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C-Dub

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I completed a fair few games this year. Not as many as I thought, as I dropped a ton of them. But I am happy with what I've managed.

1. A Space for the Unbound - Prologue (PC)
2. Half-Life: Alyx (PC)
3. Persona 5: Royal (PS4)
4. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (PC)
5. Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4)
6. Space Pirate Trainer (PC) - can't really complete this one, but I had my fill
7. Horace (PC)
8. Resident Evil 3 (PC)
9. Tetris Effect (PC)
10. Abode (PC)
11. Helltaker (PC)
12. Persona 4 Golden (PC)
13. Ayahuasca (PC)
14. The Room VR: A Dark Matter (PC)
15. Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PC)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
17. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo Switch)
18. Pistol Whip (PC) - again, you can't really complete it, but I had my fill
19. Paradise Killer (PC)
20. Halo 3: ODST (PC)
21. The Gallery: Episode 2 (PC)
22. Ikenfell (PC)
23. Vertigo: Remastered (PC)
24. Pumpkin Jack (PC)
25. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)
26. Tell Me Why (PC)
27. Catherine: Full Body (Nintendo Switch)
28. Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PC)
29. Superliminal (PC)

Some notable games I didn't complete, but that I put significant time into:

1. Call of the Sea (PC)
2. Deus Ex: Revision (PC)
3. Westworld Awakening (PC)
4. Robots;Notes Elite (PC) - refunded on Steam
5. Fall Guys (PC) - refunded on Steam
6. Grimm's Hollow (PC)
7. Dry Drowning (PC)
8. The Blackwell Legacy (PC) - doesn't like my monitor but I am open to trying again in the future
9. Ori and the Blind Forest (PC)
10. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC)
11. Deliver Us The Moon (PC)
12. Spiritfarer (PC)
13. Hades (PC)
14. Yakuza 0 (PC)
15. The Last of Us Part II (PS4)
16. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Xbox One)
17. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (PC) - refunded
18. DOOM (PC)

There were a lot more I played less than an hour on, but I don't count those or I'd be here all day.
 
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Li Kao

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It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.
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Wondering if Conan Exiles is a good open world sandbox or just another of the edgy shit that came after Day Z. Is enslaving people mandatory ?
 
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Li Kao said:
Wondering if Conan Exiles is a good open world sandbox or just another of the edgy shit that came after Day Z. Is enslaving people mandatory ?
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Gameplay wise it's more ARK than Day Z.
Don't play it unless you want to join a massive clan etc.
 
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C-Dub said:
[UWSL]I think it's fair to say we all want the app to improve so PC gamers who opt to use it have a less shit experience.[/UWSL]
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To be honest, I'd rather not see a shitty company like Epic becoming a major player in pc gaming.

Reason for this is that there is no indication that Epic has any intentions to become a healthy competitor towards other storefronts. So far they have been relying on anti-consumer and anti-competitive tactics to force people into using their store, while throwing money around to shut up anyone criticizing them. The few things they did right (deep sales, coupons, free games) are very likely to disappear once they get enough marketshare.

Unless Epic strongly changes their tactics, their store can fail as hard as the Windows Store as far as I'm concerned.
 
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Li Kao

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ISee said:
Gameplay wise it's more ARK than Day Z.
Don't play it unless you want to join a massive clan etc.
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Uh, I was more interested in playing solo / duo / friends in a private instance (I think it's possible ?)
If it's not possibe or break the game then fuck that noise. I like my grind wheel with a few friends or alone, not interested in playing with randos.

BTW, when is the next Steam Sale, summer ?
 
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Li Kao said:
Uh, I was more interested in playing solo / duo / friends in a private instance (I think it's possible ?)
If it's not possibe or break the game then fuck that noise. I like my grind wheel with a few friends or alone, not interested in playing with randos.

BTW, when is the next Steam Sale, summer ?
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Spring Cleaning
 
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I'd say this prince increase is an exercise in deftly-aimed bullet to the foot. I wasn't interested in the game before, now they can enjoy both the infamy and the certainty I'm never buying anything of theirs again. Price hikes everywhere but the US can die in a fire, this is the same kind of BS as FS2020.
 
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Li Kao

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Still toying with :
Subnautica
Destroy All Humans on cdkeys
Anno 1800 (on EGS, looks like you can launch it with only uplay)
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War Master Collection or something
Spellforce III
Old Gods Rising

But yeah, the budget is already very much dead, so...
 
