Haha, reading through it right now. Idiots got what they deserved for trusting such a dodgy site
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STEAM | July 2014 25TH THREAD EDITION (2008-2014)
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Haha, reading through it right now. Idiots got what they deserved for trusting such a dodgy site
MMBosstones86
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...I need this game.
Cosmic Schwung
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What resolution? I remember playing it at 720p on a 6850 without a problem (apart from the memory leak on the final stage).
I was playing local bro-op the other night (trying to work out how to get 3 controllers to work was the hard part as well as very loudly telling each other "shhhhhhhh!") but I did see a fair few of SteamGAF organising groups and such seeing as online bro-op is in the latest update (though I might be imagining that). With 2 players it's quite hectic but you can fly through a stage really easy. With 3 though the stage just start to disintegrate with constant gunfire and specials going off. I can't imagine how crazy 4 player would get.
Awesome game at the moment and there seems to be a fair bit to do and regular updates. I think the Giant Bomb guys did an Unfinished video as pictures don't do Broforce justice at all.
Edit: And now I see Frost was streaming the other night.
abracadaver
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I5 3550
Samsung SSD
8GB RAM
Z77 Board
Crysis 2 ran a lot better when I played it last year
I'm at the start of world 3 in 140, so far a cool game with a very interesting use of music.
I wish it had a better save system though. It only saves after you beat a world, but since there are checkpoints everywhere I don't really see the logic. It doesn't make the game harder, only inconvenient. Hardly a big issue since it's not a long game, but considering that some sections can take quite a few retries (plus the bosses) it means I can't really sit down and play it in short bursts like I'd like to.
I wish it had a better save system though. It only saves after you beat a world, but since there are checkpoints everywhere I don't really see the logic. It doesn't make the game harder, only inconvenient. Hardly a big issue since it's not a long game, but considering that some sections can take quite a few retries (plus the bosses) it means I can't really sit down and play it in short bursts like I'd like to.
corrosivefrost
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Cosmic Schwung
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It looks like everything came from bundles.
Eanan
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lol hes a cool guy
Yeah it didn't look that scammer-ish when I saw that, then I saw stuff like Fallout NV and Dishonored for $1.
nope
billmcdougal
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Yeah, I apparently need Broforce too. I'm not sold on playing through pre-release games though. I only have a couple early access games so far, but my instinct is to wait until they're "out."
abracadaver
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1080p
Ive already finished the game on 360 and expected it to look and run better on my PC :-/
Skyfireblaze
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Do you play it on a TV or something similar? The CryEngine is infamous for locking itself to the lowest reported Hz number which often is 24hz meaning the game is essentially locked at 24fps. Try to run the game in windowed-mode and see if anything changes.
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fun fact:
Me and Stump both have 5,1 hours on record in Shovel Knight and the exact same amount of achievements (18)
Me and Stump both have 5,1 hours on record in Shovel Knight and the exact same amount of achievements (18)
34 here. I cut my teeth gaming on an Atari 2600. I do feel old sometimes when I see the young'uns talking about school and such.
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I'm 34, I have a beautiful wife and two lovely kids and a ph-d
I'm still not sold on Broforce, maybe because I'm still not done with Metal Slug 3 or maybe because it seems more of a platformer than run and gun on top of that an EA game.
yes, we have, many on gaf, some on steamgaf too.
yes, we have, many on gaf, some on steamgaf too.
This seems to be early access done the right way though, the developers are taking suggestions for improvements and new features, they're tweaking the game, adding more and more content and, most importantly, it's already fun to play. If they shut up shop tomorrow I'd still say it was worth getting, with everything that's still to come it's more than worth it.
MMBosstones86
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a/s/l check everyone
Bacardi151
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39 here. Got my first pong machine when i was 4, then moved on up to the Atari from there. No idea how/why my parents decided to get me these devices, but i am sure it changed the way my life turned out ( learned programming because i wanted to make games).
LurkerPrime
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Has anyone visited the Origin store recently? They now sell classic games, probably in an attempt to compete with GOG.
Misguided, I know.
Check.
Misguided, I know.
Check.
Happy birthday Copons!
