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STEAM | July 2014-3 Let Off Some STEAM Bennett
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at least youre honest
Good luck with the launch and thanks for your generosity.
KillerDark
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Agreed, I don't enjoy that because usually randoms never want to explore and just blaze through it as quickly as possible... its completely opposite from how I like to play.
dragonbane
Member
Well, you could have prevented that from happening
You can also eavesdrop on the guys with Aiden and find out their intentions long beforehand and act accordingly.He gets writing assistance on his next game. Also one of the main game designers of Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit came back for his next project. I think his directing is fine however, he got some great performances out of the actors as well.
Omikron is the most "gamey" out of them all. It has an inventory, fighting gameplay etc.
Wolf Among Us is the usual Telltale fare I'm afraid, but the setting was a little bit more intriguing at least.
I thought it all made sense in the end for a slice of life game. Each scene had its purpose in the story and for her character. The timeline shown before each chapter tied things together nicely and in the end there is an explanation given to why it's split up in the first place. I really liked the aspect of "ah so this is how she got to place X, here we probably learn how Y happened". Also the final stretch of the game is legitimately awesome IMO (both from gameplay and story perspective).
Congrats on the release, game looks cool.
salazar547
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playing some shovel knight : http://www.twitch.tv/salazarx547
LurkerPrime
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You need a better store page description and screenshots stat. I say this purely as a potential customer.
If you don't have much to say about your game that makes it appear shallow, short, or uninspired. Similarly, if you present what you have to say poorly, it makes a bad first impression on potential customers. Entice them with something unusual, unique, or compelling!
What makes it stand out from other games? Highlight it in text and with screenshots/trailers.
That said, robots with swords is always the right direction to take. I hope your game is good, and I wish you good luck.
corrosivefrost
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I'm not on that train even though it's currently on my wishlist.
If the comparison ToddHunter made to FF12 regarding the story is true, it's definitely getting removed though. FF12 had one of the most awful stories I've ever experienced in a JRPG.
Same difference.
SAM is definitely easier.
Playing Borderlands with strangers is awful (inb4 Borderlands is always awful jokes). The first time I played BL1, I had it set so people could join my game, and within seconds I had 3 other higher leveled players in my game killing everything before I could even fire off a shot, then grabbing all of the quests without reading/listening to the dialogue, then running to all of the waypoints and grabbing all of the things, and of course looting every single item that drops without giving anyone else a chance. After about 20 minutes, I quit out and played the rest of the game solo. Much better.
When I beat the game, I tried to do more co-op with strangers in New Game+. It was basically the exact same experience, but now everyone had hacked guns and shields allowing them to have infinite health and fire machinegun rocket launchers that 1 shot every enemy. Never again.
Of course co-op with friends is better, but if that's not an option solo is the way to go.
AHA-Lambda
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Just in case, anyone is still looking for more reviews or impressions of GWBW, this is a good review:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-28-gods-will-be-watching-review
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-28-gods-will-be-watching-review
Mr. Poolman
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All that circle jerk about TLoU remaster scores makes me wonder.
Are console exclusive gamers truly that invested on numerical scores? if so, why does the PC gaming community weighs more on personal recommendations and word of mouth?
Why are both communities so different when the games themselves are so similar?
No sarcasm on my post, honest question. I don't want to create a flamefest.
Are console exclusive gamers truly that invested on numerical scores? if so, why does the PC gaming community weighs more on personal recommendations and word of mouth?
Why are both communities so different when the games themselves are so similar?
No sarcasm on my post, honest question. I don't want to create a flamefest.
Angel Abaddon
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I have the exact same problem with most coop games. Feel weird working with total strangers. It's why I never played all that much L4D. Strangely don't have the same issue working in a squad in BF4.
Tizoc
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Where am I on this train =/This was hard to keep up with, but I am pretty sure I got everyone. C'mon now, GAF. We Anime now, the least we can do is make the train anime too.
Never say CheesecakeRecipe don't love ya, SteamGAF. <3
Terra_Ex
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Congrats on the release, remember seeing this on the indie dev thread a good while back, looked pretty cool then and looks even better now.
PC "exclusive" games aren't supposed to sell systems (maybe graphics cards for the really WOAH stuff, but it's been a while since we had that), they're just PC exclusive because the control system/subject matter is deemed not to work too well with a different control scheme/on the couch/whatever.
All you had to do was follow the damn train, Tizoc.
billmcdougal
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Absolutely. I don't know why it has the reputation for being better online than solo. Maybe with people that don't care about the story/dialogue or anything other than just blowing through the game
Or, I'd imagine, playing with some friends that all want to go at the same pace and let eachother keep up.
The same reason they are so obsessed with who sells the most and whose figures are higher. Or some other stupid stuff like how many planets you can explore (lol) or how many P's in your resolution. Numerical statistics drive the console wars.
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Deleted member 125677
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i want in too!
I'd say at least part of the reason for the difference is that most major games media outlets largely ignored the PC market for a solid decade there (up until about 3 years ago), outside of a few high profile titles like Blizzard games. It's hard for a community to value the opinions of people who don't even acknowledge they exist.
