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[Lomax]

Look at Sega sitting on all those PC ports.
Look at Microsoft staying by WinStore.
Look at EA not releasing their games on Steam (even a year after Origin release).
Look at Ubisoft making Ubi Kiev port games to PC, fuckup after fuckup after fuckup.
Look at THQ and uDraw.

Game publishers are just run by morons.

Except game publishers make decisions every day based on real numbers and data and research, numbers they basically never share with us. To presume that EA just somehow completely doesn't understand what does and doesn't make them money is foolish.

Yes, they make bad choices, but things like the uDraw are exactly why they are risk adverse. It's easy to armchair quarterback these decisions, and yet almost everyone in this thread still drastically overestimates just how much profit some of those things would really be. A million sales over a couple of years of a $20 game that has been discounted regularly is less revenue than Battlefield 1 made in an hour. Which is why smaller projects and mid-range stuff, especially on pc but even on console, is basically dead now outside of the indie sphere. It's the same thing that has happened to the movie industry. Chasing the next huge thing is far too tempting.

 

[Bubbavelli]

Sup bros.

I finally finished that build I was talking about for some time

Spoiler

if anybody even remembers me

 

[Ludens]

Look at Sega sitting on all those PC ports.
Look at Microsoft staying by WinStore.
Look at EA not releasing their games on Steam (even a year after Origin release).
Look at Ubisoft making Ubi Kiev port games to PC, fuckup after fuckup after fuckup.
Look at THQ and uDraw.

Game publishers are just run by morons.

Konami with MGS and Silent Hill titles (the good ones, already with a PC port available)...

 

[MUnited83]

Except game publishers make decisions every day based on real numbers and data and research, numbers they basically never share with us. To presume that EA just somehow completely doesn't understand what does and doesn't make them money is foolish.

Yes, they make bad choices, but things like the uDraw are exactly why they are risk adverse. It's easy to armchair quarterback these decisions, and yet almost everyone in this thread still drastically overestimates just how much profit some of those things would really be. A million sales over a couple of years of a $20 game that has been discounted regularly is less revenue than Battlefield 1 made in an hour. Which is why smaller projects and mid-range stuff, especially on pc but even on console, is basically dead now outside of the indie sphere. It's the same thing that has happened to the movie industry. Chasing the next huge thing is far too tempting.

Nah, EA really has no idea what they're doing. Anything that isn't a numbered Battlefield bombs. At this point they're just keeping Origin out of misguided pride and hope it will become relevant one day.

 

[The Dear Leader]

PC gaming is the best it's been, I have more games to play, that I genuinely want to play, now than I ever have in my life. It's kind of hard for me to get actually bummed out non-jokingly when a game isn't announced for PC because I know there will be dozens of other cool games to take it's place that will be just as great.

 

[Knurek]

Konami with MGS and Silent Hill titles (the good ones, already with a PC port available)...

We were talking about game publishers, not gambling companies though.

Sup bros.

I finally finished that build I was talking about for some time

Spoiler

if anybody even remembers me

Spoiler

You almost flunked your yoga class

 

[Last Baron]

Haha it's literally the worst of all worlds: the worst version, played through a streaming service (automatically shit).

What's wrong with the PS3 version?

Spoiler

I literally just bought this one

 

[Krusenstern]

What's wrong with the PS3 version?

Spoiler

I literally just bought this one

Worse performance, lower resolution, decreased foliage and some other things.

 

[Wok]

guys

two weeks until owlboy comes out

its happening

A game that could actually change my GOTY list by popping another one out. So far, something like:

1. The Witness
2. No Man's Sky
3. Ghost 1.0

These 3 have found their place for sure. I have not spent enough time playing the other bunch of games that I have started and yet to finish.

Strong contenders include Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Shenzhen I/O. And maybe... Slayaway Camp and Orwell (which I have bought after playing the demo).

 

[Nillansan]

Yeah. Even assuming the "messy code" rumour to be true, there's too much money sitting on the table for Take-Two to ignore.

