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[Uzzy]

I was having a rummage through the garage last night and found a box full of old PC games, among them Pro Evo 4. Fired it up this morning and my word has it aged horribly. Makes the recent releases look much better when your nostalgia for the older games has had a kick in the unmentionables.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

I just checked YouTube for some footage of it, and I found an England vs Brazil match. It featured Gerrard/Lampard in midfield and Rooney fluffing it up front. So at least that would be accurate for the next decade.

 

[L.O.R.D]

It's there already.

e: the instant sell button that is, could be wrong but I don't think he was ever going to do something that sells all cards at once

where is it ? i can't find it

 

[Atraveller]

Shit man, after watching Mad Max Fury Road for the first time last night and seeing all these dope screenshots, my desire for Mad Max is at an all time high, it will definitely be the next game I get.

Same, but since the entire Nuuvem is unavailable to me, I think I'll hold off.

 

[Se7enSword]

Same, but since the entire Nuuvem is unavailable to me, I think I'll hold off.

MEDIOCRE!!

 

[Maniac]

Good one.





He was mainly doing Dota 2 stuff and some comics. Outside of Valve he's been writing sci-fi novels.


Btw who was the last prominent dev who actually joined Valve? Abrash? Though he left...then Church? I fee like these last years we've been getting more news of people leaving rather than joining.

Abrash was ages ago, wasn't it?

Feels like it anyway. Damn shame to lose him to a company that's turned into right proper cunts.

Anyway, the only recent-ish, prominent newcomers I can think of are Church and... Err... Clint Hocking, I guess.

And he left a year ago and then... Yeah. That dudes weird.

Seriously though, it seems like such a waste of design talent. Valve could probably make an AMAZING RPG or space game SOB *sniffles*

Or just a great singleplayer shooter. Instead we get dis shiiiiit.

(I play fuckloads of Dota and CSGO, but I'd much rather have something else really.)

 

[DunderHassan]

Anyone up for some Munchkin gaming on Tabletop Simulator today?
Mr Luchador and I are in.

Also, we're gonna rock some Rocket League right now, feel free to PM me on Steam if you wanna join!

 

[Ruruja]

I was having a rummage through the garage last night and found a box full of old PC games, among them Pro Evo 4. Fired it up this morning and my word has it aged horribly. Makes the recent releases look much better when your nostalgia for the older games has had a kick in the unmentionables.

You're wrong, PES4-6 are still better games than all recent PES games. They may not look as realistic or play as 'realistic' but they're damn fun and do everything right. My opinion of course, but I still play them against my mate from time to time, that's where they really shine I suppose.

 

[Atraveller]

MEDIOCRE!!

I saw Bernardo selling it, but since I'm still playing through MGSV, so I'll think about it.

 

[Deques]

where is it ? i can't find it

It appears when you have a card selected

 

[L.O.R.D]

It appears when you have a card selected

still can't find it

only sell that one card

 

[DunderHassan]

still can't find it

Using a browser? It doesn't work in Firefox, you gotta use Chrome (or Opera?).

 

[Deques]

still can't find it

only sell that one card

Using a browser? It doesn't work in Firefox, you gotta use Chrome (or Opera?).

Right now it's a chrome only feature

 

[Uzzy]

Unsurprisingly, adding GITS music to the MGSV soundtrack works great. Cyberbirds my helicopter music now.

 

[Pachimari]

Gotta say Metal Gear Solid V is my disappointment of the year so far. In fact, I'm gonna quit it. Really frustrating to me.

 

[ashecitism]

Yeah, I only saw very few videos of Vive and somehow only got the move-like controllers out of it. This is really news for me (but it's old I know). Suddenly Vive is much more attractive to me. It can do all the Rift does but also so much more cool stuff. Good times.

At this point I'm just going to wait how both of them end up at launch (price, launch library etc) and maybe wait till gen 2. I don't have a PC to handle VR anyway. People also have been praising the Rift's Touch controller as the best.

