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STEAM | September II 2014 - Ride the Lightning
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ScreamingTrees
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That's so tempting in case they get some back in stock.
Baron_Calamity
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So here is a question:
How big is everyone's wishlist?
Lately I've come to the realization that mine is slowly growing very large. It seems like I add a game a day, sometimes more. It's starting to worry me, as I already have a huge backlog of games to even install yet....
Remember, its not the size of it, its how you use it. I have exactly 50 games and if I add one, one has to go.
I can see this isn't going to end well.
Now normally I wouldn't give a hoot about recommended specifications but this is id Tech 5 and it eats VRAM like a monster. Combined with the devs first use of this engine and from what Carmack was saying (that Tango were keeping themselves to themselves regards to speaking to id's engineers) I get the feeling this might be close the to truth. And I can't plan to have 4gb of VRAM, I mean it's not like I can stick more in and I'd say I'm in the top bracket for hardware let alone the majority of the audience for this game. It's going to be lower quality textures and having to use Virtual Texture Compression to get this to play nice with most people I suspect. Well we'll see very soon I guess.
NingenJanai
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curating overflow
Anyone else have this issue/know how to fix this:
My Steam doesn't want to auto-update all games. Right now it's saying there's updates for four different games in the download queue. All four games have auto-updates enabled, but Steam just won't download those updates automatically. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. This morning it did auto update two games. The only relevant setting I found was to 'Allow downloads during gameplay' and that's already enabled. (Not that I'm playing anything anyway, that would go against thread rules.)
My Steam doesn't want to auto-update all games. Right now it's saying there's updates for four different games in the download queue. All four games have auto-updates enabled, but Steam just won't download those updates automatically. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. This morning it did auto update two games. The only relevant setting I found was to 'Allow downloads during gameplay' and that's already enabled. (Not that I'm playing anything anyway, that would go against thread rules.)
oh! I used to do that, "trim"my wishlist to 50, but it became too much of work, so I stopped, I still clean it time to time, usually to ~60-70.
ya, I had it come and go for a long time, and some people had it too, it's sort of glitch. It'll start downloading if you restart steam (usually), or you can start download manually by "moving to the top", for some reason not always possible.
The sale spotlight on the front page says "Save 75% off Total War titles, except Rome II". Sega may have overlooked discounting the game at all but the DLC is almost assuredly discounted to a greater extent than it ought to be.
Nothing to lose if you were in the market for a card anyway, £180ish saving.
So good. Just over a month left until A Bird Story. Hyped.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
yeah that's clearly a pricing error on the master collection
The problem with its combat is that all the moves have the same timing from what I can tell, and that's really not how you go about making a customizable combo system if you want variety, none of the moves have unique properties other than the RPG-esque stuff like healing and higher damage or whatever but it doesn't actually do anything else physically, like it doesn't launch enemies and it doesn't sweep enemies, there are no heavy attacks or quick weak attacks, they're just the same punches and kicks, I don't even know what she's doing most of the time to be honest other than the fact I know she's hitting the enemies.
Maybe there are things I don't know about the combat and I've only scratched the surface or whatever but I've been just zoning out whenever I get into a combat situation and try to get into a good angle and pressing my fov shortcuts and my screenshot button, and I'm enjoying that.
Is one of them Team Fortress 2, by any chance?
Do you have enough space on the drive for twice the amount of data the game is already using?
i thought alice was the primest of prime examples of drags-on-for-fucking-forever
it's also nearly unplayable with k&m and i didn't have a controller at a time so, yea
i mean it's still gorgeous and waifu stuff but ehhh
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AHA-Lambda
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Yep, I'm going to have to wait until when I upgrade next year before I play it now ;_;
AsfaeksBR
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Grief was right. I remember reading his comment saying it was almost certain it would be really demanding, while some people thought it would run well because it's the same engine as Wolfenstein.
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TheLetdown
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Heads up SteamGAF: THERE WILL BE NO DIRETIDE THIS YEAR.
I follow this game like I still play it regularly...
I follow this game like I still play it regularly...
CosmicQueso
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Is it? Or have they just not discounted Rome II to make the collection price more in line?
This is the most confusing sale I've ever seen on steam. Wow.
Poor Volvo.
No, that's the Rome II emperor price.
See Humble Store, for example.
Would've thought Emergency 4 (a 2006 game) could've gone without a region lock.
Can't be a coincidence with this new stuff, it has to be on by default.
Can't be a coincidence with this new stuff, it has to be on by default.
Stumpokapow
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WRT to D4, Swery can port it or not port it, whatever. I'm not one of those platform port whiners.
But as far as I understand, the Kinect controls are mostly about emulating a mouse--certainly the controller version of the controls use the analogue stick to move a cursor. Maybe something is lost between the more complex or interesting uses of Kinect and the controller controls*, but at least the controller controls should be pretty easily replicable on KBM.
* Honestly, given Heavy Rain and Beyond, I think a thoughtful dev could map a wide array of interesting physical actions to controllers if they tried. Maybe nothing as complex as Gunstringer, Dance Central, or Haunt, but still some stuff.
But as far as I understand, the Kinect controls are mostly about emulating a mouse--certainly the controller version of the controls use the analogue stick to move a cursor. Maybe something is lost between the more complex or interesting uses of Kinect and the controller controls*, but at least the controller controls should be pretty easily replicable on KBM.
* Honestly, given Heavy Rain and Beyond, I think a thoughtful dev could map a wide array of interesting physical actions to controllers if they tried. Maybe nothing as complex as Gunstringer, Dance Central, or Haunt, but still some stuff.
