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STEAM | December 2015 - _ Diretide Greetings and Happy Holidailies

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Hektor

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fantomena said:
PSNation says PS4 and PC: http://www.psnation.com/2015/12/15/...pendent-studio-and-partners-with-playstation/
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Fully owned by Sony but on PC as well? That'd set a good precedent for Bloodborne if true.
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PunishedSnake said:
I don't understand, now KojiPro is an exclusive Sony team (like, in example, Naughty Dog)?
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It's all rumors currently.
 
Jawmuncher

Jawmuncher

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Tomorrow we will know. I have a feeling it will be

Kojima Makes new Studio
Some publisher we don't know atm will support him.
First title will be PS4 & PC exclusive.

So think like the deal we saw for Titanfall.
 
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neoemonk

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jshackles said:
I'm not sure if I'm going to be actively developing Idle Master any more. It's just become so demoralizing to wake up every day and see this:



(the guy with the link goes to a screenshot of his Steam client library that has about 20 total games in it, almost all of them are F2P). And that's just from the Steam group. The discussions on that group are the same though there are some great people filling in for me answering these questions (even though this particular issue is #1 in the stickied FAQs post). This sort of stuff is prevalent not only in Steam but also in Reddit any time I sign in I typically have a handful of messages that typically get the same copy/paste response from the FAQs. Everyone in that screenshot also tried adding me as a friend on Steam. They're not always this nice about it either.

I completely understand that these users are in legitimate need of assistance when using Idle Master. However, the program started as a "this works for me and solves my problem, it might work for you too" and has grown into a huge hassle. The majority of this misunderstanding comes from people not being fully aware of how trading cards work - so Idle Master gets a bad reputation because people don't fully understand the problem it intends to solve. This has been exacerbated by Steam changing how Steam works in regards to trading card drops and various other things several times over the past year.



The latest issue is that Valve finally started cracking down on account security by invalidating cookie data server-side. This is something they should have been doing all along. Idle Master took advantage of them not doing this, but now that they are there really isn't much that can be done about it. I'm sure you have all seen this by now, but you know when you're in the client and you open a webpage on Steam and you get the "Checking your information..." with the loading animation centered across the page? This means that Steam has invalidated your existing cookie data and it's checking your local client authentication data to generate a new sessionID. Unfortunately for Idle Master, this means you're getting logged out because the program can no longer read your badges page until you re-authenticate with Steam. The bottom line is that if Steam logs you out server-side, you're going to have to go back through client-side authentication.

The problem again of course is that people expect me to have some kind of miracle fix so they can go back to interruption-free idling. While a fix is technically possible, this isn't a problem that really affects me personally very much (I get logged out about once every 24 hours) so it's not a huge priority for me to fix. Even if I did start getting affected like some people's accounts that get logged out every hour, I've more or less stopped buying bundles and my supply of available trading cards is going down faster than they're being replenished, for like the first time ever.

I think what I'll do is simply update the Github page / website to specifically state that the program is being provided completely as-is with no warranty or support, use at your own risk, etc etc. I'll keep the Steam groups open but unsubscribe myself from everything there. My email is already doing auto-responses.

It sucks, but I think the only thing I can do for my own sanity at this point is to step away. Maybe I'll be back at some point, maybe not.
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You've done a good thing and helped a lot of people and if they don't like it they can fork the repo and work on it themselves. You owe nothing to anyone. Thanks for all your work.
 
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Ludens

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Spirited said:
No, we have no idea.

Lots of tweets and mistranslations.
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I hope it's PC too :(

Anyway, I completed Lightning Returns. In the end I skipped something like 8 sides, a ton of quests from Chocolina plus the secret dungeon (really, no will to
beat 30 powered versions of common enemies).
I did all remaining things, including the optional boss, secret weapon etc.

The plot is garbage. I mean, if you look there's not even a real plot. But. The game is very very good. The only thing that REALLY pissed me is the fact, in order to take, complete and solve side-quests, you NEED to costantly backtrack to a hotel to adjust the time. time is not really a factor (I completed all main and all sides on Day 5, so I had 9 full days remaining), but the way the time is implemented here forces you to backtrack way too often.

For sure this is the best thing regarding XIII games, far from being perfect, but way more enjoyable than XIII and XIII-2, even because it's much, much shorter than those titles (I took around 22 hours).

If I need to give it a vote, I'd say 8/10.

Plus, the ending itself (and the final boss) is very very good, it reminded me Kingdom Hearts in some ways.
 
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Se7enSword

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Spirited said:
No, we have no idea.

Lots of tweets and conflicting information.
Wasn't good that it also started of by a mistranslation.
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Zefah said:
Why is Japanese so hard for the Internet sometimes? Here's a quick translation that tries to stay as faithful to the original text as possible:

ゲームソフト「メタルギア」シリーズで知られる著名ゲームクリエーターの小島秀夫氏が、15日付でコナミデジタルエンタテインメントを退社した。新会社を設立してゲーム制作を続け、ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント（ＳＣＥ）のゲーム機「プレイステーション（ＰＳ）」向けなどで販売するとみられる。

Kojima Hideo, a famous video game creator known for the Metal Gear series has left Konami Digital Entertainment as of December 15th. He will form a new company where he will continue developing video games, with plans to release on platforms such as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE)'s PlayStation.

