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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.

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Yrael

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confession time. you dodged a bullet

This is what the other games were

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Twist after twist!

Well, I did manage to go about three months without being infected with Bad Rats. It had to happen at some point. :p


Happy birthday!
 

iosefe

Member


Twist after twist!

Well, I did manage to go about three months without being infected with Bad Rats. It had to happen at some point. :p



Happy birthday!
people should learn not to enter my giveaways. haha. you should give you Bad Rats impressions
 

Shadownet

Banned
I don't get the bad impressions with Bad Rats. I played it for about 2 hours. It's actually "Not that bad" I'm still 8 hours away from my goal though.
 

Volimar

Member
I don't get the bad impressions with Bad Rats. I played it for about 2 hours. It's actually "Not that bad" I'm still 8 hours away from my goal though.

The only "bad" part of it for me is that the physics are bad and stuff doesn't go where you mean to place it. You know, the game parts.
 

FloatOn

Member
Okay I dug in deep to dlc 2 of dark souls 2 and I've got to say the level design is really cool but the enemy encounters and the first boss are the most shitty thing in the entire series.

First boss is a god damn palette swap.
 
Okay I dug in deep to dlc 2 of dark souls 2 and I've got to say the level design is really cool but the enemy encounters and the first boss are the most shitty thing in the entire series.

First boss is a god damn palette swap.

I haven't played the DLC (I was kind of disgusted with the main game by the time I was done, not to mention it was on the 360 so I had no reason to go back to it) so the enemy and boss design being kind of crappy in the DLC is the definition of "not surprising" to me.

Good news: they've shown they can be consistent.
Bad news: they've shown they can be consistent at copy/pasting or creating aggressively mediocre bosses.

EDIT: First post of a new page, yikes.
 

mannerbot

Member
I haven't played the DLC (I was kind of disgusted with the main game by the time I was done, not to mention it was on the 360 so I had no reason to go back to it) so the enemy and boss design being kind of crappy in the DLC is the definition of "not surprising" to me.

Good news: they've shown they can be consistent.
Bad news: they've shown they can be consistent at copy/pasting or creating aggressively mediocre bosses.

EDIT: First post of a new page, yikes.

It's ok, the truth hurts sometimes.
 

BinaryPork2737

Unconfirmed Member
So, any wishes/predictions about tomorrow Humble Bundles? I'm hoping for something really good, I have that strange urge to make my backlog even bigger.

I'm still holding out hope for the Comedy Bundle 2. Or better yet, the Humble Comedy Mobile Bundle.


And all of my hopes and dreams were crushed in an instant.

Surprised no one has posted this (unless the search failed me):

Indie Gala - Monday Bundle

Victim of Xen
Jet Gunner
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
Gold Rush Classic
Spate
Space Tank On Greenlight

$1.89 before the price increases (16 hours as of this post).

https://www.indiegala.com/weekly

Will buy for Gold Rush.
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller
Between here, my stream chat, contests I hold, friend gifts, I have given away over 2,000 Steam games.

I have never given away Bad Rats.

That is all.
 
Strawberry cake for my birthday, GAF! My wife hinted that I'll be getting Steam credit for my birthday. My favorite. :p

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Congrats on your birthday, you should probably make a giveaway and then enter and win it yourself (your username makes me think of you like an older version of subzero).

What if your wife wrote the steam wallet code with icing on the cake and destroyed the original?

This thread also needs more pictures of cakes (steam related of course).
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller

Momentary

Banned
Fighting games really need to do story modes like Injustice and MK9. They don't try to cater to every character, and they offer a solid canon without having to wonder about what's going to happen to who for their sequels.
Like MKX not having a majority of the classics coming back because they all got killed.
 
Surprised no one has posted this (unless the search failed me):

Indie Gala - Monday Bundle

Victim of Xen
Jet Gunner
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
Gold Rush Classic
Spate
Space Tank On Greenlight

$1.89 before the price increases (16 hours as of this post).

https://www.indiegala.com/weekly

Buying it just for Gold Rush. One of the few Sierra games I never played back in the day. They priced to high on Steam when it launched last month. It's $6 now.
 

Jawmuncher

Member
Fighting games really need to do story modes like Injustice and MK9. They don't try to cater to every character, and they offer a solid canon without having to wonder about what's going to happen to who for their sequels.
Like MKX not having a majority of the classics coming back because they all got killed.

Agreed. Capcom would get a lot more money out of the casual market if they did this.
 
