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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!

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Cth

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CheesecakeRecipe said:
New Humble Weekly: The Roguelike Bundle

Regular tier:

Paranautical Activity
Dungeons of Dredmor Complete
Hack, Slash, Loot

BTA: ($6)
Binding of Issac + Wrath of the Lamb
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit Gold
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Hrm, don't have HSL or PA.. Although, I just bought Eldritch yesterday.. Is PA similar (sans the HPL stuff?)
 
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PixelHorror

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Leg-End said:
Alan Wake's American Nightmare, I have this yet still not gotten around to playing it. I have a backlog, is it worth my time?
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It depends. I hated that game, poor's man Max Payne 3. All the cool stuff that Alan Wake had got lost, it's extremely repetitive and combat oriented.

I liked the villain though.
 
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Zafir

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Indiegala extra's, good luck!

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Backlogger said:
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?
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Mostly tried Saints Row IV, my main PC is on a wired connection and my laptop is wireless.

Usually get 60 FPS on Saints Row IV maxed out but my FPS drops to 30 once I turn on streaming
 
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Leg-End

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PixelHorror said:
It depends. I hated that game, poor's man Max Payne 3. All the cool stuff that Alan Wake had got lost, it's extremely repetitive and combat oriented.

I liked the villain though.
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Relax.MX said:
No. Its mediocre, is go to point A to point B and then C and again with a shitty story.
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Urgh, I wasn't a huge fan of the originals combat in the first place. I'll shuffle it down the list and come back to it during a lull. Thanks guys.
 
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Turfster

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Divius said:
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.
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It's... kinda opaque at times (no explanation for the
night "stay in the spotlight or babies die"
mechanic, for example), and you can lose babies due to bad pathfinding. I gave up when I wanted/needed to enter a cave and it kept bouncing me back out.
Also, it's wasd locked with no azerty support or option to change it, which is just sad in this day and age.
 
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Caerith

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Leg-End said:
Alan Wake's American Nightmare, I have this yet still not gotten around to playing it. I have a backlog, is it worth my time?
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American Nightmare fixes everything wrong with Alan Wake. It also fixes everything right with Alan Wake. It's pretty short though so you might as well play it and form you own opinion.
 
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Clever Pun

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Lord British said:
I didn't like them. :p 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.
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jaundicejuice said:
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.
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Thank you both - teleglitch isn't sounding like something that I'd be very interested in. I'll just pass on the bundle for now.
 
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Relax.MX

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Caerith said:
American Nightmare fixes everything wrong with Alan Wake. It also fixes everything right with Alan Wake. It's pretty short though so you might as well play it and form you own opinion.
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Not short enough, I got bored. But im with you just play the game and create your opinion.
 
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nexen

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This may not be the right place for it, but GAF outside of steamGAF is scary.

The PC port of NFS:Rivals is an absolute travesty.

Locked physics sim rate is the real problem, not the 30fps cap.

If your frame rate dips you go into slow motion. So if you are going 120mph at 15fps you are effectively going 60mph. But the race timers remain at real time.
So ... about those time trials? Yeah. That works just as well as it sounds.

Plus the game is always online and your opponents may or may not be operating at the correct physics rate. It is absolutely mind blowing that they released the game in this state. It is awful.
 
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vocab

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Freezard said:
Well I'm not a fan of these types of indie games. And yeah, Dredmor and Isaac have been in other bundles or are dirt cheap. Also just the sight of Dredmor makes me go red, so I guess that was my initial impression of the bundle ;)

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Talk about missing the point.
 
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Caerith

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nexen said:
This may not be the right place for it, but GAF outside of steamGAF is scary.

The PC port of NFS:Rivals is an absolute travesty.

Locked physics sim rate is the real problem, not the 30fps cap.

If your frame rate dips you go into slow motion. So if you are going 120mph at 15fps you are effectively going 60mph. But the race timers remain at real time.
So ... about those time trials? Yeah. That works just as well as it sounds.

Plus the game is always online and your opponents may or may not be operating at the correct physics rate. It is absolutely mind blowing that they released the game in this state. It is awful.
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Early Access?
 
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Zafir

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nexen said:
This may not be the right place for it, but GAF outside of steamGAF is scary.

The PC port of NFS:Rivals is an absolute travesty.

Locked physics sim rate is the real problem, not the 30fps cap.

If your frame rate dips you go into slow motion. So if you are going 120mph at 15fps you are effectively going 60mph. But the race timers remain at real time.
So ... about those time trials? Yeah. That works just as well as it sounds.

Plus the game is always online and your opponents may or may not be operating at the correct physics rate. It is absolutely mind blowing that they released the game in this state. It is awful.
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If it's like the PS4 version, you can set it so it creates a private lobby.

Doesn't solve the frame rate issues though. :/
 
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nexen

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Caerith said:
Early Access?
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Sadly no. This is a full, multi-platform release by Electronic Arts. Probably less of a problem on consoles because known hardware and they can tune it to keep the framerate up.
Not something easily patchable, I'd imagine. I bet their physics system relies on fixed stepping. Just awful.
 
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Exuro

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God damnit Comcast. Order 50mbps on the cheap and they never got the order even though I received a confirmation email.
 
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nexen

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Dr Dogg said:
EA game is EA game shocker.
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I've enjoyed most of the Need for Speed games, especially the ones from the recent Hot Pursuit on. Even The Run was 'ok'. Past this glaring technical issue the game looks amazing and is probably as fun as the others. I've heard good things about the ps4 version.

But this is a broken game by any standards and it is shameful that they released it this state.

edit: I'm going to try to play it on my beast rig and see if I can get a stable 30hz. but that means I have to lurk in the basement to play. *RAGE*.
 
