Community MetaSteam | September 2023 - The galaxy awaits

[Ge0force]

I've played a few classic towers and online games in Mortal Kombat 1 last night, here are my first impressions:

• Game runs flawless on my system. Locked 60fps on ultra without DLSS and no stuttering
• Online matchmaking is fast and stabile
• Always online in single player is annoying. Losing internet connection = back to the main menu. This happened twice for me, but this was caused by my powerline or network adapter, not by the game's servers.
• The game looks and sounds amazing!
• Combat is excellent. No more separate bars for offense and defense. Huge amount of both easy and hard combo's.
• No more annoying end boss fight! Final boss is a regular fight with Shang Tsung, which is great. There's also a mirror fight before Shang Tsung.
• Kameo's are okay. They add variation to the game and can be used in many ways (different attacks, breaking combo's, throws etc). Kameo characters can also perform their own fatalities and brutalities! The screen can become cluttered when both fighters are using kameo attacks tho.
• Tutorial is excellent as usual. No more character specific tutorials tho, only combo challenges
• The crypt is gone! The shrine they replaced it with is boring and needlessly time consuming.
• Mileena is still my favorite character. The vampire chick is my favorite newbie.

Tonight I'm starting the story mode. Really looking forward to it!

 

[C-Dub]

I don’t think the new management in SE are going to make the same stupid mistakes previous leaders have (and may actually be interested in building their brand), but there’s almost certainly a legacy of bullshit that will take years to unfuck.

Big companies have a lot of inertia and take a while to change course. I think at FF7R 1&2 probably took Epic’s cash at the same time. I’d like to be wrong, though.

 

[LEANIJA]

Unsure if these have been posted:

· Steam Deck is on sale currently Steam page
· RE4 Separate Ways DLC is coming September 21 Reveal video

 

[thekeats1999]

I will only believe S-E is changing when they stop taking exclusivity deals when somebody sneezes in their direction and when Kingdom Hearts releases on Steam.

 

[Li Kao]

I don’t think the new management in SE are going to make the same stupid mistakes previous leaders have (and may actually be interested in building their brand), but there’s almost certainly a legacy of bullshit that will take years to unfuck.

Big companies have a lot of inertia and take a while to change course. I think at FF7R 1&2 probably took Epic’s cash at the same time. I’d like to be wrong, though.

When did that leadership change occur, roughly ? I'm lost in my timeline of moronic execs. Is the current one still the NFT NFT NFT, or did he get the door ?

 

[C-Dub]

When did that leadership change occur, roughly ? I'm lost in my timeline of moronic execs. Is the current one still the NFT NFT NFT, or did he get the door ?

The NFT idiot got shown the door, but the new one has been involved in blockchain shit too. Not exactly inspiring, but new leadership can mean a new approach to exclusivity.

Square Enix needs to grow its brands. You can’t do that if you’re excluding portions of the audience who want to play your games.

Potential customers on Xbox, Nintendo or PC won’t bother even looking at your games if there’s uncertainty about whether they’ll even get to play the next one in the series.

Trust is earned.

 

[jads653]

Just reading into the whole Unity mess. Holy shit, this is a masterclass on how to ruin any goodwill you have as a company. I feel sorry, except for that cunt in charge, for whoever is working at that company because you won't be working there for long anymore after this stunt. Whatever they are smoking get me in contact with your dealer, please!

Unity Claims PlayStation, Xbox & Nintendo Will Pay Its New Runtime Fee On Behalf Of Devs

 

[lashman]

 

[Mor]

Going from 12 month (+6 month) exclusivity to 3 month one is big difference. Maybe, just maybe Sqeenix is learning.

I'm going to be bold and say the PC version of Rebirth won't be clusive.

Feel free to mock me when I'm wrong.

Actually, with FF7R being just 3 month exclusive on PS5 and XVI THEORETICALLY not being EGS exclusive, I'm inclined to think that this is the case and we will likely see a multistore release, even though it is weird and I would take that with a grain of salt, promising tho.

 

[lashman]

 

[Li Kao]

You know, that 512 Deck is tempting. But fuuu, it's 512, not the game changer that would be 1tb.
Still ya, sell my deck for 400, buy the discounted 512, damages controlled. And hey, maybe a non launch unit will be quieter under load.

Or I can wait for Steam to sell a 1tb Deck, because they will...
Amidala
...right ?

 

[Mivey]

You know, that 512 Deck is tempting. But fuuu, it's 512, not the game changer that would be 1tb.
Still ya, sell my deck for 400, buy the discounted 512, damages controlled. And hey, maybe a non launch unit will be quieter under load.

Or I can wait for Steam to sell a 1tb Deck, because they will...
Amidala
...right ?

Waiting on Valve to release new hardware requires a lot of patience. I think if Valve was thinking of releasing a model with more memory, they would have done it long ago. Maybe a revision of the first Steam Deck with some improved things, like the screen is coming, and maybe that option will have increased SSD storage, but I would assume that both of those things are at least another year out. Valve seems busy right now with whatever the new Galileo chip will be used for. Some SteamVR thing, or maybe a sort of Steam Machine, who knows.

