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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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runnin_blue
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Was that the pool game with that really awful trailer recently? If so, I'm not surprised.
As I said, I fixed it in later recordings. I have a part 2 here on my computer that has great audio levels (game didn't save the audio options and I didn't notice it till later).
Of course it's over 6gb for 1:47 so it'll take me like 12 hours to upload it o_o
So the official NeoGAF GOTY awards are out:
Compared to SteamGAF's choices:
Only 5 games that we share in common in the top 20, Bioshock Infinite came 2nd in both as well :lol
Oh, Dota 2 won PC Game of the Year, Strategy Game of the Year and Digital Distribution Game of the Year.
Compared to SteamGAF's choices:
A permanent list of results will be kept in post 2.
1 | Rogue Legacy ( 137 Points / 3.512820513 APS )
2 | Bioshock Infinite ( 137 Points / 3.341463415 APS )
3 | Spelunky ( 111 Points / 3.171428571 APS )
4 | Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed ( 95 Points / 2.878787879 APS )
5 | Papers, Please ( 81 Points / 3.115384615 APS )
6 | DOTA 2 ( 78 Points / 4.333333333 APS )
7 | Fez ( 73 Points / 3.65 APS )
8 | Saints Row IV ( 61 Points / 3.388888889 APS )
9 | Gone Home ( 57 Points / 2.85 APS )
10 | Starbound ( 51 Points / 3.642857143 APS )
11 | Dust: An Elysian Tail 2 ( 51 Points / 2.684210526 APS )
12 | Tomb Raider ( 51 Points / 2.428571429 APS )
13 | Path of Exile ( 50 Points / 3.125 APS )
14 | The Swapper ( 49 Points / 3.266666667 APS )
15 | The Stanley Parable ( 48 Points / 2.666666667 APS )
16 | Skullgirls ( 41 Points / 2.411764706 APS )
17 | System Shock 2 ( 40 Points / 3.636363636 APS )
18 | Gunpoint ( 40 Points / 2.666666667 APS )
19 | Euro Truck Simulator 2 ( 39 Points / 3.25 APS )
20 | Volgarr the Viking ( 36 Points / 3.6 APS )
Only 5 games that we share in common in the top 20, Bioshock Infinite came 2nd in both as well :lol
Oh, Dota 2 won PC Game of the Year, Strategy Game of the Year and Digital Distribution Game of the Year.
It's a rather solid pool game, but having said that I'm sure the bar isn't exactly high. I think the last pool game I played was the one built into MSN Messenger -- if memory serves it was only free for the first dozen or so games, at which point you had to subscribe to Microsoft's gaming service to continue playing.
Metalmurphy
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You can only have 3 links. But feel free to post anything in the discussion section.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I suppose it's also worth pointing out that Sonic Racing Transformed was GAF's Racing Game of the Year.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I'm not as surprised about GAF at large placing Bioshock Infinite so high up.
Wok
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And Strategy GotY.
FF14 isn't on Steam just yet, but once it is, if he still has proof of purchase he could try asking Squeenix for a Steam key.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Fuck it, I give up, kiss my ass Rise of the Triad!
I like it a lot and in contrast to you I haven't found it unstable at all. I just tried alt-tab and all went fine apart from it still playing game music when on the desktop. It does insist on detecting my steering wheel in the menus. Making it cycle endlessly through the options unless I hold my accelerator pedal part way down which pisses me off a bit.
I bought it so I could be there day one the Snooker DLC for it when it arrives. Played through a couple of the pool seasons though and it's great as a quick go kind of game.
Just my luck, I guess. I couldn't even play it when it launched because I'd be greeted with nothing more than a black screen.
Disable AA. It's broken.
Also alt+tab crashes happen to everybody unless they use windowed mode.
Oh, nice. I missed it, sorry.
Cheers.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
That's probably for the best. Even on easy the last segment of the final boss took me like 20+ attempts.
Stockholm Syndrome. The game abuses you so much you end up loving it.
spindoctor
Member
Is there any word that it's coming to Steam?
Squeenix hasn't said anything but it popped up in the registry not long ago.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Oh great, NME was already cheap as fuck and took me about 20 tries.
It's certainly not the worst game I've played in gameplay terms but it's the buggiest pos I've played in ages.
PetriP-TNT
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The turning point is when you stop getting owned by normal hollow soldiers and beat your couple of first bosses.
