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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    Original FFT was amazingly fun.
    The game had tons of character classes, each with unique abilities. Characters could switch back and forth between classes and use the skills they had learned in a prior class. The world was deceptively large and players could beat the game having only explored a tiny fraction of the possibilities as far as character development and party construction.

    Is it any surprise that I loved the calculator class?

    I still have some open goals from FFT that I never got to. I.e. I never fully leveled up a summoner to learn the final spell that he can only learn in a single boss fight, if he's targeted by it and survives. Blue-mage style.

    I never did the Deep Dungeon to completion, finding all the unique items therein.


    FFTA on the GBA was pretty bad. The characters were all OP. I beat the game in no time, w/o ever grinding levels. The strategic challenge was so minimal that I didn't even care to grind out the exploration of the parts I'd missed.
    I would highly recommend you get EPSXE and play FFT 1.3. The rebalance makes the weaker classes like Archer and Priest competitive with the original crushers like Monks and Uniques. The mega-OP swordskills are nerfed to hell as well so the game doesn't become EZ mode once you get Agrias/Orlandu. You also can't grind levels and master jobs in Chapter 1 then steamroll the game, because the enemies level with you and gets better equipment than you can currently get from shops . It really forces you to keep your levels minimal and do more with less JP.

    I've only made one serious run at the game and got stuck over-leveled toward the end of chapter 3. I've been meaning to take another crack at it.
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    I'm going to look into it. I have such nostalgia for FFT.

    I recall making an uber-Mostadio at one point.
    I leveled him up to 100, turned him into a mime, walked him back and forth over the level trap on one of the fight screens until he was level 1 again. Switch class to ninja, level back to 100. Switch back to mime, drop him back to 1.

    Character stats go up/down on level up/down based on class. Mime class had terrible stat growth. Ninja had great speed buff when leveling. Other classes could pump various other stat on level up. Just always level back down as Mime.

    He was more OP than Orlandu.
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    Yeah, they got rid of level down traps with the mod. Also, funny you mentioned Mustadio. He's actually one of the best characters in 1.3 if you give him two swords and Arm Aim. The AI is so good at reviving characters that sometimes its more useful to disable them than to kill them.
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    Dayum. I bet the fight screen that sometimes spawns a dozen monks is murder (as if it wasn't already the only really challenging fight outside of the main quest).

    Have they fixed the Lancer class's CT on hit timing? The lancer was potentially a great class, but since you couldn't tell when their jump would land, you couldn't really take full advantage of their raw power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    Dayum. I bet the fight screen that sometimes spawns a dozen monks is murder (as if it wasn't already the only really challenging fight outside of the main quest).

    Have they fixed the Lancer class's CT on hit timing? The lancer was potentially a great class, but since you couldn't tell when their jump would land, you couldn't really take full advantage of their raw power.
    Almost all of the encounters have changed to something more challenging. There are a few funny maps where you have to fight like 10 of a class. Lancers have had their speed buffed substantially and the jump skill always had a cast time of 2x speed. You still have to plan for when it will land, but it will generally land faster.


    BTW, there's a comprehensive FFT mechanics faq on gamefaqs.com that I would advise reading. It explains how all damage is calculated, how all of the support/reaction skills work, and how the CT system works. Also complicated shit like reflect trajectories (of which the AI is completely capable of abusing now) and mime. If you're in tune with how the CT system works, you should be able to get your jumps through the vast majority of the time.
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    female ninja with knight break skills and monk barehanded support ability + ribbon and chantage is unkillable. F sword skills.

    Is solo weigraf even beatable in 1.3? And did they mess with the broken perfumes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    female ninja with knight break skills and monk barehanded support ability + ribbon and chantage is unkillable. F sword skills.

