NingenJanai
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 IV - For me it was Tuesday
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derExperte
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AMD keys via eBay beat PSN and XBL before the race even started.
Only American Dream, National Monuments II, Pre-Order Pack, Call-to-Arms Pack and Digital Extreme Edition Upgrade Pack.
doniewhalberg
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What can I say, I just don't agree at all. I wouldn't say it's one of my favourite games I've ever played as one example, but I'd say I had a better time gameplay-wise with it than the recent Bioshock dlc, as another example. I probably extrapolated mroe on what I liked/didn't like in the OT for the game, but overall, even a month removed from the initial experience, I thought it was a pretty great game.
Quick summary would be: good stealth, good mission level design and atmosphere, cons would be a confusing at times hub with some unclear level transition points. Story stands firmly in the middle; fairly inconsequential to the experience. Not great, but no worse than the average example of a video game plot.
You must have missed the 50% sale it had on both PSN and XBL then.
derExperte
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Was the Thief Collection 75% off before? It's now.
BinaryPork2737
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Europa Universalis III is 75% off. I'm more tempted by that since the complete game is $9.99.
Thief day, so they're discounted 75% instead of 50%, same as with the Deus Ex spotlight before.
jaundicejuice
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How is it a good stealth game when you can't do certain actions at will because they're context sensitive? You can't lean look unless you enter sticky cover and the problem is not everything provides you with the ability to enter sticky cover.
Compared to some of its peers Thi4f, mechanically, is clunky. Swooping is great and all but the travesal mechanics feel weak compared to Dishonored.
doniewhalberg
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I suppose my answer is still not as good as the best stealth games I've ever played, but better than some of my recent experiences with the genre? I liked Dishonored more too, but that doesn't nullify that I enjoyed the game.
What? No. The "main" missions were the worst part of the game, with one-way doors and bullshit scripted sequences. If the only fun and halfway interesting part of your game is the optional and missable side-missions, something went horribly wrong.
The story is abominable, and a clear example of frankensteining 5 different 'stories' together and ending up with an absolute abysmal mess that makes no fucking sense. The characters (apart from Basso) were all cookie cutter and uninteresting - even clownesque in case of the Thieftaker General.
it might just be me but even as someone who never played the previous thief games, this game was really boring for me. the story didn't make sense for me and the characters are pretty forgettable.
the linear level designs did not help, i feel that a stealth game should have multiple ways to complete a mission and forcing you into a single path made it feel more like an action game than a stealth game.
overall, i regret pre ordering the game even at 33% off. i cannot bring myself to finish the game after the 4th chapter because of how boring it felt in general
Play the first games. Seriously.
doniewhalberg
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Haha okay guys, I get it, you don't like Thief. Bear in mind that when I said I enjoyed it, and gave the reasons why I don't think it's steaming shit when called out, it wasn't with the intent or want to change your own opinions. I'm not trying to be SE PR here, simply giving my own opinion, I'm not here to defend the game as if it's my child. As mentioned, I still think what I think, but I appreciate you feel otherwise; I'm secure and comfortable with that.
Anyway, anyone here been in on the Divinity early access? I got some birthday money off family today and thought I might jump in on the beta update. I'm happy to be a bug tester, but I kind of want a good gameplay experience so I was wondering, how is it feature set wise at the moment, what state will it be in come the beta update , compared to what's projected to be there at launch?
I certainly don't remember any serious puzzle sections of the game, but it has been awhile. A few, "you'll need to burn this rope to drop that box to continue your traversal" things, but I don't really even remember anything on the level of Drake & his notebook in Uncharted. Could be wrong though.
Anyway, anyone here been in on the Divinity early access? I got some birthday money off family today and thought I might jump in on the beta update. I'm happy to be a bug tester, but I kind of want a good gameplay experience so I was wondering, how is it feature set wise at the moment, what state will it be in come the beta update , compared to what's projected to be there at launch?
I certainly don't remember any serious puzzle sections of the game, but it has been awhile. A few, "you'll need to burn this rope to drop that box to continue your traversal" things, but I don't really even remember anything on the level of Drake & his notebook in Uncharted. Could be wrong though.