Abrash was ages ago, wasn't it?

Feels like it anyway. Damn shame to lose him to a company that's turned into right proper cunts.

Anyway, the only recent-ish, prominent newcomers I can think of are Church and... Err... Clint Hocking, I guess.

And he left a year ago and then... Yeah. That dudes weird.

Abrash I think joined in 2010. Church was 2011 and Hocking was 2012. Church is still there working on VR. As Spirited said the last so-called prominent dev joining is Jaros, but given his involvement in Saints Row, some will find that debatable. Valve have grown again according to reports and Ludwig, but simply can't recall any big, public "signings". Not the way others like Oculus or Amazon (before some people started leaving) have been getting talent. Or other big studios.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Gotta say Metal Gear Solid V is my disappointment of the year so far. In fact, I'm gonna quit it. Really frustrating to me.

...Why?

 

[Atraveller]

Gotta say Metal Gear Solid V is my disappointment of the year so far. In fact, I'm gonna quit it. Really frustrating to me.

...Why?

Yeah why? Game is pretty easy!

 

[Pachimari]

...Why?

Yeah why? Game is pretty easy!

Lack of cutscenes. Lack of codecs (not the same as cassette tapes), a mute Big Boss, inconsistent voice acting, lack of story focus, and now I hear the bosses are worse than in MGS1-4. Basically everything that made me love Metal Gear is not there.

The gameplay is perfect though, and by far the best in the series but I play Metal Gear for the story first and foremost, and not the gameplay.

And if I have to replay missions later in the game then I'm definitely out. I also don't like I have to do side ops missions in order to continue the main missions.

But now I know how the Tomb Raider fans must feel lol.

 

[Messiah]

Gotta say Metal Gear Solid V is my disappointment of the year so far. In fact, I'm gonna quit it. Really frustrating to me.

I can see this becoming the consensus of the game in the following weeks.

Personally, I really loved it though.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

I can see this becoming the consensus of the game in the following weeks.

Just like MGS4, the 2 time GOTY of NeoGAF, was also the worst video game on PS3.

 

[gabbo]

Mad Max game is not for everybody so don't rush. Read Mad Max OT and then decide if game is for you. Don't let hype make you buy things

I think I've relegated it to "sale buy", in that, yeah, i want me some open desert driving/shooting/fighting, but I'm not that into the open world genre of action and I can make do with the movie and the soundtrack, so I can hold off a while.

Still I don't think any game will allow me to experience a car chase to Brothers in Arms/Blood Bag quite the same.

 

[Dr Dogg]

You're wrong, PES4-6 are still better games than all recent PES games. They may not look as realistic or play as 'realistic' but they're damn fun and do everything right. My opinion of course, but I still play them against my mate from time to time, that's where they really shine I suppose.

Urgh, surely don't you think it would be better to ask why I feel it has aged horribly and what aspect(s) I find are better in the newer entries over PES 4 specifically than come out swinging with the opening gambit 'You're wrong'? Even more so when you yourself mention subjective elements so saying 'I disagree' would be a more fitting start of a potential conversation.

 

[Ruruja]

Urgh, surely don't you think it would be better to ask why I feel it has aged horribly and what aspect(s) I find are better in the newer entries over PES 4 specifically than come out swinging with the opening gambit 'You're wrong'? Even more so when you yourself mention subjective elements so saying 'I disagree' would be a more fitting start of a potential conversation.

I did say it was my opinion that you were wrong. I worded the sentence strangely though, so sorry for that.

 

[Kurt Russell]

Lack of cutscenes. Lack of codecs (not the same as cassette tapes), a mute Big Boss, inconsistent voice acting, lack of story focus, and now I hear the bosses are worse than in MGS1-4. Basically everything that made me love Metal Gear is not there.

The gameplay is perfect though, and by far the best in the series but I play Metal Gear for the story first and foremost, and not the gameplay.

And if I have to replay missions later in the game then I'm definitely out. I also don't like I have to do side ops missions in order to continue the main missions.

