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Dominic Tarason

@dominictarason.com

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Veteran freelance games crit & PR. Hyped for indie games & mods. Bylines on RPS, PC Gamer, PCGamesN. Find my work, Steam curation & contact info below - He/Him Find me elsewhere online at dominictarason.com Contact email: [email protected]

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · Apr 26

Wow, I apparently cleared 10,000 followers!

You've all made a terrible mistake and are going to spend too much on obscure games!

I am terribly sorry, but relieved to see others suffering from my curse.

I also have a Steam curator page, and accept tips (which helps me find games). Details below:

Dominic Tarason - Games Crit & PR

Professional Profile, Contact Details & Links

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 2h

My only real issue with it so far is that enemies with grenade launchers are VERY trigger-happy. They will just spam explosives wherever they think you are. And they're faster on the draw than you'd think.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 3h

Also the Hard Mode mod makes MGS5: Subsistence even more interesting. Enemies have longer sight ranges and faster response times, so camo really matters, and you can die in a couple good rifle bursts. I managed to get one-shot by crawling onto a mine.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 3h

Most Doom maps are designed to be played starting with no resources! Some campaigns are balanced to support continuous play but not all.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 5h

Just had a little poke around that Subsistence mod for MGS5, and it really does change the feel immediately. That game still has almost unparalleled stealth mechanics, but the upgrade treadmill stuff undermined it.

Starting missions with almost nothing and improvising using stolen gear feels great.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

I *think* there were some script revisions for v2.0, but I can't recall. Sometimes things are just Of Their Time.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

Oh dang, along with a (small) 10th Anniversary update for Deus Ex Revision, which The Nameless Mod 2.0 runs on top of.

So, good day for Deus Ex freaks.

Deus Ex: Revision - Revision's 10th Anniversary, Update 1.7.4 - Steam News

Deus Ex: Revision – 10th Anniversary Update 1.7.4 Ten years ago, we released Deus Ex: Revision — a fan-driven reimagining of Ion Storm’s legendary classic. A decade later, the community is still alive...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

The dev's previous game, Hyperbolica, is *actually* about non-euclidian space. And it has VR support, in case you want to have every neuron in your visual processing center short-circuit.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

Yeah, it's a LOT to wrap your head around. Just the concept of the volume view - swapping your perception of height for the fourth axis - takes a lot.

And later levels introduce even more complexities. The finale is... something else.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

Huh. Deus Ex: The Nameless Mod just got a big update today, adding new maps, missions, modes, etc.

Y'know, just in case you wanted to start your lazy sunday with a gigantic new Deus Ex campaign.

Deus Ex: Revision - The Nameless Mod 2.0 - Content Update Released - Steam News

The Nameless Mod 2.0's Content Update has released, after 2 (three) years in development brand new levels have been introduced for players to find, along with more secrets, new items, new modes, and m...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 6h

To this day I am still hideously confused by the people who think the original PS1 translation of FF Tactics (which was so bad as to make it hard to even follow the basics of the story) was superior because it had a couple unintentionally funny lines.

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Proton Jon / Claire @protonjon.bsky.social · 7h

Tapped out a bit early, but some good choices tonight, and the Hype Train record was just... slaughtered. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. We're back a bit earlier than usual on Monday with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...

ProtonJon - welcome to the golf backrooms

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7h

I'm gonna have to check out the VOD on this one. Discovering 4D Golf is always a beanfreak moment.

griffin's bean gets freaked

YouTube video by Louie Zong

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7h

As that guy's video says, the only real downside of the mod is that it isn't compatible with Infinite Heaven, which means no custom side-ops. Yet. It might be made compatible one day.

But for now it seems like the most exciting way to play MGS5, which had SO many systems that undid themselves.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7h

Enemies have loadouts/potential loot based on what sub-faction they are (and there's a lot of them), and the 'revenge' system operates on a single-mission basis. Gun down an outpost or two and the final objective will be covered in guys with full body armor and heavy weapons

And it has a Hard Mode!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7h

Up until recently, the only big mod for Metal Gear Solid 5 was Infinite Heaven, a kinda 'everything and the kitchen sink' sandbox.

Seems a new heavy hitter is up. Definitive Subsistence, letting you play every mission as a dynamic OSP operation where each encounter's solution changes the next.

MGSV Subsistence; How One Mod Changed Metal Gear Forever

YouTube video by TheButterAnvil

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 8h

Fabraz makes games with great movement! Of course now you've got people mad at the game because it's *too good*, and apparently Bubsy's defining feature is it being painful to play.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 10h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 9h

Yeah, YS 1 & 2 are pretty much a single game split in two. The remake is surprisingly authentic to their PC88 incarnations.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 9h

The range is basically 6.2 to 7.6 above which it’s just unquestionably a good movie but this is the range where most of the interesting stuff is bsky.app/profile/yeho...

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 10h

My grand theory is that 6.5 is the ideal rating on IMDb for an interesting movie because it means it alienated idiots. If you’d like proof: Almost every Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie is rated between 6.3-6.9.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12h

Shouldn't really be an issue now. It has been out of print for decades. Now matter how you acquire it, the creators are still getting the same amount: Nil.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14h

One of the weirdest games ever, and now with no reason not to try it.

Very funny that there were apparently english audio files on the Japanese-only disc but never used.

Romhack.ing @romhack.ing · 15h

Screaming Mad George's Paranoiascape - English Translation (PSX) Added

Screaming Mad George's Paranoiascape - English Translation - Content

This patch translates a screen that appears before each level offering some tips for the stage. There are also some voice clips in 3-2 where Screaming Mad George himself gives you feedback -- it turns...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 16h

Interesting deep dive video on classic Sierra adventure Laura Bow and the Dagger of Amon Ra. A game that I played as a kid, STILL struggled to complete even with a walkthrough, and still got bad endings.

This is because it is a buggy, incoherent mess of pixel-hunting and easily missed triggers.

Why (almost) No One Solves this Game

YouTube video by OneShortEye

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 17h

Oh, interesting! They've officially integrated the Renovation mod into Serious Sam 2. Presumably minus the slightly questionable 'no clowns' feature.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 17h

Serious Sam 2 - 20th Anniversary Update www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUQr...

Update notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/204...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 21h

Nice, they've hit the base funding goal. Two weeks to hit stretch goals, with the first being having Mortis Ghost (who made OFF) design a region.

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 2d

2 major news for Blanksword's Kickstarter campaign:

- WE'RE 90% FUNDED with only 4500€ left to meet our goal!

- We extended the campaign's duration by 1 week, meaning we have 14 DAYS LEFT to not only reach our funding goal but try to meet our first stretch goal!

GO GO GO GO!!!!

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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