Seeing some trip out that the game might get an 8 from Polygon just weirded me out. In TLOU Remastered's case, the game has already been released, most people were able to read both past reviews and impressions of the game, as well as check out gameplay videos and the such. I don't see why anyone would worry or even care about review scores for the PS4 version as the core game is still the same in every way, it just runs better and has a higher resolution. I'm really excited for the game, but just seeing people want to pile up on Polygon for having an opinion was just strange. Who cares what one journalist says, if you want validation for the game there are tons of other reviews. I like it here now, many games that I've bought and enjoyed recently came from fellow gaffer impressions.
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STEAM | July 2014-3 Let Off Some STEAM Bennett
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Seeing some trip out that the game might get an 8 from Polygon just weirded me out. In TLOU Remastered's case, the game has already been released, most people were able to read both past reviews and impressions of the game, as well as check out gameplay videos and the such. I don't see why anyone would worry or even care about review scores for the PS4 version as the core game is still the same in every way, it just runs better and has a higher resolution. I'm really excited for the game, but just seeing people want to pile up on Polygon for having an opinion was just strange. Who cares what one journalist says, if you want validation for the game there are tons of other reviews. I like it here now, many games that I've bought and enjoyed recently came from fellow gaffer impressions.
Dusk Golem
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I pretend there's a train car full of Alpacas with my avatar's face that are all looking towards the window, and when somebody else enters they all slowly turn their necks and look at the person who's entered with big grins.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
This leads into a thought I've been having on the nature of the Console gamer and the PC gamer. I'd like to preface this by saying I don't mean any of this derogatorily and that there isn't a value judgement behind this reasoning.
The major difference it boils down to is this: Console gamers are fans of a consumer product. They go to a store and they buy into a brand. I have a brand of peanut butter I ride-or-die for (Teddy, if you must know) and fuck the inferior competition.
The PC isn't a brand or (in general) a consumer product. It's an ideology. It's a set of ideals that can have a 100 different interchangeable hardware vendors powering it. Sure, there is Red vs. Green and AMD vs. Intel, etc., but those wash away fairly quickly when we're all able to play the same exact games at the end of the day. It's like making your own peanut butter: am I really going to get into a turf war over you roasting a different brand of nuts for yours?
billmcdougal
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I think the vast majority of members recognize that the large giveaways are amazing acts of generosity that in no way are meant to "set a bar" regarding future giveaways.
Why would it be funny? Because a lot of people want it to be good? Because the developers have put a lot of work into it?
I don't want to be Debbie Downer, but I can't see a good reason Star Citizen's hypothetical failure would be funny. We're not even talking console wars here. Star Citizen failing wouldn't humiliate Sony or Nintendo or Microsoft or their fanboys.
How about instead of that we just enjoy the games we like and look forward to the ones we want, gaming pal.
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corrosivefrost
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No Steem keez fur ur govawee? Y u do dis? Dis da Steem thred. :3
It's not like I need to sleep or anything.
RE4 is my favourite non-SRPG game of all time, and I love a lot Mikami's other games, but I just can't get hyped for The Evil Within, especially now that it's coming out at a bad time of the year for me. I'll probably buy it on release anyway, though.
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Ok I is big cheese now?
Mini Ninjas -- That hurt my brain.
I hope it turns out well. The pewdiepie gameplay preview had me thinking it was more of a 3rd person shooter than a classic Mikami game.
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Such a cute image for me to treasure in my mind forever.
Milamber is trying to lick you though.
Edit: Reading comprehension, I thought you were talking about the actual picture, not Dusks description. I need coffee.
24 hours until one of the best RPGs finally comes to Steam:
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Thank you guys for the kind words ^^
Yup, by myself. You can guess it's been quite the ride.
Yup, by myself. You can guess it's been quite the ride.
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Just in case, I've still got 3 left over keys for Hitman keys here:
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Oh I'll let Milamber lick me any day...I'm in a good mood due to being gifted a certain game so don't mind me.
Ok funny was the wrong word. It would be very interesting to see what the consequences are and if it affects kickstarter.