Uninstalling games via steam is kind of annoying. Went into list view so I can sort by size on disk and when I click install on a game it instantly completes. The problem with this is that it moves to the game I was uninstalling to the bottom of the list instead of moving the selection down to the next installed game. Have to then scroll back up which is frustrating when you have as many games as I do.
 
Between here, my stream chat, contests I hold, friend gifts, I have given away over 2,000 Steam games.

I have never given away Bad Rats.

That is all.

I wish I could afford to give away a bunch of games :(

However! In honour of your generosity, and to plug your contest, what I will propose is this: If the RPGMaker Contest thread gets ten reviews in the next two days from people who hadn't previously reviewed, (and if a new poster there gives more than one review it counts) I'll do a giveaway of some kind. Something that won't get flagged with a poop icon.

Ball's in your court, steamGAF. :)
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
Uninstalling games via steam is kind of annoying. Went into list view so I can sort by size on disk and when I click install on a game it instantly completes. The problem with this is that it moves to the game I was uninstalling to the bottom of the list instead of moving the selection down to the next installed game. Have to then scroll back up which is frustrating when you have as many games as I do.

Only show installed + beat/delete lifestyle avoids this issue. There is no scrolling.
 

Cheddahz

Banned
Fighting games really need to do story modes like Injustice and MK9. They don't try to cater to every character, and they offer a solid canon without having to wonder about what's going to happen to who for their sequels.
Like MKX not having a majority of the classics coming back because they all got killed.

Honestly, I would be down for this (the story modes were the only thing I liked about Injustice and MK9, though I'm not a big fan of the gameplay)
 

NotSelf

Member
It's actually an old game (1988), not a new game trying to look old - hence the authentic retro visuals.

Ya I know I just think it looks cool:) Probably just nostalgia from playing king's quest when I was a kid where I would wander around aimlessly not knowing what to do:)
 

dot

Member
I gave up on Mega Man Battle Network 3 (GBA) because the dungeons were pissing me off way, way too much for me to keep on playing, even if I was 75% of the way through.

I think I'm gonna switch gears and play Divinity: Original Sin next. I won it from gaf, but didn't get into it at launch because the first dungeon was really dull, and Dota 2 sidetracked me. Hopefully it picks up shortly thereafter.

You're joking right? The Undernet wasn't that bad....and i'm pretty sure that place is optional. The Battle Network series is so good.

also i didn't realize Dead Rising 3 was coming out so soon. I hope i can get back on my computer in time to preload it...
 
August was a good month for my backlog.

Here are 1-3ish sentence reviews (that nobody will read) of my completed games for August:

Whispering Willows:
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Your character's walkspeed is mildly annoying. The devs patched in a run button but it only works outdoors. A flawed but enjoyable experience- get it in a bundle.

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons:
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This game is short but visually and emotionally stunning. My controller's batteries died about 80% into the game and while it's possibly to play the game with a keyboard it's very uncomfortable.

Goat Simulator:
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About 3 hours of enjoyment the rest of the time is spent cursing flappy bird and getting the achievements you missed while you were enjoying the game.

Transistor:
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A somewhat short but gorgeous game with a great soundtrack. The only rpgs I play involve Pokemon and Mario so the combat was the greatest part for me. After completing the game I went immediately to New Game+.

The Walking Dead S2:
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I didn't really care for any of the new characters. Game is still filled morally ambiguous choice and explores humans as a threat rather than the walkers. Game is missing the exploring puzzle solving aspect from S1.

Killer Is Dead:
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As a plot enthusiast this game is my type of game. A++++ would buy more Suda games on Steam.

Nihilumbra:
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The Void is hard. As a puzzle-platformer it doesn't do anything amazing but it has a great atmosphere. Get it on sale or in a bundle.

Castlestorm:
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Do you like tower defense games or was your favorite part about construction toys as a kid destroying your creations? Then this game is for you.
 
Only show installed + beat/delete lifestyle avoids this issue. There is no scrolling.

How do you only show installed? Clicking on installed games puts them in order but still has all of your games below them. At least in list view which you need to be in to sort by size.

Edit: Nevermind, switched back and forth and finally they disappeared. Weird!
 

Lomax

Member
Uninstalling games via steam is kind of annoying. Went into list view so I can sort by size on disk and when I click install on a game it instantly completes. The problem with this is that it moves to the game I was uninstalling to the bottom of the list instead of moving the selection down to the next installed game. Have to then scroll back up which is frustrating when you have as many games as I do.

