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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Isorn wrote: »
    Jazz wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    What happened to that co-op steam deal that was supposed to be on Valentine's day? Did I miss it?

    http://store.steampowered.com/sale/valentine/

    Why it's not on the front page is anybody's guess but the discounts are up.

    It is on the front page in a way. Daily deal.

    Ah, I missed that. Cheers!

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    And I finally failed my Will save and bought Darkest Dungeon.

    Curse you and your wily ways, Steam.

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    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    And I finally failed my Will save and bought Darkest Dungeon.

    Curse you and your wily ways, Steam.
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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    akajaybay wrote: »
    I went from ready for my second Sunless Sea captain to die and start in on the next one with the headstart he'd have. But now I'm beginning to fear it, because I've actually managed to uncover large parts of the map and upgrade the ship a bit, and get some work done on the individual officer stories.

    My current captain, third one, could retire pretty easily but there's a good amount of things still left to do that could make things easier for his child and some are mutually exclusive.

    And then there's stuff like wanting to deliberately become a cannibal so I can take part in an event to infiltrate kill off some cannibal pirates to help some soul stealing apes. I'm sure I will not regret that chain of events in the slightest.

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    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    uh, how is Viscera Cleanup Detail a co op game

    I watched a stream of a 4 player co-op once and it was somehow more boring than single player.

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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    akajaybay wrote: »
    I went from ready for my second Sunless Sea captain to die and start in on the next one with the headstart he'd have. But now I'm beginning to fear it, because I've actually managed to uncover large parts of the map and upgrade the ship a bit, and get some work done on the individual officer stories.

    My current captain, third one, could retire pretty easily but there's a good amount of things still left to do that could make things easier for his child and some are mutually exclusive.

    And then there's stuff like wanting to deliberately become a cannibal so I can take part in an event to infiltrate kill off some cannibal pirates to help some soul stealing apes. I'm sure I will not regret that chain of events in the slightest.

    To compound the problem I think I may have lost my scion. I uh was having an affair with one of my officers so my wife left me and took the kid. Which doesn't quite make sense since I thought the kid had already left to go be a zailor too. But I dunno. I guess we'll see when I die.

  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    http://www.pegi.info/en/index/global_id/505/?searchString=45155#searchresults

    Resident Evil 5 Gold rated for Steam. Which means likely that GFWL removal is coming soon and the Gold likely implies we are finally getting the DLC after all these years.

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    Hm. This Fantasy Grounds thing that just popped in my recommendations looks neat, as a way to keep track of everything a DM needs to keep track of and so on, given I run a couple of games, but that's some price tag.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    Does towerfall have really good music? I only play games with really good music

    Late on dis, but I think it's actually really good!

    The composer has a bandcamp page where you can sample the rad tunes.

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  • BroncbusterBroncbuster Registered User regular
    Broncbuster baby gaming update: I have a Planet Explorers server rockin' if anyone is interested. PM for info.

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  • ShimshaiShimshai Flush with Success! Isle of EmeraldRegistered User regular
    Interesting article here about the recent Peter Molyneux drama and the troubles with using Kickstarter as a funding model.

    http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/02/on-kickstarter-everyone-is-peter-molyneux/
    And this gets back to Molyneux's quote about the "let's just say anything" nature of Kickstarter projects. When the site doesn't give a penny to projects that don't meet their minimum stated goal, developers are naturally going to lowball their budgets (consciously or unconsciously) to maximize their chances of getting any funds at all. Faced with a skeptical public and competition from dozens of other projects (many with established developers behind them), Kickstarter projects are also going to be as optimistic as possible regarding promised features in order to attract those backers. Being sober and realistic, in this case, is bad for business.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    Friendly reminder

    @SHADE'S BIRTHDAY IN 3 DAYS!

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  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    @Pixelated Pixie just sent me to hell... with Johnny Gat and Kinzie Kensington!
    Best Valentine's Day ever!
    Thank you very much for Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, you pink pixelated classassin! <3

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    akajaybay wrote: »
    akajaybay wrote: »
    I went from ready for my second Sunless Sea captain to die and start in on the next one with the headstart he'd have. But now I'm beginning to fear it, because I've actually managed to uncover large parts of the map and upgrade the ship a bit, and get some work done on the individual officer stories.

    My current captain, third one, could retire pretty easily but there's a good amount of things still left to do that could make things easier for his child and some are mutually exclusive.

