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STEAM | August II 2014 - Kept you waiting, huh?
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Wickland (one of the bonus games in the recent greenlight groupees bundle) has been greenlit... has there been another batch that I missed or are they just greenlighting games not in batches?
what. is. happening.
Wickland (one of the bonus games in the recent greenlight groupees bundle) has been greenlit... has there been another batch that I missed or are they just greenlighting games not in batches?
what. is. happening.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
This one from the Amazon sale could be interesting for some
http://www.amazon.com/Sega-Sporty-Pack-Online-Game/dp/B00K88T974/ref=sr_1_98?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-98
Sonic Racing (awesome game), Virtua Tennis 4, Sega Bass Fishing and Jet Set Radio for 5$
And all the Sonics for 12,29$
http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Everywhere-Pack-Online-Game/dp/B00GJ2HZ7E/ref=pd_sim_vg_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=13KSHJT7Q475ZDKKCJM8
And for the Hidden Object fans like me and Der Experte
http://www.amazon.com/House-000-Doors-Secrets-Collectors/dp/B00M1WF4Q0/ref=sr_1_56?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1409223188&sr=1-56
House of 1,000 Doors - Family Secrets for 2,50$
http://www.amazon.com/Sega-Sporty-Pack-Online-Game/dp/B00K88T974/ref=sr_1_98?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-98
Sonic Racing (awesome game), Virtua Tennis 4, Sega Bass Fishing and Jet Set Radio for 5$
And all the Sonics for 12,29$
http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Everywhere-Pack-Online-Game/dp/B00GJ2HZ7E/ref=pd_sim_vg_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=13KSHJT7Q475ZDKKCJM8
And for the Hidden Object fans like me and Der Experte
http://www.amazon.com/House-000-Doors-Secrets-Collectors/dp/B00M1WF4Q0/ref=sr_1_56?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1409223188&sr=1-56
House of 1,000 Doors - Family Secrets for 2,50$
Bah, every time I see Virtua Tennis 4 mentioned I think it's the one I'm missing, but that's 2009.
I just checked the past few batches and it wasn't in any of them. Maybe it was hand-picked by Valve.
Edit: Or what Arthea says below.
I have a dilemma: I still haven't played more than 15 minutes of Crusader Kings 2, waiting for some discounts to newer expansions...
Should I buy Victoria complete bundle? Stopped caring about +1s after I hit 1k, and I really should cut on senseless spending... But OTOH, Steam reviews are more than positive, and the game is said to be a different beast than CK2 is...
Should I buy Victoria complete bundle? Stopped caring about +1s after I hit 1k, and I really should cut on senseless spending... But OTOH, Steam reviews are more than positive, and the game is said to be a different beast than CK2 is...
I see more games that are greenlit on 28th, meaning today. Maybe list wasn't posted in news yet, for some reason.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
YianGaruga
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Hexcells is by the same guy that made Sentinel? That just blew my mind. Sentinel is awesome, I should really try Hexcells soon.
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too soon! (><)
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Glass Rebel
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goddamn. Hexcells was great and Hexcells Plus was even better but I could never get a perfect score on some of last few levels.
NingenJanai
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yeah, I still haven't played the first two.
PandaPedinte
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Happy birthday Salsa.
I've actually finished both, and first one is fairly short, couple of hours, not a problem to finish at all. It's just really too soon for me to want more (><)
shykyoichi
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Happy Birthday!
3 games have been greenlit on the... 19? Aegis Defenders, Jenny LeClue and Train Valley. I asked about it in here but there wasn't a real answer.
To me it looks like they are hand picking some games instead of doing batches, maybe to combat the free games for votes?
4-14 days from my past experiences.
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Deleted member 125677
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Is SF x TK still gfwl ? Enhanced Steam tells me so
You better wait a few more days before getting a response if you are lucky
I think you're out of luck. If I am not mistaken Valve only offers refunds for pre-purchases
toddhunter
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Hexcells is really good and left me wanting more.
Unfortunately the levels in Hexcells plus? I didn't really enjoy them because the mechanic felt more fiddly than fun. Hopefully the third game gets the balance right and provides enough content.
Happy birthday, man! Do something crazy to celebrate. :3
Chairmanchuck
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Great.
As someone not from the US seems you cant buy it. Tried it with my CC and it shows something that the CC-information and my borderlinx adress, of course, dont match.
