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[AlphaProspector]

It's 10% off of 20 dollars on the Paradox website. I got another 20% off with a coupon code at Green Man Gaming. At that price, given it's in my favorite genre and looks amazing, I was willing to take a risk.

Crap, I should've bought this instead of FFXIII... I only have myself to blame for this. Sigh, well, guess I can sacrifice some credit card resources to get it. At least I know it won't be sitting in my backlog.

What I would give for another Mech Commander, another Ground Control, more Speesh Maureens DoW or just stuff pushing the RTS boundaries.

 

[Mengy]

Sid Meier's Pirates is also on sale at GMG, so you can buy with credit or use the 15% code QRJ1I6-2SSDU0-LN9UUG which doesn't have a minimum and get it for $2.12.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/strategy/sid-meiers-pirates/

Damn thats a good deal. I bought it for $10 long ago and love the game. But then I played the hell out of the C64 version too so it's a huge nostalgia trip for me.

 

[Turfster]

Bungie could've released Destiny as an Oni HD Remaster and Bungie/Halo fanboys would've ate that shit right out of their hands and said "please sir, may i have more?" Not really surprised, tbh.

I would buy an Oni remaster in a flash =p

 

[Gianni Merryman]

Oh, well I redeemed the key but now original Magicka's gone from my game library - I also tried and reboot Steam, but to no avail -, along with three DLCs.

I have found eventually Magicka had ended up on the top, as my only favourite game, I guess there must have been a glitch that was triggered when Magicka: wizard wars was added to my games library.

By the way, for those interested, there's another giveaway at Alienware, also in this case it is some DLC robes for Magicka: wizard wars
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/magicka-wizard-wars-alienware-robe-key-giveaway

 

[FloatOn]

SteamGAF's taste in women is questionable at best so I thought nobody would understand and kept quiet. Though I'm getting some.... vibes.

Spoiler

Gone Home

vibes. If you know what I mean, not sure where that story is going.

I own that game but I haven't played it yet. I think I catch your meaning though.

I think I'll buy Roundabout sooner rather than later now. These are the depths I've sunk to. I think I'm on the cusp of understanding the waifu phenomenon.

 

[dani_dc]

Yes, Ophelia does. I agree the lip stick failed, but she just tried to look nice for you.

That creeps me out more than I'd imagine.

 

[iosefe]

That creeps me out more than I'd imagine.

eh, i'd bone her

 

[Annubis]

eh, i'd bone her

And the skeleton girl would bone you too.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

I'll take it, along with the PS1 version of Chrono Trigger. People that haven't played them won't mind the extra loading bits because the rest of them is filled with awesome.

Call me an old purist, but I found the FMV cut scenes to be pretty jarring against the Super Nintendo graphics of the game. However, I'd rather people play a version of the game than none at all. Same for Chrono Trigger.

 

[X05]

No problem. What I'll never understand is that back in the mid to late 1990s artists were paid to produce this kind of work which was then digitized and put into a PS1 game at 640x480 resolution.

I know it would be massively expensive (just like it used to be) to replicate this process using modern techniques, but it's not like it's completely outside the realm of possibility. You have the game's story and basic elements, it just needs a "fresh coat of paint" so to speak. There are a lot of artists I know that would probably donate their time to work on a project like that as a labor of love.

So why the fuck don't we have a modern re-imaging of these classics?

Was it even 640x480? Many games back then were lower than that, I'm pretty sure both FFVII and VIII were 320x240 or some other odd one.
Also looking at REmake HD seems like we'd get some filtering at most instead of proper rerendering or remaking of the backgrounds

 

[Zalusithix]

Manual repost at the hour mark since I forgot to set autopost.

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Wasteland 2 -- MB-9077CEC5058A0503 - Taken by CheesecakeRecipe. 81 entrants total.

 

[iosefe]

And the skeleton girl would bone you too.

:O

 

[Arthea]

To Ozium dedicated

Anyway, screw that, I won't be lazy and will write big ass post about very fun way to play Civ.

First make master plan, as detailed as you want, for example you want Zulu to get to space first, on the way to that, you want to conquer US, Russia an China. Already sounds fun, no? (><)
Then check Zulu bonuses (military they are for an early game), and more or less make timeline to yourself, when to do what, keep in mind that your neighboring countries can be not what you want or expect.
Then try to achieve that keikaku, even of you fail miserably, having "vision" really helps to get most of the game.
Another way is to play random games, check what you are given and then advise plan, then follow it.
Well, it's not that big ass, because I'm too lazy after all. (._.)

