Chance Hale
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Differing course loads I suppose, definitely more time to game than the year I worked 60-70 hour weeks at a machine shop. By the time I got off a 12 hour night shift I didn't want to do anything 
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STEAM | August 2015 - Three versions of Windows since the last Half-Life
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texhnolyze
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Well to be honest, I've only played 2/3 of XIII, and I'm still at the beginning of Type-0. I dropped it at the chapter 13 or so, and I've already stated it here numerous time why I hate it.
Anyway, welcome back PetriP-TNT~
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texhnolyze
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Some devs/pubs just don't bother to put any effort to make an interesting game description.
KainXVIII
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Its re-released old russian games (but still they need to make some effort indeed)
for several pages I was sure I'm in the MGS thread, but then I've seen lashman's post, so it must be a steam thread after all.
wanna know about Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered? Of course you don't, but I'll tell anyway.
What actually is a remaster? It can be an engine change, graphical overhaul of a game, it can be gameplay changes, when I think about it, we don't really have a clear definition of what a remaster is. So why do I feel that Letter Quest is not Remastered? Who knows?
It plays as original Letter Quest, I don't see any difference in appearance either, if there is one it's too subtle for me to notice, only difference that I can see is an endless mode, now that one could have been easily added to an original game as dlc, as it have been made later. I tried that endless mode, it's kinda harsh, feels like roguelitelike more or less.
Or I am missing something and it is a remaster.
wanna know about Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered? Of course you don't, but I'll tell anyway.
What actually is a remaster? It can be an engine change, graphical overhaul of a game, it can be gameplay changes, when I think about it, we don't really have a clear definition of what a remaster is. So why do I feel that Letter Quest is not Remastered? Who knows?
It plays as original Letter Quest, I don't see any difference in appearance either, if there is one it's too subtle for me to notice, only difference that I can see is an endless mode, now that one could have been easily added to an original game as dlc, as it have been made later. I tried that endless mode, it's kinda harsh, feels like roguelitelike more or less.
Or I am missing something and it is a remaster.
Chance Hale
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I'm still really bummed that the Gabriel Knight remake ended up being so terrible, was really looking forward to it.
KainXVIII
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Its not terrible, have some good nostalgia trip with it (but original still miles ahead of it)
what that has to do with anything? I've played a game, these are my impressions, you know about games being played, don't you?
I kid, I kid, of course you don't
maybe there is, maybe there isn't, I couldn't notice and that what I was trying to tell.
You said the only difference you noticed is the new mode, but there's more to it than that.
btw, groupees will have a mangagamer bundle later today (no preorder)
https://groupees.com/vn3
if it's not steam, I'm not buying this time, I swear!
edited: mangagamer games on steam
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_4_4__12&term=mangagamer
let it be Evangile and Cho Dengeki Stryker in that bundle, oh VN goddess
https://groupees.com/vn3
if it's not steam, I'm not buying this time, I swear!
edited: mangagamer games on steam
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_4_4__12&term=mangagamer
let it be Evangile and Cho Dengeki Stryker in that bundle, oh VN goddess
Ban Puncher
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Haunted
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glorious destructionShame I got around playing Space Marine so late today. Was a very fun 1 hour. The ultra-hammer is definitely something.
FOR THE EMPEROR
Well, you ended your post by asking if you were "missing something", which you were. Whether or not the game is worthy of the "remaster" moniker is a tangential debate. Personally, I think remasters are better suited for platforms with limited lifecycles (i.e. consoles). A port of The Last of Us from the PS3 to the PS4 makes sense, but if it were on the PC, I'd say a patch would be more appropriate. The +1s are nice and all, but speaking objectively, save the re-releases for remakes.
Damn, 970 might be 3 times more powerful than my old 750TI, but hot damn, does it get loud on load.
I was Inquisitioning Dragon Ages yesterday, late at night (11 pm or so) and after an hour of gameplay I had both CPU and GPU at 80C (despite not going over 75% GPU usage).
My wife came over and asked WTH am I vacuuming so late at night.
I guess I need a case with better airflow (a case fan would be a plus as well) - it seems the excess heat just isn't being dissipated correctly. :\
Had no problems like that with old GPU, which even under load was quieter than the CPU fan. The gains in framerate/IQ are nice, no doubt about it, but... well. I wish NVIDIA made a card as fast as 970/980 and as quiet as 750 TI.
I was Inquisitioning Dragon Ages yesterday, late at night (11 pm or so) and after an hour of gameplay I had both CPU and GPU at 80C (despite not going over 75% GPU usage).
My wife came over and asked WTH am I vacuuming so late at night.
I guess I need a case with better airflow (a case fan would be a plus as well) - it seems the excess heat just isn't being dissipated correctly. :\
Had no problems like that with old GPU, which even under load was quieter than the CPU fan. The gains in framerate/IQ are nice, no doubt about it, but... well. I wish NVIDIA made a card as fast as 970/980 and as quiet as 750 TI.
not saying I didn't or anything
we can continue like this forever, can't we? what a delightful thought
don't get me wrong, I still got addicted to Letter Quest right away, I wouldn't have ever replayed that game if not this remaster, I'm not complaining, just reflecting.
otoh ManaCollect ... why oh why anybody would think it's good idea not to have mouse controls in a game like this, WHY?
There is a better and cheaper solution? Like you know, actually sleeping at night?
you kinda make me glad I couldn't afford 970 or 980 and I thank you for this.