    Is solo weigraf even beatable in 1.3? And did they mess with the broken perfumes?
    Ninjas are still good in 1.3. Speed in general is enhanced in value because its so important remove the AI's options before he gets a chance to act on them. It's a big trade-off though because a few bad hit rolls early on will cause speedy mushy guys to diminish in value when the war of attrition starts. You need at least a couple of characters that can take a few hard hits, and most your characters need to be capable of reviving and healing. You also need a dedicated thief to grab some of the gear when most of the story battle enemies are at the next tier of gear from you. But if you get too greedy and bring two thieves, you risk your battles drawing out for too long and you end up over-leveling.

    Re: Wiegraf, I got stuck on the battle just before that (outside the castle with the a-hole archers on the ramparts), so I don't know how tough he is. From what I understand the solo part isn't that much more difficult, but after he changes form is insane. All of the zodiac bosses have like 5x more HP, the chapter 2 finisher was extremely difficult for me to beat without cheesing the game mechanics to the max.

    Biggest 1.3 tips: 1) Never underestimate the AI's capability to revive and heal its entire team while killing one of your guys, turning what seemed like a decisive advantage into a 20 minute slog that you end up losing. 2) Take great advantage of inheriting skills from crystallized foes, in lieu of spending precious XP to grind the job points for those skills.

    Edit: 3) Roll some 70/70, 69/70, or 70/69 Br/Fa generics with the money from your first battle. Brave in particular is super-important since it is the chance that your reaction skills fire. Also try to take advantage of zodiac compatibility or, at the very least, make sure none of your team is very incompatible with one another.

    BTW here's a page with all of the data on jobs, items, monsters, etc.

    http://www.insanedifficulty.com/idwiki/index.php?title=Final_Fantasy_Tactics_1.3



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    Has anybody played / checked out "The Beginner's Guide," yet?

    It's about a 90 minute interactive play-through, made by the same people as "The Stanley Parable." There are undeniable similarities in the look and feel of the two games. It's more of an interactive story than a game.

    I wasn't going to suggest it, 'cause it's kind of a weird "game" and invoked an emotional response from me that was not altogether pleasant at first. That said, I can't get it out of my head. There are hidden depths to it which keep gnawing at my brain. I find that the more I think about it, the more I appreciate it. I hate to sound cheesy, but - it's deep.

    If you're into quirky, psychologically involved games, this is a brilliantly metaphorical exploration of loneliness and obsession.
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    I just want to throw out that me and one of my girls have gotten hours and hours out of Don't Starve Together. The collection of mods is pretty obscene at this point, and aside from the additions from the Reign of Giants expansion, there's a ton of content and advanced world creation options that you can get into.

    We tend to leave some of the bigger pains in the ass out of the game since we're both semi-afk a lot while we're playing. This includes all/most of the giants, treeguards, etc. We leave the hounds on, though, and from the increased numbers that come to scale up for the number of people playing, it keeps us pushing along so that we don't get bored.
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    Metal gear solid v. Never played any of the series before and only bought one because I had a free evening and figured I'd get a game to kill a fee hours. But jesus fuck this game is awesome. And massive. And I suck at it so much that each mission, of which there are 150+, takes me about 2 hrs.
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    Yeah, I'd immediately get MGSV if I had the time to play it, but I haven't even finished Dying Light yet and I bought that at launch.

    Star Wars Battlefront beta was fucking fantastic. It has item pickups that spawn periodically so it creates timings to contest points much like Quake Arena did. The weapons are pretty much hitscan. None of that realism bullshit. I've heard complaints about random spray patterns, but those come from idiots who try to snipe cross map. It's fast as fuck. The map you have in the beta has both choke points that you have to just force your team through and step over their dead bodies like Normandy in BF1942. And then there are open areas with a maze of trenches. Most things I've heard about it so far were negative, and all their arguments are retarded. I haven't had this much fun with a shooter since Quake Arena. It's that good.

