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[LurkerPrime]

Why is that relevant? 🤔

I guess it isn't. It's just a personal revelation.

I never looked them up, always assuming they were a small, scrappy indie team.

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

That is sad. I hope the Serious Sam Battle Royale isn't cancelled too.

SSBR was going to be the Dark Souls of Battle Royale games.

Nah, it was never getting one. They're making Serious Sam: The Card Game.

 

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[Teppic]

60€ for Danganronpa 3? No launch discount? Ehmm, I don't know anymore

 

[paperspace]

I guess it isn't. It's just a personal revelation.

I never looked them up, always assuming they were a small, scrappy indie team.

Well, it depends on what you call small indie team. While the studio may be fairly big, they only had 35 people working on the game initially.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Nah, it was never getting one. They're making Serious Sam: The Card Game.

Those screenshots that I saw must have been fake. This makes me sad.

At least, I still have the Battlefield moba and the Metroid MMO to look forward to.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

This has nothing to do with Steam, but I just came across this Frank Zappa interview from 1983 and thought it was great:

JOYSTIK: Why did you consent to this interview?

FRANK: Because I don't have anything against video games and I do have something against people who keep kids from playing them.

JOYSTIK: Do you ever play them?

FRANK: No, but I love to listen to them. I like rooms full of that sound. It's a very interesting environment. When I was coming back from my European tour I had a layover in New York. I went into the video-game room at the airport and walked around with a tape recorder, recording the whole room going at once. Then I listened to it on earphones on the plane home. It was great. But I'm not interested in "plooking" buttons and blowing things up.

JOYSTIK: Do you think it fritters away quarters that could be better spent elsewhere?

FRANK: No, it's entertainment, and you have to pay for it. You just have to decide if the quarter you spend on a video game is worth the amount of fun you get out of it.

JOYSTIK: How about its effect on poorer families?

FRANK: If you had to choose between spending the afternoon in an unpleasant house with a bunch of other kids, where the family argues all the time, and the air conditioning doesn't work, even if you're poor you're gonna find the quarters to go play video games. If you don't have the quarters, you're gonna go hang out there so you can mooch a game from somebody or at least talk to someone, which will make you feel better.

That's the other thing about a video-game parlor: it's a gathering place, which lends a sociology to it that transcends what the games are. And if you're good at video games, it's okay to be smart. An arcade is one place where it's okay to show some intelligence.
..
FRANK: I'll tell you the only problem with video games – the mentality of the people who are scared of them. Parents who won't let their kids play them. That's the crux of the biscuit.
..
FRANK: Listen. I don't like puzzles. I don't do games, don't do sports, don't do chess or checkers, don't do pingpong. I don't jog. But I think everybody should do that stuff if they want to. Same with video games. Any kind of electronic device that a kid can become friends with is good.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Hold on?? Danganronpa V3 is how much?! £50?!

Jesus Christ you can get the new CoD for less >_<

 

[DaBargainHunta]

As cheap as I am, and as much as I try to wait for bundles, etc., I realize it's important to actually support cool games and good devs once in a while. I decided to do that here with Fight'N Rage - a new beat-em-up on Steam.



My very early impressions (also posted in the OT):

It's a small file (200+ MB) and installed quickly. Needless to say, it runs perfectly on my laptop. It starts off with filters to make the game look more like an old arcade game - I disabled all of them because I'm never going to feel like I'm at an arcade when I'm playing from my couch on a laptop, ya know?

This is definitely the long lost cousin of all those '80s arcade beat-em-ups, and there are branching paths right off the bat, which is cool. You can choose to "escape" at the beginning, which takes you on a completely different path.

Gameplay and controls are rock solid. This is as polished as any arcade beat-em-up from the '80s/'90s. If I had to pin down an art style, I'd say it reminds me of the old TMNT arcade game. One of the characters, Gal (an homage to Final Fight's Guy and possibly a nod to "Wonder Woman" Gal Gadot), has a very silly bouncing boob animation, lol.

