Dongs Macabre
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Yeah, that was super annoying. They fixed that problem in GTA V, though, and IIRC there was even an option to skip a section of the mission if you fail multiple times.
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Yeah, that was super annoying. They fixed that problem in GTA V, though, and IIRC there was even an option to skip a section of the mission if you fail multiple times.
The Dear Leader
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uwotm8? GTAIV has an Oscar worthy script, and the driving segments are so filmic that I don't mind doing them over and over.
He's talking about iv
freshVeggie
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GTA4 is a weird beast
as it feels better to me
the more time passes.
I really only slowly
came to admire
the tanky movement,
the weighty car dynamics,
the main characters etc.
Also, why are we putting
these weird paragraphs?
yea, it's one of the big improvements of gay tony
also the story and characters are much better
probably the best thing rockstar's ever written
The Dear Leader
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IV is what I meant. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
derExperte
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Use fast travel via taxi as often as possible. Without it especially V would be unbearable.
Get a clue,Also, why are we putting
these weird paragraphs?
I was attempting
a shitty poem.
See, Haunted gets it!
You and me both.
I need to replace my old discs that never came back after I lent them out.
Haunted
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I wouldn't be against curbing the waifu/animu thing a bit in the Steam thread since it has cost us some valuable (and non-valuable) regular participants recently, but ultimately it's up to the mods on how they want to handle and steer these kinds of community megathreads.
*snips fingers*
*snips fingers*
derExperte
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Let's talk about how fast I'll buy Grim Fandango if it goes on sale for the first time.
Very fast, that's how fast.
Very fast, that's how fast.
quickly scroll through the thread pages
is anime really a problem in this thread?
is it every other post?
cos it doesn't look like that to me
i've actually never played grim in english so i'd be interested to hear manny's original voice
is anime really a problem in this thread?
is it every other post?
cos it doesn't look like that to me
same
i've actually never played grim in english so i'd be interested to hear manny's original voice
Been wanting to try this game out for awhile, so a sale soon would be amazing. Heard nothing but great things about Grim Fandago
What a nice time chime in that I got a laugh out of the thread title when I peeked my head out of the doto thread and checked community.
I'll make use of this, thanks.
Hope someone doesn't have it yet.
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so, first puzzle of samaritan paradox has me stuck for like 5 minutes because to actually look at the books in a bookshelf you have to "use" rather than "examine"
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if ppl want to combat anime talk then add something to the conversation
you can do better, videogames...
yup
if ppl want to combat anime talk then add something to the conversation
MrTeachwell
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I'm more of a consistent lurker in this thread and I'd have to agree with you. However, the christmas sale period had a lot of anime stuff going around, mostly because there's been a recent rise in visual novels coming to steam and a lot of the stuff was related to those games, with some regular off topic F#$% anime every time a few gifs/pics were posted.
now back to those sc2casts.
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OT but I know there is cross over here
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
Not sure if anyone here would be interested (still PC-related), but supposedly Revision's PC Demo compo takes place now. Can't watch on mobile I guess - I'm kinda curious about how it looks. :-(
http://2015.revision-party.net/live
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Coming home to find that I won Life is Strange from Speevy was a pretty awesome way to end my day, so I wanted to give back something. Happy Easter everyone
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Dirt 3 still looks good in terms of graphics and it has lots of interesting rally cars from different eras. There's just so much to dislike though. I hate the Gymkhana stuff and the Ken Block and X Games stuff that comes with it is annoying. Also annoying are the babbling nobodies who are supposed to be your manager, mechanic and such. The worst part of Dirt 3 is the track design, the roads on the rally stages are far too wide, making it really easy to drive fast. And the fastest line usually is just cutting off-track as much as possible without crashing. It doesn't help that there are very few stages and they reuse same sections too much combined with the stages being really short. There really hasn't been a modern rally game with long special stages, all of them have stages that take just a couple minutes each which is boring.
This thread does encompass a wide demographic, and the culture did used to be vastly different. So telling a large portion of people to fuck off if they don't appreciate the current climate is a bit obtuse.