 

[Dolor]

What I would give for another Mech Commander, another Ground Control, more Speesh Maureens DoW or just stuff pushing the RTS boundaries.

brofist.gif

 

[Shalashaska]

I got no foils in my first ~450 card drops, and I've gotten 2 in the week since I bought the last Humble Bundle.

 

[freshVeggie]

Nah, I look significantly less sexy currently

Haha, but for real. Hope everything went well. What was the reason, if you don't mind?
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Alright!
http://i.minus.com/jbgDTYINMKDCv6.png
The game is about Waifus you can choose from, also other gameplay elements.
Roughly 30 minutes left, get to it, boys n girls.

Shouldn't have asked. Now everyone's gonna enter :3
Btw, I really didn't know there is a dating-sim aspect to this. Somehow Durante didn't focus on that aspect as much as you... I wonder why

 

[jshackles]

Was it even 640x480? Many games back then were lower than that, I'm pretty sure both FFVII and VIII were 320x240 or some other odd one.
Also looking at REmake HD seems like we'd get some filtering at most instead of proper rerendering or remaking of the backgrounds

Good point, I was overgeneralizing about the maximum available output resolution of a PS1.

Turns out that all three PS1 era Final Fantasy games were rendered in 320 x 224.

 

[Ryne]

What a surprise, getting FF13 that quickly on steam, and for a good price.

For what it's worth, I liked the first better than the second, which I never really put that much time into. I haven't bought the finale yet however.

 

[Casimir]

Haha, but for real. Hope everything went well. What was the reason, if you don't mind?
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Shouldn't have asked. Now everyone's gonna enter :3
Btw, I really didn't know there is a dating-sim aspect to this. Somehow Durante didn't focus on that aspect as much as you... I wonder why

Its more about forging political alliances and support among the factions than "mai waifu".

 

[iosefe]

Its more about forging political alliances and support among the factions than "mai waifu".

also dragons

 

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Cold War -- MB-B65E2924DA005E92 - Taken by Haunted. 3 entrants total.
Sweet Lily Dreams -- MB-CAD09F41B932C53D - Taken by Aitor. 1 entrants total.
Ether Vapor Remaster -- MB-D9FA811AC728C66D - Taken by awwyeahgurrl. 2 entrants total.
Rock of Ages -- MB-9289EC0AD7619481 - Taken by Danielsan. 3 entrants total.
Syberia II -- MB-27725E6219BEF3A8 - Taken by Axass. 3 entrants total.
Vanguard Princess -- MB-E98A2A1C9AD70A20 - Taken by swx. 2 entrants total.
Jets'n'Guns Gold -- MB-D282EFF5217B6897 - Taken by Purkake4. 5 entrants total.
The Chaos Engine -- MB-4319A82E8C861BCF - Taken by pupo. 3 entrants total.
Zack Zero -- MB-D4F1271C9F3D8EDA - Taken by agniswarm. 1 entrants total.
Lifeless Planet -- MB-03E6886C02C9A09B - Taken by S1n1st3r. 10 entrants total.
Windforge -- MB-86E76C5E5EA793E2 - Taken by bkw. 2 entrants total.
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves -- MB-2082F607521E401D - Taken by KingDirk. 2 entrants total.
Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold -- MB-2E908AFD0659C9C9 - Taken by Krystof Koreni. 1 entrants total.

By the way, there were some errors processing your keys...
Note: The key you added for Windforge was already listed in ModBot from a previous giveaway of yours, but was not taken. Updating key info to match new giveaway.

 

[milena87]

I noticed that I have another extra key, enjoy

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Wasteland 2 -- MB-13DA0CEB996A8041 - Taken by Asgaro. 47 entrants total.

 

[Ozium]

it really depends on your playstyle, there are better suited civs if you gonna expand, others if conquer, yet others if you are all for science, or peace, etc.
As I said, it doesn't work like that, Civ is rather complex, just read bonuses before choosing, if you are not sure how you want to proceed, choose any and try to make most of its bonuses.

bruh I played civ 1 and 2 I know what im getting into.. I dont know how much more complex it is than 2 though.. 3 was poop

edit: zulus in space?

i like it.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

I'll take it, along with the PS1 version of Chrono Trigger. People that haven't played the originals won't mind the extra loading bits because the rest of them is filled with awesome.