I'll be joining you next month, just face it we're getting old. We deserve to be treated like the senior citizens we are
I'm surrounded by a bunch old folks
freshVeggie
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Eh? Why is the gridview resetting everytime I restart Steam? I followed salsa's and Grief's instructions for having zero space between tiles and it worked. But after restarting Steam I have to manually adjust the slider to get zero space again.
Yeah they seem to be really involved with the community, well early customers moreover. I was wondering what they were planning for achievements but they're taking suggestions right now. What with this and Super TIME Force: Ultra coming soon there's some crazy co-op 2D arcade style shooters bringing back the memories of pumping 10p's into old arcade machines.
Bizarrely that's showing your age as is.
Super Time Forceeeeeeeeeee. Yessssssss. Can't wait for that.
It's funny that there's a bunch of awesome pixel art style games coming out that I'm excited for, both Broforce and STFU, plus Gods Will Be Watching and Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
ItsGeeMcGee
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I'm 26, which is old enough that my bro days are behind me but young enough to think broforce is totally awesome
freshVeggie
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Guess today's thing is comparing ages.
So that's what we do today, get melancholic.
Welp, I'm somewhat older than most, younger than some, feel like a grandpa.
So that's what we do today, get melancholic.
Welp, I'm somewhat older than most, younger than some, feel like a grandpa.
AbundantChoice
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Gimme... 8 more months and I can say yes. Started on an Atari 2600 and an ADAM computer, then spent most of my youth playing on a C64, then got out of gaming for a while (skipped about half of the 8-bit generation and all of the 16-bit), then got pulled back in with the Playstation. Am just now completing my conversion from a console-centric gamer back into a PC-centric gamer.
I think there are two routes to becoming an old-gamer these days. One route is to go "full grognard", where basically gaming defines you. Your friends think of you as "the videogames guy" and it's by far your primary hobby, to the exclusion of most everything else. Sort of like "ham radio guys" "model train guys" "civil war re-enactment guys" etc. The other route is to just have it be one part, but not a dominant part, of your life. Just one hobby among many. Just one media platform among a cornucopia of options.
I'm not sure if you choose the path or the path chooses you, but i'm very, very glad I ended up on the second route.
MMBosstones86
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Dammit...you're right.
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.
Happy birthday my friend. From one 30-something to another, the best advice I can give you is "Never trade your beard for a tie."
Jeff Green posts here. He's over 50.
30 here. I grew up on Frogger cocktail cabinets in "family pubs", arcade games in dodgy seaside resorts and the Commodore 64.
PandaPedinte
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Happy Birthday Copons!
The only Jeff Green I know is the basketball player
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 is absolutely nothing wrong with being "the video games guy", as long as you also try to balance your life out with a few other things as well. For example, I feel like the two things that define me are my family, and video games, in that order.
But everyone I know (even my family) lovingly refers to me as "the video games guy".
Hahaha like buses...
Stupidly I've gone and labeled STFU as co-op when it's really single player but having all the extra copies really makes you think in a co-op kind of way. Especially in the areas when you need to deal a massive amount of damage in a short period of time. Summer can't come soon enough.
Good old Mr Biffo. Funnily even by today's standards, Digitizer was some of the best games writing ever done. And in horrid yellow and purple vision to boot. Used to love his column in Edge. Charlie Brooker's articles in PC Zone was stuff of legend too.
Eanan
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Its hilarious when you get traders adding you to buy your games, even though they have multiple copies of the game in their inventory, and they straight up tell you they want to buy it off you to sell for profit.
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abracadaver
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Wow. That could be it. I remember my TV showing 24hz when the game started but I thought that was only for the intro movies.
Is there a way to force 60hz for fullscreen ?
Armoured Priest
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I'm only 8 months or so behind you, Abundant before I turn 40.
I had an ADAM computer as well (also started with the 2600). The difference is that I veered heavily into console gaming right away. Sega Master System, then I got a Genesis (and I bought a NES actually after I bought my Genny). SNES, and ect...
I've generally owned the main 3 consoles of a given hardware cycle. I didn't actually get a PC until 2000. I've not yet bought any consoles for the current generation (no Wii U, PS4, or Xbone), though I've generally bought gameboy iterations and I rather liked both PSP and Vita.
Gaming is definately my main hobby, though I certainly do other stuff
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