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

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Awesome!: Oct 17, 2008; Ready for adventure!

Snackula posted:

There's a ridiculous part after making your useless stardock account where the game generates an activation text file which you then need to upload to stardock's website at which point I went NOPE and just pirated a copy of this game I have two legal licenses for.

well now I don't even know if I want to bother with the stupid thing

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# ? May 19, 2024 09:30

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

spudsbuckley posted:

Adding another abandoned game to the Some-Subset-Of-Goons-Will-Recommend-Literally-Everything pile.

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Whatever: bog standard hack and slash tripe akin to stuff i played and grew tired of back in the PS1 days. Not even worth the buck i spent on it.

It was fun but only the first 3/5ths of it. Once they start overloading encounters with the 'mini-boss' types I just started running past any combat I could.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 19:51

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

LLCoolJD posted:

Give me a more polished Blood Money with fun levels and I will buy the franchise till the cows come home.

Contracts was less polished but had additional levels :shrug:

the next game is gonna have the unreal announcer announcing your m-m-m-monster noscope streak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3a4stNaf4
in case anyone wasn't familiar with hitman, this 2 minute video tells you everything you need to know about why absolution was disappointing

# ? Aug 20, 2014 19:59

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Seventh Arrow posted:

Haha, how paranoid/insane do you have to be to expect paying customers to do this? I'm just seeing some Stardock manager with all these activation codes on his basement wall, connected with red string.

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# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:03

tight aspirations: Jul 13, 2009

Seventh Arrow posted:

I'm just seeing some Stardock manager with all these activation codes on his basement wall, being sexually harassed and/ or attacked with bees

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:10

spudsbuckley: Aug 29, 2008; by FactsAreUseless
(and can't post for 5 years!)

Quest For Glory II posted:

It was fun but only the first 3/5ths of it. Once they start overloading encounters with the 'mini-boss' types I just started running past any combat I could.

I played about a hour and just couldn't be bothered with any more.

Not a huge fan of hack and slash anyway and this was extremely by the numbers.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:29

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Alright so if Walking Dead S2E5 is next week then I guess my next batch of games to play will be...

Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall
The Darkness II
Deadlight
Walking Dead S2
Arkham Origins
Red Faction: Armageddon

I can't wait for September to get here so my bandwidth cap resets :I

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:36

RillAkBea: Oct 11, 2008

Ugh, I've just noticed Steam now has regional currency and pricing scheme for Japan. We used to run on American prices with a certain few games on ridiculous markup (for the longest time Black Ops 2 was $99.99) now everything new costs at least $10 more. :argh:

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:38

lordfrikk: Mar 11, 2010; Oh, say it ain't fuckin' so,
you stupid fuck!

Mortimer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3a4stNaf4
in case anyone wasn't familiar with hitman, this 2 minute video tells you everything you need to know about why absolution was disappointing

I... did not know it was quite this bad. :lol:

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:47

Shindragon: Jun 6, 2011; by Athanatos

Yeah that part of Absolution made no sense but thankfully that was one part of the game. I mean it's not super bad but just don't expect Blood Money.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:52

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

lordfrikk posted:

I... did not know it was quite this bad.

It's not. EPIC LOL LPer spliced in the dumb music and that was a tiny section. Most of the game is normal stealthing/killing.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:54

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Ragequit posted:

It's not. EPIC LOL LPer spliced in the dumb music. Most of the game is normal stealthing/killing.

the guy isn't an LPer, its not even his footage

the game is terrible and this is just the pinnacle of badness

the fact it was even in the game is an insult

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:55

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Mortimer posted:

the guy isn't an LPer, its not even his footage

the game is terrible and this is just the pinnacle of badness

the fact it was even in the game is an insult

Regardless, dude is an idiot. The game is decent, and that part does not represent 99% of the game.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:57

DoctorOfLawls: Mar 2, 2001; SA's Brazilian Diplomat

Quest For Glory II posted:

Alright so if Walking Dead S2E5 is next week then I guess my next batch of games to play will be...

Wasn't it set for September 23?

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:57

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

Teddles posted:

I came back from Japan, where Steam displayed in dollars, two weeks ago. I'm in the UK now, and until yesterday Steam kept on using dollars.

