Ah, you're referring to the "Utter Shit" category. Lower in the alphabet means you don't have to look at it.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 4 - winter seal is coming
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Yes. But I think it needs a snazzy nickname since everyone has their own terms.
Like today, I tried to give Alpha Protocol another chance. Realized how awful the minigames were. And deleted. Try and fry. Backlog -1.
Good point.
And in the case of me bad mouthing Alpha Protocol, everyone can cry with me.
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Dude you just missed out on one of the best games ever because of your fragile emotional state.
One day you will play it proper and beat it and then want to punch Past 1-D in the face for denying Future 1-D that treasure for so long.
One day you will play it proper and beat it and then want to punch Past 1-D in the face for denying Future 1-D that treasure for so long.
While I didn't hate everything - I like the way your character moves through the game world - it was just a game that I really had to force myself to finish. I think part of the reason is the fact that everything that happens in the entire game is so horrible and makes so little sense. A world where the three main actors, the soulless evil geneticists of Gentech who do the most vile experiments imaginable, the insane Alex Mercer who pretty much wants to do the same horrible things to people and then there's you, the hero, you do similarly horrible shit to just about every person who stands in your way and even
experiment on some random people because hey, have to see what this poison gas does
we're meant to believe the main character actually cares that the evil general has a family. Because all the other guys he devoured were orphaned childless single guys. Apparently. And it isn't like your character doesn't enjoy it, he regularly says shit like he's going to drink people's brains.
Oh, and Alpha Protocol is amazing 1-D_FTW. You should feel bad if you don't like it.
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Dat character motivation.
That twist with the general was so absurd I broke out laughing.
That twist with the general was so absurd I broke out laughing.
But this is the third time I've tried it.
I guess it'll have to be my STALKER. I'll try it every year. And one year I'll just force myself to not quit for two hours. Only problem with this: I knew I'd love STALKER if I just gave it the chance. Those fucking mini-games in AP, on the other hand...
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Are you playing with a controller? They seem broken with the MKB.
M/K. I was going to try controller, then I couldn't remember which sucked last time I played. 10 minutes later I just didn't even care.
But for you, I'm gonna re-download the 11GB and give it another shot with the controller.
EDIT: I'm still forever calling these titles the "Try, Cry, and Fry" category.
But for you, I'm gonna re-download the 11GB and give it another shot with the controller.
EDIT: I'm still forever calling these titles the "Try, Cry, and Fry" category.
The minigames are definitively doable with M&K, but controller is super recommended.
Also, AP has sort of a rough first few hours, the game doesn't really show what it is until you get past Saudi Arabia and you start seeing all the subtle and not so subtle changes of your actions and meeting all the cool characters. Around that point is that it turns into pure unmeasurable bliss.
My "STALKER" would be Neverwinter Nights 2. I'm dumb and want to finish the main campaign before doing Mask of the Betrayer (do you need to, anyways?) and every year I try it and I never manage to get too far before it bores me to tears.
Also, AP has sort of a rough first few hours, the game doesn't really show what it is until you get past Saudi Arabia and you start seeing all the subtle and not so subtle changes of your actions and meeting all the cool characters. Around that point is that it turns into pure unmeasurable bliss.
My "STALKER" would be Neverwinter Nights 2. I'm dumb and want to finish the main campaign before doing Mask of the Betrayer (do you need to, anyways?) and every year I try it and I never manage to get too far before it bores me to tears.
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I'm planning on playing Alpha Protocol for the first time soon. I kind of want to play it as a super dick, but it will it matter if it's my only play through? I have too many games and may never play through again.
Glass Rebel
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Well, I don't know about you but I enjoyed doing a no-kill run and explored everything.
After one of the recent updates, Steam stopped seeing every game I have installed on my 2nd hard drive. They are all still safe and sound in the steamapps folder on the E: drive, but the library doesn't detect them.
Is there any remedy to this issue?
