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kulapik

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18 years from this exact moment, I was born, so that kicks off my big giveaway. I was hoping to do a bigger one, but Steam is always at it :( Good luck!

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Caerith

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Stumpokapow said:
Lobster is working pretty well for me, since un-upgraded it's just got two variants and it takes a long time to make. Ditched ice cream because the number of variants is too high. Corn Dogs, Fish, and Coffee are definitely worth it though.
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The only thing I don't like about lobster is that it isn't fire & forget, but that cook time is pretty nice. I think the only time I used ice cream in the normal game was when I was forced to for a challenge-- for the number of variants, I'd rather use sushi and work on the exotic pin.

kulapik said:
18 years from this exact moment, I was born, so that kicks off my big giveaway. I was hoping to do a bigger one, but Steam is always at it :( Good luck!
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Happy incept date-versary!
 
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BinaryPork2737

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Dusk Golem said:
Speaking of games I played last night, I haven't beaten it yet, but played Motte Island for about two and a half hours last night, so some quick impressions.

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Could be worth a shake if you're curious enough or like top-down horror games a lot or something, though.
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Shame, I was hoping it would be better. Guess I'll wait until it's inevitably bundled.

kulapik said:
18 years from this exact moment, I was born, so that kicks off my big giveaway.
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Happy birthday!
 
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Overdoziz

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Uninstalled Gueacamelee. A lot of frustration with very little satisfying. I was at the final boss and I'm sure I could've beaten it eventually, but I really couldn't be bothered.
 
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Levyne

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Overdoziz said:
Uninstalled Gueacamelee. A lot of frustration with very little satisfying. I was at the final boss and I'm sure I could've beaten it eventually, but I really couldn't be bothered.
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Aww :(

The final boss owned me the first time I went to him but you just implement one or two little tricks and he becomes a lot easier.

Such as
jumping away
instead of
dodging
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But too late now :<
 
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Overdoziz

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Levyne said:
Aww :(

The final boss owned me the first time I went to him but you just implement one or two little tricks and he becomes a lot easier.

Such as
jumping away
instead of
dodging
.

But too late now :<
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I actually got to his second form, but while trying to beat it I just came to the conclusion that the frustration is just not worth the reward.
I usually don't get frustrated much by games. Games like Dark Souls and Trials can actually be quite relaxing to me. Guacamelee just has something that makes it frustrating when you're getting hit by enemies. Can't really pin-point what the issue is, but it just makes for a frustrating ordeal.
 
corrosivefrost

corrosivefrost

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Thanks for the Gun Monkeys matches, derExperte.

Overdoziz said:
I actually got to his second form, but while trying to beat it I just came to the conclusion that the frustration is just not worth the reward.
I usually don't get frustrated much by games. Games like Dark Souls and Trials can actually be quite relaxing to me. Guacamelee just has something that makes it frustrating when you're getting hit by enemies. Can't really pin-point what the issue is, but it just makes for a frustrating ordeal.
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The Jaguar and the 1st form of the final boss are more annoying until you learn how to dodge and patiently counter attack. 2nd form of the final boss is pretty easy overall -- he's got like 4-5 attacks and each has a dead giveaway startup animation.

Sorry you found it frustrating though -- I can't imagine how Dark Souls is relaxing and Guacamelee is frustrating, but hey, we all have different points of view. ;)
 
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Anteater

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Overdoziz said:
I actually got to his second form, but while trying to beat it I just came to the conclusion that the frustration is just not worth the reward.
I usually don't get frustrated much by games. Games like Dark Souls and Trials can actually be quite relaxing to me. Guacamelee just has something that makes it frustrating when you're getting hit by enemies. Can't really pin-point what the issue is, but it just makes for a frustrating ordeal.
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hmm, I think you might be missing something with the last boss, he only has a few attacks which can be dodged easily, I died fighting him without knowing to use crouch to dodge one of his attacks since I've never used it the entire game :p The rest are basically just moving away.

Oh I remember the first form was kind of lame, because you don't get to hit him much when you get the chance so it's a bit grindy.
 