AScotAbroad
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4 made me appreciate DS in a whole new light.
AScotAbroad
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Speaking of first-person stealth games: I really enjoyed Dishonored (especially the last 60%). If I liked that, should I buy the DLC? Heard good things.
woo and indeed hoo
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I'm sitting here pondering if I have the energy and mental fortitude [i has teh man flu] to tackle an XCOM Impossible run which would leave me with 2 multi-player [which I've never played] achievements and all the EW achievements to do for a perfect game, according to Steam. So I decided to craft the last level of the XCOM badge and was pleased to see a new background appear \o/. However, I can't change to it in my profile because that option is borked 
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Is this issue known to Valve or should I contact support? I'm pretty sure I saw someone else say they had this issue in here relatively recently but might have misunderstood whilst skimming the thread.
EDIT - after checking my inventory it wasn't the background I thought I needed. meh I'll wait for it to sort itself out [subject to Valve time].
.Is this issue known to Valve or should I contact support? I'm pretty sure I saw someone else say they had this issue in here relatively recently but might have misunderstood whilst skimming the thread.
EDIT - after checking my inventory it wasn't the background I thought I needed. meh I'll wait for it to sort itself out [subject to Valve time].
doniewhalberg
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I think definitely man. If you already enjoyed the base game, I'd say it's highly recommended in fact.
Thanks for Expeditions Conquistador!
Kaleinc
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You should get all the DLCs excluding trials, good stuff.
Loved playing this in co-op with my brother. Fun little game.
Or y'know, the more recent games are more expensive
As Boogy said, it works both ways. And, in other series, one is not necessarily mutually exclusive.
I was actually just thinking of asking that next.
Whether the release of Thief 4 suddenly makes Deadly Shadows a title worth playing in hindsight.
jaundicejuice
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Deadly Shadows is no Invisible War.
Deadly Shadows' main problem at launch was the LOLconsolization, with small maps with awkward loading screens everywhere and a few other "streamlining" choices, but it still had a decent story, great atmosphere, awesome sound design and it capped off the trilogy nicely and was fun to play to boot.
Since Thi4f is even worse on exactly the same points, but has none of the plus points...
derExperte
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Hm, should I get EU4 if I haven't really gotten into EU3 or CK2? More beginner friendly somehow?
But it's no Metal Age either.
Thief 3 was totally inconsistent for me with regards to knocking out enemies. Maybe the window for it was smaller than I was used to, but there were times when I'd follow a guard and hit him repeatedly from every angle without him noticing or going down. Having to quick save before every attempt made me stop the game so many missions in. Just wasn't enjoyable.
Like I said, it wasn't perfect, but it's Thief to DS compared to thi4f... if that makes sense.
Morrowind,Oblivion and Fallout 3 GOTY on sale at GMG for $6.59 for the Elder Scrolls titles and $9.89 for FO3.
Interesting, thanks for the synopsis. I'll have to check it out one of these days.
Interesting, thanks for the synopsis. I'll have to check it out one of these days.
NingenJanai
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Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
Kids pretending to be funny...
Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
corrosivefrost
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Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
The world is full of morons.
Believe it.
I have no hope for Dark Souls II being anything like what I was excited and hyped for based off the demos/beta footage.
However, DS, even without DSfix, blows the console versions (expecially x360) of DS out of the water.
To think that the PC version of the sequel would be inferior to the console version seems ludicrous.
There is an Alpha (Soon to be Beta) OT if you want to be kept abreast of updates.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=735515
The Developers have stated that the game will officially transition to Beta status this week.
Overall the game has a lot of features already implemented, and the Beta is going to expand on them with a major content patch which will among other things open up all of cyseal. You can read the list of updates in the first post to see all the content already added; and watch this video to see some of the updates for the Beta.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7RuQ0AI3BJs
derExperte
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The mouse symbol means that he already bought DS2 on Steam. So... poor troll attempt?
Maxwood
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This. Blighttown :/
Not as bad as the Dragon God in DeS with it's zero FPS, though. Speaking of which, I started playing Demon's Souls in preparation for DSII a couple of months ago and finished it last week. Even though I have a whole lot of awesome games in my library, the wait for April the 25th is going to be a though one.
