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Ragequit posted:I love the piracy protections that mess with people in subtle ways so they post in anger that they can't complete a section of the game. In Mirror's Edge it slowed down your running speed before a critical jump so you would never make it. I believe Batman had a gliding section that would cause you to fall to your death every time. In the threads that popped up asking how to pass these areas, people would respond with "You pass it by not pirating the game, dumbass." Wasn't there I think a Ghostbusters game on these forums that had a mix of people posting "God this game is so insanely difficult I can't beat anything" and "How the gently caress is anyone having problems with this it's so easy" and it turned out whoops, enemies in pirated copies were basically unkillable.
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Wasn't Batman the one that triggered for a lot of people who actually bought the game though? I played it on xbox so I don't remember which one it was.
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Aug 30, 2017 15:50
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I'm always paranoid about those 'funny' anti-piracy measures because I'm worried that it will randomly trigger on legit copy and then only help I will get is people telling me to buy the game.
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il_cornuto posted:Wasn't Batman the one that triggered for a lot of people who actually bought the game though? I played it on xbox so I don't remember which one it was. I think it was one of the Ubi games where a lot of people who bought it from a shady key reseller like G2A ended up getting flagged for piracy.
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The immortal scorpion-man in Serious Sam 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91q5BtlxK0
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Aug 30, 2017 15:53
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In Mass Effect 1 your guns would overheat infinitely, In one of the newer Serious Sams there was an unkillable enemy who would constantly follow you, and in one of the Souls games the devs would invade you with their invincible characters beaten on Serious Sam
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throw to first drat IT posted:I'm always paranoid about those 'funny' anti-piracy measures because I'm worried that it will randomly trigger on legit copy and then only help I will get is people telling me to buy the game. Its probably similar with most of them but I know that the Game Dev Simulator guys posted their own game on TPB with that piracy change so it was an entirely separate build. If you purchased it legit then you were safe.
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Aug 30, 2017 15:56
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Most or all of these antipiracy measures you guys are currently jerking off to are beaten within a day. Denuvo has been actually effective.
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Aug 30, 2017 16:00
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Zigmidge posted:Most or all of these antipiracy measures you guys are currently jerking off to are beaten within a day. Denuvo has been actually effective. They're still funny
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Aug 30, 2017 16:06
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Zigmidge posted:Most or all of these antipiracy measures you guys are currently jerking off to are beaten within a day. Denuvo has been actually effective.
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Aug 30, 2017 16:06
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:why is this relevant. who cares it's Zigmidge
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NORMIE: Haha, look at the silly dog trying to bury his food in his bed! ZIGMIDGE: *sigh* that dog you are so childishly amused by is exhibiting extreme foolishness. He is in a safe place and has no need to bury dog food, which humans will not readily consume, and furthermore he should have learned by now that his bed is not a suitable place for burying. I will waste no more of my attention on this vile hound.
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steam thread: hnnnnnnnnn i'm almost there a good looking game called absolver came out, someone talk about that
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I heard Denuvo has caused some problems like slowing down games in the past, as well as allowing the companies that use it to get information on their users- maybe that's why Denuvo gets such a bad rap?
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Aug 30, 2017 16:32
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Zigmidge posted:steam thread: hnnnnnnnnn i'm almost there Have you watched any of it? It looks so shallow and lovely
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Zigmidge posted:a good looking game called absolver came out, someone talk about that the STEAM THREAD CIRCLEJERK currently has a mixed opinion of Absolver
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CommissarMega posted:I heard Denuvo has caused some problems like slowing down games in the past, as well as allowing the companies that use it to get information on their users- maybe that's why Denuvo gets such a bad rap? The first case was an actually terrible port where removing Denuvo did nothing. The latter is fearmongering spread by reddit anti-DRM crusaders.
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Rime had performance issues related to denuvo checks and they literally removed it days after the game came out because the cracked version ran better. like the lead dev or something even admitted it had a performance impact.
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Aug 30, 2017 16:43
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Wildtortilla posted:I completed Baldurs Gate EE yesterday after playing it for two months! It was a great game and I wished I had understood it better when it released 20 years ago. This is kinda where I am with Pillars of Eternity right now. I never got into the old Infinity Engine games but I'm hooked on Pillars and it's making me think I should go back and finally work through Baldur's Gate (which never hooked me at all) or Planescape: Torment (which I only got halfway through) after I finish it. For some reason I never had much patience for western RPGs besides Fallout when I was a kid, and now they feel like the perfect speed for me.
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Aug 30, 2017 16:44
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It's good to see people getting into IE games for the first time. I myself played Icewind Dale for the first time ever earlier this year.
