How's Dead State now in its full-blown beta stage? Any better? EviLore gave me a key back in February and I still haven't tried it because I don't want Mitsoda to make me sad.
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STEAM | September II 2014 - Ride the Lightning
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How's Dead State now in its full-blown beta stage? Any better? EviLore gave me a key back in February and I still haven't tried it because I don't want Mitsoda to make me sad.
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Oh man, I really didn't see that twist coming in Stranger's Wrath. This game continues to impress me, I'm just kinda stunned at how well it holds up. Folks, if you like youself a decent shooter with some solid platforming and a thin yet surprisingly engaging story, do yourself a favor and pick up stranger's wrath next time it goes on sale. It's so good.
I've been keeping my eye on it, but I want to wait for more impressions. If no one has reserved it, feel free to make an OT yourself!
lashman
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ubi gonna ubi ... and then they wonder why people hate uplay SO MUCH
Availability is an issue in most of Europe, as is pricing. Or should I say especially pricing. Over $500 for basic models of GTX970, if you can even find one. Premium models are over $600. Factory overclocked 970 costs more than a similar model of 980 in US. Some countries (Germany) have a much better situation than others. As usual, it will take few weeks to few months for the situation to normalize and price gouging to stop.
Short answer: no, since 970 isn't available yet.
BinaryPork2737
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Well anyone who has the early version of Fault Milestone One you can get into the beta and have the first two Chapters to preview using this code by opting into the beta branch: Beta - English Beta
Looking forward to seeing impressions of the localized script. Hopefully it's good, fault milestone one is one of the releases on Steam that I'm looking forward to the most.
Uplay truly is the best alternative to Steam, isn't it?
its run on GT 750m better then GTX 860m ?
what laptop do you have ?
how the frame ?
if you play it more then 20 minutes , what will happen to the game ?
BTW , the 860m is a Sager laptop
1) Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80
2) Sager (Laptop)
3) GeForce GTX 860M
4) Driver version: 344.11
5) 20GB Ram
6) Windows 7 64 bit
Interestingly, the patch is downloading much quicker and isn't shitting all over my connection because hey, it's not p2p.
I knew it !
You mods are getting paid by Evilore for moderation .
Well, it was a free key he'd gotten as part of his pledge tier.
Yikes, that's rough. I'd heard it was bad but not quite to that extent.
Availability is also an issue in the US atm, but pricing is certainly a disaster in a lot of other places. It's a shame because it's the aggressively low MSRP here that truly makes the 970 such a great card (and far superior to the 980 given price
erformance).It's just a fucking boring fight.
(It didn't really bork for me, I just had to wait for the exact moment the "prompts" appeared)
Borked? You only have to use the combat system correctly. Spamming will kill you. I myself needed three tries until I got this.
Just counter when you're old to counter, not preventive.
I can feel the regret oozing through my phone.
As for steam related stuff Is it just me or did they add a new shade of blue? I haven't been paying attention to any updates so forgive me.
Does anyone have problems posting screenshots of non-Steam games to the activity feed?
I'm playing Diablo 3 and it brings up a message something along the lines of "This application is not public yet," which doesn't let me upload screens to activity, but uploads it to some private cloud or some shit.
I used to be able to but now it's not working.
I'm playing Diablo 3 and it brings up a message something along the lines of "This application is not public yet," which doesn't let me upload screens to activity, but uploads it to some private cloud or some shit.
I used to be able to but now it's not working.
I like how Blacklist is apparently saving during the intro video.
Like, during all of it. With a nice animated SAVING icon thing.
Nabs
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I thought the Deathstroke fight was a really good one. It can be confusing (and boring) if you're just waiting to counter all fight.
Exclusive: Diablo 3 coming to Steam.
Exclusive: Diablo 3 coming to Steam.
Of the few games I have on Uplay, this one has been, by far, the worst in terms of updates/patches.
Nabs
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You guys are lucky, I think they recently fixed the update bug that would require you to download the update over and over again.
yeah but the prompts only appear for like one of his attacks. if he decides to use a different combo they don't at all.
I'm about to call it quits on this shit.
These guys report the same issue with BF3/4.