Fingers crossed!

 

[freshVeggie]

Are you doing singleplayer or what? I remember the only thing in ARMA 2 that stuck with me was doing the mass scale "co-op" where you're just like 60 people in the giant open map and there were just random missions and militants popping up literally miles apart, only reason it wasnt amazing is because the down time was huge because you'd have to wait for a guy to fly you to the hot zone.

Haven't touched the multuplayer so far. Planned on replaying the campaign maybe and do the schowcases.

 

[Django.Mango]

guys

two weeks until owlboy comes out

its happening

That looks great. Nice trailer!

 

[Bubbavelli]

We were talking about game publishers, not gambling companies though.

Spoiler

You almost flunked your yoga class

Since then I have graduated and im actually playing video games so here here I guess

 

[trailmix16]

100% in resident evil 4. gonna try and wait for a sale before getting the other versions.

In the meantime, can anyone recommend a similarly good third-person shooter? Not interested in max payne or tomb raiders or anything commercial. the last good one I played was binary domain.

looking at alpha protocol and cold fear

 

[morningbus]

Don't worry guys. I'm sure the community will focus on 360 emulation just as soon as they get original Xbox emulation perfect.

Then you can play the best version of RDR!

 

[Nillansan]

Since then I have graduated and im actually playing video games so here here I guess

Great, more participation from the rest of GAF is a welcome thing. This thread has been pretty slow going and the attachment rate from the various Steam Sales threads doesn't seem that impressive either.

 

[Wok]

Guys, I have just noticed that I am not connected through https to GAF and Steam? Has it always been the case?

For Steam Community and Humble Store, it is https.

 

[user237]

Groupees Be Mine 28 is out.

$1 Tier
Planet Alcatraz 2
Greenlight: Save the Ninja Clan
Chiptune Album: Last Romance by suguruka

$3.75 Tier:
Blacksea Odyssey. (44 reviews, 93% positive)
Midsummer Night. (27 reviews, 88% positive)
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Mystery Game to be revealed later
$1 Groupees Coin (you can redeem it for 2 games from Build a Bundle 22)

Decent bundle if you pre-ordered for $2.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

Have been playing a bit of TIS-100, after I realized that I already owned it. Very fun game with a neat little story-line, though it is essentially just assembly programming, something that I hadn't really worked with before. Unfortunately, Zachtronic games also make sure that you feel like the class dunce:

Spoiler

My last solution is an abomination of crisscrossing control-flow, but solves the problem in 872 cycles.

I'm just missing one puzzle (list sorting) in the first of two set, which is the set with a story built in, and then I think I'll take a short break from this game.

Guys, I have just noticed that I am not connected through https to GAF and Steam? Has it always been the case?

For Steam Community and Humble Store, it is https.

GAF tried enabling https not too long ago, but it seems like they've run into problems, since it was turned off again. The Steam store has not been https as long as I can recall, except when you do a checkout.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Finished Thumper, a serious challenger to DOOM for game of the year!

I have never in my life been so glad to own a 144Hz monitor

 

[freshVeggie]

Color me surprised to hear BF1's campaign is apparently good.

 

[mp1990]

Finished Thumper, a serious challenger to DOOM for game of the year!

I have never in my life been so glad to own a 144Hz monitor

please tell me how you fingers got past level 5 without falling off

 

[Tizoc]

So this is interesting, Lunatic Dawn is an RPG that got released on Steam but it was in Japanese only

http://store.steampowered.com/app/335420/

An English translation has just released for it recently-
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2591/

Color me surprised to hear BF1's campaign is apparently good.

Hmm I might get it on PS4....

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Halloween or Election GAF Superfight tourney?

 

[KainXVIII]

Color me surprised to hear BF1's campaign is apparently good.

Only 4 hours?

 

[Grief.exe]

Wasn't the Factorio or Rimworld developer saying the same thing last year?

