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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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Cool. So when's it coming to Steam?
Are there ... responsible vaginal leaks? Wait, nevermind. I don't want to know.
apparently
nanomachines
MSI Afterburner.
Nope, story is completely separate and does not spoil MGS4.
Good point, the number will actually increase.
MMBosstones86
Member
I've watched some videos from DayZ. Looks like the type of game that is hilarious to watch is streams and frustrating as all shit to play.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Screw it, I bought Consortium. I'm going to hate myself in six months when the game shows up in a one dollar bundle, but the game really looks like something special.
Thanks.
I finally ended up installing W8 (since I have MSDN) when I did my partial upgrade, so that I give an somewhat educated opinion on the whole debate. So far, the most positive thing I can say about it is that 90% of the time I'm using it, I can more or less pretend that it's working like Windows 7.
The other 10% of the time, I'm hitting the Start button and having a bullshit tablet interface pop up into my face where I can't for the life of me find the application I need (Paint? Windows calculator? Where is it???). Or having random sliding panels with giant visually-impaired-sized font show up on my desktop whenever I move my cursor to the wrong place on the desktop. Or having to waste time finding the correct place to "swipe" my mouse cursor to do something basic like turning my computer off.
I've yet to come up with a single bullet point that I could give as a benefit or reason to switching from W7. Maybe my opinion will change once the next set of major updates arrives, which gives you the option of a tablet or enterprise or desktop configuration.
Sorry for the rant, but that's been on my mind for the past few weeks.
Download a Start Menu program and it becomes Windows 7 with the benefits of 8 should you need them.
That's what I've done, and I can't say I've got much of an issue with it any more.
Windows key, type 'paint,' press enter.
That is literally all I ever do, I spend less than a milisecond in any kind of selection screen.
I type 'pa' enter most of the time so I don't even have to see any intermediary screen. Just flashes up a grey color before the application that I need pops up.
Ravensmash
Member
Is it safe for my laptop cpu (i7) to reach 70c when playing demanding games (runs fluently though)?
I know that it's normal for laptops to get warm due to size but that's not over the danger limit is it?
...and I finished Brothers today! What a game, beautiful. I need more like that!
I know that it's normal for laptops to get warm due to size but that's not over the danger limit is it?
...and I finished Brothers today! What a game, beautiful. I need more like that!
It is annoying if you don't quire remember the name of the application you're trying to access.
I don't remember the name of most stuff I install, but I do remember where to look for them on the Start Menu.
What are the actual benefits to 8, to justify cobbling together a Windows 7 wannabe interface instead of just using Windows 7 to begin with.
"Windows 8 is great, because you can download 3rd apps to make it like 7" doesn't sound like a particularly appealing selling point.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
More than DayZ!? Now that is something.
3 good options.
1). Try getting used to the new search (even quicker if you know the app name)
2). Download StarIsBack.
3). Get a macro keyboard and set up all your usual programs as 1 button press away.
Ponied up the $7.49 for Kingdom Rush. The games been tweaked a bit since I last played the flash version. Still great, not sure it's worth the price since you can ostensibly play the game for free. Maybe there's some new levels towards the end or something... I hope.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
BF4 runs better on Windows 8.
I'm so sorry. My boyfriend was the guinea pig of the house and put it on his PC. As a result of trying it out there mine will never be 'upgraded' from 7 to 8, so I'm in full agreement.
It's like having a saturation slider at your fingertips!
I usually put my frequently used apps on the bar, so that's not really the issue. The bigger issue is when I've just installed something from scratch and don't know the exact name of the app it has installed. For example, I run my ASUS board's software installer. It installs a half dozen apps, the name of which I don't know (normally I would just go to the Start menu and look at the newly highlight folder).
Haven't bought any new EA games in years, no plans on starting anytime soon.
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I need to mess around with the settings but Im liking how easy to use it is.
this is probably my brain playing tricks with me but the desaturated version looks a bit like saoirse ronan :/
damn you jasec
damn you
what game is that
Blades Of Time by the looks of it. The sequel to the wonderful X-Blades
(to be fair I've heard BoT is supposed to be not too bad, pretty average but nothing dreadful)OldAsUrSock
Banned
Soon you will only see Saoirse.
Blades of Time Limited Edition :3
Kadin
Member
Woah. That worked perfectly for me...
crazyrabbits
Banned
I just logged on and found out that I won Sleeping Dogs! I must have the luck of the gods on my side this month.
