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STEAM | May 2014 - every time improve protection Steam Guard
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Firstly, ensure that you have enough free space on the drive you've elected to install the game to. Following that, try a different content server (Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Download region).
Thank you.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Super Meat Boy - Challenging puzzle platforming
Volgarr - Challenging action platforming
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - Not challenging with personality
Stealth Bastard Deluxe - Neat stealth platformer with fun style
The Showdown Effect - Action shooter but not quite as good as some other action shooters.
Shank & Shank 2 - Cool beatemups
Offspring Fling, Snapshot, Blocks That Matter, Eversion - Very clever concepts
Toki Tori 2+ - Very cool and calm puzzle sidescroller influenced by metroidvania
La Mulana, Aquaira, Guacamelee - Other metroidvania influenced type, the first being challenging.
There is more but I'm getting lazy.
I do have enough space.. switching servers didn't really do anything. I also tried the steam flushconfig thing a few times already.
This is the error I get when trying to force it to download
edit: deleting the blob file or appcache didn't seem to do anything either
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Oh, if we're counting polygonal stuff too, don't forget Castle of Illusion, Pid, and Nimbus.
There is also Mercenary Kings, Pixeljunk games, Limbo, Dust, Adventures of Shuggy, Botanicula, A.R.E.S, Bionic Commando Rearmed, D&D Chronicles of Mystara, Cargo Commander etc.
As I said, there are many worth a look. 2D isn't dead. If you want shmups that is like a whole different realm. Same for top-down and isometric games, which can kind of be counted as 2D.
There is also Mercenary Kings, Pixeljunk games, Limbo, Dust, Adventures of Shuggy, Botanicula, A.R.E.S, Bionic Commando Rearmed, D&D Chronicles of Mystara, Cargo Commander etc.
As I said, there are many worth a look. 2D isn't dead. If you want shmups that is like a whole different realm. Same for top-down and isometric games, which can kind of be counted as 2D.
VVVVVV if you haven't already played it, can grab it for free here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113906854&postcount=20081
Dust is still available for grab too from Dr. Dogg (I think, unless modbot is malfunctioning), it's a good game, and action oriented
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113922358&postcount=20271
Tizoc
Member
Thanks for the info guys.
Hah I was hoping that's the case, there are other games were doing such a thing awards you the Cheevo/Trophy.
Are you playing with the 60 FPS fix? Cuz the game looks so fucking good at 60 FPS.
Some quick tips: Try to max out the Gun upgrades and the sword upgrades in order to dish out the most damage.
You can transition from a block to a dodge and the game will still let you do a dodge counter.
Don't bother spending cash on the Beauties until after beating the game and avoid Koharu since her Gigolo mission causes crashes.
Hah I was hoping that's the case, there are other games were doing such a thing awards you the Cheevo/Trophy.
Are you playing with the 60 FPS fix? Cuz the game looks so fucking good at 60 FPS.
Some quick tips: Try to max out the Gun upgrades and the sword upgrades in order to dish out the most damage.
You can transition from a block to a dodge and the game will still let you do a dodge counter.
Don't bother spending cash on the Beauties until after beating the game and avoid Koharu since her Gigolo mission causes crashes.
A few other commonly-suggested fixes are:
1) Delete the game's folder in steamapps\downloading and restart Steam; or, if there is an existing installation, move the folder out of steamapps\common, delete the game through Steam, move the aforementioned folder back, and reinstall
2) Delete the Steam\appcache folder and restart Steam
3) Set the security permissions of the folder Steam is downloading to/updating to Full Control (Right-click -> Properties -> Security)
What's weird in your case is that there's no description of the cause.
It kind of blows my mind that folks skipped it given some the entries on their lists but Spelunky is a perfect choice for someone looking for good 2d platforming. It's one of the greatest games ever made, in my opinion. A nearly perfect combination of simplicity, complexity, and replayability.
edit: Ahh, KenOD did mention it in a subsequent post! But I also think it's high lunacy to dedicate that much text to Super House of Dead Ninjas (which is also goddamned fantastic) and not elabourate on the majesty of Spelunky, which is both similar and amazing.
Tizoc
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While it is more of an overhead 2D game it deserves mention. OP if you even have any appreciation for video games you have to get the Ys games. You can skip 1+2 unless you're interested in old school style combat, but def. get Oath in Felghana (Ys 3) and Origins. The pros of the Ys games is that they're mostly stand alone and skipping games won't ruin the experience of the later or past ones.
Tizoc
Member
416 to us 50 pp Peasants~
I'm still waiting on Ys VI Ark of Napishtim to show up on Steam like they promised. The PC version is considered the best one.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Didnt they just announce it last month or so?
