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LISA -- MB-CE69FBED9C60CDA7 - Taken by Maniac. 86 entrants total.

 

[Tizoc]

You should. Unless they do a separate discount, which I'm iffy about, the BR prices for those two games aren't really different from GMG's VIP pricing.

Resident Evil will be 40 reals and Life is Strange Complete will be 33.3 reals. With direct conversion rates, that's $15.02 and $12.50 respectively but since Paypal always use favorable rates, I expect it will be very close to the total GMG price of $28.84 for the both.

...and that's the straw that broke the camel's back.
*Enters CC number into GMG payment*

 

[Jawmuncher]

Maybe I should skip Dino Crisis 1&2 and go right to Dino Crisis 3 right?

Hey man that's not fair. The gens Ys 1&2 were made are a huge jump to the other 2. While all the DC stuff fits together aside from visuals.
That battle system in 1 is my biggest obstacle.
I still have nightmares of getting wrecked by the very first enemy.

 

[Turfster]

Daily Skullgirls 75% off
Weeklong deals up... ish

Humble daily Papers, Please 66% off

 

[Vazra]

Hey man that's not fair. The gens Ys 1&2 were made are a huge jump to the other 2. While all the DC stuff fits together aside from visuals.
That battle system in 1 is my biggest obstacle.
I still have nightmares of getting wrecked by the very first enemy.

Ys 1 after the combat clicks it isnt much of a hassle. I havent touched 2 yet since I dropped 1 for something else around that time but I wasn't struggling with it.

It is a very fun show. Loved the ending.
Love that sort of twist but don't wanna say anything for those who haven't. We need a new animatronics based show.

That ending

 

[Tizoc]

...and done, hope Life is Strange will deliver =3

Hey man that's not fair. The gens Ys 1&2 were made are a huge jump to the other 2. While all the DC stuff fits together aside from visuals.
That battle system in 1 is my biggest obstacle.
I still have nightmares of getting wrecked by the very first enemy.

yO JAWMUNCHer, I recently finished watching Dinsey's Dinosaurs series. Overall great show, major issue for me was consistency and continuity, but it was a fun romp.
Dat ending doe...

 

[Monooboe]

...and that's the straw that broke the camel's back.
*Enters CC number into GMG payment*

I just bought them both from GMG too!

 

[Tizoc]

Prepare yourselves

 

[Anteater]

i gave nero-chan some boobs in dmc4

 

[Jawmuncher]

Ys 1 after the combat clicks it isnt much of a hassle. I havent touched 2 yet since I dropped 1 for something else around that time but I wasn't struggling with it.

I might give it a go again. Since I heard that more than once. Also isn't it actually short for a jrpg anyway?

...and done, hope Life is Strange will deliver =3
yO JAWMUNCHer, I recently finished watching Dinsey's Dinosaurs series. Overall great show, major issue for me was consistency and continuity, but it was a fun romp.
Dat ending doe...

It is a very fun show. Loved the ending.
Love that sort of twist but don't wanna say anything for those who haven't. We need a new animatronics based show.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Speaking of RE, going by the Xbox One achievements they should be a whole lot better than what RE4 offered. 44 in total with a combination of natural progression, completionist and challenge based chievos.

 

[Turfster]

Prepare yourselves

(sorry, I had to)

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Ys 1 after the combat clicks it isnt much of a hassle. I havent touched 2 yet since I dropped 1 for something else around that time but I wasn't struggling with it.

2 takes the whole labyrinthine dungeons thing to 11 and basically becomes Bump & Maze RPG.

Luckily, Oath was a terrific game and helped to renew my interest in the series.

 

[Vazra]

I might give it a go again. Since I heard that more than once. Also isn't it actually short for a jrpg anyway?

Short but sweet. Remember when trying to fight enemies to not to go straight at them but a side. Also you might need to grind a few levels with regular enemies to actually inflict damage on the fuckers that I think that are annoying you which you can avoid and continue moving forward anyways.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Speaking of RE, going by the Xbox One achievements they should be a whole lot better than what RE4 offered. 44 in total with a combination of natural progression, completionist and challenge based chievos.

