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Snakethesniper

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I just asked a friend to log in to my account from Spain and change my region to the Spain region. I'll wait 24 hours before accessing Steam with my real IP, I'm sick and tired of being locked out of many games... so much so that I'm changing to a more expensive region than mine lol. Hopefully, it stays in that region.
 

spindoctor

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I just asked a friend to log in to my account from Spain and change my region to the Spain region. I'll wait 24 hours before accessing Steam with my real IP, I'm sick and tired of being locked out of many games... so much so that I'm changing to a more expensive region than mine lol. Hopefully, it stays in that region.
Your friend will have to make a purchase on your account from Spain using a Spanish payment method for the region swap to persist.
 

Arulan

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Since we're throwing out 5 year predictions. Let's make some...

  • Linux will have gained a foothold through its success on the Steam Deck, continued improvements, and the alienation towards Windows. Let's take a gamble and say it'll reach 5% on the Steam hardware survey.
  • This period will be remembered similar to the early 2000s in the gaming industry. A lot of beloved developers will close their doors. AAs will become few and far between. There will be fewer AAA releases, but those that do release will be very safe. The difference between then and now is that indie developers will steal the show, even more than they already have.
  • GTA VI will be a disappointment.
  • The Elder Scrolls VI will be a disappointment.
  • Arrogant Sony will be back.
  • Microsoft will transition Xbox from a console to a software platform no longer tied to specific hardware. Sony will be in the early stages of doing the same.
  • There is a quiet but steady resurgence of VR on PC.
  • Obsidian begins development on a new Fallout title. Stay the fuck away from Obisidan Microsoft!
  • Nintendo continues to be litigious assholes, and I will play their games on emulators anyway.
I hope you enjoyed my hot takes. See you in 5 years.
 

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Since we're throwing out 5 year predictions. Let's make some...

  • Linux will have gained a foothold through its success on the Steam Deck, continued improvements, and the alienation towards Windows. Let's take a gamble and say it'll reach 5% on the Steam hardware survey.
  • This period will be remembered similar to the early 2000s in the gaming industry. A lot of beloved developers will close their doors. AAs will become few and far between. There will be fewer AAA releases, but those that do release will be very safe. The difference between then and now is that indie developers will steal the show, even more than they already have.
  • GTA VI will be a disappointment.
  • The Elder Scrolls VI will be a disappointment.
  • Arrogant Sony will be back.
  • Microsoft will transition Xbox from a console to a software platform no longer tied to specific hardware. Sony will be in the early stages of doing the same.
  • There is a quiet but steady resurgence of VR on PC.
  • Obsidian begins development on a new Fallout title. Stay the fuck away from Obisidan Microsoft!
  • Nintendo continues to be litigious assholes, and I will play their games on emulators anyway.
I hope you enjoyed my hot takes. See you in 5 years.
I have another one for you Bloodborne will never come to PC. In fact, Sony will go out of their way to remove the game from their storefront and then erase the source code forever :smiling-face-with-sunglasses:
 

spindoctor

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She did. She bought a game that was like 0.44 euros lol. Thank you for the advice!
Yep then you're set. You won't be able to change your region again for another 90 days but presumably that's no problem. You will be paying taxes to the Spanish government with all of your purchases though :p
 
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Sobatronix

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Yep then you're set. You won't be able to change your region again for another 90 days but presumably that's no problem. You will be paying taxes to the Spanish government with all of your purchases though :p
Hacienda will now be all over my steam moves lol. Since I don't have a proper Spanish payment method I'm planning on buying games via Steam Wallet Gift Cards (expensive I know) and Keys from CDkeys and stuff. I will finally have GTAV on Steam thank god lol


Probably nothing... but Minecraft on Steam would be huge :blobeyes:
 

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Since we're throwing out 5 year predictions. Let's make some...

  • Linux will have gained a foothold through its success on the Steam Deck, continued improvements, and the alienation towards Windows. Let's take a gamble and say it'll reach 5% on the Steam hardware survey.
  • This period will be remembered similar to the early 2000s in the gaming industry. A lot of beloved developers will close their doors. AAs will become few and far between. There will be fewer AAA releases, but those that do release will be very safe. The difference between then and now is that indie developers will steal the show, even more than they already have.
  • GTA VI will be a disappointment.
  • The Elder Scrolls VI will be a disappointment.
  • Arrogant Sony will be back.
  • Microsoft will transition Xbox from a console to a software platform no longer tied to specific hardware. Sony will be in the early stages of doing the same.
  • There is a quiet but steady resurgence of VR on PC.
  • Obsidian begins development on a new Fallout title. Stay the fuck away from Obisidan Microsoft!
  • Nintendo continues to be litigious assholes, and I will play their games on emulators anyway.
I hope you enjoyed my hot takes. See you in 5 years.
You should post it here, easier to find your prediction in five years
 

dex3108

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There is no point looking at comments about AC Shadows main characters. Sales of game in Japan compared to Ghost of Tsushima will tell you what people that deserve to be heard (those whose culture and history is being used) think about game. GoT high praise even from officials not just players.
 

