There's more to a game than just play mechanics
(Maybe not for you personally, but it's true for a lot of us.)
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2013 IV - Christmas in July is over, back to real life
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There's more to a game than just play mechanics
(Maybe not for you personally, but it's true for a lot of us.)
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Damn, I'm thinking about it now and you just made me realize it was shit. Total shit. Omg how can I recommend the game anymore? The magic story and gaphics tricked me!
Infinite's story DLC is equivalent to when the star trek crew was playing around in the holodeck and became characters from robin hood or sherlock holmes.
switching familiar characters into different roles does not make for good story. It will be a neat novelty at best.
What kind of sorcery does Dunder use?!
It really was. I confess I didn't really get it until I read an online explanation but once I realized that
Booker & Comstock were from different universes that had diverged at the baptism
This is my take on it.
The actual gameplay of Infinite isn't that good.
Not saying that the game isn't worth playing, or that it doesn't have a good story.
Just the gameplay isn't that solid.
Yeah, the "story" is basically a way of introducing you to the gameplay elements (e.g. here is a fighting quest, here is a transportation quest, here is a building quest), but it's basically a giant sand-box where you can trade/fight/build however much you want. Think Mount & Blade single player with spaceships, and you're on the right track.
Watching Dunders Spreadsheet as he adds new games is hilarious.
Prices are probably placeholders.
Never used the dude but people are dicks
What? Why?
Wok
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Watching Dunders Spreadsheet as he adds new games is hilarious.
Prices are probably placeholders.
Thanks for the heads-up! I got it in real-time!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Steam Prison Economy will remain my greatest contribution to humanity. My other attempts at lexicographical history, while good, have never quite hit the same high bar.
Other terms I've attempted to coin:
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599/10
Yeah, Rapture > Columbia but the plot holes in Bioshock 1 really ripped me out of the game.
I can't wait to play Minerva's Den. I hope Grief is right about it coming to steam.
The story is a large (the largest?) part of the experience to me. I have lots of games with amazing gunplay but if the story sucks it doesn't matter past the first few hours. Could BI's gunplay be better? Sure. But it was good enough. The art design was amazing, the story was amazing, the writing and dialogue were good, and the atmosphere was great.
The entire package is head and shoulders above most anything I've ever played. It is an incredible game.
Glass Rebel
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Finally I can find out for myself whether Guacamelee is "better than Super Metroid"
PandaPedinte
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Nabs
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599/10 will save me so much money in the future.
YianGaruga
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Watching Dunders Spreadsheet as he adds new games is hilarious.
Prices are probably placeholders.
I keep getting the "Viewing in simple list mode due to high traffic to this document." error. Arg! I'm going to be disappointed if I don't get Spelunky or Guacamelee!
There is no question as to whether Minerva's Den is coming to Steam.
The BioShock 2 achievements reference it, there is a separate app for the entry now, they added a BioShock 2 + Minerva's Den app with purchasing options.
Just a matter of time.
Rickenslacker
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That's why.
I think too many people are accessing the page at once.
Such a good day to be a gamer. <3 indies.
apieceofstrange
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I already own both on other platforms, and personally I'm double dipping on Spelunky now and waiting for a sale on Guac. You will get a LOT more bang for your buck with Spelunky.
Guac was solid, but once I beat the game, I didn't really feel compelled to go back and explore the areas I had missed. It was a little too dumbed down and linear as far as metroidvanias go.
dark_inferno
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Dont get blinded by pretty graphics and a good story. If you want something like that go and watch a CGI movie.
The game HAS a good story and is worth a shot just for the ending alone. But calling this one of the best games is just a bit too much. I mean if it comes down to shitty gameplay and good story we could say that Spec Ops The Line would be one of the best games too. But we dont. But Bioshock Infinite is? Just a bit too much.
good man
Oh good. I could really use more Bioshock.
What? Who are you to tell me how I derive entertainment from a video game?
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Guacamelee is on 13th place, Papers please is on 6th place and Spelunky in on 1st place.
Steam users don't want Vita leftovers as much confirmed.
More_Badass
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Number 1 on Wishlist is Spelunky. That trailer on the Steam page was awesome, I'd hadn't seen it in motion with the improved graphics. Looks 10x's better than the freeware version
Guess I know what I'll be getting during the Autumn/Halloween/Winter sale
Guess I know what I'll be getting during the Autumn/Halloween/Winter sale
arts&crafts
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Hows Van Helsing? Looks pretty
dark_inferno
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The dialogues are worse than Bioshock 1 for me. I mean hear what Andrew says... then go to Bioshock Infinite. Everything feels so dumped down. If you know anything about Chaos Theory you could laugh about the shit Elizabeth says when you had to save the chinese guy.
Ahh, shit the bed. Hopefully he has some backups.
Guacamelee is fantastic, so bad choice!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Not everyone has the same value system as you, friend. I'd easily place this in my top 20 games of all time, warts and all.
I barely listened to any of the tape recordings in BI so I have no opinion on that. Bioshock 1's story didn't even make logical sense. While I find BI's interpretation of the multiple-worlds view of quantum mechanics very suspect, it was (mostly) logically consistent which is all I ask of a piece of fantasy. It wasn't aiming to be hard sci-fi.
Just discovered the wonders of keys
It's like Christmas (steam sale) all year round...
Got Rayman Legends and Spelunky for 7 and 5 keys each.
Explain
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