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UnknownMercenary posted:That story is over 3 years old it's not happening. oh damnit.
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Half Life 3 will be announced in 10 days.
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Nov 9, 2023 20:17
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A more frightening vision of the near future than even TEKWAR
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Nov 9, 2023 20:21
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Valve's flat management structure is such a joke, but Gabe is a billionaire so he can't be wrong about anything, right?
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Nov 9, 2023 20:41
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I mean they've been this way for 15 years and you basically get paid to sit around and do nothing so I wouldn't complain a whole lot if I worked there
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Soooo, Half-Life's 25th anniverary. . . Think Valve's going to pay any attention? Maybe other than the obligatory sales on HL: Source/Black Mesa, HL2 + episodes and Alyx? I mean Doom's having Romero and Carmack together for the first time in forever, surely Gabe can give his baby a proper celebration.
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Nov 9, 2023 21:06
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Grimthwacker posted:surely Gabe can give his baby a proper celebration. Get an intern to slap together a 25th anniversary digital poster with mostly AI art. Make a short post how values so proud of it's impact. Have a long lunch. Done!
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Grimthwacker posted:Soooo, Half-Life's 25th anniverary. . . Think Valve's going to pay any attention? Maybe other than the obligatory sales on HL: Source/Black Mesa, HL2 + episodes and Alyx? I mean Doom's having Romero and Carmack together for the first time in forever, surely Gabe can give his baby a proper celebration. something appears to be happening, steamdb shows a new private "test" branch of HL1 being actively updated, most recently just 14 hours ago no indication of what it might be though
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Nov 9, 2023 21:37
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Deakul posted:I hope I can toggle what gets changed, I don't really like the new enemy models but I love the weapon models. The trailer made it sound like everything was fully optional and presumably customizable.
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Nov 9, 2023 21:49
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if i had made alyx, i wouldn't wanna put out a traditional "flat" FPS either, it will feel like a huge step backwards
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Nov 9, 2023 22:49
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I went to buy Dusk and...it was already in my steam inventory. Thank you Gaben.
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Nov 10, 2023 00:24
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Quantum of Phallus posted:if i had made alyx, i wouldn't wanna put out a traditional "flat" FPS either, it will feel like a huge step backwards On the other hand it'd have an audience. I'm sure Alyx did a good job of its intended purpose of pushing more VR units but they're nowhere near ubiquitous and it certainly didn't change that.
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Nov 10, 2023 00:29
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Alyx didn't need to be VR but VR needed a game like Alyx. If Valve is ever gonna make another Half-Life (....or any game for that matter) I don't see why they couldn't use their infinite stock of talent and resources to make something special on a flat screen. VR isn't better than normal screen and vice versa, it's just different with its own strengths and weaknesses.
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Nov 10, 2023 01:07
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If Valve is going to be spending resources on anything I'd rather they take the 20 minutes it would take for them to solve the bot problems in TF2 over literally anything else
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Nov 10, 2023 01:29
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Yeah, if they really felt like it I'm sure they'd be able to make something "innovative" enough with out being in VR so drastically limiting their audience. The issue just seems to be Valve don't really want to put in the effort. Steam gets them poo poo loads of money with little effort so  Reminds me of this sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkYw4dp_NI What engine did they use for the VR thing anyway? I cant imagine they're still updating the Halflife 2 source engine after all these years right?
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Nov 10, 2023 01:41
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In Training posted:I went to buy Dusk and...it was already in my steam inventory. Thank you Gaben. Mystery game in your inventory that you don't remember? More like thank you Evan williams
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Nov 10, 2023 01:51
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dr_rat posted:What engine did they use for the VR thing anyway? I cant imagine they're still updating the Halflife 2 source engine after all these years right? Source 2 is being used for Dota and CS2 atm. Alyx is also Source 2. Their VR The Lab was Unity, though.
