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[Derrick01]

I thought that the Hitman sales would end this afternoon, not now. I wanted to buy Codename 47 and Silent Assasin. <_<

But, for a future sale, as a person who really enjoyed Hitman Blood Money (played for the first time 6 months ago), should I buy Codename 47 and Silent Assassin?

Currently playing Absolution (previously bought), and beside the awful facepalm-instinct mechanic (but, on a positive note, for now, I wasn't forced to use it. I was able to avoid or distract guards), if you play on Hard like I'm doing its not much easier than Blood Money on normal.
How well is it regarded as an Hitman game? Probably the worst of them all. :lol
But it looks like it's full of unlockables, and the contracts look cool too.
Graphics are awesome. Not beign able to disable the hud it's just stupid.

I would recommend skipping codename 47 because it really doesn't hold up very well now, not just in the obvious ways like graphics and controls but just as a Hitman game. Silent Assassin is much better there and holds up better than most current games because of its depth.

Absolution's the worst Hitman game by far. The first half of the game exposes how many problems it has and the second half it's like they just said "fuck it we can't make a good game. Just make a bunch of small linear levels with 400 guards in each of them". They didn't even pretend to stick to the normal Hitman routine anymore for that part.

 

[Volcynika]

I own exactly 499 games on Steam. The 500th game won't be an average game, so my goal is to keep the library that way until Escape Goat 2 is released.

My 700th game recently was Volgarr the Viking. I think I chose well.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I can't keep up with all these bundles. I see a Nordic A & B bundle in the registry

A: Red Faction: Armageddon, The Guild II, Sup Com, Sup Com Forged Alliance

B: Painkiller H&D, Darksiders II, DSII - Crucible Pass, SpellForce 2, Gothic 4

I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff was added.

I'd buy that. Probably a few weeks away unfortunately.

 

[D3RANG3D]

I'm still waiting on ~$10 Black Ops.



You need to use your Desura key to retrieve it:



I forgot to buy the bundle myself, apparently. Bugger.

This didn't work for me.

 

[jadedcynic]

I plan to make the Steam Greenlight Submission Fee my 2000th game. Oddly enough, it's only cheaper in Brazil: ~USD$75.

100 US dollars? fuck that's expensive.

 

[JakeD]

This didn't work for me.

here you go:
http://www.desura.com/games/dysfunc...-manage-chaos/news/dischan-desura-integration

once it's in your "dischan" library, you can get a steam key

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

My 400th game was either Duke Nukem 3D or Shadow Warrior Redux from the Humble Weekly Sale a few weeks ago.

 

[Li Kao]

100 US dollars? fuck that's expensive.

Do you sometimes have something remotely positive to say about something ?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Morning reminder that The_Monk did a 50+ key giveaway raffle that'll end tonight. Multi-entry allowed. Good stuff, sign up for anything that interests you:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83831371&postcount=7494

 

[Dolor]

I can't keep up with all these bundles. I see a Nordic A & B bundle in the registry

A: Red Faction: Armageddon, The Guild II, Sup Com, Sup Com Forged Alliance

B: Painkiller H&D, Darksiders II, DSII - Crucible Pass, SpellForce 2, Gothic 4

I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff was added.

Some decent games there for sure. SupCom games are quite good, but require some effort to master tham. It's too bad Red Faction: Armageddon suffered from the fact that it came after the fantastic Red Faction: Guerilla, because it really wasn't that bad a game itself. Similarly, I think Darksiders II was a pretty decent game but suffered from following the first game.

 

[The Super Bob]

Good luck with that!

Two best scores today have been 54.29 and 58.43...

 

[Madrugador]

From Twitter:

The Rayman Legends PC patch is now available! Please check your local Ubisoft-Rayman forums for details and Patch Notes.

Can't find the patch notes right now (I'm at work), why the fuck didn't they post a link :lol

 

[D3RANG3D]

here you go:
http://www.desura.com/games/dysfunc...-manage-chaos/news/dischan-desura-integration

once it's in your "dischan" library, you can get a steam key

Sigh another account...

Thanks for the help!