    And then there's stuff like wanting to deliberately become a cannibal so I can take part in an event to infiltrate kill off some cannibal pirates to help some soul stealing apes. I'm sure I will not regret that chain of events in the slightest.

    To compound the problem I think I may have lost my scion. I uh was having an affair with one of my officers so my wife left me and took the kid. Which doesn't quite make sense since I thought the kid had already left to go be a zailor too. But I dunno. I guess we'll see when I die.

    This game is turning out to be a mix of Star Control 2 and Crusader Kings.

    I still have my kid but I may have helped anarchists blow up the admirality office. This probably accelerates the time table to wrap up this captain's career since fuel costs are going to start seriously chipping into funds without port reports.

    On the plus side, I seem to have unlocked one of the items that boosts the rest of your line when this captain ends his career.

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    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    I would like to motion that we change Valentines day's designation from "A day of love" to "A say where all the miserable people go to walmart to make sure everyone else is as miserable as they are"

    Since I'm in such a foul goddamn mood, I'm gonna make sure you are too.

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    There. I hope you and your friends/loved ones die. Of starvation.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    Well @Iolo , I finished Divinity Original Sin! What a great game! Every fight manages to be challenging right up to the end! The trick to that game is definitely CC! The story was ok and the execution could have been a little better since there were times I was not at all sure how things were connected. I went the whole game without using a bloodstone and then suddenly I needed to have used a bunch to unlock a door. Other than that quibble I really enjoyed the party dynamics! I never did change my party and went through the whole game with a setup that most games would kill me for, a 2h warrior, archer, and 2 mages. But with the CC, it was most definitely doable.

    Thanks for recommending that RPG! Now off to another game. Maybe Talisman or Tails of the Sky.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Still plowing my way through Blackguards.

    The Battle of Nine Hordes... holy shit. Three straight game days (and two real-life game nights) to get through it. Such awesome, so wow.

    Scarred but vastly more experienced, we survived. I can only imagine what lies ahead after that amazing sequence.

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    So if anyone was waiting for Carmageddon: Reincarnation, it moved from alpha into beta today. It's a full game now, with a career mode and everything. The AI needs some tweaks but the game's solid!

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Finally finished Asscreed Unity.

    I was a lot more positive on it at the start but the mission design kinda tanks in the latter half of the game. So many areas are just jam packed with enemies. Like there's one mission where Arno is drunk and he just wants to steal some wine from a shitty bar. This bar is guarded by like 12 guys for some reason. Side missions often have an absurd amount too and distracting or sneaking would end up so laborious that the direct approach is much easier. They also seem freakishly perceptive. Ubisoft AI is not the smartest generally but in most games are pretty fun to fight. They find you, and they'll stick to that area generally, and you'll be able to flank them and whatnot. In Unity they don't seem smarter in a normal sense but in a computer cheating sense, with ridiculous vision distances. Pretty dumb when you DO have them distracted but often getting into position to do so will expose you too.

    Give the gear focus of the game Ubisoft wasted a good opportunity to make their 1000 treasure chests relevant. Make secrets relevant again Ubisoft! Nobody wants to loot 200 in currency from 50 different chests in a small area. Would've made gearing up a lot more fun if it wasn't all just buying it from the menu for the most part (a few are found from murder mysteries, story, and co-op quests). This is a thing with Ubi in general, they let you have everything from the store and generally their currencies are irrelevant for like 70 percent of the game beyond convenient stocking up of ammo. Bring back cool shit to find, AAA game devs. Take a page from Dying Light which has secrets like stasis grenades and artillery strikes. Too many games just give you experience points or gold.

    Story ends kind of abruptly too, especially the modern day storyline. I liked Arno and Elise for the most part, at least, and the Marquis De Sade is fun. Most of the other historical characters (like Napoleon) seem barely present and make me wonder why they bothered.

    Also, if you ever need a game to really show you what Gsync is capable of, this is it. Even on good hardware the game tends to hover in the 45-60 fps range, bouncing back and forth. Gsync makes those moments much smoother. Still kinda jarring if it ever hits below 40ish though. But I'm a believer now.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Did anyone else get a friend request from someone named Jacob on Steam? Private profile, so I can't tell if we share any friends, or maybe he's just a spy.

  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    That's awesome, @ToyD. I'm glad you enjoyed your 78 hour ride. <3

    Hey, people who have finished BI: Burial at Sea, does the stealth stuff at the start of the second episode end? I'm maybe a half hour in and very much not digging the sneaking around, unfortunately.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Steam recommendations:
    Dreamfall Chapters
    Since you wish for Kentucky Route Zero

    Kentucky Route Zero
    Since you wish for Dreamfall Chapters

    It's like a Mobius strip of gaming.

