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[pantsattack]

This might be old news, but I just noticed that Aliens: Colonial Marines has a super awesome new grid view icon complete with compression, stretching, and now says "collection" on it. Users might be getting DLC for free, maybe?

That's not the part of Gearbox's catalog I thought they'd be giving away. Know what I mean?

 

[mp1990]

The most of a videogame novelization I've ever read was that time the guy on GAF who was pretending to be Japanese started posting excerpts of a Halo Novel in his thread about Japanese internment camps.

I plan to keep it that way for obvious reasons.

Edit: To cut down on the eventual requests: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34863812&postcount=227

Since you mentioned this, now's as good a time as any to bring people's attention to this thread.

 

[Braag]

Watch the movie and TV show next.

I don't recommend this. I actually watched all the episodes years ago right before TW2 was released. It's basically some of the short stories from The Last Wish turned into (not very good) episodes.

 

[Tizoc]

I've never read a videogame related book and I plan to keep it that way.

There are some really good comics (at least) based on video game franchises.
It all comes down to good or entertaining writing.

In the case of the Witcher series, the games came later.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

...why is somebody squirting ketchup on Geralt's face

 

[Evo X]

Mad Max worth 10 bones?

 

[Kurt Russell]

Mad Max worth 10 bones?

It's been cheaper (part of a Humble Monthly bundle) but I think it's worth 10 bucks at least. Be warned though, the game can get very repetitive, but in this case I think that's not a bad thing.

 

[Tellaerin]

The most of a videogame novelization I've ever read was that time the guy on GAF who was pretending to be Japanese started posting excerpts of a Halo Novel in his thread about Japanese internment camps.

I plan to keep it that way for obvious reasons.

Edit: To cut down on the eventual requests: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34863812&postcount=227

...what the hell did I just read?

 

[def sim]

~20 min til remastered Bioshock 1&2+DLC are out

kinda looking forward to it

 

[BoosterDuck]

A MAN CHOOSES

 

[rtcn63]

Bioshock Collection PC lOT| Everyone's gone back to the Rapture

Bioshock Infinite |OT| Save the cheerleader, save the world

 

[yuraya]

~20 min til remastered Bioshock 1&2+DLC are out

kinda looking forward to it

Same here. Only played 1 for a few hours before being bored with it. Had some sound issues with it as well. I really want to push myself to get through them both since they are so revered. Probably the only fps games with such good reviews that I never played.

 

[Knurek]

~20 min til remastered Bioshock 1&2+DLC are out

kinda looking forward to it

Early console reports are not really encouraging:

 

[BoosterDuck]

A SLAVE OBEYS

 

[hesho]

Early console reports are not really encouraging:

meh.. for ANY game nowadays.. expect the worse, hope for the best..

 

[Chance Hale]

Hopefully the PC version of Bioshock doesn't get the weird downgrades but given it's a separate app I'm not too hopeful.

 

[rtcn63]

Bioshock 2 made the freeze plasmid too OP. Like in the first game, using it would stop enemies from dropping items, but in 2 you could upgrade the ability so that shattered enemies would drop lock boxes.

 

[def sim]

Same here. Only played 1 for a few hours before being bored with it. Had some sound issues with it as well. I really want to push myself to get through them both since they are so revered. Probably the only fps games with such good reviews that I never played.

The only one I haven't played is Infinite. The first Bioshock isn't a particularly engaging shooter, so if the setting or story doesn't intrigue you, it might still bore you. The second is much better, mechanically, but many of its encounters feel like a single player horde mode. I enjoyed it much more, personally, and the Minerva's Den DLC is an even better slice of it. For now, I'll probably only look around and see what's changed, better or worse, in the first two games and move on to the third.

Early console reports are not really encouraging:

ah geez

well here's hoping it's not all bad

 

[madjoki]

BioShock 2 Remastered & Minerva's Den Remastered are up.

 

[Nabs]

BioShock 2 Remastered & Minerva's Den Remastered are up.

Yep.

 

[def sim]

Good, they didn't replace the original games.

 

[Grief.exe]

Good, they didn't replace the original games.

I don't think that was ever up in the air.

