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[Big_Al]

So I got that Deadfall Adventures cheap (good ol TF2 key trading) and finished it tonight. I have a soft spot for The Farm 51s mid budget shooters and this is no exception. What helps it is it's basically a first person Indiana Jones, the main character is a Quatermain afterall (with Allan Quatermain being your great grandfather). You can set the puzzle and combat difficulty so I set the combat to Normal (I thought it was on Hard but nope!) and the puzzles to easy. I admit it, I'm not huge on puzzles!

Anyway the story's ok (kinda typical, chasing an ancient item etc) and the voice acting is pretty much naff all round. The main character is bad but in a really fun, cheesy way which I enjoyed. He even has a little catchphrase 'Let's get dangerous!' which he shouts whilst going into some firefights, which is very silly indeed. I also liked the fact that you were shooting Nazis again but not in a typical WW2 setting, really appreciated that as I've missed WW2 games tbh. It's all WW2 weaponary and you can hold 2 pistols (just like Necrovision). Gunplay feels good though I wish there'd been a bit more gore. Enemies do react, fly back due to bullet hits etc

Graphics are fine, some locations look much nicer than others. It's an Unreal Engine 3 game I believe so it should run for most people ok with half decent machines. It costs too much though, at least in the UK store where it's £32.99 which is ridiculous. It'll do much better in sales I feel.

It's basically a mid tier budget shooter which is a little bit janky but fun to play through. I enjoyed it anyway. Just wait for a cheap price.

 

[brandonh83]

Skullgirls is really good and works right out of the gate with a Dualshock 4.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Skullgirls is really good and works right out of the gate with a Dualshock 4.

Nice, I should try that. Street Fighter 4 worked for me right out of the gate.

 

[davonaytor]

Guacamelee completed! Very enjoyable game. Hope they make another.

Nice! I'm playing through hard mode at the moment on the Vita to get the last trophies, the art style is fantastic and the controls are really tight. I think the best part about this game is the platforming puzzles.

 

[codswallop]

Honestly I wouldn't wait if there's a game you want to play right now, it'll be a while until DDR4 reaches mainstream and higher RAM speeds aren't that much of a speed boost anymore. Barely measurable with benchmarks.

Yeah, I'll probably be building late Q1 next year anyway, so if it's affordable I'll definitely go for the newer tech but if not I'm really not fussed.

My Q6600 with 4GB RAM has held out pretty long! The only upgrade was the 8800GT to GTX670 last year.

My father is English so I grew up with a lot of the bland English cooking and I totally sympathize--overcooked roast, bland potatoes, white bread with heinz sandwich spread. I know the torture of stodgy English cooking.

Oh God, me too! It's the worst! Everything I cook nowadays is pretty much the polar opposite (lots of Asian food with a ton of strong flavours) and I bet it's a reaction to that.

 

[Colin.]

Scotch eggs. Minced meat pies. Haggis. All the wondering English-Indian dishes. Good molasses baked beans (see The_Monk, haven't forgot you!). Y'all got some good stuff. My father is English so I grew up with a lot of the bland English cooking and I totally sympathize--overcooked roast, bland potatoes, white bread with heinz sandwich spread. I know the torture of stodgy English cooking. You just need to go out and try some of the more cultural dishes and you'll like some of them.

Besides: You also have jelly babies and motherfucking jaffa cakes!!!

I only like a handful of Indian style foods, but even I enjoy a good tikka masala. Plus, if you're Scottish you get all that, plus square sausage, potato scone, and tablet, mmmm. You can get some nice treats at the chipshops too, my favourites being a pizza crunch, and a sausage supper with curry sauce. But shouldn't be made a dietary staple by any means. Well, I guess that goes for everything I mentioned. All the best stuff has to be bad for you, not fair!

 

[Applesauce]

So I got that Deadfall Adventures cheap (good ol TF2 key trading) and finished it tonight. I have a soft spot for The Farm 51s mid budget shooters and this is no exception. What helps it is it's basically a first person Indiana Jones, the main character is a Quatermain afterall (with Allan Quatermain being your great grandfather). You can set the puzzle and combat difficulty so I set the combat to Normal (I thought it was on Hard but nope!) and the puzzles to easy. I admit it, I'm not huge on puzzles!

