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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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xenoflux2113
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Its like they want me to get rid of my PS3...
Without getting too much into it in a Steam thread, Sony themselves want you to do this.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I'm playing in co-op with one friend and I'm pretty sure I only hate the game a hair more than he does.
Still, it would be unfair for me to rip the game to shreds if I hadn't finished it.
fans organizing another half life 3 protest
http://kotaku.com/5881132/30000-peo...-half+life-2-as-a-protest-against-half+life-3
http://kotaku.com/5881132/30000-peo...-half+life-2-as-a-protest-against-half+life-3
shit's the truth!
Serious Sam does the same weird thing that Modern Warfare 3 defaults to - sets the rendering resolution lower than the actual display resolution. I was running at 1920x1200 for a while and after realizing it looked blurry/bad, I went into custom graphics options and realized it was only rendering the game at roughly 1680x1050 resolution and then upscaling.
Fixed that, and it looks so much better now :-D
Anyway, Serious Sam 3 has a ridiculous amount of variety in weapons, a good amount of variety in enemies, and the encounters are just absolutely INSANE. Some of the biggest-scale, craziest battles of any Serious Sam game ever.
And the game is long too, without feeling long. I've played the campaign for around 12-13 hours now and am just about at the final boss battle.
Also super-impressed with the co-op implementation. It just plain works, perfectly. And it interfaces perfectly with all my Steam friends, one-click invites, etc. Voice chat works. Type-to-chat works too, even when the game is loading. Lots of customization in the multiplayer, and even a survival multiplayer mode.
It's a SERIOUSLY huge and awesome game (sorry, couldn't resist)
Fixed that, and it looks so much better now :-D
Anyway, Serious Sam 3 has a ridiculous amount of variety in weapons, a good amount of variety in enemies, and the encounters are just absolutely INSANE. Some of the biggest-scale, craziest battles of any Serious Sam game ever.
And the game is long too, without feeling long. I've played the campaign for around 12-13 hours now and am just about at the final boss battle.
Also super-impressed with the co-op implementation. It just plain works, perfectly. And it interfaces perfectly with all my Steam friends, one-click invites, etc. Voice chat works. Type-to-chat works too, even when the game is loading. Lots of customization in the multiplayer, and even a survival multiplayer mode.
It's a SERIOUSLY huge and awesome game (sorry, couldn't resist)
SteveWinwood
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What if Valve never wants to make another Half-life again? They're entitled to that.
Well they did promise a trilogy of episodes...
Lombardi said last March that "you will ever see [Half-Life 3/Episode Three], yes", adding that "[Valve] aren't done with Gordon Freeman's adventures" and asking for fans to "hang in there with us".
Mark my words: it'll be announced soon and intended for release in Q4. /keepingthefaith
Cydonian__Knight
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I've been wishing that for years, I'm trying not to get my hopes up for 2012...
SteveWinwood
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I'm just saying, you know, maybe they want to move on from that and there's all these people complaining all the time at them. I would be annoyed.
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Your cynicism shall not deter me!
Edit: I'd partake in this little Half-Life 2 shindig if:
A) I even remotely believed it'd actually achieve something, and;
B) I could be bothered translating 11:00AM PDT to +8 GMT
AngryChinchilla
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I've been playing Glowfish and I must say, I find it quite boring. The game is very colorful and polished, but it is the same thing over and over again. I think I'll give it a little longer, but as of right now, I don't think I'm going to be able to finish it.
Regardless of what they do next, it isn't too unreasonable to ask for better communication on their part, which is what the whole protest is about.
Try the demo on Steam. I didn't care for it, personally. I seem to recall it being a bit clunky and hard to work out how everything fit together in 3D.
People are going to pay big bucks for it, just fucking make the damn thing already so everyone move on.
Once Half-Life 3 is released, I'll move on to Doug Church's game; after all, he joined Valve almost a year ago.
Foliorum Viridum
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Speaking of Hard Reset, I started it the other day and so far it's not grabbed me. It's alright, but it lacks a hook. It looks nice and running around shooting things feels good... but I dunno.
I guess I want more from my FPS these days. I'm gonna keep playing it, but I'm glad I picked it up on the cheap and didn't pay full price like I was tempted to.
I guess I want more from my FPS these days. I'm gonna keep playing it, but I'm glad I picked it up on the cheap and didn't pay full price like I was tempted to.
Yeah it does get repetitive. At the rate new stuff is introduced it should've had about 25-30 levels instead of 50.
Flotilla is Homeworld like-ish but works in turns and you can't issue any new orders until the next turn (commands are simultaneously resolved) unlike realtime in Homeworld. It's not too bad in short burst as a fun distraction but if you want to really play a space strategy game in 3D you're better off just playing Homeworld. Amazingly Homeworld works in widescreen pretty well with an easy registry adjustment and works fine in Win7 64bit. The hard part here is finding the game. Homeworld should be priority one for GOG.
spindoctor
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You say that the last level of the game was bad whereas I think it was the best part of the game. It's the only thing I'll remember about the game years from now. It is thrilling, frustrating, exhausting and mindblowingly awesome all at the same time... and then it's followed by the most chaotic boss fight I've seen in years. That level represents all the insanity that Serious Sam games are known and loved for.
