(09-06-2013, 04:11 PM)Garuru Wrote: »Good thing mega evolutions are entirely optional I guess. Maybe if I don't use them at all, I'll forget they're even there! Hahahahahaha...

(09-07-2013, 07:41 AM)weirdee Wrote: »in the meanwhile, the number of people who will be having dinner with keiji inafune is now 3

Quote:lasts about 3 hours
lantern is infinite
and you can stare at the monsters without going insane

Quote:jump scares only

Quote:this is way easier than amnesia
no more physics puzzles
only interaction ones
that only exist in one room

Quote:turns out
that apparently to understand the story
you need to check the journal every time you enter a new room

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(09-12-2013, 10:54 PM)illisid Wrote: »So I've been playing a browser game called The Ways of History. It's a real time MMO strategy game with heavy influence from games like Civilization. Similar to civilization, you collect resources over time, improve your cities, settle new cities, and colonize resources. The two main differences between civilization are that there are no computer players, the game is entirely multiplayer, and that instead of being measured in turns, it's real time and measured in hours. This leads to the game being a lot more long term (I started playing in february, a bit late from the start of the server, and nobody's won yet), and because of the long-term nature of the game, some very interesting political situations come up. I highly recommend it for anybody who has the patience for civilization, and especially a game that's slower than civilization. It doesn't take up too much of your time, just about 5 minutes per log in while you set some buildings to build and whatnot.

If you want to play, follow this link, if you complete all the tutorial quests then I get some luck coins (the cheaty currency of the game that people can pay real money for)

• You can't pick up every gosh darned thing anymore, not really a downside though due to the changed nature of the puzzles (see below).
  
• The Half Life 2-esque physics puzzles of "pile a bunch of objects on this seesaw" and the Monkey Island style inventory recombination riddles have been replaced with "find the objects you need in this level and carry them to where they need to go," which sounds a lot worse than it actually is. It's easily figured out while in game and actually results in situations that feel a lot less contrived than some of those in the first game.
  
• No inventory to speak of (or at least, none that show up three hours in). This works nicely with the reworked puzzle mechanics.
  
• The lantern behaves more like a flashlight and doesn't use fuel - it does, however, flicker a LOT, to the point where I'm not sure how much of its misbehaving is scripted and how much of it is general tone-setting.
  
• Looking at monsters doesn't make your vision go all wonky, which is just fine, because they generally don't sit still long enough for you to get a good look at them anyway, and tighter corridors and closer spaces mean you need to actually see where their silhouettes are sometimes in order to sneak around them.
  
• The story is looking interesting at the moment - the main character's motivations are extremely simple ("gotta find my kids"), which he repeats in almost every journal entry (a new one will pop up when you enter most rooms, as the game helpfully informs you early on), but the actual big deets are dispensed in the same way they were in The Dark Descent; that is, through notes found around the levels. They're pretty interesting ones, too, although that might just be the mechanic in me speaking.
  
• Level design is a lot tighter, and the general quality of the visuals is better too. Some areas are large and let you meander about freely while others clamp you down tightly, but they're a nice mix and both of them are enjoyable and play their parts nicely.