Se7enSword
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Game by Big Ant studios
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STEAM | April 2016 - HL3 releasing today. Left 4 Dead 3 and Persona 5 this summer
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Game by Big Ant studios
Game by Big Ant studios
Is that a hat, a mask or his face?
Se7enSword
Banned
I recommend it. If you like rail shooters with cheesy dialogue, go for it. Awesome game.
For sure. My point is, I have had no reason to be disappointed with that decision for every thing I've supported including the things that have turned out worse or unexpected, till I finally got to a product that still hasn't released - I'm still happy to take the risk even with MN9, but that's no reason to dismiss ineptitude when I see it and call it as such and a regret in retrospect.
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
How do you feel about MMORPGs you can play like a single player game?
I enjoyed:
The monster designs. Lots of nice looking critters.
The skill design is purely additive, meaning you can max out everything. No wrong choices, respeccing just means choosing what's active.
The voice acting, and the writing in general. Never really got invested in the overall story though.
I wasn't a big fan of:
The fact that it's a MMORPG, and thus;
The game world never changes or reacts.
There's a delay to everything you do.
It's possible to beat a big bad boss monster and have it respawn on you while you check your loot. Breaks what little immersion there is.
The inventory system is very deliberately restricted, and deciding what's worth keeping eventually becomes a giant chore. Like, that's the reason I haven't come back to it, I have to rearrange my inventory.
It's obviously a big time sink.
I mean, I paid ten bucks for it last time it was on sale and feel like I got my moneys worth even though I only ever got to the second world map. It does contemporary world collides with supernatural Secret World really well. But I always wished it had been a single player game since all the online aspects mostly seemed like drawbacks rather than assets.
AHA-Lambda
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I will never understand how burning a windmill mitigates poison -_-
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
wtf is this
Sounds decent to me, elder scrolls online is basically a single player mmo
Sounds decent to me, elder scrolls online is basically a single player mmo
Yep pretty spot on. What you get with Secret World is very good writing, quest lines, quest design etc. Quests are top notch and pretty varied. Combat is not something to write about, very stale.
I'd recommend you watch/read a full review in order to understand these points.
TLDR: TOP notch quests, very good writing and voice acting, bad combat and meh everything else.
To anyone being on the fence, I'd recommend this game. Just to be sure that the people who will enjoy it will get to play it.
Its high points are more like a fallout's or an rpg's (just in the writing,world,questing aspects)
LurkerPrime
Member
wtf is this
Ideally, the owner probably buys bulk penny bundles or whatever and wants to rake in the profits from an idlenet for cards. I have a feeling this is against Steam's TOS in some way, but I can't be bothered to check. The darker version of this would be giving out illicit keys.
Doubt it's worth messing with either way, all for some bundle-tier games that no one really wants anyways.
Dragon1893
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My understanding of it is that it was powering the pump that was taking the poison to that room. At least that's how I interpreted it.
Man, the hatconomy has come a long way. It's really bringing out the inner entrepreneur in some people.wtf is this
Sounds decent to me, elder scrolls online is basically a single player mmo
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
They're a "developer".
Since I'm feeling generous I'm giving something away. What I'm giving away is a free Steam key, for my favorite VN. I got it for free, because I purchased the non-Steam version on MG, back when it first released in English
So, without any further ado, I present you my raffle for Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning. I hope whoever wins will enjoy it. I sure did. And even if you don't win, I HIGHLY suggest you play it at some point.
Edit: Please only enter if you actually plan on playing it.
So, without any further ado, I present you my raffle for Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning. I hope whoever wins will enjoy it. I sure did. And even if you don't win, I HIGHLY suggest you play it at some point.
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jshackles
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wtf is this
Most likely this is their way of flipping a bulk key order into Steam wallet, which they're probably using to buy new games and flipping them at a profit. Some folks on G2A are selling 10,000 bundle keys for $0.05 each. Assuming an average of 4 cards per title, even at $0.02 average profit per card you've just made $300 profit, possibly more if you get foils, etc.
Take that wallet money, buy something like Dark Souls III or whatever the latest game is that hasn't been discounted yet and has a high price, and sell the Steam gift on G2A to further increase your profits and liquidate it back to cash.
Seems like a lot of work, but I get it. What strikes me as weird is that they're not just making their own alt accounts with bots that can automatically farm cards and trade them back. Introducing the human element to this process adds a seemingly unnecessary amount of work.
LurkerPrime
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Sure they are.
Although I guess they might be able to bilk the Steam marketplace by selling mass quantities of their game's own cards, thereby cutting [bundle site] out of the equation and going direct to the source. Though I'm not so sure whether Steam market users would still buy cards for something that is essentially a dummy game.
I still expect Valve to shut it down.
Valve has to be getting better at finding these guys.
