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STEAM | March 2016 - This thread is badass
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There are many endings there, you know that, don't you?
I also thought that true one was great, because I didn't expect that at all
Actually now when I think about it, I didn't expect any of those endings, and it was awesome.
edited: talking about FF, early 2016 is basically over, I wonder what's up with that FF9 steam release
Jawmuncher
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I thought all of the endings were pretty meh in 13-2. There's only so much you can do with time travel nonsense though.
none of those were meh, imo. I agree that time travel nonsense was nonsense, but some of those endings were really witty, some funny, some good and none just meh. Then again, it's all down to tastes and preferences.
unrelated edit: I can't believe that Caligula game got greenlit...
I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I still am.
another totally unrelated edit: There was that game where you can fly freely, I wanted to play it some, I can't remember a name for the life of me. Anybody knows which game I'm talking about?
Tizoc
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Do u have ludens on ur block list or somethingno, still trying not to buy, but I wanted Slain, it appeals to me on aesthetic level, which is totally the wrong reason to buy a game, I admit.
And I will buy WotS3 at some point as I plan to play it, just not now.
talking about temptations, Tiny Guardians looks fun too
but it seems to be a tower defense game and I have those too many, most unplayed.
edited: btw, how's Day of the Tentacle Remastered?
Baron_Calamity
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FTFY
Do u have ludens on ur block list or something
no I don't, but the thread was painful to read, so I might have missed some posts of essence.
lemme do search
edited: well, he doesn't know how good or bad it is too, on PC I mean
or I can't find a post you mean, what's possibility
Nah, not Microsoft's fault here. Even the PS4 version has framepacing and framerate issues, the only "clean" From game I played is DS2 (it was 60 fps...on PC. Yeah, forgetting all the downgrade stuff which happened too), and still From needed to do another version to patch the durability bug, and they only fixed it because it happened on console too.
Every From game I tried had issues, from King's Field on PS1, passing for Demon/Dark Souls and Bloodborne. Don't forget Ninja Blade, there's a problem related to framerate during QTE and for a lot of people some situations are unwinnable.
I think we could get something next week, on 30th March, during the FFXV event. Maybe SE will do something like they did on the PS event a "and FFIX is available now on PC". This, or a release date for April/May. Anyway people are still testing the game. My guess is the port was hella bugged even for the low SE standards, and since they are still patching the iOS version, they are probably implement those bugfixes into the PC one (there was a gamebreaking bug related to a ring or something like that, in example). Also people expecting news for FFX/X-2 when IX is not even released...really, the port will happen, but after FFIX, probably SE will pass the job to the same team of FFIX, it seems they are actually putting some kind of effort into FFIX, at least is not Dotemu.
This, or simply SE wants to sell iOS version first so people will double dip later
NingenJanai
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Maybe I should finally play Dark Souls 1... but it's long...
Jawmuncher
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And hard
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I don't know what these weird nvidia shadow options are in the division but whatever they are my 980 hates them and they cost too many frames. Also, the game acts pretty stuttery when dropping frames, it's like the framerate version of nails on a chalkboard
NingenJanai
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lewd
when choosing long, Stardew Valley wins, trust me
100+ hours and counting here and a game isn't out even for a month!
edited: and hard, and lewd
It was unexpected, yes. But I guess for me, surprise alone isn't necessarily a positive. A good surprise is, sure, but that felt more like, "You know all that stuff you did? Well, it's all irrelevant because fuck you." Kind of like the ending of the movie version of The Mist. (I know some people really liked how that movie ended too, for what I imagine are similar reasons.) Though I will say it was pretty ballsy of them to end it on that note.
I played around for a little while after finishing, closing gates and revisiting areas, and unlocked a couple of the other endings. (I was particularly happy I was able to get some payback on
Alyssa
I'll probably keep poking at it for a little longer and see about unlocking the rest of the endings before I shelf it.
There's a small shitstorm brewing around Rollercoaster Tycoon World (as if there wasn't one before already). Developer/publisher have been absent from Steam forums (and other social media) for a long time now and the game up to this day still had a release date of early 2016. Some retailers had March 24 as a release date but no one really believed that.