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FiveElementNinja

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corrosivefrost said:
Sorry you found it frustrating though -- I can't imagine how Dark Souls is relaxing and Guacamelee is frustrating, but hey, we all have different points of view. ;)
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That's actually how I felt too. I liked Guacamelee a lot and finished it, but it was quite frustrating for me toward the end. I sucked at all the switching light/dark and matching attacks to the colors. I'm still working my way through Dark Souls, but I rarely get frustrated playing it. Shrug.
 
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Anteater

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corrosivefrost said:
The Jaguar and the 1st form of the final boss are more annoying until you learn how to dodge and patiently counter attack. 2nd form of the final boss is pretty easy overall -- he's got like 4-5 attacks and each has a dead giveaway startup animation.

Sorry you found it frustrating though -- I can't imagine how Dark Souls is relaxing and Guacamelee is frustrating, but hey, we all have different points of view. ;)
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Jaguar man was actually the highlight for me, even though that shitty shield was annoying but I got through it, it was kind of intense :0

The last boss was weak though but the last dungeon was incredibly fun.
 
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nampad

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Pops Maellard

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Made the mistake of purchasing The Force Unleashed from Gamefly because it was about $5 cheaper. Now I have to deal with their terrible download manager that stalls every three minutes and won't break past 870kbps even though my down is 89.64mbps.

As broke as I am, I've been seriously considering just eating the $15 loss and buying it on Steam because of how awful this is.
 
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BiggNife

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Miker said:
FEAR's gunplay is amazing, but the level design is also amazingly bland after just a few hours. There's very little variety beyond offices and warehouses, and the game doesn't really escalate as much as you'd think. Then there's the end, with the
ghosts
, which was just no fun at all. And it really goes on for a while, too.

FEAR 2 tried to make up for it with more interesting environments, but honestly, I only remember the school.
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Yeah, I'm actually one of those people who liked FEAR 2 more because the environments were way more interesting. It's true that the AI isn't as good but it's still totally fine. FEAR 1's office buildings are so bland that it feels like they just copied and pasted the same three buildings.
 
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vg260

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Been waiting on a CSD sale sine I missed the holiday Steam sale. I guess I'll wait for a Humble Store sale now if it gives both versions.
 
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TouchMyBox

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DukeBobby said:
I said I wasn't going to use a guide to complete Fez, but some of these puzzles are ridiculous.

For example, there is no way I could solve the Security Question puzzle by myself. I'm too stupid.
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There is no shame, son. I don't think that game expects a single person to figure it all out by themselves.
 
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Exuro

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Blizzard said:
I think I finally have a clue about the update/play now dialog box -- has anyone else been having problems with it?
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I was going to reply to your bigger post by saying you should be able to manually download previous versions of games kind of like how you can download beta versions that the devs put out.
 
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KenOD

a kinder, gentler sort of Scrooge
TheJesusFish said:
I hope I did this right...
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Aye, you did it exactly right. Many thanks for the game, I'm sure with it I can become an accomplished surgeon in no time with such a simulator.

My girlfriend who is an actual surgeon is now laughing at this idea. So, there you go, you brought laughter to my household.

Dusk Golem said:
Speaking of games I played last night, I haven't beaten it yet, but played Motte Island for about two and a half hours last night, so some quick impressions.
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Thanks for this. Poor back-tracking in games is a good way to kill interest in a title for me, so I believe I shall skip this one.
 
jshackles

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KenOD said:
Aye, you did it exactly right. Many thanks for the game, I'm sure with it I can become an accomplished surgeon in no time with such a simulator.

My girlfriend who is an actual surgeon is now laughing at this idea. So, there you go, you brought laughter to my household.
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I always wondered what real surgeons thought of the game. I guess it's a bit akin to actual guitarists playing Guitar Hero. Or a forklift driver playing this game.

Now you just need to convince her to play the game on Twitch with commentary.
 
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Blizzard

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Exuro said:
I was going to reply to your bigger post by saying you should be able to manually download previous versions of games kind of like how you can download beta versions that the devs put out.
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Yeah, that would be even better, but at minimum I would just like to be able to opt out, even though I know that's only useful in some cases. Here is what I have so far.

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So, remember my eternal quest, complaining about how Steam doesn't let you opt out of updates? Finally, a few months back, this dialog box started coming up, and I thought they had finally added the reasonable feature.

