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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache
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50 books is like 2 months of reading, and 50 movies is what, 20 nights?
That's 9 more months of gaming.
Tizoc
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This year i plan on buying a lot of video game history books
My new job seems to tive me enough time to read various ebooks and books in genral
Plus i am gonna start working on a few threads where i recommend various pc games hope i can get it started soon and get most of the pc games i played written up for in the next few months :x
50 movies seems trivial, I don't watch very many movies but I'm sure I still watch 50 a year, that's only one a week. 50 books or games though is much worse because the length is so variable.
Started Arkham Knight on the PC tonight and so far I must admit I've been pleasantly surprised by its performance so far. Fluctuates between 45fps - 60fps but a lot of times stays at 60fps. This is with everything set to High but all the Nvidia gameworks stuff turned off, on a GTX 970 Of course it could be better but I was expecting a clusterfuck and it's been much better than that. Really enjoying the game so far too, love the batmobile. Fuck those Riddler trophies though, I can never be arsed with those in any Batman game.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Note to Atraveller: having personally read Anthem, I would not recommend you read Anthem 50 times.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Have 50 movies playing on your second monitor while you play games, then just read the books while you poop. EASY.
I did that with Ultima 9, realising it only in the last five fucking minutes of the game.
Unlike Morrowind, I just went "fuck this shit"
i would like to second this claim. once for school was more than enough
my ACTUAL suggestion is to read some Asimov
texhnolyze
Banned
I love the batmobile as well, don't understand the hate, really.
The game is surprisingly sitting on my goty list as well. I'd highly recommend it for those who are still waiting.
Ban Puncher
Member
50 Anime Challenge
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
You do need a save. Lost in Nightmares unlocks after you beat Chapter 2-3, and Desperate Escape unlocks after you beat Chapter 5-3.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I guess I'll go hunting for one, then.
The inventory you have in the dlc isn't related to the main game, right? I'm just trying to set my expectations before redownloading all of re5 again
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
No, it does not, both have a separate inventory. In both you start off with a single gun, and other guns are collected in the levels.
Another thing for both DLC chapters, they both have randomized elements, various features of the DLC is randomized (which is actually kind of neat).
DLC chapters are my personal favorite part of RE5. Best of course if you have a co-op partner. In Lost in Nightmares, there's an Easter Egg to play the first area with fixed camera angles, but I suggest just do the RE5 style the first time.
Atraveller
Banned
I don't read comic books :/
I might start focusing on shorter books first, but I don't want to do the 500 pages split thing, that's cheap.
No!
I wish I share your confidence.
Yeah I haven't got bored with it yet
I'm going to guess the game dumps a load of drones towards you at the end, just seems like something that's very likely to happen!dave is ok
aztek is ok
I can't buy it because at this point I feel dumb paying full price for game that's 7 mos. old
cicero
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For those interested in Dungeon Souls, on GMG it is now as cheap as it was on Steam during the sale ($4.99, 50% off), but GMG also has an added 20% off voucher code you can apply: NWYEAR-20PERC-WTHGMG
MMBosstones86
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This War of Mine is a really cheery game isn't it?
Bruno isn't doing well and lays on the bed all day. It's making everyone sad. Cheer up, Bruno.
This is not a bad thing.
RIP
Bruno isn't doing well and lays on the bed all day. It's making everyone sad. Cheer up, Bruno.
Ah, back to the community side
This is not a bad thing.
RIP
Oh goodness no, I wouldn't reward Warner Bros with any money for the PC version until it was dirt cheap. Got mine with my 970 thankfully and I refuse to give them anymore money for this game specifically so didn't buy the PS4 version or anything.
The challenge is to watch 50 tops in a year, right?
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
Okay, that's all I needed to know. Thanks for the info and the impressions!
I've been playing Dex for the last few days, and it's actually pretty decent. Not amazing or anything, but a fairly solid 7/10 experience.
The combat isn't great and the hacking minigame outstays its welcome fairly early on, but it's got a lovely aesthetic, a good soundtrack, and there's plenty of quests to sink your teeth into, many of which have more than one outcome.
I think I'm near the end now and I might do a LTTP thread once I've finished.
If you've already played Deus Ex and Shadowrun and looking for a game to scratch that cyberpunk inch, you could do a lot worse than Dex.
The combat isn't great and the hacking minigame outstays its welcome fairly early on, but it's got a lovely aesthetic, a good soundtrack, and there's plenty of quests to sink your teeth into, many of which have more than one outcome.