If you just want a bigger SSD for your existing Deck, then I think it's much cheaper to just buy an SSD and install it yourself. It's really not that hard to open up the Deck.

 

[Parsnip]

Does anyone know/remember why there suddenly is two entries for Mass Effect 2 and 2 entries for Dragon Age - Origins in your Steam library?
Mass Effect 2 also has different install sizes. I'm guessing the larger one includes all the DLC you earlier had to manually download from the Bioware website?

Yep. Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC made free, as EA finally ditches BioWare Points

Seems they did the same for the Steam version almost a year later (the new ME2 app was first seen in steamdb March 2023). Maybe that coincides with the new EA app coming out beta or something.

 

[Li Kao]

If you just want a bigger SSD for your existing Deck, then I think it's much cheaper to just buy an SSD and install it yourself. It's really not that hard to open up the Deck.

Let me tell you about essential tremor.
Then I will delight you about the legendary portal 'repair', it involves one non magnetic screwdriver and the never found again fourth screw of a set.

I am not really the one you call to do DIY. I mean, I'm sure I could probably do it, but...
And yeah, as I said, maybe newer units are better. Even slightly, I take it.

 

[STHX]

DENUVO snuck on the game hours before early access... :: Lies of P General Discussions
looks like Lies of P got Denuvo just hours before the early access release

 

[TioChuck]

Ghostrunner 2 Demo is great, but I hope that the full game will have shader pre-compile, shader stutter is pretty bad, performance is pretty good otherwise.

 

[lashman]

 

[FunnyJay]

LOL

Everything you need to know about Godot 4 Bundle

We’ve teamed up with Zenva Academy for a bundle of courses to teach you to make and develop games with Godot. Pay what you want & support Girls Who Code!

www.humblebundle.com

Striking while the iron is hot!

 

[BaoLunia]

Fan made Interactive map: Craftopia Map

Please dont sleep on this game.

 

[MomoVideo]

I didn't see it being mentioned, but Tales of Arise is getting a story DLC. Two years after the game's release, and after announcing that this game would never receive any story DLC

Producer Yusuke Tomizawa confirmed that no story DLC will be made available after launch, also adding that the game will release as a complete experience and will not receive either prequels or sequels.

Around 20 hours long, the price is ~25$ when converted from yen. I liked ToA a lot, but releasing a story DLC so long after the release is certainly a choice.

 

[Deku]

LOL

Everything you need to know about Godot 4 Bundle

We’ve teamed up with Zenva Academy for a bundle of courses to teach you to make and develop games with Godot. Pay what you want & support Girls Who Code!

www.humblebundle.com

Striking while the iron is hot!

They also have a Unity bundle, but it has been around for a while

The 2023 Learn Unity Game Development Bundle

We’ve teamed up with GameDev.tv for our newest bundle. Get courses to help you learn Unity game development. Pay what you want & support charity!

www.humblebundle.com

 

[BaoLunia]

 

[Li Kao]

Yowza, I'm gonna need more than the dev assurances that the QOL counter balance the difficulty. Original game sucks you up and spits you out something fierce.

 

[Ibuki]

Lies of P is getting pretty good review scores. (83 OC/84 Meta)
I definitely want to give that one a spin. If only I was able to actually finish Starfield or BG3.

 

[BaoLunia]

 

[C-Dub]

I start my new job in two weeks. There has been a exodus from my team in the last month. I’m one of the last ones in this exodus and leadership hasn’t taken it well, because all their best staff are on their way out.

Today senior leadership sent out an email to the department outlining some “changes” - they said that due to people leaving, managers are now also going to lose their job as there aren’t enough people to manage.

They conveniently forgot the part where they’ve refused to fill the vacancies after people have left. Absolute pricks. I’m fuming today. Imagine blaming the people lucky enough to leave for your own headcount-cutting decisions?

 

[Censored]

out today.

The game seems so poor but well... childhood cartoons

 

[fantomena]

Interesting. Helldivers 2 doesn't have an EGS page yet and the video description says "Available February 8, 2024 on PS5 and Steam! "

 

[Ge0force]

I start my new job in two weeks. There has been a exodus from my team in the last month. I’m one of the last ones in this exodus and leadership hasn’t taken it well, because all their best staff are on their way out.

Today senior leadership sent out an email to the department outlining some “changes” - they said that due to people leaving, managers are now also going to lose their job as there aren’t enough people to manage.

They conveniently forgot the part where they’ve refused to fill the vacancies after people have left. Absolute pricks. I’m fuming today. Imagine blaming the people lucky enough to leave for your own headcount-cutting decisions?

Incredible. As if these managers had nothing to do with so many people leaving. I hope your new job will be better!

