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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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Hey GAF I bought this thinking there was a single player component, there isn't, just a multiplayer mode that isn't very well populated.....if anybody wants it please just take it off my hands. I won't be adding it to my library so first come first serve (if ever)
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Shattered Horizon --MB-80E2E88F73D21B50- Taken by NingenJanai
The gameplay isn't that great, so that's understandable.
I know that feeling all too well.
You'd play it if it was called Assassin's Creed: Heavy Metal.
NingenJanai
Member
Thanks for shattered horizon.
You'd play it if it was called Assassin's Creed: Heavy Metal.
Haha, I did actually finish it a few years ago, when the PS3 was my platform of choice and Steam was nothing but a CS launcher. I'd like to play through the PC version some day, but I say that about a lot of games.
Typical Double Fine experience.
Atraveller
Banned
I ended up using a trainer to finish this game.
Nah, not just yet. I'm waiting for someone else to go first so I can get an idea of how much people are willing to pay, haha. I've been keeping a somewhat close eye on TF2 Outpost since it was pulled but have yet to see any listings.
I've played a bit of the game, I've basically got to the part where you can first go driving around the open world, it's seemed fine so far, but does it change rapidly into the strategy game everyone didn't think it'd be?
Ya, you drive a little around and then get to the mines where you give your minions orders. It's not really THAT bad as people say it is, though.
edited: then again, I'm strategy person for the most part, so may be that's why (><)
Jawmuncher
Member
The strategy game stuff hits you like a bag of bricks that you can never push off.
The most enjoyable part of the game aside from the humor and such is the earlier parts of the game that doesn't have that.
There are GTA-style missions in that open-world and some of those missions (a sizeable portion, but not all of them) are RTS-like.
I almost beat Trine (only two more levels left) over the course of yesterday but then my mother-in-law came over and we had to entertain her for the better part of the evening.
Today is one of my two weekly school days so this means right after work I head to class. I may finish it off tomorrow depending on homework.
I kind of love smashing out these ~5 hour long games. It's a real confidence booster in tackling the backlog.
Today is one of my two weekly school days so this means right after work I head to class. I may finish it off tomorrow depending on homework.
I kind of love smashing out these ~5 hour long games. It's a real confidence booster in tackling the backlog.
You people actively check it daily to see the achievements you need to do on games to get the rewards?I got almost £3 since I joined yesterday. I found out that I missed £0.85 from Hitman Absolution achievements
I was so pissed when the Niddhogg daily showed up and I already had all achievements, so I didn't get any rewards that I never checked them again.
wait... if you already have achievements, you get nothing for them?
That doesn't make sense, does it?
The Blog post of the announcement of the promotion says this:
†During the Rewards BETA you'll only be rewarded with GMG credit if you unlock the achievement during the promotional period.
Oh that explains why I haven't got so much money!
bummer, if true
I edited the post with more information.
I just finished Mafia II fellow GAFfers:
The above time spent and achievements comes from a playthrough on Medium difficulty. I believe I might missed 10-15 Achievements (such collectibles) and the rest is from the 2 side Stories which are both DLC.
Mafia II is a game that should be played manly for its Story. The pace is great from the very beginning were it tells the Story of your character when you were younger and how you end up doing what you are doing. You start doing little jobs here and there to get some money to pay a debt left by a family member. Right from the start you feel that family is the most important thing but as you go deeper and deeper you realize that it's hard to not involve the ones you care because of your decisions. As you go through the Story you experience a better life with better cars, a better house and most of all, more money, however, the main character wonders if this is what he really wanted to have when you end up doing things you may not feel proud of.
When you start the game it's Winter time. It's cold and it snows a lot. The roads are slippery and covered in snow. After some certain events I won't spoil, you return to the city during Spring time where everything feels more alive. More bright colors, people driving their convertible cars and the streets are finally filled with green grass without any sign of snow. As always, it's great to drive around town when it starts to rain. Feels good. This was a good idea to give you the feeling that time is passing. It's always interesting to see a different season after some time when playing a game.
The visuals are really well done. Facial animations are really good and they made a great job with the details on the characters faces such little scars or others "imperfections". The city feels amazing and things like bridges have great textures and look particulary well done. You can see that there was a big effort on the little details around the city too. Posters, prints and the Marketing about Cars, beer and other products are really well done using the culture from the time like the pin-up style.
There are not many side quests or activities to do as someone might expect from other open games but the Story makes up for it leaving you interested from start to finish. There are however some Collectibles that may extend your play through such the Playboy Magazines which is a nice touch and I'm sure it will take many more effort from players to search for them since they can be more interesting than, say, collecting dog tags or audio logs for completion purposes.
Bottom line, this was a good game with an interesting Story. I had great fun with it but I think it's time to move to the next game on my Backlog. I would honestly recommend this game and if you like the setting then you won't be disappointed to see the work they put in recreating these times paid of. *
Side curiosities:
- Some people requested this game to be banned in Italy due the fact that it could damage the portrait of Italian-Americans.
- It's one of the games that uses the "F" word the most (more than 200 times).
