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STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER

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Arthea

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I've not played FFX-2, so I don't know how it compares, but basically there are three outfits and each has their own impact on your abilities (e.g. while using the sophisticated dress, you can't climb up buildings and such, but you can woo guards so that they leave their post, affording you access to a restricted area).

well, something like that, only in FFX-2 dress changing was combat/classes related, but it does sound cool. Maybe I should whishlist it after all...
 
Over the span of 30 days, you try and find clues to what happened to your wife, Linda, who disappeared without a trace at an old abandoned estate 20 years ago, for your own closure.

What took him so long, I wonder? If I had a wife who disappeared, I'd be at that house every day if they allowed me. To go 20 years later almost seems like a decision he made while he was drunk and realized how lonely he was. "Maybe I should try to hook up with my disappeared wife again."
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
@JaseC, is there anyway that GAF (or me!) could help you in your journey to get more games (including old games that publishers no longer care about) on Steam?

Seen your post on Anno and Quake Wars - would love to help too

Expressing interest is the only way publishers are going to listen. Off the top of my head, I've contacted:

- Ubisoft about Anno 1404 (which actually went somewhere), King Kong, Tintin, Anno 1701 and the classic Rainbow Six games (Ubi forum thread here -- feel free to bump it)
- Bethesda about Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- Merge about Commandos: Strike Force
- MumboJumbo about SiN Gold
- Wizards of the Coast about its D&D catalogue
 

Jawmuncher

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Played and beat it today, here's my impressions of Pineview Drive.

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Thanks for the impressions DuskGolem.
Doesn't sound too bad of a experience and hopefully they can patch the darkness at least. Since it was definitely sounding like a bit much before you got the flashlight. I'm guessing if you're lazy you can just stand there and wait for the character to say something on where to go? Regardless looks like a game ill end up playing around Halloween.
 
Kind of you to do the giveaway, so thanks for that. However just for the sake of clarification, are they Steam keys or Origin keys?

Hello, they are all Steam keys. I'm guessing they are all up for grabs except Burnout now.

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Hugstable

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REmake is coming! I don't care how it looks I'm finally gonna be able to play REmake is something else other than a Gamecube! I've played through this game so much, I've been wanting this for so long!
 

Jawmuncher

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REmake is coming! I don't care how it looks I'm finally gonna be able to play REmake is something else other than a Gamecube! I've played through this game so much, I've been wanting this for so long!

I know -MD- is happy. Finally gets a non action RE game even if it is just a HD edition. Hoping we get some cool mods on the PC side.
 
Wizards of the Coast about its D&D catalogue

While you're at it, can you talk to them about re-releasing the Microprose version of the Magic the Gathering game from the 90s? I'm not sure who owns the publishing rights to that one, might be Atari Interactive, but I'm sure WotC can make it happen, right? ...Right? :(
 
Man, there's a lot of hating going on in that REmake HD thread. I'm just happy it's coming out on PC and looks decent enough. Seemed like a long shot to begin with, that they would even bother with it.
 

-MD-

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Man, there's a lot of hating going on in that REmake HD thread. I'm just happy it's coming out on PC and looks decent enough. Seemed like a long shot to begin with, that they would even bother with it.

So much hate in that thread lol, shit is gross. I'm also really really happy it's coming to PC. Now I'll always have a copy at the ready.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Muxwell (developer of Earth: Year 2066) finally got back to me earlier and unsurprisingly Valve cut all ties with him after the... Early Access incident a little while ago. I was expecting that to be the case, but part of me was still hoping I'd be able to get the game for a reasonable price. A fellow game collector in my friends list has a spare, so I've asked him how much he'd like for it. I'm not going to like the answer, I imagine.

While you're at it, can you talk to them about re-releasing the Microprose version of the Magic the Gathering game from the 90s? I'm not sure who owns the publishing rights to that one, might be Atari Interactive, but I'm sure WotC can make it happen, right? ...Right? :(

Atari has nothing to do with D&D these days, outside of BG2: Enhanced Edition.
 

Tizoc

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Man, there's a lot of hating going on in that REmake HD thread. I'm just happy it's coming out on PC and looks decent enough. Seemed like a long shot to begin with, that they would even bother with it.

SteamGAF is love~
Now just wait for the thread where it turns out it isn't 60 FPS and we're OK with that and it being filled with hyperbole and the usual GAF ignorance.
 

