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STEAM | October 2014 - Proper PC gamers buy a Wii U and Bayonetta 2
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Apparently Sorcerer King is now region-locked as of a couple of days ago. Stardock pulled the original store sub and replaced it with a new one.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/269730/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/269730/
Gianni Merryman
Member
Yeah, exactly.
I gather KarmaCow was experiencing some glitch with the Steam store, that by the way at the moment is undergoing some slowdowns due to the traffic they're having, anyway yes, the expansion is apparently more expansive than the complete pack.
Yes, indeed too much red banners look intimidating, probably as we tend to associate red with some serious warning messages.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Yes, my server is scraping the database directly and gathering up the subIDs of games with the ACRTAG set to false. With this option enabled, the extension will download a JSONified list of these subIDs (currently about 667 of them) and compare the subIDs on the store page to this list.
I'll have to play around with the colors and see what works best. I initially thought "red like the DRM warnings" because on more than one occasion having a red banner on so many people's store page has made a company change their mind about including 3rd party DRM in their game on top of Steam. Hopefully something like this can pull the same weight, assuming enough people decide that it's useful.
MMBosstones86
Member
Hell yeah. It's $10 for all (sans Soundtraffic and Hotline Miami). I'm ok with this.
a year at minimum. i'm literally doing everything myself from designing the fonts to making 3d models and animating them to pixelart to coding my own level editor and the ai and menus and everything. i'm even making placeholder sounds and everything
yeah i mean she's my least favorite character of the series but everything was so cool in that show that it doesn't make that much of a difference
ed tho <333
i'm not denying that it's fun for you, i'm saying it's a bad, shallow game and a waste of your time
no doubt people find farmville entertaining and i'd still say it's a waste of time. it's fast food videogames, i like eating burger king every now and then, but i probably don't want to eat burger king as much as ppl play skyrim.
and i can't see how that's "arbitrary" or "taste police" or whatever. skyrim gameplay is the same old shit backpedalling from morrowind days, they streamlined the rpg systems to shit cos apparently people love perks even when they're actually pretty shitty % stat increases and writing is pretty darned awful.
i didn't get too far before being completely bored (and i installed like two dozen gameplay mods to make it more interesting) so it might change later but from what i played it was all kinds of terrible. i can see why people like it, but it's still a terrible game
it's like call of duty, i love call of duty, i love how not just racist but generally evil it is, and i love shooting shit in the face and see it explode. but cmon, it's a shitty ass rehashed game that doesn't even let you open your own doors. i don't even think it's very much fun, but i like it, and play one every now and then. same with ass creed, it's pure ubisoft's terrible design trademark of give you a shit ton of copy paste quests to do like it was actual content. it's not. but i like walking around pretty european cities and unlocking costumes.
like let's not pretend skyrim is any more deep that any of those games.
well maybe the farmville comparison is a bit much lol
The weird thing is that I can buy the other two pieces of DLC just fine but there is no option on the store page to buy Enemy Within. Even going to the DLC page via the Library and adding Enemy Within to my cart does nothing. I just end up with an empty cart.
I still don't get why Enemy Within costs as much as the base game either. It's $30 on GMG.
Yeah, judging from the couple of videos I watched it looks really hideous, like... artsy fartsy minimalism done totally wrong and uninspired.
And no, it doesn't depend by your dislike for the genre: it's just ugly to look. :/
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Yes, yes and yes. Simon Viklund is the best composer in the video game soundtrack business.
You what?
(Level editors)
most likely the Map editor
I'd recommend changing the message to "Trading between certain regions has been disabled for this item." and making the "certain regions" portion in particular a hover link that clarifies the restriction only affects users in Eastern Europe, South America and South-east Asia. As it is, people in other territories are going to assume that they can't gift the games amongst themselves.
You get a couple cosmetic items (masks and customization options for masks) and it will add a few songs to the in-game music playlist. They've been continually updating it as the game gets new tracks as well but it's still just music, nothing directly gameplay related.
