Steam Thread: you're not a kid any more and you want what you had when you were a kid

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Sober: Nov 19, 2011; First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

Insert name here posted:

There's usually only like 3/4 enemies per mission that require it.

I got a lucky missile on TGT_LEADs once or twice but they pretty much have infinite flares, even if they couldn't evade like crazy. Guessing it's not worth the time to try to take them out because apparently some of them are just scripted anyway?

Also that means I learned you can never run out of regular missiles, you just regenerate the 2 so you can fire. :effort:

# ? Jul 24, 2014 23:55

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# ? May 17, 2024 22:00

Drunk Tomato: Apr 23, 2010; If God wanted us sober,
He'd knock the glass over.

Quest For Glory II posted:

What the heck, old-rear end Sierra game Gold Rush is coming to Steam

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308000/?snr=1_4_4__105

Wake me up when they HD remaster Freddy Pharkus.

Also related; are Telltale still making a new Kings Quest game?

# ? Jul 24, 2014 23:59

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

They're not, no. They're working on Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands right now. I have not heard great things about the Borderlands one.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:00

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

Sober posted:

I got a lucky missile on TGT_LEADs once or twice but they pretty much have infinite flares, even if they couldn't evade like crazy. Guessing it's not worth the time to try to take them out because apparently some of them are just scripted anyway?

Also that means I learned you can never run out of regular missiles, you just regenerate the 2 so you can fire.

Considering you get like 150 of those things you must have been really dedicated to not using DFM :v:

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:01

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

Quest For Glory II posted:

They're not, no. They're working on Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands right now. I have not heard great things about the Borderlands one.

There's nothing TO hear about it, it's so early in development. At this point anything you'd hear is super basic plot and rumor.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:03

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Quest For Glory II posted:

What the heck, old-rear end Sierra game Gold Rush is coming to Steam

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308000/?snr=1_4_4__105

Also, a remake.

Wikipedia posted:

The German game developer Sunlight Games secured the rights and announced a re-release of the original version on July 25, 2014.

A remake is also in development and is planned for late 2014/early 2015.

edit. Haha, not the most impressive catalogue.
http://www.sunlight-games.com/en/?nav=games

Kennel fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Jul 25, 2014

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:05

END CHEMTRAILS NOW: Apr 16, 2005; Pillbug

RickVoid posted:

So this isn't an Origin thread, but we were talking about it soooo:

Is there anyway to merge two Origin accounts? I made the mistake of creating a new account before I remembered that I had made one for Mass Effect 3. Ideas?

Contact support. Origin has a procedure for merging accounts. There are a few games that can't be moved across accounts, but not that many. Support will give you a list when you go to merge, so don't worry about it. Just make sure you have the passwords and security answers for both accounts handy.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:06

Sober: Nov 19, 2011; First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

Kibayasu posted:

Considering you get like 150 of those things you must have been really dedicated to not using DFM

AC:AH is literally the second jet fighter game I have played but from what I can tell DFM really seems like a really shoehorned in mechanic versus just flying around and firing missiles at things. Hell, I even switched to the original controls for the pad so I can pitch/yaw/roll all independently. Say what you want about HAWX but it didn't force all their dumb crap on you if you didn't want to. At most in HAWX I occasionally used that augmented reality thing to set up attack angles at things like tanks wedged between 80 skyscrapers that would be hard as hell to maneuver inbetween.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:07

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

Kennel posted:

edit. Haha, not the most impressive catalogue.
http://www.sunlight-games.com/en/?nav=games

Oh god, Mow Town Riding, necks do not bend that way. :gonk:

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:23

Seventh Arrow: Jan 26, 2005

Captain Swing posted:

Hey, Threep! Remember when I said I wouldn't make a gif? I lied.

This looks familiar...anyone know what movie this is?

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:28

discworld is all I read: Apr 7, 2009; DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?

