IIRC, it just ignores the second entry. Giveaways without "free-for-all" probably get a lot of invalidated second entries.
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STEAM | April 2016 - HL3 releasing today. Left 4 Dead 3 and Persona 5 this summer
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IIRC, it just ignores the second entry. Giveaways without "free-for-all" probably get a lot of invalidated second entries.
Honestly, at this point it has to be because of some weird sense of corporate pride, because otherwise it doesn't really make much sense. ALl their multiplayer games that are not numbered Battlefields bomb hard and die quickly, and they sell them in basically every digital download store that also takes those 30% without issues( they even sell them on uplay of all things!)
You lose every giveaway you don't participate in. ¯\_(ツ
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I've been stuck in the same level of Not a Hero for 2 hours already. Someone, for the love of God, end this pain. The gameplay in this game is pretty fun but seriously, I can't take this no more.
Had no problems whatsoever with it, even though it wasn't the easiest game I've played, but for some hell of a reason the difficulty in this level ramps to a whole new magnitude.
Had no problems whatsoever with it, even though it wasn't the easiest game I've played, but for some hell of a reason the difficulty in this level ramps to a whole new magnitude.
New recommendation added to the OP:
The Banner Saga 2 - Nete
The Banner Saga was one of the first "big" successful projects we had on Kickstarter, taking advantage of the momentum started by Broken Age one month earlier to fund a story-driven SRPG with some fine writing, great characters and a pretty unique Norse-ish setting. On it, we will lead a caravan of people fleeing from their homes as their only chance to survive in a world where the gods are dead, and the game really shines making you feel the burden of leadership each time you must face a decision in a journey system reminder to the old Oregon Trail. The combat is also kinda unique, and although it could do with more variety of everything, the use of Health as both, Life and Attack power, makes for a really interesting and refreshing system once it clicks in your head. It's also a stupidly gorgeous game, combining backgrounds inspired in the work of Eyvind Earle and 2D animations with some good ol' hand-drawn feeling. The music by Austin Wintory is the icing on the delicious cake that is the game fantastic atmosphere.
The Banner Saga 2 promises to do everything the first game did, but better.
I forgot this was releasing in a couple of weeks. Really enjoyed the first one, this is definitely on my radar.
bobnowhere
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I believe more than 6 wins in a week gets you throttled and there is an immediate throttle, 15mins+(?), if you win.
I think it knocks you out. If you enter 2 giveaways from the same one and there isn't a free for all, I know you are out. There is a command to flush all your still pending entries, but I've forgotten what that is!
then how do the same people keep winning the high profile raffles?
Wow, it has actually been two years?! I only got it when Act 3 released, can barely remember the story. I'll probably wait until all the acts are released then just replay it.
But like, throttled for life? Or just a specific time span, like two weeks or one month? Because that would explain a lot actually, lol.
TheAutomator
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Probably haven't won enough to be throttled.
The drawing times are probably spread out enough that throttling doesn't matter. Unless you're constantly winning it's only a standard 15 minute throttle.
Some people have the luck of the Irish, even if they're not Irish.
AHA-Lambda
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I found it difficult to get others for a game when I played it a couple months back =/
bobnowhere
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Probably only for the rest of the week. I don't think too many people are winning more than 6 a week anyway nowadays.
-MD-
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I played the first couple weeks of launch, it was only good if you had a full team of friends, the community was pretty terrible and 90% of my pub runs resulted in someone trying to exploit and wiping the team.
I haven't been back since, decent game but pretty buggy and yeah, the community was shit like I said.
We finally finished the Indie GOTY thread, which should be relevant here as well:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1203844
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1203844
Leafhopper
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I doubt I am getting Melty Blood on release. As good as it is. I don't feel like I need to get another fighting game for a bit.
completely serious, sadly.
We finally finished the Indie GOTY thread, which should be relevant here as well:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1203844
Nice list. I'll have to add a bunch to my wishlist.
Baron von Loathsome
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We finally finished the Indie GOTY thread, which should be relevant here as well:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1203844
Fuck, how did I not hear about this? Fucking sold. Eldritch's stealth mechanics were so damn good.
corrosivefrost
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It was an okay game but it has a lot of faults in terms of design and balance. Once ningenjanai and I finally managed to finish the campaign a second time (since the first time we beat the final level the game glitches out on us and denied us the ending) neither of us had any inclination to fire it up again. I left it installed but don't really expect to play it again any time soon.
