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Black Griffon: Mar 12, 2005; Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time.

I know who you are. You are destiny.

Division 1 definitely has the better world, but I still enjoyed building up settlements and doing little errands and exploring the DLC stuff a great deal. If I'm gonna replay one of them, it's definitely gonna be 2.

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# ? May 26, 2024 21:39

Flair: Apr 5, 2016

Play posted:

Titanfall 2 is 3 bucks on steam atm. Seems like a p good deal

This is why you always wait 6-7+ year for a good deal.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:30

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Massive make a new Ground Control

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:31

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Not for Broadcast announced a story DLC:

quote:

Tonight on "Live and Spooky", the nation's favourite ghost-hunting show: our crew, joined by special guest Patrick Bannon, will dive into the mysteries of the long-abandoned Bannon Soundstage. Legend says it's been haunted by a ghost since its very last broadcast. Join us in unveiling the dark secret lingering behind the studio's doors!

Pff, right. As if ghosts are a real thing. It's all just a bunch of superstition... right?

perhaps inspired by, the goated bbc event ghostwatch...??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkEbGMEXVs

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:35

anilEhilated: Feb 17, 2014; But I say fuck the rain.; Grimey Drawer

Jelly posted:

One thing that bothered me about the Division 2 is they didn't really clarify any ideals behind any of the sides. Not hang-up worthy, though. One of the few good games Ubisoft has made.

It's Tom Clancy, the only ideal you ever need is "shoot the undeserving poor".

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:36

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Mordja posted:

Massive make a new Ground Control

Omg, that�s the same studio? I totally forgot.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:40

NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

Flair posted:

This is why you always wait 6-7+ year for a good deal.

I bought it for $5 when it was first released on Steam, like a sucker.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:42

Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

The 43 GB demo for Forspoken is on steam now, gonna check it out later :shrug:

I've heard mixed things about the combat but if I like it I'll probably grab it on sale eventually.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 18:52

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

Mordja posted:

Massive make a new Ground Control

They did its called World in Conflict.

Massive make a new World in Conflict!

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:00

EricFate: Aug 31, 2001; Crumpets. Glorious Crumpets.

Sab669 posted:

The 43 GB demo for Forspoken is on steam now, gonna check it out later I've heard mixed things about the combat but if I like it I'll probably grab it on sale eventually.

Chances are, if you bought any computer hardware in the past year and a half, you've gotten it as bundleware. (Just like the new Saints Row shitfest). Which kind of explains why the purchase numbers are so high. Because so many people *bought it* without actually asking for it.

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# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:08

Weedle: May 31, 2006

Perestroika posted:

It's kinda remarkable how it has the confidence to just show you something absolutely over-the-top and/or kind of dumb and letting it stand on its own merit without further commentary.

this is also why yakuza is good

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:11

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

Weedle posted:

this is also why yakuza is good

I'll have you know that a chimp operating an excavator is a very serious situation

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:13

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Sab669 posted:

The 43 GB demo for Forspoken is on steam now, gonna check it out later I've heard mixed things about the combat but if I like it I'll probably grab it on sale eventually.

Was just about to post that Forspoken has a demo now on PC. Watching people play it on Twitch this morning, and the critic reviews are way off the mark about the story and dialog.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:26

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I tried the Forspoken demo on PS5 and was unimpressed with the performance, but I'll try it Forspokagain on PC and see if it doesn't blow up my system on load.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:27

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

EricFate posted:

Chances are, if you bought any computer hardware in the past year and a half, you've gotten it as bundleware. (Just like the new Saints Row shitfest). Which kind of explains why the purchase numbers are so high. Because so many people *bought it* without actually asking for it.

That wouldn't affect Steam's top sellers list I don't think.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:29

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

I said come in! posted:

Was just about to post that Forspoken has a demo now on PC. Watching people play it on Twitch this morning, and the critic reviews are way off the mark about the story and dialog.

Which way?

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:34

Volte: Oct 4, 2004; woosh woosh

How many people do you think are buying new computers that its bundleware would constitute the majority of a high profile AAA game's sales? Also I've bought two AMD computers in the past 9 months and didn't get a copy of it.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:35

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Steam's top sellers list is only affected by direct storefront sales, by total revenue over volume. If you're asking how a game can be bought by so many people sight unseen and maybe not even work correctly then well, might I remind you of a little something that rhymes with Hyped Up Junk Fenty Bleventy-Bleven

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:39

Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

zoux posted:

Which way?

I can only assume they're trying to say it's not as bad as reviews are making it, because most of the reviews I skimmed said how bad/campy the dialog is.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:39

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Sab669 posted:

I can only assume they're trying to say it's not as bad as reviews are making it, because most of the reviews I skimmed said how bad/campy the dialog is.

Yeah, but at the same time I've heard some of the dialogue and it's very, very bad, so it's hard to believe that it's not as bad as they say

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:41

Memnaelar: Feb 21, 2013; WHO is the goodest girl?

Jack Trades posted:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2107860/Yggdra_Union/

20 y/o Gameboy Advance game is finally coming to Steam!

I still have the GBA cartridge of this in my DS, waiting for me to actually finish it.

How WEIRD is it that this thing is coming out in Early Access? I guess because they want to see if they can optimize the port (of a 20 year old GBA game!) for the PC? It does not... look very much remastered (from what I can see on my phone at work). I was unaware of it getting touch-ups on other consoles but it does look *slightly* better than what I'd anticipate this game would look like if it were a straight GBA port. I probably missed an iteration somewhere.

Still, depending on the price, this seems like a nice thing to grab for a potential future Steam Deck revisitation.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:41

John Lee: Mar 2, 2013; A time traveling adventure everyone can enjoy

Bad Seafood posted:

The Great Ace Attorney. This is not a joke.

