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STEAM | February 2015 - Steam GOTY results still delayed
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I guess it so those who exclusive play DOTA 2 (or F2P) count.
Blak_Status
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Awww.... It's not even my birthday Valve lol
AHA-Lambda
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Got mine at launch before my new pc and that's all it really is now.
What a waste of money.
TheLetdown
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I played the death out of the inferior console version. Though, revisiting it on PC would make for a good excuse to drop chunks of cash on upgrading my monitor and graphics card to finally try out some of this sweet downsampling I keep hearing about.
I tried LoL a little while after its launch. I'd played Dota and other awesome custom maps (like Tides of Blood!!) on WC3, and there was just something about LoL that didn't click with me.
What's the save/load setup like in that game? Could it played in bits, or do you have to finish a campaign or battle or whatever first? I tried Divinity: Dragon Commander and this was an issue for me; I never felt like playing because if I had to leave a battle halfway through, I wouldn't progress. There was a wonky camera thing that was counter-intuitive to most other RTS-style games that also threw me.
Nice, I might try some player vs bot matches and see if I can still last hit anything at all as a starter. I'm US East here, but I can add in case the timing is right.
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.
True, but it also includes users like
- My grandpa who passed away in 2013
- My father in law who joined Steam and bought Terraria to play with his grandkids but hasn't logged in since 2011
- The countless number of people who post online about "having a Steam account back when HL2 came out but my email changed and I don't still have my CD key plz halp!"
OldAsUrSock
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lol this is golden,.
FiveElementNinja
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Cards Alert
Now it's better redlacs
Haha, glad to see my cards alert template is getting used.
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Stallion Free
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Dark Souls looks so good with an internal 4K rendering res on my 1080p plasma. Bouncing between this and Demon Souls on the same screen really puts it into perspective.
Atraveller
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I just realized my steam version of witcher 2 was censored, because
when I walked in, but it was not so when I played it years ago. What the hell, I don't even live in Australia.
Edit: Oh wait, there are 2 separate scenes, ignore me.
Phillippa wasn't spanking Cynthia
Edit: Oh wait, there are 2 separate scenes, ignore me.
Tizoc
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If it wasn't mentioned yet
http://store.steampowered.com/app/322290/?snr=1_7_7_comingsoon_150_4
Gurumin page is up!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/322290/?snr=1_7_7_comingsoon_150_4
Gurumin page is up!
Yes, it designed to be more of marketing statistic than anything that is actually meaningful.
I actually scanned 'a few' accounts (for estimating some stats like how many own game x) and around 1/3 has last login before 2014.
448416 of 1287134 to be extract, including only user with one game according to steam api count.
AbundantChoice
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So this is going to be sacrilegious in this forum, but i've been looking over what i've been playing by far the most of these last 2 weeks, and I see
Heroes of the Storm
Guild Wars 2
Elite: Dangerous
Hex: Shards of Fate
... all of them use their own launchers, and none are on Steam. The funny part? I actually don't mind it all that much! I'd prefer if they were on Steam of course, just for ease of use and whatnot, but it turns out I don't hate the dedicated launcher thing as much as I thought I would after being whole-hog on Steam for the recent past.
I think i'll hit walls in those games soon and come back to the warm embrace of Steam for the RPGs i've been intending to start (i'm only 1 hour into Divinity: OS, I haven't even started Wasteland 2, etc).
Heroes of the Storm
Guild Wars 2
Elite: Dangerous
Hex: Shards of Fate
... all of them use their own launchers, and none are on Steam. The funny part? I actually don't mind it all that much! I'd prefer if they were on Steam of course, just for ease of use and whatnot, but it turns out I don't hate the dedicated launcher thing as much as I thought I would after being whole-hog on Steam for the recent past.
I think i'll hit walls in those games soon and come back to the warm embrace of Steam for the RPGs i've been intending to start (i'm only 1 hour into Divinity: OS, I haven't even started Wasteland 2, etc).
Aww yiss.
Phawx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-N3o1vuMF4
Quick Impressions: Oblitus is a 2D Roguelike Soulslike game whose combat is entirely focused on the use of spears. There are four bosses and (IIRC correctly, I can't seem to find the data anymore) twenty two enhancements that are really kind of necessary. My first ever boss encounter, I only managed to find "Light Armor" which did shit all against the boss. What's worse is you get locked into the fight, so you better be a super quick learner or else you are most definitely going to get the "You Have Died" screen. And it is permadeath.
