brotkasten
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I'm probably making things up, but didn't we have an E3 sale on Steam last year?
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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition
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ashecitism
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Now R* only need to give RDR as a pre-order incentive and I might raise an eyebrow 
Chairmanchuck
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That might be the case. What I noticed is, that it seems, that puddles of reflecting water are this gens lens-flare.
Nope.
I thought it's all about particles this time! You sadden me (><)
I think Origin's own crazy pricing isn't going to help but the likes of Nuuvem, GMG, GameFly who usually have preorder discounts and vouchers will mitigate some of that. It's 25% cheaper for a retail boxed copy here in most places already. Not that being on Steam would change much and probably nothing in regards to pricing but the install bases are poles apart.
I don't know how I feel about the game yet. There's something about the art direction that feels off to me (and some of the Deluxe extras are a bit bonkers). I'd need to see a lot more gameplay and user impressions before coming round at least. I just got to remember the Bioware that made Baldurs Gate is a long distant memory.
Though the CRPG landscape has never been healthier and with some promising upcoming stuff like Eternity, Tides and The Witcher III which I've all bought already. Plus the more I've been reading and seeing of Original Sin I might cave in and snag that up soon as well (though I've still not even got round to Dragon Commander yet so should get stuck into the backlog).
brotkasten
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I guess it's nice to want things!
crazyrabbits
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Indeed. I've bought several Origin games on GMG - even with the qualifiers and voucher limitations, I've still bought several EA games that were at least 50% cheaper than their lowest sale price on Origin (Dead Space 2 for $3 and ME3 Deluxe for $6), and with store credit too.
I won't shop at the Origin store as a matter of principle. Between all the free stuff they've been giving away over the last few months (BF4 unlocks, full games) and the Origin bundle last year, I'd be surprised if I've paid more than $20 total for my Origin library.
I can't summon even trickle of enthusiasm for new DA, and I can't blame only Origin for it, even if I wanted to.
I think ME, SW MMO and even DA just made me not to expect anything from BioWare anymore.
you forgot sub 30 fps and constant crashing!
Now R* only need to give RDR as a pre-order incentive and I might raise an eyebrow
I'd say they should announce RDR for PC and then put GTAV as a preorder incentive for RDR.
Not that RDR would need any incentives.
So yeah, I guess I don't care for GTAV, but I'd buy RDR with Tages, Securom, R* Social, EA, Square and Paradox login and GFWL any day.
Da DreadLord
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Hm, imagine having to login to all of those on startup... then after half an hour you get a failed message cause Uplay servers.
Tizoc
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Don't see anything bad about that, honestly with all the issues they've been having to get this game released on Steam, I'm just glad they're still on track to releasing it.
Mavromatis
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Are you sure you are not fiddling with 3D slider instead of the size slider of Steam?
Joke aside the beta broke it some time ago
ashecitism
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Given my past experiences with R* games I don't really care about either, but if I had to choose I'd probably pick RDR.
weirdly enough going back to non-beta doesnt fix it either, dammit
They're just one liners in battle anyway, nothing big.
Just a short info: Jade Empire Special Edition is currently 75% off (3,74€! If you don't already own it, get it! Fantastic game and a great PC port (imho)!
EDIT: Just had a look at the reviews and saw that the steam version seems to be broken... what a shame
! If you don't already own it, get it! Fantastic game and a great PC port (imho)!EDIT: Just had a look at the reviews and saw that the steam version seems to be broken... what a shame
Would still buy, also because I already platinumed it on PS3 several years ago, so I don't think I'd play it again.
For sure I wouldn't play it with all those DRM on top, what are you crazy?
not true, I love RDR, I want to live forever tying every bitch on every rail, riding on every horse toward every sunset, meeleeing every grizzly bear and every whatnot
GTAV
PC/PS4/Bone left, PS360 right
el oh el
Oh wow they put a drunk redneck on next gen version.
It will have Scarecrow. According to the experts, those were the best parts of Asylum. So Knight may be the best game in the franchise, provided the whole adventure is like that.
Atraveller
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Thanks for the heads up.Just a short info: Jade Empire Special Edition is currently 75% off (3,74)! If you don't already own it, get it! Fantastic game and a great PC port (imho)!
EDIT: Just had a look at the reviews and saw that the steam version seems to be broken... what a shame
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Swapping the names between the launcher exe and the Jade Empire exe fixed it all for me. That was a couple of years ago, though.Just a short info: Jade Empire Special Edition is currently 75% off (3,74)! If you don't already own it, get it! Fantastic game and a great PC port (imho)!
