Syphon Filter
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wtf, is this for all games or just that one?
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STEAM | August 2016 - No Man's Sky will leave Mankind Divided
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wtf, is this for all games or just that one?
Atraveller
Banned
I only had Game of Thrones and Borderlands installed when it happened, I didn't test the other games. The official stance of Telltale is they only support 360 controllers, but there are probably workarounds somewhere.
derExperte
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Anyone who has X1 controller issues should update to Anniversary and try again, they apparently changed/fixed stuff.
aww man now i wish i bought the collection/season pass when they were cheap, since it has kidman in one of those
SirMossyBloke
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Unless youre in Canada. $66 here, which is certainly less than the US equivalent. I think this may be a first.
you play as kidman in the first two, they tell more about beacon and has a shyamalan.jpg ending
where is my TEWTWO
almostheathen
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That redhead avatar is kind of win though.
Syphon Filter
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link to the fixes?
someguyinahat
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With Mankind Divided on the horizon, and having just finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution, here are some impressions for those of you who haven't played it...you know, both of you:
The story: The year is 2027, a sort of alternate near-future where cybernetic enhancements (aka "augmentations") are a relatively popular phenomenon - for people who can afford to get them and then take the stabilizing drug known as neuropozyne - but it's not without its controversy and its opponents who want to see it regulated. You play Adam Jensen, a cop-turned-security officer at Sarif Industries, an augementation technology firm. A terrorist attack at your firm leaves you wounded in one arm and your chest, but while you're unconscious, your boss says "Fuck it...augment ALL the things!" so once you wake up you've got augmentations in both arms, both legs, your chest, your back, your head...but of course, since you're still injured, you can activate them piecemeal with software (hence the upgrade system.) Even though "you never asked for this," you've got a job to do, mainly, figure out who's behind the terrorist attacks, bring them to justice, and maybe decide the fate of humanity while you're at it.
As far as a AAA game goes, it's a pretty good story. It does get a bit heavy-handed at times, but it also does a good job as painting each character as not fully good or not fully evil, and with justification for their ideals and actions. That includes yourself.
There are multiple endings, and I won't spoil them, but I really wish your actions leading up to the endgame would help you decide (or even make your decision for you.) Getting all the endings is a trivial exercise, so even though they're all great sequences, they lose most of their impact when you just save/load to watch the next one.
The gameplay: It's designed as a stealth game, but if you want you can play it as an action game. You can sneak around, trying not to activate alarms or have the enemies be alerted, quietly knocking them out, or you can melee kill them, or just shoot them in the fucking head. It's up to you! (Only there's an achievement for beating the game without killing anyone - bosses excluded, you gotta kill something like 3 or 4 - so you should try to play it as a stealth game at least once.) I am by no means good at stealth games, because I'm impatient, so I did a LOT of save/reloading that I could have avoided by just waiting in the first place. Still, the gameplay was pretty fun, even for a genre I'm not really into.
The graphics: They hold up. It's been five years or so, but I thought it looked really good, especially the artsy cutscenes that try to make the game look more poignant than it is. They could have spent a little more to get better mouth animation to sync up with the dialogue. It's not "ba ba ba" bad, but it's noticeable that they just went with "general idea of talking."
The dialogue and audio: Jensen's voice does get a little tiring after a while. He sounds broody even when he's being sarcastic. There are no real famous voice actors I could identify, but I did like the voice of your boss, David Sarif, who sounds like a CEO: part smarmy huckster, part sly politician, part boss who tries to be your best friend. The dialogue in no way sounded bad or unnatural, except maybe for some of the Chinese characters speaking English. You could tell there were focus group meetings trying to find just the right note: sound authentic without being racist.
The length: It took me about 38 hours to complete. I got all but three achievements (I missed the one playing on hard difficulty, the one getting all the books, and the one for not tripping any alarms.) "How long to beat" says 42 hours for "completionist" so...I guess I'm about there.
