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STEAM | May 2015 - Paid Mods? We hardly Nuuvem!
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Do they require it now? Weird. Even then a fake cellphone number takes 30 second to get anyhow
Do they require it now? Weird. Even then a fake cellphone number takes 30 second to get anyhow
They send you a confirmation code on the phone that you have to input to create the account.
That's not a Visual Novel!
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
But it's still lewd!
ah thats fine
i thought you were like in
"tell me a story" mode
or whatever
very much not pissed off/dont care
you're free to not like the things i like
it's a really cool game if you can stand the sort of things that come from it being a 2007 game made like it was 2004 or something.
sounds interesting
#Witcher3Priorities
But I called Higurashi and Long Live the Queen which are not lewd. Why do you want to push little girls into lewdness?
PetriP-TNT
Member
Guacamelee was especially bad in this regard. Sometimes you had to use all 4 shoulder buttons in quick succession
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Wondering how long after Windows 10 launches does MS announce the Master Chief Collection for the windows 10 store? I'm just trying to figure out if asking for an XB1 for the holidays this year is worth it or if I should just hold off since the only thing i'm interested it might still come to PC.
Ruin your account further and do me!
My Imgur account is ruined by the amount of these I have on there now.
If CDPR made Gwent into a standalone game ala Magic or chirst the flavour of the month Hearthstone, I think I'd be losing a lot of time to that.
can always use https://www.textnow.com/ then
I wish a publication would try to address the elephant in the room and ask if Microsoft intends to release its Xbox app-integrated/Win10-exclusive games on Steam.
I thought I was Dragon Ageing it but apparently there really is no reason to go back there later on so i just cleared out every teeny bit of the map and now I can finally move on.
Hahaha it's ok, it's just the first thing I see when I open Imgur now is 20+ CAed avatars. It's a bit of a shock at first.
they kinda/sorta did .... the Xbone CE comes with a deck
Pfft. Who plays games in person face to face?
Says me who used to be a total paper and pen nerd[/quote]
Ewwww!!!
Ruin your account further and do me!
Ewwww!!!
jaundicejuice
Member
Telltale will remember that.
Yeah and they will hurt your feelings, opposed to the route of the other choice where
they will hrut your feelings
Is the MCC not a broken POS now? If yes: Don't bother waiting. If no: Fucking wait, it's the smart move.
There's no need to buy an X-box 720 until there is more than one title (er-"More than five titles" I guess in the MCC) you want for the system.
But I'm in the camp of "Halo is not a system seller" so I'm not entirely on the "OMG I NEED AN X-BOX FOR THIS." Besides, there's that Halo Online modding (er-"modding") going on that fills the niche role MS won't fill in bringing the IP to PC to a mass audience.
YianGaruga
Banned
That whole thing sure must've been worth it for GMG in the end..
EDIT: Are you sure? They announced a 40% coupon yesterday for people who didn't get a working W3 key in a timely manner (that you had to manually request or something), not for everyone. Maybe that changed.
lashman
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fuck this head
wow ... that 3DS version looks pretty good
Tizoc
Member
Can I have it :V
I'd wager the code is account-bound.
Backlogger
Member
My guess would be no. If they have their own store front why would they want to pay the GabeN cut? I would love to see MCC and GoW on Steam, but I would almost be just as happy to be able to buy them on PC (non-Steam) since I will likely never buy a xBox One (at least not for the foreseeable future; ie: near the end of this gen's cycle)
i can't find that in my email
Finished up Axiom Verge last night and I'm not quite sure how to articulate how I feel about it. It doesn't hide it's influences which makes it easy to compare to Metroid 1 but it also does things very differently so it's hard to take those unique aspects on their own merits. I definitely liked it, loved it even as I raced to get all the achievements but I also don't have the desire to replay it again. I may have burned out on it though I have many little issues with the game as well. On a basic level, it's like someone who loved Metroid (specifically the NES game) and expanded up on it. The aesthetic, the movement, the shooting feels like an alternate reality Super Metroid that expanded more on Metroid 1. Even the sound design is similar to Metroid 1 though it does lead to cacophony with the music blaring as you spam bullets. Though that's just the first impressions and overall feel, the game diverges in some pretty significant ways.