There's even bot "review accounts," that just mass-review/idle games. There was a dude on SteamGAF that had his review stolen by one of them; don't remember the name, unfortunately. The bot had a weird habit of idling games to unusually specific times, and then ripping someone's review and posting it as their own... some reason.
So bizarre.
uncredited male
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That is amazing. I now respect the card game.
freshVeggie
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Not an old card at all. Dang. It was likely already suggested but did you remove and plug it back in? There's always the chance your motherboard has issues as well. Would not hurt trying your graphics card in a PC of a friend.
Played the second one a ton back in the day. What a great game it was. The first RTS-FPS-Vehicular-Shooter I played.
Game is released >_>
The boss itself is not that difficult but the poison makes it rough. I remember the way to the fight itself being a pain as well.Fuck you, Dark Souls II.
The one time in like 30 game hours when I didn't poke the chest to first make sure it's not a mimic, guess what it turned out to be. But of course...
And thatis a bitch and as cheap as boss design gets. What the hell were they thinking.headless medusa in a poison lake
Also, what's with the insane amount of scripted invasions and forced "you're being summoned as a spirit" stuff? I just want to explore this area in peace, leave me alone Dark Souls.
I really enjoy the rest of the game though, despite these temporary annoyances. And I absolutely love the new feature that removes mobs from the world that have been killed over and over again. Finally, this should have been in the series starting with Demons Souls.
Chairmanchuck
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Great giveaway. Was wondering if I should buy it, but maybe I win it.
Or someone who isnt into VNs will win it...
Great giveaway. Was wondering if I should buy it, but maybe I win it.
Or someone who isnt into VNs will win it...
Going to join for it even tho I loathe VNs just to test your theory
no I wont
The Dear Leader
Banned
4K textures for all.
texhnolyze
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Fatal Futanari
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How cheap has the Umihara Kawase Trilogy been? Hasn't it been $14.99 before or is that me dreaming?
Can't believe Banzai Escape is only 10% off, COME ON MAN!
Can't believe Banzai Escape is only 10% off, COME ON MAN!
jediyoshi
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30mb patch here. Judging by the actual patch note, it looks like a minor tweak
- in-game texture asset has been fixed/updated
gross
Baron von Loathsome
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There's another thread about that Alex St. John article. Dude's a sociopath, there's mountains of evidence going towards that conclusion.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Thank God for Jim
texhnolyze
Banned
Phawx
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Each new alt account would need to spend > $5 to be able to open trading.
Edit: Just took a quick look here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3330-IAGK-7663
Seems like the ability to unlock trading cards is disabled until spending $5 or more. I forgot what the problem was exactly, but I opened an alt account for additional farming of cards as well and I had to buy a $5 gift game for myself.
continuing with my catching up with the news, scarlett johansson as motoko doesn't look so bad
i kind of hated her in avengers but her character sucked there so can't blame it all on her
would be nice if they made a nice movie out of it, it's no biggie if it sucks but u know, wasted opportunities
so delicious to see assholes put in their place
i kind of hated her in avengers but her character sucked there so can't blame it all on her
would be nice if they made a nice movie out of it, it's no biggie if it sucks but u know, wasted opportunities
first time i hear about him, but yeah, sounds like he should just go fuck off
so delicious to see assholes put in their place
PepsimanVsJoe
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That dude was me.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=190312446&postcount=4043
It looks like the review has been deleted/pulled.
EDIT: It looks like the bot or whatever that stole the review is straight-up gone. It's not showing up in the community search at least.
LurkerPrime
Member
Thanks for the reminder. It's still one of Steam's greatest mysteries, to me.
And yeah, I imagine it got nuked at some point.
bobnowhere
Member
Strange, I have an Alt account that I've never spent money on and I have no problem trading the cards back to my main account. It is more than 4 years old, maybe that helps? Though I haven't logged in on it in more that 60 days so maybe it's a new security measure? I've never been able to get the free cards from sales on it though even though it is level 9 now.
Fatal Futanari
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The Umihara Kawase games are all absolutely aces.
Yes but they have been cheaper. Must wait
Phawx
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I think it was a newer-ish requirement. I opened my alt account about a year ago
Edit: Also it's completely possible that I didn't fully investigate that situation at the time, but I remember reaching an impasse *until* paying $5 to make the alt account unrestricted. Perhaps I tried sending a friend invite to my main and got the warning and just paid the $5.
Yes but they have been cheaper. Must wait
I bought 'em all at release because they're awesome.
LurkerPrime
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Baron von Loathsome
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This is a scheduled automated repost on behalf of Jazz573, who is running this raffle.
ModBot said:I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below containing the game you want to enter for. Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
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Gakhthun of the Golden Lightning --MB-6370E3344CBAB5A4- Taken by Annubis. 36 entrants total.
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