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Jase, your new Sharsha avatar is very creepy :/

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Sorry, I had to.

 

[Seagoon]

This is pretty good, the petition posts I made on Reddit are all actually doing very well.

Claiming the 2nd spot in top posts on r/Steam and r/PcGaming
5th on r/pcmasterrace
21st on r/gaming

I'm surprised we even made the front page on r/gaming, generally console warriors will vote anything PC-related and not an imgur link down.

More upvotes would be appreciated to keep the Sega petition going strong, close to 1000 signatures.

r/Steam

r/PCGaming

r/pcmasterrace

r/Gaming

Isn't soliciting upvotes on Reddit a bannable offence? I only mention it as I got warned by a Twitter user when the first Reddit posts were made about Sega ports and I encouraged others to upvote via Twitter.

 

[ArjanN]

Distribution rights transferred from THQ to Crytek and the latter has apparently been taking Steam distribution tips from Disney Interactive.

It'll probably be back once Homefront 2 comes out.

 

[JaseC]

Jase, your new Sharsha avatar is very creepy :/

On the bright side, every single one of my posts are now stupid!

It'll probably be back once Homefront 2 comes out.

As Homefront: Freedom Edition, please, Crytek.

 

[Anteater]

Played bayo for like a hundred hours on the ps3 on a terrible tv.

I hope I could play the game at least once at 60fps before I fucking die.

 

[zkylon]

On the bright side, every single one of my posts are now stupid!

implying former posts weren't

interesting

 

[kulapik]

So that new JRPG for Steam is Agarest Zero?

sigh

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Sorry, I had to.

yeah, it's creepy that that rabbid has no ears.

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I wanted to do something original for RPJ and failed miserably.

 

[Tenrius]

Is that your review of Dredmor? Damn you for totally misunderstanding the game and judging it for what it isn't even trying to be.

Agreed. It's a cute little roguelike which is not trying to be anything else.

 

[Grief.exe]

Isn't soliciting upvotes on Reddit a bannable offence? I only mention it as I got warned by a Twitter user when the first Reddit posts were made about Sega ports and I encouraged others to upvote via Twitter.

Don't think so, I've had several mods participate in the past #SegaPCPorts Twitter campaign and did not hear anything negative towards getting upvotes, retweets, etc.

Stump and other mods are fairly active in this thread as well, I'm sure one of them would have let me know to kindly quit.

I would argue that this is a good cause, its not like I made some Borderlands 2 meme post and asking you guys to upvote.

 

[zkylon]

Don't think so, I've had several mods participate in the past #SegaPCPorts Twitter campaign and did not hear anything negative towards getting upvotes, retweets, etc.

Stump and other mods are fairly active in this thread as well, I'm sure one of them would have let me know to kindly quit.

I think he means in reddit tho

 

[JaseC]

implying former posts weren't

interesting

I'll concede that I had my moments.

 

[Seagoon]

Don't think so, I've had several mods participate in the past #SegaPCPorts Twitter campaign and did not hear anything negative towards getting upvotes, retweets, etc.

Stump and other mods are fairly active in this thread as well, I'm sure one of them would have let me know to kindly quit.

I would argue that this is a good cause, its not like I made some Borderlands 2 meme post and asking you guys to upvote.

Oops I mean bannable on Reddit, not on GAF.

 

[jaundicejuice]

r/gaming a hive for the lowest common denominator

The primary form of communication and dialogue on that forum is through pictures.

 

[Acccent]

Perhaps three years from now Ubi will have a change of heart.

A thought just crossed my mind

...Have you tried e-mailing people? Maybe no one's even aware that the game isn't on Steam anymore :|

 

[InfiniteNine]

Valkyria Chronicles not being highlighted in that petition is some bullshit! I signed it anyways.

 

[Grief.exe]

Ok then.

Well I would argue that this whole campaign is seeded in grass roots support. Linking people to Reddit threads for discussion helps get this off the ground.

