bobnowhere
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Wouldn't be surprised, though some games have always taken 4-5 times longer to drop their cards for some reason.
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STEAM | June 2015 II - Click the Monsters You Monster
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Wouldn't be surprised, though some games have always taken 4-5 times longer to drop their cards for some reason.
It's your birthday? Happy birthday!
The sponsor-effect.
jaundicejuice
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Yeah, that was way too long, I stopped watching during Blizzards bit and was only listening to it while surfing for the last half an hour or so.
uh oh, ninja spiders
Hopefully the first planet you visit is full of dino-esque creatures ^_^
It's not bro. But thank you. I hope you like ninjas and spiders.
BinaryPork2737
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I was going to mention this earlier, but the PC conference took precedent. I've idled Unhack and Road Not Taken, using the traditional switch app id method, and it took over two hours for the first card for either game to drop.
I remember someone in the previous thread mentioning that something like this could happen to counteract refunds, but I'm still disappointed if that's the case.
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Deleted member 98878
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Since I'm up that early I could make the most of the day and continue playing Witcher 2 (yep two)
But I first have to take a shower to wake me up. And I really hope the two espressos will kick in soon
But I first have to take a shower to wake me up. And I really hope the two espressos will kick in soon
Tektonic
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It's only my anecdotal evidence, but it seems to take much longer, almost like idlemaster isn't working. (But I did get some cards, just hours for first drop)
(Valkyrie chronicles dropped 1st card after 1.4 hours, gunmetal same, beep at 1.3 no drop yet)
oipic
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The creativity aspect I completely get and can relate to - I see the appeal of Minecraft and other creative building type games, but they're not for me. My creative juices don't flow freely, and I'm intimidated by a blank canvas.
Exploring, on the other hand, if given a gentle push by an overall goal, I can do - there's absolutely nothing 'creative' about Euro Truck, obviously (although some of my hugely bungled parking efforts may suggest otherwise), but I find it strangely zen-like and calming... much like creative building games might be for others, I guess.
I agree with this. I would also add that a lot of the guests had simply nothing to show. I feel like I wasted 2 and half hours. Phil Spencer showed up to announce KI and GeOW without much details (ETA, Win 10 App store exclusive?). He pretty much admitted himself he had nothing to promise or show. Obsidian showed up with a CGI trailer for the pilllars expansion and talked about Kickstarter and Paradox instead of the game. Chris Roberts stuff was pointless. I learned more about Cliffy's obsession with CSGO than his new game. Some of the trailers were already shown before like Tacoma and Soma. The intro with the mountain dew in a glass wine with the tears was embarrassing. So was the AMD product placement. If it wasn't for the host it would have been a complete disaster for me.
I felt like they had a number of guests in mind and they simply filled the schedule even if they didn't have any meaningful stuff to show.
Make sure you have the summer sale game (appid 368020) blacklisted or idlemaster will get stuck... at least it did for me.
Tektonic
Member
I thought there was a new version that fixed this? (I redownloaded) but I'll try that too.
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.
Yes, I'm getting a lot of reports within the past 6 hours or so that cards don't seem to be dropping from games until after the 2 hour mark. Seems Valve found a way to close the buy -> idle -> refund loophole. Although it really sucks for those of us with hundreds of games left to idle - personally this change will add another 654 hours to my idling efforts.
I'm not sure if this is live yet on all games, but I've tested it with a few and ran them for 1.5 hours and got nothing.
Tektonic
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I've got some after 1.4 hours, seems like that might be the new low-limit
going through some kinda out of the blue personal life absolute shit right now, good lord. lots of talk about community stuff in here so I guess if anyone wants to know what's up you can figure it out from the drunk thread in OT community
made me miss the last part of the PC stream. guess I didnt miss anything?
made me miss the last part of the PC stream. guess I didnt miss anything?
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.
Good to know. I'll run some tests of my own overnight and see what I come up with.
The Dear Leader
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Noticed that same thing earlier today, tried to idle a few games and all of them didn't drop after the 15 minute mark.
And give pirates some kind of a backdoor? Don't think they will.
It's up to the developer to make the demo, not steam anyway.
What?
