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I realized earlier that I have over 500 Steam achievements, which is fewer than one per hour of gameplay. I could have learned Spanish by now if lancing peasant villagers in Mount & Blade wasn't so fun.Hat Thoughts posted:Hmm, not seeing a sticky about this thread so I'm thinking it's unofficial. That just makes posting in here more exciting.
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Quest For Glory II posted:I keep forgetting there are demos on Steam because barely any games have them anymore. We'll always have the Battlefield 1942 wake island demo
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Jul 18, 2014 22:56
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The Kins posted:Not anymore! Gamespy shut down, remember? I didn't know. I've not played Battlefield 1942 in years, but it was great in its day. That Desert Combat mod was brilliant. Palpek posted:So I finished LIMBO, cool game, some of the near end levels where pretty difficult but overall a satisfying ending. Then I learn that there's a secret level hidden in one of the chapters and holy poo poo is it some impossible poo poo: Limbo is wonderful. I took a look at that hidden level the other day when achievement whoring. I think I have all of them except for Ding! and whatever achievement it is that you get for beating the game with no more than 5 deaths.
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Gort posted:I was kinda perplexed that Diablo 3 had zero choices throughout the entire game and you were just supposed to accept stuff like, "Reassembling this clearly evil undead necromancer dude is a good idea that will work out well for us" while he mwahahas it up in the background. Palladium posted:A Diablo III with no story other than "Diablo is there, kill him" would still be better than full Metzen we got. Spiderdrake posted:D3 is just painful. They have so much money. Hire a real person instead of a used up husk please. Blizzard has a George Lucas problem. The "idea people" at Blizzard are the wealthy boss guys from the early days who're propped up by talented programmers, musicians, and artists. Instead of hiring professional writers and directors, they put themselves in the driver's seat and come up with the terrible scripts and direction we see in the Diablo and Starcraft sequels. They can't even get the fundamental tone right in Diablo. Look at what they did to the Butcher. Look at those godawful cutscenes from Starcraft II. It's nothing but cackling villains now. This is some very basic stuff that they don't seem to understand. These games are well-made, and a merely passable effort would skate by. But the writing and direction is distractingly poor. duckfarts posted:PC master race I take advantage of every excuse to repost this image: 
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Jul 20, 2014 17:14
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Yodzilla posted:Thief plunged in price almost immediately but that's probably because nobody bought it. If those taffers had actually made a proper reboot, by the Builder I'd have bought myself a copy.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:51
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Chris Metzen is like the goth teenager in high school who is always doodling giant demon cocks in his notebook. Take a look at some of his wonderful art from the Diablo 1 manual. His Wikipedia entry describes him as a "game designer, artist, voice actor and author..." Such talent! He is also taking fashion advice from Bono, apparently. 
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Jul 28, 2014 00:47
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Lemon Curdistan posted:This is the short version: By stretching the review out over a dozen mini-reviews, he has resorted to stating the obvious (in pedantic detail) about every element he discusses. Example: "These inputs are processed by the antagonistic force within the level that then reacts with identifiable outputs..." 
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Jul 29, 2014 19:48
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I stopped playing Deus Ex: HR about 1/3 of the way through the game, but I liked it... I need to get back into it. I played the hell out of the original game. My only complaint about the stylish successor (Invisible War doesn't count) is that Adam's raspy speech hurts my throat.
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Jul 30, 2014 20:35
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Jerusalem posted:San Andreas, however, even after all these years remains close to gaming perfection for me. The graphics are a little dated and ugly and not all the mechanics are as polished as they could be, but the marriage of gameplay, story, art direction, voice work etc is just phenomenal. If I could have a complete remake in the Euphoria engine (or whatever it is that GTAV uses) I would be in heaven. Great game; I played it a lot and beat it. The problem for me is that I couldn't ever get behind the voice actor for CJ. The guy's voice bothered me. For all of the stuff CJ gets up to, I think he needed to sound more like a mover and shaker. The voice actor just sounded way too laid back. He sounded like a guy who'd talk big, but then just smoke dope on his Grove Street porch. Not someone who would go out and get stuff done — someone like Big Smoke. I want to play as Big Smoke. I want to tell CJ all he had to do was follow the drat train. SolidSnakesBandana posted:Say what? Now, I haven't played GTAV yet but I think Tommy is the most likeable of them all. At least he isn't pretending he's not a crazy gently caress. Also, Ray Liotta is like an amazing choice for a voice actor. I wouldn't call him a nice guy, or likeable. But then again I always act like an rear end in a top hat when I play so it blended well. They did snag a good voice actor, too.
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Quest For Glory II posted:24 hour Humble Bundle: There have been so many great Humble Bundles; they make this one seem mediocre. My refined palate refuses these offerings.
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PantsBandit posted:Skywind is looking really cool, just watched the new teaser video for it where they showed off some various locales. It's really cool that people put together such massive content mods for nothing more than something to put on their resume. There are a ton of quests to script, and I can see it taking quite a while to be released. It does look great, though. The FAQ lists Tribunal and Bloodmoon as a requirement, but doesn't indicate whether the expansions will be included.
