Probably the best game I played last year.
Surprisingly, RIPD actually has some excellent backgrounds
http://steamcardexchange.net/index.php?backgroundviewer-995
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Probably the best game I played last year.
Surprisingly, RIPD actually has some excellent backgrounds
http://steamcardexchange.net/index.php?backgroundviewer-995
The Dear Leader
Banned
Sweeeetttt, I won Broforce, thanks a ton StAidan, your'e awesome.
A lot of cool recommendations so far. I may have to go and buy some now if I can get them fairly cheap.
I like the Binding of Isaac backgrounds. Some of them are simple but very nice looking.
corrosivefrost
Member
I know some of you playfire rewards cats want this monaco achievement too. who's going to help me get it?
In the Greenlight case, they do promotions for games on GL by telling their members to vote them up, and when those games are greenlit, everyone who voted for them gets a free Steam key. Then non-members like you hear about pepole getting free Steam games through word of mouth, join the group and get your own free shit, spread the word, and attract new members, making the group bigger and, presumably, more influential. Meanwhile, the dev gets his game on Steam, which means they can finally make some money, and can add the free keys they gave away to their total sales numbers (if they were so inclined). Plus, once you've been through GL once, it's much easier to get your next game on Steam without having to jump through hoops.
Everybody wins...except for Valve, whose service is becoming more devalued as more total schlock comes onto it. And yes, it is "gaming the system", which is why GL may be going away soon. I have to say, as a member myself, that even though that would mean the end of free games for me and countless others, I do hope that happens - for Steam's sake, if nothing else.
derExperte
Member
The Twilight Zone background looks sweet, unfortunately I missed it when someone put it up for 1 cent: http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/238260-Twilight Zone
The piano one? If you tell me what to do....
The piano one? If you tell me what to do....
Happy birthday Zkylon, not the best weather to go out today in Buenos Aires but you can always play some games or stare at your steam library, turn off your pc and go watch a movie
Meanwhile, I completed another game, #57
Super Sanctum TD
Started playing for the Playfire Rewards and decided to go all the way.
Super Sanctum TD is a simple Tower Defense game, so if you don't like the genre it won't change your mind. On normal it is quite easy but on hard some stages are a bit of a challenge. Besides the difficulty settings, there are 2 playmodes, one which consists of 10 waves of enemies until you beat the boss in the last wave, and survival mode, which like the name says you have to try and stay alive as long as you can. This mode has leaderboards so you can compete with friends and see who lasted longer. But I didn't find it particularly fun.
There are a few achievements that which I hated, Liberator (killing 10000 walkers) and Golden Idol (kill a golden walker), specially the latter which only spawns randomly every 3-5k kills.
I should really get in on these Playfire thingums T_T
gabrielt16
Member
damn missed broforce giveaway ];
I'm the only one who found irony in the name of the winner? No? Just me? Ok.
corrosivefrost
Member
I know some of you playfire rewards cats want this monaco achievement too. who's going to help me get it?
StAidan
Member
You're quite welcome, consider it your free ticket to a front row seat on the hype train!
Original Sin looks great but there's a CE sub in the registry so I'm holding out for that.
...look closer.
Steam's base price is $59.99 versus GMG's $49.99.
Widdly Scuds
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for the new page
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Rickenslacker
Banned
Speaking of Steam profile backgrounds I've kind of come to the realization I don't like how they are currently. Seems very limited in what can be offered when everything either needs to be set on a black backdrop or fade to black. I've been wanting something serene and earthy, and I haven't really been happy with the choices.
Why not allow for background tiling, or fixed placement? I might just not bother with backgrounds altogether. Though I am currently a fan of Autumn Woods from Faerie Solitaire.
Why not allow for background tiling, or fixed placement? I might just not bother with backgrounds altogether. Though I am currently a fan of Autumn Woods from Faerie Solitaire.
corrosivefrost
Member
It's a pain in the ass -- but we need at least 3 people.
We go to the private poker game area on the casino.
We hopefully blow up the people in the room.
Then we coordinate playing the piano (3 of us) until the achievement pops.
Like this, but with 3 players:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyjRIAw0fF4
They Bleed Pixels is an excellent kusoge, and everyone should own it.
derExperte
Member
I added you on Steam (Mindeye).
Looks complicated. And I'm not particularily good at this game yet, haven't even gotten that far.
trailmix16
Member
thanks, you said it better than I could have. It's sort of interesting that the availability of game creation tools could possibly be a bad thing, as shown in greenlight, as well as these bundle sites (retro packs). I don't know much about getting a game released so I may be completely off base, but it seems like it's either feast or famine for a platform like steam as well as the gamer: either everyone can get their game released, niche titles, labors of love, as well as cash-grabs, or the curation is left to specific parties who may have particular (i.e. boring dudebro) taste and the medium is set back a few years. I dunno.
Consequence
Member
I still haven't levelled my Commando fully
very excited for a sequel though
corrosivefrost
Member
The end result looks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94OQBphKmno
The guy in the video in my above post basically uses the pickpocket to maximize loot (so he gets more uses of the c4 -- which is the only reason he goes underground) and then then makes his way to the room with the piano and slowly c4s everyone to death... I think if you use c4, they leave no skeleton and can't be revived.