The levels are pseudo-procedurally generated. I say that because, I noticed that while my runs weren't completely the same, I did notice very familiar terrain patterns and obstacles. So it's more like it's cookie-cutter puzzle pieces that fit together very well randomly.
The combat is kind-of tight. For sure throwing your spear is super satisfying and the feedback you get from expertly drilling a monster in the forehead is spot-on. You don't need to fetch your spear after you throw it, you just need to wait until a set amount of time has passed. Blocking and parrying are fine and work well. It's mostly just the movement and stabbing that are more-or-less hamfisted. The feel of the close-combat is just off. There isn't any weight to it, you'll only get some bogus feedback if a monster parries you correctly, but if you are just machine-gunning the shins of monsters there is no fatigue, so it's more or less just an annoying obstacle.
There are, however, bigger monsters that do require you to be on your toes and fight with strategy or retreat to smaller alcoves that they cannot trespass.
The art and sound design are quite lovely though. Visually and acoustically the themes blend very naturally.
Even though I think the combat could be better, I do find this game incredibly fun and interesting.
Recommended
The levels are pseudo-procedurally generated. I say that because, I noticed that while my runs weren't completely the same, I did notice very familiar terrain patterns and obstacles. So it's more like it's cookie-cutter puzzle pieces that fit together very well randomly.
The combat is kind-of tight. For sure throwing your spear is super satisfying and the feedback you get from expertly drilling a monster in the forehead is spot-on. You don't need to fetch your spear after you throw it, you just need to wait until a set amount of time has passed. Blocking and parrying are fine and work well. It's mostly just the movement and stabbing that are more-or-less hamfisted. The feel of the close-combat is just off. There isn't any weight to it, you'll only get some bogus feedback if a monster parries you correctly, but if you are just machine-gunning the shins of monsters there is no fatigue, so it's more or less just an annoying obstacle.
There are, however, bigger monsters that do require you to be on your toes and fight with strategy or retreat to smaller alcoves that they cannot trespass.
The art and sound design are quite lovely though. Visually and acoustically the themes blend very naturally.
Even though I think the combat could be better, I do find this game incredibly fun and interesting.
Recommended
My Let's Play of Idol Hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DXSlmHQ1U
Quick Impressions: Idol Hands is a God Game that features terrain deformation as a requirement for growing your village of Furlings as well as being used offensively/defensively (whichever way works best strategically) against the opposing God/village.
Easily the Terrain Deformation is the stand-out feature in this game and is handled remarkably well and is graphically impressive. You'll need to use these powers to level land so that you're farmers can cultivate crops and feed your population so that you can produce more workers (wood/metal/priests) and warriors to protect your village. As you level the land around you, the border of your colony will slowly grow larger as your workers build new buildings automatically.
Another plus that I really enjoyed but doesn't really change much of the game was clicking on the minimap and zooming out super far and you are presented with a landscape that is very reminiscent of the view enjoyed in Act Raiser. Again, not the biggest thing but I really liked it.
The big negatives that I have for the game is the SUPER long mandatory tutorial sections (1+ hour(s)) and the inability to speed up the game. Everything in the game runs at 1x speed, always. So the early part of the game is rather boring because you don't even have all of your spells yet.
Overall though, the game is very charming and family friendly.
Recommended
Easily the Terrain Deformation is the stand-out feature in this game and is handled remarkably well and is graphically impressive. You'll need to use these powers to level land so that you're farmers can cultivate crops and feed your population so that you can produce more workers (wood/metal/priests) and warriors to protect your village. As you level the land around you, the border of your colony will slowly grow larger as your workers build new buildings automatically.
Another plus that I really enjoyed but doesn't really change much of the game was clicking on the minimap and zooming out super far and you are presented with a landscape that is very reminiscent of the view enjoyed in Act Raiser. Again, not the biggest thing but I really liked it.
The big negatives that I have for the game is the SUPER long mandatory tutorial sections (1+ hour(s)) and the inability to speed up the game. Everything in the game runs at 1x speed, always. So the early part of the game is rather boring because you don't even have all of your spells yet.
Overall though, the game is very charming and family friendly.
