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2022-09-29, 08:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
If you haven't played any of Wadjet eye's games, I highly recommend them for anyone who enjoys point & click adventures. Primordia is probably my favorite with post apocalyptic robots and a lot of computer/nerd humor, but the Blackwell series is also really good, particularly if you like Noir style stories and Resonance is an interesting techno thriller. Really need to get back to finishing Gemini Rue...
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2022-09-29, 08:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Last edited by Eldan; 2022-09-29 at 08:36 AM.
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2022-09-29, 08:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
It was a nice idea to have an obviously good antagonist, but they did somewhat undermine it by making her second in command slightly more obviously evil than **** Dastardly. And about as effective a threat.
(Plus it had that mid period modern dialogue "nice, nasty, snarky" three choices in every dialog)
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2022-09-29, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
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2022-09-29, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
arrrrrgggghhhh.
My game, when hanging out on my wife's laptop (while she knits or draws), has been Shadowrun Returns. Played it several times, and I've got a favorite character: Troll Rigger/Decker with just enough Physad to cover some gaps (since you're carrying two drones and a deck, your only real option is unarmed... so, with Killing Hands, Magic Protection, and Stride, you're doing pretty well).
However, just as I'm about to go to the mental hospital? Hangs on the loading screen. Several times, now.The Cranky Gamer
*It isn't realism, it's verisimilitude; the appearance of truth within the framework of the game.
*Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.
*Mutant Dawn for Savage Worlds!
*The One Deck Engine: Gaming on a budget
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2022-09-29, 10:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Have you tried
turning it off and on againverifying your game files?
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2022-09-29, 11:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2009
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Probably not a bad jack of all trades, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to give up the ability to equip top tier drones or the Xcalibur. I could see doing something similar with an ork though.
Not sure I could do another run of Returns though, Dragonfall is so much better. Which I returned to today to continue my human rigger/decker run (with emphasis on the rigger side, as so far I've come across relatively few matrix portions). I've decided not to do the Lodge missions this run, so the end might be a bit more difficult.
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2022-09-29, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Dragonfall kind of bounced me when a side mission railroaded me into a fight against enemies that can one-round me and also either took out one of my teammates or made them berserk. That may have been interesting if I were further in but...
"my last save outside this was WHEN?"Ask me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2022-09-29, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Unavowed is apparently also set in the Blackwell universe? If so, the connection is quite lose. It's an Urban fantasy investigation game with a pretty cool party mechanic. You have four party members, who all different magical powers, but you can only bring two of them on each case. But each case can be solved with any of them, just differently.
Last edited by Eldan; 2022-09-29 at 12:44 PM.
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2022-09-29, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Well, this post just cost me 14.99 €. (Okay, so I did also take the time to watch one trailer and read like two reviews before buying it, which is a testament to my self control, I think).
Despite loving adventure games, I had somehow completely missed Wadjet Eye Games, so I foresee this thread costing me more money in the future.
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2022-09-29, 04:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
There's only like two companies left out there who make old-style point and click adventures. If you like them, you need to know about Wadjet.
Resident Vancian Apologist
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2022-09-29, 04:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Don't worry, the original version of Returns had no manual save functionality at all (not that the game strictly needs it, but sometimes you want to save halfway through a map). At some point they added the ability to roll back to a previous autosave, but I'm not sure when (it's in Hong Kong, but I've used like like once).
Dragonfall and Hong Kong suffer slighty from being more open. In both cases relatively difficult missions unlock early on, but the game doesn't give fair warning. In DMS you pretty much only have one option for your next run at any point, I've found one optional run, maybe two if you can skip Coyote's loyalty mission, so there isn't really the same issue (but DMS has the issue of needing to hire mercenaries). I can think of another mission that annoys me (Eiger's loyalty mission), but that's further into the game.
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2022-09-29, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 05:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Ask me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
Evoker avatar by kpenguin. Evoker Pony by Dirtytabs. Grey Mouser, disciple of cupcakes by me. Any and all commiepuppies by BRC
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2022-09-29, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Oh yeah, you're going to be in for a fun time. Besides their in-house developed titles (Unavowed, Blackwell, The Shivah, etc.) they also publish a number of other even more indie developed adventure games, which are also generally good (Technobabylon and Gemini Rue probably would be my two top picks, but pretty much everything is at least decent).