 

[madjoki]

Good, they didn't replace the original games.

And even buying new gives you both versions, which is nice.

 

[Nabs]

Bioshock Remastered is a 12.5 GB download. Requires 21 GB according to Steam.

 

[def sim]

I don't think that was ever up in the air.

Hasn't it happened before or am I making that worry up? 🤔

 

[Ozium]

no cards?

garbage remaster

 

[Grief.exe]

The new client icons are cool

Hasn't it happened before or am I making that worry up? ��

It's possible, but these were always separate apps.

no cards?

garbage remaster

Can be added later though, doesn't always go up right on launch.

 

[madjoki]

no cards?

garbage remaster

Yup, so sad

Maybe later?

 

[Stallion Free]

I wish you could delete the original versions from your account and keep the remasters.

 

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[rtcn63]

Restarted my Steam and they're both now in my library

 

[MUnited83]

The new client icons are cool

It's possible, but these were always separate apps.



Can be added later though, doesn't always go up right on launch.

When he means replace, he doesn't mean replace the original apps, but removing the originals from sale and only allow for the new ones to be bought. Which happens a lot with these kinds of remasters.

 

[KenOD]

Bioshock, Bioshock 2, BioShock 2 Remastered, BioShock Infinite, BioShock Remastered

Silly Steam, that's not how I want you to look at all on the library list.

 

[Grief.exe]

There they are.

 

[Nyteshade517]

Bioshock, Bioshock 2, BioShock 2 Remastered, BioShock Infinite, BioShock Remastered

Silly Steam, that's not how I want you to look at all on the library list.

everything seems to be in order here

 

[TetraxShards]

So close, yet so far. I'm quite irritated by the ordering here.

 

[rtcn63]

So they just went with alphabetical order right? R is further than I and 2.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I forgot how time consuming the achievements are in Dead Rising. I got the majority of them back in the day. But I can't see myself doing them again. Still a good list though, since it makes you try and do a lot of things.

Also dunno if it's in the steam version, but the Xbox one version still has the frame pause when using the sledge hammer swing. Just thought that was funny.

 

[spindoctor]

Is Minerva's Den playable standalone? It's the only bit of Bioshock I never played and I'd rather not download the full second game to play it.

 

[Nzyme32]

Is Minerva's Den playable standalone? It's the only bit of Bioshock I never played and I'd rather not download the full second game to play it.

No, you have to have Bioshock 2 / 2 Remaster as it is a dlc for those. If you purchase Minervas den Remastered, you also get the original version for the original Bioshock 2 (which is the only way to buy it now anyway)

 

[Chance Hale]

Well, the graphics options aren't too hot...

Tsk tsk tsk

 

[someguyinahat]

Still have a sealed copy of Bioshock 2 retail.

Not sure if it's got a code inside that can help me get the remastered version.

 

[XShagrath]

So close, yet so far. I'm quite irritated by the ordering here.

Isn't there an option in the Steam client to rename things? I'm pretty sure I've seen it in there. I've also used some app (Depressurizer?) to do the same (as well as batch adding categories).

 

[NightmareTrigger]

Still have a sealed copy of Bioshock 2 retail.

Not sure if it's got a code inside that can help me get the remastered version.

It should.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/7670/announcements/detail/590358275265994185

 

[Chairmanchuck]

My wife might just have a stroke if I show her this.

 

[rtcn63]

CSD 2 |OT| 2 Delish 2 Quit

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Isn't there an option in the Steam client to rename things? I'm pretty sure I've seen it in there. I've also used some app (Depressurizer?) to do the same (as well as batch adding categories).

There's no official option for doing it. It's possible to rename them yourself but doing it is a bit of a faff. Somebody did come up with a program that will do it for you but I can't remember the name right now.

 

[jshackles]

dat gameplay

 

[Momentary]

I wonder if all this Virtua Fighter 5 movement is leading up to a PC release.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I wonder if all this Virtua Fighter 5 movement is leading up to a PC release.

Nah. BC on Xbox one seems to be nothing more than "hey can we make this game compatible?" "Sure". MS does the heavy lifting for getting games to work.