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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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No offence but those sites look hella fishy.
Done. Thanks.
Fine, I'll try the game for a third time eventually. Hopefully before GFWL is all but dead.
The beauty of having a massive backlog means you're never stuck with something to play only stuck with having the motivation or indecision of what to play. I've got enough to keep my going for at least the next 10 February's.
Castlevania and Resi 4 are the only things that I'll put any meaningful time into this month but they both come out on the bloody 27th so in effect they are really, early March games.
Still there's always XCOM...
Castlevania and Resi 4 are the only things that I'll put any meaningful time into this month but they both come out on the bloody 27th so in effect they are really, early March games.
Still there's always XCOM...
I agree with mannerbot, I went blind into Dark Souls and only checked online for very sparse stuff that was leaving me scratching my head. Heavily using guides breaks part of what makes the game special imo. Still, there's not a "right" way to play it, I think.
I don't know if this means I'm a late bloomer but DS only really clicked for me after I was done with the Bell Gargoyle fight. The first sections were a drag and not very fun for a variety of reasons, but after that I started loving my time with the game. It's very much a game that rewards investment. I'm at Anor Londo right now, been taking my time and just playing it however the hell I want, having a blast and not feeling bad about using "cheap" tactics in some areas.
One thing that totally helped is that my brother is on his second playthrough so he gave tips and incentive. We're still playing so whenever we meet we'll talk about the game nonstop, comparing strategies and the different ways we go about it. I'll definitely replay it after this first run, try a different build and do more of the optional quests/bosses (most likely when/if GFWL is replaced by Steamworks). The initial parts of the game will certainly feel different now that I'm good at it.
I don't know if this means I'm a late bloomer but DS only really clicked for me after I was done with the Bell Gargoyle fight. The first sections were a drag and not very fun for a variety of reasons, but after that I started loving my time with the game. It's very much a game that rewards investment. I'm at Anor Londo right now, been taking my time and just playing it however the hell I want, having a blast and not feeling bad about using "cheap" tactics in some areas.
One thing that totally helped is that my brother is on his second playthrough so he gave tips and incentive. We're still playing so whenever we meet we'll talk about the game nonstop, comparing strategies and the different ways we go about it. I'll definitely replay it after this first run, try a different build and do more of the optional quests/bosses (most likely when/if GFWL is replaced by Steamworks). The initial parts of the game will certainly feel different now that I'm good at it.
Everyone should have Warlock from Humble Bundle, so I guess that's +2 for you (instead of +0)? Unless you have Majesties as well.
Everyone should have Warlock from Humble Bundle, so I guess that's +2 for you (instead of +0)? Unless you have Majesties as well.
But of course.
I remember playing the demo of the original way back when and enjoying it, so I really ought to fire up Majesty HD one day. Apparently I've played 11 minutes of Majesty 2, but I don't remember that at all.Well, I hate the gameplay in BioShock, so comparing anything to it isn't very favorable to that game in my opinion
And it's not just a matter of reading guides; I want to feel that I'm getting better, not that I'm simply following a walkthrough. When fighting armored enemies I always get hit, and bosses kill me with two or three strikes. I have no idea which weapon is the best or what should I improve, and using a pre-made build found in some random website doesn't sound like a tempting idea. I don't know, you guys sound like you've learned how to play it well, how to stand your ground and put up a good fight. I'm like a little child trying to play with adults, and of course I'm gonna get destroyed.
Eh, but what I'm telling you is that there's nothing to learn or get better at, really. You just have to block most attacks with your shield (which has to have good stability and preferably 100% physical damage reduction) and watch your stamina; when your stamina is about to get very low, you roll, all while watching for a window when you have enough stamina to land a hit of your own. This is very basic and this is literally all you need to learn to play this game. Builds and equipment do not matter — this is predominantly an action game, not an RPG. Levelling up basically improves your stamina along with your health and slightly improves your damage (assuming you're going melee). None of that really matters once you get the hang of it; the game is perfectly beatable on level 1 with no equipment. As for the weapons — just pick up something you like to use and upgrade it (using the standard upgrade path, which is pretty much the only good one). And do read the wiki — it won't "teach" you (again, there really is nothing to learn), but rather help you in a pinch (like when you don't know where to go next or need to know about upgrade paths) and there is some interesting information about the lore which is available in the game but you're not very likely to find on your own. It's not just a walkthrough.
