Community MetaSteam | January 2022 - With a new year comes great responsibility, BOY!

[Li Kao]

Got out of five hours of Pathfinder. One big outdoor map and a multi level dungeon. I'm still terrified by the famed difficulty, but right now I'm all cigarette after sex.
So glad to know WotR waits for me next, and again, Owlcat, you better do Starfinder now. This industry idea of Sci-Fi CRPG is always post-apo, and I'm tired of it. Will play those games too, sure, but gimme some Space Fantasy. Let me colonize planets, explore strange flora and fauna, let me pew pew with an armored Saurian, please.

 

[NarohDethan]

Not buying any more now

Plague Tale, great choice.

 

[Le Pertti]

Good afternoon councilors!! Let's have good day.

Here is the top-10 Steam Sellers for last week.

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Anyone here played "Ready or Not?" I am kinda curious how much content there is, single-player wise...

Zomboid seems to have picked up a lot of steam. Nice to see. To think it was on my wish list for years and then I removed it and now it was the first game I bought during the sale.

 

[moemoneyb1]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

 

[Dragon1893]

Fuck it, borrowed my brother's Switch to play SMTV since he's done with it. I'm gonna regret this when the PC version is announced but SMT is one of my favorite gaming series and who ducking knows when they'll port it, we still have no signs of P5 and that has been our for ages.

 

[fantomena]

Got out of five hours of Pathfinder. One big outdoor map and a multi level dungeon. I'm still terrified by the famed difficulty, but right now I'm all cigarette after sex.
So glad to know WotR waits for me next, and again, Owlcat, you better do Starfinder now. This industry idea of Sci-Fi CRPG is always post-apo, and I'm tired of it. Will play those games too, sure, but gimme some Space Fantasy. Let me colonize planets, explore strange flora and fauna, let me pew pew with an armored Saurian, please.

The great thing about playing games like Pathfinder on PC is having trainers/cheats accessible in case something get's too difficulty.

 

[Stevey]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

The ending was perfect.
Just shows the state of a lot of shit these days.

 

[Dragon1893]

Holy shit! How is this the first time I'm seeing this?!

 

[Kyougar]

A little rant about the implementation of percentage-based hit chances.

The players feel that the percentages are bullshit because of the way the game decides to show the results.
Especially in percentage-based hits that only partially takes the skill of the individual figure or pilot in consideration.

For example, in Battletech or Xcom, you have line of sight, cover, weather, ECM, ECCM, Sensors, etc. in the formula on what counts as a hit or not.
A pilot who is max skill and only has a 10% hit chance because of bad weather, cover, ECM, etc. should still fire in the specific place where the enemy is standing, AND NOT 70 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT IN THE BACK OF HIS TEAMMATE!

 

[yuraya]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

The last few minutes of that video was fucking brutal....

 

[ZKenir]

 

[TioChuck]

Left 4 Dead 2?

 

[yuraya]

It would be nice seeing a full blown out next gen L4D3 by Valve but I think I would still prefer Portal 3 or TF3 over it. There is enough L4D clones out there to satisfy people. There aren't any hero shooters like TF2 other than the upcoming Overwatch 2 which I don't want to personally support or play in any way.

And with a new Portal...Valve is the only crazy enough dev to make a AAA puzzle game like Portal 2. We won't see anything like it again unless there is a third.

 

[「Echo」]

Please be an original game and not another shounen anime adaptation.

 

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Anyone here played "Ready or Not?" I am kinda curious how much content there is, single-player wise...

Single player content is the same as co-op content - it's 6 maps at the moment with various degrees of completion. Different game modes/scenarios help keep things fresh but you will be repeating content to get better scores, better times, etc.. So it does get repetitive relatively quickly if that's not something you enjoy doing. The modding scene is still just starting up but seems quite promising and is working on new weapons, skins, maps, AI modifications; there is a modding discord server and a nexus page if you are interested.

 

[Alextended]

Doom x immsim

 

[Digoman]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

I can't really comment on B4B because I haven't played it... but yeah, the attention to detail on the Left 4 Dead games was insane. And the way all those details come together to form a cohesive experience is very much what I associate with Valve games at the time. Well, that and the clean Source 2 look that has aged way better than other engines.

Also... hearing the witch music and sound still gets me nervous even after all this time

 

[Kal1m3r0]

Have been saying this for some time:
There aren't too many zombie games; there are not enough GOOD zombie games

 

[NarohDethan]

Please be an original game and not another shounen anime adaptation.

It will be another Naruto game and you'll like it!

