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[Sch1sm]

I'm not going to post anymore

bye

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and when I say I'm not going to post anymore this isn't like other people in the thread who say they are not going to post and then will post 10 times an hour afterwards

Who's going to tell us about DRAGON: THE GAME now?

 

[FLD]

Confirmed Win 10 Store
Gears

Shit, that's confirmed? Well, that sucks. Probably not buying it now... :/

 

[derExperte]

Who's going to tell us about DRAGON: THE GAME now?

He never told us anything anyway, he was a fraud.

 

[Leafhopper]

Shit, that's confirmed? Well, that sucks. Probably not buying it now... :/

Did you expect it to be on Steam? I know I didn't.

 

[FLD]

Did you expect it to be on Steam? I know I didn't.

Nah, this isn't unexpected at all. I was just hoping they'd be smarter than that.

With a little bit of luck, it'll bomb horribly and we'll get a late Steam release like with FFVII and the Beamdog games.

 

[Spirited]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7BvBrIbq0E

How to Fail a Kickstarter - The Final Bosman GT video.

Pretty amusing.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Ozium taught me everything I needed to know about DRAGON: THE GAME

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Sheesh, I don't mind 30 fps , but there's nothing wrong with holding companies accountable with something that is a perceived standard for the platform =/

 

[Jazz573]

Dysfunctional Systems is one of those games that was bundled before it was on Steam, wasn't it? Do you think that might have contributed to Dischan going out of business, most of their sales being reduced to fractions of a dollar? Because garbage like Sakura Spirit doesn't seem to be doing poorly.

In my post I linked to Dischan's blog, which explains everything that happened.

 

[Sch1sm]

Ozium taught me everything I needed to know about DRAGON: THE GAME

Did you suck his dick for it, too?

 

[Maniac]

Did you suck his dick for it, too?

Ozium isn't french

 

[rtcn63]

Did you suck his dick for it, too?

 

[Caerith]

yeah, that argument was nicely done, my only gripe with Chaos that

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there is no possibility to turn argument more into consequences of an untested nuke firing and stopping that disaster altogether

, other than that it's nicely done.

I think that usually there are good reasons why devs resort to bundling an unfinished game, that they need any money to finish it, any at all. Sakura sold better than even Higurashi, what else can be said...

I'm sure future episodes would have dealt with the consequences, but I really don't think they could have possibly

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stopped the disaster

with the information or time they had available to them.

In my post I linked to Dischan's blog, which explains everything that happened.

I saw, but it really only says that sales were languishing, not why they were languishing.

 

[Arthea]

In my post I linked to Dischan's blog, which explains everything that happened.

except it doesn't? Or am I missing something?

 

[Nzyme32]

I would challenge this attitude since this is a point of view and a way of challenging developers. If people don't care or don't want it, they won't support it or argue when 30fps games appear - yet often we have seen this isn't the case. In which case, this is a good way of highlighting 30fps titles and letting people decide what to do. No one is forced to do anything, but there is also a clear indication that people want 60fps games, not because they are entitled to it, but because they want it and often do not tolerate not having the option.

 

[Jazz573]

I saw, but it really only says that sales were languishing, not why they were languishing.

except it doesn't? Or am I missing something?

These links should clear it up a bit:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150418074645/https://dischan.org/blog/2014/01/dischan-state-of-affairs/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dischan/dysfunctional-systems/posts/1098187

It seems this latest post on the blog is the only post. However, the Internet Archive says otherwise. I had to use it to access the first link. I'm really not sure why the other blog posts were deleted.

I also saw this in the latest blog post:

"Generally speaking, I will not respond to emails. There is little reason for me to do so."

I really don't like this kind of attitude.

Edit:

This post is also helpful:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150418...015/01/dysfunctional-systems-what-went-wrong/

 

[Caerith]

I would challenge this attitude since this is a point of view and a way of challenging developers. If people don't care or don't want it, they won't support it or argue when 30fps games appear - yet often we have seen this isn't the case. In which case, this is a good way of highlighting 30fps titles and letting people decide what to do. No one is forced to do anything, but there is also a clear indication that people want 60fps games, not because they are entitled to it, but because they want it and often do not tolerate not having the option.

I think using a curator group to try to shame developers is among the worst possible ways to bring about change. Go to any of the store pages that are being "shamed" and all you see is +1 to the number next to "recommended by curators." Doing it this way helps to promote games with locked framerates.

A better way to do it would be to make a curator group promoting games with unlocked framerates, to aim for a positive rather than a negative, but that would assume a goal of making games better rather than just stroking TB's ego.

 

[lashman]

 

[Arthea]

This post is also helpful:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150418...015/01/dysfunctional-systems-what-went-wrong/

That last post does explain pretty much everything, yeah, thanks for the link.
A pity really it ended this way.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/224060/header.jpg?t=1437000525[/IMG[/URL][/QUOTE]

well well well
that is surprising to be sure

 

[Stumpokapow]

Neat!

 

[Jazz573]

Everyone better buy it now, before it inevitably gets removed again.

 

[Backlogger]

.

Whoa, haven't some people paid a lot of money for this key since it was pulled?

 

[kurahador]

Thank you Ryan Reynolds.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Dat comic-con hype!

ATVI are shrewd business people XD

 

[FLD]

I'm guessing they renewed the license in an attempt to cash in on the upcoming movie's hype. That's actually kind of a smart move. It probably wasn't all that expensive to renew it.

 

[Caerith]

These links should clear it up a bit:

Ah, that does explain a lot more. A shame, really. I wish they would at least put Juniper's Knot on Steam so it'll stay available after their website disappears.

