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STEAM | July 2015 - Nothing To Buy With Our Arkham Knight Refunds
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Multiple people posting OT does not justify it.
The signal to noise ratio in this thread has become terrible, let's all clean it up.
For a game many of us were going to buy anyways, this just means Nvidia is passing on direct savings to us.
Win/win if you ask me.
Nyteshade517
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Leafhopper
Banned
I guess that's true.
I guess I can't blame you then
.Time to bust out those Japanese learning programs instead of League then lol.
You're right. I bought some puzzle bundle a couple years back and I did try all the games but only liked like maybe 2 of them I did try all of them though. Thing is I buy so few bundles.
Backlogger
Member
Bring your popcorn mates, the framerate-thread is going to explode.
Oh wow, you have got to be kidding me. So glad I don't waste time watching these different YouTube personalities' videos.
Chance Hale
Member
New episode of Lakeview Cabin is out, grand game.
Se7enSword
Banned
Interesting, thanks!
I doubt I can make use of that place. :/
Thanks though!
Oh my, seems Activision shouldn't have shuttered Radical...
Prototype 1 entirely unremarkable, sequel runs slower than PS3.
Not that weird considering curgens use ATI GPUs, and PC versions of both games have severe problems on TeamRed.
Prototype 1 entirely unremarkable, sequel runs slower than PS3.
Not that weird considering curgens use ATI GPUs, and PC versions of both games have severe problems on TeamRed.
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corrosivefrost
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I ended up sending an email to Fork Parker hoping for a funny response or maybe some sort of goodie to pass on to my gifter... I was disappointed on both counts when I did get a reply.
As for WB -- MKX had some problems, but nothing that made me regret grabbing the premium version off of nuuvem pre-release. Right now, it's sitting on my GOTY list and is probably going to stay there, since SFV isn't launching til 2016.
As for the Rocksteady/WB Arkham debacle? Yeah, you're entirely justified being pissed -- if it's bad enough it was pulled from the store, it makes me glad I just ended up winning it in the form of an nvidia code in a roundabout way.
Truly, he must be.
He should be featured in the banner of /r/pcmasterrace
Good luck with that. It's been that way since summer 2014. :lol
Side note about that flash sale: I see Lumines in the Vita titles... I've never understood why I own it but it still shows as purchasable from the storefront...
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Contradiction Steam Page
So beat Contradiction in one long sitting, 100% and took about 7 hours, one playthrough (you get every achievement mostly by completing chapters not using the cheating system the game has if you get stuck), now some thoughts.
Contradiction is a live-action FMV Murder-Mystery game. You play as Inspector Jenks, a British Policeman who goes to investigate the death of a girl named Katie in a small outskirt village. Her death was investigated and called a suicide, but there was morphine in her blood at her time of death and her driver's license was pinned to a tree in the forest away from the scene of her death, leading our character to investigate closer. His work quickly leads him to find there is indeed something going on in this town...
So, like many FMV games, this game does have an edge of B-charm, laugh-out-loud moments, a lot of this comes from some of the acting and facial expressions the actors can have in specific scenes. But that's not to say this is a so-bad-it's-good type of game, in fact the opposite, it actually got kind of gripping as it developed and in contrast some moments were acted out rather well. It's got a multi-layered mystery that gets deeper and deeper as the night goes on, and is actually surprisingly interesting.
Gameplay is rather basic. You walk around a town and look for clues hidden about, and people to interview. When you interview people, you take out clues, both physical and conversation topics you earn from talking to others, and watch FMV scenes as they interact. When the scene is done, your character has taken 'notes' to the key points of the discussion. You then can take the key notes from that discussion, and every other discussion you've had with that character, and try and spot any 'contradictions' the character may have said. If you find a contradicting point, it triggers another scene, which either will lead to you having to do further digging or creates a new conversation topic you can raise up to others. Other conversation topics can be found around as objects or weird things in town that strike up a good conversation topic, and some rare objects found can be used to explore deeper certain areas in the village.
The game has a solid cast of something like 10 main characters, and is backed by some rather good-quality video for the backgrounds, FMV scenes, etc., and an actually pretty wonderful soundtrack. Music added a lot to specific scenes, and there were a few moments without music where you can hear the atmosphere sounds and drone noises that made some scenes legitimately creepy. On that, while the game is down-toned most of the time, there's the odd scene that plays every once in a while that can catch you off-guard, something that's just kind of creepy, or unexpected, shocking in some cases. I won't spoil anything with that, but the game has a few sudden scenes that happen as you investigate that might catch you off-guard.
