There are a LOT of them these days. Maybe I was thinking of Indie Gala?
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Steam | 02.2016 - Orangeade
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What attitude exactly? When hundreds of people use the exact same phrase to advertise a game, without actually saying anything meaningful about the game, it has a negative effect on my desire to play the game.
I still think the game's gimmick sounds cool, but I hear the game is short, so I'm not going to drop $25 on it. I might buy it on sale as I said before.
The Dear Leader
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I thought it had potential but definitely needs some work before release.
I see your point, I actually forgot about the discount codes for a moment there, I thought that you were referring to the general hype that was surrounding the game.
I didn't win the give away, but I never heard of this game before and it looks pretty damn good. I've put it in my wishlist. Thanks for the exposure!
The Order was a bog standard third person shooter, theoretically if it had an endless mode people still wouldn't have been interested.
Super Hot has some unique and compelling mechanics, that argument is predicated upon people wanting to play indefinitely.
Jawmuncher
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I thought the order was pretty good. I would have loved a endless mode for it.
Wok
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The worst is the delay whenever you restart. It is kind of game-breaking. Imagine Hotline Miami or Super Meat Boy with this kind of restart.
Quoting Stephen Lavelle:
I wonder if you thought Theodore Rex was good
By the way your Disgaea avatar just bopped 3 guys in a row on their turn. I've created a monster! One that's also gaining all the xp so I might need to balance things around a bit more.
The most innovative shooter in years
Jawmuncher
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I wonder if you thought Theodore Rex was good
By the way your Disgaea avatar just bopped 3 guys in a row on their turn. I've created a monster! One that's also gaining all the xp so I might need to balance things around a bit more.
I liked the animatronics, that's about it though. Good to hear my avatar is doing well. I tend to work pretty well in games. I'm still alive in Rhaknars Darkest Dungeon and Khronicos Xcom 2 I believe.
This.
People called me out for saying my 2hr thing was way too short
Yeah uh
The game itself is still ridiculously short.
The issue is the concept isn't good enough for a 5hr game. Really, it should just be priced better.
"10% of the Net Revenue generated by advertising in relation to The Forgotten God Gamebundle is paid to SPECIALEFFECT.ORG.UK. It is expected that we will pay between $500 to $10000 in total."
Currently sold: $56, in 5 hours.
You're... not doing a very good job advertising your bundle, I think, guys.
Shadwen's time mechanics are cool, and it looks pretty good, but... the demo is really badly chosen. "Here's a random section of the game. No explanation on what you have to do here, just, you know, do it."
who gives a crap about length
game did and does more for me than some long-ass 15 hour same ol thing like Rise of the Tomb Raider or something
you people are weird. I'd rather be entertained with something novel than just waste time of my life playing something I already played
plus talking about endless and challenge (plus more stuff coming) as "extras" is weird. It's the actual meat of the game, easily, and you get what you put in out of it. I've had more fun with the gameplay ever since I finished the short campaign.
It was actually my XCOM 1 playthrough before my inevitable purchase and playthrough of 2 with all the surviving participants.
I actually beat the campaign about a week ago and you survived.
Let's uh... Let's not talk about the playthrough before that.
Wok
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Only one of them did, and he is working on VR.
Talking about game length, there are quite a few that overstay their welcome more than they should. Plus some that add in some of the most mind numbing filler to pad things out or have regurgitated modes to try and give a sense of replayabilty. If a game has a good set of mechanics, not vast just good, then it probably has the potential to hold my attention for longer. Well except MGS5. All the mechanical refinement in that game got shat on from a great height the moment Codetalker showed up and further cemented every time Huey did something shady but for some reason still didn't get kicked off Motherbase.
Jawmuncher
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Good stuff
I love short games. But you missed a bit. People complain about short games and price together. Don't think anyone would complain over a hour long game for a $1. Everyone just has a different perception of what a game should be worth. I'm a stingy guy so unless it has MGS or RE in the title I don't feel like it's worth full price. Even then I still go out of my way to save money on those.
I didn't like RotTR either
Salsa
I actively hate games if their design isn't top notch- or rather, I say they're mediocre
Superhot is a very fun game. It is not worth $25
It is worth $9.50
:3
The Dear Leader
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how is price = length?
price should be reflective of how good the game is and how much effort they put into it
game doesnt have stellar tech or anything so it's not AAA price, but it does something from a mechanics standpoint that is both hard to implement and really innovative
it's more than worth it's price, and they set it at that for a reason
the campaign is one mode
Wok
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The problem is that if you have played the prototype from years ago, then the concept is not innovative anymore. Plus, from what I read, there are tons of missed opportunities to transform the prototype into a bigger game with more weapons, shields, etc.
