Those games have all been very, very cheap, and they go on sale very soon after release too. Plenty to criticise Bethesda for, their games not being cheap is not one of them.
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STEAM | June 2016 - Dear Valve, E3 is here, please release Ricochet 2
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Those games have all been very, very cheap, and they go on sale very soon after release too. Plenty to criticise Bethesda for, their games not being cheap is not one of them.
Baron von Loathsome
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I'd grab that BTA tier.
Mikurden
Member
that's the joke
the best one is
http://store.steampowered.com/app/260330/
apparently So Many Me is good too
and what Knurek said
I don't disagree that the base prices should have dropped a bit by now, to preface. If it was that those games stayed around release day prices and never saw sales as if they released yesterday, then I could see more of an issue with it.
Those mentioned titles have had stellar sales since on and off Steam. Take a trip to Is There Any Deal
to see.
Pretty sure Wolfenstein TNO was 80~ or so % off just last month. Evil Within has had its share of sales even with the season pass included.
Chairmanchuck
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I remember Evil Within was available a few months after release on GMG for 10 or so.
spindoctor
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This bothers me so damn much. I mean, there's a case to be made for having a sniper on an attacking team at the start to take out turrets and back liners, but it's a sub optimal class at best and one should switch over to something more useful soon. That rarely happens. You have people who couldn't give a damn about the objective and just want to get kills. This hurts so much in a 6v6 games. And there is never need for two snipers in any team for any kind of objective. So when you see multiple snipers you know immediately that the game is probably lost.
And it happens so frequently. I actually started quitting games with multiple snipers in the team and within a couple of days I got a warning from Blizzard telling me that I'd be penalized for disconnecting too frequently.
It's a gorgeous game. When I finished it I downsampled from 4K and spent some time just walking around taking a ton of screenshots of the island. Such a beautiful art style.
Mikurden
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I had seen the European censorship card for the console versions, but seeing that post of the Australian one made me wonder if there were more. Apparently not, but Wikipedia says, "The censorship affected all formats in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria, and Taiwan."
TheAutomator
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E3 followed by summer sale. Is this the best month ever?
Then it was 5 on GamersGate few hours after I bought it. (Used Playfire credit tho)
And it's cheaper to buy complete edition than season pass. Thx, Bethesda.
PandaPedinte
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Does this happens in the client and in your browser?
"Good" reviews is putting it fairly charitably. Even most of the positive ones seem to be barely more than lukewarm on it.
And why is it a surprise if people make a big deal about VA in a story heavy game?
TheAutomator
Banned
You will be my Battlefield 1 buddy.
is it just freezing or you get an error message? because if the latter, it is a bug I encountered several times, contacting steam support doesn't help, but it fixes itself somehow (once took a month for me and it was during the steam sale too)
lukewarm? which one of great, amazing and good is lukewarm?
I didn't read all reviews, maybe just just stumbled on good, IDK
kindly define story heavy
are you telling me you would drop a good game if you don't like VA? seriously, that's ridiculous
Yep, happens in both. Tried multiple payment methods and browsers :/
I stall join you, Origin buddy!
No error message. It just freezes when checking out. I have to close the page or client to reopen Steam.
Try beta and non-beta clients, try browser, try uninstall/reinstall.
edit: I saw above.
Is this before or after payment info? Is it your CC?
Don't know why you need story heavy defined. It's a game with a decent amount of story focus, which most of the reviews mention.
If it had really terrible VA? Probably. Uncharted 4 with like, Andy Dick as Nathan Drake? Okay I might play that for a minute just for curiosity, but I probably would be a lot less interested in it overall.
Are you telling me you'd gladly play Chaos Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bangt7d9vGA
And not take any issue with the VA? You'd be perfectly fine and not even talk about it if you were to review it?
Thanks didn't knew about this site. Yeah they have dropped low enough but their base prices are insane. Will wait for summer sale to buy them hope I won't get disappointed.
no way I'd drop that game! that's hilarious
tooooo bad
lol
thanks for posting it
edited: like their intonations don't match what's said even once, it just has to be on purpose
*still laughin
It was translated by some defunct company. To save money the guy cast like everyone to be played by his own family members.
ya I thought it's the same person, the second part of that vid is even funnier
Set Steam Library Folders in the Download section of Steam settings and create a new one for the one you just pasted the stuff to.
