NeoRaider
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I couldn't finish the game so my answer would be no.
No one ever called me from cdkeys.
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STEAM | October 2016 - A month where 100 games launch rather than coming out earlier
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I couldn't finish the game so my answer would be no.
No one ever called me from cdkeys.
PLASTICA-MAN
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Is it GOTY edition with all DLCs?
Maybe they sent a text or use a bot caller. I don't remember honestly.
Tizoc
Member
It is a decent orc slayer simulator but is otherwise filled with the usual uninspired open world collectatho ish stuff
TheLetdown
Member
Yeah, it's worth it for that.
The nemesis system is really interesting for a little while, but you'll catch on the unrealized potential it had fairly early in the game.
While you're still underpowered, infiltrating the little strongholds around the map can be pretty tense, making the graphic kill scenes feel like a reward. You'll hit a point that the game sort of trivializes itself, though.
It's not perfect. But it was unexpectedly good, thus the hype around the initial release. There's this after-the-fact shitting on it that you'll see around because it's the thing to do for cool folks, but if you like LOTR in a very general sense and you want a sandbox-ish stealth orc killing simulator, 5 bucks is well spent here.
EDIT: Tizoc and I on the same page about calling it an orc killing/slaying simulator! Let's finish each other's sentences. I'll start:
Anime is...
Tizoc
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The term used to refer to animated series or movies from Japan
But to add regarding more doors
Id say for $5 it is worth it i mean even if u enjoy it for 5-10 hours you got your money's worth
Tizoc
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Eh grim dawn for $12 aint so bad
you're right im just messing. I actually think this month might be pretty good after what happened last month. hopefully!
might sub last minute
the_firewithin
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dont put that voodoo out so early today
bobnowhere
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Already owning Grim Dawn, I might just troll the B/S/T thread afterwards for $1-$2 bargains of anything particularly interesting.
William Bonney
Banned
This is what I have done every month so far.
KainXVIII
Member
Slightly Magic is on Steam...I can't remember the last time nostalgia hit me so hard.
Dem feels! Played it in 48k version and holy shit how 128k was better (music, much richer backgrounds etc..)
Hope that Dizzy Collection hit steam someday.
Backlogger
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Same. Even if I hadn't I still would not be disappointed with never subbing for it. So far no single month has been mind blowing or worth the $12 risk.
spindoctor
Member
Meanwhile, I find myself inevitably selling a few keys in the BST thread every month. I don't know why I even continue to subscribe when I end up getting a bunch of duplicates every month and the quality of the last couple of bundles has been suspect to say the least.
Regginator
Member
Just gotten a DXMD booster pack, jeeej
Same here. Out of the last few bundles I end up with one or two games I don't have.
Did you try disabling any overlays, Win10 gamebar, stuff like that?
Father_Brain
Banned
Am I imagining things, or is there a pixel-art platformer with an incredibly similar premise (fox, changing seasons, etc)?
Oh, it's this. This looks great too.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=642132442
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.
Was this already discussed here? The Washington State Gambling Commission has informed Valve that they need to immediately cease actions that allow eSports betting sites to proliferate on Steam.
http://www.wsgc.wa.gov/publications/press-releases/valve-pressrelease.pdf
I guess that makes their recent roll-out of limited-time-use sprays even more ill-conceived.
Maybe we'll know something by this time next week.
http://www.wsgc.wa.gov/publications/press-releases/valve-pressrelease.pdf
I guess that makes their recent roll-out of limited-time-use sprays even more ill-conceived.
Maybe we'll know something by this time next week.
OOOoohh!
Kaleinc
Banned
3 months later, the official response from Valve.
Dear Washington State Gambling Commission,
update directX, verify game cache files.
Yes, disabling the Steam Overlay was one of the first things it did. Have no other overlay active as well to my knowledge. No idea what the Gamebar was before googling it, but I've disabled it now and it changed nothing. <.<
Tried activating GPU Scaling, setting Surface Formet Optimization to off, moved the installation to C, but nothing works.
pantsattack
Member
Monthly day! I'm feeling the power of positivity friendos.
This killed me!
lol
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.