Seventh Arrow posted:

This looks familiar...anyone know what movie this is?

Virtuosity; where Russell Crowe plays a VR killer who's an amalgamation of a bunch of different serial killers and Denzel Washington is the only crazed, loose cannon cop good enough to bring him to cyber justice.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:30

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

Sober posted:

AC:AH is literally the second jet fighter game I have played but from what I can tell DFM really seems like a really shoehorned in mechanic versus just flying around and firing missiles at things. Hell, I even switched to the original controls for the pad so I can pitch/yaw/roll all independently. Say what you want about HAWX but it didn't force all their dumb crap on you if you didn't want to. At most in HAWX I occasionally used that augmented reality thing to set up attack angles at things like tanks wedged between 80 skyscrapers that would be hard as hell to maneuver inbetween.

You most definitely needed to use OFF or the AR thing in HAWX for more than that though, some jets just turn and move too quickly to get a shot on otherwise just like in ACAH, or maybe I was really bad at it. I don't remember much from HAWX 2 besides hating it but do I seem to remember it getting even worse and some enemies just dumped infinite flares every few seconds and moving really fast, forcing your to use your guns while in OFF and OFF mode removes the gun reticule unless you're really, really close to an enemy plane while firing your gun.

And I forgot that ACAH's default controls are the Baby's First Jet version. God that was dumb. Anyone who's playing ACAH should change the control scheme before doing anything.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:34

Deakul: Apr 2, 2012; PAM PA RAM

PAM PAM PARAAAAM!

The Colonel posted:

The Sims 2 with all expansions is pretty drat fun but it seriously jacks up loading times even on modern computers.

Christ, you weren't kidding.
Took me back to when I first played Battlefield 2 all those years ago.

Going to be hard to get myself to play Sims 2 if there's no way to shorten the load times.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:35

Sober: Nov 19, 2011; First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

Kibayasu posted:

You most definitely needed to use OFF or the AR thing in HAWX for more than that though, some jets just turn and move too quickly to get a shot on otherwise just like in ACAH, or maybe I was really bad at it. I don't remember much from HAWX 2 besides hating it but do I seem to remember it getting even worse and some enemies just dumped infinite flares every few seconds and moving really fast, forcing your to use your guns while in OFF and OFF mode removes the gun reticule unless you're really, really close to an enemy plane while firing your gun.

And I forgot that ACAH's default controls are the Baby's First Jet version. God that was dumb. Anyone who's playing ACAH should change the control scheme before doing anything.

Honestly in HAWX AR was just a guide and even then in earnest I would try to do a few runs against super sandwiched ground targets before using AR, just to see if I was going at it correctly. But more often than not it just requires you coming in at really awkward angles I guess I was not used to at all but maybe made sense for people who grew up on stuff like this (yes, even if HAWX is technically arcadey as gently caress). OFF I didn't feel like was that useful except if you got caught with someone behind you and I was lazy, then I could use that to loop-de-loop or fly up into a stall, recover, then turned it off (or back to ON) and continue. I probably didn't even use it more than once a mission after most of the way through the game as it felt really weird to use. I played HAWX on normal and never found any superhuman cheating AI jets or anything. Also I haven't played HAWX2, but I assumed it was more of the same which is why I bought it at the time despite the reviews saying it was poo poo.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:41

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

Deakul posted:

Christ, you weren't kidding.
Going to be hard to get myself to play Sims 2 if there's no way to shorten the load times.

COnsider yourself one of the lucky many.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:41

Delusibeta: Aug 7, 2013; Let's ride together.

Xseed Games presents a description of the many, many brick walls they had to headbutt through in order to bring an old Japanese PC game up to modern standards.

