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Phoenotopia: Awakening. An actually really good Metroidvania/Zelda II-esque game based on an old Newgrounds game, apparently. Was just released for PC earlier this year, too. Pretty shocked it hasn't gotten more press, but that's probably because it's tougher than a mug. It can be "alleviated" a bit by setting the difficulty options, but make no mistake: this game can and will kick your ass - and I love it for that. Story's not half bad so far, either. It revolves around a young orphan named Gail who goes on a journey across the world to find out what happened to all the adults in her village after they were abducted by a mysterious force. Will update this post with full thoughts after finishing.
 
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Been playing Far Cry 3 the last few weekends. FC was always a series I knew of but never bothered to check out. Seen a video recommended to me called "How Far Cry 3 tells a story only a game can tell" and that got me interested to at least give it a shot. I'm enjoying it a lot so far, the story is interesting and I love the feeling of going from some wimpy frat boy to Rambo. At the second island and according to most it doesn't live up to the first but I'll see it through. Haven't heard much from the other games in the series. I may try Far Cry 2 next if I decide to play any of the other ones, Africa is such an underused setting in my opinion. And I hear it's brutal in it's difficulty which can be a great thing or horrible thing for me depending on how it's handled.

Fuck UPlay though. First game I've played where it's required.
 
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Belzebub diablo 1 mod

Much fun with (allegedly, I dunno) all the cut content back in plus 3 of the d2 classes added (barb, necro, assassin)
 
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Been playing around with the workshop for Black Mesa. Using stuff that makes certain elements a bit more like the original Half Life like BMS Classic and rebalanced human NPC's. Along with classic weapon sounds, enemy designs and music. (Still kept some of Black Mesa's tracks as well as Xen's thankfully.)

My favorite one would be the BMS Character Expansion mods. They make it so that lots of NPC's wear construction gear, hazmat suits, scientists not wearing their coats, ect. It even gives certain NPC's unique faces and character designs to make them stick out from everyone else. There's even added headcrab zombie variations. It all makes Black Mesa feel like a real place filled with all kinds of people handling different jobs, whereas before, it felt like it was just security officers and scientists.
 
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Jak X: Combat Racing on PS4, the PSN bundle containing it and the Jak games was on sale for 20 bucks and I couldn't resist. It's also one of the two Jak games I haven't played yet (the other being The Lost Frontier).

I'm enjoying it but some challenges are definitely up there in difficulty, my only complaint is that it (and the other games in the bundle) are direct PS2 ports rather than being remastered like the PS3's Jak and Daxer Collection was.
 
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Overcast said:
Been playing around with the workshop for Black Mesa. Using stuff that makes certain elements a bit more like the original Half Life like BMS Classic and rebalanced human NPC's. Along with classic weapon sounds, enemy designs and music. (Still kept some of Black Mesa's tracks as well as Xen's thankfully.)

My favorite one would be the BMS Character Expansion mods. They make it so that lots of NPC's wear construction gear, hazmaz suits, scientists not wearing their coats, ect. It even gives certain NPC's unique faces and character designs to make them stick out from everyone else. There's even added headcrab zombie variations. It all makes Black Mesa feel like a real place filled with all kinds of people handling different jobs, whereas before, it felt like it was just security officers and scientists.
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Yeah Black Mesa is awesome. I remember after Half Life 2 came out and totally blew me away I heard Valve were releasing the OG Half Life on the source engine. I was so excited but when I played it and it turned out to be just Half Life Source I was pretty disappointed.

Waited so many years for Black Mesa but it was totally worth the wait, it's everything I wanted and more from a remake of the first game. They did a really incredible job on it.
 
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the battle of polytopia

god help me, it's condensed 4x shit. i can't stop absorbing the game like crack because games run really fast.

also beat hazard 2, enter the gungeon, synthetik, and risk of rain 2.


I've been into games that give bursts of fun, not sit-downs like Civ 5 or JRPGS.
 
Being playing Frostpunk as of late and I swear to God that game doesn't pull punches in the very first scenario "A new home" Whenever you think "yep it runs" the game throws a wrench between your legs and you scramble to somehow solve it without jeopardizing your settlement.
 
Finally got off my lazy butt, and I just finished S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow Of Chernobyl (got the true ending).

Gotta say, while the last level and the like did kind of drag on a bit too long for my liking, I still overall really liked the game. Definitely worth all the praise it has garnered over the years. While I did have a few issues with it (no fast travel was one of them), it was still a title I would recommend whole heartedly.
 
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I recently got back into playing GTA 4. I forgot how uniquely the cars handle and find myself crashing into walls a lot. Plus I discovered new ways to complete missions that I thought were tediously difficult by taking a sniper rifle and climbing onto the nearest roof.
 
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Resonance of Fate.

I've tried to play this game at least three times before and quit immediately because the tutorial is complete garbage. It finally clicked on my fourth try and now I'm over nearly 50 hours in. It's actually not that complicated once you get it.

The game will still piss on your corpse if you make a mistake though.
 
Age of Decadence.
RPG set in Postapokalyptic remnants of Roman Empire.

Currently on my second playtrough. This time as Merchant from distant province Palestine.
 
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I Just finished Greedfall, I'm glad I didn't buy it at launch because its a bit shit. The setting is nice and the environment looks good but it ended up feeling like a soulless Risen clone. Whatever combat you decide to specialize into, its the same swing combo from the start of the game all the way to the end. Rather than being true open world it's areas connected by load screens and the fact they throw a small camp area at you every time you travel from one area to another. It turns simple fetch quests into tedious expeditions.

Also the native NPCs sounds like retarded welsh people
 
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The Ascent is a fucking gem. Playing it now.
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>start game
>12th tutorial pop-up in the first minute
>hold B to dismiss
>hold B
>no sprint button
>height mechanics in an isometric game
>"well that's an odd choice"
>find a new gun
>hold X to pick up
>level up
>every upgrade is an incremential increase
>choose +1.5% crit rate
>"hacking" is just another interact button
>some doors open with X, other doors have to be "hacked" with Y
>hold Y to hack
>encounter a non-hostile NPC robot
>firefight ensues, robot flees
>a speech bubble appears on top of the robot's head
>the bubble reads: "I'm noping the fuck out of here!"
>pause game
>quit game
>uninstall
>refund
 
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>start game
>12th tutorial pop-up in the first minute
>hold B to dismiss
>hold B
>no sprint button
>height mechanics in an isometric game
>"well that's an odd choice"
>find a new gun
>hold X to pick up
>level up
>every upgrade is an incremential increase
>choose +1.5% crit rate
>"hacking" is just another interact button
>some doors open with X, other doors have to be "hacked" with Y
>hold Y to hack
>encounter a non-hostile NPC robot
>firefight ensues, robot flees
>a speech bubble appears on top of the robot's head
>the bubble reads: "I'm noping the fuck out of here!"
>pause game
>quit game
>uninstall
>refund
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You're opinions may vary. I'm in it for the visuals, world build, and the soundtrack. Not some mechanics weirdo but I respect your opinion. For the price the game is fun. It's miles ahead of Cyberpunk

Edit:. No sprint button? What are you some call of duty faggot? There is a roll button because it's an isometric shooter. Fucking retard newfag.
 
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