But now I know how the Tomb Raider fans must feel lol.

Some of these points aren't entirely true (to me, at least)
It's not as if there are no cutscenes, the thing is that they are shorter than in MGS4 for example. But they are still there. Of course, now you don't get a cutscene for each mission or something like that, but that's because missions can be shorter (I hear that there are like 50 main missions, so imagine 50 cutscenes...)
I understand the thing about the lack of codecs, but I think that the cassette tapes do a great job, which leads me into the next point: Big Boss isn't mute at all, he talks almost as much as he used to in previous games. See, the thing is that BB used to talk in codec calls, since these are gone, now he talks in cassette tapes.
So far bossess aren't "worse" than previous bosses in the MGS series, just different.

 

[someguyinahat]

Lack of cutscenes.

I've never heard this used as a negative before...

 

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No card no +1

 

[dex3108]

Wasteland in Mad Max is awesome. I saw airplane in desert and i decided to check it out, oh it is buried, but wait i can go down! What is inside? Hideout! Game is full of those moments. Map is not only beautiful but they crafted it really well. There are also few other surprises that i didn't expect to see but i won;t spoil it. And i visited only 1/3 of the whole map

 

[L.O.R.D]

Using a browser? It doesn't work in Firefox, you gotta use Chrome (or Opera?).

Right now it's a chrome only feature

thanks , found it

oh , its only sell that item i chose
i thought selling ALL THE CARDS that i have
it will be awesome if there is an option for that

 

[More_Badass]

Decided to enter the wonderful world of 4Xs and picked up Endless Legend, since it's on sale on Humble

Didn't like the Civ 5 demo I played last month, but man, I'm enjoying this. Only played the tutorial, but it's really cool. The art style and map is absolutely gorgeous, and I love how enemy encounters become tactical on-the-battlefield combat. Plus the micro-managing RPG aspect of equipping units and Hero skill trees

Between this and Dungeon of the Endless, Amplitude definitely has my attention now

 

[Deques]

thanks , found it

oh , its only sell that item i chose
i thought selling ALL THE CARDS that i have
it will be awesome if there is an option for that

I did say a card selected

 

[Stallion Free]

Rocket League seems like it will be a suitable placeholder until Blops3 hits for real. It's quite fun with friends even if you suck. It's gonna be interesting to see how it handles on the Steam controller.

 

[PandaPedinte]

I'm crossposting my short opinions about Celestian Tales: Old North from the monthly Indie Thread

Celestian Tales: Old North - A game clearly inspired by old JRPG games, but it has some small twists to the old formula. You can choose between six protagonists during the start, I don't think you'll get too much different content, most likely the prologue and some different dialogues in different parts of the game, though even it being simple serves to add a flavor because you can get to know the background of the characters. Each character has a different personality and it's not uncommon that during dialogues they start to argue because they are all nobles with different backgrounds and aspirations.

The battle system is simple to understand, you have your HP and Stamina. The stamina regains as you attack the monsters or defend yourself, and you need it to use the special skills each character has, though if you use a skill that needs too much stamina the enemy aggro will turn to that character, so there is a bit of management during the battles. When a battle ends your party is automatically healed, I can see many disliking it but it helps mitigate the annoying that was ending, a battle entering a menu, healing your party, that was so common in other games.

Still talking about the combat, as the party level up the squires unlocks news ative and passive abilities, and you can equip them in the menu.

The weapons system is also straight forward, there aren't a lot of weapon in the game (There are 3 for each character) but you can improve them with a blacksmith if you have the right materials.

While in the story page it sells the game with a gritty and dark storyline I don't agree with it at all, it at least don't go the common place of the "choosen ones that are going to fulfil the old prophecy". In the menu you can read more about the lore from the game, knowing the factions, the families, the cities and etc. It helps to get immersed in the world.

In my opinion the art for the character portraits are a bit inconsistent, the six squires seem to follow the same artstyle but some of the NPC's doesn't seem to fit at all, but this is something that I can ingone and is not going to lessen the enjoyment I'm having with the game.

