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STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER

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wetflame

Pizza Dog
I KNEW IT. Just got home, booted up Wolfenstein, back at the same checkpoint where I'd been repeatedly killed last night, over and over again, breezed through it (ok, on the second go). Always happens. I ain't even mad though, means I get more of that sweet, sweet Wolfenstein.
 
So, what happened in the Terminator thread?

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Some things are best left unknown.
 

Teppic

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So Nicalis announced Castle in the Darkness coming "soon 2014" to Steam. Genre: Retro Action Exploration Platformer. They say: "Inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, I Wanna Be The Guy, Ys and a lot more, look forward to a very challenging open-world game that is full of references, secrets, monsters, items, and modes! ". Not quite feeling it just watching the trailer but I guess it might be cool?

Release trailer

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Looks interesting. Thanks for posting about it.
 
So Nicalis announced Castle in the Darkness coming "soon 2014" to Steam. Genre: Retro Action Exploration Platformer. They say: "Inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, I Wanna Be The Guy, Ys and a lot more, look forward to a very challenging open-world game that is full of references, secrets, monsters, items, and modes! ". Not quite feeling it just watching the trailer but I guess it might be cool?[/IMG]

With the possible exception of a handful of Zeldas, since when are any of those games open-world? Makes you wonder what that even means in the context of a platformer.
 
So Nicalis announced Castle in the Darkness coming "soon 2014" to Steam. Genre: Retro Action Exploration Platformer. They say: "Inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, I Wanna Be The Guy, Ys and a lot more, look forward to a very challenging open-world game that is full of references, secrets, monsters, items, and modes! ". Not quite feeling it just watching the trailer but I guess it might be cool?

Release trailer
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That Nicalis curse.
 

Link Man

Banned
Oh hey, forgot about the Desura keys!

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99 Spirits (Desura) -- MB-83D3196B69BA29F5 - Taken by Xamdou
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100% Orange Juice (Desura) -- MB-961287D7CD8CB3DD - Taken by Majukun
 

Mono

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With the possible exception of a handful of Zeldas, since when are any of those games open-world? Makes you wonder what that even means in the context of a platformer.

'Open world' sure does get thrown around a lot these days! That would be really hard to pull off with a platformer... maybe they mean something along the lines of big, continuous maps like in Super Metroid?
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I hope Apotheon is still scheduled to hit this month as we're a week in and there's been no release date announcement. On a related note, I think it's safe to say "early" pre-purchasers won't be receiving beta access as originally promised since there's been absolutely no word on that, either.

Edit: A reminder that you can still pre-order the game for $10 (a discount of 33%) on the official website.
 
Some leftovers, and some new stuff. Enjoy!

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99 Spirits (Desura) -- MB-7A9D99084656488A - Taken by Jason Frost
Thief Gold #12 -- MB-815EBAE5614B9830
Thief Gold #5 -- MB-A502F93994ED1389
Thief Gold #15 -- MB-97C621C038DE827F
Thief Gold #16 -- MB-F5B3EBF19637E212 - Taken by TheFightingFish. 3 entrants total.
Thief Gold #9 -- MB-2744E6A2F7F7E890
Thief Gold -- MB-6B0FB7E9ED2F6964
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Mirror's Edge (Origin) -- MB-64FE004AD0F910DF - Taken by daisysmurf
Thief Gold #13 -- MB-7DB75176846ABCF1
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising (Origin) -- MB-E1233E8B252612E7 - Taken by Gurthang
Ballpoint Universe - Infinite -- MB-35688CEC549A061C
Dead Bits -- MB-28387DC4BBC1D105 - Taken by Gunstarheroes. 1 entrants total.

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Enco

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First and foremost, they're very different projects.

I'm assuming you're comparing them on the one thing they have in common: being character action games, and for a number of reasons MGR is bound to come out on top with this criteria.

Platinum specialises in well crafted character action games with complex battle mechanics. Grasshopper and Suda are much more about exploring provocative themes (often sexism and violence), focusing on aesthetics and morally challenging experiences.

Tl;dr: MGR is more superb hand craft, while KiD is more of a modern art project.
I was comparing which I found more fun.

I can see what you're saying but I don't see how Suda is 'exploring' sexism. Having sexualised women isn't exploring shit :lol Not complaining but I don't think the game is making any big statements. Unless if I've misunderstood.
 

StAidan

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So Nicalis announced Castle in the Darkness coming "soon 2014" to Steam. Genre: Retro Action Exploration Platformer. They say: "Inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, I Wanna Be The Guy, Ys and a lot more, look forward to a very challenging open-world game that is full of references, secrets, monsters, items, and modes! ". Not quite feeling it just watching the trailer but I guess it might be cool?

Release trailer

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Wow, sold, sold ,sold!

And whew, dodged another bullet by losing yet another Divinity giveaway.
 

Salsa

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So Nicalis announced Castle in the Darkness coming "soon 2014" to Steam. Genre: Retro Action Exploration Platformer. They say: "Inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, I Wanna Be The Guy, Ys and a lot more, look forward to a very challenging open-world game that is full of references, secrets, monsters, items, and modes! ". Not quite feeling it just watching the trailer but I guess it might be cool?

Release trailer

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dude who does art in this is the lead artist on Isaac: Rebirth
 
aww jeez, i dont know if there are 6 people in these threads who dont have thief gold. thats gonna be a tough sell.

It's been happening, slowly but surely. If there isn't anything new in the giveaway I drop the NOLURKERS rule which helps out quite a bit.

Have you considered the free to a good home thread?
Yeah. I'll head over there if nobody else claims them here. I've still got quite a few SteamGAF members claim some, so I want to give them all a good chance.
 
Statistically unlikely

#killjoy

Oh, I'm not done, either way, killjoy. I have decided that I will empty my vault today, regardless.
But should the stars align and my frost brother is to gift me the milestone game of my choosing, I'd likely up the ante a bit to PAYITFORWARD in his honor. :3

Edit: Congrats Wok. Make it a good one.
 

iosefe

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Oh, I'm not done, either way, killjoy. I have decided that I will empty my vault today, regardless.
But should the stars align and my frost brother is to gift me the milestone game of my choosing, I'd likely up the ante a bit to PAYITFORWARD in his honor. :3
Oh my.

O.O
 

Vuze

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Any game of your choice from the Steam Store -- MB-C0DF2B868EDF9B09 - Taken by Wok. 105 entrants total.

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Congrats Wok and thanks Sub Zero for the great giveaway. I hope he chooses wisely :p
 
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