SteveWinwood
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I will buy any game from any company that links a ytmnd in their press release.
I also just realized I haven't been to ytmnd in like 6 years.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 - Year of the SteamBox
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I will buy any game from any company that links a ytmnd in their press release.
I also just realized I haven't been to ytmnd in like 6 years.
MMBosstones86
Member
any Magicka DLC worth it? or just go w/ the bundle?
Delusibeta
Banned
For PC games, "retail release" doesn't really mean much. For example, Audiosurf, Binding of Issac and Frozen Synapse all had retail releases (admittedly some time after launch, but still).
Might be uplay at first, then Ubisoft will have to publish it on Steam due to low sales and because they are kind of stupid. Kind of like what happened with I Am Alive ("We are not gonna release this game on PC" -> yeah right! LOL)
Dice
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Looks great! I can't get it because I preordered Omerta,, but I hope it's well-tuned with the aiming and movement. I've been meaning to try out Descent with the joystick I got since I always played them keyboard only.
Glass Rebel
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I think it'll be released on Steam anyway, the question was whether the uPlay client is mandatory like in all their recent games.
Maniaplanet's a lot worse than uplay and Trackmania 2 still isn't on Steam. Wouldn't hold my breath on that one.
EDIT: Although, yes, I do expect this to sell on Steam.
SteveWinwood
Member
I still expected Trackmania 2 to come over at some point. Amazed they're still holding out.
Mind as well just go for the bundle. All the meaningful content DLC (Dungeons and Daemons, The Other Side of the Coin, The Stars Are Left, Vietnam) + base game will only save about $1 versus just buying the current complete pack.
I can't say that I think every piece of DLC listed above is worth the price for everyone but I really enjoy Magicka and have people to play with so I'm usually up for any content. They range from 30 minutes to a couple of hours depending on how smoothly you make it through them, longer if you're a completionist. Only the host requires it for the group to play which is a plus.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Thanks.
SteveWinwood
Member
Yeah you're missing it in your library. Go buy it.
derExperte
Member
Is Steam horribly slow for anyone else? It's been that way for a while now. Oh and Community isn't available.
Okay, now it's recovering...
Okay, now it's recovering...
zephervack
Member
A friend of mine cant buy Dark Souls on Steam because it says its no available in his region, can I gift him a copy? Will it let him activate it and play it?
derExperte
Member
Yes to both, I'm not aware of any region locks.
scorpscarx
Member
Yep something is going down all day today, check the steam forums some servers went down.
Dark Souls is region locked for me (Costa Rica). Is your friend in Latam, zepher?
derExperte
Member
I mean locked in the sense that you can't gift it or buy a key at Amazon.com and not activate it anywhere. Only the Russian version is restricted to run only with an IP from there. http://cdr.thebronasium.com/sub/search/Search.name:Dark Souls
Oh. Are there any games with a lock like that?
zephervack
Member
Thats great I hope you are right and he can activate it
Yep, he is in Latin America, no idea why Namco hates money and decided to block it.
Sweet, so that means I can gift it to him, right?
CrunchyFrog
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Hot damn this looks awesome. It's a crying shame there aren't more 6DOF shooters out there these days. I sunk sooooooo many hours into descent 1 and 3.
Well, it uses GFWL so maybe?
derExperte
Member
Not many and if one is it gets mentioned here. Dead Island from amazon.com is an example afair.
Maybe GFWL could be a problem if it's not available in his country. Surely there are ways around this but I can't help you there. Steam itself won't be a problem though. Unless you're gifting from Russia.
DownWithTheShip
Member
I'm really trying to wrap my head around posts like this.
"OMG, SOMETHING I HAVE NO INTEREST IN IS POPULAR! UNPOSSIBLE!"
I'm not sure why this is so confusing to some people.
Delusibeta
Banned
Yeah, GfWL (and Xbox Live) has a whole pile of countries which they don't support, hence the region lock. Latin America outside of Mexico would probably be mostly ignored by Microsoft.
Maybe it's just shocking when all the other iterations have been subjectively bad.
zephervack
Member
Wont be a problem, we play Dirt 3 over GFWL, as a matter of fact, GFWL is so shitty that If I want to play with him AND some other Canadian friends (like me), I have to get him to host the party otherwise it wont work.
Thanks for th ehelp.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
keep fucking that chicken.
Glass Rebel
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Before Diablo, ARPGs weren't about loot. Being fun to play was enough. Japanese ARPGs still don't really have "loot" in the way most people mean. Personally I don't care about loot so I'm happy when ARPGs focus on other things instead.
Man I didn't understand anything about it but I really loved HannahMackiga weekend deal, really Gabe? Really?
SteveWinwood
Member
subjectively
Yep that's what I said. Meaning of the opinion rather than based on factual reasoning.
To be honest, think of it like voting on a game on greenlight (which this game was on apparently). I don't even read the description, I just look at a picture or two and go NOPE/YES
Oh man, could you imagine what democracy would be like if voters were determinedly uninformed?
It wouldn't kill you to play the demo before dedicating your life to telling people how bad this game might possibly be. Probably.
Well you can watch the giantbomb video as well. I don't see a demo in steam though.
fwiw i got about 15 minutes into the giantbomb video and decided it was way too boring. If I could ram the other cars or something, that would be mildly entertaining.
SteveWinwood
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nah he already clicked nope
So you have the attention span of a gnat. Also it's funny becasue at exactly 15:08 they ram a car.
Well, at least you tried. Put it out of your mind and go play Hotline Miami instead.
I didn't sit and watch 15 minutes one second after the other, I watched collectively 15 minutes as one would sift through a video looking for the "good parts". There doesn't really seem to be any drive (hah) no urge to complete something. Even Eufloria, one of the most chill games had more...excitement? than what I saw. Maybe I don't have the right adjectives but I assume you can get the idea.
Alright, though fwiw I don't like Hotline Miami either.
What's not to like with Hotline Miami? I thought you wanted a game with Drive.
I can see why people like it, and I kind of like it myself. However the integral gameplay mechanic it has going on is not something I enjoy.
That is to say, I find the enemy being as strong as me is something I find more frustrating than challenging.
You know, between Hotline, FTL, and Dark Souls, I've been playing Darksiders II. There's a stark difference between them; the first three feel like actual video games, whereas I could probably beat Darksiders rolling my face on the gamepad.
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