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    KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    anoffday wrote: »
    Tomb Raider was so good, but it took me awhile to get used to that damn shaky camera. I've thought about playing through it again or going for 100%, but I don't think I want to go through getting used to it again. They really need to add an option to turn that off.

    That was a problem I had with Lords of Shadow.
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    shryke wrote: »
    Damn, stupid credit card went all wonky on my last night and I missed the Deus Ex: Human Revolution deal.

    Ahh well, next sale I guess.


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    You know, if you bothered to put a link to your Steam profile in your signature, people might be able to find you...

    Grumble, Grumble

    /makes a signature

    But how are people supposed to friend you when your profile is private?

    :D

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    msmyamsmya Being Fabulous Registered User regular
    What's a game/stream I can play and people will actually watch?

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    an_altan_alt Registered User regular
    Either you are with us
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    Ed GrubermanEd Gruberman Registered User regular
    Yeah. Typing from my phone so auto correct errors are going to happen. There are probably some pretty interesting language implications created by auto correct and people still understanding.

    It also sounds pretty interesting that you hate the narrator and yet the book is engrossing

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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=241188578&searchtext=

    The good news is that it looks incredible, the bad news is that he's stolen art assets from deviant Art.

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    shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    an_alt wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    Damn, stupid credit card went all wonky on my last night and I missed the Deus Ex: Human Revolution deal.

    Ahh well, next sale I guess.


    PS
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    You know, if you bothered to put a link to your Steam profile in your signature, people might be able to find you...

    Grumble, Grumble

    /makes a signature

    But how are people supposed to friend you when your profile is private?

    :D

    Damn Newell...

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    KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    msmya wrote: »
    What's a game/stream I can play and people will actually watch?

    Cinematic action games are a good choice. Anything fast-paced, third person shooters, games in the "god of war" action style. Some Action RPGs. And anything where the story or the visuals are in constant interaction with the viewer.

    I'd say bad options are things like puzzle games, Civ type sim games, and the like.

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    DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    msmya wrote: »
    What's a game/stream I can play and people will actually watch?

    Cinematic action games are a good choice. Anything fast-paced, third person shooters, games in the "god of war" action style. Some Action RPGs. And anything where the story or the visuals are in constant interaction with the viewer.

    I'd say bad options are things like puzzle games, Civ type sim games, and the like.

    I would also say games that can produce incredibly amusing fuck ups, like Dark Souls, or can spook/surprise the player, such as Amnesia or other horror-type games.

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    übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    msmya wrote: »
    What's a game/stream I can play and people will actually watch?

    What have you got Mya?

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    CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    Scary games tend to be appreciated apparently.. Puzzle games if you're bad at puzzles. Basically games that're hard for the player so that others can appreciate the effort. <3

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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    Umm, how do you make the nifty steam giveaway photo for steamgifts again?

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    mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    Only a few more days until I get my new gpu and can finally play some games without hitches cannot wait though not sure when I will have the time to install it.

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    CorriganX wrote: »
    Scary games tend to be appreciated apparently.. Puzzle games if you're bad at puzzles. Basically games that're hard for the player so that others can appreciate the effort. <3

    Hard in the sense of skill though, not refusal to listen to mechanics.

    Basically don't be DarkSydePhil.

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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Goshdarnit

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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    edit I quit, first person with this nonsense on their wishlist gets it.

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    ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Scratchy wrote: »
    Umm, how do you make the nifty steam giveaway photo for steamgifts again?

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    HalfazedninjaHalfazedninja Author of Jake Howard: Multiverse 101! Behind YouRegistered User regular
    Wow, Tomb Raider is really pretty.

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    IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    @Scratchy,

    How do I make one of those cool Steam Gifts signature giveaway banners?
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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    I was in the moment, I needed immediate results that couldn't be obtained with multiple clicks.

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    ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Scratchy wrote: »
    I was in the moment, I needed immediate results that couldn't be obtained with multiple clicks.

    Oh, yeah, sure, couldn't spare the clicks to check the OP, but you could somehow rip Betrayer off of my wishlist and gift it to me. :disappointed_relieved:

    Thank you, @Scratchy!

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    DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Elvenshae wrote: »
    Scratchy wrote: »
    I was in the moment, I needed immediate results that couldn't be obtained with multiple clicks.

    Oh, yeah, sure, couldn't spare the clicks to check the OP, but you could somehow rip Betrayer off of my wishlist and gift it to me. :disappointed_relieved:

    Thank you, @Scratchy!

    Liar. LIAR! LLIIAARR!! Or, you know, @Scratchy had multiple targets. I just got hit with Betrayer as well. Somehow, I feel that means the whole SteamThread has been... well, you know...

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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    BETRAYED!

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    Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    /phew

    I was innoculated against such Betrayal earlier today by Antoshka.

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    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    /phew

    I was innoculated against such Betrayal earlier today by Antoshka.

    There are few folks I could betray, Pixie you'd be one of them, but alas my funds, my undying urge for revenge, and your library prevent me at them moment. Next time maybe?

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    KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    I'm really not sure I'd enjoy Betrayer, so I think I'm safe as well.

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    ScratchyScratchy Registered User regular
    I think I need to be done for a bit. Enjoy mwahahaha. Bunch of scary stuffs sent out but alas I will probably be without internet for a bit and most definitely be unable to buy/accept awesome stuffs for awesome folks mwahaha.

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    CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    Scratchy wrote: »
    I think I need to be done for a bit. Enjoy mwahahaha. Bunch of scary stuffs sent out but alas I will probably be without internet for a bit and most definitely be unable to buy/accept awesome stuffs for awesome folks mwahaha.

