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omega2900 Jemerald of Brainrot from The Midwest, where everything is MID! (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: In my bunk
Jemerald of Brainrot
#4801: Mar 22nd 2025 at 11:12:22 AM

I was just about to post this.

Get taxed. Idiot.
AzureSeas Since: Jan, 2011
#4802: Mar 22nd 2025 at 1:27:12 PM

Unfortunately, it’s possible that the Big Rigs listing might be bogus. Searching the publisher only brings up the Steam listing, the icon appears to be ai-generated, and the header is taken from another site, among other things. I will hope, but I won’t hold my breath :x

Edited by AzureSeas on Mar 22nd 2025 at 1:27:54 AM

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#4803: Mar 22nd 2025 at 3:16:42 PM

The publisher chimed in and said it's real.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#4804: Mar 22nd 2025 at 5:10:17 PM

The picture isn't AI art but instead a modified version of the original box art - if you search for the original box art and check out the picture assumed to be AI art, you can see the same truck and car in the same poses.

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#4805: Mar 23rd 2025 at 9:51:40 AM

Goddamn the Steam Next Fest gave me way too many amazing games to demo.

Reignbreaker is an awesome punk-rock Hades-alike.

Starless Abyss is a roguelite deckbuilder where you control a squad of starships gunning down an army of Eldritch Abominations.

Demon Tides is a fun looking platformer albeit one I wasn't able to play much thanks to my potato computer.

Genokids is a cool action hack'n'slash about a superpowered rock band.

Run Tavernquest is a hilarious reverse text adventure.

Scholomatch is a magical gem-matching romance game.

Neo Junk City is part classic Adventure Game and part shooter and part racer.

I haven't even gotten the chance to play Fear Fa (FIFA if it crossed over with Silent Hill) or Chaos Front or Ultra Mega Cats or Mech Havoc or Am I Nima or Haste yet. Goddamn. Golden age of gaming, I tell ya.

You are not alone.
NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#4806: Mar 25th 2025 at 12:45:45 PM

New game, same players- GameInformer's back under new ownership with the entire staff from before back on-board, years of site/magazine history intact, and even plenty of new reviews for games that came out between the closure last year and today's reboot!

Edited by NesClassic on Mar 25th 2025 at 3:46:11 PM

🏳️‍⚧️she/her | Vio Rhyse Alberia
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#4807: Mar 25th 2025 at 5:18:50 PM

That's... Legitimately good news. Huh. Not used to hearing that lately.

You are not alone.
AzureSeas Since: Jan, 2011
#4808: Mar 25th 2025 at 5:47:55 PM

A much better outcome than I expected. Hooray to Gunzilla Games for the assist and glad everyone is back on their feet :D

MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009
#4809: Mar 28th 2025 at 1:04:08 AM

So there's an upcoming Top down sandbox game coming out on 22 May called "Deliver At All Cost" set during 1959 on a small Hawaiian island where you play as newly hired Delivery driver who picks up and deliver various items throughout island, no matter what gets in your way. The fact it's being published by Konami surprise me. I love the 1950s aesthetic and all the descurtion you can cause.

diddyknux (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#4811: Mar 28th 2025 at 10:07:37 AM

Dang, why a PS5 exclusive? Konami making their games exclusive to the PlayStation series doesn't make sense. They must be getting paid a lot to do that.

Game looks like nice goofy fun. I'm glad to see goofy silly games with decent budgets.

The developer appears to be a Swedish company. (Their name ends in "AB" which denotes Swedish corporations.)

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#4812: Mar 28th 2025 at 2:28:58 PM

Swedes making peak a lot lately. Probably all the vacation time they get.

You are not alone.
RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4813: Mar 28th 2025 at 2:36:47 PM

[up][up] Not an exclusive. Coming to PC and Xbox Series as well.

Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#4814: Mar 28th 2025 at 6:47:51 PM

If I've learned anything from sinking dozens of hours into Jurassic World Evolution 2 it's that there are plenty of dinosaurs that could be used as enemies for a Dino Crisis game, not just the ones in the original Jurassic Park.

Edited by Mullon on Mar 28th 2025 at 9:48:03 AM

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
KaabiiFan13 Since: Apr, 2022
#4815: Apr 3rd 2025 at 5:50:03 PM

Is anyone else getting a little worried about the increasing prices for next gen games? Reading about all the price hikes on Switch 2 games and accessories compared to those of OG Switch feels rather ominous about things to come for the hobby...

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#4816: Apr 3rd 2025 at 5:53:38 PM

It's definitely not good.