Try "deleting" the game and "reinstalling it" this time, it should discover the existing files when you point it toward the new folder (and this I think should update most games).
Had this issue. Happens when a payment is interrupted. Don't keep attempting it, just leave it alone for 2 or 3 hours and you will be able to purchase normally again
BoosterDuck
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Cliffy B and his crew said:LawBreakers Streaming Event Next Week on Twitch / YouTube!
The battles will commence on June 6th and June 8th at the following times, covering 3 distinct sessions:
Session 1: Monday June 6th @ 5PM UTC / 9AM PST / 12PM EST
Session 2: Monday June 6th @ 4PM PST / 7PM EST/ 12:00 AM UTC
Session 3: Wednesday June 8th @ 4PM PST / 7PM EST/ 12:00 AM UTC
Lawbreakers looks like a ton of fun, can't wait!
Great thanks, deleting and reinstalling worked.
Edit: For some games it seems to actually be re-downloading the files
GOTY 2016, Harvest Moon GOAT, absolutely must play and there is no way around it. It only has everything.
someguyinahat
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Just went through a bit of my backlog, so here are my two-hour-two-ending impressions for The Royal Trap: The Confines of the Crown. (I guess hidden-object games don't have a monopoly on colons.)
The story: You play Madeleine Valois, valette (a sort of caregiver and advisor) to Prince Oscar of Ocendawyr, charged to ensure he always puts his best foot forward, and to fulfill the political goals of your country by making sure he makes a good impression with a royal hottie to become a King. (They changed around the political and cultural sphere here, where the daughters are the heirs to the kingdom and the sons get married off to foreign countries to become kings, and the former princesses get the title of "Wisdom?" ...It was kind of confusing as to who was actually in power, but I just rolled with it.) But can you stand idly by and do your duty to get your close companion married, or do your feelings get in the way? ...Or maybe you can develop feelings for another? YOU decide!
The story is well-told and has some nice twists and turns. Having only seen two endings: the "happy" and then the "bad" end for one person, I can't claim to see all sides of the story yet - and indeed, you can't even see all the endings until you've completed the game at least once - but the makers of Long Live the Queen have a knack for spinning yarns full of political intrigue, and do their best to consider many possibilities, just as their characters might. Madeleine seems to do her best to weigh emotion against reason, making for a nice protagonist: conflicted, but level-headed.
The gameplay: It's a visual novel. (One with choices.) I'm not exactly sure to what degree every choice makes in the outcome - if it's a certain number of "good" choices or just specific key ones that matter - but it still makes you think diplomatically and at certain points choose sides, making you hope you can agree with one person without pissing off the other.
The graphics: For the most part good. The backgrounds are nice, and the characters mostly look well-drawn, although the page looks a bit crudely-drawn - almost a different art style - and the princess' brother looks downright off-putting but I'm not sure if that's intentional.
The audio: The music has some nice tracks. The "action/fight scene" one is particularly good. There aren't many sound effects, but I do like how they didn't reuse many, and even put in different "door knocking" ones. When the text says someone is knocking languidly, the audio reflects that.
The length: As I said, took me 2.8 (according to Steam) hours to complete one ending, then go back to the final decision and do the other one. Given 15 endings, and I presume some will be shorter than others, or you'll be doing a lot of skipping, expect some good replayability. I'd guess 12 hours to get all the endings if you're in a hurry. Possibly more. So, a decent length.
The verdict: I've played a few visual novels, even ones where you play a woman (Heileen 3,) and while they're not my favourite genre, I can say this is a good one. Of course, visual novels aren't for everyone. If you like visual novels, this one should be a no-brainer. If you don't and want to try them out, then you might as well go with one that has a well-thought-out plot, like this one. There is romance of course, but the political backdrop makes it seem more like "don't cause an international incident sim" than "dating sim," so keep that in mind.
The story: You play Madeleine Valois, valette (a sort of caregiver and advisor) to Prince Oscar of Ocendawyr, charged to ensure he always puts his best foot forward, and to fulfill the political goals of your country by making sure he makes a good impression with a royal hottie to become a King. (They changed around the political and cultural sphere here, where the daughters are the heirs to the kingdom and the sons get married off to foreign countries to become kings, and the former princesses get the title of "Wisdom?" ...It was kind of confusing as to who was actually in power, but I just rolled with it.) But can you stand idly by and do your duty to get your close companion married, or do your feelings get in the way? ...Or maybe you can develop feelings for another? YOU decide!
