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Orv posted:I'm gonna take a wild-rear end left field swing and go with Konami bad.  . 1 and 2 actually had PC releases before, they'd have to do a full port for 3.
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Propaganda Hour posted:It has performance issues that need to be ironed out, but it's fun as hell and much much better than Serious Sam 3. Yeah I haven't refunded it but it runs suspiciously like garbage on my 2070 Super at 1440p so I'm gonna let it sit for a while and see if any patches help improve the performance issues.
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Orv posted:Somewhere an Amazon person looked at Stadia and instead of saying "This failed because the infrastructure to support it literally doesn't exist" they said "This failed because it was Google" or whatever bizarre nonsense they've convinced themselves of. I will never understand how people with that level of capital think and that's probably for the best.
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Sep 25, 2020 18:14
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:They have money to burn and they're just taking longshots. If it fails who cares, but if it hits big then they've got a prime position in a big growth industry. They have enough money that they can take enough longshots that they feel confident their hit rate will be enough to justify it and the failures are writeoffs. Plus, if they can fit it into their amazon prime and twitch ecosystem it can be a money loser for them and still add value and buy in and in that respect amazon does seem more organized than google. That proposal seems really bad value, though. My issue with this outlook is phrasing game streaming as a 'prime growth industry' and not something that is inherently doomed to failure as it currently stands. But yes the answer is probably $Texas.
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Sep 25, 2020 18:20
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I wonder if this will end up being yet another Amazon Prime feature that I never use.
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Orv posted:My issue with this outlook is phrasing game streaming as a 'prime growth industry' and not something that is inherently doomed to failure as it currently stands. I agree with you that streaming isn't really worthwhile in the near future. It solves a problem that only exists if you don't have money (can't buy a console or PC to play games), but if you don't have money you can't make use of this solution (which requires high priced internet and some base level of device to play it on). It's a bad bet, but they're not thinking of it as a good or bad bet, just a bet that could possibly work out, and that's enough. They just see x potential consumers and y potential solution, the actual fit doesn't matter because that's just details and the people making decisions don't worry about details.
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Orv posted:My issue with this outlook is phrasing game streaming as a 'prime growth industry' and not something that is inherently doomed to failure as it currently stands. I saw some article earlier that said their new controller has reduced latency by up to 30ms, which seems to be one of the biggest problems with every implementation of games streaming services since OnLive, which I believe was the first. I do think that if that problem is solved then game streaming could actual be a real industry. The next problem is how to handle licensing / getting games on the platform. Amazon's "channels" idea seems to absolutely be the wrong direction though. Peaceful Anarchy posted:I agree with you that streaming isn't really worthwhile in the near future. It solves a problem that only exists if you don't have money (can't buy a console or PC to play games), but if you don't have money you can't make use of this solution (which requires high priced internet and some base level of device to play it on). It's a bad bet, but they're not thinking of it as a good or bad bet, just a bet that could possibly work out, and that's enough. They just see x potential consumers and y potential solution, the actual fit doesn't matter because that's just details and the people making decisions don't worry about details. I guess I don't know what internet service is like in, say, Eastern Europe, but it seems to me there are lots of people who can't afford gaming PCs / consoles but could definitely afford a reasonable subscription along with good internet. I do think there is huge potential, there's just a lot of technical barriers as well as man-made ones (again, licensing / getting games on the platform and paying devs) Sab669 fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Sep 25, 2020 18:45
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Yeah, that doesn't really sound great. It's at least an improvement on Google's idea of not only making you pay monthly for the service, but making you buy each game individually as well, though.
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Sep 25, 2020 18:46
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Sab669 posted:I saw some article earlier that said their new controller has reduced latency by up to 30ms, I highly doubt this is the case. For lots of reasons but the first being physics. The gamers nexus stadia latency test videos explains it pretty well. I’ve also made a threat to talk about the 800 other streaming options out there. There’s a lot of them https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3940423
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MarcusSA posted:I highly doubt this is the case. For lots of reasons but the first being physics. I dug up and re-read the article I referenced. It is actually comparing their fancy wifi controller VS a bluetooth one and showed "reductions of between 17 to 30 milliseconds" so yea, saying "Our controller is faster than a bluetooth one" is kind of silly because what about wired controllers / direct KBM input
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Sep 25, 2020 18:55
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I really wish the MGS HD collection was available on something past the 360/PS3 generation. Also, a port of MGS4 would be nice, even if it hasn't aged well (and was kind of poo poo to begin with).