They're pretty hard for anyone who isn't die hard Old school RE. I'm not gonna bother with them. I suck at old school RE even though I like them still.

 

[Miguel81]

I might give it a go again. Since I heard that more than once. Also isn't it actually short for a jrpg anyway?

It might be best not to start on Nightmare. Ys I is a tough one on that setting, and the final boss is insane.

 

[Nabs]

I'm glad Ys Origin is successful on Steam (~200k sold). I'm really happy that Falcom is talking about it Don't forget about us in the future, thanks.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Just wanted to point out that Game of the forever Bad Rats: The Rats Revenge is 76% off.

 

[Jawmuncher]

It might be best not to start on Nightmare. Ys I is a tough one on that setting, and the final boss is insane.

Don't worry.
I play my games on easy to normal these days. I don't think I've ever touched a rpg of any kind on a high difficulty.

Short but sweet. Remember when trying to fight enemies to not to go straight at them but a side. Also you might need to grind a few levels with regular enemies to actually inflict damage on the fuckers that I think that are annoying you which you can avoid and continue moving forward anyways.

Thanks. Will keep this in mind.

 

[Tizoc]

I was gonna use this NSFW image but decided against it and went with the usual

Crom welcomes you

Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 12 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.

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May's Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville -- MB-9573D423A9D8FC61 - Taken by Loptous. 8 entrants total.
Richard & Alice -- MB-A581822591E1B62F - Taken by Chreznor. 6 entrants total.
Ys Origin -- MB-7AA36604A01926A6 - Taken by Kiru. 45 entrants total.
Speedball 2 HD -- MB-54415AE756A578AD - Taken by Purkake4. 4 entrants total.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee -- MB-8E7403C2DC7B5CCA - Taken by Feel_The_Pain. 7 entrants total.
Blast Em! -- MB-BD644C45ACF08A3C - Taken by HBP. 1 entrants total.
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition -- MB-3ED2AFD831CD4CDF - Taken by suppadoopa. 60 entrants total.
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux -- MB-B67AE633948ABE0B - Taken by TheTrain. 5 entrants total.

Montague's Mount -- MB-F9C5A41B8C56E39D - Taken by Sendou. 3 entrants total.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana -- MB-C1AF27A8B00876B7 - Taken by drakaenae. 45 entrants total.
Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition -- MB-9EE65B6D1E46468A - Taken by Purkake4. 5 entrants total.
Volgarr the Viking -- MB-3DF38F314378FED3 - Taken by xxracerxx. 22 entrants total.

 

[Adventis]

Wow, just suddenly got locked out of Steam Marketplace for no apparent reason.

Tells me some bullshit about how I've recently funded my Steam Wallet using an unverified credit card that has seen a recent increase in use --- yet it's the same card I always use and have been using for over a year. Never encountered this in all my 6 years on Steam.

Tried to resolve the situation and 'verify my funds' with their test but the stupid values are posted in an alternate currency and they want me to enter the exact amount in USD, smh. Guess now I'm stuck with the lock until the 18th..... >___>

 

[Vazra]

No one enter The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition.

Thank you! XOXO

 

[jshackles]

I've come to a similar decision myself with this year's New Year's resolution about purchasing games this year. I've got over 2,600 games in my Steam library in addition to a few thousand other games for various systems (PS4 all the way back to Atari 2600). So it's not like I'm going to be hurting for things to play.

I'm in a bit of a financial mess in that I wasn't able to find a suitable replacement job last summer and decided to just "stick it out" with my current employer. I found a nice new house to rent and for the most part things are "okay". My daughter will start college in the fall and we would like to stay in the same area at least until 2018 when my son graduates from high school.

The problem is that my health insurance is absolutely terrible. Last year I paid out over $10,000 in out of pocket medical expenses. I anticipate paying at least this much again this year. As a subtle way of saying "Sorry we fucked up your health insurance", my employer gave everyone a $2,000 "bonus" last year to help with those expenses. Well I just found out that this year we'll be getting no such bonus.

