "Il etait une fois" scene from Luis Bunuel's movie "Un Chien Andalou". It invites the viewer/player to dive into a surreal atmosphere, sharing the character's experience." Pretentious, bizarre and completely free.
You are getting downloaded.
I'm shit at Racing games, and generally hate the idea of racing in general (F1 is such a waste of TV time) -- but for some reason (read: hype-train) I bought Dirt Rally. It's quite fun, but I'm absolutely shit at going around corners with any speed. (Though I managed to come 4th in two tournaments vs the computer)
Does anyone have it ? If so we can LEADERBOARD COMPETE.
Should I spend £200 on a steering wheel + pedals + stick because, y'know, that'll make me a PRO DRIVER that might actually be able to make it round a hair-pin without either ricochetting off of the walls or just doing it at 1mpg?
edit: dedicated thread!
Does anyone have it ? If so we can LEADERBOARD COMPETE.
Should I spend £200 on a steering wheel + pedals + stick because, y'know, that'll make me a PRO DRIVER that might actually be able to make it round a hair-pin without either ricochetting off of the walls or just doing it at 1mpg?
edit: dedicated thread!
Just downloaded the 'new' Wolfenstein game. I liked the first one and I've read that this isn't just a half ass so I'm hopeful it can draw me in like the original did 
Also just downloading Project : Cars and again am hopeful about that. Currently playing GTAV.
Also just downloading Project : Cars and again am hopeful about that. Currently playing GTAV.
I am downloading Project Cars at the moment, i'll tell you what it's like in 2 days time... bloody internet speeds...
Trooper wrote:
I am downloading Project Cars at the moment, i'll tell you what it's like in 2 days time... bloody internet speeds...
VOTE GREENS FOR FASTER INTERNETS IN THE STICKS
Just installed Cars now. Will come back with my thoughts, but feel my system will struggle at 4k because apparently the Titan X has trouble with max settings at 1440p.
Edit. OK so it's installed and running. It automatically set itself to the highest settings sans the grass which I changed myself. Seems to run perfectly fine with no stuttering or input lag. I would run a benchmark but sadly FRAPS is stuck at 24 FPS and won't move and I know from experience it's certainly not running at that or I would feel it.
All seems OK, if a little samey. It feels and looks very similar to NFS : Shift. Whether it looks better? well I would imagine it does but due to it looking like NFS Shift it doesn't really seem any better to me.
Mind you I am from the NFS Underground camp so this game doesn't really offer an awful lot for me. I think I would have more fun with the new Dirt game.
Edit. OK so it's installed and running. It automatically set itself to the highest settings sans the grass which I changed myself. Seems to run perfectly fine with no stuttering or input lag. I would run a benchmark but sadly FRAPS is stuck at 24 FPS and won't move and I know from experience it's certainly not running at that or I would feel it.
All seems OK, if a little samey. It feels and looks very similar to NFS : Shift. Whether it looks better? well I would imagine it does but due to it looking like NFS Shift it doesn't really seem any better to me.
Mind you I am from the NFS Underground camp so this game doesn't really offer an awful lot for me. I think I would have more fun with the new Dirt game.
I must admit, that rally game looks the business, but I don't have a wheel, and I don't think I'll get one, so I'm curious how well it will work with an Xbox 360 controller.
360 controller works perfectly
lasermink wrote:
I must admit, that rally game looks the business, but I don't have a wheel, and I don't think I'll get one, so I'm curious how well it will work with an Xbox 360 controller.
If anything it's better with a joypad than a wheel right now. There's apparently something wrong with the force-feedback in the game and it's completely weird. (This is all from youtube video and forum posts etc, I don't have a wheel myself).
I use an Xbox one pad just fine.
Started playing Wolfenstein The Old Blood last night. It's really good
I've got a confession - I've never played a TellTale Games game so I've had a go at The Walking Dead. And I love it!
They seem filled with little bugs (animation bugs mainly) and some irritating bits (fuck me Lee walks slowly) and some other irritating bits (unskippable repeating dialogue) but overal it has been pretty interesting.
Episodes 1-3 were really good (I've got all 5), although I thought episode 2 should have been later on in the series, and episode 4 has been pretty good but the new characters are less interesting or nuanced as the earlier characters.
Also, as a black lead character Lee has been fantastic. Great voice acting throughout and I've been playing him as I'd expect him to act in the circumstances. It's great stuff.
They seem filled with little bugs (animation bugs mainly) and some irritating bits (fuck me Lee walks slowly) and some other irritating bits (unskippable repeating dialogue) but overal it has been pretty interesting.
Episodes 1-3 were really good (I've got all 5), although I thought episode 2 should have been later on in the series, and episode 4 has been pretty good but the new characters are less interesting or nuanced as the earlier characters.
Also, as a black lead character Lee has been fantastic. Great voice acting throughout and I've been playing him as I'd expect him to act in the circumstances. It's great stuff.
Bamba wrote:
Ori and the Blind Forest seems to be getting a lot of love at the moment so it's been firmly added to my wishlist. The Steam page for it's here. It's also out on the Xbone but who gives a shit about that?
I've just started playing this and it's beautiful. Also, I almost cried at the opening bit. Fucking brill 'twaz.
Saturnalian wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Ori and the Blind Forest seems to be getting a lot of love at the moment so it's been firmly added to my wishlist. The Steam page for it's here. It's also out on the Xbone but who gives a shit about that?