Who cares about console wars? Haven't been into that stuff for years. If the game comes out well I'll jump in. If not, I'm curious to see what happens and how people react considering the huge investment.
Star Citizen is a first with the amount of public backing it has received.
Lego Batman 3 is in spaaaaaace?
This reminds me of some BBC program that made the rounds a few years back where they found that people with excessive brand loyalty had the same neurological reaction to their brand's icon as people of faith do to religious imagery. Could explain the Jyllands-Posten reaction we see to middling review scores.
Huh, the coupon I used to buy it just a couple of days ago was for -75%. I think that's the first good coupon I've ever received via crafting.
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
I'm still not on there :'(
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A friend just gift me Speedrunners for my birthday and wow the game is legit fun, I'm still practicing in the tutorial mode but I wanted to ask, Is it better to play it with the keyboard or with a controller ?
SteamGAF is getting hot.
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Dusk Golem
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If anyone here doesn't own Binary Domain and likes third-person shooters, you need to pick it up. Played it earlier this year, it was honestly rather great.
The first mission is kind of eh, but it gets better and better from there.
The first mission is kind of eh, but it gets better and better from there.
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Birdie, no!!!
MMBosstones86
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I just pretend I am the train.
Yeah it's a pretty fun TPS. I played it on my PS3, but those who haven't played it should definitely pick it up considering it's only 3.75.
Well, you tried :,DSteamGAF is getting steamy
*ba dum tss*
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Also if you want to play Vanquish on PC, snort a line of coke and play Binary Domain.
Boom. Vanquish on PC.
Great giveaway, but I have a serious question:
What makes Trails so great?
I've never played it and my awareness of it is only that there is hype, but not why it's hyped.
Freedom = $1.05
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Part of that stems from one big giver having an issue with giveaways to the point where they openly expressed their dismay at what he/she considered to be "garbage" giveaways.
It's unfortunate that the person in question did that as i felt that, while i understand the frustration he/she might have felt at watching people post really cheap/free keys in order to qualify for a pay it forward post wasn't exactly unwarranted, expressing their frustration the way they did might have done more harm than good in the grand scheme of things.
I hope to do a big giveaway myself before the year is out but i'm waiting for there to be a reason to celebrate
Since I had time to dwell on it The Last of Us is a poor stealth game with an above average story. Likely none of that has changed so despite my disdain of the act of trying to quantify subjective enjoyment by metrics 8 out of 10 would be pretty stellar in my view. Better watch my back in case the beanie avatar brigade are about.
With that out of the way has anyone here had any experience with the Mayflash WiiU Pro Controller PC adapter? Saw a thread on here and it sounds like the best solution at the moment. Tried the unofficial driver/program from GBATemp and it really doesn't play well with my Bluetooth dongle so I'd be shelling out anyway.
With that out of the way has anyone here had any experience with the Mayflash WiiU Pro Controller PC adapter? Saw a thread on here and it sounds like the best solution at the moment. Tried the unofficial driver/program from GBATemp and it really doesn't play well with my Bluetooth dongle so I'd be shelling out anyway.
Stardrive (75% off) is the 4X with space samurai bears, what else do you need really?
I have no idea who or what youre talking about, I havent really been following SteamGAF as much lately for...reasons.
Part of that stems from one big giver having an issue with giveaways to the point where they openly expressed their dismay at what he/she considered to be "garbage" giveaways.
It's unfortunate that the person in question did that as i felt that, while i understand the frustration he/she might have felt at watch people post really cheap/free keys in order to qualify for a pay it forward post wasn't exactly unwarranted, expressing their frustration the way they did might have done more harm than good in the grand scheme of things.
I hope to do a big giveaway myself before the year is out but i'm waiting for there to be a reason to celebrate
I have no idea who or what youre talking about, I havent really been following SteamGAF as much lately for...reasons.
tioslash
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So, I am thinking of getting The Witcher 3 for TF2 keys and found a trader with a good reputation, but he said in the comment section of steamtrades.com that it now have RU tag. I live in Brazil, what does that mean to me? Will it be locked in some form? Or only have Russian language?
Me neither :-(
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