    I'll wait till well after launch to pick it up tho, cos EA and stuff, but if they don't fuck it up, and god I hope they don't fuck it up, it will be amazing.
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    Quake Arena was probably the greatest deathmatch experience ever. Half-Life was damn good, even though it often gets overshadowed by Counter-Strike, but the weapon selection was perfect, the speed was on point, and it looked great for the time. But if Half-Life DM was a nicely rolled spliff, Quake Arena was an eight ball of uncut blow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post

    Star Wars Battlefront beta was fucking fantastic. It has item pickups that spawn periodically so it creates timings to contest points much like Quake Arena did. The weapons are pretty much hitscan. None of that realism bullshit. I've heard complaints about random spray patterns, but those come from idiots who try to snipe cross map. It's fast as fuck. The map you have in the beta has both choke points that you have to just force your team through and step over their dead bodies like Normandy in BF1942. And then there are open areas with a maze of trenches. Most things I've heard about it so far were negative, and all their arguments are retarded. I haven't had this much fun with a shooter since Quake Arena. It's that good.
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    I saw tons of reviews blabbering about the graphics, but when I shot a rock... I saw the individual dust particles. The only thing true-ish about the whining was that Luke and Vader could be a bit better. Also, Im upset the storm troopers didnt Wilhelm scream.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKDS View Post
    I saw tons of reviews blabbering about the graphics, but when I shot a rock... I saw the individual dust particles. The only thing true-ish about the whining was that Luke and Vader could be a bit better. Also, Im upset the storm troopers didnt Wilhelm scream.
    I did not think we would get graphics like that in 2015 and have the game be that playable at the same time. I'm excited but with reservations. The elephant in the room is obviously the publisher, and the fact that there's already a $50 season pass for a $60 game. It will be less on g2a, but it's still a bad sign.
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    I'm usually not for story driven games. I'm probably not going back to Alien Isolation because it drags itself out too much. I played like 15 min. of the new Wolfenstein and hated how it forced you through the levels. I did eventually get through the Walking Dead, but I'm not a fan of how obvious it is that your choices don't influence anything. That game saves itself by having a great story though.

    The pacing of Tomb Raider is perfect. You kill some things, then you move on to the next cutscene. There are no endless wave of enemies, not everyone you meet is hostile. You can make somewhat strategic decisions. You get just the right level of: do you want to explore, or just get on with it? The acting and animation is good enough that I have no desire to mash the skip button. The camera movement is very well done. It feels almost like playing a 2&1/2 D platformer. you hardly need to control the camera at all. The only other game I remember that used camera movement like that was the first Silent Hill. It's not quite the same level of genius, but it's very good.

    Only about 1hr in, but so far I'm loving it. To mention the obvious: you get to look at a very nice cgi butt for the entire game. An underused asset in video games if I may say so myself.
    So I finally got around to playing Tomb raider (lol 18 months after ^ this post) and yeah, it's pretty good. There are some niggles that stop it from reaching the pinnacle of action/adventure gaming but the tight controls (95% of the time anyway), great graphics and solid pacing have made for a fun experience so far. Would recommend.

    I'm about 10 hours in I think, and haven't skipped a cutscene yet either.
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    You need to finish RDR, trust me. You won't be herding cattle and shooting crows the whole time.

    Deadspaces look cool but really no time to play them at the moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luco View Post
    So I finally got around to playing Tomb raider (lol 18 months after ^ this post) and yeah, it's pretty good. There are some niggles that stop it from reaching the pinnacle of action/adventure gaming but the tight controls (95% of the time anyway), great graphics and solid pacing have made for a fun experience so far. Would recommend.

    I'm about 10 hours in I think, and haven't skipped a cutscene yet either.
    One of the few games I have actually finished. The boss battle at the end is kind of dull, but what boss battle isn't. Rise of the Tomb Raider comes out in a couple of months... What a great year for video games 2015 was, and I played hardly any of them. I feel like taking a month off just to play games. I'm just getting started with CS:GO after having it in my steam library for a couple of years. I'm improving at Dota, so I want to get at least a game in every day, and LOTV is coming out so I need to practice my Starcrafts and get decent again. Overwatch beta just started. Witcher 3... no chance in hell I'd have time to finish that.
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    I went ahead and got a PS4 with a few games. Looking forward to playing Fallout 4 the day it's released, and will hopefully pickup MGSV at Xmas.