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Sab669 posted:I dug up and re-read the article I referenced. It is actually comparing their fancy wifi controller VS a bluetooth one and showed "reductions of between 17 to 30 milliseconds" so yea, saying "Our controller is faster than a bluetooth one" is kind of silly because what about wired controllers / direct KBM input Yeah figured as much. Also Scrap Garden is currently FREE till the 27th or something https://store.steampowered.com/app/465760/Scrap_Garden/ I guess its a chill game.
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Sep 25, 2020 19:09
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Man, that Cloud Garden game sucked. It’s a shame because it seemed purpose built to appeal to me but it doesn’t even really work as a toy. The logic that guides the game is somewhat opaque, and not very compelling when you d figure it out. You have to like, balance organic and inorganic growth, because placing inorganic items causes all of the organic items in its radius to grow, but not necessarily in the direction of that object? And when you fill your growth meter, you unlock a new seed, which allows you to create a new growth node, but it’s never really clear what spots will be productive and what ones won’t. Nothing about it feels intuitive or satisfying.
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The Amazon subscription thing seems like the dumbest, most counterintuitive thing ever, who in the world is it even for.
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I'm seeing Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom as 75% off, reducing it to the very tempting $15. Anyone played it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/
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Anonymous Robot posted:Man, that Cloud Garden game sucked. It’s a shame because it seemed purpose built to appeal to me but it doesn’t even really work as a toy. The logic that guides the game is somewhat opaque, and not very compelling when you d figure it out. I can't believe the "trash" items were so repetitive. Game lost a lot of its appeal once it asked me to decorate structures with a dozen identical stickers. It looks stupid and unrealistic, which defeats the whole point.
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Helical Nightmares posted:I'm seeing Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom as 75% off, reducing it to the very tempting $15. Anyone played it? It's extremely okay.
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Yeah, it was a very average experience. I'm actually not sure I'd pay 15$ for it again, but I also wouldn't say it's a bad price for what it gets you. It's just one of those games that it's really hard to be enthusiastic about.
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Sep 25, 2020 19:42
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Unfortunately the game peaks at the isekai president shooting a rat guard in the head with a pistol, but this is like literally the opening cutscene.
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RE: Serious Sam 4 I expected this but as is the case in all previous games the scorpion enemies are still hitscan in the sense that they fire a cone of bullets at the place you are standing and if you’re still standing there after half a second you start taking a damage tick. As long as basic enemies aren’t hitscan as in SS3 it’s fine though. As with all games of this type where health and armor meters exist you have to expect to take some damage. The game is about killing things quickly enough before you take too much.
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GrandpaPants posted:Unfortunately the game peaks at the isekai president shooting a rat guard in the head with a pistol
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Ni No Kuni's combat looks decent enough (at least in video clips and reviews) that I might get it just for that.
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GrandpaPants posted:Unfortunately the game peaks at the isekai president shooting a rat guard in the head with a pistol, but this is like literally the opening cutscene. I’d say it peaks even before that when a major city gets nuked
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Taintrunner posted:Is nobody really playing Mafia? It's like, a really well fuckin' done straight up remake of the original game. The accents are hilarious, but it's a ton of fun and really pulls at the nostalgia strings. I even did the infamous race mission and it was a lot more manageable and fun! this went right past me, thanks for the reminder. I actually started Mafia 3 the other day for the first time and must say so far I enjoy it much more as Mafia 2 despite it's obvious issues that are still there.
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Evoland Legendary Edition: Replace $ with W QuarkJets fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Cardiovorax posted:The what president? It's a word for that thing where someone from the real world goes through a portal or whatever and enters a fantastical world and has to operate there. In NNK2 this happens to the young, sexy president of the USA.
