it's less that the controls are janky and more that our brains aren't prepared for this amount of hand-eye coordination
like I could feel my brain breaking
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it's less that the controls are janky and more that our brains aren't prepared for this amount of hand-eye coordination
like I could feel my brain breaking
I played it with a hangover and... yeah I wouldn't recommend it.
Getting little brother on the left and big brother on the right so the sticks are controlling the opposite one really tied me in nots.
Because for those of us in the euro zone they cost 1.99 euros in the TF2 store and currently 1.84 euros in the community market. Different regions have different prices in the official store, but community prices are universal.
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, pretty much. I wonder if women have it easier, being better at multitasking and all. This calls for an experiment.
yeah I was constantly trying to place big brother on the left so that wouldn't happen.
tbh I think the whole controlling them both at the same time thingie was interesting but it's the thing I enjoyed the least about the game
or drummers
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Just a head's up, spacechem is $1.50 here
http://www.bundlestars.com/store/spacechem/
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That's right. Hawkie might still have some copies left. Shoot him a PM.
I'm still around though. Not gonna let my desktop snafu discourage me from posting in the steam threads.
Not really, but if you really want it, I have a giftable copy that I can present you for free. At some point they just gave away second copies to the existing owners as a form of apology...
Paid 15 bucks for it on their kickstarter campaign. R6 successor, my ass... Since that fiasco I'm really burned on supporting anything on KS.
Thanks, good to know. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? I purchased Guacamole: Gold Edition! during the Steam sale, and immediately installed it. But the game kept running as the trial version, where I only have ten minutes to play the game. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, but I am still receiving the same issue. Is there anybody that could help? Thank you.
Hard Drive is fine, just sucks that I'll have to download Witcher 1 again at some point :|
All other games are set to not auto update though, outside of Dota2 now.
Rickenslacker
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I didn't realize it was a common complaint but I've only played like an hour and quantity isn't my issue, just the really stupid way it's implemented. I now know that they use icons in the QTEs that either mean melee, use, or shoot, but since I'm at the very start of the game and haven't familiarized myself with the interface I suddenly have a moment where a circle is contracting over another to time my button press and the only indicator I had was a "!" uhh, okay? Insta-died multiple times trying to guess which button they wanted from that one.
But if there are only five of these in the game I guess I've already done them all. Might as well have not put them in.
I'm trying to adjust my expectations from what I've heard of it, if I can get some fun combat out of it I won't mind.
Beat Ittle Dew, nice ALTTP clone (of the block-pushing puzzle parts, that is), with enough ideas of its own to spice things up. Cute art, some good tracks in the OST, and I like the way it kept making fun of genre tropes too. Collected everything then gave it another go to speedrun, still 4 achievements to go but I'll leave them for sometime in the future.
woo and indeed hoo
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Blue Ninja
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We're going all science up in this bitch.
Snakethesniper
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Hi steamGAF, I'm back from a 3-day trip to London, did I miss something? 
Blue Ninja
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There's quite a few more than five. At least six. Or ninety.
Most of the QTE's are concentrated on the first two hours. There are more QTE's through the game but they are pretty spaced out, so it isn't really a problem. As for the game, yeah, approaching it as an action game with only some light puzzles and platforming elements is the right way to go. I liked TR 2013, but then again I don't like the older TR games so whatdoiknow.
Quite possibly the best comeback since Lazarus.
Brothers tutorial should start out as the old pat your head and rub your tummy test.
ohblahitsme
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So I'm ~1.5 hours into Dark Souls and it's pretty great so far. Haven't lost any souls from dying twice, but I'm terrified that it's about to happen. I've died twice on the Taurus Demon.
Questions:
1) What should I do with my souls? It seems like I shouldn't be saving them because it's entirely possible my saved up fortune can be lost in a few minutes. Should I be leveling up a lot? I can't really find other stuff to spend souls on.
2) What stats should I level up for a pyromancer?
3)Apparently I'm not allowed to cast any spells until I get a talisman? When does that happen?
Questions:
1) What should I do with my souls? It seems like I shouldn't be saving them because it's entirely possible my saved up fortune can be lost in a few minutes. Should I be leveling up a lot? I can't really find other stuff to spend souls on.
2) What stats should I level up for a pyromancer?
3)Apparently I'm not allowed to cast any spells until I get a talisman? When does that happen?
