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Rd Rash 1000cc posted:Looks like Phantom Squad on twitter took credit for steam being down. What the hell is the point of shutting down a service for video games? Like, go after a target that is doing some harm, maybe. Wasn't it Lizard Squad that shut down PSN for two days?
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Dec 23, 2016 19:48
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FirstAidKite posted:
They got doxxed a while ago and it's just a single teenager who doesn't do anything and simply claims they did. Ignore anything they say or do or try to say they did.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:48
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Mokinokaro posted:They're a bunch of attention whores who claim every outage is them though. That's pretty funny that they are just some kids potentially seeking attention. Not realizing the wrath they can bring upon themselves for taking credit.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:49
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FirstAidKite posted:
That German word for the embarrassment you feel on somebody else's behalf.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:49
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Inzombiac posted:What the hell is the point of shutting down a service for video games? Like, go after a target that is doing some harm, maybe. Phantom claims to be a remnant of defunct Lizard Squad (but as has been proven phantom's just some idiot kid)
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Dec 23, 2016 19:49
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iGestalt posted:They got doxxed a while ago and it's just a single teenager who doesn't do anything and simply claims they did. Ignore anything they say or do or try to say they did. Even then it's funny cause it's just some dumb kid all like "I'm gonna keep steam down until I say otherwise!" "Ok I'm bored with steam now, gonna take on XBOX LIVE NEXT HAHAHA" lol
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Dec 23, 2016 19:50
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Rd Rash 1000cc posted:That's pretty funny that they are just some kids potentially seeking attention. Not realizing the wrath they can bring upon themselves for taking credit. It's not quite as bad, but in the same zipcode as, taking credit for loving terrorism in today's climate I'm going to laugh if all this kid gets for Christmas is a swat raid
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Dec 23, 2016 19:50
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Some off-steam deals. Doom for $20CAD / $10GBP / $15USD on Gamersgate (the worst named site but otherwise pretty reputable) Fallout 4 for $20CAD / $15USD on GameBillet I think I'm going to grab Fallout 4. I would get Doom but my brother picked it up off steam and we have family sharing set up.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:51
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Panama Red posted:Before I do a refund, what do people think of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning? It was a critical success but flopped when it came out. Today I learned that it was the one and only creation of a video game company founded by famed pitcher Curt Schilling, and when the game failed to break even (apparently it would have taken 3 million copies sold) it became the property of Rhode Island taxpayers because the company took out a loan from the Rhode Island government. Were the positive reviews and buzz around the game created by the company in the hopes of getting the game to break even, or did it just flop because it was an action RPG that came out around the same time as Skyrim? People have already mentioned the single player mmo aspect but I wanted to add that I actually think the class system in the game is quite well done, at first it doesn't look like there's a lot of different choices (basically the typical three trees, strength man, sneak man, magic man) but importantly is what happens when you put points in those trees. The game unlocks various class cards as you level in the trees in different ways and those class cards give you both flat stats that are obviously conducive to the playstyle you're going with but also unique effects or actives. For example I made a rogue/wizard and as I got higher in that particular class my dodgeroll button became a short blink and I basically became nightcrawler. You get skillpoints at a gradual enough drip that you're probably going to naturally narrow your build to focus on one form of melee, one form of ranged, and utilities that either complement those focuses or shore up other weaknesses and at the end of the day there's a lot of different ways you could build a character if you wanted. I did eventually get bored of the combat but it was after putting plenty of hours in the game and playing through some dlc. ArbitraryC fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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Blazing Ownager posted:It's not quite as bad, but in the same zipcode as, taking credit for loving terrorism in today's climate 
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Dec 23, 2016 19:51
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ArbitraryC posted:People have already mentioned the single player mmo aspect but I wanted to add that I actually think the class system in the game is quite well done, at first it doesn't look like there's a lot of different choices (basically the typical three trees, strength man, sneak man, magic man) but importantly is what happens when you put points in those trees. The game unlocks various class cards as you level in the trees in different ways and those class cards give you both flat stats that are obviously conducive to the playstyle you're going with but also unique effects or actives. For example I made a rogue/wizard and as I got higher in that particular class my dodgeroll button became a short blink and I basically became nightcrawler. You get skillpoints at a gradual enough drip that you're probably going to naturally narrow your build to focus on one form of melee, one form of ranged, and utilities that either complement those focuses or shore up other weaknesses and at the end of the day there's a lot of different ways you could build a character if you wanted. Yeah this should've been mentioned. The class system is actually pretty drat good. Also, you can respec at any time for what shortly becomes a pittance in cost. The combat is also pretty fun in general in a ARPG way.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:55
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah this should've been mentioned. The class system is actually pretty drat good. Also, you can respec at any time for what shortly becomes a pittance in cost. I really wanted to like Amular but the location the Camera is fixated gave me extremely bad neck pain. Only gave that ever did this, too. I wonder if anybody else had this problem?