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... although - with acrtag being disabled by default wouldn't it be more accurate to say "Trading between certain regions hasn't been enabled for this item."?
derExperte
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Note: You can play all the heists in P1 and 2 without owning the DLC! You just can'T host.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Good point. I might have to clarify that further for people that don't know.
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Here's what this would look like using Steam's own "DRM_notice" color scheme:
What do you guys think? Better, or worse?
... although - with acrtag being disabled by default wouldn't it be more accurate to say "Trading between certain regions hasn't been enabled for this item."?
The latter is just more complex wording. You are confirming the status twice in your version by using the words 'hasn't' and 'enabled.'
Where as the other way just uses 'disabled.'
I'm an engineer, not an English major.
... although - with acrtag being disabled by default wouldn't it be more accurate to say "Trading between certain regions hasn't been enabled for this item."?
Remember that the change is only a month or so old, so currently there are far more games that allow cross-region trading/gifting than disallow it.
Jawmuncher
Member
Looks good to me. Fits as a identifier .
LurkerPrime
Member
No one enjoys Farmville. They may spend time using it, but that doesn't mean they're enjoying it. Having the game fulfill some compulsive desires in the mind is not the same as enjoyment.
And NV being better than FO3 is something of a universal truth. You don't even need to play both to know this!
Hardcore mode is a godsend. Yes Man, you better believe it.
I don't use ES, but perhaps use a slightly harsher shade to make it stand out more as "negative"? And maybe thin out the warning bar a bit 'cuz they repeat a lot in multiple-version store pages.
Beyond that, you're doing great work jshackles. I like to think that at least part of this Steam Store revamp is because of your hard work. So thank you!
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You could make the text "You can't exploit cheap-ass Brazilian/Russian pricing to get this game half-off, chump" for maximum clarity.
Killing Floor Halloween event is live!
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=102011
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=102011
Nope. Everyone's just hammering the servers to get those free games.
Gianni Merryman
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I have just tried it and it's working allright for me, mate.
Methinks it's because it's more recent than the base game and it has had very positive reviews so they want to keep its price as high as possible.
That is what happens the most of times with GOTY editions, early adopters get milked and end up paying more for the DLC they are missing.
derExperte
Member
yeah let's just call the farmville comparison "for dramatic effect"
ppl hopefully know i tend to exaggerate
FiveElementNinja
Member
I like it.
CosmicQueso
Member
Hey Stump... remember our old hypothetical?
Well, theoretically, perhaps, approximately, 20% of sales prior to a region lock may have occurred in certain regions which feature lower pricing, while after the region lock that share may have fallen, approximately, to 6%, hypothetically. And, also hypothetically, no major change to the overall sales curve may have occurred.
Of course, this is all hypothetical.
NewVegasDog
Member
So steam died cause of free Payday. Not too surprising when free L4D2 happened during the winter sale last year. Then again it was a whole different situation back then.
MMBosstones86
Member
Payday also has cards.
So those should bottom out immediately.
So those should bottom out immediately.
derExperte
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A City Sleeps is now available. I don't know if this is old news but it wasn't for me at least! It's from Harmonix.
Entertaining GB QL with devs and other guests: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-ex-a-city-sleeps/2300-9566/
All the Payday 2 DLC is pretty cheap but this is what I think of them. Note that you don't need the dlc to play heists, just to host them.
Armoured Transport: Good set of heists and pretty good weapons. I don't think the weapons are worth $2 necessarily since you don't need the dlc to play the heists but I liked it well enough.
Gage Weapon Pack 1: Grenades are the only real worthwhile thing. They're not used for killing enemies more for stunning them. The Eagle Rifle is good, but it's outclassed and has many equivalents.
Gage Weapon Pack 2: LMGs are terrible. Payday 2 is all about headshots so the reduced accuracy and lack of ADS pretty much counter the increased pool of ammo for LMGs.