　コナミ時代の部下と新会社を設立する。代表作「メタルギア」シリーズの版権はコナミ側に残るため、新作の開発に着手する。最新作についてはＳＣＥと最終交渉しており、ＰＳ向けに優先販売するとみられる。

He is forming the new company with people who worked under him at Konami. The rights to the Metal Gear series, for which he is most known, remain at Konami, so he will begin working on an all new title. Final negotiations with SCE are underway for this new game to debut on PlayStation.

　小島氏は「マリオ」で知られる任天堂の宮本茂氏と並ぶ世界的なゲーム開発者。緻密なストーリー作りや映画の手法も取り入れた映像表現で評価が高い。今年９月に発売したゲームソフト「メタルギアソリッド５」は世界で500万本を超える大ヒットを記録した。

Kojima is a world famous video game developer on the same level as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario. He is highly praised for his elaborate stories and use of movie techniques to create impressive visual imagery. Metal Gear Solid V was released this September and became a massive hit, selling over 5 million copies around the world.
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Speculation, it seems.
 
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shortsFortallPeople

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the saddest shit about this Kojima deal is that we wont see a thing till close to 2020 at the rate that guy works.

First thing i do if i'm helping to fund Kojima's studio is tell him to fuck off with having to make a new engine, eat a bag of dicks with that prideful and antiquated shit about making an engine every game, here you go UE4. That should shave a couple of years off whatever he wants to make.
 
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Knurek

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Hmm, DotEmu's Ironclad release is 39 MB.
I guess they are using those prototype cart roms from WiiWare release.
gj DotEmu.

//EDIT

Is enhanced edition of Icewind Dale Durante approved?
I have the game on GOG, just wondering how much hassle-free Beamdog re-relaease is.
 
jshackles

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
FiveElementNinja said:
wat
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It still blows my mind that publishers are given such free reign over this kind of stuff in the store. I'm not trying to sound like a "no fun allowed" kinda guy, but they really should be limited to either listing nothing at all ("Available Soon") or give an exact date.

The fact that this, the system requirements, DRM info, etc is still just a basic text field is a bit silly at this point.
 
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Nzyme32

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Se7enSword said:
Spirited said:
No, we have no idea.

Lots of tweets and conflicting information.
Wasn't good that it also started of by a mistranslation.
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Zefah said:
Why is Japanese so hard for the Internet sometimes? Here's a quick translation that tries to stay as faithful to the original text as possible:

ゲームソフト「メタルギア」シリーズで知られる著名ゲームクリエーターの小島秀夫氏が、15日付でコナミデジタルエンタテインメントを退社した。新会社を設立してゲーム制作を続け、ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント（ＳＣＥ）のゲーム機「プレイステーション（ＰＳ）」向けなどで販売するとみられる。

Kojima Hideo, a famous video game creator known for the Metal Gear series has left Konami Digital Entertainment as of December 15th. He will form a new company where he will continue developing video games, with plans to release on platforms such as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE)'s PlayStation.

　コナミ時代の部下と新会社を設立する。代表作「メタルギア」シリーズの版権はコナミ側に残るため、新作の開発に着手する。最新作についてはＳＣＥと最終交渉しており、ＰＳ向けに優先販売するとみられる。

He is forming the new company with people who worked under him at Konami. The rights to the Metal Gear series, for which he is most known, remain at Konami, so he will begin working on an all new title. Final negotiations with SCE are underway for this new game to debut on PlayStation.

　小島氏は「マリオ」で知られる任天堂の宮本茂氏と並ぶ世界的なゲーム開発者。緻密なストーリー作りや映画の手法も取り入れた映像表現で評価が高い。今年９月に発売したゲームソフト「メタルギアソリッド５」は世界で500万本を超える大ヒットを記録した。

Kojima is a world famous video game developer on the same level as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario. He is highly praised for his elaborate stories and use of movie techniques to create impressive visual imagery. Metal Gear Solid V was released this September and became a massive hit, selling over 5 million copies around the world.
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Speculation, it seems.
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Ah. My "exclusives" are here
 
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Spirited

Mine is pretty and pink
If PS4/PC,

Perhaps it's like the Devil's Third situation where there's an online component (like MGO) but the story mode is exclusive to console? Cross-play for the online stuff.
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That thread has delved into insanity and grasping at straws.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

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Turfster said:
Humble Bundle Additions
  • Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 The Newcomers
  • King of Fighters 2002
  • Blazing Star
  • Ironclad

All drm-free
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Knurek said:
All four are great.
Ironclad is especially interesting, as that was NeoGeo CD exclusive title.
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Yeah, KoF 02 has K9999 so that's already a plus for it XP
Blazing Star is a game I'm glad got added, but RB2 is the one I am so very pleased with since it's the game that inroduced me to my fav. FF characters X3
 
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The Red Wizard

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jshackles said:
The hero that we need, but not the one we deserve.
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You should definitely put yourself first, especially when things are playing out like this. Thank you for all your hard work on Enhanced Steam and Idle Master. They've both helped me immensely and I'm very grateful. We'll understand if you need to stop supporting either of both of them. Those that don't are probably the reason why you need to stop so no one will care about them.
Vibranium said:
As a certain Valve co-founder once said, "these things, they take time".

So console exclusive first? That's fine then, PC wait times are nothing new.
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I just assume that a game will come to PC if it's announced as a console exclusive/console debut/play first on this console.
 
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