Anyway the story's ok (kinda typical, chasing an ancient item etc) and the voice acting is pretty much naff all round. The main character is bad but in a really fun, cheesy way which I enjoyed. He even has a little catchphrase 'Let's get dangerous!' which he shouts whilst going into some firefights, which is very silly indeed. I also liked the fact that you were shooting Nazis again but not in a typical WW2 setting, really appreciated that as I've missed WW2 games tbh. It's all WW2 weaponary and you can hold 2 pistols (just like Necrovision). Gunplay feels good though I wish there'd been a bit more gore. Enemies do react, fly back due to bullet hits etc

Graphics are fine, some locations look much nicer than others. It's an Unreal Engine 3 game I believe so it should run for most people ok with half decent machines. It costs too much though, at least in the UK store where it's £32.99 which is ridiculous. It'll do much better in sales I feel.

It's basically a mid tier budget shooter which is a little bit janky but fun to play through. I enjoyed it anyway. Just wait for a cheap price.

About how long did it take you to finish?

 

[brandonh83]

Nice, I should try that. Street Fighter 4 worked for me right out of the gate.

Could just be that new controller feel, but playing the game felt awesome with the DS4.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Please, Stump... I'm like one of those things from that movie that can't eat after midnight. HNNNG.

Never thought you're a Mogwai, in my mind you were Kojima.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Is there a place where I can follow Steam sales?

I wanna prepare for the Steam Machine next year.

NeoGAF is honestly one of the best places on the Internet to talk about Steam, including sales. Besides here, though, Reddit's /r/steam forum is very good about discussing stuff related to Steam besides games, CAG is great for talking about gaming deals, steamdb.info is the best site tracking registry changes and they normally do sale pages that are very useful, SomethingAwful's steam thread is OK, isthereanydeal.com is probably the best price history/comparison site right now although it's relatively new. Indie Game Bundle Wiki is great for knowing if anything is in a bundle. SPUF's "Games Removed from Steam" thread is the best place to discuss that particular subject.

But honestly, if you're relatively new, your best strategy is the following:
- Look through the entire Steam catalogue (it'll only take an hour or two) and wishlist everything interesting
- Install Enhanced Steam extension to your browser
- Wait for flash/daily deals and/or the last day of the sale to decide whether or not to buy things.
- Enhanced Steam will be able to tell you if it's the lowest price ever or help you get a sense of how often a game goes on sale.

 

[Caerith]

Scotch eggs. Minced meat pies. Haggis. All the wondering English-Indian dishes. Good molasses baked beans (see The_Monk, haven't forgot you!). Y'all got some good stuff. My father is English so I grew up with a lot of the bland English cooking and I totally sympathize--overcooked roast, bland potatoes, white bread with heinz sandwich spread. I know the torture of stodgy English cooking. You just need to go out and try some of the more cultural dishes and you'll like some of them.

Besides: You also have jelly babies and motherfucking jaffa cakes!!!

The real reason for the British Empire was to introduce good food to England. Why else did they hold onto Hong Kong, land of delicious, for so long?

Could just be that new controller feel, but playing the game felt awesome with the DS4.

How does the DS4 compare to the DS2/3? Street Fighter IV was hell on my hands with a DS3.

 

[Dambrosi]

Yeah, I'm not very adventurous with food, so it's my fault really. Will definitely be on the lookout for something new, though.

Also, Jaffa cakes are indeed fucking amazing. Just finished off a box of them a few hours ago. Nothing beats a Terry's Chocolate Orange, though.

Oh yeah? Try Terry's Chocolate Orange Sundae with soft-serve vanilla ice cream, hot melted Terry's Chocolate Orange as sauce, and Aero Orange Bubbles. Available at your local Toby's Carvery, comes with a free NHS health check, and sogood.gif it really should be made illegal.

Oh, and Stump - if you never mention Heinz Sandwich Spread again, it will have been too much. Please don't bring back the traumatic memories.

The real reason for the British Empire was to introduce good food to England. Why else did they hold onto Hong Kong, land of delicious, for so long?

Mate, what are you saying? Make sense. Indian food is way better, and it's more British (as if that means anything). Still like Chinese food, though, don't get me wrong.