So of course when push comes to shove, gaming expenses are something that come on the chopping block first. It's hard passing up some of these bundles. "Indie Gala has a bundle with Five Nights at Freddies 2 and a few other games I don't already have?" Usually I'd purchase that on auto-pilot. Now I pause and reflect and think to myself "I haven't even played the original Five Nights at Freddies" and realize that my $1.89 might be better off saved.

Like many of you, there are a few games I won't be able to resist this year. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD comes out in March and I pre-ordered it months ago. There are talks of Final Fantasy XV

Spoiler

(and possibly even Kingdom Hearts 3)

being released in 2015 as well. Both are also already pre-ordered and eagerly anticipated. Lightning Returns is coming to PC soon, and I've been playing my way through the trilogy and have been loving it, so I'm sure I'll be picking this up when it's released. Majora's Mask I can probably skip (since I have the N64 version) but I probably won't be able to resist a new Legend of Zelda Wii U game.

I think this year I'll be focusing most of my gaming dollars towards games I intend on playing immediately. And since I already have so many games in my various backlogs, the small amount of money I will be spending on gaming is going to be on the stuff I'm really excited to play. I know that means my Steam profile will get left behind in the "people who own the most games on Steam" list, and I'm coming to terms with that. Even at 2,600 games I've already fallen from around spot 100 to around spot 150. I also realize there will be some bundles with some games that won't get bundled again, and I'm coming to terms with that realization too. The positive side of things is that if/when my financial situation improves, the cheap games and things will probably still be available, and bundles with repeat games will have a better ratio of games I don't own.

Lastly I'd like to point out that Enhanced Steam is perfectly okay, thanks in no small part to people who have donated and continue to donate through Patreon. In fact, at present there is about $30 extra a month coming in after all of the expenses are paid, and I'm putting this extra money towards server time for the upcoming Summer sale. So a huge "thank you" again to those who have donated. I'm not sure if my wife would be entirely understanding if I explained to her that I had a $200/month server bill if that expense was still coming out of my own pocket. Patreon supporters are literally keeping the lights on so you guys are the real heroes.

Sorry for the rant / rambling post.

 

[morningbus]

I'm glad Ys Origin is successful on Steam (~200k sold). I'm really happy that Falcom is talking about it Don't forget about us in the future, thanks.

The most important thing here, too, is that the game will keep selling. It still hasn't sold to everyone it can yet.

Imagine the number sold when it goes below 5 dollars. This is the real benefit to porting to PC for companies.

 

[dani_dc]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

 

[Tizoc]

No one enter The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition.

Thank you! XOXO

Listen to this guy, I mean have you even HEARD the soundtrack for this game?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ9G0N1Ruk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2pb-WCEI20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1udDnaYuhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CnxDZgx08
I mean why would you want to listen to THAT?

Spoiler

Damn KoF has some of the best themes...

 

[Mavromatis]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

aka say goodbye to your unredeemed games.

 

[YianGaruga]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

Huh, interesting. I wonder why

aka say goodbye to your unredeemed games.

What?

 

[Knurek]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

Megaton!

 

[alr1ght]

aka say goodbye to your unredeemed games.

Nah, you'll just hit the button to get a key, which will then mark it as redeemed.

 

[Vazra]

Listen to this guy, I mean have you even HEARD the soundtrack for this game?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ9G0N1Ruk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2pb-WCEI20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1udDnaYuhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CnxDZgx08
I mean why would you want to listen to THAT?

Spoiler

Damn KoF has some of the best themes...

 

[Jawmuncher]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

Odd. Thought steam would keep that around for the big dogs if they wanted to use it.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Maybe it has to do with their new security stuff that they're adding?

 

[NingenJanai]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

Here's an exclusive image of steam's next version

 

[lashman]

Here's an exclusive image of steam's next version

don't worry - they'll definitely never go back on region-locking

 

[jshackles]

Odd. Thought steam would keep that around for the big dogs if they wanted to use it.

I think the problem is that a lot of bundle sites that aren't using that system (Bundle Stars, Flying Bundle, Blink, etc) wanted to use the system and were reaching out to Valve requesting access on a regular basis and weren't getting anywhere. My own attempts were also in vein.

I'm honestly not surprised to see Valve drop support for it, since it was never really fleshed out as a feature. The people working on this sort of thing at Valve seem really great at creating features, but at the same time seem really averse to improving them.

