gregor7777
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Atom Zombie Smasher is really addicting. I think I'm missing some key gameplay element, because I keep getting steamrolled after a bunch of zones go full zombie outbreak, but I keep coming back to it. 
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Palette Swap
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My first campaign ended up a complete mess when level 4 zones started popping up. I'm in the middle of the second one and I think capturing zones early on (by killing all the infected before night) makes a big difference. That's what you should aim for as much as possible.gregor7777 said:Atom Zombie Smasher is really addicting. I think I'm missing some key gameplay element, because I keep getting steamrolled after a bunch of zones go full zombie outbreak, but I keep coming back to it.
Madrugador
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Is Penny Arcade Adventures worth it?
Also, time to buy Garry's Mod
Also, time to buy Garry's Mod
EternalGamer
Banned
Hey guys,
I have a friend that is a very casual gamer. I picked up a copy of Faerie Solitaire for him and he loves it. Actually he has almost finished it in just 4 days.
I'm looking for something else for him. Something very light. He used to like Bejeweled, but I would really like something like Puzzle Quest but maybe a little less complicated?
Faerie Solitare seems to strike a really good balance of giving you a sense of narrative progression and item unlocks without making it too complex for someone who doesn't play games.
Basically I'm looking for something else that does that.
I have a friend that is a very casual gamer. I picked up a copy of Faerie Solitaire for him and he loves it. Actually he has almost finished it in just 4 days.
I'm looking for something else for him. Something very light. He used to like Bejeweled, but I would really like something like Puzzle Quest but maybe a little less complicated?
Faerie Solitare seems to strike a really good balance of giving you a sense of narrative progression and item unlocks without making it too complex for someone who doesn't play games.
Basically I'm looking for something else that does that.
gregor7777
Banned
Palette Swap said:
I've never, not once, captured a <level 4 zone without the super bomb thing. I suck lol.
Stallion Free
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I was about to gift it to you!SalsaShark said:
Incendiary
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Drat at this thread. I almost escaped this Steam Sale having only picked up Sam & Max Season 2....but then this thread made me pick up RUSH, Nimbus, and Eets. Curse you Steam! Curse yoooou!
Palette Swap
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Whenever you restart a campaign, you should try getting a capture on the first few level 1 zones. Snipers can be pretty good, particularly if you have items that can somehow change the flow of the zombie invasion.gregor7777 said:
Capturing stuff early on gives you a huge headstart in points (you'll need it later) and makes your guys level up faster, which in turn will make it easier to conquer zones rather than just evacuate them.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
So any thoughts on NightSky?
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Don't get all hormonal on me.SalsaShark said:
oneils
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rando14 said:
It was the first one I've tried today after purchasing my "RPG Pack."
I've played it about 3 hours now. Have to say the art design and style is not unlike that of Torchlight. So it is pretty.
Some nice things about it.
1. Art design. Funky, kinda Torchlight/WoW like. Of course this is not nice if you don't like that kind of thing.
2. Lots of hacking and slashing. So you will get your fill here.
3. Very nice music (again, similar to that Torchlight - to the point that I wonder if they used the same composer?).
There are some small issues that add up to annoyances.
1. You can create a profile for a character, but you can't have multiple save files for that character. You just keep overwriting the same save file.
2. Skill system is fairly limited. That's not necessarily a bad thing. However, one annoying thing is that is very difficult to become "multi-class" as skills are dependent on what weapon is equipped. Want to cast a spell? You must have a staff equipped. So from what I can tell you can't really be a "spellsword." What I ended up doing is putting a staff, sword, and shield in the hot bar and switching through them that way.
3. Very limited camera movement. You can only zoom in or out. I have not figured out how to move the camera around your character.
4. Slow. The animations are slow. This and number 2 bother me the most. Also, you point and click a point on the screen with your right mouse button to move. However, you can't just keep gliding the cursor along to move your PC. You actually have to keep clicking.
In Brief
If I had to be brief about it.....uh, I guess I would say Torchlight does it better. Overall I think I will get my money's worth. If you have not picked up Torchlight, please play that instead. If you have played it I might suggest waiting until Torchlight 2. If you are really hard-up - what the heck - for 5 bucks its not so bad. However, you may feel unsatisfied.
