If you buy it, then Ninja Gaiden Black will come.
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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition
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If you buy it, then Ninja Gaiden Black will come.
marlowesghost
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Aside from one section of forced guns blazing the game has some interesting wide open level design that encourages whatever style of play you like. I played mostly stealth with an eye on aggressive take downs if the situation wwas fluid. Really fun coop levels. I rather enjoyed this game.
why you so mean today, Grief?
It's absolutely fantastic. You can play it Ghost (no killing), Predator (stealth kills), Assault (loud) and all are absolutely viable.
Definitely worth it.
Heh heh. If it does come then I'll feel like I've done my part by purchasing this game. I wonder how well DW8 sold. That could help other Tecmo games come on board. Quite frankly, people who run these companies make some pretty stupid decisions about what to bring to Steam first to try and test the waters.
They are set on bringing these mediocre games over that probably have a tepid reception at best.
They just go with the leader. No need to do business with small-time platforms like Steam.
Man. I really hope that's not how they think, but it sure looks like that's what goes through their heads.
Tizoc
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I'd recommend Yaiba for oh $15 or less. It's a short game though the higher difficulties can provide a little extra replaybility, though I find it needlessly hard and the timing on counters is pretty tricky.
It runs at 60 FPS though despite the cutscenes being 30 FPS. I find it's style Musou-ish personally.
Action and stealth mechanics are often diametrically opposed. Nuance in the mechanics will be lost as the developer reconciles the level design, AI, and general pacing of a map that has to handle both action and stealth playthroughs.
Additionally, when a developer has a limited budget, and especially if the game needs to be playable on a controller, and possibly on a standard TV with the player sitting ~6 feet from the audio source, are all aspects that dictate which mechanics are prioritized and which are discarded.
Unfortunately, there hasn't been a study on the subject so all we can offer is anecdotal evidence. So, that being the paradigm, I wouldn't agree that your premise is a prominent problem. The majority of people's opinion in my experience, tend toward two main types. One that enjoys the hardcore stealth mechanics and those that approach stealth with a more casual paradigm. That is, they enjoy stealth, but become annoyed if they make a wrong move and have to completely restart the level/segment; often referred to as an "automatic fail state". Instead they prefer a system that allows the resolution of the immediate conflict with violence then continuing on using stealth. Most mainstream reviewers tend to follow the latter ideology when it comes to stealth games.
The last ~10-15 pages has the bulk of discussion on Blacklist. But a quick summary would be that the game is a decent, if streamlined, entry into the traditional Splinter Cell library. Ubisoft caused all the contention because they marketed the game as an action title with superficial stealth mechanics.
I don't know man it has laser sight
I wonder what goes through their mind man, like where does a mutated centaur even get a sniper rifle from
I was hoping the Lucasfilm acquisition would finally put it into a Disney execs head that releasing games on Steam is a good idea, but alas it didn't (or at least hasn't) happened.
Dammit so tempting, but im trying to save for the summer sale...
Tizoc
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Yaiba costs 59.99 here
lol
I used up some of my saved up Steam wallet and got it for under $48.
Yaiba costs 59.99 here
lol
exactly, that's not even funny (._.)
even if it's not the best game under the sun, they could priced it in some making sense fashion if they wanted to sell it.
i have a question. I am trying to invest in PC only and go away from my ps4 and xbox one. and to do so, I am trying to convince my self that if I have a lot of games on PC, those games will never vanish even if I upgrade my pc unlike how I lost the value of my ps3 games when I traded them for ps4 because my ps4 can't play ps3 games.
now, I found splinter cell black list for 10$. is it worth it ?
I love single player games like MGS " speaking of that is MGS5 coming to PC ? "
anyway so yeah, how is splinter cell ?
now, I found splinter cell black list for 10$. is it worth it ?
I love single player games like MGS " speaking of that is MGS5 coming to PC ? "
anyway so yeah, how is splinter cell ?
trailmix16
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I'm pretty excited to catch up with the shmups/shooters that have been released recently. Am I missing anything?
Crimzon Clover
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Steel Storm
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Steel Storm
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BinaryPork2737
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Laser sight equipped dongs are the dongs of the future.
The last ~10-15 pages has the bulk of discussion on Blacklist. But a quick summary would be that the game is a decent, if streamlined, entry into the traditional Splinter Cell library. Ubisoft caused all the contention because they marketed the game as an action title with superficial stealth mechanics.
~$10 is a great price for the title.
Ikaruga?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Blame Valve. Amazon has people out there actually doing business development. Microsoft and Sony and even Nintendo have people out there doing business development. Valve seems pretty receptive to people that ask them questions... I really haven't heard any developer who's on Steam and isn't satisfied with the help they get from their contacts at Valve... but there's no evidence they have any capacity or willingness to get out there and convince skeptics and recruit people and cut deals to convince curmudgeons and all that. Valve is very much "If we build it, they will come." Amazon has the exact opposite approach, every single category of product they have they have marketing managers reaching out to secure product.
For Disney, passive income of catalogue PC titles is not even going to be a grain of sand on the beach. I'm sure they'd be willing to do it, but they're not going to invest effort to get it done. The ROI isn't there. Like, if they release their catalogue titles and sell say, a very respectable 100,000 of each at $20... that's literally a rounding error on their balance sheet that year. It'd be a little different if they already had people invested in this for new release titles, but they're basically out of that business entirely.