Oh, and Bioshock was just an example of a similar death system. It's not true that you die a lot in Dark Souls, at least not in the sense of how you can die in other games. In fact, you can't die at all in Dark Souls, because you're never losing any progress you've made and the same goes for Bishock with its vita chambers (the enemies don't respawn though).
I remember some discussion of old about games nobody played and I mentioned Majesty games, nobody contradicted me, so I assumed nobody really played it.
Both Majesty games are quite insane though. I've played both rather long time ago (have physical copies somewhere still most likely), but what I remember, that the games can throw at you such amounts of activity per second that you sweat a lot (><)
Or maybe it was because I played them at summer time, who remembers!
Both Majesty games are quite insane though. I've played both rather long time ago (have physical copies somewhere still most likely), but what I remember, that the games can throw at you such amounts of activity per second that you sweat a lot (><)
Or maybe it was because I played them at summer time, who remembers!
Glad my notes helped! I'm glad they prompt you to make a new save when you go back and change things, but really wish you didn't have to.
Eh, it seems the normal Halberd is a one of a kind weapon: obtainable or in a corpse in Parish, or dropped (but the Crystal version) in Anor Londo. So it actually would be a one time choice that is frying my mind.
Ah, didn't know there was only one. If you have decent STR/DEX, probably just take the basic upgrade route all the way to +15? Otherwise, well, lightning does the most damage but doesn't scale with stats.
I played through the first one, at least most of it. I remember that there were some really tough missions towards the end and indeed, the amount of stuff going on in the game was massive at any given time. Good times. Didn't try Majesty 2 yet, although I have it on Steam.
I don't want to rely on such an old memories too much, but I remember that they are very similar games. Majesty 2 seemed a tad larger and more insane.
I have them on steam somehow, although don't remember buying them lol
Might play some day again.
You really should!
Well, I upgraded both of my favourite weapons to +15, but I played a high dex character and my weapons were the Scythe (mainly for bosses) and Balder's Side Sword (I love this weapon). It made sense.
I also had other Dex weapons to +14 and a Lighting Balder's Side Sword and Fire Claymore. I mostly use the Fire weapon to
backstab those Darkwraiths and look like I own the place
All this to say that you should go with whatever pleases you. I don't remember if the Halberd scales a lot with high Dex/Str. Anyway, Standard upgrades should be fine and other good choices are usually Fire and Lighting. I wouldn't recommend Magic or Divine, unless you're specced with high Int/Faith.
If you like Halberd you might also use other similar weapons and upgrade them in different ways. Do you have the Gargoyle's Halberd?
Rickenslacker
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I couldn't get myself to go completely guideless on a Souls game, not because actual navigation is a problem (for the most part) or anything like that, but just to get a grasp on what I want to do with character building and which items to be on the lookout for. Because of the way stat scaling works with weapons in the games I tend to do some wiki-assisted equipment window shopping and plan out my character's path through there. I tend to get really invested into a single character, so I don't like feeling like I've wasted my time just guessing around stat allocations. Personally if their idea for "accessibility" in Dark Souls 2 was to greatly simplify character leveling, I'd have been all for it -- I'm much more interested in the games for their design as straight action games over the RPG character progression systems.
Talking about games nobody played because they can't anymore. I really wish Dune (by Cryo Interactive) was on steam or or gog, it suits more for gog, most likely. I've played it like 10 times back in 90-ies if not more. It's a sweet short game that I have most fond memories of, it's a pity it's no longer available anywhere.