The most apparent one is more of a story focus. It's not a narrative driven game by any means but one of the types of collectables are journal pages. The story seems to more of that cryptic, meta level story that wont make complete sense on a first playthrough but to be honest, I skipped most of it. It's not why I play these games.
Gameplay wise, the most unique things are the huge variety of weapons and specifically the Address Disruptor. It was certainly interesting to see it on my own, so spoilers just incase.
The weapons on the other hand are feel kinda superfluous. The vast majority of them are purely for combat and even then most of them aren't even that fun to use. There is a novelty to to finding one and using it for a while but the system just seems bloated for no reason. It makes the weapon wheel increasingly cumbersome, even with the ability to set 3 quick select. That feeling kinda permeates throughout the entire game, interesting ideas that aren't fully integrated to the entire game.
Outside of those two aspects, it's very much like Metroid where you find abilities and fight bosses to progress but even then the upgrades themselves diverge from typical Metroid morphball->bombs->weapons->suit etc progression. Even the analogs are clever unique takes. The Metroid series is so appealing to me because it has the first level of playing it for the first time where the world is like a giant dungeon like in Zelda. It's not sectioned off into discrete puzzle areas but as you play the game your mind races with how you could possibly reach that ledge or what that new ability opened up. Axiom Verge gets that feeling pretty well, even better than something like post SotN Castlevania. It's very unique feeling in Metroid and I'm not even quite sure how to articulate how it feels. It's more than the definition of Metroidvania, it's also the ability progression in the world and how the enemies are placed within it and Axiom Verge has it for me.
The problem for me is that it doesn't quite get to that second level where you gain mastery of the world and your abilities and speedrunning/sequence breaking. The game, at least to me in my experience, feels very tightly designed. There is little room for deviation when it comes to collecting the critical path items. Which is fair, the Metroid series itself has pretty much half the games like this with Metroid 2, Fusion and parts of the Prime series. There doesn't even seem to be any useful exploits, intended or unintended, that allow you to forge your own path. It's very early into the game's life and I'm by no means deep into speedrunning so I could be missing obvious significant tech, but the only one I found was a way to get infinite height but even that seems pretty limited. The speedrunning aspect isn't absent from the design, the game has a speedrunning option which disables the story moments and even built in splits but I'm not at that level where I would want to map my own routes for 100% completion. I would be interested to see a 100% speedrun but even personally doing a mostly critical path speedrun didn't feel different enough unlike something like Zero Mission where you can skip a lot of the critical path.
I'm sorry for rambling on and I think I sound negative but the bottom line is Axiom Verge is fantastic. That I'm picking it apart like this only speaks to how highly I think of it. Not to mention how it's 100% made by a single person, it's amazing what Tom Happ accomplished. I hope he can maybe get a group of people to help him out with his next venture because the game is not lacking for interesting ideas.
The most apparent one is more of a story focus. It's not a narrative driven game by any means but one of the types of collectables are journal pages. The story seems to more of that cryptic, meta level story that wont make complete sense on a first playthrough but to be honest, I skipped most of it. It's not why I play these games.
Gameplay wise, the most unique things are the huge variety of weapons and specifically the Address Disruptor. It was certainly interesting to see it on my own, so spoilers just incase.
It's my favourite part of the game. Like its name implies, it allows you to disrupt enemies and an the environment through what looks like messing with the games games code to glitch it out. It very much looks like a playing an NES game when it's freaking out. Sprites will flicker, they overlap weirdly, enemies take new properties upon being glitched, it's a very interesting mechanic. It's very tightly designed into game and it's obviously not really causing bugs for you to exploit but it does feel like that at times.
Outside of those two aspects, it's very much like Metroid where you find abilities and fight bosses to progress but even then the upgrades themselves diverge from typical Metroid morphball->bombs->weapons->suit etc progression. Even the analogs are clever unique takes. The Metroid series is so appealing to me because it has the first level of playing it for the first time where the world is like a giant dungeon like in Zelda. It's not sectioned off into discrete puzzle areas but as you play the game your mind races with how you could possibly reach that ledge or what that new ability opened up. Axiom Verge gets that feeling pretty well, even better than something like post SotN Castlevania. It's very unique feeling in Metroid and I'm not even quite sure how to articulate how it feels. It's more than the definition of Metroidvania, it's also the ability progression in the world and how the enemies are placed within it and Axiom Verge has it for me.