 

[Mavromatis]

Here's an exclusive image of steam's next version

I assume the chat chess will be back.

Nah, you'll just hit the button to get a key, which will then mark it as redeemed.

Yeah sorry for confusion, I mean the section on your library, not the actual games, although they can remove them too, who knows.

 

[strafer]

Here's an exclusive image of steam's next version

I would love for the old steam skin to be available.

I hate the new style steam.

 

[lashman]

The people working on this sort of thing at Valve seem really great at creating features, but at the same time seem really averse to improving them.

you pretty much just described the entirety of Volvo

 

[JaseC]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

I wonder if this is a precursor to Valve finally taking a leaf out of Desura's book and offering key redemption via the Steam website. It'd certainly explain, in part, the sudden interest in ReCaptcha integration.

 

[inm8num2]

Humble Bundle: "However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys".

Ah, that's too bad. The one-click activation is much easier both for redemption and for managing and keeping track of keys (e.g. knowing what's redeemed and what isn't).

 

[Mavromatis]

I think the problem is that a lot of bundle sites that aren't using that system (Bundle Stars, Flying Bundle, Blink, etc) wanted to use the system and were reaching out to Valve requesting access on a regular basis and weren't getting anywhere. My own attempts were also in vein.

I'm honestly not surprised to see Valve drop support for it, since it was never really fleshed out as a feature. The people working on this sort of thing at Valve seem really great at creating features, but at the same time seem really averse to improving them.

I assume they still can't decide if they are a game developer/publisher or a digital distribution company.

 

[jshackles]

you pretty much just described the entirety of Volvo

I think so, and I'm pretty certain it's an unfortunately by-product of their corporate structure. Everyone is given free reign to work on what they want to, and evaluated on their performance or "value added" to the company each year. Nobody there sees much value in improving already existing features beyond what is absolutely required, and thus they don't have a jshackles saying "We can make this better".

 

[Knurek]

I wonder if this is a precursor to Valve finally taking a leaf out of Desura's book and offering key redemption via the Steam website. It'd certainly explain, in part, the sudden interest in ReCaptcha integration.

Who's the girl in your avatar?
Has Saoirse lost her greatest fan?

 

[ModBot]

Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, I am giving away 2 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.

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[Lomax]

I think the problem is that a lot of bundle sites that aren't using that system (Bundle Stars, Flying Bundle, Blink, etc) wanted to use the system and were reaching out to Valve requesting access on a regular basis and weren't getting anywhere. My own attempts were also in vein.

I'm honestly not surprised to see Valve drop support for it, since it was never really fleshed out as a feature. The people working on this sort of thing at Valve seem really great at creating features, but at the same time seem really averse to improving them.

"This feature we created requires extra work, so we're getting rid of it." They really think they can get to a point where Steam is self sustaining and requires no additional effort at all, don't they? Blows my mind.

You guys are right... I would be doing myself a disservice by denying good games... so skip out on bundles thats just +1 games?

Silly though it may seem, I try to evaluate every bundle for games I think I may actually play, and very rarely buy things only for +1s. Of course I get a lot of +1s along the way, but I've also gotten a ton of bundle games that ended up being really fun (currently playing Super Panda Adventures which is outstanding). But I very rarely spend over $2 on bundles and only when there's games I really feel are strongly worth it. To me, it only feels special to have over 1k games when I can still feel like I'd actually play most of them given the time, if I knew a large portion of them were nothing but a number, it wouldn't mean as much to me.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Who's the girl in your avatar?
Has Saoirse lost her greatest fan?

It's her but from that one movie where she's a killer

[Hanna]

 

[Kiru]

Who's the girl in your avatar?
Has Saoirse lost her greatest fan?

Come on now ?! You know who it is.

 

[Nyteshade517]

I bought Valkyria Chronicles today. I never played it on PS3 so it'll be completely new to me.

 

[JaseC]

Styx is half off ($15) over at Bundle Stars for the next ~29 hours. It's getting an expansion soon.

Who's the girl in your avatar?
Has Saoirse lost her greatest fan?

The source is someone's piece of Hanna fan art.