Thanks again.
And I agree with you, I mean, if there was some serious Story changes when making different decisions it would make more sense.Spud's Quest looks pretty good. Has anyone played it?
It's on Stream Greenlight.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214212775
Also released on humble store. The dev promises Steam key's if it's greenlit.
It's on Stream Greenlight.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214212775
Also released on humble store. The dev promises Steam key's if it's greenlit.
PandaPedinte
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Spud's Quest looks pretty good. Has anyone played it?
It's on Stream Greenlight.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214212775
Also released on humble store. The dev promises Steam key's if it's greenlit.
Short impression by Daydreaming
toddhunter
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It was pay what you want on the indie game stand last week.
I gave it about 15 minutes but found it pretty frustrating to play. It didn't hold my attention any longer than that.
Ravensmash
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Finally beat the first boss in Rogue Legacy (i suck).
Second boss in the forest doesn't seem like it'll be too difficult, just gonna farm for a bit and beef up my armour.
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What, why are people selling South Park so cheap? I've seen it for 10 TF2 keys on the trading forum (equivalent to £14.....when it's selling on Steam for £40!) or for similarly cheap paypal.
Seems like the traders are taking a fair loss on it no?
Second boss in the forest doesn't seem like it'll be too difficult, just gonna farm for a bit and beef up my armour.
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What, why are people selling South Park so cheap? I've seen it for 10 TF2 keys on the trading forum (equivalent to £14.....when it's selling on Steam for £40!) or for similarly cheap paypal.
Seems like the traders are taking a fair loss on it no?
There's a loophole within the checkout system that is allowing Russian traders to buy the ROW sub at the cost of the RU sub.
Ravensmash
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Ah. Could that lead to trouble for buyers later down the line?
Edit: I presume not, I just don't know much about the trading economy on Steam.
I'm still unsure about South Park tbh, it has the potential to be REALLY good but we've heard so little about the game that it worries me.
Well, theoretically the possibility exists that Valve may close the loophole and pull the copies bought using it, but this hasn't happened thus far. In my opinion Valve would be more likely to let bygones be bygones in that regard and just lock down the trader's account, preventing further exploits and not indirectly screwing over the people who'd received gift copies.
AHA-Lambda
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just in case no one has seen it, a review of Jazzpunk, out tomorrow.
PC gamer seemed to love it.
http://www.pcgamer.com/review/jazzpunk-review/
PC gamer seemed to love it.
http://www.pcgamer.com/review/jazzpunk-review/
toddhunter
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Looks good. Adult swim have a very good record for me, so I'll be interested to check it out.
It's the real deal. Probably the best pure comedy yet.
Ravensmash
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That sounds really cool.
Baron von Loathsome
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but the featured games box on the Steam store takes up now half the space it used to.
I'm assuming it's preparation for adding the "Recently Updated" box.
I'm assuming it's preparation for adding the "Recently Updated" box.
crimsonheadGCN
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jshackles, any idea why they removed the achievement info from the store pages?
This:
A poster on SomethingAwful said that it was removed due to a bug and it seems like it is the first step on fixing it. Previously, there were people who could not view the achievements from clicking that link.
But of course.
The Majesty games have some really cool ideas (an RTS where you don't have direct control over your units but can only incentivize them to do certain things like offer a reward to kill the dragon). I played a fair amount of Majesty 2 and enjoyed it a lot except that a number of the levels had unbelievably high difficulty spikes. Maybe I'm just slow in my old age (32), but I couldn't get past them without modding the game to make it easier (heroes cost less). The beauty of PC.
yesterday sucked:
1) I nearly passed out in a meeting
2) Was working with some engineers after the meeting doing some value stream mapping in our warehouse and about half way through the tour I ended up puking behind a washing machine
3) As soon as I came home I fell asleep and missed last night's class entirely.
I think I'm feeling better today so I may actually take some time to play something. Stay healthy steamgaf, nothing is worse than getting sick by way of sleep deprivation.