 

[MRORANGE]

British cuisine is terrible, though. Posts like that are hard to read.

I prefer Italian cuisine, but I will die defending this:

I might have to try poutine next time I'm in Ontario.

 

[brandonh83]

How does the DS4 compare to the DS2/3? Street Fighter IV was hell on my hands with a DS3.

I have no idea how to reply to this without potential hyperbole but here goes:

The DS4 makes the DS3 feel like I was playing with a controller full of thumbtacks for an entire generation. The grip is amazing, feels great in the hands, triggers are awesome, etc. It's a major improvement in every way and so much better for fighters. Hell, I thought the DS3 was okay for fighters but the DS4 feels so nice that it literally makes me never want to touch a DS3 ever again.

 

[morningbus]

Do not trust a poutine that uses mozzarella cheese. The one true poutine can come in many forms, but it always uses fresh cheese curds.

 

[cicero]

Scotch eggs. Minced meat pies. Haggis. All the wonderful English-Indian dishes. Good molasses baked beans (see The_Monk, haven't forgot you!). Y'all got some good stuff. My father is English so I grew up with a lot of the bland English cooking and I totally sympathize--overcooked roast, bland potatoes, white bread with heinz sandwich spread. I know the torture of stodgy English cooking. You just need to go out and try some of the more cultural dishes and you'll like some of them.

Besides: You also have jelly babies and motherfucking jaffa cakes!!!

I have never understood how they could use Heinz Sandwich Spread as the SOLE filling for a sandwich... Not sure how this is bettered by something like Haggis.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

The real reason for the British Empire was to introduce good food to England. Why else did they hold onto Hong Kong, land of delicious, for so long?


How does the DS4 compare to the DS2/3? Street Fighter IV was hell on my hands with a DS3.

DS4 is not as good in fighting games as the DS3. The d-pad is too close to the 360 pad.

 

[Dambrosi]

I have never understood how they could use Heinz Sandwich Spread as the SOLE filling for a sandwich... Not sure how this is bettered by something like Haggis.

Hey, I'll have you know that real traditional haggis is Ambrosia Tier goodness. You need a high tolerance for salt, though.

 

[The_Monk]

Thanks a lot my good GAFfers, seriously, talking about food when it's getting late in here, yeah, thanks.

Now I had to make a quick snack because I won't cook at these hours. Thank yooou.

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/kBuSgOG.jpg

 

[derExperte]

First the store went down, now the rest too. It's dead.

 

[neoism]

guys is gaf being real slow for anyone else..

 

[PandaPedinte]

First the store went down, now the rest too. It's dead.

The community is up but not the store.

 

[Anustart]

I've done it boys, I've acquired my man card!!!!

 

[NaM]

I've done it boys, I've acquired my man card!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/APfYLXY.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Congrats and welcome to the elite.

 

[JakeD]

apparently sonic 1-3 only activate as DLC for "Sega Classics". dont they realize how close i am to 500? might have to buy that terrible bundlestars bundle just to even out

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

It's unique, and I'm not sure how I could describe it to a non-Canadian. It's very warm and hearty, like the kind of food you'd want if you were cold and in the rain and that instantly fills you up. It's very greasy and heavy and carb-filled. You get pretty regular french fries, a light-to-medium thickness gravy (normally a peppercorn gravy although it depends) which warms up the fries, and then cheese curds. Cheese curds aren't just chunks of cheese, they've got a mild flavour (maybe a little salty) and they're pretty chewy and stringy. The cheese melts a little bit, but not normally into the gooey mess normal cheese would. The flavours go together very very well. You add the cheese and gravy just as you're serving it and the best bites are the first few bites when everything is in perfect balance. The only American dish that sort of does the same thing is maybe chili cheese fries, but poutine is much much better. I guess the way poutine makes me feel reminds me a lot of heavier, cheese-and-sauce heavy Mexican cuisine, but the flavour isn't really the same. It's totally Canadian.

