Sentenza
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I want to believe and take it as a sign that they are finally preparing to abandon the sinking ship (UPlay).
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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Abandon ship!!
Even though nobody uses Uplay for third-party games, I think it'll be around for as long as Ubi has a tentpole franchise to support it, which at this juncture is AssCreed.
Edit: No response from Bethesda yet.
I hope I haven't been ignored. On a related note, last night I dreamt that I received a retail copy of Quake Wars from one of my dad's friends who, for some reason, happened "to see [my] e-mail" and it registered on Steam.Watch_Digs will be their next addition to the tentpole.
A game about watching digs? I think we've just conceptualised the next Simulator game.
Intheflorsh
Banned
On the other hand, they aren't exactly explicit in telling you that you can enter keys from other retailers/how to enter keys. A casual user probably would never know.
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.
Played about 2 hours of Iesabel tonight. The game is... not very fun.
It's really rough - certain sections of the map that look completely passable aren't, making it difficult to move around at all. Then, the equipment is split into both "Barbarian" and "Witch" classed items, but they almost all look completely identical. Unlike most games in the genre, you have to click on an item to see what it is, rather than the usual (now expected) mouse hover. Quests are confusing and are often pointless. The achievements are laughable ("Complete Act 2 without running" - WHY????)
I feel like $3.74 is maybe even asking a little too much for this game. I've honestly played better Diablo clones that were $0.99 on Android. And it's certainly not in the same league as Path of Exile, Torchlight, or even Diablo 3.
It's really rough - certain sections of the map that look completely passable aren't, making it difficult to move around at all. Then, the equipment is split into both "Barbarian" and "Witch" classed items, but they almost all look completely identical. Unlike most games in the genre, you have to click on an item to see what it is, rather than the usual (now expected) mouse hover. Quests are confusing and are often pointless. The achievements are laughable ("Complete Act 2 without running" - WHY????)
I feel like $3.74 is maybe even asking a little too much for this game. I've honestly played better Diablo clones that were $0.99 on Android. And it's certainly not in the same league as Path of Exile, Torchlight, or even Diablo 3.
JSoup
Banned
When I was new to Steam, I figured it out on my own. It seems intuitive enough, click on the heading that says Games to access Games, then activate a product to activate a product.
Chance Hale
Member
It's hard ;-;
Although do know that the vast majority of the achievements were added a few weeks after release, it started out with just a few for beating the game and the like.
Backlogger
Member
Amen to this. Windows 8 has some stuff built into it for this though but having it built I to the Steam client would provide more flexibility
Tis true one would eventually find activating a product on Steam just by trying the different options, I'm sure there are some that still don't know that means "activate a key/redeem a code" thanks to terminology confusion.
If Valve wanted, they could make it more apparent and clear, say a link with image on the store home page just as big as the "Gifting on Steam" or "Install Steam Now".
Is that a Kamen Rider Stronger monster as your profile picture?
If Valve wanted, they could make it more apparent and clear, say a link with image on the store home page just as big as the "Gifting on Steam" or "Install Steam Now".
Is that a Kamen Rider Stronger monster as your profile picture?
Sign in on the PC you wish to share games with, then click Steam -> Settings -> Family -> Authorise this computer. Up to 10 accounts local to the system can be authorised.
ClassyPenguin
Banned
A game about watching digs? I think we've just conceptualised the next Simulator game.
I'm still waiting for Los Angeles traffic simulator with road rage dlc.
Stallion Free
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You can restart the level you are on on a lower difficulty level I believe. The spectacle is worth it. I don't get why people force harder difficulties on themselves.
because 99% of modern games are super easy on normal
I remember having fun The Simpsons Road Rage. Taking one of my favourite arcade games (Crazy taxi) and combining it with The Simpsons, great combo. It was such a good clone, that Sega successfully sued.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
This is the 1%. Don't be afraid to change difficulty. No one is pointing a gun at your head forcing you to play on hard.
No need to replay later for the harder achievement. Usually beating it on hard gives easy, normal achievements too so its less work.