    Has anyone played Until Dawn? Any good?
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    Finished Tomb Raider. Pretty decent game and worth a look if you can find it cheap. High production values and it runs great even on my (slightly outdated) PC hardware - the whole game is very much GPU bound so any half decent processor should play it fine.

    Slightly disappointed with how easy the game was (played on hard), but I think my biggest niggle with this game is that it doesn't seem to know what sort of game it is. The developers call it a survival game but it clearly isn't - one of your first missions has you out foraging and hunting for something to eat, but after that you don't have to eat a single thing for the rest of the game if you don't want to. There are elements of heavy action but they're widely dispersed, I think it's primarily an adventure game at heart - but mostly it's just a vehicle for Lara's origin story. Also there's a disconnect between the cutscenes and the gameplay - frequently lara will be limping, clutching her side, tending a wound etc in cutscenes but as soon as you're back in control her movement is as fluid and normal as ever and it can be jarring

    Lots to like about TR though so I'm definitely looking forward to Rise of the Tomb Raider next month
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    Until dawn looked like fun but will need to pick up a PS4 before I can enjoy that game, the new Uncharted, the new Hitman and Fallout 4.
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    Word of warning - if you ever hear of a game called Gone Home do NOT be fooled by the words 'Award winning', 'critically acclaimed' or anything else you hear - this game is horrendously shite, it's so fucking awful that it may have given me a stomach ulcer

    Oh my god what a piece of trite, prententious nonsense. Worst game I've ever played, and I've played Superman 64
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoopy View Post
    I went ahead and got a PS4 with a few games. Looking forward to playing Fallout 4 the day it's released, and will hopefully pickup MGSV at Xmas.

    Has anyone played Until Dawn? Any good?
    Hoops have you played the Last of Us?

    I'm getting a ps4 for xmas and TLoU remastered is high on my list. I swear to god that game stayed with me for weeks after I finished it*, so so so good

    Also, uncharted 4 in 2016! please please please naughty dog don't fuck up your god tier franchise, make it gooooood

    *in an emotional sense, I didn't physically carry it around like gollum with his precious or anything
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luco View Post
    *in an emotional sense, I didn't physically carry it around like gollum with his precious or anything
    -.-

    I wasn't even thinking that until you said it, now I can't stop thinking that it's all lies.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    -.-

    I wasn't even thinking that until you said it, now I can't stop thinking that it's all lies.


    LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luco View Post
    Word of warning - if you ever hear of a game called Gone Home do NOT be fooled by the words 'Award winning', 'critically acclaimed' or anything else you hear - this game is horrendously shite, it's so fucking awful that it may have given me a stomach ulcer

    Oh my god what a piece of trite, prententious nonsense. Worst game I've ever played, and I've played Superman 64
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    Why you should be playing tf2 (aside from being free2play):



    The engineer heals the building and the building heals the engineer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    Why you should be playing tf2 (aside from being free2play):

    The engineer heals the building and the building heals the engineer.
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    Hoops have you played the Last of Us?

    I'm getting a ps4 for xmas and TLoU remastered is high on my list. I swear to god that game stayed with me for weeks after I finished it*, so so so good

    Also, uncharted 4 in 2016! please please please naughty dog don't fuck up your god tier franchise, make it gooooood

    *in an emotional sense, I didn't physically carry it around like gollum with his precious or anything
    Nope not yet. It's one of the main games I really wanted to play on the PS3, after I tried the demo ages ago. The remastered copy is sitting next to the PS4 waiting to be played in the near future.

    Currently I've been playing Thief quite a bit, overall it's been a worthwhile game and the price (£10-15) is good for what you get. The devs have done a excellent job making the environments and the overall feel/control of the game really works for stealth and stealing. Only knock I have against it is the lack of a fast travel system or a way to easily replay missions.

    Got Broken Age through PS+, decent point + click puzzle game with with strong writing & humor. Story has a few problems near the end and I don't think it has much replay value. Still fun to complete.