didamangi

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Just spent 3 hours playing Hades 2. I was only planning on giving it a quick check. So, yeah, it’s a great game.
Almost 40 hours for me. I'm thankful they put a sprint in, I remember high heat Hades ended up making my fingers sore from spamming dash > attack > dash > attack repeatedly. From a content pov, the game already has more content than Hades right now.
 
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There is no point looking at comments about AC Shadows main characters. Sales of game in Japan compared to Ghost of Tsushima will tell you what people that deserve to be heard (those whose culture and history is being used) think about game. GoT high praise even from officials not just players.
Sure, but it IS based on the culture and history.
 
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dex3108

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Sure, but it IS based on the culture and history.
It is I am not arguing about that but they picked "outsider" and not native character for one of the protagonists after Japanese players waited more than decade for AC set in Japan. And we know that in general Japanese people are not that welcoming to outsiders no matter what skin color they are, even today. In the end all boils down to expectations and I can see Japanese players being disappointed.

As I said before I would prefer both male and female protagonist to be Japanese. I never liked William in NiOh for example, it simply felt wrong.
 
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I never liked William in NiOh for example, it simply felt wrong.
I mean, not only was he a real person, the game was made in japan and it sold well for a team ninja game.

Then again I'm not sure what the discussion about AC is since I haven't followed AC discussion in years
 
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No Steam release. But it is on EGS and the Mac App Store. :dizzy-face:
EGS will be first run program and there's a deal between Apple and Ubisoft, so no wonder, it will be on Steam within 6-12 months range.
 
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I just asked a friend to log in to my account from Spain and change my region to the Spain region. I'll wait 24 hours before accessing Steam with my real IP, I'm sick and tired of being locked out of many games... so much so that I'm changing to a more expensive region than mine lol. Hopefully, it stays in that region.
BIENVENIDO HERMANO 💃🕺
 

Cacher

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I think having a Japanese protagonist in the new AC game (like Ghost of Sushima) can avoid controversy. Yes Yasuke is a real person in history but a western company picking a Black for a game in Japanese setting is asking for trouble, especially when his enemies are Japanese natives. The sad truth is many Japanese are xenophobic, and the obsession towards Kawaii culture makes Japanese value too much on appearances. Like many Asian countries, they think white=beauty. I also saw a random Japaese said on twitter that Naoe looks like a East-Asian girl, for whatever that means.

Personally I don't really care about the choice. Playing as a foreigner can be cool, and it also fits the gameplay narrative as he is supposingly the brute while Naoe is the stealth ninja.
 
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Speaking of AC Shadows, is it a smaller title like Mirage, or a proper full entry? Might actually pick it up in that case, I have slight craving for pretty openworld gaming.
 

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Mt. Whatever
As a half Japanese, I'll admit my disappointment. Yasuke has such an overblown following outside of Japan. This one historical example already has an anime, multiple mangas, movie adaptations, tv shows, games, etc...

But i think someone said AC Red isn't coming to Steam anyway? So i don't gotta worry since i won't buy it. Still I'm just saying. People have asked for AC in Japan FOREVER, since the series started, they finally do it and they can't even focus on a Japanese story??

SIGH.
 

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This one historical example already has an anime, multiple mangas, movie adaptations, tv shows, games, etc...
When you look at it from an outsider perspective, seeing a "real life black samurai" feels like a cool idea especially for people who may see themselves being "represented", and even for japanese it's still an interesting concept. But at the same time it shows how people are willing to ignore actual history in favor of what they think it's cool or what aligns to their beliefs. In the case of Yasuke no one seems to read beyond "Nobunaga had a black person as a retainer" while even a simple wikipedia search shows that he was, in the end, nothing more than a pet, a curiosity a local nobleman found weird enough to buy. The truth is he wasn't important enough for history to record anything about his life outside of the 15 months he served Nobunaga (no one knows his birth place, no one knows his real name, no one knows where his grave is). For all intent and purposes he was nothing more than a slave who traveled to Japan together with his master (an italian jesuit missionary), was noticed by Nobunaga simply because of his black skin (and he didn't believe him to be actually black at first, he had his servants remove his clothes and wash him to see if the black skin was inked!). Valignano most likely gave Yasuke to Nobunaga simply to make it easier for the warlord to let him continue his jesuit mission. Nobunaga did gave Yasuke his name, but nowhere was it ever written he was made a samurai, granted a fief, or even participated in any battles. Even under Nobunaga Yasuke was nothing more than a page (小姓 koshō ). Hell for all we know Yasuke never even spoke japanese. When Nobunaga died Yasuke traveled back to his son Nobutada and guarded him, but one of Mitsuhide Akechi's vassals simply walked to him and had him surrender. Akechi then said " A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in India ". He wasn't even considered important enough to kill or imprison, he was simply sent back to the jesuits! This is the real Yasuke

