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STEAM | May 2016 - VAC to life, VAC to reality
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Gipsy Danger
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You can get it in the Humble Monthly just now for $12 plus a bunch more games. Seems worth it.
someguyinahat
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Time to play the waiting game. It'll bundle eventually.
Atraveller
Banned
I bought EVGA for the warranty, and I don't like Taiwanese companies scamming their countrymen, 980Ti still cost 800 fucking USD or more today.
Its 9 bucks for him from the steam store lol. But the monthly is a gamble that has been worth it so far.
Just sell the other games if you are not happy with those
NingenJanai
Member
Or better still, make the game F2P and add as many pay crap as they want.
Atraveller
Banned
Charging for heroes would literally break the game.
The RNG is complete bullshit though. I'm completely fine with cosmetic items as DLC, just let me actually buy them, not random chances at getting the thing I actually want.
Don't they charge for heroes in HoTS?
Gipsy Danger
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HotS isn't build around hard counters like Dota 2 and Overwatch are. Team comp and matchups are extremely important in these games but slightly less so in LoL and HotS specifically because they charge for heroes.
Atraveller
Banned
Also you couldn't change hero mid-game in HotS if you wanted to.
Overwatch goes F2P, puts all of Bastion's counters behind a paywall.
this could be us but you playin
Oh shit whaa? Teach me master
Tizoc
Member
Agreed. They'd make as much money with a League of Legends like F2P model as the game is released as right now.
Atraveller
Banned
Are you trying to tell Blizzard how to make money?
It's really demanding, but otherwise the PC version is not that bad, I'm not all that surprised it runs really bad on consoles with how fast you can move around a huge world and all the physics going on.
talk about a godawful terrible idea
NingenJanai
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It didn't break LoL
Tizoc
Member
Wait I keep forgetting Overwatch is First Person Shooter @_@
With less incentive to buy skins, yeah it wouldn't work the way I thought it would
But gimme an F2P ver. cuz I ain't droppin' $60 for an online multiplayer shooter.
Atraveller
Banned
None of this is LoL.
William Bonney
Banned
It's $40. Really no reason to drop $60 on it, even if you play Blizzards other games.
Good thing it's 40$ then
Game isn't LoL or a Moba. Paywalled heroes in this game just wouldn't work. Like, at all. It would completely break the game to its core.
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The issue is mainly with hard counters. More soft counters rather than hard counters would mean that the game design could allow for it, but as is the current business model makes a lot of sense for Overwatch.
Gipsy Danger
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Completely subjective opinion incoming:
I hate the system that HotS and LoL use because it means that the game relies on more soft counters than hard counters so team matchups aren't nearly as interesting as they are in Dota or Overwatch. Dota and OW have characters that will literally shut down another character and IMO the characters are able to be a lot more unique whereas LoL and HotS characters all mostly just fit into specific archetypes so those archetypes don't play that much differently from each other. Just my opinion, I am sorry!
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I believe Overwatch will become f2p at some point.
Maybe they'll release a free version alongside with the retail one, with all the f2p gimmicks. So people who love Overwatch the way it is now can still enjoy it, and people who can't afford it can also enjoy the f2p version. And that version will be making much more money for the upcoming years. Blizzard will never let all that potential money slip by.
Maybe they'll release a free version alongside with the retail one, with all the f2p gimmicks. So people who love Overwatch the way it is now can still enjoy it, and people who can't afford it can also enjoy the f2p version. And that version will be making much more money for the upcoming years. Blizzard will never let all that potential money slip by.
NingenJanai
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F2P in Overwatch wouldn't break the game if done properly, but it's Blizzard so I guess they would break it.
Wok
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Wow. I must be getting old, because this kind of micro-transaction is totally bugging me off, yet it seems most of the reactions in the linked thread consider that OP is nitpicky.
After being a Dota2 whale, I am at the point that the latest disgusting micro-transactions in Dota2 are a turn-off and I am not getting the compendium this year.
Gipsy Danger
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What do you mean done properly? The only way it wouldn't break the game is if it was exactly as it is but free. If you charge for characters then it breaks the game.
Se7enSword
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Interesting art style. New store page.
From what OP was saying, it's not even a real money microtransaction he's raging about. He's just burnt at having to earn access to more voice lines for each character by playing and unlocking them rather than having all of them available from the jump, and said that "no one would be shocked" if they added the option to purchase those voice clips via microtransactions.