    Super Meat Boy (PS+) - A game designed for masochists by sadists.

    Fallout 4 - Only just started but have already been murdered by various nasties.
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    I think I have thief in my steam library, I will have to check it out some time

    Let us know when you get round to TLOU
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    I've just started getting into CS:GO and I currently have no desire to play any other shooter. I can't believe I haven't discovered it earlier.
    There are a couple of things I wish someone had told me before starting, like to not ever play casual to rank up and just play Deathmatch and Arms Race instead because you'll actually learn more. And not to queue any maps outside the active duty group in competitive because you'll never play an actual game of cs:go there, these maps are exclusively for smurfs, trolls and derankers. Other than that the community is pretty great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
    I've just started getting into CS:GO and I currently have no desire to play any other shooter. I can't believe I haven't discovered it earlier.
    There are a couple of things I wish someone had told me before starting, like to not ever play casual to rank up and just play Deathmatch and Arms Race instead because you'll actually learn more. And not to queue any maps outside the active duty group in competitive because you'll never play an actual game of cs:go there, these maps are exclusively for smurfs, trolls and derankers. Other than that the community is pretty great.
    I just love tf2 because it's cartoonish and you can do goofy shit in it. Like Hadouken taunt-kill as the pyro or have the enemy healer pocket you as a spy disguised as a heavy.
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    None of my friends play TF2 unfortunately, and with no matchmaking it's not something I would play solo.
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    Check out those black friday deals, good time to get some good vids.

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    So Fallout 4 is amazing! Amirite?
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    Is Fallout 4 worth buying before waiting out the edition of the game with all the downloadable content a year down the road?

    edit and that's to say, I loved fallout 3 when I played it the first time round, but I don't care for a newer fallout 3 + minecraft + borderlands 2.
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    I haven't played Fallout 4, but I've heard mostly good things.

    Most of the actual criticism is on stuff you already expect and have already accepted from Bethesda, so it's moot.

    The only criticism that really stands out is that the main character is voiced, which kills the personalized, imagined RP of the player.

    It looks cool. The minecraft part (settlement building) is optional from what I understand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    Is Fallout 4 worth buying before waiting out the edition of the game with all the downloadable content a year down the road?

    edit and that's to say, I loved fallout 3 when I played it the first time round, but I don't care for a newer fallout 3 + minecraft + borderlands 2.
    $$ wise, always wait. The GOTY edition goes on Steam sale for cheap, with all expansions, and likely many of the bugs worked out already.

    With that said, do you have a fun game that you're playing right now? If not, fallout 4 is a fun game.

    Cons
    - Almost no tutorial. For anything. This likely wont get patched
    - Its harder than fallout 3 / NV
    - If you like settlement building, you're practically forced to read about it online and learn how to do it right. You also have to constantly defend them. (I swear, every hour it tells me that one is under attack, and if I dont stop it...my town is destroyed. Regardless of how many turrets I set up)
    - Lots of RP elements are almost non existent. I've run into 1 intelligence check so far. Charisma is cool, but you dont get as much outta it this time around.
    - The water is terrible, lol bethesda.
    - But...I havent run into an irreparable bug yet. Never been forced to load a prior save.

    Pros
    - Everything else that you like about fallout 3
    - Its harder
    - You get a dog early
    - Modding guns/armor is fun
    - You can pretty freely pick perks. The 0-100 scale thing is gone, and all perks are available if you have enough SPECIAL points in that tree.
    - The enemies are FANTASTIC compared to the other fallouts. Everything is more deadly/scary, with the odd exception of the deathclaw.
    - Settlement building is actually pretty fun. I made an interment camp for one...barbed wire and spotlights and everything. Im not a good person.
    - Character creator is decent, and you can change your appearance later.
    - Sometimes, locations change. Thats cool!
    - Companions dont die.

