Community MetaSteam | September 2020 - An Offer You Definitively Can't Refuse

[warp_]

Glorious, what’s equally glorious is Sony fans being salty at a timed exclusive. Dat competition.

i wonder if it is a timed exclusive or just a technical/guideline related restriction?when i bought the game on amazon it was listed as an x1 game and then got "upgraded" to a dual console disc. seems like it's probably the x1 version on the disc and it gets upgraded digitally if you play on xsx.

i could see sony not liking this solution and wanting a different disc for ps5 that has all the ps5 upgrades on it. but like i said, yakuza is not some mega graphical powerhouse so other than faster loads i am curious what is even upgraded?

or maybe ms just paid sega to get xsx out earlier lol. the companies have worked together closely before.

 

[BO7AMMOOD]

It's just business. I don't get what all those PlayStation players are so upset about. You're not entitled to a free upgrade when your platform owner got "outcompeted" by Microsoft who worked so hard to add value to their customers....

Spoiler

 

[Xclash]

i wonder if it is a timed exclusive or just a technical/guideline related restriction?when i bought the game on amazon it was listed as an x1 game and then got "upgraded" to a dual console disc. seems like it's probably the x1 version on the disc and it gets upgraded digitally if you play on xsx.

i could see sony not liking this solution and wanting a different disc for ps5 that has all the ps5 upgrades on it. but like i said, yakuza is not some mega graphical powerhouse so other than faster loads i am curious what is even upgraded?

or maybe ms just paid sega to get xsx out earlier lol. the companies have worked together closely before.

I’m in agreement that MS paid up to make it happen. Good for them, not sure why Sony would drop the ball on a franchise that’s synonymous with PlayStation.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

From Nov 23 to Nov 10

YES YES YES

 

[MJunioR]

Finished Mafia. It's alright, but something felt wrong with the shooting, can't point exactly what. Still a fine game, though.

 

[QFNS]

So... Yakuza gonna be MS Store only or are they gonna put it on Steam?

 

[Mor]

So... Yakuza gonna be MS Store only or are they gonna put it on Steam?

We're happy to announce that Yakuza: Like a Dragon is coming to Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Windows 10, PlayStation 4, and Steam slightly earlier on November 10!

 

[warp_]

So... Yakuza gonna be MS Store only or are they gonna put it on Steam?

it is on steam. still say 11/13 release date but i imagine that will be changing soon

I’m in agreement that MS paid up to make it happen. Good for them, not sure why Sony would drop the ball on a franchise that’s synonymous with PlayStation.

yeah it's a little strange on sony's end but the ps4 version should be just fine on ps5 and gets a free upgrade in march so imo it's the least painful way to do something like this.

 

[Cacher]

Yakuza 7 is still region locked at my place. Probably in some other places as well. Weirdly that they still haven't updated it.

 

[texhnolyze]

And still no news on Yakuza 7 for Asian region. Bullshit.

I think calling it "well optimized for PC" is a bit of a reach.

It's a game fundamentally built to work on phones and a PS4, so you'd have to actively mess up to make it not run at 60 FPS on a modern PC.
(Especially if you neglect to add meaningful extra options to the PC release in terms of e.g. draw distance which go significantly beyond what you do on other platforms)

Fair point, but PC is clearly the definitive version of the game. Mobile version is mobile, and PS4/Pro version was downgraded from the beta version. It's reportedly running with stutters and distance on details being scaled down significantly, as well as aggressive pop-ins while exploring.

 

[NarohDethan]

MS is gonna buy Nagoshi sensei himself!!!

It's just business. I don't get what all those PlayStation players are so upset about. You're not entitled to a free upgrade when your platform owner got "outcompeted" by Microsoft who worked so hard to add value to their customers....

Spoiler

This exact same argument was made with Spiderman on Marvel's Avengers and everyone went with it. Now that they got the short end of the stick they complain.

 

[Durante]

Fair point, but PC is clearly the definitive version of the game. Mobile version is mobile, and PS4/Pro version was downgraded from the beta version. It's reportedly running with stutters and distance on details being scaled down significantly, as well as aggressive pop-ins while exploring.

Oh, I'd never doubt it's the definitive version, I just don't think a whole lot of PC-specific optimization had to go into it to make it so.

 

[Futaleufu]

In case anyone is interested, Gene Rain is about to stop being sold:



Plus, they are offering a key for a new version of the game to owners of the previous one, in case anyone owns it:

GR_D - Dear players, We will end the sale "Gene Rain". - Steam News

We will end the sale "Gene Rain"，As compensation, we are willing to give away "Gene Rain: Wind tower" "Steam Key" .