 

[JaseC]

A thought just crossed my mind

...Have you tried e-mailing people? Maybe no one's even aware that the game isn't on Steam anymore :|

I haven't and I'll readily admit that the thought didn't occur to me because I have the game (and DLC) already. I'll fire off an e-mail to Crytek later and will be sure to post any response that I rec--ahahahaha, who am I kidding, I'll just be ignored. But I'll try nonetheless.

Edit: How I got "Crytek" from "Ubi" is a mystery for the ages

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(because it's 4:30am)

. I think it's safe to say that Ubi has no interest in releasing Rayman 2 on Steam beyond its current scope as MRORANGE semi-recently managed to get Valve to get Ubi to provide a Grid View image and yet the game is still a no-show.

 

[Grief.exe]

Valkyria Chronicles not being highlighted in that petition is some bullshit! I signed it anyways.

It actually is there, though not as visible as some of us would want it

Among those many other requests, outside of the suggested three, special consideration should be paid to the widely requested Valkyria Chronicles, as a PS3 exclusive it's been excluded under factors 2 and 3. Despite the potential for a more expensive and involved porting effort, the PC has a strong history (one which you've had a significant hand in) of strategy titles and we feel Valkyria Chronicles is a natural compliment to your other, strategic, offerings on the PC platform.

My thoughts:

I actually believe that Valkyria Chronicles would have been one of the most successful games on that list if brought to Steam. I will concede, though, that the process to that port would be fraught with obstacles. Exclusive to the PS3 with its convoluted cell architecture, game is considered very niche within Sega, studio has no experience with such ports.

 

[Stallion Free]

Picked The Bureau for a whopping $2.48 thanks to stacked Amazon credits. I hope it's worthy of my investment

I think it's worth that price. It's not very well balanced on the harder difficulties but it's a pretty fun spin on the Mass Effect TPS concept on the lower difficulties where the team mate AI can't single-handedly ruin all your hard work in a matter of seconds. The art is gorgeous too and I love the time period/attention to detail.

 

[Lord British]

Garbage bundle.

It absolutely isn't. Binding of Isaac and Dredmor are well worth it.

 

[C00kie M0nster]

I had everything on the BTA side of the ball so I only got the $1 games this time. I was very pleased with this bundle.

 

[Clever Pun]

It absolutely isn't. Binding of Isaac and Dredmor are well worth it.

Those are the 2 I already own though. How are Hack, slash, loot and Teleglitch?

 

[Knurek]

My thoughts:
I actually believe that Valkyria Chronicles would have been one of the most successful games on that list if brought to Steam. I will concede, though, that the process to that port would be fraught with obstacles. Exclusive to the PS3 with its convoluted cell architecture, game is considered very niche within Sega, studio has no experience with such ports.

Well, it's not like games today aren't being written in C++(C#?), which is pretty portable.

 

[Grief.exe]

Got some juicy Treasure information.

Also, on ports, Treasure posted a message on their blog about 12 hours ago saying that Famitsu will be doing an aticle on their Steam port of Ikaruga, and the game will be released "soon". Soon is still rather vauge, but it's nice to see an update on this games release.

Well, it's not like games today aren't being written in C++(C#?), which is pretty portable.

The difficulty is making that code work with the hardware in a consumer environment that is variable as the PC platform.

 

[Knurek]

The difficulty is making that code work with the hardware in a consumer environment that is variable as the PC platform.

Counterpoint: Nixxes, QLoc and whatever other porting studios that exist.

Heck, give this game to Sumo Digital, they handled crazy Outrun 2 codebase just fine.

 

[ashecitism]

From the Paradox event

#pdxcon @TheWesterFront says EU4 is comfortably played on Steam controller

from the same person: Watching EU4 being played on a steambox with the steam controller. I am a believer!

 

[JaseC]

Counterpoint: Nixxes, QLoc and whatever other porting studios that exist.