Tizoc
Member
Oh it isn't? I ask because I got Last Remnant retail PC and it came with a Steam code heh.
Done! Damn fine game. Holy shit @ 31 hours though, that can't be right. Aside from Marked, Haiku, Perfection and Descendent of Iga the achievements aren't that time consuming. There was a bit of card idling when the game got them, but I guess my first playthrough months ago took much longer than I remembered.
Jawmuncher
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I find it odd personally. BI has been all but forgotten in just about every other site awards.
Then again its sitting at number 2. I really think its more due to people not having played very much this year.
I had the same case with Demons Souls back in the day.
Hated it at first and dropped it started again with a few tips and couldn't put it down.
AHA-Lambda
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me too. the hardest part of the souls games are always the first few hours, after that you're hooked.
Doesn't that just mean more people have played it and voted on it compared to the other games on the list? The surprising thing is that it beats gta 5
runnin_blue
Banned
It probably is a decent game I just remember that reveal trailer not leaving a good impression on me lol. Sucks about the crashing.
MMBosstones86
Member
I'm probably LTTP but...
I don't get this. You say that no deals get posted here anymore, but if someone knows about a deal and doesn't post it here, isn't that part of the problem. You mentioned 2 deals (1 was posted, 1 wasn't), that clearly few people knew about, why didn't you post them here yourself? I'm not trying to be a dick, I just don't understand the logic.
I've found that most people post pricing errors or deals or bundles as they find them, clearly no one / few people here knew about that Aliens mistake.
Personally, I don't have enough time to follow everything gaming related and generally rely on SteamGAF and the community here to have most things covered.
Well it took 27 hours (19.33 in game) but finally finished SR IV. Managed to get 95% completion in total. Certainly Volition's best game to date. Sure it's not with out it's problems but parts of it are a better
action game than the majority of releases in the last 5 or so years that actually focus on that genre.
Phew I need a break now.
future/sci-fi
Phew I need a break now.
Nemesis121
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I have experience the al tab crash but nothing else game runs awesome i put 90min session in yesterday...
Prophane33
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Do you feel it, Zach? My coffee told me I should give away a copy of this game.
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Kiru
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Nearly entered, but didn't know if it's ok because I don't really have the time to play it now. Maybe someone really wants to play it right now. Thanks for offering it!
Terra_Ex
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Not particularly, some parts are fairly creepy though.
Blue Ninja
Member
No Metro or Saint's Row IV. I am disappoint.
No joke, I have not played any of the top 11 games.
And only 3/20 of the games total...
snoopeasystreet
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Rogue Legacy got SteamGAF GOTY? I thought you guys liked good games.
Camel Master
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This one (from the GAF GOTY 2013 thread) is one interesting top 20 list, I like it.
Some more humbles
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Wow, UFO looks like some good fun! Entered for that one. Thanks
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Really want to play Ass Creed IV. Never played an AC and pirates are right my alley. Hate paying anything close to full price though. Anyone know how much traders are selling it for?
AbundantChoice
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Any sort of uber-GAF list also needs to take into account that stuff that performs pretty well across all platforms is going to get a boost vis-a-vis stuff that's only known on 1 or 2 platforms.
It's also a case of remembering a game for it's "peaks" rather than the overall experience (nothing wrong with that). I remember talking about BI right after finishing it, and bemoaning how the gunplay got really boring, how it felt like it was supposed to be a 3-act game but they spent so long making Act 1 they just crammed Act 3 into the last hour before entering into the finale, etc etc. But looking back on it now, I just generally remember the absolute wonder of the 1st 1/3 the game and some key scenes and sequences that I thought were absolutely amazing.
It's $30 on Amazon right now. You won't find it cheaper as the RU release subs are region-locked.
Here's a fun little tip for the game: When you incapacitate a larger ship, instead of boarding it immediately, jump off the Jackdaw and board it yourself, then kill everybody. There are fewer enemies to deal with plus you don't need to worry about your crew numbers dwindling; when you do return to your Jackdaw to board the ship with your crew, you'll either instantly win or just be asked to remove the flag.
Sounds good to me! Thanks Jase.
Edit: Ah man, Amazon is being a little bitch. It's not accepting my debit card as payment
. Fuckers.
legacyzero
Banned
Damn right, it's good!
Assassins Creed usually bores the hell out of me. But I may just bite on ACIV..... Those naval battles. That water....
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