Why don’t you at least give Steam keys, or promise them to your itch.io customers when the game is released on Steam?

Valve has specifically requested that we not do this. Giving or promising Steam keys for a game not currently being distributed on Steam would be a violation of Steam’s terms of service.

http://avencolony.com/aven-colony-faq/

 

[Anustart]

While I didn't get the 1070, this 1060 is such a massive bump over my 760 I had still.

Witcher 3 is a treat on this thing. Gonna give doom a whirl tonight and see how it is.

 

[patapuf]

Color me surprised to hear BF1's campaign is apparently good.

I haven't played a ton of it but while the storytelling seems surprisingly decent, and it looks great, there was a lot of braindead AI dudes running towards you in order to get shot.

comming fresh from doom... i was not impressed. Different games of course, but still. The multi is good though.

 

[Nillansan]

So this is interesting, Lunatic Dawn is an RPG that got released on Steam but it was in Japanese only

http://store.steampowered.com/app/335420/

An English translation has just released for it recently-
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2591/

Just like all Artdink's releases then.

 

[Stallion Free]

Color me surprised to hear BF1's campaign is apparently good.

Lost interest in the video when he criticized the supposed industry bias towards American soldiers/the American marine attitude in shooters.

I went through my FPS selection and 40/68 can in no way shape or form be put under that umbrella. Another 5-10 are arguable. It's mostly COD left and I own literally all of them. It comes off as a very lazy critique to prop up BF1.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

please tell me how you fingers got past level 5 without falling off

No idea, I just got in the zone. I transcended myself, I became un autre. But for real, people in the OT are already S ranking this motherfucker 😂

 

[KingKong]

No idea, I just got in the zone. I transcended myself, I became un autre. But for real, people in the OT are already S ranking this motherfucker 😂

S Ranking by itself shouldnt be too hard if you can beat the levels since you can restart at the checkpoints. I'd be more interested in high scores where people fly almost all the way

 

[Wok]

After Desktop GAF was down on Thursday, and then Dyn DNS was down yesterday, which made sites like Twitter unavailable, I have been reading about it. It seems that these kinds of attack will be more and more used for censorship and blackmailing. Not only are these attacks more and more powerful with the Internet of Things, but they are also getting easier to set up with open-source software. I fear we will see some dark days for Steam... and for DRM-protected games using Denuvo.

“If you will not pay in time, DDoS attack will start, your web-services will
go down permanently. After that, price to stop will be increased to 5 BTC
with further increment of 5 BTC for every day of attack.

NOTE, i?m not joking.

My attack are extremely powerful now – now average 700-800Gbps, sometimes over 1 Tbps per second. It will pass any remote protections, no current protection systems can help.”

I can imagine that Valve and Denuvo are getting these kinds of threat on a regular basis.

 

[Kagemusha]

Instructions:

I am giving away 9 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
Want to make your own ModBot giveaway? Click here for a quick tutorial thread. Please give generously.

ModBot Basics:
- No need to thank me. Please don't post thank you messages in thread or in PM.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.


Bonsai -- MB-FD1183AE61FED004 - Taken by ThirtyFour
Witch's Pranks: Frog's Fortune Collector's Edition -- MB-ACEF2A4CE0708D01 - Taken by neonglow
CONTASION 2 -- MB-4857ECF19D8A3BB8 - Taken by bobnowhere
Namariel Legends: Iron Lord Premium Edition -- MB-39C77DECEF0F060D - Taken by Diedac
Pixel Puzzles 2: Birds -- MB-8B8F78907B4CB75D - Taken by madjoki
Between Me and The Night -- MB-BE4A010FE1AB1179 - Taken by Kifimbo

One Day For Ched -- MB-812F92D3E24C6314 - Taken by Vuze
Militia -- MB-AA5F2FBCDA9FC6CB - Taken by Saty
Darkout -- MB-893CA0DA5A9AAEE3 - Taken by Hakkelus

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[fantomena]

Just finished Gears 4s campaign with all it's achievements (insane difficulty, collectibles et.). It was an enjoyable, but short campaign. I still think Gears 2 is the best Gears imo.

