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STEAM | March 2017 - IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!!!

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Tonton

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BernardoOne said:
Speaking of emulators, Cold Steel 2 is in quite alright state in the most recent RSPCs3 build https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Ssid5q1r8
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Dude the opening of the game is literally spoilers for the end of the first
I mean it's in Japanese but still i lot you can get from just what's shown

Really happy to see PS3 emulation finally getting somewhere either way
Where's my Vita emulator now tho

Hope XSEED puts out native port for both Cold Steel games soon either way
 
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Se7enSword

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A Fish Aficionado said:
I'm old. It's my birthday
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So here is a game about youth and choices.
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Happy birthday~
 
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Chairmanchuck

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BernardoOne said:
I mean, it is legal to buy games without buying a system and go play those games on a friend's system. It's not like you need ownership of a console to play the games to begin with. Even before Wii U emulation was a thing I had already bought a few Wii U games. Never got the system because I thought it was overpriced. When CEMU started having great improvements I just dumped my games using my friend's Wii U.
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I think, at least in my experience, that emulators itself are great, but, and I dont mean you, a lot of people will use it for downloades isos, roms, stuff.
I mean especially on GAF, a gaming enthusiast forum, you will have people really dumping their roms and isos and just want to enjoy their bought games in high resolutions, more options etc.
But even here you have people with raspberry pies as emulation-centers and stuff like that.

Its a bit like when the 3DS was hacked and eveyone "here" wanted Cubic Ninja. Homebrew isnt really the main reason people suddenly wanted Cubic Ninja. And I dont wanna call anyone out, but some people on GAF who never owned a WiiU, and I dont mean you again Bernardo, suddenly posted tons of Screen of emulated games and I personally doubt they are like you and bought all the games and ripped them themselves.
 
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CheesecakeRecipe

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Knurek said:
Axiom Verge worth the €8 it's currently on Humble?
Or am I better off saving that money for NieR:Asperger's?
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excuse me

Speaking of, I tried the Global Illumination fix for Automata. I still can't get playable framerates on my 660 GTX unless the resolution is set really low, but I did gain 10-15 FPS on average, with dips depending on how much was happening on screen. If you have an even slightly recent system, you might want to keep an eye on it! The gains seem worth the potential loss of GI samples if you want to keep a smoother framerate.

EDIT: I see Nabs has already given it a run on his 660ti and has seen similar gains.
 
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Zanzura

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Nillansan said:
Finally.



The FAR thread was actually pinned by someone from Square Enix or Platinum.
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Nope, it's actually just a Steam Community Moderator that did it, no customer/PR rep from SE or Platinum to be found in the discussions so far.

Anyway, that GI change from Kaladaien's fix in the test branch dramatically improves performance, though it comes with some graphical downgrades though. Some objects become fullbright or lose some shadows. I might be wrong on this, but I'm seeing some flickering shadows on things like jagged rockwalls as you transition to the desert zone that I don't think were there before.
 
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CheesecakeRecipe said:
excuse me

Speaking of, I tried the Global Illumination fix for Automata. I still can't get playable framerates on my 660 GTX unless the resolution is set really low, but I did gain 10-15 FPS on average, with dips depending on how much was happening on screen. If you have an even slightly recent system, you might want to keep an eye on it! The gains seem worth the potential loss of GI samples if you want to keep a smoother framerate.
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I'm now getting 60 in a bunch of areas (didn't get to test everything) at 1600x900 on my 660 ti.
 
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Endruen said:
I really don't understand the emulator's legal side. Yeah, you may be buying the game and getting it legally, but you aren't buying the system, so you're still making them lose money.
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Laws do not exist to guarantee a profit for companies. Emulators are perfectly legal because which part exactly of sitting at your computer and creating some software from scratch should not be?

That said, it's not like the profit in games is in hardware anyway.
 
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sadblob said:
I was not aware that PS3 emulation was in this (awesome) state. The emulator seems very promising and it looks like it's progressing faster every month.
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They recently reached 1K on Patreon too thanks to Demon Souls and Catherine having great improvements lately. With the 1k goal reached the Dev is now dedicating full time to the emulator development. So expect even faster development :)

Maybe with some luck they will be able to do some further improvements to Persona 5 a little bit after the western release https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKDS42xX8zM
 
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Mivey

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Endruen said:
I really don't understand the emulator's legal side. Yeah, you may be buying the game and getting it legally, but you aren't buying the system, so you're still making them lose money.
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The people making game console's don't own the idea of how their system and its operating system works in tandem. People writing emulators figure this out in a pain-stacking process and put the software out.
Console's are not really sold at high profit margins. The money is in the games. So you can rest safely knowing that video game console manufacturers are not being harmed by emulators. In fact, most them use emulators to preserve their own games. See recent PS4 remasters based on PS2 emulation by Sony.
It is truly heart-warming how so many of you care deeply that large billion-dollar entities don't lose money on obscure PC software. Commendable.
 
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I really hope the Steam client overhaul brings with it a music album thingy so I can download OSTs separately from the games themselves.

...Really didn't think through this decision to skip backing them up because, "eh, they're on Steam. I can get them any time I want."
 
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Mivey said:
It is truly heart-warming how so many of you care deeply that large billion-dollar entities don't lose money on obscure PC software. Commendable.
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I don't, but I just found it odd knowing how anti-piracy are all of you yet not wanting to buy a system, just wanted to see your point of view and now I understand it.
 
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Orgen

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Ozium with the hard truth as always ;D We even had someone here insinuating that they were going to download a Zelda ISO without buying the game so there's little to discuss about it :p

There's no spring sales on steam right? The next one is the summer sale?
 
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pislit

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Nier in my country is available as Physical release (DVD + Steam key) for 45 USD. Will buy.

Also re: emulation, is perfectly legal in my country so shut your mouth "concerned citizens". lol.
 
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happy bday fishy, hope things turn around for u soon

is there like a performance mod for nier?

game runs acceptable for me but wouldn't say no to 5 more fps
 
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