Is there any remedy to this issue?
jaundicejuice
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I recently played both Prototypes for the first time back-to-back, starting with Prototype 2. The protagonists in both are incredibly unlikable and the plots were downright terrible. That said, from a gameplay perspective, I found Prototype 2 sold the power fantasy of a shape shifting, tentacle monstrosity in a much more satisfying way. Prototype 2 scales nicely, you start the game being able to leap tall buildings and wreck a few things with your powers and by the end you're soaring above city blocks, running around as fast as The Flash and eviscerating everything in sight. I found with the first Prototype, the further I got in the game the more I had to rely on vehicles and weapons, not your fantastic powers. I found the design of the first game to be downright lazy and arbitrary. You killed stuff, earned points and just bought powers from a menu, there was no context for any of it in the game itself. In Prototype 2, you kill an enemy with a new power, absorb that power Mega Man style and immediately have to use it against specific enemy types. Even the upgrade system for your power was tied to openworld activities, you see a beasty with a genetic marker over top its head and drop what you're doing to stop, fight, kill and absorb it for an upgrade.
I had fun with Prototype 2.
I had fun with Prototype 2.
I got about 5 hours or something maybe into Jade Empire, ran into a bug that meant I couldn't continue, was fine with that. Definitely not my thing.
No, it's a valid way to play it, although you'll miss on stuff if you just shoot everyone every chance you get.
I've beaten it like 4 times and the asshole run was probably the one I enjoyed the most.
jediyoshi
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awesomenauts now steamplay. i think rollcoaster tycoon 3 just hit steamplay too.
http://store.steampowered.com/news/9530/
tempted to check out arctic combat, i have a morbid curiosity with bad looking f2p games
http://store.steampowered.com/news/9530/
tempted to check out arctic combat, i have a morbid curiosity with bad looking f2p games
Why is League of Legends in the registry?
Isn't that a little awkward? I mean I guess they're ok with Killing Floor being sold right next to their own zombie shooty game, but still.
Edit: Oh right, and Arctic Warfare / CS, MicroVolts / TF2, etc. I guess nothing to see here then. Business as usual.
Isn't that a little awkward? I mean I guess they're ok with Killing Floor being sold right next to their own zombie shooty game, but still.
Edit: Oh right, and Arctic Warfare / CS, MicroVolts / TF2, etc. I guess nothing to see here then. Business as usual.
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Well, Valve is in the MOBA market with Dota 2, so you'd imagine they wouldn't like competition so much.
Kinda like a CoD game being sold on Origin.
Also, meh. I thought I was gonna get cheap skins :/
Or like other FPSes being available on Steam. There will never be a day when FPSes made by companies other than Valve will be on Steam.
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Got it, thanks!
Don't be dense. Dota 2 and League of Legends are in ongoing and direct competition. Half Life/Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty are not.
It's really not that hard to grasp.
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Aww, someone beat me!
YianGaruga
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Valve is also in the competitive FPS market, the single player FPS market, the first-person puzzler market and so on.
They don't pick and choose games just to stifle competition on Steam.
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Demigod is also in direct competition with them, but is on Steam. As is Awesomenauts.
League of Legends isn't on Steam because Riot doesn't want to agree to Valve's DLC conditions (ie giving up a portion of their revenue), and their userbase proves that they don't need Steam for awareness or anything like that... Why would Riot put LoL on Steam?
It was on Steam prior to their changing their terms regarding F2P games. The game's Steam community hub is right here.
As to why it was updated just now, who knows.
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Exactly--Riot had LoL on Steam when it benefited them to have it on Steam. Now that it doesn't, they don't. I can't imagine they'd put the game on Steam today unless they were exempted from having to share their revenues with Valve.
I'm not saying they do, I'm saying that's why he/she thought it'd be awkward.
Dota 2 VS LoL is the CoD VS Battlefield/Medal of Honor of MOBAs.
So they catch the sales bug and sell me cheap skins, that's why.
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So can people who initially installed League on Steam can still play it through Steam today?
EDIT: Yep, look at this guy's profile http://steamcommunity.com/id/joaoquiko/
I'm in.
Trading what for coal? Or did you trade coal for the games? I remember coal being WAY over valued at the beginning when people were bragging about their crafts. Lot of people thought you had better chances to craft something good than you really did.
Me too.
I really don't. It'll be sad.
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Time isn't real unless Valve tracks it.
I got in too.
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