The story is well-told and has some nice twists and turns. Having only seen two endings: the "happy" and then the "bad" end for one person, I can't claim to see all sides of the story yet - and indeed, you can't even see all the endings until you've completed the game at least once - but the makers of Long Live the Queen have a knack for spinning yarns full of political intrigue, and do their best to consider many possibilities, just as their characters might. Madeleine seems to do her best to weigh emotion against reason, making for a nice protagonist: conflicted, but level-headed.
The gameplay: It's a visual novel. (One with choices.) I'm not exactly sure to what degree every choice makes in the outcome - if it's a certain number of "good" choices or just specific key ones that matter - but it still makes you think diplomatically and at certain points choose sides, making you hope you can agree with one person without pissing off the other.
The graphics: For the most part good. The backgrounds are nice, and the characters mostly look well-drawn, although the page looks a bit crudely-drawn - almost a different art style - and the princess' brother looks downright off-putting but I'm not sure if that's intentional.
The audio: The music has some nice tracks. The "action/fight scene" one is particularly good. There aren't many sound effects, but I do like how they didn't reuse many, and even put in different "door knocking" ones. When the text says someone is knocking languidly, the audio reflects that.
The length: As I said, took me 2.8 (according to Steam) hours to complete one ending, then go back to the final decision and do the other one. Given 15 endings, and I presume some will be shorter than others, or you'll be doing a lot of skipping, expect some good replayability. I'd guess 12 hours to get all the endings if you're in a hurry. Possibly more. So, a decent length.
The verdict: I've played a few visual novels, even ones where you play a woman (Heileen 3,) and while they're not my favourite genre, I can say this is a good one. Of course, visual novels aren't for everyone. If you like visual novels, this one should be a no-brainer. If you don't and want to try them out, then you might as well go with one that has a well-thought-out plot, like this one. There is romance of course, but the political backdrop makes it seem more like "don't cause an international incident sim" than "dating sim," so keep that in mind.
Crimsonclaw111
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Summer will definitely see deals on those. As far as Doom, if it doesn't get a good deal there is always the quakecon sale that happens annually not too long after.
Jawmuncher
Member
AAA is all I really play. Though the quality output lately has been rather boring.
At last years's PC Gaming Show we discovered Enter the Gungeon, which is actually one of my favorite game released this year. Most AAA today kinda disapoint me, but it's fun to be surprised by things like Shenmue 3 and FF7 Remake.
What are you guys on about...the E3 is awesome to watch.
Some much cringe-worthy interviews.
Sony trying to 1-up Microsoft.
Some random go-go-dancer game that no one gives 2 diddly-doos about but still keeps getting funded.
An overhyped COD/BF multiplayer live-play that is basically fanboys trying to make it look like fun.
The lone 'celeb' saying how he/she is also a gamer - but wouldn't be able to recall a game if his/her life depended on it.
And in between all this gold...we get 1-2 games that actually looking interesting.
Overall, it's a fun time imo.
Some much cringe-worthy interviews.
Sony trying to 1-up Microsoft.
Some random go-go-dancer game that no one gives 2 diddly-doos about but still keeps getting funded.
An overhyped COD/BF multiplayer live-play that is basically fanboys trying to make it look like fun.
The lone 'celeb' saying how he/she is also a gamer - but wouldn't be able to recall a game if his/her life depended on it.
And in between all this gold...we get 1-2 games that actually looking interesting.
Overall, it's a fun time imo.
Conversely, I mostly play Niche games, because they appeal to me much more in terms of variety, and there is a lot of quality to be found in niche games.
Chairmanchuck
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Port of Yakuza announced. Reactions on GAF: It wont sell on PC. PC gamers pirate everything.
Port of FF15 announced. Reactions on GAF: It wont sell on PC. PC gamers pirate everything.
TheAutomator
Banned
You sound fun at parties.
First time I'll be able to join a drinking game for E3 atleast, got to stay positive.
Why? Like 85 percent of the games will come out on PC.
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