Why deal with the shitty ps1 load times when you can play the definitive DS version and just ignore the piss poor side quests they added.

 

[jshackles]

Ps2 was 640x480, right?

The PS1 was capable of 640x480 but only a few games took advantage of it. When the PS2 was released, 640x480 was more or less the "standard" resolution.

 

[Tellaerin]

This is sad.

I don't have a lot of cash coming in right now and I really need to watch my spending. I know that if I pick up FF XIII at launch, it'll probably sit in my backlog for months before I get around to playing it. If I wait, it'll end up going on sale sooner rather than later. I know this. There's also the Winter Seal to think about.

So why am I sitting here idling cards and thinking things like, "If I can bring down the price to $5 with card money, that's not so bad, right?" and "If there's a lot of day one sales, Square will see there's a demand for stuff like this on PC, so maybe I ought to do it to show support"?

I have a problem, don't I? : (

 

[Ozium]

This is sad.

I don't have a lot of cash coming in right now and I really need to watch my spending. I know that if I pick up FF XIII at launch, it'll probably sit in my backlog for months before I get around to playing it. If I wait, it'll end up going on sale sooner rather than later. I know this. There's also the Winter Seal to think about.

So why am I sitting here idling cards and thinking things like, "If I can bring down the price to $5 with card money, that's not so bad, right?" and "If there's a lot of day one sales, Square will see there's a demand for stuff like this on PC, so maybe I ought to do it to show support"?

I have a problem, don't I? : (

Do it for Light

 

[Nzyme32]

Haha, but for real. Hope everything went well. What was the reason, if you don't mind?

Cheers. It's a combination of pilonidal sinus and Crohn's disease abcesses, which is basically a load of tissue and intestines being pierced by tunnels of puss and infected gunk. The surgery was almost trival but recover will take 3 months, and I've had to miss a bunch of running events that I trained all year for and roped others into, so that sucks. Hopefully back on my feet for next year

 

[crazyrabbits]

This is sad.

I don't have a lot of cash coming in right now and I really need to watch my spending. I know that if I pick up FF XIII at launch, it'll probably sit in my backlog for months before I get around to playing it. If I wait, it'll end up going on sale sooner rather than later. I know this. There's also the Winter Seal to think about.

So why am I sitting here idling cards and thinking things like, "If I can bring down the price to $5 with card money, that's not so bad, right?" and "If there's a lot of day one sales, Square will see there's a demand for stuff like this on PC, so maybe I ought to do it to show support"?

I have a problem, don't I? : (

It's okay. You're among enablers friends.

 

[iosefe]

This is sad.

I don't have a lot of cash coming in right now and I really need to watch my spending. I know that if I pick up FF XIII at launch, it'll probably sit in my backlog for months before I get around to playing it. If I wait, it'll end up going on sale sooner rather than later. I know this. There's also the Winter Seal to think about.

So why am I sitting here idling cards and thinking things like, "If I can bring down the price to $5 with card money, that's not so bad, right?" and "If there's a lot of day one sales, Square will see there's a demand for stuff like this on PC, so maybe I ought to do it to show support"?

I have a problem, don't I? : (

yes you do.

i'm sure it's justifiable to wait, i feel total sales of all 3 will be more telling. the first one has done it's sales. it's XIII-2 and LR that really need the PC boost


also, Aces Wild is kicking my ass. thanks gosh darn shiba

 

[Pachimari]

So I ordered the Sennheiser 363D headset and will probably have it tomorrow or on Monday.

So is it a good buy?

 

[Miguel81]

Why deal with the shitty ps1 load times when you can play the definitive DS version and just ignore the piss poor side quests they added.

I've never played that version(only own Final Fantasy Chronicles atm). Is the soundtrack of the same quality as the SNES?

 

[Woody Invincible]

Holy shit Chariot, thanks so much. I'm getting off work early to install and play this tonight. I love boobs and glasses, cheers! I might just figure out how to work screenshots.

 

[iosefe]

Holy shit Chariot, thanks so much. I'm getting off work early to install and play this tonight. I love boobs and glasses, cheers! I might just figure out how to work screenshots.

