I played the first 1/4 of Last Light with Russian voice actors, but I spent more time looking at subtitles than experiencing the world.
The English voice actors got much better in the sequel.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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I played the first 1/4 of Last Light with Russian voice actors, but I spent more time looking at subtitles than experiencing the world.
The English voice actors got much better in the sequel.
Went ahead and bought one more bundle to give Enslaved to a friend so I've got one last Inversion code:
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Inversion --MB-61815525F6680BFB- Taken by Dimitri2401. 5 entrants total.
Enslaved & Inversion Pack Giveaway!
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Create something about Dino Crisis and Steam.
I'm VERY open on What that entails and will allow whatever your imagination can conjure up.
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You can still post them in the thread for all to see though.
"Seven Hours. Seven Hours is all I can spare to play with you"
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Gnomoria --MB-044F2F4205DE2E15- Taken by Ingueferroque. 9 entrants total.
Reposting this, as I don't think it had been taken (again). Modbot may not have updated, since it's a re-used (unused) key. Either that, or the game's so bad that no one wants it.
Rehosting this giveaway for jonno294. I didn't realize I already had the key from the latest Indiegala bundle.
Rehosting this giveaway for jonno294. I didn't realize I already had the key from the latest Indiegala bundle.
All thanks should be directed to jonno394, as this was originally his key.
yup but I'm pretty sure the... *checks mobygames*
nope you're right the dialogues seem to have first been written in french then translated. also funny to see that apparently one of the guys who worked on the translation worked on the crew up until recently
Dimitri2401
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I signed up for borderlinx. Allows me to use a us address without having one.
http://borderlinx.com/
you could always just write in the address of google or yahoo or whatever and use your normal billing since they dont care if they match for digital purchases afaik
Yep. I live in Canada and have been using a random US address with my Canadian credit card for years. No problems.
tiny raptor
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My entry :3
LOL!
Mr. Poolman
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Is that Jurassic Park's dino pile of shit?
Yup sir.
Mr. Poolman
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Some men may call you brother, but I will call you master.
I accept Papa Nito too btw.
Stumpokapow
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We just sort of ballpark it. Something that's less realistic looking has more leeway than something that's more realistic looking (or real); something that's smaller has more leeway than something that's larger; something that's linked and labeled has more leeway than something that's posted inline; something that's in-context to the thread is given more leeway than something totally random; something posted once is given more leeway than a wall of people quoting something or one person spamming something.
Personally I don't even notice the Scanners head explosion as gore because it's both so unrealistic and also so well known to be from a movie. I'd remove a post from someone in-lining that God of War head-rip GIF in a thread that wasn't in context. It's pretty gross and trivially NSFW. I've removed combination spoiler and gore GIFs from Breaking Bad (if you've seen the whole show, I think you'll probably be able to think of some of the cases). I probably wouldn't remove a picture of someone having a nosebleed or whatever, although maybe if it was someone's avatar.
Enslaved & Inversion Pack Giveaway!
Instructions for Participants:
Create something about Dino Crisis and Steam.
I'm VERY open on What that entails and will allow whatever your imagination can conjure up.
Use photoshop, MSpaint, GIF maker, whatever you're best at and feel can help you win.
*3 Winners will be chosen and receive both Inversion AND Enslaved*
PM YOUR ENTRIES SO THAT I CAN SEE THEM ALL.
You can still post them in the thread for all to see though.
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MarcoZombieCannon
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Ok here's my winter sale backlog. I kind of got a lot done in a month even excluding the 3DS and PS3 games I played.
