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STEAM | May 2014 - every time improve protection Steam Guard
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If you're like most folks around these parts, you should have more than enough good games in your backlog to occupy you until the PC version drops. ; )
PetriP-TNT
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I am still hooked on Dark Souls 2, 26 hours down and no end in sight. Searching every nook and cranny and loving every second.
arts&crafts
Member
I just bought Retro/grade for like 99 cents 2 days ago. Woe is me
Gianni Merryman
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Thanks!
I have been struggling for hours to get a free copy on GMG to no avail, as my Playfire account is registered with another email address and i haven't been able to link them together, so thank you so much for the giveaway!
I've been looking and as yet nothing is taking my eye. Further afield preorders are still too high on price compared to other places and what's on sale at the mo I either own or not really after. Guess I'll horde it up, it's not like it's going to expire any time soon and I'm a long way off anything substantial as a discount.
MMBosstones86
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It's going to have to get in line behind DA:Inquisition and Watch_Dawgs. non-Steam 4 lyfe
I'm not happy about it either
one of us. Think i'm at 26 hours as well and just entered the castle.
super-famicom
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Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Wow, slow down there Speedy. 62 hours in and now approaching the Castle.
The Gutter was pretty great.
super-famicom
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Wow, slow down there Speedy. 62 hours in and now approaching the Castle.
The Gutter was pretty great.
It's possible he's on a second or third character. With my second character I cleared Drangleic Castle in under 30 hours. Once you're comfortable with the combat and know where to go to get the items you want, you can blaze through the early game.
PLASTICA-MAN
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Oh DAMN IT I MISSED THE BIOSHOCK INFINITE RAFFLE. I hope there is a new one coming.
I so badly want to raffle off Bad Rats claiming to be BioInf now. But since it'll only work once and I'll be banished forever, I'll wait for an even better opportunity. You've dodged a bullet.....for now.
Gangxxter
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Cross posting this from the Wolfenstein thread since nobody could help me there:
Does anybody know why it's allowed to run the US Steam version in Austria now? A few weeks ago, it was prohibited to run in Germany and Austria.
Was there any kind of announcement?
I live in Austria and I'm tempted to import the US version. But I'm afraid, Bethesda will change the Steam sub so it will be again prohibited to run in Austria (which means I would need an US VPN connection every time I'd like to run the game).
http://steamdb.info/sub/41632/
Does anybody know why it's allowed to run the US Steam version in Austria now? A few weeks ago, it was prohibited to run in Germany and Austria.
Was there any kind of announcement?
I live in Austria and I'm tempted to import the US version. But I'm afraid, Bethesda will change the Steam sub so it will be again prohibited to run in Austria (which means I would need an US VPN connection every time I'd like to run the game).
http://steamdb.info/sub/41632/
Another raffle?
Getting greedy.
Need to spend those Playfire bucks!
Just winding down my Dark Souls 2 addiction. I am on the cusp of getting The Dark Soul achievement, then I will take a break.
the_firewithin
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Oh wow its been awhile since I've been on steam mobile on my tablet. Love the redesign
Oh damn, some kind of M.O.O.N album too? Getting it for that, Famaze and the waifu game because waifus.
PLASTICA-MAN
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Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Wow, nice job dude!
Do you have to kill NPC's to get everything? I vaguely remember that being necesarry to platinum Demon's Souls, so I never really bothered.
PLASTICA-MAN
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No I mean I didn't even participate in it. I just ended without even noticing it.
Rickenslacker
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Nah, no such murder necessary this time around.
Nope, really just need to exhaust the dialogue of all NPCs to complete their various quests.
There are two that require summons to finish their quest lines.
Hope so, game looks awesome.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Seeing as every Capy game since Critter Crunch has I wouldn't doubt it. Probably going to be 3/6/12 months or so before we find out, though.
Dev offered no comment on that.
I'm going take that as yes (but it's timed exclusive) because if Microsoft had secured the exclusivity then they could say no.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I'm totally done with the content of the game, but the whole Soul Memory thing has me unenthusiastic to just jump into PvP. Really hope they end up changing that.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Great! In that case, i'll probably give it a shot. Can't seem to get enough of these games. Using a guide for a second playthrough and seeing what i've missed should be interesting.
I'm totally done with the content of the game, but the whole Soul Memory thing has me unenthusiastic to just jump into PvP. Really hope they end up changing that.
It really is unfortunate as I would like to stay at ~SL150 to keep the game fresh and challenging. I really don't want to just zerg through the game with an SL300 character, I really don't see the fun in that.
I am effectively hurting myself from a PVP perspective as I am in the 9 million SM bracket and only SL160 on NG++.
What do you mean ? Banished for what? What works only once?
We'll soon find out, as soon as I can negotiate a bulk Bad Rats purchase via the Steam gray market.
So I have a few games installed and I need help for what game to begin with first. Everyone are looking like good games to me, so it's hard to choose. Will play though all anyway:
Bound by Flame
Year Walk
Strider
Shadowrun Returns (including Dragonfall)
Shelter
Volgarr
Child of Light
Bound by Flame
Year Walk
Strider
Shadowrun Returns (including Dragonfall)
Shelter
Volgarr
Child of Light
ashecitism
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In cases like these I like to pick the shorter games first. Shelter and Year Walk seem to fit the bill the most from that list.
the_firewithin
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I enjoyed shadowrun
Year Walk and Shelter are fun little bookends for some of the longer experiences.
For example Year Walk > Bound By Flame > Shelter > Child of Light.
Shelter will refresh your pallet and get you ready to jump into a longer game.
For what it's worth I really enjoyed my time with both Year Walk and Shelter.
Don´t take a break. Play Demons Souls once you are done with DS II.
I think i´ll play Souls games/DOTA 2 for the rest of the year. At least untill Wasteland 2/Divine Original Sin/Pillars of Eternity comes out.
Rickenslacker
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I've just been dumping into stats even though I'm well into diminishing returns to everything relevant for me. I'm SL 207 but yeah, I'd rather stay at 150. Would be nice if they actually implemented a proper level cap instead, since you can now respec I would've preferred a more forced specialization by limiting your total amount of points.
I do still need to play Demons and another run through Dark 1 assuming the Steamworks patch goes live, but I need to mix it up so I don't get oversaturated with the Souls series.
Too much of a good thing can be a problem, I find I enjoy myself much more if I consistently play games from other genres.
I had a blast with Shadowrun. I haven't played the DLC yet but I bought it immediately after I finished the main game, it is that good! It also won't take very long to finish, a playthrough lasts around 9-10 hours
I wouldn't bother with Bound by Flame, just finished it today and it was a broken mess. Better wait for a patch that fixes the combat
Taron here, the other Crazy Viking Studios dev...
I can verify that we had no idea this was coming, it came directly from Valve and Adult Swim Games, our publisher on Steam. We didn't go through a publisher for any other platforms (Humble, GoG, Amazon) so we have completely control there, but with the Steam version we are at the mercy of the publisher. We didn't know this was happening until ASG told us at 8am this morning.
It was our mistake to make the original tweet saying that no better sale would be coming. Kris made the assumption that Valve/ASG wouldn't put Volgarr on sale again until the big summer sale, and that it would be only at 50% off if it was on sale then at all. Truth be told, we are pretty upset by this and were even wondering if the timing was on purpose (i.e. someone at Valve saw Volgarr hit the top sellers on the Humble store last week and decided they should get in on that action).
We did not intend to deceive and will be happy to offer a refund to anyone that purchased it from the Humble sale and feel cheated by this.
Maybe I will push my SL to 175 or 180 to give me ~20 more points to play around with as I head into NG+++.
I love using huge weapons and staying under 50% equip load, so have effectively waste points in VIT.
MMBosstones86
Member
Wow, slow down there Speedy. 62 hours in and now approaching the Castle.
The Gutter was pretty great.
Fuck the Gutter. I didn't even think I was going that fast, but I guess I missed a few things...specifically Doors of Pharros and Black Gulch. Basically rushed through those two areas.
Negative. Just my first still. I've co-oped a lot of the bosses after getting absolutely frustrated with the Sentinels.
Damn what is your Vit at? I think I'm close to 30 and am pushing 69% after rings and the Sinner mask
Thanks, GAF. Seems like it will be Year Walk -> Shadowrun -> Shelter -> Child of Light
You guys are fine, keep up the good work. If Odin's biggest worry was over $1.32, the realm would be at peace like never before.
DaBargainHunta
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Wow, a reply from the dev. I wasn't expecting that.
Very cool. Thank you for clearing it up for all of us. On the bright side, hopefully you guys are getting a lot of new players and added exposure out of these two deals.
Your game looks incredible, BTW.
I was able to submit a Uplay support ticket on Sunday, if anybody remembers that I was trying to do it (it took about five hours of random attempts though). And now I got a response from a support rep named Igor, in slightly broken Russian no less! According to him, my Watch_Dogs preorder is still good, so Ubisoft is honoring that November pricing error. Can't say I'm particularly interested in the game even at 50 roubles I paid for it, but might as well try it.
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.
Good to hear, I'm not sure if anyone here was upset so much as surprised.
Your game is great, keep up the good work.
arts&crafts
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Good man, I am going to buy the game on STEAM tonight to suport you guys. On a similar note do people care about tha $1.50 THAT much to get a refund and rebuy on Steam?
StAidan
Member
I bought it during the Humble sale, pretty sure I'm getting my money's worth though
And I wouldn't believe any knave who claimed otherwise.Thanks for showing up here to explain, though, I assumed that's what happened.
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