    Wtf Scratchy you dick. :( He got me with the Obscure collection, and 7 Days to die. I'll be sure to stream these. Also if you're without internet, you should swing by my place and we can local coop some stuff up. <3

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    CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Speaking of Obscure, for some reason I found myself oddly drawn to their rerelease. Mostly out of nostlagia goggle memories of the second game years ago that I regretted not finishing.

    Thoughts after beating them:

    Obscure: I hadn't played this one at all, but I found myself more admiring it than enjoying it. You'll quickly get a gaggle of teens and you take two out at a time to go solve the Scooby Doo mystery. You can control both (with the AI taking over who you're not playing) or play co-op. Each student has a unique skill. However, the game drops the ball a bit by making only 2 of them useful. One can sprint, and one can open locks much faster than the rest of the cast. The others get stuck with a powerful melee attack (quickly forgotten because ammo is plentiful) and hints about what to do. I imagine most players will choose the sprinter and lock picker. Combat is pretty basic survival horror stuff, though more on the obnoxious side than most because the game has far too many enemy encounters. Plot is really basic inspired by Resident Evil stuff. Some creepy moments, and a great (if a bit operatic for the material) soundtrack. The game has a neat permadeath plot where you can get the cast killed at any time. Even if your two characters you control bite it, provided you have any alive, control switches to the ones you left behind and its' up to them to make it from home base to find the corpses and loot your guns back. Enemies can kill you, but there's also a few fun death traps (nothing the game doesn't telegraph). The "story" changes depending on who's alive but the story is incredibly basic so don't expect much.

    Obscure 2: This game holds up a bit better. While the first was inspired by Resident Evil, this one was clearly more inspired by Silent Hill, which leads to more interesting atmosphere. The story is again very basic but the characters are a lot more fleshed out (well, as much a story about college kids in a horror game allows). The game takes away the permadeath in favor of scripted deaths (some of which are pretty effective), which I think works to give it that horror movie feel. Characters now all have useful skills needed to solve puzzles, so you'll need to switch up people to progress or find secrets. This is an improvement as well but leads to a few frustrating moments when you bring along the wrong kid and have to backtrack to the base. Combat is better but still basic, but not nearly as obnoxious as the first game. Game has some really odd voice acting at times and probably one of the most absurdly grimdark endings I can remember so it has a decent amount of camp value that overtakes the more moody start of the game. You probably don't even really need to play the first game to jump into this one since the stories in both are so basic.

    Anyways, perhaps worth a play if you're a big survival horror fan. Probably not if you don't care for the genre.

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    heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    /phew

    I was innoculated against such Betrayal earlier today by Antoshka.
    Innoculated against one game.

    But steam has all the games. There is no way to innoculate yourself to all of them.

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Last Remnant is 3 dollars.

    is it enough of a departure from boring JRPG for me to purchase it?

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    DEAR SQUARE ENIX SALE

    I GET PAID ON MONDAY OH GOD WHY IS LIFE SO CRUEL

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    CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Last Remnant is 3 dollars.

    is it enough of a departure from boring JRPG for me to purchase it?

    ehhhh. Kinda? There's a good chance you'll spend a lot of time just being baffled at it to wave off the boredom. It does have probably the most irritating lead character in the genre.

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Last Remnant is 3 dollars.

    is it enough of a departure from boring JRPG for me to purchase it?

    ehhhh. Kinda? There's a good chance you'll spend a lot of time just being baffled at it to wave off the boredom. It does have probably the most irritating lead character in the genre.

    That's a bold claim sir.

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Not incorrect though.

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    This demands proof. I've seen complaints about plenty of protagonists, what makes this one so bad?

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Last Remnant is 3 dollars.

    is it enough of a departure from boring JRPG for me to purchase it?

    ehhhh. Kinda? There's a good chance you'll spend a lot of time just being baffled at it to wave off the boredom. It does have probably the most irritating lead character in the genre.

    Hmmm. Hmm.

    That's a pretty harsh criticism.

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    FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Last Remnant is 3 dollars.

    is it enough of a departure from boring JRPG for me to purchase it?

    ehhhh. Kinda? There's a good chance you'll spend a lot of time just being baffled at it to wave off the boredom. It does have probably the most irritating lead character in the genre.

    Most irritating? I dunno, I played Last Remnant, and though Rush is pretty nerve-grating, I'm sure there is a JRPG protagonist who is worst (though I might have a better opinion of him than most, mainly because I really liked his bromance with David; real obvious the latter was just looking for someone his age who he could talk to as a person instead as a ruler of Athlum).

    But yeah, lot of bafflement. It's one of those games that tell you just enough to play, but not any of the finer details you really though it should have mentioned, like what makes certain commands show up, or why formation A is better/worse than formation B even though they supposedly have the same stat modifiers to the union, or about 1/3 of what's going on in battles. Finding a guide/wiki might be mandatory if you really want to make sense of all the choices you have.

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    heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    Yeah. The big thing that turned me off from last remnant was the fact that the game doesn't explain jack shit about it's own battle system. It throws numbers at you, doesn't tell you what they mean, and expects you to figure it out yourself. It's a really obtuse battle system that I didn't care enough about to try and crack.

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    http://youtu.be/NEQ2C2-72pI

    I imagine at some point. Batman could become a Batdad.

    If you are curious as to how a Batman could become a Batdad I guess he'd have some sort of origin story.

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    TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    heenato wrote: »
    Yeah. The big thing that turned me off from last remnant was the fact that the game doesn't explain jack shit about it's own battle system. It throws numbers at you, doesn't tell you what they mean, and expects you to figure it out yourself. It's a really obtuse battle system that I didn't care enough about to try and crack.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgyvxKiu3U

    Look at how complex this game is. Look at it and WEEP!

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