And that would be true. Valve is just like Nintendo: they steal our games.
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Very nice shackles. Just a suggestion though as they are a bit "boom" in your face and some background have very bold colours but maybe something like a layered div with a grey to transparent gradient at say 50% opacity to mute them down a bit? A bit like the client does on the game pages in list view but without the gaudy colour overlay.
I can get it for you if you're still interested.
MMBosstones86
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I wish all titles were done like KOF as well.
well downloaded and installed archeblade
played the tutorial
tried some characters in training mode
bought blue loli cos didn't like how anyone else played
joined argie 50 ping server and people are lagging all over the place, half the time you don't even know what is happening
yeah not my thing
time flies in dks2
played the tutorial
tried some characters in training mode
bought blue loli cos didn't like how anyone else played
joined argie 50 ping server and people are lagging all over the place, half the time you don't even know what is happening
yeah not my thing
yea i'm at 33 right now
time flies in dks2
DId you empty the recycle bin?
Haha, I did actually consider mentioning it in the ticket I sent to Support yesterday, but I figured it best to tackle one topic at a time.
PetriP-TNT
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Can you get the game specific backgrounds you get from crafting? Those could be better replacements for some games (but obviously not all). Otherwise maybe dropping the opacity to something small and/or applying linear-gradient (blackish to transparent) to hide the artifacts and improve the readability could be a something to try.
When was Wolfenstein (2009?) removed from the store?
BinaryPork2737
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That looks way better than most of the store pages I've seen. It's cool how something so simple really adds to the design.
May 2012. It was a Daily exactly three months beforehand, though, to Acti's credit.
Looks brilliant. The issue with resolutions above 1920x1080 are the only issue, but the blue starbust pattern seems like the best solution for now
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.
That is definitely a possibility, but getting the URL to a page's background requires that it be fed from our API server, which is already pretty overloaded. It would have to query the API server for the correct background that matches that game, meaning that each user would have 1 additional request each time they pulled up a game page. I project this would mean about 200,000 additional queries to the API server every day, and I'm not sure if it could handle that at this time.
Of course, I have a Patreon campaign going, hoping to get a better server that could facilitate adding features like this. But I'm only about 10% to my first goal.
If I could do it that way, it could actually be pretty cool and pull a random background image for the games that had cards.
I didn't know Return to Castle Wolfenstein wasn't developed by iD.
Steam page says Gray Matter Studios.
Well they were massively busy with Doom 3 at the time. Plus it's the start of the Activision faffery with the plot.
Games deleted through Steam don't go to the bin, though it wouldn't hurt to check.DId you empty the recycle bin?
Tizoc
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Any chance Flatout 2 would be cheaper than $2.49 at any time in the near future?
Well when I checked recently it just had 1 snashot I took and just emptied my recycle bin now, will see if that opened up some space
DId you empty the recycle bin?
Well when I checked recently it just had 1 snashot I took and just emptied my recycle bin now, will see if that opened up some space
ashecitism
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I thought everyone knew this? At that point iD were already in idTech4/Doom3 development.
Dick Justice
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Is it worth getting Dark Souls 2 from Nuuvem? It's £22.95 according to Steam, but it's a Brazilian website. Would the steam key be an English version, or not?
PetriP-TNT
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Yup. Also the best mod ever (yes, the best) Enemy Territory was done by Splash Damage who also contributed 3 maps for the GOTY edition of RTCW after Marketgardens success.
Splash Damage went then to develop MP for Doom3, Quake Wars, Brink and quite surprisingly the multiplayer for Arkham Oranges. Those 3 forementioned were such an disappointments for me after spending years and years with Enemy Territory.
I also played RTCW for the first time in few years week or so ago and it was an absolute blast. Strafejumping to get insane speeds while knifing nazis to their dumb faces. 10/10, excellent game in every way.
Did I already say that I love Wolfenstein? It's funny that after Enemy Territory I have played tons of FPS's and been wanting for another ET and closest thing I have gotten is CS:GO, which is funny considering CS was pretty much ET's enemy back in the day.
Correct. RtCW was made by outside iD since iD was busy with the Doom 3 engine after being done with Q3A/TA's engine.
