3607

After my mandatory Sekiro session last evening, I checked out Game Pass for anything new and found Crown Trick, Nuclear Throne, and The Artful Escape. I gave each of them about a 15-minute trial run and they all seemed excellent. And they just showed up on my computer like poof.

TLDR: game pass is güd

3608

Nuclear Throne is excellent. I haven’t played it in years but just yesterday I was thinking about going back.

3609

Yeah, I’m guessing most folks who are interested have played that already but not me. It’s been on my Steam wishlist for years but I never pulled the trigger for whatever reason. (Chunky-pixel graphics, probably.)

RIP Vlambeer! They had a real knack for how a game feels.

3610

Also one of the best theme songs on game history.

3611

Thanks for the recommendation on Nuclear Throne. I would have ignored it since I’d never heard of it.

3612

Oh gosh, it’s so good, but it’s HARD. Harder than Atomicrops, I think, although it’s much more focused.

3613

Oh hey, it has its own thread. It’s not very descriptive though, so I can see why I never noticed the name before.

3614

That was 2016 before there were 6000 new indie roguelites per day and you had to include the elevator pitch in the thread title so everyone knew what you were talking about.

I’m not sure how you missed Nuclear Throne though.

Anyway, Enter the Gungeon was the wrong choice for me back in 2016. I didn’t like it. I never did play Nuclear Throne.

3615

Hey, Subnautica: Below Zero is coming to Game Pass! I really should play the first game so I can get on the sequel.

3616

Same here. I got quite a ways into it, but I didn’t know about beacons so whenever I would return to the game, I’d get lost as to where I was and what I’d already done.

I need to start over and this time do beacons if I can.

Also, I wonder if playing the sequel spoils the events of the first game?

3617

They’re largely the same as far as gameplay is concerned. I’d just pick one of the two and play it.

Not really.

3618

Tainted Grail coming to Game Pass? No way!!

3619

Awww, we’re getting Superliminal soon. I just got that through Humble Bundle. Damn it. The Humble Bundle is such a waste of money for me. I really should cancel it. Maybe.

3620

Is that something to be excited over? It’s got a cool name! What is it?

Let’s see:

Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon in this unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Create your own combos out of hundreds of cards and learn how to survive in a dark, unforgiving world shrouded by a mysterious, deadly force known as the wyrdness.

Hmmmm, deck-building? I’m out! Sounds cool though.

3621

There is a lot more RPG than is contained in most card battlers, and if it’s on Game Pass you can give it a shot for an hour or so with very little risk. I encourage you to try it unless you really really really hate card battlers.

3622

The first game mentioned here, coming out tomorrow, Flynn, sounds pretty cool, potentially.

Trailer looks charming.

I like platforming, but not 2D platformer combat usually. Game Pass seems perfect for trying it out.

3623

Yeah there are several games on that list that I haven’t seen before and may have potential. Unsighted looks interesting also.

3624

Off the top, I’m super excited for:

  • Sable. I liked the demo, in spite of its being mostly fetch-quests. The art is amazing, and the world and its characters are intriguing.

  • Phoenix Point (finally!). I’ve been waiting on this to hit consoles for almost two years now. Crazy. Just this week I’m having to hold off buying the whole Xcom 2 collection for $20 (via Deals With Gold) so I don’t burn myself out on this genre. October 1st!

  • Superlininal. This looks like a neat puzzle-filler.

  • (honorable mention) Below Zero. Already played it on release. It was good. Subnautica was easily one of my favorite games of the last decade,and really, it’s MOTS, but that’s fine for me.

I’ll have to look into the rest.

3625

It’s fantastic. Please give it a try for the low, low price of already paid for it. If nothing else, you can get a taste of the worldbuilding for when their rpg releases.

So glad this fantastic game will be brought to a wider audience.

3626

There’s a thread full of hype so I’m kinda glad I resisted the urge to pick it up

Tainted Grail: Conquest, Wyrdness galore

My other big happy moment is seeing that the Astria Ascending now says Console + Cloud + PC - all the Tale of Arise talk has been making me hanker for a jRPG…