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/35222218771426900/
Stallion Free
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well it's pretty predictably buggy and clunky but also very addictive in the good kind of way
the interface is kind of a mess in many respects, some of which are gonna be fixed but i get the impression it's gonna be the #1 issue with the full game. things like splitting item stacks or moving items from one character to another are painstakingly slow and awkward and i feel like over 30 hours or however this lasts it's gonna get pretty frustrating. this is the one thing i really hope they improve upon as looting shit and moving it in and out of your npcs' inventory is a big time sink
combat is basically classic fallout with all the good and the bad that comes with it. so far most of the "magic" (basically you can do a battle roar and have your party morale increase or something like that) is not implemented and some of the special attacks are pretty unbalanced, there's no overwatch, flanking penalties are weird, etc. combat is not a great thing, it's repetitive and not very interesting but i feel like combat is missing a lot of stuff. again over 30 hours or so this might get annoying
those are the main two crappy things i see with the game and two that are being improved upon so i think they'll be a bit better in the full release, but i wouldn't expect neither to be great. this game unfortunately doesn't have eternity's budget and it shows
the rest of the game for me is just fantastic tho. there's something really enjoyable of the process of waking up, giving people their daily tasks, then going out to the world with your team, explore in some random direction, find a new location, loot everything then come back and use it to build fences, boost npc morale by giving people gifts, maybe craft some molotov cocktails, etc.
in the time i played i recruited like 10 people (all optional since there's really no main quest) and there was a woman that was bitten so i had to keep a supply of antibiotics to keep her from turning, a woman that doesn't speak english so she can't be ordered in combat, a psycho guy with an axe that seems like he'll go insane any moment, a cop that seems to want to dethrone me and take over the school, etc.
the game it reminds me the most of is mount & blade, mostly because while npcs have stories it's really a gameplay first kind of game and storytelling is mostly done through gameplay stuff. you don't have quests, you have a list of preset goals (you get exp for doing some milestones like getting x stock of food, build y amount of base upgrades, etc. killing stuff doesn't net you exp which is pretty cool imo) and npc turn ons and turn offs and you just go get some loot and sometimes you run into bandits or zombies or someone holed up in a basement and stuff happens
i really like it but you know, caveats
edit: as far as upgrades from alpha stage, it's pretty much the same game, interface is a lot better than it was in alpha and there's a lot more content but you know this is a pretty real beta, with lots of missing content and bugs and crashes and such.
never had any trouble as recently as like three days ago or something
InfiniteNine
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Well when the cameras are down use the noises around you to see see when you should check.
afternoon delight
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What are these late summer crate drops in TF2 hmmm? They always manage a way to make me buy a key very six months or so...
MillionStabs
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But don't you feel safe?
Thanks for the impressions, I'll probably check it out in the coming weeks or so once I've tabled some other games.
It's good to hear the intertwining systems can be interesting. I can perhaps sort of deal with less-than-interesting combat (and you are fighting zombies in an RPG, after all), but the most disappointing thing I've seen from videos and such is the dialogue.
Given that Dead State is helmed by Brian Mitsoda of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines fame, it comes across as shockingly stilted and artificial.
This for example, from Dead State's early release, is just bad writing:
That isn't how humans speak. You could replace those responses with percentage meters in character reputation UI screens for all the naturalism and engagement it evokes.
Again, just bizarre because Bloodlines was so good at precisely this sort of thing.
I think you can counter without the prompts, there's another way to do it - like he goes through a certain set of moves each time so you know when it's coming or something - I remember having an issue with the prompts and ended up beating him still, so it's definitely possible, it just takes a while.
"Knight Squad is a 1 to 8 players game that can be described as SNES era Bomberman meets Gauntlet. "
...wishlisted.
yeah, dialogue is pretty strange and again reminded me of mount & blade how every single npc you recruit has like the same 5 questions you can ask them and it'll be just a semi elaborate way of simply reading their stats to youThanks for the impressions, I'll probably check it out in the coming weeks or so once I've tabled some other games.
It's good to hear the intertwining systems can be interesting. I can perhaps sort of deal with less-than-interesting combat (and you are fighting zombies in an RPG, after all), but the most disappointing thing I've seen from videos and such is the dialogue.
Given that Dead State is helmed by Brian Mitsoda of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines fame, it comes across as shockingly stilted and artificial.
This for example, from Dead State's early release, is just bad writing:
That isn't how humans speak. You could replace those responses with percentage meters in character reputation UI screens for all the naturalism and engagement it evokes.