If you switch the view to installed only, some of the time it will stay where you were after it is uninstalled. Doesn't seem to be consistent though.
 
I'm going to take a break from GAF for a few days. Probably steam as well.
Sigh the last few days have been really terrible for me. Everything is going wrong.
:(
Hope you can stay and everything works out and you feel better soon.
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Switching to the blurred steam grid pics. Really like them. Betther than the originals. Clean and simple.
You mean the ones PriitV posted some time ago? I asked him to post them so others can use them too but I never got a reply. Where do you get them? I'd love to use them as well. They look really nice.
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Pretty much the whole game was being patronizing to the West haha.
Man, Go! Go! Nippon! is great. You should give it another shot. It's a lot of dumb fun, although as above they do make stupid gaijin feel like idiots at times. OMG A KONBINI, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE THESE HERE.
That game looks really like a good entry point into Japanese VN and Jawmuncherc also recommended it, so I am sure it's fun. Now to wait for a good sale.
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I did not know FEAR Online was a thing... http://store.steampowered.com/app/223650/
I only played the demo when the game was still new and boy did they nail satisfying gunplay. Just brutally spectacular. But since Max Payne I always wondered how player-triggered bullet-time would have to designed to be workable in multipayer? I read Max Payne 3 did it but I don't know how that can work actually.
Well, from the images on the page I see they went to FEAR 1 style which I find is the best among the trilogy. Curious how it'll unfold.
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my body is ready :)
I want it to be Friday already, goddammit!!! ; _ ;
Ah snap. You know what that means. Another classic lashman stream incoming
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Strawberry cake for my birthday, GAF! My wife hinted that I'll be getting Steam credit for my birthday. My favorite. :p
Happy birthday man! Your mouse (and hand) is huge! You know what they say about men with big hands.... th-they be saying, damn, you got big hands.
;)
 

Jawmuncher

Member
August was a good month for my backlog.

Here are 1-3ish sentence reviews (that nobody will read) of my completed games for August:

Whispering Willows:
910ac4bc31a7422cd9705cdc4d022929e4c9b6aa.jpg

Your character's walkspeed is mildly annoying. The devs patched in a run button but it only works outdoors. A flawed but enjoyable experience- get it in a bundle.

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons:
12f5c3aaa2b1d69d0786e1d09e0b77e2da6f8980.jpg

This game is short but visually and emotionally stunning. My controller's batteries died about 80% into the game and while it's possibly to play the game with a keyboard it's very uncomfortable.

Goat Simulator:
f116260f6858dda8a2e4c0ccedf270c8a24a0add.jpg

About 3 hours of enjoyment the rest of the time is spent cursing flappy bird and getting the achievements you missed while you were enjoying the game.

Transistor:
705c88fb22dc45a6e886f5afd96ba3c2e258aa06.jpg

A somewhat short but gorgeous game with a great soundtrack. The only rpgs I play involve Pokemon and Mario so the combat was the greatest part for me. After completing the game I went immediately to New Game+.

The Walking Dead S2:
fcfbf375cb9249601eca22c1847447b92e15d82d.jpg

I didn't really care for any of the new characters. Game is still filled morally ambiguous choice and explores humans as a threat rather than the walkers. Game is missing the exploring puzzle solving aspect from S1.

Killer Is Dead:
187ab8f22a578692b0ec5dcbe1c07e30828b566f.jpg

As a plot enthusiast this game is my type of game. A++++ would buy more Suda games on Steam.

Nihilumbra:
437f8a33effb403cec3f83eac936b0fe47359deb.jpg

The Void is hard. As a puzzle-platformer it doesn't do anything amazing but it has a great atmosphere. Get it on sale or in a bundle.

Castlestorm:
07b47937cffa39a5317173d667fd32667d4c0083.jpg

Do you like tower defense games or was your favorite part about construction toys as a kid destroying your creations? Then this game is for you.
Dang that's a lot of stuff. Are you part of the 52 club? Regardless I read them all. Glad you liked Kilker is Dead. Wonder if we can bother deep silver to try and get Shadows of the Damned on steam.
 

Momentary

Banned
Agreed. Capcom would get a lot more money out of the casual market if they did this.

It's just that instead of offering one solid story they try to thin things out by giving everyone a watered down story to please all the players and end up with a crap product in the end. I like that NetherRealm's story mode forces you to play with some characters that you would never play as. They're also not afraid to put the "nail in the coffin" to some story arcs.