If I had to nitpick anything, I don't love the backgrounds...yet. I'm still very early into the game though.

There's no game save, so you can't jump right back into the stage you were on (wouldn't surprise me if there ends up being a code for this though, or a fan patch). There's also no online play - local multiplayer only - but I'm one of the few people who doesn't care about that.

Sound effects are really nice - some cool little details, like the clang clang of a pipe as you hit someone with it.

You can also unlock stuff as you progress (different modes, etc.).

Most games promise the nostalgic retro arcade experience, but Fight'N Rage actually delivers it!

 

[Mike Bison]

Nah, it was never getting one. They're making Serious Sam: The Card Game.

Would probably still be better than Serious Sam 3.

 

[Snakethesniper]

I was ready to buy Danganronpa V3 but 60€....a little bit too much for me

 

[GoldandBlue]

As much as I don't mind spending 60 bucks on a game, Danganronpa is not something I wanna spend that much on. I like the series but I'm gonna wait for the price drop.

 

[gngf123]

Fight'N Rage actually looks pretty good.

 

[The Dear Leader]

dragongrandpa should cost no more than your average kindle book.

 

[Ladekabel]

I'm watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look for CSD2 and Dan is playing it with a controller. This looks like a bad way to play the game.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

It seems that &#8364;60 is the true despair.

I'd play a Dropsy Battle Royale.

Everyone starts far apart, move closer over the course of the match, and up with a big damp hug.
No wait, that's just regular Dropsy.

 

[Knurek]

PES 2018 (Denuvo) seems to have been cracked.

 

[Madn]

I don't know why i bothered with it when it was pretty clear it was gonna be loss

 

[prudislav]

More Senran Kagura teased

Speaking of the recently-teased Senran Kagura 7EVEN, Takaki-san also confirmed that the game is going to be for PS4 initially, but he would like to launch it on PC as well, as for now on he’d like to release more game on Steam.

Asked whether we could see Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash on PC, Takaki-san confirmed that he’d like to do it. On the other hand, while he’d like to try porting it on Xbox One as well, but the team isn’t big, so that’s going to be a bit difficult for now.

https://www.dualshockers.com/senran-kagura-xbox-one-pc/

 

[zkylon]

Prey story are audio logs and emails. It pushes you to explore and read about the crew and events on Talos. There are some great stories about crew and their life on station and relationships. They even tied treasure hunt to one interesting thing Also that way of world building is not something new for Arkane.

yeah i don't think none of this is bad in itself, i'm just a bit tired of it

feels like going through the motions, the moment they set you up into that big lobby and they say ok the world is yours, go explore kind of made me want to go play actual bioshock

Prey is usd 20 over at cdkeys last i checked

that is a pretty neat price. for that much it seems pretty sensible to grab it

Ohh man, I loved the start of the game. I knew I was in for something special when I could just lift and toss most of the incidental items in the apartment. I thought the intro sequence was incredible, definitely a memorable moment for me even though I played through the game early in the year.

idk i thought the tone was so weird, you know what it reminded me of?

like cabin in the woods

like knowing that this all is obviously going to go to shit but they ones making the movie are playing along pretending this is some campy teenager slasher movie shit

i did REALLY like the whole feet thing

that bit was great

I'm not one for audiologs and e-mails and all that, but where I find Prey is effective in this regard is that no one is just a generic NPC. Every single person you come across is named and tracked, so the namedrops and invasions of privacy were more effective. Also the way the game does videologs is so cool.

yeah, i did catch that. i'm not sure if that's good or bad yet, it's kind of neat piecing scenes together without having much information, but on the other hand having a name might not ruin that and open up space to tell other stories, so don't have a sure opinion on it other than it's kinda neat

one thing i want "spoiled" cos it sort of happened and i'm not sure what the hell was going on (game bugged out on me quite a few times so not sure):

Spoiler

at one point during the lobby i overheard like typical system shock/bioshock ghosts talking. i couldn't see them but i followed the sound and what i found was one of those phantom dudes, which saw me and started chasing me and i ran and lost track of the talking ghosts. after a while i was wondering if maybe those phantoms are like walking audiologs you have to sneak behind of to hear their story?

cos if that's the case, that sounds RAD

What's the highest peak for a game? I imagine it's for LoL

probably, concurrent peak for league was 7.5million in 2014

idk how much it has grown since. could be lower too, riot at some point was like ok there's no point to this cos who cares and stopped giving away numbers

 

[purseowner]

It seems that €60 is the true despair.