I believe the current culture of the thread hasn't fostered good, constant gaming and PC discussion like it used to, but I'm also not telling people to fuck off and get off my lawn either.
We used to joke about the culture that fostered during the various sale threads, then one year after a summer sale that culture just stuck around permanently. I believe it was Summer Sale 2014, where directly afterwards there was a massive shift in discussion.
freshVeggie
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I have no clue what I'm watching but it is cool.
Ah, demoscene! Nice Amiga 500 memories rising.
Finished "Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30" and "Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood" these last few days. I remembered playing one of them when they were released but never finished it.
It's almost unbelievable that these games, with those graphics and these horrible controls are so popular. And I can't even say they are bad games. Behind those clunky controls and the mediocre graphics lies a damn fine strategy shooter with a compelling story and memorable characters.
But besides that, the most annoying thing is aiming (in a shooting game!). The worst parts always were, when my man were pinning down the enemy (the most common thing in the game, you pin enemies down from start to finish) and I made my way to their flanks.
I sneaked up to them, used iron sight and started firing but more than half of my bullets miss them and only one of three "Krauts" is dead.
In hectic situations these controls almost always meant "instant death" because you can't hit shit when you are overrun by a bunch of "Krauts".
I'm not saying that the game is hard because of the clunky controls, but these controls don't make the game any easier. And the AI of my own guys isn't flawless either, sometimes standing in front of the cover and getting blown to pieces.
Well, after finishing "Earned in Blood" which is the second of the three (with improved enemy AI, larger areas and more variety but also further increased difficulty) I just started part 3, "Hells Highway" and I couldn't believe my eyes.
Pretty graphics, great controls and far superior cut scenes to tell the cool "Band of Brothers"-like-story that was established in the first two games.
I'm blown away. NOW I understand why so many people want another "Brothers in Arms" game, because the third one is this awesome tactical shooter with great graphics and smooth controls.
But anybody who is interested in this franchise should play the first two as well.
It's almost unbelievable that these games, with those graphics and these horrible controls are so popular. And I can't even say they are bad games. Behind those clunky controls and the mediocre graphics lies a damn fine strategy shooter with a compelling story and memorable characters.
But besides that, the most annoying thing is aiming (in a shooting game!). The worst parts always were, when my man were pinning down the enemy (the most common thing in the game, you pin enemies down from start to finish) and I made my way to their flanks.
I sneaked up to them, used iron sight and started firing but more than half of my bullets miss them and only one of three "Krauts" is dead.
In hectic situations these controls almost always meant "instant death" because you can't hit shit when you are overrun by a bunch of "Krauts".
I'm not saying that the game is hard because of the clunky controls, but these controls don't make the game any easier. And the AI of my own guys isn't flawless either, sometimes standing in front of the cover and getting blown to pieces.
Well, after finishing "Earned in Blood" which is the second of the three (with improved enemy AI, larger areas and more variety but also further increased difficulty) I just started part 3, "Hells Highway" and I couldn't believe my eyes.
Pretty graphics, great controls and far superior cut scenes to tell the cool "Band of Brothers"-like-story that was established in the first two games.
I'm blown away. NOW I understand why so many people want another "Brothers in Arms" game, because the third one is this awesome tactical shooter with great graphics and smooth controls.
But anybody who is interested in this franchise should play the first two as well.
TheLetdown
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Do you have the DLC for vanilla? I can't speak to the Scholar version but I'll say the DLC is better than most of the main's contents.
That's not a slight against the main. The DLC is just that well pulled off.
BinaryPork2737
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I'm sure it'll go on sale during the summer sale, at least. It's getting closer, but it still feels so far away.
OT but I know there is cross over here
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
WTF
I thought it was something like a late April's fool, but nope, it says exactly the same on Lynch's official Twitter.
https://twitter.com/DAVID_LYNCH
Way to kill every buzz ever, especially after the super marathon I did basically 10 minutes after they announced the new season.
Fuck off, now I don't know if I should do a X-Files marathon, as I couldn't bear another disappointment like this one. :'(
Stumpokapow
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Is anyone in this thread a player of Guns of Icarus Online?
