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[Decado]

i see a distinct lack of "x now owns Broforce" on my activity feed, what's up with that

Wanna wait until the full release. Also...need to know what bro progression and the campaign is like (if there is one).

I both want and do not want Mercenary Kings to win the community vote. I want that game...but even 50% off seems a bit steep for something I'm not sure about. Would still be tempted, though...

 

[C.Dark.DN]

This is totally unrelated to the thread, but as a personal note I really wish more people knew how to use Paypal. You don't directly link your bank account to somebody else's Paypal account, you god damned mental fetuses. Do you have any idea how annoying that makes the lives of people who are monitoring for fraud?

Sorry. Not aimed at anybody here. Aimed squarely toward the customers at my job.

Who would ever link their bank account to someone else's paypal? You'd be giving them free reign to withdrawal whatever they want.

Are you saying you shouldn't gift money from a paypal with a bank account linked to it in general?

 

[JaseC]

If whoever buy it from you paying it straight from their bank account or their paypal wallet AND select gifting to friends and family from the menu. Then they wont be charge any fee.

just to let you know

As of earlier in the year there's an international transaction fee regardless of which type you choose. I distinctly recall helping people out with RE4 HD at cost price and not having to pay extra myself when sending the money, however the next time I bought something through my trader I noticed PayPal was now charging me a further 0.5%.

 

[Sarcasm]

Sorry. Don't play TF2. I know, a shocker.

Uh...you do know TF2 keys is a currency..for game trading right?

 

[Atraveller]

Count down timer has shown 00.00 for each deal since Thursday and the pages don't display in the correct format.

It's fine on my end.

 

[tjohn86]

PM'd you ramo

 

[Jadax]

I have 3x broforce for 3 tf2/csgo each

hit me up if you want one: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jadax2000/

 

[Shadownet]

by the way guys, I'm getting rid of all my Summer Cards. I got 14 cards.

1 of everything except #2. I got 3 of #7 and #10. If you wanna trade for it. PM me. (I don't mean trade it for other cards.) Surely someone can use it better than I can.

 

[DukeBobby]

What games were in the previous flash sale?

I had no internet last night so I missed them.

 

[derExperte]

Ah, so it's more the issue of potentially profiting off of the 4-pack than the actual splitting?

No, not even that. It's selling more than one single 4 pack which imo clearly crosses the line and doesn't belong in here anymore.

Add me http://steamcommunity.com/id/xxgozitaxx/ . As to whoever posted, directing me to the B/S/T thread. I'm doing this only for steamGAF, for the most part, and splitting 4 packs is nothing new in steam threads. I'm not posting my entire inventory for sale alright?

With that reasoning we'd get a flood of traders like yourself in here offering 2 and 4 pack en masse.

 

[Teppic]

Is there better beginner software?

I'm not sure, but I do think it's a good software for beginners. Easier software would be RPG Maker and such, but they give pretty unsatisfactory results unless you know how to script. I'm a beginner myself and haven't used this version of the software, but in 2.0 it's easy to make a simple game with it's built in movement sets, but it won't bring you any satisfactorily results, as the movement will be quite buggy. To make a game with good results you need go deeper, look for extensions others have made and tweak those. It's not extremely hard, but it's something you will have to learn.

 

[Shadownet]

I'm 2 mins into Broforce and I'm already loving it.

Best purchase so far this sale. even beat Gunslinger in my book <3

 

[Hinomura]

Is there better beginner software?

I suggest you to try Gamemaker Studio. It's very friendly to beginners thanks to the "drag & drop" interface while its scripting language (GML) is quite powerful and affordable to master (and it's pretty necessary if you're serious about it).

Futhermore you can port pratically everywhere your game (with paid versions and paid addons).

Several very good commercial games have been made with it, the following are on Steam too:
- Hotline Miami
- Cook, Serve, Delicious
- Risk of Rain
- Gunpoint
- Valdis Story
- Echo of the Wilds
- Nidhogg
etc.

You can try the free version here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/214850/

And have a look at its showcase here: http://yoyogames.com/showcase

 

[Monooboe]

Damn I wish more games had a "Game of the Year" upgrade option like Deus Human Revolution and Civilization V have, would love to play the DLC for Dishonored but not when they are almost forcing one to buy it again when GotY is cheaper than the DLC.

