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Post by Xeogred on Jun 29, 2019 22:22:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I think Cosmic Star Heroine is the only one that's caught my attention enough for an interested purchase. Beyond that, I have so many old JRPG's to play still, I'm not interested in the indie stuff since most of them never sound that great.
I've been excited to see the tech keep improving for retro 3D games trending more thesedays, like some of the throwback FPS's. And now there's been a cool looking Resident Evil clone that popped up this year, I caught some streams of it a month or two ago and it looks pretty solid.
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Post by Ex on Jun 29, 2019 22:32:44 GMT -5
Of all the indie JRPG inspired releases, that's the one that fired me up the most as well. Hence I bothered to buy the physical Vita release. Hey but everybody loves Undertale right?
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Post by Sarge on Jun 29, 2019 22:43:11 GMT -5
I'm sure I'll give in one day and try it. The fan base turns me off a bit, and while folks compare it to Earthbound, there's something there that just feels off.
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 29, 2019 22:54:44 GMT -5
Of all the indie JRPG inspired releases, that's the one that fired me up the most as well. Hence I bothered to buy the physical Vita release. Hey but everybody loves Undertale right? Between the rabid fans (I know some in person), the thousands of times Earthbound gets name dropped to describe Undertale, and really just the way it looks... yeah I have negative interest in that one.
I think the more we talk about it on HRG these past few days, I only tend to trust a few people like you guys here and my own intuition when it comes to indie games. I'm really picky about modern releases in general and have no issue being so with how many games come out nowadays. Retro gaming is where I'll flex more and like to take the more historical approach with. Not to contradict my love for Bloodstained, Shovel Knight, Axiom Verge, Momodora, and some others etc, but it really takes a lot for indie stuff to impress or even interest me. I don't really ever find myself agreeing with the mainstream media when it comes to these and how much hooplah some of them get.
Bloodstained Ritual is now at Overwhelmingly Positive [95%] (6,081) from users on Steam. It was like 4,000 something just the other day, so it's still climbing and already in AAA like numbers for Steam hits. And these are just review numbers and Steam only, this game must be doing gangbusters. Very cool to see this be such a huge success. Guess it wasn't one of the biggest original Kickstarters for nothing! Soooo much money Konami didn't want I guess.
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Post by Sarge on Jul 25, 2019 12:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 14:30:48 GMT -5
I'll be playing MechWarrior 5 for sure. I'm a huge Battletech fan from the tabletop, novels and all of the various video games. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is out August 19th, that's a game I've been really psyched for as it's basically going to be a modern day version of Wing Commander Privateer, wearing its influence very much on its sleeve.
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Post by Sarge on Jul 25, 2019 14:33:42 GMT -5
Oh, dang, I'll have to make sure my brother knows about that as well.
Speaking of space shooters, I picked up that Starlink pack effectively for free, but... boy oh boy, the physical release is pretty gimped compared to the Digital Deluxe version. I'm going to have to figure out a way to get the DLC on the cheap somehow.
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Post by Ex on Jul 25, 2019 16:05:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 18:49:43 GMT -5
That is pretty adorable.
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Post by Xeogred on Aug 10, 2019 19:47:37 GMT -5
Few more trailers:
Remedy's Control drops on August 27th. Definitely one of my most anticipated games right now.
- Remedy's track record is awesome (Max Payne, Alan Wake) - Supposedly their darkest and weirdest game, reminds me of The Evil Within - The morphing gun looks like something David Cronenberg designed - Developers have talked up a lot of "Metroidvania" elements which sounds exciting to me, rather than just the usual linear on rails third person shooter.
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