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STEAM | September 2015 - The Phantom Pre-Load or: AAA Movies Are Just +1s To Us
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Atraveller
Banned
I doubt it would matter unless it starts selling steam keys.
crazyrabbits
Banned
A Steam review of Ducktales: Remastered, a game which I finally had the pleasure of jumping into, after a long time away from playing the original NES version on an online emulator.
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Pogo everything. Leave no survivors.
I was too young to fully enjoy Capcom's Ducktales when it originally came to the NES back in 1990 (I was two years old then), but I made up for it by playing the game constantly when it was available on the NEStalgia online emulator a few years back.
What a treat, then, that Ducktales Remastered (a port/remake developed by Wayforward Technologies) is light-years ahead of the original version. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that this is a faithful remake that does justice to the license while throwing a boatload of extra content for longtime fans.
The original game had what can best be described as an "excuse plot" - you journey around the world to find five treasures, and at the end Flintheart Glomgold and Magica de Spell show up to ruin your party and force you to lose them again. The remake goes much, much further than this, to the point that I would characterize it as a "mini-season" of the show. There's an honest-to-God story this time, which ranks up there with some of the best episodes of the show.
You begin the game as Scrooge McDuck, racing to the scene of an attempted break-in by the Beagle Boys at your Money Bin. Once you take care of the intruders, several things open up to you - a gallery where you can purchase unlockable content (ranging from character sketches to a sound test, complete with the 8-bit retro soundtrack), the legendary Vault - yes, you can go swimming in it, complete with "gold-spewing" animations - and your choice of levels from the computer, just like the original.
The best thing about the game is that it is filled with continuity nods and nostalgia galore. Everything from unused items in the prototype version of the original game, to nods to various episodes and character concepts, to little in-jokes based on the level design of its predecessor, is on full display here. It's a game that was clearly made by fans of the series, and it shows in spades.
I could spend an hour rattling off all the ways I love this game. Running away from a giant boulder as Scrooge yells "Children and billionaires first!" at the top of his lungs. The lampshade hanging of why you can breathe on the moon. The way all of the supporting characters get much more screentime and characterization, and how their jokes fit so seamlessly with the lore (Glomgold and Scrooge's rivalry, anyone?). The way they still managed to capture the tight controls of the pogo stick from the original. Alan Young seamlessly jumping back into the Scrooge character, despite being 94(!) at the time of recording his lines. The extra Money Bin/Vesuvias levels. The New Game Plus mode. The "light muzak" version of the main theme that plays over the end credits. Mega-Dracula Duck trying to chomp you. Gizmoduck is a bro that kills anything in your path.
You get the idea.
I don't say this lightly. This is an incredible tribute to the series. I'd even go so far to say that this is one of the best Disney products ever made. We're taking "Legend of the Chaos God"/Castle of Illusion-tier quality, folks. It was clearly made by people who grew up as fans of the franchise and poured their heart and soul into making it as good as it can be.
From a difficulty standpoint, this game isn't for children. Even on the Easy difficulty level, there are level portions and boss battles that are much more taxing than the original incarnations. The Amazon/Incan relic boss fight in particular has you using near split-second timing to avoid crushing walls that come in from all sides.
The quality of the port is also somewhat lacking. You can clearly tell that this port was a rush job to get it out to PC audiences - the command prompts at Scrooge's office have an "A" button prompt (you have to press Space to activate it by default), and I experienced slowdown at a couple points in Transylvania and the Money Bin.
I didn't experience the dreaded "end boss crash" others have reported. Rather, the game locked up when I was near the end of the Moon level, causing me to lose a half-hour of playtime. All things considering, a few technical glitches are a moot point.
Ducktales Remastered is an amazing achievement. It makes me wonder what Wayforward could do with other franchises. You can't tell me that a Talespin or Chip'n Dale: Rescue Rangers remake wouldn't be awesome. Hell, this game makes me excited to see what they could do with Ducktales 2, the more technically advanced NES sequel that made a lot of changes to the formula.
If you value your childhood and love this series, go out and get it now.
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Pogo everything. Leave no survivors.
I was too young to fully enjoy Capcom's Ducktales when it originally came to the NES back in 1990 (I was two years old then), but I made up for it by playing the game constantly when it was available on the NEStalgia online emulator a few years back.
What a treat, then, that Ducktales Remastered (a port/remake developed by Wayforward Technologies) is light-years ahead of the original version. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that this is a faithful remake that does justice to the license while throwing a boatload of extra content for longtime fans.
The original game had what can best be described as an "excuse plot" - you journey around the world to find five treasures, and at the end Flintheart Glomgold and Magica de Spell show up to ruin your party and force you to lose them again. The remake goes much, much further than this, to the point that I would characterize it as a "mini-season" of the show. There's an honest-to-God story this time, which ranks up there with some of the best episodes of the show.
