20 years on (yes, 20), that opening theme still gets me hyped up. I was really expecting the Battlestar to jump away from the missile in the last shot.
It was a surprisingly decent game which kept up its quality until the end. Devs could able to capture Indiana Jones feeling all around. I’m sure DLC would be fine again.
Serious question: am I the only one who couldn’t figure out what this game was called because of the poor font decision (Specifically the first letters)? I now know only because of this Lemmy post lol. Seems more obvious now but my god I couldn’t figure it out earlier
People said good shit about cyberpunk 2077 at release.
Take games journalism with a grain of salt. Even the largely honest ones generally only get the first "X minutes" to demo, which designers pack impressive moments into for the press, but then the rest of the game is half baked or a slog.
Take fallout 4 as an example. They throw you into a laser battle, in full power armour, with a death claw in the first hour. Do you keep the armor? No. Do you keep going toe to toe with deathclaws? No. You get made into a minuteman bitch seconds after and then have to set up 638 settlements. Guess which part the press got to see before release?
The true silken song will be the unabashed wailing of gamers who have been edging so hard for 6 years that this game couldn’t possible have lived up to the hype anyway
I’ve avoided being hyped for Silksong for years after realising it’s taking a long time, but Hollow Knight is one of my all time favourite games.
Not expecting this to top E33 for me for my personal GOTY, but if this is basically just bigger Hollow Knight but with a twist with different movement and combat mechanics, I’ll be thrilled.
Buy it on GOG, I believe the Steam version of Bloodlines doesn’t even launch. GOG version comes bundled with the “basic” version of the Unofficial Patch which - as far as I know - is literally required to be able to finish the game. GOG also has a one-click installer for the Plus Patch with more restored content as of like a month or two ago, if you’re into that. I personally recommend playing non-Malkavian Basic Patch for a first experience and doing Malkavian with the Plus Patch for a second playthrough.
The game is absolutely worth it, it’s a cult classic for a reason. The combat sucks so be prepared for that and the second half of the game is extremely rushed as the developers were forced to shove it out the door but even having said that it’s a great experience for what it is.
The steam version didn’t launch a while ago because it was still 32bit without any compatibility for 64bit. Last time I played it worked fine though. YMMV
Edit: there was also an unofficial workaround to get it working.
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