Especially Castlevania 3, where Grant deNasty lost his infinite throwing knives and had to fight with a weak, short range dagger instead.
Necronic
Staff member
Still playing Warframe religiously. If they keep updating the game properly it will be amazing. That said it is equally likely that it will end up as total garbage. They have pulled a few pseudo p2w things already (the "Prime" warframes were only available to Founders, but you can get something almost as good through grinding), which makes me a bit concerned. But no golden ammo. They REALLY need to fix the parkour though, its currently atrocious.
Well, I was playing Garry's Mod earlier tonight until I was suddenly infected by some kind of game-specific virus.
First, it forced me to spam "*cough cough*" over and over in the chat, which got me kick-banned. I messaged the mod and told him I had no idea what was going on and that I honestly wasn't doing it on purpose. He unbanned me and when I re-joined, it did it again. I quit the game myself.
Then, after I quit, I noticed that this fucking thing messaged about a dozen or more people on my Steam friends' list. It made me say "*cough cough*" about 2-3 times, confusing multiple people.
I've been trying to get information about this supposed virus on the Steam forums, but it's only been half helpful. One guy is saying that it's similar to Keylogger and that personal information may be in jeopardy. Most others are saying it's not that dangerous as long as you don't join servers with "!!!!" in its name.
I've purged the game completely from my computer and will either not play it again until I hear this problem has been fixed or not play it ever again. Which is a shame because I was kind of digging some of the multiplayer, like what was basically a multiplayer version of Clue, where one person plays the murderer. I thought that could've been fun for a Halforum night.
First, it forced me to spam "*cough cough*" over and over in the chat, which got me kick-banned. I messaged the mod and told him I had no idea what was going on and that I honestly wasn't doing it on purpose. He unbanned me and when I re-joined, it did it again. I quit the game myself.
Then, after I quit, I noticed that this fucking thing messaged about a dozen or more people on my Steam friends' list. It made me say "*cough cough*" about 2-3 times, confusing multiple people.
I've been trying to get information about this supposed virus on the Steam forums, but it's only been half helpful. One guy is saying that it's similar to Keylogger and that personal information may be in jeopardy. Most others are saying it's not that dangerous as long as you don't join servers with "!!!!" in its name.
I've purged the game completely from my computer and will either not play it again until I hear this problem has been fixed or not play it ever again. Which is a shame because I was kind of digging some of the multiplayer, like what was basically a multiplayer version of Clue, where one person plays the murderer. I thought that could've been fun for a Halforum night.
GasBandit
Staff member
http://www.incgamers.com/2014/04/ga...virus-infection-can-removed-beware-connecting
Only published 9 hours ago. You're on the cutting edge, @ThatNickGuy !
Only published 9 hours ago. You're on the cutting edge, @ThatNickGuy !
Oh joy for me! 
According to that link, it's just a spamming virus and doesn't affect personal information. Let's hope that's true.
According to that link, it's just a spamming virus and doesn't affect personal information. Let's hope that's true.
Megaman II: It is taking all my self-discipline not to make a restore point midway through the Quickman level. No wonder they give you two extra lives prior. I don't know how anyone could do this without beating Flashman first, and my time freeze still runs out before I get past the instant kill barriers.
This game is fantastic. There's actually a bit of strategy and thought you have put into managing your powers, which levels you do, and that's on top of the platforming/shooting. That they let you go back to stage select after you run out of lives, and still remembers which stages you finished, is a relief. I'm impressed to the level I was impressed upon first playing the NES Zelda game a few months ago. I can't believe there were so many good games on the NES that I could've been playing and instead I just played and replayed Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt over and over while waiting for the day my parents would get me a Sega Genesis so I could play Sonic 2. Of course the Genesis days were good too, but I missing out, and with no internet back then, I had no idea I was missing out.
This game is fantastic. There's actually a bit of strategy and thought you have put into managing your powers, which levels you do, and that's on top of the platforming/shooting. That they let you go back to stage select after you run out of lives, and still remembers which stages you finished, is a relief. I'm impressed to the level I was impressed upon first playing the NES Zelda game a few months ago. I can't believe there were so many good games on the NES that I could've been playing and instead I just played and replayed Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt over and over while waiting for the day my parents would get me a Sega Genesis so I could play Sonic 2. Of course the Genesis days were good too, but I missing out, and with no internet back then, I had no idea I was missing out.
You're wasting the Flash Stopper on... instead of using it...
Oh you poor bastard.
Oh you poor bastard.
What else would I do with it? I can't shoot after using it until it runs out.
... right?
Buck Rodgers
Well, the main issue is that you run the risk, as you've experienced, of running out before passing the insta-kill barriers or even reaching Quickman. I advise picking up any of the energy replenishers that you can along the way. If you manage to make it to Quickman with at least some Flash Stopper, you can put a good dent into his health. Otherwise, Air Shooter could make for a good "spray and pray" approach.
GasBandit
Staff member
It is possible to make it down without using the timestopper. You have to kind of plan your fall ahead of time and not go for any powerups. If you can do that, it makes the fight with Quickman much easier because a full timestopper discharge will take off half his health.
Didn't know it could damage him. Okay, I'll try to get past the lasers on my own next attempt.
Quickman's a bit of a pain without Flash because he's got one of the weirdest patterns to learn thanks to jumping all over the fucking place, and having a non-flat floor in his boss room. If you can save FS for him, it makes things much more manageable.
I got him down halfway with the Air weapon, but he was too fast for me and I ran out of lives. So if flash gets him down by half, I should hopefully be able to handle the rest.
Just gotta live long enough to get that far.
Just gotta live long enough to get that far.