Gage Mod Courier: Great sets of mods for all the weapons and you can get them without relying on the post heist RNG card game. It makes the CAR-4 pretty much unrivaled as the best rifle in the game. You get mods by collecting packages in heists, which wont take long to get what you want. The biggest draw back is that you will get way more mods in your inventory that you could possibly ever use since it's essentially unlimited.
Gage Sniper Pack: Snipers are really good, mostly since they can penetrate shields unlike other weapons. The Thanatos is also ridiculous as it can 2 shot Bulldozers on Overkill.
Big Bank: The heist is great, but the rest isn't worthwhile. The weapon is like the Eagle Rifle, outclassed and similar to other weapons.
Gage Shotgun Pack: The new shotguns are terrible for the most part and the special ammo isn't worth it except for the High Explosive ammo. It's terrible for directly killing enemies but like grenades, it's extremely useful for stunning enemies, especially shields and bulldozers. A single shot will stun a dozer for a couple seconds allowing you to unload with a rifle to easily kill it. HE ammo is very useful on Death Wish with how the game likes to spam special enemies. HE ammo also doesn't damage teammates unlike grenades and the grenade launcher from the assault pack.
Gage Assault Pack: I haven't used it yet, just bought it.
Hotline Miami: Pretty much like Big Bank, good heist but the weapons are meh. One of the SMGs is actually pretty good, rivalling a rifle but I prefer shotguns as a secondary. The HM heist is currently the best for money and exp by a good margin.
Armoured Transport: Good set of heists and pretty good weapons. I don't think the weapons are worth $2 necessarily since you don't need the dlc to play the heists but I liked it well enough.
Gage Weapon Pack 1: Grenades are the only real worthwhile thing. They're not used for killing enemies more for stunning them. The Eagle Rifle is good, but it's outclassed and has many equivalents.
Gage Weapon Pack 2: LMGs are terrible. Payday 2 is all about headshots so the reduced accuracy and lack of ADS pretty much counter the increased pool of ammo for LMGs.
Gage Mod Courier: Great sets of mods for all the weapons and you can get them without relying on the post heist RNG card game. It makes the CAR-4 pretty much unrivaled as the best rifle in the game. You get mods by collecting packages in heists, which wont take long to get what you want. The biggest draw back is that you will get way more mods in your inventory that you could possibly ever use since it's essentially unlimited.
Gage Sniper Pack: Snipers are really good, mostly since they can penetrate shields unlike other weapons. The Thanatos is also ridiculous as it can 2 shot Bulldozers on Overkill.
Big Bank: The heist is great, but the rest isn't worthwhile. The weapon is like the Eagle Rifle, outclassed and similar to other weapons.
Gage Shotgun Pack: The new shotguns are terrible for the most part and the special ammo isn't worth it except for the High Explosive ammo. It's terrible for directly killing enemies but like grenades, it's extremely useful for stunning enemies, especially shields and bulldozers. A single shot will stun a dozer for a couple seconds allowing you to unload with a rifle to easily kill it. HE ammo is very useful on Death Wish with how the game likes to spam special enemies. HE ammo also doesn't damage teammates unlike grenades and the grenade launcher from the assault pack.
Gage Assault Pack: I haven't used it yet, just bought it.
Hotline Miami: Pretty much like Big Bank, good heist but the weapons are meh. One of the SMGs is actually pretty good, rivalling a rifle but I prefer shotguns as a secondary. The HM heist is currently the best for money and exp by a good margin.
Darth Kupi
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Wow, with that overhead camera yeah, its pretty much Next-gen Postal.
I love Postal, even the first one.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
You killed steam for grab a game you'll probably never play, good work.
(I too want that game that I'll probably neve play! damn it steam, fix up already!)
(I too want that game that I'll probably neve play! damn it steam, fix up already!)
They were already pretty bottomed out.
I guess we can go from 6 cents to 4 cents
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
LurkerPrime
Member
Just for you...
Chump... or stump?
Just for you...
Make them all random derogatory statements that all mean the same thing!
I was able to play when I bought it last winter. There was some kind of training ground lobby that was really fun.
It seemed like it had a good community going for it back then. I imagine things are even better now.
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