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[prudis]

Not EGSxclusive? Steam store page for Gotham Knights coming.

https://steamdb.info/app/1496790/

and you just jinxed it .... it could still do the Wonderlands tomorrow (aka early steampage and yet went egs on release date reveal)

 

[lashman]

 

[Mor]

and you just jinxed it .... it could still do the Wonderlands tomorrow (aka early steampage and yet went egs on release date reveal)

nah.

 

[Kvik]

Tomorrow.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

 

[Madventure]

Didn't know that the port was shit. Thought it was a nice deal for a gem so I posted it

That wasn't a rag on you and it was appreciated with the deal, It was more of a it sucks that the port was so bad. Maybe it's worth picking up that they fix it in the future since it came out pretty recently but It's kind of a toss up

 

[dex3108]

 

[Dragon1893]

Divinity Original Sin 2 still crashes constantly. I just don't understand how this doesn't get fixed.

 

[Deleted member 113]

Like I keep mentioning, there's a significant amount of free student games available on Steam, most of them of surprising quality.
Since many of them are short, or prototypes, they won't take much of your time, and they are great to try out in-between other games.
Do consider checking them out, and post your feedback to the teams behind these games.

There are many institutions posting student games, but I just noticed the DigiPen Institute of Technology now has a curator page, which makes it easier to track the games that come from their programs. It's well worth following it:

Steam Publisher: DigiPen Institute of Technology

DigiPen Institute of Technology is a world-renowned college for game development, with campuses in the U.S., Singapore, and Spain. This is our official developer page for publishing our student games to Steam.

store.steampowered.com

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Here's a few examples of some of the recent student games they've posted:



And here's a very cool looking game that's coming out next week:

 

[gabbo]

It kind of is. The idea is the same: doing missions where players do complementary work, one is a hacker (so a more "passive" role, although there's plenty of mini-games for the hacking bits) while the other does the on location work, and players need to communicate and do their part in order to succeed, but Operation: Tango is a bit more streamlined and "accessible" (in a good way), and the presentation is equally polished.

Think of it as a flashier, prettier, Clandestine, with a bit more diversity, and easier to pick up and play.

I may just have to look into this, thank you for the quick rundown

Of fucking course they are

 

[Durante]

As an old Man, Discord is pretty bad for anything text based, scrolling through channels is a nightmare, archiving is fucking impossible, If It wasnt for the fact that IS a free Voice chat service and everyone I know now uses It, I would still be using teamspeak, simpler and cleaner.

Same, but Mumble.
And I still use it with most of my friends.

That said, I feel like Discord is a significantly better (text and voice) chat service than anything else I've been forced to use over the last 2 decades because it was popular, so it has that going for it.

 

[ListeningGarden]

i know my priorities are kinda weird but i wish discord was more customizable beyond "bland light" and "decent dark" themes. nobody i know uses telegram for a thing, but the color themes are super lovely. meanwhile im still waiting for discord to remember their original plan to have themes available, or risk getting banned for using betterdiscord or w/e

it's still the best of the modern electron-based chat apps but just let me have Colors tyvm

 

[Tomasety]

New historical lowest price

 

[madjoki]

 

[thekeats1999]

As possibly one of the older people on this forum (50 creeps ever closer) I have to say that I only really use Discord as a chat based client for when I want to chat to mates or I am playing some sort of online game. Outside of that I am on a couple of servers for 3D printing patreons I support and thats about it.

However I also hated that trend a lot of websites went through where they couldn't post news anymore and they had to hide it in youtube videos instead. Not great when your in the office and want to just quickly check something out.

So to that end Forums are perfect for me.

 

[dfghstrbght]

do CS3 and Cs4 have actual quest tracking or do those games still stick to the hidden quests formula with the latter hidden all over the place without anything to help you track them down?

 

[tetel]

do CS3 and Cs4 have actual quest tracking or do those games still stick to the hidden quests formula with the latter hidden all over the place without anything to help you track them down?

“Hidden” quests appear on the minimap (green exclamation marks).

 

[Li Kao]

I may have my first Game Pass issue, I suppose. GP says there is an update for Marvel Avengers but fuck if I can download it. Nope. There is an update but fuck you.

 

[Joe Spangle]

I'll be honest - not totally sure what a discord is. Seems to hectic for me. I like this forum and that's it.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Count me as an old fogie, I don't get Discord.
It's just like Twitch chat, it's so damn fast and constant how are you meant to get anything out of it?

 

[Vantr]

I may have my first Game Pass issue, I suppose. GP says there is an update for Marvel Avengers but fuck if I can download it. Nope. There is an update but fuck you.

I've encountered this annoying issue a few times. Try opening the Microsoft store and checking the Downloads/Updates section and it might start the update.

