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[Monooboe]

I just made this image for an upcoming article.

Holy crap, 2014 was so fucking amazing. I mean, I knew that, but seeing it like this really drives the message home.

Do you want me to start ignoring you?

I really hope Wasteland 2 goes on daily soon and I will get it in a instant. Would be a perfect game to play during my time off during the holidays.

 

[Dr Dogg]

I just made this image for an upcoming article.

http://abload.de/img/logosntuii.png[IMG]

Holy crap, 2014 was so fucking amazing. I mean, I knew that, but seeing it like this really drives the message home.[/QUOTE]

Hmmmm I'm detecting a kickstartery slant to this. Of course 2015 is shaping up nicely as well.

 

[Durante]

Also, Durante-sempai, seriously, an article about 2014 PC RPGs and no mention of Dark Souls II? Or is that in a lower row, alongside FFXIII-2 and Valkyria Chronicles?

It's an article about the first year of the CRPG renaissance. I love Dark Souls 2, and Valkyria Chronicles, but they ain't CRPGs.

 

[corrosivefrost]

It's an article about the first year of the CRPG renaissance. I love Dark Souls 2, and Valkyria Chronicles, but they ain't CRPGs.

What exactly is a CRPG.

 

[NingenJanai]

What exactly is a CRPG.

Classic RPG?

 

[Dr Dogg]

What exactly is a CRPG.

Computer Role Playing Game as in what you would play on a PC not paper and pen, tabletop etc.

 

[Atraveller]

Classic RPG?

What made it classic? I think that's what he was asking.

 

[Ruruja]

What exactly is a CRPG.

One not made in Japan.

 

[Beelzebubs]

What exactly is a CRPG.

Computer RPG. Gnerally based off pen and paper Role Playing Games and adapted to computers. Stuff like Divinity, Ultima and Baldurs Gate but recently there's been a lot of variation such as KOTOR, The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights etc.

 

[Knurek]

It's an article about the first year of the CRPG renaissance. I love Dark Souls 2, and Valkyria Chronicles, but they ain't CRPGs.

What exactly makes DS2 a non-CRPG?
The whole Souls series feels pretty much like a direct descendant of King's Field. Which in itself has more in common with Morrowind than with Dragon Quest.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Hardest bosses in DkS:

1. Kalameet (also best)

Kalameet is very very easy after you learn his patterns (which are easy too). The hardest thing about it is that there are only two viable "attack after this attack"-attacks which make the fight very very long.

Getting the tail drop on the other hand is the hardest task in the game. Which is also why you can learn the patters in few minutes.

 

[Black Soma]

I was wondering... can DLCs have region lock too? If I buy The Evil Within season pass on Nuuvem will I be able to redeem it?

 

[Durante]

What exactly makes DS2 a non-CRPG?

Action-based combat.

 

[bigzgod]

I was wondering... can DLCs have region lock too? If I buy The Evil Within season pass on Nuuvem will I be able to redeem it?

They can. However, Evil Within season pass on Nuuvem is region free

 

[Black Soma]

They can. However, Evil Within season pass on Nuuvem is region free

Oh, nice. Thanks.

 

[MUnited83]

I was wondering... can DLCs have region lock too? If I buy The Evil Within season pass on Nuuvem will I be able to redeem it?

There's no subs with region locks for the Season pass on steamdb.info, so yeah, you will be able to redeem it.

 

[Rhaknar]

well, if Cities XL doesnt win the vote, here it is with the same 80% discount

 

[Knurek]

Action-based combat.

New Vegas, Divinity 2, Vampire: Bloodlines and Witcher 2 all had action-based combat as well. I'd wager as much governed by stats as Dark Souls is.
(Not that I generally disagree with your generalization. Just playing the devil's advocate)

well, if Cities XL doesnt win the vote, here it is with the same 80% discount

Any similar deals for Panzer Corps? Which needs the discount much more, and has a snowball chance in hell of actually winning.

 

[Beelzebubs]

well, if Cities XL doesnt win the vote, here it is with the same 80% discount

It needs to win All my disposable cash is tied up in Steam Wallet. It's been a disappointing sale so far. Only thing I've bought was accidentally FF13-2, I cocked up trying to apply a voucher and ended up paying retail for it.