The verdict: Even though it's not my genre of choice, I enjoyed this game. Definitely worth it to buy and play, especially when a Steam sale rolls around.
The story: The year is 2027, a sort of alternate near-future where cybernetic enhancements (aka "augmentations") are a relatively popular phenomenon - for people who can afford to get them and then take the stabilizing drug known as neuropozyne - but it's not without its controversy and its opponents who want to see it regulated. You play Adam Jensen, a cop-turned-security officer at Sarif Industries, an augementation technology firm. A terrorist attack at your firm leaves you wounded in one arm and your chest, but while you're unconscious, your boss says "Fuck it...augment ALL the things!" so once you wake up you've got augmentations in both arms, both legs, your chest, your back, your head...but of course, since you're still injured, you can activate them piecemeal with software (hence the upgrade system.) Even though "you never asked for this," you've got a job to do, mainly, figure out who's behind the terrorist attacks, bring them to justice, and maybe decide the fate of humanity while you're at it.
As far as a AAA game goes, it's a pretty good story. It does get a bit heavy-handed at times, but it also does a good job as painting each character as not fully good or not fully evil, and with justification for their ideals and actions. That includes yourself.
There are multiple endings, and I won't spoil them, but I really wish your actions leading up to the endgame would help you decide (or even make your decision for you.) Getting all the endings is a trivial exercise, so even though they're all great sequences, they lose most of their impact when you just save/load to watch the next one.
The gameplay: It's designed as a stealth game, but if you want you can play it as an action game. You can sneak around, trying not to activate alarms or have the enemies be alerted, quietly knocking them out, or you can melee kill them, or just shoot them in the fucking head. It's up to you! (Only there's an achievement for beating the game without killing anyone - bosses excluded, you gotta kill something like 3 or 4 - so you should try to play it as a stealth game at least once.) I am by no means good at stealth games, because I'm impatient, so I did a LOT of save/reloading that I could have avoided by just waiting in the first place. Still, the gameplay was pretty fun, even for a genre I'm not really into.
The graphics: They hold up. It's been five years or so, but I thought it looked really good, especially the artsy cutscenes that try to make the game look more poignant than it is. They could have spent a little more to get better mouth animation to sync up with the dialogue. It's not "ba ba ba" bad, but it's noticeable that they just went with "general idea of talking."
The dialogue and audio: Jensen's voice does get a little tiring after a while. He sounds broody even when he's being sarcastic. There are no real famous voice actors I could identify, but I did like the voice of your boss, David Sarif, who sounds like a CEO: part smarmy huckster, part sly politician, part boss who tries to be your best friend. The dialogue in no way sounded bad or unnatural, except maybe for some of the Chinese characters speaking English. You could tell there were focus group meetings trying to find just the right note: sound authentic without being racist.
The length: It took me about 38 hours to complete. I got all but three achievements (I missed the one playing on hard difficulty, the one getting all the books, and the one for not tripping any alarms.) "How long to beat" says 42 hours for "completionist" so...I guess I'm about there.
The verdict: Even though it's not my genre of choice, I enjoyed this game. Definitely worth it to buy and play, especially when a Steam sale rolls around.
What is Tango Gameworks working on now?
Remember how shady Bethesda was being with The Evil Within's framerate/resolution prior to launch?
Remember how shady Bethesda was being with The Evil Within's framerate/resolution prior to launch?
From a quick look at benchmarks it seems the 7970 is around 40% faster than the 6970. Assuming the 2GB VRAM is enough, 30fps should be achievable with a reduced setting or two. You can submit a refund request if performance is sub-par, provided you haven't played the game for more than two hours.
Shalashaska
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Is there a way to force game patches or something? Apparently there was a MGS V patch today but my Steam isn't getting it.
I hope they're working on something new, TEW2 could be cool too but those dudes are best when they work on new IPs, they just don't sell so well
derExperte
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http://store.steampowered.com/sale/quakconweekend/
There wasn't anything in the changelogs I've seen, just personal experience.
