Good. Times/Games have changed and they're no longer complete packages that fit nicely into hole. When you depend on user reviews/impressions more than the official ones, there is a problem(?)
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STEAM | February 2015 - Steam GOTY results still delayed
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Good. Times/Games have changed and they're no longer complete packages that fit nicely into hole. When you depend on user reviews/impressions more than the official ones, there is a problem(?)
Good. They're not useful, they offer no meaningful context.
About time.
i actually like scores quite a bit but the whole metacritic disease means that as much as i find scores useful, the world would just be better place without them
imo all valve has to do is actually spend money and fucking hire some people that help accelerate the greenlight filtering process
also allow people a better report process for troll shit so that gets filtered out fast
the community shouldn't be the sole decider of what goes into the store (valve should actually care for its customers and do their best not to screw them and rip them off by letting broken games like slaughtering grounds scam them out of their money) and valve should do a bare minimum curation based on community votes.
i don't think greenlight is awful, it's just like everything else valve does, very much unfinished
imo all valve has to do is actually spend money and fucking hire some people that help accelerate the greenlight filtering process
also allow people a better report process for troll shit so that gets filtered out fast
the community shouldn't be the sole decider of what goes into the store (valve should actually care for its customers and do their best not to screw them and rip them off by letting broken games like slaughtering grounds scam them out of their money) and valve should do a bare minimum curation based on community votes.
i don't think greenlight is awful, it's just like everything else valve does, very much unfinished
Conrad Link
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As someone who doesn't play Counterstrike or Team Fortress, what are keys and why do people keep asking me for them? :\
Looking on the market I see Mann Co. Supply Crate Key, is that what they're talking about? What does it do? Like I know its in-game something something but why are people so crazy over them lol.
Looking on the market I see Mann Co. Supply Crate Key, is that what they're talking about? What does it do? Like I know its in-game something something but why are people so crazy over them lol.
Kurt Russell
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They open virtual crates which have a small chance to contain something worth far more than the key or a high chance to contain useless/cheaper stuff. People also use them as a trading currency.
you can get crates dropped during your csgo/tf2/doto games, which can only be opened using keys that you get from the market. when you open a crate you get a random cosmetics for that game
it's basically an awful system for valve to screw people over
also at one point keys were used as currency to trade with russian game trades that got games for cheap and didn't want to use paypal or some shit
Conrad Link
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Makes sense I guess, almost glad I don't play any of them cause I'd prolly fall down that rabbit hole lol.
I'm bad enough with card/badge collecting I think.
I'm bad enough with card/badge collecting I think.
I do agree that greenlight could benefit from some moderation, but as greenlight additions aren't exactly cheap, why would valve say no to that money, troll or no, they don't even care, I'm sure
What valve could do is have some quality control, I mean if a game is greenlit already and about to be released someone there should check is it really ready for release. But as that means hiring a lot of people and doing a lot of work, that never gonna happen.
I do agree that greenlight could benefit from some moderation, but as greenlight additions aren't exactly cheap, why would valve say no to that money, troll or no, they don't even care, I'm sure
What valve could do is have some quality control, I mean if a game is greenlit already and about to be released someone there should check is it really ready for release. But as that means hiring a lot of people and doing a lot of work, that never gonna happen.
i like to think valve is not all evil, just really misguided
i think valve should make some guidelines for the bare minimum that's acceptable on steam and the bare minimum that's acceptable on early access, as well as some very important accountability changes so some semblance of release dates are enforced and people don't get scammed out of their money
cos casually looking the other way as valve has been doing is basically being complicit to a lot of people being screwed
so yeah, there's not that many fucking games to double check, just hire a bunch of people to review greenlit games, early access games and games that the community voted as unacceptable.
cardinalmind
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Despite all the mess they associated with this game, Evolve is pretty fun to play.
I just noticed that I passed 3K hours of total playtime on steam
being lazy myself I kinda understand them, why do something that's not necessary? It's better to wait, maybe problem will get tired of waiting and go away by itself, it often does (><)
the sad part that most of those 3K are idling for cards (._.)
being lazy myself I kinda understand them, why do something that's not necessary? It's better to wait, maybe problem will get tired of waiting and go away by itself, it often does (><)
ashecitism
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Valve has been moving more and more towards automation and away from actual hands-on approach and responsibility. So no, they won't hire people and improve the service. Sloppy service provider is sloppy.
how do you check this
they have at the very least a moral responsibility to their costumers, they shouldn't be able to be lazy
yup, but that's my very simple solution
spend money
don't be fucking greedy just cos you can get away with it
playfire shows this, if you are registered.
well, nobody should be lazy, but many of us are and even like it
Valve can't do that, that's not how they roll
i mean i'm like fuck so boring brushing my teeth but i still do it twice a day
valve at this point has barely any teeth left
i don't mind if they don't have a great music or streaming feature but they should really prioritize people aren't getting screwed over in their store methinks
valve at this point has barely any teeth left
i don't mind if they don't have a great music or streaming feature but they should really prioritize people aren't getting screwed over in their store methinks
As this is basically the general PC gaming thread, this might be interesting for some of you. I havent played the games yet, so its not about the actual game quality, but the distribution method:
Pay by Art thread
Fascinating and inspiring.
