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Posted June 27, 2019
Man, people must really hate Rage, Mad Max, and Fishing Simulator. XD
Post edited June 27, 2019 by tinyE
Posted June 27, 2019
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Greywolf234: Does anyone know if Ryse Son of Rome any good?
Neither great nor as bad as people make it out to be. It's a very linear experience and only 6-7 hours long, story is somewhat interesting but not particularly sophisticated or surprising, and combat is a bit in the style of Arkham games perhaps, but more QTE-heavy. IIRC there wasn't much of a difficulty curve either. If all of that doesn't bother you, it's quite enjoyable and alright. Like a blockbuster movie, not an innovative and thought-provoking work of art, but I kind of liked it (played with a gamepad, not sure if it's fun with keyboard controls).
Post edited June 27, 2019 by Leroux
Posted June 27, 2019
Talos Principle is one of the best games in recent few years and CroTeam went crazy and won't put it on GOG, so getting that is definitely a reasonable purchase.
Posted June 27, 2019
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XYCat: ...CroTeam went crazy and won't put it on GOG...
Because in their eyes we're all just a bunch of filthy pirates - notwithstanding the fact that it's probably super easy to get a "cracked" version if one was so inclined. Haven't bought nor ever considered buying anything from them since then.
Post edited June 27, 2019 by Mr.Mumbles
Posted June 27, 2019
I finally upgraded from basic Skyrim to Skyrim SE (with all the add ons/dlc) for 20 bucks. I have sort of given up on it coming to GOG anytime soon.
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tinyE: Man, people must really hate Rage, Mad Max, and Fishing Simulator. XD
It's fine not to like a game,fine to ridicule it and ctiticise it, but this acting like a bad game is some sort of crime against humanity is something else.
I don'thave a high opinion of the "Postal" games, (not for moral reasons, but because the gameplay is repetitive, and the "satirical humor" is not one fourth as funny as the designers think it is) but I don't go into rants about ti. Not to long ago here I remember the attacks and comments on "War In the East" and "War In The West" because of their high price. That they were niche games aimed at the hardcore World War 2 gamer seemed beyond their understanding.
Post edited June 27, 2019 by dudalb
Posted June 27, 2019
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dudalb: I finally upgraded from basic Skyrim to Skyrim SE (with all the add ons/dlc) for 20 bucks. I have sort of given up on it coming to GOG anytime soon.
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tinyE: Man, people must really hate Rage, Mad Max, and Fishing Simulator. XD
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dudalb: It's fine not to like a game,fine to ridicule it and ctiticise it, but this acting like a bad game is some sort of crime against humanity is something else.
I don'thave a high opinion of the "Postal" games, (not for moral reasons, but because the gameplay is repetitive, and the "satirical humor" is not one fourth as funny as the designers think it is) but I don't go into rants about ti. Not to long ago here I remember the attacks and comments on "War In the East" and "War In The West" because of their high price. That they were niche games aimed at the hardcore World War 2 gamer seemed beyond their understanding.
Something got messed up in the translation here.
If it's my fault, I apologize.

My post was a reference to all of my recommendations (Rage, Mad Max, Portal) being low rated.

I don't mind be low rated, but don't take it out on the games! :P
Posted June 27, 2019
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fr33kSh0w2012: Don't get mad max it's not the complete game with all DLC and it's garbage
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InfiniteClouds: How's it not complete?
It is not complete because you can only get 4 of the 9 DLC's some are console exclusive BUT if you buy it on ORIGIN you get all 9 DLC's for some weird reason!

Mad max is RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, 10 minutes of LAME 3rd person "fighting" ad nauseam.

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tinyE: Man, people must really hate Rage, Mad Max, and Fishing Simulator. XD
rage is RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, upgrade dune buggy, RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, get sedan, RACE RACE, RACE, RACE, RACE, upgrade sedan, get to the second stage and get totally crushed by the cheating A.I. and give up

Mad Max is similar, Except in 3rd person, with weird igor character crawling all over the back of your car all the time with weird harpoon mechanics.

and fishing is lame.
Post edited June 27, 2019 by fr33kSh0w2012
Posted June 27, 2019
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InfiniteClouds: How's it not complete?
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fr33kSh0w2012: It is not complete because you can only get 4 of the 9 DLC's some are console exclusive BUT if you buy it on ORIGIN you get all 9 DLC's for some weird reason!
It looks like that was the case for a while but is no longer -- I found a few threads out there stating that all the DLC is available. It doesn't sound very fun the way you describe it but different strokes for different folks so I may just check out some gameplay video. I did love Borderlands, to give some perspective on whether I maybe would enjoy these games that you don't? Although I definitely prefer BL1 to 2 to this day. The vastly inferior UI (Now available in Borderlands 1 Enhanced Edition!) and the toy-like space-y blaster guns that replaced the very satisfying more ballistic guns of the original game both held the game back for me. I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much.
Posted June 27, 2019
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InfiniteClouds: Looking for recommendations... I'm a little out of touch with the games of the last generation but I have an open mind.

