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[Ozium]

I just played some 0rbitalis for cards (yes played, not idled... I haven't played it in a while) and it's really fun.. y'all should grab it, there's coupons floating around for it if you know where to look.

still in early access but there's a decent amount of content and the game mechanics are great... Just read that the next update will start to include a daily challenge mode which I LOVE and this is a great type of game for it...

Chris Eliot of Cabinboy fame, actually.

I have fond memories of Cabin Boy....

psst, hey.. would you like to buy a monkey?

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Oh screw this, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 just hit the Top Sellers to prevent VC from reaching #1. Thanks a lot!

 

[Ozium]

Oh screw this, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 just hit the Top Sellers to prevent VC from reaching #1. Thanks a lot!

I'm convinced that the first one was just an earlier build of this game and was used as a marketing tool to create demand for an already or close to being made sequel.

The first was not only priced cheaper than the second one, but was also bundled multiple times within a week... we'll see if this one gets bundled too

 

[Anteater]

so does this mean valkyria chronicles is making more moneys than football manager

 

[Shadownet]

i think people rushed the iphone stores before they stopped selling iphones here but that doesn't sound like my kind of thing

but i like the idea of going with your thermos and like staying up all night with friends hyping up your new console or something

People used to camp out for concert tickets before the internet, so that was fun. But nowadays the only thing worth camping out for is a new console. You can preorder iphone and video games so you don't really have to camp out anymore for those. Obviously some people still go because it's fun. I went with my friends to the Halo 4 launch at Microsoft Store. It was a blast, I won a $200 Portable Speaker too cause of a raffle. They had food and entertainment.

Also I've seen people camp outside for a new pair of Jordan lol

 

[Rhaknar]

so does this mean valkyria chronicles is making more moneys than football manager

steam charts by revenue so yes, at least right now, doesnt mean overall. FM has been out longer, VC comes out today, recent releases always shoot to the top (well, popular ones, which VC is thankfully)

 

[Nabs]

I know this might sound like blasphemy, but is there a bilinear filtering/interpolation option?

Yup, it has the Kid Icarus veneer and it's one of the questions on the board.

The game doesn't seem to have many options. I might try out a SweetFX CRT filter down the line.

Technical stuff: It doesn't seem to have a real fullscreen mode unless I missed it. I simply used BorderlessGaming to force it. I'm not sure it's meant to have a real fullscreen mode, since there's no exit button on the menu screen. Weird!

It has basic (dinput) controller support, so your controller should work (I tested my DS4). There are no controller options, so unless you're on a DS4 with the right software, you're going to have to deal with the menu being mapped to B and no analog stick support.

I'll play some tomorrow and drop some impressions in the indie thread. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy this one.

 

[MUnited83]

so does this mean valkyria chronicles is making more moneys than football manager

The top selling list is revenue-based, so yeah

 

[Miguel81]

People used to camp out for concert tickets before the internet, so that was fun. But nowadays the only thing worth camping out for is a new console. You can preorder iphone and video games so you don't really have to camp out anymore for those. Obviously some people still go because it's fun. I went with my friends to the Halo 4 launch at Microsoft Store. It was a blast, I won a $200 Portable Speaker too cause of a raffle. They had food and entertainment.

Also I've seen people camp outside for a new pair of Jordan lol

The last time I camped out was for the PS2 back in '00. Man, how time flies. It's like it was only yesterday.

The game doesn't seem to have many options. I might try out a SweetFX CRT filter down the line.

I might just have to do that myself with Rpro(SweetFX). Also good to know about dinput.

 

[Grief.exe]

so does this mean valkyria chronicles is making more moneys than football manager

At this particular moment, Valkyria is generating more revenue than Football Manager. It also managed to pass Binding of Isaac as well, but Five Night at Freddy's 2 just entered the top 5.

 

[MUnited83]

I'm convinced that the first one was just an earlier build of this game and was used as a marketing tool to create demand for an already or close to being made sequel.

The first was not only priced cheaper than the second one, but was also bundled multiple times within a week... we'll see if this one gets bundled too

Multiple times? It was bundle on Indie Gala only no? I think they probably signed a deal with Gala before the game got the surge on popularity.

I don't think the sequel will be bundled anytime soon, at the rate it's selling.

 

[Rhaknar]

seeing Unity in first place (as expected) makes me think unless Ubi really REALLY wants to launch uplay as a platform like EA did with Origin, maybe that whole thing really was just a clerical mistake

then again, im sure BF4 would have been #1 in sales if it was on steam on release so, maybe you CAN afford to lose those steam sales, who knows. These charts mean little when we dont know how many copies are being sold, for all we know it could be Unity with 100 copies sold, MW with 80, Rebirth with 70 etc (just exagerating for effect, im sure its a lot more)

 

[Grief.exe]

Loving the design of the new bosses in Rebirth. They take influence from bullet-hell games and end up being a ton of fun to play.

Found a new area with a new boss that I had no idea existed.

