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STEAM | July 2017 - Magical Pyres can't melt Cold Steel
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Wok
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I was unsure whether I would post about this game released in 2015 and owned by 3 people in my list of contacts
Then I saw the most recent review, and I thought it was pretty cool to have this game automatically pop.
If you want to have a look at the most recent list by yourself:
- an anime-friendly ranking,
- if you don't want to see any anime, it is here.
Also, why do 17 people own the following game despite it never being bundled? And nobody played it, nor even idled it for the trading cards!
Then I saw the most recent review, and I thought it was pretty cool to have this game automatically pop.
Maybe the reviewer is a friend of the devs.
If you want to have a look at the most recent list by yourself:
- an anime-friendly ranking,
- if you don't want to see any anime, it is here.
Also, why do 17 people own the following game despite it never being bundled? And nobody played it, nor even idled it for the trading cards!
uncredited male
Member
Oh wait, is Grimoire the game made by that nutter?
EDIT - Looks possible.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003430316/posthistory/
EDIT - Looks possible.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003430316/posthistory/
Baron von Loathsome
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UcchedavÄda
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That's actually pretty mild for Cleve.
Dude is off his rocker, to put it bluntly.
Won this but Steam says I already have whatever it is.
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Wok
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I was referring to the people in my Steam contacts.
Edit: Oops, it looks like these GAFfers wishlisted the game and I misread. I must be tired.
KainXVIII
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What about Nvidia users though? Or at least proper fullscreen patch? 😂
That was a bad bundle for me with three duplicates, Dark Souls 2, Hyperlight Drifter and Galactic Civilizations 3. GC3 I got in a Humble Bundle earlier this year like I assume a lot of other people here did as well. If they're going to pad the monthlies with repeats moving forward I'm out for good.
I've wanted to play Kero Blaster for a while, so I'll take that. Armello looks interesting, and I've definitely looked at it in the store before. It worries me looking at the store page that it has both a bunch of DLC packs and micro transactions - including the shitty crate and jey system Valve games uses. Having not played it yet it looks like a game that either should have been, or is being prepared for going free to play.
Edit: Oh, and it's a multiplayer focused game as well. I shouldn't have activated the key...
I've wanted to play Kero Blaster for a while, so I'll take that. Armello looks interesting, and I've definitely looked at it in the store before. It worries me looking at the store page that it has both a bunch of DLC packs and micro transactions - including the shitty crate and jey system Valve games uses. Having not played it yet it looks like a game that either should have been, or is being prepared for going free to play.
Edit: Oh, and it's a multiplayer focused game as well. I shouldn't have activated the key...
sid2vicious
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I been following Metal Jesus and LGR for awhile now, and I'm glad Metal Jesus scored on this deal, I see a lot of jealous comments but at least we know those games are in good hands and get they love they deserve. Personally I don't have the room for all those big boxes and rather have them on steam to save space, but I would've paid the seller $100 for being an awesome seller. Congrats to Metal Jesus for this awesome haul!
My first thought when scrolling through history post history was, how many posts on RPGCodex does he have
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Wok
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Wow. Apparently, the game WWE 2k16 which we received in a Humble Monthly was patched last May, and both multiplayer and character customization were removed from the game, so that customers who like these features have to upgrade to WWE 2k17.
I have not played this game since I got it with the Monthly, and I think I will never play it.
I'd better try that basket ball game before 2K pulls a similar move by the end of this year.
I have not played this game since I got it with the Monthly, and I think I will never play it.
I'd better try that basket ball game before 2K pulls a similar move by the end of this year.
Wow. Apparently, the game WWE 2k16 which we received in a Humble Monthly was patched last May, and both multiplayer and character customization were removed from the game, so that customers who like these features have to upgrade to WWE 2k17.
I have not played this game since I got it with the Monthly, and I think I will never play it.
I'd better try that basket ball game before 2K pulls a similar move by the end of this year.
This is why I hope one day steam has a version control way so that you can choose to go back to an older version, especially when shit like this happens or when new patch breaks the game
Madventure
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Well that's understandable for reverting back to previous versions but they still wouldn't host the game servers for people like 2k or whomever who just flip a switch and it's dead if it requires their backend
I guess that's part of why everyone gets so annoyed when they say PC versions don't get the option to have dedicated servers because of future proofing
Well and hosting your own servers are awesome
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.