I opened this thread to make this exact joke, word for word. Goddamnit.

 

[dex3108]

I wonder what we will get first. RDR2 on PC or RDR running at full speed without bugs on RPCS3? XD

 

[Lashley]

At least I'll have a 4K/144Hz monitor by then. ;_;

4k 144hz HDR IPS monitor &#128591;&#127995;

 

[Battlechili]

I don't see anything wrong with the price tag. Its a brand new quality video game from a major well established game company.
Danganronpa V3, if the demo was any indication, is well worth the $60. Also I'd be willing to bet that on release, it will be discounted to like $53 or something.

EDIT: Speaking of which, I'm not sure what I should do. Blue Reflection and Danganronpa V3 come out on the same day. I'm not sure if I wanna spend $120 all at once, nor am I sure that I have the time to play both games in any significant capacity at the same time.

 

[cyba89]

Why is everyone so surprised about Danganronpa price? It releases the same day as on PS4 so of course you pay full price for it. This is not a 3-year late port.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

I opened this thread to make this exact joke, word for word. Goddamnit.

.

 

[Tizoc]

I don't see anything wrong with the price tag. Its a brand new quality video game from a major well established game company.
Danganronpa V3, if the demo was any indication, is well worth the $60. Also I'd be willing to bet that on release, it will be discounted to like $53 or something.

EDIT: Speaking of which, I'm not sure what I should do. Blue Reflection and Danganronpa V3 come out on the same day. I'm not sure if I wanna spend $120 all at once, nor am I sure that I have the time to play both games in any significant capacity at the same time.

See if they're on Humblebundle.com and get them off of there. You can make some instore credit at least.

 

[Hektor]

Why is everyone so surprised about Danganronpa price? It releases the same day as on PS4 so of course you pay full price for it. This is not a 3-year late port.

None of the past Danganronpa games were full price titles

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Why is everyone so surprised about Danganronpa price? It releases the same day as on PS4 so of course you pay full price for it. This is not a 3-year late port.

Well, it's particularly worse here for the UK anyway; this puts it even more expensive than AC Origins or CoD WW2, Wolf 2, TEW 2 etc

 

[Cels]

so a few weeks ago gamestop was selling pc games physical games super cheap -- a clearance sale for games like song of the deep, battlefield 4, watch dogs, etc, for under a dollar

i placed an order for bf4 and it was in limbo for a few weeks, then it got canceled because they ran out of stock, not a big deal.

but just now i got an email from gamestop asking to me to review battlefield 4, even though they canceled my order. yes, automated system and all that, but they aren't doing themselves any favors here.

 

[Battlechili]

None of the past Danganronpa games were full price titles

None of the past Danganronpa games were released day one on major consoles. All previous releases were either late and/or on handhelds, which historically have a natural lower price point even on big name games (typically $40 if I remember correctly)

 

[FiveElementNinja]

so a few weeks ago gamestop was selling pc games physical games super cheap -- a clearance sale for games like song of the deep, battlefield 4, watch dogs, etc, for under a dollar

i placed an order for bf4 and it was in limbo for a few weeks, then it got canceled because they ran out of stock, not a big deal.

but just now i got an email from gamestop asking to me to review battlefield 4, even though they canceled my order. yes, automated system and all that, but they aren't doing themselves any favors here.

Hah, I just got that myself. It asked me to review Watch_Dogs even though that was one of the games they sold out of and I didn't get.

 

[Nabs]

I don't see anything wrong with the price tag. Its a brand new quality video game from a major well established game company.
Danganronpa V3, if the demo was any indication, is well worth the $60. Also I'd be willing to bet that on release, it will be discounted to like $53 or something.