Hah, I had this exact same thought during the first few hours of brothers. It's such a disorienting feeling
any girl drummers in here that want a free brothers? me and blue ninja here are buying
1. buy all the things for your bonfire off the blacksmith asap that allow you to repair and upgrade weapons and armor plus the bottomless box. then yea, you can level your stats, buy magic or upgrade your weapons. they're all good choices. don't be afraid to use the "soul of forgotten hero" and things like that you find if you're short on souls for a specific level up, etc.
2. well iirc dexterity speeds up your cast times so you might want to level that (and get yourself a dex weapon like a scimitar), plus endurance is always nice. pyromancy doesn't scale with intelligence or faith, but rather your flame hand upgrade level, so don't bother too much with those.
3. yup, you need a talisman for miracles, and a wand for magic spells. I forget where you find them but I think it's fairly early. you don't need any of those for pyromancy tho
Glass Rebel
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Normal definitely eased me in, don't know how I would have managed if I had played on Hard from the beginning. Of course the increased stats and Dystopia help as well but I didn't struggle as much as I did in some parts on Normal. S and A ranks on most fights.
Putting souls into VIT or END are never wasted. You can also use souls to upgrade weapons, but you haven´t reached the place to do that yet.
As a pyromancer you use the Pyromancy Flame (the glove you should have picked up in the intro) to cast pyromancies. There are several NPC´s to be found later on where you can both buy spells and upgrade your glove. None of the stats improve your pyromancy (except Attunement, so you can have more spells).
Wok
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If we remove the QTE, there is little left.
I will try to get past the first two hours then.
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Don't stress lost souls early on. You're going to lose a lot, but you'll be fine. 2) There's nothing wrong with leveling endurance and vitality. I also leveled up strength when I rolled Pyro and made sure to grab a club early on. Fun times.
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I've heard it's broken as hell basically, shame I thought it looked quite good =/
Thank you Motorbreath!
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lol I lost like 140k souls and like 20 humanity because I fell off a cliff by accident. Don't feel bad. There are many opportunities in the game to regrind/earn souls again.
Use the souls to upgrade weapons and armor, purchase items from merchants. You will meet more merchants and blacksmiths later in the game so how you spend/save souls in the beginning is up to you.
I am, I think its just the market buying is down idk
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When's the last time you updated your skin?
Not sure, maybe a couple months ago?
But the problem exists with any skin (Air, Pixelvision, Metro, or Default). Still, I'll try updating them all and see if it helps. Thanks for the comments!
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No similar name love? I see how it is...
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Ahem...
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I've finally started playing Bit.Trip Runner2 (of course bought just a couple of days before the HIB10) after melting down the first one last summer.
I was a bit scared at first with the change of graphic style, as I really dug the 8-bit, but after just a couple of minutes in I totally changed my mind, as this new style is perfect!
I'm liking it a lot, and with all the secret stuff scattered around (keys, chests, etc.) and the goddamn target for Perfect+, I think I've finally found the right challenger to kick CSD out of my most played ever.
I was a bit scared at first with the change of graphic style, as I really dug the 8-bit, but after just a couple of minutes in I totally changed my mind, as this new style is perfect!
I'm liking it a lot, and with all the secret stuff scattered around (keys, chests, etc.) and the goddamn target for Perfect+, I think I've finally found the right challenger to kick CSD out of my most played ever.
The One Who Knocks
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1. Upgrading the Pyromancer's Flame, if possible, is highly advisable. Upgrading weapons is also a safe bet since there are no permanent reprecussions. Buying items is a safe way to remove extra souls. Begin collecting weapons and armour. The most important, immediate option, is to upgrade all of the bonfire-related items such as the repair kit (this may not be available yet depending on whether or not you reached the merchant), after that you can spend them however suits.
2. As noted above, Vitality and Endurance are useful for everyone. Don't put any points in Resistance. Go for a damage stat; strength, intelligence, faith, or dexterity. All are extremely valid options (personally I prefer Dexterity). All classes are going to need some amount of strength however, to meet whatever weapon requirements for the item they wish to wield. Attunement depends on whether or not you wish to use spells/miracles/pyromancy. A very basic build usually consists of reaching forty in vitality, endurance, and a damage stat. Really, it depends on what you wish to do. You aren't bound by your starting class, that doesn't really dictate anything.
3. Talismans are for miracles, which require faith. Catalyst are for spells, which require intelligence. Pyromancer's Flame is for pyromancy, which requires the Pyromancer's Flame only (no stat-based requirement). I can't remember the earliest you can get one of each, but the talisman and catalyst can be gotten very early as far as I recall; I think they can both be bought (the Pyromancer's Flame is acquired last, I believe, because of where you get it, if you didn't pick Pyromancer at the start which you did).
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