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STEAM | September II 2014 - Ride the Lightning
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lashman
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Atraveller
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Not a big horror fan, don't follow the news a lot, but even I know the responses to the demos have all been very positive.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
That's true. I also just let them all level up a bunch to make things more interesting.
And there is one guy I particularly like, he "survived" my attacks two times and now he just wears a bag over his face cause it's so messed up. I like him. I won't kill that guy.
Also if you don't want to be recognized just change your avatar once a week. Nobody will ever know who you are.
Basically it has combat, collectibles and not much else? Is that what you are saying? And even combat is not fun?
Gollum is not in every LotR game, though
derExperte
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Damn, looks like my (and some other) MSI 970s have a firmware bug (or worse): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=132350762&postcount=4758
So if you have one and one fan suddenyl goes into overdrive for no reason whatsoever....
So if you have one and one fan suddenyl goes into overdrive for no reason whatsoever....
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
No, there is the Nemesis system which can be pretty interesting though I guess I'm not far enough into the game to get the most of it. There are some really neat systems in the game that you can use to your advantage...but you don't have to (at least where I'm at)
Cause the combat is...alright, depening on what you're feelings are about the combat in the Batman games. I just wish the combat against the higher ranking orcs was more challenging. It's fun against a mindless horde of orcs but it saddly doesn't really change when you fight stronger enemies except you need to hit A sometimes instead of Y. I never really cared about combat system in Batman, and I think I like this a bit more then the AA system so it depends on your thoughts on this.
I really like what Monolith did with this Nemesis system. Every Captains I encounter has their own little personality based on their name.
Like I met this one called Something the Rhymer (I killed like hundreds of orcs, I can't remember their names)
The first time I met him. He actually spit out a sick rhyme while trash talking to me. I decided to let him live, I encounter him 3 more times. Each time was a different rhyme. It was quite fun until I killed him off. The next guy was Something the Blue. And sure enough his armor was mostly blue.
Another guy was Something the Swift. He was so swift that apparently I can't even sneak up on him. It was incredible.
I think throughout 11 hours I only encounter like 2 repeats that I noticed in the enemies concepts. Which is pretty damn good. A lot of variety.
I hope they expand on this system if they decide to make a sequel or use it for other game.
Like I met this one called Something the Rhymer (I killed like hundreds of orcs, I can't remember their names)
The first time I met him. He actually spit out a sick rhyme while trash talking to me. I decided to let him live, I encounter him 3 more times. Each time was a different rhyme. It was quite fun until I killed him off. The next guy was Something the Blue. And sure enough his armor was mostly blue.
Another guy was Something the Swift. He was so swift that apparently I can't even sneak up on him. It was incredible.
I think throughout 11 hours I only encounter like 2 repeats that I noticed in the enemies concepts. Which is pretty damn good. A lot of variety.
I hope they expand on this system if they decide to make a sequel or use it for other game.
Gipsy Danger
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Is this just an issue with the 970? I have an MSI 980 but haven't had any issues.
Not to mention the fact that my GOTY so far is a 2D hand-drawn turn-based RPG made by Ubisoft, with poetry-like writing. The world has gone crazy.
NingenJanai
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I think It's the same game, but in the previous version they changed the location to Murrica, this is the original game set in Japan, and I think they improved the localization too.
Nice new avatar
Ah damn it I've spotted a typo in my original post!
Yeah Child of Light and Valiant Hearts are anything but what you'd expect out of Ubisoft directly. 'Tis been an odd year where the big budget games haven't met expectations mostly and the titles that would usually get overlooked have actually shined. Though there is still the crazy, release packed months of October and November to go so they might be even more surprises to come.
From what I gather from the description it's another game, a sequel, that also includes the original Cherry Tree High. And while you had still gameplay there this is a linear story without any gameplay. Just reading, no time management, no choice. Only a story.
derExperte
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Does your 980 have a custom or the Nvidia's stock cooler? If the latter you're definitely fine.
I'm not sure it's good idea, though
Who are you?
(And why is some happy young girl holding you like that?)