Then after another month or so, it stopped working for me. Quite recently there was a thread where some people such as myself mentioned it didn't work, and other people mentioned they still DID get the dialog box.

Today I got the dialog box again, and here is my current theory, though it's stupid if it really works this way:
  • If you set a game to NOT automatically download updates, and then try to launch it once an update has become available, you are forced to download the update. No choice, you cannot play it until it is fully updated. If you went offline this might also prevent you from playing the game at all, but I didn't test that.
  • If you set a game to automatically download updates, the default, BUT IT HAS NOT YET UPDATED because it on the download queue behind other games, then you will get that play/update prompt when you launch it.
Valve please, why can't we just always get the dialog box? ;_; Sometimes people don't want to update games. It's not a huge request!
 
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Aitor

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Pakkidis

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http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/toxic-bundle/

GRRR. Really torn on this new toxic bundle. I have never played the stalker series before but I don't just want one game. I would rather pay a bit more and get all three.

The other games aren't bad, but don't really interest me either. Decisions Decisions....

What do you guys think of the bundle? Have some of you played most of the games?
 
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Levyne

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Hey Steam gaf. Audio question.

My computer seems to be making a buzzing noise. I recently installed an ASUS card. Uh, this one. The buzzing is light and only present if no other sound is playing. As soon as I have any audio play, it will go away, and they slowly build back up when nothing is sounding off. Doesn't matter if I output speakers or headphones. I'd tried googling but most issues seems to be for a more drastic, permanent buzzing problem. For instance, this doesn't affect me in a game or movie or stream. But when I tab to read Neogaf and the buzzing begins, it's a bit annoying :/

Advice?
 
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rtcn63

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Levyne said:
Hey Steam gaf. Audio question.

My computer seems to be making a buzzing noise. I recently installed an ASUS card. Uh, this one. The buzzing is light and only present if no other sound is playing. As soon as I have any audio play, it will go away, and they slowly build back up when nothing is sounding off. Doesn't matter if I output speakers or headphones. I'd tried googling but most issues seems to be for a more drastic, permanent buzzing problem. For instance, this doesn't affect me in a game or movie or stream. But when I tab to read Neogaf and the buzzing begins, it's a bit annoying :/

Advice?
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Interference? I can hear buzzing when I scroll my mouse, etc.
 
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HoosTrax

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jshackles said:
I always wondered what real surgeons thought of the game. I guess it's a bit akin to actual guitarists playing Guitar Hero. Or a forklift driver playing this game.

Now you just need to convince her to play the game on Twitch with commentary.
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I don't know the answer to that one, but I was kind of amused at the article an actual goat farmer wrote re: her experiences with Goat Simulator.

Goatmyth by goatmyth, she debunks them all: “Goats are picky eaters; they do not eat everything. They like Rolling Rock, not Natty Light. They use their tongues for flirting, not for dragging people into oncoming traffic. They are affectionate creatures who fall asleep on your lap.”

She articulates, “They.Are Not.Killing.Machines.” She harrumphs—indignant at my obvious lack of respect.
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KenOD

a kinder, gentler sort of Scrooge
jshackles said:
I always wondered what real surgeons thought of the game. I guess it's a bit akin to actual guitarists playing Guitar Hero. Or a forklift driver playing this game.

Now you just need to convince her to play the game on Twitch with commentary.
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Once we got past the cartoony aesthetics and played a bit of it, she admitted to having nightmares like this back when she was doing her surgery rotation. Arms just out of control, no dexterity, organs being flung about, etc.

I did get a laugh at the start of the first thing and her immediate response was "oh he's already dead" in response to the lack of proper covering and prep.
 
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Levyne

Banned
Kirosia said:
Interference? I can hear buzzing when I scroll my mouse, etc.
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Maybe. It's just weird that it only kicks in when nothing else plays. Like the soundcard is bored, haha. Even the windows "ping" after moving the volume slider will cut it out for a bit.
 
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Miker

Member
jaundicejuice said:
Does anyone have any personal experience with the PC port of Beyond Good & Evil? I recall hearing it was kind of awful.
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No, but I think I've heard similarly bad things about the port. I have, however, played the XBLA version and I can vouch for that being pretty solid. All widescreened up and looks decent enough too.
 
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