I managed to escape Dota 2 at 190 hours played. Many of my friends never made it and literally the only game they play now is Dota 2. It's a dangerous game.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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I managed to escape Dota 2 at 190 hours played. Many of my friends never made it and literally the only game they play now is Dota 2. It's a dangerous game.
Ok, so I have to give my honest opinion of the three Pixeljunk games I've played so far, now that I've actually played all of the ones that made it to Steam.
Basically, my feeling is that they suffer a bit from having taken so long to be ported. There's sort of a "moving the goalposts" thing that goes on with indie games, where games that would have been exceptional years ago would probably be considered only decent if they came out today. If Audiosurf came out today instead of years ago, would it have become such a phenom? Probably not.
Take Pixeljunk Shooter, for example. Prior to it, I had already played games like Unmechanical, Waking Mars, and Vessel. So three games that each had some of the elements of Shooter (physics/grappling, extraterrestrial/subterranean exploration, fluid dynamics, etc). Shooter was pretty enjoyable, but I can't say that it really stood out in any particular way, other than maybe the aesthetic (sort of similar to Mutant Blob Attacks).
Eden is a bit more unique and I can't think of any other indie game I've played that's quite like it...maybe that's why it's my favorite PJ game and doesn't suffer quite as much in my mind from taking so long to make it to PC.
I hope work on Pixeljunk 1-6 is going well, can't wait to see a "fresh" PJ game.
Basically, my feeling is that they suffer a bit from having taken so long to be ported. There's sort of a "moving the goalposts" thing that goes on with indie games, where games that would have been exceptional years ago would probably be considered only decent if they came out today. If Audiosurf came out today instead of years ago, would it have become such a phenom? Probably not.
Take Pixeljunk Shooter, for example. Prior to it, I had already played games like Unmechanical, Waking Mars, and Vessel. So three games that each had some of the elements of Shooter (physics/grappling, extraterrestrial/subterranean exploration, fluid dynamics, etc). Shooter was pretty enjoyable, but I can't say that it really stood out in any particular way, other than maybe the aesthetic (sort of similar to Mutant Blob Attacks).
Eden is a bit more unique and I can't think of any other indie game I've played that's quite like it...maybe that's why it's my favorite PJ game and doesn't suffer quite as much in my mind from taking so long to make it to PC.
I hope work on Pixeljunk 1-6 is going well, can't wait to see a "fresh" PJ game.
Madrugador
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He plays Half Life 3 twice a year, laughing maniacally the whole time.
woo and indeed hoo
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Thanks for all the replies
. Sorry for not replying earlier; XCOM EU is still having its way with me.On reflection I was signed up to the beta for a short while when I first started on Steam last Summer. I left it though after the client was acting up on me and I blamed the beta. In hindsight it might have just been the client being the client so I might give the beta another go when the current woes have all settled down. Gotta keep up with all the cool kids eh?
ClassyPenguin
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Have you tried activating your Top Gun copy recently? I think a client update this week had a fix related to installing old retail games.
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.
The problem I had with Top Gun was that the inside of the case didn't have a CD key to activate.
The problem I had with Top Gun was that the inside of the case didn't have a CD key to activate.
Maybe you should check the box again, IT FIXED OLD GAMES.
I just realized I really don't like Blackguards at all.
I love rpgs, i like the really grimdark setting of the dark eye. But everything in this game I just can't summon up the effort to care.
I never thought i'd say it but i found myself skipping past everything and questioning everything in the design. There's too many options where I don't know what the fuck anything really does. Why does it give me two routes after escaping, but once i go to the side route, one of the main route bubbles disappears instead opening up a route farther down the path?
Why is it loading up every single situation? Why is the camera locked? Why does it run so badly? Why do cutscenes just close abruptly and move onto the next situation? Why is the ui on 720p just totally broken, but if I put it on 1200p the whole game is letterboxed? Why are main actions hidden in ring menus?
I couldn't even stomach 15 minutes of the demo before i quit it. maybe i'll try again another time but the whole thing just makes me really frustrated.
I love rpgs, i like the really grimdark setting of the dark eye. But everything in this game I just can't summon up the effort to care.
