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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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Why do people say to use SAM? What does it do that going to the Badges tab in your steam profile to see your cards yet to be earned can't do?
Yeah I thought it might be Alvin due to the necklace, but his hair colour was different so I'm not sure. Plus I think that was would be shitty if he was all of a sudden he became a religious zealot and your "parenting," had no influence on his character.
corrosivefrost
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allows you to easily idle more than 1 game at a time without even installing the game. do you really want to install 67gb of data for idling CoD:Ghosts for cards if you don't intend to play it?
Yeah...sadly
the parenting thing only affected his dialogue in the end.
And with the "parenting" thing being littered throughout the game, I never got a sense of closure from it.
SteveWinwood
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I forgot escape goat 2 even existed.
I...don't understand the question.
MMBosstones86
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Mission 2
me : 35
them : 33
This is a proper XCOM game, my sniper accounted for 29 of the squads 33 kills.
What. Seriously, that never happened for me.
What difficulty are you playing on?
I wonder if they'll go as crazy as the books with the Witcher 3. I really don't think so, but it would be really cool. The kind of moments you need to reread chapters to make sure you didn't imagine things. The Witcher games are their own story-lines, but a small amount of the books have leaked into it and knowing what is possible in the world, it should be cool to see some of the reactions from people that only played the games if they choose to get into that stuff.
I see, thank you. I think I'll keep with my "play the game for an hour to see if its worth playing more" strategy.
LurkerPrime
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I thought he was really easy, too.. and then I walked off a cliff. Afterwards, I had newfound respect for Gaping Dragon.
Garcia
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Last night, as I kept playing my Survivor run in Bioshock a gut feeling made me think twice before venturing further into it. The reason for this? I'm aiming to unlock the "I choose the impossible" achievement.
There was a problem though: I hadn't deactivated the Vita Chambers from the beginning. I completely forgot about it.
Long story short and no rage-quit involved (being honest here) I started a fresh new run. It wasn't that much of a deal since I had reached Fort Frolic and that's just past halfway if my memory serves me right.
I have to say that I'm absolutely having a blast with the game now. It is a whole different beast. Each splicer encounter is adrenaline packed and filled with strategy, you have to use every single terrain feature to your advantage when survival is your goal. Cameras, security bots, water filled rooms, turrets (you even have to protect them!). . .it is insane. I honestly can't believe I'm playing the same game as before.
It transformed into one of the most nerve-wracking yet surprisingly rewarding FPS I've played in many many years.
Has anyone else tried this? I'm totally mindblown by how the entire game design makes total sense once you deactivate the stupid Vita Chambers. Took me over an hour to claim the Telekinesis plasmid and I enjoyed every single minute.
There was a problem though: I hadn't deactivated the Vita Chambers from the beginning. I completely forgot about it.
Long story short and no rage-quit involved (being honest here) I started a fresh new run. It wasn't that much of a deal since I had reached Fort Frolic and that's just past halfway if my memory serves me right.
I have to say that I'm absolutely having a blast with the game now. It is a whole different beast. Each splicer encounter is adrenaline packed and filled with strategy, you have to use every single terrain feature to your advantage when survival is your goal. Cameras, security bots, water filled rooms, turrets (you even have to protect them!). . .it is insane. I honestly can't believe I'm playing the same game as before.
It transformed into one of the most nerve-wracking yet surprisingly rewarding FPS I've played in many many years.
Has anyone else tried this? I'm totally mindblown by how the entire game design makes total sense once you deactivate the stupid Vita Chambers. Took me over an hour to claim the Telekinesis plasmid and I enjoyed every single minute.
corrosivefrost
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I did it on PS3 and it was intense. I was saving after every encounter and looking everywhere for pickups. I would backtrack a long ways to get an extra medpack or something too).
Jeopardy is a gameshow where the contestants are given an answer (eg, "This gameshow presents contestants with an answer which must be responded to with a question.") and the contestants have to answer it with the correct question (eg, "What is Jeopardy?").
It's probably because of publishers that Valve came up with such a system in the first place, though. What's more likely, that Valve forced Konami to regionlock MGR, or that Konami begged Valve to let them?
