Community MetaSteam | January 2023 - A new season begins
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Man I’m getting tired of the place I live in, not only is it filled with squatters that break the elevator on a daily basis, pee in the stairwell. But now the management has cut water and left for the weekend, without any kind of warning. How the hell does one manage without water until Monday?
Edit, ok phew the water is already back haha, my neighbour seemed so pissed so I thought it was going to be for the weekend.XD
Edit, ok phew the water is already back haha, my neighbour seemed so pissed so I thought it was going to be for the weekend.XD
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Why does everything AMD do feels like one step forward two steps backwards
Ordered a new case, now to wait for pick up notification
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I think there's quite a few factors about that, and indeed, Gamepass games are ignored because it means less revenue for reviews, and they are a business, not something to inform potential buyers, and it has always been.
The game obviously lacked marketing, but then, it was also not supposed to be big and popular with what it is, and having small games like this is probably not a bad thing for a studio anyway.
But the bigger "issue" it has, is that it is an Obsidian game.
Obsidian was never a big name, and I don't mean in quality, they obviously made a ton of excellent games... but they also almost always played second fiddle to bigger and more marketable teams and are know to make sequels, like Bioware for the old stuff, then following Bethesda for New Vegas and Alpha Protocol, but also new things that kinda flop like for THQ, My.com, and a whole bunch of others with only one constant: they were almost always broke and certainly never had the marketing they would have wanted... or the time to finish their games.
Too many reasons to count (or even know, definitely plenty of legalese involved in their troubles), but they've always been on the verge of breaking down and are incredibly unlucky in their endeavors for some reason.
I doubt Pentiment could ever do crazy numbers with being an adventure game, but I don't think it's somewhat linked to it, even when they made great RPGs just a few years back, they didn't exactly do too well... because it's not the 90s anymore and people are not really that interested in games like this.
Planescape wasn't the biggest hit ever, and if you released that today... it sure wouldn't sell any more copies in 2023.
At least it seems Grounded was quite successful (again, not with reviewers, they're here to sell hype for companies, not helping customers), it was not a small game where it matters today, on streaming platforms and social media.
In the same way that Sea of Thieves is never getting a 94 on metacritic, but it sure is popular.
Now only the future will tell how their games will go, but I have no doubt Microsoft will help fund the marketing at least.
But as far as hitting the heart of modern players? That I do not know.
I've just been told about and seen Paralives which has been in dev for a couple of years now and looks to be a smaller in scope ( so far, well obviously they're a tiny dev ) Sims-a-like. Looks like it might be worth looking in to and keeping an eye on.
Nah, game has full set of cheevos on UbiDon'tPlay.
Saw this on reddit... sure does explain a lot !
While watching Alex's video about PC ports for Digital Foundry it really hit me that Playstation's games are setting the bar for ports in a lot of ways. I think that's surprising considering they started doing these so recently. To think that seeing these games on PC was a pipe dream just a few years ago.
After starting Deus Ex Mankind Divided 4-5 times and never making it past the doctor in Prague, I've finally found my rhythm with the game on the Deck. I bought it all the way back in 2017 and I love the series as a whole.
I actually think this one feels a bit better than Human Revolution!
I actually think this one feels a bit better than Human Revolution!
Yeah! I was more thinking about the fact that people are asking for it and his take comes off as little gaslighty.
Interesting mix of permille and percent there from guru3d. ‰ vs % is quite a difference, so I wonder which it actually is.
THIS DRIVES ME UP THE WALL. Its like someone saying "Basis points are the same as percentages."
Motherfucker NO THEY ARE NOT. They are exactly NOT that. A Basis point is 0.01% , which is helpful when a government does something like raise interest rates by 25 basis points you know they mean 0.25% vs saying raising interest rates by 2% (when it is already at 2%) it can be unclear if that means 4% or 2.25%. This makes things clear.
Mixing up per mil and % above is the same thing. Infuriating.
When did they new Uncharted Waters game get announced?
It seems to be set for release in 2023.
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Correction, it was slated for 2021 originally but was pushed back to 2023?
It seems to be set for release in 2023.
Uncharted Waters Origin
Correction, it was slated for 2021 originally but was pushed back to 2023?
Hence why we should all use the more obvious unit of measure, the micro lashmanbacklog. It's in base 20000 though.
The Gran Turismo film is coming out in August, I wonder if Sony plans to release the game on PC by then.
Lost Ark be "let's ban inactive players"... 
I have been absent for the last few days. D&D implosion is so fucking entertaining I barely have time to read all the takes on forums I follow.
And when the topic dries down, Hasbro shoots another bullet in its foot.
I don't have enough popcorn.
And when the topic dries down, Hasbro shoots another bullet in its foot.
I don't have enough popcorn.