 

[Backlogger]

Sorry if this has already been posted but Newegg has Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark Bundle for $10.62 with code EMCAVKR99 . This is the lowest price with the DLC included. Previous low price was $14.03

Not a great game, but I will probably grab this in case it ever gets pulled from Steam.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832133373

 

[Sinatar]

Everyone better buy it now, before it inevitably gets removed again.

It's a genuinely awful game, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, even hardcore deadpool fans.

 

[Spirited]

Guess I'll have to buy it before it'll get removed this time.

 

[Hektor]

Im not special anymore because i was one of the lucky few who owned it? Fuck.

On a more serious note, despite beeing mechanically a bit lacking and the level design beeing mostly grey its a very enjoyable game and the more people get the chance to play it the better.

Its a minigun of jokes, even if the most shots dont hit, you'll still be dead by laughter within a few seconds.

 

[Arthea]

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/245760/header.jpg[/IMG

Sorry if this has already been posted but Newegg has Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark Bundle for $12.50. This is the lowest price with the DLC included. Previous low price was $16.50.

Not a great game, but I will probably grab this in case it ever gets pulled from Steam.

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832133373[/url][/QUOTE]

... still too expensive! Stallion told me it's a bad game, I need a price of a bad game, then I'll buy.
[SPOILER]just because Transformers[/SPOILER]

 

[The Red Wizard]

I much prefer 60FPS but I don't really have a choice when it comes to console games so I begrudgingly accept 30FPS. That being said, it's a real shame when games still can't maintain even 30FPS (*cough* Bloodborne) but there's no reason that PC games shouldn't offer a choice of frame rates, not just 30 and/or 60.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

Wow. Kinda pricey though.

Also, why does the DLC go to http://store.steampowered.com/www.DeadpoolGame.com?

 

[Backlogger]

... still too expensive! Stallion told me it's a bad game, I need a price of a bad game, then I'll buy.

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just because Transformers

I would normally agree about waiting for a better price (I wait for GOTY games to be $5 or less) but we are talking about Activision here. Maybe it will get a bit lower, maybe the game will get pulled from Steam. Who knows? Its a gamble.

 

[Arthea]

I would normally agree about waiting for a better price but we are talking about Activision here. Maybe it will get a bit lower, maybe the game will get pulled from Steam. Who knows?

I thought we are safe till after winter sale, you think we aren't?

 

[Anteater]

guess i'll give ghostbusters a go, always wanted to play it

dragon age inqusition continues the bioware tradition of terrible hair selection, the modeling is pretty nice though

 

[Jawmuncher]

yeah, that argument was nicely done, my only gripe with Chaos that

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there is no possibility to turn argument more into consequences of an untested nuke firing and stopping that disaster altogether

, other than that it's nicely done.

I think that usually there are good reasons why devs resort to bundling an unfinished game, that they need any money to finish it, any at all. Sakura sold better than even Higurashi, what else can be said...



wait a moment, their kickstarter failed? For some reason I was sure it was successful. Or you mean they failed to make a second chapter?

I wish I knew why it ended how it ended but I don't. I've also read on their blog that they are still doing refunds as much as they can.

It got funded but they bit off more they could chew. They blew the budget on making a chapter 1.5 that they never even released.

 

[Dsyndrome]

I want the game but not $40 want the game. Hopefully it last until sales time.

 

[pahamrick]

I wish I had been a fly on the wall for the phone call / emails that Acti sent to get the Deadpool license back.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I want the game but not $40 want the game. Hopefully it last until sales time.

If they bothered to bring it back I would think they would hold it until the movie came out at least.

 

[Backlogger]

I thought we are safe till after winter sale, you think we aren't?

I don't know enough about it to comment honestly. I am just pointing out its the lowest its ever been so far and if you have any concerns about it getting pulled and you are comfortable with the $12.50 price point then go for it.

Edit: actually its $10.62 with code EMCAVKR99

 

[Eanan]

I got that deadpool game for like €2 on ps3 a while ago. It's pretty muck. There's so much better ways to spend your time. Utterly forgettable

 

[MMBosstones86]

Batman: Arkham Knight's Batgirl DLC is one hour long, does not sound very good


oh man , and people bought the season pass for the PC version too

Still waiting for my free Season Pass

I'm not going to post anymore

bye

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and when I say I'm not going to post anymore this isn't like other people in the thread who say they are not going to post and then will post 10 times an hour afterwards

I don't believe you.

Well shit. Guess my rare game isn't so rare anymore.

 

[MUnited83]

yeah about that... We kept saying that about EA and Ubi too. People go where games they like are, at least most of them. And people went for GFWL games too, just reminding.

Ubu doesn't have a single exclusive on Uplay, so that doesn't really apply, like, at all.

 

[rtcn63]

Well shit. Guess my rare game isn't so rare anymore.

I can imagine this being said by thousands after Nuts & Bolts dropped.

 

[MUnited83]

I'm hearing the screams of many many traders that just saw their investment go down a whole lot

 

[Buraindo]

guess i'll give ghostbusters a go, always wanted to play it

dragon age inqusition continues the bioware tradition of terrible hair selection, the modeling is pretty nice though

All those options in the character creator and there's no proper black hair.

I'm not so sure about Dragon Age Inquisition so far, combat feels off and enemies seem to take forever to fight and looting stuff is a pain. On the other hand the game looks really nice and runs relatively well on my ancient PC

I think I'll play Valdis Story next. Looks like my kind of game.

 

[the_firewithin]

and deadpool goes right back on the wishlist

 

[def sim]

I am so glad I didn't buy this full price on the activision store.

 

[zkylon]

hello peoples, missed you all

apparently i had an extra copy of eternity so here ya go

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