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Appoda posted:Probably true. The narratives, characters, and dialogue to all of those games are poo poo, but I stand by Symphonia being a bit more mechanically sound/easier to understand than some of the other titles on steam. You get the things that make the numbers go up. Sometimes you eat food. Certain moves combo together nicely. Etc. Berseria is legitimately well-written, in that it has a consistent and entertaining cast of characters, a grasp of theme and motif, and a plot that hits all the necessary beats without forcing you through a lot of tedious globetrotting and politicking (like Abyss), overuse of fantasy jargon (Abyss again), or accidentally turning into an entirely different and half-finished story in the final act (Vesperia). Also the protagonist is probably one of the best heroines I've seen in a while, even if she does look like she lost a fight with a rider mower.
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Appoda posted:Are there any other notable/good RPGs on steam that are lesser known? Every now and then I get the urge to jump down the jRPG rabbit hole, even if I rarely come out liking them in the end. I never beat Last Odyssey because some of the characters and cutscenes were too annoying to me, but it has a decent battle system, doesn't even allow grinding and some aspects of the story are really good. I know some people liked it.
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I remember enjoying the Last Odyssey until 2 children randomly joined my party, and they were so awful and twee that I just couldn't continue.
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Aug 18, 2017 16:00
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TopHatGenius posted:Prey is super good. Love the aesthetics and if you want a System Shock 3, this is it. Also the Neuromod powers system lets you really change how to approach the game so multiple playthroughs can be really different. This is true, I feared to put enough alien bits in my eye to shoot lightning, opting instead to be supernaturally good at improving weapons, and also mega jumps. I didn't even use combat focus, but when I do a typhon power run I think I gotta try it. And all this throwing things at monsters deal sounds very efficient.
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Gerblyn posted:I remember enjoying the Last Odyssey until 2 children randomly joined my party, and they were so awful and twee that I just couldn't continue. The kids are faintly improved by being actually related to the protagonist, but yeah, Phil and Lil Pickles butting into my party was a little much.
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Are you guys talking about lost odyssey or is there another game that randomly features annoying children. Also I don't think it is on pc?
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Aug 18, 2017 16:09
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The Lost Odyssey, and yeah it's X360 only I think.
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kater posted:Are you guys talking about lost odyssey or is there another game that randomly features annoying children. Also I don't think it is on pc? Huh you're right, sorry. I really thought it was on PC for some reason. The 2 kids were exactly what made me stop playing too, though, so if that many people had the same problem maybe it's not worth playing anyway.
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i think "randomly features annoying children" describes about 90% of all japanese games and about 50% of all western games
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Aug 18, 2017 16:12
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I didn't mind the kids but the game overall goes kinda downhill after the first disc. The stories stay cool though. As for steam jrpg recommendations: West of Loathing.
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nearing 7 months since release and people are starting to notice that berseria is actuallly good i blame zestiria impacting initial reception
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Aug 18, 2017 16:24
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Catpain Slack posted:there was only one thing in the game i disliked loving elevator puzzle For me the truly irritating thing about that is after struggling with that loving puzzle and finally besting it, I later discovered that if I had explored around the Alexandria Ranch some more first I could have completely avoided that puzzle 
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kater posted:As for steam jrpg recommendations: West of Loathing. Best part is the game doesn't have any annoying children.
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Aug 18, 2017 16:33
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Vesperia has always been my favorite Tales game.
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Appoda posted:Are there any other notable/good RPGs on steam that are lesser known? Every now and then I get the urge to jump down the jRPG rabbit hole, even if I rarely come out liking them in the end. Have you tried Trails in the Sky or Trails of Cold Steel?
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Regarding the Steam Key allocation stuff from yesterday: Valve released a brief statement to press asking about it:quote:Steam keys have always been available for free to our partners to help them sell PC games at physical retail and on other digital stores. In return, we've asked that partners offer Steam customers a fair deal, similar to what they're offering on other stores. None of that is changing.
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Aug 18, 2017 17:09
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Steam Thread 2017: game-shaped objects
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The Kins posted:Regarding the Steam Key allocation stuff from yesterday: Valve released a brief statement to press asking about it: the steam announcement they linked to has complaints from people living in third world countries who do trading card scams as their primary form of income
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Aug 18, 2017 17:50
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Anyone got anything good from GOG's pinatas? Just makes me want Viva Pinata 1/2 on steam...
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strategery posted:Anyone got anything good from GOG's pinatas? Just makes me want Viva Pinata 1/2 on steam... I did exactly one that got me Victor Vran, which like, thanks I guess. I'd say that's probably the least interesting thing it could have given me that I'll actually play eventually.
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Aug 18, 2017 18:20
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They gave me Anno 1669, Battlezone 1969 and World in Conflict. I guess I might play world in Conflict?
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Aug 18, 2017 18:24
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On a lark I went and tried a pinata and got Expedition: Viking, which I had actually been wanting to buy. $30 game for $3 not bad!
