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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition

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I just want to say I fully support more Natalie Dormer in this thread. Saorise has had her time in the spotlight. I think it's time for her to gracefully exit. Sorry, JaseC!


guys. Listen to this man. He speaks truth

I'm thinking of starting System Shock 2 later today. Not really playing anything at the moment, and it doesn't seem too long.

Any near-essential mods?

http://blog.pcgamingwiki.com/modding-guide/821/system-shock-2-steam-modding-guide
 

legacyzero

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LOL GFWL did enough damage. No thanks.
 

Dolor

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I think I'm about to do something very stupid and buy a 4k monitor. I didn't think they'd get this cheap so soon.

I am pretty tempted by them too, but I am hoping to hold out for one with G-Sync or FreeSync. Either one since I am pretty much 100% Nvidia now.

Probably not of the popular opinion but I'd love some Steamworks features as well like cloud saves, achievements and of course cards!

I agree with this "unpopular" opinion.

I think the smart strategy for Microsoft is to put a decent number of quality games on steam first. For example something like a Halo.

Then they can get a lot of people buying/playing it and of course never, ever port those games to linux. This keeps a big chunk of customers tied to their platform

This is my exact thought as well. They don't care about selling PC games nearly as much as they care about keeping the mindshare of gamers who represent sort of the bleeding edge in tech for PC. If even a quarter of PC gamers started switching to Linux, think of the downstream implications even beyond gaming. I would be a lot more comfortable setting my wife or mother or mother-in-law up with a Linux laptop if that was what I was running on my desktop (maybe in time). They are already losing casuals to iOS/Android and losing their core tech enthusiast market would be deadly.

I think if they had a new client/service planned they wouldn't have made a big deal about Fable Anniversary using Steam.

True.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.

I'd gawk at this but I'm legitimately pretty sure the guy asking for 2FWL has a mental illness. I am not even joking.

In every DRM-related thread there's always someone who attempts to argue that Steam is DRM even after it's pointed out that Steam does in fact offer DRM-free games. Some apparently find it hard to accept that literally the only difference between a DRM-game on Steam and such a game on GOG is that with Steam you're required to use the client to obtain said game whereas with GOG you can use the browser of your choosing.

The consequences of this world view are pretty great, including thinking that GOG/Night Sky do magic work on the releases that aren't available on Steam.
 

rtcn63

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Saoirse and Dormer can be considered the same individual, just spliced into two separate entities, and given life at different points in our timeline. They act as foils to one another in character and age.

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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
The consequences of this world view are pretty great, including thinking that GOG/Night Sky do magic work on the releases that aren't available on Steam.

CDPR actually does have a team that works on the games publishers handball over, but Stallion's right in that community-created patches will be used where possible.

Saoirse and Dormer can be considered the same individual, just spliced into two separate entities, and given life at different points in our timeline. They act as foils to one another in character and age.

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I've seen this movie before.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
CDPR actually does have a team that works on the games publishers handball over, but Stallion's right in that community-created patches will be used where possible.

Oh yeah, absolutely. But much like anything that has a niche fan base, it polarizes opinions to the point of fanaticism.

Thankfully Steam has finally become mainstream enough that it can withstand criticism, so the messiah complex, while strong, is weaker than it was.
 

Salsa

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BF4's tickrate update greatly improves the game. If anyone left the game already, try going back.

yeah, I might play a few later today

sucks that I just have vanilla but not getting that DLC anytime soon, specially after Titanfall and that new SWAT BF
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Gearcrack Arena is the extra indiegala game

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Ruruja

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I'd gawk at this but I'm legitimately pretty sure the guy asking for 2FWL has a mental illness. I am not even joking.

My assumption is that as he's such a massive Xbox fanboy, he preferred GFWL on PC to Steam as the achievements you earned on that added to you overall Xbox Live gamerscore.
 

Stallion Free

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The consequences of this world view are pretty great, including thinking that GOG/Night Sky do magic work on the releases that aren't available on Steam.

I always enjoyed how GOG never comments on this shit and allows those bullshit views to propagate.

They also have blessed the PC community with timed exclusives.
 

Garcia

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Shahed

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I have a question that I wasn't sure where to ask, and this place seemed most fitting, so here goes.

My two brothers and I used to play Age of Empires II (+Conqueror's) all the time over our LAN. We want to play the HD version, but no idea as to how to go about it in the best way. While I technically have a Steam Account, that's really only from playing Portal 2 on PS3, so I don't have the faintest idea how things work.

