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You mean all the bullshit that was spread by journos about the Naughty dog situation?
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
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It has happened, but it's rare. So Im hoping for at least 25%.
Backlogger
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Hard to argue with $2, but i already have 2 of the 3 Steam games. Anyone have insights on the Greenlight games included here?
I do know what you mean (especially with half the companies, ad and pr agencies I have to deal with on a day to day basis) but Valve's "say nothing" approach is a damn sight better than the way some of these guys string us along with morsels of information (all cleverly crafted none the less).
It's like when you go to your doctors with some condition that's either above their level of training or not quiet serious enough to warrant any further treatment, but they'll still send you away with a prescription as they don't want you to go home empty handed. In no way do they communicate to you any information on how to understand what is causing this or how to enrich yourself with relevant information so you cling to what they have advised and prescribed as the best course of remedy. When this turns out to either not work or your symptoms/condition worsens you only end up going back even more angry/confused/distressed than before.
My CD key site just refunded my South Park purchase after sending the key, which activated fine. I questioned them last week as it was really cheap for a region free key, but I bought it when it stated UPLAY key. Not sure if they refunded me just in case I was looking for a UPLAY key because I just love UPLAY so much.
UPLAY.
UPLAY.
ashecitism
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I'm rather thinking of MS and how they handled X1 so far, and right now Ubi and that PR girl's tweet in the WD thread and people's reaction to it. And could probably mention other gaming companies off the top of my head or their employees with twitter accounts.
Journos can be shitty too, yeah, but that's a different issue.
Backlogger
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I have had this happen on a laptop before too. I wish it would happen on my Monoprice 1440p monitor. It has 1 dead pixel. Apparently if it gets up to 5-6 in the first year they will exchange it no questions asked but at this rate that probably isn't going to happen.
Luckily you can really only see it on dark or black screens and the light bleed from the corners is actually a bit more distracting than the 1 dead pixel so I guess I can deal
. Love that monitor, but dat light bleed...I have had this happen on a laptop before too. I wish it would happen on my Monoprice 1440p monitor. It has 1 dead pixel. Apparently if it gets up to 5-6 in the first year they will exchange it no questions asked but at this rate that probably isn't going to happen.
Luckily you can really only see it on dark or black screens and the light bleed from the corners is actually a bit more distracting than the 1 dead pixel so I guess I can deal
Mine is a line, an entire line of 768 blasted pixels on my terrible blasted resolution of a screen. And its white. It also barely makes it into the UI of dota2 so everytime I play I feel like smacking my laptop.
If you don't tag your post you don't get paid.
I do that occasionally
no one seems to care
After following the DayZ development closely, where the lead developer was as transparent as possible. I can see exactly why Valve takes a no-comment approach to everything.
Interfacing with the general gaming public is an exercise in futility. Zero rational thought, complete ignorance, and equivalent to a 3rd grade level English.
I highly doubt the DayZ development team will be so transparent during the development of their next game.
Backlogger
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Yikes, that would drive me nuts. I had a couple of cheap LCD TVs that I used as extra monitors a while back. One got a vertical line like that so I gave it away. Even though it was like a 3rd monitor that was rarely used, it just drove me nuts.
On the bright side I play less games so I have more time to study.
On the flip side I spend more time lurking gaf instead.
Backlogger
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You say that like its a bad thing
I don't think so. Its Activision and its not on this list: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601
Edit: Also, this is old, but http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2631825 For 50 cents maybe its worth taking a chance that something has changed
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Amazon says that it requires steam so it might be.
I apologise, hopefully this will appease my UPLAY overlords.
Jawmuncher
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Sine Mora is one of those games where I liked everything about it aside from the actual game play. Mainly because the difficulty was just a bit much. The idea that you lose time if you're hit is interesting but can lead to some real FUCK YOU moments in the game. The Robot boss and Trash Level are perfect examples of that.
Still you could do worse than that for a dollar.
Still you could do worse than that for a dollar.
ashecitism
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This is also true. My initial comment was approaching this from the devs/pubs side only. How they can spin facts, make excuses, lone employees going on a tirade, pouring, more oil on the fire etc. But gamers are also at fault. A lot can be agitated, impatient, entitled or just troll. Nothing's good for them. It's like there's no middle ground.
Below The Line Comments are the enemy in most cases internet wide regardless of subject. You only need to look to twitter to see what you think would be well adjusted people making huge gaffs.
Many moons ago when I was being taught page layout and setting by a guy who had done the job for nigh on 40 years he said to me "never, ever but readers letters next to editorial" mainly due to how many issues it causes with clients and further complaints. He said to me to put them on a separate spread and gated off by display ads and fillers. Sadly seams new media isn't quiet up on this just yet as comments sections far and wide have some right corkers and nutjobs on there.
They may be selling Steam keys, but Singularity keys don't activate on Steam as standard. It's also very weird as they got different patches, so you can't actually play with people on retail if you have Steam version.
Jawmuncher
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Well it's not like the MP is worth playing anyway.
Interesting idea but unless you NEED those steam achievements you're better off just ignoring it.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
For example, you should see my inbox.
Although to be fair, anymore it's about 50/50 as to what I get. 50% of the email is from people who can make complete sentences and consist of either praise for Enhanced Steam or a feature suggestion that actually makes sense.
The other 50% of the mail I get mostly consists of people who can't spell or write like they're typing a text message. Those are the ones who spew criticism or offer "ideas" that are completely bonkers.