Also confirmation that they intend to patch in hi-res assets from the PS3 version after launch. :toot:

^ Wasn't Sims 2 the one that demanded that the expansion packs had to be installed separately and in release order? At least now it's just one download & install.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:42

Zeether: Aug 26, 2011

As someone who wants to get into Ace Combat, I'm not even bothering with AH and just getting Infinity on PS3, since Namco pretty much realized their mistakes with AH. The dogfight mode, helicopters and the fact that it isn't in Strangereal turned me off of AH.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:43

Cool Dad: Jun 15, 2007; It is always Friday night, motherfuckers

Trustworthy posted:

For anyone who was going to try out Velvet Sundown, they disabled text-to-speech (presumably due to server overload) which makes the game waaaaay less weird and awesome. I recommend giving it a pass until they fix this.

Literally the worst thing to happen to me today.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:48

ManOfTheYear: Jan 5, 2013

Jesus Christ, I have 2 houers in Gods Will be Watching and I cant get past the second stage. This is either a very good game or a very bad game, i don't know which.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:54

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Is there an Infinity thread and is infinity like that good ole' Ace Combat. 4, Belkan, Unsung, were extremely my poo poo and shooting falling space stations will never not be amazing.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:57

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

ManOfTheYear posted:

Jesus Christ, I have 2 houers in Gods Will be Watching and I cant get past the second stage. This is either a very good game or a very bad game, i don't know which.

Its

dark moral dilemma :siren:

thing would be much better suited to something that wasn't a game with sudden failure states. Repetition really kills drama.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 00:58

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Acquire Currency! posted:

Is there an Infinity thread and is infinity like that good ole' Ace Combat. 4, Belkan, Unsung, were extremely my poo poo and shooting falling space stations will never not be amazing.

Right here. I understand it's a mix of new scenarios and classics from the previous games.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:01

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

Sober posted:

Gods Will Be Watching is super hard as gently caress and it's great.

Eh, I'm not that impressed with it. The lack of mid-chapter saves makes it too hard, even on Easy. And why do I have to go two dialog trees deep to get some stats that would be better suited being shown over the characters' heads?

It's also hard to figure out exactly what affects the characters some times. In Chapter 4 on Easy (Which is the same location the tech demo released before the game) I had to do two pep talks in the first few days to keep up morale since even giving people the best food made their morale go down, but then suddenly it didn't matter anymore, and as long as I kept the steady flow of cooked meat going, morale stayed high.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:01

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Zombie Samurai posted:

Right here. I understand it's a mix of new scenarios and classics from the previous games.

F2P? Whoa, but the campaign is free to play sooo.
Oh man there's a loving tunnel run mission and a shoot down the huge fuckin' flying monstrosities, yes!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:12

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

Ubisoft is now attempting to win the "stupidest advertising campaign" contest by sending somebody to Mt. Everest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOg6HgDHiQ

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:32

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Lance Streetman posted:

Ubisoft is now attempting to win the "stupidest advertising campaign" contest by sending somebody to Mt. Everest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOg6HgDHiQ

Hiring Sherpas to tote a full sack of Mountain Dew.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:38

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

Lance Streetman posted:

Ubisoft is now attempting to win the "stupidest advertising campaign" contest by sending somebody to Mt. Everest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOg6HgDHiQ

Just gonna go ahead and post this on the Everest thread, where everyone roots for climbers to die in the dumbest ways possible. This will make for one of the weirder dead body/route markers on Mt. Everest. "When you pass the frozen guy playing video games, you're 60% to the summit".

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:41

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

Acquire Currency! posted:

Hiring Sherpas to tote a full sack of Mountain Dew.

The fun thing is the Dew could KILL you on the mountain. Pop is horribly for hydration.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:41

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Mokinokaro posted:

The fun thing is the Dew could KILL you on the mountain. Pop is horribly for hydration.

Gonna drag my tower to the top. Liquid cooled? Try Everest cooled, pleb.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:49

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

I want to see the fattest, gooniest neckbeard win this. It would be hilarious.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:52

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

Accordion Man posted:

I want to see the fattest, gooniest neckbeard win this. It would be hilarious.