Try to pay with Paypal it shows there is some mistake.
Try it again with Paypal Express checkout and still shows there is some mistake...
Ah, thank you.
I ended up buying the base tier, as I was actually interested in Virtua Tennis, and the BTA were all games I already own, except Monkey Ball, but I kinda hate tilt controls.
As for Crazy Taxi, I guess I could just install it from Steam...
Most of GameStop's catalogue is limited to US customers. There's no getting around the US-based payment method requirement in such cases.
Chairmanchuck
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Just remember I bought Skyrim about 2 years ago on Gamestop.com and at least at that time there werent any problems.
Too bad.
StAidan
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The Banner Saga 2, I'll see you on Day 1.
And thank you again StAidan for giving away this game.
Dang man, you blew right through that game! I'm impressed. Anyway, glad you liked it -- sounds like it went to the right person, which is the best I could ask for.
Jawmuncher
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Yep it's also dead online now. So no reason to get it unless you has local players or really like tekken. SFU would be the better purchase if you need a fighting game.
something definitely is going on with greenlight process. There were 6 games greenlit after 1st of August, without ever appearing in news or in any other way. Here is the list.
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu - 19 Aug
Train Valley - 19 Aug
Aegis Defenders - 19 Aug
Dangerous Rays - 28 Aug
Wickland - 28 Aug
Relic Hunters Zero - 28 Aug
it seem to be 3 in every 10 days or so?
edited: maybe Stump will know more, as he follows greenlight closely
But I thought greenlight works this way that after passing certain upvoting threshold, games are guaranteed to be greenlit. I might be wrong on this, I don't remember where and when I read that.
it may depend on severity of the problem, but they aren't fast to answer. I think I waited more than a week last time and answer didn't help in any way, of course (><)
When in doubt, ask Jasec (it's only reliable steam support line that I know of)
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu - 19 Aug
Train Valley - 19 Aug
Aegis Defenders - 19 Aug
Dangerous Rays - 28 Aug
Wickland - 28 Aug
Relic Hunters Zero - 28 Aug
it seem to be 3 in every 10 days or so?
edited: maybe Stump will know more, as he follows greenlight closely
But I thought greenlight works this way that after passing certain upvoting threshold, games are guaranteed to be greenlit. I might be wrong on this, I don't remember where and when I read that.
it may depend on severity of the problem, but they aren't fast to answer. I think I waited more than a week last time and answer didn't help in any way, of course (><)
When in doubt, ask Jasec (it's only reliable steam support line that I know of)
MMBosstones86
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Happy Birthday duder
It's wasn't (and presumably still isn't) automatic, despite what games like Shadow of the Eternals making the cut would suggest.
very funny!
but devs in greenlight chat were always talking about going up to the top of the list and seem to perceive that as indication they are being greenlit or not. I know that said "list" is not available for us, but I was sure it is automated process.
36 hand made levels, infinite number of procedurally generated ones.
Depending on how much you can setup with procedural ones (size, ruleset, etc), it should be the Hexcells game to end all Hexcells games.
If it were automated there'd be no need for batches (outside of making the games known, of course).
That could be what's happening here or maybe Greenlight is being abolished sooner than first thought but Valve wants to give a small leg-up to titles that are of particular interest.If it were automated there'd be no need for batches.
Ok lemme rephrase, was there ever a case were a game having more votes/being higher on the list was not greenlit but a game with less votes and bellow on the list was?
With the last batch, games that were tied to free key promotions were ignored.
you proved your point, I didn't know that, btw
it seems not a smart thing to do, no?
From what I understood, Matthew Brown is trying to concentrate on his next game (Rhythm based racer), and having to constantly stop working to whip up another batch of Hexcells puzzles would not help.
Personally, I'm still waiting for someone to bring proper Picross/Nonograms game to Steam.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No more than you do; a few steam watchers on other sites have noticed this too, but Valve haven't said anything and it's not totally clear how it's working.
so not only we don't read your posts, you don't read ours too!
oh, then it makes sense
me too Knurek, me too
I blame me having just gotten out of bed... and wanting to add something to the AC4 bit that was actually useful
Chairmanchuck
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Anyone from the U. S. of A. would kindly gift me AC4 from Gamestop? Would PP the money then.
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