Community MetaSteam | February 2023 - A 90's dystopian adventure in the digiworld.

[Ge0force]

So it seems Zen Studios pissed off their fanbase even more by canceling the launch discount for older tables in their new Pinball FX game. Also, their subscription pass is a ridiculous $15/month, new tables are up to $15 and there's still no Steam release. I hope they get what they deserve...

 

[dex3108]

Like a Dragon Ishin aka stutter fest. Unreal Engine strikes again.

 

[lashman]

 

[LEANIJA]

Five Lord of the Rings games in the works at Embracer releasing by 2024

Five Lord of the Rings games are in the works at Embracer, planned for release in the financial year 2023/2024.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Snakethesniper]

Like a Dragon Ishin aka stutter fest. Unreal Engine strikes again.

I was hoping this wasn't the case, every single game has stuttering jeez

 

[CommodoreKong]

Five Lord of the Rings games in the works at Embracer releasing by 2024

Five Lord of the Rings games are in the works at Embracer, planned for release in the financial year 2023/2024.

www.eurogamer.net

Battle for Middle Earth 3 plus Battle for Middle Earth 1 and 2 re-release please.

 

[Lashley]

Like a Dragon Ishin aka stutter fest. Unreal Engine strikes again.

I'm so fucking sick of it. They take the absolute piss with the performance of these games.

 

[Arc]

I heard the PC version was bad, but I didn't think it was that bad.

 

[fantomena]

I heard the PC version was bad, but I didn't think it was that bad.

it is that bad

well I can play it on my 6 year old PC, but I do feel a shitty performance and the game doesn't look good either, image quality or graphics quality.

 

[fokkusu]

Returnal also takes hit from shadow EOS

 

[lashman]

Like a Dragon Ishin aka stutter fest. Unreal Engine strikes again.

I was hoping this wasn't the case, every single game has stuttering jeez

I'm so fucking sick of it. They take the absolute piss with the performance of these games.

 

[Kyougar]

Five Lord of the Rings games in the works at Embracer releasing by 2024

Five Lord of the Rings games are in the works at Embracer, planned for release in the financial year 2023/2024.

www.eurogamer.net

LOTR LEGENDS! - Mobile tower defense Gacha
Saruman, the rise and fall of a wizard - Switch adventure
Lord of the RINGS - Arena hero fighter
Hobbit Survivors - survivor clone
Middle-Earth Battlegrounds - GAAS battle royal.

 

[Line]

LOTR LEGENDS! - Mobile tower defense Gacha
Saruman, the rise and fall of a wizard - Switch adventure
Lord of the RINGS - Arena hero fighter
Hobbit Survivors - survivor clone
Middle-Earth Battlegrounds - GAAS battle royal.

Those games feel like a Hard Drive troll.
But maybe there will be some good stuff in there, dunno.

 

[Hektor]

Battle for Middle Earth 3 please!!

And a Galadriel led action game pretty please?

 

[LEANIJA]

Disney Dreamlight Valley - A Festival of Friendship Major Content Update - Steam News

Join in on “A Festival of Friendship” in Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Third Content Update!

store.steampowered.com

The Disney Dreamlight Valley update is out

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Midnight Suns got a sale and a free weekend


(alongside a 2K weekend sale)

 

[Deku]

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative Deluxe Edition on Steam

store.steampowered.com

The standard edition is only 50%. Price glitch?

 

[Censored]

Goddess of Victory: Nikke is available on PC now.

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE｜Immersive Sci-Fi RPG Shooter

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE is an immersive sci-fi RPG shooter game. The global launch is on 4th Nov (UTC+9). Recruit and command various maidens. Specializes in wielding sci-fi weapons. Win excellent combat!

nikke-en.com

 

[BaoLunia]

New game from Book of Demons dev out now

 

[Snakethesniper]

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative Deluxe Edition on Steam

store.steampowered.com

Price error on the deluxe edition? Is less than the basic game and the complete your bundle

 

[prudis]

 

[Dinjoralo]

If people can play Dark Souls on a banjo or whetever, then you can play pretty any game on controller or whatever else you want. I do agree that it's weird why you wouldn't want to use the best kind of input device, if you do play on PC and the game is clearly suited for KBM.

I feel like it depends on the game. I remember Gears feeling off and awkward when playing with a mouse, the controls felt cumbersome and it was obviously designed with the idea that you'd be leaning on the aim assist.
I was expecting Returnal to similarly feel awkward on KB/M, but it fits like a glove. I think it helps that the game's really fast-paced, it's not going by the old "slow everything down to compensate for analog aim" school of doing things.

 

[Kyougar]

you all are scratching your head why Unreal engine games are so abysmal all of a sudden.
While the answer is so easy

HE has the last laugh

 

[lashman]

 

[dex3108]

 

[Arsene]

Now this is a fucking throwback

 

[thekeats1999]

I think I am going to stop buying AAA games in the first year of release. By the time i buy them they might actually work.

There's a free game inspired by Vampire Survivors that is based on Hololive Vtubers (and so, it has an anime aesthetic).
In the most recent version it has 29 characters.

HoloCure by Kay Yu

A 'survivors' like, free unofficial Hololive fan game!

kay-yu.itch.io

I have been meaning to give that a go.

