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Between Divinity Original Sin 2 and Baldurs Gate 3, which has the better story?
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Aug 21, 2023 01:27
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The Pirate Captain posted:Between Divinity Original Sin 2 and Baldurs Gate 3, which has the better story? Baldur's Gate 3, they hired better writers after criticisms of D:OS 2's writing.
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Aug 21, 2023 01:32
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Yeah D:OS2 has its moments and I really like the overall story, but the tone of the writing is all over the place
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Aug 21, 2023 02:42
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question for pathologic 2 since it popped up in the last page : how horror-y is it, if any? it looks like a stress simulator for sure but i can't get a grasp on how creepy or jump scare-y it is otherwise
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Aug 21, 2023 02:59
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Artelier posted:question for pathologic 2 since it popped up in the last page : how horror-y is it, if any? it looks like a stress simulator for sure but i can't get a grasp on how creepy or jump scare-y it is otherwise no jumpscares, lots of bleak/disturbing imagery and atmosphere. stress is definitely its main stock in trade
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Aug 21, 2023 03:12
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Oxxidation posted:no jumpscares, lots of bleak/disturbing imagery and atmosphere. stress is definitely its main stock in trade Thanks! That sounds doable I'll check it out then
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Aug 21, 2023 03:24
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very esoteric question, is there a way to make it so pressing the Capture button on a Switch Pro controller doesn't take a screenshot without completely disabling the Steam overlay in-game? e: or I guess just disabling screenshots period without disabling the overlay Countblanc fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Aug 21, 2023 |
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Aug 21, 2023 04:10
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Countblanc posted:very esoteric question, is there a way to make it so pressing the Capture button on a Switch Pro controller doesn't take a screenshot without completely disabling the Steam overlay in-game? I don't have a Pro controller, but in every other recognized controller I can rebind the capture button to any other function
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Aug 21, 2023 04:27
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reading reviews it seems like Black Skylands at the final second removed a lot of gameplay features for the 1.0 launch and dumbed down mechanics and story beats as well. like you have no real control over designing your ships anymore and they flat out removed gardening. shame
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Aug 21, 2023 06:37
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I wonder who at Valve thought that it would be a good idea to actively reward troll threads on steam forums with their new currency.
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Aug 21, 2023 13:06
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New currency?
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Aug 21, 2023 13:29
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Steam forums? 
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Aug 21, 2023 13:37
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The steam forums are already the worst. Might as well double down.
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Aug 21, 2023 13:51
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The steam forums are fine and helpful for indies (most of the time) Also it's not like you can buy anything useful with steam points
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Aug 21, 2023 14:01
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Koburn posted:The steam forums are fine and helpful for indies (most of the time) Steam forums have a usually consistent sign of attempted polish for games, funny enough. If there is a bug reports section AT ALL, that is good. If there is a dev solving insane edge case bugs they never heard of until that day on it, that is better. If there is no bug reports section, or essentially a postit note saying "We never read the steam bug reports forum please send all bug reports to our visible only to members personal forums/discord server". That is generally a bad sign regardless of studio size.
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Aug 21, 2023 14:30
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Finally got some time to play the Moonbreakers free weekend. I know it's early access, but is anyone else encountering weird freezing moments and random kicks? I can't tell if it's my Internet/computer or not. Otherwise, this is exactly what I was hoping for, and will probably spend the $20 once the trial is over. Who was the other goon that was offering to play when I was asking about it earlier?
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Aug 21, 2023 15:31
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I generally don't have any performance issues with the game, no. I'd be down to get some matches in if you're able to play in the evenings [EST time zone]
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Aug 21, 2023 15:37
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Steam forums are great because whenever you are having a bad day there's 50 men having a breakdown because a woman existed.
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Aug 21, 2023 16:20
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Pwnstar posted:Steam forums are great because whenever you are having a bad day there's 50 men having a breakdown because a woman existed. My favorite recent example of this was the forums for Remnant 2 going apeshit over a black woman talking about "white guys" in the first 10 minutes of the game. That character becomes an NPC in town and you literally never hear from her again. It's actually pretty funny how little that person factors into the game but it was enough to make those people start bellowing about WOKE GAME from the instant a minority woman showed on screen.
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Aug 21, 2023 16:26
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Jerusalem posted:New currency? The Steam Points. You can buy little cosmetic doodads with them, and among other things you can use them to give awards to threads on the steam forums. One of the awards is "jester" which people give to troll threads and when a person gets one of those awards they also get some steam points as well. So Valve created a system that rewards creation of troll threads with their own currency. No wonder then that you get a million thread on every game going "What if [insert contrarian political opinion here]?"
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Aug 21, 2023 17:11
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The Steam forums are literally the dregs of the internet. On the rare occasion I've had to use them for technical advice on an obscure game I feel my brain cells dying in real time.
