That's a damn fine cup of trailer!
Two hour premiere, two more episodes put up online, and then weekly (though the two extra episodes will be the week after --- two two-hour nights, and then an hour every subsequent Sunday). 18 overall!
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That's a damn fine cup of trailer!
Two hour premiere, two more episodes put up online, and then weekly (though the two extra episodes will be the week after --- two two-hour nights, and then an hour every subsequent Sunday). 18 overall!
Alex_CWB
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MB-8D789E76B0BBBD5C- Taken by texhnolyze. 2 entrants total.
CORPORATE LIFESTYLE SIMULATOR --MB-0915D4D34ADD548B- Taken by Madventure. 1 entrants total.
Escape The Past --MB-195B93DADEE3DDB1- Taken by Arthea. 3 entrants total.
Greenwood the Last Ritual --MB-EA939A2D5D84870F- Taken by voodooray. 2 entrants total.
Home Design 3D --MB-C24BCB5362EBA7E3- Taken by Powerpuff. 1 entrants total.
Kwaan --MB-DA91906C8A86F765- Taken by Zeeman. 1 entrants total.
LaserCat --MB-5726921C96EA4207- Taken by zebez. 1 entrants total.
Mankind Defender --MB-2A6F05A678E97F08- Taken by Baron_Calamity. 1 entrants total.
Melter Man --MB-E27016ED4D0FE0E9- Taken by MaxiLive. 1 entrants total.
Nary --MB-08ACAE49EEFE748F- Taken by Saty. 3 entrants total.
Primal Carnage: Extinction --MB-7C9CC9CAE8AAD9D0- Taken by Purkake4. 2 entrants total.
Project Tarvotan --MB-4C906AB4A2340FAA- Taken by Belgarion. 1 entrants total.
Recursion Deluxe --MB-0E9D1BC2E0D9C0AF- Taken by Baron_Calamity. 1 entrants total.
Starship Rubicon --MB-C428D4C03D395CF9- Taken by Mackenzie 92. 6 entrants total.
Super Mega Neo Pug --MB-DE94907FAAD70092- Taken by Miniboss. 3 entrants total.
They Bleed Pixels --MB-40D805BF88325146- Taken by anastef. 6 entrants total.
Toast Time --MB-40D75FD25522CC5D- Taken by Kifimbo. 3 entrants total.
Tricky Towers --MB-A3C723DBC7A30C89- Taken by Platy. 3 entrants total.
Turbo Pug --MB-40F99F9AF1AC03FA- Taken by FoneBone. 2 entrants total.
Turbo Pug DX --MB-1B28B8895F4F1C82- Taken by septicore. 1 entrants total.
Vecitas --MB-4CEA125AA61C76C1- Taken by arts&crafts. 2 entrants total.
Yrminsul --MB-A47DA4BD060CFD06- Taken by sadblob. 1 entrants total.
Zenza --MB-0F40E02BCDE1BC19- Taken by fuzzy123. 2 entrants total.
a Family of Grave Diggers --MB-7D925568381E75E1- Taken by rainking187. 2 entrants total.
Tart Toter 9k
Member
Thanks. That's like 3-4 months of subscription...
I've intentionally stayed in the dark for this show because i'd rather wait till it's all out and binge watch it like i did with the first two seasons. But the hype...
It's possible to tell if a chest is a chest or not.
I just use Floyd's talismans to loot the mimic chests these days though. I hate the sounds they make so bad.
Endruen
Member
I usually hit them once to check. It sucks because after doing it the whole game the first mimic that I found caught me anyway because I wasn't expecting it to really be a mimic.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Something happened to my Steam Library, and I think it has to do with me starting to download games in a different HD. Could someone enlight me with a possible solution?
Since yesterday I started to install games in different and clean HD, to save memory from the main one (which Steam is installed at, and where the games have been dowloading). But now, I was going to play Darksiders 2 and Steam prompeted a message saying "Failed to start game (missing executable)". This happen to everygame in the previous install folder, but not with the ones I installed in the new drive.
