Stately Citizen Journalism

#4516

The worst part - and it is a mechanic I especially loathe - is that like most hero collectors you can level your units up, but this kills any PvP strategy whatsoever. It means that I can send a knight against your knight and get wiped out because you’ve simply grinded longer. I can’t tell you how much I detest that. I’d rather the game reward grinding with more powerful units so that you then at least know what you are up against. It is simply inherently unfun and kills most of my desire to even play.

All that said, Rumble does appear to have a fairly large campaign system, so there might be legs there if anyone is actually interested.

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#4517

in the realtime PVP arena of “WH40k: Tacticus” the character levels are capped.
three leagues with different cap levels (low, medium and high caps).
that’s a great way to go!

#4518

Yet another Puzzmo key available to give out today–since it has to be used by midnight ET and I’m not sure how much I’ll be online the rest of the day, I’m just going to post it here and the first person to click through and solve the puzzle gets it:

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#4519

Hades coming to iOS through Netflix Games in 2024!

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#4520

I have 2 Puzmo keys to give out, if anyone has not yet been able to get in. Just drop me a PM, and I’ll be happy to send it over : )

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#4521

This is absolutely massive for Netflix catalogue imo.
Anywhere I look at threads seeking recommendations for a roguelite, I find Hades as one of or if not THE top rated mention.
Into the Breach and Hades will make the Netflix catalogue solid on those two games alone.

Note, it is just for iOS. (Which is less surprising given Supergiant’s two other games Transistor and Bastion were also ios only, though premium).

By the way, Katana Zero and Deaths Door is also coming to Netflix.

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#4522

Sort of? I agree, these are quality games. But, when they’ve been out for years, an awful lot of folks will already have played them. Hades especially seemed like the precision of a controller was helpful; I’m sure there are people who care about games enough to own a decent controller they use with their iOS device, but who don’t have a console on which they could play Hades, and so haven’t played it. But I wouldn’t think it’d be a lot.

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#4523

I had an irl friend express concern about touch controls for Hades and reminded him that Supergiant did a stellar job with Bastion and Transistor. Admittedly those were less twitchy than Hades, but we’ll see. I loved the game on Switch and am very much looking forward to Hades II; I would buy the original again on iOS merely to support the studio.

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#4524

I’m finding Netflix mostly useful for games on my Steam wishlist I no longer have to buy–Storyteller, Terra Nil, and Spiritfarer being examples. Older games are cool to see because they may not have gotten iOS ports otherwise. The Subset guys all but said that about Into the Breach, which makes the whole experience worth it for that game alone, IMO.

Hopefully, with Netflix having acquired a few games studios, we’ll see more quality games release simultaneously, or close to it, on PC/console and mobile. I prefer what I’ve seen from Netflix to Apple Arcade, where the games skew more toward my kids’ tastes than mine.

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#4525

The decent games on Apple Arcade are few and far between - I mostly find stuff I’ve already purchased like Limbo, Mini Metro, etc. I only have Arcade cause I sub to the Apple One expensive tier, as they make it cost-prohibitive to not take the bundle.

I do have to shout out Finity on Arcade, though. If you like Threes it’s a lot of fun for a phone game.

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#4526

Looks like the Oceania expansion for Wingspan is coming to all the things on December 12th.

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#4527

I look forward to that!

Haven’t played much with nectar - wifey and I tried and didn’t like it first few times, so we took non-nectar birds, added to the game and went from there.

Might be worth a do over!

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#4528

Anyone tried the new version of Stone Age by Acram Digital? Is it worth the money and time? Btw it is for sale right now on steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2177570/Stone_Age_Digital_Edition/

#4529

Seems like the answer to your question is “no”, but I wanted to chime in and say I’m waiting for the iOS version of Stone Age, which is why I haven’t tried the Steam version.

Also, the weekly Puzzmo newsletter contains a key with unlimited uses before midnight ET tonight. Here you go:

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#4530

If you’re ever hungry for news on digital ports of board games, this is THE thread to follow on BGG. (arguably the only one worth subscribing to as my god the BGG forums are a hellscape of people without social skills arguing with each other over nothing)

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#4531

Wow, it was from this thread that I learned Asmodee pulled Ticket to Ride…

Imagine being the company that killed Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Agricola (twice), Splendor, and a handful of smaller titles. That’s quite the resume!

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#4532

Yeah, never expect longevity from companies that rapidly acquire other companies or IPs.

#4533

Wow. I didn’t realize all those games were pulled. All good and well made games.

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#4534

Haven’t seen anything from Playdek in a while (since Twilight Struggle: Red Sea) and apparently their web site is gone. No Tweets since September (though given that hellscape, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything)

@Strangiato everything ok over there?

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#4535

Fleet the Dice Game is now on iOS. I know nothing about it.