I probably will
didn't know you could change difficulty mid-game
my enjoyment of far cry blood dragon increased ten fold when I switched it down to normal
some games are just annoying when made difficult
Wow. I was really interested, but 16 gigs?!? I just freed up enough space for XCOM..
Any other impressions?
Rickenslacker
Banned
To be fair on your selection MGR is also super easy on normal, at least in the context of Japanese character action games. I thought hard had a pretty satisfying difficulty curve overall that was more akin to what I'd expect from normal. What are you having problems with?
also I was hoping this game would be better. yes, every time a character opens their mouth the most hilarious nonsense comes out of it and everything is super cool shit but the gameplay itself was pretty disappointing for me
I wanted dmc3 and got dmc4. it's not awful but I'm not gonna replay it for ages
to be honest, I just don't like it
don't like how mashy it feels (my brother told me not to bother with combos so I basically just mash whenever I'm allowed to damage enemies), I hate the lock-on system, the sai and the scissors thingies suck hard (the polearm is pretty great tho) and I just don't feel like I'm doing anything special or that I'm getting better or learning anything.
pretty much what happens to me with god of war, it feels like it's all show and no substance
I wanted dmc3 and got dmc4. it's not awful but I'm not gonna replay it for ages
to be honest, I just don't like it
don't like how mashy it feels (my brother told me not to bother with combos so I basically just mash whenever I'm allowed to damage enemies), I hate the lock-on system, the sai and the scissors thingies suck hard (the polearm is pretty great tho) and I just don't feel like I'm doing anything special or that I'm getting better or learning anything.
pretty much what happens to me with god of war, it feels like it's all show and no substance
Stallion Free
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I think the majority of games are barring co-op or games that have no difficulty level (like Demon/Dark Souls).
ClassyPenguin
Banned
Loved that game.
yea I guess that's true
corrosivefrost
Member
Hooray -- thank you for the Satazius key, Cth!
Intheflorsh
Banned
I has some frustrating moments with my first playthrough on hard. I think most of the people recommending beginners start on that difficulty themselves didn't and are just talking out of their asses. Had a great time on my second playthrough, though.
actually in hindsight my brother kind of hinted at hard diff being pretty hard so I might've done good to pay heed to that
Rickenslacker
Banned
That's fair. I find that my enjoyment of Rising is similar to how I enjoyed God Hand the gen prior, it's a simple game, level design isn't much to speak of, characters and story are ridiculous and don't take themselves seriously, and that encounters were always easy to grasp but satisfying to play out. Yeah, I wouldn't equate the game to scratching the same itch as DMC3 (or even Bayonetta), the combat isn't much about weapon variety or anything like that. You just gotta enjoy going in and being a cyborg ninja in a slice of the Metal Gear universe set out to combat that.
Personally it's my favourite Platinum game because of that pared down focus. That, and the novelty of slicing enemies into dynamic pieces never got old for me.
Turn off the cloud sync!
PetriP-TNT
Member
What's that game
Cloud saves aren't enabled and never have been, but I've been backing them up locally. This is the third time (and counting, probably) that Uplay has eaten my Black Flag saves.
The title is mentioned twice in the image itself.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Holy crap.
I'm glad I decided to get the PS4 version instead of PC...Bad Rats
get this
and use it on this
I have backups, fortunately. If I didn't I don't think I'd be willing to start a third new game.
JSoup
Banned
Intheflorsh
Banned
If it came out 14 days earlier, it would have made my GOTY list. Damn good game.
brb, backing up saves.
yea I'm probably gonna dial it up to normal (I just beat a level so no need to replay big chunks of game) and try to just have fun with it
I can usually tolerate a lot before getting annoyed but something about the camera, the shallow combo system and some encounters just frustrated me and now I'm kind of jaded when I choose to go and launch the game.
I really like the boss battles, tho, and all the insanity platinum came up with. pmcs making child cyborg killer machines by stealing their brains and uhhh something something killing all the police in denver? who came up with this shit, it's fucking amazing
but I think I've gotten to a point where every japanese game I play on pc just makes me wish I could trade them all for bayonetta
don't tempt me babe
this guy I know who's judgement is as solid as it gets loves that game and that's cheap, but with broken age and that other game coming up tomorrow I just can't afford the time
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