The rumour that the PS4 version of Tomb Raider: Separate App Edition averages 60fps has me curious about the strides AMD has made with TressFX. I can't help but get the feeling that Nvidia GPUs are going to get the short end of the stick again, though -- even Nixxes' best efforts can't wash away the effects of politics.

 

[Freezard]

Well, it's not like games today aren't being written in C++(C#?), which is pretty portable.

I read it as being portable as in mobile... heh.

So uh maybe a dumb question but do you get the full game of Paranautaical Activity when it's released?

 

[Robert J. Sullivan]

any news on the game announcements devolver were supposed to make ?
i think they said they had five announcements to make, i hope shadow warrior 2 is one of them

 

[Kiru]

Jase, your new Sharsha avatar is very creepy :/

No. It's awesome.

 

[Knurek]

No. It's awesome.

 

[Lord British]

Those are the 2 I already own though. How are Hack, slash, loot and Teleglitch?

I didn't like them. Teleglitch is interesting but in my opinion it's way too hard from the off. Also, it's not really a roguelike, it's more of a top down shooter.

 

[Divius]

Has anyone here finished Shelter? Is it any good/how long is the game?

I played the first mission/part/area and thought it was quite adorable.

 

[Grief.exe]

Has anyone here finished Shelter? Is it any good/how long is the game?

I played the first mission/part/area and thought it was quite adorable.

Its short and doesn't overstay its welcome.
art style is cool.
gameplay is unique in a sense.
UI in minimal.

good game.

 

[Sendou]

Has anyone here finished Shelter? Is it any good/how long is the game?

I played the first mission/part/area and thought it was quite adorable.

It's short (like 2 hours) and not that good in my opinion. Worth a play but not much beyond. I don't think the concept really evolved much beyond the first area.

 

[AbundantChoice]

One thing i'll never get with a lot of the "really indie" indie games in bundles and whatnot is how weaksauce their "boxart" and logos are. They can really look incredibly amateurish... on the order of random DeviantArt fanart crap. Would it kill them to at spend 50 bucks or something on a haflway decent icon and cover art picture? I would imagine it would pay for itself pretty quick. Heck, I would imagine that they could even get someone from fiverr.com to to a better job than they do for a whopping 5 bucks.

 

[Faabulous]

Awesome weekly!

Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 2 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 giveaway is a LIGHTNING raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 15 minutes after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
- This giveaway has a manual blocklist. The giver has identified members who abuse giveaways and restricted them from participating.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:


Dungeons of Dredmor -- MB-80EC60C46D5001CC - Taken by Saty. 9 entrants total.
The Biding of Isaac -- MB-CD89F8720AA6B6E0 - Taken by poopninjamvc3mk. 2 entrants total.

 

[nexen]

So cute. Want to squish.

 

[Backlogger]

Tried out the streaming feature, didn't get much latency but my framerate was dropping pretty badly

I plan to mess with it more tonight (I had to wipe one of my machines last night that was giving me trouble), but I was getting just under 30 FPS streaming Skyrim. I didn't fight a dragon, but in combat it only dropped maybe 2-3 frames at most.

What games did you try? Are you on a wireless or wired network?

 

[Acccent]

I haven't and I'll readily admit that the thought didn't occur to me because I have the game (and DLC) already. I'll fire off an e-mail to Crytek later and will be sure to post any response that I rec--ahahahaha, who am I kidding, I'll just be ignored. But I'll try nonetheless.

Edit: How I got "Crytek" from "Ubi" is a mystery for the ages

Spoiler

(because it's 4:30am)

. I think it's safe to say that Ubi has no interest in releasing Rayman 2 on Steam beyond its current scope as MRORANGE semi-recently managed to get Valve to get Ubi to provide a Grid View image and yet the game is still a no-show.

Wait, don't bother if you have it already. I know a lot of people there, I can ask directly.
You'd be surprised at the kind of stuff that can happen just because people forgot about it except on an obscure enthusiast forum where madmen collect steam games

 

[Pakkidis]

1 hour left in my giveaway

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=98216120&postcount=19055

 

[rybrad]

I read it as being portable as in mobile... heh.

