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Steam News - Introducing a New Tier of Community Awards - Steam News
Reward Steam's most inspirational creators with a new tier of Community Awards.
Introducing a New Tier of Community Awards
Plus New Points Shop Features & Items
Announcing a higher tier of [UWSL]Community Awards[/UWSL], new Points Shop features, and items available now on Steam.
New Community Awards help you show your appreciation with an even bigger tip to the recipient.
Use the Steam Points you earn by shopping on Steam to give the latest Awards:
The recipient can in turn spend those points in the [UWSL]Steam Points Shop[/UWSL], or award a post to brighten someone else's day.
- Treasure (recipient gets 200 points)
- Mad Scientist (for user-generated content) (recipient gets 200 points)
- Mind Blown (recipient gets 400 points)
- Golden Unicorn (recipient gets 800 points)
New Features
The Points Shop is enhanced with new features, including:
BTW: The Points Shop also represents a new way to get Trading Card items such as emoticons and profile backgrounds – you can now exchange points for them.
- A new, tabbed selection window for sending chat emoticons, animated stickers, and chat effects
- Points Shop item previews on participating games' store pages
- A weekly email roll-up to Community Award recipients
- A Steam profile avatar cropping tool, right in the avatar uploader
New Game-Themed Items
Also debuting in the Points Shop:
- Control animated backgrounds
- Death Stranding backgrounds and emoticons
- Hades stickers, backgrounds, and emoticons
- Astroneer stickers
- Monster Prom stickers
- Dying Light stickers
- Mortal Kombat animated stickers
- Beat Saber animated stickers
- Risk of Rain 2 animated stickers, animated avatars, background, and a magma worm frame
- DOTA 2 Aghanim's Labyrinth-themed avatar frame
What's Hot in the Points Shop
The Debut Collection Golden Profile is the most popular item in the shop as of this writing. Grab it before September 22nd at 10am Pacific, when it will vanish from the shop to make way for a new golden profile headed to Steam.
Animated avatar frames and the Black Hole animated profile background are also favorites among the Community, while our most popular sticker is this little clucker from CS:GO!
Since the [UWSL]Steam Points Shop[/UWSL] opened almost three months ago, more than 10 million people have exchanged Steam Points for game-themed items to animate their Steam presence and chat sessions.
Check out the thousands of Points Shop items available now, such as [UWSL]animated stickers[/UWSL] and [UWSL]chat effects[/UWSL], [UWSL]profile backgrounds[/UWSL], [UWSL]mini-profile backgrounds[/UWSL], [UWSL]avatars[/UWSL], [UWSL]avatar frames[/UWSL], and [UWSL]Community Awards[/UWSL].
really cool video about 2nd person games with the example of a mission from Driver San Francisco (You are sitting in a car, following another car, but you are actually driving the first car while the car you are sitting in is driven by the AI.)
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Just let me trade points for discount vouchers, and I'll be a happy man.Steam News - Introducing a New Tier of Community Awards - Steam News
Reward Steam's most inspirational creators with a new tier of Community Awards.store.steampowered.com
I have nearly 500.000 points, and I really couldn't care less about icons or stickers. I wish they would allow users to trade points for things that are actually worthwhile (discount vouchers, in-game items, ...).
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yeah, would be nice ... maybe eventually they will
I just want to say that as much as this week has sucked for me mental health-wise, I've had a pretty great one from a gaming standpoint. Nabbed Elite Dangerous for 5 bucks and I have to say, as much as the flying is leaving me pretty cold given how on-rails it is, the rest of the game is extremely... atmospheric, I suppose would be a good word for it. The sound design - not of the ship, but the world topped with that swelling music as you jump into a new system - is really impressive. The voice acting is also surprisingly good and the ideals of the game are refreshingly optimistic.
The only thing I regret about that game is that I know there's no big payoff at the end of the road. What I'm getting today is all it's ever going to be. And truth be told, I'm enjoying the space trucking so far. It's strangely compelling and a this price, well I'm going to enjoy what I have until it gets stale. There's also a giddy, childlike enjoyment to discovering what everything does in the cockpit, figuring out keybinds to obscure things that are so immensely helpful (ahoy night vision) and just the sheer juice of it all, from the map to the in-cockpit UI triggered by looking at it. Everyone and their mother knew about this one but what I hadn't figured is that it starts working like mouse gestures after a little while.
