Remember when they went out of their way to secure Steam keys from publishers? Those were the days.
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STEAM | July 2015 - Nothing To Buy With Our Arkham Knight Refunds
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Remember when they went out of their way to secure Steam keys from publishers? Those were the days.
It's got everything that is silly and frivolous of spending money on games you don't want, with the added layer of clutter and actually taking up physical space. There's a layer of pretentiousness with it as well.
ashecitism
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Valve will be 19 next month, which of course means 20 next year. Will they do anything special for that occasion? lol
Jawmuncher
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How could you.
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Steam related news, I really wish steam would add online key redemption. Sitting on my Wolfenstein because I don't want to log in, since my PC isn't hooked up.
It's an absolute shame what happened to Amazon Digital PC section once Tony was moved higher. I act like the section doesn't even exist since it's so bad now. The replacement guy was there like a week and then disappeared into the void. Really liked supporting Amazon when they put the work in.
freshVeggie
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Man, would like to get that but it's not at that price here.
Ah, a big pile of assumptions then.
Dongs Macabre
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Freedom = $1.05
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Wonder if Yager could take whatever work theyve done and roll it into another game. Like Yager's Archipelago of Surprisingly Lively Deceased Persons
Blasphemy.
Leafhopper
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Can I say Half Life 3 just so I don't have to hear about people cry about it later in this thread?
Scratch that I want this to happen so I can laugh instead.
The pretentious aspect certainly, I don't see how you can be as dismissive as the rest however.
Baron von Loathsome
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So I just finished the first chapter of The Witcher (the first one, I mean). I'm enjoying it, awkward combat be damned.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
derExperte
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The equivalent of buying books like game bundles would be scouring the .99 cent isles in every supermarket in town and buying those love story novels aimed at 60 old women in bulk.
The way I see it, the cheats are just there as extras (didn't even mess around with them), and I really don't get what the complaints are about in regards to the car handling. I marathoned through several sandbox games in a row (Just Cause 2, Red Faction Guerrilla, Saints Row 3, and GTAIV), and I found GTAIV to have the best vehicle handling by far. Everything felt like it had a nice weight to it, like you were actually driving a car. Kind of like how the horse in Shadow of the Colossus actually felt like an actual animal that you were trying to direct, as opposed to just this mindless thing that just went where you pointed the stick.
But yeah, everything else was indeed just bland. I don't know how they went from some of the crazy missions of San Andreas to what they served up with IV. Of course, the problem I had with all the sandbox games is that, for all the openness of the world itself, the missions are far, far too linear. It's just not fun to sit there and follow a series of commands ("Go to the marker on the map", "Kill so-and-so", etc). Are there any sandbox games that actually have good mission design that allow for the player to approach things in a variety of ways?
Starship Rubicon just came to Steam and it really deserves more attention. Really regret not getting it earlier
http://store.steampowered.com/app/372030/
Made a thread for it too
Ohhhh, that looks interesting, thanks for the heads-up.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I have a lot of books I mean to read but haven't.
Boxes upon boxes of them. Stpid library dollar sales.
Boxes upon boxes of them. Stpid library dollar sales.
I was also an English major
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.
Sadly, they have a web API now that allows for key redemption but it's private. My request to be allowed to use it was denied. It could have been wonderful.
Jawmuncher
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Makes the spoiler all the more funny.
Really curious why they're sitting on it. Since its not like Valve saves features and rolls out one big update.
I am kinda hoping HTC does an actual event to reveal the consumer version of the Vive.
It would be a good for Valve to make an appearance at the event
unveil somethin speshul Leafhopper
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Maybe for some reason they just want people to always have the client up? Not sure why though.
Freedom = $1.05
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Even Nintendo allows for web key redemption.
Nintendo.
NINTENDO.
Nintendo.
NINTENDO.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I'm a terrible typist.
corrosivefrost
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Deadpool was fun as hell.
Not the deepest action game, but it gave you enough variety in weapons/guns to allow you to find something you enjoyed and the writing/VA was rather enjoyable, IMO.
That said, if you don't find Deadpool to be the least bit amusing, there's probably nothing for you here.
