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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates: 6, GFWL: 0 | Number of hours played bugged
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Hello SteamGAF! So, been reading neogaf for maybe 6 months now and since then it has been the forum that I read when it comes to gaming.
So, as I have been very lucky to have the pleasure to read gaf - and now have an account to post here too, I'd like to give something back. If only I got this one right...well hopefully it is and those who claim these games will enjoy them
Welcome to gaf!
SteveWinwood
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Quite an accomplishment.
Völgarr the Viking. One of the best games I've played all year.
I need more time in my life to play it.
Retail versions don't use Steamworks is what he means.
PixyJunket
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<3
It had a healthy OT for a few days.
Well it's not really a paltformer and it doesn't follow the same difficultly philosophy as Super Meat Boy and other games of its type. Volgarr is purely an homage to late 80's and early 90's arcade games. The difficulty is closer to something like Castlevania (before the Symphony of the Night watering of the franchise) and Ghouls and Ghosts. It rewards careful, calculated play as opposed to pixel perfect twitch action. That said, I do not think it is overly difficult once you start to get a good feel for the game. It's very fair in its challenge.
Thanks. Steam says I spent eighteen hours with the game to 100% it, if that helps.
BorntoPlay
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Free for all!!, take it...=D
ModBot said:Just quote this message and paste the quote in the thread:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.
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Hammerfight --MB-A35BA60BE8D703FC- Taken by poopninjamvc3mk
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Welcome!!
Here you go
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PixyJunket
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Would anybody be interested in doing a co-op Hard Mode run on Hammerwatch?
Hmm, memory is blurry, I remember the mother plot was boring me to death and... yes, main protag was maybe beginning to think Tony was crazy, but nothing major.
Played two hours of Showdown Effect (1 card T_T). Nice little game, but maybe to much on the little side of things. You can see that even with a bundle and a free week the community is not really there, takes time to join a ranked match and a lot of custom game disconnect before you can join. Heresy I know but fuck, I'm no octopus, this game could use a controller (treat me gently, I was an arrow guy for years and just begun discovering the wasd way of life).
Völgarr the Viking. One of the best games I've played all year.
You seem to have a thing for '90s arcade games, my good sir. Bravo. I only wish there were more like us.
PixyJunket
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Enjoy.
ModBot said:I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.
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poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
derExperte
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That's a pretty valuable giveaway, thx. Haven't tried Warframe yet, is it easy to get into?
Entered. Thanks for the giveaway!
SteveWinwood
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The dota tutorial will get you all of 1% into dota. I don't blame valve, there is no way to distill that density into any sort of tutorial. You really need something closer to a mentor or a helper to get really into it.
The digital versions don't have full Steamworks either.
Having achievements and cloud saves is really only part of the equation. Full Steamworks would imply that it can be activated from both retail and digital versions, which no Rock star game has done yet.
The only caveat is Amazon and other digital retailers acquired some Steam keys later down the line.
Thanks !
I've heard it described as Mass Effect 3's multiplayer horde mode without the bullshit, and with added cool cybersuits and ninja swords. Made by the guys who brought us The Darkness 2 and Dark Sector. You and a team of up to three other warframe-wearing players called Tenno work alone or together to infiltrate enemy spaceships and installations for mission, glory and lots of loot, which is used to upgrade your Tenno to your desired spec. Of course, being as it's F2P, doing it this way is sssssllllloooooooowwwwww, so you might want to invest in things like the Starter Pack to give your Warframe a boost, or swap it out for another Warframe that suits your playstyle.
Here's a vid of the game in action: the action starts at 12:32. Sorry about the obnoxious voiceover, but it's either this or TotalBiscuit.
Oh, and I saw that Starter Pack first, hands orf
Camel Master
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So is Towns any good? Is it like Gnomoria? I have that one, though haven't started it yet. Although I have 200+ backlog waiting on Steam, still intrigued in every daily deal (yes, I have the sickness already lol)
Bit bummed that i missed groupees kiss 2 bundle which was taken down, was going to buy it yesterday but couldn't decided what games to bundle with Train Simulator 2013. It's -75% at greenmangaming though and if you use 25% voucher (it's on gmg.com) on it it's 4,68 so still thinking about buying it there too.
Bit bummed that i missed groupees kiss 2 bundle which was taken down, was going to buy it yesterday but couldn't decided what games to bundle with Train Simulator 2013. It's -75% at greenmangaming though and if you use 25% voucher (it's on gmg.com) on it it's 4,68 so still thinking about buying it there too.