I highly doubt there's any significant contention on Disney's part, like they have a stated reason for why they would not could not release stuff on Steam at all cost. It's more just that they haven't and they don't really care to change.
Not really a problem the benefit of support 1440/1080 keeps your game looking perfect at non native resolution with black bars, having played on a 21:9 screen with a game at 16:9 is not a problem and the focus on black bars disappears within a minute or two.
Of course you can always fix most games to support that resolution:
Pictures from Stallion Free and Dr Dogg.
Geez, reached the second island of Far Cry 3 and I'm... just... burned out. Why wasn't this island the way to reach it unlocked earlier? 26 singleplayer missions of 38 missions and the damn thing just feels like it's padding at this point.
Like... really? That's no longer my problem, I got what I went through hell for. Goodbye? :/
Also the writing is a bit over the place IMO. Probably because I'm doing all the singleplayer missions back to back instead of padding the game out beyond getting the towers up for free guns. Maybe doing the side missions means more exposition, but I kinda doubt it.
Kill the Mohawk dude/Vaas that's advertised on the cover. You think it's over? NOPE! SAY GOODBYE TO THE FRIENDS YOU SAVED IN SIX HOURS! NOW GO KILL THIS ONE LAST DUDE!
Also the writing is a bit over the place IMO. Probably because I'm doing all the singleplayer missions back to back instead of padding the game out beyond getting the towers up for free guns. Maybe doing the side missions means more exposition, but I kinda doubt it.
Probably. Maybe. Here's my take:
A year ago, Kojima said that a PC port wasn't on the cards but could appear later; consequently, I've long believed that Konami ported Revengeance to the PC to get a sense of how well a traditional Metal Gear Solid game would do -- it wanted to ascertain and hopefully build upon pre-existing brand awareness, in other words. As far as I'm aware Konami's yet to comment on the performance of the PC version, but it shot up Steam's Top Sellers list when the Winter Sale kicked off and Cheers Tony said that pre-orders quickly exceeded "[his] already high expectations", so it's undoubtedly done well.
But then I'm also the guy who firmly believes that RDR PC is going to happen and WB will get around to re-releasing Wheelman.
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The last ~10-15 pages has the bulk of discussion on Blacklist. But a quick summary would be that the game is a decent, if streamlined, entry into the traditional Splinter Cell library. Ubisoft caused all the contention because they marketed the game as an action title with superficial stealth mechanics.
~$10 is a great price for the title.
alright great. bought it. thank you bro. now I need to figure out how to add friends
arts&crafts
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Definitely late to the party but anyway to get a steam key for "Lengend of Dungeons" from my Nutcracker bundle? I want to get the rewards!
Tizoc
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This would make it different to a company like say SEGA or Capcom though right?
alright great. bought it. thank you bro. now I need to figure out how to add friends
Be careful now. Once you start on the crack, it is hard to get off it. Especially jumping in right before the Summer Sale. Good luck, and just say no
thing because you're already addicted. It is too late.
Oh, I definitely agree that Valve could be more proactive. But at this point it's undeniable that Disney is aware of Steam's existence, and with digital versions of its games already being available the matter of getting them up on Steam would be something a single employee could do in the space of a day.
Yeah, I wasn't trying to suggest that the disinterest is tinged with malice. Evidently Disney's current distribution chain is "good enough", and as you say suggest in the part I excised, its bread and butter lies in film production, merchandising and IP licensing rather than video games (well, Infinity aside).
They do with unsigned indies, I can say that.
I have no idea with bigger publishers.
I was just doing some reading on Max Payne 3's New York Minute Hardcore.
That sounds like a frustrating achievement. For those that don't know, you have to beat the entire game, in one sitting, without dying, on the hardest difficulty, while conforming to their 'minute' arcade mode. If you die or fail a mission, you start over.
That sounds like a frustrating achievement. For those that don't know, you have to beat the entire game, in one sitting, without dying, on the hardest difficulty, while conforming to their 'minute' arcade mode. If you die or fail a mission, you start over.
Finally completed the whole Splinter Cell saga
Congrats!
That just made me remember how badly I'm slacking on my backlog.
ashecitism
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Agreed, but the chances of that ever happening are very slim. Especially with that open formula they're planning.
Yeah, it's one of those things that would have happened already if it were going to happen at all. Steam moving to a sort of Google Playesque app publishing system is going to catch a lot of small fish but I hardly think it's going to grab the attention of a multimedia juggernaut like Disney.
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aww, here goes my master plan
for whatever reason I couldn't find it in database, btw.
Thanks Jasec
BinaryPork2737
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Finally completed the whole Splinter Cell saga
Finally, another opportunity to mention how Chaos Theory's OST is so good.
Mavromatis
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Can I abbreviate this as "Valve needs a Tony"?
Because to me, they definitely do. But since Amazon misplaced their Tony, only real competition to the Steam Summer Sales, aka peak of Steam sales, is GMG with their playfire initiative and they blew their load too early.
The personality cult of GabeN is losing steam and Valve needs somebody who actively handles both the buyers and the seller if they want Steam to be the marketplace of digital goods as GabeN imagines it.
So far Steam is just a vending machine in Japan that sells all the interesting stuff when you put in the right amount of money but if there is ever an error you'll end up with a bottle of wasabi soda in the middle of nowhere instead of your coke.
And they say the masochism is dead. I expect you need to buy it at full price to add to the effect.
Mavromatis
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Silly double post.
but being at the airport shootout when HEALTH kicks in and you know that if you die you gotta do it all over again
so worth it
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