I might stand alone in this opinion, but if they remade the Witcher I think they should make it as a DMC-style action game. Witchers are badasses in the books: faster and stronger than humanly possible, and pretty much untouchable in combat (you can list all the humans who have so much as scratched Geralt on one hand, and each of those were pretty extenuating circumstances). Witchers, in the game, are slow and weak. Ordinary humans pose a serious threat, and fighting them is slow and boring. I mean, even if remade as an MGR- or DMC-style game, still keep the dialogue trees and choices, but the core gameplay is dull as hell.
lol nvm apparently I already had dysfunctional systems
holy fuck I'm sad
also the iorveth path is actually pretty good, I really like roche and all but dat saskia man
total waifu love
holy fuck I'm sad
yeah tw2 was pretty much typical "middle" game in that it doesn't really solve anything or bring anything new either but it was still a pretty good ride, unlike most of 'em.
also the iorveth path is actually pretty good, I really like roche and all but dat saskia man
total waifu love
MMBosstones86
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Not sure...2 or 3 i think? The key is to make sure they are targeting someone. I basically spend more time on them and just chip in and flank when they're busy.
Most of the skills work well together. Especially Lift. Sniper is still god-tier.
I think an achievement spoiled something from the Iorveth plotline lol. I'm pretty sure Saskia is
the dragon that we see throughout the game because of the "Dragonheart" achievement because it popped up after I spared the dragon. That in itself raises many questions.
PandaPedinte
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what the fuck is this?
terraria devs gunning for that starbound money
They did announced that crossover with the Terraria developer last year as you can read here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/10/15/edge-of-space-dev-on-major-fixes-terraria-clones/
This game has been on Early access for some time now, I wonder which one will be finished first Starbound or Edge of Space.
trailmix16
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is there a separate thread for Steam confessions? I don't really like
. Somehow it still feels slow even with the sword of damocles
One Way Heroics
Garcia
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Don't worry, it's ok if you don't like it. Have you been playing on Easy?
That's exactly the word for it: Intense.
I can't wait to play it later tonight.
Getting South Park to work on my PC is a nightmare (since it's delayed here)
First, none of the VPN solutions worked. My Steam client just wouldn't connect with any of them (Chrome worked fine)
Finally found TunnelBear, which let me at least activate the game on my account.
Switched back, got it downloaded. Perfect!
After it finished, I hopped back on the VPN to unlock it, which crashed my Steam client twice. After a restart at least that worked.
Went into offline mode and started the game, German text/subtitles.
Changed that in Steam -> Update Required. Stayed there at 0 bytes / 0 bytes for a couple seconds, then disappeared from the download list. Client/PC restart didn't help.
Uninstalled the game, now the pre-load doesn't start. Same issue: stays at 0 bytes, and just... vanishes a couple seconds later
Any files I have to delete besides the appmanifest_[id] and the south park folder in steamapps/common? For some reason they were still there after I deleted the game
First, none of the VPN solutions worked. My Steam client just wouldn't connect with any of them (Chrome worked fine)
Finally found TunnelBear, which let me at least activate the game on my account.
Switched back, got it downloaded. Perfect!
After it finished, I hopped back on the VPN to unlock it, which crashed my Steam client twice. After a restart at least that worked.
Went into offline mode and started the game, German text/subtitles.
Changed that in Steam -> Update Required. Stayed there at 0 bytes / 0 bytes for a couple seconds, then disappeared from the download list. Client/PC restart didn't help.
Uninstalled the game, now the pre-load doesn't start. Same issue: stays at 0 bytes, and just... vanishes a couple seconds later
Any files I have to delete besides the appmanifest_[id] and the south park folder in steamapps/common? For some reason they were still there after I deleted the game
VikasNarula
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That's some bad luck.
At least you found the out the awesomeness of TunnelBear. I activated Inversion with it.
No, games that can only be played in certain countries depending on where they were bought.
Same goes for most countries in Latin America.
The AllowCrossRegionTradingAndGifting and onlyallowrunincountries flags share the same store notice but it actually applies only to the latter, which has been around for yonks -- it didn't start with the former. ACRTAG region-locks gifts from South American and Eastern European users but only in terms of redeeming the gift to your account while OARIC actually requires you to have an IP address in one of the whitelisted regions to run at all, hence the phrasing. So, for example, a Brazilian copy of South Park is going to work worldwide once activated because the sub used on the store is the rest-of-world one whereas a copy sourced from an Eastern European user would require you to use a VPN to actually play.
It is pretty slow, and there's a lot of running without encountering monsters or doing much other than draining energy. Most of the appeal I think is in the moments of crisis that punctuate it.
Anyone?
trailmix16
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I'm.. not sure. Will ramp up the difficulty.
PixyJunket
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One Way Heroics is pretty neat.
I beat it on my second try, I guess on "easy" level.
I love arcade style RPGs though, so I'll probably spend a lot of time with this one.
I beat it on my second try, I guess on "easy" level.
I love arcade style RPGs though, so I'll probably spend a lot of time with this one.
