The PC port of DS is ridulously lazy one. In case you havent noticed, in-game hints only include XBOX button suggestions even if you don't actually use a controller.

On a sidenote, you should play the game with a controller, even on a PC, it plays much better that way. 

In the case of Dark Souls it is pretty much straight up a bad port. The devs admitted that they didn't have any experience with PC dev and this was a hack job.

Thankfully DSFix exists though and takes like 15 mins to set up. 

Horrible, near-unwatchable headbob. And mandatory perma-death is a mandatory non-purchase, of course. Atmosphere looked good tho. 

Agree re headbob and atmosphere. Hope the headbob is adjustable and the atmosphere is consistent. Not sure re perma-death. Could be effective in a horror setting, but depending on overall difficulty and etc might be a deal breaker. Thanks for the heads up 

http://www.desura.com/games/rogue-legacy

It's on Steam as well, and the summer sales are coming up. 

Perma-death is a gameplay feature for sure, it's a space opera rogue-like. The game is different each time you play according to dev interviews.

headbob is probably adjustable, it's UE3 so there will be a config option at the very least. Probably worth a punt if there's a demo. 

from the ground up with perma-death in mind. You can "complete" the game in 3 hours if you get a lucky run and just zoom around the place. There is a ton of stuff to explore and discover though.

it is somewhat random as well so each playthrough will be different.

As for the headbob, I believe that trailer was recorded using the Oculus Rift which probably accentuates the head movements a bit, no idea what it looks like on kb+m.

Super excited for this game though :) 

ijed forgot to say this game is pretty awesome, you should all try it! 

Just released an update to my L4D2 survival / scavenge map Cornered. You can grab it on Steam Workshop http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125035039

Moving pixels if you want them : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdmR5fZikq0 

shame I have pretty much retired from anything except quake until I get a new machine next year :( 

so that's what you've been working on, DaZ! Gonna check it out when i get home from vacation. 

Well, in case anyone was interested in knowing if Cryostasis (6/10) or Star Wars The Force Unleashed (7.5/10) are any good, I reviewed them...

http://www.etherealhell.com/etherealhell/index.php

They were alright. 

Just keeps on getting better.

Playing with a gamepad and hacking away at the skinner box grind of levelling up.

Two things that bug me - reusing enemy sprites and the pathetic downward attack. 

speaking of rogueish things, I kinda like killing time with Pixel Dungeon (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.watabou.pixeldungeon

It is in steady development so you get new features all the time. It is very luck/random dependent in terms of drops which kinda sucks. It is very rewarding when you get good items though so that is fun. 

Will give it a try, sometime...

RL is more like ghouls and ghosts than anything else. 

has been in development for a while, cannot wait for it though.

http://owlboygame.com/ 

I know there are some Isaac fans here, have you guys seen this? Competitive Binding of Isaac League Racing, 2 players racing to reach Mom's Heart first, best of three.
Pretty nice to watch, players obviously need to know the subtleties of the game quite well.
http://boilr.org/
http://www.youtube.com/mrcrumps2


FifthElephant, yeah owlboy looks gorgeous, lets hope the gameplay lives up to the visuals. 

Nice, if intense viewing. Thanks for the link! 

Got an early access code for reviewing purposes, but let me sum it up with a moment from this morning:

I rocket jumped into a secret area to gather bonus items and health pickups. The entire time I was running about as fast as your average car, in the default FOV of 90. 

Sounds hot. 

Is a pretty rad game, and at $1.99 (�1.32) it's a blinking steal.

http://savantgame.com/ 

Since Steam is being a piece of shit I have been playing some System Shock 2 today. The user interface is so awkward and melee fighting reminds me of melee in Thief (in a bad way). Apart from that it is fantastic so far.

I guess for the HUD scaling I need to use SS2Tool? I could not find an actual description of it, what else does it do? 

Finally played the original Dead Space and reviewed here http://www.etherealhell.com/etherealhell/reviews/2013/dead_space.php
8.5/10

And also Terminator Salvation, pretty shit game 5.5/10. http://www.etherealhell.com/etherealhell/reviews/2013/terminator_salvation.php 

Anyone tried Shadowrun yet ? 

System Shock 2 supports quicksaving after death.

Awesome game so far.