 

[JaseC]

Bah, Unity's US unlock time was moved up to an hour from now and I still have 7.5 hours to go until my pre-load completes.

 

[Tenrius]

seeing Unity in first place (as expected) makes me think unless Ubi really REALLY wants to launch uplay as a platform like EA did with Origin, maybe that whole thing really was just a clerical mistake

What else could it be? That's the only logical explanation.

 

[Rhaknar]

What else could it be? That's the only logical explanation.

clearly you werent here last friday or whenever it happened, most people (including me) assumed they were pulling a EA

and when they returned there were some theories (although those not from me) that it was fan backlash that made them back off the decision

Bah, Unity's US unlock time was moved up to an hour from now and I still have 7.5 hours to go until my pre-load completes.

be thankful youre not in europe (unless youre VPNing)

 

[catabarez]

Bah, Unity's US unlock time was moved up to an hour from now and I still have 7.5 hours to go until my pre-load completes.

Just pretend it unlocks seven hours from now and you'll be much happier.

 

[Ozium]

Multiple times? It was bundle on Indie Gala only no? I think they probably signed a deal with Gala before the game got the surge on popularity.

I don't think the sequel will be bundled anytime soon, at the rate it's selling.

It was in an indie gala bundle and then a halloween weekly bundle at humble a couple weeks after that..

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Bah, Unity's US unlock time was moved up to an hour from now and I still have 7.5 hours to go until my pre-load completes.

You could go like, outside and stuff.

 

[JaseC]

be thankful youre not in europe (unless youre VPNing)

That's the plan. It doesn't unlock here for another 30 hours.

Just pretend it unlocks seven hours from now and you'll be much happier.

It's too late! I shouldn't have refreshed the store page.

You could go like, outside and stuff.

Psh, "outside". I still have one-and-a-bit seasons of Seinfeld to watch.

 

[Rhaknar]

That's the plan

you could finish Styx in those 7 hours

 

[Smash88]

Guys I'm looking for a game on Steam.

It's a runner game that's in third person of a man in a suit (?) who jumps on platforms that you turn so he can land on them? I think?

It's not vector, and it's similar to Fotonica, but in third person.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/253290

 

[catabarez]

Psh, "outside". I still have one-and-a-bit seasons of Seinfeld to watch.

First time watching Seinfeld?

 

[Ozium]

Jase just needs to down some VB, grab some mates and some VB.. make some vegemite sandwiches, grab an empty VB bottle, bottle some punk, have some VB... what's on telly? ass creed commercial, fuck it.. smash the TV with a bottle of VB and then take a bloody nap

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Guys I'm looking for a game on Steam.

It's a runner game that's in third person of a man in a suit (?) who jumps on platforms that you turn so he can land on them? I think?

It's not vector, and it's similar to Fotonica, but in third person.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/253290

Maybe T.E.C. 3001? Only game that comes to mind right now.

BOSON X

http://store.steampowered.com/app/302610/

Oh, that kind of suit. I don't know why I thought of something similar to a spacesuit immediately. Yeah, it's probably that then.

 

[Ozium]

Guys I'm looking for a game on Steam.

It's a runner game that's in third person of a man in a suit (?) who jumps on platforms that you turn so he can land on them? I think?

It's not vector, and it's similar to Fotonica, but in third person.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/253290

BOSON X

http://store.steampowered.com/app/302610/

 

[JaseC]

you could finish Styx in those 7 hours

I'm so close yet so far.

First time watching Seinfeld?

Pretty much, yeah. Its reputation is well-earned, to say the least.

Jase just needs to down some VB, grab some mates and some VB.. make some vegemite sandwiches, grab an empty VB bottle, bottle some punk, have some VB... what's on telly? ass creed commercial, fuck it.. smash the TV with a bottle of VB and then take a bloody nap

Sound advice.

 

[Deitus]

I don't get it. Didn't Five Nights at Freddy's just come out a couple of months ago? How and why is there a sequel already?

 

[Smash88]

Maybe T.E.C. 3001? Only game that comes to mind right now.

BOSON X

http://store.steampowered.com/app/302610/

Thank you both for your help.

It was Boson X.

This is why I love Steam GAF. ♥

I don't get it. Didn't Five Nights at Freddy's just come out a couple of months ago? How and why is there a sequel already?

Gotta cash in on that hype.

 

[catabarez]

Oh crap VC comes out tomorrow. Didn't realize it was so soon.

 

[zkylon]

People used to camp out for concert tickets before the internet, so that was fun. But nowadays the only thing worth camping out for is a new console. You can preorder iphone and video games so you don't really have to camp out anymore for those. Obviously some people still go because it's fun. I went with my friends to the Halo 4 launch at Microsoft Store. It was a blast, I won a $200 Portable Speaker too cause of a raffle. They had food and entertainment.