Steam overhaul October 13th
Steam Dev Days is next week, so maybe we'll hear something about it then. Also the new site
I'll be surprised if that includes anything in regards to this, though. Most likely all that will come of this is Valve going "look, we shut down API access to a lot of different sites!" but something tells me they'll only be able to keep up with that excuse for so long before they get got by the man
Reads like a Trump answer.
Chairmanchuck
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Come on. They at least changed the color to the weekly deal banner.
"Its something!"
#thatgamblingthing
They better not Touch the CS GO key market.
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.
Particularly troubling is this
They pulled the "think of the children" card which is particularly effective in US politics.
Jawmuncher
Member
It'll be interesting to see valve actually have to change some things due to higher forces
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.
As much as they tout consumer advocacy and safety, the real reason the gambling commission is interested in Steam has to do with dollar signs. "Regulated gambling" typically means "a cut back to the state in the form of higher tax withholding" aka "gimme some of that sweet sweet cash". As it's unlikely they would be able to force sites like CSGO Lounge or others to comply with US gambling / tax regulations (as they mostly take place overseas) they are instead focusing on the revenue generated by Valve as a byproduct of the esports gambling.
Valve is a company with a lot of resources that in cases like this might typically be spent "lobbying"
bribing
Very rarely do these types of things go to the point of actually enacting any change that results in these companies generating less revenue. Unless of course Valve volunteers to do so, or decides that lobbying or moving isn't worth the hassle.
Also it is in the case of CS:GO very very likely that children are actually engaging in these activities. This might be the first instance where thinking about the kids is actually relevant. That said, obviously not every person involved is underage, and as usual the authorities are the last to actually realize what is going on.
I've been wondering how the mobile market has escaped regulation for so long. SO MANY GAMES have the "gatcha" style or slot machine style rewards that I can't see any possible way that stuff can be defended as not gambling. Slot machines are literally the definition of a thing that is regulated as gambling. And there is so much potential for rigged systems in those kinds of games. I guess I'm just more interested in the wider application of labeling this kind of stuff as "gambling" then what actually happens to CS:GO
Not that it means much, but on Twitter the other day it seemed as though one of the writters at Valve was suggesting they have a bunch of stuff lined up, but I assume that is more game / content stuff than Steam itself. can't recall the tweet
Edit - here
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
This is really funny from my perspective, but the feds came down on fantasy sport gambling sites hard. Like, serious fines and damages.
So, Valve does have to fess up.
Wok
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I am old style and I have a really hard time trying to convince myself that gambling practices are NOT inherent parts of the most successful F2P business models to milk the whale.
Or to put it more simply: I see hidden gambling business models everywhere these days.
Edit: For context, I used to be a Dota2 beluga.
Or to put it more simply: I see hidden gambling business models everywhere these days.
Edit: For context, I used to be a Dota2 beluga.
Since you have already played BG1 I would say it's no worth to go back just because of Minsc. I don't think there are enough banter to justifie it. The canon party was
Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc, Dynaheir and Imoen
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I tried to go back to BG1 and played a bit until I started getting a bunch of bugs because I no longer had the mods installed. So I'm playing BG2 and wow, the polish over BG1 is so stark. Also the game feels more open, directly in the begining I don't have a quest and no idea where to go, which is nice to just wander around.
It is barely hidden roulette. The old key and crate system especially. Nearly every F2P game has some kind of system that could pretty easily be seen as gambling if you look at it hard enough. I doubt anyone actually takes action about it though, too much money involved for Apple/Google/whoever to actually step in.
2x Dota2 compendium across 2 years
That's it.
The only other microtransaction I paid for was the Kelly Baily music pack in CSGO, because that was awesome
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.
Honestly all I personally expect to see from this is Valve shutting down more gambling site's API access, or possibly enacting more restrictions on who can obtain that access in the first place. It seems like a reasonable restriction to simply shut down market-based APIs completely, or to restrict them to developer-only token keys - meaning Valve would personally have to vet users requesting access to the API.
But of course doing so would essentially shut down the larger gambling sites which would have a significant impact on the marketplace which would have a significant impact on their revenue.
It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) happens here.
Wok
Member
There are other mechanics. Gambling of in-game currency to get points to level up compendium, which could otherwise be bought. A bit stretched.
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