Depending on what's still coming maybe please spoiler-tag those TEW screenshots.
There wasn't anything in the changelogs I've seen, just personal experience.
Depending on what's still coming maybe please spoiler-tag those TEW screenshots.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I'd like to try it out if it's still available.
Yeah that's the issue, this is my first TellTale game that I've played with a XB1 controller.
Both of us, it's a toss up between good performance and bad according to all the posts in the thread about it.
i don't know, these are corridors that you can't tell where you are (they all look essentially the same lol) but i'll spoiler tag them!
edit: now i can't force people to look at my screenshots with these stupid spoiler tags
Hello Divers! We hope you're enjoying ABZÛ! We've pushed out a new update for the game. Details below.
- Added support for changing the language in the options menu.
- Fixed fullscreen/windowed option.
- Fullscreen now runs at desktop resolution.
- More resolution scale settings, and it now shows the final resolution.
patch notes for recent ABZU update
- Added support for changing the language in the options menu.
- Fixed fullscreen/windowed option.
- Fullscreen now runs at desktop resolution.
- More resolution scale settings, and it now shows the final resolution.
patch notes for recent ABZU update
derExperte
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Steam non-beta update, fonts got fixed.
It's more about the monster or rather others coming up, post as many dank corridors as you like, just saying if there's something else don't forget to tag that.
It's more about the monster or rather others coming up, post as many dank corridors as you like, just saying if there's something else don't forget to tag that.
The Hermit
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Does it support 21:9?
getting now if it does
getting now if it does
Atraveller
Banned
There's Rocket League in Overwatch now.
oipic
Member
Great review! Agreed on all points, hat guy.
Much like with Dishonored, I've long been tempted to replay Human Revolution, but this time with undue violence in mind (I got through with no kills, aside from the unavoidable, in both, I think). Might give it a go while caught up in the Mankind Divided hype (which I don't think I'll be playing anytime soon - if indeed I play anything, but that's another story).
If anyone out there is looking to play through Human Revolution now or in future, and you're at all into design or architecture, be sure to look up often - best ceilings ever.
Windows didn't nuke the partition, "classicshell did. Fosshubb was hacked or something and the main download link for classicshell was something nasty, there's a thread about it over at classicshell forums.Ucchedavāda;212306250 said:So I managed to partially restore the partition table that Windows Update nuked. Not enough to give me a working OS, but enough that I can easily copy stuff off it.
Is there any weird places I need to look to make sure that I copy every game-related file? That's about the only thing on there that is worth saving. I've copied C:Users, CrogramData, and will be copying SteamApps as well to save time.
Those prices are a joke.
bethesda sales have been sucking forever
That GMG price for Mankind Divided is tempting though.
Where's my Little King's Story pre-order?
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Yeah, they increased the price after they announced all the content
Didn't they warned ahead too that they were going to do this?
bobnowhere
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ModBot said:
Nemi was worse, he scared me so much.
uncredited male
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I cannot wait to play Fallout 4 next year.
Well technically I can wait. As I am.
Well technically I can wait. As I am.
tew has some really good looking textures
megatextures
i think mr x scared me more than Nemesis
i don't really remember much about re3 lol
megatextures
i think mr x scared me more than Nemesis
i don't really remember much about re3 lol
Syphon Filter
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How is that game? Is it good?
i'm liking it, it's a bit slow tho, and some sequences are a bit too scripted, but there're some re4 influences with similar elements, I guess you can look at it like a more modernized RE4, but not everything added is good
texhnolyze
Banned
Just found out about this little hidden gem. It looks like a faster-paced retro Zelda game.
It's been a while since the last time I'm interested in retro indie JRPG. Whistlisted.
DeathSparks
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Just found out about this little hidden gem. It looks like a faster-paced retro Zelda game.
It's been a while since the last time I'm interested in retro indie JRPG. Whistlisted.
I've had that in my Steam library for the longest time, still in early access but it's a damn fine game.
pantsattack
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Just found out about this little hidden gem. It looks like a faster-paced retro Zelda game.