It's a lighthearted game with a comedic tone, so nobody's dropping slurs or committing hate crimes, but the longer you play the more you become acquainted with the sort of subtle social racism that also permeates a lot of society: people eying you with suspicion because you're a foreigner, talking down to you, belittling you, so on and so forth. It's actually kind of refreshing in a weird way, since it's a topic that so seldom gets addressed. Popular media loves to focus on extreme depictions of discrimination, which are real and did happen (and still happen), but I can't recall too many video games or movies that lingered on the more subtle ways we other each other.

EDIT: As for impacting gameplay, it's a courtroom deduction game where people are prepared to believe things based on the defendant's (or their defense's) race, class, and gender, so yes, it's not just narrative trim.

I mean, there's definitely subtle racism involved, but the very first case has somebody being pretty directly racist, and a lot of the later cases involve prosecutors talking about, like, "the cowardly spirit of the puling Nipponese" and poo poo

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:43

AfricanBootyShine: Jan 9, 2006; Snake wins.

I feel obligated to chime in about Forspoken as a Black Poster�, been thinking about it all day.

Whenever I read a review like the Polygon Review, it makes me wish that white people would just shut the gently caress up about race. All it reveals to me is that the reviewer thinks that black identity centers around dealing with racism and police brutality, which is a perception so shallow and clueless that it wraps around to being racist AF.

There is something to be said about how Forspoken includes race. Based on what I've read here and elsewhere Forspoken's writers are all white, and the 'diversity' stems from incorporating a black face into a white story. What I want (and I think what everyone would benefit from) are black characters written by black people, including on black culture(s), not black characters written by white people.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:49

Unlucky7: Jul 11, 2006; Fallen Rib

Anno posted:

New Mimimi game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545560/Shadow_Gambit_The_Cursed_Crew

Seems to be sticking to the Shadow Tactics/Desperados genre, but now fantasy pirate stuff.

Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BykuAlQlSIw

Can't wait to crouch walk everywhere as a voodoo zombie pirate.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 19:55

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

AfricanBootyShine posted:

What I want (and I think what everyone would benefit from) are black characters written by black people, including on black culture(s), not black characters written by white people.

Do you know of any games that have this?

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:03

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

ultrafilter posted:

Do you know of any games that have this?

50 Cent: Blood On The Sand

(50 Cent was tangentially involved in the production, so it counts!)

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:09

EricFate: Aug 31, 2001; Crumpets. Glorious Crumpets.

Mordja posted:

That wouldn't affect Steam's top sellers list I don't think.

It does when the game is delivered in the form of a Steam Key. That still gets processed and counted as a purchase, even though no cash changes hands. It is the same game that labels play where they bundle an album for free with a ticket purchase if they need to tweak the album number due to lower than projected pre-sales. Give the end user a voucher, make them use it on the store, then treat it as a 100% coupon.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:10

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/Darktide40K/status/1617960503233445910

So what's going on here

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:57

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

Game needs a lot more work

# ? Jan 24, 2023 20:59

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

Tried the Forspoken demo on PC... I have Ryzen 9 7950X and NVIDIA 4090 and with everything cranked up it couldn't maintain steady 60 FPS. :drat:

When I turned on DLSS Quality, the FPS was hovering between 90-100 FPS.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:00

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

lordfrikk posted:

Tried the Forspoken demo on PC... I have Ryzen 9 7950X and NVIDIA 4090 and with everything cranked up it couldn't maintain steady 60 FPS. When I turned on DLSS Quality, the FPS was hovering between 90-100 FPS.

What res?

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:03

Owl Inspector: Sep 14, 2011

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/Darktide40K/status/1617960503233445910

So what's going on here

They slipped on a banana peel and hit the �release half of game� button instead of the �release entire game� button

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:04

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Gay Rat Wedding posted:

They slipped on a banana peel and hit the �release half of game� button instead of the �release entire game� button

Haven't they heard about day 1 patches and DLCs

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:07

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/Darktide40K/status/1617960503233445910

So what's going on here

A game like that needs a lot of build variety to keep things interesting since the gameplay gets VERY repetitive otherwise.

Darktide is way too limited in that regard. Takes forever to start unlocking abilities for the classes and even when you do they're boring af. Decent gun variety technically but they don't feel different enough to make up for it.

Lots of people annoyed about the MTX stuff too, but I've just ignored that side of things and haven't felt disadvantaged.

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:25

Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

Gay Rat Wedding posted:

They slipped on a banana peel and hit the �release half of game� button instead of the �release entire game� button

They really shouldn't keep the "Deploy to prod" button right next to their keyboard...

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Oxxidation: Jul 22, 2007

�vermintide with guns� felt like a slam dunk and apparently the shooting itself is great so I hope they salvage it

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:27

Agent355: Jul 26, 2011

I don't know, 'vermintide with guns' is just left 4 dead again and I think the melee aspect of vermintide is what made it interesting?

# ? Jan 24, 2023 21:30

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

zoux posted:

Haven't they heard about day 1 patches and DLCs

No. But they have heard about premium cosmetics and season passes.

Agent355 posted:

I don't know, 'vermintide with guns' is just left 4 dead again and I think the melee aspect of vermintide is what made it interesting?

There�s still plenty of melee in fact but there�s a lot of more switching between each than Vermintide (outside of certain VT classes).

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Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

Ah yes, the very well known and popular key binding [

:wtc:

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Black Griffon: Mar 12, 2005; Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time.

I know who you are. You are destiny.

I had Normal buttons (right mouse button) in the demo, I don't get how that even happens.

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