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[Boss Doggie]

So I got Universe Sandbox...

...how do I adjust graphics settings? The sun looks like a yellow ball without glowiness.

 

[jakershaker]

This is actually not a bad game.

No it's actually one of the worst ever.

 

[LocoMrPollock]

You're right, it's not bad, it's fucking ridiculously awful.

I disagree. I think most people were just expecting something else. And you didn't care for the Dungeon Siege games if I recall?

Anyway, I had a good time with it for what it is. Exploring an abandoned space ship filled with monsters and shit, upgrading weapons and skills. Nice graphics that will run on a toaster, decent controls and combat. Camera was a bit annoying at times, but otherwise it's a solid arpg, imo. Definitely had a lot more fun with it than I did with Torchlight, which gets universally praised despite being mind-numbingly boring, tedious and unoriginal.

No it's actually one of the worst ever.

Heh, I wonder how many people actually even played it? What's so terrible about it?

 

[morningbus]

So why is everyone making graphs of the sizes of their folders?

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

 

[iNvid02]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

how much space do you have dedicated to steam sounds better, i got 1x 2tb drive for steam and origin but its a 90-10% ratio

 

[Cuban Legend]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

It's no wonder the Girl-GAF thread exists, they've been mistakenly using these stats outside of GAF. xD

 

[coopolon]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

Playtime I think is the next metric. Everyone takes screenshots of their games lists with hours played.

 

[TouchMyBox]

how much space do you have dedicated to steam sounds better, i got 1x 2tb drive for steam and origin but its a 90-10% ratio

I got 2x2TB wd20ears drives dedicated to steam in RAID0.

Playtime I think is the next metric. Everyone takes screenshots of their games lists with hours played.

I don't think many people are interested in a contest where everyone loses.

 

[MRORANGE]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

average of how many games compared to how much you paid for them

on average I pay $15/ £10 per game

 

[Spl1nter]

Playtime I think is the next metric. Everyone takes screenshots of their games lists with hours played.

Pretty inaccurate due to idling. My time in BC2 is about 100 hours higher than actual time played.

 

[1-D_FTW]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

The number of games you hate/will never try?

 

[Snuggles]

I'd like to see total games owned vs. total playtime. That could be interesting/depressing.

 

[jakershaker]

Heh, I wonder how many people actually even played it? What's so terrible about it?

It falls horribly short of the mediocre but enjoyable Dungeon Siege series keeping nothing that made the series good and at the same time fails at pretty much everything else. A sci-fi mod for DS2 would be 100x better then Space Siege.

 

[Gvaz]

This is actually not a bad game.

 

[Salsa]

best drive

 

[LocoMrPollock]

Heh, guess that's better than an avatar quote.

Spoiler

Arr matey!

 

[tjohn86]

Dungeon Defenders needs a demo. I'm intrigued but the graphics make me nervous...

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Dungeon Defenders needs a demo. I'm intrigued but the graphics make me nervous...

http://udk.com/showcase-dungeon-defense.html

 

[kafiend]

The real question is what will become the next metric we whip out and hammer against the wall until a hole forms?

We've done the date you joined.
We've done the value of your Steam account.
We've done the number of games you own.
Now we're doing the size on disk.

I predict the next will be how many hard-drives you have dedicated to Steam. I'll start: 1.

Can't we just do penis size?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Also RE: Steam metrics; who gives a shit? It's far less annoying than the hundreds of "backlog" threads a week filled with people moaning about having too many games to play.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

OT3 eh, PC GAMING MAYBE MAKING COMBACK?

 

[Weenerz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufKsG7R8JE

Just thought I would whore out my Gotham City Impostors beat video. It gets pretty interesting at the end when I am a medic on rollerskates.

 

[Salsa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufKsG7R8JE

Just thought I would whore out my Gotham City Impostors beat video. It gets pretty interesting at the end when I am a medic on rollerskates.

game has bleeped curse words? :|

 

[jediyoshi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufKsG7R8JE

Just thought I would whore out my Gotham City Impostors beat video. It gets pretty interesting at the end when I am a medic on rollerskates.

Dat NDA.

 

[Weenerz]

Dat NDA.

Beta ends today, no big deal to me.

 

[Scythian]

Beta ends today, no big deal to me.

Beta ending doesn't mean that the NDA is lifted IMO, so I'm guessing it will get erased.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

looks like a TF2 total conversion tbh

 

[Echoplx]

looks like a TF2 total conversion tbh

Except they took out the fun.