Don't try and buy stuff when drunk kids!

 

[Momentary]

Damn I really need to hop on and start Shadowrun and Blackguards.

 

[Grief.exe]

What exactly makes DS2 a non-CRPG?

Well, it lacks the genre conventions of a JRPG or CRPG, so it is generally classified as an action RPG.

 

[Asgaro]

This made me lol.

Because it's damn true.
I remember when I tried the Win 8 beta that there was Xbox everywhere. It doesn't make sense to have Xbox in the desktop ecosystem.
Why don't they make it an optional download like Microsoft Security Essentials?

It's one of the reasons I'm still with Windows 7.
The most common reason is though: Aero Glass.

(No, WindowBlinds on Win 8 to simulate it, won't do. I have a paid WindowBlinds version and I don't use it anymore since you notice it's a third party implementation.)

 

[CornBurrito]

Anyone else having problems logging into Steam? My internet is working but I can't seem to connect to the steam servers.

 

[Kaleinc]

Hardest bosses in DkS:

1. Kalameet (also best)
2. Manus (also second best)
3. 4 Kings in NG+ (combined with co-op for faster spawning of Kings)

O&S and Capra don't even really fall on the same chart as those dudes.

Manus is numba 1.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Anyone else having problems logging into Steam? My internet is working but I can't seem to connect to the steam servers.

I am having the same issue.

EDIT: Seems there are a few in the Holiday Sale thread having the same problem as well.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Prison Architect should have you as a prisoner mode, where you slowly make connections and upgrade your arsenal to achieve the final goal of a breakout. You can play your own maps to find the weaknesses in your construction.

You may be interested in The Escapists, then.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/298630/

 

[Durante]

New Vegas, Divinity 2, Vampire: Bloodlines and Witcher 2 all had action-based combat as well.

Well yes. None of those are CRPGs.

 

[Gvaz]

I'm honestly sick and tired of full action combat lately. I need a more "casual" game where I can stop and queue attacks up.

 

[unrealist]

There are so many negative reviews on Steam (most of them have many agrees too) .. such as a bland world, and numerous bugs that is preventing me from getting M&M: X

 

[Durante]

There are so many negative reviews on Steam (most of them have many agrees too) .. such as a bland world, and numerous bugs that is preventing me from getting M&M: X

People are morons. What else is new.

I swear, if fucking Steam reviews prevent me from getting M&M XI...

 

[Annubis]

Kalameet is very very easy after you learn his patterns (which are easy too). The hardest thing about it is that there are only two viable "attack after this attack"-attacks which make the fight very very long.

Getting the tail drop on the other hand is the hardest task in the game. Which is also why you can learn the patters in few minutes.

Yeah that.
It's not hard, just very long and involves you parrying hundreds of times...
(I'm a bad dodger...)

Manus is numba 1.

Manus can be cheesed though =/

 

[Sini]

Why don't they make it an optional download like Microsoft Security Essentials?

MSE comes with Win8.

 

[Nordicus]

Oh nice, got Thief: Deadly Shadows for 1.80€ thanks to the discount coupon on GMG.

Really, when it comes to dailies and flash sales, GMG and Humble combined seem to beat Steam pretty consistently

 

[MMBosstones86]

She's the cute route, you want some kinky stuff with nudity, try Sera.

Yeah I youtubed her video. Too bad her character was annoying as shit. Wanted nothing to do with hitting that.

Well, it lacks the genre conventions of a JRPG or CRPG, so it is generally classified as an action RPG.

this.

 

[Bigby]

MSE comes with Win8.

Nah, there's only Windows Defender.

 

[Atraveller]

Yeah I youtubed her video. Too bad her character was annoying as shit. Wanted nothing to do with hitting that.

I actually don't find her annoying, but you know what they say, don't stick it in the crazy.

 

[Zia]

Not sure if this has been discussed but the voting queue is missing from Greenlight. Might be in error, might be quietly shutting down or revamping Greenlight. I've thought it weird that they kept it going as is -- kind of concerning to see good or interesting games in the Greenlight pool while anything that boots is now sold on the store.

