Some of the other mods got jealous of Stump and killed him, then shipped us off to the gulag along with all the other good gaming threads.
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STEAM | November 2014 - Ride of the Valkyries
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Some of the other mods got jealous of Stump and killed him, then shipped us off to the gulag along with all the other good gaming threads.
crazyrabbits
Banned
It's our punishment for being too awesome.
ramoisdead
Member
Well we are a community.
They moved all the gaming threads to community (the SONY aggregate one, etc) to try and save it... again... or something.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Community threads take too much space from pressing matters on the gaming side such as: a guy sells thing on ebay, is wrong because ethics in games journalism. Also Community is not a punishment and we hope that moving shitloads of things to community makes the graveyard cherish once again, with skeletons dancing with flowers in their ears while singing we are the world
in other related news: Finished my thesis! Gonna go eat a hamburger or something! PARTY ON
LurkerPrime
Member
Don't be ridiculous. The focus of the last 10+ Steam OT's has been largely inter-community discussion, especially with the advent of Modbot. This is a community-ass community thread.
Embrace it, and embrace
DRAGON THE GAME
Pretty much this.
Pity Stump hasn't posted here since the move, wonder what his opinion on the move is.
NingenJanai
Member
Both of them have bouncy balls?The Steam recommendations doesn't make any sense
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
I was going to get really hyped about the UW part until I realized that I already own it through a bundle
Now hopefully it makes it through Greenlight. I could always use another single player UW-style game to play.
On the bright side, it's not directly our fault. If you want to know why from the one of the mods, here's the entire Minsc saga discussing why we were moved.
ramoisdead
Member
I've completed my preload of Valkyria Chronicles. Can't wait to play this gem on Tuesday night (I have work during the day =[ ).
PC doesn't exist, ergo neither do we.
Apparently they want to try "something new" and hope this would "revitalise" community..
I just completed Hatoful Boyfriend.
Holy cow. This game is completely insane in the best way possible.
Going after all the silly endings with the different birds is fun and all, but the endgame is where this game truly shines. I didn't expect this at all. I urge everyone to play through this game completely, your mind will be blown.
Anyway.
You play as Hiyoko Tosaka, a human girl that is lusting after the birds she goes to school with. Hiyoko is the only human in a school full of birds.
You spend your time at school focusing your attention on basically every male bird you come across. In order to impress your love interest, you can increase your stats through taking school classes. Being a Visual Novel, your dialogue choices also determine which ending you get. Some birds offer more than one ending, so you're going to have to romance them in a different way again. But don't worry, you can fast forward through the parts you already played earlier if you want to, and only read the parts where you make new decisions.
My favourite routes were probably the completely crazy Anghel and the creepy doctor, but the others were fun as well.
That's basically what the game is about. Until you unlock all the endings and the true game begins that is, but I can't really say anything about that without spoiling it.
Let's just say the school isn't as nice a place as it might seem in the beginning...
The writing is excellent. It ranges from utterly hilarious to gutwrenchingly sad. Whoever is able to write such a silly dating sim and then put this amazing story at the end of it is a genius. It's a shame a lot of people seem to give up on the game after a couple of endings, without seeing the truth behind it all.
There are a handful of spelling and formatting mistakes, but not so many that it would hurt the enjoyment of the game (except the japanese one. Not being able to read the text at all is kind of bad).
If you're still unsure whether the game could interest you, maybe this extremely spoilery picture from the endgame can help you make up your mind.
In the end, there is only one thing left to say.
Holy cow. This game is completely insane in the best way possible.
Going after all the silly endings with the different birds is fun and all, but the endgame is where this game truly shines. I didn't expect this at all. I urge everyone to play through this game completely, your mind will be blown.
Anyway.
You play as Hiyoko Tosaka, a human girl that is lusting after the birds she goes to school with. Hiyoko is the only human in a school full of birds.
You spend your time at school focusing your attention on basically every male bird you come across. In order to impress your love interest, you can increase your stats through taking school classes. Being a Visual Novel, your dialogue choices also determine which ending you get. Some birds offer more than one ending, so you're going to have to romance them in a different way again. But don't worry, you can fast forward through the parts you already played earlier if you want to, and only read the parts where you make new decisions.
My favourite routes were probably the completely crazy Anghel and the creepy doctor, but the others were fun as well.
That's basically what the game is about. Until you unlock all the endings and the true game begins that is, but I can't really say anything about that without spoiling it.
Let's just say the school isn't as nice a place as it might seem in the beginning...
