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STEAM | January 2017 - Time to get GAMEDUMPED
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15 games for 20$ is neat but I fear they will be dumpster diving in Indie gala and Groupee's Trash haha. How is this even going to be profitable. I mean if no one bother to buy the stuff on steam it's over.
I'm keeping my sub the entertainment from the disaster is worth it alone.
Big props on them offering refund, that's the right thing to do when you change your offer and the subscription is already paid.
I'm keeping my sub the entertainment from the disaster is worth it alone.
Big props on them offering refund, that's the right thing to do when you change your offer and the subscription is already paid.
Backlogger
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GAMEPUMP starting to seem like just a way to get +1's on Steam or GOG
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Okay, so they're sticking with a bonus month in addition to the 12 months and the two introductory bonus games. Cool. Even more pumps.
Also, RE: "Stump was hyping Game Pump"
This is the most hyped I have gotten:
People should not confuse semi-ironically spamming the service's dumb name for having delusions about the level of value I expect. I think it's an interesting experiment and $20 for
Atraveller
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Nyteshade517
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DunderHassan
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So LIT was already expected to be a separate bonus game that doesn't reflect the rest of their releases?
bobnowhere
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No need to be upset, think happy trampoline thoughts.
Congratulations, you pumped yourself?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No, Lit was expected to be the game that's launching the service. Now it's not because the service is delayed and you get Lit as a bonus on top of the promised subscription.
No? As far as anyone knew, that was the first month's game...
STEAM | January 2017 - Congratulations you dumped yourself
btw, here's some wiiware LIT concept art. So you all know what you're missing.
I don't mind the delay either, things happen... and the free games are nice gestures.
I mind them not saying anything until zero hour.
I mind them promising "day 1" Steam keys without having the means to deliver.
I mind them shifting over to GOG and making Steam keys a backseat.
thinking about refunding, because 1. the way it has been handled has been highly unprofessional and doesn't bode well for the future and 2. I feel like the original promise has shifted and it's no different than buying a Groupees build-a-greenlight-bundle now
I mind them not saying anything until zero hour.
I mind them promising "day 1" Steam keys without having the means to deliver.
I mind them shifting over to GOG and making Steam keys a backseat.
thinking about refunding, because 1. the way it has been handled has been highly unprofessional and doesn't bode well for the future and 2. I feel like the original promise has shifted and it's no different than buying a Groupees build-a-greenlight-bundle now
Backlogger
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So it looks like you will essentially be able to choose a Steam key or a GOG copy of the game.
Wouldn't it be worth the gamble (assuming these will be mid to low tier games at this point) to just redeem on Steam and hope that a majority of them will eventually be available on GOG via GOG Connect?
Wouldn't it be worth the gamble (assuming these will be mid to low tier games at this point) to just redeem on Steam and hope that a majority of them will eventually be available on GOG via GOG Connect?
GoldandBlue
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Yeah it's a huge bummer Lit is the iOS one and not Wii one.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Just make this gif the thread title
DunderHassan
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So basically this means nothing, since it initially was a part of their service:
It's still very likely that they will just make some remakes of mobile games like this?
I just don't want to go in blindly and buy a bunch of crappy mobile games nobody asked for.
Crimsonclaw111
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A terrible IOS version of it.
Remember Robotoki ? And their game Human Element ? And the prequel that was supposed to come out on Ouya. Yes, Ouya.
From the same guy who was mostly a Community Manager at Infinity Ward, but writes this seriously on his LinkedIn profile.
And on the same LinkedIn page, you can see he has like half a dozen different jobs/roles.
From the same guy who was mostly a Community Manager at Infinity Ward, but writes this seriously on his LinkedIn profile.
And on the same LinkedIn page, you can see he has like half a dozen different jobs/roles.
He managed Humble Bundle for a year, specially the Humble Monthly, and I think he did it great.
ramoisdead
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I think you're better off sticking to that version.
Well maybe I'll join GAMEPUMP again down the road, maybe not. At least they offered a refund. Waiting for another company to offer a refund for their failing venture.