 

[Tambini]

Oh I thought Gotham was in 3rd person.

 

[plc268]

looks like a TF2 total conversion tbh

No... it plays and progress just like COD.

Well, it doesn't play like it, but the feel is similar.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

No... it plays and progress just like COD.

Well, it doesn't play like it, but the feel is similar.

Cool. It still looks like a TF2 TC

 

[1-D_FTW]

Except they took out the fun.

And added Matchmaking via GFWL.

GFWL and shooters = Thank goodness I was in the beta and had my face slapped good. I would have been day one without grasping what a horrible concept that is. It's been years since I played a shooter on Live (first year of its existence).

 

[MRORANGE]

I thought gfwl was left to rot...

WHY DO DEVELOPERS KEEP USING IT?!

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I thought gfwl was left to rot...

WHY DO DEVELOPERS KEEP USING IT?!

WAIT I KNOW THIS ONE

Because most developers make 360 games and port them to PC. GFWL is like a drop-in replacement for the Xbox Live functions of your console game but for PCs.

 

[Salsa]

I thought gfwl was left to rot...

WHY DO DEVELOPERS KEEP USING IT?!

GAMERSCORE BROOOO

fucking Xbox

 

[markot]

I thought gfwl was left to rot...

WHY DO DEVELOPERS KEEP USING IT?!

Its only warner bros and codemasters.

Im guessing $$ is involved.

 

[X05]

well we get our equivalent for other stuff, too bad retail is dead

Nowhere near as insane as Black Friday though

 

[shintoki]

Also RE: Steam metrics; who gives a shit? It's far less annoying than the hundreds of "backlog" threads a week filled with people moaning about having too many games to play.

OMG, SKyrim and Uncharted 3 and Battlefield 3 are all coming out. And I have to beat the other 30 games in my backlog! Woe is me!

 

[The Mana Legend]

So is Space Siege worth the money? Is there actual stats involved, or is it purely just upgrading weapons and shit? Any loot?

 

[jaundicejuice]

I thought gfwl was left to rot...

WHY DO DEVELOPERS KEEP USING IT?!

Generally speaking if you're doing a multi-platform release, be it physical media or DD, making the PC version work on GFWL is easier because the 360 version exists and the api for Live on both platforms is pretty much the same. You don't have to hire someone with specialized skills, knowledge or expertise with Steam or other DRM. Also some publishers and developers don't necessarily set aside enough time or money to make a proper PC release.

 

[MRORANGE]

Generally speaking if you're doing a multi-platform release, be it physical media or DD, making the PC version work on GFWL is easier because the 360 version exists and the api for Live on both platforms is pretty much the same. You don't have to hire someone with specialized skills, knowledge or expertise with Steam or other DRM. Also some publishers and developers don't necessarily set aside enough time or money to make a proper PC release.

That just plain sucks, although that does explain a lot for gta4

 

[MNC]

Wow Gotham Imposters looks... no.

 

[Stallion Free]

I recently broke 20k gamerscore. Felt good.

 

[Gvaz]

I'm still under 10k

 

[DTKT]

Generally speaking if you're doing a multi-platform release, be it physical media or DD, making the PC version work on GFWL is easier because the 360 version exists and the api for Live on both platforms is pretty much the same. You don't have to hire someone with specialized skills, knowledge or expertise with Steam or other DRM. Also some publishers and developers don't necessarily set aside enough time or money to make a proper PC release.

I thought the point of Steamworks was that it's easy to integrate?

 

[shintoki]

I recently broke 20k gamerscore. Felt good.

I broke 50k earlier this year. Took me about 2years+ to get from 40k-50k.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I don't know my gamerscore :\

To be fair, my flatmate has been using my 360 and Live account for about 3 years so only the PC stuff on it is actually mine.

 

[Stallion Free]

I broke 50k earlier this year. Took me about 2years+ to get from 40k-50k.

I've had my 360 since 2006 lol. Also, I still haven't 1000'd a single game.

 

[jaundicejuice]

I thought the point of Steamworks was that it's easy to integrate?

I'm not saying Steamworks isn't easy to use. I'm just saying it's even easier when you essentially have one api take care of two sku's. That's the pragmatic solution when your project is pressed for time and/or you team doesn't have the internal know-how. Even with Steam being the clear winner in the digital distribution and drm arms race, you still get the occasional GFWL title and this is probably why.

I don't think GFWL will ever truly die, not with Microsoft integrating it in some fashion into Windows 8.

 

[Salsa]

jesus christ stop talking about that shit