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[Bubbavelli]

The super lo-fi midi Star Wars theme from the opening of Dark Forces is extremely charming

 

[Atraveller]

gamersgate's summer sale is one of the worst i have ever seen

It's gamersgate, it suck at everything, doesn't even honor price mistake deals.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Impressions/Review Thing

Beat Witcher 3. After finally getting the groove for it I basically couldn't put it down. Is basically everything Dragon Age Inquistion should have been. It more than made up for Witcher 2 which I wasn't a big fan of (though extreme hype for that one didn't help matters. While some of those "perfect" reviews scores might have been a bit much, it's easily worth a play for anyone a fan of RPGs. Even if you didn't like the previous entries. It even manages to stand on its own pretty well all things considered. My biggest gripe would just be while the combat works, wish it was a bit better. It's never too big of a hindrance though. A small complaint I had was the armor. The set you start with is basically the coolest looking. Yet you ended up wearing patched rags and the like because it has better armor. Which is just odd. Granted you get some better looking stuff as the game progresses, but more of it should have looked better.

As for spoiler stuff

Spoiler

kind of wish the entries afterward would have been a tad more. Doesn't even tell me what Yennefer is up to. Sure I picked Triss over here, but it would be nice to know if she died or something. Not a big deal though since I just dropped her off on the curb. Also with that said kind of wish the romance stuff was a tad bit better. Despite deciding on Triss earlier on and finishing her quest, they still tried to hammer on Yennefer. This could have been resolved with more character dialogs popping up as quests. A perfect example was in kaer morhen where Yennefer kisses geralt right in front of Triss. No conversation or anything about that. Hell a lot of times dialog didn't seem to even bring her up even though the topics easily could. Guess romance stuff would be the main thing CDPR needs to work on

 

[iosefe]

LEGO Worlds is a better DRAGON: THE GAME than DRAGON: THE GAME

 

[corrosivefrost]

Impressions/Review Thing

Beat Witcher 3. After finally getting the groove for it I basically couldn't put it down. Is basically everything Dragon Age Inquistion should have been. It more than made up for Witcher 2 which I wasn't a big fan of (though extreme hype for that one didn't help matters. While some of those "perfect" reviews scores might have been a bit much, it's easily worth a play for anyone a fan of RPGs. Even if you didn't like the previous entries. It even manages to stand on its own pretty well all things considered. My biggest gripe would just be while the combat works, wish it was a bit better. It's never too big of a hindrance though. A small complaint I had was the armor. The set you start with is basically the coolest looking. Yet you ended up wearing patched rags and the like because it has better armor. Which is just odd. Granted you get some better looking stuff as the game progresses, but more of it should have looked better.

You realize that your gripes about the armor are based entirely on your opinion, right?
What I mean is that it's purely cosmetic and doesn't affect gameplay/story one bit -- and beyond that, beauty/eye/beholder and all that.

 

[Chance Hale]

By the end of the Witcher 3 I'd said fuck it and was just wearing massive Knight Armor. Didn't seem to affect stamina all that much, lol.

 

[Jawmuncher]

You realize that your gripes about the armor are based entirely on your opinion, right?

I should have rephrased that. I didn't meant to put armor twice. The armor sets look good, but a lot of times I was getting shirts that had better defense but looked bad. An example would be that shirt from the sliding gif. I was getting stuff like that but different colors more so than anything else.

 

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[zkylon]

I'm probably just going to put something together over the next couple of days and just post it in the thread. I mean it's not like anyone reads the OP after the first 20 posts in the thread anyways.

yeah that's true

sometimes i wish threads had like a stickied header or something

Clearly it didn't.

Because there is no giant corporate asshole paying them to limit it to PC the way console exclusives are acquired.

i mean, tbh to me xcom1 felt more limited by firaxis' poor balancing than consoles

Sorry about that I've been swamped at work the last few days. I'll try to get this included in the OP soon.

too late you already hurt my feelings

 

[Kurt Russell]

LEGO Worlds is a better DRAGON: THE GAME than DRAGON: THE GAME

Damn, I'm gonna get this, lashman and iosefe win.

 

[phoenix296]

Steam sale this month? Time to buy 50 games then just end up playing Splatoon.

 

[wilflare]

just switched over from ABP to uBlock Origin
(initially, I thought you guys were talking about blocking EA's Origin - I'm like woah....)

 

[corrosivefrost]

Why would anyone want to remake such an amazing movie?

I like The Rock.
I love Big Trouble in Little China.