Myself, I'm fairly satisfied. I'm hard up for decent Action RPGs on the PC so I thought I'd take a try.
edit: if you like, here is a gameplay video of the first 10 minutes of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsJBIa6B54 Maybe this will give you an idea of whether you will like or not.
Ivan A Nguyen
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Puzzle Kingdoms was really great. It has a few timed sections, but on the whole, it's really laid back. The idea behind the game is super simple, and the team building is fun too.EternalGamer said:
MacGurcules
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Okay, people, I know it's used to be cheaper as a daily, but buy SpaceChem, already. It's amazingly good. I'm disappointed it took me more than a day to try it out or I would have been shouting about it the whole day it was on sale.
It's gonna be high on the Game of the Year list for me. It's the very best kind of puzzle game. No trick problems. No trying to work backwards from what the designer was thinking. The solution to every puzzle is just think about it harder. Even the most convoluted, preposterous machine can work and it's probably beautiful.
It's gonna be high on the Game of the Year list for me. It's the very best kind of puzzle game. No trick problems. No trying to work backwards from what the designer was thinking. The solution to every puzzle is just think about it harder. Even the most convoluted, preposterous machine can work and it's probably beautiful.
BomberMouse
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gregor7777 said:Atom Zombie Smasher is really addicting. I think I'm missing some key gameplay element, because I keep getting steamrolled after a bunch of zones go full zombie outbreak, but I keep coming back to it.
Yeah, it's really addictive. The inability to save is awful though, I was doing great yesterday, lot's of conquered territories and quited for a bite, when I came back I accidentaly clicked new campaign instead of continue
You should try flotilla too.
gregor7777
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BomberMouse said:Yeah, it's really addictive. The inability to save is awful though, I was doing great yesterday, lot's of conquered territories and quited for a bite, when I came back I accidentaly clicked new campaign instead of continue
You should try flotilla too.
You can save when you quit, and I believe it auto-saves transparently.
BomberMouse
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gregor7777 said:
Yes, but you can't have multiple simultaneous campaings going on, so when I accidentally clicked New campaing it automatically erased my old campaign
gregor7777
Banned
BomberMouse said:
Ah, I see.
EternalGamer
Banned
Anslon said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I am sure I would like that game, but I think it may be a bit much for him (he really doesn't play games at all).
But I think I found another game like Faerie Solitaire that might work well:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/38000/
Mahjong Quest.
Any other suggestions are still welcome, though!
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
legend166 said:
They use Dosbox. They run fine.
The better of the Keen games are still super playable. Keen 3 was never really good to begin with and had a pretty serious impossible-to-properly-finish-the-game glitch to begin with (Spoiler, but you should probably read it if you intend to finish the game:
This level has a normal and alternate exit; it is impossible to get to the normal exit
Keen 6 and Keen Dreams are not included due to licensing issues surrounding both.
Artofwar420
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Ataturk said:
Yes, I was surprised at how fun it is. Now considering it's only a dollar, I'd get it. Well, I did get it.
gregor7777
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RE: Atom Zombie Smasher
IMO the modifier to pick your mercs before the map starts should be part of the main game. Feels like cheating but I can't imagine I'll ever beat the game without it. Kind of frustrating.
IMO the modifier to pick your mercs before the map starts should be part of the main game. Feels like cheating but I can't imagine I'll ever beat the game without it. Kind of frustrating.
Anyone know about Commander Keen?
I just said to myself I would spend $30-$40 and it's sitting in my cart and I'm itching to pull the trigger.
So far I've got:
Aquaria
Jagged Alliance 2/Disciples 2 Gold Combo
Machinarium
Commander Keen
VVVVV
Total of $20.74.
Edit: Didn't see stump's post. Thanks.
I just said to myself I would spend $30-$40 and it's sitting in my cart and I'm itching to pull the trigger.
So far I've got:
Aquaria
Jagged Alliance 2/Disciples 2 Gold Combo
Machinarium
Commander Keen
VVVVV
Total of $20.74.
Edit: Didn't see stump's post. Thanks.