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Aug 19, 2014 17:00
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$5 for Crusader Kings 2, Terraria, and KoF XIII. What a deal. I wonder what they will add.
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HardDisk posted:Doesn't the $15 level gives you AoEII:HD? It's not a terrible deal, but you would be paying $10 extra for the AoE II HD stuff, which is diminishing returns when compared to what you get for $1 or the $5 bundles.
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BigRed0427 posted:In other news I was playing Hitman: Absolution. I wasn't impressed by it. In fact, the opening level really turned me off. Why did the woman you were suppose to kill have to be naked? I get the feeling I am suppose to be turned on by looking at a dying woman covered in nothing in a towel and...just no. Give me a more polished Blood Money with fun levels and I will buy the franchise till the cows come home. SynthOrange posted:I'd buy that for a dollar! 
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Mortimer posted:Contracts was less polished but had additional levels I played Silent Assassin and Contracts when they were new. Contracts had a nice, dark atmosphere, but Blood Money was overall a superior game. That Absolution clip is pretty silly, but the disguise mechanics are what really turned me off of buying the game. I play fewer games these days so I don't want to spend time on mediocre sequels that lack the old magic (see also: Thief). I AM BRAWW posted:I do love the good ol' "Absolution is total loving poo poo and is the worst game ever because it's not Blood Money 2, which is what I expected it to be when I bought it." argument. Fricken epic. Is anyone here actually saying this?
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Aug 21, 2014 17:48
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Azran posted:Stores in Argentina seem to be pretty devoid of PC games. They are hella cheap in comparison to console games (8 pesos = 1 dollar. 1000 pesos is a new console game from last year. 250 is the highest you will see for a PC game in a store.) Galaga Galaxian posted:
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What the hell?! I knew the taxes for importing hardware were nuts, but holy poo poo.
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lordfrikk posted:Is anyone here following Starsector (Starfarer)? It's been in development since 2010 so I'm wondering what's the current state of the game and if it's nearing completion or at least something resembling final version. I played one patch ago. From time to time I'll check the development blog. It seems to be moving along at a leisurely pace. Not having modded the game, I have no insight into how the latest patch improved the depth of the game with mods. If playing strictly Vanilla I doubt it has much staying power. LLCoolJD fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Aug 23, 2014 |
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spudsbuckley posted:So, when does The Banner Saga actually get good? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6PAi6QXOx8 I've never played The Banner Saga, and I think this review probably provides more entertainment than the game itself.
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Eruonen posted:RCT2 is easily the best one for that, and in fact the best one in the series. I don't think it's on Steam but I believe GOG has it. I still remember building tons of "money loop" coasters to beat the levels. Launch start, a loop, and a dead-end hill to slow and then return the cars to the platform. Quick ride, massive profit. They fund your crazy dream coasters.
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I'm probably missing something very obvious, but how do you access soundtracks acquired in the Humble Bundle deals? I get the Steam keys no problem, but I don't remember any prompts for the soundtracks.
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Awesome! posted:down at the bottom where you can download the DRM free copies there is a soundtrack option Ah, thanks. Brackhar posted:The Swapper is great. Totally going to wait for a cheap copy of this. So many games in the backlog now thanks to the Humble Bundle. I no longer have any urgency about getting certain games.
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Darkrenown posted:Ahaha: Fixed to hammer home the point even more. Sorry if this starts a flame war with Nazi war machine apologists.
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crabrock posted:FEWER. The Steam thread is also the Griefing thread.
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I know I'm in like-minded company when posts still refer to AMD cards as ATI cards.
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Occultatio posted:I know we just had a similar discussion, but Supply and demand is crushing these people. With great games like FTL, Terraria, Hotline: Miami, Super Meat Boy, Minecraft, Limbo, Braid, Spelunky, and others crowding the indie market, who but the most dedicated gamer has the time and money for the lesser-known releases? They really have to be innovative to get our $$$.
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Drifter posted:I don't understand. if the simulation is crashing can't you just log out and reboot the system or something? Why all the hectic behavior? So weird. Clearly you don't understand The Matrix-level bullshit storytelling.
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Palpek posted:The newest game on Steam: The Slaughtering Grounds. It reminds me of the game demos you used to see on HappyPuppy.com back in the "first-gen" days of the internet. 
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Krazyface posted:Is steam completely making GBS threads the bed for anyone else? I can't log in, and I can't even apply for an account retrieval because "Steam cannot currently process your request". Yeah it's down for me here in Virginia.
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New Leaf posted:Edit: I just got Mount & Blade Warband.. I've never played any of these, but for $4? I'm down. Good choice! The graphics aren't great, but the gameplay can be really satisfying. Once you get the hang of the combat, you really should download the Native Expansion mod: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,314778.0.html or (if you're into bad voice acting and power-gaming) the Prophesy of Pendor mod: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,126952.0.html
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theultimo posted:Jesus I cant believe these people, lol 4500. It's insane. 4640 here. If you want an "elite" group you basically have to join right after the reset and chance to pick one of the heavy autoclicker games.
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