Community MetaSteam | January 2021 - It's Rare to See a Medium So Well-Done

[texhnolyze]

I'm ending the sale with my 2nd purchase, Encased.

It's at the last stretch of early access and is looking good. But honestly, I don't feel good at all. They recently just sealed the deal with a big publisher and that kinda made me worried. I'm not taking the risk of them hiking the price all of a sudden at some point. Between this and straight up rubbish regional pricing of games nowadays, publishers are collectively pushing me out of my hobby.

It's such a sad state of affairs.

 

[Le Pertti]

What's wrong with YIIK?

 

[Wok]

rogamer: :moneyrat:

 

[Mivey]

What's this "the use of software emulation is not allowed" nonsense in the opening of this video? The last thing we need is dumb Youtubers spreading more FUD about video game emulation.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

fuckin' YIIK lmao

One of the few games that I've asked for a refund.

What's wrong with YIIK?

I think there was some kind of controversy regarding the main dev, but I'm not sure. I refunded it because I wasn't enjoying the writing at all.

 

[MegaApple]

What's wrong with YIIK?

Pretty average on it's own.
But the way author has written it + blatant plagiarism has left a very bad taste in many people's mouth.

 

[Durante]

I considered buying a few games off my wishlist and that Steam recommended for me before the sale ends.

Then I had the presence of mind to actually check my Humble Monthly subscription for the past ~5 months or so, and it included 2 of those games (and a few more I had wishlisted).

I also have some duplicates. Does anyone want Shining Resonance Refrain (a surprisingly decent action JRPG, as long as you don't mind it being really anime), Indivisible, or any of the 2 Zwei games, that is either Zwei or Zwei 2?
(striked out are gone)

 

[FunnyJay]

One steam awards card needed to complete badge! But no more cards to get since it ends today.T_T

I gave up and bought the lat card on the market to finish the badge!

 

[MegaApple]

Just played it actually a few minutes just for lols.

The multiplayer with bot was decent, if a little cramped.
The one singleplayer mission somehow needed to be online on their server to play it. Since they server isn't that great, my game was lagging IN A SINGLEPLAYER MISSION.

Online games/live-service games have come a long way in terms of design and polish. Still don't like 'em though.

 

[prudis]

shit
i loaded my steam wallet with preparation for Yakoozi ports
.
.
and its almost gone again now

 

[Wok]

the 2 Zwei games, that is either Zwei or Zwei 2?

You really wanted to write zwei and two in the same sentence.

 

[PC-tan]

yiikes

I see what you did there



By the way does anyone know the name of the not that trades steam cards 1:1? I still need the game of the year award card

 

[Wok]

By the way does anyone know the name of the not that trades steam cards 1:1? I still need the game of the year award card

https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new/?partner=846271742&token=PNAB7Ogr

 

[Stevey]

Picked up Hellpoint

 

[Durante]

I'm really interested in Hellpoint (I'm generally interested in every halfway decent Soulslike that includes coop), let us know what you think.

 

[lashman]

 

[Wildebeet]

What's this "the use of software emulation is not allowed" nonsense in the opening of this video? The last thing we need is dumb Youtubers spreading more FUD about video game emulation.

I've never heard of that before. Maybe it's the new "winners don't use drugs" like there was on every arcade machine.

 

[NarohDethan]

Consumerism is over.

 

[Tomasety]

I'm interested in the game so thanks for posting it. I see you own it so if you don't mind sharing your thoughts about it when you play, I will be grateful.
I don't like Horror games so I'm not sure whether it might fit me or not.

I hope it's more in the line of "Murdered: Soul Suspect" to be honest.

 

[Ge0force]

Are they really charging €50 for a former EGS exclusive with a 70 metacritic score?

 

[Mor]

Very interesting, this is a completely new package, original probably is under Nacon's control so they opened a new one, quite interesting, yeah yeah.

New

https://steamdb.info/app/1151760/history/

Old

https://steamdb.info/app/750130/history/

Glad they solved their legal trouble with Nacon, at last they have complete control over their own game.

 

[Ascheroth]

Consumerism is over.

For now.
Humble sale is probably starting next week though
Gotta make use of these extra 20% while I'm not paused yet!

 

[lashman]

Are they really charging €50 for a former EGS exclusive with a 70 metacritic score?

apparently

¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[madjoki]

Are they really charging €50 for a former EGS exclusive with a 70 metacritic score?

you have Choice to not get today and get later instead

 

[Nabs]

 

[MegaApple]

Very interesting, this is a completely new package, original probably is under Nacon's control so they opened a new one, quite interesting, yeah yeah.

New

https://steamdb.info/app/1151760/history/

Old

https://steamdb.info/app/750130/history/

Glad they solved their legal trouble with Nacon, at last they have complete control over their own game.

GOOD GOOD
VERY GOOD!

Nacon/BigBen Interactive puts some of the worst regional pricing on Steam. Not my kind of game, but I'll be more willing to get it simply for putting Steam's standard regional pricing.

 

[lashman]

GOOD GOOD
VERY GOOD!

