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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2013 IV - Christmas in July is over, back to real life
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crazy talk, that engine is golden
The Janitor
Member
How is The Knife of Dunwall DLC for Dishonored? Recently finished Dishonored which I enjoyed, and the DLC is only 3,39 right now.
I've yet to receive a booster pack.
Don't have any high hopes. Booster packs is the easter bunny of steam :/
Finished it a few days ago. It's only 3 maps, but I think it took me about 5 hours.
It's great, but can be pretty hard if you want to ghost/clean hands it.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Which Dishonored DLC should I get? I already own the base game and I'm about to start playing it.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
They are there, in the options, you're just not looking good enough - I clearly remember playing in 1600x900 because I was losing fps in 1080p. You may need to press Enter after changing them there to take effect.
Knife is story extension (first part, second part, 'Witches', gets released sometime this month I think). Trials is more axed towards killing and is random challenge maps.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Knife of Dunwall is the only real expansion. The city trials pack is fun but pretty insubstantial and has no story.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Let me get this straight: Knife of Dunwall is a yeah
City Trials is a meh
And are any of the Void Walker Arsenal abilities worth it?
More obtuse when compared to modern games where they tell you what to do, show an arrow on screen, and a bright line in he ground.
I remember reading the development of Dishonored when Arkane was QA'ing the game.
A guard would tell a player that they couldn't go upstairs, the player would get confused, and was unable to complete the mission.
I can't even make this shit up. I worry about our hobby.
Lord British
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OK, so, here's the situation. I am sort of interested in trying Dishonoured, but I hate stealth games. It's not the games' fault, I just do not click with the genre - including Mark of the Ninja, which upset me because I really wanted to like it.
Anyway, I can get it with card money, but am I going to be getting the best experience playing it without stealth?
Anyway, I can get it with card money, but am I going to be getting the best experience playing it without stealth?
You got it.
Void walker arsenal...
Oh, this is just the preorder bonus shit packed together.
Don't bother.
I've seen people have lots of fun killing everything, it's just not for me
Lies!
jediyoshi
Member
Trials is fine for its sale price and if you like the combat aspect of the game
Yeah, full stealth play in that game is boring anyway
It's not one I'd recommend someone watch if they're after something great or are expecting a solid adaptation of the book, but I think the strong performances of Stanley Tucci and of course Saoirse herself are worthy of the temporal investment -- it's also well shot, and Brian Eno's score is amazing, but I loathe Jackson's CGIfest interpretation of "the in-between" (the CGI being of questionable quality certainly doesn't help). Her performance in the film I'd still rate as her best to date, and on a related note I'd probably put Byzantium ahead of Hanna in this regard, but I'll watch it again before making a final judgement.
Your wish is my command.
They should be in the options menu. The 16:9 example screenshot on WSGF is 1920x1080.
scorpscarx
Member
Actually.... yea, I just did this, you can just slowly walk through the world admiring it and brutally kill everything, bust through the front door and shoot everything in slow mo. It is slightly more enjoyable to kill everyone stealthily without other people around seeing, more exciting. The upside then is that you can just leisurely explore and rob the world then free of any npc's, at all, but this kinda breaks the game.
JaseC said:
I thought it was pretty excellent, very powerful, and I enjoyed it. You have to agree that the source material is a tad creepy though, especially the underground den bit.
jaundicejuice
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Grief.exe said:
The leveling system in Oblivion is arguably one of its biggest flaws because of how enemies scale as you level up. You're free to choose whatever stats you want but if you don't level up the same two stats that enemies always scale up with each level you're going to have a bad time. Nevermind that loot is complete garbage in that game, always scaled to your level and enemies gear will scale with yours. Outside of the Dark Brotherhood questline, I'm hard pressed to think a decent quest with unique, worthwhile rewards in Oblivion.
You need to download a couple of mods to make Oblivion an enjoyable game.
Senator Soufflé
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Is No Time To Explain worth picking up?
Lord British
Member
Senator Soufflé;74708011 said:
I would say absolutely not. It's frustrating but in a "this mechanic is too fiddly" way, rather than a clever level design Super Meat Boy way.