 

[ExistentialThought]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

Holy moly, you forget how many details L4D has until seeing it played out like this. Really reminds me of why I love the game. Like even how intense something like throwing the Molotov cocktail and have the infected running through it full-bore or shooting your gun and having the environment around you being shredded. All of those details really play up the intensity and make even mundane moments really interesting. Plus those music and sound cues, which that I have never forgotten, probably still one of the top games for delivering information through sound. Honestly, I struggle to think of any other game that has managed to use that effect.

Source engine is also just such a treat of an engine, I really wish Valve would release it and continue to improve it. The way it handles physics is amazing and flatter lighting has meant things avoided that greasy/oily look that was so common from that time (and why it looks good to this day).

 

[「Echo」]

Single player content is the same as co-op content - it's 6 maps at the moment with various degrees of completion. Different game modes/scenarios help keep things fresh but you will be repeating content to get better scores, better times, etc.. So it does get repetitive relatively quickly if that's not something you enjoy doing. The modding scene is still just starting up but seems quite promising and is working on new weapons, skins, maps, AI modifications; there is a modding discord server and a nexus page if you are interested.

Sounds good to me! I love tactical shooters, and if modding is so open than it's basically an endless supply of things to do lol.

It will be another Naruto game and you'll like it!

noooooooo pls no.

CC2 is like, actually really talented devs but the Naruto shackles are... unfortunate.

 

[ZKenir]

It won’t be Naruto

Spoiler

it’ll be Boruto

 

[gabbo]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

My wife, and two friends went back and played L4D and L4D2 last year and it holds up, every little thing in the video helps wit hthat. It may look a little dated, but it's so immersive, you forget about that when you're over run and swinging a guitar at a horde in a mall or the only one to make it to the boat. It's the little things. I'm not going to cast aspersions at Turtle Rock, but maybe they need to try something besides "Left4Dead but ..." as their next title, see if they can work outside the Horde mechanic

Doom x immsim

That's... the story trailer?

 

[Cacher]

Date confirmed. Mar 3rd.

Stranger of Paradise also releasing in Mar. Guess which one will be the better game?

Spoiler

The memes of Stranger has already won me over.

 

[Amzin]

I'm waiting to dive into a couple of these until the Humble Choice hits to make sure none are on it, but already put several hours into Mecha Knights and while it's not like, 10/10, it's pretty great at what it is. It just radiates like early 2000's energy, too.

Also picked up Project Zomboid as mentioned earlier, gonna probably play that co-op with my brother on a more relaxed setting just to mess around during downtime.

 

[「Echo」]

It won’t be Naruto

Spoiler

it’ll be Boruto

the worst part is you're probably right.

Date confirmed. Mar 3rd.

Stranger of Paradise also releasing in Mar. Guess which one will be the better game?

Spoiler

The memes of Stranger has already won me over.

Sasuga Square-Enix. Leave it to them to compete against themselves by releasing two games they contracted 3rd-parties for, and which share a significant overlap in audience (Action/RPG)... in the same month.

Dummies. What excuse will they use when both under-perform?

 

[yuraya]

Babylons Fall releasing a week after Elden Ring so its gonna get demolished unfortunately.

The game does look a bit off. The graphics underwhelming but there must be some type of fun game there since its Platinum. Could be a good heavy discount purchase later in the year

 

[Alextended]

Crowbcat bringing the heat yet again.

It's rare to have people actually acknowledge and appreciate in-depth design like this nowadays (just look at all the trollers trashing BOTW likening it to Ubicrap or dissing From Software in favor of Bluepoint over a PS3 game's 1:1 remake). Great video, even if it may come across as a little mean. Still, Turtle Rock made a pretty good game in Journey of the Gods, maybe the excitement of the VR medium or even the financial security of a project funded by Oculus got them to experiment and work things out in better ways. It's a small scale project, fully linear with some padding still, but overall very good and in need of a sequel.

 

[Cacher]

I just watched Crowbcat's video on Cyberpunk after finishing that B4B video. I knew it was bad but never paid too much attention to how bad it is until now.


Jesus this is BAD. And the worst thing isn't even the game itself, but all these marketing bullshits and blatant lies. The next big game at the level of Cyberpunk is probably Starfield. I seriously hope that Todd Howard learnt from Fallout 76 and the case of Cyberpunk before releasing that game.

 

[PC-tan]

Just a reminder if you watched the L4D video. Some of the attention to detail that Valve put into the game had to be removed for some regions. Such as Japan, Germany and Australia I think.

 

[FunnyJay]

I reached the "Finale" chapter of Yakuza 0 yesterday, but had to quit for the night! What a fantastic game!
And I have to say, the graphical details in the characters faces must be some of the best I have ever seen.

