I think we're all going to have to focus on a title that would have ONLY been released in Japan, otherwise why wouldn't Ghostlight say released worldwide and not specifically just call out Japan. Also something from a smaller developer and not an IP owned by a publisher with already a presence on Steam. It's not like physical where you need someone with presence in a country to shift units, it's a digital marketplace with no borders other than some silly ones setup by publishers themselves.
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I think we're all going to have to focus on a title that would have ONLY been released in Japan, otherwise why wouldn't Ghostlight say released worldwide and not specifically just call out Japan. Also something from a smaller developer and not an IP owned by a publisher with already a presence on Steam. It's not like physical where you need someone with presence in a country to shift units, it's a digital marketplace with no borders other than some silly ones setup by publishers themselves.
ashecitism
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I wish that too (this goes for their living room initiative as well, to get more and more linux ports etc), but it's never going to happen.
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There was a thread defending MS for adding value to their console by buying exclusives made just yesterday.
Chairmanchuck
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I loved the AC series, right up until 4. I've tried to play it 3 or 4 times now and just can't get more than a couple hours in. The pirating stuff is just not interesting to me at all. I actually think my disinterest towards that game is the lack of Desmond. I know he was one of the least liked aspects of the previous games to most people, but I enjoyed the meta-story and where Ubi was heading with it. Right up until they said fuck it and threw it all away. It's just obvious they could care less about the overall narrative and just want to churn out new entries in the series every year.
I plan to try again though after I finish the Dark Souls 2 DLC. I hate bailing on games, especially ones I was dumb enough to pay full price for.
I really liked it. Out of all three LoS games probably my favorite.
There's only 1 out now, with the second coming in a couple weeks I think. General consensus is that it's great, worth it. I especially like the area and new equipment. Challenging maze-like and lots of puzzles, new enemy types.
Bosses are too hard for me though. I was able to take down 1 of 3 but don't think the other 2 are going to be possible, but planning on banging my head against them this weekend until either A) they go down, or B) I end up playing ACIV and being thankful the combat is on auto-pilot.
How much is that in $USD? I can't figure out Nuuvem's currency exchange, what are they using Brazilian money?
EDIT: Looks like $5.66. Maybe.....
FiveElementNinja
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Here's hoping for some Simple 2000 games like 大美人 and Zombie vs Ambulance.
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Yeah I don't think Valve is interested in that angle. They want to turn the Steam service into a self sustaining system that attracts developers/publishers by itself.
The next logical step is Steam OS, although there is a possible chicken-egg situation here. Can they push Steam OS without major linux support - Can there be major linux support without a well established Steam OS.
tav7623
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Hadn't really been thinking about this until just now when I logged onto Steam, but 10 years ago yesterday was the day I created my Steam account (I created it cause I was stoked about/anticipating Half Life 2...that year was also one of the few years where I was primarily a PC gamer due to the huge number of FPS that came out that year like Far Cry, Doom 3, MoH Allied Assault, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay, and Unreal Tournament 2004)....funny thing is looking back at my account I didn't buy a single game through/on Steam until Nov 2011 (Alien vs. Predator Classic 2000, had always wanted to play it but couldn't really find a physical copy in my area) which has me thinking that this would make for an interesting discussion. So SteamGAF what made y'all want to join/sign up for Steam and what was the first game you purchased bought on/through Steam?
The one that's out now is really fun but just a tad short/limited.
Blak_Status
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Hmm.. I guess I should start using PixelVision for the fonts feature. I game on my TV and I would prefer if the text was a little bigger.
tav7623
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Ah, I missed that thread, but then again I should have figured that all this talk about console exclusivity was due to the whole Rise of the Tomb Raider X1 exclusivity thing announced at Gamescon
The first one is pretty dang good. Tougher than the main game and way more puzzle oriented, which is either good or bad depending on how you like your Dark Souls.
The three bosses are good to excellent. Unfortunately, they all come in a row at the end of the area, which is a weird choice. I'd say 2 of the 3 are excellently designed and the optional one is so unflinchingly hard that i would love to see someone beat it "honestly". I cheesed the fight over a grueling 15-20 minutes, but I couldn't see any other way. And the reward for beating it is pretty meh (aside from saying you did it).
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Gunstarheroes
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Here's hoping for some Simple 2000 games like 大美人 and Zombie vs Ambulance.
I would be so happy if this turned out to be the case, but i highly doubt it.
Also, Daily is Counter-Strike: GO for 50% off ($7.49)
Might get it just so i can join in on GAF Game Nights since its a popular choice.
I joined on 2012, my first game was L4D2 for $4.99. I was pretty shocked when I saw that you can get legal games for so cheap right from my place.
Saying you did it is the best reward in Demon's/Dark Souls
To me, the reward is the fight itself. I wish there was a boss fight/select somewhere in the game. Like a temple you could go to and fight any of the bosses you've previously beat. Make it so you don't even gain anything from beating them again, i don't even care, i just want to be able to fight bosses (solo) without having to go through the entire game again (which i enjoy doing too, i just wish i could fight O&S at my leisure). A temple of fallen champions or something.
I feel like the challenge in DS is a means to an end: creating interesting fights. The elation i feel after winning a tough fight is followed by the disappointment that I won't get do that fight again for a long time. On the poorer fights, there is no elation, only relief that i'll never have to do it again.
