Strazyplus
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STEAM | July 2014-3 Let Off Some STEAM Bennett
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Its gonna be out in 5 minutes but... Steam is down!
The clunkiness with TR underworld's controls is kind of off putting, most of them aren't exactly a big deal and it's not like it's a vanquish tps that requires you to be super precise with your moments, but the little control issues here and there when you're running around doing simple platforming are incredibly unpleasant, character is slow to respond especially with all the canned animations (they also look so stiff), walking near edges or some portion of the level will pause your character movement forcing the player to flick the stick to get her unstuck (sometimes it even takes a few seconds to get her to start moving again), there are a lot of movement issues with environments interaction as well I keep running into, character flickers when walking over certain ledges and objects, heck I've had it happened walking on flat ground.
The rest of the game is ok so far and I quite like it, but the controls really need some more polishing because it feels like I'm controlling an alpha version of Nathan Drake but with all of Lara's acrobatic skills.
The rest of the game is ok so far and I quite like it, but the controls really need some more polishing because it feels like I'm controlling an alpha version of Nathan Drake but with all of Lara's acrobatic skills.
Backlogger
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I honestly don't think about it. The way I see it as soon as I post up a game I lose all rights to caring about how that person ends up using it. The only thing that would upset me is if they broke the selling/trading rules, outside of that I don't think about it.
Additionally, the Modbot rules help. I have done giveaways with what I felt were decent games (nothing on the Subzero/Shadownet level =p) and for those I will usually add some NOLURKER or blacklist type rules to it, but even then I still don't go check the winners activity on Steam to see if they are playing it.
Jawmuncher
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Its gonna be out in 5 minutes but... Steam is down!
Whoever plays this first please tell me what happens if you kill off survivors ASAP.
I'm
Talking first turn of the game
old? new bundlestars
vector
montas
rush for glory
steel & steam
sugar cube bitersweet factory
ionball 2
growing pains
clockwork tales of glass and ink
also about to stream some planet explorers if you want to see what its about or are on the fence about it or are bored
vector
montas
rush for glory
steel & steam
sugar cube bitersweet factory
ionball 2
growing pains
clockwork tales of glass and ink
also about to stream some planet explorers if you want to see what its about or are on the fence about it or are bored
Very nice.
Here are those unclaimed keys I mentioned:
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Jawmuncher
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I wonder if perhaps we should have a tier above mega givers. But then I guess you'll really start to limit participants the higher it could go.
Damn, this is impressive!
I haven't played it and have only seen videos of the first scenario but wouldn't the cops obviously rush in and kill you? There's not much of a hostage standoff if you don't have any hostages.
Jawmuncher
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Well looks like its already different from the flash game by a mile. There was no hostages in that one.
Sorry if that came across as aggressive or angry. Granted throwing the odd expletive in there didn't help matters and communication via text alone is hard to convey my exact emotion at the time. But here's the thing if the thread is failing is one of it's functions, ie; offering up visible impressions (which I look a bit silly now as I missed yours about Teslagrad, a game I too have posted about in this thread) then it kind of points to there being issues that would be better addressed than the solution proposed. I mean how many people even read the OT every thread? Mores to the point how many people engaged you in discussion about Terslagrad (
I'm only two bosses down and really struggling on the scrolls as some are a bit of a pain to get unless you time things right it feels. And I totally get your map complaints as I had to make my bloody own to know which I had missed and where everything is
I hate using them but here's a rubbish analogy regards to collating impressions in a wiki to aide visibility instead of dealing with what is causing the issue at hand is like losing your front door keys but instead enter and exit your house via the windows instead of finding your keys or calling a locksmith. It's a solution but I don't feel it's the right one.
I'm so tempted to take the plunge on the Season Pass despite a ways to go in the main game but I keep seeing people posting pics and playing it that I might snap out of fear of getting spoilered. How long is it roughly?
Well I don't really know how to reply to your post but maybe, just maybe that Off Topic chat would be best served in the Off Topic section of the forum hmmm? You never know you might meet some people you would have never talked to before but actually in a topic on a related subject. You might even hit it off but if you're just going to camp in one thread you'll never really find out will you.
Yeah, the flash game was a short gamecompo thing (and kinda meh).
Freedom = $1.05
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I think it's fair to say that, while i admire telltale's attempt at making episodic gaming with seasons and whatnot a thing, their games work MUCH better played within a small period of time, like after the whole season is done.
I've been playing TWAU (got it for nice and cheap during the summer sale) and i can't even imagine waiting 2-3 months between episodes. There are small details that i miss now, as it is. If i had that much time between episodes then forget it, i'd be lost for the first couple of minutes just getting things back in order in my wee brain.
