Crimsonclaw111
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Is the Steam Overlay a piece of fucking shit or is it just my bad luck? Used it to talk to someone while clearing Bloody Palace in DM4SE and it fucking froze on me.
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STEAM | March 2016 - This thread is badass
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What a shitty future then.
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This indie 16-bit RPG, Thorne, looks a bit more interesting than the usual stuff to me thanks to going action instead of the more expected turn based route.
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This indie 16-bit RPG, Thorne, looks a bit more interesting than the usual stuff to me thanks to going action instead of the more expected turn based route.
MMBosstones86
Member
Damn.
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
Normally I loathe wrestling with a passion.
BUT WTF did you just sell me on a damn wrestling?
What network is it?
Tizoc
Member
No one is stopping you from doing the same.
uplay loads so much faster than Steam
and you can play games while they are still downloading?
You can download games while playing on Steam.
I think he means you can play the game while you are still downloading the same game.
Blizzard does that too
Atraveller
Banned
The story of Arkham Knight made more sense than BvS though.
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
My attention span is shit, but what was that thing about downloading multiple games at the same time?
Atraveller
Banned
Steam only downloads games one at a time, however you could multi-select install, and Steam would queue them automatically.
AbundantChoice
Member
El Rey, Robert Rodriguez's new network. I don't actually get El Rey so I had to subscribe via iTunes after I torrented a few eps and went "you know, these guys deserve my money".
A fantastic summary of Season 1 is here: http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/lucha-uderground-primer-season-one-recap/ (which also has a great 8-minute recap video at the end of the article to get people up to speed for Season 2)
I mean, how can you not love a show where summaries feature stuff such as:
"Your Lucha Underground champion is Mil Muertes, managed by Catrina. Mil Muertes is an unstoppable lucha zombie badass who learned at a young age to be empowered by tragedy and death. He’s accompanied by Catrina, an extremely attractive woman with teleportation powers (?) who uses rubble from the Mexico City Earthquake — the same earthquake that created Mil — to control Mil and an army of electrified skeletons known as the “Disciples of Death.”
"The coolest guy on the show in a walk is Pentagon Jr. To wit, he’s a pissed-off ninja skeleton who breaks peoples’ arms to please his Dark Master. He’s THE BEST. He doesn’t speak English, so all of his scenes are subtitled, and it absolutely does not matter for English-speaking audiences."
"Drago is that dragon with the nunchucks I mentioned earlier. He’s got a cosmic interspecies bromance with Aero Star, a luchador from space who can fly. He’s got rockets in his feet. They’re awesome."
texhnolyze
Banned
Yeah, it's like Bizzard and the many mmo launchers out there. There's a 'playable' state, which is normally at 10% download progress or so. When it reaches playable, you can play the game right away. There are obviously some limitation on how far you can progress in-game while the game is still downloading. For example, you won't be able to pass the starting area or set certain graphic options on that state. But still, it's a nice feature especially for people with lower internet speed.
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
lmao sounds positively nuts
I finished the Shadowrun: Hong Kong bonus campaign today, which is set after the conclusion of the main game. It's advertised as a chance to cement your character's status as a 'prime runner' and get revenge on the elite police force you went up against in the original campaign. Which was certainly something I was looking forwards to, but I think that perhaps I hyped it up too much in my head. Cause what I played was decent, but nothing spectacular. Should have realised it wouldn't be too much when it was given away for free.
The writing is good as you'd expect from Harebrained Schemes, and there's some genuinely hilarious moments. It was nice to have some new adventures to go on with the old crew, and the new characters that get introduced are interesting. But it's all so brief. From what I could tell, there's maybe four or five missions in the game, and two of them are side missions. There's no time to really explore the new characters or really expand the main plot, which is about a conspiracy within the Hong Kong Police Force. (That may have been a major reason for my excitement before playing the game, especially after watching a bunch of John Woo films)
There's no real element of mystery or intrigue about the conspiracy, just a straight line of information that plays out very quickly. It's a shame really. Furthermore, while a conspiracy amongst the police could make for a fine overarching plot, it's hardly a 'prime runner' level plot. The endgames of each of the previous Shadowrun games were far more at that level.
Mechanically though, the campaign really messed up. Rather than try to offer up legitimately difficult opponents, you instead end up fighting massive hordes of enemies that swarm over you, with a lot of weapons that stun you and take away your action points. While I could make my own character, an elven street samurai, more resistant to stun through cyberwear, I couldn't do the same with the rest of the team. So combat ended up a frustrating slog, slowly whittling down the large number of enemies while having to deal with my characters getting stunned and knocked out the fight constantly. It wasn't fun or challenging, just frustrating and dull.
This mini campaign could have been a lot better, but it is free, so the only real cost is your time. I'll still be there day one for the next Shadowrun game, thanks to the great writing from HBS, but I just hope they finally get the combat down right. It's been good enough in the past but really failed in this campaign, so that's the main area they should be working on.