I checked at the settings if both libraries are set, and seems both of them are:
Is there a solution for this? When I try to check file integrity it fails and asks to "update", but the game actually starts downloading all over again.
I wonder if it's downloading twice, and if not, how the hell were these games deleted if I didn't mess with them.
Since yesterday I started to install games in different and clean HD, to save memory from the main one (which Steam is installed at, and where the games have been dowloading). But now, I was going to play Darksiders 2 and Steam prompeted a message saying "Failed to start game (missing executable)". This happen to everygame in the previous install folder, but not with the ones I installed in the new drive.
I checked at the settings if both libraries are set, and seems both of them are:
Is there a solution for this? When I try to check file integrity it fails and asks to "update", but the game actually starts downloading all over again.
I wonder if it's downloading twice, and if not, how the hell were these games deleted if I didn't mess with them.
I've tried to stay dark, the cast list and this trailer are all I've seen up till now. But yeah, I believe it's airing until early September, so it's going to be a fun and interesting ride over the summer!
i suck at dark souls 2
I still need to decide if I want to play Dark Souls 2 or SotFS instead when the upgrade is on sale during the summer sale.
$9.99 - Steam
-trailer
Hey y'all, just a quick PSA. Don't sleep on Unexplored.
Austin Walker did a 2+ hour play-through on YouTube a few days back and it not only put the game on my radar, but also completely sold me in the first 15 minutes.
As a general rule, I'm not a fan of procedural generation. It typically feels like one long hallway with boxes (rooms) randomly attached on either side.
But there's something special going on here. If you had told me the maps were manually designed I wouldn't bat an eyelash. I think it also helps that the entire dungeon is created from the start, so you'll read notes specifically referencing content in deeper levels, as well as equipment to deal with puzzles further down the line. It lends a sense of purposeful design to the entire experience.
I found a short dev video giving a brief explanation of this unique approach to randomization.
Anyway, I'm absolutely loving this game so far. Movement and tactical, timing-based combat feels dialed-in and tight. Audio/visual design is top notch. No XP* so there's a great sense of risk/reward with every enemy encounter.
* You do keep Gold currency between dungeon runs. As well as unlocking new starting classes and pre-dungeon shop items through and Achievement-like system.
And finally as a token of the dev's good will, the Soundtrack (legit awesome) and subsequent DLC are all free upfront for game owners.
It's all pretty sweet, to the point where Unexplored is likely earmarked for a spot on my GOTY list.
Checking this out right now.
Tenacious-D
Member
Might not be the right thread, but is the Steam controller dope, or not? My 360 controller is semi-broken, and is a pain in the ass to use because of it.
It's on sale for $35 on Amazon. I live in SA though, so it's more like $70 with import tax and shipping. Locally though, a PS4 or XBone controller costs around $90, so...
It's on sale for $35 on Amazon. I live in SA though, so it's more like $70 with import tax and shipping. Locally though, a PS4 or XBone controller costs around $90, so...
Endruen
Member
It's pretty good, but you need to get used to it since it doesn't have a second joystick.
Jawmuncher
Member
The Steam update v1.2 includes:
​Fix to prevent Save games from becoming corrupted. Fix also returns corrupted Save games to uncorrupted state.
----->Also addresses some additional crashes on map loads.
Hacking during the Power Plant reboot no longer causes the reboot to fail to complete.
Fix to prevent the Player from becoming stuck in certain circumstances.
Nightmares will now always search for the player once spawned.
Saving and Loading PC settings will now save correctly for users with special characters in their Windows usernames.
Numerous fixes to GLOO to prevent breaking and bypassing collision, prevent corpses from passing through walls and floors.
Updated Recycling to prevent infinite material creation.
Fix for occasional combat freeze when attacking Phantoms
Kaspar's objective indicator should no longer disappear.
Updates to audio mix to adjust volume of music, audio logs, cutscenes.
Note - If a Save file has been previously edited manually, it may not function properly.