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Dec 23, 2016 19:59
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Panama Red posted:Um, it is only like $7.50 through Bundle Stars, but do I want to be buying a buy-to-play MMO that's facing an imminent shutdown? I just mean that it's been around a while, it was never hyper popular even at its peak, and content appears to be trickling out, if the emails I get are any indication. Almost everything I get notified about is new sales for new micro transactions, but not much about, you know, new zones and dungeons. Those seem painfully rare. Excepting, of course, the random rehashed holiday limited time content.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:00
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now steamstat.us is getting hammered. lol whoever is doing this is at least as bored as the phantom squad kid
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Dec 23, 2016 20:01
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Hey guys I shut down the Steam. Send me all your bitcoins.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:02
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mike12345 posted:Hey guys I shut down the Steam. done
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Dec 23, 2016 20:02
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Dear goons, is there any fat to trim here? Going for the mainstream-indie-hits of 2016 (at least, those I didn't buy yet) and whatever I promised I'd buy years ago but I never did (Ori, LISA, Freedom Planet). DOOM Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition LISA LISA the Joyful Kathy Rain Gunpoint Darkest Dungeon Enter the Gungeon Rabi-Ribi Furi CrossCode Wuppo Hyper Light Drifter Freedom Planet I'd sneak in Subnautica as well... dunno, it's starting to get a big haul.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:06
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grrarg posted:I'm in the mood for a turn-based dungeon crawler. Can anyone recommend one that isn't one of the usual suspects like Darkest Dungeon, Legend of Grimrock, Might & Magic X, or the Wizardries? I've played all of those. You covered some of the good 3D ones there. Guild of Dungeoneering might be of interest to you. Super Dungeon Tactics came out the other day and might be worth a look. Both of these loosely fit your description, but I am struggling to think of other turn-based crawlers.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:06
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Char posted:Dear goons, is there any fat to trim here? I'd cut LISA the Joyful for now but otherwise that's a drat solid least.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:07
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah this should've been mentioned. The class system is actually pretty drat good. Also, you can respec at any time for what shortly becomes a pittance in cost. It's an approach to classes that I'd like to see more rpgs take. Rather than "oh so you wanna be a wizard, here are some spells to choose from" the game just gives you all the options and when it sees you're focusing on staves and spells goes "you're a wizard 'arry". It really gives you the sense that you're becoming a unique champion.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:09
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Blazing Ownager posted:It's not quite as bad, but in the same zipcode as, taking credit for loving terrorism in today's climate haha, what?
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Dec 23, 2016 20:16
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fast cars loose anus posted:Kingdoms of Amalur was originally going to actually be an MMO, as mentioned R.A. Salvatore did the lore and Todd McFarlane did some artwork for it. That's how Curt Schilling managed to blow through many millions of dollars to make a mediocre single player action RPG. He also blames Lincoln Chafee (who was gov of Rhode Island at the time) calling it a failure for costing him a 35 million dollar deal with another publisher. It's a weirder story than that. Schilling's studio was developing a big huge WoW-killer MMO or whatever, but the game we got was an unrelated, in-development one that they bought up and then retooled into some kind of prequel to the MMO.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:17
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Qvark posted:haha, what? Russian hacking just potentially influenced the world's largest democracy so, yeah, I'd say authorities aren't taking cyber-attacks very lightly these days
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Dec 23, 2016 20:18
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ArbitraryC posted:It's an approach to classes that I'd like to see more rpgs take. Rather than "oh so you wanna be a wizard, here are some spells to choose from" the game just gives you all the options and when it sees you're focusing on staves and spells goes "you're a wizard 'arry". It really gives you the sense that you're becoming a unique champion. TSW had a really nice strategy for it, as well: The skill tree was segmented by weapon, and further split by passive and active skills. You would eventually have learned every single skill in the game, but could only equip 2 weapons and could only use the active skills of those 2 weapons, although you could use the any passives. If nothing else it helped sidestep the usual "oh poo poo server has too many DPS, I can't find a group" poo poo, since with a bit of time and gear, anyone could swap out nearly instantly to fill any role necessary.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:19
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Axel Serenity posted:Russian hacking just potentially influenced the world's largest democracy so, yeah, I'd say authorities aren't taking cyber-attacks very lightly these days It's not even in the same league. I'm fairly sure terrorist attacks were people die and a ddos attack on a gaming service have vastly different priorities for the CIA. Could be wrong though. Also, the worlds largest democracy is India.