How does pre-ordering on GMG work, does it charge your card right away or does it wait until it ships/emails the key? I want to take advantage of the 20% off coupon for Dark Souls 2 but there might be better deals later.
Sweet, I'm in.
Sweet, I'm in.
Try deleting everything in your Steam folder except for Steam.exe, steamapps and userdata (if you have any screenshots you'd like to keep), then run Steam.exe to essentially reinstall Steam.
Hmm, 20% you say? I've been sitting on some Steam credit in preparation for Dark Souls 2 but there is no lack of things to buy. I wouldn't mind picking it up for a little cheaper.
After all other downloads didn't start too ("No connection to content servers") I tried that.
Now I'm getting an error as if I were offline
Here's the bootstrap_log:
Code:
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Startup - updater built Mar 6 2014 17:48:03
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Verifying installation...
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Unable to read and verify install manifest D:\Steam\package\steam_client_win32.installed
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Verification complete
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Downloading Update...
[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Checking for available update...
[2014-03-07 05:25:25] Download failed: http error 0
[2014-03-07 05:25:26] Download failed: http error 0
[2014-03-07 05:25:26] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2014-03-07 05:25:26] Failed to load manifest
[2014-03-07 05:25:26] Error: Download failed: http error 0
[2014-03-07 05:25:26] Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.
[2014-03-07 05:26:33] ShutdownAccording to my IP no VPN is running.
EDIT: awesome, can't login to Origin either.
I can't find anything wrong with my LAN settings though
YES, I'm ready. And having beat All Intensive Purposes in EG1, I wonder if it will include more levels like that.
Thanks again to dirtywhirlwind for gifting me EG2 <3
After all other downloads didn't start too ("No connection to content servers") I tried that.
Now I'm getting an error as if I were offline
Here's the bootstrap_log:
Code:[2014-03-07 05:25:24] Startup - updater built Mar 6 2014 17:48:03 [2014-03-07 05:25:24] Verifying installation... [2014-03-07 05:25:24] Unable to read and verify install manifest D:\Steam\package\steam_client_win32.installed [2014-03-07 05:25:24] Verification complete [2014-03-07 05:25:24] Downloading Update... [2014-03-07 05:25:24] Checking for available update... [2014-03-07 05:25:25] Download failed: http error 0 [2014-03-07 05:25:26] Download failed: http error 0 [2014-03-07 05:25:26] failed to load manifest from buffer. [2014-03-07 05:25:26] Failed to load manifest [2014-03-07 05:25:26] Error: Download failed: http error 0 [2014-03-07 05:25:26] Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again. [2014-03-07 05:26:33] Shutdown
According to my IP no VPN is running.
EDIT: awesome, can't login to Origin either.
I can't find anything wrong with my LAN settings though
Try uninstalling any VPNs you've installed and restarting. I occasionally have an issue after using Spotflux where the last site I visited using it will refuse to load unless I uninstall the bloody thing.
Atraveller
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The story is better you say, I'm going to go back and try it when I have the time.
for some reason, the Proxyserver in the internet explorer LAN settings was set to 127.0.0.1:8888, no idea what caused that...
I can login again, and it just started the pre-load too \o/
Now let's see if everything works this time...
I did the same in BioShock 2 and I really enjoyed it. Wish BioShock 1 had Steam Achievements.
Ah, good stuff.
Same, but that's an irrational hope now.
Well, there's nothing preventing 2K from tasking, say, 2K Marin with implementing Steamworks, but I agree that it's unlikely.
Stallion Free
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Damn yo that's cold.
Got my roommate on Steam Family Sharing with me and I realized I hate Family Sharing. I have about 400 games he doesn't have, he has about 20 games I don't have. Great. What really bugs me, however, is that I can't access games that both of us own. I mean, I knew that wasn't possible, but for some reason I believed it would be. He's also using the PS3 controller so I can't use the PS3 for gaming. Oh well, guess I'll be catching up on films...
Ahh, that's a fine bazinga.
Ahh, that's a fine bazinga.
Do yall recommend playing New Vegas vanilla the first time around or is there a mod I should install prior to? I've played it many times but never finished it because some of the situations you get put in started stressing me out and I had to start new games up until the same point and just stopped playing all together on the PS3 lol. I have all the DLCs btw. Should I enable all the weapon packs or which ones should I keep?
Mavromatis
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Boot him off out of the game lol by starting up what you want to play.
Stutter remover and mission mojave (bugfixes)
But that's not sharing! Sharing's right there in the title, Steam family sharing. If you don't share nice Gabe disapproves.
Nah, he's got work off tomorrow, he oughtta be playing video games all night tonight. I'll have plenty of time tomorrow as I don't have work on Saturday.
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