drahkon Posted November 22, 2023 Posted November 22, 2023 What I will say about Cassette Beasts: It drains the Steam Deck's battery like crazy... At 99% charge games like Astral Ascent have a projected battery life of around 5.4h while Cassette Beasts only reaches 3.2h. Had to tweak some settings in-game and via the Steam Deck and increased it by one hour. Still, I wish the game was optimized a little better. There are some occasional frame drops. Granted, they aren't a huge deal in a game like this but still annoying.
drahkon Posted November 22, 2023 Posted November 22, 2023 12 hours ago, drahkon said: Cassette Beasts For some reason, I still don't fully understand the game Probably because I need to get used to types and their interactions. Haven't progressed the story much as there are quite a few quests in this - some of them are fetch quests, some of them are more "involved". Think I'll just farm some exp for a while to level up The way it works in this is: Only the human characters have levels (I assume up to 100) and whenever you level up your stats increase. The monsters only have 5 (?) "levels" (stars) and once they are maxed you can evolve remaster them which increases their stats. Human stats + monster stats = total stats. I think. Only remastered my starter so far. It's pretty cool. turns into I had a choice when I remastered it, though. I assume there's one more path to take with that mon. Which means there must be ways to get more of this starter and probably even the others 3 hours in and I'm enjoying my time with it a lot 3
drahkon Posted November 24, 2023 Posted November 24, 2023 Think I'm gonna send in my Deck for repairs. The right bumper has started to feel a little...weird? I have to push down on it quite a bit before it registers a button press. It technically works, but it's not ideal and might turn into a bigger problem in the long run. Got an RMA approved and will get further instructions (sounds ominous, but that's how they word it ) soon. It should take about 2 weeks, so if I send it out on Monday I may get the device back once I'm back from vacation 1
drahkon Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 On 24/11/2023 at 8:49 AM, drahkon said: should take about 2 weeks, so if I send it out on Monday I may get the device back once I'm back from vacation Well, didn't have the time to send it out. I may have to spend Christmas without the Deck. Urgh, do I really have to have a conversation with my mom and sister on Christmas Eve?
drahkon Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) On 11/30/2023 at 11:57 AM, drahkon said: Well, didn't have the time to send it out. This entire RMA process is a mess... Got a shipping label for UPS, used the provided website to set a pick-up date (didn't know this was a thing), expected to see a confirmation but as soon as I clicked on a date the website/tab closed and now when I try to visit it again it says "your order has been booked" with no further information. Cool? So now what...do I not get a confirmation email? Do I have to stay at home the entire day and wait for someone to show up? URGH Edited December 4, 2023 by drahkon 1
drahkon Posted December 5, 2023 Posted December 5, 2023 11 hours ago, drahkon said: This entire RMA process is a mess... Got a shipping label for UPS, used the provided website to set a pick-up date (didn't know this was a thing), expected to see a confirmation but as soon as I clicked on a date the website/tab closed and now when I try to visit it again it says "your order has been booked" with no further information. Cool? So now what...do I not get a confirmation email? Do I have to stay at home the entire day and wait for someone to show up? URGH I gotta eat crow. UPS guy just picked up the package. But I stand by it: some kind of confirmation would've been nice 2
drahkon Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 8:51 AM, drahkon said: Cassette Beasts Managed to progress the story a little bit, spent some time grinding exp and "evolved" some more of my mon. I gotta say, though, it feels weird to play games on my PC I might just wait for my Steam Deck to be returned to me In other news: Playing Slay the Spire: Downfall on PC is not weird, it's awesome! Reached Ascension 7 with all 5 standard characters. Haven't even started with the boss characters. Pretty happy that I still have more victories than deaths. I'd say half of the latter could've been avoided if I didn't play like a shmuck at times I may actually have to start doing maths again to keep the ratio up. Eventually it will flip, though.
drahkon Posted December 9, 2023 Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) My Steam Deck is now in Prague for repairs according to the email I just got from Valve. I might get it back in time for Christmas Edited December 9, 2023 by drahkon
drahkon Posted December 11, 2023 Posted December 11, 2023 My Steam Deck has been repaired (hopefully) and is ready to be dispatched. Hope it'll arrive before I leave on Thursday I miss it
Dcubed Posted December 12, 2023 Posted December 12, 2023 Well this came out of nowhere and looks really cool! 1
drahkon Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 Cassette Beasts is starting to lose me... There's a good game underneath the hood, but lots of small things are annoying as hell. For example: Catching a mon while your team is full doesn't prompt a "do you want to take it with you"-message. It goes into storage immediately. And accessing the storage is tedious as hell...you gotta use a campfire or go into town. Speaking of campfires and towns: You can only fast travel to towns. Makes traversal quite boring. I did rectify these two problems by installing a mod, though... The worst thing, though: The battles are starting to drag on and on and on. Enemy monsters have way too much exp in my opinion and type advantages are not as potent as I hoped. Yeah, not sure how long I'll stay with this one...might be 9€ wasted 1
Hero-of-Time Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 You'll be playing Final Fantasy soon anyway.
