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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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FlutterPuffs
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Isn't that pretty high. From what I heard more than 40% of people don't finish playing a game.
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Singularity was better received than Syndicate, but they're both fairly unremarkable shooters.
:lol
At least 40% of games purchased in this thread never even get launched.
People talk about how a game is hard, but then are like "no wait don't use that tactic or it isn't hard enough"?Come on guys, it's a legit strategy! (I've never played it so I have no idea)
It's absolutely a legit tactic, though the first boss point is to kill you and introduce you to the hollow/human mechanic and by killing the boss instead he kind of goes over that! One of the issues of non-scripted games, players won't lose when they're supposed to!
FloppyDelux
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first time launching Dark Souls..
that wasnt hard at all. Man you guys must be just bad at games
Demonsouls is where its at, that game will make you cry and throw your controller..( later on) especially these fucker
though you can kill them with magic..but it probably sucks if you use melee
Both are pretty good sub $20 titles. Kinda hard to say which one is better.
Singularity's gameplay is an interesting mix between Bioshock and Half-Life with surprisingly good gunplay.
Syndicate has some neat gameplay gimmicks.
It doesn't no.. but it still calls back home (see the issues with freezes after kills since they moved servers).. if that isn't a form of drm - it's just as bad, particularly since there is no mention that it does it and there is no way to allow it or not (beyond blocking ports).
I just lured them into a corner and it was ambush time!
I cant really tell if I like Dark Souls
I played for 4 hours so far. Im not finding it super difficult or frustrating or anything like that. Im used to playing Monster Hunter and the "bosses" just feel like a hardcore version of that, so im good.
The thing is that so far im finding it kinda dull. The lack of feedback in terms of what you're doing ends up in the other side of satisfactory for me.
Im gonna keep at it but it hasnt clicked at all yet
I played for 4 hours so far. Im not finding it super difficult or frustrating or anything like that. Im used to playing Monster Hunter and the "bosses" just feel like a hardcore version of that, so im good.
The thing is that so far im finding it kinda dull. The lack of feedback in terms of what you're doing ends up in the other side of satisfactory for me.
Im gonna keep at it but it hasnt clicked at all yet
Where are you in the game?
Just after the Undead Parish church and taking care of caster dude, when you meet the blacksmith.
Uhm so about a week ago I finished Borderlands (1). I just tried launching it to try out a different character and it says its uninstalled, wants me to download the 7gb+ again. I never selected uninstall (theres no way I could've be accident either).
All the local files are on disk still in my steamapps folder, steam just doesn't recognise it. It gives me no repair options and says "disk usage: none" when i check the properties in steam.
Any advice so I don't have to waste half a day downloading it again?
All the local files are on disk still in my steamapps folder, steam just doesn't recognise it. It gives me no repair options and says "disk usage: none" when i check the properties in steam.
Any advice so I don't have to waste half a day downloading it again?
This happened to me yesterday with Chivalry. It just seemed to magically uninstall. Just like you, all the files were still on my pc, etc, everything looked fine. All I did was click install on Chivalry and it saw all the files, etc, and went back to being normal.
Happened 3 days ago for me too. All I did was hit install again. It just verified & showed play game.
Thanks, didn't want to hit install it case it deleted the files on disk and redownloaded them.
Edit: Yep, it "updated" it again at ~150mb/s. Phew.
jaundicejuice
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Can't get myself to play Xcom or Torchlight II for reasons unknown, bored of TF2 and Civ V so I'm digging into the list of never before played games and installing Far Cry 2. Wanna see what the fuss is about opinions on this game seem to be pretty extremely polarised.
BertleTheTurtle
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Damnit Salsa, this is all your fault.
Making me use Origin, ahhh it burns.
dragonlife
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Does anyone else have to sign in twice to Steam lately? Whenever I restart/turn on my computer for the first time, I input my password and sign in, but nothing happens and the Steam log-in window just disappears. Then I click Steam in my taskbar again and the window immediately pops up for me to sign in once more, then it works. It randomly started happening about three or four days ago. It's getting annoying.
Rickenslacker
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my only advice for far cry 2 is to not treat it like a game where you have to punch out missions and go through some story. just take it slow and methodically. feel free to experiment and not stick to one style of play, even if it's effective.
Damnit Salsa, this is all your fault.
Making me use Origin, ahhh it burns.
just made this. 1000 hours in photoshop. totally worth it.
As said before, live with your choices at least until the season wraps. But you can also rewind to the start of various chapters within each episode if you want to change halfway, and I believe there's an option to make a copy of your save so if you wanted to change a decision on episode 4 (for instance) you wouldn't need to replay the first three episodes just to do so. (Not entirely sure-- first time through is canon, everything else is on youtube.)