The problem for me is that it doesn't quite get to that second level where you gain mastery of the world and your abilities and speedrunning/sequence breaking. The game, at least to me in my experience, feels very tightly designed. There is little room for deviation when it comes to collecting the critical path items. Which is fair, the Metroid series itself has pretty much half the games like this with Metroid 2, Fusion and parts of the Prime series. There doesn't even seem to be any useful exploits, intended or unintended, that allow you to forge your own path. It's very early into the game's life and I'm by no means deep into speedrunning so I could be missing obvious significant tech, but the only one I found was a way to get infinite height but even that seems pretty limited. The speedrunning aspect isn't absent from the design, the game has a speedrunning option which disables the story moments and even built in splits but I'm not at that level where I would want to map my own routes for 100% completion. I would be interested to see a 100% speedrun but even personally doing a mostly critical path speedrun didn't feel different enough unlike something like Zero Mission where you can skip a lot of the critical path.
I'm sorry for rambling on and I think I sound negative but the bottom line is Axiom Verge is fantastic. That I'm picking it apart like this only speaks to how highly I think of it. Not to mention how it's 100% made by a single person, it's amazing what Tom Happ accomplished. I hope he can maybe get a group of people to help him out with his next venture because the game is not lacking for interesting ideas.
Something, something AMD cries, something XD
P.S. How hard it is for Nvidia to implement Screenshot option in ShadowPlay?
Fuck, my new monitor has a stuck pixel.
Left bottom corner, so not immediately noticeable, but with my OCD surely will drive me bonkers...
Not sure what's Dell policy on those... Supposedly one stuck in my monitor (U series) warrants replacement, but I seriously doubt I'd manage to get a new one.
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Any of these 'let's cycle colors on screen to get pixels unstuck' apps work? Anyone tried these?
Left bottom corner, so not immediately noticeable, but with my OCD surely will drive me bonkers...
Not sure what's Dell policy on those... Supposedly one stuck in my monitor (U series) warrants replacement, but I seriously doubt I'd manage to get a new one.
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Any of these 'let's cycle colors on screen to get pixels unstuck' apps work? Anyone tried these?
Their save file corrupted so they will forget anyway.
I once fixed mine with slight pressure on that spot. But that is me behaving crazy and it is not recommended to do that.
YianGaruga
Banned
I once did that with a stuck pixel on my Vita and it turned into a full line of stuck pixels and I had to get a replacement. So yeah YMMV
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Those never worked for me, but carefully applying some pressure has done wonders in the past
like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tETe5Lyd9Kk
edit: ups, beaten
I would vote for you Salsa.
Phawx
Member
I did a video retrospective for Axiom Verge here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9Fw2HwyZs
Since you beat the game, no worries for spoilers but it should help you understand some things.
Additionally here is a speed run someone did in 39 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcYzbqZYosA
Not sure what AMD's recording solution is like these days but I'd imagine it's coming along nicely.
Regards to GFE and framecapture? Can't imagine it's that hard but then I'd have 3,4 upto 5 programs at once that can do that so unless they offered something different I'm not too sure of the benefit
U series is an Ultrasharp so you'll have 3 years of their Premium Panel Guarantee. Essentially you can send it back no questions asked as many time as you like until you get what you want. I sent a U2410 back 4 times until I got one with minimal backlight bleed. Though if it's within the returns window from the retailer you bought if from I'd contact them first.
Reminds me. Saw advertisment for Salsa's political campaign yesterday.
Isn't that a GoT character
its the best
Phawx
Member
I did a quick look on this awhile ago, but it is indeed a Kururin/Irritating Stick clone. It succeeds at what it looked to accomplish.
Edit: you can actually see the review I left for it on that steam page.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Okay, redid the section Life Is Strange crashed on and whoa at the ending sections. I called the ending itself, but still. wow
Jawmuncher
Member
Thanks for the write up. It's on my list of games to check out at some point.
Will depend on sales or when it hits PS+ more than likely with the things already on my plate though.
Nabs
Member
I feel like I'm the only person who didn't really care for Axiom Verge. I liked the first few hours of the game, but then I just wanted it to end. I can't say I cared for the level design, the upgrades, or the lack of difficulty. I'm usually a fan of these types of games, but for some reason, this just never clicked with me. Strange.
Can't connect to steam either.
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