 

[Wok]

The publisher of theHunter has made nice lists of DLC. Here, new maps are clustered on a single page, without the car/weapon DLCs.

Steam DLC Page: theHunter: Call of the Wild™

store.steampowered.com

 

[Stevey]

 

[fantomena]

Decided to for once use my game pass and see if Riftbreaker and B4B is worth a buy. Haven't used game pass in some time due to my backlog.

 

[Li Kao]

I suppose you can install each Halo separately in the Steam version ? Would be a huge advantage as the GP version is redonkulously large.

 

[Deleted member 113]

I suppose you can install each Halo separately in the Steam version ? Would be a huge advantage as the GP version is redonkulously large.

Yes, you can. Each game (and its MP content) has a seperate DLC entry on the DLC Tab, and by selecting/disabling entries you can install what you want.

My disk is small, so whenever I had it installed, I always has a single game or two installed, not the whole thing.

 

[Wok]

Who thought it was a good idea to put this ugly lion on their store banner?

:lul:

It is a bit better-looking when the image ratio is correct, but still problematic with regards to the head/body size ratio.

In-game screenshot for comparison:

Vs. a real lion:

 

[lashman]

Who thought it was a good idea to put this ugly lion on their store banner?

 

[Li Kao]

Who thought it was a good idea to put this ugly lion on their store banner?

:lul:

I... don't want to be insulting, I'm just joking, but... this is Ron Perlman

 

[Deleted member 113]

I was checking the new releases tab on Steam last night, in search of the name of a game I briefly glimpsed that looked cool (which ended up being a game called satryn deluxe), and I noticed a few more "retro" titles that are worth a look:

The one I was looking for was, like I mentioned, satryn deluxe, and it looks hectic and fun:



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Then, there's this 8-bit looking game, from the developers behind the Monster Prom series of visual novels (talk about doing something different!), that was released last week and I totally missed it:



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And finally, this very cool looking retro FPS, that kind of reminds me of the Blood series (visually), was also released last week, and I totally missed it!
I remember seeing some gameplay footage from it years ago, but didn't follow it closely, and the game is now out, and is getting good reviews:

 

[dfghstrbght]

“Hidden” quests appear on the minimap (green exclamation marks).

good because I'm gonna start my replay of CS2 to jump into CS3 and CS4 later and I remember all the "hidden" stuff to be a pain

 

[Yoshi]

Weekend PC Game Deals (credit to Neowin)

Bundles:
Humble theHunter: Call of the Wild Complete Bundle
Fanatical Favorites Build Your Own Bundle

Free Weekends:
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Borderlands 3

Deals

Madden NFL 22 – $38.99 on Steam
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance – $29.99 on Steam
It Takes Two – $29.99 on Steam
Crysis Remastered – $22.49 on Steam
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut – $21.99 on Steam
The Jackbox Party Pack 6 – $20.99 on Steam
Anno 1800 – $20.16 on GreenManGaming
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – $19.99 on Steam
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 – $16.24 on Steam
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – $14.99 on GamesPlanet
Assassin's Creed Odyssey – $14.99 on Steam
Darksiders III – $14.99 on Epic Store
Infinifactory – $12.49 on Steam
Assassin's Creed Origins – $11.99 on Steam
Batman: Arkham Collection – $11.99 on Steam
Maid of Sker – $11.24 on Steam
Injustice 2 – $9.99 on Steam
Fallout 76 – $9.99 on Steam
BATTLETECH – $9.99 on Steam
Torchlight III – $9.99 on Steam
Out of the Park Baseball 22 – $9.99 on Steam
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth – $9.99 on Steam
Opus Magnum – $9.99 on Steam
Mafia III: Definitive Edition – $9.89 on Steam
SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated – $9.89 on Epic Store
Borderlands 2 Game of the Year – $8.79 on Steam
The Survivalists – $8.49 on Steam
Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition – $7.99 on Steam
LEGO DC Super-Villains – $7.99 on Steam
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate – $7.99 on IndieGala
Killing Floor 2 – $7.49 on Steam
Assassin's Creed Syndicate – $7.49 on Steam
Crysis 3 Digital Deluxe Edition – $7.49 on Steam
A Way Out – $7.49 on Steam
SHENZHEN I/O – $7.49 on Steam
Unravel Yarny Bundle – $7.48 on Steam
Torchlight II – $5.99 on Steam
The Walking Dead: The Final Season – $5.99 on Fanatical
Fallout 4 – $4.99 on Steam
Fallout Classic Collection – $4.99 on IndieGala
Battlefield V Definitive Edition – $4.99 on Steam
Crysis Warhead – $4.99 on Steam
Sea of Solitude – $4.99 on Steam
Fe – $4.99 on Steam
Battlefield 1 – $4.79 on Steam
Torchlight – $2.99 on Steam
SpaceChem – $2.49 on Steam
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered – $1.99 on Steam
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse – $0 on Epic Store