Yeah, but for some reason I assume he meant he just deleted the installation folder. Leave me alone, it's 1:30am!
Stallion Free
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Yeah, I thought the quality of the campaign made it pretty obvious
I would have preferred Raven (a long time Id bro) on it. I think Jedi Knight II/Academy played significantly better and had much more entertaining level design.
Yeah, I thought the quality of the campaign made it pretty obvious
I would have preferred Raven (a long time Id bro) on it. I think Jedi Knight II/Academy played significantly better and had much more entertaining level design.
Probably came down to cost. Raven was either too expensive or was busy with another project.
Yeah, I thought the quality of the campaign made it pretty obvious
I would have preferred Raven (a long time Id bro) on it. I think Jedi Knight II/Academy played significantly better and had much more entertaining level design.
Raven did work on Wolf09, which I felt was inferior to RTCW... but my opinion's been waffling lately, and I don't have the $150 it costs to find out... yet.
Given all the crap going on with Activision, I'm like 110% positive that it's just more Activision stuff.
Seriously, we need to find the human face at Activision to talk to about this and see what, if anything, they can do. They like money, right?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
To be fair to Acti, there never was a bad Wolfenstein game when they were the publisher. That 2009 game is a really solid B tier shooter with an interesting hub world layout and good weapon and stuff. Sucks that they took it off and haven't put it back up, though. You'd think that theyd want to capitalize on the new game being just around the corner.
Some sites seem to have cryostasis keys again but they're selling them for nearly double the price i passed on before. fuck. that.
Some sites seem to have cryostasis keys again but they're selling them for nearly double the price i passed on before. fuck. that.
Stallion Free
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I thought the shooting mechanics and encounter design in RTCW were pretty awful. The level design was bland. Wolf 09 has great shooting mechanics and feedback, I hilarious weapon upgrade system that leads to more gore, and much more interesting location design.
Sometimes I do not like how the card drop system works on Steam. Play some Arkham City and I get 4 common Catwoman cards. Okay, that's not great but I can understand how it happens. Then before the day is over, lucky me, I get a booster pack for Arkham City. Three common Catwoman cards.
This would never happen if it was a Darkwing Duck game.
This would never happen if it was a Darkwing Duck game.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Gizmoduck foils would go for top dollar.
BinaryPork2737
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True. You would have gotten four Gosalyn cards instead, and then three more Gosalyn cards via booster pack.
ashecitism
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Man, Jedi Outcast and Academy. Coupled with Heretic 2, Raven made some goooood TPS/adventure games in that time period (I know JK games had FP view too, but I assume most people went with TP once the lightsaber was acquired)
MMBosstones86
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Now I have a big hankerin' to replay them. I think Activision has it entirely under their wing, they just never bothered putting it out.
I was looking at their output and just realized they were responsible for Take No Prisoners as well. Raven is so secretly awesome. Shame they've been reduced to COD DLC.
What thread is this by the way?
EDIT: Here it is http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=810484
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You know I wonder which YT vid it was where an Acti higher up was asked to research some of these buried titles and he said after sniffing around he has no idea where they are. Was it Matt Chat?
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morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Today we light the fires in Sweden to welcome spring.
We're doing the same up here in the Northeastern U.S.
It's because we're cold, though.
Nabs
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real talk.
Black Soma
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Any place where to find Might & Magic X at cheap?
Yeah, the Soldier of Fortune games are licensed affairs.
It was $1 in December 2010 for an hour, otherwise it has been $2.49 when on sale. I doubt that Scammers First would get so desperate that they would reduce the price that low.
NingenJanai
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No new thread unless you go to Turkey for it.
BinaryPork2737
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Gaf goes by GMT, right? So there should be a new thread in ~6 hours or so.
I can't light a fire because rain.
According to Enhanced Steam and isthereanydeal.com:
Gianni Merryman
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What's your take on this game, fellow gaffers?
I'm in quite a rush but consider this done:
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Yes, they licensed the likeness and name of a 'real' Solider of Fortune. Their success at creating a realistic portrayal of modern mercenary life was clear to me when I dismembered 50 guys in a subway with a shotgun.
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