Nacon/BigBen Interactive puts some of the worst regional pricing on Steam. Not my kind of game, but I'll be more willing to get it simply for putting Steam's standard regional pricing.

some countries weren't so lucky, unfortunately

 

[Wok]

It's free, but you do technically unlock card backs by owning our other games.

:boomer:

 

[Stone Ocean]

What's wrong with YIIK?

It's a nightmare of a game in every sense besides visuals. The battle system is such a fucking chore that they are - well were - working on a patch to redo it. Every move you do has a special Mario & Luigi styled minigame that can take upwards of 2 minutes to complete. A simple boss fight can take 20 fucking minutes due to that.

Beyond the game being incredibly boring, the writing is not only offensively bad, it's also filled with plagiarism. It's a game I'd avoid even for free.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Despite the middling MC score, I quite enjoyed Sinking City

 

[Wildebeet]

Is anybody using an xbox controller for whatever the newest xbox is called? Does it work well with Steam using a USB cable? I'm thinking I'll pick one up tomorrow.

I've lost both my x360 controllers due to wire shorts. The longevity of these is not impressive...

 

[yuraya]

Rust is pushing nearly 1 million viewers on Twitch

Really cool to see one of those early early access games from 2013 get so much love in 2021. Much deserved.

 

[dummmyy]

xbox controller for whatever the newest xbox is called

Yeah I have been! I resorted to using it via USB cable because it randomly disconnects every once in a while with bluetooth, but that may be because of my BT dongle. it's not a huge difference to X1 controller, but by far my favorite of the two.

 

[ZKenir]

Is anybody using an xbox controller for whatever the newest xbox is called? Does it work well with Steam using a USB cable?

yeah, the controller uses an USB-C, just mentioning in case you get the controller without the cable

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Rust is pushing nearly 1 million viewers on Twitch

Really cool to see one of those early early access games from 2013 get so much love in 2021. Much deserved.

The numbers of viewers on Twitch is impressive. Rust usually had around 70k players on average past year and with the that new found popularity (well it was already popular before) it reached a new record for all time concurrent players: 134,483.

 

[MegaApple]

Rust is pushing nearly 1 million viewers on Twitch

Really cool to see one of those early early access games from 2013 get so much love in 2021. Much deserved.

Just saw the Twitch, the first top 21 streams are all SPANISH.

 

[Arsene]

Rust is pushing nearly 1 million viewers on Twitch

Really cool to see one of those early early access games from 2013 get so much love in 2021. Much deserved.

It was at 1.2m viewers the other day lol

 

[Stevey]

I'm really interested in Hellpoint (I'm generally interested in every halfway decent Soulslike that includes coop), let us know what you think.

Sure thing.



Just dusted out my PC, GPU was running at 70C playing Yakuza Kiwami, now its at 58C
Lol, ignore that, just hadnt ran it for long enough

 

[Wildebeet]

dummmyy ZKenir

Thanks. I'll get one tomorrow. That USB-C cable option is exactly what I want, because to fix the ones I've got I think I need to solder a new cable on, and that's not on my to-do list right now. I wish I could just plug a new cable.

I'm here trying to finish Hades with a rubber band wrapped tightly around the 360 controller to keep the short in check.

 

[fantomena]

So did Valve explain why they seem to have removed purchases from the activity feed? Terrible decision.

 

[dummmyy]

removed purchases from the activity feed

I've been wondering this! it's not something I thought I'd miss until it was gone. How else am I going to bug lashman every time he gets a slew of games.

 

[Jav]

Fine for me, I've could grab all the hentai games I wanted.

 

[rybrad]

Finally finished Yakuza Like a Dragon and I would say while it isn't one of the best games I have ever played, it is definitely one of my favorites ever.

So did Valve explain why they seem to have removed purchases from the activity feed? Terrible decision.

Really terrible decision. I have several people on my friendslist who I am only friends with because they like similar games and it is a good way for me to find out about them.

 

[Line]

Started Wasteland 3, really neat, if ugly at times (for the only thing that matters, characters! Those close ups are pretty unflattering, but it looks good in general otherwise), some decent accessibility options... but plenty of keybinds that you can't rebind, nor even remove.
Fucking hell why game.

Aaaanyway I like the skill system and its perks. Simple, but fairly rich and not too linear with some real bumps in power.
Now to see how it holds up, because the XCOM lite combat does make things a bit on the slow side.

 

[dex3108]

Valve also broke Steam Chat Android App around Christmas and still didn't fixed it. And regarding purchases on Activity Feed my best bet is that they are implementing new rewards/reaction system like they did for profiles and reviews.

 

[madjoki]

or just disabled it to prevent steam dying during sale.

 

[Stevey]

The Chat app works fine for me on Android

 

[kio]

The first GOTY contender releases on the 18th.

Spoiler

1.0 will probably only be released next year

Can't embed this in media for some reason...

 

[dex3108]

The Chat app works fine for me on Android

It doesn't crash when you try to send photo or link or even sometimes reply?

 

[Swenhir]

I'm going through some rather tough times and firing up Hollow Knight really filled me with that soothing nostalgia. Ori's probably next. Kingmaker is as amazing at eliciting that sense of Baldur's Gate-like adventure too. They help a lot.