It also helps that most of what is written is absolute garbage.
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STEAM | September 2017 - Summer Ys Ending
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Tizoc
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Jim doesnt make money from his yt videos iirc
For the most part he has a paetreon account
Chairmanchuck
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He does, the only videos that are not monetized are the Jimquisition episodes.
The patreon is also specifically for the Jimquisition show, so saying he doesn't make money from those videos is a bit silly.
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.
I agree completely! People should be as thorough as possible when leaving reviews for games and honestly I would prefer to hear about all aspects of the game: purchase, redemption (if applicable), installation, DRM, and yes even the game itself and your thoughts.
I feel like I'm more uniquely qualified to definitively answer this since Enhanced Steam literally warns hundreds of thousands of users every month about the potential pitfalls of included 3rd party DRM. I've played a few really great games on PC that have really shitty DRM. Other times the game is pretty "Meh" and the publisher's choice of DRM is the deciding factor that puts it into the "would not recommend" category for me. Obviously, I feel people should have all of the facts about their purchase up-front.
This is also a good point, unlike other sites like Amazon or Newegg that let you review products without a verified purchase, Steam requires one. They're even further segmenting these reviews by lumping the "Steam Purchasers" and "Other" categories and giving more weight to those who purchased directly on Steam.
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The bottom line is that DRM doesn't always make or break a product's reviews. Life is Strange: Before the Storm currently has 1,288 positive reviews and only 50 negative ones even though it includes Denuvo DRM whose disclosure is hidden at the very bottom of the product EULA and isn't even mentioned on the store page and was withheld until the day before release.
Note to self: expand Enhanced Steam's DRM check to check the product's EULA for keywords so publishers don't get away with this kind of shit.
I glanced through most of the "relevant" reviews presented to me and didn't see anyone talking about Denuvo or DRM at all. This could just be ignorance on the part of users (since it's relatively unobtrusive under normal operating conditions if implemented correctly) but it's probably also just the fact that people really enjoy the game and feel an emotional connection to it so they want to evangelize it to others.
For the record, I think "review bombing" is only a problem because it seems to be the only way we as consumers have of telling publishers that we collectively don't agree with their business practices in a way that actually has the ability to affect their bottom line. If publishers listened to customers on these types of decisions before making them, it wouldn't be necessary.
i think review bombing is perfectly fine, aggregate scoring is useless...
only positive thing about reviews in steam is they allow people to voice discontent and gives them power to pressure publishers that would otherwise not give a shit about them
if anything, people need more tools like this to fight back against bullshit
sadly more often than not it gets used for mostly pointless stuff like denuvo instead of all the actually rotten things publishers do
only positive thing about reviews in steam is they allow people to voice discontent and gives them power to pressure publishers that would otherwise not give a shit about them
if anything, people need more tools like this to fight back against bullshit
sadly more often than not it gets used for mostly pointless stuff like denuvo instead of all the actually rotten things publishers do
SatelliteOfLove
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Tizoc
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Hmmm dunno if pAtreon counts since it is up to the viewer if theyd want to pay to firther support that youtuber, for example.
Though if by 'given money' falls into the same category as making money in this cAse, eh i would see what u mean
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
this is like saying that a casino doesn't make money from people playing cards because people enter, exchange cash for chips, and then bet chips while playing cards.
there's not a version of this conversation that ends with me respecting people who spend their lives recording rant videos while standing next to piles of nerd detritus, and there's not a version of this conversation where adding money to the equation doesn't make it even more gauche than it already is. i'm in my thirties, i'm married, and i'm well past the point in my life where i find epic booyas coming from a dude in a trenchcoat to be worthy of admiration.
rainking187
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Today they were supposed to start giving away the last free Awesomenauts skin for the anniversary, but it seems like they forgot.
fluffydelusions
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I really wish we could get a MGS collection on PC =\
BasilZero
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Me too.
Even though I have the PS2 trilogy and PS3 legacy collections - I wouldnt mind getting the PC ver D:
pretty done
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Well said plus he likes dynasty warriors :lol
Chairmanchuck
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Review Bombing is fine, even if its because of draconian DRM.
Remember the time you were only allowed to install games 5 times?
Denuvo itself in Sonic Mania seems to be "always online" for now.
Remember the time you were only allowed to install games 5 times?
Denuvo itself in Sonic Mania seems to be "always online" for now.
So I was here hoping for a sale on the Steam controller, seems I didn't have to wait long.
Just ordered one. Been playing a bit with my new computer and just using the trackpad is still little weird in games like Civ 6, so I think the Steam controller might be better even for games like that.