Pay by Art thread
Fascinating and inspiring.
The Dear Leader
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Not really.
Also, I got bad intel and had to erase all traces.
Sadly, you guys quoted it before I found something to replace it.
that's really cool, some devs are very creative for stuff like this and it's just win for everyone, good publicity for the dev and it's a nice alternative for people that might feel guilty about pirating the game
derExperte
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New Nvidia Geforce driver available, 347.52 WHQL with optimizations for Evolve. http://www.geforce.com/drivers
Did they fix all the crashes they introduced in older games? =p
I need new GeForce Experience with Screenshot support drivers are already good enough
Good, I approve.
Woody Invincible
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Coming off the heels of The Wolf Among Us, I am getting the exact kind of fun with Life is Strange.
Sorry game, I was tired, I didn't mean to fall asleep last night. I'll finish episode 1 tonight, I promise.
Sorry game, I was tired, I didn't mean to fall asleep last night. I'll finish episode 1 tonight, I promise.
Atraveller
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I'm waiting for the day Metacritics drops the score system.
I bet it's old, but there's some Magicka 2 meta game to unlock some in-game stuff: http://signup.magicka2.com/
Tizoc
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Man really wish Falcom would bring more of their older titles onto Steam, like Brandish; we're getting Gurumin and I'm not sure if that game ever had a PC release, but damn does it make me want their games on Steam, especially this one
I mainly use my Vita for PSX and PSP games, but the games offered through Plus are nice. Thing is if u go all digital on Vita, a 64 GB won't be enough.
Heck a handful of Vita games I got via Plus, I ended up BUYING their retail copies cuz I had to save up space
While it doesn't excuse them, they're prob. handling various projects and are spread thin. Really hope they can fix these bugs once they have staff finishing work on a project or 2 of theirs =X
There are no Dinosaurs in this game; the main villain's name is Dinosaur
I mainly use my Vita for PSX and PSP games, but the games offered through Plus are nice. Thing is if u go all digital on Vita, a 64 GB won't be enough.
Heck a handful of Vita games I got via Plus, I ended up BUYING their retail copies cuz I had to save up space
While it doesn't excuse them, they're prob. handling various projects and are spread thin. Really hope they can fix these bugs once they have staff finishing work on a project or 2 of theirs =X
Ban Puncher
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So I bought a Minerva's Den Steam key off ******** and it worked fine.
How infected is my computer now and when will my identity be stolen?
Edit: Oh goody, the sites address is automatically censored by GAF. This should be fun.
How infected is my computer now and when will my identity be stolen?
Edit: Oh goody, the sites address is automatically censored by GAF. This should be fun.
I can't even see where you bought it.
Ban Puncher
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gee two ayyyy dot kom
I was wondering that myself on several occasions. Why it's not released yet? Did they decide not to bother after all?
MarcoZombieCannon
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I'm not sure when it was even supposed to release, but the radio silence on it after the greenlight business is weird.
MMBosstones86
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Tizoc
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...and people tell me dudes with their chests exposed doesn't count as NSFW, silly non-SteamGAF GAFfers.
Last I read they were working out the kinks so the game can run on PCs at higher resolutions.
It'll likely release this year I think, we just don't know when.
Be ashamed of yourself.
How are the Mass Effect games on Steam. Are they still playable and fun? I'm playing through Deus Ex Human Revolution atm (love it) and I'm searching for more of these big games with rpg elements, an interesting story and great setting.
Nice! Really excited what they got for us with the next Infamy perks and masks. Still only Infamy II though, gotta play some more. :d
Mass Effect has only one of those 3 in any significant amounts or level of greatness.
sorry I had to (><)
Ban Puncher
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The two games have no major issues outside of the first one with some of the additional banter while exploring some areas. The game will trigger the subtitles but not play the necessary audio files.
In Payday 2 related news. I'm excited.
alright i'm downloading this game for the seventeenth time
i don't expect this one to last more than the last, but lords knows i try
i feel like a ton of these updates are too high level oriented for me, i just want to shoot stuff with maybe a bit of difficulty and like hostage control. that's all i ever wanted
i'd say they have 3/3, even tho as the series progresses all three aspects take a nosedive
like rpg wise it's pretty simple but it's got a ton of cool characters and relationships for you to build that span several games
the story and the setting are at least for me really fun and interesting and playing captain kirk simulator is great and the reapers were super scary in me1 and that ancient race stuff in me1 too and shit. me1 was amazing
a great series with a shit ton of potential that went to waste unfortunately
Not sure it makes a difference but good for them?
Scores aren't the problem. They never really were.
I think Jeff Gerstmann said it best in that he said the best thing a site can do is differentiat itself with better and different content that rides along with the reviews. I firmly believe that GB quick looks are more popular than any review they've done. I would argue they could get rid of reviews for quick looks and stay just as successful.
Just doing essentially the same thing, long written reviews, but only really changing the score is kind of silly. Change your format, do new and different things, just getting rid of the score isn't enough or the right thing. It's a hey look at us we are doing it like everyone else kind of decision.
Hopefully this doesn't affect USGamer. I would prefer they go and do some thing different like I state above.
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