But see the point of a poutine festival isn't to eat regular poutine, because everyone in Canada eats regular poutine all the time. It's to eat weird experimental poutines. The most common is probably pulled pork poutine, which uses a barbecue sauce / gravy mixture and puts shredded pulled pork on top. Today I had pad thai poutine, which was poutine + peanut sauce, peanut chunks, egg chunks, tons of green onions, and a hot thai chili sauce. One of the vendors there did a chicken shawarma poutine which uses sort of a southwest mayo with garlic, shawarma chicken, and traditional poutine ingredients--I've had that before at a concert a while ago. Donair (doner) meat is also added every so often.

If you have poutine outside of Canada it'll probably use mozzarella cheese instead of cheese curds or thicken or brown the gravy too much. It's a really Canadian dish. It's actually not very popular in the area where I come from, where fries and gravy are generally served with savoury dressing (like you'd serve a turkey with) instead of cheese. But I live very near Quebec now so poutine is huge where I live now

9/10 would recommend, -1 point for not supporting trading cards.

Soooo hungry nao!

Canada has always been one of the countries I most wished to visit. This isn't halping Stump!

British cuisine is terrible, though. Posts like that are hard to read.

You're eating at the wrong places then! That might have been fair comment 30 or 40 years ago but British Cuisine has come on leaps and bounds in that time. Being an old fart [48] the transformation has been really interesting to see. Helped massively by the immigrant populace of course e.g. Indian, Chinese etc. However, there has also been a resurgence in traditional British cuisine in recent years. Good quality ingredients + a competent cook = om nom nom!

My father and his 'new' girlfriend [my father is 83 lol] took me out for lunch the other day. We went to a local hotel and the roast beef was melt in the mouth om nom nom tastic.

 

[Kryptonite]

It's unique, and I'm not sure how I could describe it to a non-Canadian. It's very warm and hearty, like the kind of food you'd want if you were cold and in the rain and that instantly fills you up. It's very greasy and heavy and carb-filled. You get pretty regular french fries, a light-to-medium thickness gravy (normally a peppercorn gravy although it depends) which warms up the fries, and then cheese curds. Cheese curds aren't just chunks of cheese, they've got a mild flavour (maybe a little salty) and they're pretty chewy and stringy. The cheese melts a little bit, but not normally into the gooey mess normal cheese would. The flavours go together very very well. You add the cheese and gravy just as you're serving it and the best bites are the first few bites when everything is in perfect balance. The only American dish that sort of does the same thing is maybe chili cheese fries, but poutine is much much better. I guess the way poutine makes me feel reminds me a lot of heavier, cheese-and-sauce heavy Mexican cuisine, but the flavour isn't really the same. It's totally Canadian.

But see the point of a poutine festival isn't to eat regular poutine, because everyone in Canada eats regular poutine all the time. It's to eat weird experimental poutines. The most common is probably pulled pork poutine, which uses a barbecue sauce / gravy mixture and puts shredded pulled pork on top. Today I had pad thai poutine, which was poutine + peanut sauce, peanut chunks, egg chunks, tons of green onions, and a hot thai chili sauce. One of the vendors there did a chicken shawarma poutine which uses sort of a southwest mayo with garlic, shawarma chicken, and traditional poutine ingredients--I've had that before at a concert a while ago. Donair (doner) meat is also added every so often.

If you have poutine outside of Canada it'll probably use mozzarella cheese instead of cheese curds or thicken or brown the gravy too much. It's a really Canadian dish. It's actually not very popular in the area where I come from, where fries and gravy are generally served with savoury dressing (like you'd serve a turkey with) instead of cheese. But I live very near Quebec now so poutine is huge where I live now

9/10 would recommend, -1 point for not supporting trading cards.

Ah, awesome!!! I guess you are in Ottawa then Je voudrais une poutine !! I've tried a traditional poutine and it was great; haven't tried any experimental ones though. It is a very filling dish; I would need a lot of exercise if I ever went to a poutinefest

 

[neoism]

wtf

 

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hmmm nachos

 

[The_Monk]

Yesterday in less than a hour I hate:

-One noodle bowl
-Roast Duck
-Spicy Squid

Then finished with Ice Cream. As for drink just a regular Herbal Tea.

 

[FOX_]

Yesterday in less than a hour I hate:

-One noodle bowl
-Roast Duck
-Spicy Squid

Then finished with Ice Cream. As for drink just a regular Herbal Tea.

Sounds exquisite!