 

[AbundantChoice]

i see a distinct lack of "x now owns Broforce" on my activity feed, what's up with that

Because real bros already bought it a while back, bro.

(god, i'm in a temporary apartment between houses that's 3 blocks from a major college on a major street, and friday and saturday nights after the bars close, it's almost humorous how college kids actually *do* talk like that... last night, verbatim:

Bro 1: Bro. BRO. Bro bro bro bro bro bro
Bro 2: I know, right?
Bro 1: Brooooooooooooooooo

then again we were we any better? With our nonstop and non-conscious use of "like" as a pause word, and "dude" and "man" ? Ugh... now I feel like a cranky old man or something)

 

[Archaix]

Who would ever link their bank account to someone else's paypal? You'd be giving them free reign to withdrawal whatever they want.

Are you saying you shouldn't gift money from a paypal with a bank account linked to it in general?

Nope. Just saying that the answer to "Who would ever link their bank account to someone else's paypal?" is "A whole lot of dipshits"

 

[ramoisdead]

Uh...you do know TF2 keys is a currency..for game trading right?

Yeah but I don't want to go down that road.

Also all Broforce gifts are gone. Thanks for playing.

 

[Turfster]

The Steam phone app has been messed up for a couple of days now.
Anyone else use it and having trouble?

The phone apps haven't been updated in ages, even longer for Android, no?
Pretty sure nobody is working on them any more either, so...


Inquisitor Deluxe is 2$/1.73€ on the bundle stars store.
Humble Store has ArcaniA & Gothic bundle for 12.49€ for one more hour, guys.

 

[Ryne]

If any does pick up GRID Autosport, turn off the assists they are terrible.

The season pass is too expensive for my tastes, 30 bucks is ridiculous.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Nope. Just saying that the answer to "Who would ever link their bank account to someone else's paypal?" is "A whole lot of dipshits"

Jesus. It's not even as simple as giving the account and routing number. You need to wait for the hold fees to show up in the account for the verification. That's too much time to not second guess what you're doing. Damn.

I suggest you to try Gamemaker Studio. It's very friendly to beginners thanks to the "drag & drop" interface while its scripting language (GML) is quite powerful and affordable to master (and it's pretty necessary if you're serious about it).

Futhermore you can port pratically everywhere your game (with paid versions and paid addons).

Several very good commercial games have been made with it, the following are on Steam too:
- Hotline Miami
- Cook, Serve, Delicious
- Risk of Rain
- Gunpoint
- Valdis Story
- Echo of the Wilds
- Nidhogg
etc.

You can try the free version here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/214850/

And have a look at its showcase here: http://yoyogames.com/showcase

Hm, I got a free key for some version from a neogaf thread a few months ago. I'm not sure If it ever applied though.

 

[Jadax]

I'm getting a Broforce 4-pack. Price will be 3 tf2 or csgo keys each.

hit me up if you want one: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jadax2000/

This is happening if anyone is interested.

 

[Hugstable]

Morning SteamGAF, time for another day of sales! Hopefully no encore or repeating dailies again today

 

[PixyJunket]

Broforce for $6.65 thanks to Key Trade, big ups to liezryou.

 

[BruteUA]

Steam Wallet was starting to get a little low. M&Ms hooked me up.

This is how I feel.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Steam Wallet was starting to get a little low. M&Ms hooked me up.

This is how I feel.

Who are you sharing 3 bones with?

 

[Archaix]

Jesus. It's not even as simple as giving the account and routing number. You need to wait for the hold fees to show up in the account for the verification. That's too much time to not second guess what you're doing. Damn.

And you'd think once you got to the part where you give somebody your routing and account number, you'd already pull the brakes. But that is not the world we live in.

Has there been a price error during this sale yet? I was away for 4 days during the sale and didn't follow it closely.

Only Russian Valiant Hearts as far as I remember, and that wasn't even on sale. Just a pricing error when the game released.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Has there been a price error during this sale yet? I was away for 4 days during the sale and didn't follow it closely.