Again, just bizarre because Bloodlines was so good at precisely this sort of thing.
but there's also some other dialogue that's more like real rpg dialogue that happens at certain events with like proper conversation and dialogue options and shit. i think that the event dialogue is actually pretty well written even if it feels a little too "fast paced", maybe? like there's this woman that's in shock after surviving a plane crash and she goes from absolute shock stupor to normal in less than a week. but there's also a nerdy guy you recruit that's hilarious and some other characters that come off as genuine (there's a guy that drinks mate <3) so it's not all bad.
unfortunately after those event things (you get a couple every day) everyone just goes back to robot mode and just has those very generic questions that like you said, should probably just go into the shelter menu.
it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't just placeholder stuff, tho. i feel like to some degree we're seeing the game a lot earlier and a lot rougher than other early access rpgs (w2 beta seemed pretty final when i played it) so this may all go away and be replaced by proper conversations. like entire systems get added from one patch to another so who knows
Crimsonclaw111
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Lots of Playfire rewards pretty much seals my Mordor purchase. See you guys in the OT most likely.
Crimsonclaw111
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I've not played it but make sure the QTE skip option is on.
dialogue's pretty uneven, but i dunno, bloodlines being such a monster game and the dead state development blogs reassure me that mitsoda knows what he's doing.
(pls mods don't ban me for teh animu)
like there's some of this stuff which to me is really funny and there's also some other stuff that's more serious-like but dead state is not bloodlines and it's pretty clear that the focus is not in the dialogue.
i personally don't mind since like i said it's like turn based mount & blade which to me is just heaven. if it gets better i'll take it but if not i'll probably be ok, i like games in which i assign personality traits to characters according to their gameplay "personalities": doug for some reason is a freaking demon with a hammer, vic is prolly a reincarnation of fallout 2's vic uselessness in that he can't aim for shit and also gets hilariously random panic thingies, renee's is crazy vital as she's the team's healer but completely terrible with doug's hammer for some reason, etc.
like i honestly don't really give a shit anymore about zombie stories, i think that by now i've heard them all and can't imagine myself being even interested about any of them, so this is pretty refreshing for me.
but i'm crazy in love with mount & blade so it may just be me
That's right, I forgot about that! For those that have played it, is that "Attack Reaction" in the settings when you start a new game, or is it in the game setting labelled as QTE? Also, infinite ammo option or Objective Settings, ie. Playing for fun or Here for the story, etc.? What is going on here?!
Leon's actual campaign starts in a similar way but I don't remember there being any parts like that afterwards.
tioslash
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So, I´ve been dropping lots of trading cards lately, cortesy of Idlemaster, and I would like to ask, is there a kind of ''better moment'' to sell them on the market throughout the year so I can maximize profit? Or should I sell them right away and they don´t actually fluctuate much in price?
toddhunter
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There is a long section at the start of Leon's campaign which is... baffling.
But other than that you are good to go.
If you don't want to get rid of them, you could save them for the next steam sale. There is a chance Valve will give you a card for a badge you craft during this period. This new card might be worth slightly more than the cards you used to craft it.... for about an hour or two.
So basically, just get your 0.08c now and be happy.
Auto-QTEs = "AUTO ACTION BUTTON" on in GAME SETTINGS
You'll also want these camera settings in CAMERA SETTINGS (well, speed is sensitivity, so that's up to you)
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As far as video game sexualization goes, Remember Me is pretty tame. You want to see some ridiculous butt shots, Miranda from Mass Effect is that way.
Chairmanchuck
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If the game just got cards, thats the time when you can sell them for the highest amount.
I would sell them now though. During sale-time the card-prices are kinda low. And if there is a sale of a game right now, I would sell them later, when the sale of it is over.
You can always see it when a game is featured in a bundle, especially the HB. The price drops really quickly.
i love how she's like "wtf r u talking about creep" when you say the "what do you think about me" question
it's super weird
for sure, potato face is much much worse
i just thought it was amusing cos it's like every ladder and every climb the camera just gives you a peek, it's weird.
like i'm spending most of my game time looking at her ass from third person camera already so it's not like i need reminding how attractive she is
it's not even a complaint, more like an observation <3
And if the prices are already low, wait for winter sale, when people will be buying lots of cards to craft badges and the prices will rise.
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