It also lets you move on from a meh episode and get right back into the swing of things. I found episode 2 to be kinda middling but 3 so far has been leagues better. If i had to sit there and stew in my disappointment for months i think i wouldn't be in a rush to get back into the swing of things later, when telltale decides to give me my next drop.
TDLR: you're probably better off waiting for the full season of a telltale product to be out to play it as a complete experience as well as save yourself some grief and money.
I've been playing TWAU (got it for nice and cheap during the summer sale) and i can't even imagine waiting 2-3 months between episodes. There are small details that i miss now, as it is. If i had that much time between episodes then forget it, i'd be lost for the first couple of minutes just getting things back in order in my wee brain.
It also lets you move on from a meh episode and get right back into the swing of things. I found episode 2 to be kinda middling but 3 so far has been leagues better. If i had to sit there and stew in my disappointment for months i think i wouldn't be in a rush to get back into the swing of things later, when telltale decides to give me my next drop.
TDLR: you're probably better off waiting for the full season of a telltale product to be out to play it as a complete experience as well as save yourself some grief and money.
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Here's a raffle for JUNIORS!
good luck, new comrades!
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Here's a raffle for JUNIORS!
good luck, new comrades!
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derExperte
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Those games are basically comfort food. They all follow the same template, look kinda like each other, puzzles start repeating if you've played two or three, stories are derivative and the voice actors.... yeah. But I'll still keep buying every Artifex Mundi release on Steam, you know what you'll get. Plus relatively high card prices shortly after release.
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.
While not as impressive as JaseC:
Games received: 36
Games/DLC given away: 467
Unclaimed keys: 38
Best game received: Hard to say. I won Dead Rising 3 which I am immensely looking forward to. I also won The Banner Saga which I really like.
Games received: 36
Games/DLC given away: 467
Unclaimed keys: 38
Best game received: Hard to say. I won Dead Rising 3 which I am immensely looking forward to. I also won The Banner Saga which I really like.
I disagree. While 2-3 months is excessive (well, after whatever issue happened between 1 and 2, it was never that long. 6-8 weeks is more like it), I like taking a week or so in between episodes of game that are made that way.
Dragon1893
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Damn I need to jump on this. Never used a VPN but there's a first time for everything.
Chance Hale
Member
Weird, Darkwood didn't go up on time. Says "this content is not available"
Oh, I thought that was what you meant by survivors. In the first scenario in this one, you're trying to hack something while keeping hostages you use to keep the cops at bay.
shykyoichi
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6 left
Jawmuncher
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I agree. Can't imagine waiting that long between episodes. Especially when TTs release schedule can be so sporadic. It kills the flow more than anything in something that should be a story expierence.
Ok. Guess I was very unfairly using that as more of a judge towards the full game then I should have.
Atraveller
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SSPssp
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Cool contest! Waking mars looks pretty interesting.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
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I hear the soundtrack is great -- anyone got a link?
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morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
As a person who has been in every Steam thread since the beginning, I can say that the current state of the thread is categorically worse than what usually happens after a major sales event. However, we all have to shoulder the blame on this one a little bit as there is actually very little behavior you can call out a newer poster for that hasn't, in some way, been done by a veteran poster before.
These new posters aren't the first to post literally just a "Good morning, SteamGAF!" comment. There's just now more people doing it and, more importantly, these people haven't built up a reputation yet. Is any of the off-topic stuff being posted now any worse than the 3DS tangents we'd go on?
What I'm trying to say is: we created a certain culture in here, and we didn't get too upset about things because it was only a few posts and, "oh, hey, it's Morningbus. He's posted in here forever, so why am I going to get on his case about M&M codes?"
So, what are the problems?
1) There are a lot of new people. This shouldn't be a problem, but it becomes one because...
2) We've set a poor example of what's acceptable in the thread.
How do we fix it?
1) More on-topic, more of the time. We don't have to be robots parsing the world for scraps of news related to Steam, but we also don't need to know about your breakfast.
2) Proportion. Think about your post as part of a larger collection of posts. Is your gif really necessary to hammer home a reaction, or did the five other gif posts before you basically run the gamut of human emotion?
3) Self-moderation. It's time we start asking ourselves a hard and simple truth: who gives a shit? Why am I posting what I'm posting as I'm posting it? If you can't really come up with a reason that doesn't sound like it should belong in a chatroom, it may be time to rethink your post.
These new posters aren't the first to post literally just a "Good morning, SteamGAF!" comment. There's just now more people doing it and, more importantly, these people haven't built up a reputation yet. Is any of the off-topic stuff being posted now any worse than the 3DS tangents we'd go on?