Deletion of level.dat files may cause game progression to not function properly.
If you run into issues or have questions please let us know.
Thanks for your support!
Seems like they fixed almost everything that professional reviewers were pointing out.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I used to love grinding in FF, now it's so horrid.
Chance Hale
Member
My gpu is locking to 885 mhz when the monitor is at 120 or 144 hz. How do I fix this? Latest drivers.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
RIP those 10 minute speedruns? (Unless they downpatch obviously.)
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
I didn't see this posted yet: God Eater 2 for 16.99 USD on Humble.
Pretty good deal, IIRC this comes with God Eater: Resurrection, so if you're looking to get into God Eater, seems like a good way to do it.
As an aside, I noticed that the Humble Store has "traits" applied to each game, which just recommends similar games. Are these user-submitted? Some are pretty random, like "Horses" and "Skeletons". Dark Souls has "Berserk-inspired", which apparently includes Final Fantasy VII. What? Why? As I type this, I suppose this could apply to Cloud's buster sword...?
Pretty good deal, IIRC this comes with God Eater: Resurrection, so if you're looking to get into God Eater, seems like a good way to do it.
As an aside, I noticed that the Humble Store has "traits" applied to each game, which just recommends similar games. Are these user-submitted? Some are pretty random, like "Horses" and "Skeletons". Dark Souls has "Berserk-inspired", which apparently includes Final Fantasy VII. What? Why? As I type this, I suppose this could apply to Cloud's buster sword...?
ThingontheFloor
Member
Indiegala is having a sale on Disney games including 75% off either Lego Indiana Jones game. Expires in about an hour from now.
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$9.99 - Steam
-trailer
Hey y'all, just a quick PSA. Don't sleep on Unexplored.
As a general rule, I'm not a fan of procedural generation. It typically feels like one long hallway with boxes (rooms) randomly attached on either side.
But there's something special going on here. If you had told me the maps were manually designed I wouldn't bat an eyelash. I think it also helps that the entire dungeon is created from the start, so you'll read notes specifically referencing content in deeper levels, as well as equipment to deal with puzzles further down the line. It lends a sense of purposeful design to the entire experience.
While that's cool and all, hasn't that sort of thing been around since the days of the old D&D Dungeon Hack game from 1993?
FeedMeAStrayCat
Member
I wanted to join in on this discussion yesterday, but forgot. According to my Steam purchase history, my first Steam games were:
Half Life
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Indiana Jones and the Fates of Atlantis
Men of War
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs Zombies was the first Steam game I actually put serious time into. I don't think I've even played my Half Life via Steam (had it on disc back in the day). I believe I've played a few minutes of Indiana Jones some years ago, not any of Men of War (that I recall), and about half an hour of STALKER or so. I've considered trying that out recently with some necessary mods. Not sure if it'll be for me, though, anyways..
Half Life
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Indiana Jones and the Fates of Atlantis
Men of War
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs Zombies was the first Steam game I actually put serious time into. I don't think I've even played my Half Life via Steam (had it on disc back in the day). I believe I've played a few minutes of Indiana Jones some years ago, not any of Men of War (that I recall), and about half an hour of STALKER or so. I've considered trying that out recently with some necessary mods. Not sure if it'll be for me, though, anyways..
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Dungeons 2 --MB-8D789E76B0BBBD5C- Taken by texhnolyze. 2 entrants total.
CORPORATE LIFESTYLE SIMULATOR --MB-0915D4D34ADD548B- Taken by Madventure. 1 entrants total.
Escape The Past --MB-195B93DADEE3DDB1- Taken by Arthea. 3 entrants total.
Greenwood the Last Ritual --MB-EA939A2D5D84870F- Taken by voodooray. 2 entrants total.
Home Design 3D --MB-C24BCB5362EBA7E3- Taken by Powerpuff. 1 entrants total.
Kwaan --MB-DA91906C8A86F765- Taken by Zeeman. 1 entrants total.