Tizoc
Member
I wonder if XSEED needs more Staff to help with their PC development/porting/etc.
Though on the one hand, the best way to keep costs low is to have fewer people working on a project.
It's been like 2 years since it was mentioned along with the others. Their response was “We will definitely try.”
Sweet! Isn't that and Ys Seven the last two of the series with existing PC ports waiting for a Steam release? (And I think Ys Seven was announced a while back, or at least there were rumours of its impending localized PC release)
Chairmanchuck
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I mean officially.
Amazon and Mac Game Store are literally the only two places that stock Steam keys for Uplay games, and just for a select few titles at that.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
This is a long-overdue review for me, BlackSoul Extended Edition.
Let me get this out of the way: I wouldn't define BlackSoul: Extended Edition as a good game. It's got too many problems with it for me to say that. And honestly, the only people who are going to enjoy it are those that liked B-Tier horror games in the late 90s and early 2000s, games like Deep Fear or Blue Stinger or Kuon. However, despite all of its problems, I did end up enjoying the game, and it does get better as it goes along.
BlackSoul: Extended Edition is an old-school styled survival-horror game, where you utilize limited supplies, puzzles, and clunky tank controls to make your way through several locations. The story is that you're a brother going to a nearby forest to rescue your sister... You play as both through the course of the game. However, honestly speaking, the story hardly has any presence, and the ending is disappointing. However, I did enjoy the notes that you occasionally pick up in the game. They were interesting enough, and honestly most of the game's story is told through them.
Audio-wise, it's mostly good. The music deserves particular mention, as it's all quite good and very horror-sounding, and adds a lot to the game experience. Audio isn't bad, and some of the ambiance is legitimately creepy, but some sounds, like the sounds the zombies make, get way too familiar and aren't particularly fantastic. And the voicing is god awful, but thankfully there's only like four spoken lines of dialogue in the whole game.
You can hear a sample of the music here.
Graphics actually aren't too shabby for a small budget indie effort. Some good lighting effects, interesting designed rooms, and good art direction. A few places managed to visually strike with me. However, some areas look far better than others, the animations in the game are wonky, and some textures (especially outside) are notably very low quality.
The gameplay is rather simple. Your character moves like a tank, find key items, solve puzzles, and make progress to the next location. Enemies blockade your way, and should either be taken out or avoided. You have limited ammo and healing items, so making decisions about your inventory is crucial. One feature here to note is that if an enemy manages to grab and gnaw on you, you get poisoned, which slowly drains your health. You have to find and use antidotes to heal poison, but they're limited, so sometimes its better to stick with being poisoned as you may very well quickly run into and get poisoned again by another enemy.
On that note, there's only three types of enemies in this game; Slow-stumbling zombies, speed-walking Zombies, and sprinting zombies. So basically, there's only zombies in this game. The speed of the zombie is random from zombie to zombie, but notably different zombie models take a different number of hits, which is always the same with that particular zombie model no matter what speed they move at. This limited enemy variety leaves definitely things to be desired, but also ultimately doesn't take too much from the game, as there's a larger focus on puzzles and exploration, which thankfully there is some good variety on.
The game is not short actually, it should take someone 10-16 hours to complete it the first time. The game has eight main locations, and it should be noted that they get better as the game progresses (the later areas I found a lot more enjoyable and interesting than the first few). The ultimate trial in the game comes from the second main location, The Graveyard. This location drags on, has a lot of backtracking, and honestly is probably the worst location in the game. But it's after this point the game also starts to get a lot better after the fact.
The puzzles are varied and fun, ranging from astronomical puzzles, riddle puzzles, slide tile puzzles, visual puzzles, memory puzzles, and more. The harder puzzles also have a 'solve it' option if you get stuck on them. However, a few puzzles were lifted directly out of old horror games and just altered around a bit, the most notable one being a clone of the Piano Puzzle from Silent Hill 1.
There's a few clone elements here actually. The game has a few scares and a few of them are effective, but a few were carbon-copied from Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
And this is all ignoring the game's biggest problem; it's performance. The developers chose a very old engine to make the game, and it has a lot of problems. You have to manually resize the window. The game crashes every so often. While I had no issues running it, some people have to overcome hurdles just to make it work. A lot of this is on the engine the developers chose, which pre-dates even the Source Engine, but why the developers chose this engine and rolled with it when it has so many problems especially on modern machines is beyond me.
