Steam Thread: you're not a kid any more and you want what you had when you were a kid

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revdrkevind: Dec 15, 2013; ASK ME ABOUT MY TINY DICK

also my opinion on

Lester Shy posted:

Thanks for the Windows 8.1 info. All of the bad experiences I remember people talking about were literally from the first day it came out, so I filed it in my brain under "check back later." I've got it installed now and everything seems to be working fine.

Palpek posted:

If all you do on your PC is play games and navigate the net then it's perfectly fine. However if you actually use various graphical software for work like me, it's a nightmare I don't wish upon anybody.

Both posts are accurate. For the regular Windows user, 8.1 is fantastic and don't listen to the haters. The bulk of the problems are people on marginal computers trying to run a bleeding-edge OS, or people in special applications who should never ever jump to a new OS without testing beforehand. And FOSS, because stuff like the OneDrive integration is pretty annoying. But honestly it's lean, it's beautiful, I've never had a problem with Steam.

Gonkish posted:

OF all the weird loving games on Steam... this. I have no idea.

And the best part? This crappy game that only had a resurgence for being one of the most objectively awful things humankind has ever produced is now selling tons of copies, in part thanks to tons of people who are only buying it "ironically" or because they're hoping it will get them more views on Twitch.

Not that there aren't some examples already, but with Steam shovelware I can see a real storm brewing. Play as a unicorn in this anime text adventure about saving the world's bacon supplies from an 8-year-old anime girl whose breasts form the continent of Asia. Now with 273 costume packs sold for $9.99 apiece that all feature slightly different colors for the 8-year-old's bikini.

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 07:18

Meow Tse-tung: Oct 11, 2004; No one cat should have all that power

We opened pandoras box with greenlight. They let us vote and we collectively voted for awful, terrible things. These aren't the games we need right now, but they're the pigeon dating simulators we deserve.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:26

Rush Limbo: Sep 5, 2005; its with a full house

I guess I didn't realize the annual games quota is being filled up. I was kind of looking forward to Wasteland 2 but it looks like it may have to be pushed back since there are no more slots for games

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:29

Necrothatcher: Mar 26, 2005

Meow Tse-tung posted:

We opened pandoras box with greenlight. They let us vote and we collectively voted for awful, terrible things. These aren't the games we need right now, but they're the pigeon dating simulators we deserve.

I'd rather a pigeon dating simulator than yet another lovely milporn shooter any day of the week.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:30

KoldPT: Oct 9, 2012

revdrkevind posted:

one of the most objectively awful things humankind has ever produced

Are you talking about Hatoful Boyfriend or something else, because I don't see how you could be talking about it.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:47

King Vidiot: Feb 17, 2007; You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

revdrkevind posted:

And the best part? This crappy game that only had a resurgence for being one of the most objectively awful things humankind has ever produced is now selling tons of copies, in part thanks to tons of people who are only buying it "ironically" or because they're hoping it will get them more views on Twitch.

Congratulations on being one of the rare people who don't realize that Hatoful Boyfriend is a parody and a joke. I mean, I'm not going to buy it because I find dating sims boring and it sticks tight to the format it's parodying, but otherwise I see no problem with other people giving the creators money. It's funny (as it's meant to be), and it's funny that it exists.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:57

Azran: Sep 3, 2012; And what should one do to be remembered?

KoldPT posted:

Are you talking about Hatoful Boyfriend or something else, because I don't see how you could be talking about it.

Organized warfare across human history has nothing on Pigeon dating simulators, I tell you!

Azran fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 15:59

KoldPT: Oct 9, 2012

Actually, the Holocaust (which didn't happen anyway) wasn't a big deal, compared to a game where you can get murdered by a fat pigeon

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:01

Kanfy: Jan 9, 2012; Just gotta keep walking down that road.

revdrkevind posted:

And the best part? This crappy game that only had a resurgence for being one of the most objectively awful things humankind has ever produced is now selling tons of copies, in part thanks to tons of people who are only buying it "ironically" or because they're hoping it will get them more views on Twitch.