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HopperUK posted:It's a word for that thing where someone from the real world goes through a portal or whatever and enters a fantastical world and has to operate there. In NNK2 this happens to the young, sexy president of the USA. Transporting to the anime world made him young and sexy, he looked pretty middle age when his city got nuked. Again this is like the first 5 minutes of the game.
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HopperUK posted:It's a word for that thing where someone from the real world goes through a portal or whatever and enters a fantastical world and has to operate there. In NNK2 this happens to the young, sexy president of the USA.
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QuarkJets posted:Evoland Legendary Edition: AI0BT-$2AA5-HFBHX This was taken already. I made a topic on steam forums but got this instead. It seems the voting theft thing is a widely spread problem. quote:This topic is awaiting analysis by our automated content check system. It will be temporarily hidden until we verify that it does not contain harmful content (e.g. links to websites that attempt to steal information).
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Sep 25, 2020 20:32
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I'm surprised it took this long for the Steam connect thing to result in this much account stealing. It's a completely valid technical solution to tell users "check and double check you are logging into a real connection at third party sites and log in at steampowered first if you have any doubt." But that's ignoring a lot of how people use the internet.
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Helical Nightmares posted:I'm seeing Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom as 75% off, reducing it to the very tempting $15. Anyone played it? During the early lockdown days, I played it obsessively including most of the DLC which was pretty much a huge grindfest. It is a huge game, and to me $15 is a great price for it
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Cardiovorax posted:Oh, neat. Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know there was a special word for that scenario. the genre's been thriving more than ever in recent years, which is probably not much of a surprise ni no kuni 2 is also very bad past the 90 minutes of its opening (and starts to falter hard even during that), don't be tempted by its ghibli-esque wiles
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scourgeofthe7bees posted:During the early lockdown days, I played it obsessively including most of the DLC which was pretty much a huge grindfest. It is a huge game, and to me $15 is a great price for it Is the hack/slash/loot/exploration enough to carry me in this game? Most people say its fun, some people say it's terrible/shallow. I'm not expecting Monster Hunter level technicality, but the game clips I've seen remind me of Rogue Galaxy, which I enjoyed a lot.
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zedprime posted:I'm surprised it took this long for the Steam connect thing to result in this much account stealing. There were still people frothing with anger that Steam "forced" them to use a smartphone for 2FA. The guy who made one of the major card idle programs ceased support for it for that reason.
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Morter posted:Is the hack/slash/loot/exploration enough to carry me in this game? Most people say its fun, some people say it's terrible/shallow. I'm not expecting Monster Hunter level technicality, but the game clips I've seen remind me of Rogue Galaxy, which I enjoyed a lot. If you are at all doubtful, I recommend that you do not spend the money. It probably would end up being a disappointment to you.
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pentyne posted:There were still people frothing with anger that Steam "forced" them to use a smartphone for 2FA. The guy who made one of the major card idle programs ceased support for it for that reason. I honestly couldn't afford a smartphone when it launched, and the best I could when I did was a damned Windows phone. Not a huge thing, given I didn't work the marketplace, but still frustrating.
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I still don't have a smartphone, gotta guard my account with my trusty club and pile of rocks.
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When I first activated 2FA on Steam a few years back, the window that popped up with the recovery code was blank where the alphanumeric code should have been. Customer support fixed it after a couple of days but my butthole sure was puckered while I sorted it out, lemme tell you.
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How does the FFXIV free time deal work? Is it just create an S-E account or is it linked to Steam? I remember making use of the 14-day trial thing on my Steam account a couple years ago, so maybe I'm not elegible for that? Edit: Nevermind, you have to download a specific client for the free trial. Azran fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Azran posted:How does the FFXIV free time deal work? Is it just create an S-E account or is it linked to Steam? I remember making use of the 14-day trial thing on my Steam account a couple years ago, so maybe I'm not elegible for that? If you never got the game or activated it in your account you should be able to do the free trial? Trial hasn't had a time limit in a long while, but if you ever had a sub, that account can't go back to using the trial. /edit: Azran posted:Edit: Nevermind, you have to download a specific client for the free trial. Edmond Dantes fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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