It's got a few minor flaws. There are a few times where something the character said was obviously a lie or a contradiction to something you already knew, but because you didn't have the 'conversation topic' piece, you couldn't accuse them of this. A few contradictions (or what seem like contradictions) the game doesn't think quite are. Also the game, while it does have an ending and wraps up the case, proposes more questions, especially near the very end, and has several loose plot threads. They seem to be a sequel hook, and past the game credits a message pops-up confirms this saying "Thanks For Playing!", they'd like to make a sequel, but the only way to do so is for the game to do well-enough, and they appreciate reviews/videos/the like on their project.
So that raises the question, "Is it worth it?" To which I say, for me, absolutely so. I liked it, I enjoyed it. There were a few moments I got stumped on what to do (get too stuck and you can use a cheat system to tell you what to do next, a feature I never used, or call your chief for a vague general hint) and as you collect more clues you're given maybe too many conversation points to look over, but I actually ended up enjoying the mystery that unveiled in the game, the loose plot threads interest me to see continued, and the story had some fun twists and turns, was sometimes unintentionally amusing, but other times more consciously so, and was gripping at times. Worth it if an FMV Murder-Mystery sounds up your alley, and want something between hammy entertainment and something more gripping and interesting. Hope to see this world revisited in the future.
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Steam Review Version: http://steamcommunity.com/id/AestheticGamer/recommended/373390
jaundicejuice
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Just holding out in blind hope for one or is there an actual one coming to pc?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Awesome review! Giant Bomb started playing the game and it looks terrific for a weird Ace Attorney/Adventure game mashup.
Contradiction Steam Page
So beat Contradiction in one long sitting, 100% and took about 7 hours, one playthrough (you get every achievement mostly by completing chapters not using the cheating system the game has if you get stuck), now some thoughts.
Contradiction is a live-action FMV Murder-Mystery game. You play as Inspector Jenks, a British Policeman who goes to investigate the death of a girl named Katie in a small outskirt village. Her death was investigated and called a suicide, but there was morphine in her blood at her time of death and her driver's license was pinned to a tree in the forest away from the scene of her death, leading our character to investigate closer. His work quickly leads him to find there is indeed going on in this town...
So, like many FMV games, this game does have an edge of B-charm, laugh-out-loud moments, a lot of this comes from some of the acting and facial expressions the actors can have in specific scenes. But that's not to say this is a so-bad-it's-good type of game, in fact the opposite, it actually got kind of gripping as it developed and in contrast some moments were acted out rather well. It's got a multi-layered mystery that gets deeper and deeper as the night goes on, and is actually surprisingly interesting.
Gameplay is rather basic. You walk around a town and look for clues hidden about, and people to interview. When you interview people, you take out clues, both physical and conversation topics you earn from talking to others, and watch FMV scenes as they interact. When the scene is done, your character has taken 'notes' to the key points of the discussion. You then can take the key notes from that discussion, and every other discussion you've had with that character, and try and spot any 'contradictions' the character may have said. If you find a contradicting point, it triggers another scene, which either will lead to you having to do further digging or creates a new conversation topic you can raise up to others. Other conversation topics can be found around as objects or weird things in town that strike up a good conversation topic, and some rare objects found can be used to explore deeper certain areas in the village.
The game has a solid cast of something like 10 main characters, and is backed by some rather good-quality video for the backgrounds, FMV scenes, etc., and an actually pretty wonderful soundtrack. Music added a lot to specific scenes, and there were a few moments without music where you can hear the atmosphere sounds and drone noises that made some scenes legitimately creepy. On that, while the game is down-toned most of the time, there's the odd scene that plays every once in a while that can catch you off-guard, something that's just kind of creepy, or unexpected, shocking in some cases. I won't spoil anything with that, but the game has a few sudden scenes that happen as you investigate that might catch you off-guard.