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    Iolo wrote: »
    That's awesome, @ToyD. I'm glad you enjoyed your 78 hour ride. <3

    Hey, people who have finished BI: Burial at Sea, does the stealth stuff at the start of the second episode end? I'm maybe a half hour in and very much not digging the sneaking around, unfortunately.

    It's a stealth game the entire way through but you'll get a lot of goodies to make it more fun and let you play more aggressively.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    Iolo wrote: »
    That's awesome, @ToyD. I'm glad you enjoyed your 78 hour ride. <3

    Hey, people who have finished BI: Burial at Sea, does the stealth stuff at the start of the second episode end? I'm maybe a half hour in and very much not digging the sneaking around, unfortunately.
    Nope. BatS II is all about stealth. I mean, you'll get better weapons and might be able to take on guys 1v1, but you're never going to clear a room like Booker did in the main game.

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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    hey should I get dreamfall chapters if I was one of the people that really wanted dreamfall chapters to come out or is it better for people who only kinda sorta wanted dreamfall chapters to come out

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    hey should I get dreamfall chapters if I was one of the people that really wanted dreamfall chapters to come out or is it better for people who only kinda sorta wanted dreamfall chapters to come out

    Who are these people that only sorta wanted it to come out and where can I find them so they can be marked?

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    The Escapists is for whatever reason, locked at 45 FPS. This isn't a huge deal for me when it comes to most games, but this game is heavily mouse driven and seeing a mouse cursor running at 45 hz after a decade of being on at least a 60hz monitor is making a part of my brain twitch. I guess I've never noticed that pretty much any low FPS game I've played tends to be on a controller, or at least one without a cursor.

  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Yeah, I'm seeing Besieged gifs on the front page of Reddit. Seems to be blowing up, no pun intended.

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    It's all over Imgur too. It is hilarious.

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  • SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    Isn't 45 fps the worst to play on your standard 60fps monitor?

    My guess is that it would default to a 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2 pattern of frames which seems like it would be really jarring.

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
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    Repost for the morning crowd.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    hey should I get dreamfall chapters if I was one of the people that really wanted dreamfall chapters to come out or is it better for people who only kinda sorta wanted dreamfall chapters to come out

    Who are these people that only sorta wanted it to come out and where can I find them so they can be marked?

    They're probably Nader voters.

  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    Oh. Forgot to memtion, thecgift is for the frontier pack, which contains a giftable copy of don't starve together, and a copy of the base don't starve. I don't think that's giftable though.

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  • BeryllineBerylline One Tiara to rule them all Registered User regular
    For those interested in the game, but too slow for @Zxerol's generous offer:
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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Kind of interesting to see that Evolve doesn't appear to be doing too well on Steam. Release weekend for a multiplayer-only game and its player count isn't even in the top 15?

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  • HalfazedninjaHalfazedninja Author of Jake Howard: Multiverse 101! Behind YouRegistered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Kind of interesting to see that Evolve doesn't appear to be doing too well on Steam. Release weekend for a multiplayer-only game and its player count isn't even in the top 15?

    I think a lot of people were put off by the DLC thing.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
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    I just emerged from a traumatizing foray into Darkest Dungeon to discover now I will be defending dungeons instead, courtesy of @PierceNeck... wooo!

    You're totally wrong though - this will definitely get played. I adored the first game (and even managed to beat the entire campaign solo). This is on the short list of "things to play."

    Thank you! <3<3<3

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    Alegis wrote: »

    My personal nickname for the second one (I've seen it before) is "the Mincer."
    I don't really have a name or response to the first beyond maniacal laughter.

    also:
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    (*Transformers sound effect*)

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  • Lord_SnotLord_Snot Живу за выходные American ValhallaRegistered User regular
    Besiege is incredible, I just wish I were better at it. To be fair, I did create something that was essentially a lawnmower, just a huge platform with about 12 wheels and sawblades underneath, which I've nicknamed Krueger's Dream Machine. I also attached armour to every part of it, so as soon as I started it up, the framerate chugged like crazy, but it was worth it just to see all the soldiers throwing themselves underneath the beast in a vain attempt to destroy it.

    It did eventually come a cropper somehow, and broke into two or three parts, throwing chunks of metal into the sky, which then came raining down on the remaining soldiers, killing enough of them to win the level. Yeah, Besiege is alright!

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