Thank you so much, Shade!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
For those requiring a visual to fully understand what installing Windows 8 to run Battlefield 4 means:
Started playing Colonial Marines. AlexMogil bought it for me off of Amazon. What a kind and generous fellow.
The game has a bunch of things I hate so far: stealth section that adds NOTHING to the game, enemy AI that 99% targets me over everyone else, teammates that get stuck in the environment as so:
Outside of that, the game looks fine. Sound is fine. Shooting is okay. I kind of like how your aim wanders a bit (I think that makes me weird). The game really feels like its trying to be a decent romp, but its falling short. So many stupid story bits.
The game has a bunch of things I hate so far: stealth section that adds NOTHING to the game, enemy AI that 99% targets me over everyone else, teammates that get stuck in the environment as so:
Outside of that, the game looks fine. Sound is fine. Shooting is okay. I kind of like how your aim wanders a bit (I think that makes me weird). The game really feels like its trying to be a decent romp, but its falling short. So many stupid story bits.
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, I don't have a real problem with W8. Takes some getting used to, but then again, I like the look of the Metro interface, so I'm probably an outlier anyway.
Obviously an error of some kind, someone at Microsoft dun goofed.
Obviously an error of some kind, someone at Microsoft dun goofed.
I wish this was coming out on Steam, but alas.
I'm also one of the few people that likes Windows 8, at least on my laptop where Windows 8 boots lightning quick. I haven't used the annoying telescoping menus of the Start button in years even on Windows 7 (heck, I was disappointed to see the "Start" button again in 8.1), and much prefer doing a quick text search. (I guess I don't have the problem where I forget what I just downloaded To each their own. I can see staying with Win 7 on a desktop, but on a laptop I much prefer Win 8.
On a side note, I played the first two worlds of Joe Danger: The Movie, and it's just Ok. I understand they wanted to mix it up with new modes of transportation, but none of them are nearly as fun as a good old motorcycle.
To each their own. I can see staying with Win 7 on a desktop, but on a laptop I much prefer Win 8.On a side note, I played the first two worlds of Joe Danger: The Movie, and it's just Ok. I understand they wanted to mix it up with new modes of transportation, but none of them are nearly as fun as a good old motorcycle.
Snakethesniper
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I have a doubt, if amazon says that I've got 35$ for software/videogames, it means that I have 7 5$ coupons? Or is it an error? I was tempted to buy Marlow Briggs but if I've got only a coupon I'll wait
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I just found out I somehow have some bundle I have several copies of I never seemed to have redeemed any Steam codes from. However, while most codes, if not all, should work, there are a few keys here that may not work, so I apologize if they don't, but here we go:
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 53 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).
Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- This is a free for all! You can entry for multiple games on the list below. Send an individual PM for each game you'd like to win.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself.
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Intheflorsh
Banned
That Consortium thread is a trainwreck. Gamers have truly earned their AAA homogenized gloop.
Edit: Dusk Golem, you're so great!
Edit: Dusk Golem, you're so great!
Wok
Member
Jazzpunk looks so good that it is my favorite for winning the IGF Grand Prize.
http://jazzpunk.net/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/250260
http://youtu.be/wxfgajectCs
http://jazzpunk.net/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/250260
http://youtu.be/wxfgajectCs
After the Titanfall 6v6 thread, and the Consortium thread I think I will check out of regular GAF for a while.
We really need to thin the herd.
Wok
Member
Chance Hale
Member
Are there any Nuuvem coupons?
Wok
Member
I had to check and it is a duplicate, Mr Schrödinger.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Thanks
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Got it, that one I believed I may have used as the Steam key was added later and I may have taken it without realizing I hadn't used most of all the other keys in the bundle, thank you for informing, though.
Also, giving quite a few random bundle games from a bundle I had several copies of but apparently never really used on the last page. For people on this page, go here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96383951&postcount=7345
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Backlogger
Member
So Project Spark is pretty awesome. Ten minutes, one tutorial, and I already built a huge goddamn fantasy mountain.
Too bad it's a W8 app, don't think you can run those through Steam. I'd get some Steamshots up in that bitch.
That said, the seamless transitioning from one screen to another is damn sexy.
Cool, I will have to check this out later
Edit: Is this controller supported? Or KB & Mouse only?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Thanks for Scratches!
Of course Infinite, Scratches I need to beat sometime, but from the hour I've played and the impressions I've heard, it is a very atmospheric title that is a sort of slow at first story but gets immensely more creepy as it goes along. Point & Click Adventure game often recommended for those looking for scary point'n'click adventure games.
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