The downside though is that god damn is Frontier freaking taking the piss in some areas. Unable to use the mouse on the in-cockpit UI, really? The Steam registration and account linking process was incredibly obtuse and the whole thing left me in a bad mood before I could get to the game itself. I also still prefer Star Citizen's flight by far, especially after 3.10. It feels miles more intuitive, is actually physics-driven and so dynamic and actually simulated it isn't even funny. The big downside to Elite's is that while it may have an immediate response in vector to inputs, you effectively have an on-rails angle of attack and corner speeds which are, well, completely uninteresting and gamey. It feels like flying a train where the tracks are laid in front of you. I guess Flight Assist Off might be my salvation (still artificially limited yaw, bleh) but so far I felt more joy buzzing around in a super hornet than flying a sidewinder. It was more about tactical decisions and going through the motions than actually flying because of how much the ships limit you inside of those on-rails flight corridors. It's a confining feeling that is hard to put into words and I'm now rambling.
To add in a late-positive-thought though, I really like the variety in ships and just how complete the fitting and module system is. There's a joy to planning just what new ship to get and what to do with it that I can't really experience in Star Citizen given its incomplete state, especially on the component and activities variety front (even if they aren't nearly as intense), coupled with just how slow earning money in it is at present. I played a couple hours of Elite and I already have five possible ships to invest in and pick from. Fair's fair.
I still find myself wanting to trade, to get involved in the rest of the game's activities and figure out more of that vast galaxy, even if I suspect it's a hollow journey.
Then there was Deep Rock Galactic (sorry Li Kao I haven't been able to really commit to a MP session!) that's been silly, gritty, decidedly brutal fun. The more I ramp up in mission difficulty the more I feel like TB at the end of his Space Marine WTF with the kind of carnage the team leaves in its wake at the end of the expeditions.
I'm also really surprised at how goddamn atmospheric and beautiful this game manages to be, between awe and creepiness, it's absolutely delicious and I have been enjoying every moment of it. The way traversal is based on teamwork, the friendly mood the game somehow manages to cultivate and how downright obscenely welcoming the community has been only make me wish I had more time to commit to it.
So yeah, those two are nice games! And added together, they don't even make up half of a full-price game. Pretty glad with my purchases there, even if it was a bit of a splurge to cope with anxiety
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The only thing I regret about that game is that I know there's no big payoff at the end of the road. What I'm getting today is all it's ever going to be. And truth be told, I'm enjoying the space trucking so far. It's strangely compelling and a this price, well I'm going to enjoy what I have until it gets stale. There's also a giddy, childlike enjoyment to discovering what everything does in the cockpit, figuring out keybinds to obscure things that are so immensely helpful (ahoy night vision) and just the sheer juice of it all, from the map to the in-cockpit UI triggered by looking at it. Everyone and their mother knew about this one but what I hadn't figured is that it starts working like mouse gestures after a little while.
The downside though is that god damn is Frontier freaking taking the piss in some areas. Unable to use the mouse on the in-cockpit UI, really? The Steam registration and account linking process was incredibly obtuse and the whole thing left me in a bad mood before I could get to the game itself. I also still prefer Star Citizen's flight by far, especially after 3.10. It feels miles more intuitive, is actually physics-driven and so dynamic and actually simulated it isn't even funny. The big downside to Elite's is that while it may have an immediate response in vector to inputs, you effectively have an on-rails angle of attack and corner speeds which are, well, completely uninteresting and gamey. It feels like flying a train where the tracks are laid in front of you. I guess Flight Assist Off might be my salvation (still artificially limited yaw, bleh) but so far I felt more joy buzzing around in a super hornet than flying a sidewinder. It was more about tactical decisions and going through the motions than actually flying because of how much the ships limit you inside of those on-rails flight corridors. It's a confining feeling that is hard to put into words and I'm now rambling.
To add in a late-positive-thought though, I really like the variety in ships and just how complete the fitting and module system is. There's a joy to planning just what new ship to get and what to do with it that I can't really experience in Star Citizen given its incomplete state, especially on the component and activities variety front (even if they aren't nearly as intense), coupled with just how slow earning money in it is at present. I played a couple hours of Elite and I already have five possible ships to invest in and pick from. Fair's fair.
I still find myself wanting to trade, to get involved in the rest of the game's activities and figure out more of that vast galaxy, even if I suspect it's a hollow journey.
Then there was Deep Rock Galactic (sorry Li Kao I haven't been able to really commit to a MP session!) that's been silly, gritty, decidedly brutal fun. The more I ramp up in mission difficulty the more I feel like TB at the end of his Space Marine WTF with the kind of carnage the team leaves in its wake at the end of the expeditions.
I'm also really surprised at how goddamn atmospheric and beautiful this game manages to be, between awe and creepiness, it's absolutely delicious and I have been enjoying every moment of it. The way traversal is based on teamwork, the friendly mood the game somehow manages to cultivate and how downright obscenely welcoming the community has been only make me wish I had more time to commit to it.