Absolutely. I don't know why it has the reputation for being better online than solo. Maybe with people that don't care about the story/dialogue or anything other than just blowing through the game
Or, I'd imagine, playing with some friends that all want to go at the same pace and let eachother keep up.
It is more fun to play with friends, but yeah, they have to be willing to go at your pace. I guess I lucked out in that regard (though I did have to tell my one friend to stop talking over the dialogue a couple times). If you are playing with someone who wants to rush through when you want to take your time and explore (or vice versa), you're going to have a bad time.
Where the 2 wrestlers are
Strazyplus
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That and that numbers are useless, written reviews or youtube videos are more worthy than IGN and others. PC is no console and comes with higher expectations than of just the game (menus FOV, Graphic options)
KillerDark
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Congrats on the release, it looks pretty cool!
Some people require external validation for their opinions and decisions. If that's more common on consoles than on PC, it could be because of the higher cost of console gaming? $400-$500 hardware plus $60 games all around, and you don't want to buy something only for the court of public opinion (review scores, consensus on who "won" the war, etc) to call you a fool. PC games run cheaper, so there's not as much validation required when trying a game out for, like, $5.
Stallion Free
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PC exclusive devs generally aren't taking journalists to resorts to review their games for a week. Also the games aren't similar. Exclusives on consoles are doing their damndest to mimic cinema, where PC exclusives tend to be more gameplay focused.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
One solid reason I may mention is that a lot of PC games don't have a big presence on gaming websites, there are a lot of fantastic indie games that go under the radar/only become big because of player word of mouth.
Part of this is just how so many games are available and continue to become available on the platform. As gaming sites can't keep up, it becomes far more worthwhile to listen to your fellow gamers than it is to listen to big gaming sites who can't reasonably diet all these games.
That and I believe to be a PC gamer, you have to be sort of out of the 'mainstream' focus of gaming right now, as marketing and media is obviously more geared towards consoles right now.
Chance Hale
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I'm sure if Star Citizen launches and Polygon gives it a 6 people will complain. Big, hyped games inspire hysteria.
Strazyplus
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You can but I would wait for pre-orders are available.
why not just wait? these IOU giveaways like many pointed out the other day are kinda dangerous (for the giver mostly), who knows what life brings you and what you financial situation is when the games are finally available, not to mention the rise of region locked games, and that game you thought would be 20 from russians is suddenly 60.
I mean you can do whatever you want, but it seems like a dangerous road to go down, when there is no need for it really
When that happens, I'll only complain that people are falling for obvious clickbait.
Should work.
It can even be just an IOU PM.
Rhaknar does have a point, though, unless the game you're giving away is already fixed in price and time.
I look forward to the day Star Citizen launches and gets a load of 5s and 6s from all publications.
The tears will be beautiful.
I don't really want it to fail but can't deny it will be funny
Visualante2
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I think it's smart that they ported it but the pricing is just a bit insulting given that it's a buck on tablets. I'll wait for a sale. Thanks for the impressions.
Stallion Free
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I wish they had reviewed PC when they did the Xbone and PS4 reviews. That would have been good stuff.
lashman
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I agree ... anything can happen ... heck, they can even cancel the release altogether (or move it by 9 months)
Sorry for the late reply, but yes, Steam does record the time you used SAM for each game, just like when you install it just for idle/play.
The only problem with that is that ModBot checks if a key has been given away before. If you tried to give away another game in the future using the same method, it would mark your Steam profile as a duplicate key.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
This is true, and I'd only do it if you really want to/know what you're doing.
(I say this as a person who did an IOU, not that I regret doing it at all, but I did put some thought into it as I was planning to give the game away anyways).
But only do it if you're certain, of a few areas. It's a bit risky, though I'm just a bit weird in that I like things to be a bit risky. Makes life more interesting, but pulling through is important, and I would say if people recognize you as an honorable person on these fronts/if you have a solid history of living up to your word/kindness, then its more likely to go over well socially, but make sure you know you can back-up the IOU in the near future when it releases (and on that front I wouldn't use an IOU on a game that's too much further than the near future).
yeah, just no point whatsoever. Just one more thing that baffles me lately, its like theres this vibe that if youre not giving away big shit youre not a member of the community or something, and im pretty sure thats not what Sub Zero, Corrosivefrost, Dusk Golem and other old time big givers wanted when this all started
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Not at all, I didn't realize it came off that way. My main reasoning was because I wanted to support Evil Within's release as bigger budget horror game so I was planning to buy a few copies and one of the copies at least I wanted to give to GAF. My most hyped title right now.
and my weird way of reminding people here that this game exists.
lashman
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make sure they give out a steam key tho, thats a big thing around here
yeah ... I wonder why, though ...
*looks at the thread title*
oh ....
Jawmuncher
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I just pretend I'm hiding in the train.
PandaPedinte
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2/10 - you need a PhD to use it and there are too many options too choose from.
Mr. Poolman
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Thanks for all the responses everyone
I decided to ignore my backlog and reinstall the Arkham games to play them downsampling and physx and everything maxed out.
And man... they are so beautiful I want to punch a criminal in the face.
I decided to ignore my backlog and reinstall the Arkham games to play them downsampling and physx and everything maxed out.
And man... they are so beautiful I want to punch a criminal in the face.
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