super-famicom
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Oh yeah, I never played that but always wanted to. How is it?
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STEAM | August 2016 - No Man's Sky will leave Mankind Divided
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Oh yeah, I never played that but always wanted to. How is it?
Of the PC version? Aside from the PC trailer I don't think so but if you wanted to see some higher level gameplay... here you go.
electroflame
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I just played it last week before jumping into Mankind Divided.
It was...okay, I guess? There wasn't anything particularly wrong with it, it just takes a while to get going, and there's quite a bit of backtracking.
Took me about 5 hours, I think, but that was me going for non-lethal, full exploration. If you have it as a separate app (pre-Director's Cut) then I'd recommend playing it. If you have to play through Human Revolution for it (if you've already played it) it's not really worth a full playthrough on it's own.
Baron von Loathsome
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I finished my first full playthrough of Crusader Kings II almost a month ago. So good.
And I trust that the new Reaper's Due DLC is living up to the hype?
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
White Wolf
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still haven't gotten my deus ex update. is there something that i can do to trigger it?
I know, you talked about the AU didn't you? I didn't update until now.
Tried a long range of fixes, still nothing.
NeoRaider
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But it's not.
I don't know if the DC is worth investing in unless you can't access Missing Link on it's own.
The DC "upgrades" the boss fights but they still suck. And it adds the DLC weapons/ gear to the main game, and scatters supplies for them all over. The autohack tool is nice for builds that ignore hacking. It also adds the DLC Mission dealing with Tracer Tong from the first Deus Ex as a main story mission. And then finally it inserts The Missing Link about 2/3rds of the way into the game.
The Missing Link is good but it is not well placed in the DC. It comes after a long slog of dungeons/missions and lacks the "come back to a peaceful area" pacing that regular game has. So you're talking like probably 4-8 hours in a row of not much variety, plus it strips you of your augments. Then right after that the downtime moment is minor so you're right back to it. Can feel like a real chore. It's a real pacing misfire.
Don't get me wrong, I like the Missing Link, but it was clearly meant to be played standalone.
I'd still say the ideal playthrough is just the original PC version plus play the Missing Link after.
The DC "upgrades" the boss fights but they still suck. And it adds the DLC weapons/ gear to the main game, and scatters supplies for them all over. The autohack tool is nice for builds that ignore hacking. It also adds the DLC Mission dealing with Tracer Tong from the first Deus Ex as a main story mission. And then finally it inserts The Missing Link about 2/3rds of the way into the game.
The Missing Link is good but it is not well placed in the DC. It comes after a long slog of dungeons/missions and lacks the "come back to a peaceful area" pacing that regular game has. So you're talking like probably 4-8 hours in a row of not much variety, plus it strips you of your augments. Then right after that the downtime moment is minor so you're right back to it. Can feel like a real chore. It's a real pacing misfire.
Don't get me wrong, I like the Missing Link, but it was clearly meant to be played standalone.
I'd still say the ideal playthrough is just the original PC version plus play the Missing Link after.
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Yo SteamGAF, any canadian here ?
super-famicom
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Thanks for the impressions. I might just stick with playing vanilla for now and wait for the DLC to go on sale.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Looks dull as dishwater, hope people enjoy it, but it isn't for me.
WinterDemons
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Hello. :V
Nabs
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There isn't a long range of fixes, there's just one.
hardcastlemccormick
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Still haven't gotten the W10 Anniversary Update, hoping it stays that way.
salazar547
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you need some of the upgrades from other levels to access the other exits , if you already completed all the regular levels you should be able to access the rest
I found some since I managed to open two underground levels, I cleared one but for the second I need double jump I guess.
Eh, sadly I was missing tools. I got double jump, but I don't know how to find alternate exits in the Devil's Peak and the level with the boat.
Obduction is the best option, trust me. Tomorrow I'll post a little review, but it's one of the best game released in those last 5 years for sure.
Don't believe other people, nobody can make Myst-like titles, only Cyan is able to bring the magic. I played a lot of "Myst-like" but I think people use that definition for every first person adventure game with pretty much no narration: it's not.
Obduction, like Myst titles, it's a mix of loneliness and sense of wonder.
You are bringed in a brand new world with its own rules, language, culture. And you have absolutely no hint on how to proceed at first. You are alone in this area, and you need to understand how things work at first. Take a simple machine, for example: often it's not simply a question of pushing a button to make something work, maybe there are some levers you need to act with in a particular order, maybe there's a specific configuration, maybe simply you can't figure out the solution at the moment because the hint is in another place.
The game is always fair and doesn't insult you with irritating puzzles, you can solve EVERYTHING by your own by looking carefully at the enviroment. If you got stuck, like it happened to me, it's because you missed something back. Once you see it, the puzzle solves.
