Crimsonclaw111
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I told him to do that but he won't listen so I guess I'll just ignore him playing.
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STEAM | October 2016 - A month where 100 games launch rather than coming out earlier
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The Dear Leader
Banned
They put their store page in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber! Thank you thank you, I'll be here all week.
spindoctor
Member
Did they think no one would notice? Scamco is a bunch of clowns.
LurkerPrime
Member
To be clear, I should add that I mean the in-game brightness setting. I'm assuming the console version has the same setting.
I'll make a comparison shot of max brightness vs. the default brightness (two pips lower). Just give me a minute to take it and edit it in. (Edit: Ok it's not as dramatic in-game as in the brightness thing, but it's still there.)
brightness (top: default / bottom: max)
I think someone mentioned the glare setting affecting brightness but it's been OK for me on low.
in-game brightness (top: default / bottom: max)
Reminds me of when Squeenix ninja-edited Tomb Raider 2013's pre-order bonuses and DDE content a couple of weeks before release. The challenge tomb was seemingly switched to a different one and the "Endurance Pack" (which ultimately never surfaced) was removed in favour of just a single MP map, and the soundtrack included in the DDE went from the complete thing to a half-length/10-track sample.
triplestation
Member
halloween sale when?
In 11 hours and 40 minutes.
hooijdonk17
Member
Yayy
texhnolyze
Banned
Got my Skyrim DLCs pack removed from my account and refunded my wallet.
Meanwhile, Skyrim SE is still sitting there in my library. ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)
Meanwhile, Skyrim SE is still sitting there in my library. ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)
Grats on the fraud o/
So.. you're gloating over committing a fraud? *slow golf clap*.
Way to abuse a system that was added for the consumer's benefit.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
hooijdonk17
Member
Not saying I wouldn't have done the same thing.. But this IS the reason why we can't have nice things.
Tizoc
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I was asking actually :x
NingenJanai
Member
And people complain when developers don't offer free upgrades...
that's really shitty
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
A recent game release is making me think of one unfortunate user review effect thing. There's a game I played I liked quite a bit, and everyone who's played it so far has also posted a positive review. But the reviews are right now at 75% positive or so (with so few reviews, that's considered mixed) due to a few people leaving negative reviews due to not being able to run the game because their systems were weaker than the game's recommended specs.
I know it's not a big deal, and all the reviews actually talking about the game are getting more recognition/thumbs-up and such, but I wonder how many games get frustrated people who had machines that for one reason or another couldn't run the game leave and sort of tip the scale especially early in. I was thinking about it since I do also kind of unconsciously look at the user review average, though I'm a bit more preemptive than most and read to see what reviews say, but how many may just see the 'mixed' review status on the first few games when the game has the most blind exposure, and pass on it for the inconveniences some had based on their own systems.
I know it's not a big deal, and there's nothing to really be done about it, it's not really a problem. But I've been contemplating the effect user reviews, especially initial reviews, can have on a game in the current Steam climate.
I know it's not a big deal, and all the reviews actually talking about the game are getting more recognition/thumbs-up and such, but I wonder how many games get frustrated people who had machines that for one reason or another couldn't run the game leave and sort of tip the scale especially early in. I was thinking about it since I do also kind of unconsciously look at the user review average, though I'm a bit more preemptive than most and read to see what reviews say, but how many may just see the 'mixed' review status on the first few games when the game has the most blind exposure, and pass on it for the inconveniences some had based on their own systems.
I know it's not a big deal, and there's nothing to really be done about it, it's not really a problem. But I've been contemplating the effect user reviews, especially initial reviews, can have on a game in the current Steam climate.
Yeah, I've seen this (and variations like it) quite a bit. I think the review system might benefit from technical issues being separated out from "normal" reviews, with a separate aggregate score. Things like "Uplay didn't work and this game sucks" is useful, but at the same time isn't related to the game itself. Having FPS issues noted within a review is one thing, but someone putting Thumbs Down because they couldn't run it at all, or because of third-party DRM just skews the results.
I've taken to just marking as Not Helpful almost all reviews like that.
Regginator
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I wouldn't count on owning Skyrim SE very long, they'll definitely block access sooner or later.
hooijdonk17
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Fatal Futanari
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It had a "Region: Europe" icon for me. That, CoD IW, and Mafia 3 have it.
They used to be great but lately they have not been getting region free keys. Just Europe.
Would this be something more related to changes that affect their sourcing model? Given that CDKeys pulls most of their keys from retail boxes, it seems like publishers are using region-specific keys in the cheaper countries which CDKeys acquires their stock from.