 

[NingenJanai]

Morning reminder that The_Monk did a 50+ key giveaway raffle that'll end tonight. Multi-entry allowed. Good stuff, sign up for anything that interests you:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83831371&postcount=7494

Awesome, thanks a lot The_Monk for the giveaway and Stumpokapow for reminding us.

 

[Cyberquake]

I can't keep up with all these bundles. I see a Nordic A & B bundle in the registry

A: Red Faction: Armageddon, The Guild II, Sup Com, Sup Com Forged Alliance

B: Painkiller H&D, Darksiders II, DSII - Crucible Pass, SpellForce 2, Gothic 4

I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff was added.

Only need Painkiller out of that.
Unless I really enjoy my retail Spellforce compilation so I'll bother to buy a steam key.

 

[TronLight]

I would recommend skipping codename 47 because it really doesn't hold up very well now, not just in the obvious ways like graphics and controls but just as a Hitman game. Silent Assassin is much better there and holds up better than most current games because of its depth.

Good, I'll buy it in the next sales.

Absolution's the worst Hitman game by far. The first half of the game exposes how many problems it has and the second half it's like they just said "fuck it we can't make a good game. Just make a bunch of small linear levels with 400 guards in each of them". They didn't even pretend to stick to the normal Hitman routine anymore for that part.

Ouch, not looking forward to that.
Then let's hope that the next Hitman will be what Blacklist apparently is to Conviction.

 

[jadedcynic]

Do you sometimes have something remotely positive to say about something ?

Just an observation, not need to get upset.

 

[JaseC]

100 US dollars? fuck that's expensive.

Perhaps, if your game hasn't sold a single unit, but the intent is perfectly reasonable: Greenlight was initially flooded with joke submissions, behaviour which the paywall discourages.

 

[webrunner]

has anyone noticed the controller on the Family Sharing image

and on the steam livingroom page:

both have three buttons, even though they're different shaped controllers.


Not that I think Valve would do that, they'd probably want to keep the dual stick+4 buttons+shoulders thing just to keep console parity for ports, right?

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

I'm kinda curious as to why there hasn't been 'xliveless' mods for other games after using it with GTA. Seems like an easy solution to playing gfwl games after it gets shut down.

There's an xliveless mod for every game, since it works with every gfwl game.

 

[PixyJunket]

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

 

[JaseC]

has anyone noticed the controller on the Family Sharing image

and on the steam livingroom page:

both have three buttons, even though they're different shaped controllers.


Not that I think Valve would do that, they'd probably want to keep the dual stick+4 buttons+shoulders thing just to keep console parity for ports, right?

I wouldn't worry about Valve attempting to subvert a de facto standard that the PlayStation entrenched almost two decades ago.

Edit: The depictions in Valve's controller patent have four face buttons.

 

[chronomac]

I wouldn't worry about Valve attempting to subvert a de facto standard that the PlayStation entrenched almost two decades ago.

There might be a chance that they let manufacturers just create their own controller forms as long as the button layout doesn't change, so we can pick what works best.

 

[JaseC]

There might be a chance that they let manufacturers just create their own controller forms as long as the button layout doesn't change, so we can pick what works best.

Possibly, but I assume Valve would be flexible with the actual layout -- it's the type of buttons, and the amount thereof, that would be standardised.

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

Best of luck.

 

[yoshizzle]

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

I hope everything turns out okay for you. I wish you luck.

 

[chronomac]

Possibly, but I assume Valve would be flexible with the actual layout -- it's the type of buttons, and the amount thereof, that would be standardised.

That's what I meant by layout. And if I'm Valve I want the buttons and joysticks standardized. 2 joysticks, 4 face buttons and 2 shoulder buttons, or something like that, and I don't let anyone stray too far from that to curb problems down the road. That being said, they can let other companies change the grips or the size or smaller things like that.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

good luck SteamBro....we'll be here when you get back

 

[Fuu]

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

Good luck man.

 

[D3RANG3D]

Has anyone else received this message before?

 

[Stallion Free]

I'm still in awe of what Valve has managed to pull off with Family Sharing. They better broaden the shit out of that Beta though because I need 2 more friends to complete my family library.

