Has ubisoft fallen into the pit of doom yet or are they hanging on only just?
Ubisoft Has 5 Games From Far Cry And Assassin's Creed Coming
'Several' Assassin's Creed games are also just around the corner
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Ubisoft Has 5 Games From Far Cry And Assassin's Creed Coming
'Several' Assassin's Creed games are also just around the corner
So nothing new really, more of the same
Got Mario Kart Wii Deluxe X running. Been playing it all day. Utterly insane. And amazed at how high quality the many, many, many, many tracks are. Only a couple of fucky bullshit ones. The vast majority of the 752 could pass for Nintendo's work.
Gave up on The Westerner and right at the final battle too, as I couldn't figure it out. The whole game is full of stuff like this, but this one took the cake. The scenario is a shootout between the villains of the game, and the allies, and this being a point and click adventure, it's a puzzle of course, rather than an actual shootout, and you have to do things via a certain order in order to progress via having control of your allies with different weapons when you click on their icon. But the UI is terrible at communicating what's actually going on. Initially I was seeing a couple of guys moving on the screen and was starting to shoot at them with the main character, but I couldn't tell if anything I was doing was effective. Same with any of the other characters. I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I think this is a perfect example of why a bad UI can sink a game, and in this particular case, it's a lack of feedback to what's going on.
In other news, I've just started playing Secrets of Grindea. It's a fun Zelda-like Action-RPG that has quite a bit of depth to it.
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In other news, I've just started playing Secrets of Grindea. It's a fun Zelda-like Action-RPG that has quite a bit of depth to it.
Secrets of Grindea on Steam
Secrets of Grindea is an old-school Action RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. Journey through fantastical lands and battle tons of different enemies and bosses in your quest for truth, friendship and, above all, finding the world’s rarest treasures!
I have both of the Tomb Raider remasters sitting in my steam wishliist but am still undecided about them.
Has anyone here played them? What were your impressions and thoughts both good and bad?
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I could not relent so got them. I only wanted 4, 5, and 6 so got that set but found the experience really clunky. It really felt like all they did was take the originals, iron out a few bugs here and there, and slap a brand new coat of graphics over the top. For me it just felt like a really clunky experience for nostalgia's sake.
The good thing is that you see old school Lara again but done really nicely with a new coat of paint and she does look good. Pity these remasters were not just original new content instead.
Has anyone here played them? What were your impressions and thoughts both good and bad?
OK EDIT:
I could not relent so got them. I only wanted 4, 5, and 6 so got that set but found the experience really clunky. It really felt like all they did was take the originals, iron out a few bugs here and there, and slap a brand new coat of graphics over the top. For me it just felt like a really clunky experience for nostalgia's sake.
The good thing is that you see old school Lara again but done really nicely with a new coat of paint and she does look good. Pity these remasters were not just original new content instead.
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That's cause that's pretty much what they did. It's a remaster using a new render and new textures, but at its core, they're still the original clunky games, with the same clunky puzzles, so if one doesn't like the clunkiness of the original games, they're going to have a tough time with them. I think that as a new player, I would find it very difficult to get into them. I look forward to the remake of the first game instead. I think it just shows how much game design philosophy has changed. The originals had charms of their own, and while I'm sure the games were considered as having great gameplay when they originally released, I personally found the puzzles too abstract to really enjoy them. That's more or less due to the the limitations they had to work with back then.
I am hanging out for the Atlantis one they mentioned as that seems like a new story isn't it?
^ As far as I know, Atlantis is a reimaging of the first game. Although funny enough, I don't remember Atlantis being the location of the first game. It's the second game that they announced at the same time that is supposed to be a new story.
I just played through Flower again and it's so relaxing. Why aren't there more games like that on PC where there's no combat and nothing to kill and it's just nice and a chill, relaxing experience?
I wish Flow had come to PC
I wish Flow had come to PC
Lumines and Tetris Effect?
They're out there, and I see them via Steam all the time. Mostly smaller devs.
You might like this one. Discovered it recently.
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You might like this one. Discovered it recently.
Save 20% on Call of the Golden Valley on Steam
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
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They're out there, and I see them via Steam all the time. Mostly smaller devs.
You might like this one. Discovered it recently.
Save 20% on Call of the Golden Valley on Steam
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
I'll give that one a look
Another one I had lots of fun with was Caravan Sandwitch
Save 50% on Caravan SandWitch on Steam
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.
That does look really cool. I have to admit I've been getting into more of these types of games lately.
It's lots of fun and there is zero fall damage
Huh, I didn't think it was the type of game that would need it anyway. The art style looks really nice.
There were a couple of High ledges where I thought I would die and have to restart after falling, and that surprised me in a pleasant way.
That would be so deeply embarrassing 
Death by Hedges! 
Speaking of fall damage, I've been playing Hogwarts Legacy and there was a jump I made and I thought I'd surely die, but ended up reacting fast enough to pull my broom out and it worked. Was so surprised the game allowed for that to happen.
Death by Hedges! Speaking of fall damage, I've been playing Hogwarts Legacy and there was a jump I made and I thought I'd surely die, but ended up reacting fast enough to pull my broom out and it worked. Was so surprised the game allowed for that to happen.
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