The developers did a kickstarter for the game, which has clearly been released. Then, the developers did a second kickstarter for "Adventure Mode". It is way too much effort for me to figure out what adventure mode actually is. The developers have weekly updates on their website, mostly about co-op mode. Is co-op mode adventure mode? I can't tell if the developers have delivered adventure mode or not? Can someone fill me in on their progress? Either they're people who took a lot of money and ran, or they're responsible developers, but it depends on what it is they actually promised and what they're delivering.
The developers did a kickstarter for the game, which has clearly been released. Then, the developers did a second kickstarter for "Adventure Mode". It is way too much effort for me to figure out what adventure mode actually is. The developers have weekly updates on their website, mostly about co-op mode. Is co-op mode adventure mode? I can't tell if the developers have delivered adventure mode or not? Can someone fill me in on their progress? Either they're people who took a lot of money and ran, or they're responsible developers, but it depends on what it is they actually promised and what they're delivering.
thereisnoif
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Noooooo I was looking forward to this but I'll take whatever I can get at this point.
Never played grim so i'm also waiting that sale
I still have to deeply investigate the forum. That list is very usefull but, look what you've done!
I'll also need popcorn
Good.
Yeah I got the season pass so I should be good to go on the new contents. I didn't make it far into the main game, started to get annoyed with how many times the game made you fight multiple enemies at once with no real way to pull them individually. Something I love about Dark Souls 1 is the ability to get most fights into a 1v1, or even just a 2v1. DS2 seemed to just be throwing shit left and right with lots of surprise gankers.
BinaryPork2737
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I mean, even if season 10 of the tv show ends up getting cancelled, there's always the season 10 comics if you haven't read them yet.
Shame that there's nothing like that for Twin Peaks ;__;
I didn't know about the S10 comics, but then again, I basically don't remember shit about X-Files except some things here and there, so a complete rewatch would be absolutely inevitable anyway!
But, the fucking Twin Peaks thing is killing me.
I even gifted a custom made Lego Black Lodge
of which I'm super proud, scavenging for pieces in my childhood boxes and in godforgotten tiny toy stores and doing all the packaging and everything
Stallion Free
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I think it's an improvement over Vanilla so. The encounters are a bit crazier but it's still very manageable.
Don't worry, I do.
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... might also be his last-ditch effort to get showtime to give him the budget he needed .... you know - if enough people get pissed off by that announcement ...
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I'm hoping the same.
I guess Showtime really did the worst thing possible (business-wise), announcing a series like that, so utterly interconnected with its author, without first having a solid deal with him.
If it wasn't Twin Peaks, I would be laughing out loud, but it being Twin Peaks, I'm just very sad.
lashman
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I'm hoping the same.
I guess Showtime really did the worst thing possible (business-wise), announcing a series like that, so utterly interconnected with its author, without first having a solid deal with him.
If it wasn't Twin Peaks, I would be laughing out loud, but it being Twin Peaks, I'm just very sad.
well it sure worked for the Deadpool movie ... and the new Alien movie ... so - who knows
keeping my fingers crossedthereisnoif
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At least we'll still have Wayward Pines. Right? Right?!
like i said many times before
wanna drive the thread into a positive direction that interests the people you represent?
contribute in any form that isn't complaining, and if what you're saying interests people then you'll receive a response
but all that people does is lament the great posters that went away (who?) and randomly complain about anime and how they can no longer have the great conversations of old (which, btw, i can't remember, and i've been in these threads pretty much ever since they began)
it's so easy to complain
actually i feel the opposite way
comparing graphics of games of two different generations of consoles is moot, so that part i'll ignore. i'll just say for the time rth30 and eib were released they actually looked really good and i still think they have a really good mood to them, probably my favorite in any ww2 game. something about the dead quiet, open fields, recreated from real ww2 battles just feel realistic in a way that the bombastic urban wars of call of duty never really matched for me. lots of small details like switching weapons actually having a lengthy animation and the blur when aiming down the sights were actually really impressive at the time. i also felt like the violence looked really raw, like it wasn't exaggerated like in hell's highway but it also wasn't downplayed and someone getting hit by a tank would end up being a bloody mess of a person, but not to the point it's gibs everywhere. it was a genuinely moody game.
