I had that before we could hide games. Now I see no reason to have a category for games I find "meh", I just hide them.
I have this extremely simple list since then
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STEAM | August 2015 - Three versions of Windows since the last Half-Life
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I have this extremely simple list since then
someguyinahat
Member
Quick impressions for the bundle-mazing Dark Arcana: The Carnival:
You play a nameless female "Detective" (this is shades of Mystery Case Files stuff from Big Fish Games) investigating the disappearance of one Susan Jones from a carnival. Her daughter had "a nightmare about a very evil place" and the officer on the scene appeared to take this as serious evidence. You go to interview the carnival manager, Jim Gibbons, only to find he flees the scene and locks a gate behind him, but then drops the key behind the gate as if to taunt you. Your character muses aloud "Why did he drop the key?" and you know what? It's never explained, because if he hadn't done that, he'd actually have gotten away with his plan. Anyway, things get supernatural as there are mirrors that transport you to a "mirror world" where things get creepier (as if carnivals aren't creepy enough!) At times you see the mirror world start to seep into the regular one. It's a nice effect, and I especially liked how you had to do some of the same hidden object scenes in both worlds (only they look slightly different/creepier) but I kinda wish there was a bit more jumping back and forth. They could have explored it more than they did, and that's kind of a shame. The absolute biggest bonus to the story is that the twist ending is decent. They lay clues to it, but at first it's not very predictable. I gotta say, they put a good effort in on that one.
The gameplay is much more classic, which is fine, and once again they have a tacked-on "alternate" game called "Monaco" which...is pretty bad. It looks to be matching pairs like mahjong, only instead of stacks, it's just an array and you can move rows and columns. I'm not even sure if it'll be worth the achievements to try it. The minigames are relatively easy, and now that I'm playing a bunch in a row I'm starting to see them repeating. That's a bit frustrating, to have seen a minigame before.
The voice acting in this one is actually pretty good. They could have so easily given the carnival manager a stereotypically evil crazy voice, but they went with something softer. He didn't sound crazy, just desperate, which was great voice direction.
The graphics are about what you'd expect in a hidden-object game.
The verdict: Not AM's best effort, but a good story (by HOG standards) with decent gameplay make it worth your time to play.
You play a nameless female "Detective" (this is shades of Mystery Case Files stuff from Big Fish Games) investigating the disappearance of one Susan Jones from a carnival. Her daughter had "a nightmare about a very evil place" and the officer on the scene appeared to take this as serious evidence. You go to interview the carnival manager, Jim Gibbons, only to find he flees the scene and locks a gate behind him, but then drops the key behind the gate as if to taunt you. Your character muses aloud "Why did he drop the key?" and you know what? It's never explained, because if he hadn't done that, he'd actually have gotten away with his plan. Anyway, things get supernatural as there are mirrors that transport you to a "mirror world" where things get creepier (as if carnivals aren't creepy enough!) At times you see the mirror world start to seep into the regular one. It's a nice effect, and I especially liked how you had to do some of the same hidden object scenes in both worlds (only they look slightly different/creepier) but I kinda wish there was a bit more jumping back and forth. They could have explored it more than they did, and that's kind of a shame. The absolute biggest bonus to the story is that the twist ending is decent. They lay clues to it, but at first it's not very predictable. I gotta say, they put a good effort in on that one.
The gameplay is much more classic, which is fine, and once again they have a tacked-on "alternate" game called "Monaco" which...is pretty bad. It looks to be matching pairs like mahjong, only instead of stacks, it's just an array and you can move rows and columns. I'm not even sure if it'll be worth the achievements to try it. The minigames are relatively easy, and now that I'm playing a bunch in a row I'm starting to see them repeating. That's a bit frustrating, to have seen a minigame before.
The voice acting in this one is actually pretty good. They could have so easily given the carnival manager a stereotypically evil crazy voice, but they went with something softer. He didn't sound crazy, just desperate, which was great voice direction.
The graphics are about what you'd expect in a hidden-object game.
The verdict: Not AM's best effort, but a good story (by HOG standards) with decent gameplay make it worth your time to play.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
I have the same categories. How is this possible?
Chance Hale
Member
Upgraded to Windows 10, graphics card disappeared and Nvidia driver installation keeps failing.
*prolonged scream*
*prolonged scream*
Restart.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Your computer's as good as bricked now.