You begin the game as Scrooge McDuck, racing to the scene of an attempted break-in by the Beagle Boys at your Money Bin. Once you take care of the intruders, several things open up to you - a gallery where you can purchase unlockable content (ranging from character sketches to a sound test, complete with the 8-bit retro soundtrack), the legendary Vault - yes, you can go swimming in it, complete with "gold-spewing" animations - and your choice of levels from the computer, just like the original.
The best thing about the game is that it is filled with continuity nods and nostalgia galore. Everything from unused items in the prototype version of the original game, to nods to various episodes and character concepts, to little in-jokes based on the level design of its predecessor, is on full display here. It's a game that was clearly made by fans of the series, and it shows in spades.
I could spend an hour rattling off all the ways I love this game. Running away from a giant boulder as Scrooge yells "Children and billionaires first!" at the top of his lungs. The lampshade hanging of why you can breathe on the moon. The way all of the supporting characters get much more screentime and characterization, and how their jokes fit so seamlessly with the lore (Glomgold and Scrooge's rivalry, anyone?). The way they still managed to capture the tight controls of the pogo stick from the original. Alan Young seamlessly jumping back into the Scrooge character, despite being 94(!) at the time of recording his lines. The extra Money Bin/Vesuvias levels. The New Game Plus mode. The "light muzak" version of the main theme that plays over the end credits. Mega-Dracula Duck trying to chomp you. Gizmoduck is a bro that kills anything in your path.
You get the idea.
I don't say this lightly. This is an incredible tribute to the series. I'd even go so far to say that this is one of the best Disney products ever made. We're taking "Legend of the Chaos God"/Castle of Illusion-tier quality, folks. It was clearly made by people who grew up as fans of the franchise and poured their heart and soul into making it as good as it can be.
From a difficulty standpoint, this game isn't for children. Even on the Easy difficulty level, there are level portions and boss battles that are much more taxing than the original incarnations. The Amazon/Incan relic boss fight in particular has you using near split-second timing to avoid crushing walls that come in from all sides.
The quality of the port is also somewhat lacking. You can clearly tell that this port was a rush job to get it out to PC audiences - the command prompts at Scrooge's office have an "A" button prompt (you have to press Space to activate it by default), and I experienced slowdown at a couple points in Transylvania and the Money Bin.
I didn't experience the dreaded "end boss crash" others have reported. Rather, the game locked up when I was near the end of the Moon level, causing me to lose a half-hour of playtime. All things considering, a few technical glitches are a moot point.
Ducktales Remastered is an amazing achievement. It makes me wonder what Wayforward could do with other franchises. You can't tell me that a Talespin or Chip'n Dale: Rescue Rangers remake wouldn't be awesome. Hell, this game makes me excited to see what they could do with Ducktales 2, the more technically advanced NES sequel that made a lot of changes to the formula.
If you value your childhood and love this series, go out and get it now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Hahaha can I add this to ModBot?
TheMadMan007
Member
I really enjoyed the Ducktales Remaster.. It's such a shame that so many people hyped it up to something way beyond reason. The fact that they got all the original voice actors to reprise their roles from a 20+ year old series, and the fact that Scrooge is 95 years old just didn't mean anything, because people just said "he sounds lazy". I want to see them be 95 years old and go into a studio and voice act. I will defend that game anytime it get's brought up. It's not the most amazing game ever, but man for a $20 dollar downloadable remaster of a old NES game... I have no clue what people were expecting.
Uh, they've been 'back' since late 2014, and yes they sell Steam keys.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
I wonder if my account with my GFWL FO3 is still on there
PetriP-TNT
Member
I really liked DuckTales remastered, the original is one of my favorite games ever and I have played through it like 1000 times. My only grief was that the pogoing doesn't work quite as well as it does on the original and that the extras menu is really buggy.
well i just started getting their emails today
YianGaruga
Banned
You should unsubscribe, they're worse than ever before
That's pretty random to start getting them now. I've been getting 1-2 mails a week ever since they re-opened in 2014.
abracadaver
Member
are games on steam only released from monday to friday or could a developer release his game on the weekend as well?
Leafhopper
Banned
Games can be released on the weekend but it's just really uncommon.
Actually I could be wrong dunno.
Weekdays only. Valve still has to change release states itself.
ok i can't live in a world in which i know mca is working on something i'm not backing, so backed divinity 2 on ks
i like creating just one character and having a more serious story and i like even more focus on systems-based gameplay, so this is gonna be a pretty damn cool game
i like creating just one character and having a more serious story and i like even more focus on systems-based gameplay, so this is gonna be a pretty damn cool game
The Red Wizard
Member
I was quite proud of myself when I completed Episode One for the first time ever with the One Free Bullet achievement. I enjoy creative stuff like that.
You are too focused on the fact that they're called achievements.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I just wish Steam had an achievement noise, that's all I really want...
Guys, what's the thing some of you use to monitor GPU and other stuff performances that appears in horrid purple color with a 90s tv show hacker font in the upper left corner of the screen?