And generally speaking I wouldn't call this a good game, or a game for everyone to experience. Honestly, if you do not have severe love for the genre, you should probably pass. There are far better horror games, and this game's problems can wear thin if you're not patient. The game gets better as it goes along, but it's nowhere near the quality of, say, Resident Evil or Silent Hill.
But as a genre enthusiast I actually did enjoy my time with it. I'm a gamer that has played a lot of horror games from all different eras of the genre. The good atmosphere and scares in places, music, puzzles, and interesting environments later in was enough for me. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't really love the genre or lack patience, but there are some interesting ideas and moments here for fans of the genre, and while it lacks elements it really shouldn't (this game would of honestly been so much better with a better story and enemy selection), it did keep enough going for me to want to keep going.
Difficult, flawed, and only really for genre enthusiasts with patience and acceptance for flaws, the game isn't a hidden gem, but rather a mixed bag of good and bad which managed to keep me interested during its 10-16 hour campaign. It's really not for everyone, and it's not what I would call a good game, but it was interesting to see a raw low-budget modern indie take on the genre with clearly bigger ambitions and heart from people who loved the genre, but missed a few notes of what makes it what it is, but tackle other areas fairly well.
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As an abide, I was impressed with the variety of locations. To explain in basic, the locations go like this in the game
Let me get this out of the way: I wouldn't define BlackSoul: Extended Edition as a good game. It's got too many problems with it for me to say that. And honestly, the only people who are going to enjoy it are those that liked B-Tier horror games in the late 90s and early 2000s, games like Deep Fear or Blue Stinger or Kuon. However, despite all of its problems, I did end up enjoying the game, and it does get better as it goes along.
BlackSoul: Extended Edition is an old-school styled survival-horror game, where you utilize limited supplies, puzzles, and clunky tank controls to make your way through several locations. The story is that you're a brother going to a nearby forest to rescue your sister... You play as both through the course of the game. However, honestly speaking, the story hardly has any presence, and the ending is disappointing. However, I did enjoy the notes that you occasionally pick up in the game. They were interesting enough, and honestly most of the game's story is told through them.
Audio-wise, it's mostly good. The music deserves particular mention, as it's all quite good and very horror-sounding, and adds a lot to the game experience. Audio isn't bad, and some of the ambiance is legitimately creepy, but some sounds, like the sounds the zombies make, get way too familiar and aren't particularly fantastic. And the voicing is god awful, but thankfully there's only like four spoken lines of dialogue in the whole game.
You can hear a sample of the music here.
Graphics actually aren't too shabby for a small budget indie effort. Some good lighting effects, interesting designed rooms, and good art direction. A few places managed to visually strike with me. However, some areas look far better than others, the animations in the game are wonky, and some textures (especially outside) are notably very low quality.
The gameplay is rather simple. Your character moves like a tank, find key items, solve puzzles, and make progress to the next location. Enemies blockade your way, and should either be taken out or avoided. You have limited ammo and healing items, so making decisions about your inventory is crucial. One feature here to note is that if an enemy manages to grab and gnaw on you, you get poisoned, which slowly drains your health. You have to find and use antidotes to heal poison, but they're limited, so sometimes its better to stick with being poisoned as you may very well quickly run into and get poisoned again by another enemy.
On that note, there's only three types of enemies in this game; Slow-stumbling zombies, speed-walking Zombies, and sprinting zombies. So basically, there's only zombies in this game. The speed of the zombie is random from zombie to zombie, but notably different zombie models take a different number of hits, which is always the same with that particular zombie model no matter what speed they move at. This limited enemy variety leaves definitely things to be desired, but also ultimately doesn't take too much from the game, as there's a larger focus on puzzles and exploration, which thankfully there is some good variety on.
The game is not short actually, it should take someone 10-16 hours to complete it the first time. The game has eight main locations, and it should be noted that they get better as the game progresses (the later areas I found a lot more enjoyable and interesting than the first few). The ultimate trial in the game comes from the second main location, The Graveyard. This location drags on, has a lot of backtracking, and honestly is probably the worst location in the game. But it's after this point the game also starts to get a lot better after the fact.
The puzzles are varied and fun, ranging from astronomical puzzles, riddle puzzles, slide tile puzzles, visual puzzles, memory puzzles, and more. The harder puzzles also have a 'solve it' option if you get stuck on them. However, a few puzzles were lifted directly out of old horror games and just altered around a bit, the most notable one being a clone of the Piano Puzzle from Silent Hill 1.