I uninstalled everything that had anything to do with Geforce/Nvidia, restarted and reinstalled Experience. After that it let me install the "Windows 10 Driver" without any problems. How have you tried to do it?
salazar547
Member
The categories that i use are :
Arcade
Beat em ups
Dungeon Crawler
Emulators
Fighting Games
FPS
Metroidvania
MOBAs
Multiplayer ( 2 )
Multiplayer ( 3/4 )
Open World
Pending
Pending ( PC Upgrade )
Platformers
Puzzles
Racing
Rhythm
Roguelike
RPG
RTS
Shoot em ups
TPS
Visual Novels
Having 2 multiplayer categories helps me to find games that i can play when friends come to my house , sometimes i remembered that a game had local multiplayer but wasnt sure how many players it supported.
Arcade
Beat em ups
Dungeon Crawler
Emulators
Fighting Games
FPS
Metroidvania
MOBAs
Multiplayer ( 2 )
Multiplayer ( 3/4 )
Open World
Pending
Pending ( PC Upgrade )
Platformers
Puzzles
Racing
Rhythm
Roguelike
RPG
RTS
Shoot em ups
TPS
Visual Novels
Having 2 multiplayer categories helps me to find games that i can play when friends come to my house , sometimes i remembered that a game had local multiplayer but wasnt sure how many players it supported.
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Think Mario Kart, but with old people and weapons
That's smart!
Se7enSword
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So since last night's impromptu Quiplash night was fun, I'll be hosting another one tonight.
You don't need to own the game to play!
All you need to do to join is go to jackbox.tv on your mobile device or web browser and type in the room code that will be on screen. Even if you don't get into the game as a player, you can still vote on your favourite quips as an audience member.
Rules:
1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The stream will be here. There's a slight delay (around 5 seconds I think), so keep an eye on your browser/mobile device.
If i'm still awake by then, i'll join.
Chance Hale
Member
Lol, I know it's fixable. Just an annoying process.
Going through all of that now.
Getting rid of the Charms bar was a huge mistake.
some crazy people does that, i think frost categorize his library like that
Se7enSword
Banned
I would love to do that, but seems like too much effort. >_>
I'll get around to organizing it like that eventually.
Chance Hale
Member
I tried categorizing once and they all opened at random so I said fuck it and now I just have a mess of 800 games.
If I use a vpn to grab Act of Aggression/Tembo and a vpn to redeem it on steam am I going to get banned? Would it be playable without a vpn?
If I use a vpn to grab Act of Aggression/Tembo and a vpn to redeem it on steam am I going to get banned? Would it be playable without a vpn?
Nyteshade517
Member
That's what I do. The only category that isn't by IP I have is for games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc. I put those in one set.
billmcdougal
Member
I wish I had caught quiplash last night. Probably won't be able to play tonight, but it looks like a lot of fun.
I like the idea of infinite players. 1vs100 on Xbox Live was the best.
I like the idea of infinite players. 1vs100 on Xbox Live was the best.
Haunted
Member
You're both unoriginal, congratulations.
I have
and 4 more for the games I have through family sharing
Come on MusouGAF, where's the hype?
Game's gonna have a slick selection of playable characters-
Fujitora
Hawkeye
Buggy da gawd
Crocodile
Rob 'Pigeon Pimp' Lucci
Marco
Thinking about trying this since it's being published by Bandai Namco. They could have had QLOC help with the PC port.
Come on MusouGAF, where's the hype?
Game's gonna have a slick selection of playable characters-
Fujitora
Hawkeye
Buggy da gawd
Crocodile
Rob 'Pigeon Pimp' Lucci
Marco
I really fear the port won't be any good after seeing dynasty warriors.
Haunted
Member
I've sung Artifex Mundi praises in the point n click adventure thread, but their singular best effort so far has been Grim Legends.
They're one of if not the best hidden object game developers, but even with that, most of their games are just "ok".
I used Windows 8.0 from the day it was released until the day 8.1 was released and 8.1 until 10 was released. I've no idea what charms are but.. charms woo!
You can have games in multiple categories. I've got 35 categories on mine.
Heh, I didn't know you could hide games... Still keeping the Meh though. There's nothing installed there, so it's a hidden anyway if I just select installed
Playing Valiant Hearts, it's great.
Well after watching the Charity Shield in 4K earlier today I think I'm pretty much sold. Game was rubbish bar a blinder from The Ox early on but Blimey O'Riely is the extra resolution a night and day difference over regular bog standard HD.
Tizoc
Member
Well after watching the Charity Shield in 4K earlier today I think I'm pretty much sold. Game was rubbish bar a blinder from The Ox early on but Blimey O'Riely is the extra resolution a night and day difference over regular bog standard HD.
