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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 4 - winter seal is coming
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would it like, know where to pull the games from where I launch them though?
I don't know what's happening, but parts of Steam store are showing up in Norwegian for me when viewed in Chome.
I've tried using http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us to reset it too.
Follow this little guide I put together for symlinking Source games, but apply it to the steamapps folder.
I'm going to be amused if RELOADED, SKIDROW, and company decide to take that as a challenge to crack their game. The developer seems confident that they can't do so like they did for Ubisoft's games.
(I'm not condoning piracy, just commenting on the futility of excessive DRM on top of DRM)
Thanks for the heads up. I was just looking at Miner Wars but didn't see the fine print. I'll take that right off my wishlist.
I thought the same thing, and went ahead and bought it. If I get around to playing it I'll try to remember to post impressions here.
dirtywhirlwind
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How long should it supposedly take to install The Witcher 2? Been sitting here on step 3 of 3 for 15-20 minutes or so. Thinking about cancel it and start over, but then again, maybe it's normal and I don't want to sit through this one more time.
They may have difficulty in doing so. As the developer mentioned, a lot of the logic is moved to the server (like Diablo 3). It just depends how hard it is to reverse engineer. In all likelyhood, there won't be enough interest in doing so.
That being said, while I don't condone that any developer use such heavy handed DRM, I certainly don't trust an indy developer to maintain the infrastructure needed.
I just had the opportunity to verify a couple of Steam things:
- As someone pointed out, it seems impossible to update two games at once now. This is especially funny since there is still a "RESUME ALL" button...but no, it seems like all games but one (though my sample was just two) will automatically resuspend once you try to start the downloads.
- As I have long tried to bring attention to, you can't opt out of any normal (non-beta) game updates on Steam. I had apparently set Cargo Commander as "Do not automatically update this game", and no, it didn't automatically download an update, just listed it as available...until I tried to play the game. At that point, it forced me to get the latest update before launching. It did seem to still keep the "Do not automatically update this game" setting, however. I wish Valve would some day add an option to play games without updating if you want.
Thanks for this man. This developer can rest in knowing they just lost a sale from me. Shame since it looked good too.
I H8 Memes
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One less game for me to buy.
Seem to recall i've bought one of the earlier groupees bundle that contains Miner Wars and turns out, yes I did. Free steam key too. Cool.
If some of you bought that bundle, don't forget to check it out.
If some of you bought that bundle, don't forget to check it out.
Why the shit do I have to click on an age verification check just to look at the store page for Tomb Raider 1? Come on. These age check things on Steam and seemingly every other commercial site are getting out of control. Well, now that they know I was born on Jan 1, 1900, I guess it's okay to look at polygon butt now...
Joe Molotov
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And even if it works 100% of the time, how long are they gonna maintain it? 6 months from now, these guys could disappear into the ether.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I think I read once that they were required to be implemented that way.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It's not paranoid to think that Valve will showcase their shiny new bauble during a sale.
jediyoshi
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It's usually up to the mercy of the publishers who in turn are just trying to appease ratings boards that require it. Content distributors and services probably couldn't give two shits about how old you are and would rather you see a buy now button sooner rather than later.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Castle Crashers, man.
This game.
This game.
MagicWithEarvin
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Great music.
I don't think they're required, though. If they are, what kind of safeguard is it to choose what year you were born from a drop down menu? It's not like these age checks are protecting content which is illegal for anyone of a certain age to view. It's just a tiny little candle publishers/retailers can hold in the wind in case the media one day has no other stories to run and decides to do a sex or violence in games thing, "b-b-but we have age verification checks!"
My rant is also partly due to wanting to check out a beer brewers page yesterday and having to enter my DOB... you know, because I might get intoxicated looking at photos of hops and bottling machinery.
jediyoshi
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No one's arguing that they aren't dumb or regulated logically. Again, at the very least it's the most absurd thing to think digital distributors or game sites would prefer it to be the case that users enter their age before viewing content. Here's how Microsoft's advisory reads.
My rant wasn't against Steam specifically, it's just the latest of these useless age checks to bug me, and it was especially annoying and amusing that it was an age check for Tomb Raider, of all things! Because she's got big boobs and short shorts, I guess? But as I said, now that they know I'm a WWI vet, I'm in the clear to peep some sweet polygon tits.
I know they all do it, I'm not pointing at any one in particular.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
It seems like the store page got a little makeover today. The scrolling list of games at the top is different now.
MagicWithEarvin
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One of the best games of the year with a crazy ending.
Still wished they would go ahead for a full revamp of the entire client. More responsive, no hangs, smoother and a better UI.
It really needs a new coat of paint. Bandwith caps and more download flexibility would be awesome.
Syphon Filter
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no it doesnt,they already did a revamp its fine like it is,use skins if you want another UI.
TouchMyBox
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I'm on chapter 7 and the pew pew has been extremely excessive and mundane. I'm hoping they start to cut down on it in the second half of the game.
jediyoshi
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Yeah the client itself could use a cleanup, stability and otherwise. Ever since they added the sub menu for community it's looked like a mess. Client aside, the game overlay could use one too, origin's puts it to shame in responsiveness.
Well the bandwidth caps and stuff are in the works. They just need to move everything over to the new system.
As far as the client goes it does need a bit of a revamp. I can't even stand the look of the main client. Been using the windows 8 look alike and its so much easier on the eyes. No more fake carbon.
I agree. Sad that the technical and gameplay aspect of the game prevents it from being the best game ever made.
Love some of the similarities with MGS series.
It shows up for me as $30 USD, and I already bought it (in the U.S.).
First impressions of Miasmata: Potentially very glitchy. They built this engine themselves, and it seems to freeze forever if you alt-tab. Also, the second time I launched it, the dialog boxes had no text. Loading is very slow (not accessing the hard disk, so I assume it's doing something with the CPU) and has peculiar loading bar patterns, so be very patient.