Just ordered one. Been playing a bit with my new computer and just using the trackpad is still little weird in games like Civ 6, so I think the Steam controller might be better even for games like that.Yes, her and Kloe and Josette and Olivier.
Well, that's one way to announce Cuphead won't have Denuvo.
it's weird you find him being surrounded with nerd shit so insulting tho...
What if the Steam and Windows Store and X1 versions have Denuvo?!
i guess it's meant to be darkly humorous or something but it is kind of disturbing how delighted la noire seems to be about sending people to the gas chamber
specially when the game makes sure to let you know that yeah, none of these people are guilty and the zodiac or whoever is the actual murderer. this is not really a spoiler, it's the pervasive idea the game very explicitly communicates to you that all these confessions and all this condemning evidence are nothing more than red herrings set up by the real killer
and while this suits a noir detective story, it makes for a really strange feeling in a videogame in which you're supposed to be actually investigating these cases
and you close these cases oftentimes with impossible to challenge evidence, you usually find the murder weapon or the victim's belongings at a suspect's apartment and game then takes over and sends them to death row
and i love the movie zodiac, i think trying to investigate a case like that and from a game's perspective is probably fascinating but this is such a strange way to go about it, specially cos you just keep sending these people to literally hang, with absolute certainty they're all innocent, but you know, this is the evidence the game gave me. i mean, all those husbands did indeed have the bloody hatchet sitting next to their bedside cabinets
it's weird
also i've begun to use intuition a lot and do sidequests just to get more detective points so i can intuition out of sticky situations more often. that's actually kind of a neat system, if only those side missions weren't complete shit
Stump had no childhood, he was raised by racoons.
Scrooge McDuck
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I'm imagining Trails in the Sky with Joshua as the main protagonist instead and kinda don't like the result.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I'm not paying for sex. I'm paying them to leave.
Officer, please. I need to be up at 3AM Pacific to get my figma order in.
Officer, please. I need to be up at 3AM Pacific to get my figma order in.
Coreda
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Took a look at Grimoire's reviews, which are fairly predictable. I thought perhaps there was a chance it might be okay. On the other hand scrolling down reveals not everyone is completely disappointed by it (only one review users though?).
Huh, weird.
But I guess that means that Denuvo will be cracked even faster only proving how utterly pointless it was to add it in in the first place.
*checks /r/crackwatch
"Life Is Strange : Before the Storm Episode 1 partially cracked by Steam006"
submitted 7 hours ago
I am shocked, shocked.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So... I honestly don't see what to love in Yooka-Laylee.
I thought the original prototype story had Joshua and Estelle's roles switched.
Tizoc
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I liked the visuals and music
The platforming and puzzles were pretty good too
Waiting for disappointment that I wont get a key. Prove me wrong tbhYs VIII beta keys have been going out, keep an eye out for mails
Snakethesniper
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Somebody tried "For The King" ? Seems interesting
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
that's not the position i posted in that thread (by contrast, i do remember your weird "entitlement generation" post),.. and i'm not making rant videos about the position i did actually have in that thread... and i don't have walls of wrestler figurines... and your strawman version of my position there is not really connected with my position here... and if the positions were the same it wouldn't undermine my position here... and it wouldn't be relevant anyway because i'm not asking for anyone to respect or like me for posting on a message board (and certainly not to pay me, jeez, in fact i think i've made a net $-200 or so posting on gaf)... but yes apart from those things, A+ comparison
texhnolyze
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Somebody tried "For The King" ? Seems interesting
I've been following the game quite closely.
Will buy when it's out of early access.
I lovingly respect Estelle, I love Lloyd, I'm not sure how to feel about Rean just yet though.
This reminded me of that old Johnnyram post about being too important to post on GAF for free.
You forgot Kevin
Watching my friends play XCOM 2 like:
Needs more exploding cars.
Ys VIII beta keys have been going out, keep an eye out for mails
I haven't gotten one so I don't believe you. Surely they will pick me.
/denial
InquisitorAles
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I actually wanted to have the Steam version be DRM free as well, but I also wanted Steamworks integration (achievements and whatnot), so...yeah. It's Steamy.
But the GoG version is DRM free.
I'm not actually sure which version Humble is getting (DRM free or Steam)...I should look into that.
Coreda
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Saw this on RPS a couple weeks back. Excited. Why put it up so early though.
New(?) short clip of FF15 PC 4K super ultimate quality edition for the Windows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-VvWtmY4YE
Dat grass, dat fur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-VvWtmY4YE
Dat grass, dat fur.
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