MrTeachwell
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Seems to be about 2 dozen or so Australian players, which is apparently better than Star Wars Battlefront at Christmas time since it took well over half an hour to find a match for that game, whereas Vermintide waits haven't been longer than 5 minutes.
I guess my limited knowledge of the game and the handful of games I've played has kept me safe from those experiences. I was hoping it'd be a nice community but that seems to be a really high ideal when the internet is involved.
Black Soma
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I uninstalled Vermintide after beating it once. Felt like a slower paced L4D2 with much worse AI. Although I didn't have the chance to play it with friends but only with random people, unfortunately.
In other Kickstarter news, The Last Door Season 2 has been out for a few days. I played the first one around Halloween and thought it was great (outside of a few obscure puzzles). Played halfway through Season 2 and it's just as great.
For those not in the know, it's a horror adventure game with a Victorian setting. It's best described as Lovecraft meets Edgar Allan Poe (there's an easter egg involving a raven flying through a window and saying "Nevermore") and has an extremely low-res 2D look:
I don't think it could be called a retro style, just because the actual classic adventure games this title takes inspiration from usually had higher resolutions and also had a much poorer color palette. Those two facts combined give it a unique abstract look that really fits the horror genre and the game also looks super smooth in motion. I definitely recommend it if you like Lovecraft/Poe (maybe a dash of Zelazny with his Night in the Lonesome October), horror in general and/or adventure games. You could also check out an old Dusk Golem thread about Season 1.
For those not in the know, it's a horror adventure game with a Victorian setting. It's best described as Lovecraft meets Edgar Allan Poe (there's an easter egg involving a raven flying through a window and saying "Nevermore") and has an extremely low-res 2D look:
I don't think it could be called a retro style, just because the actual classic adventure games this title takes inspiration from usually had higher resolutions and also had a much poorer color palette. Those two facts combined give it a unique abstract look that really fits the horror genre and the game also looks super smooth in motion. I definitely recommend it if you like Lovecraft/Poe (maybe a dash of Zelazny with his Night in the Lonesome October), horror in general and/or adventure games. You could also check out an old Dusk Golem thread about Season 1.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Ah, so I couldn't redeem them?
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Holy shit! I won XCOM2! Thank you so much Anno!
It's April 2nd now, no foolsies right?
It's April 2nd now, no foolsies right?
Beat VVVVVV and collected all the shiny trinkets. That was fun.
vvvvvv is such a cool game, great platformer for ppl that are terrible at platformers like me
Atraveller
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I've never liked the L4D series, it's ok with friends (but again which game wasn't?), nothing in the L4D games grab me, well except for Smokers.
MMBosstones86
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The darker tone wasn't the problem, I actually didn't have a problem with it. Snyder 'ruining' Batman and the story being mess were the problems.
For me anyway.
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Well he already ruined Superman, so it's only fair he ruins Batman too.
Seconded. I managed to beat it, but at what cost?
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Fuck Veni Vidi Vici foreverBeat VVVVVV and collected all the shiny trinkets. That was fun.
Lame.
I'm not sure what people hyped ZombiU up about on WiiU. The PC port is pretty standard. The only gimmick that's interesting is the on-death retrieving your body. Otherwise it's a pretty subpar Zombie Survival Sim so far.
Up to Buckingham Palace.
Jawmuncher
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It kind of fills a empty place for zombie games. Since most zombie survival games these days are open world style stuff. So it's nice having something that's a change of pace from the usual.
The console people have the gimmick of the Wii U controller.
Geez it wasn't THAT long ago.
Wasn't saying it was. But it was during a long horror drought as far as consoles went, especially survival horror, with all the franchises going action heavy or spiralling out. Resident Evil and Silent Hill both had releases that year that not many liked.
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As a survival horror it isn't bad (though I dislike how the game is switching between controller and keyboard and mouse despite me playing it KB/M and no controller plugged in on boot. :|) but as a shooter it's pretty average.
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