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Nah, they are rereleasing using another Steam ID to get rid of bad reviews, wouldnt be surprised if they are banned for doing that.

 

[Tomasety]

The hell the game has 113 packages lol. I wonder why so many cd keys packages related to them.
Is Sega planning to lock every single regional cd key for almost each country in the world?

 

[warp_]

you'd figure if y7 was an sx exclusive on next gen ms would be crowing about it more, plus ps4 and 5 versions are still being advertised. maybe it is just sega or sony having their own issues. there was that football manager dev tweeting about them not getting any ps5 devkits as well...maybe related?

or maybe no one cares about yakuza enough to advertise it as an exclusive

 

[NarohDethan]

you'd figure if y7 was an sx exclusive on next gen ms would be crowing about it more, plus ps4 and 5 versions are still being advertised. maybe it is just sega or sony having their own issues. there was that football manager dev tweeting about them not getting any ps5 devkits as well...maybe related?

or maybe no one cares about yakuza enough to advertise it as an exclusive

I've seen lots of Y7 ads from Xbox accounts on Twitter

 

[ZKenir]

The football manager dev thing is probably as a reaction to the people asking why the game isn't being ported to ps ecosytem

 

[warp_]

i'm the target demo for y7 and i got no ads. guess they knew i already had it preordered lol

i also don't follow xbox brands or people on twitter so that would be why i never saw them from official sources

 

[Li Kao]

Hm, really? I never found it repetitive -- the second Revelations had a bunch of drawn-out sections that were boring, but the first one was a pretty tight experience if I remember it correctly. But it's been a while.

Just the environments, for story reasons I won't expand on because spoiler. Felt a little silly, like, oh it's another...
But I loved Rev 1 too.

Rev2 on the other hand, nah. I guess it was passable.

 

[Tomasety]

Now, the developers say that the anti-cheat will “no longer run in the background after the game is closed nor after the game is uninstalled”.

 

[Trisolarian]

Remember folks; when you purchase a RTX 3080 AIB card for $750, you should feel like a Billionaire!!!

Weekend gaming report: well, I FINALLY got into playing small and free horror games. Took a while. Report in Oct. Had a run in Issac that was 4 (FOUR) repeat victory laps and my character ain't done yet!

 

[Wok]

Indie Cup Celebration

Discover the best indie games from Eastern Europe

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[ZKenir]

apparently it was never a bug that it kept running after the game closed, it was intended, this is from the same page as the news they're now changing it

2. After closing the game, the anti-cheat program continues to run in order to prevent the use of certain external plug-ins that operate when the game is closed; this is to help protect the fairness of Genshin Impact for all players.

Genshin Impact – Step into a Vast Magical World for Adventure

Genshin Impact is an open-world action RPG. In the game, set forth on a journey across a fantasy world called Teyvat. In this vast world, you can explore seven nations, meet a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities and abilities, and fight powerful enemies together with them, all...

genshin.mihoyo.com

 

[Wok]

Perfect (yet 87/100).

Spelunky 2 review

A brilliant action roguelike that's only as complex as you want it to be.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Mivey]

Perfect (yet 87/100).

How can Spelunky 1 or 2 hope to compete with the RPG of the Decade?

Spoiler

 

[Alexandros]

I'd be interested in trying out Rick Dangerous 3 aka Spelunky but the main character's movement seems too fast and slippery for my liking.

 

[lashman]

 

[ISee]

I'd be interested in trying out Rick Dangerous 3

Wait, what?! have I missed something?

 

[Alexandros]

Wait, what?! have I missed something?

Nah, I was just making a joke about Spelunky's visual similarities to Rick Dangerous.

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[Futaleufu]

I'd be interested in trying out Rick Dangerous 3 aka Spelunky but the main character's movement seems too fast and slippery for my liking.

I always thought that it's too easy to get killed, even by accident

 

[gabbo]

Indie Cup Celebration

Discover the best indie games from Eastern Europe

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Now if only they'd go back and start getting older CIS/Eastern Euro titles from the dark ages of pc gaming - Give me vivisector and hellforces on steam please!

 

[warp_]

How can Spelunky 1 or 2 hope to compete with the RPG of the Decade?

Spoiler

mash a for higher review score!

 

[BO7AMMOOD]

This exact same argument was made with Spiderman on Marvel's Avengers and everyone went with it. Now that they got the short end of the stick they complain.

