This looks like it could be a fun colony-building style game. Also has a Kickstarter that just spun up.
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The PC Gaming Era | February 2019
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Your analysis is overly simplistic. There's a beauty to Morrowind where you can actually follow descriptions given to you to find your way, (or not and just use a caravan, it didn't force you to engage with it).
And in most modern RPGs, the pointers and objectives just seem necessary, because the game is designed around them. There's literally a mod for Skyrim that just ads proper descriptions, so that you actually play it without quest markers. If you know the player has a magic arrow telling them where to go, then you never need to explain how they know a magic treasure can be found in a specific part of the country, in a specific cave, where they need to find a specific spot, to open a specific tomb, and open a specific grave, etc.
No, instead you need to design this entire thing so that people can figure it out without playing "Car GPS simulator - the game".
6 days until 3D Realms new Quake 1 engine-powered FPS is revealed! Press outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, recently went hands-on with it. 1C Entertainment, who are also publishing Voidpoint's Ion Maiden, are backing this as well. In addition to Steam, it'll hit Xbox One, PS4, and Switch, too. A little Discord teaser...
The Division 2 is great, I forgot how fun it is to explore the city. Its a shame I have no friends that play games.
So you desire a game design that asks more from the player, correct?
More deductive reasoning and less hand-holding? A path that the player needs to figure out vs. one that is clearly laid out for them?
These are legitimate desires. Perhaps a casualty to the immediacy of modern game design where much like microwave ovens or always-online culture, most are accustomed to results at the snap of a finger.
Do you see another viable path that doesn't default into the archaic?
I'm down with what you're saying. I just don't see how we get there outside of ultra-niche productions that adhere to more hardcore designs of the past. That typically translates to low-budget passion projects that feel untenable on a larger scale. Shrink your audience and you shrink your production budget in simple math.
Honestly I kind of hope they do the same thing as all the other FPS throwbacks coming out recently and release it episode by episode. I really enjoy going back to each game every few months to do the next episode. Amid Evil has been especially great for that.
The talks been limited to 3DR-related discussion boards and the official Discord, but that will all change very soon. Some great Arcane Dimension and Thief mappers working on it, too. :)How did I not hear about this?
For those who were fans of Spies vs Mercs back in the day, Intruder just launched on Steam after many, many, many years being available only from the dev's site, as in I bought it back in 2015. It's not exactly the same, but it scratches the itch and is a ton of fun. For those looking for a unique, team-focused, stealth FPS, check it out. I think it's made by 2 people as well.
Spike Chunsoft just did a stream with Zanki Zero info, chat was actually not a complete dumpster fire. People were supportive over the change but you still had your two or three people screaming about censorship. Anyways, they revealed a trailer that showed off the gameplay more in depth and I'm excited to play it.
Speaking of which, I just saw a review of sorts of it over here.
I was already looking forward to it but not really expecting too much, and yet reading this actually got me pretty hyped.
Light spoilers ahead?
First there is thing I should have mentioned earlier, Zanki Zero focuses on themes that I didn't think I'd see in a commercial game.
Suicide, murder, adultery, pedophilia, incest, extortion, sexual abuse, and more… it goes further than most eroge I read in pursuing the various traumas of the characters and is honestly one game that would really need a trigger warning.
Everything I cited above, and it's not exhaustive, is shown in a very explicit and non-glorified way.
One scene in particular shows a kid being repeatedly stabbed while blood fly all over, the scene itself isn't portrayed in a comical way like Dangan Ronpa, it's just extremely raw and sick.
Definitely not for everyone.
Suicide, murder, adultery, pedophilia, incest, extortion, sexual abuse, and more… it goes further than most eroge I read in pursuing the various traumas of the characters and is honestly one game that would really need a trigger warning.
Everything I cited above, and it's not exhaustive, is shown in a very explicit and non-glorified way.
One scene in particular shows a kid being repeatedly stabbed while blood fly all over, the scene itself isn't portrayed in a comical way like Dangan Ronpa, it's just extremely raw and sick.
Definitely not for everyone.
I finished up my time with Mad Max recently. I can definitely say it is one of the most polished licensed games I have ever played. Didn't love everything but I really enjoyed the world and upgrading my character and car. I wasn't ready for that ending though :'(
There's a newly announced VR game called Boneworks that looks a lot like Half Life:
The game is actually in the Valve game master package on Steam, seems likely that Valve is either funding/publishing the game or buying the devs.
The game is actually in the Valve game master package on Steam, seems likely that Valve is either funding/publishing the game or buying the devs.
I'm a bit confused as to the pause/cancel policy of Humble Monthly.
If I cancel today or tomorrow, do I lose March's games or April's early unlocks? And would my keys be invalidated for March even though I've activated some?
If I cancel today or tomorrow, do I lose March's games or April's early unlocks? And would my keys be invalidated for March even though I've activated some?
If you would cancel/pause tomorrow or today you should lose access to Aprils games. March games should be fine.
You keep any keys that you have received.
If you pause/cancel, any bonuses are immediately removed (discount on the store, access to the Trove games), and you will not receive the upcoming games.
If you decide to claim this month's games early and then pause/cancel, you will still receive the remaining games since you have paid for that month. I'm not sure whether you will retain access to the bonuses or not though.
