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I never played it, but the method for unlocking additional players was an immediately turn-off. Especially considering the packs you earn can contain dupes. Just follow the NBA Jam formula (2-3 guys from each team to start, play through a SP season/campaign to unlock the rest of the roster).

And yeah, the expansion was some courts, tournaments, and the top 8 picks from the draft. And apparently they aren't even unlocked immediately upon purchase. That just sounds so awful.

 
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FissFiss said:
I wouldnt call it futuristic at all.

The weapons are current gen/era. The maps are just normal items from nowadays.

Havent touched the mission mode though because who plays FPS's for single player garbo
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Honestly, I thought I might have downloaded some bootleg version of it or something.

 
FoxAssGamer said:
Yeah, but wasn't the expansion just extra courts and some rookies?
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Yeah, just more of the same. I meant what they need to add for the next game.

It's not quite full on arcade gameplay makes me think 3-3 would do better but they could really use a deep look at the game play. Shooting 3s shouldn't be easier than dunking.
 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
It's not quite full on arcade gameplay makes me think 3-3 would do better but they could really use a deep look at the game play. Shooting 3s shouldn't be easier than dunking.
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They also need to nerf the stealing a bit.... cause I'm not that good at it and Inmate basically lays a beat down on all of my players and I can't counter... :boxing:

 
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One of my absolute favorite games, of 2016 or ever.
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I liked it a lot. I thought I probably wouldn't and it'd be another game where I was attracted by art style but turned off by the game play. But I wound up really liking it and powering through the entire campaign.

I haven't bought/played the Crimson Court DLC mainly because I had already finished it before that came out.

 
Alienware was giving away Quake Champions beta keys earlier today.

Not only was I able to log into Alienware Arena, I was actually eligible to get a key (level 2)!

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Humble ran out of Phantom Pain keys for the second time this week. They might want to procure more from Konami in the next batch.

 
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DD83 said:
MysterD just liked a post I made May 2nd.
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Sometimes I forget to log-in when I'm on the last page, so then I log in.

And then, it throws me somewhere not on the end page(s).

Then I am reading the page, liking things, and then realize once it's too late: "Oh, crap; it happened again. I'm liking and reading stuff from CAG-Eons ago. Skip to last few page."

 
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edit - MysterD, I saw this thread and immediately thought of you. ;)

(First Time Play) Vampire the Masquerade. Any Tips?
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1. Use Wesp's Unofficial Patch: Basic Version or Tessera's True Patch on PlayThrough 1 (PT1).

First off, you'll need one of those patches to flat-out boot-up the game anyways. Also, those two patches mostly have bug fixes and a few changes/restorations. You can save any other mods or Wesp's Unofficial Patch: Plus Version for PT2 or above. If you have V:TM-B on GOG, just do Wesp's UP Basic on PT1; it comes equipped with that anyways.

2. Don't play as Malkavian on PT1.

Malkavian's are bat-crap crazy - they have their own lingo and speak in riddles, metaphors, and whatever else...so their lines are different than ALL the other classes. You might not even understand what the original dialogue line was, unless you know the game very well. Also, they talk to stop-signs, talk to other inanimate objects, hear voices, interrupt things - as entertaining as this is, that might be better suited to deal w/ on a later PT.

3. Don't play as Nosferatu on PT1.

You have a limited amount of Masquerades you can break. Break enough of them, game over. If you even get spotted by a human b/c you're so ugly and hideous as a Nosferatu, you're going to violate the Masquerade. And you'll likely get attacked, too. You're likely going to stick to the sewers to move around the game-world, if you go Nosferatu...so you don't get spotted by anyone. Sure, there are times when you can redeem the Masqeurades and do something very humane to replenish a Masquerade - but you're better suited playing that type of character on a replay. Also, stealth approach isn't for everyone and Nosferatu are best-suited for that approach. Yeah, stealth approaches aren't always the most action-packed and not always the most straight-forward - so this character isn't for everyone.

4. Back 1/3rd of the game is an action-fest.

When you decide who you side with (trust me, you'll know when this happens), I'm going to hope you already have sunk lots of points already in Action skills (combat, magic, guns, defense, etc). If not, you should do so...ASAP. And hopefully, it ain't too late b/c the game can get tougher in the last 1/3rd.

 
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4. Back 1/3rd of the game is an action-fest.
When you decide who you side with (trust me, you'll know when this happens), I'm going to hope you already have sunk lots of points already in Action skills (combat, magic, guns, defense, etc). If not, you should do so...ASAP. And hopefully, it ain't too late b/c the game can get tougher in the last 1/3rd.
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My recollection is that the bit after you meet the Oriental vampires is a slog of combat after combat. I think I ended up quitting the game around that point in frustration. The last act of the game feels very rushed, rather like the end of KOTOR II, except I'm pretty sure I finished that one.
 
Impressions of Has-Been heroes.

I decided to play it as I was reminded of it when IG rebundled it.

Graphics: Honestly a pretty mixed bag. It's not ugly per say, but it feels kind of amateur and mobile like. Spell effects look alright, but everything else is pretty basic. 6/10

Sound: Music is basic adventuring fare with some medieval sounding music. There are no voices and characters only grunt. The sounds for stuff hitting and stuff sounds OK enough. 6/10

Story: Barely there. You take the princesses to school with 3 heroes. That's it. 2/10

Gameplay: You better hope the RNG is with you because there are a lot of random factors. The boss of certain areas may not be random though. There are shops along the map and other things like camps to get back stamina. Stamina is your and your opponents block meter and shows how many hits a thing can take before it starts taking damage. There are 3 lanes corresponding to your 3 heroes.

The tutorial was confusing as heck and is hard to control on PC. I can see why the console ports are not well regarded. This thing only controls OK with a mouse and maybe touch screen if it's on mobile. Basically each enemy has stamina and you try to get rid of it exactly with your actions. This ends up stunning opponents and you do a lot of damage after hitting them afterwards, which get rids of their max stamina by 1, and sends them flying back. You can combo in a way by attacking and then switching lanes and doing stuff there. This is essential for stunning and winning in the game. You also have skills which do things, but I like the ones for doing damage and for making attacks stronger. These skills and attack timings are on timers. 

This game is hard as nails too. You will lose. When you win your first run, the game becomes a lot harder and becomes longer. RNG comes into play with how hard fights are, what items you get, what you see on the map, if magic is available, etc... You can mitigate it a bit by being good at stunning and sending monsters flying, but it helps having more power and cooler abilities. Frankly i'm getting OK at the game enough to get by the 1st area most of the time. It takes many losses though, and you unlock stuff by collecting souls from dead enemies. You wont know what they do till you get them in the game and reveal what they do.

Overall I think it's OK, but feels clunky. The controls are janky sometimes, especially for switching lanes. I wish you could switch lanes without attacking, but eh. 8/10

Fun Factor: Overall I was enjoying myself enough. It feels clunky at times, and maybe a bit too long for moving around the map, and sometimes battles are just hard, but it's alright. This is worth a play especially at bundled prices. I likely wont play it too long, but I'll enjoy it likely for about 10 hours or so. 7.5/10

I would recommend getting the IG bundle with it if you don't have it, and like rouge lite games, or possibly Plants vs. Zombies like games. I enjoyed it enough for sure.

 
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