As someone who enjoys unlocking things by playing and has often lamented how RMTs have largely killed that practice, I'm fine with Blizzard doing things this way. *shrug*
Gipsy Danger
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I believe they are announcing it at Combo Breaker this weekend and presumably releasing it on Tuesday. A bit ridiculously late announcement but hey ho.
At least next month there will be my favourite content, story mode.
Anyway I did King's Quest Episode 3, it's basically a remake of King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne and I loved it.
I like the way The Odd Gentleman handled the
"powering-up" of Graham, even if in my opinion it wasn't really needed. I wonder why they opted to make him similar to the old, classic version, maybe it will be uncovered in following episodes.
The gameplay was good, even if the
pick-up your princess thing leads to pretty much nothing, since you always need to do each section for each princess, only changing some dialogue lines you need to select in order to marry your favourite princess.
A bit short, maybe even shorter than episode 2 (like, I have 10.2 hours on the game, while I spend around 6 hours on episode 1 only, and 4.2 hours to do 2 and 3), but it's not a bad thing, better skip filler and repetitive stuff, and episode 1 was plenty.
Now I don't know what to play, I have those games installed:
-Dreamfall Chapters (waiting forEpisode 5)
-King's Quest (waiting for episode 4)
-Hitman (waiting for episode 3 plus a miracle to fix bugs I still have, with a proper optimization)
-Witcher 3 (waiting for the next expansion, I will play it next week for sure)
-Legend of Grimrock 2 (I have this installed since 1 year, I liked the first one a LOT, but it's a so demanding game I do not have the strenght right now to start it)
-Evoland 2 (started it, reached the "3D era", and abandoned it because more interesting games were coming out, I'm liking it but I'm not in the mood for another rpg right now)
-Pillars of Eternity (waiting for a 75% off on the season pass, so I'll keep waiting I guess)
-Elliot Quest (need to find a way to add proper pad support, just booted it, saw the controller wouldn't work, never booted it again)
-Street Fighter V (waiting for the new content update and story mode)
-Outcast 1.1 (dunno, didn't try it yet EDIT: I saw the remake is coming, I'll probably wait for that).
-Pathologic (I have the original version but the game was bloody hard, I really want to give it a try again soon or later, hoping the new version is easier)
-Lego Batman 3 (did first two levels, I was falling asleep).
Tizoc
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Tuesday is still the 31st of may xp
Jawmuncher
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If you're gonna go ahead and play it now 7.50 is a fair price for MGR. could potentially be cheaper during the summer. But it's worth that price now easily.
Gipsy Danger
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I mean the announcement is ridiculously late, not the release. 5 days left in the month and we don't even have official confirmation who the character is. But it's probably Balrog so go about your business, this month sucks.
bobnowhere
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Zenge is a beautiful block shifting puzzle/jigsaw game. In each of the 70 or so levels you move the blocks around into the right position to unlock the next story scene. The artwork here is absolutely stunning and is matched to an equally outstanding soundtrack.
Every 10ish levels the game introduces a new mechanic, you can flip blocks, rotate blocks, teleport them and eventually use them to trip switches that open new paths. The game doesn't outstay it's welcome at under 2 hours and while not particularity complex, it's more about the story, it is unmissable as an experience.
Large Professor
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^ Sounds like a game I should buy.
Thanks for this, looks great. Awesome price as well.
Zenge is a beautiful block shifting puzzle/jigsaw game. In each of the 70 or so levels you move the blocks around into the right position to unlock the next story scene. The artwork here is absolutely stunning and is matched to an equally outstanding soundtrack.
Every 10ish levels the game introduces a new mechanic, you can flip blocks, rotate blocks, teleport them and eventually use them to trip switches that open new paths. The game doesn't outstay it's welcome at under 2 hours and while not particularity complex, it's more about the story, it is unmissable as an experience.
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
I've been thinking about Tokyo Jungle lately.
Has anyone heard what the dev of the game is doing now?
Has anyone talked him into a Steam port?
Has anyone heard what the dev of the game is doing now?
Has anyone talked him into a Steam port?
Zenge is a beautiful block shifting puzzle/jigsaw game. In each of the 70 or so levels you move the blocks around into the right position to unlock the next story scene. The artwork here is absolutely stunning and is matched to an equally outstanding soundtrack.
Every 10ish levels the game introduces a new mechanic, you can flip blocks, rotate blocks, teleport them and eventually use them to trip switches that open new paths. The game doesn't outstay it's welcome at under 2 hours and while not particularity complex, it's more about the story, it is unmissable as an experience.
Note, this was included in the groupees Brain Buster bundle too, and has a steam key.
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