 

[Card Boy]

Starting playing AssCreed 3 again. Once you ignore all the optional content and rush the main missions the game becomes much more enjoyable. By contrast i loved doing all the optional content in Brotherhood and Revelations. Still the worst AC game though.

 

[FOX_]

Starting playing AssCreed 3 again. Once you ignore all the optional content and rush the main missions the game becomes much more enjoyable. By contrast i loved doing all the optional content in Brotherhood and Revelations. Still the worst AC game though.

Any AC4 impressions, yet? Definitely looks more invigorating than AC3 did.

 

[Card Boy]

Any AC4 impressions, yet? Definitely looks more invigorating than AC3 did.

Don't have it. Rather get it on the PS4.

 

[The_Monk]

Sounds exquisite!

Spoiler

It was a joke, that's what I ate in Sleeping Dogs

 

[Caerith]

Any AC4 impressions, yet? Definitely looks more invigorating than AC3 did.

Giant Bomb did a quick look of it a while back.

Spoiler

I think it looks stupid as hell.

 

[Faabulous]

Any AC4 impressions, yet? Definitely looks more invigorating than AC3 did.

I've finished that on the PS3. It's pretty fun, but gets really repetitive on the last third or so, so I rushed to end the story.

 

[Copons]

How cute, non-Italian people talking about food.

And I mean ALL of you, including my dear French-"cousin" Accent!

Spoiler

But, my god, when someone mentioned southern food I started drooling like a dane. After what I eat the couple of times I went in US - and what I saw in Treme - ...again, my god. That and sushi I had in Japan are the main topics of my wettest dreams.

 

[Big_Al]

About how long did it take you to finish?

About 7 - 8 hours or so but I tend to play very slowly, taking my time and having a nosey around levels. I've read about people finishing it in 4 hours though.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Is it just me, or is the "X of X Items Complete" thing broken after the latest update? It doesn't go away anymore, unless you exit Steam.

 

[Acccent]

How cute, non-Italian people talking about food.

And I mean ALL of you, including my dear French-"cousin" Accent!

Spoiler

But, my god, when someone mentioned southern food I started drooling like a dane. After what I eat the couple of times I went in US - and what I saw in Treme - ...again, my god. That and sushi I had in Japan are the main topics of my wettest dreams.

I admit I'll take spaghetti and pizza and extra-creamy ice cream any day over boeuf bourgignon or blanguette de veau

edit: ugh this was posted without my consent


edit: also Copons why are we still awake

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

What is config for the 360 pad in Skullgirls? I'm fucking lost.

 

[denx]

Guys, you weren't exaggerating when you talked about F.E.A.R.'s gunplay. Popping some fool's head while in slow mo feels so good.

I have no idea how to reply to this without potential hyperbole but here goes:

The DS4 makes the DS3 feel like I was playing with a controller full of thumbtacks for an entire generation. The grip is amazing, feels great in the hands, triggers are awesome, etc. It's a major improvement in every way and so much better for fighters. Hell, I thought the DS3 was okay for fighters but the DS4 feels so nice that it literally makes me never want to touch a DS3 ever again.

DS4 is not as good in fighting games as the DS3. The d-pad is too close to the 360 pad.

Ok, so which is it. Should I get a DS3 or a DS4 for fighting games?

 

[Cyberquake]

How cute, non-Italian people talking about food.[/SPOILER]

Come to Porto, Portugal, and I'll let you savour the northern portuguese cuisine. Be prepared to gain some extra pounds.

 

[Derrick01]

Any AC4 impressions, yet? Definitely looks more invigorating than AC3 did.

I will let you know when my PS4 gets here Monday. Well, if I get to that game on that day at least.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I won battle for middle earth DLC

but i gots no base game

oh god why

 

[PandaPedinte]

What is config for the 360 pad in Skullgirls? I'm fucking lost.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171775983

 

[Boss Doggie]

Oh yeah, how does one gift humble keys?

 

[bobnowhere]

Oh yeah, how does one gift humble keys?

Next to the empty box for each key is a little gift/box symbol. Hit that and just send modbot that address. Just make sure you don't claim the key first.

 

[FOX_]

I will let you know when my PS4 gets here Monday. Well, if I get to that game on that day at least.

Sweet!