Also the narrative. It's here, there's a story going on, and it's good and fascinating. But you are only a gear of the machine, so you can't learn everything. There are no NPCs to interact with or better, there are but they act exactly like they did in Myst games (you will figure this out when you play the game). You won't get bothered by wall of text, audiologs every five seconds, cutscenes, dialogue choices...nothing of this. Every little bit of information you will manage to find will act like a reward in building on the puzzle of the story. It's a game focused on the mystery after all, the sense of wonder and exploration.
Well, I posted a little review after all, so that this like my passionate opinion.
We need more game like Obduction. At first I had MANY doubts because you know, programming a game today it's not exaclty the same thing like programming a game in Hypercard like 20 years ago (if I remember correctly Myst was created by six people, while the team got big with Riven with around 40 people. On URU it got eve bigger, with around 150 elements, but Rand Miller felt unconmfortable with this because he is used to know personally each team member and he couldn't do that with a so big team). And since Cyan was in a total black.out from years and the technology went on, with new type of videogames, I was afraid they would do something totally different, like a walking simulator or something like that.
It's not. Obduction is exactly the kind of game you can expect by Cyan, a timeless classic which is fresh today like 20 years ago, only now thanks to Unreal Engine 4.0 it looks great.
People need to support this because it's clear Miller put every single penny into the game, giving up on a proper marketing (I remember Myst games were a serious thing back in days, they costed several million dollars, but Obduction is kind of a small project, because it costed like Myst 1, Riven 2 budget was much much bigger, but still the result is amazing). We were in a total black.out for the game, no gameplay trailers, a delay etc...but the result is amazing.
I hope Obduction will sell a lot so another game like this will be made.
Jawmuncher
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This missing link DLC is just reminding me why I wasnt a big fan of Deus Ex HR
Maybe you hid the game and forgot about it? I did that.
I thought the atmosphere was great, it's a shame about the fetch quest like segments though.
I finished Blacklist today and i must say that is one great game. It is full of content and i was surprised that every mission is on new map. They didn't rehash story maps for side content. I really enjoyed playing it and now i will wait for a friend to finish coop missions.
But now i started Mafia 2 and i remembered how that game was demanding when it came out. But now with my GTX760 i can push all settings to max at 1440p and still get 60FPS (even with PhysX on).
But now i started Mafia 2 and i remembered how that game was demanding when it came out. But now with my GTX760 i can push all settings to max at 1440p and still get 60FPS (even with PhysX on).
Tizoc
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I haven't hidden any games >_>;
Jawmuncher
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I'm playing on easy and trying to go for a more action route, and I still gotta play this like it's Rainbow Six vegas or something.
If it's Unity, try starting the controller after it launches. Unity games + One controllers are fucked in general, and it got worse with the Win 10 AU, but starting the controller after launch solves it in all the problem games I've tried.
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damn DXMD is a stuttering mess for me. I just walked out of the apartment for the first time and its constantly going from 55-60fps down to like 5-10. everytime i tab for inventory or esc to pause there is a delay too
Are you hitting your VRAM cap?
Blacklist really was a really positive surprise when I played it. Great game and very underrated/not enough people talk about it.
One thing that annoys me in DXMD so far: there's too much items and crap to loot everywhere. No situation is a challenge because you have almost endless amount of resources and options. Hopefully the next game tries something new because I feel like this new type of Deus Ex has now been done to death with just two games. Still, that issue aside, really enjoying the game. Playing stealth btw. but it seems like there's way too much ammo and guns available to loot as well.
It's not a Unity game. I have had several games where Xbox One controller doesn't work but the Xbox 360 controller works and all of them are not Unity games
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dont know. maybe ill try and lower textures and mess around a bit see if it helps
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Also I bet dollars to donuts a game called Team Indie and looking like it does is a Unity game.
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So I my friend gifted me No Mans Sky but then I decided on getting a refund for obvious reasons.
That was a over a week ago
The refund went through and my friend got their money back.
I still have the game
I deleted it
I redownloaded and booted it up right before I made this post
The only thing I'm not sure about is if I'm able to update it or not.
When I booted it up I didn't see any prompts for updates
What's happening?
That was a over a week ago
The refund went through and my friend got their money back.
I still have the game
I deleted it
I redownloaded and booted it up right before I made this post
The only thing I'm not sure about is if I'm able to update it or not.
When I booted it up I didn't see any prompts for updates
What's happening?
Maybe valve broke something?
in which case:
1) Don't tell anyone
2) Repeat with other games
3) ???
4) Profit
Team Indie which mentioned, Mars War Logs and Rainblood Mirage. There are more, but I don't remember right now
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Fallout 3 Is Garbage, And Here's Why
An old video but one that'll interest those that hadn't watched it yet.
An old video but one that'll interest those that hadn't watched it yet.
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