It's been a while since the last time I'm interested in retro indie JRPG. Whistlisted.
Right on. I linked this thread to this game a couple days ago. It is looking really good. The action is like a 2D character action game, though less combos. It's more satisfying than fighting in Zelda is what I'm saying.
Same here, grabbed it from that one killer bundle. Been waiting for the full release, as it looks just like my kind of thing.
Also been eyeing Secrets of Grindea, but again since it's still early access I can wait
i knew about this (and i actually dont think it's that bad of an idea) but $50 sounds crazy to me
like unless the dlc amounts to a freaking fallout 5 that feels like a stupid amount of money to ask
Chairmanchuck
Member
Even 30$ seems crazy for what you actually get...
someguyinahat
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Someone (you know who you are!) asked me if Rogue Trooper held up over the years. So I put in two hours to answer that question. (So, disclaimer, I didn't finish the game yet.) Does it hold up? The answer could surprise you!
The story: There's a war going on for some reason on Nu Earth (not explained whether it's a different planet than Earth or merely something post-apocalyptic.) The Southerners/Southlanders/whatever use blue-skinned genetically-modified (dare I say...augmented? It is an Eidos game after all) infantry - "G.I.s" - and are apparently the good guys. The Nordlanders/Norts are basically Nazi-analogues. And we all know that German accents = evil. You play Rogue,a woman from Louisiana with the power to absorb other mutant powers a member of a GI squadron, along with Gunner, Bagman and Helm. Gunner quickly dies, and Rogue cuts him open to take out a "biochip" which still has his personality or something, and he uses it as a targeting system in his...gun. Then Bagman dies and Rogue uses his biochip for a manufacture and upgrade system...for his bag. Then Helm gets captured, and both sensing a theme and noticing a biochip-shaped indentation in my helmet, I didn't have high hopes for him. He becomes your electronic hacking system...in your helm.
And since you disobeyed the order to retreat since you were going after Helm...you went rogue. It's at this point I need to mention the game was made in 2006 in the PS2 era, and not 1998 for the N64. I sure hope it's explained why they named a GI "Rogue" as if they were intending for him to do just that. Anyway...bottom line is now you're apparently a one-man army going after the Norts and probably having to fend off your own allies because you're apparently a deserter now. It's...very simple, and more than a bit campy.
The gameplay: It's weird playing this game having played future Eidos games, and seeing the seeds of those games in Rogue Trooper. It's mostly an action game but you have the option to play with stealth and do melee kills from behind (just like Deus Ex HR,) it's got some janky cover shooting with blindfire or duck-out fire - luckily this got better ovver the years - and it has a salvage system where you can salvage bodies or piles of junk to upgrade weapons and such, just like Tomb Raider 2013.
The game presents several options to complete objectives - use your assault rifle as a turret, create distractions, etc. - but you'll find shooting in the game is sufficiently easy that you won't want to bother. I'm playing on normal, so maybe those other options make more sense on hard mode.
The graphics: Hooboy. This sure is a PS2 game. I'm playing in the max resolution: 1280 x 1024. They have a widescreen option but the highest one there is 1280 x 768...so yeah. The textures are fine for 2006 but they conserved polygons like there was a shortage and they'd need some later. It's hard to believe Deus Ex HR came out a mere five years after this.
The characters are pretty badly designed. There's one female character who they wanted to give an absurdly bubbly butt such that her legs had to take on Liefeldian proportions to support it, and consequently she walks like she's got scoliosis.
The dialogue: Your teammates/equipment banter with you and each other as you play. It alternates between funny and "whoa, radical man, I'm tryin' too hard" 90s-style zany. "Let's go sniper on 'em! Zoom and boom!" made me want to cringe. But overall it doesn't get too annoying.
The length: Well, I dunno. I put in two hours and already feel like I'm in the second act. Howlongtobeat estimates it at six hours, meaning yes, I have just started the second act. 6h is kinda short for a third-person shooter. Maybe they were banking on multiplayer.