EDIT: Speaking of which, I'm not sure what I should do. Blue Reflection and Danganronpa V3 come out on the same day. I'm not sure if I wanna spend $120 all at once, nor am I sure that I have the time to play both games in any significant capacity at the same time.

$60 is one thing, but the people complaining are talking about $67-72 USD. That's quite a bit of money for any game.

 

[Hektor]

None of the past Danganronpa games were released day one on major consoles. All previous releases were either late and/or on handhelds, which historically have a natural lower price point even on big name games (typically $40 if I remember correctly)

But V3 is also a late release and still a handheld game at its core.

 

[Battlechili]

But V3 is also a late release and still a handheld game at its core.

When I say late I mean as in ported at a later date after the Western release had already happened. The PC and PS4 versions of DR1, 2, and UDG came a while after the Vita and PSP releases had already happened.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

$60 is one thing, but the people complaining are talking about $67-72 USD. That's quite a bit of money for any game.

I can't speak for other regions, but €60 (~$72) is the standard for full-priced games here.

 

[Knurek]

I can't speak for other regions, but €60 (~$72) is the standard for full-priced games here.

For Steam, unfortunately.
Retail is at about 150-180 PLN, so €35-42.

 

[Hektor]

The (presumably) last part of DOS is kinda souring me on the game right now.
Have around 10 quests and cant at all find a way to progress any of them.

When I say late I mean as in ported at a later date after the Western release had already happened. The PC and PS4 versions of DR1, 2, and UDG came a while after the Vita and PSP releases had already happened.

But those releases weren't full price either.

There's just been no precedent for a full priced danganronpa title and i don't see why there just being a console version should make it full priced when the actual production value of the game is still the same.

 

[Zeneric]

That feeling when you have too many games in your library and you can't find a game from Steam you want to buy and play (my Steam wallet just sitting there being unused).

 

[Ucchedavāda]

For Steam, unfortunately.
Retail is at about 150-180 PLN, so €35-42.

That's a good point. Looking at a large retail chain in this country, Shadow of War is ~ €44 and Fractured But Whole is and ~ €52, compared to €59.95 on Steam. I should be paying closer attention to that in the future.

 

[gngf123]

Finally picked up Vampire: The Masquerade. Hopefully I get the chance to play it before the essential RPG thread voting closes.

 

[InquisitorAles]

Finally picked up Vampire: The Masquerade. Hopefully I get the chance to play it before the essential RPG thread voting closes.

Yeah, you should definitely play it, Redemption is actually very nice game, it's just a little overshadowed by Bloodlines.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Thief is still one hell of a shit port. Have had two crashes in 30 minutes and FMVs out of sync with the audio

 

[Zeneric]

Looks like I'm buying Darkwood. Reminds me of Dreamweb (from the 90's) which I enjoyed (its' physical "Diary of a Mad(?) Man" journal was awesome too).

 

[Hektor]

Thief is still one hell of a shit port. Have had two crashes in 30 minutes and FMVs out of sync with the audio

Who cares about the port if the game's awful to begin with.

Just thinking of traversing that hubworld one more time gives me vietnam flashbacks

 

[zkylon]

my brother says it'd be interesting to see what i think about dangarompa

who has time for VISUAL NOVELS anyways

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Played half of the first Raiders of the Broken Planet Game.

Game reminds me of Army of Two. Matchmaking seems slow. Its quite fun, but cant imagine me replay the campaigns over and over again.

$60 is one thing, but the people complaining are talking about $67-72 USD. That's quite a bit of money for any game.

Look at SteamDB. The game is even expensive in some poorer regions like Malaysia or Thailand...

 

[Tizoc]

my brother says it'd be interesting to see what i think about dangarompa

who has time for VISUAL NOVELS anyways

Let me get back to you when Riot make a LoL VN.

 

[Hektor]

my brother says it'd be interesting to see what i think about dangarompa

who has time for VISUAL NOVELS anyways

It's more like ace attorney tho