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Venuz Patrol posted:the steam announcement they linked to has complaints from people living in third world countries who do trading card scams as their primary form of income i want to say a few years back a goon who quit his job in order to do this was upset because they banned his account from trading
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Aug 18, 2017 19:00
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I see Signal from Tolva is the daily deal today. Has anyone played it? I used to have it wishlisted, but took it off during the summer sale for some reason (can't remember why - maybe it was too samey?) It's the same team that did Sir, You Are Being Hunted.
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Aug 18, 2017 19:03
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strategery posted:Anyone got anything good from GOG's pinatas? Just makes me want Viva Pinata 1/2 on steam... I got Bedlam Deluxe which I've heard is...not great. Then I got Trine. I'm done.
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Aug 18, 2017 19:31
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Idgi. How exactly are they turning card sales into monies? Selling stuff on the marketplace just gives you steambux?
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Jim Barris posted:Idgi. How exactly are they turning card sales into monies? Selling stuff on the marketplace just gives you steambux? I'm no expert, and just guessing, but you could buy a TF2 hat for $3000 steam bucks (if you made that much by selling stuff), sell that for private money separately (so the person paypal's you $3000), and then just trade for it on Steam for a $0.11 emote. Kragger99 fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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Jim Barris posted:Idgi. How exactly are they turning card sales into monies? Selling stuff on the marketplace just gives you steambux? Developers get a 10% cut (Valve gets 5%) from every marketplace sale. Valve pays devs via bank transfers, not steambux, lol.
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They weren't asking about devs, but users getting $ out of Steam. I just assumed they did stuff like this: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3807537
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I think I am going to have to buy Prey. I was wary of it because it looked like generic alien shooter. After seeing people on Giant Bomb praise it and seeing the praise here, I checked out the demo. I love exploring things, collecting, and figuring out mysteries. I think I'm going to like the rest.
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keep in mind it isn't about the cards themselves, but backgrounds & emoticons that don't need to be relevant to the game that you're adding into the steam market if you have bots farm the cards from keys and craft up the backgrounds & emoticons you can set the expected market value. sell a couple so it looks like demand exists for the pricepoint and spam it on some popular game discussion threads so the general public knows the emoticon exists and tries to buy it only to see it's going for $50 on the market, but the game costs $5 so really it pays for itself in card money
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strategery posted:Anyone got anything good from GOG's pinatas? Just makes me want Viva Pinata 1/2 on steam... I got Faces of War, Metro 2033 Redux, Armikrog, Edna and Harvey and Slave Zero. Faces of War and Armikrog I'm uninterested in, Metro 2033 Redux I already own on Steam, the other two are poo poo. Wish I got lucky and got something good I didn't already own.
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il_cornuto posted:Huh you're right, sorry. I really thought it was on PC for some reason. 1) lost odyssey is one of the best games i've ever played hands down 2) the kids' dubs in english are aggressively bad (even though the game's lip flap is natively synced to english  )
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:if you have bots farm the cards from keys and craft up the backgrounds & emoticons you can set the expected market value. sell a couple so it looks like demand exists for the pricepoint and spam it on some popular game discussion threads so the general public knows the emoticon exists and tries to buy it only to see it's going for $50 on the market, but the game costs $5 so really it pays for itself in card money People are weird.
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Kragger99 posted:I see Signal from Tolva is the daily deal today. Has anyone played it? I used to have it wishlisted, but took it off during the summer sale for some reason (can't remember why - maybe it was too samey?) I got it the week it came out and beat it. It has some neat, eerie story moments but it's pretty short (explored the whole game world area in 8 hours) and repetitive. Very little weapon or enemy variety. I just took a look at the "not recommended" reviews near the top of the store page and I agreed with them, I suggest you check them out - it's not a terrible game by any stretch of the imagination, it just feels like a neat idea for a game severely constrained by its budget. $10 might be an appropriate price for the experience.
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Long shot, but watch_dogs2 straight-up does not work with at least 2 different controllers - the R-stick functionality is completely gone. Doesn't happen with other games. Thoughts?
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Aug 18, 2017 21:31
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I did two pinatas on GOG, got Resonance which I already own on steam and https://www.gog.com/game/tahira_echoes_of_the_astral_empire which looks neat
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Bruteman posted:I got it the week it came out and beat it. It has some neat, eerie story moments but it's pretty short (explored the whole game world area in 8 hours) and repetitive. Very little weapon or enemy variety. Thanks. I actually got it a little cheaper as I owned the 2 other games that team did, and just bought their entire bundle. For ~$8, it's worth a try.
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strategery posted:Anyone got anything good from GOG's pinatas? Just makes me want Viva Pinata 1/2 on steam... I got Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition and the pinata price ended up being cheaper than it's ever been but I doubt most people will be as lucky so I'll stop while I'm ahead.
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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:Long shot, but watch_dogs2 straight-up does not work with at least 2 different controllers - the R-stick functionality is completely gone. Doesn't happen with other games. Thoughts? Sininu posted:Do you have Xbox One Controller? Go to big picture mode, find the game, go to controller options for that game and turn off Steam controller configuration support. It breaks right stick and dpad in some games. Try this even if you have X360 controller. Sininu fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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