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  • Does Valheim have nerd dragons? :D

    Ngl would suddenly be interested.

  • Let's discuss: Half-Life
  • Half-Life (1) was the game that got me into FPS in general and kept me away from the horrors that is CoD or so.

    Half-Life 2 probably has the best campaign though. Especially considering all achievements for example.

    Worst is difficult – I like them all for what they are, but the one I like least is Half-Life 2 Episode 1.

  • What is your favourite game console?
  • NDS is definitely first, but Steam Deck is close. These days I'm probably more on my Steam Deck tho.

  • I've been playing xonotic and DAMN is it fun
  • Has great instagib servers with fast hooks! Absolutely love it. :D

    Didn't think I'd see a post about it without searching for one...

  • Need game recommendations
  • First game has been mentioned already, but I wanna make sure it's clear how singular the game is.

    Blasphemous. In case you didn't check it out: You should. It got multiple major updates (new areas, bosses etc.) that were completely free and sometimes you can grab it on sale for as low as 6€. It even has NG+ only content for replayability that's actually worth it (trust me, it really is). The movement in this game is beautifully smooth and the pixel art is consistent. More importantly the combat is actually excellent unlike many other metroidvanias (as well as souls-likes) that unfortunately fail here imho. The platforming is unique, but relatively easy to learn (but you need to try), although the game has specific areas where it becomes more or less important. Blasphemous 2 also exists, however I haven't played it yet. It isn't as hard as Dark Souls titles or so, but it's a souls-like that won't go easy on you at some points. OST by Carlos Viola is also nice for people who like themselves some flamenco style.

    If jRPGs count: Chained Echoes. I will never shut up about this game, since it has gotten a lot of attention, however not NEARLY enough... no one seems to really care about it anymore, but it's one of the best games I have ever played and I feel sad how it has been overshadowed by games with better marketing/higher budgets that weren't comparable in terms of gameplay or charme at all! It has everything: Awesome gameplay with many QoL features to adapt to the game or adapt the game to you, cute and profound character designs/artwork, a storyline and an AWESOME OST! Honestly, the music is beautiful in this game... the game has been made by one guy only, however you won't notice that (except with occasional silly bugs). The music has been made by someone else though (Eddie Marianukroh) and with the help of some awesome musicians (like Gregory Orosz aka. Gamer of the Winds). I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a try!

  • I'm a simple being, and a chuckle this article did bring me.
  • "It's quite the journey"

  • Buying Max Payne (Germany)? [SOLVED]
  • Yea, I have seen the article yesterday. Absolutely nuts! :D

    Also just wanted to look for the patch, ty.

  • Buying Max Payne (Germany)? [SOLVED]
  • This worked (for anyone curious)! Thanks! :P

  • Buying Max Payne (Germany)? [SOLVED]
  • Thank you for your suggestion! :D But please be careful with buying games on Steam through VPNs, because that can actually get your Steam account permabanned. I don't know if you can avoid that with creating a new account though, just be careful with main accounts.

  • Buying Max Payne (Germany)? [SOLVED]
  • Disc versions will not run. Old CD's won't work due to DRM stuffs from Microsoft (all of my old games on CD's like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PC won't run on Windows). The only solution would be a no-cd version, but I'd like to avoid random downloads from unknown sources.

    Thank you though! :)

  • Buying Max Payne (Germany)? [SOLVED]

    Hey,

    so I know that question has been asked a few times online already, however none of the answers really helped in my case or were missing specific questions where an answer would really help me. For anyone of you living in Germany (or apparently (west-)Australia too) and trying to buy Max Payne (1) today, you might know how hard it is to literally just buy the game. I already played the game a LONG time ago, however I'd like to play it again, which is why I went to Steam and... it is region-blocked. Can't even buy it. On Rockstar's website it just gives me a 404. Mobile version on Google Play Store can't be bought anymore as well, since it just says: "It's for an older version of android". Nothing on GOG too.

    So obvious solution would be a key for Steam, right? Well... that's my question. Which one? Most of the time it just says: "Warning: This key can not be activated in Germany". On Kinguin for example, but there's also a Max Payne 1 & 2 combo where it says it can be activated. My concern is that it will only work for Max Payne 2, which I already own. Global keys don't work (according to the sites like Kinguin or G2A), has anyone from Germany tried a certain key that worked and can help me? Or does anyone know with 100% certainty?

    Is it possible to find another alternative to buying a key? Tbh I'm not a big fan of those websites and how they operate. Abandonware websites took the game down too, since it can be bought in most areas (despite it being technically abandoned, but their reasoning is of course correct).

    I know a remake is in the works, however it's especially the old, classic version I'm interested in. Apart from that the remake will probably be Epic-exclusive first and cost 50-60 bucks...

    Thank you in advance, even if you can't help me out! Have a nice day.

    //EDIT: Blake was nice enough to help me out with this! His solution actually works! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. :D Insane how quick this was.

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    What's a good game you played with an awful tutorial?
  • Voices of the Void. Even though it does talk about the basics of the game, it really didn't make the important aspects of these basics that aren't known from other games clear at all.

    It's a demo, however, so that's excusable, even if the tutorial was actually reworked too... I dunno why you need to launch it in order to get into the game though. :D

  • Does Beehaw benefit from federation?
  • More likely ≠ all

    They talked about a tendency, not every user from different instances than Beehaw.

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  • Pferderennen-Berichterstattung.

    Pferderennen-Bestattung.

    Pferde-Bestattung.

    Pferde-ung.

    Pferde.

    erde.

  • Gaming often fetishises the new but many great things exist in the past, so let's strap into our time machines and talk about our favourite games released before say 2010?
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PC version). Be aware that PC version is a completely different game from the console versions.

  • RichByy RichByy @beehaw.org

    Hi.

    I'm just a German plushie-loving freak who is awkwardly excited over woodwinds and tech stuff. Also likes chess... but only against my dear Stockfish.

    Have a lovely day. :P

    sh.itjust.works account: https://sh.itjust.works/u/Rich3yy

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