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STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER
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someguyinahat
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Being a guy who's always up for a point-and-click, here are my impressions for Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold - Episode 1: A Fistful of Pocket Lint (Whew!)
The graphics: The interface and general graphical look are all reminiscent of Monkey Island 1-era Lucasarts. So pretty good, but sometimes I wonder if that style isn't played out by now. Yes, you want to bank on nostalgia, but there are lots of good point-and-clicks with high resolution. Heck, at least meet me halfway and try something in the vein of Police Quest III. But anyway, objects were easy to spot without being too obvious and characters had personality even without big square frames to show them talking. Those are pluses in my book.
The puzzles and length: Overall pretty easy. Some puzzles did stump me for a bit, but I managed to get through the whole thing in 2 hours, which puts it on pace with the shorter Sam and Max episodes. I'd say that's pretty anemic for a point and click episode, but keep in mind there's no voice acting. You can run through dialogue a lot faster that way, and it doesn't feel like it's too short.
The story and dialogue: You play the titular character, a schlubby Westerner who can barely spell his own name but is somehow able to solve puzzles. He gets a notice from his brother about a deposit of gold, and invites him to a town. When he gets to town, though, the brother is nowhere to be found and Fester undertakes a quest to find both his family and the gold. (Hint: You don't find them in episode 1!) References abound, some better than others - I was pleased to see a reference to Freddie Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist, but wasn't sure what Yogi Bear had to do with anything - and the jokes are similarly hit-and-miss. A great joke was built into a puzzle with a polite prisoner, but on the other hand, if you still laugh at fart jokes, I suggest you pick this one up immediately. The next episode will be called "Injun Trouble," just so you know what you're dealing with humour-wise.
The audio: The music was pretty good, even though you'll find the same leitmotif run through different instrumentation in nearly every area. Sound effects were too cartoony for my taste. I don't need to hear loud "bonk" sounds straight out of Looney Toons when a character pratfalls (and yes, if you like pratfalls, pick this one up immediately!)
The verdict: Surprisingly not bad. Inconsistent jokes and slightly easy, but solid in other areas. If you want to compare it to other Episode 1s, it's not as good as Cognition, but not as bad as Reversion. If it's still in the bundle, and you like point and clicks, this one is probably worth your time.
The graphics: The interface and general graphical look are all reminiscent of Monkey Island 1-era Lucasarts. So pretty good, but sometimes I wonder if that style isn't played out by now. Yes, you want to bank on nostalgia, but there are lots of good point-and-clicks with high resolution. Heck, at least meet me halfway and try something in the vein of Police Quest III. But anyway, objects were easy to spot without being too obvious and characters had personality even without big square frames to show them talking. Those are pluses in my book.
The puzzles and length: Overall pretty easy. Some puzzles did stump me for a bit, but I managed to get through the whole thing in 2 hours, which puts it on pace with the shorter Sam and Max episodes. I'd say that's pretty anemic for a point and click episode, but keep in mind there's no voice acting. You can run through dialogue a lot faster that way, and it doesn't feel like it's too short.
The story and dialogue: You play the titular character, a schlubby Westerner who can barely spell his own name but is somehow able to solve puzzles. He gets a notice from his brother about a deposit of gold, and invites him to a town. When he gets to town, though, the brother is nowhere to be found and Fester undertakes a quest to find both his family and the gold. (Hint: You don't find them in episode 1!) References abound, some better than others - I was pleased to see a reference to Freddie Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist, but wasn't sure what Yogi Bear had to do with anything - and the jokes are similarly hit-and-miss. A great joke was built into a puzzle with a polite prisoner, but on the other hand, if you still laugh at fart jokes, I suggest you pick this one up immediately. The next episode will be called "Injun Trouble," just so you know what you're dealing with humour-wise.
The audio: The music was pretty good, even though you'll find the same leitmotif run through different instrumentation in nearly every area. Sound effects were too cartoony for my taste. I don't need to hear loud "bonk" sounds straight out of Looney Toons when a character pratfalls (and yes, if you like pratfalls, pick this one up immediately!)
The verdict: Surprisingly not bad. Inconsistent jokes and slightly easy, but solid in other areas. If you want to compare it to other Episode 1s, it's not as good as Cognition, but not as bad as Reversion. If it's still in the bundle, and you like point and clicks, this one is probably worth your time.