    All in all, I'm having a lot of fun. I think the good outweighs the bad, and the story is pretty good so far. $60 is a lot for a game though...so figure out if you got other things to do now or if waiting bothers you at all (great chance of spoilers, etc).
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    Yeah, I'll skip it. I pretty much waste my time in TF2, but I'll just grab Witcher 3 for now.
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    Picked up mortal kombat x premium edition (includes almost all the DLC) on steam for £6, bargain

    Thoroughly enjoying it so far, D'vorah and Ferra are neat additions to the lineup even if all the other 'new' characters are meh.

    Too early for me to say if it's balanced etc but I got to beat someone up by tossing an old lady at them




    11/10 would toss again
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    Tesco (major supermarket chain in uk) are selling old xbox 360 games for under £5. Just bought splinter cell blacklist, cod advanced warfare, and splashed out a tenner on dragon age: inquisition, which I'm quite excited about. It's quite convenient being several years behind.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rong View Post
    Tesco (major supermarket chain in uk) are selling old xbox 360 games for under £5. Just bought splinter cell blacklist, cod advanced warfare, and splashed out a tenner on dragon age: inquisition, which I'm quite excited about. It's quite convenient being several years behind.
    Oh man dragon age, there goes your social life - that's easily 80 hours to finish
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    Is Fallout 4 worth buying before waiting out the edition of the game with all the downloadable content a year down the road?

    edit and that's to say, I loved fallout 3 when I played it the first time round, but I don't care for a newer fallout 3 + minecraft + borderlands 2.
    I picked it up on release day, something that I don't usually do. Very good game that's worth it now unless you have a pile of games to play through.
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    Yeah, I'll skip it. I pretty much waste my time in TF2, but I'll just grab Witcher 3 for now.
    Witcher 3


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    Any of you who consider yourself a gamer simply MUST play Undertale.

    It's 8-bit graphics. It starts out slow... almost tedious... but witty in an endearing way. OMG, though... I feel like they directed all that effort that could have gone into graphics straight into awesome gameplay. The characters are actually developed. There are multiple story lines, depending on the level of killing you perform while you play. The story modes are drastically different, and the development of the characters is interwoven into these alternate story lines.

    In the late game, one of the bosses shatters the 4th wall in a way that developers are usually either too timid to approach or too ineffective at doing it without destroying immersion.

    Man... every time I feel like, "OK, I've played it. This is what it is." it floors me with a plot twist or development which seems so out of character for the 8-bit look of the game. It's like they are playing on the simple 8-bit look to repeatedly tag you with a well-developed story and clever gameplay.

    Play this game.

    Then play it again, but don't kill anything. Stay LV 0 throughout the entire game. Dodge every boss's attack and spare them all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
    Yeah, I'll skip it. I pretty much waste my time in TF2, but I'll just grab Witcher 3 for now.
    Witcher 3 was amazing. But...

    1) the menus take some getting used to, because there's so much going on.

    2) the maps are freaking huge, overwhelmingly so. If you're a completionist, you'll want to take your time and go almost at a snails pace. But I thought it was worth it
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    Any of you guys have a 360/one and want a free download for fallout 3? I have one so first come first served, unless I like someone more than you.
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    I have a 360 and I dont have fallout 3

    Been playing the last of us multiplayer a lot lately, its really fun
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luco View Post
    I have a 360 and I dont have fallout 3

    Been playing the last of us multiplayer a lot lately, its really fun
    Is that a you would like it?

    If so just drop me a pm and I'll reply with the code.
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    Anyone get Tom Clancy's The Division? Also, who puts their name in the title of things? What a tool.
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    Overwatch is in open beta for everyone until the 9th!
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    I'm digging Hyper Light Drifter. It's an interdasting hybrid of Super Metroid + Zelda LTTP. Those are probably two of the top five best games of all time, so....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Renton View Post
    I'm digging Hyper Light Drifter. It's an interdasting hybrid of Super Metroid + Zelda LTTP. Those are probably two of the top five best games of all time, so....
    This looks great. I'll probably end up snagging this in the next day or two.

