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[Twig]

You can't even get a cascade rolling on easy, it's terrible.

I actually hate playing on Pro, too. Pointman is my favorite mode, and you can't even postpone the board clearing by picking up new blocks on pro. Only works on elite.

P.S. Suck my butt! Second try my left pinky. ):

I used to play Elite Pointman Ironmode, but now I almost never play the game so I can't even do that. ):

 

[Stitch]

oh fuck amnesia. stupid monster got me because i didn't close the door fast enough. you don't even get a second chance, the fucking game just closes itself.

 

[chixdiggit]

oh fuck amnesia. stupid monster got me because i didn't close the door fast enough. you don't even get a second chance, the fucking game just closes itself.

Same happened to me. Only takes like 10 minutes to do the DLC again once you know what you are doing.

 

[Fox318]

Someone on the Steam forums finally figured it out:

 

[Twig]

oh fuck amnesia. stupid monster got me because i didn't close the door fast enough. you don't even get a second chance, the fucking game just closes itself.

Amnesia, for some reason, destroys my video card during that water section. Completely and utterly. Even after turning all of the settings down to their lowest, and halving the resolution, I played through that section at fifteen frames a second. It was so annoying. And even scarier because I didn't know if I would make it in time thanks to the input lag. D:

Spoiler

I still did it, though.

Same happened to me. Only takes like 10 minutes to do the DLC again once you know what you are doing.

Yeah, and the water section is literally the only part of the DLC where there's any real danger.

 

[CrookedRain]

oh fuck amnesia. stupid monster got me because i didn't close the door fast enough. you don't even get a second chance, the fucking game just closes itself.

I had to take a break after that. The intensity was unreal. I haven't finished the main campaign yet, but the whole idea of having to start over after dying gave me a different feeling than what I've experienced while playing the original campaign and I loved it.

 

[Sciz]

I actually hate playing on Pro, too. Pointman is my favorite mode, and you can't even postpone the board clearing by picking up new blocks on pro. Only works on elite.

P.S. Suck my butt! Second try my left pinky. ):

I used to play Elite Pointman Ironmode, but now I almost never play the game so I can't even do that. ):

Pointman and Pusher are for robots anyway. Eraser on 300+ traffic songs is where the game really begins.

What's up with the insanely high global scores? Over a billion points? How the hell?

Straight up cheating via memory editing.

 

[Twig]

I had to take a break after that. The intensity was unreal. I haven't finished the main campaign yet, but it gave me a different feeling than what I've experienced while playing the original campaign.

Yeah, it's amazing how fucking tensed up I was while playing the game, even though I knew exactly what I had to do. Fucking Amnesia. D:

(I haven't played the main game at all.)

Pointman and Pusher are for robots anyway. Eraser on 300+ traffic songs is where the game really begins.

Eraser sucks.

Spoiler

I've never really tried Eraser.

 

[Nabs]

Pusher4Lyfe

 

[Hot Coldman]

I wish that playing Portal helped do this. I just started a new game to do the radios, and generally get back up to speed with thinking with portals. Ah well, I'm still playing lots of Audiosurf and Meat Boy anyway. 1) Fuck the Gold Medal Audiosurf potato. 2) Fuck the 'I Wanna Be the Guy!' level on Meat Boy

MONO DEFENCE FORCE

 

[Twig]

I think all the Audiosurf pros, though, can agree that Mono is the most boring mode in the game.

:smugface:

 

[Lostconfused]

MONO DEFENCE FORCE

Hell yeah, I just want to play games for fun.

 

[Arozay]

Finally got my golden potato, being able to script the Cogs ones motivated me to get all 36 tonight.

 

[Baha]

I wish that playing Portal helped do this. I just started a new game to do the radios, and generally get back up to speed with thinking with portals. Ah well, I'm still playing lots of Audiosurf and Meat Boy anyway. 1) Fuck the Gold Medal Audiosurf potato. 2) Fuck the 'I Wanna Be the Guy!' level on Meat Boy

MONO DEFENCE FORCE

I found the AS potato a lot easier when I played it as I would play mono. Dodged the colors I didn't want and collected those I needed.

 

[Tacitus_]

I think all the Audiosurf pros, though, can agree that Mono is the most boring mode in the game.

:smugface:

Hey man, it's nice when you just want to relax.

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Someone on the Steam forums finally figured it out:

The growth of the bars slows down as the game sells more, so 2 billion people buying and playing the same game would theoretically make less of a difference than you would think. Super Meat Boy totally deserves 2 billion sales though.

 

[GDJustin]

Way too many haters.

First off I didn't know there were so many people that didn't like AaAaAA!!. I don't care for the game's humor but the gameplay is rock solid. I've had a ton of fun with it. And Super Meat Boy, Bit Trip Beat, and Amnesia's pedigrees are all well established.

I played Defense Grid for about 90 minutes last night and loved it, too.

Toki Tori is the only other game in the pack I've played, but I also found it to be quite pleasant.