Cool, thanks. I'm trying to downgrade my sub but the only way that seems possible is to flat out cancel.
Green Man Gaming currently selling Devil May Cry 5 steam key for 27% off for VIP members. I think you just need an account to become a VIP member. Not sure how long this lasts but I think it's a weekend deal.
Wait...what? I'm ready for this.6 days until 3D Realms new Quake 1 engine-powered FPS is revealed! Press outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, recently went hands-on with it. 1C Entertainment, who are also publishing Voidpoint's Ion Maiden, are backing this as well. In addition to Steam, it'll hit Xbox One, PS4, and Switch, too. A little Discord teaser...
Humblebundle.com are doing similar offer to Uplay-
Buy Division 2, get one of 3 games.
EDIT: Voidu have the same promo as well
https://www.voidu.com/en/
Buy Division 2, get one of 3 games.
EDIT: Voidu have the same promo as well
https://www.voidu.com/en/
That will last until publishers/developers don't start pulling games from stores until 30% cut is lowered XD
Hmmm. Got in early enough on CDKeys that it's still worth it. If you could play the games on offer immediately, I'd have blown off my earlier pre-order already and gotten one with this deal. I don't know what they were thinking. On March 15 and for a good long time afterwards, I'll be playing TD2.
I actually don't think the kind of thing I'm asking for runs counter to fast-travel and other niceties. It's just about realizing the strengths the old games had, and what was lost in the path to convenience, as you said. And it's baffling to me how someone like Todd Howard seems entirely unaware of this. Now, I get that he wasn't lead designer on Morrowind back in day, but he still helped make it happen, and it's hard for me to believe he doesn't understand how much was lost in quest design, and more over, the writing itself.
So to answer you question: No, I don't expect to see this outside of "indie" productions, but I don't feel it would take much from big AAA games to allow for this kind of gameplay: If you have better descriptions, than everyone profits as it makes the world more believable. A more simulationist approach to RPG design doesn't have to cost that much more money, I don't think so. Just allow people to turn off these objectives and detective modes or whatever, but make sure the game still - in principle - works without them. If you keep them in mind while designing quests, I think you can find creative solutions that allow people to get to where they need to be, or do what they need to do, by simply listening and reading. Of course the information shouldn't be spoon-fed to you. It should be natural: Say you need to find a bandits lair, instead of the magic objective marker, let me ask people in a local shady tavern, (and with a speech check) one of them might mark the rough location on my map (and maybe warn the bandits, so they'd set up an ambush)
Sorry for the delay, I was sleeping.
Everything about Northgard screams real-time Civilization.
There are victory conditions other than "kill everyone."
There are professions for your units that you can specialize in - you can choose and change these. They usually amount to stuff like "this is a carpenter," "this is a scout," and "this is a woodcutter." This is very Settlers-esque as opposed to a StarCraft where the different units all amount to different ways of killing things.
You have ways to increase "Notoriety" which is basically Civilisation's "Culture" and has a victory condition tied to it - "Fame."
It is why I am so excited to have it in the Humble Monthly as I've had my eye on it ever since it came out since it appeals to me as a person who likes games like Civ, Settlers, or Anno as opposed to StarCraft or Warcraft.
It is more like an Age of Empires meets Civilisation.
A good Giant Bomb Quick Look about the game.
I've been keeping an eye on this as well, very promising after how good the Ion Maiden preview was.6 days until 3D Realms new Quake 1 engine-powered FPS is revealed! Press outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, recently went hands-on with it. 1C Entertainment, who are also publishing Voidpoint's Ion Maiden, are backing this as well. In addition to Steam, it'll hit Xbox One, PS4, and Switch, too. A little Discord teaser...
I am wondering if Windows XP compatibility messes up The Steam Overlay. There are a few old games that I need to set to either Windows XP or Windows 7 comp. for them to run. Games that I set comp. to Win 7 will get steam overlay on them, but NOT Windows XP games. Is there a workaround for this to force Steam overlay onto a game that is run with Windows XP compatibility?
No problem! We'll continue to bring awesome games, both new and classics, to the PC.
One question if you can answer, DMC 5 is getting a pre-load on Steam? 3 days before the launch like RE2?
6 days until 3D Realms new Quake 1 engine-powered FPS is revealed! Press outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, recently went hands-on with it. 1C Entertainment, who are also publishing Voidpoint's Ion Maiden, are backing this as well. In addition to Steam, it'll hit Xbox One, PS4, and Switch, too. A little Discord teaser...
Oh yeah
What about supporting 1:1/raw mouse input in these ports? Resident Evil 2 still hasn't been fixed.
Do you have any examples that people could try?
Sorry but can you do something with regional prices for Ace Attorney Trilogy on Steam? It cost the same in RU/CIS region as in USA and EU, while we have significantly lower income than in ROW regions
Who is in charge of regional prices for Capcom games on Steam and why he keeps doing this? At least russians had their regional prices before, but now even they have matched to US price.
Well there is sherlock holmes awakening.
Set it to win xp compat.and then run it and see if steam overlay runs.
I finally take a serious look on Left Alive today and think it looks awesome. Yes, animations are fairly janky and SFX seems dated, but the gameplay sounds very interesting. Definitely going to give it a try eventually.
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