Most of their catalogue is on sale on GOG at the moment, so if you want to snag any of them this would probably be as good a time as any.
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2022-09-29, 11:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
The Cranky Gamer
*It isn't realism, it's verisimilitude; the appearance of truth within the framework of the game.
*Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.
*Mutant Dawn for Savage Worlds!
*The One Deck Engine: Gaming on a budget
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2022-09-30, 02:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Ah, the first Lodge mission I believe. Yeah, that's not a great run, it unlocks early but when things get tough you're going to be down a character.
On the other hand I think it has what's probably my favourite dialogue option of the game ('Yes, but that's not important right now').
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2022-09-30, 03:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
According to Wikipedia, their last release that they developed themselves was State of Mind in 2018, so not 7 years yet. And they seem to be publishing games from other developers regularly.
Of course I am still very cross with Daedalic for the terrible ending of Goodbye Deponia, so I haven't really kept up on what they are doing.What did the monk say to his dinner?
SpoilerOut of the frying pan and into the friar!
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2022-09-30, 03:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
I remember being fine with Goodbye Deponia. I just never wanted to play Deponia 4.
Also, Gemini Rue is just 2.50 on gog right now. I haven't played that yet, need to get it.Resident Vancian Apologist
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2022-09-30, 04:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
I still need to play Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom. Its in my Gog library but not installed yet and I played through Wing Commander 3: Heart of The Tiger not that long ago.
It was great, other than the two mission's with those "skipper" missiles.
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2022-09-30, 05:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-30, 09:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Like the infamous Redemption mission in X-Wing that got turned into an unwinnable Kobayashi Maru training scenario in the Rogue Squadron books.
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2022-09-30, 10:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
I kind of want to play Privateer again. My computer crashed, so I lost the playthrough I was doing, but once you get an Orion with max engines and shields, you can literally fly through most ships without significant damage.
The Orion is simply an awesome ship. Just ****ing TANK. I'd love to be able to hire a tail gunner to work the turret in the back.The Cranky Gamer
*It isn't realism, it's verisimilitude; the appearance of truth within the framework of the game.
*Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.
*Mutant Dawn for Savage Worlds!
*The One Deck Engine: Gaming on a budget
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2022-09-30, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Couldn't really get into Deponia despite loving the genre and anything else that they produced. Something about the humor didn't click with me, I guess.
Also love the Wadjet Eye discography in general, but their final title seems to be horror themed, which is a pass for me unfortunately.
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2022-09-30, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Their last two, from the look of it, although The Excavation of Hob's Barrow has only just come out and I haven't had a chance to get hold of it yet, so I can't confirm that (Strangeland definitely is though). I'll probably pick it up once the next paycheck goes through.
Old Skies looks like it should be more their usual tone, from what I've seen, although obviously we won't know for sure until it's done.
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2022-10-01, 06:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Having finished torching Louisville in Project Zomboid, I am now introducing a friend to Valheim! It’s a great time so far
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2022-10-01, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-10-03, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Finished up "Chicken Police" and enjoyed it for the most part. Gave up on "The Trials" as it aggravates my motion sickness something fierce. And, unlike "Talos Principle" (which is still on hold for me), there's no option to change the POV.
Dabbled on "Pavilion" (another point & click puzzler). Gorgeous art & music, but it's not grabbing me yet. So now I'm trying "Iron Danger". It has a "turn back time" mechanic that I'm still not getting the hang of yet.
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2022-10-03, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What Are you Playing 7: Deadly Sims
Spoiler: Shadowrun: DragonfallUrgh, the Apex mission. So I decided to try freeing it, and was about two turns away from completion when the drones managed to destroy the console. I'll give it another go tonight, it's much easier with a PC Decker than with Blitz (even if my ESP control is subpar).
I'd switch to killing the blighter, but I've already done that once and in the scheme of things APEX is small fry. Oh, they'd be a big deal in the wireless Matrix, but the 2050s and 2060s are the decades of much more powerful AI than it. Maybe I'll do a third run where I kill it again next year.