It's got a few minor flaws. There are a few times where something the character said was obviously a lie or a contradiction to something you already knew, but because you didn't have the 'conversation topic' piece, you couldn't accuse them of this. A few contradictions (or what seem like contradictions) the game doesn't think quite are. Also the game, while you does have an ending and wraps up the case, proposes more questions, especially near the very end, and has several loose plot threads. They seem to be a sequel hook, and past the game credits a message pops-up confirms this saying "Thanks For Playing!", they'd like to make a sequel, but the only way to do so is for the game to do well-enough, and they appreciate reviews/videos/the like on their project.
So that raises the question, "Is it worth it?" To which I say, for me, absolutely so. I liked it, I enjoyed it. There were a few moments I got stumped on what to do (get too stuck and you can use a cheat system to tell you what to do next, a feature I never used) or call your chief for a vague general hint, but I actually ended up enjoying the mystery that unveiled in the game, the loose plot threads interest me to see continued, and the story had some fun twists and turns, was sometimes unintentionally amusing, but other times more consciously so, and was gripping at times. Worth it if an FMV Murder-Mystery sounds up your alley, and want something between hammy entertainment and something more gripping and interesting. Hope to see this world revisited in the future.
hope. just hope
Se7enSword
Banned
Good read, you've sold me on the game.
Awesome write up Dusk. I saw this mentioned over at RPS the other day but from your write up it defiantly seams to be something I'd like as I've been hankering for a decent mystery/puzzle game for a while plus who doesn't love a hammy FMV game? Then again I did buy all the Frogwares Sherlock games in the last sale and still haven't got to them
Kurt Russell
Member
Contradiction Steam Page
So beat Contradiction in one long sitting, 100% and took about 7 hours, one playthrough (you get every achievement mostly by completing chapters not using the cheating system the game has if you get stuck), now some thoughts.
Contradiction is a live-action FMV Murder-Mystery game. You play as Inspector Jenks, a British Policeman who goes to investigate the death of a girl named Katie in a small outskirt village. Her death was investigated and called a suicide, but there was morphine in her blood at her time of death and her driver's license was pinned to a tree in the forest away from the scene of her death, leading our character to investigate closer. His work quickly leads him to find there is indeed going on in this town...
So, like many FMV games, this game does have an edge of B-charm, laugh-out-loud moments, a lot of this comes from some of the acting and facial expressions the actors can have in specific scenes. But that's not to say this is a so-bad-it's-good type of game, in fact the opposite, it actually got kind of gripping as it developed and in contrast some moments were acted out rather well. It's got a multi-layered mystery that gets deeper and deeper as the night goes on, and is actually surprisingly interesting.
Gameplay is rather basic. You walk around a town and look for clues hidden about, and people to interview. When you interview people, you take out clues, both physical and conversation topics you earn from talking to others, and watch FMV scenes as they interact. When the scene is done, your character has taken 'notes' to the key points of the discussion. You then can take the key notes from that discussion, and every other discussion you've had with that character, and try and spot any 'contradictions' the character may have said. If you find a contradicting point, it triggers another scene, which either will lead to you having to do further digging or creates a new conversation topic you can raise up to others. Other conversation topics can be found around as objects or weird things in town that strike up a good conversation topic, and some rare objects found can be used to explore deeper certain areas in the village.
The game has a solid cast of something like 10 main characters, and is backed by some rather good-quality video for the backgrounds, FMV scenes, etc., and an actually pretty wonderful soundtrack. Music added a lot to specific scenes, and there were a few moments without music where you can hear the atmosphere sounds and drone noises that made some scenes legitimately creepy. On that, while the game is down-toned most of the time, there's the odd scene that plays every once in a while that can catch you off-guard, something that's just kind of creepy, or unexpected, shocking in some cases. I won't spoil anything with that, but the game has a few sudden scenes that happen as you investigate that might catch you off-guard.
It's got a few minor flaws. There are a few times where something the character said was obviously a lie or a contradiction to something you already knew, but because you didn't have the 'conversation topic' piece, you couldn't accuse them of this. A few contradictions (or what seem like contradictions) the game doesn't think quite are. Also the game, while you does have an ending and wraps up the case, proposes more questions, especially near the very end, and has several loose plot threads. They seem to be a sequel hook, and past the game credits a message pops-up confirms this saying "Thanks For Playing!", they'd like to make a sequel, but the only way to do so is for the game to do well-enough, and they appreciate reviews/videos/the like on their project.