Jawmuncher
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Decided to order one of those 4D Resident Evil 7 candles, even though I won't be playing in VR.
Will let you all know if it adds to the experience. Or if more than likely it'll just smell like shit.
Will let you all know if it adds to the experience. Or if more than likely it'll just smell like shit.
I don't like the HoPiKo control scheme with the mouse. Gotta aim and release to send your character, which I thought would be great with a mouse but nope. Moving the cursor around and then holding the left button doesn't do what I expect it to do, the direction of the launch is still not where i'm pointing. Then I move the pointer around to try and aim, unsuccessfully as the aim spaz around moving around more than my movement.
I guess the game was made with a pad and digital sticks in mind but still... this control scheme has me disliking the game right out of the bat just playing the tutorial.
I guess the game was made with a pad and digital sticks in mind but still... this control scheme has me disliking the game right out of the bat just playing the tutorial.
try having a candlelight dinner with those
AHA-Lambda
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STEAM | January 2017 - GAMEPUMP ain't Welcome to the Family, Son
Jawmuncher
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A date to remember
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Yes, we all knew this; the Ouya deal was signed when Ouya was being flooded with VC money to be able to publish stuff. Lots of developers took Ouya publishing money or matching funds, particularly when it was first unveiled, broke the Kickstarter record, had a bunch of external VC, and hired a ton of power players on the bizdev side. You know he wasn't part of Ouya, right, he was a developer who took a publishing deal?
You are aware that he got promoted from Community Manager to a Producer and Business role, and that's what that's referring to, right? You copied the body of the text and not his job title, which would have indicated as much?
I don't think Robert Bowling's record inspires enough confidence to bet your house on him, but I don't think it makes sense to look at your $20 "investment" (minus what you recoup from selling keys, minus the entire cost if you decide to take a refund, minus more than the entire cost if you take a refund AND resell the keys) as though a few years of running a studio, a few years of game investment experience, a year at Humble, and a few years on the business side of Call of Duty isn't in the ballpark of qualification. But again, if you think this suggests the thing is going to be an unmitigated fiasco and he's going to take the money and run, I totally recommend taking the refund, reselling the bonus keys, and then GamePump will have been your best game investment of all time because you will have profited on it.
yeah I tried with a mouse at first and it just felt weird, then I switched to a pad and I liked it a lot more... if you have one you should try it
Giant Panda
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I avoided this Gamepump mess, and XCOM2 in next month's Humble Bundle is awesome, so today was a pretty good day for me at least.
Mackenzie 92
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eh, I'll go ahead and keep my sub. hopefully the games coming up will be better tho
man festers quest NES would be awesome, but the horror is pretty light.
man festers quest NES would be awesome, but the horror is pretty light.
crimsonheadGCN
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GAMEPUMP isn't Lit, fam
D
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So LIT is just an apology and not part of the actual subscription?
More_Badass
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So is Humble Monthly worth it? I tend to dislike the idea of a subscription for an unknown reward (same reason I think stuff like Lootcrate is ridiculous)
Has the monthly collection of games been good? It's basically just a random Humble Bundle, right?
Has the monthly collection of games been good? It's basically just a random Humble Bundle, right?
illusionary
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That's what they seem to be saying at this point, yes. However to have the statement that it is "not reflective of the types of games you'll be receiving as part of your subscription" seems odd to me, given the 'clues' that they'd been dropping about Lit up until now.
I'd say that it's been worth it so far, yes - and worst case, it seems generally to be possible to sell the keys for more than the bundle cost. You can see the contents of past bundles at the bottom of this page:
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly
It's worth it if you don't buy a lot of games on/for Steam but the quality vary greatly each month. There is usually one good game to pull people in like Alien Isolation, Dragon's Dogma or XCOM 2 and the rest of the bundle vary quality wise. I don't subscribe myself as a huge chunk of what they have given I already have on steam.
CecilRousso
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STEAM | January 2017 - Shamefully pumped
Guilty Gear Isuka and Guilty Gear X2 #Reload are back on STEAM under a new publisher 
http://store.steampowered.com/app/314030/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/267900/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/314030/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/267900/
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