If only people could detach themselves from their favorite corporate overlord and try to think whether a certain business practice is actually beneficial to customers or not.... if only. Nope, too hard. Let's just mindlessly repeat "It's just business, entitlement, YOU"RE NOT OWED ANYTHING" until we're blue in the face and stan for business behaviors that will totally never come back to bite us in the ass

 

[Snakethesniper]

apparently it was never a bug that it kept running after the game closed, it was intended, this is from the same page as the news they're now changing it

Genshin Impact – Step into a Vast Magical World for Adventure

Genshin Impact is an open-world action RPG. In the game, set forth on a journey across a fantasy world called Teyvat. In this vast world, you can explore seven nations, meet a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities and abilities, and fight powerful enemies together with them, all...

genshin.mihoyo.com

Well, I mean, today I was kind of making a joke about the game being chinese F2P, so probably to compensate you gave them informations....

That sounds like an excuse. If they're worried about plug-ins you can use when the game is closed, what does it change if you use them before launching the game after a fresh startup?? It would "make sense" if the service started with the system, and in that case it would be even worse

 

[warp_]

not really the point of the yakuza thing but...i dunno what these people are expecting from yakuza 7 anyway. if they think the ps5 version will look any different than the ps4 other than maybe a resolution change, i got some bad news for them.

 

[fspm]

Decided to install Genshin impact for shits and giggles after all the spam about it.
Launcher picks os language - wtf bro, it isn't 2001 any more.
Downloads @ 0.6 mb/s. Pause/resume - 0.6 mb/s. If you can't provide decent speeds for your gacha shit release on steam or something.
That and anal anti cheat - uninstalled before even 1 gb was downloaded. Sayonara bitch.

 

[ZKenir]

Lisa in Genshin is voiced by Tanaka Rie, thus she is best girl and all other opinions are automatically null and void

 

[LEANIJA]

Control Ultimate Edition

Get the achievement: Rush Job​

Kill 100 enemies with Shield Rush​

People who have completed the challenge:​

• no one yet​

Got it:

Steam Community :: Error

steamcommunity.com

I'm using Assisted mode because I suck at the game and its more fun for me that way, does that still count?

 

[lashman]

Got it:

Steam Community :: Error

steamcommunity.com

I'm using Assisted mode because I suck at the game and its more fun for me that way, does that still count?

of course it counts

CONGRATS!

and added

 

[QFNS]

I played and completed Control, yet barely bothered to upgrade the shield ability lol. Whoops.

 

[Deleted member 113]

Now if only they'd go back and start getting older CIS/Eastern Euro titles from the dark ages of pc gaming - Give me vivisector and hellforces on steam please!

I'm still waiting for the return of that flawed gem that is Boiling Point.

I was a big fan of 90's/00's Eastern games.
They were frequently chock-full of great ideas and originality, but frequently lacked the budgets and polish to match their ambition.

 

[Futaleufu]

I played and completed Control, yet barely bothered to upgrade the shield ability lol. Whoops.

I played Prey without using alien mods, many achievements are based on those skills.

 

[xxr]

Got it:

Steam Community :: Error

steamcommunity.com

I'm using Assisted mode because I suck at the game and its more fun for me that way, does that still count?

Sorry, you're banned

 

[fantomena]

Imagine buying a new GPU or CPU or any other PC component and not having your save work.

Big props to MS for letting people use the save from their Xbox One consoles on Series X/S. I mean, it should be obvious to work, but for Sony it apparently isn't.

 

[warp_]

Imagine buying a new GPU or CPU or any other PC component and not having your save work.

Big props to MS for letting people use the save from their Xbox One consoles on Series X/S. I mean, it should be obvious to work, but for Sony it apparently isn't.

wait, really? that's the dumbest thing. sony, get your act together. ms and their stance on back compat (and forward compat in the case of the xsx controllers) is nice to see. like you said, it seems like the obvious thing to do at this point with people having multi-generation digital game libraries.

 

[fantomena]

wait, really? that's the dumbest thing. sony, get your act together.

To clarify, this is about games getting upgraded enhancements, not pure BC, a lot of devs are upgrading their games for free for next-gen consoles, but which game will have cross-save seems to be case-by-case basis for Sony. Reports says that PS4 and PS5 games are treated as different apps even though the games might just get a framerate boost or something, but on Xbox side, all games should have cross-save and Xbone/Xseries versions are treated the same.

Bunch of crap, really, imo.

 

[Echoes]

I played Prey without using alien mods, many achievements are based on those skills.

Same here, I tried to be as human as I could

 

[warp_]

that's...bizarre. i had read before that the ps5 might treat bc games as if it was a ps4 pro and go into a "ps4 mode" so that makes cross saves not working even more baffling

 

[fantomena]

Just putting the game embedd here so I remember to wishlist it tommorrow