However, the port it self was absolutely amazing.

Don't think I will play it much more. Never really liked Gears MP, but I might play some Horde.

 

[laserlaser]

Props to shockdude for mc2. It keeps crashing on win7 for me tho :/

 

[shockdude]

Props to shockdude for mc2. It keeps crashing on win7 for me tho :/

aww really? Does the game boot?
I hear changing the compatibility mode to Windows XP helps, though I didn't have to do that on my end.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

So this is interesting, Lunatic Dawn is an RPG that got released on Steam but it was in Japanese only

http://store.steampowered.com/app/335420/

An English translation has just released for it recently-
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2591/



Hmm I might get it on PS4....

Oh really?!?!

Ive had that wishlisted for ages. This'll be real neat to actually understand.

edit: 50% off? NYOINK

 

[jon bones]

How often are you guys updating your drivers?

I ask because I used the latest MSI 1070 drivers from their website. Then, today the Nvidia Updater asked me to update my drivers so I did - thought getting the latest was always best.

I think this is affecting performance in Forza 3 a touch (i could be paranoid)- should I be using the latest drivers posted to my manufacturer's website or trust the built-in updater?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

How often are you guys updating your drivers?

I ask because I used the latest MSI 1070 drivers from their website. Then, today the Nvidia Updater asked me to update my drivers so I did - thought getting the latest was always best.

I think this is affecting performance in Forza 3 a touch (i could be paranoid)- should I be using the latest drivers posted to my manufacturer's website or trust the built-in updater?

Historically, I've found the drivers from the updaters to be fine. The exception is that my current AMD drivers won't let me play Doom on Vulkan.

 

[laserlaser]

aww really? Does the game boot?
I hear changing the compatibility mode to Windows XP helps, though I didn't have to do that on my end.

it boots but it crashes at the start menu when i press a button

 

[Corpekata]

Don't get GPU drivers off manufacturer websites, just get them straight from Nvidia.

As far as update, I typically just get the latest, particularly if they are focused on games I'm buying. Like the latest one is for BF1 and Civ 6. Can always roll back if needed.

 

[jshackles]

It's crazy that it's been a few years and yet this page hasn't ever been updated.

Click for instant Steam nostalgia

 

[Baron_Calamity]

It's crazy that it's been a few years and yet this page hasn't ever been updated.

Click for instant Steam nostalgia

Color is better.

 

[Annubis]

It's crazy that it's been a few years and yet this page hasn't ever been updated.

Click for instant Steam nostalgia

Well, you made me notice that RPGMaker VX Ace is -90%
http://store.steampowered.com/app/220700/

Good for anyone that wants it and missed the bundle.

 

[shockdude]

it boots but it crashes at the start menu when i press a button

PMing you.

It's crazy that it's been a few years and yet this page hasn't ever been updated.

Click for instant Steam nostalgia

Heh, that's pretty cool.
The Under $5 page works too.

 

[Tellaerin]

PMing you.

Heh, that's pretty cool.
The Under $5 page works too.

Huh. I see Space Rangers HD is 75% off. Worth the $3.74 they're asking. And The Witcher and TW2 for $1.49 and $2.99 respectively, for anyone who doesn't already own them.

 

[electroflame]

It's crazy that it's been a few years and yet this page hasn't ever been updated.

Click for instant Steam nostalgia

That takes me back... :'(
The blue scheme right now is better, but man, that black layout instantly reminds me of the amazing sales/events.

 

[someguyinahat]

I actually prefer the black layout.

 

[Jimrpg]

Being a budget gamer all my life; it's either what I can run on minimum specs and what I want to play.

Though, nowadays, even with this last gen gaming laptop. I can do everything.

That's one thing many people are unaware of that a budget $500 PC can run pretty much everything on Steam.