Notably, I'm generally willing to pay ten bucks more for a physical cart than a download... But I'd prefer that meant cheaper downloads and not pricier carts.

The Switch 2 itself is 200$ cheaper in Japan than the US. It's a hell of a chaotic time in the economy right now that's for effin' sure.

You are not alone.
Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#4817: Apr 5th 2025 at 12:42:36 PM

Whenever I see games compared to Diablo I never see Grim Dawn mentioned which annoys me because it's a solid game.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
omega2900 Jemerald of Brainrot from The Midwest, where everything is MID! (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: In my bunk
Jemerald of Brainrot
#4818: Apr 7th 2025 at 3:00:20 PM

Ever wanted a 2 hour video on a Gameboy FPS not many people know about? Derek from Stop Skeletons from Fighting gives you that.

Get taxed. Idiot.
AwkbutTVT Nyan-Binary (The picture, not me) from Gaia, in no current need of help Since: Sep, 2023
Nyan-Binary (The picture, not me)
#4819: Apr 9th 2025 at 5:55:26 AM

Is anyone here familiar with the Dungeon Boss mobile game

Used to play that years ago, apparently it shut down

Ey, migi vuru?
leafsaber47 Hm? Am I late? from post-apocalyptic world (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Hm? Am I late?
#4820: Apr 9th 2025 at 11:46:13 AM

Anyone other than me realizing how much of a mixed bag 2023 was for games? There's been a bunch of good games, but we've had more controversial and/or outright sucky things be more popular from that year (for the wrong (or right?) reasons).

Edited by leafsaber47 on Apr 9th 2025 at 2:49:20 PM

"You can't spell 'Wario' without 'war'."
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#4821: Apr 9th 2025 at 1:31:09 PM

Fallout from Covid one imagines.

You are not alone.
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#4822: Apr 12th 2025 at 5:37:17 AM

Does anyone remember the let's play flash game Gretel and Hansel? Well Part 3 is finally coming out this year, along a reimagined version of both Part 1 and 2!

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#4823: Apr 12th 2025 at 11:10:15 AM

I'd been looking forward to Star Overdrive, pre-ordered it, chose not to play the demo (since I see demos as spoiling the surprise of the final experience), and now I have it.

And my god, am I not liking it.

It looked like it would be a fun open world game, traveling around a planet on a fast moving hoverboard.

Well, you get bursts of that. But frequently you have to stop moving real fast, in order to engage in slow collecting of things for the game's crafting system, and slow combat against animals on the planet. The combat lacks depth and the enemies take a lot of hits to kill.

And the game feels directionless to me. I don't know where I can go - apparently I need to craft "special components" to be allowed to go on water or along metal walls that are near-horizontal. So I have a real lack of freedom here.

It's like there's a huge clash between how this game was presented and what I actually got. I feel ripped off. I really should have played the demo.

Well, at least the other two indie games I bought this year - Rogue Flight and Picross S+ - are ones I'm really enjoying. But the one that cost more (Star Overdrive costs more than Rogue Flight and Picross S+ combined) and is the one I was looking forward to, is the one I really don't like.

Edited by BonsaiForest on Apr 12th 2025 at 3:11:39 PM

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4824: Apr 12th 2025 at 4:25:33 PM

Forgot to play the demo for AI: The Somnium Files while the game was on a Nintendo eShop sale this past week. Ended up liking the demo once I finally got around to playing it, but now I have to wait a month or two for the price to drop back down again to US$4-5. Oh well, not like I'm lacking in games to play. Still need to finish going through the Ace Attorney Trilogy.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#4825: Apr 12th 2025 at 7:23:20 PM

Started looking through the Switch eShop to see what was released recently. Finding tons of sub-$10 stuff that just looks not the least bit fun to me.

Then I decided to sort by date with only $11-20 games showing.

Then I found two games that looked pretty fun: Rusty Rabbit, which appears to be a sci-fi 2D metroidvania with a rabbit in a mecha suit, and Sacre Bleu, a fast-moving 2D shooter with mechanics that seem to involving propelling yourself in the air by shooting backwards, and kicking enemy attacks and enemies themselves by aiming where they go when you kick them out.

Both games come out next week.

I should be more picky in my browsing next time I look for games! Some of the games in the $20 range are ones I've absolutely loved, like Rogue Flight, Treasures of the Aegean, Gylt (it's $30 on Switch but $20 on PC), so there's real gold there.

And super low prices aren't always bad: I'm enjoying the $5 Picross S+ and I think we all know about the famous $3 Suika Game!


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