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Kyougar

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People are surprised that Sony couldn't care less about indie games? Like, in what was probably the biggest generation for indie games we've had Steam festivals, Nintendo indie showcases and ID@XBOX presentations and not a single thing from Sony and now they're surprised?
B-but they had indies on their PS5 show!
 
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B-but they had indies on their PS5 show!
Which further proves that they couldn't care less about indies during the PS4 years. And, on top of that, I'm sure that throwing a bunch of indie games in a show where people were expecting to see big first-party announcements from Sony because you have otherwise nothing to show is an amazing way to promote indie games. I've seen State of Play streams brought up as well. I guess people fail to realize that using indie games as filler isn't promoting indie games. "We have updates on The Last of US 2 at the end of the stream" makes indie games before that feel like nuisances. But whatever.

I don't think I'll ever be able to understand what people earn from defending a console manufacturer (or any billion dollar company) even when there's no need or reason to defend it. Like, what do you earn from a system that doesn't promote or support games that you might enjoy? It makes you feel special because you own an elitist console?
 
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if you just want a picture for the icon can't you just take a screenshot of the boxart or icon in the xbox app and use that image?
 

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Is there an easy way to get the .ico from a game icon ?
Xbox pads are pricey or out of stock, so Game Pass will have to live with Glosc. But Glosc doesn't retrieve the icons :anguished-face:
And that doesn't trigger my OCD, no... it's a nuclear meltdown in my brain when I see that.
You should be able to get it from SteamDB, right?

example: Spiritfarer · Spiritfarer® · AppID: 972660

 

Li Kao

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if you just want a picture for the icon can't you just take a screenshot of the boxart or icon in the xbox app and use that image?
I think icons in the xbox app are smaller and rounder. But I'm the guy who asks, so take what I say with a good dose of salt.
It's beginning to feel like a chore, anyway. Not sure about the next step. 60 euros for a pad is a little rich for my blood when I have a functional DS4. I could also sit on my OCD and tell the icons to go fuck themselves.

By the way, I just discovered that Spiritfarer on GP is English only, while Steam is Multi. Reminds me of the time when Street of Rage 4 lacked options.
I... Microsoft achieves to make a service sold for peanuts hard to love. That's something.
Unsub ? Buy a new pad ? I'm undecided.

edit - SteamDB has everything, icons, assets, wonderful.
Still unsure I want to fuck around with it and Glosc each time I install a game, but I guess that's the best it can get. Thanks, everyone.
 
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I think icons in the xbox app are smaller and rounder. But I'm the guy who asks, so take what I say with a good dose of salt.
It's beginning to feel like a chore, anyway. Not sure about the next step. 60 euros for a pad is a little rich for my blood when I have a functional DS4. I could also sit on my OCD and tell the icons to go fuck themselves.

By the way, I just discovered that Spiritfarer on GP is English only, while Steam is Multi. Reminds me of the time when Street of Rage 4 lacked options.
I... Microsoft achieves to make a service sold for peanuts hard to love. That's something.
Unsub ? Buy a new pad ? I'm undecided.

edit - SteamDB has everything, icons, assets, wonderful.
Still unsure I want to fuck around with it and Glosc each time I install a game, but I guess that's the best it can get. Thanks, everyone.
Thankfully, setting up GloSC is pretty fast once you get the hang of it. If you run into any issues finding the UWP path or anything like that just let me know.
 
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the oddest part to me is the ds4 not just working on game pass and needing to use another app. i've got a ds4 and i've used it before on gamepass games just plug and play for the second player.
 

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What a huge bummer. I got hyped for nothing. They could've simply made it so that the ANet launcher opens on top of Steam, just like every other MMOs releasing on Steam. I found the official statement here, and it seems like Steam is for new players only indeed.
On today's anniversary livestream, we announced that Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam in November. We look forward to welcoming even more players to Tyria to join our community!

If you log in through Steam, you'll still play alongside your fellow Tyrians on the same maps and servers (select NA or EU). Whether you choose to log in through Steam or the Guild Wars 2 launcher, everyone plays together! However, please note that you cannot convert an existing Guild Wars 2 account to a Steam account or convert a Steam account to a non-Steam account.

It really is silly considering we just had PSO2 expanding to Steam seamlessly.
 
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What's with this line?

How come? I've never seen an MMO moving to Steam like this. It's like they're creating a completely new world just for Steam.
I don't know how it would work if that was the case. Also currently it's on sale for like 50%, I guess at launch they'll have a sale on steam too, but it seems counterintuitive to do so now
 

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they don't want to lose that 30% cut from existing players buying items via steam :p assuming that's an option

i know that ffxiv locks you into the steam ecosystem for life if you buy the game on there but iirc an existing account can log into the steam version.
 