I think I'm near the end now and I might do a LTTP thread once I've finished.
If you've already played Deus Ex and Shadowrun and looking for a game to scratch that cyberpunk inch, you could do a lot worse than Dex.
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.
There's a 50 book and 50 movie challenge too? Damn. I could easily do 50 movies, but I probably only get about 15 books a year in. Maybe I'll just challenge myself to writing down all the movies I watch. I've found it to be really interesting to go back and re-read which games I've beat after starting the 52 games a year challenge a few years ago...
50 children's books, 50 kids movies. Done. Now get back to groaning over your gaming backlog.
Only if I can keep making him go outside and making him faint.
Baron_Calamity
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Man now I wish I got this game during the sale!
I'd think the book challenge should be something like 10-15k pages, then you could choose to read a bunch of smaller books or just like, the wheel of time series. I can't really think of an equivalent with games though. I failed to get to 52 games last year, but if I counted each individual episode of games like Life is Strange, then I completed it. But on the other hand, I had at least 10 short games like Emily is Away that I padded out with, and I know some people think games that short shouldn't count.
Atraveller
Banned
I feel taking the game challenge would potentially damage my enjoyment of games, schedule pressure says move forward, awesome RPG says keep playing, what do? I mean Witcher 3's Blood and Wine is coming out this year, does that count as a game?
Atraveller
Banned
Sounds about right.
oipic
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Yeah, I feel the same way - I'd probably be more inclined to aim for, say, 500 hours of gaming (or book reading, for that matter) in a year, rather than a total number of games.
I'm notoriously slow at playing through games, too (leaning on the completionist side of things, I guess), so I'd probably have to resist that natural urge as well.
texhnolyze
Banned
Agreed.
I will NEVER reach those xx games in a year challenge. But when we're talking about xx hours in a year challenge, count me in.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Here's the thread for this year's GAF 50 Books, 50 Movies challenge.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1162008
It's really active and it's a very positive, encouraging community (not much drama from bookworms).
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Well, since the rules are really flexible, there's not that kind of pressure. For me, I liked doing it because it encouraged me to try some different games because I heard they were short, and some ended up being really fun. It also encouraged me to stick with some games and get them finished rather than dropping them. Of course I got wrapped up in World of Warcraft and that killed any chance I had of getting the last 10 games finished off.
jshackles
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Thanks Stump, I signed up! Should be an interesting year. I doubt very much I'll get 50 books in, but who knows. It will be fun to track regardless. I mostly listen to audiobooks during my commute, so about 35-45 minutes a day, 5 days a week tops. Usually squeeze in about 1 a month, but also end up reading 3-4 books throughout the year as well so we'll see.
I don't plan on changing my gaming habits to finish it though. Gotta have priorities!
texhnolyze
Banned
Green Man Gaming Charts:
1. HuniePop
2. Fallout 4
3. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (MAC)
4. XCOM 2: Digital Deluxe
5. Warhammer: End Times Vermintide
6. Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster
7. Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen
8. Rocket League
9. Star Wars Battlefront
10. Assassins Creed Syndicate
1. HuniePop
2. Fallout 4
3. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (MAC)
4. XCOM 2: Digital Deluxe
5. Warhammer: End Times Vermintide
6. Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster
7. Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen
8. Rocket League
9. Star Wars Battlefront
10. Assassins Creed Syndicate
salazar547
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Started playing JUJU today, its basically a easier version of Donkey Kong Country Returns, im liking it because of that because sometimes playing a easy game can be very relaxing , also that helps when trying to play it coop with someone that doesnt play games too often so thats good too.
ramoisdead
Member
Finally, a price I can open my wallet for this DLC.
pantsattack
Member
I thought it was nice having SteamGAF and GiantBombGAF on the front page for a while.
Happy New Year everyone.
Happy New Year everyone.
Shalashaska
Member
This is why we can't have nice things. I'm not advocating piracy but seriously if people are just going to do that, I'd rather they do just pirate it than abuse the refund system. It gives Valve a reason to potentially take away refunds down the road which sucks for when there are legitimate cases to get a refund.
But people will always abuse a system if there is a way I guess.
Atraveller
Banned
Brah!
Honestly, people mentioned this as a loophole from the very beginning, and it's just not that big of a deal. It would only work until the next time they went online, which basically means you could only do it once. There's always ways to abuse systems like this but they are a trivial amount of the whole.
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