I have never, ever, thought "Gee, I think The Rock would be an awesome fit for this movie, I wish they'd do a remake."

Steam sale this month? Time to buy 50 games then just end up playing Splatoon.

If you're just going to play splatoon, don't even bother with the 50 games, since you've already lost.

 

[Kurt Russell]

I like The Rock.
I love Big Trouble in Little China.

I have never, ever, thought "Gee, I think The Rock would be an awesome fit for this movie, I wish they'd do a remake."

Same here. Hopefully it'll never happen, they tried to remake Escape from New York many times and so far haven't succeeded.

 

[TheSeks]

So... uh, is there any way to force Vsync in the Witcher: Enhanced Edition? The Nvidia panel apparently doesn't force it.

 

[mrgone]

Same here. Hopefully it'll never happen, they tried to remake Escape from New York many times and so far haven't succeeded.

Throw it in the pile with:
Arthur
Evil Dead
The Thing
Conan the Barbarian
Footloose
Red Dawn
The Karate Kid
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
Total Recall

Awful, cash-in, rage-inducing bullshit for new audiences that don't know better or "know" they don't like anything with film grain.

There's a godawful looking Point Break remake coming out later this year, too.

So... uh, is there any way to force Vsync in the Witcher: Enhanced Edition? The Nvidia panel apparently doesn't force it.

D3DOverrider will do it. I had the same issue with the AMD vsync stuff.

edit; It doesn't look like there's a separate version of D3DOverrider - it's part of the Rivatuner package.

 

[zkylon]

had a pretty shitty day, but reading all the angry posts at mike fahey's non-playthrough video of hatred almost made up for everything

 

[Teknoman]

So with Windows 10 free upgrade right around the corner...all my Steam cloud saves should be just fine, and pop up after a fresh install right? I've never really had to access anything from steam cloud, so im not really clear on how its backup works.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Toma alert!
(Arthea as well?)

that actually sounds really neat.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Thanks for all the Birthday wishes guys! I wasn't able to keep up with the thread today, but you guys are the best.

 

[Teppic]

Mysterious Badge has appeared.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Thanks for all the Birthday wishes guys! I wasn't able to keep up with the thread today, but you guys are the best.

Happy birthday, guy!

 

[Nabs]

Do I craft badges now, or do I wait?

 

[Kifimbo]

Mysterious Badge has appeared.

Do you already get any card if you craft a badge ?

 

[Jawmuncher]

Do you already get any card if you craft a badge ?

Reports say yes.

 

[Teppic]

Do you already get any card if you craft a badge ?

Yes. You have to wait a week to sell them though.

Edit: only my first crafted card had this restriction. I guess they fixed it.

 

[Momentary]

I should have rephrased that. I didn't meant to put armor twice. The armor sets look good, but a lot of times I was getting shirts that had better defense but looked bad. An example would be that shirt from the sliding gif. I was getting stuff like that but different colors more so than anything else.

Never got the School of the Cat, Griffin, and Bear sets That was basically like 12 unique sets of armor that looked AMAZING compared to everything else in the game. Right now I've got tier 2 Griffin and tier 2 Cat and they are pretty elite sets of gear. I still haven't left Velen.

 

[derExperte]

Do I craft badges now, or do I wait?

Wait until the sale cards are live.

Oh they are.

 

[Kagemusha]

That Lego World game has some crazy Morrowind evil going on in its sick heart. Ended up in a Deaedric ruin with headhunters, zombies, human hearts and severed heads in cauldruns. I managed to escape Ghost Gate on a green bike to a Mushroom Forest.

 

[freshVeggie]

Yes. You have to wait a week to sell them though.

Sold all my cards already. These meta-games thingies are getting to me.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Do you already get any card if you craft a badge ?

Just tried and did not get a card.

0/10, would not believe this thread's lies again.

update: Looked in my inventory and the card is there, but was not on the badge screen/screen that shows up once you craft a badge.

10/10, would not believe Valve's lies again.

 

[kurahador]

Urghh...seems like there's one week wait until you can sell stuff from crafting. If you're thinking of selling the sale cards earlier, better get crafting now.

 

[def sim]

I'm going to have to, at least, craft the first level summer sale badge. It's become tradition at this point.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Just tried and did not get a card.

0/10, would not believe this thread's lies again.

I covered my back and said reports said yes.

 

[def sim]

Just tried and did not get a card.

0/10, would not believe this thread's lies again.

update: Looked in my inventory and the card is there, but was not on the badge screen.