So uh maybe a dumb question but do you get the full game of Paranautaical Activity when it's released?

You should, that is how all copies of the game sold elsewhere have been.

 

[JakeD]

One thing i'll never get with a lot of the "really indie" indie games in bundles and whatnot is how weaksauce their "boxart" and logos are. They can really look incredibly amateurish... on the order of random DeviantArt fanart crap. Would it kill them to at spend 50 bucks or something on a haflway decent icon and cover art picture? I would imagine it would pay for itself pretty quick. Heck, I would imagine that they could even get someone from fiverr.com to to a better job than they do for a whopping 5 bucks.

yes. especially with alot of the greenlight games. the art design in the game itself could look great, but they'll use something that looks like it came from MS Paint as their official graphic.

i actually might start leaving comments on offending games greenlight pages...."hey if you were interested in a graphic upgrade, check out this guy selling on fiverr"

 

[Acccent]

One thing i'll never get with a lot of the "really indie" indie games in bundles and whatnot is how weaksauce their "boxart" and logos are. They can really look incredibly amateurish... on the order of random DeviantArt fanart crap. Would it kill them to at spend 50 bucks or something on a haflway decent icon and cover art picture? I would imagine it would pay for itself pretty quick. Heck, I would imagine that they could even get someone from fiverr.com to to a better job than they do for a whopping 5 bucks.

I agree so much with this. Most of the time when I get the indie royale bundle for instance I just glance at the images and go 'urk, no thanks'. They're really hurting themselves. Compare that to the iOS market where some developers rely so much on the icon that their design is actually a good percentage of the game's whole budget - and it works...

 

[Gvaz]

It's not just reddit, the thread here about third parties porting to PC had some of the most hilariously ignorant statements I've ever seen. PC gamers are all pirates who wait until the game is on sale for so little that they are LITERALLY STEALING FOOD FROM DEVELOPERS.

LITERALLY

I BROKE INTO THEIR HOUSE AND KNOCKED THE FOOD RIGHT OFF THEIR PLATES

yup, I'm going through a couple ps2 games every year, going through my list.

last year was persona 3 + nocturne + drakengard + the front mission series. pretty fruitful year

I'd love to do the xenosaga series + persona 4 this year since I want to get around finally playing baldur's gate

Xenosaga plays quite well on emulators actually.

I wish xenosaga was a better series if namcobandai hadn't stomped on them into oblivion trying to be a FFX killer. Still hasn't stopped me from playing the entire series twice on emulators, and twice on my OG PS2.

 

[Grief.exe]

Got a thread up on r/Games, changed the wording so I wouldn't get instantly shut down due to their no petitions rule.

 

[ohblahitsme]

So my only experience with roguelikes is FTL and I'm think about getting the Humble Weekly. Yay/nay?

 

[jaundicejuice]

Those are the 2 I already own though. How are Hack, slash, loot and Teleglitch?

Teleglitch is a top down Doom with rogue-like elements, The level lay-out, enemy mobs and items are all randomised and it has perma-death but it's not turn-based. I like Teleglitch quite a bit but the random aspect of item drops makes it really difficult beyond the first few areas. You have to be so sparing with your ammunition and a bit lucky to find the right crafting materials (you can make all manner of items from weapons to improvised explosives) or straight up weapon upgrades.

I've sunk about 8 hours into the game so far. Played it over 60 times, have yet to beat it.

 

[PandaPedinte]

So my only experience with roguelikes is FTL and I'm think about getting the Humble Weekly. Yay/nay?

Yes

 

[ohblahitsme]

From the Paradox event

#pdxcon @TheWesterFront says EU4 is comfortably played on Steam controller

from the same person: Watching EU4 being played on a steambox with the steam controller. I am a believer!

That game is the reason I want a Steam controller. So excited!