I'm glad I could comfort you in your time of peril.
Hey now, we offer her entire filmography. Well, except for The Host.
I want to submit some sort of response but I'm not quite sure what you're getting at.
I've not played it myself, but every impression I've read boils down to, "Neat concept; poor execution."
BorntoPlay
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Thanks
dont worry, enjoy it!!
Lord British
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GOT
blackMamba1187
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Thanks for Waking Mars, Camel Master!
ModBot said:Just quote this message and paste the quote in the thread:
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Völgarr the Viking. One of the best games I've played all year.
I saw this and had no reaction to it. I'm burnt out on this 'retro' thing where games have pixel graphics but feel nothing like older games. But I should be open to treating everything individually, and I work hard to do so. Everyone has their bias. Comments on this page sound like something I would enjoy. Especially as I adore the Megadrive.
Is it anything like Gods?
I like the way you think!
This is the most recent one I could find; it's been collecting dust since late May.
Hey welcome back. I could care less about steam right now thanks to gta5 but I still contend that steamgaf is best gaf.
What have you been up to?
PixyJunket
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I have not played Gods.
Volgarr is closest to an arcade game called Rastan, if you know that.
But yeah, this game is a lovingly crafted homage to the late 80's/early 90's arcade game era. It not only looks, but more importantly, feels and plays like games from that time. There are no attempts to add modern hooks into the game. It's purely rock solid controls and satisfying challenge.
Völgarr the Viking. One of the best games I've played all year.
Awesome accomplishment. The experience of playing through Volgarr was amazing to me. The rate at which you get better is mind boggling, from taking two hours to beat a world to being able to run through the whole game and get the best ending with no deaths is some serious order of magnitude type improvement I haven't had in other games.
If people are looking for a game they can concretely say "I'm getting better at this!" while playing, this one is at the top of the pile. It helps that it's wicked fun too.
I faintly remember Rastan. Might have played it at the arcade. Did it have the occasional leap of faith?
And thanks for the info. Sounds like my cup of tea. Will check it out (once this ever growing review backlog lets up - past two months on PC have been crazy).
The Cowboy
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Thankies for Fez.
So... this is weird. The post is saying I won both Mark of the Ninja and Brutal Legend even though I only sent a PM with Brutal Legend. Even more weird is that I only got the key for Mark of the Ninja, and not Brutal Legend. :S
I won't use it though, throw it up again.
Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We missed you.
For the people not finding Saint's Row IV fun and amazing, don't do what I did. Don't go around doing all kinds of activities "to get them out of the way", just keep doing the story and loyalty missions. You'll get to them in time, and you'll have much more fun with them.
Also, I must be doing something right, because I got all my Showdown Effect drops in 2 hours, regular like clockwork.
Also, I must be doing something right, because I got all my Showdown Effect drops in 2 hours, regular like clockwork.
It's the same crap though. The only thing that makes the story and loyalty stuff different from the other generic missions is that there's humor in them. You're still tasked with shooting endless amounts of enemies that take 2 clips each to die. There's no diversity in the gameplay at all hardly.
Amazon seems to think Dark Souls II will be Steamworks, Black Armor or Collector's Edition not available for preorder yet.
My birthday is around the PC release, I know exactly what I will be asking for!
I can't wait to try it out, I'm a little tapped right now though.
My birthday is around the PC release, I know exactly what I will be asking for!
Völgarr the Viking. One of the best games I've played all year.
I can't wait to try it out, I'm a little tapped right now though.
Guns? I did most of it with my lasersword and powers. Throwing cars at mooks, setting them on fire/freezing them before groundstomping the area, that sort of thing. I really only used guns
in the "normal" sections inside the alien spaceship
Also, don't underestimate the power of humor.
Daily: Music Creator 6, 66% off
I like this idea. We could make a thread for it, and block people who already post in this thread from the giveaways (of course, in order for that to work without making anyone angry they should have to give their consent to be excluded, but I'm sure most people here will). Then it should be made so the winners have to post their impressions of the game here after a specific amount of time, say 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe have Stump or any other mod/admin tempban them if they don't, or at least blacklist them from ModBot?
Thanks for the raffle!
Very easy to get into. It does get grindy especially if you want the best items. But if you have a group that you like to play with, time flies.
Really? Mine too fellow GAFfer! We should celebrate this.
From amazon.uk:
Collector's Edition:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F96EJPC/
Black Armour Edition:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FB4ZWL2/
And it's interesting that they have the date for March 14.
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