Not that there aren't some examples already, but with Steam shovelware I can see a real storm brewing. Play as a unicorn in this anime text adventure about saving the world's bacon supplies from an 8-year-old anime girl whose breasts form the continent of Asia. Now with 273 costume packs sold for $9.99 apiece that all feature slightly different colors for the 8-year-old's bikini.

Come on now, source your quotes.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:02

Freak Futanari: Apr 11, 2008

KoldPT posted:

Actually, the Holocaust (which didn't happen anyway) wasn't a big deal, compared to a game where you can get murdered by a fat pigeon

Actually, the Holocaust was a good thing. Without WW2 (and with it, the Holocaust) we would not have a lot of the actually GOOD games we get on Steam, like the WW2 FPS games, the WW2 RTS games, or the WW2 dating sims.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:06

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

Hatoful Boyfriend is actually funny and a satire on anime dating games, it's not an example of trash on Steam, find a better target (there are plenty).

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:08

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

Palpek posted:

Hatoful Boyfriend is actually funny and a satire on anime dating games, it's not an example of trash on Steam, find a better target (there are plenty).

Anything by Winter Wolves and they've apparently got the all clear to offload their entire library onto Steam.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:12

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

Like seriously:

This ruins Steam, I can see a storm coming, hundreds of shovelware dlc coming our wayyyyyy. :argh:

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:13

KoldPT: Oct 9, 2012

Please buy this game.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:14

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

KoldPT posted:

Please buy this game.

That's pretty clever I guess, I mean, the whole point of a dating sim is to give people a 'd', so they leave one out for you.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:16

Charlie Brown: Oct 4, 2000; Infiltrates Your Skull

This is just like Saint's Row all over again

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:17

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

What is that , an apocalyptic cast of Parks & Rec?

Ron Swanson rockin' an end of the world summer dress with matching Fallout hair style. Aziz treatin' himself to treatin' you with a crossbow bolt and April just being April.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:20

Ekster: Jul 18, 2013

So Codemasters games are on sale, including Overlord 1 and 2. I only saw part of Overlord 1 in an LP but I enjoyed what I saw and want to buy that, how does Overlord 2 compare? Should I buy any/all of the DLC? My apologies if this has already been answered a couple of pages ago but I couldn't find anything.

EDIT: never mind found the info already

Ekster fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:26

Meow Tse-tung: Oct 11, 2004; No one cat should have all that power

Palpek posted:

This ruins Steam, I can see a storm coming, hundreds of shovelware dlc coming our wayyyyyy.

I mean it's not borderlands two or anything :v:

. I'll get it when it's 75% and tell people I'm playing it ironically, but have an identity crisis when I realize I no longer know what's real in this steam gone mad.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:27

Rush Limbo: Sep 5, 2005; its with a full house

Overlord 2 is rather unfun compared to the first. Get Overlord/Raising Hell, skip the second one.

e: ^^^ What's real or not? Playing it ironically? Jesus christ, I have Go! Go! Nippon! and I give no fucks. It's a terrible game, but worth playing just to see how bad :v:

If you want to/don't want to play game, don't sweat it. The existence of bad games doesn't make the good games any less good.

Rush Limbo fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:28

Rookersh: Aug 19, 2010

Ddraig posted:

Overlord 2 is rather unfun compared to the first. Get Overlord/Raising Hell, skip the second one.

It's not TERRIBLE. They made the combat a bit more indepth then "attack move", and the environments look nice. It's just all over the place storywise, and the optional evil portions are dull grinds.

If you liked controlling a horde of minions, and want to do it in a snowy/jungle/roman region, you'll probably have fun for what $5?

Rookersh fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:31

lordfrikk: Mar 11, 2010; Oh, say it ain't fuckin' so,
you stupid fuck!