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Nov 10, 2023 01:52
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spongeh posted:Source 2 is being used for Dota and CS2 atm. Alyx is also Source 2. ah okay. had a quick look at the screen shots of CS2 (didn't even know it came out this year). Look very clean graphics but not, you know particularly "graphically pretty" as far as modern 3d shooters go. I assume the netcode is just good on it I guess? I mean with CS2 as long as it plays fast the CS crowd will probably like it more than if they went all out on the graphics and it played like poo poo. Don't know Dota really but I'm assuming same.
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Nov 10, 2023 02:09
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Dota2 runs extremely well on lower spec hardware, looks quite shiny and makes your PC feel like it's punching about its weight, which is totally the opposite of a lot of other PC games nowadays. Think of Warcraft3 being released 20 years ago, if you where there for that. So it's no surprise to hear that the engine is being used for other applications.
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Nov 10, 2023 03:01
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repiv posted:something appears to be happening, steamdb shows a new private "test" branch of HL1 being actively updated, most recently just 14 hours ago NightDive Half-Life remaster confirmed edit: just a curated custom campaign launcher as found on their Q1 release would be amazing. Let me install Azure Sheep and They Hunger seamlessly onto the steam deck with no fuss. Rev. Melchisedech Howler fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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Nov 10, 2023 03:54
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Anyone else playing Beyond Sunset in early access? I don't exactly hate the RPG turn but it's not what I expected based on the demo. They should've added things like a quest tracker and fixed the map so it's actually useful if they wanted to go in this direction. e: I guess you do show up on the automap, you just have to zoom all the way in. UnknownMercenary fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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Nov 10, 2023 04:16
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dr_rat posted:ah okay. had a quick look at the screen shots of CS2 (didn't even know it came out this year). Look very clean graphics but not, you know particularly "graphically pretty" as far as modern 3d shooters go. I assume the netcode is just good on it I guess? I mean with CS2 as long as it plays fast the CS crowd will probably like it more than if they went all out on the graphics and it played like poo poo. My understanding is that CS2 added a whole new level of accuracy to the shooting/hit detection, though I'm too much of a casual to explain or notice it. The smoke is pretty.
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UnknownMercenary posted:Anyone else playing Beyond Sunset in early access? I don't exactly hate the RPG turn but it's not what I expected based on the demo. They should've added things like a quest tracker and fixed the map so it's actually useful if they wanted to go in this direction. Yeah I just started the third episode. I like it for the reasons I liked the demo: Very good movement, awesome settings and environment. Dislike it for much the reasons you said. It's like they wanted to take it a completely different direction from the demo. Which is fine, I just feel like I almost got sold a false bill of goods. To date, it's the only "completed" game I've ever played where the arsenal is smaller than the demo; as far as I can tell, the rocket launcher is completely gone and the super novel design of the SMGs (which are gone) was replaced by a totally generic "rifle" which sounds like a peashooter. Maybe it's an integral suppressor, who knows. They were even bragging about the look of the SMGs earlier this year! And yes, the map is totally loving useless. On the bright side, I cannot stress how much I love the environments. The game just looks loving cool. Episode 2 looks fascinating
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dr_rat posted:ah okay. had a quick look at the screen shots of CS2 (didn't even know it came out this year). Look very clean graphics but not, you know particularly "graphically pretty" as far as modern 3d shooters go. I assume the netcode is just good on it I guess? I mean with CS2 as long as it plays fast the CS crowd will probably like it more than if they went all out on the graphics and it played like poo poo. For hyper competitive F2P games like CS and DOTA it's all about getting them to run on the lowest spec rigs possible so that as many people can play. Plus I guess they want them to be very "readable" so they skimp on the post-processing bells and whistles. I would like to see what Source 2 can really do, tho.