Crimsonclaw111
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About to finish up Valkyria Chronicles, no clue what to play next.
Jawmuncher
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I know one thing, I bought a game for 99 cents because I thought it was super hot. It wasn't so I refunded it.
texhnolyze
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This discussion is the reason why I only play RPGs these days. Well, mostly. RPGs are generally long, and with each new one, I can experience new story, adventure, and experience.
I will never complain about short games because I will never play them.
I will never complain about short games because I will never play them.
The Witness is easily worth $40. It's a large, incredibly well and intricately designed game.Next he's going to try and convince us The Witness is worth $40!
I don't believe in judging games by play time, but just for the record I've played The Witness for roughly 50 hours and am still not completely done with it.
The Dear Leader
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I know I was just rustling his jimmies.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I do find it interesting how many games have caused discussions about pricing lately.
The Witness, Firewatch, Superhot.
Each conversation is pretty unique, too.
The Witness, Firewatch, Superhot.
Each conversation is pretty unique, too.
texhnolyze
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I can't believe I'm saying this but... I agree with Salsa on this one.
Any game experience that's unique and brings something new to the table are the ones I find myself feeling like I get the best value from. A game can be short or long, cheap or expensive and it doesn't change whether or not I think it's a good game. Some games I think are too short and I wish they were longer, but others are too long and I wish they were shorter. If I play a game for 50 hours and had fun with it, it doesn't really matter to me if I paid $60 for it or $1. Obviously I'm going to consider it a better value if I got 50 hours out of $1 game, but it's not going make me like the game less if it was $60.
And while I typically play "long" games, as a general rule I try to throw in a few "short" games here and there to help break things up. Both can be great.
Any game experience that's unique and brings something new to the table are the ones I find myself feeling like I get the best value from. A game can be short or long, cheap or expensive and it doesn't change whether or not I think it's a good game. Some games I think are too short and I wish they were longer, but others are too long and I wish they were shorter. If I play a game for 50 hours and had fun with it, it doesn't really matter to me if I paid $60 for it or $1. Obviously I'm going to consider it a better value if I got 50 hours out of $1 game, but it's not going make me like the game less if it was $60.
And while I typically play "long" games, as a general rule I try to throw in a few "short" games here and there to help break things up. Both can be great.
shortsFortallPeople
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I'd include street fighter v too because selling that for full price is shameful.
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I don't get the obsession with tracking devs leaving Valve as if there is always some deeper meaning behind it... it's almost like people have never worked at a real job in a real company surrounded by actual adults.
Starwolf_UK
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It's really poorly communicated
like Pixeljunk shooter ultimate being Pixeljunk shooter 2 bad
http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/9dWrh/gamebundle-forgotten-god-game-bundle#uED4BeK said:
And now you are cursed with your trading cards taking 2 hours longer to drop.
People learn bad habits from the gaming side.
Oh cool, I didn't get my day 3 code so maybe this time.
Level length is a problem too, at least for me. I still haven't finished Alice Madness Returns because the levels feel like they are about one thirds too long.
Play time, shmay time.
It's value that matters.
You can't positively think that The Witness (37) has more inherent value than Age of Decadence (28), Might & Magic X (25) or TIS-100 (7)
Just some stats
Popular Among Your Friends (Lifetime)
Game - Players - Time - Max Price
Popular Among Your Friends (Lifetime)
Game - Players - Time - Max Price
- DotA2 - 73 People - 14,710 hours - Free
- Team Fortress 2 - 89 people - 10,220 hours - £15/Free
- CSGO - 69 People - 6,624 hours - £12
- Skyrim - 82 People - 6,013 hours - £30
- Dark Souls - 78 People - 3,736 hours - £30
hardly
Devil Daggers is Quake Arena. That's it, and it's one mode. And it's great.
but SUPERHOT is a thing that hasn't been done before and has a ton of modes to play around with the mechanics
No, but those games are older. If you start completely disregarding that, none of those games should even be considered because you could instead buy Planescape:Torment.
wait why can't you believe that you heathen
I don't care about whether or not a game is enjoyable vs money for me saying if it's a good game
An 8.0 isn't suddenly a 9.0 at half the price.
However- I will tell people to wait on an 8.0 if it's too expensive for what you get, just on the fact that there are comparable quality games for similar prices that last you oh so much longer.
Hence why I say buy superhot at $9.50 on nuuvem and not $22.50.
An 8.0 isn't suddenly a 9.0 at half the price.
However- I will tell people to wait on an 8.0 if it's too expensive for what you get, just on the fact that there are comparable quality games for similar prices that last you oh so much longer.
Hence why I say buy superhot at $9.50 on nuuvem and not $22.50.
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