Dusk Golem

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What took him so long, I wonder? If I had a wife who disappeared, I'd be at that house every day if they allowed me. To go 20 years later almost seems like a decision he made while he was drunk and realized how lonely he was. "Maybe I should try to hook up with my disappeared wife again."

There's some story reasons, but let me say this now, while the story isn't bad, it's not the reason to play the game.

Thanks for the impressions DuskGolem.
Doesn't sound too bad of a experience and hopefully they can patch the darkness at least. Since it was definitely sounding like a bit much before you got the flashlight. I'm guessing if you're lazy you can just stand there and wait for the character to say something on where to go? Regardless looks like a game ill end up playing around Halloween.

Thankfully you're only flashlight-less for the first day, but as that's the period of time you're figuring out everything with the game stumbling around the dark can be not very fun. And you could do that if you're lazy, but I found this was only a problem later in the game as the house got pretty big and some days didn't have indication of where you had to go.
 

Hugstable

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Man, there's a lot of hating going on in that REmake HD thread. I'm just happy it's coming out on PC and looks decent enough. Seemed like a long shot to begin with, that they would even bother with it.

Yeah I just started reading into it and it's kinda sad that it's getting hate because of it's graphics like this. Where did they even get the pictures, are they still low res screenshots? Game might look better later on, but it's REmake, I don't care how the fuck it looks, it could be the same as the GC game and I wouldn't care, I just want to play it on my PC/Steam.
 

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So much hate in that thread lol, shit is gross. I'm also really really happy it's coming to PC. Now I'll always have a copy at the ready.

It's something that always happens on RE threads, did they already started discussing which gameplay style is better?
 

Tizoc

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Muxwell (developer of Earth: Year 2066) finally got back to me earlier and unsurprisingly Valve cut all ties with him after the... Early Access incident a little while ago. I was expecting that to be the case, but part of me was still hoping I'd be able to get the game for a reasonable price. A fellow game collector in my friends list has a spare, so I've asked him how much he'd like for it. I'm not going to like the answer, I imagine.

Jase, from now on, you should just get ANY. ANY Early Access game, regardless of its eye gouging Australian price. Cuz no matter how costly they are, they compare nothing to the horrors you Australians deal with on a daily basis.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Jase, from now on, you should just get ANY. ANY Early Access game, regardless of its eye gouging Australian price. Cuz no matter how costly they are, they compare nothing to the horrors you Australians deal with on a daily basis.

I actually dreamt that the game was pulled due to the shenanigans, however I just shrugged it off as a silly dream... only to return home later and find that Valve had put its foot down while I was out. Needless to say that, going forward, I'll be trusting my gut.
 

Turfster

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Topware Interactive pack on Amazon for 5.99$
  • Two Worlds Epic
  • Two Worlds II Velvet GOTY
  • Enclave
  • KnightShift
  • Gorky 17
  • Septerra Core

Also don't forget that bundle-in-a-box is shutting their doors forever before the end of the week.
 

Dr Dogg

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Man, there's a lot of hating going on in that REmake HD thread. I'm just happy it's coming out on PC and looks decent enough. Seemed like a long shot to begin with, that they would even bother with it.

After the Skullgirls DLC thread nothing surprises me to be honest. A lot of the things a few people in there are expecting would be a complete overhaul and/or cost a hefty sum. This looks to have more resources than the RE4 release on Steam but not the full on budget to redo half the things from a game that is 13 years old. Plus Capcom have a history of misplacing their art assets (Okami, Umbrella Chronicles), I wouldn't be surprised if half the backdrops here are lost to time.
 

Jawmuncher

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It's something that always happens on RE threads, did they already started discussing which gameplay style is better?

I always consider that a dumb argument. While I love the later RE games to death, they're just too different from the original titles. Even REs easy mode with more ammo still wasn't that close to what we have now.
 

Lomax

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72 cards on the market overnight and only one sold. And Blade Symphony idled for almost 6 hours and only gave me 3 of the 5 cards, makes me want to smack the developers. I think I'm done idling cards for a while.
 

Jawmuncher

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72 cards on the market overnight and only one sold. And Blade Symphony idled for almost 6 hours and only gave me 3 of the 5 cards, makes me want to smack the developers. I think I'm done idling cards for a while.