The writing is excellent. It ranges from utterly hilarious to gutwrenchingly sad. Whoever is able to write such a silly dating sim and then put this amazing story at the end of it is a genius. It's a shame a lot of people seem to give up on the game after a couple of endings, without seeing the truth behind it all.
There are a handful of spelling and formatting mistakes, but not so many that it would hurt the enjoyment of the game (except the japanese one. Not being able to read the text at all is kind of bad).
If you're still unsure whether the game could interest you, maybe this extremely spoilery picture from the endgame can help you make up your mind.
In the end, there is only one thing left to say.
LurkerPrime
Member
But those graphics... It looks as bad as Divekick.
I still don't understand this, these threads are pretty much community material but are still in gaming:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=480757
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919663
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=614511
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509554
+ ton's of more.
What's the actual decision making in this process to say what is community or not? From the looks of it they just took the DD threads and just dumped them into community.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=480757
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919663
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=614511
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509554
+ ton's of more.
What's the actual decision making in this process to say what is community or not? From the looks of it they just took the DD threads and just dumped them into community.
Jawmuncher collected the actual mod quotes regarding the topic for us.
LurkerPrime
Member
Take it up with a mod, man.
Discussing it here, in this little community, is further reinforcing the decision... At least, that's how I see it.
Nabs
Member
You should not buy Lethal League. I don't think you're worthy.
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New Lethal League update:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/261180/announcements
This update adds a new character to the Lethal roster, Dice, the cunning ping pong player. Dice wields an average ping pong paddle with such immense force and control that he’s able to deflect and give a spin to almost anything at any speed.
And there’s more! All characters can now use expressions, like NICE or BRING IT. Added to that is a character unique animation. A new mode has been added called ‘Strikers’, give it a spin by switching the 'Free For All' tab and see what that is all about. Another reason to start ballin' again is the raised XP level, going up to 33 now with new palettes and a special ball as reward.
Another addition is a new stage called ‘State Manufacturing Facility’ which has quite a different size than other stages and includes a brain-damaging track by artist Ishanna. New music can also be found in the menu with another track by Dr. Lazer. Several specific character changes have also happened, be sure to check them all out!
Changelog:
Character changes
+Added a new character, Dice
+All characters can now use expressions with the Express action and a direction
+All characters can now do a express animation
+Sonata can now use her special move backwards
+Raptor can now bunt out of his special
+Raptor can now wallslide
+Added a new aerial down angle for Candyman
+Candyman’s re-candyball now has reduced hitpause
*Candyballs now have a maximum speed
*Candyman now fastfalls slightly faster
-Candyman no longer automatically re-candyballs a candyball from a different team
*Latch’s special can’t be re-aimed at the very last moment anymore and has slightly different timing
Additions
+Raised the maximum level to 33, with new unlockables along the way
+Added Strikers mode, you can toggle Strikers mode by pressing the Free For All team toggle button.
+Added the Gravity Ball as new unlockable ball
+ Added a new stage ‘State Manufacturing Factory’
+ Added a new menu track ‘Turkish Mix’ by Doctor Lazer.
+ Added a new track ‘Error’ by Ishanna for the ’State Manufacturing Factory’ stage
Other changes
*Fixed an issue where infinite point mode would not work for team games.
*Fixed an issue where aborting a game started through versus mode with teams enabled would cause the host of a game to be able to swap team palette colors instead of the regular free for all palettes.
*Fixed an issue with main menu highlighting when using a mouse to navigate.
*Choosing a character for a CPU player now uses the same highlighting scheme as a regular player.
+You can now ready in an online lobby by pressing the start button.
+ You are now be able to change color by pressing a character portrait you have selected again.
The decision is apparently based on wanting threads with content relevant to "what's happening now" threads to be in gaming discussion, while "catch all" threads and ageing OTs are moved here.
I would suggest making a specific Steam News thread for just identifying new games / updates and nothing more, but I don't think mods want that either
You can play online multiplayer
Is the netcode good enough for transcontinental gameplay tho =p
The stuff in the discussion threads doesn't fill me with hope.
Those links should be in community then.
No real new news is coming from those threads and it's pretty much the same as the Steam thread, heck the RETRO-AGE threads are still in gaming.:
- Atari 2600 (35th Anniversary)
- The Sega master system appreciation thread of SegaScope 3D!
- Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Appreciation Thread of HIGH DEFINITION GRAPHICS™
- Sega Saturn Appreciation and Emulation Thread
- Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
- The NES / Famicom Appreciation Thread: Now you're playing with power!
- SNES Game Collecting
- The Nintendo 64 Appreciation/Collecting/Emulation Thread.