Recommended if you want some light JRPG.

 

[MUnited83]

Help, can't access the main store page on chrome . Steam community/market/inventory works fine though.

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://store.steampowered.com/" on this server.
Reference #18.5e1608c3.1441459472.164afaa4

 

[Tizoc]

Anyone want a 50% discount coupon for Feist?

 

[Ruruja]

Help, can't access the main store page on chrome . Steam community/market/inventory works fine though.

Have you tried disabling enhancedsteam?

 

[TheAutomator]

its my birthday!

im 21!

 

[Kiru]

its my birthday!

im 21!

Happy Birthday Warren sympathizer!

 

[MUnited83]

Have you tried disabling enhancedsteam?

Tried it. No dice

 

[Dsyndrome]

its my birthday!

im 21!

Happy birthday!

Hyped for the start of college football, another year for my dreams to be dashed to the nether when Notre Dame underperforms. Then Mad Max and Stasis on Labor Day to recover from the weekend.

 

[Pachimari]

Some of these points aren't entirely true (to me, at least)
It's not as if there are no cutscenes, the thing is that they are shorter than in MGS4 for example. But they are still there. Of course, now you don't get a cutscene for each mission or something like that, but that's because missions can be shorter (I hear that there are like 50 main missions, so imagine 50 cutscenes...)
I understand the thing about the lack of codecs, but I think that the cassette tapes do a great job, which leads me into the next point: Big Boss isn't mute at all, he talks almost as much as he used to in previous games. See, the thing is that BB used to talk in codec calls, since these are gone, now he talks in cassette tapes.
So far bossess aren't "worse" than previous bosses in the MGS series, just different.

Someone else said it better than me, but the casette tapes lacks the suspension of the codecs. And when I say Big Boss is mute, I meant in the cutscenes, not in the tapes. He is mute to the point where it is out of character, and even a meetup between Ocelot and Big Boss feels anti-climatic. I really don't agree with your assessment of the cutscenes either but I'm not far into the game yet as well, so won't make a final judgement. But all of this gameplay in ratio to the cutscenes so far is killing me.

I've never heard this used as a negative before...

Go to the OT thread and you'll find plenty.

 

[texhnolyze]

Gotta say Metal Gear Solid V is my disappointment of the year so far. In fact, I'm gonna quit it. Really frustrating to me.

It's a disappointment, yes, but I won't use frustrating as the right word.
I don't know how to explain it, the game just doesn't click for me so far. It feels so grand yet so cheap at the same time.

Yeah why? Game is pretty easy!

Should I show my C scores off here?

its my birthday!

im 21!

Happy birthday, Automator~

 

[Jawmuncher]

I understand where you are coming from Madridista. Right now i'm pretty conflicted with the game myself. I am having a ton of fun with it, however it's not exactly as metal gear as I would like. So I can get where your complaints are coming from.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Tried it. No dice

clear your cookies/cache and then try going there not logged in and log in again?

 

[Teggy]

Wingamestore/macgamestore is having a decent sale. Picked up Legend of Kay for $5.

 

[freshVeggie]

Will ultimately show once I play it of course but the long and ridiculous cutscenes with the atmospheric and again long codec talks where a big part that made fall in love with MGS. So I am a bit bummed.

its my birthday!

im 21!

Boy, you are so young still. Happy birthday young'n.

 

[Atraveller]

Should I show my C scores off here?

B is my lowest, and this is my first MGS game.

 

[Sarcasm]

Snoop Dog is streaming Madden NFL 16 lol

 

[More_Badass]

Is Nuuvem usually so cheap? Just picked up Mad Max, and I'm kind of shocked at how the non-sale price was only $31

 

[Leafhopper]

Happy birthday Automator .

Snoop Dog is streaming Madden NFL 16 lol

Can't say I am too surprised lol.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

its my birthday!

im 21!

Get off my lawn

Happy birthday.