Senator Soufflé
Member
Ah thanks, don't think I'll bother then. Got enough things that I need to buy anyway.
Chance Hale
Member
Woot Pikmin 3, everyone toss their desktops!
Ditto. It's a wonderfully creative action game, but a decidedly mediocre stealth game.
Certainly, though that scene is probably my favourite one in the film.
After watching Filming The Lovely Bones (an excellent ~three-hour documentary that chronicles production), I couldn't help but feel a little bad for Jackson that the film was lambasted as much as it was -- it was clearly a labour of love.
The Janitor
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You're gonna get the bad ending if you kill too much, but I found that the game is much more enjoyable if you just go guns blazing. There's so many awesome ways to kill enemies.
I'm running Oblivion with Francesco's for my first playthrough, along with the unofficial patches and some cosmetic mods, and I've actually been having a good time with it. (Level scaling annoys me enough that I wanted to mod it before I started playing) I thought about going with OOO or FCOM, but I figure I'll get more fancy once I've finished it once. Didn't we have an Oblivion modding thread here at one point?
Here ya go http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ceuyh/step_by_step_moddingguide_deus_ex_i_spilled_my/
I would recommend not installing the Shifter as it adjust gameplay. Everything else is only visual changes.
Edit: sorry for double post.
More_Badass
Member
Haven't played the original Thief games, but my favorite stealth game is Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Followed by Hitman Blood Money and Mark of the Ninja
I've never played a Hitman game. I'm pretty good at ignoring franchises.
Mark of the Ninja I'll probably resume now that I'm done with Just Collectables 2.
It's my first playthrough and reading up on Shifter, it seems like it's a nice addition and "smooths" the experience.
Any strong reasons for not using it?
More_Badass
Member
Well they're less about sneaking than about hiding in plain sight. Blood Money is my favorite in the series. Hopefully IO can redeem themselves next gen after AbsolutionI've never played a Hitman game. I'm pretty good at ignoring franchises.
Mark of the Ninja I'll probably resume now that I'm done with Just Collectables 2.
Also, regarding Thief 2: Are the graphics in this gameplay video modded? They look better than I expected. Now I regret getting Deadly Shadows instead of 2
The blurb from that reddit post makes it seem like a community patch similar to Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines.
But when I go to the Moddb page, it describes how it adds new weapons, alt-fire options, and all these other gameplay changes.
Baron von Loathsome
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I started playing The Dark Project this morning. I've only played the first mission, but I'm already getting into this game much better than I did with my first attempt at System Shock 2.
Those textures look higher res than I remember, but it's been a while...
Rickenslacker
Banned
It changes the game's design. You won't be playing Deus Ex, you'd be playing Shifter. I think it's a fine remix to things for replay value, but isn't how you should be experiencing the game fresh.
One big thing it does is give you exp for every encounter, and modifies your gains depending on approach. It rewards you more for stealth, and while that is typical for most games it's not how Deus Ex traditionally works; you're supposed to play how you feel like and the game doesn't normally incentivize it one way or another within its systems.
Some anonymous person released an engine update last year that fixed up Thief, System Shock 2, etc.
Really paved the way for the SS2 release, allows for higher res textures, and more.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Nah, those are definitely vanilla assets. The Youtube compression might just give you a different impression.
Here are some stupid clips I took of the games when I played them a few years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSFE3LeVT0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1fvHd3FPeI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq2XOPX2qd4
dark_inferno
Member
Why are people playing the Payday 2 Beta that much? You lose your progress after the beta.
Ah. Well, like I said, it's been... a while. I've still got my OG cds around somewhere
Maybe it's fun? I wish I was playing Payday 2 beta =p
cause its fun?
If I sell my very last card on the market I have exactly enough wallet funds to buy SMB (I promised myself not to spend any more money on steam until the next sale). So if someone here is looking for Axis Assault - Day of Defeat: Source Trading Card and is willing to pay 2 cents more than the lowest bid; that'd be great
Maybe it's fun, and they have to consolidate that extra 20.
dark_inferno
Member
Where is the fun in losing everything you gained in a game where it needs HOURS to unlock things?
jaundicejuice
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There was an Elderscrolls modding thread but it's pretty old.
... in playing it?
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