 

[Lain]

i see a distinct lack of "x now owns Broforce" on my activity feed, what's up with that

I just played the demo, it's a pretty good game, but I get the feeling I'd only play it for a short while so I'm not feeling the price yet.

 

[Quikies83]

$10 for Broforce? ehhhhhhhh

BOUGHT!

 

[marrec]

I'm actually using You Need a Budget and it's set up very nice. We used to just use our homemade spreadsheet but this is much much better.

 

[_hekk05]

Has there been a price error during this sale yet? I was away for 4 days during the sale and didn't follow it closely.

valiant hearts russian pricing, aka the great trade war

 

[JaseC]

Has there been a price error during this sale yet? I was away for 4 days during the sale and didn't follow it closely.

- The Wizard's Lizard was 68% off rather than 34%
- Dark Souls was reduced to 5 Russiabucks
- Ubi accidentally set Valiant Heart's post-release RU price to 6.99 Russiabucks rather than 699, and later disabled cross-region gifting/trading as a "Fuck you!" to scalpers

 

[Xeroblade]

what did everyone vote for?

 

[The One Who Knocks]

Has there been a price error during this sale yet? I was away for 4 days during the sale and didn't follow it closely.

Valiant Hearts on the Russian store and the Can't Stop Laughin' Bundle (I'm assuming this was a mistake) are the only price errors I can think of.

EDIT: I see from JaseC that there was actually quite a few.

 

[PixyJunket]

what did everyone vote for?

The set with actual games in it.

 

[kevin1025]

I wish I could be a Bro with you guys, but it is too rich for my blood! Baldur's Gate 2 and Crimsonland call to me instead!

 

[Sendou]

I'm going to start a little aspiration: beating every game I bought (and will buy) during this Steam Summer Sale 2014 before the Winter Sale 2014 starts and writing something (maybe a review) of each and everyone of them. Too often I just buy games without ever touching them during these bigger sales. At the very least this should give me a good idea of just how many games are left unplayed. I'll make a list of games I acquired later but for now I started with Valiant Hearts: The Great War. Ridiculously cheap price tempted me into buying this day 1 while that originally wasn't my plan. I'm very glad I did.

I wrote a small review:

Shortly put it's very easy to recommend Valiant Hearts. The basic gameplay reminds me of The Cave in the sense that it shares a lot with the logic behind traditional adventure games while mixing in 2D movement, puzzles and even some action. Gameplay isn't why I would recommend this title. It's simply passable meaning it's not the best in the genre but it won't annoy you. Puzzles in this game aren't really hard at all. Some action scenes and even a few classical music levels where you dodge bombs and other obstacles appearing in rhythm with the composition (they reminded me a bit of the music levels in Rayman Legends) act as good pallet cleaners.

Where this game really shines is everything else but gameplay. Main draw is obviously the presentation. It's as beautiful as you could expect if you have followed Ubisoft's UbiArt Framework games (Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends and Child of Light). You may look at the screenshots wondering if it really looks as good in motion and indeed that is case. Actually that comic book artstyle in motion really makes this game what it is. It's just hard to find anything bad to say about the presentation of this title. Some very minor problems present themselves when the game combines 2D art with 3D environment but it is not nearly enough to draw you out of the experience. Music fits perfectly the overall mood of the game and the OST is up there with the other great soundtracks.

Ubisoft has managed to create a very powerful story with Valiant Hearts. First of all it is about World War 1 that is very a very underrepresented scenario in video games. That is just the surface though. The really special part of this game is how it treats this period of time. Some of the themes the game is all about are something you just aren't expecting to see in video games. It's hard to go too much into detail without spoiling it all but one of these subjects is war's effect in civilians. This is just one of the many examples I could provide. Ubisoft Montpellier managed to put a lot of substance under the beautiful coat of paint.

The cast of characters in this game is quite diverse. As a main characters there is a war dog, belgian veterinarian now acting as a war nurse, American man fighting as a volunteer in the war, older french and younger german (which is a son-in-law of the french man) drafted to fight in the war on different sides. All of the characters are very believable with different things motivating them. You grow quite fond of the cast while going through the story. The story is mainly told through narration and diaries. The character interaction consists mainly of symbols which actually works very well.

