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[Superb Joe]

i completed the ftl computer game so im allowed to play Yakuza Kiwami 2 as time allows

[NowSayPillow]

Persona 4 Golden - It's turning out to be one of my favourite RPG's ever made. I'm about 60 hours and I'm pretty sure I'm only about 1/2 way through the story.

Elex - About 3 hours in and all I can do are the "social" quests because combat is DESTROYING me.

[NowSayPillow]

i completed the ftl computer game so im allowed to play Yakuza Kiwami 2 as time allows

Whole-E hell. You actually managed to beat FTL? I didn't even think that was possible.

[Bernord]

i completed the ftl computer game so im allowed to play Yakuza Kiwami 2 as time allows

Whole-E hell. You actually managed to beat FTL? I didn't even think that was possible.

I've played FTL last year a lot, yeah it's surprising how the game is simple, but takes so much RNG to find new ships, and once you get them, it sure is much easier. Maybe he beat the game on easy though. XD

[Dinomaniak]

My wife beat FTL on easy, and I've beat FTL on hard, with a lot of luck. It's a fantastic game, and if you spend a bit of time understanding how it should be played ( sync all weapons, target enemy weapons, shields, driving, etc. ) , and what you should take advantage off, I'd say normal difficulty is quite accessible, especially with the right ship.

The best part about FTL is how you have a ton of stories to tell after playing it.
How you got stranded cause your teleporter was destroyed and couldn't teleport your crew back.
How you took out the O2 system of the other ship with a sabotage drone, cloaked away from missiles and the opponents died because they ran out of air.
How the enemy ship had superior shields, so I'd mind control each enemy crew member one by one and teleport them to my ship then take them out, until the enemy ship had nobody left.
It's filled with great stories like that.

[Superb Joe]

all of my ftl stories are i used the ion thing to mess up their shit then killed them with another thing or i tried to do that but died instead

[Dinomaniak]

That's how it is in the start. It'll change once you start playing with the other ships.

[Superb Joe]

i have 3 ships but to ask me to not play as "the torus" is anathema to me. this is like playing guardian heroes and expecting me to do magic instead of play as the sword guy and put all my points into strength for 15 years

[gimymblert]

So that's why you could never get into megaman :O

[Superb Joe]

Actually doing the same thing over and over again regardless of the ever changing world, its culture, and the ephemeral tastes of entertainment consumers should predispose me to being a mega man guy

[Chalpie]

I'm picking up AC: Odyssey from the post tonight, i feel like so many people are buying the new games that it is not even worth mentioning. In my house new games don't move in a lot, so it's kinda important 

[Ordnas]

I will play Odyssey for sure, I quite liked the new design change of Assassins Creed in Origin, and I am curious how the story changes based on the decision you do.

[Dinomaniak]

Although am a huge fan of PoP, I gave up playing at the first AC's.
How about Abe's Oddysee ? any oldskool connoiusseurs ?

[NowSayPillow]

Finished Persona 4 Golden. That's a monster of an RPG, eh? Almost 90 hours to mainline it. (Seriously, it's DESTROYED my productivity for the last few months).

Plan on starting Steam World Heist next. Excite!

Oh, and Elex can die in a fire. I'm all for games that need to be played a specific way, but if there's only one right way to play your game and a million wrong ways and you don't explain that in any way shape or form then how the hell do you expect people to enjoy your game?

[Ordnas]

Risen 2 when came out was already "old" and wrong in so many modern design: the combat system was from the 90'Gothic, exploits in the combat system, the progression was too slow, the dialogs were very basic to say a few. I quite enjoyed the world and the exploration, and I could understand that your budget in animation is not great, but at least I can't understand why Piranha bytes do not take examples from the games in the market today.

[Cobralad]

90'Gothic

gothic was millenium as it gets

[NowSayPillow]

Risen 2 when came out was already "old" and wrong in so many modern design: the combat system was from the 90'Gothic, exploits in the combat system, the progression was too slow, the dialogs were very basic to say a few. I quite enjoyed the world and the exploration, and I could understand that your budget in animation is not great, but at least I can't understand why Piranha bytes do not take examples from the games in the market today.

I think the world and story in Elex are great (and the voice acting is deliciously bad). But it's exactly like you say, the combat system is janky AF because apparently they want you to feel weak at first, they accomplish this by making it impenetrable. The idea is since you're so weak you'll run around exploring and doing social quests until you've levelled enough to handle the enemies. Problem is, the rewards for level are so minute that you'd have to spend countless hours doing them just to be able to level you're skills enough to do any damage what so ever. There's a disconnect there too, what does running around talking to people have to do with combat proficiency? And why does actual combat net you less experience than grabbing a dude a beer? I mean, the game isn't telling you so much that they want you to explore the world as they are telling you that combat is useless and a complete waste of your time...

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[gimymblert]

All their best got hired at CDproject Job's Vacuum cleaner anyway. The witcher made all the competitor in janky euro rpg suddenly slim of talent.

[ThemsAllTook]

I just finished Pipe Push Paradise. Weird difficulty curve at first, but it really hit its stride toward the end of the game. Not super long, pretty satisfying. If you liked Stephen's Sausage Roll, it's definitely worth a look.

[Cobralad]

All their best got hired at CDproject Job's Vacuum cleaner anyway. The witcher made all the competitor in janky euro rpg suddenly slim of talent.

is there any info on that? I dont think theres much germans working in cd project, thq nordic and deep silver dominate that region.