Edit: You can still pay the Greenlight submission fee so I probably got a little too excited.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Guess who's back?

Back again.

Man Puncher's back.

Nearly burnt down the house.

 

[Chariot]

Guess who's back?

Back again.

Man Puncher's back.

Nearly burnt down the house.

How do you fix it?

 

[NingenJanai]

Guess who's back?

Back again.

Man Puncher's back.

Nearly burnt down the house.

Bought a new PC?

 

[Lomax]

So it would seem the problems with my computer weren't fixed by changing the power supply. Wouldn't turn on again this morning, pulled the power and plugged them back in, turned it on, saw a huge spark off the motherboard and smoke, and it turned on. So, it works... for now. I have no idea why or how it functions after the nasty burning spark, but it does. Probably means the whole thing is going to go up in flames soon though.

 

[Knurek]

People are morons. What else is new.

I swear, if fucking Steam reviews prevent me from getting M&M XI...

Yeah, 40+ hours spent with M&M X, haven't run into any bugs. Pitiful performance, true, but no bugs.

 

[Ban Puncher]

I was laying in bed, tossing and turning and pissed off that I was going to have to spend hundreds of dollars. Then I remembered my old PC that was under the stairs so I got it out, removed it's PSU and jammed that into my current machine.

I powered on and was covered in a waterfall of sparks that popped out of the ATX12V.

But it powered everything on. And then I plugged the original PSU back in and it totally worked.

I'll take singed arm hair and brown underpants over buying new motherboards, CPUs and PSUs.

 

[Ventara]

Guess who's back?

Back again.

Man Puncher's back.

Nearly burnt down the house.

You were gone?

Spoiler

j/k Welcome back!

 

[AbundantChoice]

... Then I remembered my old PC that was under the stairs so I got it out, removed it's PSU and jammed that into my current machine.

I powered on and was covered in a waterfall of sparks that popped out of the ATX12V.

But it powered everything on. And then I plugged the original PSU back in and it totally worked.

Holy crap. I'm now going to have an image of you running your machine on a coal-fired engine.

 

[Ban Puncher]

You were gone?

Spoiler

j/k Welcome back!

I'm back and ready to be horribly disappointed by the Steam Sale today.

Holy crap. I'm now going to have an image of you running your machine on a coal-fired engine.

A fair appraisal of my old machine.

 

[JaseC]

So it would seem the problems with my computer weren't fixed by changing the power supply. Wouldn't turn on again this morning, pulled the power and plugged them back in, turned it on, saw a huge spark off the motherboard and smoke, and it turned on. So, it works... for now. I have no idea why or how it functions after the nasty burning spark, but it does. Probably means the whole thing is going to go up in flames soon though.

I thought my monitor died last night as I tried to turn it back on immediately after turning it off only for there to be not so much as a power LED, however I later discovered the power cable had just loosened a bit. I was convinced that I was up for a new monitor, though, given my recent bad luck with HDDs.

 

[Lomax]

I was laying in bed, tossing and turning and pissed off that I was going to have to spend hundreds of dollars. Then I remembered my old PC that was under the stairs so I got it out, removed it's PSU and jammed that into my current machine.

I powered on and was covered in a waterfall of sparks that popped out of the ATX12V.

But it powered everything on. And then I plugged the original PSU back in and it totally worked.

I'll take singed arm hair and brown underpants over buying new motherboards, CPUs and PSUs.

I thought my monitor died last night as I tried to turn it back on immediately after turning it off only for there to be not so much as a power LED, however I later discovered the power cable had just loosened a bit. I was convinced that I was up for a new monitor, though, given my recent bad luck with HDDs.

Yeah, after Christmas I'll probably put my old power supply back in and see if it will work. Seems clear something in my system is dying and if it's the motherboard I'll end up replacing the processor too. Which of course mean my dreams of a new video card just got pushed back a while. It's just bizarre to me that before the spark and smoke it wasn't working, and after it was. That seems rather backwards.

 

[Mr. Doop]

I'm back and ready to be horribly disappointed by the Steam Sale today.

I'm always ready for that.

 

[Sini]

Nah, there's only Windows Defender.

It's rebranded MSE.