I mean, they kinda already have this although it's not exposed to the UI and requires the use of console commands to download individual data depots and then moving them into place yourself. I agree 100% this should be something easy to do and directly from the client UI.
Sadly this won't fix issues related to multiplayer games as it's inevitable that servers will shut down or no longer be maintained as appears to be the case with last year's wrasslin game.
EDIT: here is a pretty good visual walkthrough of how this is done
Baron von Loathsome
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Wow. Apparently, the game WWE 2k16 which we received in a Humble Monthly was patched last May, and both multiplayer and character customization were removed from the game, so that customers who like these features have to upgrade to WWE 2k17.
I have not played this game since I got it with the Monthly, and I think I will never play it.
I'd better try that basket ball game before 2K pulls a similar move by the end of this year.
Does the game not have an in-game character creator? I mean, I get the frustration at the lack of online support, but it's something of an eventuality when it comes to server-based features.
I mean, if the backend is down yeah, you can't do much. Agreed on hosting your own servers (unless your internet is dial up, then please do not host them)
Still, version control I find would be a good idea
Did not know this, thanks for the info!
Yeah from the sound of it you can still create your own characters, you just can't download any uploaded by anyone else anymore, which is still pretty shitty after such a short time.
I think AMD just offered them to fix the game for them. I don't think Square intends to spend a single cent on post-launch support. Since Near a Tomato seems to be (among) their best selling PC games, the strategy seems to be working for them.
I guess we should expect all future Squenix games to release extremely late, with host of issues at release, to be fixed by some dedicated fan, and then no support whatsoever from the developer. Should increase their sales by quite a bit, going by empirical evidence.
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AI War: Fleet Command -- MB-8585C32E68340CAB
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan --MB-70E02D9BCA849742- Taken by Vuze. 11 entrants total.
Ballistick -- MB-FE613B55501FBD47
Battle Islands Commanders - E3 Exclusive Crate -- MB-05F6DB1D5ABF07CB
Beat Hazard Ultra -- MB-B32716FE3DD6FA58
Blade & Soul Shadow Guard Bundle (NCSoft) -- MB-B387BB537C65046B
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition --MB-838936E4E1E1F4E0- Taken by Shoklot Caek. 20 entrants total.
Choice Chamber --MB-C066DFF3C9230C01- Taken by longlivegaming. 1 entrants total.
Copoka --MB-89BACD6F7BA1ACD2- Taken by FeedMeAStrayCat. 6 entrants total.
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble --MB-CE51CD8293803C79- Taken by someguyinahat. 3 entrants total.
Day of the Tentacle --MB-167E32AF40DC543E- Taken by Platy. 4 entrants total.
Drawful 2 --MB-903D9C48398AB63F- Taken by Shalashaska. 4 entrants total.
Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition --MB-5508F2E519D2EBA2- Taken by fspm. 2 entrants total.
Ellipsis --MB-4E21DB6249DADBA6- Taken by arts&crafts. 2 entrants total.
Flat Heroes --MB-2FDCCBF3CFBB61AC- Taken by DataGhost. 2 entrants total.
GRAV (Early Access) -- MB-A79C28DE31EE611C
Gemini: Heroes Reborn --MB-F57D01EB2918623A- Taken by famfrit. 2 entrants total.
Gems of War Demon Hunter Bundle --MB-3E694A14DC965250- Taken by titch. 2 entrants total.
Girls Like Robots --MB-7219FA39A52A0314- Taken by Jadax. 1 entrants total.
GoNNER - Press Jump To Die Edition --MB-3F569DFBC6BE667D- Taken by dot. 10 entrants total.
Gotham City Impostors Free to Play: Professional Impostor Kit -- MB-8EEFE233F439B056
Guacamelee! Gold Edition --MB-9294569449BBD7AC- Taken by danhese007. 2 entrants total.
Gunmetal Arcadia Zero (Steam, Humble Monthly) --MB-4F3B7AD8C1A4B83A- Taken by Cels. 2 entrants total.
