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Latest Comments by thoughtfulhippo
Some thoughts on Police Stories, the recently released slower tactical top-down shooter
4 Oct 2019 at 4:56 pm UTC

I picked this up a few days ago, have been playing every night, and really enjoying it. Yes, it's frustrating to have nearly cleared a level only to have the last bad guy shoot you as soon as you open a door or walk round the corner. But then this is meant to be more tactical than burst in and shoot everyone - it's not Hotline Miami. In fact you get penalised for indiscriminately shooting suspects - they need to draw a gun first.

I struggled with the first few missions, and failed the first bomb mission, until I figured my character could run! The game worked flawlessly with a DualShock controller, and I found it much easier (I never got the hang of WASD). In later missions you unlock a Borescope so you can see who's in a room without opening the door or alerting them to your presence.

My basic strategy was to burst into rooms and punch everyone, including citizens! I agree that the partner AI could be better, but he has saved me on a few occasions. If he were too good though I think it would make the game too easy.

GTA: San Andreas is being remade (unofficially) in Unity and it supports Linux
9 Sep 2019 at 10:30 am UTC

Quoting: PhlebiacFirst question: why are all the car doors opening all the time? :huh:
Same question. Presumably door-locking physics is low on the priority list!

The action-platformer space-shooter hybrid A.N.N.E has now entered Early Access, Six years after Kickstarter
2 Jul 2019 at 8:06 pm UTC

I'm very interested in this, and love the style, but am reluctant to buy a game still in early access after 6 years in development. The few Steam reviews are positive, but I see others also have concerns about the unresponsiveness of the developer.

Would love to read a review here.

Police Stories has some good-looking top-down tactical action, releasing September
12 Jun 2019 at 1:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

Day-1 Linux release? Available on my birthday? Welcome to the top of my wishlist! I wonder how this compares to Door Kickers.

The Battle Royale game 'Crazy Justice' is apparently still alive, Black Riddles Studio show new footage
17 May 2019 at 4:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestI'm still angry about this game LUL.
While it's great to see that BRS may still be working on this game, and that it may eventually see the light of day, I still feel burned. I (foolishly) pre-ordered the 2 key pack directly from BRS after the Fig campaign and was quite hyped about it. Then the delays started (not totally unexpected), and then they went free-to-play. This is what really got to me.

Anyway, suffice to say I learned my lesson good. Never pre-order!!

Vintage Story, a beautiful survival and building game on Linux
12 Oct 2018 at 4:38 pm UTC

This looks like a clone of Minecraft. How are they going to get sued by Mojang/Microsoft?

The very sweet looking point & click adventure 'AntVentor' now has Linux support
30 Jun 2018 at 9:25 am UTC Likes: 2

And another Humble purchase here. Bought for my daughter who just happened to walk in while I was watching the trailer.