1) I nearly passed out in a meeting
2) Was working with some engineers after the meeting doing some value stream mapping in our warehouse and about half way through the tour I ended up puking behind a washing machine
3) As soon as I came home I fell asleep and missed last night's class entirely.
I think I'm feeling better today so I may actually take some time to play something. Stay healthy steamgaf, nothing is worse than getting sick by way of sleep deprivation.
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MMBosstones86
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The rate at which skills are unlocked in Far Cry 3 is pretty silly. I was sitting on 8 unused skill points because everything was locked. Finished one story mission and probably 15 skills unlocked. Guess they are going for big chunks instead of unlocking a few every mission.
I can now ADS and reload like a boss.
damn dude, feel better. Puking at work is an awful, awful thing.
I can now ADS and reload like a boss.
damn dude, feel better. Puking at work is an awful, awful thing.
The game would have been so much better if it took 2x as long to level.
thanks man. it was pretty embarrassing but whatever,
If you're one for side-quests you can unlock every single skill (save for the few that aren't even remotely useful) before you reach the second island.
Frank Jaeger
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ACHTUNG! GAF!
Good news: Got civ5!
Bad news: as a fucking noob in turn based strategy i'm afraid to even press the next turn button!
Good news: Got civ5!
Bad news: as a fucking noob in turn based strategy i'm afraid to even press the next turn button!
Jawmuncher
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I Need This
http://store.steampowered.com/app/259720/?snr=1_4_4__101&featured_app=1
I'm loving all these VNs finally hitting steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/259720/?snr=1_4_4__101&featured_app=1
I'm loving all these VNs finally hitting steam.
Just play on easy and be sure to read what the advisors have to say.
Civ has always been extremely user friendly, so you'll easily get the hang of it just playing.
Intheflorsh
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Looks like the AC4 DLC is going to be re-released to be standalone.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/06/assassins-creed-iv-freedom-cry-will-stand-alone/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/06/assassins-creed-iv-freedom-cry-will-stand-alone/
oh no, don't be afraid, even if you won't win the first game, there is a lot fun to be had by experimenting and doing whatever strikes your fancy.
Just play on easy and be sure to read what the advisors have to say.
Civ has always been extremely user friendly, so you'll easily get the hang of it just playing.
I actually would advise taking what advisors say with grain of salt. Their explanations are pretty reliable, but advices only benefits their part of responsibilities. Usually you have to do what you have to, not what they would prefer! as in a real life, almost (><)
This is very much true, too
edited 1 more time: make use of encyclopaedia, too.
you are doing it wrong (><)
but then again if you have fun this way, it's OK.
The best part of strategy games (to me) is getting into a game and learning so much about them while playing that at some point you just want to start a new game so that you can apply everything you've just learned.
MMBosstones86
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basically. I havn't seen in the xp scales or not, but its pretty easy to rack up 3k xp just by silently taking an outpost and headshoting some guys.
Yeah i'l well on my way. I probably did half of the available ones and racked up 8 points before going back to the story.
MMBosstones86
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Just start small. Small map, few AIs, lower difficulty. Focus on yourself to get the basics. Once you get the hang of it, ramp it up and go to work.
edit : sorry for the double.
I thought it's just dating sim, I mean, not much of the novel part. Am I wrong?
edited: be mine 11 starts in 2 hours
PandaPedinte
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I Need This
http://store.steampowered.com/app/259720/?snr=1_4_4__101&featured_app=1
I'm loving all these VNs finally hitting steam.
I'm also curious about it.
Very true indeed, but I assumed he was a complete novice of Civ games, and as it is approaching Europa Universalis for me, even Civ could be discouraging for him.
Following the advisors, at least at first, is probably the best way to get the hang of most things you need to know to perform decently.
(At the same time, I blame their usual lack of war advices that, especially in Civ5 makes things super hard - at least for a "pacifist" like me!)
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