    Any idea on playtime and replayability? I'm looking for some low graphics game I can bring with me for my international trip.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    This looks great. I'll probably end up snagging this in the next day or two.

    Any idea on playtime and replayability? I'm looking for some low graphics game I can bring with me for my international trip.
    Playtime seems pretty long, maybe 20-40 hours. Replayability I'm not sure. Probably not great. As far as bringing it on a trip, you'll need a controller to play the game proficiently.
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    The Doom single player campaign is a piece of art. Haven't enjoyed myself that much with a single player campaign since the Enemy Unnkown. *can't imagine it being any good on console tho.



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    Limbo is free on Steam right now. Playdead's new game is about to be released. I payed $20 for Limbo and I was fine with that. Definitely worth getting while it's free:
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/
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    I was telling my buddy who never got into gaming about how there's a thriving indie game scene now. Limbo looks cool, but is there something better or just something else I should point him to to check out? Remember, he's not a gamer, so I'm thinking things that are heavy on mood and/or story, and light on complex mechanics.
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    Brothers: a tale of two sons - controller required - $2 on sale right now. Buy this. everyone.
    This above all

    Contrast - neat puzzle platformer in film noir style with a good soundtrack. Has some frustrating parts, but overall very good. We Happy Few The new game by the same developer is coming out next month.

    Lovers in a dangerous space time - couch co-op. If you have a couch and a means to play games on said couch, you should buy this.
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    Is anyone planning to pick up No Man's Sky? I'm trying to avoid writing so it's very tempting (this afternoon at least) to pick up.
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    idk... I'd wait for the reviews. It's the #1 Steam best seller even though it's not even out yet. That's ridiculous. Why are people so confident in this game?
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    Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
    idk... I'd wait for the reviews. It's the #1 Steam best seller even though it's not even out yet. That's ridiculous. Why are people so confident in this game?
    If I had to buy or sell stocks in this game I'd sell solely because the expectations for this game have been set so high. It looks fun but I think people are sold on the concept of the game and will get bored quickly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    If you haven't (A) downloaded and played Inside you should (B) be embarrassed at your own existence.
    If I've already done B, then do I still have to do A?

    This is the first I've heard of the game.
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    The Witness is kind of great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    If I had to buy or sell stocks in this game I'd sell solely because the expectations for this game have been set so high. It looks fun but I think people are sold on the concept of the game and will get bored quickly.
    I have a feeling that used copies of the game will be plentiful and cheap in a few weeks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    If you haven't downloaded and played Inside you should be embarrassed at your own existence.
    Meh... I'm waiting for a sale.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingnat View Post
    I have a feeling that used copies of the game will be plentiful and cheap in a few weeks.
    But it won't matter because I'm a fucking feeesh, and just bought the game at maximum price on the ps store.
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    I may be alone in this, but I don't think the game looks fun. The graphics look pretty lame and due the lack of direction, whilst the universe looks vast, which is cool, it also looks kinda dull and empty.

    But I've based that off two videos I've seen, so hopefully I'm wrong.
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    That's heady. It took me like 7 scrolls up and down to get that comic.

    There's now a flow chart in my head which describes why that comic should be funny, but isn't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    That's heady. It took me like 7 scrolls up and down to get that comic.

    There's now a flow chart in my head which describes why that comic should be funny, but isn't.
    Is there something extra subtle that I'm missing because he's playing SC2, and not SC, or even WC2, or Diablo... I'm clearly missing something. #oldasballs
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingnat View Post
    Is there something extra subtle that I'm missing because he's playing SC2, and not SC, or even WC2, or Diablo... I'm clearly missing something. #oldasballs
    Rather than the light of day being the annoying thing which distracts him from his SC2 game, it's not the sun or outside world, but other games he finds to be the annoying intrusion.

    Or I don't get it either.

    My prior post meant that it's a funny point, but it's really an intellectual kind of funny, and not a lol kind of funny. It leaves me wondering if I'm supposed to pity him or if I'm supposed to ridicule him.
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