LaserCat --MB-5726921C96EA4207- Taken by zebez. 1 entrants total.
Mankind Defender --MB-2A6F05A678E97F08- Taken by Baron_Calamity. 1 entrants total.
Melter Man --MB-E27016ED4D0FE0E9- Taken by MaxiLive. 1 entrants total.
Nary --MB-08ACAE49EEFE748F- Taken by Saty. 3 entrants total.
Primal Carnage: Extinction --MB-7C9CC9CAE8AAD9D0- Taken by Purkake4. 2 entrants total.
Project Tarvotan --MB-4C906AB4A2340FAA- Taken by Belgarion. 1 entrants total.
Recursion Deluxe --MB-0E9D1BC2E0D9C0AF- Taken by Baron_Calamity. 1 entrants total.
Starship Rubicon --MB-C428D4C03D395CF9- Taken by Mackenzie 92. 6 entrants total.
Super Mega Neo Pug --MB-DE94907FAAD70092- Taken by Miniboss. 3 entrants total.
They Bleed Pixels --MB-40D805BF88325146- Taken by anastef. 6 entrants total.
Toast Time --MB-40D75FD25522CC5D- Taken by Kifimbo. 3 entrants total.
Tricky Towers --MB-A3C723DBC7A30C89- Taken by Platy. 3 entrants total.
Turbo Pug --MB-40F99F9AF1AC03FA- Taken by FoneBone. 2 entrants total.
Turbo Pug DX --MB-1B28B8895F4F1C82- Taken by septicore. 1 entrants total.
Vecitas --MB-4CEA125AA61C76C1- Taken by arts&crafts. 2 entrants total.
Yrminsul --MB-A47DA4BD060CFD06- Taken by sadblob. 1 entrants total.
Zenza --MB-0F40E02BCDE1BC19- Taken by fuzzy123. 2 entrants total.
a Family of Grave Diggers --MB-7D925568381E75E1- Taken by rainking187. 2 entrants total.
Whitebison
Member
I was about to pull the trigger with Steam Link on sale for 21.99 but the I saw the shipping cost....14...you're kidding me?? that's almost the price of the steam link!
Steam has to do something with the shipping costs in Europe...
Steam has to do something with the shipping costs in Europe...
ThirtyFour
Member
I played DS2 when it came and I'm actually deep into a SotFS playthrough now (final boss left but I'm doing the DLCs).
I'm liking it quite a bit more, I feel like SotFS is the way to go. You also get the DLC along with it so that's great too.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Amazon usually pricematches if that's an option where you live.
laserlaser
Member
So nier automata has no autosave at the beginning. Played for 55min. the first time and died. Makes me wanna rage quit.
you save at the save point bruh
It literally warns you about this before you start. You have to get past a certain point to be able to learn how to save. Thought it was rather stupid, but then actually played the game and reached that point and thought it wasn't so bad of an idea after all
Ahh.
- My first Steam game was Half-Life 2. Bought at retail day 1 in the UK - November 16th 2004.
- A few months later I realised I could use my CD Key to claim my old HL games, CS, TFC etc
- Bought Half-Life 2 Ep1 at retail on day one, again - June 1st 2006
- My first official Steam purchase was the Orange Box on my birthday - 9th October 2007
- Psychonauts, Geometry Wars, Deus Ex GoTY, Hitman 2, Company of Heroes, Gish, Rockstar Collection all followed soon after
Snakethesniper
Member
I was watching some Doom gameplay but I don't understand, is it divided in "arenas"?
Kurt Russell
Member
Some rooms become combat arenas that must be cleared before you can progress, yes.
Only some rooms
ramoisdead
Member
Konami caught the Platinum PC bug as well?
Granted it is for the Mac version, still...surprised Konami is revisiting MGR:R at all.
Granted it is for the Mac version, still...surprised Konami is revisiting MGR:R at all.
