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Defiant wrote: Long Journey Home/Shadow Tactics/Skykill $40 (58% off)
I've started playing Pathfinder Adventures on iPad yesterday. I had tried it a couple times before, but the tutorial was so bad that I couldn't understand what was going on at all. They apparently redid it last month, and now I can wrap my head around the game mechanics. Spent most of my afternoon with it, and liked it enough to throw a few $$ their way for some gold and additional characters.Max Peck wrote:I ended up buying Far Cry 4 Gold and Pathfinder Adventures.
The latter was an impulse buy, thanks to a last minute 10% discount coupon from Obsidian that stacked with the sale price. Well played Obsidian Marketing Drone, well played indeed.
For the record, with 4 characters you will always have 6 locations. The number of locations scales with the number of characters.Skinypupy wrote: I like the general idea of the game, but the RNG aspects are insane. To the point where completing scenarios feels more like sheer luck than anything. I'm on one right now that has 6 locations, I can only bring 4 characters, and I only have 30 turns to complete it. This means that if the villains are more than 5 cards (out of 10) into the deck in each location (a 50/50 shot), then its literally impossible for me to beat this scenario before I even start. And even if those 50/50 odds are in my favor and I do find the villain, it assumes that I'm successful on EVERY combat roll...which never happens.
Got it - i expect the hold will clear before the sale is over! thanksDaehawk wrote:I sent him a free trade for it hours ago. Dont think he is up yet.
It's really nothing like an RPG. The only thing it has in common with an RPG is the setting and the dice. I guess if you just wanted the dice rolling I guess this might fit the bill, but I don't think I would suggest it to anyone as anything but an easier way to play the card game solo.Defiant wrote:I'm a tabletop gamer, and I've always been intrigued by RPGs (more the story part than the combat part, but if the gameplay is good enough that would interest me as well) but I've only ever done the most basic RPGing because of the time commitment RPGs require, so a card-based RPG is intriguing to me. And Pathfinders especially, since I recently listened to one of Big Finish's Pathfinder audio plays.
If I do get Pathfinder Adventures (from the humble store, where it's the same discount, but I get a subscribers discount as well), is the Obsidian edition worth it or not? Can the stuff be bought separately later, if I go for the standard edition?
Lol ok ..you're welcome.hitbyambulance wrote:Got it - i expect the hold will clear before the sale is over! thanksDaehawk wrote:I sent him a free trade for it hours ago. Dont think he is up yet.
Huh, well that surprises me cause I had the impression it was trying to be an RPG (even if only in the way that board games do, like Arkham Horror, Betrayal, Mansion of Madness, etc). Anyway, if it's an enjoyable tabletop game, that interests me too (though I wish it had multiplayer...)coopasonic wrote:
It's really nothing like an RPG. The only thing it has in common with an RPG is the setting and the dice. I guess if you just wanted the dice rolling I guess this might fit the bill, but I don't think I would suggest it to anyone as anything but an easier way to play the card game solo.
[/quote]The obsidian edition is basically pre-purchasing a bunch of in app purchases. It gets you more character classes and starting stuff as well as a bunch of helper consumables. It's completely playable without that stuff. You get gold as you play that lets you buy treasure chests or some of those consumables. There are some bigger purchases but they are expensive. I am not sure you can get all of the stuff without the obsidian edition, but you also don't need any of it.
Good to know, thanks.coopasonic wrote:For the record, with 4 characters you will always have 6 locations. The number of locations scales with the number of characters.
This makes me think that there's something fundamental that I don't understand about the game or that I'm doing entirely wrong, as I run out of time on nearly every scenario. I've tried the first "Burnt Offerings" scenario (Attack on Sandpoint) ten times now, and have run out of time 8 out of the 10 tries (I died on the other two). I typically spend 6-8 turns in each location either acquiring items/weapons or fighting other enemies before the villains ever show up. Which means that I'm basically out of turns by the time I ever even see them.I am on the (counts in his head) 16th scenario and I have only run out the blessings deck twice.
Aragami is really fun, especially if you were a fan of the old Tenchu games. Hopefully they've adjusted the boss fights via patch, as they were ridiculously difficult compared to the rest of the game on release.GreenGoo wrote:Aragami CDN$ 10.99
Ah, this seems to be what I was missing. I didn't understand that discard gets you an extra explore, so I haven't ever had a second Explore action during a turn.coopasonic wrote:Second, ally card slots are primarily for extending your exploration capabilities (Discard to explore your location). Blessings can also be used for exploration, but be a little more judicious here in the early game as they are needed to beat villains too. Later on you will be able to recharge some blessings rather than discard and that makes them more useful here. Try to get a second explore on every turn.
I got that far at least.dbt1949 wrote:Where do you place them?
I swear to god, this is the most frustrating game I've ever played in my life. Ever.Skinypupy wrote:Ah, this seems to be what I was missing. I didn't understand that discard gets you an extra explore, so I haven't ever had a second Explore action during a turn.coopasonic wrote:Second, ally card slots are primarily for extending your exploration capabilities (Discard to explore your location). Blessings can also be used for exploration, but be a little more judicious here in the early game as they are needed to beat villains too. Later on you will be able to recharge some blessings rather than discard and that makes them more useful here. Try to get a second explore on every turn.
Thanks for clarifying, I'm sure that'll help significantly in being able to better keep up with the timer.
If you place all the stickers for all the pictures you get a badge. Needs to be done prior to sale ending.GreenGoo wrote:I haven't place any stickers yet. What will I miss if I don't place them before the sale ends? I'm sorry if I already asked this. I'm not clear on the whole sticker thing. Obviously.
In some ways, it's a perfect simulator of the real card game - I can't tell you how many times that has happened. Dice hate me.Skinypupy wrote:I roll two 2's and two 1's. Lose the scenario.
Also, I think you get to keep the pages with stickers after the sale ends, for each page you fill with stickers. (not sure if you'll be able to move the stickers after then, but you can showcase the pages)DOS=HIGH wrote:If you place all the stickers for all the pictures you get a badge. Needs to be done prior to sale ending.GreenGoo wrote:I haven't place any stickers yet. What will I miss if I don't place them before the sale ends? I'm sorry if I already asked this. I'm not clear on the whole sticker thing. Obviously.
Right, the "Feature on my profile" button allows you to showcase that sticker page on your profile, but how would you be able to access the sticker book to access the button after the sale has ended (and the "summer sale sticker" link on the front of the store is presumably no longer there. I've seen no other way to access the sticker book)Isgrimnur wrote:
