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STEAM | May 2014 - every time improve protection Steam Guard
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BinaryPork2737
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TC McQueen
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The gun handling skills were absolutely terrible and made no sense in context of the story either. ME1 skills also tended to have tons of minor incremental changes with a few big ones every so often, which was pretty pointless.
That said, for all ME3 got wrong, it had the best RPG element implementation of the three. A nice, condensed skill tree with distinct branches and a simple inventory system that allowed for gun customization, which was visually implemented in game.
corrosivefrost
Member
Thanks for the vote of confidence...
Any idea on how to farm gempoints? I'm out of them and need to upgrade the raise and interrupt abilities on gems 4 and 5.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I should add that I was referring to the Lincoln March version, too.
Again, no one look this up.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD9Sq_3Vn60
Very long shot, but does anyone have an idea what the song in this trailer is? I'm guessing it's some loop licensed from an obscure source, but it's what caught my attention when I was checking the new releases on Steam.
The actual ingame music seems to be by Erik Satie and I'm uninterested in that.
Very long shot, but does anyone have an idea what the song in this trailer is? I'm guessing it's some loop licensed from an obscure source, but it's what caught my attention when I was checking the new releases on Steam.
The actual ingame music seems to be by Erik Satie and I'm uninterested in that.
Castlevania Mirror of Fate HD has been a lot fun. The design, atmosphere, and the combat are great in 2.5D -- jumping is strange, though, like he has magnets and connects to the platform, even if he missed it by two feet. The design of Simon Belmont is ugh. I always pictured him as Dolph Lundren with long dirty-blond hair. Actually, Chris Hemsworth fits the bill as well. But this is a re-imagining, so a bulky red-headed Viking it is.
corrosivefrost
Member
I kind of see what you're saying, but my point of view remains unaltered.
As I said, it's pretty hard to lose team members in that mission... so the possibility they might not be around in 3 is pretty minute. Furthermore, those choices are pretty cosmetic, as most of the people just show up for cameos and can't really be squad members.
From what I experienced and looked up on the arcs you mentioned, it's still just aesthetic. It's not like you actually are rewarded for recruiting them and having them fight with you to "save earth and the universe"... you just get some arbitrary strength of galactic forces number increased... maybe a special weapon or two or something from what I recall, but it's nothing along the lines of "here's an ENTIRELY different section of plot you can't access because you played ME2 and chose this option.". For all the hype BioWare put on the choices mattering, it merely affected dialogue for the most part. The ending of the game is still the same. The mission set is still the same.
Now Dragon Age... that one, the choices you make, what races you recruit, directly affects the final battle and how it plays out. Each set of races of which you must select 1, basically, has unique attributes as units in that final battle. I remember cursing that I'd made a particular choice because in retrospect I thought the final boss would've been easier with alternate units. Now THAT's consequences of my choices.
From what I experienced and looked up on the arcs you mentioned, it's still just aesthetic. It's not like you actually are rewarded for recruiting them and having them fight with you to "save earth and the universe"... you just get some arbitrary strength of galactic forces number increased... maybe a special weapon or two or something from what I recall, but it's nothing along the lines of "here's an ENTIRELY different section of plot you can't access because you played ME2 and chose this option.". For all the hype BioWare put on the choices mattering, it merely affected dialogue for the most part. The ending of the game is still the same. The mission set is still the same.
Now Dragon Age... that one, the choices you make, what races you recruit, directly affects the final battle and how it plays out. Each set of races of which you must select 1, basically, has unique attributes as units in that final battle. I remember cursing that I'd made a particular choice because in retrospect I thought the final boss would've been easier with alternate units. Now THAT's consequences of my choices.
Atraveller
Banned
I knew it!
DunderHassan
Member
You get gem points by discovering tamagotchis (or whatever those spirits were called).
FYI, no need for interrupt ability if you dont wanna grind more gempoints than needed.
Edit: IIRC you can reset your gem points where you upgrade your gems?
In that case you can reset it and spend it all on gem 4 and 5, the first three wont be used anyway.
Speaking of Mass Effect 3, I bought the trilogy
Worst thing about it it's that you have to buy the dlcs with Bioware points. What.The.Fuck.
TC McQueen
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I think it's really fucked up that the only way to get all the DLC for all the games at a not-bullshit price is pirating the games. The Bioware points stuff should've been axed years ago and the DLC should be put on sale like the games themselves.Speaking of Mass Effect 3, I bought the trilogy
Ricky Ricardo
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Gaben fixed my grid view. YASSSS
Speaking of Mass Effect 3, I bought the trilogy
They've also had a shitload of DLC sales on other platforms, but not so much on the PC. That Bioware point system and the integration of DLC purchases into the game itself (eliminating storefront sales) is pretty ludicrous. And irritating.
I can see this happening.
Atraveller
Banned
I think you can buy ME3's DLCs with real money?
Edit:Nope
Joe Molotov
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Jason Todd becomes The Joker disguised as the Arkham Knight.
Last Baron
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I literally can't finish Darksiders 2 it crashes so much and I'm on the final boss too. Think I'll just count my losses and play the first one instead.
Final boss is so easy anyway. And the ending sequence sucks too.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Yet somehow still better than what they are currently doing with Joker in the comics.
Last Baron
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Yeah I've heard it sucks. I'll just Youtube it. I want to like this game, the art is great, but it's so bloated and riddled with bugs.
It's a dick move in order to make more money, and a nice way to piss off your customers. It was only 9 bucks, but damn if I'm buying the DLC at those prices. Let me guess, next they'll release the Mass Effect Deluxe trilogy. The Crysis trilogy has everything included, so maybe they wised up a teensy-weensy bit.
Edit: Anyway, for those that have Resident Evil Revelations, have they fixed the aiming lag? The demo had a nice atmosphere, and I like the shooter controls, but damn is the aiming sloppy -- as is the dodge mechanic.
Gintoki313
Banned
I have good news (more of a personal thing though). Turns out, all my files weren't deleted. They were just put into a folder called "windows old" for some reason. All my Steam games were in there, including everything else.
I'm pretty happy right now. I also think Dark Souls will finally play, since it cleaned my computer up a bit.
I'm pretty happy right now. I also think Dark Souls will finally play, since it cleaned my computer up a bit.
DaBargainHunta
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Wow, Race the Sun is fantastic. Don't sleep on this Daily Humble Bundle, even if it does seem really underwhelming otherwise.
scorpscarx
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Happened to me once, checked the link before clicking, then immediately said nice try and banned the guy on steam
.Darksiders II wasn't even that long, imo, but the final boss and ending sequence were indeed a let down. Then again, I'm of the old school of thought where longer is always better if you are getting engaging content. Even If I never finish the game due to length or something, I don't really care. Darksiders II was soo much better than the first.
Not gonna argue that. Although some of the choices you made in the previous games have some massive consequences on some specific arcs of ME3,
they still matter little (or next to nothing) to the final outcome of the game. And yeah, the galactic forces/readyness system was a massive disappointment. Way to make most of your individual choices not matter.
But hey, the multiplayer is still a lot of fun, probably the best thing about ME3 imo.
jaundicejuice
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So I bought Wolfenstein: New Order on impulse, a physical copy, because Doom Beta, it looks kinda neat, I don't want to download a 40GB game but mainly Doom beta. First physical media PC gaming purchase in I don't know how long, Starcraft II Wings of Liberty CE maybe? The game comes on 4 DVD's! I know it's 40GB's so that shouldn't be too surprising but it just feels like I'm installing a game in the late 90's/early 00's and using multiple floppies or CD's.
It's kinda nuts that Blurays and Bluray drives aren't more of a standard on PC's and we're still rocking DVD9's.
It's kinda nuts that Blurays and Bluray drives aren't more of a standard on PC's and we're still rocking DVD9's.
Atraveller
Banned
Is Ghost Recon: Future Soldier capped at 30 fps or something?
I know how difficult it is to make a game with so many choices be dependent on past titles, but I wish they would have really gone for it rather than the ME3 as it turned out.
Rather than a six to ten hour game, whatever it ended up being, I instead wish they had done 3 separate two-to-three-and-half-hour-long story lines in game, each with radically different endings to each other depending on key events that occurred in Mass Effect 1 and 2. Just a full go out and try to make the best out of the key outcomes and really let players feel it was truly different for them than it was other players. So same disc, just imported file from ME1 and ME2 would determine game A or game B or game C depending on imported choices, such as a certain species being freed or not.
Oh aye people would have complained about it being a "short game", but I believe if was a really satisfying conclusion combined with all the talk from other people about their different experiences, it would have gotten people to play the games yet again and not have any such feeling of "rip off" because it means more game play time.
Rather than a six to ten hour game, whatever it ended up being, I instead wish they had done 3 separate two-to-three-and-half-hour-long story lines in game, each with radically different endings to each other depending on key events that occurred in Mass Effect 1 and 2. Just a full go out and try to make the best out of the key outcomes and really let players feel it was truly different for them than it was other players. So same disc, just imported file from ME1 and ME2 would determine game A or game B or game C depending on imported choices, such as a certain species being freed or not.
Oh aye people would have complained about it being a "short game", but I believe if was a really satisfying conclusion combined with all the talk from other people about their different experiences, it would have gotten people to play the games yet again and not have any such feeling of "rip off" because it means more game play time.
thesaucetastic
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wait what, did the title just change?
It drove me so crazy that PC games were still being released on stacks of CDs nearly a decade after DVD-ROM drives were standard on nearly all new computers sold. It's kind of that all over again
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
Sorry BY2K.
And it looks like derExperte was banned.
It's happened to me every time I re-install Windows. After moving all my wanted folders/files, I used Disk Cleanup to get rid of that folder.
As disappointed as I was in ME3, I'm still very much looking forward to ME4 (or whatever they're gonna call it). I love the ME universe and the idea of getting to visit new planets, have new adventures and meet a new cast of characters has me very excited. Hopefully they'll learn from the ME 1-2-3 trilogy and have choices that really do matter and lead to branching paths... and if not, then be straightforward about it and don't try to bullshit your players about how your choices matter just a month before ME3 came out.
Also, lol title change.
Some of them are damn cheap too -- mine was an LG for 30 bucks. Absolutely wonderful for movies/shows. Unfortunately, PowerDVD is bloatware, but it covers everything including automatic 24hz switch.
corrosivefrost
Member
You got a problem with gingers, buddy? >_<
And yeah, the jumping and platforming is wonky, but it's a pretty solid Metroidvania type title and they got the combat to translate pretty well, IMO.
Hah @ Tamagotchis.
May weeboo status is making me want to call all the main characters by the Inuyasha characters they seem to be based on (Kagome, Miroku, Inuyasha)... it also makes me want to call the Tamagotchis Tsukuyomi.
But that's exactly what I figured out when I went to see if grinding normal kills got me any more points... and I reset everything and then rebalanced so that gems 1/2/4/5 were full raise and full interrupt. I took a few extra specials and such (such as gem 3) and then went and kicked it's ass with my katana tamagotchi.
You're entirely right on that last point -- it was a mind blowing suprise how well that worked out. One of those times I was wrong in thinking it was a waste of time for devs to tick that multiplayer checkbox.
jaundicejuice
Member
I don't know if the gaming industry will bother to switch away from using DVD's with physical media PC games since selling things like music, movies and games on little plastic discs seems to be going the way of the Dodo. Although maybe Bluray will become the new standard if the FCC helps ruin the internet.
I can only read (sing) the title as
Every day is great in your Steam thread?
The new title. The one with the naked women.
SteveWinwood
Member
who got hacked to prompt the title change
PandaPedinte
Member
Sorry BY2K.
And it looks like derExperte was banned.
It's not a Steam thread if one of the regulars isn't banned, I hope it's not a perma.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
That's a good booster. It's amazing how well anime cards sell for on Steam.
BY2K, but at least he was able to change his password after entering it.
Probably, considering that there are other bans in the thread as well. Main reason why I'm starting to avoid Watch Dogs threads, risk is too great.
every time improve protection!
Oh wow, how did I miss this?
Guarantee it was from the Watch Dogs 'current-gen is equivalent to high PC settings' thread.
corrosivefrost
Member
That seems a likely candidate.
There's a good reason I don't wander outside of the few threads I actually like. I might start posting all sorts of inflammatory ideas and end up banned.
I still remember that time I wandered into the thread about the NT forums closing and walked out with a ban. I still do not agree with that one.
I'm not expecting BD-ROM to be used for games at all. They're great for films/shows because streaming has poor quality audio, and only decent video when compared to high bit rate video and lossless audio on BD. Games are the same, whether on disk or DD.
Good lesson, I wandered into a Wii U thread a couple of days ago and proceeded to apparently piss off a bunch of people so I decided to quickly apologize and stop talking/leave >_>
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