I have to give extra mention to the amount of WW1 trivia they managed to get into the game. It's all optional but if that kind of thing interests you then I think you will be like me and read everything available to you. You shouldn't underestimate the value these bring to the game. They bring the game alive. Attaching small facts about the war-time life during WW1 to the collectables makes collecting them feel worthwhile.

The game featured a few small but still unfortunate bugs. It's just not acceptable to have game-breaking bugs in the game as short and limited as this. Especially considering the powerhouse publisher behind it. On two occasions I was forced to restart the chapter. The checkpoint system is rather baffling. There are too many places where checkpoints are situated so that after a quick death you are forced to go through some monotonous tasks before getting to the point where you died again. In a game where the challenge is more about figuring out what to do rather than the execution the checkpoints should be far closer to each other.

This game features Ubisoft's in-house DRM solution called Uplay. It brings no value to the table whatsoever. Uplay is a funny thing because usually it's in the background and you don't mind it at all but that's just when it works. When it doesn't work it quite literally can stop you from playing the game. Some of the common issues people (me included) have had with Uplay in the past include disappearing save files and various problems when Ubisoft's puny servers are down (common with a new game release or Steam sale). There is just no reason to use Uplay while neglecting the far superior Steamworks. At best it's just another program you have to run in background.

The Good
Presentation
Story

The Bad
Few minor bugs
Checkpoint placement

The Ugly
Uplay

Valiants Hearts is a beautiful story I can recommend to everyone. I feel it's especially crucial for people that think the history and WW1 as a scenario for video game is interesting. It is as essential for people that like to play video games where the main draw is a really good story.

I feel fairly confident right now this will be up there with the best games I'll play this year when all is said and done.

 

[Xeroblade]

The set with actual games in it.

Lol. You sir have a point.

 

[Pachimari]

I'm actually using You Need a Budget and it's set up very nice. We used to just use our homemade spreadsheet but this is much much better.

Really? What great features does it have?

 

[gsrjedi]

anybody interested in "The Cat Lady" that's in the current community vote, the game is $1.99 at GOG for the next hour, it'll be $3.40 if it's group wins

 

[delirium]

Is it me or is the Steam no longer accepting the M&M money? I just tried with 2 winning cards and it is giving me a unexpected error has occur.

 

[MikeDown]

Sad to hear you didn't like Revengeance. It's one of my favorite games.

There are parts that I really, really love, especially the arcade-y feel to it. Just that some of the enemies are insanely difficult, I'll come back to it, eventually.

 

[iosefe]

Is it me or is the Steam no longer accepting the M&M money? I just tried with 2 winning cards and it is giving me a unexpected error has occur.

first, Try internet explorer (i know, harsh), if that doesn't work, use PayPal as a middleman

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Valiant Hearts on the Russian store and the Can't Stop Laughin' Bundle (I'm assuming this was a mistake) are the only price errors I can think of.

EDIT: I see from JaseC that there was actually quite a few.

Oh yeah, saw that can't stop laughing bundle after I bought battleblock theater standalone. It wasn't that cheap when only battleblock theater was on sale...

 

[derExperte]

Please consider not entering if you have more than one or two of the included games.

Instructions for participants:
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- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
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Puppygames Ultrabundle -- MB-FF563BC29A796D3D - Taken by ShadowgeistX. 19 entrants total.

 

[_hekk05]

Thanks to liezryou for broforce for 3 tf2 keys!! I just opened the pack for him so he has at least 3 more

Also nbnt i accepted your summer card trade. Happy crafting!

Oh yeah, saw that can't stop laughing bundle after I bought battleblock theater standalone. It wasn't that cheap when only battleblock theater was on sale...

It was because castle crashers was on sale too. Both games in the bundle were on sale, giving the bundle an extra discount. With castle crashers discount only, the bundle was 12.49

edit: thanks for the invite to the neogaf payday2 group!

 

[PixyJunket]

Please consider not entering if you have more than one or two of the included games.

All of these are really cool for old-school arcade bros. <3

 

[A-V-B]

Any predictions on how many repeats we'll get today?

 

[Anilusion]

Vote left, guys! CloudBuilt seems awesome!

 

[Jawmuncher]

Any predictions on how many repeats we'll get today?

All of them