Remember Me- This game is one of the purest examples of mediocrity in today's industry. It wants to have Batman's combat but not only is it much more simplistic with less options but it also has really janky animations and is not fluid at all. It wants to have Uncharted's "platforming" and it...well, succeeds in having brain dead linear climbing but it's even worse than Uncharted because there is an actual arrow pointing where you have to go at all times. It wants to have a typical cinematic story but like most AAA games it fails to deliver a good story and the "twist" is incredibly predictable (it was 1 of 2 scenarios I had in my head by the 60% mark of the game). I will say it had some nice ideas though. The memory remixing could have been great if it was a lot more open ended and relied on experimenting, but it's too linear and offers too little choice. The combo creater could have been amazing if every combo wasn't just a mix of X and Y. This game will be forgotten in a few months. 4/10
Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 1- First episode was kind of mediocre and relatively short (Steam clocked it at 1.7 hours and I had it idling for at least 10 minutes), but it had so many boring and drawn out parts that it felt like it went on twice as long. Honestly I'm finding that I don't really care about Clementine anymore and I would rather just see what happens to the group from 400 days now. 6/10 (for now)
Valdis Story- I did it again, I bought another indie game when I knew I shouldn't have. I deserve the chair for these repeated offenses.
Prototype 2- I went into this a little apprehensive because Eric Holmes had left the studio after the first game came out (which I liked) but thankfully it turned out well. This feels like what Saints Row 4 would be if it wasn't absolute garbage. It's not the deepest game ever but it does deliver an impressive amount of fun powers that work better on some enemies over others. It's also shorter than most open world action games but for once I find that refreshing, mostly because there's not that many collectibles in the game and the ones that are in there can be pinpointed on the map. I will say that the game could have used a couple more story/side activities to do, too often you have to infiltrate a base by consuming someone (usually a scientist or a soldier) and while it's a cool system it does get old doing it dozens of times. I think the main thing that stops this from becoming completely broken and not fun like SR4 is that they do a pretty good job with the upgrade systems. You have your generic XP bar but that only works with a small set of upgrades, the rest you have to either consume special enemies or gather a full set of collectibles in a district (an actual motivation beyond achievements/trophies to find collectibles). There's also several main abilities you don't get until you progress through the story, and it helps that they're all fun to use. Most of this stuff is unlocked at just the right time and helps keep things relatively fresh for the ~15 hours it lasts. It's a shame we'll likely never see a Prototype 3 because it's not one of Activision's 2 or 3 shovelware IPs they can whore out every year. 7.5/10
Sniper Elite V2- This is a game that should be all about sniping but they desperately try to convince you that you can do more. The game will repeatedly put you in scenarios where you're encouraged to be stealthy and use distraction objects + a silenced pistol to take enemies out before getting to a spot...but why do that when it's more fun to snipe them in the balls in slow motion x-ray vision? (Yes, you can really do that). In all seriousness there does seem to be some pretty solid stealth systems in the game and I'll be interested in seeing how good they really are on higher difficulties in future playthroughs. 6/10
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon- Like I predicted before this came out it ended up just being Far Cry 3 with jokes and cool references and 80s cliches. Unfortunately video games need more than jokes to be worthwhile, and having the same gameplay as FC3 means having the same garbage game design that plagues every Ubisoft game. 3/10
Call of Juarez Gunslinger- I don't really have much to say about this. It had decent shooting mechanics but the game was so basic that the ~5 hours it took me to finish the story felt like 12 since you're just gunning down a ridiculous amount of people from start to end. It wasn't horrible though, it deserves a 5/10
Remember Me- This game is one of the purest examples of mediocrity in today's industry. It wants to have Batman's combat but not only is it much more simplistic with less options but it also has really janky animations and is not fluid at all. It wants to have Uncharted's "platforming" and it...well, succeeds in having brain dead linear climbing but it's even worse than Uncharted because there is an actual arrow pointing where you have to go at all times. It wants to have a typical cinematic story but like most AAA games it fails to deliver a good story and the "twist" is incredibly predictable (it was 1 of 2 scenarios I had in my head by the 60% mark of the game). I will say it had some nice ideas though. The memory remixing could have been great if it was a lot more open ended and relied on experimenting, but it's too linear and offers too little choice. The combo creater could have been amazing if every combo wasn't just a mix of X and Y. This game will be forgotten in a few months. 4/10
Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 1- First episode was kind of mediocre and relatively short (Steam clocked it at 1.7 hours and I had it idling for at least 10 minutes), but it had so many boring and drawn out parts that it felt like it went on twice as long. Honestly I'm finding that I don't really care about Clementine anymore and I would rather just see what happens to the group from 400 days now. 6/10 (for now)
Valdis Story- I did it again, I bought another indie game when I knew I shouldn't have. I deserve the chair for these repeated offenses.