The writing is good as you'd expect from Harebrained Schemes, and there's some genuinely hilarious moments. It was nice to have some new adventures to go on with the old crew, and the new characters that get introduced are interesting. But it's all so brief. From what I could tell, there's maybe four or five missions in the game, and two of them are side missions. There's no time to really explore the new characters or really expand the main plot, which is about a conspiracy within the Hong Kong Police Force. (That may have been a major reason for my excitement before playing the game, especially after watching a bunch of John Woo films)
There's no real element of mystery or intrigue about the conspiracy, just a straight line of information that plays out very quickly. It's a shame really. Furthermore, while a conspiracy amongst the police could make for a fine overarching plot, it's hardly a 'prime runner' level plot. The endgames of each of the previous Shadowrun games were far more at that level.
Mechanically though, the campaign really messed up. Rather than try to offer up legitimately difficult opponents, you instead end up fighting massive hordes of enemies that swarm over you, with a lot of weapons that stun you and take away your action points. While I could make my own character, an elven street samurai, more resistant to stun through cyberwear, I couldn't do the same with the rest of the team. So combat ended up a frustrating slog, slowly whittling down the large number of enemies while having to deal with my characters getting stunned and knocked out the fight constantly. It wasn't fun or challenging, just frustrating and dull.
This mini campaign could have been a lot better, but it is free, so the only real cost is your time. I'll still be there day one for the next Shadowrun game, thanks to the great writing from HBS, but I just hope they finally get the combat down right. It's been good enough in the past but really failed in this campaign, so that's the main area they should be working on.
Cake farting fetish. The GOTY we didn't ask for.
To be fair, the guy asked for recommendations for desks and you tried to sell him a $1300 chair.
Though, I live in west Michigan where they are made, so thanks for supporting my local economy.
Between the heart-shaped pupils all the time and the different art style compared to HuniePop, I'm disappointed. Could still be a fun game to play just like HuniePop was, but heh.
uncredited male
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Picked up a Diablo 3 digital card that has base and the expansion. If you don't hear from me for a while I am probably just doing work or something.
Got to take the bad with the good I guess.
Got to take the bad with the good I guess.
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Jawmuncher
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Didn't have lex Luther or Ben affect though
uncredited male
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Battlenet would not let me login. I had to go to a browser to set my battletag. It said it was in violation of their rules. It is my Steam name, which if you know it, makes this kind of sad.
I just used my full first name and it was happy with that.
I miss Steam already.
EDIT - Tried to add SMS protection. Says my phone number is not valid. FFS.
I just used my full first name and it was happy with that.
I miss Steam already.
EDIT - Tried to add SMS protection. Says my phone number is not valid. FFS.
Spring-Loaded
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BvS wasn't too bad. Bring on the solo Bat film, as well as the game of the film pls
Then it's better than Arkham Asylum.
Then it's better than Arkham Asylum.
Atraveller
Banned
Lex Luther? No, that was awkward Joker as the CEO of LexCorp.
pantsattack
Member
There are a lot of if xyz come together I will get Homefront, but generally that trailer did look fun. (reviews, discounts, performance namely)
Baron_Calamity
Member
oh kill me
What happened to the art style? The first game at least had decent waifu designs for a random indie dev no one had ever heard of, but somehow the new one looks like trashy tumblr fan art?
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Hero Prinny
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A+, The devs have lost their minds and I love it.
Atraveller
Banned
I think the devs said they wanted to try something new, then they held a poll because of the reactions, don't know what came out of that.
jaundicejuice
Member
uplay loads so much faster than Steam
and you can play games while they are still downloading?
So it's Battle.net?
Baron_Calamity
Member
The new style won out but just barely.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Damn, I can't wait to imagine myself fucking them.
Shit, I'm gonna crank my cock into dust with this one let me tell you.
Then I'll be free.
Finally.
Hero Prinny
Member
oh i hope the poll wasn't to decide the new art direction and thats the one that won cause that looks really bad.
i like this theory
I think he acknowledged most people disliked/hated/didn't care for the art style, but decided to go ahead with it, anyway.
Looking at the poll, the request for going back to the HuniePop artstyle won. They still didn't give a fuck. Which is weird, since they made the poll to begin with.
GhostTrick
Banned
Nah I dont think so. Judging by the app history, they worked on it for 6 months, which is likely the time for a port to get done. I think they're just waiting for FFIX to be released.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Aren't some of them gamergaters?
Atraveller
Banned
The devs? I have no idea.
Leafhopper
Banned
texhnolyze
Banned
Apparently, the current XBox Dark Souls III version is the easy mode of the game and will be patched later with day one patch.
Will there be such option for PC later? I'm dead serious.
Will there be such option for PC later? I'm dead serious.
pantsattack
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How is it easy mode? They've never had difficulty settings.
texhnolyze
Banned
That's what I read from the JP Store Xbox and Import threads.
LurkerPrime
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I refuse to believe that they made it easier for reviewers. It's the antithesis of Soulsian design.
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