Now it's in yen

You're stuck in the Japanese store, which has literally just rolled out yen pricing. Naturally, a bunch of big publishers, Valve included, has forgotten to set a yen price, making their wares unpurchasable. :downs:

To switch back to the UK store, go to https://store.steampowered.com/?cc=gb

# ? Aug 20, 2014 20:59

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Ragequit posted:

Regardless, dude is an idiot. The game is decent, and that part does not represent 99% of the game.

You're talking about Absolution right? Absolution is decent? Did they patch out 90% of the game's levels or something?

I paid full price and I'm not afraid to say the game is poo poo

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:00

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

DoctorOfLawls posted:

Wasn't it set for September 23?

I heard Sept 30th at the earliest. I look forward to finishing season 2 up, but I don't know if I am up for any more seasons. I enjoyed A Wolf Among Us so much more.

Mortimer posted:

You're talking about Absolution right? Absolution is decent? Did they patch out 90% of the game's levels or something?

Correct I am talking about Absolution. I had fun with it.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:00

Rookersh: Aug 19, 2010

Mortimer posted:

Contracts was less polished but had additional levels

the next game is gonna have the unreal announcer announcing your m-m-m-monster noscope streak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3a4stNaf4
in case anyone wasn't familiar with hitman, this 2 minute video tells you everything you need to know about why absolution was disappointing

Amusingly, that Absolution bit is a single assassination kill on that guy, out of I think 7 in the level?

You can also sneak up the rafters and drop the signage on him, poison his water bottle, mess with the pyrotechnics so they burn him alive, and a few others I didn't end up getting ( I think you can make it so the other real wrestler will beat him? ). I think I ultimately shot him since the security was so tight by that point in the game.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:05

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Rookersh posted:

Amusingly, that Absolution bit is a single assassination kill on that guy, out of I think 7 in the level?

You can also sneak up the rafters and drop the signage on him, poison his water bottle, mess with the pyrotechnics so they burn him alive, and a few others I didn't end up getting ( I think you can make it so the other real wrestler will beat him? ). I think I ultimately shot him since the security was so tight by that point in the game.

Woah hey now that can't be right, Absolution is totally linear.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:07

grancheater: May 1, 2013; Wine'em, dine'em, 69'em

The assassination missions in Absolution were okay, shame about the other 50%+ of the levels though (except the Gun Shop, the Gun Shop was good).

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:09

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

Quest For Glory II posted:

Alright so if Walking Dead S2E5 is next week then I guess my next batch of games to play will be...

Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall
The Darkness II
Deadlight
Walking Dead S2
Arkham Origins
Red Faction: Armageddon

I can't wait for September to get here so my bandwidth cap resets :I

I'll suggest The Darkness II if you like ripping mobsters to pieces and eating hearts.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:15

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Lance Streetman posted:

I'll suggest The Darkness II if you like ripping mobsters to pieces and eating hearts.

You get 25 points for an "Assecution", which I think was ripping the spine out through the butthole. Fun game.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:19

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Also Hitman 2 is obscenely linear in most of the levels, too, and has a lot of dumb poo poo. There's pretty much one way to do the levels that doesn't involve annihilating all the guards. Blood Money and to a lesser extent Contracts are really the only ones which really made it work.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:25

Sardonik: Jul 1, 2005; if you like my dumb posts, you'll love my dumb youtube channel

The thing that kind of wrecked Absolution was the disguise mechanic where every x knows every other x ever.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:26

revdrkevind: Dec 15, 2013; ASK ME ABOUT MY TINY DICK

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# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:27

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Sardonik posted:

The thing that kind of wrecked Absolution was the disguise mechanic where every x knows every other x ever.

Yeah it was dumb but disguises in Blood Money were really way too easy to use and pretty much made the game super easy.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:29

I AM BRAWW: Jul 18, 2014

Mortimer posted:

the guy isn't an LPer, its not even his footage

the game is terrible and this is just the pinnacle of badness

the fact it was even in the game is an insult

Lmao jesus christ.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:30

Rookersh: Aug 19, 2010

Sardonik posted:

The thing that kind of wrecked Absolution was the disguise mechanic where every x knows every other x ever.

Which they then patched down, so that it's only a problem if you start on harder difficulties without the Disguise buff.

