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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.
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BTA always goes up never down.
ashecitism
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Pretty sure Gunpoint made its money back in a minute after the pre-orders went live. It cost like $30 to make it and he said he made enough to quit his current job and become a full-time game dev lol
no worry
no worry
Hero Prinny
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i actually remember 1 time it went down. not by much but it definitely went down by at least a dollar.
Haunted
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Papers, Please is great.
MakeshiftChef
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What an awesome humble bundle! Bought at the $10 tier for Prison Architect. I already had several of the games already. But the three I did not have (Luftrausers, Prison Architect, and Hammer Watch) makes it worth it to me since all three were on my wishlist. On the plus side of things I can give away the spares I got in the bundle.
Yo, that's a bit mean, yes.
That's not true at all. There have been previous bundles where the average has dropped at certain points, sometimes pretty sharply.
Can't recall which bundle it was now, but still I remember one dropping from around $5 to around $3.40 or thereabouts, which was when I happened to pull the trigger.
Fantastic game!
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someguyinahat
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How many of those users only play one game (such as Dota2 or Counterstrike) and don't buy anything else, I wonder?
ashecitism
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How is it mean? That's what Tom Francis said cost him. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...h-that-its-creator-can-quit-jobs-as-a-concept
According with SteamAPI, there's 113 230 118 accounts that's more than year old and 85 749 364 accounts with at least one game.
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Fare Godmace
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Well, I promise I'll stop bitching after this post, but I decided to buy the bundle since I could use some cool games to cheer me up (I haven't forgotten that I've just won Volgarr, but I had 4 of those games on my wishlist), and now for the first time in my life Humble is waiting for PayPal to process the transaction.
I think I shouldn't have gotten out of bed today
I ain't even mad right now, it's just funny :lol
EDIT: Yay, false alarm. I actually got the email immediately, it's just that the website got stuck. All is well that ends well
I think I shouldn't have gotten out of bed today
I ain't even mad right now, it's just funny :lolEDIT: Yay, false alarm. I actually got the email immediately, it's just that the website got stuck. All is well that ends well
I'm not sure what you mean, but that's not true, it always goes down at the start (not this time, it started climbing up almost immediately), sometimes even dives down, after initial dive it steadily goes up little by little until it settles on some price and remains basically the same after that till the end. Usually in a range of $5-6, but lately it seems to be more than $7, as all bundles have third and forth tiers now and some people buy those.
That's what he said costed the Gamemaker. But he worked at the game. When you say it like that, it really sounds like there was no work of value involved developing the game. Work is worth money.
Didn't see it that way at first, but that makes more sense. The "0%" threw me off a bit.
BinaryPork2737
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If you've got anything Apple related, I've got a recommendation right here:
Big. Rigs.
That's way sooner than I expected, awesome! And cheaper than I expected too.
That artbook actually sounds nice, too.
Cool for people that don't own those games yet. I already own the ones I'm really interested in on one platform or another though.
yo, we heard you like gambling so now you can pre-order without knowing the content and later hope the games will be released
I wonder if one of those bonuses will be a special coin worth $3.
FiveElementNinja
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Dang, Luftrausers is the only game I'm missing from that Humble Bundle. Here's hoping for a giveaway.
chugen
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It has to be! They promised! It's our only plan to get rich, and buy even more games
If he developed the game in his spare time such that development didn't impact his day job and there were no other costs involved, which appears to the case, then not really. What you say is true of his next game, though, since he's no doubt used the Gunpoint profit pool to pay the bills thus far.
Oh, I'm not knocking the quality of the game - from what I've heard, it's awesome at what it sets out to do. It's just that having been dealing with some pretty depressing real life issues lately, a game that's supposed to be a downer isn't what I'm looking for as entertainment right now.
ShadowgeistX
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So, it turns out that I am a massive dipshit and I purchased Papers, Please during the last steam sale. Man I'm dumb.
However, it's not all bad as it has given birth to this.
However, it's not all bad as it has given birth to this.
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Gone Home at least has gameplay mechanics (searching for clues, crouching, map), while Dear Esther is truly a walking simulator: you might as well push the forward key all the time and you can still complete it.
I watched Dear Esther via a 1080p YT playthrough and don't think I missed a single thing from the experience.