I've heard that the game doesn't support LAN so we'd have to play online? Would we have to buy 3 seperate copies, or could we do so via one account since we'd all be on the same IP? Can two even be logged into the same Steam account concurrently? How powerful would the PC's/Laptop's need to be?

Sorry if this sounds a bit weird. Like I say, none of us have ever really used Steam and have very minimal knowledge of PC games and how they work bar the likes of Football Manager
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
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Copons

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Just a heads up for people who don't leave this thread: Uncharted 3 Single Player is now free for all NA and SA PSN members (no PS+ needed). Chances are everyone already played it, but who knows.

I didn't, but I live in the old godforsaken continent so I'll suck it and keep my Sixaxis plugged to the PC until the next Bluray watching or something.


also too lazy to create a US account...

also, I've read your thread thanks to Kotaku... I should have known better to first check here and then there :D
 

Tizoc

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Time to give back to my homies
ModBot said:
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nexen

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Yeah there are a lot of characters who make more sense if you played 1/2.

I tried to play one. Or at least the demo? It has been a long while. It was fun for a bit, but ultimately I didn't like it enough to see it all the way through.
Also played the vita version. Fared a bit better, but gave up before finishing as well.

I heard 2 is the best one?
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Thanks, I didn't play it.

Didn't play 1 or 2 either though, so maybe I shouldn't?

edit: holy snap - 40gb? Yeah, I'm probably not going to download that. I'd rather pick up a used copy to avoid the download.

Yeah, the game has separate cutscene files for 2D and 3D, which drastically increases the file size. When the game leaked on to the 'net there was a separate "2D only" release that was significantly smaller -- Sony should offer the same, really.
 

Salsa

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24 hour raffles seem like overkill considering how fast this thread moves, you basically have to post it again throughout the day and I guess that messes up the whole modbot thing a bit?
 

Grief.exe

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San Andreas is great with Mouse and Keyboard controls. They disable the lock-on mechanic and just allow you to play the game like a third person shooter.

You can go Rambo with dual pistols dodging fire, or sit back behind a barricade with a rifle, picking off head shots.
 

Tizoc

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Goat Simulator got MORE Cheevos, holy crap lol.

24 hour raffles seem like overkill considering how fast this thread moves, you basically have to post it again throughout the day and I guess that messes up the whole modbot thing a bit?

Hmm yeah good point I should start making them 3 hours ^^; I'm just being too much of a good guy who doesn't want anyone interested in any of those games to miss out on them if like they're not awake ATM.
 

Stallion Free

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Yeah, the game has separate cutscene files for 2D and 3D, which drastically increases the file size. When the game leaked on to the 'net there was a separate "2D only" release that was significantly smaller -- Sony should offer the same, really.

Rip groups have always been more thoughtful than game companies lol.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
24 hour raffles seem like overkill considering how fast this thread moves, you basically have to post it again throughout the day and I guess that messes up the whole modbot thing a bit?

You can just post a link to the original giveaway post instead, which is the recommended approach since ModBot will only edit the original post.
 

Salsa

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Hmm yeah good point I should start making them 3 hours ^^; I'm just being too much of a good guy who doesn't want anyone interested in any of those games to miss out on them if like they're not awake ATM.

its cool, just a thought in general. entered for Frederic, that game looks weird. Sadly I didnt realize it's a Desura key

You can just post a link to the original giveaway post instead, which is the recommended approach since ModBot will only edit the original post.

ah, I see
 

Copons

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I tried to play one. Or at least the demo? It has been a long while. It was fun for a bit, but ultimately I didn't like it enough to see it all the way through.
Also played the vita version. Fared a bit better, but gave up before finishing as well.

I heard 2 is the best one?

I totally loved Unch 1 and Unch 2, with a slight preference towards the second, which I consider to be one of the GOTG, along IDK Red Dead Redemption or something.

They're basically a TR2013 done WAY better, with the same idiotic twists near the end but at least there are lots of jokes and funny stuff going on, so at least it doesn't take itself too serious and so I found it overall more enjoyable.

Maybe, too many gunfights and too few platforming sections, but I guess it could just be my subjective opinion?
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I totally loved Unch 1 and Unch 2, with a slight preference towards the second, which I consider to be one of the GOTG, along IDK Red Dead Redemption or something.