If you want to try sometime (we need a third), just let me know). Otherwise, cool that you added me.
The other video (this post) it looks like they killed the whole floor and then set up to do it.
It's official, I'm going to see Sir Paul in two Saturdays' time. UruGAF, here I come.
And I just remembered I had bought the Rainbow Six games not too long ago, due to randomly browsing my Steam library in "all games" mode. Guess I must have done it when I didn't have the client open, because they weren't installed. It's nice to get that kind of surprises!
And I just remembered I had bought the Rainbow Six games not too long ago, due to randomly browsing my Steam library in "all games" mode. Guess I must have done it when I didn't have the client open, because they weren't installed. It's nice to get that kind of surprises!
PandaPedinte
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derExperte
Member
If you want to try sometime (we need a third), just let me know). Otherwise, cool that you added me.
The other video (this post) it looks like they killed the whole floor and then set up to do it.
Time to go to bed but I'll play up to that level tomorrow and if someone else wants to help we can try.
The opposite is always fun, too: buying a game you already own without realising it because you forgot that Steam was set to only show installed games.
Good points. What's really needed now, though, is for Valve to put someone - anyone - in charge of game curation and QUALITY CONTROL on Steam. The current situation reminds me strongly of the deluge of absolute dreck that preceded the 1981 Video Games Crash, and I'm surely not the only one thinking that. While it's true that every successful platform has its own mountain of shovelware (look at Wii, PS1, Gameboy/Advance/DS...), it can only grow so large before it threatens to topple over and smother the format in shit.
Widdly Scuds
Member
Indeed, I haven't finished it yet I'm only at Dream 3, Chapter 1. It's on sale at GMG at the moment; I bought the copy I'm giving away with my Playfire rewards
Valve's curation is what necessitated Greenlight in the first place and that road is not one it's going to retread, regardless of intent, when Greenlight will be gone in a matter of months in favour of a system that removes Valve as the gatekeeper entirely -- reportedly there will be a "curated space" but what this actually means remains to be seen.
The Dear Leader
Banned
It's the most patriotic thing I've ever played, I'm really loving it.
And we will all be here for the Great Steam Crash of 2015. History in the making, gaiz.
I, for one, would rather Steam (and the Internet as a whole) remain a library rather than become a market bazaar, but it seems I'm yelling at clouds on that front.
There are great books on bazaars that never got into a library though. Limiting Steam and even the Internet as a whole to a library seems like a terrible, shortsighted approach( more on the Internet part, that is).
Honestly, depending on how it's handled, Steam abandoning curation entirely may make me abandon Steam.
I think it will just hurt everyone in the long run. Developers getting less exposure (one of the main draws to being on Steam) and users getting swamped with endless waves of shit (See: iOS/Android)
I'm trying to remain neutral until I can see the whole picture, custom storefronts may end up solving both of those problems to some extent but I'm not feeling too good about this right now.
I think it will just hurt everyone in the long run. Developers getting less exposure (one of the main draws to being on Steam) and users getting swamped with endless waves of shit (See: iOS/Android)
I'm trying to remain neutral until I can see the whole picture, custom storefronts may end up solving both of those problems to some extent but I'm not feeling too good about this right now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I'm doing a friends list purge on all of my gaming friends lists because I got to the Xbox Live cap and was pretty near my Steam cap.
The rules I'm using to remove people are the following:
- Last active date before a few months ago and no real evidence of any game activity? Removed. You can add me again if you start using Steam again.
- I can't figure out who you are. Are you an IRL friend? If not, does your username or bio match a GAF user? If not, does your avatar match a GAF user?
- If we've interacted before (gifting either way, chats beyond you asking me for a username change or whatever, talked about anything significant) you should hopefully still be on the list.
I think those rules are fair. If I removed you and you're an active person in here, I'm sorry, it's not personal. It's not an insult. I didn't remove you because I don't like you. I removed you because I didn't recognize you. Feel free to add me again (also please don't add me again and send me a message saying "y u remove i thot w wer frends" or whatever, let's be adult here). Also if you do fall into this category and re-friend me, don't send me a message to remind me that Bing Bung 69 on GAF is Mussolini's Shameful Secret on Steam. I won't remember that ten days from now. Just re-friend me
The rules I'm using to remove people are the following:
- Last active date before a few months ago and no real evidence of any game activity? Removed. You can add me again if you start using Steam again.
- I can't figure out who you are. Are you an IRL friend? If not, does your username or bio match a GAF user? If not, does your avatar match a GAF user?
- If we've interacted before (gifting either way, chats beyond you asking me for a username change or whatever, talked about anything significant) you should hopefully still be on the list.