second, the complaint about controls is weird. it's not call of duty, the point was never for you to be able to line up shots perfectly and whatnot. i remember trying to beat the game just using commands (except that one section, obviously), which actually work super well and are very streamlined and simple but really enjoyable too. every fight is like a small puzzle and it's all in how you arrange your people for suppressing fire, flanking, etc. there's no need for you to shoot people yourself, and if you do it's inaccurate to simulate the tension of a real life battle. yeah it's a bit too inaccurate but then you have hell's highway which can be easily be played like a regular third person shooter what with the regenerating health and the cover mechanics and whatnot. the first games were scary, one or two shots and you're dead and tanks and turrets would fuck up your team really bad if you were dumb. and having someone die or taking a shot had persistent consequences which gave decisions a gravity that hell's highway insta-respawning squad members and regenerating health didn't. and since you're a lot more independent because your accuracy is so much better then it's not such a big deal to have one or two guys die on you.
and tbh i didn't really like the more "cinematic" approach to hell's highway's storytelling either. it has a lot of cutscene drama which is pretty decent, even if it's aged really poorly, but it lacks the subtlety and the sense of dread and despair of the first two games. whereas rth30 actually feels like your squad's being taken out one by one and like things couldn't get any worse and that the best thing that happens is actually not having everyone die on you, hell's highway, which is supposed to be a story about a big american defeat, actually feels like a victory, in no small part thanks to the more action-y nature of the gameplay, but also how colorful everything is and how empowered having access to bazookas and good aiming and regenerating health and tanks driving missions makes you feel. the story in the first games often happened off screen, with missions started around the body of one of your comrades that got killed by an unseen sniper bullet, and delivered so well by baker and red's monologues at the start of each level. characters would get a lot of "gameplay characterization" because of how effective they were in combat, rather than getting dedicated cutscenes and you'd bond with them that way. i remember back when i was playing rth30 for the first time being the biggest fan of red because of just how effective that machinegun he had was and how he always seemed to pull through for me, and then when he got a few lines of dialogue that just helped cement him as a likable character, but it was all built on how awesome he was during gameplay. the potential the first two games had for that was really high, while being so powerful and independent on hell's highway meant you didn't get to experience that sort of thing, at least not nearly as often
i don't think hell's highway's bad or anything, i actually like how it wraps up baker's whole pstd thing or whatever, but it's imo the least interesting game in the series, really hamstrung for its early gen release being so tied to the whole gears of war craze and whatnot.
it's one of my favorite shooter series, and i really like its cast and how serious gearbox was about being faithful to historical events and characters, so i'd love a new game, but i think they should go back to the more minimalistic, intimate style that made that series unique, and leave the explosions and the gore for call of duty
sorry for the rambly post, i really like that series!
fuck this shitOT but I know there is cross over here
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
dang you're up for a treat of amazing writing and terrible puzzling <3
i remember you gifting a bunch of stuff once
what ever happened to that nice side of yours
Yeah, I want an excuse to throw more money at Valve.
This thread does encompass a wide demographic, and the culture did used to be vastly different. So telling a large portion of people to fuck off if they don't appreciate the current climate is a bit obtuse.
I believe the current culture of the thread hasn't fostered good, constant gaming and PC discussion like it used to, but I'm also not telling people to fuck off and get off my lawn either.
We used to joke about the culture that fostered during the various sale threads, then one year after a summer sale that culture just stuck around permanently. I believe it was Summer Sale 2014, where directly afterwards there was a massive shift in discussion.
I'm a long time Steam thread lurker and I don't think that the thread now is much different of what It was 2 years ago ¯\_(ツ
_/¯. I think it's more a case of Nostalgia goggles+hyperbole.
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I'm hoping the same.
I guess Showtime really did the worst thing possible (business-wise), announcing a series like that, so utterly interconnected with its author, without first having a solid deal with him.
If it wasn't Twin Peaks, I would be laughing out loud, but it being Twin Peaks, I'm just very sad.
uh oh ... ; _ ;
oh man ... I really feel bad for him now
someguyinahat
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Don't flirt with her.
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