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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yes.
I dunno, hype gaf told me it's a tight platformer. I mean, it's not horrible like LBP but it's very awkward.
SteveWinwood
Member
I only wish that holding run didn't do that dumb charge up thing in Rayman.
I have 20 some years of mario training of hold down run at all times. You can't untrain me with one game Rayman. Stop doing that dumb dash into things.
I have 20 some years of mario training of hold down run at all times. You can't untrain me with one game Rayman. Stop doing that dumb dash into things.
Big Chief Crazy Cone
Member
Well that's your first problem, being insane and all.
Glass Rebel
Member
LBP is terrible if you like tight controls in your platformers. Still a decent to good game though.
IT BEGINS
YianGaruga
Banned
LBP (2) is a fantastic game, just not a very good platformer.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Well excuse me for preferring tight, non-floaty platformers.
No chocolate cake for you
The treasure chest hunt levels made me adapt to the floaty jumps rather quickly.
just thought i'd mention i found a splitscreen mod for l4d2 that adds it to the menu rather than having to type a bunch of commands in the console every time www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=17680 (essential for me, as i play with friends while drinking)
also a question about l4d2, is navigating the main menu with the controller all fucked up for everybody or is it just me? (also navigating to 'exit to the main menu' while in game)
also a question about l4d2, is navigating the main menu with the controller all fucked up for everybody or is it just me? (also navigating to 'exit to the main menu' while in game)
From the Amazon Labor Day Sale thread:
Edit: Not region locked, by the way (as I understand it, 2K is a little fickle about that).
Edit: Not region locked, by the way (as I understand it, 2K is a little fickle about that).
Lord British
Member
I dunno. I ended up liking Rayman Origins overall, but it's far from a tight platformer. I can see why it could be disliked - I certainly did at first, but it grew on me as the levels got more complex and I adjusted to the mechanics.
Horrible bosses, though. Just awful all round.
moojito
Member
Every time I play just cause 2 I fail to get over how awesome it is. I never "got" the demo when it came out, either. I played a bit but didn't see its genius at the time, and also when I bought it it sat unplayed for ages. Now I'd say it's possibly the best game I've ever played for awesome graphics and pure fun. Not sure why I'm posting this in the steam thread, but it's always like 3 quid in every steam sale. There's a tenuous link for you!
Thanks!
play with people?? no way man.
Get some friends, it's the only way to play that game properly, plus you can blame them for your faults.
HadesGigas
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dark_inferno
Member
One Question. Is it flash?
HadesGigas
Member
Yeah, the individual games are .swf files, it runs in adobe air. On higher end pcs the games should mostly run smoother than Isaac does, though.
My computer is a bit on the older side (bought in like 2008 I think? only has 2GB of ram), and there was some slowdown in Meat Boy (when there was scrolling levels) and Spewer (until I disabled some background details).
dark_inferno
Member
Then im not gonna buy it. Srsly everyone had tons of issues with Isaac (even if it looks like shit but it runs as shit also) and he doesnt want to port an old and easy code from some flash games he made into c++ or anything else? Thats some lazy shit even for 4$
balladofwindfishes
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Porting Flash -> C++ is not trivial, especially since a lot of Edmund's games seem to make liberal use of timeline based script and animation, which would be incredibly difficult to port over.
It's certainly way more than four dollars worth of effort.
On the topic of Rayman Origins, it keeps freezing on me. Has it happened to anyone else? I have an ATI Radeon 6790 and it runs all other games fine. I'll be playing and suddenly the screen goes black, hangs there for like 10 seconds and then comes back to the game but sometimes the music will be gone. As I said, I don't have this problem with any other graphic-intensive games. Hope GAF can help.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Speak for yourself.
Glass Rebel
Member
I didn't have any issues with Isaac on my desktop but my thinkpad sadly can't handle it that well.
Lord British
Member
Isaac is the best game ever made, so.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
Doing this scares the ever loving shit outta me, but it's got to be done.
I'm re-installing windows on my 2TB drive. Now, to back up steam, I litterally just copy the 'steamapps' folder onto my other HDD, right?
And as for saves, I've used game save manager to move them all onto my other HDD.
I'm re-installing windows on my 2TB drive. Now, to back up steam, I litterally just copy the 'steamapps' folder onto my other HDD, right?
And as for saves, I've used game save manager to move them all onto my other HDD.
yup that should be fine.
Same.I didn't have any issues with Isaac on my desktop but my thinkpad sadly can't handle it that well.
No issues on my desktop (2500K quad-core), but it definitely performs sub-par on my laptop, which uses the mobile equivalent of a Core 2 Duo. Very noticeable slowdown whenever I fire a tear, even with low detail + smallest window size. It's a bit unfortunate considering I can play TF2 and Borderlands on this laptop, but not altogether surprising either, since those games would be using the laptop's 9800GTX mobile equivalent for rendering.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
And when I've re-installed steam, just replace the new folder with my saved one?
yup.
Some source games like tf2 may not work, so they might need integrity checks.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
Sweet, cheers for the help. I can re-download most 10GB games in less than an hour so a few games here and there shouldn't be a problem.
Saves I'm most worried about, tbh. I know GFWL doesn't like moving saves about.
Castor Krieg
Banned
GFWL games have saves stored elsewhere, not in the Steam folder. I hope you know that.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
GSM seems to find all the saves automatically. So I just let it do its thing.
Make a list of the games that you most want to keep saves for and then do the research, since some -- GFWL games and indie games for instance -- may save in very odd places.
*edit* Or you can use your newfangled automation. In MY day we didn't use no fancy tools!
for most games they are most likely in your documents folder, I recommend backing that up as well.
Lord British
Member
WHAT
SteveWinwood
Member
This changes everything.
GTA IV Complete + Max Payne 3 (Standard or Steam) $24.99:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00904XVS0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00904XVS0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Hmm how does it work? Peer to peer? Steam friends list?
Btw, what was the name of Sega's Tetris / Bejeweled style game from the Genesis era (it had...Roman?...style background art I think).
SteveWinwood
Member
Columns.
Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking of. Although looking at the screenshots, I guess it's Greek and not Roman...
I remember annoying the employees at Funcoland (the Gamestop equivalent back in the 90s), hogging the Genesis machine that had the Columns cartridge set up.
Mortal Kombat Kollection does have real honest-to-goodness online co-op. I'd be kind of surprised if they went and added online for the old Genesis back catalog to be honest though.
Lord British
Member
Right, so... what you're saying is... it's a Mega Drive ROM like all the others, and in fact does not have online co-op?
What is there on that page that would make someone assume that the co-op gameplay is online, versus merely side-by-side (local) multiplayer.
You're insane. Rayman is a perfect game, a gift from the Gods, and you shall burn in hell for eternity for disliking it.
Glass Rebel
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