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Deakul posted:I hope I can toggle what gets changed, I don't really like the new enemy models but I love the weapon models. dr_rat posted:ah okay. had a quick look at the screen shots of CS2 (didn't even know it came out this year). Look very clean graphics but not, you know particularly "graphically pretty" as far as modern 3d shooters go. I assume the netcode is just good on it I guess? I mean with CS2 as long as it plays fast the CS crowd will probably like it more than if they went all out on the graphics and it played like poo poo. Rev. Melchisedech Howler posted:edit: just a curated custom campaign launcher as found on their Q1 release would be amazing. Let me install Azure Sheep and They Hunger seamlessly onto the steam deck with no fuss.
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Rev. Melchisedech Howler posted:NightDive Half-Life remaster confirmed don't you play with my emotions like that  it would kick so much rear end
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Nov 10, 2023 06:47
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Mordja posted:For hyper competitive F2P games like CS and DOTA it's all about getting them to run on the lowest spec rigs possible so that as many people can play. But yeah that all makes sense, and sounds good that they're actually working on the engine to make it work with how people are playing the games on it.
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5.5 hours of gameplay for 9 bucks on the Beyond Sunset EA. Not a bad trade at all especially since I played it on easiest and I imagine it'd look even more favorable if played on a real difficulty, although you can't exactly use the demo as a reference since it's so wildly different from the base game. Apparently 2 more episodes to go too (although they were getting shorter in turn) so I'd feel comfortable saying that there's probably at least another 2.5 to 3.5 hours ahead. Fundamentally think it's a good game hampered by feature creep, or at least an inability to know exactly what they wanted to do with the game. The FPS stuff is good, bordering low key great. The RPG elements are very wanting. I feel it was a huge mistake to force them any more than was in the demo. I got a lot more opinions but I'd have to stew on them a bit more. Props though, ep 3 culminates in an actually pretty good turret section, a rarity in any game, although I got the feeling it would have been frustratingly difficult on any difficulty above medium and even that might be a contest
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So apparently the demo content will be in the final game it's just not integrated into the early access version yet. The demo level did feel like it was the start of the game but early access episode 1 immediately dumps you into an open world hub with little explanation.
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Makes sense you are just dropped right into the thick of it. I'm pretty sure it's actually titled prelude in the demo even
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Lot of love for DEUS EX in here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRGy1-YJXuM The music mix in the cutscenes is a bit much, but it settles down in the gameplay. I like the 'Checkpoint device' over quicksaves as well.
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Sir Lemming posted:My understanding is that CS2 added a whole new level of accuracy to the shooting/hit detection, though I'm too much of a casual to explain or notice it. The smoke is pretty. It certainly feels a lot better. Maybe because they added the revolutionary option to... have your crosshair follow the recoil pattern. Like every other FPS has been doing for like forever. I'm having a blast with it though!
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Lot of love for DEUS EX in here
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I remember playing the Beyond Sunset demo from a year or so back and not loving it. Is the current demo on steam a new one?
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Been replaying Blood through Fresh Supply. Generally feels good, but the music volume seems way too low. As far as I could tell, E1M2 had no music at all. I know E1M3 and E1M5 have none, but I'm pretty sure E1M2 used to. I checked the settings, and music volume was set to 100%, with sound effects at 85%. I turned sound effects and turned up my speakers to compensate a bit, but it still seems significantly lower than I remember. Also it seems like Caleb's lines dont follow the general sound volume - they feel to loud now.
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Nostalgamus posted:Been replaying Blood through Fresh Supply. try this, it helped me: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1788544354
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Nostalgamus posted:Been replaying Blood through Fresh Supply. Sounds like you may accidentally have your speakers set to 5.1 or something similar maybe. Check within game (can't remember if Fresh Supply has surround sound) or in your windows settings.
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1gb update for Dusk... could it be? edit: lmao 3.1mb. I need glasses.
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Mordja posted:I remember playing the Beyond Sunset demo from a year or so back and not loving it. Is the current demo on steam a new one? I believe it's the same demo, maybe with a few tweaks to the level. A lot of the issues I had with it were longstanding ones like the map and navigation being confusing, which carried over to the EA release.
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stolen from the discord, there's a sin sourceport out https://cohost.org/rohit/post/3207148-release-dominatrix
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