While Gone Home I did buy and did play by myself. Simply because experiences can still vary between players: you can rush, not notice all interactible items, etc. Or you can go in-depth and even read stuff you can't even interact with.
I liked the game for what it was and didn't feel ripped off. (Though only bought it for around € 5.)
$6.77, but it was down for me for first minute or so.
$6 I think as always, although the page was really sluggish and it took time to load, so when it loaded properly finally it was already above $6.
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dark_inferno
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Fuck man. Cant stop playing Luftrausers... so damn good.
Now i have to complete it on PC and the Vita.
Now i have to complete it on PC and the Vita.
Woody Invincible
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Gone Home is a great experience, I thought. I actually enjoyed always expecting something scary to happen.
MMBosstones86
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dude, stop giving away my secret
yes. Prison Architect is that good. And I haven't played for a few of the later releases.
This is incredibly false and has everything to do with the quality of games in each tier. In this case, Prison Architect is driving that price up because it's a hell of a good deal.
Chairmanchuck
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Got the two games I wanted from this bundle thanks to kind NeoGAFFers and Modbot.
Thanks Roboleon and StrongArmSteady.
Will download them now.
Thanks Roboleon and StrongArmSteady.
Will download them now.
that actually distracts me from enjoying the game
Tizoc
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We need to spam Atlus' twitter to release that thing on Steam.If you've got anything Apple related, I've got a recommendation right here:
Big. Rigs.
That's way sooner than I expected, awesome! And cheaper than I expected too.
That artbook actually sounds nice, too.
Cool for people that don't own those games yet. I already own the ones I'm really interested in on one platform or another though.
I wonder if one of those bonuses will be a special coin worth $3.
Even with the 'gamepad' interface.
TheFightingFish
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In honor of my early morning insomnia that I can't seem to shake (which totally sucks by the way) I've actually had some time in those sleepless early morning to be playing some Steam games.
Some quick hitting thoughts from games in the last month:
BattleBlock Theater - I was rather into this at the start. The presentation was enjoyably madcap, the levels added in interesting new mechanics, the character head / tool / weapon options we fun to poke around with. I progressed through most of the game, but ended up running out of steam near the end. Just something about the basic feel of running and jumping made the game wear on me, I felt like levels continued to roll out new concepts and up the difficulty, but I wasn't getting the sense of enjoyment from beating them versus something like Super Meat Boy.
Mortal Kombat Komplete - (note: I don't like MK enough to really try the online part of this, so this was just me goofing through the story mode, which I actually rather enjoy doing for fighting games). This is a game that I was really able to enjoy due to the love put into it. In general MK has never been my thing, I find the character designs to range from ok (a few) to just plain terrible (most of the cast), I don't like the shared basic movesets, projectile battles always feel off, animations are pretty weak, block button always throws me off, the story is a garbled mess, and so on. Now obviously some of this is just the way that MK is, but it has never been something that I've been into. But in spite of all this I still found this game enjoyable. It feels like it's clearly made by folks who love the fighting games genre and MK in particular. It has a solid PC port with all the needed control options, it has a full story mode to play through, it has a big cast of classic characters, some interesting new mechanics, tons of good looking stages, and X-Ray moves (which I found cringe-worthy and amusing at the same time). Last boss was a bit nasty I will say, not SNK worthy but I ended up having to rely on Dark Soulesq kiting and very careful projectile spamming.
Risk of Rain - If I'm a games reviewer this is a 10/10 to me. I don't believe that a 10 means a "perfect" game, but instead one that I really enjoy in which every element in it furthers the enjoyment of the whole. The controls are incredibly tight, I was always in complete control of my character and never felt like I was a victim of dodgy hitboxes or anything like that. The music and fantastic pixel art fit the sci-fi 80's theme perfectly and had a level of cohesiveness between game graphics, HUI, menus, and cutscenes that clowns many AAA games. The escalating difficulty meter is genius design work, it prevented me from using slow down spam tactics to progress as those tactics cost far too much time, and it also forced me to continually be aware of how I was traversing a level in terms of trading difficulty increased versus getting more items per level. The different characters also create rather different playstyles, which help to mix it up when you've started to nail your gameplay for any single class. I got up to getting a clear on medium difficulty and now I'm putting it aside for a while, but it's the rare game that I can see coming back to again and again. Plus co-op modes for the icing on the cake.