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Aug 30, 2017 16:52
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Wildtortilla posted:I completed Baldurs Gate EE yesterday after playing it for two months! It was a great game and I wished I had understood it better when it released 20 years ago. My dude bg2 is gonna rock your world
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Too Shy Guy posted:This is kinda where I am with Pillars of Eternity right now. I never got into the old Infinity Engine games but I'm hooked on Pillars and it's making me think I should go back and finally work through Baldur's Gate (which never hooked me at all) or Planescape: Torment (which I only got halfway through) after I finish it. For some reason I never had much patience for western RPGs besides Fallout when I was a kid, and now they feel like the perfect speed for me. We almost are the same person. The only western RPG that I played was FO 1 and 2 when I was in elementary and middle school. I bought BGTOTSC when I was a teenager because I thought it was going to be a game like Diablo. It wasn't but I was too stupid apparently to realize that it wasn't a janky Diablo instead of a fine tuned game. I then played some of Pillers at release but never finished it. Then again last summer and got up to only needing to finish WM2 and the final act but I burned out. I should go finish that now. But man BG sucked me in! It's excellent. Leveling up is super satisfying because each level feels very substantial in terms of new spells, spell slots, chance to hit, defenses keep you alive better. It's great. It's a great game and you should play it. I'm looking forward to playing SOD, BG2, and IWD. Newer games just aren't doing it for me anymore. Too many versions and exclusives and editions and it's just too loving annoying for me to care.
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Sivek posted:Rime had performance issues related to denuvo checks and they literally removed it days after the game came out because the cracked version ran better. like the lead dev or something even admitted it had a performance impact. Except that proved to be false. The cracked and patched version didn't run much better at all. It took a few more patches that fixed the shader issues before the game performed even decently. The lead dev in fact denied Denuvo had anything to do with it.
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Wildtortilla posted:We almost are the same person. Don't forget to play Planescape: Torment eventually. Rightfully considered a classic, and it's been on Steam for a few months now.
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Aug 30, 2017 17:28
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Speaking of. How is the new torment? I seem to remember that it being good for fans and just okay for everyone else.
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Mokinokaro posted:Except that proved to be false. The cracked and patched version didn't run much better at all. It took a few more patches that fixed the shader issues before the game performed even decently. I had a feeling that wasn't true because the console versions ran like poo poo as well.
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Professor Latency posted:Speaking of. How is the new torment? I seem to remember that it being good for fans and just okay for everyone else. It's one of those games where it's hard to predict where someone will come down on it but you should have a solid idea before the refund time limit is up if you want to give it a try.
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Some people don't like it, among other reasons because of the poor (and sporadic) combat and because it just doesn't live up to the original. And I mean, it doesn't, because Planescape: Torment is one of the best RPGs of all time, but I still liked Tides of Numenera plenty. I liked the writing, settings and aesthetics, and there are some great design choices. Check it out if you're a Planescape fan. e: yeah, what Darkhold said.
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X-Morph: Defense just came out and it's awesome.
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I haven't forgotten about Torment... I'm just not sure if I want to play it. I know it's great but I play these games more for the combat than the story and by all accounts that is lacking in Torment. With that said it's on my wish list as a maybe I'll play this some day game. I also have the new Torment, Wasteland 2, Shadowrun Dragonfall, and old Fallouts vying for my attention. Speaking of Dragonfall, I spent a bit of time with it yesterday after finishing BG and wanting a short deviation before diving into SOD, and I am having trouble enjoying it. I am crippled by character creation because I don't know what any skills really do. I'm also not sure how companions work - do I have to outfit them with gear and distribute skill points or does the game handle that between missions? So far the first mission felt like a boring version of XCOM. Any advice or suggestions about builds? I am thinking about making a Decker/Rigger combo so hack computers and use drones.
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Blattdorf posted:X-Morph: Defense just came out and it's awesome. another game to check out aaaa
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Another classic piracy-outer was when pirated copies of Garry's Mod would crash with a particular error message followed by a seemingly random string. Except that string was actually their SteamID, so when they complained on the forums they set themselves up for a laser targeted ban.
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Ragequit posted:I love the piracy protections that mess with people in subtle ways so they post in anger that they can't complete a section of the game. I think it was titan quest devs who learned the hard way why this is still a bad idea - since all the complains from pirates about the game not running made it look like a buggy piece of crap, legit customers stayed away too so it didn't sell.
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https://twitter.com/EchoBazaar/status/902940773292920832 Because, of course, there just aren't enough games coming out. 
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Maybe this one'll be fun.
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Orv posted:Maybe this one'll be fun. They said in their kickstarter that they really wanted to make this one actually fun, so... I mean it's a kickstarter they'll promise the moon, but they listened, they're aware there is a lack of fun in their game, if they're smart they'll follow up on that.
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Is it just me or is Hellblade just... not that good? The story is compelling and it's very pretty but the sluggish controls and unresponsive combat really make it more of an exercise in frustration. Like, I appreciate what it's trying to do and I'd even be more interested in the story if it didn't play like rear end. I'm fairly sure I'm still early on - just beat Valravn - but unless it's gonna change the formula I don't see myself finishing it, as intriguing as the presentation is.
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anilEhilated posted:Is it just me or is Hellblade just... not that good? The story is compelling and it's very pretty but the sluggish controls and unresponsive combat really make it more of an exercise in frustration. The combat is supposed to be bad and uninteresting. Yahtzee totally missed this incredibly obvious point in his review, too.
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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:The combat is supposed to be bad and uninteresting. Yahtzee totally missed this incredibly obvious point in his review, too. everyone in this thread was defending how good the combat was at release
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anilEhilated posted:Is it just me or is Hellblade just... not that good? The story is compelling and it's very pretty but the sluggish controls and unresponsive combat really make it more of an exercise in frustration. actually by the end you get to fight thirty or forty identical enemies in a row, with the same tedious combat
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