They're basically a TR2013 done WAY better, with the same idiotic twists near the end but at least there are lots of jokes and funny stuff going on, so at least it doesn't take itself too serious and so I found it overall more enjoyable.

Maybe, too many gunfights and too few platforming sections, but I guess it could just be my subjective opinion?

Among Thieves plays better than Drake's Fortune but I've always preferred the latter to the former due to its locations, which better serve the "ancient and probably cursed treasure" MacGuffin.
 

derExperte

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I tried to play one. Or at least the demo? It has been a long while. It was fun for a bit, but ultimately I didn't like it enough to see it all the way through.
Also played the vita version. Fared a bit better, but gave up before finishing as well.

I heard 2 is the best one?

U3 is a bloated mess with worse controls and all the stuff that was deemed too bad to be included in 2. So if you didn't get through any of the other Uncharteds I'd be extremely surprised if you'd get a lot of enjoyment out of that one. But to be fair there are some weird dudes even in the Steam thread who think 3 is the best. I say don't listen to those weird dudes but who knows, you may be one of them without knowing it.
 
You can just post a link to the original giveaway post instead, which is the recommended approach since ModBot will only edit the original post.

I think reposting the whole thing and deleting the previous post works as well.
That's what I did once and ModBot edited the right post.
 

nexen

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I totally loved Unch 1 and Unch 2, with a slight preference towards the second, which I consider to be one of the GOTG, along IDK Red Dead Redemption or something.

They're basically a TR2013 done WAY better, with the same idiotic twists near the end but at least there are lots of jokes and funny stuff going on, so at least it doesn't take itself too serious and so I found it overall more enjoyable.

Maybe, too many gunfights and too few platforming sections, but I guess it could just be my subjective opinion?

Yeah, I've been wanting to try Unch2 for a long time because I was told it fixed the issues I had with Unch1 (repetition mostly). Maybe they'll make a remastered collection for PS4. heh.

U3 is a bloated mess with worse controls and all the stuff that was deemed too bad to be included in 2. So if you didn't get through any of the other Uncharteds I'd be extremely surprised if you'd get a lot of enjoyment out of that one. But to be fair there are some weird dudes even in the Steam thread who think 3 is the best. I say don't listen to those weird dudes but who knows, you may be one of them without knowing it.

Yeah, I think I'll try 2 first.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
U3 is a bloated mess with worse controls and all the stuff that was deemed too bad to be included in 2. So if you didn't get through any of the other Uncharteds I'd be extremely surprised if you'd get a lot of enjoyment out of that one. But to be fair there are some weird dudes even in the Steam thread who think 3 is the best. I say don't listen to those weird dudes but who knows, you may be one of them without knowing it.

Speaking of 3, the aiming issue was completely bizarre. Truth be told I didn't actually notice anything was off, but the fact that ND didn't, either, is just odd considering how quickly seasoned players picked up on it.

I think reposting the whole thing and deleting the previous post works as well.
That's what I did once and ModBot edited the right post.

Ah, yeah, that will also work since ModBot edits the earliest post it finds.
 

Arthea

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You can just post a link to the original giveaway post instead, which is the recommended approach since ModBot will only edit the original post.

Somehow my all 24 hour raffles that were bigger got messed, 12 hour ones too, and even 3 hour last one did that and I always post a link to original raffle, never reposted them really. It might be my luck, or modbot really hates bigger raffles.
Then again, it seems nice to give more people chance at a game they want, but probably I should just forget about raffles.

U3 is a bloated mess with worse controls and all the stuff that was deemed too bad to be included in 2. So if you didn't get through any of the other Uncharteds I'd be extremely surprised if you'd get a lot of enjoyment out of that one. But to be fair there are some weird dudes even in the Steam thread who think 3 is the best. I say don't listen to those weird dudes but who knows, you may be one of them without knowing it.

I have some friends that enjoy 3rd most too, it's a common thing.
 

Tellaerin

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I just want to say I fully support more Natalie Dormer in this thread. Saorise has had her time in the spotlight. I think it's time for her to gracefully exit. Sorry, JaseC!

guys. Listen to this man. He speaks truth.


Hey now! If we did somehow decide that Saoirse's time here was over
(HERESY!)
, Natalie Dormer shouldn't get to cut to the front of the line. Not while other worthies have been waiting patiently for their time in the spotlight. Even if we limit eligibility to natural blondes, Copons has been championing Yvonne Strahovski here for a long time now, and, well...


So yeah, Nat D ought to wait her turn. :p
 
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