Full disguise buff on Normal/Hard plays exactly like the old games. Full disguise buff on Professional is still pretty lenient, you just need to actually get from place to place at a semi reliable pace.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:31

BigRed0427: Mar 23, 2007; There's no one I'd rather be than me.

I've actually been in the mood to play the old Sonic games. Are the ports on Steam any good?

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:31

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

Sardonik posted:

The thing that kind of wrecked Absolution was the disguise mechanic where every x knows every other x ever.

In all fairness half the places you are sneaking into, this is true. It is fine, but it wasn't because the game was balanced around having that button you press that spends that resource that regenerates to get you out of it, rather than using traditional LOS breaking stealth. If you could sneak with a disguise into another area where people don't recognize you and you can walk around in plain sight it would've worked, but there was so little overlap in disguises in the levels to begin with.

Absolution's systems made total sense apart from the balancing of it. The levels didn't help though.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:32

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

Panzeh posted:

Also Hitman 2 is obscenely linear in most of the levels, too, and has a lot of dumb poo poo. There's pretty much one way to do the levels that doesn't involve annihilating all the guards. Blood Money and to a lesser extent Contracts are really the only ones which really made it work.

I remember watching an LP of Hitman 1 and it was so loving dumb. There was almost always 1 way in which you were supposed to do the level, and deviating from it in any way would cause the game to freak the gently caress out. Never played Blood Money or Contracts, but from my short experience with Absolution it seemed pretty okay.

BigRed0427 posted:

I've actually been in the mood to play the old Sonic games. Are the ports on Steam any good?

SA2, Sonic CD, and Sonic Generations all have good ports. The Genesis games just pop you into an emulator, and the SA1 port is awful from what I heard.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:33

I AM BRAWW: Jul 18, 2014

I do love the good ol' "Absolution is total loving poo poo and is the worst game ever because it's not Blood Money 2, which is what I expected it to be when I bought it." argument. Fricken epic.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:34

Silver Falcon: Dec 5, 2005; Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

BigRed0427 posted:

I've actually been in the mood to play the old Sonic games. Are the ports on Steam any good?

I've been working through Sonic 3 and Knuckles here and there. It seems OK so far. I just keep messing up on the special stages. But that's probably just down to me not playing the game in years.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:35

Dr. Video Games 0031: Jul 17, 2004

They're just running on a genesis emulator, and the emulation is pretty much perfect.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:37

lordfrikk: Mar 11, 2010; Oh, say it ain't fuckin' so,
you stupid fuck!

I AM BRAWW posted:

I do love the good ol' "Absolution is total loving poo poo and is the worst game ever because it's not Blood Money 2, which is what I expected it to be when I bought it." argument. Fricken epic.

Yeah, what a bunch of morons expecting a sequel to be like the game before it.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:50

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

lordfrikk posted:

Yeah, what a bunch of morons expecting a sequel to be exactly like the game before it.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:51

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

Ragequit posted:

I heard Sept 30th at the earliest. I look forward to finishing season 2 up, but I don't know if I am up for any more seasons. I enjoyed A Wolf Among Us so much more.

Trailer is supposed to be up this week and the new episode usually launches the Tuesday after the trailer.

EDIT: Absolution was fine except for the stupid checkpoint system.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:52

Mr E: Sep 18, 2007

I AM BRAWW posted:

I do love the good ol' "Absolution is total loving poo poo and is the worst game ever because it's not Blood Money 2, which is what I expected it to be when I bought it." argument. Fricken epic.

I didn't expect that, and don't think it's a terrible game, but I didn't expect it to deviate from quite a bit of the things that made Blood Money good. After patching the disguises aren't terrible, but I frequently had problems with the people I killed resetting among other things resetting if a checkpoint was loaded.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 21:53

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Mokinokaro posted:

Trailer is supposed to be up this week and the new episode usually launches the Tuesday after the trailer.

Well that would be fantastic.

I am glad devs often try to change things up a bit in sequels. I wouldn't say the people that wanted Blood Money 2 are morons, but they shouldn't have been surprised. This type of thing has been common for a long time now.

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# ? May 19, 2024 09:30

DoombatINC: Apr 20, 2003; Here's the thing, I'm a feminist.

Luckily, IO wrote an open letter to assure the correct-minded people that wanted a Blood Money 2 that they'll be getting something much closer to that on the next go around.

# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:06

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