There's a few clone elements here actually. The game has a few scares and a few of them are effective, but a few were carbon-copied from Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
And this is all ignoring the game's biggest problem; it's performance. The developers chose a very old engine to make the game, and it has a lot of problems. You have to manually resize the window. The game crashes every so often. While I had no issues running it, some people have to overcome hurdles just to make it work. A lot of this is on the engine the developers chose, which pre-dates even the Source Engine, but why the developers chose this engine and rolled with it when it has so many problems especially on modern machines is beyond me.
And generally speaking I wouldn't call this a good game, or a game for everyone to experience. Honestly, if you do not have severe love for the genre, you should probably pass. There are far better horror games, and this game's problems can wear thin if you're not patient. The game gets better as it goes along, but it's nowhere near the quality of, say, Resident Evil or Silent Hill.
But as a genre enthusiast I actually did enjoy my time with it. I'm a gamer that has played a lot of horror games from all different eras of the genre. The good atmosphere and scares in places, music, puzzles, and interesting environments later in was enough for me. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't really love the genre or lack patience, but there are some interesting ideas and moments here for fans of the genre, and while it lacks elements it really shouldn't (this game would of honestly been so much better with a better story and enemy selection), it did keep enough going for me to want to keep going.
Difficult, flawed, and only really for genre enthusiasts with patience and acceptance for flaws, the game isn't a hidden gem, but rather a mixed bag of good and bad which managed to keep me interested during its 10-16 hour campaign. It's really not for everyone, and it's not what I would call a good game, but it was interesting to see a raw low-budget modern indie take on the genre with clearly bigger ambitions and heart from people who loved the genre, but missed a few notes of what makes it what it is, but tackle other areas fairly well.
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As an abide, I was impressed with the variety of locations. To explain in basic, the locations go like this in the game
Forest 1 (Gates) > Grave Keepers House > Graveyard 1 (Crypts) > Mansion > Sewers 1 (Tunnels) > Graveyard 2 (Church) > Forest 2 (Doll Forest) > Forest 3 (River-Side Train Tracks) > Farmhouse > Hospital > Sewers 2 (Water Facility)
That "We will definitely try." was from last month. I can't find anything about an official release.
This one was from Jan,2013.
It's pretty crappy the way that this is setup. I'd like to get Steam versions on GMG and Gamersgate but I can't.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Oh. Sorry. Thought it was already a definite answer.
Late answer so you probably already got up for something (like going to sleep?).
I checked it out shortly after they added it and while it was overall fine, it had some stuff pretty annoying going on.
My memory is a bit rusty, but IIRC left side menu was controlled by like trigger+left stick, and the bottom side one with the right stick.
While it is totally fine to play like this, when you open the map, the bottom side menu remains active for you to inadvertently eat all your hard earned beefalo poo.
And it happens awfully frequently, as to use a menu item it's just a matter to select it with the right stick (and obviously you're going to select your most valuable one before checking the map) and pressing like A (and if you're like me, randomly pressing buttons on the map just because, it will happens always).
But anyway, months passed so they probably fixed it. And if they hadn't, well we're all big boys, totally able to overcome the grief of inadvertently trashing items.
corrosivefrost
Member
i'm all ready for project beast
i might finish my ng++ playthrough, respec'd as a mage so i'd try something different and it's been fun but i want to play something else now
i still gotta finish ass creed 3
Congrats and welcome to the club.
I'm ready for project beast too... except I haven't bought a PS4 yet.
Me play an action game without 60fps? What am I, a console warrior?
Yeah, I got it all tweaked up... even got my Japanese VAs (though I found it odd that it wasn't under audio options -- which is why I glossed over it in the main menu. :lol
I have a few complaints and the game is ridiculous in some terms, but I like how it feels and can't wait to get some more practice and abilities.
Y'know, that's easily fixed.
You're talking about the same developer that can't be arsed to port the trophies to steam achievements when there obviously seems to be a want/demand for it. Screw you, Klei.
YianGaruga
Banned
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Congrats and welcome to the club.
I'm ready for project beast too... except I haven't bought a PS4 yet.
yea me neither
and being as broke as i am i won't buy a ps4 anytime soon
but hey, someday, maybe
Chairmanchuck
Member
ashecitism
Member
Valve is starting to do more traditional forms of marketing for Steam by setting up kiosks at some Best Buys:
Are you sure this is Valve and not just the store doing it themselves, like that spanish poster a while ago?
Uh, I never noticed Don't Starve doesn't have achievs...
Still, fixing a dumb thing like controls remaining active while map is open should be easy enough to be done in 5 to 10 minutes, upload to Steam included.
On the other hand, if a game wasn't designed for achievement in the first place, adding them from scratch could be a pain in the ass (and I don't know how Steam and PSN achievs work, or if it would be possible to, in some ways, copy&paste from one system to the other).
