Literally made me think of Gourmond, from Wild Kratts.

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Space Haven looks tempting pretty much right up my alley, but I'll have to wait till it's done or 2022, which ever is later.

Quoting: headless_cyborgUnfortunately, it's really hard for me to find anything even remotely interesting (browsing native only)

I'm out a similar mindset. Maybe my tastes are changing our maybe I'm internalizing my goal to not purchase any games this is year. I think more, that I'm just getting more picky about what I want to spend my money and time on despite all the great games out there.

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Thanks for the heads up!

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Ok, the flapping... adorably awesome

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I can recommend hollow knight and opus magnum. Both are very good.

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Quoting: BakerThat game fucks

It just means its a really good game :)

Uhhh, that briefly demonstrates the versatility of the word.... Never heard it used that way before!

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Wasteland 2. I've kinda found a lot of the "epic" party RPG'S (bioware and co.) to be fairly boring or frustrating, but I figured I'd give it a try with a different theme and developer.

Funny as I figure those would be right up my alley, but outside of Planescape: Torment, I've never finished one. I have finished Fallout though, so I'm giving Wasteland 2 a try.

Also just finished X:com Enemy Within. Very good game. Kinda has me searching for something similar, perhaps a little more strategic

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I'm a little conflicted on the new design. I prefer the compact layout and clear information of the old design as opposed to the new designs aesthetics. It's such a jumbled waste if space. But I do like the idea to quickly see what's in each library(and hopefully search and sort that list)

It's almost like the idea of adding a window to the side of the old library list that would populate with a list of games and relevant stats was too obvious, so it had to be wrong.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismIn essence you could say I spend THOUSANDS of dollars to _NOT_ use WINDOWS

I like this.

Also..

Quoting: ElectricPrismHell I threw a thousand at Valve just to buy a Index when I'm not a VR person,...

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Wanna throw me a band while you're at it?

I use Linux because in 2008 I was building an entertainment center PC and was testing it using Linux (to avoid license registration hell) and was setting up the surround sound. I needed to test the speakers. I cat'ed the CPU's random number generator to the soundcard. Voila.. soft static coming from every speaker and the sub. So I could check wiring and speaker placement without running around. Do that in Windows.


Lastly. These prices seem pretty typical for when these title go on sale? I have a few on wishlist and not to be mean, but I'm not seeing any thing exceptional. Or am I missing something?

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Yeah. I think the biggest offenders for me T the time we the games that tried to do other open spaces. But, the engine and cards weren't good enough to give a lot of detail or objects so you ended up with these large areas with a few repeating textures and not much else.

Battle zone 2 comes to mind and I can remember others, but not thier names. Parts of Morrowind and KOTOR also suffered a little bit as time progresses

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Quoting: NociferAlso, for some reason it left me with a strong urge to replay STALKER :P

Yaaasssss

Did you see a new Stalker game is coming out? I should go back and play the others, as whenever I tried to play them back in the day, it seemed my computer didn't run fast enough, or I cranked up the settings too high for it to run smoothly, and it felt jerky. Though I kind of always blamed the engine for that.

I did. I hope it's good. I played the whole trilogy and part of anomaly this fall. Ran great in wine. First one is still my favorite, but Anomaly is good too.

Quoting: 14This game's graphics were not terribly consistent in the trailer. Some of the outdoor scenes looked much better than indoor scenes. Yes, reminded me of Half-Life 2 or SWAT 4 age of graphics.

Yeah, they didn't seem too consistent. My cutoff for "old FPS graphics" is more in the middle late 90's (Thief, system shock 2), although I think it varies heavily depending on art direction and level design. Some age very well, some not so much.

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