HELP!
Total War (Weekend 25-29) Save 75% off Total War titles, except Rome II
Ref: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/tw_weekend_2014
I haven't played Total War: Shogun 2, is it a game worth playing?
If Yes, Please suggest me the core additions (DLC's)
Total War (Weekend 25-29) Save 75% off Total War titles, except Rome II
Ref: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/tw_weekend_2014
I haven't played Total War: Shogun 2, is it a game worth playing?
If Yes, Please suggest me the core additions (DLC's)
Pretty much as I suspected earlier. (Some Apps made for sale pages were locked too, even when there's no reason to sell a sale page
)That's so tempting.
You could say... it's... vanished.
yeah I played outlast for a couple of hours and it didn't quite click with me either. It nails the atmosphere but running and hiding gets boring quick.
It's supposed to be a short game so I'll probably finish it at some point though. I think these first person horror adventure games would be served well by having just the tiniest bit of ways to defend yourself. I'm not talking shooting waves of bad guys but some kind of melee combat would go a long way I think for these.
legacyzero
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I'm not understanding the DOTA hype. For some reason, I'm not sure how it's good. It could just be me.
Phawx
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Alright this is seriously the last batch of unused humble stuff. Sorry for the multiple receiver keys. There system was borked and I put my email in a few times thinking it wasn't registering.
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Pretty much as I suspected earlier. (Some Apps made for sale pages were locked too, even when there's no reason to sell a sale page
Yeah, I posted that too. Haven't seen any new region free stuff where the main store sub is less than 13-14 days old.
Heebie Jeebies
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Just received a 15% off coupon for Road Redemption if anyone wants it (< my homepage is my steam profile).
Also, does anyone if the charging dock for PS3 gamepads works fine connected to the PC?
Also, does anyone if the charging dock for PS3 gamepads works fine connected to the PC?
Braag
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Oh, thanks for the heads up.
My main problem with Remember me combos is that those doesn't feel like combos at all: slow, clumsy and beside the point most of the time.
Not saying it's a bad combat, more like not what I imagined it to be. Like making really long and intricate chains of moves for various situations. They kinda tried that but failed.
my sis likes it, one of reasons I feel the need to play it, to discuss fun stuff and all, but she played it in short bursts, so maybe that's why she wasn't bored by it. Also it's pretty, so there is that.
Nope, I don't have TF2 installed. The games change daily, as new updates are released. Today the games that did auto-update are Endless Legend and Defense Grid 2. Games that refuse to auto-update are Company of Heroes 2, Total War Rome 2, Age of Wonders 3 and Prison Architect. Did all those four even receive updates today? Sometimes when I click the update button, it downloads nothing and the game disappears from the downloads list completely.
Plenty of space on all my drives.
Get out now, seriously. Don't give the game any more chances. I was in your shoes a year ago. Now I'm 1800 hours deep and stuck with an ever growing backlog because the game has stifled my interest in single player games.
I'm really on the verge of uninstalling even with the new patch coming up. After almost two thousand hours of playing I'm coming to realize I don't want to spend my gaming time being flamed or flaming, being punished for having idiots on my team last picking horrible heros, and in general playing a very psychologically demanding game. And the game length is extremely variable, there is no such thing as a 'quick round of dota.' Last night I went into a match before bed and it wound up lasting 70 minutes. The game was most certainly lost by 20 minutes, which made the remaining 50 horrible to slog through. And the penalty for having to leave, or having real life stuff happen like power outages or emergencies, is very severe.
I've had my share of fun with it, but it's really not been healthy for me either. I struggled through my final semesters of college because I got hooked. Lost a lot of time too, prime time of my youth, slaving over this game. And now I'm having to rehab myself back into playing games that aren't MOBAs. Resident Evil 4 is helping me greatly with this.
Freedom = $1.05
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Started playing Clash of Heroes on steam, then thought about how great it would be as an ios game. Turns out i already owned it on ios.
Now i know how some of you steam folks feel.
Now i know how some of you steam folks feel.
Baron_Calamity
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I managed to skipped Napoleon: Total War. I somewhat enjoyed Empire and Shogun 2. Is Napoleon worth picking up?
no worries, I own 3-4 versions of it, totally worth it (><)
PC version is HD version, btw, so it's not exactly the same thing.
Humble Leading Ladies bundle
TIER 1: 1$
TIER 1: 1$
- Lily Looking Through
- Ms Splosion Man
- The Cat Lady
- Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
- Long Live the Queen
- The Yawgh
- Valdis Story: Abyssal City
I haven't gone digging deep, but the handful of new/recent DLC subs I checked are region-free, as is the new Total War Collection sub (six days old). If ACRTAG is now included by default then this seemingly doesn't apply to DLC.
a great bundle indeed!
worth for Long Live the Queen alone
JawesomeJaw
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Ms. 'Splosion Man and Defender's Quest for a buck is pretty good.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Pier Solar HD will be released next Tuesday!
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-25-pier-solar-hd-release-date-set-next-week-on-ps4-ps3-steam-and-ouya
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-25-pier-solar-hd-release-date-set-next-week-on-ps4-ps3-steam-and-ouya
derExperte
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Very high quality bundle.
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.
Defender's Quest is a fun (though somewhat forgettable) Tower Defense game, I recommend it especially for $1.
Ok, I'll bite.
In general or did something big happened?
that's great news
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Is it hard? My only experience with TD was Pixeljunk Monsters, and it made me fearful of ever playing a TD game again. Still traumatized to this day.
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