AbundantChoice
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If you look at something like Europa Universalis or Crusader Kings II and go "boy, what kiddie-pool baby-mush easy peasy nonsense is this", Dominions IV might just be for you!
It's fantastically ugly, but the game is absurdly deep. It's very, very hard to explain how deep and interconnected the game is. Sort of like how Spelunky is interesting because everything is playing by the same mechanics and ruleset, and everything is interconnected and consistent underneath the surface? Dominions IV is like that. It's like "emergent gameplay" in a combat-centric 4X game.
The manual is almost FOUR HUNDRED PAGES long.
There's no learning curve; it's basically a learning sheer wall that stretches off into space. But if you press at it long enough, some really amazing things can start to emerge.
Probably the best way to get a feel for the game is to read this hilarious 3-part diary from PCGamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/part-one-one-rocks-fight-to-become-top-deity/
You heard me.
The Dear Leader
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With Steam refunds, this supposed back door is already there.
Tektonic
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In the old days, pc demos were just 1 level or a a timed thing. But I guess it's "too expensive" to make a standalone demo like those days.
(Pirates used to hack the time limit, but it was only useful on some simple games)
At least Steam can moderate it somewhat by looking at buyer history and what not. Like those credit card verification companies.
jaundicejuice
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Picked up Environmental Station Alpha and so far I'm really not digging it. I'm all for Metroid-likes and pseudo-retro 2D games but the visuals in this game are almost too minimalist, to the point where some things in the environments sort of don't read well. It's Amiga/Atari Metroid. It's kind of visually muddy. So far this stands in pretty stark contrast to Out There Somewhere. Where O.T.S. took heavy inspiration from Cave Story it also broke your expectations by being this brilliant little 2D take on Portal with its teleportation gun. You did get a gun but combat wasn't the central theme of the game, platforming through these ridiculous beam puzzles was. E.S.A. is super derivative of Metroid Fusion, the setting is similar to the point where I won't be shocked if something like the SAX shows up. Xeodrifter is super derivative of Metroid as well but it's really well done. It's also got limited and minimalist 2D art but everything reads really well. I mean my only problem with Xeodrifter was the lack of variety and it ended just as it was sort of hitting it's stride (only takes like 3 hours to beat, maybe 4 to 100%).
I'm trying to play everything I buy for at least an hour before I consign it to the backlog but where Out There Somewhere was a treat, Environmental Station Alpha feels kind of like a chore.
I'm trying to play everything I buy for at least an hour before I consign it to the backlog but where Out There Somewhere was a treat, Environmental Station Alpha feels kind of like a chore.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It is pretty fun and that's exactly what it sells!
Need to read up on the manual tho, no in-game tutorial.
12 hour deals
- Gunpoint 80% off
- Devil May Cry Franchise 0-76% off
- Phantom Breaker 75% off
- Gone Home 88% off
- Injustice 75% off
- Supreme Commander 2 75% off
- Dust 80% off
- Overgrowth 25% off
- War for the Overworld 40% off
- RAGE 75% off
- The Ship 80% off
- Chroma Squad 15% off
- Eastside Hockey Manager 33% off
- Kentucky Route Zero 50% off
- Oceanhorn 50% off
YianGaruga
Banned
Chroma Squad went from 10% to 15% off
not like this
not like this
It's hilarious given they paid money to keep the new Tomb Raider off PC.
Jawmuncher
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The devil may cry sale is so fucking sad. I get it. New one is coming out. But to see that much no sale on a page is rather sad.
Enter the Dragon Punch
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lol @ not putting the original dmc4 on sale, come the fuck on capcom
also, word of warning friends: DO NOT BUY THE DMC3 PC PORT IT IS AWFUL
also, word of warning friends: DO NOT BUY THE DMC3 PC PORT IT IS AWFUL
Jawmuncher
Member
If you have a PS3 or 360 better off getting the HD colection
I wish I was quicker on its price mistake first day of the sale. I missed it by minutes. It'll just sit in my wishlist for now.
Is The Ship: Murder Party's servers just empty wasteland now?
Me too. Instabuy.
Don't we have 1hour and 59minutes demos for all games on steam now?
Syphon Filter
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i hope not.stop playing man.
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