For those who might be wondering what the deal is with that last level... it doesn't really give away anything about the game but I'm still hiding it to be safe -
The last level throws over 1700 enemies at you in slightly over 1 hour. That averages to a kill every 2-3 seconds for an hour straight. It's physically draining to play through that level but it's also completely awesome. And for reference, Hard Reset had ~1300 enemies in the whole game. There are more enemies in one level of Serious Sam than there are in the entire game of Hard Reset!
Hard Reset is good but Serious Sam 3 is a far better, feature packed game.
The "Call for Communication" mission statement makes it clear the group is after a statement from Valve regarding the future of the series, rather than asking that Half-Life 3 be forced out the door ahead of schedule because "it's been long enough". I don't think anybody - any fan, at least - has an agenda or even desires for Valve to rush a game, especially when the title in question is Half-Life 3.
BobJustBob
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Not on Steam.
jediyoshi
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Get out of here with your reasonable statements.
Hmm okay...I just hope Valve doesn't feel pressured for it to affect other potentially better products.
Any comments regarding Half-Life have to be white noise at this point, for any Valve employee.
TyrantGuardian
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Anyone not liking SS3 seriously needs to play the game on Serious difficulty. Do it.
Not to say that either game is "better". I'm just genuinely happy that games like SS3 and Hard Reset see the light of day at all, and I love playing both of them.
Edit: Holy mother of internal server errors
Not to say that either game is "better". I'm just genuinely happy that games like SS3 and Hard Reset see the light of day at all, and I love playing both of them.
Edit: Holy mother of internal server errors
Black Lawn Finale
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You know what? I'm going to go out on a limb and say this but after playing DNF today, I would say it's one of the best FPS of 2011. I've had more fun with it than Hard Reset and any of the Serious Sam games. $2.50 is worth it.
I don't know what you're smoking, but keep it the hell away from me.
DNF was a pretty ok game though.
I don't agree with the extent of your assessment, however I do feel that the immense backlash the game continues to receive is somewhat excessive.
Black Lawn Finale
Banned
That's quite alright. I'm definitely not saying that DNF is perfect. It's far from it. I had a hell of a time raging at some dodgy controls, rolling my eyes at some pretty schlocky dialogue, etc. However, it's because the game doesn't take itself seriously that I'm enjoying it immensely. I guess people didn't like it because after 12 years of waiting and not being a godsend, some people's expectations were extremely high.
lol, i played both and serious sam 3 shit all over dnf
actually, i wish ss3 was dnf
Yeah, as I said earlier in the year, the hodgepodge of dated game design with modern idiosyncrasies (e.g. "tap spc for awesome!") and a sloppily-updated UE2.5 aesthetic combines for a strangely endearing experience overall. The campaign being longer than your typical FPS also saw a few points scored. There's no denying it arrived at least decade too late, however.
Black Lawn Finale
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How so? I played the first level of SS3 and automatically thought, "Yeah this is going to get repetitive really quick." I played DNF expecting some monstrosity and was genuinely surprised at how much fun I was having compared to SS3. Hell, I'll even put Hard Reset over SS3.
Yeah, as I said earlier in the year, the hodgepodge of dated game design with modern idiosyncrasies (e.g. "tap spc for awesome!") and a sloppily-updated UE2.5 aesthetic combines for a strangely endearing experience overall. The campaign being longer than your typical FPS also saw a few points scored. There's no denying it arrived at least decade too late, however.
Agreed.
Serous Sam 3 has more features, and is a lot longer, I'll give it that, but to be honest I find the lack of pacing in Serious Sam 3 (and the previous games) to be exhausting. If I try to play those games in the evening they tend to give me a headache. I kind of feel they could have dialled that back a little.
Serious Sam 3 starts very slow, it takes a couple of hours to really get going.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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That's what I've been saying!
I liked Hard Reset but the restrictive movement and level design really got on my nerves.
How far did you get into SS3?
spindoctor
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If you're looking for something laid back, may I suggest Solitaire?
Serious Sam is all about defeating waves of enemies as you run backwards or circle strafe and blow shit up... that is the core premise of the game. Seriously though, SS3 doesn't really have a pacing problem. The number of enemies are finite and there is downtime between fights. It's not meant to be a thoughtful, measured, intellectual experience... it's more tuned towards high adrenaline insanity as you fight through the hordes. With that in mind it does maintain it's desired pacing. I'll concede that the last level loses it completely and goes balls to wall crazy but that can be a good or bad thing depending on the player's perspective.
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