I already own it on Steam, but if you have an iPad I can heartily recommend it on that platform. The touch interface is very intuitive and the game looks great.
Soul Reaver might be my favorite Metroidvania game aside from Super Metroid, and Grim Fandango's play and graphics still hold up really well (hell, all LucasArts adventure games hold up well).
Soul Reaver might be my favorite Metroidvania game aside from Super Metroid, and Grim Fandango's play and graphics still hold up really well (hell, all LucasArts adventure games hold up well).
Aquaria is one of the best games I've ever played. It also has some of the best voice acting and music. Completely awesome package overall. I need to buy it again so I can play it in widescreen mode without stretching.
Soul Reaver might be my favorite Metroidvania game aside from Super Metroid, and Grim Fandango's play and graphics still hold up really well (hell, all LucasArts adventure games hold up well).
I have had Aquaria for a long time. You might said I acquired Aquaria, if you're feeling alliterative.
I find it odd to hear it compared to Metroidvania. Granted, I've only played about 5 minutes of it, but it didn't look like that from the get-go. My interest has been piqued to a high degree now. I shall play it soon.
I have had Aquaria for a long time. You might said I acquired Aquaria, if you're feeling alliterative.
I find it odd to hear it compared to Metroidvania. Granted, I've only played about 5 minutes of it, but it didn't look like that from the get-go. My interest has been piqued to a high degree now. I shall play it soon.
I've played the demo to it at least, and it actually IS a metroidvania...only you can swim. There's a huge exploration aspect at least. Plus discovering new powers and such.
I would love to buy the actual game.
In other news, Psiberian is a classy gent for the terraria gift. Shame I cant play it for at LEAST a week.
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Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
But actually the biggest deal in all this is that it applies to physical goods as well. So you can get the 'Sam and Max Blowout' (the graphic novel, the entire animated series, a signed poster by Purcell, 5 posters from the Devil's Playhouse, a quite nifty shotglass, and some Sam & Max figurines) for under $15 + shipping. For the UK, the shipping is incredibly expensive - I'd imagine less so for the US.
Actually, their domestic shipping is ridiculous, too. It pretty much doubles the price of any order.
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
... I never even considered this :shock: That'd be so cool! Little punk better goddamn appreciate it too and not bitch about non-AR graphics
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
Ha, you think these Steam games are gonna work on the computers of 10-15 years from now? This isn't GOG we're talking about. Steam sells some games that don't work on TODAY'S computers.
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Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
Ha, you think these Steam games are gonna work on the computers of 10-15 years from now? This isn't GOG we're talking about. Steam sells some games that don't work on TODAY'S computers.
Someday that'll change.. or at least I hope it will change. To be frank I'd love to see Steam adopt the GoG business model.
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
Ha, you think these Steam games are gonna work on the computers of 10-15 years from now? This isn't GOG we're talking about. Steam sells some games that don't work on TODAY'S computers.
I don't know. If we're talking 20 years from now, probably not. In the nearer term though we've seemed to have gotten to the point where Moore's law is no longer applicable. Chips are still getting better and cheaper, OSs are getting more sophisticated, but all in all, when was the last time there was a leap in the way an OS worked like say from win 3.1 to win95? What is the next piece of hardware that is going to revolutionize desktop computing the way the mouse did? I mean it's not as though there's going to be some VR helmet that replaces all controls and video. I think games that are being made today will be by-and-large more future proof than games in the past. The only thing I can think of that is changing enough to cause big problems is graphics cards and their functionality, and even that isn't changing as fast as it once was.
Just a heads-up for anyone still looking at Guerrilla, it looks like Steam is out of keys for it.
Does that...
what does that mean?
Steam gets allocated keys, just like a retail distributor/manufacturer will have a certain allocation of keys. It basically means Steam can't sell/give away Armageddon until another block of keys is given to them.
Since it was brought up anyway, is Velvet Assassin worthwhile at all considering you can get it on Amazon for under $6?
I'm just wondering because I picked up the similarly-premised, similarly-forgotten Saboteur under similar circumstances and quickly grew to like it a great deal. So I was thinking, hey, maybe I'd get lucky twice. $5.73 seems like a decent price to pay for a little sexy, stealthy Nazi-killing with enjoyable atmosphere.
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Sir CarcassI have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered Userregular
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
My son will get my Steam account when I'm cold and in the ground. You know, when I've finished serving the Newell and don't need it anymore.
Unless they figure out a way for us to serve them in death....
Since it was brought up anyway, is Velvet Assassin worthwhile at all considering you can get it on Amazon for under $6?
I'm just wondering because I picked up the similarly-premised, similarly-forgotten Saboteur under similar circumstances and quickly grew to like it a great deal. So I was thinking, hey, maybe I'd get lucky twice. $5.73 seems like a decent price to pay for a little sexy, stealthy Nazi-killing with enjoyable atmosphere.
As long as you go in knowing it's you know, not going to be a fucking masterpiece, then yeah it's worth it.
Plus if you like Saboteur then you'll more than likely enjoy Velvet.
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
My son will get my Steam account when I'm cold and in the ground. You know, when I've finished serving the Newell and don't need it anymore.
Unless they figure out a way for us to serve them in death....
Actually, if the lawmakers have their way, it'll be nontransferable. I'm sure it's already in the EULA. But in case you need more convincing, there was already a law just passed in Tennessee that prohibits from using someone else's login to access paid online services (Netflix, Steam, etc.)