So that raises the question, "Is it worth it?" To which I say, for me, absolutely so. I liked it, I enjoyed it. There were a few moments I got stumped on what to do (get too stuck and you can use a cheat system to tell you what to do next, a feature I never used) or call your chief for a vague general hint, but I actually ended up enjoying the mystery that unveiled in the game, the loose plot threads interest me to see continued, and the story had some fun twists and turns, was sometimes unintentionally amusing, but other times more consciously so, and was gripping at times. Worth it if an FMV Murder-Mystery sounds up your alley, and want something between hammy entertainment and something more gripping and interesting. Hope to see this world revisited in the future.
If anyone wants to pick up Contradiction, I have a 50% coupon which I will not use. (Valid until 7/23/2015, 8:35:04 AM)
Pure speculation.
The only complaint I still have with MKX is that they still haven't fixed the weird gamme / darkness issues with the store mode cutscenes. They're way too dark compared to the console versions. Otherwise, I've had a blast with the time I spent playing 1v1 local with my roommate. No regrets picking up the premium version cheap.
But Arkham Knight? Complete shit show. No hint that another studio was handling the PC version, right up until release. Screwing Nvidia code people out of the steam exclusive pre-orders at the last minute. I was able to get the game to a point I considered it playable, at least enough to enjoy it. Didn't feel guilty about buying season pass since I got base game for free with my card.
Only held onto the season pass because I figured they'd at least release the content for the people who kept the game and had it playable. Shows what I know.
You know, speaking of Beamdog and EE editions of Baldur's Gate games...
I wish they could take a look at Japanese VN scene and do a full voice version.
Because, well, reading is for chumps. /s
I wish they could take a look at Japanese VN scene and do a full voice version.
Because, well, reading is for chumps. /s
Leafhopper
Banned
Not all YT personalities are horrible just TB is kinda on a high horse.
Well since EVO just hid the source quality streams behind a paywall, I guess it's time for some Skullgirls!
Sector code is for this turd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTXO6H1ybQ
Not Dark sector.
Not Dark sector.
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Leafhopper
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Hold the phone. I'm at work so I can't watch but, when I left, I was watching stuff at source for free. Is this true? 12 Dollar sub fee to even chat on most streams was dumb enough but for real?
what a gosh darn disappointment. i got excited for a sec
Se7enSword
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Leafhopper
Banned
Greaaaat and even if they don't do that for all the streams. All finals happen on srk1.
Pls stop Mr. Wizard.
corrosivefrost
Member
Wow, that sucks.
Chance Hale
Member
Anyone play the new episode of Lake view Cabin yet? Really fucked up and it's different enough from the first episode that I'm confused as to what I should do, lol.
So for Murdered: Soul Suspect, the investigation ratings (the 3 badges) don't actually matter at all, do they? A quick google search didn't really turn anything up. Doesn't look like you get anything for either getting them right the whole way through or just getting them constantly wrong. So, what was the point of it all?
Leafhopper
Banned
Then again I might be able to manage.
And nothing worthy will be won.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Evo has always put their best stream source behind a paywall. I know they did it last year, too.
Don't become overreactionGAF.
Don't become overreactionGAF.
I don't think so. I pretty sure I only cocked up a couple of them and the only achievements I'm missing are a couple of the collectable ones. I guess it's for completionists sake but really I don't think I'll be replaying the game despite finding it fairly enjoyable due to the story nature of it which wouldn't yield anything different on a subsequent playthough. Also I don't think I could stand those bullshit ghost encounters that pass for 'combat' again.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I don't recall that they do, but the investigations were really easy anyway.
I mind when they put their best stream source behind a paywall midstream though.
Se7enSword
Banned
Oh, didn't know that.
I'm only interested for that one game I love so much that is getting featured there, so I'm uninformed of last year's proceedings.
Yeah, iirc I was confused by this as well. But no, I don't think they matter at all. (And it's one of the very few games I 100% for whatever reason... I think Playfire Rewards was still going strong back then, that's why. #RIP)
Widdly Scuds
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you can get source quality using livestreamer + vlc
i used this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/3dbmg4/windows_livestreamervlc_twitch_viewing_pleb/
That's how I do it too, but I really need to get around to actually playing the games I'm interested in.