 

[dummmyy]

I need some help. I'm finally going to be taking the plunge and playing Skyrim...so, can someone point me to some nice Skyrim mods...Thanks everybody.

 

[Stevey]

SkyUI is a must

 

[Le Pertti]

Only two days left! So remember to vote! Too many tied games at the moment!

MetaCouncil's Games of the Year Awards 2021

 

[prudis]

great to see Pronty and Timberborn there

 

[inky]

I need some help. I'm finally going to be taking the plunge and playing Skyrim...so, can someone point me to some nice Skyrim mods...Thanks everybody.

To start off, I would recommend just going for the Unofficial Skyrim Patch (mostly bug fixes, etc.) and Sky UI.
...

From then on it really depends on how down the rabbit hole you wanna go or if you have particular things you wish to address. Thing with Skyrim mods is that you will always find one thing more to download and it's up to you to say how small or how big you want to go.

 

[prudis]

Any thoughts on Supreme Commander or Dark Messiah of Might Magic in the year of 2022? Do they still hold up? Do they even work on Windows 10?

both are still as great as they used to be ( purge the unbelievers )

 

[Ge0force]

Date confirmed. Mar 3rd.

€70? F*ck off Square, you won't see a single cent from me anymore.

 

[MomoVideo]

Source engine is also just such a treat of an engine, I really wish Valve would release it and continue to improve it. The way it handles physics is amazing and flatter lighting has meant things avoided that greasy/oily look that was so common from that time (and why it looks good to this day).

I think Valve is still working on Source engine. Their all games are still powered by it, Half-Life:Alyx included. It's just not an engine other devs prefer. IIRC the last 3rd party game that used Source Engine was Apex Legends.

 

[prudis]

probably another part of their Trilogy of vengeance

so either

or

 

[dummmyy]

To start off, I would recommend just going for the Unofficial Skyrim Patch (mostly bug fixes, etc.) and Sky UI.
...

From then on it really depends on how down the rabbit hole you wanna go or if you have particular things you wish to address. Thing with Skyrim mods is that you will always find one thing more to download and it's up to you to say how small or how big you want to go.

Yeah, I should've been a little more specific. I have Skyrim Special Edition, so any overhauls, i want to keep it pretty much vanilla just want to make sure it runs well and looks great.

 

[MomoVideo]

Yeah, I should've been a little more specific. I have Skyrim Special Edition, so any overhauls, i want to keep it pretty much vanilla just want to make sure it runs well and looks great.

Like others have said, SkyUI is a must. The default menus are terrible, especially if you wanna play it with M&K, but SkyUI fixes most of the issues.

 

[Ascheroth]

€70? F*ck off Square, you won't see a single cent from me anymore.

To cheap? Don't worry, you could always go for the Deluxe edition for 110€.
And if you're still on the fence, there's In-App purchases as well.

 

[Cacher]

SEGA spokesperson said they are aiming to become the Marvel of game industry. Whole article is only available to subscribers.

セガが｢ゲーム業界のマーベル｣目指す熱量の背景 | ゲーム・エンタメ | 東洋経済オンライン | 社会をよくする経済ニュース

ok...

 

[curi0usBystander]

become the Marvel of game industry

What does that even mean ?

 

[ezodagrom]

CC2 is like, actually really talented devs but the Naruto shackles are... unfortunate.

They haven't done any major work on Naruto for years, their last Naruto game was in 2016, which had a small expansion in 2017 and a small DLC in 2020.

They did work on other similar anime games since then, Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and the Demon Slayer game that just came out a few months ago, I doubt it'll be another game like this since their newest one is so recent. I think one of their own self published projects is more likely.

 

[C-Dub]

What does that even mean ?

Acquired by a bigger player and wrung until dry, losing everything good about it in the process.

In all seriousness, Marvel is a big household name and Sega just wants the Sega brand to evoke the same loyalty as Marvel. It’s not a bad strategy (tie the quality and recognition to Sega as a brand and they can sell anything), but it’s very difficult when your main mascot hasn’t had an excellent game in forever.

 

[Cacher]

What does that even mean ?

From the small section available for free users, it seems that they are trying to expand the use of their IP, citing Sonic as an example.

 

[Arsene]

What does that even mean ?

SEGA CINEMATIC UNIVERSE BABY GET READY FOR TOTAL WAR: SONIC PUYO ONLINE ROYAL BANANA KIWAMI!!!!!

 

[jads653]

To cheap? Don't worry, you could always go for the Deluxe edition for 110€.
And if you're still on the fence, there's In-App purchases as well.

And as a special ultra deluxe edition you can get the NFT variant of the in-app purchases. Coming next year!