I just came home from the last day at my job that I have been doing for almost 23 years. I'll miss some of the colleagues, but it still feels like the right decision. Monday starts my new job as developer for a huge hospital. I'm really looking forward to it!

 

[lashman]

 

[Ge0force]

Interesting. Helldivers 2 doesn't have an EGS page yet and the video description says "Available February 8, 2024 on PS5 and Steam! "

Meanwhile, Horizon Chase Turbo 2 released on EGS and went straight into the marketing black hole.

 

[ZKenir]

Lmao

 

[Lashley]

Going from 12 month (+6 month) exclusivity to 3 month one is big difference. Maybe, just maybe Sqeenix is learning.

More like Sony's broke

Microsoft won bruh

 

[Censored]

Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey sequel.

野原一家、秋田へ。Nintendo Switch『クレヨンしんちゃん「炭の町のシロ」』がこの冬発売。 | トピックス | Nintendo

ネオスさんの新作ソフト『クレヨンしんちゃん「炭の町のシロ」』が、Nintendo Switchでこの冬発売予定であることが発表されました。まずは、「Nintendo Direct

topics.nintendo.co.jp

MK1 owners can add this skin for free

 

[Blu]

Free short RPG

 

[Hektor]

PSA: Green Man Gaming appears to send you two Lies of P keys if you buy the deluxe edition, they at least did so for me.

The "Deluxe Upgrade" key activated the whole game, leaving the key for the actual game as a spare

 

[C-Dub]

Incredible. As if these managers had nothing to do with so many people leaving. I hope your new job will be better!

To be fair, managers have done their best trying to manage the decline. It’s senior leadership who have fucked everything up and are now trying to dodge accountability.

They can’t cut staff because too many of us have walked, or are walking soon - and if we lose any more we won’t have enough to keep up with our projects, which means we lose commissions and the other departments in the organisation will do what I see as inevitable anyway, make their training internal.

So they’re cutting project managers instead and hoping the circus will manage itself.

They’ve also cut 100% of the consultant roles, and told the consultants they need to either project or line manage, meaning the project managers now have to compete with the consultants for a shrinking pool of roles.

An absolute shitshow. My manager was a mess yesterday and today because of this.

I was having the usual doubts about leaving this week, because I work with some brilliant people and things will only get harder once I’m gone, but now I’m gonna go with my head held high, happy to see the back of that place.

 

[NarohDethan]

I start my new job in two weeks. There has been a exodus from my team in the last month. I’m one of the last ones in this exodus and leadership hasn’t taken it well, because all their best staff are on their way out.

Today senior leadership sent out an email to the department outlining some “changes” - they said that due to people leaving, managers are now also going to lose their job as there aren’t enough people to manage.

They conveniently forgot the part where they’ve refused to fill the vacancies after people have left. Absolute pricks. I’m fuming today. Imagine blaming the people lucky enough to leave for your own headcount-cutting decisions?

Good luck on your new job.
Seems like they fucked around and found out.

 

[Censored]

PSA: Green Man Gaming appears to send you two Lies of P keys if you buy the deluxe edition, they at least did so for me.

The "Deluxe Upgrade" key activated the whole game, leaving the key for the actual game as a spare

Same on CDKeys.

 

[Hektor]

Same on CDKeys.

I guess the publisher fucked up the key delivery then.

 

[dex3108]

Watched Spider-Man 2 previews and i can't say that i see huge leap. They made some nice improvements but it looks like that core will be really similar to the first game and side content looks like that is on the same level as first game.

 

[Deku]

I humbly accept your leftover Lies of P key

 

[NarohDethan]

MK1 has great detail -- but why why why they insist on chromatic aberration, it makes everything look like shit.

No issues here with my setup as well, works wonders.

 

[Soma]

Same on CDKeys.

Oh damn, I used both keys on my account thinking the second one was for the dlc. I could have given it to a friend.

 

[NarohDethan]

Also, it's been 10 years and I still cant believe they changed Scorpion's Spear input.

 

[Lashley]

Watched Spider-Man 2 previews and i can't say that i see huge leap. They made some nice improvements but it looks like that core will be really similar to the first game and side content looks like that is on the same level as first game.

I mean yeah, it's a AAA sequel

 

[Ibuki]

Anyone got any of them extra Lies of P keys?

 

[Sobatronix]

Same on CDKeys.

for me 1 of them was the game and the other was the pre order bonus

 

[Blu]

I got two keys for Lies of P from GMG but it's listed as


LIES OF P - DELUXE EDITION: Key here

PRE-ORDER BONUS: Key here

I activated the Deluxe Edition and it displays it having the Pre-Order bonus already. Not sure what the other one will activate as.

It says "Out of Stock" for the Deluxe edition but if you switch to Standard and back to Deluxe you will be able to add to cart. I was able to do that right now.
There's also a 18% off code if you're a GMG Gold member

 

[Censored]

for me 1 of them was the game and the other was the pre order bonus

I suppose it's not for all keys. I've been talking with some others about this, some got the correct keys and others this.