It's not a huge part of the game mind you. Just a little inclusion. One part of an atmosphere they're attempting to build and they do it expertly.
There's a reason everyone is talking about it in GOTY lists.
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Steam Holiday Sales 2013 |OT2| DIE HARD (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR)
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It's not a huge part of the game mind you. Just a little inclusion. One part of an atmosphere they're attempting to build and they do it expertly.
There's a reason everyone is talking about it in GOTY lists.
Garcia
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I haven't played Gunstar Heroes yet. Am I missing out? :O
MulderWasTaken
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Just so you know, it's just vhs tapes with a label that says X-Files and the names of a few episodes. You won't be able to play them on a vhs player.
I'm really hoping it lands a daily, its the surprise hit of the sale!
Tizoc
Member
Any chance it'd pop up again as a daily or flash on Steam?
ok but I did grow up in the 90's so that is a good thing
Jawmuncher
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WOW
was about to buy this game until I read this thread...thank's for the info
it's a damn shame
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Like WTF honestly.
Because if it's one thing that kills my boner for a diner sim, it's the locked framerate.
Buggy Loop
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Is there a bug with the top sales of steam? I cant believe DayZ survived being #1 since the beginning of the sales. Crazy if true, that team must be freaking proud.
Garcia
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LMAO. Could be the next "Sony just shot themselves on the foot".
NoPiece
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ramoisdead
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Maybe. It did appear multiple times during this Holiday sale. Hopefully the Humble Store will have it for $4.99 as well.
MulderWasTaken
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You are welcome. If you watch the trailer you can see the tapes stacked there.
AbundantChoice
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And I heard that it's not really displaying at 1080p, but instead upscales from 900p, not to mention it crushes blacks in the process. And there's no godrays!
WORST GAME EVAR!!!11!!1!!!!
Nabs
Member
What about borderless fullscreen and Vsync?
Honey Bunny
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One of the best sidescrollers ever. And I hear it's pretty cheap on steam too..
Jawmuncher
Member
I was just making fun of the earlier post about Cook, Serve, Delicious.
X-files VHS tapes would not prevent me from buying the game.
bender
What time is it?
36 hrs on record for me. Yowza.
Shadowplay1979
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but can anyone surpass my score of 2.3 seconds???????
More_Badass
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So what games have you double dipped? I guess this only applies to those who shifted from console to PC or who are also into IOS gaming.
So far:
- Hotline Miami
- SC Chaos Theory
- BLEED
- The Walking Dead
- One Finger Death Punch
- Kairo
- Dark Souls
- Vector
- Stealth Bastard
- Organ Trail
Looking at State of Decay next. Still haven't finished Bioshock so I might get that on PC too
So far:
- Hotline Miami
- SC Chaos Theory
- BLEED
- The Walking Dead
- One Finger Death Punch
- Kairo
- Dark Souls
- Vector
- Stealth Bastard
- Organ Trail
Looking at State of Decay next. Still haven't finished Bioshock so I might get that on PC too
MulderWasTaken
Member
Oh well, I thought I saved somebody from this game. I played it because of all the goty talk and it didn't work at all for me.
emiranda061288
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Like WTF honestly.
this is a PC thread and you post this? you do know that locked frame rates shouldn't be supported.
There exceptions... And I'm not saying this because a NeoGAF member made the game, but rather for the type of game it is, fps should not be a concern.
Someone from GAF added me to their friends list the other day and then defriended me when I was last offline I think. They didn't speak to me once. Not that I really give a shit, as I'm not all that familiar with the poster, but who the hell actually does that lol.
He isn't complaining about low framerates in the way that I think people think he is. 60 fps is what people like because most monitors are 60hz, so the monitor refreshes at the same rate as your GPU is giving it frames. He is complaining about 30fps on a 144hz monitor, I'm sure he is seeing some really jittery movement in the game (much worse than 30fps on a 60hz monitor).
From what I've seen of the game it is probably relatively minor still, but I guess stuff bothers some people more than others.
Jawmuncher
Member
I am holding out for a 75% off sale.
I bought Paper's Please on the GOTY talk whim and it hasn't panned out for me.
emiranda061288
Banned
yes. the usual 5.00 USD.
It's been a Flash and a community up to now.
So I was sitting here looking at DayZ's home page and it lists the current number of survivors (purchasers) of the game, sitting around 586,000. I was really curious about what Steam's cut of the sales are for games on the platform? And are early access titles different?
Cause it seems like they've made millions just in these first few days. It's remarkable.
Cause it seems like they've made millions just in these first few days. It's remarkable.
Garcia
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Will definitely pick it up now that I've watched some videos. Thank you for pointing it out!
Valve takes 30% across the board. 586,000 x $30 minus Valve's 30% cut = ~$12.3m.
Super Hexagon is such a weird beast. I feel like I've played so much of it, but my play time for the Steam version is only 16 minutes currently. Even with the 15 or so other minutes I've given it in Offline mode that for some reason wasn't recorded, it's not very much at all. I guess when the play sessions are only a few seconds up to 25 seconds, it fools me.
Also maybe I should really get better at it. Either that or play regular Hexagon mode rather than trying just Hexagonest right from the start.
Also maybe I should really get better at it. Either that or play regular Hexagon mode rather than trying just Hexagonest right from the start.
I haven't had a console in ages, but I've definitely double dipped with some games across different digital distributors.
Off the top of my head:
- Mirror's Edge (Steam / Origin)
- Alice Madness Returns (Steam / Origin)
- Wizardry 6, 7 and 8 (Steam / GOG)
- Deus Ex (Steam / GOG)
- Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams (Steam / GOG)
- Psychonauts (Steam / GOG)
- Capsized (Steam / GOG)
- Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics (Steam / GOG. Although I didn't really double dip on these since I got them for free on GOG.)
And a bunch of others that I'm forgetting I'm sure.
Jawmuncher
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I believe offline mode is never recorded for some reason.
Is a bit lame that it does that. My agarest war time looks like I never beat it.
bobnowhere
Member
Super Hexagon you say; added you.
Ingueferroque
Banned
That's a crazy number, good for them.
While I added you, if you'll accept my request.
Seems I'll soon have just as many Super Hexagon friends as I do Zen Pinball friends.
Well that is rather daft. There is no reason it shouldn't be able to simply record the time spent offline and then add it to the count once one goes back online. That's been a rather basic ability since the early days of first electronic chess games.
Jason Frost
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That isn't even the total sales. So many people purchase a game then don't play it, the survivor value only reflects those who have logged into a server
You can buy it straight from the DayZ/Bohemia Interactive website so it's not quite that clear cut. But yeah. Lots of money.
Anecdotally, I pretty much play the game exclusively with my room mate and he's out of town for the holidays so I haven't touched it since the 23rd and I'm sure we're not alone.
Not to mention the game is super light on content right now so people are probably putting it down until some more updates are in the pipeline.
Orthogonal
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That's probably true, I was wondering why the DayZ number of active players on Steam wasn't skyrocketing with it staying at #1 for so long, it's stayed within a range for the last several days.
Garcia
Member
It is definitely an amazing beast of a game. It is extremely intimidating at first but the game pushes you further and further in order to get better and before you know it you've already completed a level. I'm completely in love with it.
Excellent, added you back.
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