As of this past year I've stopped buying PC games with online-DRM pretty much altogether. If a PC game doesn't have a GOG release I'll get it on console or not at all. That said, I have about $12 leftover from a Steam gift card someone gave me a few years ago and I figured I might as well use it up. I would be willing to add an extra $2-3 bucks to the order just to have nothing left over.

As I've been scanning through woefully bloated store pages of Steam my rules have been:

-- If there ever was a retail release without internet DRM (usually games pre-2010) I won't buy it on Steam.

- If it's on GOG I won't buy it on Steam (a good example is Bioshock Infinite, which I have never played. It is $7.50 or $15 for the complete edition but I would rather wait for a good sale on GOG or even pay more than to get it on Steam)

- Could I play it with a controller? (For me personally, if it's an FPS definitely not, TPS yes but not preferred, hack n' slash definitely) If so I'd be happier with a disc/case console version.

For the last reason I'm kind of leaning more towards shooters. Here are some of the games I'm currently considering:

Rise of the Tomb Raider Complete - $8.99
Rage - $6.63
Sniper Ghost Warrior Complete Pack (1/2/3) - $12.30
Hitman 2016 Complete - $14.71
Wolfenstein: Old Blood/New Order - $14.99 for both
Mad Max - $4.99
Zombie Army Trilogy - $8.99
Call of Juarez Gunslinger (Arcade-y) $5.99
Ryse: Son of Rome $5.99
Dead Island Definitive/Riptide Complete - $11.10
Just Cause 3 Complete - $7.49
Talos Principle - $9.15
Prey Mooncrash - $13.39 (Feels silly to spend it all on a DLC but I did really, really enjoy Prey as well as all of Arkhane's games)
I have a left over Steam key for Dead Island Definitive Edition. Tried to start a chat with you but couldn't. So if you're interested and want it (I don't need anything in return) send me a friend request.
Posted June 27, 2019
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fr33kSh0w2012: It is not complete because you can only get 4 of the 9 DLC's some are console exclusive BUT if you buy it on ORIGIN you get all 9 DLC's for some weird reason!
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InfiniteClouds: It looks like that was the case for a while but is no longer -- I found a few threads out there stating that all the DLC is available. It doesn't sound very fun the way you describe it but different strokes for different folks so I may just check out some gameplay video. I did love Borderlands, to give some perspective on whether I maybe would enjoy these games that you don't? Although I definitely prefer BL1 to 2 to this day. The vastly inferior UI (Now available in Borderlands 1 Enhanced Edition!) and the toy-like space-y blaster guns that replaced the very satisfying more ballistic guns of the original game both held the game back for me. I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much.
How do they take a Mediocre game and make it worse?, borderlands 2 felt like was playing NERF arena blast! the only problem with borderlands 1 was NO STORAGE for UNIQUE weapons and the "Storage" in 2 was a friggin joke able to stash 6 weapons only!
Posted June 27, 2019
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fr33kSh0w2012: It is not complete because you can only get 4 of the 9 DLC's some are console exclusive BUT if you buy it on ORIGIN you get all 9 DLC's for some weird reason!
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InfiniteClouds: It looks like that was the case for a while but is no longer -- I found a few threads out there stating that all the DLC is available. It doesn't sound very fun the way you describe it but different strokes for different folks so I may just check out some gameplay video. I did love Borderlands, to give some perspective on whether I maybe would enjoy these games that you don't? Although I definitely prefer BL1 to 2 to this day. The vastly inferior UI (Now available in Borderlands 1 Enhanced Edition!) and the toy-like space-y blaster guns that replaced the very satisfying more ballistic guns of the original game both held the game back for me. I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much.
really https://steamcommunity.com/app/234140/discussions/0/1696045708661859377/ origin has all DLC's
Posted June 27, 2019
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XYCat: ...CroTeam went crazy and won't put it on GOG...
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Mr.Mumbles: Because in their eyes we're all just a bunch of filthy pirates - notwithstanding the fact that it's probably super easy to get a "cracked" version if one was so inclined. Haven't bought nor ever considered buying anything from them since then.
As far as I know one of the main reasons was that "There are not enough people on GOG to justify having a separate build just for them." (according to dev response on Steam forum)?

to OP:
If you like FPS, did you maybe consider buying Doom? It's 14,99. Also, Black Mesa is 7,19 with Xen level finally in beta.
Posted June 27, 2019
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Mr.Mumbles: Because in their eyes we're all just a bunch of filthy pirates - notwithstanding the fact that it's probably super easy to get a "cracked" version if one was so inclined. Haven't bought nor ever considered buying anything from them since then.
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krakataul: As far as I know one of the main reasons was that "There are not enough people on GOG to justify having a separate build just for them." (according to dev response on Steam forum)?

to OP:
If you like FPS, did you maybe consider buying Doom? It's 14,99. Also, Black Mesa is 7,19 with Xen level finally in beta.
I have Doom, I really enjoyed it. I only wish I had played it on a harder setting for my initial playthrough instead of the default. Black Mesa could be good -- but is Xen included or sold separately later on?

@Freakshow -- Nerf arena is the perfect way to describe it, I agree.
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