10/10, would not believe Valve's lies again.

okie doke im going to craft this witcher 3 badge

 

[derExperte]

Urghh...seems like there's one week wait until you can sell stuff from crafting. If you're thinking of selling the sale cards earlier, better get crafting now.

Only if you used a card for crafting that's restricted.

Yes, I got a mystery card just now.

Prices already crashing.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Only if you used a card for crafting that's restricted.

Yes, I got a mystery card just now.

Prices already crashing.

So basically buy and hoard your cards before the 4th if you want to be good to go on day 1.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

I covered my back and said reports said yes.

I should have never doubted you <3

Only if you used a card for crafting that's restricted.

I sort of figured that this would happen, but I'm still disappointed.

 

[Lomax]

After getting burned last sale holding onto my cards I'm definitely dumping them this time. Which of course means we'll get a major event and the prices will skyrocket.

Double edit: I will say, that unlike in the Winter Sale, we're back to "mystery cards," which isn't what they did then. So they're at least putting a bit of effort into it this time, which probably increases the chance of some sort of event.

Edit: My first card... does Valve even have a QA department?

 

[corrosivefrost]

I should have never doubted you <3

I sort of figured that this would happen, but I'm still disappointed.

It's going to make things weird...
Buy cards to craft badges for meta, if that's a thing, and then all the stuff you get from it is trade restricted... it's going to funk up the flow of the market transactions.

 

[derExperte]

Can't remember, how/when did we know about the auctions before winter sale? I guess that won't be a thing this time.

 

[Kifimbo]

So there is no downside from crafting now ?

 

[KingKong]

Theres really no reason not to wait until the sale to see what the metagame is, assuming you're a sane person that will craft a single badge at most

 

[Kuroyume]

Throw it in the pile with:
Arthur
Evil Dead
The Thing
Conan the Barbarian
Footloose
Red Dawn
The Karate Kid
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
Total Recall

Awful, cash-in, rage-inducing bullshit for new audiences that don't know better or "know" they don't like anything with film grain.

There's a godawful looking Point Break remake coming out later this year, too.



D3DOverrider will do it. I had the same issue with the AMD vsync stuff.

edit; It doesn't look like there's a separate version of D3DOverrider - it's part of the Rivatuner package.

The Thing wasn't a remake... Although it felt like one. I liked it. And I still need to watch Evil Dead but it had pretty positive reviews and kickstarted the upcoming TV show so it's all cool. Friday the 13th was okay... The Friday the 13th movies weren't exactly classics. Fuck everything else on that list though.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

It's going to make things weird...
Buy cards to craft badges for meta, if that's a thing, and then all the stuff you get from it is trade restricted... it's going to funk up the flow of the market transactions.

I assume that it could still be possible for Valve to make the sale items exempt from the restrictions. I honestly wonder if the market restrictions have actually done anything useful.

Can't remember, how/when did we know about the auctions before winter sale? I guess that won't be a thing this time.

One week ahead of time, I think.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The Thing wasn't a remake... Although it felt like one. I liked it. And I still need to watch Evil Dead but it had pretty positive reviews and kickstarted the upcoming TV show so it's all cool. Friday the 13th was okay... The Friday the 13th movies weren't exactly classics. Fuck everything else on that list though.

Evil Dead is amazing. I don't even like horror movies, but I loved the hell out of it.
Also I agree I enjoyed the thing as well.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Throw it in the pile with:
Arthur
Evil Dead
The Thing
Conan the Barbarian
Footloose
Red Dawn
The Karate Kid
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
Total Recall

Awful, cash-in, rage-inducing bullshit for new audiences that don't know better

Please, be more condescending.

 

[mrgone]

Please, be more condescending.

Go watch Arthur. I wasn't nearly condescending enough. (If you can't tell, making terrible movies out of good ones is one of my pet peeves)

 

[derExperte]

The Thing wasn't a remake... Although it felt like one. I liked it. And I still need to watch Evil Dead but it had pretty positive reviews and kickstarted the upcoming TV show so it's all cool. Friday the 13th was okay... The Friday the 13th movies weren't exactly classics. Fuck everything else on that list though.

Evil Dead is all about gore and lacks the wit/charm of the originals. Terribly bland cast too.

 

[Turfster]

Go watch Arthur. I wasn't nearly condescending enough. (If you can't tell, making terrible movies out of good ones is one of my pet peeves)

How the hell did you forget Robocop.