How are you pricing cards? I just go a cent under the price and I'm usually sold out within a hour.
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller
Also one more thing on Pineview Drive, but some screenshots I took, most from earlier in the game. Didn't look bad for a indie German game only made by a handful of people
and I want to show some early teases of a few things that scared me crapless later
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wilflare

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so should I pay $3 more for
Drunken Robot Pornography

and $6.80 for
The trilogy includes:

Sniper Art of Victory
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
Sniper: Ghost Warrior – Map Pack
Sniper: Ghost Warrior – Second Strike Pack
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2: Digital Extras
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2: Multiplayer Expansion Pack
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2: Soundtrack


just need the bold ><
 

Sub Zero

his body's cold as ice, but he's got a heart of gold
Topware Interactive pack on Amazon for 5.99$
  • Two Worlds Epic
  • Two Worlds II Velvet GOTY
  • Enclave
  • KnightShift
  • Gorky 17
  • Septerra Core

Also don't forget that bundle-in-a-box is shutting their doors forever before the end of the week.

Bundlestars still sells the RPG Champions Bundle, which includes all these games with the exception of Knightshift. It is cheaper there as well
 

Strider

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Today is the first day I actually remembered to turn on idle master before I left home \O/ finally

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Also I've never played a Resident Evil game so I'm definitely gonna pick up the remaster to give it a try.

There's a lot of hate for remasters/remakes around gaf but personally I'm all for them.
 

Sub Zero

his body's cold as ice, but he's got a heart of gold
Aussie made Crawl is coming out on Early Access tomorrow. Price will be 9.99$/&#8364;

I will try to stream the game after I get back from work and once that's done expect a giveaway here. Hopefully they will offer a 4-pack option so that I will be able to give away multiple copies. Really excited for this game
 

Jag

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Someone asked about Castlestorm earlier. I gave it a few minutes and gave up. Fairly similar Angry Birds type game but decent production quality. Better for a mobile platform.
 
72 cards on the market overnight and only one sold. And Blade Symphony idled for almost 6 hours and only gave me 3 of the 5 cards, makes me want to smack the developers. I think I'm done idling cards for a while.

Just wait, I've put my cards on the market and while some of them sold almost intantly other are selling days after the original listing.
 
So looks like Legend of Grimrock 2 will have live recorded soundtrack! And it sounds AMAZING. Click the link to see videos of guys playing the music ("Making of Legend of Grimrock 2 music").



Sounds like this is coming out this year after all!

Source: http://www.grimrock.net/2014/08/05/grimrock-2-music-production/

I wish I had managed to beat the first one. I feel like I played so many hours and got so many floors in, but it just started to get a bit too samey and the "puzzles" a bit frustrating.
 

JakeD

Member
REmake is one of my favorite games ever and i'd glady pay for it again even if they just gave us the gamecube version with no upgrades. any upgrades they do have are just a bonus. (yes, i already play it on dolphin...but...steam...) any word on price? i'm assuming $20 because of RE4?
 
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Deleted member 125677

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a little tip for idle-master blacklist:

Awesomenauts. (Idling for 5.0 hours, still missing 2 cards, all cards sell for < &#8364;0,05)
 

Lomax

Member
How are you pricing cards? I just go a cent under the price and I'm usually sold out within a hour.

Depends on the volume of the particular cards. Prices always have ebbs and flows and if there's only a few on the market pushing the price down generally you can price above them and they'll still sell pretty quickly. But I have priced quite a few (probably the majority) as the lowest on the market and they haven't sold either.

Looking at the cards there doesn't seem to be a clear downturn across the board but I'm guessing the slight increase in volume due to idlemaster is having a suppressive effect on the whole market especially on more obscure titles. In the past with my pricing generally I'd see around a quarter of my listings sell overnight but the last couple of days it's only been a few. I'm sure once this initial rush finishes off things will return more to normal. I'm not that pressed for funds that I'm going to slash three or four cents off every potential sale unless I have to eventually, that's a few dollars total.

To be clear, I'm not complaining about the existence of idle master, just making observations about the market and my results. But seriously, fuck Blade Symphony. Now I don't even want to try playing the game.
 
Also I've never played a Resident Evil game so I'm definitely gonna pick up the remaster to give it a try.

Oh boy, then the REmaster is going to give you a heart attack. It's the scariest non-silent hill game that i've played, to the point that i could only play it in small sessions because it would stress me out. and i bought it for my bday, so it was like the most terrifying gift i've ever given myself.

Speaking of which: someone seems to have found possible links to a REmake 2, which I would fucking love to have but i'm not believing it till i see it. RE2 is a game i played through 5 times back when it came out, after losing a complete save file and then playing the 4 different scenarios back to back. If it comes out it'll be the rare game i buy day 1.
 
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