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

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_hekk05

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Steam support finally came through and changed my store region to the US!!!

I have escaped the konami asia region lock and the future SGD currency!!!

All hail the mighty US dollah!
 

jediyoshi

Member
I don't understand PvZ:GW... it makes no sense to me. What's so special about it?

Even more curious, what about it makes no sense? The market isn't exactly saturated in third person, class based games with cartoony art. If you distill any game over the past few generations, there hasn't been much special in the entire collective of games for years.
 

saunderez

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Literally nothing. It's exactly what you would expect from a PvZ third person shooter.

I didn't really have any real expectations of what a PvZ third person shooter would even be so it wasn't what I expected. My only expectation was that it was going to be terrible and it's not.

Even more curious, what about it makes no sense? The market isn't exactly saturated in third person, class based games with cartoony art. If you distill any game over the past few generations, there hasn't been much special in the entire collective of games for years.

The concept that you could even translate PvZ into a third person shooter is what confused me initially. But it totally works as a class based shooter with some light tower defense.
 
It's Mass Effect 3 multiplayer and much more.

ME3 multiplayer is amazing.

ME3 multiplayer IS amazing. I never thought it would be until I started playing it while working on the platinum. It's one of those "holy shit, it actually works and it's got potential to be glorious" unnecessary MP modes (sidenote: I've always thought about making a thread about this: what games added multiplayer as a bullet point and had it turn out fantastic?)...

But the last thing I ever thought was "I need some sort of TPS centered around the PvZ universe.
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I watched some actual gameplay just now and it doesn't look anything like ME3 multiplayer to me... or something I would even find to be fun... oh well, to each his own, I suppose. :)

well its the 28th here so it's my bday. sorry I havent been around lately, I still like most of you kinda I swear

Happy birthday, Sharky.
 

Shade

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And a few more bundle goodies. Enjoy! (PS. Take them! You know you want to!)

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saunderez

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with shitter micro transaction. don't forget to mention that

PvZ has worse microtransactions? I don't think so. It's not even worth buying the coin packs when you earn so many coins per round in Gardens vs Graveyards. Complete waste of money, the game pretty much throws them at you.
 

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Shittier how? I've not played PvZ yet so I'm not sure. I thought it would be the same as ME3.

PvZ has worse microtransactions? I don't think so. It's not even worth buying the coin packs when you earn so many coins per round in Gardens vs Graveyards. Complete waste of money, the game pretty much throws them at you.

imo its worse because you have to collect 5 pieces of a character before you unlock them compared to ME3 where once you get em, you get em. Its because of this reason alone that I decided not to purchase the game on PS4. On the bright side, they do have playsets where people can't use any of the unlockable characters so theres that.
 

Miguel81

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OH that reminds me, I do have a Wii U pro controller lying around somewhere, I just gotta figure out how to get it working now on my PC like the DS4 haha. I've been thinking about replacing my DS4 sticks with the xbox one sticks, but I'm not sure yet. I'm worried that if I sent my DS4 and it gets new sticks that those ones are gonna eventually tear like these ones.

I wonder if the new Wave Blue controllers come with any changes. Mostly pertaining to sticks, sticking shoulder buttons, and battery life. The upcoming white DS4 is making me salivate, but I want to be sure that they are quality made this time.
 

saunderez

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imo its worse because you have to collect 5 pieces of a character before you unlock them compared to ME3 where once you get em, you get em. Its because of this reason alone that I decided not to purchase the game on PS4. On the bright side, they do have playsets where people can't use any of the unlockable characters so theres that.

But thats not microtransactions, that's just unlockables. You can buy a sticker pack that has a guarantee of unlocking a character if you don't want to go through collecting 5 pieces as well. There are microtransactions in the game (buying coins with real money) but there's really no need to do this when the game is throwing them at you in Gardens vs Graveyards. 2 rounds of GvG and you've pretty much got enough to buy a 20k sticker pack.
 

Nete

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The Banner Saga, I'm just before the final battle. Gonna play it tomorrow, I don't want it to end :(

Fuck tomorrow.
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What an awesome game. It has some flaws (most of them probably due the small budget/team I guess), but they are outshined by the rest of the game. Outstanding artwork, great music, some fantastic characters, pretty nice writing... I even loved the combat, which for what I know was kinda controversial.

Has been a long time since a game sucked me this much to its world. Not even Divinity: OS, which is a fantastic game by itself. Is amazing the atmosphere these guys are capable to create with just some gorgeous backgrounds, almost static 2D portraits, music and some fine writing. The game does a great job making you to feel the burden of leadership. It was painful to see something bad happening because of my decisions in a caravan event. And the ending, oh god the ending
not giving the arrow to Alette
BEST DECISION IN MY LIFE EVER.

The Banner Saga 2, I'll see you on Day 1.

And thank you again StAidan for giving away this game.
 

Volimar

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I really really liked The Banner Saga. Still my pick for GOTY.



In other news, I hope enough of steamGAF is going to be getting DA:Inquisition so we can have multiplayer games together.
 

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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
This is why Great Big War Game was yanked:

EDIT: I realised this after I’d finished typing. When Cosmi broke our agreement, the publishing rights to Great Big War Game PC reverted back to Rubicon. So right now, albeit accidentally, Valve are pirating our game. They’re selling it without our consent, taking some of the money, and giving the rest to God knows who. The only people not earning right now are the people that own it!
 
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