However, this week physical stock arrived to retailers in Europe and copies have been shipped and sold to customers. Tiny little problem though, the game is not available for download from Steam and physical copies register on Steam. You can't play the game without Steam. In reality the expectation has been for a while now that Atari will delay the game at least few quarters because the beta late last year was a tech demo at best, not anything you could really play. Add in the fact that they have said absolutely nothing about the game and here we are.
Atari has now supposedly told retailers that the game has an official release date of March 31. A week from now. Anyone want to guess in what shape the game will be in a week from now considering how development has gone with this game so far? I remain hopeful because I want this game to be good just like every other game but seriously, I might be the only one left in the world.
Here's the official Youtube channel of the game, does this look like the channel of a game ready for retail release? https://www.youtube.com/user/RollerCoasterTycoon/videos
Here's an article about the issue in German, though the pictures you can look at even without speaking German: http://www.nat-games.de/2016/03/24/rollercoaster-tycoon-world-ab-sofort-im-handel-erhaeltlich-doch-atari-weiss-von-nichts/
However, this week physical stock arrived to retailers in Europe and copies have been shipped and sold to customers. Tiny little problem though, the game is not available for download from Steam and physical copies register on Steam. You can't play the game without Steam. In reality the expectation has been for a while now that Atari will delay the game at least few quarters because the beta late last year was a tech demo at best, not anything you could really play. Add in the fact that they have said absolutely nothing about the game and here we are.
Atari has now supposedly told retailers that the game has an official release date of March 31. A week from now. Anyone want to guess in what shape the game will be in a week from now considering how development has gone with this game so far? I remain hopeful because I want this game to be good just like every other game but seriously, I might be the only one left in the world.
Here's the official Youtube channel of the game, does this look like the channel of a game ready for retail release? https://www.youtube.com/user/RollerCoasterTycoon/videos
Here's an article about the issue in German, though the pictures you can look at even without speaking German: http://www.nat-games.de/2016/03/24/rollercoaster-tycoon-world-ab-sofort-im-handel-erhaeltlich-doch-atari-weiss-von-nichts/
can't do, Stardew Valley has its claws deeply into my very soul
gosh how this game delivered, as much as Wild Season was disappointment
I still can't believe how good it is, only I wish my legendary bad luck didn't interfered that much, but that's not a game's fault.
yeah, I thought so too, it was not safe route to take, but it makes sense if you think about it, as a game informs you many times what will happen if you do certain things.
have fun with those endings, some are kinda time consuming.
I would still argue to have the system default on the side of the consumer. That's the most important part of the system. It's a net gain for the industry even with the current numbers. (which I find very reasonable)
My advice? Let it ride for about a year and then see what kind of shape it's in. By then it may have been patched to the point where it's playable.
I think we could get something next week, on 30th March, during the FFXV event. Maybe SE will do something like they did on the PS event a "and FFIX is available now on PC". This, or a release date for April/May. Anyway people are still testing the game. My guess is the port was hella bugged even for the low SE standards, and since they are still patching the iOS version, they are probably implement those bugfixes into the PC one (there was a gamebreaking bug related to a ring or something like that, in example). Also people expecting news for FFX/X-2 when IX is not even released...really, the port will happen, but after FFIX, probably SE will pass the job to the same team of FFIX, it seems they are actually putting some kind of effort into FFIX, at least is not Dotemu.
This, or simply SE wants to sell iOS version first so people will double dip later
That makes sense, hopefully FF9 won't be a horrible port after all this time to work on it.
wait a second, you mean new Trackmania for $10?! That was too good to be true, hence no deal for you!
what you have been up to? Any awesome games you finished in the time of absence?
derExperte
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What the shit.
Went to enter new payment method for my sweet $10 Trackmania Turbo orders at Amazon because the old credit card wasn't valid anymore.
Three times, all orders cancelled one after another. RIP. Also the promised PC trial is nowhere to be found and they fucked up PS4 EU preorders.
Worked fine with $15 Hitman, three seems to be the general limit and I doubt there would have been a problem here without the payment issue.
Went to enter new payment method for my sweet $10 Trackmania Turbo orders at Amazon because the old credit card wasn't valid anymore.
Three times, all orders cancelled one after another. RIP. Also the promised PC trial is nowhere to be found and they fucked up PS4 EU preorders.