What I'm trying to say is: we created a certain culture in here, and we didn't get too upset about things because it was only a few posts and, "oh, hey, it's Morningbus. He's posted in here forever, so why am I going to get on his case about M&M codes?"
So, what are the problems?
1) There are a lot of new people. This shouldn't be a problem, but it becomes one because...
2) We've set a poor example of what's acceptable in the thread.
How do we fix it?
1) More on-topic, more of the time. We don't have to be robots parsing the world for scraps of news related to Steam, but we also don't need to know about your breakfast.
2) Proportion. Think about your post as part of a larger collection of posts. Is your gif really necessary to hammer home a reaction, or did the five other gif posts before you basically run the gamut of human emotion?
3) Self-moderation. It's time we start asking ourselves a hard and simple truth: who gives a shit? Why am I posting what I'm posting as I'm posting it? If you can't really come up with a reason that doesn't sound like it should belong in a chatroom, it may be time to rethink your post.
shykyoichi
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Games received: 6
Games/DLC given away: 16
Unclaimed keys: 6
Best game received: Bastion
Games/DLC given away: 16
Unclaimed keys: 6
Best game received: Bastion
Eh, I've done the same thing.
I was hyped, until I played that thing, which totally killed my hype.
Not a very good way for them to sell the game, to be honest.
They'd probably better released a new segment from the actual full game.
I'll check for more accurate time as soon as Steam Community is up, but I'd say I took around 6 hours. I'm very slow and meticulous player though, so it may not represent how long it takes at an average.
AHA-Lambda
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Uh, Gods Will Be Watching still has another hour to go?
The_Super_Inframan
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Chance Hale
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It was supposed to go up, as was Darkwood but neither did so steam seems to be acting up. Darkwood's timer didn't change though, it just says "this item is not available"
freshVeggie
Member
Ok, am on my laptop now. Just looked on Nuveem.
Gods & Kings @ 6€
Brave New World @ 6€
Civilization V Complete @ 10€ it includes not only two aforementioned ones but every DLC! It's steamworks, so despite saying MAC version you get PC+MAC versions once you reddem the key.
I bought the Complete Edition yesterday despite owning Civ V base because as you can see it's a much better deal.
Just a heads up: If you live in a country where purchases are region-locked (not the games itself!), you should get the browser addon Hola. This way you can buy everything without problems. That's what I did.
Hope this helps you.
I'm a bit of a slow player. I like to take my time in Dark Souls/DS2 exploring and checking out if there are traps and stuff like that. I started the DLC content and played for about 2 or 3 hours and I don't think I'm near the end yet - I haven't even reached one of the bosses yet! I think if you kinda pick up the pace, then the DLC should be about 4-5 hours tops, maybe a bit more if you get stuck on a boss. I guess.
The level design is superb, btw. Not just from a gameplay standpoint, with its labyrinthine architecture, but also from an atmosphere one: it feels ancient, alien and claustrophobic. Something a big part of DS2 was missing.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Took me about 4-5 hours.
I found out that I have two unclaimed keys.
Best game I have gotten is Botanicula.
I've gotten 17 games (14 if I don't count already redeemed gifts and one mystery gift that was just "Winner") and given away 83 games. (85 if I count two accidental already redeemed keys.)ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams --MB-4315FAC9EF2FFACF- Taken by Blak_Status
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Best game I have gotten is Botanicula.
drotahorror
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steam is jacked up right now
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Easton Dark
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How DayZ stays in the top sellers list for months, I'll never know. It's gotta be right behind Minecraft for most successful independent game by now.
billmcdougal
Member
I've got some more giving away to do. I have actually given more than gotten if you include games sent through other means than modbot, but hope to give a lot more in the future as well. No huge wins here, as almost all of my wins and gives are bundle-level. But I do appreciate each one, have played or plan to play all, and definitely want to play more Speedrunners with you guys especially!
Games received: 18
Games/DLC given away: 10
Unclaimed keys: 4
Best game received: Speedrunners!
Games received: 18
Games/DLC given away: 10
Unclaimed keys: 4
Best game received: Speedrunners!
I've been reading these threads for few years but I don't post that often. Sometimes I find deals not yet posted, sometimes reply to few questions and such. And that being said, I completely agree with your whole post. Steam threads are now roughly 90% chat, 10% actually relevant stuff. Obviously giveaways add a lot of posts as well.
One thing I'd like to see less is images and gifs. They are sometimes great way to respond to something, but when you have 30 images on a 50 post page, it's a bit much. And then those same images are being quoted multiple times, and the responses are often images as well. And usually the gifs had nothing to do with Steam or even games in the first place.
Just my two (or is it five these days?) cents, carry on
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