So yeah, those two are nice games! And added together, they don't even make up half of a full-price game. Pretty glad with my purchases there, even if it was a bit of a splurge to cope with anxiety
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They got a bag of cash from Epic so they don’t need to care if its good.
I have an announcement.
I have gone full weeb.
I have gone full weeb.
This has me intrigued for what other kinda of situations this could be applied to without running into the car spawns in car moment from Driver:SF because this could be quite fun to follow yourself around doing various things in games
Oh, are we Korone-posting? Count me in.
one $5 coupon a month
Valve ain't runnin' a charity here.
This is pretty neat
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Thankfully our PCs could run Yuzu
This one looks neat. It kinda reminds me of Overboard.
I have the feeling that the team behind the remaster completely misunderstood the appeal of ultra taxing settings.
The "Can it run Crysis stuff" bringing the game to a crawl is fine. Modern hardware not being good enough to run Crysis is the expected, wished for scenario,
But with this version it feels like we have a game that is crawling along because the engine can not take full advantage of current or even hardware from two years ago.
26fps, at 20% total CPU usage and 50% GPU usage?
(not my screenshot btw)
I do not even understand what the promised DLSS patch is supposed to do here? Lowering the internal render resolution in a scenario where the GPU is running at 50% load? I'm not an computer scientist, so chances are always high I'm wrong: But what is that supposed to achieve? 5%-10% additional performance, because the CPU has slightly less to do and the GPU dropping down to 40% load?
The engine seems to run into bottlenecks, independent of the class of hardware you are throwing at it.
This was never about making a good, modern Crysis 1 for PC. This was always about bringing out a Crysis version for next gen consoles, one with all the buzzwords needed. Explains why they've choosen EGS and ran with it.
This isn't Crysis, this is Lichdome Battlemage.
500k? Damn, make it rain golden unicorns!
This post smells worse.
Hunt is the only good game Crytek ever made.
I need to finally upgrade to an SSD in the near future, Cyberpunk kinda forced me to.
What should I do with my old HDD? Can I just continue my current Windows install with the HDD as the main, storage and install new games that will benefit from SSD on the new SSD? Or should I reinstall everything on the new SSD and put the HDD as the secondary storage for indie games and such?
What should I do with my old HDD? Can I just continue my current Windows install with the HDD as the main, storage and install new games that will benefit from SSD on the new SSD? Or should I reinstall everything on the new SSD and put the HDD as the secondary storage for indie games and such?
Considering how much an SSD boosts windows boot times and operations: I'd go with option 2.I need to finally upgrade to an SSD in the near future, Cyberpunk kinda forced me to.
What should I do with my old HDD? Can I just continue my current Windows install with the HDD as the main, storage and install new games that will benefit from SSD on the new SSD? Or should I reinstall everything on the new SSD and put the HDD as the secondary storage for indie games and such?
By the way: The difference in price between an SSD and a gen 3,0 NVMe is pretty small this days. But hardware prices are strange in some regions.
1TB ssd: $109, 1TB NMVe: $120
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Go all in on SSD, having HDD anywhere in the system will bottleneck. Save it for a NAS or other kind of storage only thing.
Also to add, the computer will be much more silent, the biggest factor for noise in my old build was the HDD.
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Welp, windows updated to 2004. And after re-installing the media feature pack (windows N be damned) everything seems fine. Let's hope nothing broke.
Just chiming in to say that a hack/mod of Dino Crisis 1 where the roles of Rick and Regina are reversed, with fan voice acting in order to have the game be played as Rick, would be a neat mod to have around.
Just sayin'.
Just sayin'.
Reminder that Falcon Age is releasing on Steam soon, after it recently got a PC release for VR headsets some months ago.
Worthwhile info media about it
Worthwhile info media about it
Is she talking about the upcoming Steam launch for Kine?
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Im really excited for the game, love good puzzle games so Im getting it day 1 on Steam.
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Im really excited for the game, love good puzzle games so Im getting it day 1 on Steam.
That's correct, the package has received so minor modifications this past few weeks.Is she talking about the upcoming Steam launch for Kine?
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Im really excited for the game, love good puzzle games so Im getting it day 1 on Steam.
Also this kind of confirms our theory that most of this money hats serve merely for the devs to release an Early access/Beta thing which is, in part, funny.
Considering how much an SSD boosts windows boot times and operations: I'd go with option 2.
By the way: The difference in price between an SSD and a gen 3,0 NVMe is pretty small this days. But hardware prices are strange in some regions.
1TB ssd: $109, 1TB NMVe: $120
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Cool, thanks for the tips!
