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STEAM | August II 2014 - Kept you waiting, huh?

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def sim

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I've never actually played a GTA game. Is it kind of like Saints Row where you just around and steal cars and stuff?
Or maybe I'm the only one who plays Saints Row like that?

GTA is similar to the first two Saint's Row games. I'm sure most people play open world, crime games the same way you do.
 

jshackles

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So I just saw this article which has a list of 6 Early Access titles that haven't received any updates whatsoever in a while.

I understand people's frustration - even though the Early Access FAQs tell you to check to see how active the developers are before buying a game.

The one that really irks me is Dethroned! (a F2P title), which has ceased development completely but the "starter pack" DLC is still available. I know this gets brought up a bit in here, but what is everyone's thoughts on Early Access games like this? Do you think Valve has a responsibility to pull some of these games (like Detrhoned!)?
 
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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.
"UPDATE: Rantic.com is currently down. Angry GTA fans have apparently raided the website."

LOL

200% legit

A domain registered to a Panamanian address 3 months ago on NameCheap.

300% legit
 
Guys, I have to tell you, thanks for being a great community. You're helping me keep my sanity, and helping my work days not totally suck. My gf is in a nurse anesthetist program and I'm having to work ~75 hours/week to keep above water and have a bit of funny money. Reading your posts and collecting games is going to be the majority of my life for the next 18-24 months. So stay classy, steamgaf.
 

Stumpokapow

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Guys, I have to tell you, thanks for being a great community. You're helping me keep my sanity, and helping my work days not totally suck. My gf is in a nurse anesthetist program and I'm having to work ~75 hours/week to keep above water and have a bit of funny money. Reading your posts and collecting games is going to be the majority of my life for the next 18-24 months. So stay classy, steamgaf.

If games bore you you can just get your GF to conk you out for a few years anyway. Wake up on the other side with a kickin-rad beard. Just sayin'.
 
This is incredibly low. The game bombed really hard?

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Nzyme32

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So I just saw this article which has a list of 6 Early Access titles that haven't received any updates whatsoever in a while.

I understand people's frustration - even though the Early Access FAQs tell you to check to see how active the developers are before buying a game.

The one that really irks me is Dethroned! (a F2P title), which has ceased development completely but the "starter pack" DLC is still available. I know this gets brought up a bit in here, but what is everyone's thoughts on Early Access games like this? Do you think Valve has a responsibility to pull some of these games (like Detrhoned!)?

They should simply be removed from the store. Ideally though the dev should be barred from using steam to sell anything again, no matter what other alias they may want to choose. Either that or have some sort of warning that displays their inactivity, although any system like that could be gamed quite easily I imagine.

I get that Early Access needs to be as open to devs as possible, highly experimental and mostly unregulated for that to happen, but there is a limit. I get the impression Valve might not be too sure where Early access should go and like to leave it for consumers to interpret and steer. People are wary of Early Access but, that is the way it probably should be. Over time though, without a little control, people may just give up entirely if there is too much insidious stuff or awful content. There probably needs to be a way to highlight the success of Early access and the devs responsible for future reference
 

Jawmuncher

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Rockstar would have to say they don't like money to cancel the PC version of GTAV.
4 still sells even with crappy GFWL and it's poor peformance.
 

Oublieux

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I would take that GTA V rumor with a heavy grain of salt. Honestly, Rockstar dropping the ball that badly would be a surprise to me.

On a side note: Wrapped up The Wolf Among Us and it was absolutely fantastic... I actually found it a much more enjoyable experience overall in comparison to The Walking Dead, but I do think it's because the aesthetics of the game are more my style. However, if you're not into Telltale games and their rather superficial moral choice design, then the game is not for you. I enjoy it as an interactive narrative experience.
 
Basically games that my pc can't play:

Bloodrayne is GOG.

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Parsnip

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I do, and it works with a patch. If you want I can send you the files via pm, I probably have them somewhere even after uninstalling the game (or so I hope.)
Thanks, but I'm merely curious about it now that MGS5 is coming to Steam. It's now what, 16 years old (the PSX release anyway), there's an entire generation of new gamers who may or may not have played it or the sequels. And another generation that have a lot of nostalgia for it.

Makes me wonder what kind of work would be involved in getting it to Steam with achievements and such.
 

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Grief.exe

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Guys, I have to tell you, thanks for being a great community. You're helping me keep my sanity, and helping my work days not totally suck. My gf is in a nurse anesthetist program and I'm having to work ~75 hours/week to keep above water and have a bit of funny money. Reading your posts and collecting games is going to be the majority of my life for the next 18-24 months. So stay classy, steamgaf.
If games bore you you can just get your GF to conk you out for a few years anyway. Wake up on the other side with a kickin-rad beard. Just sayin'.

Wake when Witcher 3 is released.
 
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Stumpokapow

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I actually think I'm going to buy some of those Pinball FX tables just to future proof. 75% off seems like a pretty good sale. Idle Master is making me lose my sense of perspective, hahaha, I'm buying stuff I never would have touched before.

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tylerf

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Last time I checked, it was supposed to be the most active COD except for the newest one*. At least with Promod.

*not sure with Ghosts, it was before it came out - wouldn't be suprised if BO2 was still more popular than Ghosts.

Thanks. Nostalgia is beckoning me to pick it up again.
 

legacyzero

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Really Activision? REALLY? LMFAO.

People are barely playing some of these COD games as it is, and then you come with that weak ass sale?
 
Really Activision? REALLY? LMFAO.

People are barely playing some of these COD games as it is, and then you come with that weak ass sale?

I'm still waiting for a 75% off of sale for call of duty 2

The game is almost 10 years old at this point. I bet TLG will get releas- cancelled first before that happens
 

Oublieux

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I am cautiously optimistic about Beyond Earth but every Civilization-like game always ends up eating out a chunk of my time in life.

One more turn..!
 
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NG28

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So I'm still pretty confused as to why Madden and NHL aren't on PC yet. I didn't care about Madden before because it sucked last gen, but this years is supposed to be pretty good. You would think with Origin they would want to put them up on there.
 

Ozium

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woke up to winning tropico 4 bundle and now I'm temp banning myself from entering raffles cuz I've won too much recently... big thanks to all rafflers.. I am building up a good sized raffle to unleash in a week or so (nothing big like sub-zero or nbnt raffles so dont get too excited lol)

<3
 
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