- While there are Playboy magazines to be collected these did not exist in the time the game was occurring (1945 to 1951) only 7 years later in 1953. As for the images from the game itself they are from 1958 to 1968.
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The above time spent and achievements comes from a playthrough on Medium difficulty. I believe I might missed 10-15 Achievements (such collectibles) and the rest is from the 2 side Stories which are both DLC.
Mafia II is a game that should be played manly for its Story. The pace is great from the very beginning were it tells the Story of your character when you were younger and how you end up doing what you are doing. You start doing little jobs here and there to get some money to pay a debt left by a family member. Right from the start you feel that family is the most important thing but as you go deeper and deeper you realize that it's hard to not involve the ones you care because of your decisions. As you go through the Story you experience a better life with better cars, a better house and most of all, more money, however, the main character wonders if this is what he really wanted to have when you end up doing things you may not feel proud of.
When you start the game it's Winter time. It's cold and it snows a lot. The roads are slippery and covered in snow. After some certain events I won't spoil, you return to the city during Spring time where everything feels more alive. More bright colors, people driving their convertible cars and the streets are finally filled with green grass without any sign of snow. As always, it's great to drive around town when it starts to rain. Feels good. This was a good idea to give you the feeling that time is passing. It's always interesting to see a different season after some time when playing a game.
The visuals are really well done. Facial animations are really good and they made a great job with the details on the characters faces such little scars or others "imperfections". The city feels amazing and things like bridges have great textures and look particulary well done. You can see that there was a big effort on the little details around the city too. Posters, prints and the Marketing about Cars, beer and other products are really well done using the culture from the time like the pin-up style.
There are not many side quests or activities to do as someone might expect from other open games but the Story makes up for it leaving you interested from start to finish. There are however some Collectibles that may extend your play through such the Playboy Magazines which is a nice touch and I'm sure it will take many more effort from players to search for them since they can be more interesting than, say, collecting dog tags or audio logs for completion purposes.
Bottom line, this was a good game with an interesting Story. I had great fun with it but I think it's time to move to the next game on my Backlog. I would honestly recommend this game and if you like the setting then you won't be disappointed to see the work they put in recreating these times paid of. *
Side curiosities:
- Some people requested this game to be banned in Italy due the fact that it could damage the portrait of Italian-Americans.
- It's one of the games that uses the "F" word the most (more than 200 times).
- While there are Playboy magazines to be collected these did not exist in the time the game was occurring (1945 to 1951) only 7 years later in 1953. As for the images from the game itself they are from 1958 to 1968.
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As always, apologies for the low level of English/grammar skills.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Phoronix is so full of psuedo-science shit. Never trust them.
Alien8
Member
FX Interactive will launch FX Eleven on Steam on 31th, January. This game is known in Spain as FX Fútbol (and I think in Italy as FX Calcio). It's a Football Manager Sim, but it's not as hardcore (for the lack of a better term) as FM series. Its also more suitable for people like me, who would like to play FM but hasn't got much time, or for people who feels a bit overwhelmed for Football Managers complexity. Its not a dumbed down FM, but just a more friendly Sim. Also it mixes the roles of the manager of the team and the president of the club (you can choose the ads, make a new stadium...)
For those who don't know about FX Interactive, it's a small both publisher and developer from Spain. They are well known for selling PC games at retail with very good prices but also with very good editions and packages. The problem is that PC retail gaming doesn't have a great future ahead, so their jump onto steam is an obvious step for them. They are also known for being friendly with their gaming community. I'm happy for them.
Source (in spanish, sorry!)
Some (old) screenshots
For those who don't know about FX Interactive, it's a small both publisher and developer from Spain. They are well known for selling PC games at retail with very good prices but also with very good editions and packages. The problem is that PC retail gaming doesn't have a great future ahead, so their jump onto steam is an obvious step for them. They are also known for being friendly with their gaming community. I'm happy for them.
Source (in spanish, sorry!)
Some (old) screenshots
Cosmic Schwung
Member
I've been getting the rewards for achievements I already have. Having said that, it also misses some achievements that I earn or doesn't even spot me playing a game for the first time. Still, they're giving me free credit for games so I can't really complain.
emiranda061288
Banned
do they have the spanish teams/leagues with the real names?
I won't be able to take it seriously as a football sim unless there is a Spanish-specific app.
So Microsoft bought the Gears of War franchise from Epic.
Now we'll never see new Gears games on PC/Steam.
Now we'll never see new Gears games on PC/Steam.
MMBosstones86
Member
Trine 2 >>>> Trine 1
Just about improves over the first in every facet. I'm assuming you'd play the 2nd next..
Atraveller
Banned
MS also own Halo, so I wouldn't give up my hope.
Alien8
Member
I don't know if they've sorted out the licensing issues for the steam launch, but for the retail version they provide a mod.
I won't be able to take it seriously as a football sim unless there is a Spanish-specific app.
We spaniards aren't taken seriously anywhere. This won't be an exception
Sure! Let me boot up my PC version of 2007's Halo 3.... oh, wait...