And I'm not saying you did. This discussion kicked off because you were under the impression that my link was irrelevant; the intention was to clarify that there is indeed more to the re-release than just a new mode. If you'd just said, say, "Oh, well most of that went unnoticed by me, so I don't think the changes are significant enough to warrant a re-release", that would have been the extent of our back-and-forth.
And I'm not saying you did. This discussion kicked off because you were under the impression that my link was irrelevant; the intention was to clarify that there is indeed more to the re-release than just a new mode. If you'd just said, say, "Oh, well most of that went unnoticed by me, so I don't think the changes are significant enough to warrant a re-release", that would have been the extent of our back-and-forth.
I appreciate that, but as with those screens with slightly different settings that Doggie used to post and insist that one of those looked heaps better, if I can't see it, I can't say I see.
It's because you don't play Fairy Fencer, it's hard to notice people that don't play it.
There's nothing worrying about that number of GPU heat, the procie on other hand..
I feel very sorry about that, but it released at a really bad time just before my vacation and MGSV release. Gotta try to 100% GZ and as you know my score, you know it takes some time to do that.
But I at least bought it.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I'm assuming it's ps3 levels (or my laptop) levels of jet taking off.
it's plenty worrying, trust me on this
actually now when you mention it, I thought my PS3 is loud, but when I complain about it, I always get talked down that it's my PS3 is faulty and usually they are silent. It actually is much less loud if you don't buy games on bluerays but only digital, as expected.
you are good people, I'm just kidding, no worries
Probably picking this one up on winter sale if the discount is deep enough.
Looks pretty fun driving around harpooning stuff.
Hero Prinny
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Breh, totally do that, except the part about the witcher 3. Youre grades will plummet, witcher 3 is godly, wait till thanksgiving break and THEN lose yourself in the witcher. Itll be hard to do, but it must be done. I actually bought my pc first year of college with dat sweet fasfa money, i dont get that anymore tho, part time student now, got to pay like $2k every god damn semester, that dont even include the bs price from the textbooks
My point wasn't "You're wrong. Here's what different", it's "In response to your question, here's what's different".
Yeah let's be honest here that isn't happening on a card that is air cooled unless the die is flipping massive, requires less volts to run at the same frequencies you get now and has an incredible efficient heatsink with some rather large fans. Well unless you know how to bend the laws of physics. If you want silence and performance at the same time then you need to upgrade your cooling solution to at least rudimentary water cooling. EVGA do these which are, as the name implies, a hybrid solution where they are both air and water cooled.
Which you can also buy the cooler separately if you so wish but fitting I think is for reference PCB layouts only. AMD has done a couple of cards like this too with the 295X, Fury X and that bonkers ARES II card which started it all.
Atraveller
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ASUS super high end cards make no sense.
If this forum had signatures they would.
Atraveller
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Well thank god it doesn't, imagine all the anime gif sigs here.
One of the Achievement/Trophy sites let's you stack multiple images in their sigs and boy do the peeps there go overboard. Fucking nightmare to read and you can't turn them off if you're not a member.
This should make munchie pretty happy, there is a sequel to Without Within on greenlight - Without Within 2, not free to play this time, tho
and there is rather nice looking ARPG (beat'em up?) on greenligjht - River City Ransom: Underground
one of the best things about gaf is no signature policy, much appreciated
and there is rather nice looking ARPG (beat'em up?) on greenligjht - River City Ransom: Underground
one of the best things about gaf is no signature policy, much appreciated
Didn't this get kickstartered like ages ago?
And come on surely you know of the NES classic River City Ransom? Can't for the life of me think what it was called over here though but something goofy and no where near as cool.
Hero Prinny
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Who? Never heard of this, old timer
I thought the name is familiar.... but I can't really remember it, I'm very sorry
too many games and I have only that much of memory cells and they are slowly dying already
edited: I just checked, it was Street Gangs for us, no wonder I couldn't put a finger on that River City Ransom name
Ban Puncher
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RIP in peace, Technos.
j0hnny_385
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Hey SteamGAF!
Been a while...
Have MGS:TPP preordered. Since there's no preorder and unlock will happen on Aug 31 14:00 CET, how do I ensure it starts downloading immediately? I'm at work that day until 17.00h :/
Just leave my PC with Steam opened on and that's it? Or do I have to do something remotely?
Been a while...
Have MGS:TPP preordered. Since there's no preorder and unlock will happen on Aug 31 14:00 CET, how do I ensure it starts downloading immediately? I'm at work that day until 17.00h :/
Just leave my PC with Steam opened on and that's it? Or do I have to do something remotely?
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
I backed this one kickstarter, sadly it's at least still a year away from release
Which happens to be today... really odd that there did not put up a store page before the release...
IIRC, I haven't been able to get preloading / downloading to work remotely via the old Steam mobile app for newly released games - but now that there is a new app, I haven't actually tried it with the updated app. I hope it works
Hero Prinny
Member
Well like... Why do you do anything really?
j0hnny_385
Member
So you do need to use an app for this? So I just turn on the app at 14.01h, go to my library and MGS:TPP will be there with an option to "download" or something?
Sorry for asking potentially "dumb" questions but I never done this before and...and...it's MGS, man. You know... :/
Kurt Russell
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You don't need to use the app, you can do the same thing from the desktop client.
You can initiate the pre-load from your Steam Community games list. Well, there was an oversight where the remote install button wouldn't appear for pre-loadable games until you restarted the client, but I assume this has been fixed in the three-and-a-bit years since Valve launched the feature.
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