Yeah but how will they know? I never use my real name, birthday, address, telephone number or credit/debit card info when I form any type of account online.
Hell I use my Mother's Amazon account and her address to order things.
My little brother uses my Steam all the time too but as far as Steam knows, it's always me and I'm going to live to be 120 years old.
Hmm, it occurred to me earlier today that the coolest damn thing about PC games going heavily digital delivery is this: one day I shall have a son. When that son grows to a respectable age, I'll be able to have "the talk."
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
My son will get my Steam account when I'm cold and in the ground. You know, when I've finished serving the Newell and don't need it anymore.
Unless they figure out a way for us to serve them in death....
Actually, if the lawmakers have their way, it'll be nontransferable. I'm sure it's already in the EULA. But in case you need more convincing, there was already a law just passed in Tennessee that prohibits from using someone else's login to access paid online services (Netflix, Steam, etc.)
It doesn't much matter either way as the hypothetical son would just go "You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy."
DrakeEdgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered Userregular
edited June 2011
Why would you deny your child the joy of building his own mountainous, impassable backlog of gaming greatness tailored to his own specific desires anyway? This is one of the great joys of Steam.
If you just give it away the kid'll never appreciate it.
I have a three year old son and since I'm most likely not going to amount to anything in my life, he'll find my Steam login/e-mail info in my will along with the $50 in my bank account.
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fan of Metroidvanias you say?
Sure it's still $20 but it's well polished with a beautiful world and soundtrack and the world is huge. About 10x as big as super metroid.
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I have an unused Humble Indie Bundle #1 Steam serial that includes Aquaria that I'd be willing to trade for another game if anyone's interested.
Send a PM.
Wow, that's awesome. I have a complete Valve pack (sans Portal 2) that I can use as trade fodder. I don't know what would be equivalent value, though.
Let me know if you're still interested.
I believe it has a song that they no longer have a license for.
That is a really annoying situation.
I find it odd to hear it compared to Metroidvania. Granted, I've only played about 5 minutes of it, but it didn't look like that from the get-go. My interest has been piqued to a high degree now. I shall play it soon.
I would love to buy the actual game.
In other news, Psiberian is a classy gent for the terraria gift. Shame I cant play it for at LEAST a week.
No, not about sex or the changes he'll experience going through puberty. The talk where I give him my Steam credentials and tell him he's inherited a veritable harem of video gaming history.
Actually, their domestic shipping is ridiculous, too. It pretty much doubles the price of any order.
... I never even considered this :shock: That'd be so cool! Little punk better goddamn appreciate it too and not bitch about non-AR graphics
Ha, you think these Steam games are gonna work on the computers of 10-15 years from now? This isn't GOG we're talking about. Steam sells some games that don't work on TODAY'S computers.
Someday that'll change.. or at least I hope it will change. To be frank I'd love to see Steam adopt the GoG business model.
I don't know. If we're talking 20 years from now, probably not. In the nearer term though we've seemed to have gotten to the point where Moore's law is no longer applicable. Chips are still getting better and cheaper, OSs are getting more sophisticated, but all in all, when was the last time there was a leap in the way an OS worked like say from win 3.1 to win95? What is the next piece of hardware that is going to revolutionize desktop computing the way the mouse did? I mean it's not as though there's going to be some VR helmet that replaces all controls and video. I think games that are being made today will be by-and-large more future proof than games in the past. The only thing I can think of that is changing enough to cause big problems is graphics cards and their functionality, and even that isn't changing as fast as it once was.
Does that...
what does that mean?
Steam gets allocated keys, just like a retail distributor/manufacturer will have a certain allocation of keys. It basically means Steam can't sell/give away Armageddon until another block of keys is given to them.
It means nobody can buy the game until more keys are generated for the game. Which may or may not happen (look at Prey).
It'll register on Steam, yeah, but you can't buy the game FROM Steam. I had to buy my copy from Amazon a few months back, for example.
I'm just wondering because I picked up the similarly-premised, similarly-forgotten Saboteur under similar circumstances and quickly grew to like it a great deal. So I was thinking, hey, maybe I'd get lucky twice. $5.73 seems like a decent price to pay for a little sexy, stealthy Nazi-killing with enjoyable atmosphere.
My son will get my Steam account when I'm cold and in the ground. You know, when I've finished serving the Newell and don't need it anymore.
Unless they figure out a way for us to serve them in death....
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Anyone else getting around to playing games they bought ages ago on steam?
As long as you go in knowing it's you know, not going to be a fucking masterpiece, then yeah it's worth it.
Plus if you like Saboteur then you'll more than likely enjoy Velvet.
Actually, if the lawmakers have their way, it'll be nontransferable. I'm sure it's already in the EULA. But in case you need more convincing, there was already a law just passed in Tennessee that prohibits from using someone else's login to access paid online services (Netflix, Steam, etc.)
Hell I use my Mother's Amazon account and her address to order things.
My little brother uses my Steam all the time too but as far as Steam knows, it's always me and I'm going to live to be 120 years old.
Haha
It doesn't much matter either way as the hypothetical son would just go "You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy."
If you just give it away the kid'll never appreciate it.
Enjoy David!
Except for Railworks.
2. Kid starts playing Counterstrike 2020
3. VAC ban