 

[lashman]

Now this is a fucking throwback

i know, right? it's been AGES

 

[Alexandros]

Tim Sweeney pushing people towards Linux so they can use downloaded shaders and escape his engine's stuttering. What a boss!

 

[Kal1m3r0]

I'm quite ignorant on the matter but how much viable could it be to make a dual boot with Steam OS to play games in the persistent stutter fiesta of the 202x?

 

[ezodagrom]

I have been meaning to give that a go.

The game's fun, plus the lead dev is very passionate about the project.

Other than Holocure, he also worked on a couple of commercial games (key animator for River City Girls and lead animator for River City Girls 2), and does animation for animes.

 

[Lashley]

If you download the Ishin demo does it at least let you carry over to full release?

Or is it two downloads?
demos 3gb, nevermind

 

[Dragon1893]

Like a Dragon Ishin aka stutter fest. Unreal Engine strikes again.

Yeah, just tried it. So fucking disappointing, it's like a plague.

 

[prudis]

another batch of tecent newsies:

gun stacking towerdefence

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Sequle to the music action adventure

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Dizzy? Is that you released

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Early access for boomer shooter with a reaview mirror

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little Kingdom of the Dump update

 

[Mor]

Well well well!

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Steam Year In Review 2022

A recap of tools, features, and data from the last year

steamcommunity.com

 

[TioChuck]

Well well well!

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Steam Year In Review 2022

A recap of tools, features, and data from the last year

steamcommunity.com

83,000 new first-time purchasers every day of the year.

Jesus...


Wheres EGS's tho'? That one is taking so long to spin that will end up probably just a JPEG saying "2022: IT WAS ALL GOOD"

 

[Arc]

Tim Sweeney pushing people towards Linux so they can use downloaded shaders and escape his engine's stuttering. What a boss!

Well well well!

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Steam Year In Review 2022

A recap of tools, features, and data from the last year

steamcommunity.com

No MAU information?

Edit: New purchasers actually decreased slightly from 2021, which had 31.2 million. 2022 had ~30.3 million new purchasers (83,000 x 365).

 

[lashman]

No MAU information?

Edit: New purchasers actually decreased slightly from 2021, which had 31.2 million. 2022 had ~30.3 million new purchasers (83,000 x 365).

 

[Nabs]

I'm obsessed with Audiosurf again. Send help.

 

[Arc]

Steam had a good run.

But seriously, while the user base experienced healthy growth, I almost think player spending might have declined, especially since Valve didn't mention it. If it did decline, it's probably a combination of the COVID boom fading, the world economy worsening and 2022 being one of the driest years for new releases in recent memory. The only huge new releases I can think of in 2022 were Elden Ring, Lost Ark and Modern Warfare 2. It might also explain why Epic is so coy about releasing their year in review.

 

[lashman]

Steam had a good run.

RIP Gaben

 

[Jav]

Tim was probably waiting to see the numbers from Valve

 

[gabbo]

I'm obsessed with Audiosurf again. Send help.

still my most played game. I'm sending more music to play

 

[Kvik]

I almost think player spending might have declined, especially since Valve didn't mention it.

I'd be more inclined to spend more if the recent prices are reasonable. I'd love to get Ishin on day one, for example. But I certainly won't be so inclined to spend $100 for it.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

Hitting cancel on the epic stuff for Returnal died nothing. I still see the overlay on task manager.

How do I remove this shit?

 

[didamangi]

Hitting cancel on the epic stuff for Returnal died nothing. I still see the overlay on task manager.

How do I remove this shit?

Rename EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exe to EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exebak or something else in Returnal\Returnal\Binaries\Win64 folder.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

Rename EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exe to EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exebak or something else in Returnal\Returnal\Binaries\Win64 folder.

That just amde steam auto verify and download a new exe heh >.>

 

[didamangi]

That just amde steam auto verify and download a new exe heh >.>

Hmm, works for me. Although I let it install when it first running the setup. Maybe that's why.

 

[Knurek]

Steam had a good run.

But seriously, while the user base experienced healthy growth, I almost think player spending might have declined, especially since Valve didn't mention it. If it did decline, it's probably a combination of the COVID boom fading, the world economy worsening and 2022 being one of the driest years for new releases in recent memory. The only huge new releases I can think of in 2022 were Elden Ring, Lost Ark and Modern Warfare 2. It might also explain why Epic is so coy about releasing their year in review.

I'm sure publishers pricing out most of regions in the world has nothing to do with decline in sales.

 

[dex3108]

Anyone with Ryzen 7000 CPU that is not interested in Jedi Survivor and it is willing to help me activate code?

 

[Ascheroth]

I feel like I'm gravitating more towards F2P stuff these days. Mostly mobile games, weirdly enough. (That I play on my desktop PC, while I play my PC games mobile on the Steam Deck, lol).
Never would have thought I would one day happily play F2P GaaS games, but here we are. Genshin, Honkai Impact, Honkai Star Rail soon. I guess the common throughline here is that it looks like I like Hoyoverse's brand of F2P GaaS, since they are effectively (very good looking and highly polished) single-player games.
Honkai Impact in particular even has its story mode effectively detached from all the F2P gachaness surrounding it and can basically be played as a regular Action game with probably 100+ hours of just story stuff (which is how I to prefer to engage with it every couple months).