Valve is starting to do more traditional forms of marketing for Steam by setting up kiosks at some Best Buys:
If you look closely, there are two separate things. On one side you have the gift cards (that's why there is a steamOS like backdrop) and a PC for sale. One has nothing to do with the other from a commercial point of view. Maybe they run out of gift cards and stuck a PC there to fill the gap...
jaundicejuice
Member
I really like Watch_Dogs but I disabled the online. I did the first tutorial invasion mission where you're getting hacked, which was kind of neat but then the game forces you into an online hacking mission immediately afterwards. You can't choose to continue on with the campaign or screw around in the openworld, you have to complete the hacking mission...unless you disable online, which I did. I re-enabled online immediately afterwards and was able to choose to progress through the game how I wanted. But then I started getting invaded while simply trying to complete openworld activities, the online component began to interfere with what I wanted to be doing. So I disabled it again, don't think I'll turn it back on until I've completed the campaign.
corrosivefrost
Member
Uh, I never noticed Don't Starve doesn't have achievs...
Still, fixing a dumb thing like controls remaining active while map is open should be easy enough to be done in 5 to 10 minutes, upload to Steam included.
On the other hand, if a game wasn't designed for achievement in the first place, adding them from scratch could be a pain in the ass (and I don't know how Steam and PSN achievs work, or if it would be possible to, in some ways, copy&paste from one system to the other).
Pretty sure all of the platforms basically have some sort of API for dealing with achievements/trophies. If a game has the code to track whether it was earned or not, I think it should be relatively trivial to port them (as is evidenced by pretty much all games with achievements ported to steam having the same exact achievement lists).
At least if the programming back end works the way it *should* it shouldn't be a ton of work.
Sounds like you would HATE Dark Souls & Dark Souls 2... especially Dark Souls 2.
A thought occurred that this whole SFIV AE key thing might blow up in peoples faces.
If the steamworks key is generated around the GFWL key, it might be possible for the steamworks key generated to be the same for both copies, ie the first person to receive the steamworks version may be the only one to keep it
If the steamworks key is generated around the GFWL key, it might be possible for the steamworks key generated to be the same for both copies, ie the first person to receive the steamworks version may be the only one to keep it
ashecitism
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No, ok, I'm aware of that.
What I meant was, like, if you have "counter" achievs (like: kill 100 crows, harvest 100 berries) you need to create a counter variable for each "achievable" event that eventually will trigger an API function that unlock the relative achievement.
Similarly, if there's an "event" achiev (like: build a science machine, fall into a wormhole), you need to write the trigger somewhere in the code.
If Klei didn't plan to use achievs at first (nevermind what happens on PSN, as AFAIK trophies are mandatory), it could be painful to track down every single instance of triggers to unlock achievs, plus an awful lot of testing to check if everything works fine (and in a harvesting game, it could take a LONG time).
I don't know. Yeah, having trophies and not giving us achievs is a cheap move, but it's not the worst ever omg. At least they didn't publish on GFWL, think about it!
ashecitism
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jaundicejuice
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I own Demon's Souls, played through it numerous times. I own both Dark Souls 1 and 2 but found both kind of boring and didn't play either much. Heresy, I know. The invasions in the Souls games don't annoy me, it suited those games and added to the overall tension.
In Watch_Dogs it does annoy me. It's like the GTA IV phone calls, you'll be in the middle of a shoot out or just screwing around and Roman phones you up because he wants to go bowling. At least with GTA IV you could hang up or ignore the phone call. In Watch_Dogs you have to drop whatever it is you're doing and hunt down some random asshole. It actively interferes with what I want to be doing. So for now, the online is disabled.
There's nothing preventing Capcom from having Valve revoke the GFWL keys that were generated for a different account (although it'd probably be a bit of a logistical headache), but what you've described can't happen since games that use Steamworks for MP don't use keys. You have retail keys, sure, but these are just so Steam knows which product to add to your account -- the games themselves don't use them.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I don't know what level to donate at on Humble Indie Bundle! I don't know if Game Character Hub is worth it or not or if I'll be entering the RPG Maker contest! Le Sigh!
#FirstWorldProblems
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already tried 2) and 3). will try 1) later. Even reinstalling steam did not fix it though so I assume the issue isn't with steam itself.. However, this problem makes it almost impossible to download or update any games
jediyoshi
Member
Half-Life 2 updated with Oculus support
http://steamcommunity.com/games/220/announcements/detail/1765722131182157088?l=english
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