TL;DR: There's a good sale on an indie game pack and Portal two is going to be unlocked a day or two early. So where in the heck does the hate come from? Most ARGs don't even have a proper ending, and there is no precedent for Steam voluntarily unlocking pre-loaded games early.

The funniest thing about the hate is if Portal 2 just launched Tuesday as normal, everyone would be happy. But give gamers the opportunity for early access, and suddenly they become entitled whiners.

 

[Graphics Horse]

The growth of the bars slows down as the game sells more

Fact or assumption? My assumption was it's based on what the sales were on the 14th.

 

[Lostconfused]

But give gamers the opportunity for early access, and suddenly they become entitled whiners.

Forcing people to do something dumb causes them to whine about either having to do it or how dumb it is.

 

[Twig]

Forcing people to do something dumb causes them to whine about either having to do it or how dumb it is.

If you don't do this, you will die.

 

[chixdiggit]

Anyone have extra Potato sack games they want to maybe trade? I have most of them so I really don't want the whole pack.
Looking for Audio Surf, Super Meat Boy, Bit Trip Beat. I do have Portal 1 and Dog Fighter for trade.

 

[StuBurns]

Forcing people to do something dumb causes them to whine about either having to do it or how dumb it is.

I'm kind of surprised this hasn't just completely backfired. I honestly expected everyone to say fuck it by this point. The effort is totally disproportionate to the reward I think.

 

[Zomba13]

When you say "two songs" are you talking about the two potato songs? 'Cause they were completely different for me.

Nah, 2 non potato songs. The potato songs were really good fun.

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Way too many haters.

First off I didn't know there were so many people that didn't like AaAaAA!!. I don't care for the game's humor but the gameplay is rock solid. I've had a ton of fun with it. And Super Meat Boy, Bit Trip Beat, and Amnesia's pedigrees are all well established.

I played Defense Grid for about 90 minutes last night and loved it, too.

Toki Tori is the only other game in the pack I've played, but I also found it to be quite pleasant.

TL;DR: There's a good sale on an indie game pack and Portal two is going to be unlocked a day or two early. So where in the heck does the hate come from? Most ARGs don't even have a proper ending, and there is no precedent for Steam voluntarily unlocking pre-loaded games early.

The funniest thing about the hate is if Portal 2 just launched Tuesday as normal, everyone would be happy. But give gamers the opportunity for early access, and suddenly they become entitled whiners.

Have you been following the ARG at all? This didn't randomly come up, if it did then there would be a lot less complaining.

 

[GDJustin]

Forcing people to do something dumb causes them to whine about either having to do it or how dumb it is.

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about! There is no forcing. You're officially part of the problem, if this is truly your attitude.

Valve has never released a pre-loaded game early. There is no precedent, here. Without this event, millions of gamers would have played Portal 2 on Tuesday and loved it.

Now, Millions of gamers are getting to play Portal 2 on Monday, and hate Valve for it.

See the problem, here?

 

[Stitch]

and pirates completed it a few days ago

 

[Hot Coldman]

If you don't do this, you will die.

It's the terrorist's law

 

[Twig]

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about! There is no forcing. You're officially part of the problem, if this is truly your attitude.

Valve has never released a pre-loaded game early. There is no precedent, here. Without this event, millions of gamers would have played Portal 2 on Tuesday and loved it.

Now, Millions of gamers are getting to play Portal 2 on Monday, and hate Valve for it.

See the problem, here?

I agree completely with you, but I still think it's fine to be disappointed by this buttfart of an ending to the ARG. It is rather dumb. Which is why I stopped participating.

HINT FOR LOSTCONFUSED: Because I'm not forced to participate! *gasp*

 

[Jenga]

and pirates completed it a few days ago

piracy is killing console gaming

I agree completely with you, but I still think it's fine to be disappointed by this buttfart of an ending to the ARG. It is rather dumb. Which is why I stopped participating.

HINT FOR LOSTCONFUSED: Because I'm not forced to participate! *gasp*

for someone not participating you seem really indignant and eager to defend your non-involvement

 

[Lostconfused]

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about! There is no forcing. You're officially part of the problem, if this is truly your attitude.

Valve has never released a pre-loaded game early. There is no precedent, here. Without this event, millions of gamers would have played Portal 2 on Tuesday and loved it.

Now, Millions of gamers are getting to play Portal 2 on Monday, and hate Valve for it.

See the problem, here?

Nope. Clearly you are not seeing my point. This isn't about Portal 2, this is about watching bars fill up and how stupid that is.

 

[Rapstah]

I'm happily settled at 22 something potatoes because I hate Cogs, can't get into Toki Tori (great animation though), Killing Floor won't run on my computer, BIT.TRIP just takes too long to get to the point where you fail or do it (the song is like fourteen fucking minutes long!) and Amnesia scares the living fuck out of me before I get to anywhere scary.

