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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates VIII - Don't ask when the sales are starting.
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You're not thinking deep enough.
Nintendo is going to be at VGX.
Valve is streaming the VGX.
Obviously, Reggie is going to announce the Nintendo Steambox, releasing with 100 new and classic Nintendo games!
Baron von Loathsome
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Nah, Valve's just going to unveil Half-Life 3 as a Wii U exclusive.
The Wii U has to move units somehow.
Joe Molotov
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Wii U is the Steambox, Valve bought it and rebranded it. Merry Christmas, PC gamers!
I tried something similar on my new build seeing as I only had 30gb spare to play with but as soon as I got a storage drive in there like usual I went mental and downloaded stuff left right and centre. Saying that you're a damn sight more resolute than I am.
I'm going to make a clear New Years resolution to buy nothing next year outside of Dark Souls II and maybe a few bundles. Otherwise I'm never going to get my backlog down.
Gordon Freeman will be in the new Smash Bros. No doubts.
Cosmic Schwung
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Might be one somewhere but it was completely random. The guy keels over and if you're unlucky it happens to be in the direction of the swimming pool he's patrolling. A couple of minutes later and you're trying to work out why a 'Mission Failed' message just popped up.
My main issue with my backlog is it has kind of been one in, one out for the majority of this year. So I end up never making any progress.
When I do buy a game at this point, its because I want to play it now. I don't generally buy games anymore just to sit on them.
TC McQueen
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EA, possibly. They've got tons of stuff to sell. Would be cool if it was Namco Bandai, but I really doubt it since they're not too into PC gaming.
It's probably going to Greenlight stuff though.
The numbers do match up (100 new apps for 100 new greenlit games), but this would not only mark the first time space has been reserved for Greenlight titles, but also the first time Valve's handled third-party listings itself. We'll know once Steam keys start being handed out.
Robert J. Sullivan
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i was wondering why i got crappy framerate sometimes in dark souls and other times it was rock solid 60fps
the framerate unlock disable hotkey was on back
the framerate unlock disable hotkey was on back
I think that's half my problem. I buy something telling myself I do want to play it but usually ends up a brief 40min-2 hour flirtation and then move on to something else. Either I've got commitment issues or the marketing guys have go into my head, or both.
I spend more time worrying about the nitty gritty nature and the analytical nature of my backlog and subsequent progress in reducing it than actually making head way. 10 hours inputting stuff on backlog very isn't a problem but playing 2 hours of Just Cause 2 is (though I swear that game is never ending).
Saying that I must have finished more games this year than any other outside of school days. Just this end of generation price crash and retail woes we've had here had really made for some stupidly cheap deals.
If you aren't 'feeling' a game enough to continue it, then you should just move on anyways. No point in continuing something you didn't really like.
Just Cause 2 is the perfect example for me. I put about 3 hours in, and wasn't feeling the boring mission design, had my fun with it and stopped playing.
Blue Ninja
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It's done. Never again.
I played Just Cause 2 over the summer, when I had an urge to blow stuff up. I barely did any story missions.
NingenJanai
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Payday is fun but hard, is Payday 2 easier?
We played our first matches on the 'Hard' difficulty the other night and it wasn't too bad.
Intheflorsh
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Were you playing the game with a keyboard? Then you only have yourself to blame.
The game definitely gives you helpful things (like body armor) much more quickly then the first game.
NingenJanai
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Did you play the first one? Any impressions on how it compares?
TouchMyBox
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It can be hard if everyone isn't working in-sync with one another. There are some missions which are very hard, but extremely satisfying once completed.
There are lots of easy missions though for when you want to casually enjoy it.
No I never played the first one.
I have a feeling we were playing the very simple missions.
Robert J. Sullivan
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nah but when i used back in steamchat the game still recorded the input so it disabled the unlocker
i played the first one a while back but i find payday's 2 overkill mode harder than in payday 1, other than that payday 2 is easier i think
payday 2 is almost better than 1 is almost every way though i find payday 1's maps are larger (but mission design is less elaborate)
by the way if you pick it up do yourself a favor and disable the chromatic abberation, there's a mod for that i think
i can't understand why developers keep doing that, it's like that shitty filter in max payne 3's cutscenes, heavy depth of field or exagerrated motion blur
NingenJanai
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Thanks, I'm enjoying the first one, might get 2 if it gets a nice discount on the Christmas sale.