I feel like my fans are spinning kinda weirdly, like, they sound noisier than before now that I'm just using Chrome, and they sound, uhm, throbbing while playing, and keep throbbing for a while after quitting the game.
I honestly don't know how they're supposed to spin (nor which fan is doing that), so at least I would like to check if they spin as hard while playing as when not.
I feel like my fans are spinning kinda weirdly, like, they sound noisier than before now that I'm just using Chrome, and they sound, uhm, throbbing while playing, and keep throbbing for a while after quitting the game.
I honestly don't know how they're supposed to spin (nor which fan is doing that), so at least I would like to check if they spin as hard while playing as when not.
The Dear Leader
Banned
MSI Afterburner I believe?
Yes! That overlay is unmistakably ugly!
Serving 90's Winamp + skins realness.
MSI Afterburner, and you can change the color to your liking.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
I'm pretty surprised you can't add one in or anything, with how customizable Steam can be.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I know it's strange that Valve or someone hasn't done it yet, I've even looked around for mods or something and haven't found anything, I would just change mine to the Xbox 360 achievement sound, I've been conditioned to that sound.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Honestly, I'm more surprised by half-assed the port is than the content of the game. The extras menu has button prompts (XBox?) for some of the options.
But yeah, it's quite a feat for what it is, and I think the new content justifies it. The unlockables, the new/reworked boss battles and all the new character moments sold it for me. There are so many little touches that make it stand out, right down to the helicopter that flies past at the title screen moving exactly the same way as it does in the show's opening titles.
Tizoc
Member
IIRC
Scary Monsters is Dr. Ferdinand's Stand.
When Diego gets his Stand it's called Scary Monster.
I could be wrong though
When Diego gets his Stand it's called Scary Monster.
I could be wrong though
bobnowhere
Member
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Snakethesniper
Member
Stupid security-related question. Is it possible to get malwares connecting to specific CS servers? Or TF? Like, downloading a "compromised" map/files or exploiting the integrated browser with the "message of the day" thing?
Well, the moment you download something in your PC, yeah, you can catch malware with it. Regarding the Steam browser, I don't know honestly.
Snakethesniper
Member
Btw I mean downloading a map via the game itself, not through weird links
There was a recent exploit like that, yeah. Not sure if they patched it on the older Valve games yet. Somehow that's the first time I heard of an issue with it tho.
Tizoc
Member
Endless Legend is USD 12 over at Macgamestore
http://www.macgamestore.com/product/3664/Endless-Legend-Classic-Pack/
It comes with a Steam key as per page description
Alt. Wingamestore has a sale going on too
http://www.wingamestore.com/
Various stuff for 75% off like Anna's Quest.
http://www.macgamestore.com/product/3664/Endless-Legend-Classic-Pack/
It comes with a Steam key as per page description
Alt. Wingamestore has a sale going on too
http://www.wingamestore.com/
Various stuff for 75% off like Anna's Quest.
But it's so cheap!!
Also I have to express deep sorrow about Yian turning cloak on us
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Monday through Friday. Valve doesn't actually have to be there for you to release it though, they have to first approve the game for release, but they can do that months before you actually release it, once approved you can make it go live anytime when the release option is available, which is between Monday and Friday.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
fuck yeah, solved my hdd problems by unplugging it... and plugging it back in...
Congrats, my HDD died a few weeks ago, had to get a new one, but alas. I did have an external drive with some important things backed up so not the biggest loss, but I realized I forgot some things, but nothing to do about it now.
YianGaruga
Banned
But it's so cheap!!
Also I have to express deep sorrow about Yian turning cloak on us
Hey, just for the record, I don't use G2A at all and I would never recommend it to anyone. Just bought my latest anime waifu game directly on Steam and wouldn't have it any other way!
I just have a neutral stance and like to discuss the issue without bias.
I don't think it's as cut and dry as people are making it out to be, especially after reading SirJackDaniels posts.
Fuck people who steal shit and try to get money by abusing review keys. I even see that shit popping up on local ebay and trading sites and reported it a few times, since someone was selling Vita review keys way before the official release.
Cross regional buying and selling or getting keys cheaper through other means is fair game and most people in this thread have done it at some point ot other, so painting G2A is the devil is hypocritical.
There isn't one. I keep pointing that out in that thread but people are conveniently ignoring it.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Wow, EGX is piss this year ._.
TheAutomator
Banned
One has consequences for scamming individuals and is not immediately open to the vast dark abyss of the internet.
YianGaruga
Banned
G2A has consequences for scammers as well.
These guys are running a huge business which is very dependent on consumer satisfaction.
the consequences of being banned from GAF?
even the OP of the BST thread states that NeoGAF takes no responsibility for any transactions there and that it's caveat emptor. G2A doesn't have the same disclaimer? people aren't banned on G2A if they are found to be selling stolen goods?
Atraveller
Banned
Do they? I've read a lot of stories of G2A doing nothing after a scam was reported (even with G2A shield purchased).
WinterDemons
Member
Feel free to!
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