Quoting: StellaI should get through my massive backlog before buying anything new 😆

Me too.

I really hope the Steam Winter sale of 2046 will have some good sales.

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Despite not having the time to play the game back then, it was something I wanted to get back into and now, this announcement just reminded me about revisiting it again.

You expect to have more time to play the game now? Good luck with that.

I remember playing DQVII on an emulator years and years ago. I don't remember much about the game. But the one thing that stands out was that the game felt like it was endless. Something like 100 hours to beat.

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I actually just played through these not long ago. I remember playing Hexen as a kid and never finishing because I was totally lost. I figured it was because I was just a dumb kid.

But re-playing it now, the maps were so labyrinthian and the changes done by the million switches you have to hit were at times so subtle that I still couldn't beat it without consulting a walkthrough.

They were decently fun to play through, but I am kind of sick of them after having gone through all of it. I'll have to give it a while before I try the new content. Hopefully by then gzdoom will support the new episodes.

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Quoting: XpanderIt's this time of year where we get trailers that tell absolutely nothing about game.
At least this shows tiny clips of "gameplay" in the end, but yeah. Basically zero stuff about how it will play.
Is it open world? is it mission/lobby based?
Looks very generic tbh.

What do you mean? How can it possibly be generic? It features incredible, noteworthy and innovative game features such "Fight Against Enemies"!

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Quoting: Leahi84I loved Descent and Descent II back in the day when they came out. I bought Descent 3 back then but couldn't get it working on my Pentium 2 PC, even though I had a Voodoo 2.

I'm not sure if you could come up with a more 90s PC gaming sentence if you tried.

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Quoting: chickenb00To think I spent $10 on Greedfall like a chump last summer sale when I could have waited until November to claim it for free!

My gaming library is full of games that I bought thinking I got a deal at $10-$15, then sat in my gaming backlog unplayed, were eventually made available for free, and are still unplayed.

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I still have my 7 disc pack of Phantasmagoria.

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I liked the originals. But they were janky and really buggy games.

But it was kind of a tough game to get started. The initial weapons you get are terrible. And the way the game incorporated weapon quality could make for an unsatisfying experience.

Lower quality weapons in the game basically wouldn't shoot straight. And in a FPS game, it is kind of frustrating to put an enemy in the crosshairs, pull the trigger and then see the bullet swing a couple feet to the right. It was very inconsistent, and couldn't be fixed by skill. At times, it was not fun to fire a bunch of bullets at the enemy and have it turn out like that scene from Pulp Fiction. As you got better weapons, it became less of an issue.

If I remember correctly, the multi-player didn't have the inaccuracy problem. You bullets generally shot straight. I did like how the game did take into account the bullet dropping over distance. That was something I sort of enjoyed accounting for. It made the multi-player less run-and-gun and bunny-hopping around, and involved a little more patience in lining up your shot.

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Quoting: Geppeto35I will just leave my ID and code to my son, as he uses it yet when I'm not using it... et voilà!

How Valve will be inform when I will die?

They'll probably find it suspicious 200 years from now when my great, great grandchildren are logging in to my account trying to finish my Steam backlog.

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Quoting: HamishThey do make you work for it, I recall having to use the Porkaltor as a ranged attack at a few points to disable enemies until I reached them, yeah.

Yeah, I had to do the same. Particularly in the Catacomb area where there were sets of three serpents behind three different doors near that one flame mask. Without the Porkalator, I could barely get in the room without being taken down.

It can be a bit frustrating. But it's good. Usually in these games, I end up hoarding all my items and never use them. In this first hub, I'm actually relying on the various powerups to get through.

Quoting: HamishThe first Hub of the expansion is the meanest part of the series not counting "E4M1: Catafalque" from Heretic.

I had to look that one up, as I did my Heretic playthrough a couple years ago. But, yeah, that one was tough.

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