Upgrades are not necessarily a bad thing. Look at Arkham Asylum/City, the armor upgrades are completely superfluous. But the designers took them into account so if your playing one of the games, every time a new move set or item unlock becomes available, you always have an upgrade point immediately ready (or in City's case about 5-7 of them in the second half of the game.)
The point is that if you're using a weapon in a Thief game (apart from like, for a noisy distraction), you're doing it wrong
Yeah, but basically story missions involve more explosions, so you could have done them no problem.
Taco_Human
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I downloaded the sonic racing demo. Gonna try it out when I get home.
Would you say it's worth the 5 bucks?
Would you say it's worth the 5 bucks?
Rickenslacker
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If I played Thief wrong I don't wanna be right.The point is that if you're using a weapon in a Thief game (apart from like, for a noisy distraction), you're doing it wrong
Well done! Consequently I decided to lurk into the Mothership for my daily run today, managed to snag the plasma cannon and have it end up killing me immediately on the next floor.I just went to Hell in Spelunky for the first time, and while I was expecting to die I ended killing King Yama and beating the game
I'm loving this game.
It's a quality kart racer that's worth the price of entry. If you enjoy the demo I wouldn't hesitate.
The point is that if you're using a weapon in a Thief game (apart from like, for a noisy distraction), you're doing it wrong
Why are you doing this to yourself? This game most likely won't have anything to do with the previous entries beyond the same title.
Personally I'm trying to figure out how close it will be to Dishonored.
Baron von Loathsome
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Absolutely, but it is smarter to try the demo first.
If you have friends and enjoy kart racers, yeah. Might want to budget a bottle of Scotch whiskey as well.
Everything about the new Thief game makes me extremely wary. The story is Dishonored, the gameplay looks like Assassins Creed 1st person edition, and this focus mechanic.... looks like the focus mechanic from Hitman Absolution in which the game was designed around it. I don't want another Absolution style betrayal. My heart can't handle another.
Why did you post your homemade porn here? =p
(Also, I'm not counting the blackjack as a weapon)
Because they are trying to market it as such, so they better fucking deliver. "Oh yeah, fans of the originals will still love this because we stayed true to the essence of thief after all our in-depth research!"
Dragon1893
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Best 5 bucks you'll ever spend.
What the fuck is that "respawn" bullshit in Sonic Racing Transformed? I was in second place, about to take the first place, then a "respawn" occurs that leaves everybody in pretty much the same starting positions. There were four respawns pretty much one after the other. After that nonsense I ended up the race in fifth place. Fucking bullshit.
Lol, the destructive power of the plasma cannon is amazing and something to be afraid of. Not to forget the kickback xD
Freeza Under The Shower
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I so fucking hate you right now. :'(
But yeah, it would be a pleasant surprise if Thief turns out to be, you know, an actual Thief game.
Though the third is already much different from the first two, it paid for it with atmosphere. And the
Cradle
There is no patch for 1080 resolution on the third game though.
ashecitism
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looking at that VGX content schedule and the leaks, yeah I don't think Valve will be there :lol
Mr. Luchador
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Just on the off chance - has anyone got a copy of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood they'd be interested in trading? Started an Assassin's Creed Marathon lately and totally didn't realise I didn't have Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Revelations.
Now I'm hooked on the story and can't wait for Winter Sale for crazy discount Ass Crack.
Now I'm hooked on the story and can't wait for Winter Sale for crazy discount Ass Crack.
Well, since everything else about the game has gone downhill, it only makes sense his face did too.
Groupees Shinyloot BAB starts on monday.
2 game minimum, starting at 1.50$
- Children of the Nile complete (Steam)
- Creeper World
- Creeper World 2
- Guy vs the wicked and nefarious land (Greenlight)
- Lunnye Devitsy & Wake (Steam)
- The Few (Greenlight)
- Little Trus Man (Greenlight)
- Kingdom Elemental
- Hinterland (Steam)
arts&crafts
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First Bethesda not there, now Valve, I am debating whether to even watch the VGX
Intheflorsh
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Yeah, don't.
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, but basically story missions involve more explosions, so you could have done them no problem.
But the characters were so laaaaaame. :lol
I'm only interested in the Greenlight games, but I'll purchase the lot and do away with the Steam keys.
Eh, I'd avoid the Creeper ones, which are apparently just straight ports of the free Flash originals. That'll save you 1.5$
ashecitism
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Do Valve even have a history at the VGAs? When was the last time they actually showed something on stage/screen? L4D2 E3? Portal 2 E3? Like R*, they don't seem to care about these shows an awful lot.
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