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora Deluxe --MB-5955467402200387- Taken by user237. 3 entrants total.
Human Resource Machine --MB-13DB5851B67020E2- Taken by Dangerblade. 1 entrants total.
Invisible, Inc. --MB-CCD72F990F184641- Taken by sadblob. 24 entrants total.
Jotun --MB-35303503D03FBE83- Taken by thesaucetastic. 12 entrants total.
JumpJet Rex --MB-BAFB01CA0C8D1EDF- Taken by MushroomSamba. 1 entrants total.
Kimmy --MB-4F68924B8ADE89A0- Taken by Monooboe. 3 entrants total.
Legends of Eisenwald --MB-38005AA256C12F01- Taken by KainXVIII. 2 entrants total.
Luna's Wandering Stars -- MB-8D538D81689D86D3
Maize --MB-980C97DA6BBA0DDE- Taken by alr1ght. 4 entrants total.
Master x Master Poharan Pack --MB-DFB42FD6877E107E- Taken by Kudo. 1 entrants total.
Metrico Plus --MB-467083ABC4E7AFC0- Taken by arts&crafts. 3 entrants total.
Monster Loves You -- MB-A00CB14666325152
Mushroom 11 -- MB-514A259132B9C3DC
Ninja Pizza Girl --MB-9A65D7A2C988E64A- Taken by Ludens. 2 entrants total.
Noct (Early Access) --MB-F90B50C6A432DF78- Taken by Jadax. 1 entrants total.
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood --MB-697C50D79DD47B53- Taken by OmarYusaf. 10 entrants total.
Quiplash --MB-6FF3D942DFBAF274- Taken by Jalal. 5 entrants total.
Rock of Ages 2 Classic Pack --MB-219E7A5A6117644C- Taken by Cosmic Schwung. 1 entrants total.
Slime-san --MB-035DD66C18F9DF02- Taken by MaxiLive. 6 entrants total.
SpellForce 3 Beta Access -- MB-F3E26873E8E64CEB
Super Rude Bear Resurrection --MB-DB6591FE3FD766B5- Taken by Dangerblade. 2 entrants total.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP -- MB-7E2304460F2D64EE
System Shock Pack --MB-5FAB3A03E8EC722E- Taken by Neverforget. 8 entrants total.
THOTH --MB-38B8A1F41F228A2F- Taken by Ladekabel. 3 entrants total.
TIMEframe --MB-F0E3D73BEF81AB4E- Taken by Arthea. 1 entrants total.
Team Indie --MB-3E713E8EBEC83E1D- Taken by InquisitorAles. 1 entrants total.
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonca and Pizza Boy --MB-97FB5EAE80DF89AF- Taken by Mikurden. 4 entrants total.
The Journey Down 1 Plus 2 Bundle --MB-80FA8F0C5A23FF2B- Taken by Madventure. 2 entrants total.
The Swapper -- MB-0FF145437485970D
Thirty Flights of Loving --MB-8A1A91D7F2F9877E- Taken by gabbo. 1 entrants total.
Tower of Guns -- MB-EB174FAADAF4B4A4
Tumblestone --MB-BBD66726326C9B4B- Taken by Jalal. 1 entrants total.
Turmoil --MB-F6176CCC04F79F6E- Taken by Zeknurn. 2 entrants total.
Tyranny - Portrait Pack --MB-2D03923D603C231D- Taken by Annubis. 1 entrants total.
VVVVVV --MB-33B042E40570287C- Taken by Kudo. 1 entrants total.
Valhalla Hills --MB-0D5B47C5CFD3EA78- Taken by rainking187. 3 entrants total.
Verdun --MB-BB4EF4DC1AF057B1- Taken by data. 6 entrants total.
Void Destroyer --MB-3B8139FF26C64460- Taken by OmarYusaf. 1 entrants total.
Waking Mars -- MB-61E2E473C24A20D2
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide --MB-46A02EA291A00526- Taken by FLD. 14 entrants total.
World of Goo --MB-C759FB1344A39460- Taken by kionedrik. 2 entrants total.