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Li Kao said:
Uh, I was more interested in playing solo / duo / friends in a private instance (I think it's possible ?)
If it's not possibe or break the game then fuck that noise. I like my grind wheel with a few friends or alone, not interested in playing with randos.
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Playing solo is possible, and private servers are too (in fact, you'll start a private server for solo play). Thats they only way I played Conan Exiles. Also has built-in cheats ;)
 
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PC Gamer had a piece about some Nascar driver being a PC gamer. I don’t give a shit, but I was genuinely happy to skim it after thinking at first it was another death.
That’s how 2020 went :thinking-blob:
 

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Well it took them 2 years to realize obvious

The lack of these little rabbit warrens leads to a lack of discovery. When looking for new and unknown games to play on Steam, the trailers and screenshots only pull me in so far—it's more often the weird player stories, streams and community creativity that really shows me what a game is about. There's now a 'Discover' tab that serves as the store's front page, ostensibly to "help users find new interesting games", but the games it coughs up aren't exactly ones that anyone needs help discovering.

At the time of writing, five of the games on the first page of 'Discover' are big Ubisoft titles, sandwiched between Fortnite, Cyberpunk, Star Wars Squadrons and GTA 5. Only one of the ten games on display is an indie. The next thing you'll see when you scroll down is a selection of service games with holiday events—most of them already well known and popular—then you have the daily Christmas freebies. It's only after that do the indies really start filtering through, appearing in the 'New Releases' section a few scrolls down.

In contrast, Steam greets me with no less than eight indie titles from the off, using my personal tastes to find games on sale I might be interested in. A little bit further down, I get a list of indies enjoyed by 'players like me' and daily community recommendations, which again highlights lesser-known games. Sure, the algorithms are inevitably imperfect, but they're at least getting my eyes on a wider selection of indie games, while on Epic the main way to get foregrounded as an indie is via the golden ticket of exclusivity or being the free game of the week.
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Epic should be lauded for creating a publicly visible roadmap for Epic Games Store, but it also highlights the company's priorities. Recently added checkouts, currency localisation, wishlists and growing currency support are useful, but very much storefront-oriented. Achievements, enabled in July, are being added slowly, while a vaguely worded "social overhaul" and user reviews (that will be opt-in for developers) are still way off. There's no mention of remote play, streaming or family sharing—the kind of features that separate a storefront designed to sell games from a fleshed out platform designed to make gaming convenient and accessible.
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But will the goodwill carry over into genuine consumer loyalty when Epic's free game sideshow comes to an end? Will indie games get the opportunities and exposure they need on the Epic Games Store without the publicity of exclusivity or being podiumed as the free game of the week?

Based on my own experience as a ritualistic beneficiary of Epic’s giveaways and £10 game coupons, I feel that loyalty towards the Epic Games Store is as shallow as the pages of the store itself. It’s not a convenient place to look for interesting new indie titles or arrange gaming get-togethers with friends; it’s a storefront with some eye-catching titles and claims to being a Steam competitor, but step inside and it’s an eerily hollow place, making me question the sincerity of the impressive window display as I inch back towards the exit.

There’s a lot of work to do here if Epic wants to hold my attention beyond this extended, expensive honeymoon period.
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www.pcgamer.com

After 2 years, the Epic Games Store is still a golden ticket for devs and irresistible bait for gamers

But has it grown into a true Steam rival?
www.pcgamer.com www.pcgamer.com
 
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dex3108 said:
Well it took them 2 years to realize obvious







www.pcgamer.com

After 2 years, the Epic Games Store is still a golden ticket for devs and irresistible bait for gamers

But has it grown into a true Steam rival?
www.pcgamer.com www.pcgamer.com
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I'm sure this isn't news to them, but they didn't want to go after one of their biggest partners on day one for such a shoddy showing. This was bound to happen eventually, but until PCG uncouples from Epic as a sponsor of their various things, it's going to be a tale of two magazines/websites.
 
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dex3108 said:
Well it took them 2 years to realize obvious
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It really is a mystery why the storefront that invest resources in improving the user experience generates more "loyalty".... :rolleyes:. So far I think without the financial incentive people will leave fast.

Also, yeah, I expect another article very soon saying the opposite of this one after an angry tweet from Sweeney.

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Going back a little, I'm late but I only finished about 35 games this year. But 70% of that was after kicking Destiny 2 out in June. What a fu**** timesink that was.... phew.
 

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I was looking at my steam badges and saw I got a badge from somebody on the steam community awarding me a point for something, the thing is I've been steam community banned for months now and I haven't uploaded any new reviews or screenshots, I wish there was notification on who gave what.
 
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