I posted this in the indie game thread but I want to bring attention to this for those who don't check it.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/559210/Rakuen/
Under the recommendation of youtuber that I enjoy and decided to jump into this game. Seeing the subject matter and the comparison to To The Moon I was expecting to jump into a game that would be an emotional gut punch. And I got that. While quite a few other games, like To The Moon, Persona 4, and OneShot had made me completely tear up, this game caused me to completely breakdown and sob through the whole credits. Just for that you should 100% buy it.
As far as gameplay goes it is mostly a basic adventure game where you talk to NPCs, solve puzzles, and explore the world the game has created. You go in between the hospital the main character only known as Boy is located and a fantasy world that your mother tells you about. Going in between the two worlds is the main gameplay where you help the various residents of the hospital by helping their fantasy counterparts. You discover their backgrounds as expected, a lot of it is pretty sad. Not to say it's all sad, there is lot of hopefulness and positivity regarding a lot of the subject matter. The fantasy world is fun to explore and the game is actually very funny at parts. The sprite work and animation are mostly good, though some of it does feel like "this is an RPG maker game" tier. The soundtrack is incredibly lovely with some vocal songs thrown in. The composer is the same as To The Moon for reference.
https://laurashigihara.bandcamp.com/album/rakuen-official-soundtrack
Obviously it's not perfect, i think there are some definite inconsistencies in how it tells the stories of the various patients that is a bit of a detriment. Later on it kind of just drops a lot of gameplay and instead just tells everything in cutscenes. This isn't going to revolutionize gaming or storytelling in the medium but it is a story worth playing through. My minor complaints don't really outweigh the joy I had with it though and definitely recommend it. This was a 10$ impulse buy cause someone recommended it to me and I definitely don't regret it. Basically if you liked To the Moon, this game will be 100% up your alley.
Also the length for me was 5 hours 30 minutes, but some people apparently finished around 10. I might just be fast.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/559210/Rakuen/
Under the recommendation of youtuber that I enjoy and decided to jump into this game. Seeing the subject matter and the comparison to To The Moon I was expecting to jump into a game that would be an emotional gut punch. And I got that. While quite a few other games, like To The Moon, Persona 4, and OneShot had made me completely tear up, this game caused me to completely breakdown and sob through the whole credits. Just for that you should 100% buy it.
As far as gameplay goes it is mostly a basic adventure game where you talk to NPCs, solve puzzles, and explore the world the game has created. You go in between the hospital the main character only known as Boy is located and a fantasy world that your mother tells you about. Going in between the two worlds is the main gameplay where you help the various residents of the hospital by helping their fantasy counterparts. You discover their backgrounds as expected, a lot of it is pretty sad. Not to say it's all sad, there is lot of hopefulness and positivity regarding a lot of the subject matter. The fantasy world is fun to explore and the game is actually very funny at parts. The sprite work and animation are mostly good, though some of it does feel like "this is an RPG maker game" tier. The soundtrack is incredibly lovely with some vocal songs thrown in. The composer is the same as To The Moon for reference.
https://laurashigihara.bandcamp.com/album/rakuen-official-soundtrack
Obviously it's not perfect, i think there are some definite inconsistencies in how it tells the stories of the various patients that is a bit of a detriment. Later on it kind of just drops a lot of gameplay and instead just tells everything in cutscenes. This isn't going to revolutionize gaming or storytelling in the medium but it is a story worth playing through. My minor complaints don't really outweigh the joy I had with it though and definitely recommend it. This was a 10$ impulse buy cause someone recommended it to me and I definitely don't regret it. Basically if you liked To the Moon, this game will be 100% up your alley.
Also the length for me was 5 hours 30 minutes, but some people apparently finished around 10. I might just be fast.
Atraveller
Banned
Funny thing, I mistaken the release date and tried to download the DLC a day early (it was somehow on the Store), it kept downloaded past its size (3GB), after I deleted it and redownloaded it twice, it was pulled from the Store. Until release day.Because the WinStore is so hopelessly unreliable that you may very well find yourself saying, "It's a huge pile of shit."I mean, I don't use it and likely never will, but you'll find no shortage of people even just here on GAF who've had trouble downloading or updating a game.