GOG Deals

XCOM 2 - $14.99 on GOG
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition - $9.99 on GOG
Thimbleweed Park - $9.99 on GOG
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - $7.99 on GOG
Dead Space - $4.99 on GOG
System Shock 2 - $4.99 on GOG
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - $4.99 on GOG
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition - $4.99 on GOG
Batman: Arkham Knight - $4.99 on GOG
Jade Empire: Special Edition - $3.74 on GOG
LEGO Batman: The Videogame - $3.74 on GOG
Batman - The Telltale Series - $3.74 on GOG
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series - $3.74 on GOG
Fallout Tactics - $2.99 on GOG
Fallout 2 - $2.99 on GOG
Unreal Tournament GOTY - $1.99 on GOG
Hard Truck 2: King of the Road - $1.49 on GOG
Syndicate Plus - $1.49 on GOG
ARMA: Cold War Assault - $0.99 on GOG

 

[Knurek]

I'll be honest - not totally sure what a discord is. Seems to hectic for me. I like this forum and that's it.

It's like IRC but for millenials and with way less trout slapping.

 

[fantomena]

Thanks for the warm welcome lashman !

I am 36 with 2 kids, so not sure if that qualifies me as old but I don't understand Discord. It's like Twitch chat - just endless streams of nonsense.

I'll also say I am trying to find my way back to gaming and part of that is figuring out SP vs GaaS MP. I like the structure and pacing of MP games (you get the whole game experience in 10 minutes) but the FOMO and progression is too time consuming. So I am trying to find my way back to just appreciating single player campaigns. Metroid Dread is helping a lot, and hopefully a Steam Deck will really help.

If you need any help to find good SP experiences for your Steam Deck, just ask, there are a lot of people here who loves good SP games. Im one of them. I do enjoy playing MP games, but the best games for me are games are SP games. There is a reason why Alan Wake, Bloodborne and Crysis are some of my favorite games.

MetaCouncil is also great for finding hidden gems ( FunktionJCB ) and finding good deals ( Tomasety ).

Tagging you because I appreciate your posts.

 

[Exzyleph]

Who thought it was a good idea to put this ugly lion on their store banner?

I don't know what you are talking about. It looks fine to me ...

 

[beep boop]

a wide lion appears

 

[Wok]

TIL Ceb is back on the analyst panel at TI 10 to comment on the pick/ban drafting phase live.

 

[Deleted member 113]

Cool. We are now getting movie tie-ins for Japanese horror films:



The theme song and background music is by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill).

 

[spindoctor]

A game changing moment that just happened at the The International


The embed doesn't seem to be working so this is the link to the clip, which should work I think.

https://clips.twitch.tv/AgileInventivePineappleCeilingCat-6dx6jV4gPF_bJd2w

 

[Kyougar]

A game changing moment that just happened at the The International


The embed doesn't seem to be working so this is the link to the clip, which should work I think.

https://clips.twitch.tv/AgileInventivePineappleCeilingCat-6dx6jV4gPF_bJd2w

cough yes, gamechanging, I know what is happening!
what is happening?

 

[xxr]

Stop being old

 

[lashman]

Stop being old

 

[QFNS]

A couple of questions to anyone who finished bloodstained:

End game spoilers

1- Is there any reason to replay the game as zangetsu?
2- What's the point of the shadow ability you get from a boss?

Didn't see anyone else respond so I will.

End game spoilers

1- Not in terms of like.... story or anything, but Zangetsu is similar to Richter from SotN where he has a fixed moveset and is crazy strong at the outset if you know all the moves he has. He's an interesting way to play, but not really anything there from a story standpoint.
2- Its a copy of you, and so it will copy all your moves (I don't think it copies shards though). You don't need the ability for progresion, but it does have some fun applications for like letting you get double hits in on monsters and so forth. Not essential, but a fun thing to play with.

 

[Wok]

Later today (?):

Tomorrow's schedule for the final day of TI 10.

Later this year: Marci.

 

[Tomasety]

New historical deal for:

Freedom Fighters - 86% - 1,59£/€1.89 - Never bundled

Steam Halloween Art Pack

 

[Knurek]

Later today (?):

Tomorrow's schedule for the final day of TI 10.

Later this year: Marci.

Is Todd Howard playing DOTA2 now?

 

[lashman]

Is Todd Howard playing DOTA2 now?

 

[Vantr]

Later this year: Marci.

Anime wins yet again.

 

[lashman]

 

[Le Pertti]

Should have been “suck my deck”