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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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Jawmuncher
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Quoting stuff I never even said....lol I love quote breaks.
So, I just finished The Swapper.
It's amazing. Exceedingly clever, the mechanic perfectly blends with the theme and the story, the visuals and the audio work together to create an atmosphere that's absolutely incredible and evokes concepts of physicality and organicity, in keeping with the narrative.
Specifically, the mechanic, while at first sight not really mind-blowing (I believe I have seen this cloning idea elsewhere before, on several occasions), turns out to be masterfully executed and explored, and a multiple points during the game you come across a puzzle that forces you to think outside the box and use the same tools that have been at your disposal since the start of the game in entirely new ways - actually this feeling might be the game's signature, the sudden jaw drop when you realize that, wait, I can use this device in that way too! I sincerely can't recall any game ever reinventing a single main mechanic in so many intelligent ways. Baffling.
With regards to the story, it's super clever as well, and it's told in a way that requires thought and participation - you have to piece things together, it's not all easily laid out in chronological order for you to gulp blindly. It works brilliantly because you are drawn to reflect on the themes and questions raised, and the answers are not obvious at all - you are led to ponder about the nature of your own mind and identity, in a way. The ending is phenomenal too. One slight frustration:
So, yeah. All in all, probably one of the most clever games I've ever played, if not the most clever. I encourage you all to play it if you don't mind putting your brain to work.
It's amazing. Exceedingly clever, the mechanic perfectly blends with the theme and the story, the visuals and the audio work together to create an atmosphere that's absolutely incredible and evokes concepts of physicality and organicity, in keeping with the narrative.
Specifically, the mechanic, while at first sight not really mind-blowing (I believe I have seen this cloning idea elsewhere before, on several occasions), turns out to be masterfully executed and explored, and a multiple points during the game you come across a puzzle that forces you to think outside the box and use the same tools that have been at your disposal since the start of the game in entirely new ways - actually this feeling might be the game's signature, the sudden jaw drop when you realize that, wait, I can use this device in that way too! I sincerely can't recall any game ever reinventing a single main mechanic in so many intelligent ways. Baffling.
With regards to the story, it's super clever as well, and it's told in a way that requires thought and participation - you have to piece things together, it's not all easily laid out in chronological order for you to gulp blindly. It works brilliantly because you are drawn to reflect on the themes and questions raised, and the answers are not obvious at all - you are led to ponder about the nature of your own mind and identity, in a way. The ending is phenomenal too. One slight frustration:
I didn't actually understand it all - I mean, I did get the story, but I was confused by the events happening on two or three instances... mostly because the same actor voices all the 'antagonists'. I know it's on purpose, but still, I didn't always know if I was following orders or rebelling against them...
So, yeah. All in all, probably one of the most clever games I've ever played, if not the most clever. I encourage you all to play it if you don't mind putting your brain to work.
Yeah, looks like. Any ScandiGAFfers want to help a guy out?
Using an 8 year old laptop on its last legs, although when running Windows 7, it was almost flawless. Also considering the native res is only 1280x800 and the host was displaying 1920x1080 you end up gets a super crisp Supersampled image when you unlock the bandwidth.
Running Dark Souls with DSFix set to 3200x1800 and then put down to 1280x710 when it streamed there was not even a trace of aliasing.
Linux was a different story on the same hardware but I think Ubuntu is a bit heavier than what that laptop can handle but OS X on a 2006 poly iMac was fine.
Nice! I'm streaming to a 720p TV, I have no idea why I didn't think of supersampling from 1080p to the streams 720p on the games that can handle it from my rig. Thanks for the tip!.
It's an 8gb RAM AMD A4-5000, so it's new, just cheap. As long as I can find drivers for everything, I'll report back with how well it works in SteamOS compared to Windows 8.1.
Ban Puncher
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I just bought the Legacy of Kain pack on Amazon, redeemed the keys on Steam and then suddenly thought "Wait, I'm never going to ever play these fucking games." then let out a long sigh.
YianGaruga
Banned
Sucks for you because those are great games.
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
Jawmuncher
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You never know when that boring rainy day might come and you decide to start up the game because you had nothing else to do.
Madrugador
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Max Payne 3 + Season Pass for $2.49 is an insane deal. GTA Trilogy for $1.99 too.
Ban Puncher
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I remember when all I had was a NES and three games and nothing else. There was no such concept as a backlog back then.
And those games got played.
And those games got played.
I've tried both and the performance was the same. When I display statistics I'm specifically seeing high display latency, usually greater than 200 ms.
Granted this is a pretty low budget laptop, but I am a little disappointed because I thought that was kind of the point.
I loved Soul Reaver back in the day. I never played any of the others but maybe I should now...
hm, I just took a glance at the Swapper achievements, surprised that I hadn't unlocked a single one during the game. wtf? i don't care about not having them, but those descriptions sure aren't helping should one try to get them all
edit: ah, just googled them and they're all for
, terrible.
edit: ah, just googled them and they're all for
hidden rooms
I really really disliked MP3. I wish it was more like MP1
I believe they added support for non-Steam games as well but to actually test it I'd have to dig out a disc and install it and frankly that's absurd. We're not Neanderthals after all.
hm, I just took a glance at the Swapper achievements, surprised that I hadn't unlocked a single one during the game. wtf? i don't care about not having them, but those descriptions sure aren't helping should one try to get them all
How is it possible that this
achievement has been unlocked by more players than this
You can stream anything that you can add overlay to, don't have to be bought from steam.
How is it possible that this
achievement has been unlocked by more players than this
see edit in previous post, they're not in chronological order at all
brotkasten
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I tested it with Final Fantasy X via PCSX2 last night and it worked well, aside from my terrible WiFi connection.