I've just started playing this and it's beautiful. Also, I almost cried at the opening bit. Fucking brill 'twaz.
Yeah, it's hella pretty. I'm looking forward to playing it sometime two years from now when it's cheap.
Turns out that Ori & The Blind Forest is a metroidvania game (seriously, I can't remember reading much about this at all except it being hard). Whilst Gueccameccamollymollymolly had personality Ori & The Blind Forest has charm.
Which makes me wonder: what did Metroid have? I should download one of them on the WiiU but I fear that after playing modern versions of these games that it'll only disappoint.
EDIT: Mind you, Symphony of the Night didn't; that was a reet cracking blast.
Which makes me wonder: what did Metroid have? I should download one of them on the WiiU but I fear that after playing modern versions of these games that it'll only disappoint.
EDIT: Mind you, Symphony of the Night didn't; that was a reet cracking blast.
If you gave up on Gueccameccamollymollymolly as it was too hard you can expect to see about 2 hours of Ori & The Blind Forest.
You might see the spectacular set piece at the end of the first world but it is there when you've seen it for the twentieth time you might be wondering if this is for me.
Not me.
I like it hard.
Fnar fnar.
You might see the spectacular set piece at the end of the first world but it is there when you've seen it for the twentieth time you might be wondering if this is for me.
Not me.
I like it hard.
Fnar fnar.
Saturnalian wrote:
If you gave up on Gueccameccamollymollymolly as it was too hard you can expect to see about 2 hours of Ori & The Blind Forest.
You might see the spectacular set piece at the end of the first world but it is there when you've seen it for the twentieth time you might be wondering if this is for me.
Not me.
I like it hard.
Fnar fnar.
You might see the spectacular set piece at the end of the first world but it is there when you've seen it for the twentieth time you might be wondering if this is for me.
Not me.
I like it hard.
Fnar fnar.
Yeah, I expect that. But I'll see it as far as I can for the sake of how pretty it apparently is. I'm basically donating money to cool indie game projects by buying it (whenever I do) and I have no problem with that.
I've done it. Thank god. Respect to the music peeps for making music that suited that section perfectly but wasn't ear drum stabbingly repetitive after the 30th listen.
The next section is really nice too with some gorgeous watery backgrounds (and joyous music again) that makes it feel that you've accomplished something.
This is a reet nice little game.
The next section is really nice too with some gorgeous watery backgrounds (and joyous music again) that makes it feel that you've accomplished something.
This is a reet nice little game.
I had my eye on Her Story already after Jim Sterling covered it but it's good to see another source agree that it's a good game. The gist of it is that you piece together the story of a murder by searching a police database of tagged interview clips and using the stuff that comes back in one search to get clues for further trawling. So, mechanically not that interesting, but by all accounts the writing and acting is top notch and the way the story reveals itself organically depending on how you decide to proceed is compelling. The Jim Sterling review is here and here's a video of him playing a few minutes of it for flavour:
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate is terribly dull. Maybe because it was a 2d castlevania i was quite excited for it, but as it turns out, it's just a boring 3d fighting and platformer game that happens to be played in a 2d plane.
Pillars of Eternity was a big disappointment. Baldur's Gate 2 it isn't. At all. Besides, i think i spent half of the 40 hours running time looking at loading screens.
Pillars of Eternity was a big disappointment. Baldur's Gate 2 it isn't. At all. Besides, i think i spent half of the 40 hours running time looking at loading screens.
To be completely honest since Fallout 3 got boring nothing has excited me in gaming really. There have been a few gems (such as South Park) but for the most part I have found it incredibly hard to find motivation to play games when they're all the same or crap. I guess that's what happens when you get to sample genius, then have it cruelly ripped from you when 7 years has to pass.
So for right now I'm not really gaming much. Not such a bad thing, I mean it is summer after all and what a lovely summer it's shaping up to be. So I've got all of my hopes pinned on Fallout 4 and November. If that fails to grab me then I will probably stop gaming, especially on a PC. It's massive bulky equipment with savage upgrade costs. The best thing about Fallout 4 though is that I should have no issues with it performance wise @ 4k. Yeah, it looks a wee bit dated but I will take a higher framerate at 4k any day.
So for right now I'm not really gaming much. Not such a bad thing, I mean it is summer after all and what a lovely summer it's shaping up to be. So I've got all of my hopes pinned on Fallout 4 and November. If that fails to grab me then I will probably stop gaming, especially on a PC. It's massive bulky equipment with savage upgrade costs. The best thing about Fallout 4 though is that I should have no issues with it performance wise @ 4k. Yeah, it looks a wee bit dated but I will take a higher framerate at 4k any day.
Ori & The Blind Forest: finished.
What a magnificent metroidvania game. I bloody loved every minute of that, even when I was getting smashed to bits.
Its certainly a looker but it sounds astonishing.
When these credits stop rolling I'll see how much percent of the game is done which, surely, will be an indication of how much fun I was having since I even went looking for optional stuff.
What a magnificent metroidvania game. I bloody loved every minute of that, even when I was getting smashed to bits.
Its certainly a looker but it sounds astonishing.
When these credits stop rolling I'll see how much percent of the game is done which, surely, will be an indication of how much fun I was having since I even went looking for optional stuff.
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