Also I've seen people camp outside for a new pair of Jordan lol

yea i certainly don't camp for concerts anymore

the only thing i can remember as of late is camping to get my id card but they redid that a couple years ago and now it's super fast which is perfect for someone like me that keeps losing it

 

[hepburn3d]

Does anyone else find that when they exit out of a game sometimes Big Picture mode stops responding to xb360 controller inputs? Is making me a little sad

 

[Rhaknar]

I'm so close yet so far.

youre Turfering it arent you? ugh

youre an assassin, kill shit!

 

[JaseC]

youre Turfering it arent you? ugh

youre an assassin, kill shit!

The first time through a mission I kill everything I can while avoiding alerts and collecting the coins/tokens/whatever-they-are and then I race through it without killing anybody.

 

[Rhaknar]

you pacifist assassins make me sick

 

[Dimitri2401]

These charts mean little when we dont know how many copies are being sold, for all we know it could be Unity with 100 copies sold, MW with 80, Rebirth with 70 etc (just exagerating for effect, im sure its a lot more)

Considering Football Manager usually sells around 1 million copies (and FM2015 seems to perform even better than normal) and gathers something like 70000 players simultaneously on Steam since its launch, Assassin's Creed must be doing really great (and Isaac and VC too, that's so good).

 

[Ozium]

just grabbed pirates of black cove, knights and merchants hd, knightshift, east india company gold and enclave from DLH

5up!

 

[Rhaknar]

are we ready / confortable for this thread to become the Origin thread in 1 week?

 

[Phawx]

Cross-posting from the Indie game thread. Elliot Quest is available today on Steam.

******************

My Let's Play of Elliot Quest is up. You can find it here:

http://youtu.be/c5I0gRBZNTM

Quick Impressions:

It's a love letter to The Legend of Zelda 2: Link's Adventure

• There is an armored guard that has a very similar style but thankfully not similar attack pattern.
• Spoiler

  A kid is missing a cat named "Link"
• There are two sections of the game. Side Scrolling and Overworld traversal (where you can get interrupted by baddies)
• Towns and dialogue with NPCs are similar to Zelda 2

Good stuff:

Initial weapon you're equipped with is a bow and arrow (not sure if you get other weapons, but it looks like I have seven more slots left and the other is filled with a candle.)

There are lots and lots of nods and winks towards NES' styling (Megaman-type enemies and bit of Castlevania platforming)

Overall, platforming/action mechanics are solid. Exploration is excellent. Levels and areas locked off by items (I.E. Metroid/Zelda style)

Map system is very helpful and is probably the furthest the game goes in holding your hand. The game can be slightly challenging. Thankfully checkpoints aren't too far apart.

Bad Stuff:

You can skip cutscenes entirely, but you can't accelerate them. If you can read 10 words in two seconds be prepared to wait another eight seconds. Not sure if it's a translation thing, but some of the wording gives a different tone (YMMV).

Bottom Line: Very charming and appropriately difficult.

 

[Atraveller]

are we ready / comfortable for this thread to become the Origin thread in 1 week?

I'll be too busy playing it

 

[corrosivefrost]

youre Turfering it arent you? ugh

youre an assassin, kill shit!

No witnesses.

 

[wolfhowwl]

A Chinese user that hasn't even set up their account yet on Steam added me. Is this some sort of trick?

 

[Milamber]

Milamber explain Comic Market for me.

Sorry, I was out. Comic Market is 2 times per year event (Summer and Winter) where everyone from all Mixed Media (Music/drama/manga/gaming/anime) get together to display/sell their otaku fetishes to the crowds in a single exhibition hall.

A lot of Japanese doujin/fan/small games from small publishers are debuted there with usually limited collectors bonuses (Like E3/PAX, which is only games).

 

[Rhaknar]

No witnesses.

I know right?

Im sam fisher, why is the game giving me a choice between putting this terrorist to sleep or shanking his ass?

I carry shanks for a reason!

 

[xBladeM6x]

Hopefully all this money will convince SEGA to bring the other VCs onto Steam. Initially, I thought that was a pipe dream, but now....

 

[Casimir]

are we ready / confortable for this thread to become the Origin thread in 1 week?

The Steam threads already serve as the general PC DD storefront threads.

I know right?

Im sam fisher, why is the game giving me a choice between putting this terrorist to sleep or shanking his ass?

I carry shanks for a reason!

The exMI6 agent is a false choice. He dies regardless if you spare him or not.

 

[JaseC]

A Chinese user that hasn't even set up their account yet on Steam added me. Is this some sort of trick?

There is a 1% chance that the user is new to Steam and genuinely wants you as a friend. There is a 99% chance that it's just a dummy/bot account of a scammer.

 

[Rhaknar]

The exMI6 agent is a false choice. He dies regardless if you spare him or not.

I have no idea what you are talking about, did you just spoil a random splinter cell game

 

[Benedict]

Metal Slug 3 Got Cards.


Also, FM15 is on way more platforms than VC.

 

[milena87]

are we ready / confortable for this thread to become the Origin thread in 1 week?

I really can't wait for this game. I'm ready to read (and watch) the reviews é_é