Or, to put it another way, yes it's CDKeys fault, but maybe the actual problem is publishers getting wise to what CDKeys do?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
And you're gloating about this on a website where actual developers frequent.
Fuck is wrong with you?
There's quite a few problems with it right now...
They removed the controls presets (Type A, B, C) that Xenoverse 1 and the consoles versions of Xenoverse 2 have (with the current rebinding feature it's impossible to achieve the same results as those presets, since some actions are bound to other actions).
People are reporting the controls rebinding not affecting online battles or something (using defaults instead).
Transfering character from Xenoverse 1 is rather buggy.
Pre-order DLC is not working.
For some people (not everyone) the changing audio language option isn't showing.
Something more minor, but, game is not showing in people's profiles and most recent played games list.
There's probably more issues, but these are what I can recall atm.
Finished up the first episode of Revelations 2 and it was pretty good. Not too big on the whole character switching bs but the action and setting is well done.
Kinda wish Capcom would just retire the Redfield shit already and let these characters walk off into the sunset. I mean how much more can you torture these people and throw them into these terrible situations? Every single time I swear.
Kinda wish Capcom would just retire the Redfield shit already and let these characters walk off into the sunset. I mean how much more can you torture these people and throw them into these terrible situations? Every single time I swear.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I just looked at the Halloween DLC for Dead by Daylight.
It's literally Halloween DLC.
It's literally Halloween DLC.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
The Halloween Sale thread is almost ready. I made sure to represent StamGAF right.
The greatest shlock.
Tizoc
Member
Fhaning the portagonist tends to be seen as a risky move by some gaming companies
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I did, at GDC. Super atmospheric and immersive. It's gonna be so fun to watch Halloween streams of it.
Yeah you would.. if it was on halloween sale for 75% off!
Fatal Futanari
Member
Basically. Whichever country CDKeys gets their supply from is using region locked keys now.
And if they had cards and badges :>
Dude. : (
As the Steam sales weaken, so does the power of the thread wane. If Lord Gaben does not act, soon we shall be no more. : (
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
We must send a party beyond the mists.
Maybe it will be removed later...
I'll take this chance to say that, despite the cute look, Yomawari can be quite scary. Though the first time I got to kick a rock I ended up chuckling instead of crying.
Chairmanchuck
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Can anyone explain to me why Attack on Titan isnt available for the chinese region, but the DLC is?
I mean it even has regional pricing, the DLC.
I mean it even has regional pricing, the DLC.
It should show up in your library when you view it in list view - there'll be a cloud icon next to games which support cloud saves.
Wok
Member
Too many words that I don't know. I feel like you are talking klingon.
Atraveller
Banned
Ultraviolet is awful, pretty much all of its service providers have IP lock.
spindoctor
Member
2K games in particular have some bizarre region locking going on the last few months. A friend of mine bought the 25th Anniversary collector's edition of Civ 6 and sold me the keys for cheap. There were 3 keys for the base game, pre-order bonus and digital deluxe bonus content. I couldn't activate the digital deluxe content because the key had a different region locking scheme than the base game. It took days of bothering 2K before they actually fixed it and allowed me to redeem it. Why would you ship a game with two different sets of region locks for the base game and bonus content in the same box?
I played through episode 3 of Telltale Batman yesterday. Something annoyed me while playing it (other than the customary crashes to desktop). There's a scene where Batman talks to a reporter and tries to get her to reveal her source for a story. In the dialogs you have two ways to approach this... either you try to intimidate her or you try to convince her that it's for the greater good. Of course, there's always the third option of not actually saying anything at all during dialogs, and that's what I chose to do for that entire scene. In her dialogs she refuses to give up her source because of journalistic ethics. So she makes a big show about she can't help and starts to walk away and then Batman just goes and stands in front of her. And immediately she's all like "Oh okay, here you go, let me write down the address for you". Basically rendering everything in that scene completely pointless. Not that it really needs to be said, but if you ever want to break the illusion of choices and consequences in a Telltale game, just choose not to say anything. I doubt they even test that option to see if it makes any sort of narrative sense to continue the story like that.
About half way through the Titanfall 2 campaign and I'm mildly amused that the parkour in this game feels better than in Mirror's Edge Catalyst. It's not an entirely fair comparison because this game has jetpacks and unrealistic momentum boosts when you jump off a wallrun, but it just feels faster, more fluid and generally more fun to do here. I think part of it is because you're playing on handcrafted levels whereas Catalyst just dumped you into an open world which just didn't feel quite as focused. That game is a series of missed opportunities and sadly it has probably killed the franchise forever.
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