I dunno, some youtube videos are entertaining. Usually you can tell by the title. If it's called something like "[name of person] plays [name of game]" or some variant, then people watch it just because they like that person. If it's something like "hitman blood money no-kill run" or whatever, then people watch it because it's actually interesting.
It happened midstream. Nothing wrong with being bummed out about that.
Nyteshade517
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Jawmuncher
Member
Contradiction Steam Page
So beat Contradiction in one long sitting, 100% and took about 7 hours, one playthrough (you get every achievement mostly by completing chapters not using the cheating system the game has if you get stuck), now some thoughts.
Contradiction is a live-action FMV Murder-Mystery game. You play as Inspector Jenks, a British Policeman who goes to investigate the death of a girl named Katie in a small outskirt village. Her death was investigated and called a suicide, but there was morphine in her blood at her time of death and her driver's license was pinned to a tree in the forest away from the scene of her death, leading our character to investigate closer. His work quickly leads him to find there is indeed something going on in this town...
So, like many FMV games, this game does have an edge of B-charm, laugh-out-loud moments, a lot of this comes from some of the acting and facial expressions the actors can have in specific scenes. But that's not to say this is a so-bad-it's-good type of game, in fact the opposite, it actually got kind of gripping as it developed and in contrast some moments were acted out rather well. It's got a multi-layered mystery that gets deeper and deeper as the night goes on, and is actually surprisingly interesting.
Gameplay is rather basic. You walk around a town and look for clues hidden about, and people to interview. When you interview people, you take out clues, both physical and conversation topics you earn from talking to others, and watch FMV scenes as they interact. When the scene is done, your character has taken 'notes' to the key points of the discussion. You then can take the key notes from that discussion, and every other discussion you've had with that character, and try and spot any 'contradictions' the character may have said. If you find a contradicting point, it triggers another scene, which either will lead to you having to do further digging or creates a new conversation topic you can raise up to others. Other conversation topics can be found around as objects or weird things in town that strike up a good conversation topic, and some rare objects found can be used to explore deeper certain areas in the village.
The game has a solid cast of something like 10 main characters, and is backed by some rather good-quality video for the backgrounds, FMV scenes, etc., and an actually pretty wonderful soundtrack. Music added a lot to specific scenes, and there were a few moments without music where you can hear the atmosphere sounds and drone noises that made some scenes legitimately creepy. On that, while the game is down-toned most of the time, there's the odd scene that plays every once in a while that can catch you off-guard, something that's just kind of creepy, or unexpected, shocking in some cases. I won't spoil anything with that, but the game has a few sudden scenes that happen as you investigate that might catch you off-guard.
It's got a few minor flaws. There are a few times where something the character said was obviously a lie or a contradiction to something you already knew, but because you didn't have the 'conversation topic' piece, you couldn't accuse them of this. A few contradictions (or what seem like contradictions) the game doesn't think quite are. Also the game, while it does have an ending and wraps up the case, proposes more questions, especially near the very end, and has several loose plot threads. They seem to be a sequel hook, and past the game credits a message pops-up confirms this saying "Thanks For Playing!", they'd like to make a sequel, but the only way to do so is for the game to do well-enough, and they appreciate reviews/videos/the like on their project.
So that raises the question, "Is it worth it?" To which I say, for me, absolutely so. I liked it, I enjoyed it. There were a few moments I got stumped on what to do (get too stuck and you can use a cheat system to tell you what to do next, a feature I never used, or call your chief for a vague general hint) and as you collect more clues you're given maybe too many conversation points to look over, but I actually ended up enjoying the mystery that unveiled in the game, the loose plot threads interest me to see continued, and the story had some fun twists and turns, was sometimes unintentionally amusing, but other times more consciously so, and was gripping at times. Worth it if an FMV Murder-Mystery sounds up your alley, and want something between hammy entertainment and something more gripping and interesting. Hope to see this world revisited in the future.
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Steam Review Version: http://steamcommunity.com/id/AestheticGamer/recommended/373390
YES! Glad to hear it's good for someone who like FMV games. Glad that the genre has slowly been revived. Will never be big but it's nice to see FMV games still happening. Will buy this at some point.
Baron von Loathsome
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Single Male Witcher, having lots of sex
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
It was probably a mistake that folks had access to it for free in the first place.
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