PetriP-TNT
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thanks doge
i hope all these games came with hd texture packs for people that want em
cos i appreciate how good bio infinite looks but i can't play it on hyper ultra whatever so i'm just downloading like 20 extra gigs of mega hi-res textures that go to waste
Most of us have subscribed to this thread, I'm sure. There no need to bump the thread.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Oh... I only ever come here through my subs, so I wouldn't really notice if we slipped off of page 1.
We went like an hour without a post last night, so I wonder where we were during that lull?
phoenix296
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When we are playing:
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Spring-Loaded
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This is hilarious.
trailmix16
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gonna go out on a limb and say this matches the depth in dialogue, storytelling, and mechanics found in other winter wolves titles
So I was at work bought a bundle so these are the scraps.
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Cuban Legend
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here's hoping for TTS to make it, considering it was Kojima's choice way of remembering MGS1.
Now if they had reversed those names, they would have had something interesting there.
Didn't Aerena do something similar? I think it may have something to do with games that were originally pay to play and went F2P later.
Apparently one of the new Steam wallet currency which is Japanese Yen will come to Steam on 20th August.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/038/G003821/20140813080/
People already received a notification email like this
http://www.4gamer.net/games/038/G003821/20140813080/
People already received a notification email like this
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brotkasten
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MGS for PC is a fantastic news to wake up to. Although it's a bit weird that GZ doesn't have a release date yet. "Soon" is not really specific and the last time they said that, it took MGR 6 or 7 months. I really hope the wait won't be this long again. I'm sure the MGR pre-orders during the winter sale helped, but I don't think GZ would need that kind of stunt.
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ModBot said:I am giving away 7 Steam keys. 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 that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
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I think it was a bug, and I think they've fixed it now.
NingenJanai
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Did Konami say anything about Metal Gear Collection HD coming to PC?
Chance Hale
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brotkasten
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I don't think they have. You'd think they'd release the HD collection on PC to test the market for MGS5 first. Oh well!
Not yet, but it's definitely going to happen sooner rather than later (though probably not until after TPP).
Crimsonclaw111
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Still recovering from the MGS megaton.
toddhunter
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Another Perspective keys are up for Groupees Retro 3 Bundle buyers.
It is a nice little game, kind of a much more low key and bare boned Braid. Worth a play if you have it or can get it very cheap.
It is a nice little game, kind of a much more low key and bare boned Braid. Worth a play if you have it or can get it very cheap.
Chance Hale
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I'm so happy, still have the consoles for their various exclusives but it's so nice to have some many major franchises making the transition to PC where we can really push them to their prime.
Wok
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Whenever I check my groupees library, I discover new Steam keys to redeem. It is like with Steam, I have no idea what I own.
Please do elaborate.
Some asshat stole my copy of CoD after promising me $55. He even asked me why I'm selling it. I told him that i have cancer and probably won't be able to play it.
http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/21972907#p58077786
Watch Dogs isnt *that* bad, c'mon.
How did that happen?
phoenix296
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I don't know why anyone risks trading on those sites. It just seems like a bad idea. Sorry that happened to you Shadow.
New account with only 4 games (all of which are F2P). Why did you even trade with him?
Bad thing is that Valve won't be able to reverse the trade
Report him to Steam,TF2Outpost and Steamrep. I'll try to do the sameYou should have accepted my proposal instead.
thanks for the help Jase.
He traded outside of steam (assuming) basically which is very risky.
You didn't check his account?
Your best bet is to keep a screenshot of your chatlog and report him. Although this probably won't matter in the long run because it looks like a throwaway account
Probably should have actually checked before trading with him
http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/report-76561198116665086-sith-lord-other-other-game-items.64615/
No worries. If you did a two-way trade then you can ask Valve to reverse it. If it was a gift, though, you're out of luck: the confirmation box literally says "Please confirm that you are giving your items away and expect nothing in return."
Edit: For future reference, it doesn't matter what the buyer throws in to make the trade two-way. It can be as something as worthless as a coupon -- as long as an item is exchanged at both ends then you have a safety net. Two-way trades + account vetting = happy trading.
Did you really trade with a guy who only has F2P games on his account and nothing else? And zero rep to boot?
You can try to report him but if you didn't actually give him anything on the trade window, there's really nothing that can be done.
phoenix296
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Something was fishy when he said he was going to sell it for that much of a profit. That said that guy was horrible.
NingenJanai
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welcome to the interwebs.
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