 

[dani_dc]

Holy shit Chariot, thanks so much. I'm getting off work early to install and play this tonight. I love boobs and glasses, cheers! I might just figure out how to work screenshots.

Can't wait for some Ophelia nude mods.

 

[jshackles]

Also there was a promotional Final Fantasy VII DVD released in Japan that had quite a few of the game's FMV sequences in 720x480 resolution which is approximately double what they were on the PS1.

 

[MadGear]

Man, playing Skyrim on Legendary is though. Even when I'm extra cautious there is always that one archer that finishes me with one sloppy aimed arrow (playing as a destruction mage, 0 armor rating). With Lydia as my tank it almost feels like we switched places with me being her follower not able to do shit without her xD

But oh well, I'll most likely drop the difficulty. If i keep making progress at that speed I'm never going to finish this game at all

 

[StAidan]

My activity feed is full of pirate games. Good job, everyone. My introduction to Monkey Island was the Steam re-release. Still haven't played the sequel, though.

 

[Woody Invincible]

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Five Nights at Freddy's -- MB-0A4C7D98BED52806 - Taken by JustinBB7. 7 entrants total.

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[freshVeggie]

Cheers. It's a combination of pilonidal sinus and Crohn's disease abcesses, which is basically a load of tissue and intestines being pierced by tunnels of puss and infected gunk. The surgery was almost trival but recover will take 3 months, and I've had to miss a bunch of running events that I trained all year for and roped others into, so that sucks. Hopefully back on my feet for next year

That sounds rough. You're off the tracks for so long? Damn. Is that "wound" so deep or what's the reason? Anyway, get well soon, man.
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Its more about forging political alliances and support among the factions than "mai waifu".

That makes more sense and fits with what I saw from the tone of the game.

 

[RS4-]

Need Persona and Xenogears to show up on Steam. And where the hell is my Xrd announcement!

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

When I bought Xenosaga 2 a DVD of the Xenosaga cutscenes was included as a preorder bonus.

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Bjewled 3 is free on origin !

 

[dani_dc]

When I bought Xenosaga 2 a DVD of the Xenosaga cutscenes was included as a preorder bonus.

Same here, was their way to compensate the lack of Xenosaga 1 release on Europe.
Good work there Namco.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Bungie could've released Destiny as an Oni HD Remaster and Bungie/Halo fanboys would've ate that shit right out of their hands and said "please sir, may i have more?" Not really surprised, tbh.

I think this is a somewhat disingenuous and pejorative dismissal. Destiny does have its fair share of flaws and questionable design decisions but the core gameplay--the gunplay and moment to moment combat design--does have some merit. For my money I'd say Destiny is kind of in a similar position to Diablo 3 vanilla. With some serious iterating and substantive patches Destiny could be made into a better gameplay experience just like Diablo 3 was with Loot 2.0. But much like Diablo 3 I don't think there's any saving the narrative experience.

 

[louiedog]

I've been feeling an intense longing for more Puzzle Agent lately. I just played through the first 30 minutes of the first episode of Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery and it's satisfying my craving quite well. I really, really like the style and setting.

This post could also be filed under, "When in the hell are we getting Professor Layton on PC?"

 

[Annubis]

Man, playing Skyrim on Legendary is though. Even when I'm extra cautious there is always that one archer that finishes me with one sloppy aimed arrow (playing as a destruction mage, 0 armor rating). With Lydia as my tank it almost feels like we switched places with me being her follower not able to do shit without her xD

But oh well, I'll most likely drop the difficulty. If i keep making progress at that speed I'm never going to finish this game at all

Anyone that wants to play as a mage pretty much needs to download mods to not be completely gimped.

 

[Madrugador]

Glad to see Wasteland 2 is the top selling game. Good news for the RPG genre.

 

[Chariot]

Shouldn't have asked. Now everyone's gonna enter :3
Btw, I really didn't know there is a dating-sim aspect to this. Somehow Durante didn't focus on that aspect as much as you... I wonder why

Holy shit Chariot, thanks so much. I'm getting off work early to install and play this tonight. I love boobs and glasses, cheers! I might just figure out how to work screenshots.

Congratulations!

Just push F12 in Steam to make Screenshots, show us a picture of your bride.
I hope you have a lot of fun

 

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receiver -- MB-EF605568F66DF7CA

Hopefully that works for anyone that missed out on it a few days ago.