Worked fine with $15 Hitman, three seems to be the general limit and I doubt there would have been a problem here without the payment issue.
TheAutomator
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Shouldn't have carried more than one order. They probably thought you were a scalper or something. Sucks.
freshVeggie
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Do it! Give it time, need patience. It's very easy with the right mind-set. Combat is slow and once you figure out the timing, very easy.
GhostTrick
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Nah, not Microsoft's fault here. Even the PS4 version has framepacing and framerate issues, the only "clean" From game I played is DS2 (it was 60 fps...on PC. Yeah, forgetting all the downgrade stuff which happened too), and still From needed to do another version to patch the durability bug, and they only fixed it because it happened on console too.
Every From game I tried had issues, from King's Field on PS1, passing for Demon/Dark Souls and Bloodborne. Don't forget Ninja Blade, there's a problem related to framerate during QTE and for a lot of people some situations are unwinnable.
I think we could get something next week, on 30th March, during the FFXV event. Maybe SE will do something like they did on the PS event a "and FFIX is available now on PC". This, or a release date for April/May. Anyway people are still testing the game. My guess is the port was hella bugged even for the low SE standards, and since they are still patching the iOS version, they are probably implement those bugfixes into the PC one (there was a gamebreaking bug related to a ring or something like that, in example). Also people expecting news for FFX/X-2 when IX is not even released...really, the port will happen, but after FFIX, probably SE will pass the job to the same team of FFIX, it seems they are actually putting some kind of effort into FFIX, at least is not Dotemu.
This, or simply SE wants to sell iOS version first so people will double dip later
FFIX to be a pre-order bonus for FFXV Steam version, announced on the 30th for a same day and date release as consoles.
believe :")
TheLetdown
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Did a search for Eastbound and Down while we were recommending TV shows. Not there.
It's legitimately one of the best shows of all time, very neatly confined to its seasons, without leaving off open-ended. You can start the show and finish it.
Criminally underemphasized and overlooked as just being a comedy.
It's legitimately one of the best shows of all time, very neatly confined to its seasons, without leaving off open-ended. You can start the show and finish it.
Criminally underemphasized and overlooked as just being a comedy.
Tizoc
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29th is a Tuesday
MMBosstones86
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Dark Souls 2 : Collectors Edition on Amazon for $20.
Vanilla game. I picked it up just for the CE goodies.
Vanilla game. I picked it up just for the CE goodies.
NingenJanai
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You don't suck, just need some dance lessons ;P
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DESPAIR
Not rhythmic are you
I should buy this game someday
the main reason why I haven't bought it yet, because of a word of mouth how hard it is, I'm not sure Ludens is bad, it just that Necrodancer could be this hard and I'm not sure I have patience for it. Are you?
The game is good, but I think as rogue-like it's too much luck-based. I mean, sometimes I can clear two floors without getting a single hit, but the majority of times the first bunch of enemies kill me. The upgrades I bought using diamonds never shown for me, I rarely get some healing items and plus, as I wrote, I simply suck in rhythm-based games. I heard you can "cheat" the game by selecting a slow them as background music, but I can't really see the point on doing this.
Thanks! And yeah I'm kinda following along with Quill's recent tutorial where he's playing Castile. Most strategy games I tend to not be overly warlike, so I'm looking forward to getting over to the Americas, getting my colony game underway and then trying to wrest control of as many trade nodes as I can and force them back to Seville. Hopefully reclaiming Iberia along the way.
MMBosstones86
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It's just a way to customize your character. Since it's a MMO, it would kind of suck if everyone looked the same.
That being said, I love the clothing stuff....just can't find anything good.
derExperte
Member
Uplay getting region locks? That's new, right?
http://steamcommunity.com/app/375900/discussions/0/392184522705804366/
What a mess.
Lurking and weeping. In that order.
It is known but not talked about in Gaming unless you want to get called a master-racer. Not kidding. The other excuse is that it doesn't matter because of the cinematic gameplay, a movie that drops to 15fps regularly is fine too, right? Tho the bigger issue turned out to be that the second half isn't nearly as good as the first. Except if you reaaalllllyyyy love dark corridors and fake jumpscares every five minutes.