The folks in the group are keeping a running list up together.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/630802978907558546/
Everything I've tried has worked so far. jediyoshi got Origin working through shortcuts but Hasney couldn't get dolphin to register Xinput or Wii Remote controls whilst streaming.
Pop on in the thread as there quite a bit more activity in there now and ashecitism is doing a great job of keeping the OP updated with pertinent information.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=751832
Jawmuncher
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SO everyone got into the streaming beta right? I got an invite and I can't even use it.
I don't think I did...? I don't care I'm not gonna use it anyway x_x
hm, I just took a glance at the Swapper achievements, surprised that I hadn't unlocked a single one during the game. wtf? i don't care about not having them, but those descriptions sure aren't helping should one try to get them all
edit: ah, just googled them and they're all for, terrible.hidden rooms
Yup. It's one thing I totally hated, mainly because
they're not JUST hidden... they're literally impossible to find without at least a guide pointing you to the right places. - also, for sure now someone will come saying that there are LOTS of visual hints, but don't believe them, they just want to scramble your mind!!
Unfortunately, no it doesn`t have that. I`m not even sure if it has controller support, I think that controls for this game were made with KB+M support in mind.
Having said that, it's still a pretty cool multiplayer game, perfect for 1 or 2 quick, 5 minute rounds at a time. I really enjoyed those 12 hours I spend with it, and I still sometimes play it...
Someone in the Steam group claimed to get controls working in Dolphin after the last client update. Going to try again tonight, but the poster in question failed to answer if his controls were hooked up to the host or client computer.
Might have a roadblock on my tryout of SteamOS, people have trouble getting some Chinese knockoff wireless 360 controller adaptors like mine to work. Still, I'm curious enough to try it anyway.
Ooga Booga
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Thanks Coldsun for Blood Omen 2! It was the ony one I was missing from the series!
I didn't.
VikasNarula
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bad day
When you mentioned Dolphin last night the first thing that came into my mind was Metroid Prime Trilogy. Then I realised I don't have a spare 8gb memory card or hard drive to dump the disc onto
Going to pick one up on the way home. Hope my Wii still works.
PetriP-TNT
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bad day
Buy Bat Rats for 1xp
Finished Shelter which was pretty great. Took me about 2 hours, but that included me going afk for a bit and some idling for cards. It is serene and peaceful, but at other times there is a real sense of danger and the urge to survive kicks in. I loved the visuals and music as well. Can't say all my
little badgers made it to the end
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bad day
The perfect excuse to buy a game!
davonaytor
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So, I just finished The Swapper.
It's amazing. Exceedingly clever, the mechanic perfectly blends with the theme and the story, the visuals and the audio work together to create an atmosphere that's absolutely incredible and evokes concepts of physicality and organicity, in keeping with the narrative.
Specifically, the mechanic, while at first sight not really mind-blowing (I believe I have seen this cloning idea elsewhere before, on several occasions), turns out to be masterfully executed and explored, and a multiple points during the game you come across a puzzle that forces you to think outside the box and use the same tools that have been at your disposal since the start of the game in entirely new ways - actually this feeling might be the game's signature, the sudden jaw drop when you realize that, wait, I can use this device in that way too! I sincerely can't recall any game ever reinventing a single main mechanic in so many intelligent ways. Baffling.
With regards to the story, it's super clever as well, and it's told in a way that requires thought and participation - you have to piece things together, it's not all easily laid out in chronological order for you to gulp blindly. It works brilliantly because you are drawn to reflect on the themes and questions raised, and the answers are not obvious at all - you are led to ponder about the nature of your own mind and identity, in a way. The ending is phenomenal too. One slight frustration:I didn't actually understand it all - I mean, I did get the story, but I was confused by the events happening on two or three instances... mostly because the same actor voices all the 'antagonists'. I know it's on purpose, but still, I didn't always know if I was following orders or rebelling against them...
So, yeah. All in all, probably one of the most clever games I've ever played, if not the most clever. I encourage you all to play it if you don't mind putting your brain to work.
You're right, the game is absolutely fantastic, this was one of those "headphones, lights off" games for me. I managed to get really caught up in the story. Looking past the story and gameplay that you described, I thought the graphics were really unique and interesting, it almost felt like a claymation, with random real-world objects scattered throughout the foreground. The voice acting was really fitting, and I always felt compelled to listen to every conversation, which isn't really common for me in most video games.
Edit: btw, if you liked this game, check out the movie "Europa Report", it gave me a lot of the same sort of feelings as The Swapper with regards to atmosphere.
After ~200 hours, I've finally finished Black Flag (save for the DLC)!
But of course, it wouldn't be an Ubi game without a hilarious bug. After I skipped the end credits, the game spawned me at the very top of the game world:
I was free-falling for a good 20 or so seconds before I saw solid ground:
And I continued to fall for a further ~20 seconds before I hit it:
But of course, it wouldn't be an Ubi game without a hilarious bug. After I skipped the end credits, the game spawned me at the very top of the game world:
I was free-falling for a good 20 or so seconds before I saw solid ground:
And I continued to fall for a further ~20 seconds before I hit it:
JaseC's answer to everything.
Can't afford a decent dinner? Use that money to get a cheap new Steam game instead! The perfect excuse.
Congrats! How many save files did it take you?
My god I know I shouldn't be but that has me in stitches. I've got R Kelly stuck in my head and it's just poor old dead Edward with the words Desynchronized above him that's giving me the giggles.
Intheflorsh
Banned
The game actually looks pretty nice from that zoomed out, top down perspective.
Also, it would have been better if Kenway was impaled on the mast of his ship.
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