drahkon Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: You'll be playing Final Fantasy soon anyway. That is correct. My copy should arrive on Thursday. And until then: 1
Happenstance Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 I'm assuming the Steam winter sale will start tonight. Might have to take a look at my wishlist and see what'll be worth getting for the Ally.
drahkon Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, Happenstance said: I'm assuming the Steam winter sale will start tonight. Might have to take a look at my wishlist and see what'll be worth getting for the Ally. Countdown It will start soon. Thankfully for my wallet the Steam sales aren't what they used to be (90% off of most games back in 2013). Still hoping for one or two roguelites to have a nice discount. Most importantly The Void Rains Upon Hear Heart: Also very interested in Project Crystal:
Happenstance Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, drahkon said: Countdown It will start soon. Thankfully for my wallet the Steam sales aren't what they used to be (90% off of most games back in 2013). Still hoping for one or two roguelites to have a nice discount. Most importantly The Void Rains Upon Hear Heart: I really miss when Steam Sales were a massive event. Having to pay attention daily for new discounts, sometimes every 4 hours for the flash sales. These days I check on the first day, maybe get one game but leave the rest because I can probably find it cheaper elsewhere and never check back again.
drahkon Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Happenstance said: I really miss when Steam Sales were a massive event. Having to pay attention daily for new discounts, sometimes every 4 hours for the flash sales. Yup, those were the good old days. I downloaded the app just for the sales back then 1 minute ago, Happenstance said: I can probably find it cheaper elsewhere and never check back again. Key resellers (think of them what you will) are better more often than not.
drahkon Posted December 22, 2023 Posted December 22, 2023 18 hours ago, drahkon said: Most importantly The Void Rains Upon Hear Heart No discount, sad 18 hours ago, drahkon said: Also very interested in Project Crystal Ehem...it's called Crystal Project. 25% discount. Not too bad. Found out that there's a demo, so I'm gonna give that a whirl later!
drahkon Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 Decided to only buy Halls of Torment and the new Vampire Survivors DLC. Should last me for a while
Happenstance Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 I ended up double dipping on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Just something about that series that makes it so I can play it over and over again without getting bored. Installing it now on the Ally. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 20 minutes ago, Happenstance said: I ended up double dipping on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Just something about that series that makes it so I can play it over and over again without getting bored. Installing it now on the Ally. Do you own Mass Effect on every platform? Also, is this place running really slow this morning? Took me ages to load this page up and reply.
Happenstance Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Hero-of-Time said: Do you own Mass Effect on every platform? Also, is this place running really slow this morning? Took me ages to load this page up and reply. Yeah running very slow for me. I've owned the Mass Effect trilogy games on Xbox 360, PS3, PS4/5 and now PC. 1
drahkon Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 Last night I found Die in the Dungeon: Origins, a free prequel to Die in the Dungeon (duh) which will be released sometime next year. Quote Die in the Dungeon is a deck-building, turn-based roguelite where your deck is not made out of cards, but DICE! In Die in the Dungeon, each dice represents a different action, from basic ones like attacking or healing to boosting other dice or copying their abilities. Improve the quality of your dice, combine them and acquire powerful relics to defeat the monsters that dwell in the dungeon! Find great synergies by combining dice with unique abilities to create powerful and bizarre decks! The game doesn't have Steam Deck/controller support so I had to use the trackpad and LT/RT. It works great. I was always weary of this particular control setting, but I think I'll use it more and more. This kinda makes me want to get Against the Storm now, but that's a different story. Anyways, Die in the Dungeon: Origins is fun for what it is: An introduction to a game that needs its mechanics to be fleshed out a bit more. Some more visual cues could be very helpful, too. Right now you only know that a die has a certain property when you hover over it. For example: it can be "hollow" and cost no energy. However, if you draw two or more dice of the same colour you don't immediately know which one it is. I'm definitely gonna play more of this and keep an eye on the full game's development. Seems like something I could spend ages with if done right 1
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