The verdict: Is this a bad game? No. It's clunky in parts, it feels like they were still working out the kinks in mechanisms they'd polish in future games, it feels a touch too easy for a "normal mode" game, but it's not bad. But does it hold up? ...Not really. These days there are better TPSes out there. If you need a tight cover system in your TPSes, avoid this game. If, however, you can look past janky cover, want a bit of light-hearted fun, and prefer your TPS combat in the "Mass Effect 1, we don't need no stinkin' cover, best defense is a good offense" camp, then maybe you'd get a few hours of enjoyment out of this.
The story: There's a war going on for some reason on Nu Earth (not explained whether it's a different planet than Earth or merely something post-apocalyptic.) The Southerners/Southlanders/whatever use blue-skinned genetically-modified (dare I say...augmented? It is an Eidos game after all) infantry - "G.I.s" - and are apparently the good guys. The Nordlanders/Norts are basically Nazi-analogues. And we all know that German accents = evil. You play Rogue,
And since you disobeyed the order to retreat since you were going after Helm...you went rogue. It's at this point I need to mention the game was made in 2006 in the PS2 era, and not 1998 for the N64. I sure hope it's explained why they named a GI "Rogue" as if they were intending for him to do just that. Anyway...bottom line is now you're apparently a one-man army going after the Norts and probably having to fend off your own allies because you're apparently a deserter now. It's...very simple, and more than a bit campy.
The gameplay: It's weird playing this game having played future Eidos games, and seeing the seeds of those games in Rogue Trooper. It's mostly an action game but you have the option to play with stealth and do melee kills from behind (just like Deus Ex HR,) it's got some janky cover shooting with blindfire or duck-out fire - luckily this got better ovver the years - and it has a salvage system where you can salvage bodies or piles of junk to upgrade weapons and such, just like Tomb Raider 2013.
The game presents several options to complete objectives - use your assault rifle as a turret, create distractions, etc. - but you'll find shooting in the game is sufficiently easy that you won't want to bother. I'm playing on normal, so maybe those other options make more sense on hard mode.
The graphics: Hooboy. This sure is a PS2 game. I'm playing in the max resolution: 1280 x 1024. They have a widescreen option but the highest one there is 1280 x 768...so yeah. The textures are fine for 2006 but they conserved polygons like there was a shortage and they'd need some later. It's hard to believe Deus Ex HR came out a mere five years after this.
The characters are pretty badly designed. There's one female character who they wanted to give an absurdly bubbly butt such that her legs had to take on Liefeldian proportions to support it, and consequently she walks like she's got scoliosis.
The dialogue: Your teammates/equipment banter with you and each other as you play. It alternates between funny and "whoa, radical man, I'm tryin' too hard" 90s-style zany. "Let's go sniper on 'em! Zoom and boom!" made me want to cringe. But overall it doesn't get too annoying.
The length: Well, I dunno. I put in two hours and already feel like I'm in the second act. Howlongtobeat estimates it at six hours, meaning yes, I have just started the second act. 6h is kinda short for a third-person shooter. Maybe they were banking on multiplayer.
The verdict: Is this a bad game? No. It's clunky in parts, it feels like they were still working out the kinks in mechanisms they'd polish in future games, it feels a touch too easy for a "normal mode" game, but it's not bad. But does it hold up? ...Not really. These days there are better TPSes out there. If you need a tight cover system in your TPSes, avoid this game. If, however, you can look past janky cover, want a bit of light-hearted fun, and prefer your TPS combat in the "Mass Effect 1, we don't need no stinkin' cover, best defense is a good offense" camp, then maybe you'd get a few hours of enjoyment out of this.
Well, I mean I'm not sure if I should read them before doing Witcher 2-3 or AFTER. I know the Last Wish had a short story BEFORE the events of the Witcher 1
and then you basically repeat it's story with the whole of Chapter 5's main monster in a way
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