Today’s game is R.E.P.O after i had a friend gift it to me on Steam. he also gave 2 other friends copies and one of my friends already had a copy so i can safely say this might be the largest group i’ve had yet for a game of the 4-idiots-dying-horrifically genre).

I don’t mean to compare one to the other or say “this game is better than the other game”, but personally i’ve found myself enjoying this more than Lethal company. It feels a bit more balanced in how you deal with the creatures, along with being easier to meet quota.

Dialing it back to the creatures, one of my favorite tricks so far has to be buying a Landmine and planting it for a creature to walk over. I got this weird ass Alien Psychic thing to walk over it in the above screenshot and it went blam.

I then proceeded to pull the same trick on this scarecrow lady that chases you down when she sees you. She chased me and i dropped the mine and dove for a table like it was a Action-Flick. She stepped on it and BLAM! Proudest move i’ve pulled in this game.

At one point we proved that none of our asses could be trusted in a gas station (or with explosives) after we chased each other around with a grenade and ended up blowing the bathroom door off it’s hinges. One of my friends, who i will nickname Shit Shoes (after a story where he stepped in shit at the mall), ended up dragging it into the van but then got crushed by it after they dropped it on themselves.

He couldn’t lift it off himself for some reason so me and my friends had to stop and help get it off him, not before i took a screenshot of him stuck though and our friend Chef (Nicknamed that because he’s the culinary guy) stood on top of him.

Another friend, who is nicknamed Little Italy after his obsession with Italy and Mario in specific (we’re like 50% sure these thing are probably not related), found this TV with me after we split off into pairs. This was after Shit Shoes told us “Don’t activate the TV, it will call enemies to out location”. Immediately he activates it, gets jump scared by a moose, and dives for cover.

Our run for the night though ended with me diving under a bed intending to Jump out and scare Shit Shoes, but i ended up finding this secret room. While i was side tracked checking it out, every one got wiped out by a blind man with a shot gun. The moment i stepped out looking for them, i got blasted too.

  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I can totally see where that sentiment is coming from. I had one of my friends practically begging me to buy it to play with them, and i was still pretty hesitant about it because I wasn’t sure if I’d actually play it again. I am glad I enjoyed it, but basically I completely get where you’re coming from.

    Do you mind if I ask more about how Content Warning is? I got it for free on Steam a while ago and have been considering giving it a try

    • Malix@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      12 days ago

      I’m a bit two minds about Content Warning - on one hand, it’s simple to pick up and it’s definitely goofy and, fun? But lack of meaningful permanent progress kinda brings it down for me.

      Essentially, you can do “fine” with the basic gear (camera, flashlights), but you get more views (ie. money) with better gear - assuming you actually can capture some footage the game-logic deems worthy. Lost items can occasionally be found in the spoopy-place later on, but not guaranteed. Also replacing/buying new gear is kinda expensive, and dead teammates cost money to bring back (but you can’t go to debt because of it, iirc, so that’s nice).

      The runs, at least for us, are usually VERY short, like few minutes in and out. Your runs are limited by oxygen, health and amount of footage you can record - which is 30s. so make it count. So basically how the runs go:

      1. find the first monster
      2. goof with it and try not to die
      3. okay steve died while goofing with the monster, but I got it on film!
      4. RUN AWAAAY with camera set in selfie-mode and try not to die

      Usually monsters can be found very quickly, sometimes it takes a while. But usually run is over in few minutes, the prepwork before taking a dive tends to take longer :D

      AFAIK There are some “hidden puzzles”, like combine some bones or whatever to summon a spoopy secret monster or such, but I haven’t seen them myself, just seen some mentions about them occasionally.

      Also, It has mod support too. We tried a few:

      • longer/infinite film - initially we thought this would be great, but that just defeated the whole point, recorded footage started to drag on and on and on… Short film forces you to really asses the situation and only record peak footage, instead of meandering nonsense.
      • More/infinite money - While it was dope to finally test the equipment we were usually too stupid drunk bad to be able to afford them, the items range from useless single use toy to needlessly expensive for what they are.
      • More days - same, kinda defeats the point.
      • free hospital bills - a good one, imo. The game is punishing enough as is.

      Maybe a bit more durable dudes or longer/infinite oxygen tanks would do, dunno.

      Doesn’t sound like a glowing recommendation, but in general I’ve never had bad time in the game. The runs are just over bit too quickly, but then again starting a new doesn’t take long either. It’s decent at minimum.

      • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        11 days ago

        I might look into picking it up for friends when it goes on sale. From what i’ve heard it sounds like the kind of thing we could have a good time with, maybe not at full price though