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Li Kao

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What a huge bummer. I got hyped for nothing. They could've simply made it so that the ANet launcher opens on top of Steam, just like every other MMOs releasing on Steam. I found the official statement here, and it seems like Steam is for new players only indeed.


It really is silly considering we just had PSO2 expanding to Steam seamlessly.
Aren't they just awkwardly saying that you need to buy the steam version if you want to play on steam ?
Mhh, don't think so, but that's word salad.
 

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That GW2 account thing is rather silly.

FWIW I played a lot of GW2 at its release and for ~6 months or so after that. I loved the whole WvWvW aspect. And the jumping puzzles :p
me too,
but the "we are doing away with the holy trinity" bullshit soured me on the PVE endgame.
 

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me too,
but the "we are doing away with the holy trinity" bullshit soured me on the PVE endgame.
yeah the pve was very lame and felt disjointed to me but i did like the pvp and jumping puzzles.

luckily ffxiv has both of those things...plus they added mechs to their pvp!
:wd_praise:
 
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The whole Frogwares thing is a good example of why I'll never agree with the "boycott the devs forever" front (but always be part of the "fuck epic" crowd). You never know how desperately the people working on these game might need the money. If you're a struggling person (so Ubisoft and Gearbox can fuck off) and rich guy Tim comes throwing money at you 'cause he needs to prove his techbro pals that his dick is longer than everybody else's, you take the money and think about the consequences later simply because you need it and I can't, in good conscience, blame them for it.

Fuck Epic.

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Speaking of which, does anybody know why they can sell the game DRM-Free on their site but not publish it again on Steam?
 

Li Kao

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- I tried Battletoads on Game Pass.
Didn't detect my DS4.

- I used Glosc.
It still didn't detect it at first but after that t'was cool.

- Then the controls in the pause menu were for keyboard, and I had to push the LMB to validate the tutorials that said to hit Enter (while I'm using a pad, may I remind you).

- Then I died at the second boss form and respawned in an empty room with no way to advance.

There is definitely a lot to unpack here :thinking-blob:
 
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So did Sinking City actually release for sale on Steam? Or was it supposed to be released 2 months ago and we are now just finding out why it hasn't yet..?
 
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Monster Train Events > Friends and Foes - Public Test Train

This second major update for Monster Train adds new champions, new bosses, new cards, and new artifacts, which combine together to add a significant amount of new strategic options and replayability. We’ve also added a number of frequently requested player features like a personal run records page in the Logbook, an enemy wave counter in battle, and a preview of the ring 3 and ring 6 bosses at the start of a run.

NOTE: for the Public Test Train, we are temporarily setting runs to always use the new bosses. When the update goes live, run generation will go back to normal and mix in the new bosses with the old. Also, all changes listed are still subject to change before the update officially launches.

You are welcome to join us for feedback and discussion on the [UWSL]official Monster Train Discord server[/UWSL] in the #public-test-train channel.

How to join:
  1. Make sure Monster Train is not running
  2. Right click on the game in your Steam Library
  3. Click "properties"
  4. Click the "BETAS" tab
  5. In the dropdown menu, choose "public-test-server"
  6. Press close and wait for the game to update
Obligatory reminder to get this game if you loved Slay the Spire.
It nails everything I loved about StS but the runs are a lot faster.
 
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Li Kao

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Got bored of shitty video games.
Went on Twitter on a whim.
Got spoiled the latest DC comics big release by three motherfuckers one after the other.
Putting 'SPOILER' above a huge spoiling picture doesn't work so great, who would have thought.

So the bad news is, it's one of those days. The good news is that the day is almost over anyway, ah ! :tightly-closed-eyes:
 

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- I tried Battletoads on Game Pass.
Didn't detect my DS4.

- I used Glosc.
It still didn't detect it at first but after that t'was cool.

- Then the controls in the pause menu were for keyboard, and I had to push the LMB to validate the tutorials that said to hit Enter (while I'm using a pad, may I remind you).

- Then I died at the second boss form and respawned in an empty room with no way to advance.

There is definitely a lot to unpack here :thinking-blob:
your plight had me curious on why your ds4 might not be working riight when mine is fine and it seems only old ds4's work plug and play with game pass? i never even knew that sony put out a 2nd generation of them!

Theres 2 Model Dualshocks. The Older ones. And the 2nd Generation that released with the PS4 Pro. Distinguished by the Touchpad, the Pro-console controller has a slight transparency closer to the light-bar.

The older generation is as easy as plug&play.

The newer generation requires a Janky workaround on DS4Windows or some other 3rd party Input Mapper. The new-gen controllers also have an Audio issue as PC thinks the Headphone jack is always active and will occasionally change your audio source as soon as you plug it in.
how strange that it would be so different with the same controller.
 
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