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- No
- CS:GO will be moved to Source 2 in the future a la Dota 2
- Valve doesn't care about being competitive in the engine licensing space; that's never been its bread and butter
I think Valve's just going to repeat what it did with Source, more or less: the first SDK will be released alongside the first fully-fledged Source 2 game and it'll see only the very occasional major update. Similarly, there'll be a licensing option for those who want to release a commercial product, but it'll exist primarily as an option for modders to make a few bucks, which is to say it won't have the level of support from Valve that, say, UE4's SDK does from Epic.
Yeah.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Given there's just three hours until Grimoire, the ultimate vaporware, unlocks, I thought I would share CGW's 1997 preview of the game.
Just Half-Life 3 now!
Oh, he's one of those.
longlivegaming
Member
Grimoire is ou-
"Coming soon
This item is not yet available."
Who didn't see this coming?
"Coming soon
This item is not yet available."
Who didn't see this coming?
It's the gift that never stops giving
It's been happening with a lot of steam games lately. I even saw Pathfinder Adventures was delayed almost a whole day
Games aren't unlocked automatically; publishers have to flick the switch themselves. Sometimes they forgot to either do that, which results in the game showing up in the New Releases list as "Coming Soon" as Steam thinks it's supposed to be available, or update the release date.
someguyinahat
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Doctor Who must be back, then. I just hit 500 games. So does that mean the Doctor Who game is my 500th game? Or was it that Samantha Swift hidden object game that I won earlier today? Ah well.
Black Soma
Member
So I bought a game during the sale as a gift to a friend, scheduled to be delivered in a few days. Only I just saw they got the game themselves today. What will happen to the gift now? Will they receive it anyway and just not be able to accept it? And after that I'll receive a refund? Also, will this refund affect the cards drop rate?
man this visa shit feels like something out of a kafka novel
fucking call centers, at least when you call the argie national bank you get a tired, easily irritable person on the line instead of these script reading robots that just go DOES NOT COMPUTE the second you don't remember one random detail about your credit card to confirm your identity
what's worse is that they didn't ask me all these questions the first two times i called
literally all my subscriptions to everything are now dead because of these idiots
ugh
fucking call centers, at least when you call the argie national bank you get a tired, easily irritable person on the line instead of these script reading robots that just go DOES NOT COMPUTE the second you don't remember one random detail about your credit card to confirm your identity
what's worse is that they didn't ask me all these questions the first two times i called
literally all my subscriptions to everything are now dead because of these idiots
ugh
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spindoctor
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So I finally got around to watching the Nolip documentary series for Doom 2016 a couple of days ago. It was really, really good. If you are a fan of the game then you owe it to yourself to check it out.
It's a three part series where they talk about the famously troubled version of Doom they were making that had to be scrapped. Then they discuss which design ideas had to be dropped, which ones lived on and how they arrived at the general irreverent tone that the final game had. In one video they go into detail about how the intro level was designed and it's really interesting to see how much thought went into crafting what I consider the best game opening in recent memory. It ends with an interview of Mick Gordon who composed the badass soundtrack for the game.
The documentary is mostly interviewing two senior devs at id software and they're both funny and super passionate about their work. It's just a really good insight into how the game was made. I'll be honest, I did not think id had it in them to pull off such an amazing game. I was so happy to be proven wrong.
It's a three part series where they talk about the famously troubled version of Doom they were making that had to be scrapped. Then they discuss which design ideas had to be dropped, which ones lived on and how they arrived at the general irreverent tone that the final game had. In one video they go into detail about how the intro level was designed and it's really interesting to see how much thought went into crafting what I consider the best game opening in recent memory. It ends with an interview of Mick Gordon who composed the badass soundtrack for the game.
The documentary is mostly interviewing two senior devs at id software and they're both funny and super passionate about their work. It's just a really good insight into how the game was made. I'll be honest, I did not think id had it in them to pull off such an amazing game. I was so happy to be proven wrong.
AtomskEater
Member
Dang, wish I'd know about this before!
Unfortunately, getting in on a group buy as opposed to just a split can be difficult since only a few people host and they generally limit the amount of bundles to two groups of 20, most slots of which are pre-filled. There are a couple of users who stock up when the time is right and sell the bundle once it's no longer available, though, which is still better than buying at even the early bird price.
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