Some deals:
- Total War weekend, up to 75% off
- Sleepydogs 75% off
- Evil Genius 75% off
Atraveller
Banned
There are signs that Halo trilogy is coming to steam, if Epic really do want to port their games to PC, they would have done it, but since Epic is a console-centric dev now, their games are not going anywhere, might as well give them to someone else.
A changenumber leaked through from Halo 3's app listing a couple of months back that was not related to any general backend fiddling Valve had been doing, so it would seem the port is still being worked on to some extent. Having said that, I wouldn't entertain the idea of the PC receiving belated ports of the previous few Gears games until Microsoft announces that it'll be removing GFWL from the PC port of the original and replacing it with Steamworks.
Jawmuncher
Member
I just finished Mafia II fellow GAFfers:
The above time spent and achievements comes from a playthrough on Medium difficulty. I believe I might missed 10-15 Achievements (such collectibles) and the rest is from the 2 side Stories which are both DLC.
Mafia II is a game that should be played manly for its Story. The pace is great from the very beginning were it tells the Story of your character when you were younger and how you end up doing what you are doing. You start doing little jobs here and there to get some money to pay a debt left by a family member. Right from the start you feel that family is the most important thing but as you go deeper and deeper you realize that it's hard to not involve the ones you care because of your decisions. As you go through the Story you experience a better life with better cars, a better house and most of all, more money, however, the main character wonders if this is what he really wanted to have when you end up doing things you may not feel proud of.
When you start the game it's Winter time. It's cold and it snows a lot. The roads are slippery and covered in snow. After some certain events I won't spoil, you return to the city during Spring time where everything feels more alive. More bright colors, people driving their convertible cars and the streets are finally filled with green grass without any sign of snow. As always, it's great to drive around town when it starts to rain. Feels good. This was a good idea to give you the feeling that time is passing. It's always interesting to see a different season after some time when playing a game.
The visuals are really well done. Facial animations are really good and they made a great job with the details on the characters faces such little scars or others "imperfections". The city feels amazing and things like bridges have great textures and look particulary well done. You can see that there was a big effort on the little details around the city too. Posters, prints and the Marketing about Cars, beer and other products are really well done using the culture from the time like the pin-up style.
There are not many side quests or activities to do as someone might expect from other open games but the Story makes up for it leaving you interested from start to finish. There are however some Collectibles that may extend your play through such the Playboy Magazines which is a nice touch and I'm sure it will take many more effort from players to search for them since they can be more interesting than, say, collecting dog tags or audio logs for completion purposes.
Bottom line, this was a good game with an interesting Story. I had great fun with it but I think it's time to move to the next game on my Backlog. I would honestly recommend this game and if you like the setting then you won't be disappointed to see the work they put in recreating these times paid of. *
Side curiosities:
- Some people requested this game to be banned in Italy due the fact that it could damage the portrait of Italian-Americans.
- It's one of the games that uses the "F" word the most (more than 200 times).
- While there are Playboy magazines to be collected these did not exist in the time the game was occurring (1945 to 1951) only 7 years later in 1953. As for the images from the game itself they are from 1958 to 1968.
*As always, apologies for the low level of English/grammar skills.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Was one of my favorite games I played during my backlog blitz.
Pretty much summed up all my good feelings for it. Also spot on about playing it for the story. It's definitely a game to go in with that mindset rather than a open world game like GTA where you can sand box to your hearts content.
Also those playboy pages are by far some of the best collectibles in gaming.
Not even from a sleaze stand point, just find it fun that even for the wrong time period you can see how shoots were done in the past.
chrominance
Member
Heh, get in line. I was lucky I got credit for the Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2 and Skyrim achievements I got (I think just because they were part of the initial reward offerings), but ever since then I've gotten nothing for stuff I already unlocked. That means Sleeping Dogs, Spec Ops: The Line, Saints Row IV, (most of) Surgeon Simulator 2013, The Stanley Parable, etc., etc.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Yeah, those were my first thoughts too. The Tencent buyout really gutted them it seems. I don't think old Epic would have sold the rights to the series when they so carefully protected those rights for the Gears trilogy in the first place.
I actually started Trine 2 with a friend about a year ago. We kind of lost interest for some reason. I remember it being much tougher than what Trine 1 has been puzzle-wise. I'll finish it off soon.
If they made the combat just a bit tighter I think the Trine team would be a really great fit for a 2.5d Castlevania game. Absolutely beautiful games.
you are so late this time, it's not even funny (><)
except Evil Genius, it's on steam? *mindblown*
somehow I had no idea it was.
I know, sorry... But hey, the deals are still active for at least what, an hour or so?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Damn, Banner Saga looks amazing. I think I'm gonna really enjoy this following my XCOM Enemy Within run.
How has this year been treating your so far in terms of reducing your backlog (if you like to use this term, I personally don't)? I've had a crazy busy January, but I managed to squeeze two games in. Neither of them was on Steam though: the first one was GTA V (which actually consumed most of my gaming time this month) and the second was SMT: Nocturne (I only had to go through the final portion of the final dungeon, so that didn't take a long time). I think I might finish Arkham Oranges before the end of the month, but I'm not really sure.
Reducing? Nah man, screw that. I build upon!
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