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Aug 21, 2023 17:13
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exquisite tea posted:The Steam forums are literally the dregs of the internet. On the rare occasion I've had to use them for technical advice on an obscure game I feel my brain cells dying in real time. They are unbelievably bad lol, sometimes I check them to see if any connection/server issues I’m seeing in a game are happening to anyone else and just spending 15 seconds reading the thread titles sets off my fight or flight response
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Aug 21, 2023 17:19
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Every time I've had to check Steam Forums for a bug or question the process has been painless, the search feature good and threads covering questions relating to bugs or progression tend to be either helpful or utterly anodyne, or both.  Yeah if I'm browsing by title I'll see dumb poo poo but why would I be browsing by title, page by page, when the search feature exists?
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Aug 21, 2023 17:33
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there simply isnt enough gaming time to beat Baldurs Gate 3, Armored Core 6, and Starfield. sacrifices must be made
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Aug 21, 2023 17:36
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mistermojo posted:there simply isnt enough gaming time to beat Baldurs Gate 3, Armored Core 6, and Starfield. sacrifices must be made You can sacrifice the game that's going to be guaranteed bad.
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Aug 21, 2023 17:38
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Legit though Steam forums often have solutions to bugs/issues with games that I cant find with Google searches so its a land of contrasts.
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Aug 21, 2023 17:38
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explosivo posted:My favorite recent example of this was the forums for Remnant 2 going apeshit over a black woman talking about "white guys" in the first 10 minutes of the game. That character becomes an NPC in town and you literally never hear from her again. It's actually pretty funny how little that person factors into the game but it was enough to make those people start bellowing about WOKE GAME from the instant a minority woman showed on screen. I was at least 5 hours past remembering anything from the tutorial where the lady says the (apparently) anti-chud incantation “white guy” two times when I learned that they were missing out on one of the best games of the year over it lmao More games should have this in their intros
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Aug 21, 2023 17:43
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My favorite part is how the white guy she’s referring to is literally just old Santa Claus stories, the mental gymnastics required to get offended at this must take hours
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Aug 21, 2023 17:50
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Pwnstar posted:Legit though Steam forums often have solutions to bugs/issues with games that I cant find with Google searches so its a land of contrasts. Pretty much this. Lots of google searches point to reddit and the steam forums. They're pretty much indispensible, despite being contentless drivel most of the time. My favorite response to posting about an issue I had was "I don't play this using a controller, I use a keyboard and it works fine" despite it being an old PS one game. Gee, thanks.
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Aug 21, 2023 17:57
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mistermojo posted:there simply isnt enough gaming time to beat Baldurs Gate 3, Armored Core 6, and Starfield. sacrifices must be made I hit A3 in BG3 and just felt completely burnt out. Commentary in the thread being like, "Fights aren't harder there's just a million books to take their turn" also didn't especially sell me on finishing it. I really should though, A2 ended up such a high note.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:00
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Pretty much this. Lots of google searches point to reddit and the steam forums. They're pretty much indispensible, despite being contentless drivel most of the time. It’s not a real technical resource unless every thread comes with “I don’t have that problem, goodbye!!”
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Aug 21, 2023 18:07
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The Pirate Captain posted:Between Divinity Original Sin 2 and Baldurs Gate 3, which has the better story? Along those lines, does BG3 lean on players having done BG1 and BG2 for callbacks?
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Aug 21, 2023 18:14
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Anti-Hero posted:Along those lines, does BG3 lean on players having done BG1 and BG2 for callbacks? There are callbacks and a few returning characters but it's mostly its own story, taking place some ~112 years after the events of BG2.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:17
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Owl Inspector posted:It’s not a real technical resource unless every thread comes with “I don’t have that problem, goodbye!!” Another fave is someone linking a solution to a completely different problem, the OP saying that's not the same issue and then five more people posting the same link.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:46
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Steam forums are now old enough for the eternal classic of a thread with two posts by the same person, first describing a technical problem and then saying they fixed it without saying how. If Hell is real, those posts should be an express pass.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:49
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DenverGamer88 can go gently caress himself.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:50
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Owl Inspector posted:It’s not a real technical resource unless every thread comes with “I don’t have that problem, goodbye!!” that happens right here all the time, even
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Aug 21, 2023 18:52
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I haven't noticed those posts, goodbye!
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Aug 21, 2023 19:03
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Is there any talk of when Starfield unlocks early for those who preordered? Or when you can pre-load it for that matter?
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Aug 21, 2023 19:16
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I believe Aug 30th for Steam preload and Sept 1st for the early access? Dunno which versions have that though I assume it’s expensive
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Aug 21, 2023 19:20
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