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Dec 23, 2016 20:25
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Qvark posted:It's not even in the same league. I'm fairly sure terrorist attacks were people die and a ddos attack on a gaming service have vastly different priorities for the CIA. Could be wrong though. Also, the worlds largest democracy is India. I think the point was not that they are equitable but that they are both, "Assholes taking credit for something negative that they didn't do."
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Dec 23, 2016 20:30
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I don't mean it's as bad as it, but right now people are freaking the gently caress out about hackers and way, way, way overreacting I mean I'm not comparing crashing steam to killing people, but I am saying you could end up with like a ridiculous multi-decade prison sentence for it at this point
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Dec 23, 2016 20:35
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Char posted:Dear goons, is there any fat to trim here? Mokinokaro posted:I'd cut LISA the Joyful for now but otherwise that's a drat solid least. That's tough, because although The Joyful is a pretty significant departure from the mechanics of The Painful, it seems like it helps explain aspects of the story that The Painful doesn't. But yeah, if you're trying to (temporarily) trim the fat and pick up some of these games at a later date, you've got more than enough material here to keep you busy until next time. That's a really good list in my opinion, too.
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Dec 23, 2016 21:04
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In response to some recent questions: - I burned out on Kingdoms of Amalur after 10 hours or so and never went back. I found the plot really unengaging. I was completing all the quests in each area but it eventually became a chore. YMMV of course. - While I haven't returned to Witcher 2 after playing 3, it was a really enjoyable and well regarded game. I'd certainly give it a try if it's cheap.
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Dec 23, 2016 21:06
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So I'm thinking of getting Dark Souls 3. I loved the first one and Demon's Souls, but I could never finish DS2 because it just didn't grab me and I wasn't too big on the world design. Haven't had a chance to play Bloodborne. Should I just say gently caress it and jump in with DS3?
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Dec 23, 2016 21:10
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I've been getting back into FPSes through TF2 but my laptop is pretty old and overheats if I play it for too long. Does Counter-Strike still have an active community of casual players?
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Dec 23, 2016 21:18
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Awesome Welles posted:So I'm thinking of getting Dark Souls 3. I loved the first one and Demon's Souls, but I could never finish DS2 because it just didn't grab me and I wasn't too big on the world design. Haven't had a chance to play Bloodborne. Yeah you may as well skip 2. A lot of the good parts of 2 carried over to 3 anyways. 3 is pretty much a greatest hits of the series overall, mind.
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Dec 23, 2016 21:19
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Awesome Welles posted:So I'm thinking of getting Dark Souls 3. I loved the first one and Demon's Souls, but I could never finish DS2 because it just didn't grab me and I wasn't too big on the world design. Haven't had a chance to play Bloodborne. DS3 is the best in the series so go for it!
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Dec 23, 2016 21:28
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I bit the bullet and bought Thumper. It's real good, y'all
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Dec 23, 2016 21:32
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Ok, I'll also ask what should I maybe trim from this list. I added some notes: Firewatch - I like good walking simulators The Beginner's Guide - I enjoyed Stanley's Parable Samorost 3 - I loved other Amanita games The Witness - Braid was cool That Dragon, Cancer - is this good as an actual game? Grim Dawn - I'm a sucker for arpgs Evil Within - I like a good horror game but I heard mixed things about this one SOMA - how does it compare to Alien Isolation? Hitman - I only heard good things about it Owlboy - I know that the art is gorgeous but how does this actually play? Far Cry Primal - is this game actually enjoyable or did Ubisoft make it too generic?
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Dec 23, 2016 21:38
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Firewatch is a totally linear walking simulator you play once, but it's longer than a movie and more entertaining than most so grab it cheap go for it. Samorost 3 is a loving pro buy. SOMA is more of a walking simulator but with a few stealth/oh gently caress don't catch me bits. It's super loving good and creepy and scify as poo poo. It's more of a virtual scify novel with great writing and plot.
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Dec 23, 2016 21:39
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Jordan7hm posted:Some off-steam deals. Gamersgate is okay as long as you don't want to play the game right away. They do manual reviews of purchases that have taken up to eight hours for me.
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Dec 23, 2016 21:40
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I only just saw that the SEGA Megadrive classics have added a ton of games in the past few years I didn't know about. Panic on Funkotron is a go. 
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The witness is great, but not really anything like Braid. Totally different puzzle mechanic, no story and takes about 10 times as long to complete. Would highly recommend anyways though.
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