Only if you're looking at it from a pure "I can't buy that on PC" standpoint. And even then, you could consider Origin/uPlay games exclusives (as JShackles treats them)... beyond that, there's stuff like Arkham Knight and DoA5 where the PC ports aren't up to par.
ashecitism
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Obviously wasn't thinking about HL, but special artbook, merch, sale etc
I am kinda hoping HTC does an actual event to reveal the consumer version of the Vive.
It would be a good for Valve to make an appearance at the event
HTC will have a special event: www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1079081
but I'm not betting on Valve being there
At least not with a new game. In fact, it's getting a bit late to announce a new game, so probably no new game by them this year.Leafhopper
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I'm taking your keyboard away.
Oh, maybe. It might cost too much though.
I was always under the impression it was to deter people from being able to open games at retail stores and redeem the CD Keys on a Mobile phone or something.
Silly and frivolous is basically everything people do, in the end.
I don't spend any money on games I don't want, and I don't spend any money on books I don't want. I fully intend to read as much of my book's library and as much of my game's library as possible.
Leafhopper
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Huh, that makes sense. Didn't think of that.
Fantastic! Thank you!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Wouldn't any of those caveats make an Xbone a perfect compliment, as well?
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.
It looks like the API was added around the same time they rolled out oAuth key redemption for sites like Humble and Indie Gala and it's very possible that this is simply a web API backend for that functionality. They removed the oAuth component but never removed the API. That sounds more like Valve, amiright?
Yeah, a lack of web redemption is just silly. Not only do all of the other major players have it (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) but even smaller competitors like GOG, Itch.io, and Desura have it.
Hey, don't let me stop you. However you need to justify it to yourself.
Do any of the major players have pre-activated codes available on retail shelves? That is pretty much the only reason I can think of Valve not currently allowing it (Per my comment earlier of opening games in retail stores and redeeming the cd keys).
freshVeggie
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Just wanted to say thanks to Lash for posting all these games and bringing some of these to my attention. Really appreciate you doing this, really cool.
HTC will have a special event: www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1079081
but I'm not betting on Valve being there
Its good that they are doing an event. I thought they would just release a trailer or something. But I still don't see why these companies are releasing these VR headsets if there aren't any killer apps for them. Do they really believe people will just go out and spend $400+ on this hardware that will eventually turn into a paperweight? Consumers aren't going to be buying this stuff. Sales are going to be very weak unless companies like Valve step up to the plate and deliver killer apps.
Anyways we still have gamescom and video game awards later so fingers crossed Valve does something this year that isn't Dota related.
Jawmuncher
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A equivalent I can think of are digital movies. Bunch of those have codes and online web redemption. Don't really see that being a issue. Then again that's just US unsure if it would be an issue in other areas.
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Found a couple new articles on Ashen, coming in 2016.
http://www.pcgamesn.com/making-it-i...rangers-to-survive-the-sun-free-land-of-ashen
http://www.onlysp.com/meet-developer-behind-post-apocalyptic-arpg-ashen-aurora44/
Souls-inspired combat with Journey online integration. This is really shaping up into something interesting.
http://www.pcgamesn.com/making-it-i...rangers-to-survive-the-sun-free-land-of-ashen
http://www.onlysp.com/meet-developer-behind-post-apocalyptic-arpg-ashen-aurora44/
Souls-inspired combat with Journey online integration. This is really shaping up into something interesting.
TheAutomator
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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.
Almost all of them do - Microsoft and Sony have games that come with one-time use codes for XBL or PSN redemption that give in-game stuff, season passes, or online unlocks. Nintendo (used to) have one-time use codes for Club Nintendo although that was a little different. A smaller subset of these games are worthless without these codes. Other games like Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are nothing but game cases with online codes in them.
There's also nothing stopping me from bringing my Windows tablet into the store and redeeming those codes directly on Steam.
Good point, didn't think of that. Unless the movie industry just doesn't care as getting a digital movie is already fairly easy online, but having a fully activated retail game could be considered a bit difference.
Huh, never even considered the bit about the Windows tablet. Well, then Valve just hates it's users: News at 11.
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