As said, it's nice to bend history and romanticize historical figures to tell a cool story, but in the end Yasuke lived and died a slave. He is not someone who should be put on a pedestal to showcase diversity
 
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As said, it's nice to bend history and romanticize historical figures to tell a cool story, but in the end Yasuke lived and died a slave. He is not someone who should be put on a pedestal to showcase diversity
At the end of the day, and regardless of whether this is a good or a bad thing, this was ubisoft probably focus testing and geting some positive feedback,
 
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Since we're throwing out 5 year predictions. Let's make some...

  • GTA VI will be a disappointment.
  • The Elder Scrolls VI will be a disappointment.
  • Arrogant Sony will be back.
  • Nintendo continues to be litigious assholes, and I will play their games on emulators anyway.
I hope you enjoyed my hot takes. See you in 5 years.
GTA 6 and ES 6 will 100% be letdowns. Bethesda hasn't advanced in 20 years and Rockstar has regressed in terms of chasing MTX and online shit.

Arrogant Sony will be back? They never left! 😂
 

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I'm not sure I want another Assassin's Creed where you play as two characters throughout the story. I like how in Odyssey you played as one of the two, or in Valhalla where you were one character but could choose your gender. It just seems like a lot of effort to have to level and gear 2 characters.

I'm sure I'll be able to play as the character I like for most of the content, but the main story will probably force you to play as both throughout it.
 

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I can see why Ubisoft went with Yasuke though. AC's protagonists have always been blank slate characters which they could use to weave history into their game. Yasuke is pretty much a blank slate with nothing recorded to his name and is someone who exists in history so the writers were probably drooling when creating their playable characters. At least that's what I think, I'm pretty sure all the other protagonists haven't been based on historical figures but I'm not up to date with AC.

Yasuke being at the height of popularity because of the Netflix series and Ghost of Tsushima already being an amazing game that's similar to AC probably influenced their decision as well.
 

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GTA 6 and ES 6 will 100% be letdowns. Bethesda hasn't advanced in 20 years and Rockstar has regressed in terms of chasing MTX and online shit.

Arrogant Sony will be back? They never left! 😂
I remember they they revealed Oblivion, as a huge fan of Morrowind I expected more from the sequel, especially I felt their "indoor' and "outdoor" separation was something they surely were going to fix... yet it pretty much exists in their games.XD
 
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Dandy

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Shame the new AC isn't on Steam. It'd be a day 1 purchase alongside Star Wars Outlaws.

As it is, I'll just sub for a month and finish them.
Yeah, I'm definitely just going to sub for it. I wasted too much money on Valhalla and never finished it, despite playing it for way too many hours.
 
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Hacienda will now be all over my steam moves lol. Since I don't have a proper Spanish payment method I'm planning on buying games via Steam Wallet Gift Cards (expensive I know) and Keys from CDkeys and stuff. I will finally have GTAV on Steam thank god lol


Probably nothing... but Minecraft on Steam would be huge :blobeyes:
If Hacienda was aware of my Steam purchases I would be in jail already
 
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Dandy

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I did finish both Origins and Valhalla, but yeah they were loooong. Always intended to play Odyssey but never got around to it.
I "finished" Origins and Odyssey, though I'm sure there were like a million things left to do. I found it hard to stay interested in Valhalla after like 40 hours. I kept getting sidetracked by random DLC and side stories, and then I had no idea what was even going on with the story. Part of it was also Eivor, who I didn't think was as likeable as Kassandra, imo.

I'm definitely looking forward to being a sneaky ninja though. In Odyssey and Valhalla I usually charged in head first and beat things to death.
 
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I wish I could get excited for AC Shadows. I really do. But not launching on Steam day one + (very likely) lack of achievements when it does makes it hard to care when it's ultimately going to be yet another cookie cutter Ubisoft open-world.

I mean, they don't make bad games by any means and lack of achievements isn't a deal-breaker in and of itself if I really want to play a game. But Ubisoft games are just very skippable for me at this point. And I used to be a huge AC fan during the PS3 gen. But now it's just way too easy to find something more interesting to play in my limited free time.
 
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