Well Star Trek is off to a 'great' start. Character models are a little patchy but damn does the animation and environment quality look straight out of a PS2 game. Well lets hope the gameplay and story are up to snuff. Hahahahahahahahaha...
The reviews from the Chrome store you post now and then say it all. Though I'd imagine your inbox to be much, much worse.
For example, you should see my inbox.
Although to be fair, anymore it's about 50/50 as to what I get. 50% of the email is from people who can make complete sentences and consist of either praise for Enhanced Steam or a feature suggestion that actually makes sense.
The other 50% of the mail I get mostly consists of people who can't spell or write like they're typing a text message. Those are the ones who spew criticism or offer "ideas" that are completely bonkers.
The reviews from the Chrome store you post now and then say it all. Though I'd imagine your inbox to be much, much worse.
For example, you should see my inbox.
Although to be fair, anymore it's about 50/50 as to what I get. 50% of the email is from people who can make complete sentences and consist of either praise for Enhanced Steam or a feature suggestion that actually makes sense.
The other 50% of the mail I get mostly consists of people who can't spell or write like they're typing a text message. Those are the ones who spew criticism or offer "ideas" that are completely bonkers.
how about u enhans my walllet on steam jackles
Paying full price for Dark Souls 2 is investing in a better future for video games.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I used to try to answer each and every email I was sent, regardless of how the sender presented themselves. As Enhanced Steam now has over 700,000 downloads, that's just honestly a task I could never accomplish by myself. If I have a response, or if your email prompts me to make a change, I usually try to send a note back. If you've emailed me about Enhanced Steam and haven't got a response, don't take it personally, as my time is limited.
Sometimes it's amusing though. I had one person write a series of emails, somehow he thought I was the suggestion box for Valve. He described in elaborate detail how we (Valve) should make a new sandbox game where you could use the characters from other Valve games such as TF2 and Portal and dress them up in different outfits. He even described how you could "export" your character from the "game" and use it as your profile avatar.
corrosivefrost
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PC was originally stated to be the lead platform, I thought.
Either way, the first port was acceptable and they're delaying the PC release to "do it right", so I have faith in them. I mean, c'mon, THEY CREATED THE SOULS GAMES.
Worst port? On what planet? It wasn't a great port, but it was by no means garbage. Would it have been nice to have better resolution/rendering options natively? Fuck yes. But that has nothing to do with the fact that the port runs better than the console versions did and doesn't have any game breaking glitches or other issues beyond the visual fidelity.
I couldn't even find a Steam page... so that'd be why I haven't tagged it yet.
YOU DIED.
Seriously, you're dead to me.
Why would you do this?
I know; I'm betting that you can't wait an extra 6 weeks!
Thanks for gifting me Dark Souls 2, you know who you are
Oh nice! Can do!
Thanks for your work on DS, sir.
Hahaha, that was my thought too.
"Make sure Durante has a copy in case FROM hasn't learned from their first port."
How is it not?
If major studio/publisher AAA games in your region are selling for $49.99 on PC, then what's not normal about it?
it's our favorite game at the moment
Sine Mora for ~1$
http://www.nuuvem.com.br/produto/1016-sine-mora
Great deal!
Also, good taste.
2.50$ isn't really enough to make me want to wait for a better deal.
Hahaha I don't envy you one bit.
Gaben please hire this man. Not only is he doing gods work by building upon the interface and fixing the issues with the client but now he's doing customer service and market research for free.
ashecitism
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Maybe you should propose that to Valve and they'll finally hire you
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I totally would be.
Okay, maybe not the greatest....
greetest?
In case anyone is curious, here is the first email I received from this fine Steam citizen.
TheFightingFish
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Really a pure frustration game for me. Horrible hitboxes and massive lack of clarity between background and foreground elements made it such a pain to play. I gave it some time because the presentation was so good, but I'd actually not recommend it for pretty much any price. There are starting to be more and more good SHMUPs on Steam these days, so no use wasting time with a bad one.
He missed "icon."
Glass Rebel
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I'm glad he cleared up this mystery.
Damn, he was one step away from perfection too.
I totally would be.greetest?
In case anyone is curious, here is the first email I received from this fine Steam citizen.
What if it's actually Gabe sending those e-mails, polling for ideas... or hinting hl3..
If only they knew about Caps Case in Word. Actually I think Google docs now has that.
Anywho back off to shitty licensed games.
I totally would be.greetest?
In case anyone is curious, here is the first email I received from this fine Steam citizen.
Something tells me you get crazier stuff than that all the time.
The most interesting ones are Valve and Glados
pretty done
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Damn these weekend deals are super lame. How often does Castlevania LoS (1st one) go on sale?
PixelHorror
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Just wondering, has anyone in Brazil-GAF bought Dark Souls II? Is a lot cheaper there and it works in my region (Colombia), it costs 36 bucks.
I'd paypal anyone that's willing to help me
I'd paypal anyone that's willing to help me
Constantly.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Who is the character on the very far right here?
I thought it was the Sniper at first, wearing a costume, but he's on the left.
Old Nick probably?
http://www.teamfortress.com/australianchristmas/
Ahhh ok, that looks to be right on the money, suspenders and stripey socks and all.
Hey, hey, hey. SteamGaf GOTY Rouge Legacy is not lame. Granted everyone who was interested probably owns it by now.
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