EDIT: Just had a look at the reviews and saw that the steam version seems to be broken... what a shame
NingenJanai
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GTAV
PC/PS4/Bone left, PS360 right
el oh el
Colors are much better in the PS360 version.
jaundicejuice
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If you want to talk shitty storefronts, PSN still doesn't have a fucking library function that just lists the digital content you own. If I want to download something I already own but currently do not have installled, like Wipeout HD and Fury, I have to use my download list which contains every single thing I have ever downloaded off of PSN. Super helpful what with my owning a PS3 since launch. I can use a search function which does not allow you to manually enter in the name of the thing you are looking for and restricts you to searching via lettered and numbered categories which are fucking useless (I see you're looking under W, clearly you want Call of Duty World At War or a metric shitton of movies and tv shows). Or, the quicker solution, search through their clusterfuck of a storefront to find the thing you already own and re-download it.
Steam is slow at times and arguably the storefront is pretty bloated but I don't have problems navigating it, finding content I want or content I already own. I am using the Origin/Steam client debate as a tenuous connection to rant about PSN.
Steam is slow at times and arguably the storefront is pretty bloated but I don't have problems navigating it, finding content I want or content I already own. I am using the Origin/Steam client debate as a tenuous connection to rant about PSN.
Not much harm here - only voice over the game has is some shouts during special attacks in battles.
Certainly nothing to lose sleep about.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Pretty sure they're both at different times of day...
I agree, but some people are so specific about dual audio being available, I'm afraid it can hurt sales somewhat, not much, but still.
NingenJanai
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Yeah, PC version is brown time of day.
Good to have a range of purchasing choices. Though Origin or moreover EAs ecosystem is doing my nut in with regards to the BF:Hardline beta. Downloaded fine but because it uses Battlelog it's being the unruly bouncer and not letting me in
Well there's so much buzz about it the thread on here is 2 and a half pages long! Not counting that Grim Fandango Super HD Remix Edition and No Man's Sky are 10+ already. Even that dull looking Rainbow Six game is getting more discussion.
GTAV
PC/PS4/Bone left, PS360 right
el oh el
Look at all that flora. Red Dead Redemption confirmed.
Oh, I got my PS3 last week and was wondering if there was another way to browse the library without having to see every demo and stuff I ever downloaded. Looks like it's a no :/
MarcoZombieCannon
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I am defeated.
Knowing Rockstar, they will put it exclusively on Uplay/Origin/Battle.net
Tizoc
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Mixed about it TBH, I really need to advance farther in it as ATM I've reached The Church ^^;
I don't like the
demons though, would've preferred the game without them. The concept can work for a puzzle/mystery solving game if more effort was put in
Nope. R* said pre-orders would go up tomorrow.
Stephen_drewz
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I see why people hate GFWL. Even worse now with Windows 8.
Decided I would finally check out Dark Souls whilst on holidays. Took nearly an hour to get the game to run.
Decided I would finally check out Dark Souls whilst on holidays. Took nearly an hour to get the game to run.
Ah, thanks for the heads up!
Weakest aspect of the game for me as they felt like they should have carried tension and really could have been used to great effect. Though because the consequence for failure is a restart they really only served as obstacles that were more frustrating than tense.
Thankfully my Sam Fisher, Arkham game stealth prowess made them seem trivial.
A lot could have been done with them but thankfully there's only a small number of segments with them in. For me the world made up for the damp spot they created.
Amazon.co.uk have officially got just the PS4 version up for preorder
for £65!
GTAV
PC/PS4/Bone left, PS360 right
el oh el
Is that a comparison between the trailers for both? I remember the 360/PS3 version looking incredible in the trailer. I wonder if the XBONE/PS4 version will suffer in actual gameplay.
I'm so glad that we've got a lot of CRPGs coming out soon thanks to Kickstarter, it makes the fact that Bioware have changed into this new company that I don't care for a lot easier.
ashecitism
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R6 Siege looks like it's something that's novel and cool for the first couple of times, but can get old fast.
GTAV's announcement trailer looks noticeably better than what came later, or so I've read.
I think the spread of scale and focus is quite nice as well. The Witcher III is undoubtably be the no expense spared huge epic game hopefully further refining on CDPRs past titles with the promise of a vast open and connected world to explore. And to counter this the Kickstarter games seem more to play to the long time genre fans and although have a smaller focus seem to be ticking all the right boxes. Though from what Durante and others have been saying about Original Sin is that's going above and beyond as well.
I'm more stoked for Pillars of Eternity than anything I've seen at this E3 so far and as well as for years. The moment I heard the combination of Obsidian, Infinity Engine style game with Avellone, Sawyer, Cain et all on board I couldn't back it fast enough.
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