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STEAM | June 2015 - Wait for the Steam Sale Thread You Bastards!
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Nyteshade517
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either I think...you pick one
All are great games and really worth playing, except for Munch's Oddyssee. I would recommend to at least give the old platformers a shot and play New and Tasty after them. The first two games of the series are some of my favourite games ever made and do hold up really well even today in my opinion.
If the old platformers are too dated for you, you can just jump right into New and Tasty though. The second game is currently being remade as well.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
stranger's wrath still holds up. Its controls aren't conventional (it's a kinda sorta FPS but also a 3rd person platformer?) and it's a sorta open world game but not really. Still, it plays fine and it has one of the best twists in gaming.
I dunno if they ever brought the console upgrades to the PC version but i'd still recommend it even without that stuff. It's a damn good game.
Also, only the first two games play alike. New N Tasty is a remake of the first and i'd suggest you just play that instead of the first game. Munch and Strangers aren't anything like the first two games and aren't really much alike themselves.
Dsyndrome
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Posted already this morning, but go back Bard's Tale IV, y'all. You get a free copy of Witcher 1 or 2 or Wasteland 2 if you back in the first 24 hours of the Kickstarter.
Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter
Don't want it to get lost in all the refund talk.
Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter
Don't want it to get lost in all the refund talk.
corrosivefrost
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Stranger's Wrath was great until it just dragged on and on and on and on after the twist.
LurkerPrime
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Ok, Wasteland I can understand, but the Witcher? What?
The offer itself is bizarre, basically acting as a monogame pay-what-you-want scheme to raise money. I suppose, as far as raising awarness, it will be a huge success. Hope it works out for them; I personally have no interest in A Bard's Tale.
Yeah, it's an all right game, but it's kinda average in many regards. Odyssee (or New 'n' Tasty) and Exoddus are the two games from that bunch you should be looking into.
Looks like somebody refunded the servers.
NingenJanai
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too many refund requests...
xenoflux2113
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Now I don't have to regret purchasing Stranded Deep. Hopefully they will see my plight and give me the refund in time for the sale.
FiveElementNinja
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There must be so many refunds for Bad Rats happening that it crashed their servers.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
For me, it ended just before i felt like it was getting tiresome. But I also only played it for an hour or so a day for about a week so i never had long enough sessions that could more easily lead one to grow tired of the game.
I would totally pick up Munch's HD but it seems that they haven't even bothered to patch it to match the console versions, meaning my PS+ version of munch is still the best version out there. Kinda shameful.
Same here, so it's probably down.
corrosivefrost
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http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/02/source-miyazakis-dark-souls-3-ready-for-e3-announcement/
My problem is that the gameplay loses all variety and openness after the twist and becomes
My problem is that the gameplay loses all variety and openness after the twist and becomes
a straight up shooter for droves and droves and droves and droves and oh how much longer do i have to go to get revenge? and droves and droves and droves.
LurkerPrime
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With Steam refunds, I wonder how massively the market for Steam's shit-tier games will implode.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/02/source-miyazakis-dark-souls-3-ready-for-e3-announcement/
My problem is that the gameplay loses all variety and openness after the twist and becomesa straight up shooter for droves and droves and droves and droves and oh how much longer do i have to go to get revenge? and droves and droves and droves.
Yeah, once the game shifts away from the bounty hunter gameplay it does suffer, i agree. but the drop off in quality isn't enough for me to not recommend the game. The game takes risks at almost every turn in regards to designs, structure, mechanics, etc. which is something i admire given that we are on the, what, year 8 or 9 of the assassin's creed era?
If it was a bundle bought on Steam, right about now you could have asked for a refund.
corrosivefrost
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Hey, I didn't say I didn't recommend it... I just said that the back half was very disappointing after how the game starts off.
Everything up to and including the twist was great. After the twist was still good... it just dragged on a bit too long for me because of the gameplay shift. I remember being ready to be done on the approach to the dam... and then the game went on for a bit after that still.
I don't think it will see much use, unless we will be cured of +1 disease, what's not possible with Jasec around.
*pinches twice*
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
On Reddit, some users are reporting that the validation time for refunds is typically taking about 30 minutes. You'll get a "We're processing your refund" email that says the funds will be refunded within the next 7 days.
So even though they're probably absolutely swamped with these requests right now, they're still pushing things along within 30 minutes which is really impressive for Valve.
So even though they're probably absolutely swamped with these requests right now, they're still pushing things along within 30 minutes which is really impressive for Valve.
only 30 minutes? IDK, I just can't believe it, did they hire massive amount of people lately or something?
Poor kids in third world countries are new Valve support confirmed! Just kidding good for Valve that they realized how bad their support is.
i duno, i asked for a refund on phantom breaker after not finding it much fun and to test how the whole thing works
i don't buy that many games since my money situation isn't great so i like the idea of being able to back out if i bought something i didn't like
2 hours isn't a lot but in some cases like this can be a good way to tell if something immediately hooks you or not
Jawmuncher
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Maybe consoles will move forward on digital refunds now.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
You could code a system that gauges how much of a risk a user asking for a refund is. It'd say how many refunds they've requested, along with some other behaviors.
Anything below a certain threshold could get auto-denied, anything above auto-approved, The stuff in the middle, like asking for a refund on a game outside the time period with an otherwise good record would get shifted over to an actual person to determine.
Anything below a certain threshold could get auto-denied, anything above auto-approved, The stuff in the middle, like asking for a refund on a game outside the time period with an otherwise good record would get shifted over to an actual person to determine.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
This is most likely the case. If it falls within certain criteria it probably just gets automatically approved. If not it goes into a manual review process that will probably take the usual amount of time.
They're probably manually reviewing the automatically approved refunds in big batches, which is probably why they're giving themselves 7 days to actually refund your money. Of course with credit cards this process will usually take 2-3 days anyway so they're probably just giving themselves a wide margin.
I suppose so. Probably some are checked manually eg. first one's "free" per X time, then manual check, which takes longer.
PandaPedinte
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It was about time for the new refund syste.
Indeed, it's impressive.
Hire me Volvo!
Indeed, it's impressive.
Hire me Volvo!
You don't find Phantom Breaker fun? Who would believe that?
You should have chosen some broken game, or more plausible excuse anyway.
freshVeggie
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Even 980s keep struggling with Hairworks in Witcher 3.
And here I am enjoying perfect Hairworks* in Witcher 1.
*not actual Hairworks
And here I am enjoying perfect Hairworks* in Witcher 1.
*not actual Hairworks
Mavromatis
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I think the background for that was laid during to paid mods trial. I assume the refund to initial payment method was in the works at that time to compliment the steam wallet refunds.
They probably track purchase date and gameplay hours per title and 1 some 0 in their database and since you pick the game during refund support process I guess they only see a OK/Not OK status for your game.
lol whats you mean
Is it too late to get a refund on Unity?*sarcasm* What a crappy AssCreed game.*pinches avatar*
You bought a 980?
freshVeggie
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Oh God, no. Just trying to make a lighthearted joke
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
And Rogue for $32.50 is an absolute insult considering a Uplay key is $12.50 on Amazon right now. I'm not paying a $20 "Steam tax" - this is why I don't play Ubisoft games on PC anymore.
You're dusting off that PS4 for the annual UbiSoft games?
xenoflux2113
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I don't know. I only have 4 hours into Stranded Deep and its past the 14 days but I don't foresee asking for many refunds so maybe they will be nice to me on my request. It doesn't hurt to try right? The worst they could do is say no.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Ain't no dust on my PS4 son
But yes, I played Unity on the PS4 and yes it was terrible.
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