I think those rules are fair. If I removed you and you're an active person in here, I'm sorry, it's not personal. It's not an insult. I didn't remove you because I don't like you. I removed you because I didn't recognize you. Feel free to add me again (also please don't add me again and send me a message saying "y u remove i thot w wer frends" or whatever, let's be adult here). Also if you do fall into this category and re-friend me, don't send me a message to remind me that Bing Bung 69 on GAF is Mussolini's Shameful Secret on Steam. I won't remember that ten days from now. Just re-friend me
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
Crysis 1, 2, and 3
Metro 2033 and Metro 2033 Last Light
Battlefield 4
Witcher 2
Trine 2
Hitman: Absolution
Tomb Raider 2014
Mafia II
Those are varying degrees of demanding and pretty. I feel like I'm forgetting some obvious ones.
Some F2P titles:
Warframe
Hawken
Mechwarrior Online
And then there's all sorts of benchmarking software.
3DMark
Unigine Heaven
Star Swarm
Catzilla
...And this is the profile background I'm using.
-MD-
Member
I'm doing a friends list purge on all of my gaming friends lists because I got to the Xbox Live cap and was pretty near my Steam cap.
The rules I'm using to remove people are the following:
- Last active date before a few months ago and no real evidence of any game activity? Removed. You can add me again if you start using Steam again.
- I can't figure out who you are. Are you an IRL friend? If not, does your username or bio match a GAF user? If not, does your avatar match a GAF user?
- If we've interacted before (gifting either way, chats beyond you asking me for a username change or whatever, talked about anything significant) you should hopefully still be on the list.
I think those rules are fair. If I removed you and you're an active person in here, I'm sorry, it's not personal. It's not an insult. I didn't remove you because I don't like you. I removed you because I didn't recognize you. Feel free to add me again (also please don't add me again and send me a message saying "y u remove i thot w wer frends" or whatever, let's be adult here). Also if you do fall into this category and re-friend me, don't send me a message to remind me that Bing Bung 69 on GAF is Mussolini's Shameful Secret on Steam. I won't remember that ten days from now. Just re-friend me
Or you could just delete the people you want to delete and not make a long winded post about it like most folks.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Who needs to remember when you can add a nickname?Also if you do fall into this category and re-friend me, don't send me a message to remind me that Bing Bung 69 on GAF is Mussolini's Shameful Secret on Steam. I won't remember that ten days from now. Just re-friend me
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
The post is obviously to sort of notify if anyone wonders why he may have deleted them, and sometimes one might delete someone and not realize it's someone they want/don't mind having on their friends list. Especially if that person changes their name/icon a lot.
-MD-
Member
Are they going to seek out a buried post in the middle of a steam thread to find this information?
Should we make a sticky?
that's a lot of sugar coating for you to call it purgeI'm doing a friends list purge on all of my gaming friends lists because I got to the Xbox Live cap and was pretty near my Steam cap.
The rules I'm using to remove people are the following:
- Last active date before a few months ago and no real evidence of any game activity? Removed. You can add me again if you start using Steam again.
- I can't figure out who you are. Are you an IRL friend? If not, does your username or bio match a GAF user? If not, does your avatar match a GAF user?
- If we've interacted before (gifting either way, chats beyond you asking me for a username change or whatever, talked about anything significant) you should hopefully still be on the list.
I think those rules are fair. If I removed you and you're an active person in here, I'm sorry, it's not personal. It's not an insult. I didn't remove you because I don't like you. I removed you because I didn't recognize you. Feel free to add me again (also please don't add me again and send me a message saying "y u remove i thot w wer frends" or whatever, let's be adult here). Also if you do fall into this category and re-friend me, don't send me a message to remind me that Bing Bung 69 on GAF is Mussolini's Shameful Secret on Steam. I won't remember that ten days from now. Just re-friend me
you should word it more like optimizing your friends list
purges are scary
Yeah, like Mein Kampf.
Like I said, there's a reason for quality control - just as long as it doesn't fall into censorship, at least.
This has never happened to me, and I think it never will. When it comes to buying games I usually remember what I have, or wait until I can check it on the website (much faster than the client, especially thanks to Jshackles' magic with Enhanced Steam).
I also remembered I had the Amnesia Fortnight 2014 prototypes. Maybe one day I'll be able to remember I own a Steam copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 too...
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Or I could make a post about it because I like the community in here and I'm not out to make people feel bad and posting about Steam stuff in a Steam thread is a-OK?
The problem I run into a lot is buying a bundle that I think has 3-4 games I want, but in reality I already own 2-3 and just forgot. This has especially been a problem with games that aren't on Steam yet, so I end up owning multiple Desura copies or whatever.
-MD-
Member
I just thought it was a little silly is all.
Making someone feel bad wasn't my intention, carry on.
Steam will still have some policies that will prevent content such as that to be removed and banned from the store. Their restrictions on say, games that promote hatred, or hentai/sex games will still not be allowed on steam. ( and that's why there is now a report function for games).
Also, I don't see why Mein Kampf shouldn't be on libraries. Yes, it was written by a monster that made horrible things, but it is a piece of history that is very relevant to various themes, like the rise of nacional-socialism on Germany and WW2. But alas, this is something that should be discussed in other thread.
You sound a bit bitter. What's the matter with his post? Isn't this thread supposed to be for Steam-related talk? As far as I know, Steam friends lists are Steam-related.
You mean that you forget about already owning some of those games, or about redeeming the ones you didn't have?
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