 

[duderon]

Progress from 12 AM PST yesterday to noon PST today. Yanked from the steam boards.

 

[Twig]

and pirates completed it a few days ago

How is that Valve's fault?

Nope. Clearly you are not seeing my point. This isn't about Portal 2, this is about watching bars fill up and how stupid that is.

But you're whining about being FORCED to do something you're not even doing. So either grow up, or shut up.

for someone not participating you seem really indignant and eager to defend your non-involvement

I am unsure how to respond because I don't know what "defend your non-involvement" actually means. I'm defending nothing about myself. Perhaps you should reread my posts!

 

[Mairu]

and pirates completed it a few days ago

How is this any different from any other game that leaked early?

No one's forcing anyone to participate in this, you're perfectly welcome to ignore it and play Portal 2 on Tuesday as was to be expected a week ago.

 

[Jex]

Now, Millions of gamers are getting to play Portal 2 on Monday, and hate Valve for it.

See the problem, here?

Yes, that's exactly why people are disappointed.

 

[enzo_gt]

How is that Valve's fault?


But you're whining about being FORCED to do something you're not even doing. So either grow up, or shut up.

Everything is Valve's fault, they have ruined my life and killed my family for not giving me my game early.

 

[f0rk]

piracy is killing console gaming

I'm guessing there's no leak for the PC version? That's hilarious.

 

[StuBurns]

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about! There is no forcing. You're officially part of the problem, if this is truly your attitude.

Valve has never released a pre-loaded game early. There is no precedent, here. Without this event, millions of gamers would have played Portal 2 on Tuesday and loved it.

Now, Millions of gamers are getting to play Portal 2 on Monday, and hate Valve for it.

See the problem, here?

I don't think millions of gamers have any idea this is happening, let alone hate Valve for it. But even if they did, they brought it on themselves.

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

I'm guessing there's no leak for the PC version? That's hilarious.

Now days devs can make sure their PC games aren't pirated until launch date as a worst case scenario, console games can be pirated as soon as one person gets their hands on a copy.

 

[Stallion Free]

I'm guessing there's no leak for the PC version? That's hilarious.

And yet in all piracy discussions everyone acts like PC is the only place where there is an issue.

 

[Phantom Limbs]

So I did the Defense Grid CHAS requirements. Got the Few and Proud Achievement, but when I log in and do everything else, it tells me I don't have proper clearance. Any ideas?
I did use the save file on the Wiki though. Problem?

 

[Jenga]

I am unsure how to respond because I don't know what "defend your non-involvement" actually means. I'm defending nothing about myself. Perhaps you should reread my posts!

i tried but your posts are too boring

 

[Lostconfused]

But you're whining about being FORCED to do something you're not even doing. So either grow up, or shut up.

Complaining about something is an entertaining way to pass the time. Even more so when there is a good reason to whine in the first place. Also no one is really forced to do anything at all ever so if we really want to argue about that its going to go down the philosophical self determinism route.

 

[StuBurns]

And yet in all piracy discussions everyone acts like PC is the only place where there is an issue.

It is the place where it's the biggest issue though isn't it? Portal 2 will be pirated on PC and Mac, even if it hasn't been yet.

 

[Red]

The funniest thing about the hate is if Portal 2 just launched Tuesday as normal, everyone would be happy. But give gamers the opportunity for early access, and suddenly they become entitled whiners.

You're missing the point. It would be great if we were doing something engaging leading up to a Tuesday release. But the ARG was fantastic until we hit what is essentially a brick wall.

 

[Jenga]

It is the place where it's the biggest issue though isn't it?.

is it?

steam has eliminated zero day piracy


now console versions get leaked weeks in advance


console gaming is dead

 

[Twig]

i tried but your posts are too boring

Nice try, but you can't troll me!

 

[KScorp]

So I did the Defense Grid CHAS requirements. Got the Few and Proud Achievement, but when I log in and do everything else, it tells me I don't have proper clearance. Any ideas?
I did use the save file on the Wiki though. Problem?

Yeah, save files don't work. I tried it.

Level isn't too hard though. Took a few retries, but if you just spam guns and cannons, two meteors, and a handful of inferno and temporal towers, it's not that bad. Took about 15 minutes after I finally got the combinations right.

Also, you need silver or gold, which I believe means you can't let a single core escape.

How are you people getting through the water part in Amnesia? Do you just complete it as fast as possible or do you hide in a corner or something before continuing?

 

[(._.)]

Why are you so stupid? You don't like it. You've made your point. You keep making it. At this point it has become white noise. Go post in some other thread. Go back to your book. Do something, anything that's better than just whining on a message board. Please.

look at this clown

 

[Red]

is it?

steam has eliminated zero day piracy


now console versions get leaked weeks in advance


console gaming is dead

Still easier to engage in PC piracy compared to console piracy as far as I know. Doesn't most console piracy require a mod? Not saying one is worse than the other, just that there's more to it than which one leaks first.