I never thought i'd say it but i found myself skipping past everything and questioning everything in the design. There's too many options where I don't know what the fuck anything really does. Why does it give me two routes after escaping, but once i go to the side route, one of the main route bubbles disappears instead opening up a route farther down the path?
Why is it loading up every single situation? Why is the camera locked? Why does it run so badly? Why do cutscenes just close abruptly and move onto the next situation? Why is the ui on 720p just totally broken, but if I put it on 1200p the whole game is letterboxed? Why are main actions hidden in ring menus?
I couldn't even stomach 15 minutes of the demo before i quit it. maybe i'll try again another time but the whole thing just makes me really frustrated.
Ingueferroque
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soxinthebox
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Thinking of hooking up a laptop to a TV for a gaming night with 2/3 other guys and am liking the look of Samurai Gunn but wanted to hear some suggestions for other newish games too.
Nidhogg looks cool but it's only 2 players so I'll probably pass on that.
Nidhogg looks cool but it's only 2 players so I'll probably pass on that.
PandaPedinte
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I think mostly of my Toki Tori achievements were unlocked by my young brother.
toddhunter
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Hmm me too. Now what do I do?
scorpscarx
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Risk of Rain
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.
Stream Steam
BorntoPlay
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Thanks Ingueferroque =)
corrosivefrost
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How does one find out?
Nabs
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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.
If you're in the official group, you should be getting an email soon. Looks like they're expanding it greatly.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/540731690552788850/
toddhunter
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In beta as well. C'mon and release steam for PS3.
Support in the ios app would be pretty god like.
charlequin
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(07:04:57 PM) stump: quincognito: Prey is very very very very widely available
(07:05:13 PM) quincognito: is it? I want to play it still
(07:05:47 PM) stump: quincognito: pop into steam thread, say "I need a copy of Prey. Can anyone help me out?" and you'll be taken care of within a few days
so, let's find out
I need a copy of Prey. Can anyone help me out?
(07:05:13 PM) quincognito: is it? I want to play it still
(07:05:47 PM) stump: quincognito: pop into steam thread, say "I need a copy of Prey. Can anyone help me out?" and you'll be taken care of within a few days
so, let's find out
I need a copy of Prey. Can anyone help me out?
BoosterDuck
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Make sure to post your desktop after activating Prey.
toddhunter
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Don't forget modbot has a useful BLOCK function.
charlequin
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well THAT'S ominous.
ClassyPenguin
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soxinthebox
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It's a tarp, brah
FiveElementNinja
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Guacamelee is good.
charlequin
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toddhunter
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speed runners and divekick?
charlequin
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Guacamelee is awesome.
FiveElementNinja
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Agreed, even though some of that crazy platforming destroyed my hands.
Oh don't worry so much. If you pull a milamber, at least you can edit the posts of anyone quoting you, to remove any incriminating evidence.
soxinthebox
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Already have Guacamelee and Divekick on PSN. Will read up about Speed Runners as I don't know anything about it.
The Grim Heaper
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3rd party sellers on Amazon.uk have them for cheap, I think.
toddhunter
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Sorry if it is a stupid question but with streaming:
I have my desktop and laptop up to date.
When I go to the streaming settings page I can "see" the other computer.
I want to stream MGR to my laptop (but it isn't installed there). Now what do I do?
I have my desktop and laptop up to date.
When I go to the streaming settings page I can "see" the other computer.
I want to stream MGR to my laptop (but it isn't installed there). Now what do I do?
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.
This support article says you just sign in to both computers as the same user, then press play on the computer you want to play on.
I'm not 100% sure (since I haven't done it yet) but I think if you have a game installed on your desktop and you don't have it installed on your laptop, pressing play will start the in-home streaming of that game.
charlequin
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does... this mean that once streaming goes wide, we'll be able to log in simultaneously on multiple computers all the time? because frankly that would be hell of convenient.
toddhunter
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Yep, just got it working.
The trick is it took around 5 minutes for the games to "show up" as playable on the other connected computer (initially everything was grey because it was uninstalled, then suddenly it all lit up). So if anybody else hits that issue where you can't play a game, just let steam do its stuff.
It is actually pretty cool. My whole library is available and MGR loaded up and felt "ok" to play to begin with. However this was over wireless, so I soon hit some major lag spikes which made it pretty unplayable.
I'd say with a proper wired network this will be a great feature.
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