Some quick hitting thoughts from games in the last month:
BattleBlock Theater - I was rather into this at the start. The presentation was enjoyably madcap, the levels added in interesting new mechanics, the character head / tool / weapon options we fun to poke around with. I progressed through most of the game, but ended up running out of steam near the end. Just something about the basic feel of running and jumping made the game wear on me, I felt like levels continued to roll out new concepts and up the difficulty, but I wasn't getting the sense of enjoyment from beating them versus something like Super Meat Boy.
Mortal Kombat Komplete - (note: I don't like MK enough to really try the online part of this, so this was just me goofing through the story mode, which I actually rather enjoy doing for fighting games). This is a game that I was really able to enjoy due to the love put into it. In general MK has never been my thing, I find the character designs to range from ok (a few) to just plain terrible (most of the cast), I don't like the shared basic movesets, projectile battles always feel off, animations are pretty weak, block button always throws me off, the story is a garbled mess, and so on. Now obviously some of this is just the way that MK is, but it has never been something that I've been into. But in spite of all this I still found this game enjoyable. It feels like it's clearly made by folks who love the fighting games genre and MK in particular. It has a solid PC port with all the needed control options, it has a full story mode to play through, it has a big cast of classic characters, some interesting new mechanics, tons of good looking stages, and X-Ray moves (which I found cringe-worthy and amusing at the same time). Last boss was a bit nasty I will say, not SNK worthy but I ended up having to rely on Dark Soulesq kiting and very careful projectile spamming.
Risk of Rain - If I'm a games reviewer this is a 10/10 to me. I don't believe that a 10 means a "perfect" game, but instead one that I really enjoy in which every element in it furthers the enjoyment of the whole. The controls are incredibly tight, I was always in complete control of my character and never felt like I was a victim of dodgy hitboxes or anything like that. The music and fantastic pixel art fit the sci-fi 80's theme perfectly and had a level of cohesiveness between game graphics, HUI, menus, and cutscenes that clowns many AAA games. The escalating difficulty meter is genius design work, it prevented me from using slow down spam tactics to progress as those tactics cost far too much time, and it also forced me to continually be aware of how I was traversing a level in terms of trading difficulty increased versus getting more items per level. The different characters also create rather different playstyles, which help to mix it up when you've started to nail your gameplay for any single class. I got up to getting a clear on medium difficulty and now I'm putting it aside for a while, but it's the rare game that I can see coming back to again and again. Plus co-op modes for the icing on the cake.
if by incredible experience you mean incredibly boring and dull, I agree.
Also it isn't scary at all.
I feel like I played different game altogether, when I read some posts here.
Incredible Humble Bundle for me. Didn't own a single one of the games.
How??
And some of us feel like you played a different game altogether. Gone Home is VERY divisive.
I got nothing out of Dear Esther, but Gone Home was great.
Sgt.Pepper
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Maybe unlike a lot of SteamGAF, s/he doesn't have to buy the games if s/he is not gonna ply them.
Steaming hot.
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derExperte
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Neverending Nightmare's release date is Sept 26th. http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/neverending-nightmares-ready-to-scare-you-on-septe/2300-9427/ Backed this on KS but haven't followed the development closely.
PetriP-TNT
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Wait what, Gone Home redeemed itself even though I own it because of the soundtrack?
Easton Dark
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I really liked that 30 minutes or so it took me to get through all of it. It's a beautiful game. I'd rather play than watch just so that I could explore and look at things as I wish rather than hope someone explores where you want.
Memories of a Vagabond's art in the little box there reminds me of a flash game series called Swords and Sandals. That shit would be so fly if they made a retail version. Basically 2-d turn-based Chivalry.
I dunno, I held out when I was tempted by Gone Home and Gunpoint recently when they were cheap, and the rest weren't on my radar, but I'm really happy to get them now. I definitely wanna check out Prison Architect, I remember seeing a Giant Bomb QL of it and thinking it looked quite interesting, but I'll be going into it mostly blind.
I'm also super tempted by The Banner Saga, aeiiiiieeee
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