The good fights are the reward themselves (but i do like getting fun dress up clothes).
The main two are very well designed/balanced in my opinion. I found them very beatable in a pure melee build with the appropriate amount of challenge (and I'm no expert).
The optional boss on the other hand feels savagely difficult. Might be easier in co-op, but solo required a crazy cheap strategy and a bit of a war of attrition. Might be different with magic, i don't know.
Thanks for this. Guess I'll treat it as a demo for the PS4 version since not sure if I want to get it yet.
I keep on hearing though the community is pretty much dead on PC.
Dio Brando
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I'm not exactly sure how people outside of Brazil buy it. IIRC, most people use Hola.
Would be great to have something like a portal to all the bosses to play them again. It could be accessed from the menu so it doesn't break the games immersion or something like this
But I agree with you, it's all about rewarding fight and the great feeling you have after beating an insane boss. That's it, what makes these games addictive and why I love them.
Sooo... I add these to my cart and they disappear?
Seems like they are region locked to North America, where are you from?
Chairmanchuck
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Is this Naruto Revolution game regionlocked? Only see it for 20keys.
Well I guess I just broke the Terrorists Law! Again!
Actually it does feel a little less innocuous that you have to fiddle around with to get stuff to work now.
Huh that's going to send me off on a trek to Moby Games for some research. Then again my last foray into Japan only titles returned 15,000 Visual Novels so I'm a bit cautious.
There might be a few others but it allows you to specify the scaling of fonts via the config files for the them. Though the latest client does indeed scale with higher DPI as a system wide variable the fonts are still screwed (it's not like directDraw and DirectWrite are almost a decade old or anything!).
Nuuvem right? Yeah if you're not in Brazil supposedly region locked stuff and items not for sale outside of Brazil vanish upon checkout. Of course there is an age old method to approach that...
Edit: And I see you're already on to that.
Actually it does feel a little less innocuous that you have to fiddle around with to get stuff to work now.
Here's hoping for some Simple 2000 games like 大美人 and Zombie vs Ambulance.
Huh that's going to send me off on a trek to Moby Games for some research. Then again my last foray into Japan only titles returned 15,000 Visual Novels so I'm a bit cautious.
There might be a few others but it allows you to specify the scaling of fonts via the config files for the them. Though the latest client does indeed scale with higher DPI as a system wide variable the fonts are still screwed (it's not like directDraw and DirectWrite are almost a decade old or anything!).
Sooo... I add these to my cart and they disappear?
Nuuvem right? Yeah if you're not in Brazil supposedly region locked stuff and items not for sale outside of Brazil vanish upon checkout. Of course there is an age old method to approach that...
Edit: And I see you're already on to that.
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Shadow of Mordor's achievement set is looking pretty straight forward and easy. Alien Isolation's looks a fair bit harder. There will definitely be some tricky ones to manage there it seems.
Dio Brando
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Be careful with LoS2 though. it is indeed region locked the the Americas.
I should've been clearer in my post though. Funny thing is, i cant find anything about region locking or cross region trade on the steamdb page. it seems you wont have any problem
Seems to have redeemed just fine... But we'll see how it goes. >_>
arts&crafts
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Dang I have the whole Friday bundle on STEAM except Logigun, gotta wait for it to be in a new bundle now..
Still on the fence about Shadow of Mordor but I'm warming to it every new update I've seen. The was a behind the scenes vid with Troy Baker and another voice actor and the story sounds a lot better than i thought it would.
Regards to cheesments though.
Well it's got collectibles and Assassininging so I guess Jase will be happy. Although this caught my eye...
I get the feeling there is going to be a lot of scope for dicking around.
Easton Dark
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Left 4 Dead in 2008.
It was not what I expected or wanted based all the talk about it, but still fun. I would not have gotten it, however, if I knew L4D2 would inundate its existence a year later, and ruin the series.
Oh well, it introduced me to Steam.
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Just bought mirror of Fate, can't wait to play a good old metroidvania
freshVeggie
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Counter Strike Global Offensive at 7 ? Hmm, usually don't buy that high but I am not gonna lie.
Seeing that playing can earn you a bit... CS:GO is not region-locked for the Russian region I hope.?
Seeing that playing can earn you a bit... CS:GO is not region-locked for the Russian region I hope.?
Dio Brando
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I said that because on the steam page and in the nuuvem page, there's a warning about redeeming on other countries, but he managed to redeem just fine, and i cant see any mention of region locking or nocrossregion trading.
Heebie Jeebies
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I joined because it was mandatory for MW2, the first game I bought directly from Steam was Bioshock 2 during a Winter Sale where I ended up going alittle crazy. Out of nearly 300 games about 50 i've bought directly from Steam so far.
Jawmuncher
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I wonder how Konami is going to price Ground Zeroes.
Though if they do stick with the 30 it'll be 50% off by the winter sale if it's out before then since the digital versions went on sale for that much pretty quick.
Though if they do stick with the 30 it'll be 50% off by the winter sale if it's out before then since the digital versions went on sale for that much pretty quick.
I love GW, but I can't play them, exactly for reason of melting eyes, and my eyes are easy to melt, even e
someguyinahat
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Backlog time! Failing that, play and review the free RPGmaker contest entries.
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