- The Nintendo GameCube Appreciation and Collecting Thread.
- PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 Appreciation and Collecting Thread, Because who needs a 2nd controller?
- PS1 Appreciation/Collectors Thread of Ugly-Ass Polygons
- PS2 Appreciation & Celebration Thread, long live the King!
- Xbox: A Nostalgia Thread
- The MSX Nostalgia thread – A return to the cradle of Solid Snake
- Atari Jaguar must haves
- GB/GBC/GBA Collecting Thread
- Neo Geo Pocket Color - System history, my thoughts on this pretty cool system
- WonderSwan Club
I mean there not really relevant news at all...
since AW is crashing like a motherfucker, decided to go back to Ryse a bit. Such a strange game.
The tech behind it is ridiculous, its probabky the best looking game ive ever seen, at least when it comes to models and facial animation. The voice acting is actually really good aswell, but its all burried under this super repetitous, super linear game, with combat that, while satisfying, has little going for it since its basically the Batman combat, which works fine in a open game where combat isnt really the focus, but just cannot carry a game by itself.
but fuck me does it look pretty, man oh man
The tech behind it is ridiculous, its probabky the best looking game ive ever seen, at least when it comes to models and facial animation. The voice acting is actually really good aswell, but its all burried under this super repetitous, super linear game, with combat that, while satisfying, has little going for it since its basically the Batman combat, which works fine in a open game where combat isnt really the focus, but just cannot carry a game by itself.
but fuck me does it look pretty, man oh man
Hero Prinny
Member
So i came back hoping to read whats on some things on people's wish list for fallout 4 after I made my post. Wow you guys want some really neat things!
Nabs
Member
It was released in August. By regular Indie standards it would be in 3 bundles by now. It also sold way beyond expectations in the first few weeks, so it's definitely not a bomba.
It's GGPO, so it can handle quite a bit. I doubt the game is right for you, but all my SpeedRunners brothers/sisters should definitely pick this up.
Coreda
Member
I'm not sure it's that black and white, as the decision seems to have originally stemmed from the stickied thread about OTs posted day of release, where bish liked the idea of the mega threads with a lot of chit-chat being moved to Community. Although at that point it didn't look like the Steam threads would be affected. Now the word is it's a behind the scenes change of policy regarding the 'platform' OTs, previously staying in Gaming.
Also to be fair the Retro-Age threads aren't constantly appearing on the first page like the other mega threads that have since been moved, and would likely die off considerably otherwise unlike these threads which continue to be popular even post-move.
The SmashGAF threads I'll never understand though. Even Steve Youngblood called them 'an anomaly', and mentioned they mostly continued in Gaming due to the "vocal" fans.
Go get Lethal League for 50% off!!
No because I don't have friends.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Just no, it's a marked step up from Divekick. The graphics are fine for what it is: has a neat aesthetic to it, barring the clashing color schemes for the characters' palette swaps.
Not really. Seen it in motion, Kevin Spacey still looks like wax on top of Advanced Warfare already looking outdated like every Call of Duty preceeding it.
You are in luck as the game has quite the robust online component, powered by GGPO.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Well, I haven't visited this thread ever since I got into Fallout New Vegas. When did we get move to community?
And honestly, it was just matter of time. I am pretty sure I remember Evilore posting about moving us to Community.
And honestly, it was just matter of time. I am pretty sure I remember Evilore posting about moving us to Community.
Hahaha that sounds even more whacky than I thought. I did see a pic from you on my activity feed of a fiery red pigeon that was a bit angry. Might have to dip my toe in at some point, thanks for the impressions.
PandaPedinte
Member
Thank you for the heads up, I played the prototype last year and I loved it. Now I'm going to wait until my birthday to redeem it.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I just completed Hatoful Boyfriend.
Holy cow. This game is completely insane in the best way possible.
So is this a parody of all those pointless flash story games appearing on Steam?
no its just like those
Mr. Luchador
Member
Oh well that's a shame. I'm a total snob when it comes to those flash stories, I think they're entirely pointless and another step in the wrong direction for Steam (alongside the total none moderation or care towards Greenlight).
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Wow, Grid Autosport looks insane at 1620p/60fps/ultra.Can't wait to see Dirt 4.
Ah man, seriously? That's the reason why I've not finished Shadow Warrior
Game makes me extremely nauseous and gives me a terrible headache. Frustrating indeed.
I have chosen :
Please be good .
Alien is. Isaac im sure is aswell if youre into it (which im not, one day ill try it again, but the old one did nothing for me)
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