Sure.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
God I can't wait for Vanquish
saw this on my twitter feed
someone made terminator 2 in GTA V
its actually so good lmao (its in russian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrX67Gltb-A
someone made terminator 2 in GTA V
its actually so good lmao (its in russian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrX67Gltb-A
Rickenslacker
Banned
Don't resist. Easily one of the best single player FPS in at least half a decade. Although you do have to put up with ohh 60GBs of useless bloat.
I might be sold on this, but I need to know but one thing. Is magic use in any way mandatory?
$9.99 - Steam
-trailer
Hey y'all, just a quick PSA. Don't sleep on Unexplored.
Austin Walker did a 2+ hour play-through on YouTube a few days back and it not only put the game on my radar, but also completely sold me in the first 15 minutes.
As a general rule, I'm not a fan of procedural generation. It typically feels like one long hallway with boxes (rooms) randomly attached on either side.
But there's something special going on here. If you had told me the maps were manually designed I wouldn't bat an eyelash. I think it also helps that the entire dungeon is created from the start, so you'll read notes specifically referencing content in deeper levels, as well as equipment to deal with puzzles further down the line. It lends a sense of purposeful design to the entire experience.
I found a short dev video giving a brief explanation of this unique approach to randomization.
Anyway, I'm absolutely loving this game so far. Movement and tactical, timing-based combat feels dialed-in and tight. Audio/visual design is top notch. No XP* so there's a great sense of risk/reward with every enemy encounter.
* You do keep Gold currency between dungeon runs. As well as unlocking new starting classes and pre-dungeon shop items through and Achievement-like system.
And finally as a token of the dev's good will, the Soundtrack (legit awesome) and subsequent DLC are all free upfront for game owners.
It's all pretty sweet, to the point where Unexplored is likely earmarked for a spot on my GOTY list.
Spring-Loaded
Member
I posted this in the indie game thread but I want to bring attention to this for those who don't check it.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/559210/Rakuen/
Under the recommendation of youtuber that I enjoy and decided to jump into this game. Seeing the subject matter and the comparison to To The Moon I was expecting to jump into a game that would be an emotional gut punch. And I got that. While quite a few other games, like To The Moon, Persona 4, and OneShot had made me completely tear up, this game caused me to completely breakdown and sob through the whole credits. Just for that you should 100% buy it.
As far as gameplay goes it is mostly a basic adventure game where you talk to NPCs, solve puzzles, and explore the world the game has created. You go in between the hospital the main character only known as Boy is located and a fantasy world that your mother tells you about. Going in between the two worlds is the main gameplay where you help the various residents of the hospital by helping their fantasy counterparts. You discover their backgrounds as expected, a lot of it is pretty sad. Not to say it's all sad, there is lot of hopefulness and positivity regarding a lot of the subject matter. The fantasy world is fun to explore and the game is actually very funny at parts. The sprite work and animation are mostly good, though some of it does feel like "this is an RPG maker game" tier. The soundtrack is incredibly lovely with some vocal songs thrown in. The composer is the same as To The Moon for reference.
https://laurashigihara.bandcamp.com/album/rakuen-official-soundtrack
Obviously it's not perfect, i think there are some definite inconsistencies in how it tells the stories of the various patients that is a bit of a detriment. Later on it kind of just drops a lot of gameplay and instead just tells everything in cutscenes. This isn't going to revolutionize gaming or storytelling in the medium but it is a story worth playing through. My minor complaints don't really outweigh the joy I had with it though and definitely recommend it. This was a 10$ impulse buy cause someone recommended it to me and I definitely don't regret it. Basically if you liked To the Moon, this game will be 100% up your alley.
Also the length for me was 5 hours 30 minutes, but some people apparently finished around 10. I might just be fast.
I always want to support games like this, but don't know if I can bring myself to play them. That fucking promo picture alone is just ... sigh
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