I really blame the fans for it. No matter what, they want EVERY character form past games to show up in sequels. Which leads to quantity over quality. Even if fighting games are introduced with new graphical assets and character models being built from the ground up, you still have fans that shit on fighting games for not having 30 or 40 people right off the bat.

That's why I'm so happy with Xrd. I feel like it's going to be a great product with a unbloated, solid line up and hopefully a great story mode to boot. Then you'll probably get expansions for more characters an what not later. Sort of how SFIV went all the way to USFIV (with 25 to 44 characters), but hopefully not over charging people along the way.

Honestly, I would be down for this (the story modes were the only thing I liked about Injustice and MK9, though I'm not a big fan of the gameplay)

Yeah, if you see my little mini reviews in the "52 games in a year challenge" thread, you see me bring up the animations for those two games. They are very off putting to me and MK having a block button kills me. Wiht that said, MKX's looks to animate a whole hell of a lot better than any other MK game. It looks like some people got fired or something. The attacks, jumps, and combo flow are soooo much smoother.
 
Fighting games really need to do story modes like Injustice and MK9. They don't try to cater to every character, and they offer a solid canon without having to wonder about what's going to happen to who for their sequels.
Like MKX not having a majority of the classics coming back because they all got killed.
The wondrous thing is that they can still have whoever they want (if they wanted) come back and just not feature them in story mode at all. But I do agree with you.

I've been way hooked on Injustice.
 

Miker

Member
You're joking right? The Undernet wasn't that bad....and i'm pretty sure that place is optional. The Battle Network series is so good.

also i didn't realize Dead Rising 3 was coming out so soon. I hope i can get back on my computer in time to preload it...

No, I'm not joking. I just have a low tolerance for annoying and not very creative dungeon designs. It's also not optional. Keep in mind this is after a really dull series of fetch quests - putting out fires all over the internet (that consume your water chips!). After putting out all the fires, I had no desire to try and find my way through a shitty maze, and just stopped playing.

Too bad, really, because I was enjoying myself up until then.
 

Jawmuncher

Member
It's just that instead of offering one solid story they try to thin things out by giving everyone a watered down story to please all the players and end up with a crap product in the end. I like that NetherRealm's story mode forces you to play with some characters that you would never play as. They're also not afraid to put the "nail in the coffin" to some story arcs.

I really blame the fans for it. No matter what, they want EVERY character form past games to show up in sequels. Which leads to quantity over quality. Even if fighting games are introduced with new graphical assets and character models being built from the ground up, you still have fans that shit on fighting games for not having 30 or 40 people right off the bat.

That's why I'm so happy with Xrd. I feel like it's going to be a great product with a unbloated, solid line up and hopefully a great story mode to boot. Then you'll probably get expansions for more characters an what not later. Sort of how SFIV went all the way to USFIV (with 25 to 44 characters), but hopefully not over charging people along the way.

I agree the fact that you sample everyone In the story modes is a nice touch. It can't be that hard to do a story and they wouldn't have to make every character playable in it. Poisons arcade mode is her fighting in a tournament to make a band. Yeah capcom needs to do better than that.

With that said I can understand why fans want their character back. Its unfair in a sense to see your main get cut. Though I do agree its a necessary evil. You can't introduce new characters and make things interesting if you're always keeping the same people.

Less definitely can be more and I'm excited to see how Xrd turns out.
 
Dang that's a lot of stuff. Are you part of the 52 club? Regardless I read them all. Glad you liked Kilker is Dead. Wonder if we can bother deep silver to try and get Shadows of the Damned on steam.

No 52 club for me I just had a lot of free time in August. However, now I'm burned out on games and I just find myself staring at my library wanting to play a game but not being in the mood.
 

Momentary

Banned
The wondrous thing is that they can still have whoever they want (if they wanted) come back and just not feature them in story mode at all. But I do agree with you.

I've been way hooked on Injustice.

Exactly. They could have arcade mode for CPU challenges and whatnot for non canon characters. I've never been one for story's in fighting games, but MK and Injustice did such a good job that I WANT fighting games to have comprehensible stories now.
 

Miguel81

Member
Are there any decent volleyball games on Steam? I'm itching for something like Super Spike V'Ball on the NES, with multi-player of course.
 

Jawmuncher

Member
No 52 club for me I just had a lot of free time in August. However, now I'm burned out on games and I just find myself staring at my library wanting to play a game but not being in the mood.

Were all guilty of that.
I'll even have ample gaming time and just waste it away on youtube and GAF.
 
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