Recommended
My Let's Play of Hyphen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoKwkfdYFzI
Quick Impressions:Essentially this game is a spiritual successor to a game called Irritating Stick. If you aren't aware of what that game is, perhaps you are familiar with the board game "Operation". Basically you need to navigate a spinning bar through a gauntlet of neon. If you touch ANYTHING, you will explode. Different levels offer you "checkpoints" that you can drop down at any point in the level and you'll respawn at that checkpoint upon dying. It felt like cheating to me honestly, but you can't get 5 stars on a level if you drop a checkpoint, so mastering the game requires no checkpoints.
It's rage inducing. But still fun. Provided you like Hard-On-Purpose games, I can easily recommend Hyphen.
It's rage inducing. But still fun. Provided you like Hard-On-Purpose games, I can easily recommend Hyphen.
LurkerPrime
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Check which version you have in your account. If it's a regular worldwide version, then I guess that means even the Witcher 2 couldn't evade Valve's puritanical gaze. Or maybe you ended up getting a regional version somehow?
IIRC you can activate the CD Key on GOG for a full version. The offer might've expired by now, though.
I remember voting for that game on Greenlight to get a key.
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.
PhoenixFyre
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WHY???
My immediate impulse was to make it my avatar. What is wrong with me?
Pupo
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Game looks even worse in action
Ugh, yeah, you're totally right.
FiveElementNinja
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Of course Ubisoft.
Pupo
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This reminds me to GTA San Andreas, lol
MMBosstones86
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what is even happening.
ashecitism
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so, uh, anyone heard of that upcoming PS4 exclusive, The Order?
Ordahell are you talking about?
derExperte
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Does it have dancing bikini babes? If not gtfo.
My Let's Play of Hyphen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoKwkfdYFzI
Quick Impressions:Essentially this game is a spiritual successor to a game called Irritating Stick. If you aren't aware of what that game is, perhaps you are familiar with the board game "Operation". Basically you need to navigate a spinning bar through a gauntlet of neon. If you touch ANYTHING, you will explode. Different levels offer you "checkpoints" that you can drop down at any point in the level and you'll respawn at that checkpoint upon dying. It felt like cheating to me honestly, but you can't get 5 stars on a level if you drop a checkpoint, so mastering the game requires no checkpoints.
It's rage inducing. But still fun. Provided you like Hard-On-Purpose games, I can easily recommend Hyphen.
Also reminds me of a great game called Kuru Kuru Kururin on GBA.
Looks like I'll be wrong about those using volume licence keys being able to upgrade to Win10. Sux2bapirate, although I'm sure Win10 will be cracked in due time.
Backlogger
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I did this a couple months ago and it still worked (took a few days though):
http://www.gog.com/witcher/backup
OEM keys are the ones distributed when people buy PC/laptops/tablets with Windows. But thanks for insinuating that I and millions of others pirate keys.
Phawx
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Can you link the replacement?
Phawx
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Sorry for the double post.
Why wouldn't you? You could "Upgrade" to Windows 8 with a pirated version of Windows Vista or 7
Yea, that game looks similar to Hyphen. Forgot to mention that it works great with the 360 analog controller.
Why wouldn't you? You could "Upgrade" to Windows 8 with a pirated version of Windows Vista or 7
Yea, that game looks similar to Hyphen. Forgot to mention that it works great with the 360 analog controller.
Neither does my MSDNAA or Dreamspark Premium (replaced MSDNAA) keys. (Obtained legally)
Insinuating that wasn't the intention. VLKs and general OEM keys aren't quite the same thing, but it stands to reason that if the latter aren't accepted then the former won't work, either, and it can be further assumed that this is how things will work with the free upgrade to Win10, which isn't to say that those with OEM keys won't be able to upgrade but rather they they'll just have to jump through another hoop or two.
Tizoc
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Now why didn't you get this during its discount?
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derExperte
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Project Cars two weeks later. :/
The stand-alone launcher is, somehow, the biggest reason I've stopped playing Guildwars 2, Hearthstone and Minecraft.
And it's that, combined with Frontier's recent troubles that's keeping me from buying Elite. :s
Yay... More AAA Publisher trite for the general masses to waste their time on and lose their braincells to!
Yaaaaaaay.
On the other hand I suppose we may see something that isn't generic crap. But I've my doubts.
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