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shadows of the empire is not worth 14 dollars. It hasn't aged well in any fashion.
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StrixNebulosa posted:RPS has an article up about a game coming out this year about programming robots, and I need it - John Walker is the same guy who also wrote how Half-Life "killed" the first-person shooter genre, so I wouldn't put too much faith into his opinion.
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Feb 8, 2017 22:27
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Junkie Disease posted:shadows of the empire is not worth 14 dollars. It hasn't aged well in any fashion. People don't buy these games because they are good, they buy them because they're being retardedly and blindly nostalgic. But at least usually they're cheap, I guess. ShadowMar posted:i love everything about This was the title of the steam thread for a while I think.
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Feb 8, 2017 22:31
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I used to really like Rock Paper Shotgun, but that was like four years ago
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Feb 8, 2017 22:34
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Max Wilco posted:John Walker is the same guy who also wrote how Half-Life "killed" the first-person shooter genre, so I wouldn't put too much faith into his opinion. This is the dumbest bunch of words I have ever read about video games.
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Feb 8, 2017 22:36
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Shadows of the Empire is probably worth a few dollars for the first 3 levels (before the on foot sections got terrible) and the last level.
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Feb 8, 2017 22:37
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If you're already stuck playing a 2D platformer then it's not like the game being bad is going to qualitatively change your experience that much from if the game was 'good.' Or maybe I'm just jaded from years of awful gameboy games, IDK. 2D platformers: your 2004 flip phone's built-in suite of shovelware games, the genre. 
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Feb 8, 2017 22:48
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HookedOnChthonics posted:If you're already stuck playing a 2D platformer then it's not like the game being bad is going to qualitatively change your experience that much from if the game was 'good.' Lmao shut up about poo poo you don't understand pleasr
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Feb 8, 2017 23:11
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I used to really like Rock Paper Shotgun, but that was like four years ago its honestly still a pretty decent site if you ignore anything and everything involving john walker
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Feb 8, 2017 23:16
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ShadowMar posted:its honestly still a pretty decent site if you ignore anything and everything involving john walker Pretty much. I still read it and it's been irritating me a lot less than it has in the past. Maybe he's writing less articles, I can't say I really pay attention to who wrote the thing I'm reading most of the time.
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Feb 8, 2017 23:18
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ShadowMar posted:its honestly still a pretty decent site if you ignore anything and everything involving john walker Mordja fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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Feb 8, 2017 23:23
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ShadowMar posted:its honestly still a pretty decent site if you ignore anything and everything involving john walker Yeah, it's fine. Some of their better writers have moved on so it's not as great as it was but just check the byline and you're good.
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Feb 8, 2017 23:23
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Kieron writes pretty good comics. Also, Steamworld Heist was a fun game. Could have used some more variety in equipment beyond the occasional "rare" item being something that isn't really basic, but I finished it before I finished XCom 2, and it was probably about just the right length.
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Feb 8, 2017 23:29
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I now have dancing anime girls on my desktop. I...thank you steam thread.
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Feb 8, 2017 23:36
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Shantae games are...good!
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Feb 9, 2017 00:32
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Tsyni posted:I now have dancing anime girls on my desktop. I...thank you steam thread. 
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Feb 9, 2017 01:04
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YO! codes of KOTOR 1 and 2. Get on these, their awesome! K0N9J-AIV6V-TPM3K TZKT2-7HD2J-RZRQB
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Feb 9, 2017 01:13
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Thanks for the first one.
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Feb 9, 2017 01:16
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Max Wilco posted:John Walker is the same guy who also wrote how Half-Life "killed" the first-person shooter genre, so I wouldn't put too much faith into his opinion. I don't really know who John Walker is but I read that article and he makes a pretty good point about modern FPS design. Maybe don't take the headline so literally?
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Feb 9, 2017 01:23
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I don't really know who John Walker is   (it's a secret)
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Feb 9, 2017 01:27
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And then 2016 came around with the best year for FPSes in a long time. Also the biggest draw for CoD has never been the single player but a mix of multiplayer and zombies with many people not even playing the campaign. Battlefield is also an exceptionally pointed counterexample to the "Scripted spectacle events killed the FPS" Most of the time people link a Walker piece it's in the mold of crotchety contrarianism with poorly-defended theses and fuzzy logic CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Feb 9, 2017 01:54
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Most of the time people link a Walker piece it's in the mold of crotchety contrarianism with poorly-defended theses and fuzzy logic Uh he's a videogame journalist? What do you expect?
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Feb 9, 2017 02:04
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AAA games getting more expensive to make is a trend outside of FPS games too, which is a huge problem in his argument.
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Feb 9, 2017 02:04
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Did people skip over Infinite Warfare's campaign? I really liked it. Apparently, 28.2% finished the campaign versus 11.6% for Black Ops III (Steam).