Go all in on SSD, having HDD anywhere in the system will bottleneck. Save it for a NAS or other kind of storage only thing.
Also to add, the computer will be much more silent, the biggest factor for noise in my old build was the HDD.
I'm planning to get the cheap nvme 500gb WD Blue for now, as I need to save for my RTX gpu upgrade too next year.
Oh no no, I'm glad she took the deal and it worked fine, don't get me wrong, it's just that we used to joke about the fact that most EGS games have launched in a very specific state that would be Early Access on Steam and, well, we weren't wrong after all.
Steven's Sausage genre keeps reinventing itself in fascinating ways.
No need to be sorry, I'm not the biggest multiplayer gamer myself. If you feel like playing DRG, good, but no worry otherwise.
I've just asked Marcin Momot about detailing Cyberpunk specs in a similar way but didn't know people already did this yesterday.i bet minimum is ps4/xb1 level, recommended is ps5/xsx level, and sounds like more will be more coming for 1080/1440/4k high-ultra pc requirements.
ubisoft does it well with their spec sheets as they show resolution/gfx settings on them
Anyway this was his reply:
Me when I saw my CPU is not on par with CP2077 recommended specs
At the same time, while I'm stupid enough to buy it day one, I really loved playing W3 with full DLC, so it's not like this CPU thing is a 'OMG let's buy one asap' thing.
At the same time, while I'm stupid enough to buy it day one, I really loved playing W3 with full DLC, so it's not like this CPU thing is a 'OMG let's buy one asap' thing.
That game was actually fun, contrary to that modern remaster. Even had Jennifer Hale's excellent voice acting in it!
Thanks for the reminder, I especially am glad to have my dumb corrected and know it can run on flatscreens. Gimme all the adorable!
Do you have 70 GB SSD?Me when I saw my CPU is not on par with CP2077 recommended specs
At the same time, while I'm stupid enough to buy it day one, I really loved playing W3 with full DLC, so it's not like this CPU thing is a 'OMG let's buy one asap' thing.
Finally buckled down and finished Röki. I'm not sure how I feel about it... The first 2/3rds were enjoyable - lots of puzzles, exploration, and it mostly made sense and was interesting... The final chapter sorta lost me though. Moving around the world became annoying because you unlock a second playable character that you swap between and so you have to walk right 3 screens with one character, walk right 3 screens with the second character, and repeat over and over again. It being an adventure game, there is a lot of trial and error and backtracking, and you now have to do it all twice. Also, the climax of the game was just... anticlimatic. No puzzles at all. You just run around for 3-4 minutes while the games talks at you.
I'm trying not to be negative, because I liked the world, the visuals, the music... But the core story was just not that interesting. Maybe with voice acting(instead of single words or noises paired with full lines of text) it could've been more impactful, but it felt like a story that tries very hard to be emotional/moving, and just wasn't for me.
I'm trying not to be negative, because I liked the world, the visuals, the music... But the core story was just not that interesting. Maybe with voice acting(instead of single words or noises paired with full lines of text) it could've been more impactful, but it felt like a story that tries very hard to be emotional/moving, and just wasn't for me.
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I'm 100% confident your r5 2600 is good enough.Me when I saw my CPU is not on par with CP2077 recommended specs
At the same time, while I'm stupid enough to buy it day one, I really loved playing W3 with full DLC, so it's not like this CPU thing is a 'OMG let's buy one asap' thing.
Call me crazy, but I'm gonna try rtx on with 30fps cap with a non-rtx gpu for Cyberpunk. The game feels like an immersive sim to me, so I think it doesn't really need 60fps if I'm not going for a gunblazing route. My PC is slightly above the recommended specs.
Not gonna call you crazy. The beauty with PC gaming is that you can decide for yourself how you wanna play a game.
When I think immersive sim, I think about very fast moving crazy action, honestly. Not all the time,sure, but it's a cycle of planning and then execution, and that latter part is definitely fast-paced for the way I usually play immersive sims (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Prey, System Shock, etc. )
I play immersive sims veeeery slowly lol. I'd stop at every safe place I can find to observe and plan ahead. I also always go for non-violent route if I can, and in Cyberpunk there will be lots of options for that with dialogue choices.
Even with non-violent paths, I usually try to sneak around, and steal everything without getting caught, or knock everyone out and hide their bodies, which on high difficulties requires you to pull of a very complex sequence of moves within a few seconds.
But I do like about immersive sims how variable they are are, you can play them like an FPS, if you put all points into combat mechanics, or go completely for stealth, or many other things. I do expect Cyberpunk to have big focus on dialogue, that's a good point.
We don't know what the recommended are targeting but I have my doubts that 30fps RTX is possible on a non-RTX GPU.
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