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nexen said:
I've enjoyed most of the Need for Speed games, especially the ones from the recent Hot Pursuit on. Even The Run was 'ok'. Past this glaring technical issue the game looks amazing and is probably as fun as the others. I've heard good things about the ps4 version.

But this is a broken game by any standards and it is shameful that they released it this state.

edit: I'm going to try to play it on my beast rig and see if I can get a stable 30hz. but that means I have to lurk in the basement to play. *RAGE*.
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Yeah I was never a fan of the series after EA got their grubby hands on it until Criterion came on board. Granted Most Wanted has a few hickups and was a bit of a glorified Burnout but did have fun with it.

On the subject of Rivals have you seen this about a 60fps work around?

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=378624&page=11

Unlocks the framerate and settles the animations down but needs rock steady performance.
 
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nexen

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Dr Dogg said:
Yeah I was never a fan of the series after EA got their grubby hands on it until Criterion came on board. Granted Most Wanted has a few hickups and was a bit of a glorified Burnout but did have fun with it.

On the subject of Rivals have you seen this about a 60fps work around?

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=378624&page=11

Unlocks the framerate and settles the animations down but needs rock steady performance.
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I can't reach a stable 30hz on my (preferred) rig, let alone 60. That fix would only make things worse for me.

I could deal with a 30 fps racer with occasional dips. It would be disappointing, but I'd manage. But I can't deal with a racing game where the flow of time is variable. It is just broken :[

edit: Need for Speed: Most Wanted is probably my favorite arcade racer of all time. Burnout Paradise with licensed supercars is pretty much all I ever wanted.
 
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Gvaz

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InfiniteNine said:
What do you have? I could pretty much play it with everything in the setting menu maxed out with my GTX 460.
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I had an HD4890 and if i put it on medium settings I was lucky to get 25fps which was way too janky at 1920x1200.

Now since that one died, im using a backup, which is an HD5550. From what I can tell it's like, 25% weaker. I need to see if someone has a spare graphics card lying around they'd sell me for cheap or give away...
 
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Posting again to get the word out for those that don't know. Hopefully people don't get too annoyed, I just feel very strongly about diversifying the platform.

Sign the petition, retweet on Twitter, and check out Reddit to help out the campaign.

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PC Gamers Assemble!

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Let's come together as a community and show Sega that the demand for Bayo, Vanquish, VF5, Valkyria Chronicles, and more is there.

Petition
GAF Thread
Retweet to spread the word

Got a couple Reddit threads up and I would appreciate taking the time to check them out and join in on the discussion.

Usually have some backlash on Reddit from console warriors for whatever reason. I did include a section for, 'I'm console-only, why should I care?'

r/Steam

r/PCGaming

r/pcmasterrace

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EDIT: r/games thread killed due to 'no petitions' rule. I changed the wording in order to skirt the rules but they were onto me.
 
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Dr Dogg

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nexen said:
I can't reach a stable 30hz on my (preferred) rig, let alone 60. That fix would only make things worse for me.

I could deal with a 30 fps racer with occasional dips. It would be disappointing, but I'd manage. But I can't deal with a racing game where the flow of time is variable. It is just broken :[

edit: Need for Speed: Most Wanted is probably my favorite arcade racer of all time. Burnout Paradise with licensed supercars is pretty much all I ever wanted.
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And better still no DJ Atomica!

The DLC's for Most Wanted are actually not bad either (providing you get the bundle cheap).
 
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nexen

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Dr Dogg said:
And better still no DJ Atomica!

The DLC's for Most Wanted are actually not bad either (providing you get the bundle cheap).
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I got them for free because GMG is awesome and gave me free stuff.
The airport is insane. Feels like a Tony Hawk game.
 
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Rickenslacker

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OldAsUrSock said:
Where did that dog come from?
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YianGaruga said:
I've been thinking about this for the last 10 minutes. It's just materializing out of nowhere.
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yuraya said:
it had to of been right behind the chair and jumped backwards as he was falling with quick reflexes? or maybe a magic trick
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HoosTrax said:
Seriously guys? The "dog" is the beer can rolling towards the wall and spewing its now fizzy contents out onto the floor.
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Just catching up with the thread and this exchange had me bursting out laughing, it's like a Scooby-Doo revelation.
I saw a dog too.
 
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Tenrius

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Company of Heroes 2 is pretty great. Nothing more satisfying than obliterating everything with a Katyusha barrage or breaking the ice under an enemy tank crossing the river.
 
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Shawn6661

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Tenrius said:
Company of Heroes 2 is pretty great. Nothing more satisfying than obliterating everything with a Katyusha barrage or breaking the ice under an enemy tank crossing the river.
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COH2 is, from what i played in the beta, good but nowhere as good as the first one.
 
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Grampa Simpson

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Grief.exe said:
Posting again to get the word out for those that don't know. Hopefully people don't get too annoyed, I just feel very strongly about diversifying the platform.

Put up a new thread on r/Games since the last post. Hopefully people can check it out and join in on the discussion if they desire, I have huge traction on r/gaming, but r/games is just a string of downvotes right now. Strange.

Sign the petition and retweet on Twitter to help out the campaign.
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Signed.
 
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Kiru

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What about porting MadWorld too? Or is it too gory, not worth a PC port ?
I really liked that game. It was just a bit monotone and short. Still had an awesome artstyle and superb soundtrack. Just PlatinumGames goodness.

EDIT: Now that I think about it. Heavily Motion Control based...
 
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Initial impressions of in-home streaming: my four year and a half year old MacBook Pro does a much better job than my three and a half year old HP laptop, but I believe the MBP has a better video card.

I can't get Dark Souls to stream but I suspect DSFix is the culprit there. I'm going to remove it and try it out.
 
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