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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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Depends on the developer.
Ok, I'm hooked.
Shitty ground textures aside and the need for some proper AA, Tomb Raider definitely fits the bill as a Cinematic Game.
Any other recommendations? Now may as well be a good excuse as any download Max Payne 3.
Those Dead Space 3 shots by the ways are insane!
Even if that developer starts to sell the game in the humble store?
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
Uncharted 2-3 but that's even assuming you have a PS3
Yes. Whether a developer gives Steam keys to customers who bought their game before it was greenlit is entirely at their discretion. Most do, if only to avoid the backlash.
Those bastards. Worst company in America!!! 11oneeleventy!!
It will. It will preview really well and people will be yelling OMGZ RETURN TO FORM and then go and pre order it because people are stupid. It takes about 3 bad sequels for people to wake up.
Atraveller
Banned
Just finished Burial At Sea PT.1, that ending, don't what Irrational is going to do with part 2.
Hahaha yes while true they're not quite the 21:9 aspec ratio type of Cinematic Game.
Basically over the last year and a bit in the PC High Res screenshot thread Stallion, Nabs, and a few others have been posting pics that are in a 21:9, 2.35:1, CinemaScope aspect ratio. What's really great about this in third person games is that with the right FOV you lose virtually or no vertical image detail but gain a great wide view. It can really add to the atmosphere of a game not just in screenshots but whilst playing them as well.
Support is a bit thin on the ground as some games only display is boring old aspect ratios like 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10. Though ones that do can completely change the look and feel of a game. MRORANGE made a thread last week about 21:9 monitors and had some great examples in there plus there's the screenshots thread as well.
I can't go back now, it's too good.
Yeah that's definitely on my to do list but I need to finish off 2033 first and it was dragging a little for me.
Nabs
Member
I can't tell from your shots, but if Lara feels a bit on the chubby-side, set your desktop to the new resolution before launching the game. I think the game sets the aspect ratio on launch.
I'm currently on my second playthrough thanks to 2.35. This game is perfect for it.
Yeah in my giddy exciting of getting some resolutions set up at first I didn't notice it was still a 16:9 image but squished. Looking up some .ini fixes I changed it in the registry but while that worked for gameplay cutscenes were still the wrong aspect ratio. As you said it picks it up on launch if set to auto and everything was hunky-dory after then (I hope).
I did wonder why the first shot I took Lara looked like she had a 6 foot arm.
Going to have a lot of fun with the Steam Library all over again.
Atraveller
Banned
Just started playing Assassin's Creed 3, that really was the longest tutorial I've ever seen.
TheLetdown
Member
Except, of course, the tax write-offs, but I get your point.
They also used it as a way to get people to download Origin, increasing the likelihood of a sale on that distribution platform. It really was a smart move all around.
A good business decision. Unlike, say, always online DRM...
Stallion Free
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Ubisoft wanted to go above and beyond with the the narrative context before dropping you into the main character's shoes. I still prefer that over the hodge lodge nonsense approach in AC Liberation where you still don't understand anything up to the last 3 memory sequences.
BibiMaghoo
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I can trade again now, but they have made the key non tradable / non marketable.
Bastards.
I actually really liked that the game took its time early on, perhaps it could have introduced mechanics a bit more rapidly, but overall I felt it did a great job of easing you into this world, rather than just dropping you smack dab in the middle of it like they did in AC4.
OcarinaOfDoom
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Happy Birthday!
I hate games like that which forces a long ass tutorial on you. I rage quit Dungeon Siege 2 lately cause of that.
I hope you are running it at 30 fps then. 60 frames would just ruin the magic.
NingenJanai
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30? Make that 24 for a full cinematic experience.
Kaleinc
Banned
You obviously don't know SotMC. It's like asking for an iPhone and getting a brick. =p
Anyway, deals!
Gamersgate has Van Helsing complete for 66% off
GetGames has Typing of the Dead for 66% off and DLC for 50% off
I was away for a day and I see so many banned people... It seems there's a lot of people trying to defend their systems or taking it personal. Oh well, hope it's temporary.
I spent a little more time with Mafia 2 and it's been a great experience. The details in this game are simply amazing. The decoration inside the houses and the bridges in the city are the two things that caught my attention the most. Taking my time with the game and enjoying the Story so far.
I spent a little more time with Mafia 2 and it's been a great experience. The details in this game are simply amazing. The decoration inside the houses and the bridges in the city are the two things that caught my attention the most. Taking my time with the game and enjoying the Story so far.
Jawmuncher
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Glad you're enjoying it. Can't wait to see what you say about the ending.
It is a rather enjoyable game (until they get on your case for traffic violations).
If it's wrong then I don't want to be right.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I need to stop having crackpot dreams for horror games coming on Steam. Only making the revelation recently that the people who make Dark Souls and the like are the same people who made the Echo Night, Shadow Tower, and Kuon game series has me hoping those come to Steam someday.
I'm a hopeless dreamer...
I'm a hopeless dreamer...
Atraveller
Banned
It would work really well if AC3 was the first game in the series. Sure, it would be nice to flesh out the backstory a bit, but before that, the game already gave us a cutscene exposition dump, and an in-Animus parkour tutorial.
graywolf323
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I grabbed the Shakespeare dlc yesterday from that sale
that was the one I'm really interested inwill wait on a 75% off sale to get the Filth dlc
Stranger things have happened! Like Anno 1404 being patched three years after it was pulled precisely because Ubi refused to patch it. (Okay, "will happen", but I digress.)
I'll be sure to make a little post by then.
There's a safe driving button!
Do they at least let you drive faster than 2 mph like they forced you to do in the first game? That first driving mission where you explore the city was interminable...
Happy birthday!
Thanks everyone! I'm probably just going to work on this art project that's due to Tuesday (supposed to print it off with a 3D printer) and probably just relax, which is something that I need to do!
Snakethesniper
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I want both, but I have the feeling that soon enough they'll reach 75%, in particular TOTD that was 66% after a few months
I would recommend against buying that Penny Arcade game on your wishlist. Also, I knew there was a reason your avatar seemed familiar.
Edit: My game count went up by one but I'm not entirely sure why. I think it may be because of this:
16324 Gotham City Impostors Free to Play: Ultimate Impostor Kit said:
Thanks, Warner! This doesn't absolve you from taking Arkham Asylum vanilla away from me, though -- only Wheelman's return will suffice.
The Indiegala January happy hour is on. 2 hours left.
NingenJanai
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Happy birthday Cheddahz
i think the general consensus is that they've improved with every game, with the exception of the hound of the baskervilles which is a hidden object game, so i would just work your way backwards
ashecitism
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Happy Birthday, Cheddahz!
Got past the Tule Tree in Guacamelee now at Temple of War again, not sure I'm going to continue. Not digging the dimensional platforming and arena fights.
Got past the Tule Tree in Guacamelee now at Temple of War again, not sure I'm going to continue. Not digging the dimensional platforming and arena fights.
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In period in the afternoon when a bar offers discounts on a variety of drinks. It's usually one hour, but that's not a rule. And it's usually a period of time outside of the customer rush.
Buy one gift at tier 2 price, get another gift free.
If you already bought it, you'll get 2 free ones, and if you bought it during the first week, you get 3 free ones for every gift you purchase.
Yes, they've toned the police reaction down a bit (especially on the highway). But you better believe Joe prefers the to be driven like Miss Daisy.
There's a safe driving button!
Which I used for most of the game just to shut them up
I don't know why it's called Happy Hour, I always see only sad people during that time.
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