Malek posted:

Looks like that video is "private."

Wonder if the frame rates are still going to take a poo poo after 10 projectiles are on the screen.

Looks fine to me.

e: timg'd

lordfrikk fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:42

grancheater: May 1, 2013; Wine'em, dine'em, 69'em

ymgve posted:

I think you might be better off using a PS1/Gamecube/PS2 emulator for playing them, that's probably easier than trying to get the PC ports working properly.

PSP as well because Peace Walker is the best MGS game so far.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:46

Malek: Jun 22, 2003; Shut up Girl!
And as always: Kill Hitler.

lordfrikk posted:

Looks fine to me.

e: timg'd

This looks really promising... I might have to get into this again.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 16:49

Knifegrab: Jul 30, 2014; Gadzooks! I'm terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with a knife. I must wrest the knife away from his control and therefore gain the upperhand.

Knifegrab posted:

It used to be that my group tab in my friends list would actually list out the players in each group if I expanded the row, now though it just takes me to the group page. When and why did they change this? It makes organizing a game so much harder!

Does anyone know if there is a way to get back to the old handling of groups in the friends list?

# ? Sep 5, 2014 17:04

Erika: Feb 6, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

You're not allowed to hate on Hatoful if you play Goat Simulator.

Both are ironic/gimmick games that stops become fun once the joke wears off.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 17:14

Meow Tse-tung: Oct 11, 2004; No one cat should have all that power

Fat Care-Bear posted:

You're not allowed to hate on Hatoful if you play Goat Simulator.

Both are ironic/gimmick games that stops become fun once the joke wears off.

Obviously. Anyone with taste is waiting for paca plus :colbert:

# ? Sep 5, 2014 17:24

CarlCX: Dec 14, 2003

It doesn't have a price yet but a store page just went up for Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, one of the non-lovely Guilty Gears, which is a little abrupt.

# ? Sep 5, 2014 18:08

DoombatINC: Apr 20, 2003; Here's the thing, I'm a feminist.

CarlCX posted:

It doesn't have a price yet but a store page just went up for Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, one of the non-lovely Guilty Gears, which is a little abrupt.

Was literally just thinking last night, "I wouldn't mind owning Guilty Gear X2 on Steam"

Gaben confirmed as dream thief, and is possibly a Quantum Leaper

# ? Sep 5, 2014 18:17

tight aspirations: Jul 13, 2009

DoombatINC posted:

Was literally just thinking last night, "I wouldn't mind owning Guilty Gear X2 on Steam"

Gaben confirmed as dream thief, and is possibly a Quantum Leaper

Who's Al? Does that make GlaDOS Ziggy? :ohdear:

# ? Sep 5, 2014 18:23

Justin_Brett: Oct 23, 2012; GAMERDOME put down LOSER

Air Control? Nah, the real thing killing Steam is this goofy pigeon game with devs that don't insult you after they've stolen your money.

What's that site that shows you your potential playfire rewards, again?

# ? Sep 5, 2014 18:32

John Murdoch: May 19, 2009; I can tune a fish.

Knifegrab posted:

Does anyone know if there is a way to get back to the old handling of groups in the friends list?

AFAIK, the groups list has always defaulted to the group link if there's just too many members to show in the window. I'm not really sure if something changed or not because every single group I'm in is relatively huge. :shobon:

If you're trying to organize games, using the group's chat is probably the way to go.

Justin_Brett posted:

Air Control? Nah, the real thing killing Steam is this goofy pigeon game with devs that don't insult you after they've stolen your money.

Not to mention all of the nigh-identical "F2P" Korean MMOs with $20 "starter" packs or w/e. Or the AAA releases of questionable quality for that matter (see: Thief). Just remember the #1 Steam thread rule: Any game you don't like must be shovelware.

John Murdoch fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Sep 5, 2014

# ? Sep 5, 2014 18:34