 

[derExperte]

Has anyone else received this message before?

Everyone who has sold that much since the beginning of the year.

 

[Lunaniem]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/

Pre-order is up for THIEF.

 

[jadedcynic]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/

Pre-order is up for THIEF.

hopefully gmg is going to good pre-oder soon, its also nice to a game priced at 49 bucks instead of 60.

 

[Stallion Free]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/

Pre-order is up for THIEF.

I love how trading cards are confirmed like 5 months out now. Dat Steam feature embrace.

 

[Cheddahz]

I love how trading cards are confirmed like 5 months out now. Dat Steam feature embrace.

Well, trading cards help sell games...

 

[toddhunter]

$50? Pricing error for Australia right there.

 

[derExperte]

Deadfall Adventures is up too. http://store.steampowered.com/app/231330/

 

[Dolor]

Well, trading cards help sell games...

I know I am more likely to buy a game if it has cards. If I don't like the game, it offsets the cost a bit, and if I do like the game, I can buy some cards and make a badge for it.

 

[NaM]

I don't think Valve would dare enter the controller market without some significant difference with the competition.

 

[Stallion Free]

I don't think Valve would dare enter the controller market without some significant difference with the competition.

Sony made the same controller for like 20 years straight. People are probably going to reject something if it's too different from the basics.

 

[Li Kao]

Just an observation, not need to get upset.

Yup, I was literally shaking with rage when I posted. You've got some skills at analyzing people.
But hey, I shouldn't have bothered in the first place, sorry everyone.

 

[Cheddahz]

I'm finally going to start X-Com: Enemy Unknown

 

[Stallion Free]

I'm finally going to start X-Com: Enemy Unknown

Name your men after thread regulars so you can either cheer when you sacrifice them (more or less murder) or feel bad when you accidentally kill them.

 

[toddhunter]

I don't think Valve would dare enter the controller market without some significant difference with the competition.

I hope it is something that seems completely stupid but ends up being amazing...and makes you money.

If anybody can do it Valve can.

 

[Li Kao]

Welp Steam Bros, I'm on my way to the cardiologist to find out if there's something wrong with my heart. :-\

Hopefully I'll be back to see announcement three, which is hopefully more than just a controller.

Ouch, I was there in January, I wish you the best.

 

[Conceptor]

I'm still in awe of what Valve has managed to pull off with Family Sharing. They better broaden the shit out of that Beta though because I need 2 more friends to complete my family library.

I can be that friend!!!! *raises hand*

 

[SteveWinwood]

Well, trading cards help sell games...

I wanna see numbers on how fully supporting controllers and bpm does for sales numbers.

I hope we see some mention of that when the controller gets unveiled today.

I actually hope that the controller they make does something where it has a joy2key type function through steam so games that might never be fixed or patched in with controller use, or games that don't have remappable controls can be mapped through the client itself. That also opens up all sorts of fun options like community mappings that can be found and and used. You want southpaw but the dev didn't put in a remapper and it's not one of the control schemes? Someone has mapped that and uploaded that already, just shift tab and subscribe! I don't know how that work on a hardware level though.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I'm finally going to start X-Com: Enemy Unknown

you're making a great choice. Pretty excellent game, need to start the DLC soon.

protip : Snipers are boss

 

[Acccent]

I'm finally going to start X-Com: Enemy Unknown

Name your men after thread regulars so you can either cheer when you sacrifice them (more or less murder) or feel bad when you accidentally kill them.

Yeah, when I was playing it I named the soldiers after my coworkers and took screenshots for every notable moment, and every week I would send a big newsletter with updates on the amazing feats/dramatic deaths of everyone, in a slightly romanticized way. I enjoyed the game a heck of a lot more (even though it is in itself already a superb game) and people in my office really liked it too and it was a frequent discussion topic.

 

[Stallion Free]

I can be that friend!!!! *raises hand*

You betrayed Steam for Uplay. Shame on you.

protip : Snipers are boss

I think you mean broken. I only ever had one, but holy shit that random chance of getting a second shot ability was crazy.