I've said it many times before, but the exploration in the Souls games is just so gooooood.
Krusenstern
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...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
Lifeless piece of shit.
SteveWinwood
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He's obviously trolling come on guys.
doniewhalberg
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Hey, thanks for that man, sounds good. I think I'm going to grab it, so i'll be sure to subscribe to the OT and share my thoughts as I go. If all of the land is opened up and the beta is really about playtesting and rooting out all the bugs across the game, then I'm super up for it, I just didn't want to join the fun before the feature set and locations was fairly complete.
WHAT?
I'm going to cry myself to sleep
I'm saving the Fast and Furious game for that moment.
I disagree on the puzzle part, there are barely any and stupidly simple. The setting is very TR-like, the gameplay as a whole is not.
This, such an excellent game.
He's just trying to troll and failing at it.Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
Quite right my younger Scrooge friend.
Guardian Of Light really is a Tomb Raider that doesn't feel or play like others in the franchise, being a side-title to be sure, but easily my favourite and most played of the lot due to enjoyable action and puzzle co-op (twice on consoles, soon a third time on PC). Though I will say it's quite playable with just single player.
Using a fixed camera to simulate an isometric view, you go through an ancient Mayan temple full of deadly traps, spike pits, stone statues, spiders, and plenty of other enemies dispatched through an infinite supply of weapons that has rather spot on aim. Not to be confused for a twin stick shooter or Guantlet like, it's full of puzzles to solve, traps to disarm, and sections to platform and it really is great in a lush tropical location inside a crumbling ancient temple.
Buy it if you love Lara Croft as it's a fun adventure for her that feels right with previous titles, buy it if you don't care about Lara Croft at all and just want a good action platformer with puzzles, or buy it if you really hate spiders and want to make them suffer. It's good fun all around.
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A perfect run?!
Early game is by far the hardest part of the game. It's a constant challenge to juggle everything so that you are not borking your run. Not only do you have to manage the base and your resources but you have to nurture your soldier boys and girls until they are a bit more resilient. I've had a run where the base/resource management went wonderfully but my soldiers were so decimated/low level it made progress essentially impossible. One has to juggle both aspects and be flexible enough to change plans according to how the game plays out. It's possible to use an overall strategy in multiple playthroughs but not every playthrough plays out exactly the same so thinking on your feet is required.
However, this is all moot if the essential gameplay is not satisfying. For me it really is; I love the way the game rewards careful, methodical play, focusing not only on the short term but the long term too. My advice would be to try to enjoy the moment; play it as a journey game rather than a destination game, if you know what I mean. Perhaps play it at an easier difficulty level? My first playthrough was on Easy and that gave me all I could handle as I didn't know what the hell I was doing and apart from Advance Wars had never really played this type of game before. I would recommend only save scumming to compensate for game bugs/glitches that bork a mission but as long as you play and enjoy it, knock yourself out. Feel free to PM me if you have any particular questions about the game you think I might be able to help with
Thanks for the advice and words of encouragement
. I was set on playing it as a self-development exercise (lol), but you had me consider the fun of it all (games, duh!) I am curious as to what else is there that I haven't seen or tried in the game; it seems very deep. And I really did enjoy playing it the times I let my hair down, so to speak, and rolled with the punches. Fire Emblem, the only other game I've played of this style, rarely evoked this much hesitation. Maybe because saving wasn't as granular? Give me enough rope and I'll just end up hanging myself with it -_-Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
lol, maybe a little cruel
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Nabs
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Decided to check the Community Page for Dark Souls II since it's pretty much my most anticipated game for PC in the upcoming month (but I will only get it in May, ugh) and the first thing I saw was this:
...Why people waste their time with such pointless post is beyond me!
He's bored waiting for DSII to come out. That icon next to his name means he owns the game on Steam.
Has anyone else had a problem getting Arkham Asylum to run on Windows 8.1? At first I was getting an error saying I did not have PhysX properly installed. I obviously did but I fixed that error. Next I had a Microsoft NET Framework Error and I didn't even try a fix for that one yet. I just tried the demo, but is this something that persists will the full version as well? If it's fixable I would like to get the full game before it goes off sale.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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