Prototype 2- I went into this a little apprehensive because Eric Holmes had left the studio after the first game came out (which I liked) but thankfully it turned out well. This feels like what Saints Row 4 would be if it wasn't absolute garbage. It's not the deepest game ever but it does deliver an impressive amount of fun powers that work better on some enemies over others. It's also shorter than most open world action games but for once I find that refreshing, mostly because there's not that many collectibles in the game and the ones that are in there can be pinpointed on the map. I will say that the game could have used a couple more story/side activities to do, too often you have to infiltrate a base by consuming someone (usually a scientist or a soldier) and while it's a cool system it does get old doing it dozens of times. I think the main thing that stops this from becoming completely broken and not fun like SR4 is that they do a pretty good job with the upgrade systems. You have your generic XP bar but that only works with a small set of upgrades, the rest you have to either consume special enemies or gather a full set of collectibles in a district (an actual motivation beyond achievements/trophies to find collectibles). There's also several main abilities you don't get until you progress through the story, and it helps that they're all fun to use. Most of this stuff is unlocked at just the right time and helps keep things relatively fresh for the ~15 hours it lasts. It's a shame we'll likely never see a Prototype 3 because it's not one of Activision's 2 or 3 shovelware IPs they can whore out every year. 7.5/10
Sniper Elite V2- This is a game that should be all about sniping but they desperately try to convince you that you can do more. The game will repeatedly put you in scenarios where you're encouraged to be stealthy and use distraction objects + a silenced pistol to take enemies out before getting to a spot...but why do that when it's more fun to snipe them in the balls in slow motion x-ray vision? (Yes, you can really do that). In all seriousness there does seem to be some pretty solid stealth systems in the game and I'll be interested in seeing how good they really are on higher difficulties in future playthroughs. 6/10
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon- Like I predicted before this came out it ended up just being Far Cry 3 with jokes and cool references and 80s cliches. Unfortunately video games need more than jokes to be worthwhile, and having the same gameplay as FC3 means having the same garbage game design that plagues every Ubisoft game. 3/10
Call of Juarez Gunslinger- I don't really have much to say about this. It had decent shooting mechanics but the game was so basic that the ~5 hours it took me to finish the story felt like 12 since you're just gunning down a ridiculous amount of people from start to end. It wasn't horrible though, it deserves a 5/10
FINALLY.
I haven't played FC3 but if BD is what I have to look forward to, then fuck that game.
I... I... I think I missed your negativity. <3
Now I kind of want to play this. That second sentence though lol.
I bought this during the winter sale and I haven't played it yet. What exactly was wrong with it?
Today's SEGA deals on GMG include:
It's Derrick. What's wrong with it is probably "it's an indie game"
- Hell Yeah 75% off
- Renegade Ops 75% off
- Company of Heroes 1 & 2 75% off
- Dawn of War 75% off
- Dawn of War II 75% off (GFWL)
- Dawn of War II Retribution 75% off
- Warhammer 40K Space Marine 75% off
It's Derrick. What's wrong with it is probably "it's an indie game"
If I'm not mistaken I think he likes Terraria and plans to play Starbound once it's out of beta. You guys are too rough on him.
corrosivefrost
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Welcome back. Maybe.
It always amazes me what PC gamers will consider good or bad ports. :lol
Note: this is just something your post reminded me of, not directly related to your comments.
Debating whether i should get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory or not. On one hand, it is cheap and i think i'd like it as i liked previous Splinter Cells. On the other hand, i've got other games to play and i'm not that interested in it right now.
