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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 4, 2024 10:00:40 GMT
Anyone played Crow Country? Fancy picking up something retro-ish and seen some good press about it. Yes, see my post above! I loved it all the way through. Great homage to 90s PS1 survival horror games. |
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 4, 2024 10:01:21 GMT
Hah, well now my post at the start of the previous page 😅
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Post by wunty on Aug 4, 2024 10:45:11 GMT
So I decided against the mortuary assistant as it looked like yucks and scares for the sake of it. I did however grab The Withering Rooms as it’s on sale and based on my brief look this morning it looks amazing.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2024 12:45:17 GMT
So I decided against the mortuary assistant as it looked like yucks and scares for the sake of it. I did however grab The Withering Rooms as it’s on sale and based on my brief look this morning it looks amazing. Sounds good. What's the one about then? |
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Post by wunty on Aug 4, 2024 14:36:12 GMT
So it’s 2.5d with a bit of a roguelite and castlevania thing going on, with rpg mechanics where you can go for certain builds etc. it’s also a bit clock tower with a dash of souls in there and it seems very cool indeed.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2024 17:28:41 GMT
Hmm, that sounds pretty good indeed!
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Post by wunty on Aug 4, 2024 17:43:39 GMT
It looks awesome man. Can’t wait to have a proper go.
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Post by harrypalmer on Aug 5, 2024 9:41:06 GMT
Just finished From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror by Bitmap Books a fairly beefy compendium of influential horror games through the ages. Insightful and passionate writing and an interesting categorisation where games are grouped by theme: haunted house, survival horror, interactive movie etc. Obviously most of the heavy hitters are there but there were a ton that I hadn't heard of so I've come a way with a huge list of games to play, many of which are free or dirt cheap on Steam. I'm particularly eager to try some of the modern retro games like Orion Prime which was created using the System Shock level editor. There's too many interesting games to list in detail, but someone made a list here: backloggd |
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Post by wunty on Aug 13, 2024 5:13:11 GMT
P.T. is ten years old as of yesterday. That’s nuts.
I still have it installed on my original PS4 HDD. Played it only a few weeks back and it’s STILL terrifying.
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 13, 2024 21:18:10 GMT
Yeah I still have it too! It's mad towards the end though, vom 🤢
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 17, 2024 8:54:13 GMT
This looks interesting, silent hill vibes and retro horror;
Out 12th September I think.
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Post by JonFE on Aug 17, 2024 9:12:26 GMT
This looks interesting, silent hill vibes and retro horror; Out 12th September I think. That's right up wunty's alley, she's even set fire to that bin, ffs! |
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Post by wunty on Aug 17, 2024 13:38:10 GMT
Been following this one for a while. Hoping for a console release down the line.
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 17, 2024 17:54:01 GMT
Thought you'd be keen, was thinking of you when I saw it. Not in a weird way 😅
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Post by wunty on Aug 17, 2024 21:12:11 GMT
Why not in a weird way? I’m offended.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 17, 2024 21:20:58 GMT
It's not possible to not think about wunty in a weird way
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Post by rawshark on Aug 17, 2024 21:32:19 GMT
I’m watching a playthrough of P.T. Now. It hasn’t got less scary. Even watching amiable YouTubers play is a harrowing experience.
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 18, 2024 1:18:37 GMT
Why not in a weird way? I’m offended. Fine. I think of you in that Dark Souls 2 kind of way, in that special way that can only be described badly though the message system. Try tongue, but hole. |
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Post by apollo on Aug 18, 2024 8:34:05 GMT
Been keeping an eye on silent hull for a while, iirc one person did most of the game, hopefully he can arrange a console port
Started Lamentum (was free on GWG) and its quite good so far, its 2.5d horror game inspired a little by res evil 1
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Post by Tomo on Aug 18, 2024 9:52:50 GMT
Cor, Hollowbody looks like a 10 hour game that I'll only be able to play in 20 minute bursts.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 18, 2024 10:15:44 GMT
Haunted pillow D:
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Aug 18, 2024 12:33:18 GMT
Been keeping an eye on silent hull for a while, iirc one person did most of the game, hopefully he can arrange a console port
Started Lamentum (was free on GWG) and its quite good so far, its 2.5d horror game inspired a little by res evil 1
Let us know how it goes for you. I have had my eye on it a few times, but reviews left a fairly mixed impression. |
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Post by apollo on Aug 18, 2024 16:34:18 GMT
Been keeping an eye on silent hull for a while, iirc one person did most of the game, hopefully he can arrange a console port
Started Lamentum (was free on GWG) and its quite good so far, its 2.5d horror game inspired a little by res evil 1
Let us know how it goes for you. I have had my eye on it a few times, but reviews left a fairly mixed impression. It has nice horror atmosphere but the shitty 8 bit era combat and for some reason there is instant death spikes later on one section is really annoying. Your first weapon is knife and of course short range and on easy its manageable as most monsters die in 2 hits but the first boss fight is awful as the fire poker is slightly better but the boss has crappy 8 bit animation hits and lost a lot of health and the dodge is shit against the boss
Pistol ammo is very rare and been putting that in the item chest, its not awful game and its atmospheric horror game but the combat is so shit, you can run past monsters but when you are forced to fight its not fun. No idea how the dev(s) thought this was good
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Aug 18, 2024 18:09:02 GMT
Yeah, that sounds a lot like what I vaguely remember from the review.
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Post by apollo on Aug 19, 2024 21:15:05 GMT
I need to start the first game as seemed decent
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Post by wunty on Aug 19, 2024 21:28:23 GMT
Me too. Bought the bloody thing twice as well. Never played it.
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Post by apollo on Aug 20, 2024 14:42:48 GMT
Classic Wunty 
only purchased it once but only played a little as its easy to die before finding a savepoint
This looks really good
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 20, 2024 18:10:10 GMT
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 21, 2024 13:18:44 GMT
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Post by apollo on Sept 12, 2024 16:01:38 GMT
Silent hull review (hopefully it comes to consoles)
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