It's one of legendary heroes - Estelle
and she happily (em)bracer me, because I'm joy to behold (><)
I agree. I liked the gameplay of Cherry Tree High.
http://www.desura.com/games/sym/news/help-us-to-get-sym-on-steam
Sym is free on Desura,only 13 hours left.
Sym is free on Desura,only 13 hours left.
Gipsy Danger
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Nvidia stock cooler. Good to know! Thanks
Braag
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I tried to be crafty and buy the physical copy of Shadow of Mordor (it still needs a steam activation to work obviously) so I wouldn't need to download the game and instead install it from the disk which is faster... it comes in 5 DVDs and there's like a ton more to download too after that ;_;
Gipsy Danger
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Modern gaming! Luckily I have excellent internet with no caps but I feel for you bro.
5 DVDs. Jesus, I remember being annoyed at Kotor II for having like 4 CDs. Can blu-rays work like DVDs for games and programs?
It doesn't work like that anymore, weirdly I got this lesson from Uncharted 3, I couldn't even begin to imagine how long it would take to download it from PSN (my PSN download speeds are something like 1/30 of steam ones (><), so I bought a physical copy. Not only I still had to download a lot, a game starts by preloading from br and it literally takes too long to even bother waiting for a game to start. Never again!
Atraveller
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Of course, but BDs cost more.
Gipsy Danger
Member
Yeah, they can. But blu-ray drives aren't anywhere near prevalent enough to be able to do that. Plus that shit's still expensive, more so than DVDs anyway.
Do they come in those fat jewel cases like Diablo 2 and Red Alert?
it's poor excuse these days, otoh physical is so yesterday, doesn't matter on what, as we still have to download so much after, it makes not worth it.
Reminds me of Wolfenstien TNO. 4 DVDs which I had to use a laptop to install it by proxy as not having an optical drive in anything else. Installed about 35gb of data and then needed to download a further 10gb. It worked out quicker but not as quick as I'd have thought.
Braag
Member
I have no caps either and my internet speed is decent (50mbps) but it still takes a while to download a huge game like SoM.
It turns out the disks didn't speed up the process much.
haha, thankfully no. It's a regular DVD case
Yeah, I guess it's better to just download the entire thing rather than swap disks all the time.
Gipsy Danger
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Oh, right. Your internet is solid. Do you normally buy games physically or was this a one-off? I'm about 75mbps and it took me around 30-60 minutes to download SoM + the texture pack. Not too bad.
Alien8
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I don't know if this is a stupid question or not, but does anybody know why isn't original Theme Hospital in steam? I know it is on GOG. Is any license rights issue?
Sadly it's an EA game so Steam is out of the question. Though it's up on Origin.
EA's sitting on it.
Braag
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I prefer to buy my games digital. I usually buy physical copies only if it's on sale.
Most games these days require a Steam, Origin or Uplay account anyway so even retail copies end up technically being digital copies so it doesn't really make much of a difference.
Alien8
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Thanks for the answers. For me Origin = no buy.
Maybe I'll pick it on GOG someday.
AHA-Lambda
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5 discs for Shadow of Mordor? Amazing.
And I was shocked when I picked up Injustice and it was 3 discs!
And I was shocked when I picked up Injustice and it was 3 discs!
Pssh! That was nothing compared to the disc swapping madness of being an Amiga gamer.
Jawmuncher
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Why are DVDs still a thing for PC gaming anyway?
I'm assuming DVDs are cheaper than Bluray and Bluray still has been barely adopted for PCs due to price.
I'm assuming DVDs are cheaper than Bluray and Bluray still has been barely adopted for PCs due to price.
PandaPedinte
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I know I'm late to the reply but I was sleeping, anyway, yes it's better than Squigly's story mode.
Jawmuncher
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BibiMaghoo
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Jawmuncher
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Top of the screen press Theme.
Jawmuncher
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You get used to it and it becomes second nature.
Just so much easier on the eyes. Use it for a day and you won't want to go back.
Haunted
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Nah it stands out way easier. Dark GAF is best GAF.
Why are you using the white theme.
I use the white theme, I prefer it. Plus it looks less offensive at work.
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