GasBandit
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Man, War Thunder is pretty fun... but jeez oh pete do the developers favor Russia. It's crazy how much the russian planes outperform their counterparts, take more damage and deal more as well, when historically russians were stuck in horrible planes until the Jet age/vietnam era. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Chiaka, which tears everything else in tier 1 and 2 to shreds almost instantly.
Ah, glorious Soviet aircraft, fuelled by vodka, crafted from finest of pure Stalinwood, stronkest in world, comrade.
I love War Thunder, but you're right - Soviet is troll-tier. Then again, so's the Ju-87G.
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Antichamber
This is....really interesting. I'm not sure what all to say about it, honestly. It's definitely not your average FPS and probably has more in common with Portal. However, the puzzles have less to do with the gun the game provides (where you can pick up and place small, coloured blocks) but playing with the medium. Like a door that closes every time you look at it, so all you have to do is walk backwards. There are these little chalk messages that appear through the game that give you hints, usually before AND after you solve the puzzle, always giving you a little piece of wisdom.
So yeah, cool little game and I'd recommend. I think a lot of people own it from a Humble Bumble.
This is....really interesting. I'm not sure what all to say about it, honestly. It's definitely not your average FPS and probably has more in common with Portal. However, the puzzles have less to do with the gun the game provides (where you can pick up and place small, coloured blocks) but playing with the medium. Like a door that closes every time you look at it, so all you have to do is walk backwards. There are these little chalk messages that appear through the game that give you hints, usually before AND after you solve the puzzle, always giving you a little piece of wisdom.
So yeah, cool little game and I'd recommend. I think a lot of people own it from a Humble Bumble.
I've spent 11 hours fusing demons solely to beat three bosses. While I did beat them, I'm not sure this was for the best.
In other news, Quickman's boomerang kicks the crap out of the Woodman level; I'm glad I had Airman's weapon for the Woodman himself. Three levels to go before Dr. Wiley.
In other news, Quickman's boomerang kicks the crap out of the Woodman level; I'm glad I had Airman's weapon for the Woodman himself. Three levels to go before Dr. Wiley.
I'm sure you figured it out already, but Metal Blade is pretty OP through the whole game, to the point you might not even want to use it too much. You get like 3 blades per single bar of energy, and it generally always does more damage than your Buster. If I remember right you can even control the direction it fires by holding up/down/etc on the d-pad.
GasBandit
Staff member
Yeah, Metal Blade makes the game easy as hell. My boss order always has metal man first.
I kill:
Metal man with the Buster
Wood Man with Metal Blades
Air Man with Leaf Shield
Crash Man with Air Shooter
Bubble Man with Metal Blades
Heat Man with Bubble Lead
Flash Man with Metal Blades
Quick Man with Timestopper and then the Buster
I kill:
Metal man with the Buster
Wood Man with Metal Blades
Air Man with Leaf Shield
Crash Man with Air Shooter
Bubble Man with Metal Blades
Heat Man with Bubble Lead
Flash Man with Metal Blades
Quick Man with Timestopper and then the Buster
Also, I'd definitely try MMX after this if you're still hungry for more. There's a lot of cool little things you can do depending on your kill order, for example if you kill Storm Eagle before Spark Mandrill. It also has a bit of backtracking to collect armor and heart pieces to make the late-game a bit easier and unlock new abilities (every X game ends up having this).
If you'd rather keep on the original line, I'd just move right along to MM3 when you're done with 2.
If you'd rather keep on the original line, I'd just move right along to MM3 when you're done with 2.
And in the later ones you could use some bosses' powers to alter the course you took through the stage. The X series really did come up with some cool stuff.
Hell, in what, X4 I think, Mega Man finally realizes he has knees and learns to duck. That shit blew my mind.
By the time you get to X3 (which is where you should stop in the X line) you even get recurring bosses... that you can -kill- with the right weapon and thus change boss fights later in the game.
Also, Zero. Zero fucking owns.
I dunno, the PS1 X games are fine, I'd ignore the story though as that's pretty awful. Just stop at like 5 or 6. Once Axel is introduced it all goes downhill (though I will admit Command Mission is a guilty pleasure).
I haven't actually done Metalman yet. Order I've done so far is
Flashman
Airman
Bubbleman
Quickman
Woodman
I think I'll do another NES before X; otherwise I might not be interested in playing them.
I would definitely jump right into MM3 then, personally I like it even more than 2.
Just be ready for frustration in Magnet Man's stage. The sound of disappearing blocks will haunt your nightmares.
If you're still hankering for NES Mega Man after 3, I'd also recommend 4. It's not quite as good overall as its predecessors but it's a lot of fun with some fun bosses. I think it's also a bit easier, but it's been a LONG time since I played it.
In the meantime, I tried out Awsomenauts today. It's a LOT of fun and very addictive. I was pleasantly surprised by how I enjoyed it. The only reason I installed it was for the Steam cards and I wound up digging it.
In the meantime, I tried out Awsomenauts today. It's a LOT of fun and very addictive. I was pleasantly surprised by how I enjoyed it. The only reason I installed it was for the Steam cards and I wound up digging it.
I've played Awesomenauts pretty much since release with small breaks inbetween. I really wish it had a larger community (most of the League 1s all know each other on Twitch/Steam chat). It's the only MOBA I play and I love it.
GasBandit
Staff member
Not to mention he'll probably stab you and take all your money, man.
Did you get the "Too far" Achievement?
"You farted on the corpse of an aborted nazi zombie fetus."
Nah, he'll just spill his spaghetti about Roll for a few minutes instead. I love that song, it's almost as creepy as this one.