At least I did.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/375900/discussions/0/392184522705804366/
- I bought the game on steam, came with an Asia actiation under the DLC
- I live in India, both Steam and Uplay accounts have my location set to India
- UPlay says the CD Key is locked to another region, but well, it shoudn't be
What a mess.
Lurking and weeping. In that order.
not to derail the thread into console framerate bullshit, especially when im actually really enjoying the game, but what the FUCK is up with Until Dawn's framerate
Im not talking "console peasent 30 fps lol" shit here, im no expert but I would say that game goes into the 15 fps range at times, its super jarring. I assume thats a known issue with the game?
It is known but not talked about in Gaming unless you want to get called a master-racer. Not kidding. The other excuse is that it doesn't matter because of the cinematic gameplay, a movie that drops to 15fps regularly is fine too, right? Tho the bigger issue turned out to be that the second half isn't nearly as good as the first. Except if you reaaalllllyyyy love dark corridors and fake jumpscares every five minutes.
At least I did.
That's a damn good question.
I don't know, I read a lot? No seriously, I read like every new book I come across. And all the Kickstarter-backer souls stories. Stuff like that. Oh, and RTWP combat. Yeah, I pause. A LOT.
I'm notorious for being slow at games anyway. I can usually confidently add, say 25% or more to the average game-time completion on my runs. For example, most people talk about finishing Gone Home in under 2 hours. Maybe 2.5 at the far end. I think my first time through the game was just shy of 5 hours. I just love to dote over environments.
I've also always been a virtual tourist. Ever since the early days. Transitioning from Atari 2600 to NES/SNES, PSX and beyond has a way of making you stop and soak in the sights around every corner, marveling at how the new looks so much more stunning than the old. It's always amazed me to see the progression of visual rendering through generational tech advancements.
Honestly, when I watch random Let's Plays and see people barreling through game maps on their first run, it's kind of distressing. I'm like, "You're missing everything!" as they race from one objective to the next without even stopping to catch their breath and take everything in. Seems like they miss a lot of hard work & detail the devs poured into environmental design. Mind you, I don't literally crawl through levels. It's more of a casual stroll rather than an exploding running pace.
Though on the flip side it has occurred to me that it might be nice to have that play-style myself, experiencing the game more organically. To experience it as a whole space rather than individual pieces or parts that I scrutinize over.
So yeah, I figure if I stick with Pillars as my primary game in rotation, I'll finish the base game and White March 1 & 2 by some time in early 2017!
Stupid question, but for Until Dawn did you download the 11 gb patch? A friend lent me the game under christmas, without the patch performances were just horrible, after the patch is was ok. Still the framerate is very poor, but the 1080p/60 fps mantra died pretty quickly on console, now is "Fuck this, the game is from XXXX so I'll take it on D1, they deserve my money". Hopefully Ps4k will fix this.
Regarding SFV, I bet the patch will be delayed.
Regarding SFV, I bet the patch will be delayed.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I asked in the Division PC performance thread but ill ask here too: anyone know the answer to stopping the division from being a stutter mess when it drops below 60 fps or is the only solution to lower settings? I've never had this happen in a game, where the game just becomes headache inducing because it's stuttering like a broken lawn sprinkler when it's just a tad bit below 60.
AFAIK the game has plenty of moments where it's below 30 fps. I wouldn't get too hung up on it, it's an adventure game really. It doesn't get in the way of the QTEs or anything
AFAIK the game has plenty of moments where it's below 30 fps. I wouldn't get too hung up on it, it's an adventure game really. It doesn't get in the way of the QTEs or anything
I think it's paid DLC that you just get for free if you do preorder. Not much better I guess, but a bit. And the game still looks like it has such potential. I want to dislike it for that but I'll probably cave and get it anyway just to watch giant spiders charge dwarves cannon lines.
Se7enSword
Banned
Two new store pages!
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Wow, haven't heard about that game in forever
NingenJanai
Member
I want to go home.
Lost Winds was nice, I enjoyed it on Wii.
Lost Winds was nice, I enjoyed it on Wii.
Only if you pre-order at selected retailers/stores. Not every store is even given the pre-order bonus to offer to customers. But yes, you can buy the DLC later on as well. Probably for the low cost of $10-15.
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