Has it been this cheap in previous sales?
Has it been this cheap in previous sales?
Solid stealth systems?
I honestly can't see how anyone could think that. The stealth is absolutely terrible; enemies spawn right before your eyes if you try and remain undetected.
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Inversion --MB-FBA849EF8D5000F4- Taken by _hekk05
Region locked to USA, so I can't use it.
Judging from the impressions I've read over the past few months it seems the attempts to expand the concept into a full game weren't quite successful and it should have instead remained DLC, but having said that you can't exactly blame THQ for mandating that it be stretched into a full-priced title considering the company's dire situation at the time.
Region locked to USA, so I can't use it.
You could have used a VPN to activate it.
Region locked to USA, so I can't use it.
Thanks. Will enjoy legally. Soon.
Edit: if you want to keep it and use a vpn to unlock it that's fine with me too.
FC3 has almost all of the same faults but it's amplified by being 3 times longer than BD and it obviously has none of the jokes or anything BD was doing on purpose. If you didn't like BD then definitely stay far away from FC3.
Yeah then they tried to copy Crackdown by making a thousand orbs and just randomly throwing it around the city instead of doing what Crackdown did and placing them in well designed areas that sometimes needed some actual platforming to get to.
You probably don't want my commentary on indie games like this. These are just not made for me and one day I'll learn to stop buying them based on Gaf hype. I just can't get into the simple gameplay and (obviously) low production qualities.
DukeBobby said:
That's just my initial impression. I played through the game very loud and very...violently so I don't really know much about its stealth
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I'd argue that it also helped to save the developers, as they had a product in an established franchise ready to go pretty quickly.
Imagine if they were only in the early stages of preproduction when THQ's assets got sold?
tiny raptor
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I liked Far Cry 3. World was pleasing to explore, taking over outposts was fun, gunplay was smooth/fun, hunting was fun, and I liked the premise, and the story was engaging the whole way through. It did have the monotonous "climb this huge tower to reveal map", but at least there weren't *too many* towers (only 18), plus the incentives to do so were good (unlocking new weapons). In AC, there's just an ungodly amount of cranes to synchronize.
If you like FPS, I highly recommend it. Can't wait to play Blood Dragon.
If you like FPS, I highly recommend it. Can't wait to play Blood Dragon.
Madrugador
Member
Holy shit, I went out for lunch and ended seeing Antonio Banderas leaving La Moneda here in Santiago.
I did that with Saint's Row 4, and spent 3 weeks worrying that Steam would ban my account if they found out. Don't want to go through that again for Inversion.
Enjoy Hekk!
That is actually a question I wanted to ask: which one do you think it's more reliable/safest? I don't want a) my Steam login details to end up God knows where and b) an itchy Steam Support member deactivating or worse permanently disabling my account...
I thought it was pretty successful at being a full game, but I can see why some might not like it.
Inversion + Enslaved is $2.50 AC on Amazon
Region locked (America).
I'd wager at least one Volition employee looked at what happened to Vigil and thought, "That could have been us."
I got the feeling from playing SR IV that Volition knew this could be the last time they had to work on a game together and tried to make the game they have always wanted to. It come across as massive fan service not to just the Saints Row franchise but has loads of call backs to Red Faction too. It's a mishmash of ideas that don't really work well together at times (losing your powers so often and the reasons for doing so were a pain in the arse).
I enjoyed it throughly but I do feel it would have been a lot better if it was just a straight up future themed super hero romp. When it was still clinging to the Saints Row of old is when I felt it got dragged down. Weapons are a bit 'meh' and powers are a bit fiddly in combat without breaking up the flow.
For me Prototype 1 & 2 don't have this problem as they are designed around it. I preferred 2 over 1 due to Heller being more grounded as a character and felt waaaay more fun to smash shit up with. Mercer just got weaker and weaker as the first game wore on.
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