Killing them with magic or ranged is slow and leaves you open to taking hits back. As a melee, just wait around a corner for them to walk up then, when they turn around and start to walk away, sprint up and backstab them. If it doesn't kill them, your follow-up will.
Glass Rebel
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Oh, I already plan doing so, I was just wondering if there were multiple branching paths or if it was just 5 either-or decisions along the way.
How do you mean "lack of feedback" and why does it make the game less satisfactory?
so far ive encountered little reward for success, even when im playing alive instead of hollow. Must just be bad luck with the drops. I just feel like the game should be inmensily rewarding once you finally beat a big boss and such yet I dont feel it.
That said; it is getting more fun. Grinded a bit and just beat the Gargoyles with a pyro at lvl 32. I summoned a phantom though so I feel like I cheated
fight would have been easy enough.They didnt drop shit tho. Did manage to cut one of their tails since I knew that would drop an axe.
Damnit Salsa, this is all your fault.
Making me use Origin, ahhh it burns.
dont even know if im gonna get it now that I spent money on Dark Souls
so far ive encountered little reward for success, even when im playing alive instead of hollow. Must just be bad luck with the drops. I just feel like the game should be inmensily rewarding once you finally beat a big boss and such yet I dont feel it.
That said; it is getting more fun. Grinded a bit and just beat the Gargoyles with a pyro at lvl 32. I summoned a phantom though so I feel like I cheated
They didnt drop shit tho. Did manage to cut one of their tails since I knew that would drop an axe.
The "reward" lies in the sense of achievement and accomplishment, not any loot drops or level up. That may not click with certain players.
so far ive encountered little reward for success, even when im playing alive instead of hollow. Must just be bad luck with the drops. I just feel like the game should be inmensily rewarding once you finally beat a big boss and such yet I dont feel it.
That said; it is getting more fun. Grinded a bit and just beat the Gargoyles with a pyro at lvl 32. I summoned a phantom though so I feel like I cheated
They didnt drop shit tho. Did manage to cut one of their tails since I knew that would drop an axe.
At that point the best rewards are in the environment not the enemies. And you are a tad overleveled.
I get that. I love games were the sense of accomplishment comes from finally learning patterns and beating a big enemy. Im a big Monster Hunter fan and im really enjoying the aspects that this game shares.
It just hasnt reached THAT level yet. Could be a combination of being super early on + grinding for a bit too much thus making the game easy.
For the time being this last sitting was way more fun than when I first started, and the game is certainly addicting. It's safe to say that im enjoying it and that i'll keep at it, it's just that from the distance it seemed like the kinda game I would LOVE instantly. Might just take a bit.
The game has a couple of boss bottlenecks that really make that rewarding feeling hit home, specially if you go at them solo. There's cool loot in the game but it's often more tied to level design and lore than difficulty, so yeah, your reward is simply gonna be the awesome exploration and the sense accomplishment from overcoming some seemingly impossible-to-beat boss.
You should just livestream the game, I loved helping people out through those for Demon Soul's and I've platinum'd the fuck out of both games.
yeah pretty sure I missed the first merchant
eh
might do later on
and man, people are worthless with the messages
"I did it!"
"praise the sun!"
eh
might do later on
and man, people are worthless with the messages
"I did it!"
"praise the sun!"
MagicWithEarvin
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I'm probably the biggest Souls n00b here (never beat Demon's or Dark), so live streaming wouldn't be that entertaining to you all, right? =x
FlutterPuffs
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Make sure when you're at a blacksmith to see the Amazing chest
I did. FUCK
Glass Rebel
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Dark Souls got a lot better when I found out how to kick shit ;_; I just reached the Undead Parish and that
is giving me a hard time. Fuck him.
armoured boar
sprint past him and get on top of the stairs at the right. There's some dudes but after you kill them/kick them down you can use that small bridge to just shoot/bomb the boar from above till he dies without him touching you
Use piercing stuff, like arrows or spears.
For maximum risky, "try attacking from the rear" the boar for maximum butt-stabbing.
By the way, there's a very nice Dark Souls thread here, you know: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488088
(Dark Souls boar spoiler)
You could do that, or...
simply lure him into the fire (with yourself or by throwing some bait in there) and he dies instantly
Glass Rebel
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But that would require me to actually go and buy that stuff. I'm gonna take him head on! /dies like a bitch
Ah, that explains it. Finally my spear will come in handy. I tried to do what you suggested in the spoiler but he got me good.
I figured if there are already some people in this thread talking about it I might as well ask here but I guess the other thread has some more experienced people.
I think they said it was coming.
One of the main reasons I never switch to a new OS is because nothing is supported yet, programs don't work, games don't work. And it takes a long time for all those things to come, along with Windows updates it self, which are always needed.
(and you know... it's windows 8 so..)
Most likely for Xmas
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