It's a video submission, so they can judge accordingly. But that whole things sounds loving stupid. Ubi :shepface:

# ? Jul 25, 2014 01:57

mr. nobody: Sep 25, 2004; Net contents 12 fluid oz.

Doesn't getting an everest permit require some sort of questionnaire to the person attempting the summit?

"What are your previous high altitude qualifications?"

"I was standing up when I typed my email address into this box and won."

edit: oh, it's a video submission contest

mr. nobody fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Jul 25, 2014

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:01

Crabtree: Oct 17, 2012; ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!; Dinosaur Gum

I want to see this actually kill people and Ubisoft to desperately try to not act like they're profiting off someone's life.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:02

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Drifter posted:

It's a video submission, so they can judge accordingly. But that whole things sounds loving stupid. Ubi

UbiSoft has to be the most erractic publisher out there. The AAA wing just can't stop making utter fools of themselves but man their recent budget titles are just so good.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:04

mr. nobody: Sep 25, 2004; Net contents 12 fluid oz.

Crabtree posted:

I want to see this actually kill people and Ubisoft to desperately try to not act like they're profiting off someone's life.

I think they're just trying to make it sound like more than it is, you'd be "accompanying" a "team of experts" to go "play farcry 4 on everest" on a "one-of-a-kind gaming device built to withstand the harsh conditions of the himalayas"

so basically a laptop and they probably helicopter you in and you plop your fatbutt down for 10 minutes then get a team of medical professionals to deliver oxygen and doritos to your gullet STAT while you're medivaced to the nearest burger king

mr. nobody fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Jul 25, 2014

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:05

Hellburger99: Jan 24, 2006; "I don't like that mooch...
or her pooch!"

Crabtree posted:

I want to see this actually kill people and Ubisoft to desperately try to not act like they're profiting off someone's life.

I very much doubt they'll take the winner high enough to be in that much danger. The contest is to play "on Everest", not "at the peak of Everest."

This contest is still dumb as poo poo, though.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:09

Sober: Nov 19, 2011; First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

PostNouveau posted:

Just gonna go ahead and post this on the Everest thread, where everyone roots for climbers to die in the dumbest ways possible. This will make for one of the weirder dead body/route markers on Mt. Everest. "When you pass the frozen guy playing video games, you're 60% to the summit".

60% for a gamer? Seems awfully generous.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:20

Doorknob Slobber: Sep 10, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

Sober posted:

60% for a gamer? Seems awfully generous.

60% of the way to basecamp.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:36

Fuligin: Oct 27, 2010; wait what the fuck??

Lance Streetman posted:

Ubisoft is now attempting to win the "stupidest advertising campaign" contest by sending somebody to Mt. Everest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOg6HgDHiQ

This is retarded but honestly I'd make a tool of myself playing a video game on Everest if I got a free trip to the Himalayas to do so.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:46

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# ? May 17, 2024 22:00

PancakeTransmission: May 27, 2007; You gotta improvise, Lisa: cloves, Tom Collins mix, frozen pie crust...; Plaster Town Cop

Ibram Gaunt posted:

So is Valve going to let us disable this loving moronic linkfilter bullshit they added? It was annoying enough having to click a button everytime I wanted to click on something I was linked but now half the time their linkfilter fucks up and it gives me a service error. I don't know how Valve gets away with bogging down the steam experience so much.

Tampermonkey or equivalent for your browser:

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name       Steam Link Filter Bypass
// @namespace  https://www.metalmetalland.com
// @version    1.0
// @description  Automatically moves past the Steam Community link filter...
// @match      https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=*
// @match      http://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=*
// @copyright  2014+, ebol4
// ==/UserScript==

var url = window.location.href;
var urlToGoTo = url.substring(url.indexOf("?url="+6));
window.location = urlToGoTo;

If it werent for that, I'd get even more annoyed.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 02:52

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