Ah, I guess it must be a regional thing because it's available-but-not-available in New Zealand. That's vaguely annoying. Oh, well.
toddhunter
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I just started playing it as well. I think I fell into GAF hype because I forgot I hate shooting games with a passion.
Whoops.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Going to drop some codes in a few hours.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Amazing music, especially the forest.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
The diegetic use of music is excellent, the score is very vibrant, but the track that plays over the ending credits is the best part.
Hendrix's 1983, totally awesome.
jim-jam bongs
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so I get the vibe you enjoyed spec ops, stump?
More Miasmata thoughts:
1. Graphics vary. Effects and atmospheric details tend to be nice, but individual textures or animations tend to look bad. I'm guessing the game was made by 2-3 people, so that's rather to be expected in a 3D game. The water looks ultra jaggy in certain spots, but really nice in others. Ponds sitting by themselves reflecting the sky and trees look nice.
2. Performance is rough early on, on my machine. I get 30-ish fps around the starting lab, with an e8400 and 5850, all settings max. The game doesn't have a vsync option so I'm using D3DOverrider.
3. Alt-tabbing, as mentioned, seems to make the game freeze forever. There are three save slots, but no obvious way to copy them. You can touch a
you find early on in the game to save.
4. Controls seem very janky. There is a combination of interesting first-person body awareness with strange jank. I'm reminded of DayZ and the ARMA II engine. The game seems to have sound effects and creative, interesting details for motions like sliding down small slopes, or slipping sideways if you turn suddenly. However, trying to figure out things like inventory or items is confusing to me. I picked up a knife, clicked a couple of times, and then it apparently went away forever. Oops, I hope I don't ever need that...
5. There are lots of little nice atmospheric touches, like the flowers, how you hold them in your hands, bright green grass, colorful little bugs, birds, butterflies, etc. flitting around, and sometimes skybeams. When I stopped playing it seemed like it was getting dark. I imagine the game would become terrifying shortly afterwards.
6. There is some sort of ingame help system. When I first wandered into some water,
The help system pops up when you get near things for the first time. Downside, if you happen to walk past something and miss the help popup prompt, I haven't found any way to bring it up again, so you just have to experiment on your own. Some things you find (notes) go into your journal, but there are specific things you might expect to be in your journal that aren't. For instance, you combine flowers to make medicine, and it saves a new journal entry describing the medicine...but doesn't actually make a note of WHICH flowers were used for the medicine (unless maybe it was on the individual flower page, I'll have to check that).
7. When you get sick, or I imagine injured, there are screen effects to indicate this, like blurring vision or dark, faded vision. I imagine this could get annoying and/or be effective. I died the first time it happened. Again, I'm reminded of DayZ.
From very early impressions, I would recommend it to someone who wanted a first-person exploration experience in which you pick flowers, hide from some hunting monster, and explore an unknown island which saw some sort of unfortunate event...if the person I was recommending it to can tolerate janky graphics (maybe Far Cry 1 level) and janky mechanics (maybe DayZ level). I'd say $5, maybe $10 is a fair price for experimentation, or full/current discount price if you really like the concept.
Here's a screenshot of early on.
1. Graphics vary. Effects and atmospheric details tend to be nice, but individual textures or animations tend to look bad. I'm guessing the game was made by 2-3 people, so that's rather to be expected in a 3D game. The water looks ultra jaggy in certain spots, but really nice in others. Ponds sitting by themselves reflecting the sky and trees look nice.
2. Performance is rough early on, on my machine. I get 30-ish fps around the starting lab, with an e8400 and 5850, all settings max. The game doesn't have a vsync option so I'm using D3DOverrider.
3. Alt-tabbing, as mentioned, seems to make the game freeze forever. There are three save slots, but no obvious way to copy them. You can touch a
lantern
4. Controls seem very janky. There is a combination of interesting first-person body awareness with strange jank. I'm reminded of DayZ and the ARMA II engine. The game seems to have sound effects and creative, interesting details for motions like sliding down small slopes, or slipping sideways if you turn suddenly. However, trying to figure out things like inventory or items is confusing to me. I picked up a knife, clicked a couple of times, and then it apparently went away forever. Oops, I hope I don't ever need that...
5. There are lots of little nice atmospheric touches, like the flowers, how you hold them in your hands, bright green grass, colorful little bugs, birds, butterflies, etc. flitting around, and sometimes skybeams. When I stopped playing it seemed like it was getting dark. I imagine the game would become terrifying shortly afterwards.
6. There is some sort of ingame help system. When I first wandered into some water,
I started making swimming motions, only to learn I apparently either can't swim or am too weak to swim. A help system thing told me about this when it happened. I started drowning, which apparently gave me a fever/made it worse.
7. When you get sick, or I imagine injured, there are screen effects to indicate this, like blurring vision or dark, faded vision. I imagine this could get annoying and/or be effective. I died the first time it happened. Again, I'm reminded of DayZ.
From very early impressions, I would recommend it to someone who wanted a first-person exploration experience in which you pick flowers, hide from some hunting monster, and explore an unknown island which saw some sort of unfortunate event...if the person I was recommending it to can tolerate janky graphics (maybe Far Cry 1 level) and janky mechanics (maybe DayZ level). I'd say $5, maybe $10 is a fair price for experimentation, or full/current discount price if you really like the concept.
Here's a screenshot of early on.
Don't get your hopes up.
Glass Rebel
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How developers can be this ignorant... off my wishlist you go, Miner Wars 2081.
toddhunter
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It looks like it has persistent world aspects, which gives the requirement some sort of sense.
But indie + always online requirement? Me-thinks not.
MagicWithEarvin
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Give away time.
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