I was following this game for a while for something to slightly rival The Sims (like Cities Skylines) but those sim-likes doesn't look too good imo. I'll stick to The Sims, especially now that 4 is on Steam.
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As someone who both plays in a D&D game and runs a D&D Hasbro and WotC can go screw themselves. Both of our games are converting to Pathfinder 2E soon. I've actually bought a cheap refurbished small PC that was probably used in an office to run a server for Foundry VTT for both games and I'm going to be working on setting up Foundry this weekend.
Marvel SNAP and FFXIV are dominating my life
Seriously though, i wish I could be part of dnd groups and such.
I'm beginning to read Pathfinder 2. My case is more theoretical given my social life, but hey. One thing is for sure, it's more intimidating than 5e. Maybe not in play. I kinda like their new character creation, reminiscent of Gurps or Savage Worlds imho.
Drakar oc Demoner has a new version coming ! It will be the third attempt in English IIRC.
Seriously though, i wish I could be part of dnd groups and such.
I mean, pretty sure PossiblyPudding would be game for a TTRPG, we would need maybe two more and me discovering my balls and daring to do voice chat.
I did play that in my teens! Thought it was just a copy of dnd, didn’t know it was too different from it.
I couldn't tell you as I obviously didn't read the original (nor really the new one, just a glimpse), but I wouldn't be surprised if it has little to do with it, more of an IP thing. The new version looks pretty simple (and you can play a Mallard, so it must be good).
My older brothers used to play Drakar och Demoner so I felt compelled to kickstart the new version.
Yeah both character creation and the rules in general seem to be a bit more complex than 5E.
Several of the people who I play with are in a different state so yeah we play online. We use discord for voice chat a virtual tabletop software to play the game. We are switching over to FoundryVTT though I had used an browser extension called AboveVTT that turned DNDBeyond into a VTT and the game I was in used Roll20 for the VTT.
Okay, so iirc, my only time really playing Team Fortress 2 was for a few hours... on Xbox 360 via Orange Box. That's my only experience with it. I'm so sorry.
Also iirc, I played more of Team Fortress Classic, actually. I recall enjoying that, but I was never super into it.
Also iirc, I played more of Team Fortress Classic, actually. I recall enjoying that, but I was never super into it.
I never bothered with TF2. It came at a time where I was bouncing off multiplayer games, so it kinda just went past me.
Best part of tf2 back in the day was all the loot one could sell, there were some winter sales that I sold a bunch of tf2 gear to buy games. Some have quite a lot!
Back in the day, my jam was Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight! And Mysteries of the Sith expansion. Played sooooo much online.
That was me with CSGO, I think I made 25 bucks out of that.
I do wonder how much I’ve made, I do vaguely remember some did give quite a bit , like those alien isolation tie in hats I want to remember sold well.
The saddest thing is that I do like CSGO quite a bit, but it's so unfun playing with randoms.
Yeah always much more fun with people you know. But sometimes it can be fun, like today in cod I was riding the train and I took out three other player on the train all by myself! I was so proud haha
I probably made more than U$500 back in the day selling TF2 stuff, good times.
I made good money on PUBG as well.
I made good money on PUBG as well.
Seriously though, i wish I could be part of dnd groups and such.
The thing about DND Groups is, you spent 10% of the time playing, and the other 90% of the time scheduling.
Im salty AF the DND campaign i was running never went far, i had this idea that the party would be hunted by Nemesis from RE3 throughout the campaign, and i had created whole custom subclasses like a "Gambler", "Bloodthirster (Vampire)" and a ton of multiphase boss fights that i all already had prepared
Depending on how things work out, i might also be.
If you want a cheap PC controller grab a Stadia controller on eBay.
Google are releasing a firmware tool to enable Bluetooth next week.
Google are releasing a firmware tool to enable Bluetooth next week.
Lost Ark be "let's ban inactive players"...
Any updates on this? This seems like extreme abuse of Steam if the dev is actually banning inactive users.
You bring that up because of GDQ?
I enjoyed Dark Forces 1 a lot, but Jedi Knight really didn't appeal to me back then. Can't remember all the reasons why. But due to the GDQ run I'm going to give it a real shot! I already own it on GoG and jumped through the hoops to get it running properly just last night.
Best part of TF2 actually in the day was there was no loot and the gameplay was actually balanced and not ruined by loot bullshit.
Better than loot-era TF2
Haha, I never played Team Fortress 2 nor any MOBA, those are for old people! 
Or maybe it's because I didn't like Team Fortress 1 and the original DOTA mod because
Haha, I never played Team Fortress 2 nor any MOBA, those are for old people!
Or maybe it's because I didn't like Team Fortress 1 and the original DOTA mod because
You mean Aeon of Strife, i hope.
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