Gives me shit for preordering AssCreed Syndicate, then tries to drum up a 'Hype Circus' for a game published by Koei Tecmo. Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy of the highest order!!!
At least I take my risks on possibly wonkey games on my own and not try to drag a whole bunch to their doom with me.
But I'm not a total arsehole so I hope for your sake that it turns out well and it's a decent PC port.Hopefully you realise this is me taking the piss out of you saying I had Stockholm Syndrome and it's all in jest. See here's a smiley
Eh fair enough, this is by 'Scamco' after all so we're in similar boats.
However what One Piece has over Butt Cream Syndicate is a character with a top hat that's actually badass...and had a meme to begin with :V
Well after watching the Charity Shield in 4K earlier today I think I'm pretty much sold. Game was rubbish bar a blinder from The Ox early on but Blimey O'Riely is the extra resolution a night and day difference over regular bog standard HD.
Gives me shit for preordering AssCreed Syndicate, then tries to drum up a 'Hype Circus' for a game published by Koei Tecmo. Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy of the highest order!!!
At least I take my risks on possibly wonkey games on my own and not try to drag a whole bunch to their doom with me.
But I'm not a total arsehole so I hope for your sake that it turns out well and it's a decent PC port.Hopefully you realise this is me taking the piss out of you saying I had Stockholm Syndrome and it's all in jest. See here's a smiley
Anyone that likes EA* and Ubi games totally have stockholm syndrome though.
*Electronic Arts. Which are, in a way, also early-access anyway. Which I suppose is the case for Ubi aswell... Err...
These days any AAA is EA (early access) anyway.
well i always use notepads with the little squares for drawing maps for my games lol
this one is like map map map map map random her story scribbles map map map map map
well i tried but
The upgrade to Windows 10 actually killed the onboard NIC on my HTPC.
If you're just collecting keywords that's sorta missing the point, but I assume you've already figured out how the story actually went, right? I just can't tell from your notes, personally.
There's always that trick where you just tag each video uniquely until you clear the board if that's what you're looking for. Or just go into the game's folder to watch everything in order.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
The main character is only as bland as the person playing him.
I guess "bland" is the 4th choice in the Bond/Bourne/Bauer dialogue setup. Dude must be playing mute.
Jawmuncher
Member
I will agree to that. My guy was such a dick it was pretty awesome.
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Was just surprised with Ark: Survival Evolved by a fellow SteamGAFer. Can't wait to try it out. I'll need to try and capture some T-Rexes!
well early on i was following threads but now i'm just clearing the database
i got my theories of what's happening but at the same time i'm kind of confused about a few things that throw me off
i really like this game, but running out of ideas for the database thingie
also that silly game in the garbage bin i have no idea how to win it lol
game relies on a lot of tropes and mike isn't the most interesting of protagonists (unless you go full psycho with him, then he's amazing), but i think the story overall is pretty ok, the supporting cast is fantastic and the choice and consequence is probably the best that ever was in a videogame
it's not the witcher where geralt has a lot of story of his own (tho still amnesia cos u know, videogames), ap is about your actions more than anything, and since u get the three options for even replying to emails, you're like always creating character for yourself
Haunted
Member
I chuckled when I reached these clips because I know exactly what Barlowe was thinking when he put them in there.
Catacomb Kids just got a new update with a new class.
it's cool that there's some keywords there to "punish" you for going with cilche routesI chuckled when I reached these clips because I know exactly what Barlowe was thinking when he put them in there.
in general the game is really cool
i found mike is pretty ok however you play him, tho some ways are more fun than others, just because of the silliness in them
i really enjoyed some good guy mike interactions tho, and i've beaten this game like 6 times so it's not just psycho mike that's fun
i generally like playing more scoundrel-like characters cos paladins are boring
we all need it
i think the issue is that it's not really a game that could work from an isometric perspective with only text i feel
you need the big budget and sadly publishers are idiots that don't help genius when it's right fucking there
like cmon bethesda, throw obs a bone, allow them to make their own dishonored
Jawmuncher
Member
The conversation stuff was the main reason I enjoyed Alpha Protocol. The game itself was a cool premise, but it needed longer in the polishing department.
it's one of those games where development hell is very apparent, like kotor2
would be awesome if sega let obs borrow the license for a kickstarter project for fixing bugs, tweaking gameplay and restoring cut content
the saudi arabia part is the weakest of the game i think
after that game gets much better cos u start meeting wacky and scary and cool characters and mike becomes a more interesting character as a result of interacting with other interesting characters
it's an awesome game
LurkerPrime
Member
If you don't remember Kreia you didn't play KotOR2.
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