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Feb 9, 2017 02:34
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:And then 2016 came around with the best year for FPSes in a long time. God I hope everybody has played the new Doom, it's so loving good
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Feb 9, 2017 02:38
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ShadowMar posted:its honestly still a pretty decent site if you ignore anything and everything involving john walker John Walker is cool because he will frequently get very irate at people that try to argue with him in the comments section of his articles.
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Feb 9, 2017 02:44
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Him putting the first Thief in that article kind of irks me, since it does a lot of storytelling through stuff you don't have to listen to or read, and just in the levels themelves.
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Feb 9, 2017 02:51
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Has anyone ever gotten a bunch of nerd friends together to play Artemis? I'm thinking of getting like 15ish people over and having two or three ships set up throughout the house. Never played the game before - good idea or bad idea? I saw that you can get it on your phone now too, so probably some people will be playing that way.
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Feb 9, 2017 02:56
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I don't really know who John Walker is but I read that article and he makes a pretty good point about modern FPS design. I didn't. That's why I put quotes around "killed." What's interesting is that in the comments of that article, people argue that it would be more accurate to call the RTS genre 'dead' than FPS games. I admit, I don't know a whole lot about RTS games, but outside of Total War and Starcraft, I personally can't think of many other RTS games that have come out recently (or at least any that were considered major releases). There's also this comment from Walker: John Walker posted:I don’t think “click-bait” is fair. It’s certainly a title that’s intriguing, as it seems to suggest the opposite of what is usually said of Half-Life, but I think I go to great efforts to argue why the title is accurate in the text.
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Feb 9, 2017 02:57
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I started Mad Max-did they ever fix that bug that would gently caress up the map if you did the scrap piles or whatever it was?
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Feb 9, 2017 03:51
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Junkie Disease posted:shadows of the empire is not worth 14 dollars. It hasn't aged well in any fashion. It's like $6 on Steam buy itself though. I just went $1 on the bundle then nabbed Shadows after that.
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Feb 9, 2017 03:58
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DiseasedTempest posted:I started Mad Max-did they ever fix that bug that would gently caress up the map if you did the scrap piles or whatever it was? So maybe.
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Feb 9, 2017 04:00
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I used to really like Rock Paper Shotgun, but that was like four years ago Online RPG journalism hipster.
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Feb 9, 2017 04:25
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Jerusalem posted:God I hope everybody has played the new Doom, it's so loving good It's definitely pretty good, but it must have a memory leak or something because I can only play a level or so before having to restart the game because it stutters down to a slideshow.
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Feb 9, 2017 04:31
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Jerusalem posted:God I hope everybody has played the new Doom, it's so loving good I finally got around to finishing it last week; now I have to face the harsh truth that any FPS I play from now on will be slower and won't let me rip bad guys apart with my bare hands for health or chainsaw them into ammo.
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Feb 9, 2017 05:40
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Blattdorf posted:Wallpaper Engine is the new hotness. You can have a 3D animated interactive background as your wallpaper. It works really well, though it's still Early Access. Thanks for this. I paid for it with card monies and I am perfectly happy just to have Shimmering Particles there on the desktop whenever I see it. Eventually I'll use another wallpaper, I'm sure. Boy, it does not play well with the Steam Link, though.
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Feb 9, 2017 06:01
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Ausgoons, EB Games has Fallout 4: Far Harbour code-in-a-boxes for all of $4 a pop in their online store as part of their bigass clearance sale. Works out to $7.50 with shipping. I had a look around and all I could find was the steel box alone for $14. If you don't mind linking to it's page that would be great! EDIT: Here it is: https://ebgames.com.au/pc-217571-Fallout-4-Far-Harbor-Code-in-a-Box-PC And Wallpaper Engine looks awesome - something I've wanted back since I was younger and used Talisman and a few other programs to customize my explorer.exe. I have 5 monitors so unsure how stable it will be after reading some of the reviews. Still worth it though. Time to find a 3D falling Matrix Code one! Humphreys fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Feb 9, 2017 08:39
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Hello Steam thread, I come to you with a cross-forum interest check. I am running a somewhat large game of forum-based Mafia and I need an extra 6 players to fill the remaining spots. If this sounds like something you would be keen on trying out you may have a look at the setup below!  I promise you will have fun, especially when the  starts!This is a 'non-standard' Mafia variant, but the mafs community would love to see some fresh faces and I will be running a more traditional style game immediately afterwards. Come play m'lord.
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Feb 9, 2017 09:16
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Ragequit posted:It's definitely pretty good, but it must have a memory leak or something because I can only play a level or so before having to restart the game because it stutters down to a slideshow. Have you tried verifying integrity of the game files? Sounds like it could be a corrupt install.
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Feedbacker posted:Have you tried verifying integrity of the game files? Sounds like it could be a corrupt install. Many others have reported the same bug online so I just figured it was *a thing*, but I will certainly try that to see if it helps.
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