Community MetaSteam | May 2019 - Raging About the Rats in Kamurocho
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Octopath is cheaper on the eshop in Canada than Steam though. Unless you include the insane NL 15% tax.
Yeah, seems it's not 1:1 for all, but for Russia they used the exact same price, which is funny because, again, it's the second or third most expensive on all the Steam catalogue.
I still can't get over how the Castlevania collection costs $55 in Argentina. That's almost triple the US price! It's absolutely bonkers, what on earth are those fools thinking?
My bad for just throwing a random complaint out. I was talking about Octopath Traveler unless that came out for the PS4 too while I wasn't looking.
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The entire Latin America is screwed on that one. Probably some exec looked at the regional prices for other games and thought "They are paying this little for games? F*ck them".
Unfortunately a lot of publishers are having terrible regional prices now, at least for me (Brazil). EA, Bethesda, Ubisoft is also starting to raise them, and now maybe Square depending if Ocotopath is an exception or not.
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i already have ... and it's awesome!
Oh hell yes, I forgot I backed this haha. It keeps looking better and better. Hopefully it comes out this year.
I got to use my Retro-bit Saturn pad a tiny little bit.Woot, tis here. Seems solid. Haven't tested in gameplay. Plastic on buttons doesn't feel quite great, might be because I'm used to the DS4 plastic though. They press fine. X Y Z buttons weren't the Saturn's strongest point already and it's a bit more apparent on those. The shoulder buttons aren't clicky like the originals as known, just normal. D pad feels beautiful. Start button is a bit mushy softer plastic like the original. Can't wait to use it.
Sorry for the sexy wife beater, didn't notice how shiny the pad was xD
At first I got worried, in my Saturn emulator (Mednafen with Mednaffe GUI front end) trying to map the dpad directions would map the horizontal as axis 1 left/right and vertical as axis 2 left/right or whatever. I don't care what they're labelled as, sure, but then in game the vertical wouldn't function at all so something weird was happening there. Firing up the recent Capcom Beat 'em Up Bundle to test an actual game brought to light that if the config screen is a mess like that it would be really tiresome to configure the pad as I'd first have to figure out what each button is recognized as (the game only shows color coded A, B, X, Y etc as if it only expects an Xbox type pad) then find that button in the listing and scroll through the functions to find the one I want.
Thankfully all that was because the pad wasn't actually in xinput mode, holding start to enable it took care of all of that. The buttons are now mapped in the standard Xbox arrangement (with two of the shoulder buttons placed in C and Z respectively as the pad only has 2 actual shoulder buttons) by default and other games like Capcom's own Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection have actually decent configuration screens as you simply choose a function then press the input you want, rather than choose an input from a list then scroll through the functions.
It's been smooth sailing past that point. That said, if it wasn't already obvious, you should only get a pad like this if you want a retro (and retro style) games controller as it does lack a given amount of buttons many games (even 2D and otherwise retro-looking games) might need. Like, obviously, it's an exact replica (aside the mentioned softer rather than clicky shoulder buttons) without additions to remedy games expecting other inputs (even if theoretically they could have had a slightly tweaked set up to allow pads with less buttons to retain core functionality as plenty Saturn/PS multiplatform games did).
For example in Mednafen you couldn't fully map PlayStation (1) emulation since it doesn't only lack the shoulder buttons which C and Z can act as, but also the Select button compared to the DualShock. It should be fine in many games, for example if they use Start to pause yet Select for the menu or whatever also pauses and you don't actually need to push Start as the X/O buttons also begin/confirm. Or if some of the shoulder buttons are duplicates or void or button combinations you can press manually, then you could skip having them and map Select there. You have to figure out what's best per game.
Other emulated systems, arcades included, are fine obviously as the Saturn pad has more buttons than most up to that generation of systems, then starts to be left behind by some. Still, even modern fighting games will leave you without some functions you might want, like say the extra buttons which aren't actual play buttons but instead are mapped to do shit in training mode or in menus or enable whatever other shortcuts you might like.
I guess it would have been good to have software that lets you select which button acts as what xinput button, maybe even set things like "hold or double tap to have the Start button act as Select, tap to have it act as Start" or whatever those are called nowadays, or maybe hold Start and tap another button for other functions, so you can have a few more supplementary actions mapped (obviously not any that require high reflexes, just secondary functions and menus and stuff) to enjoy a wider range of games with a little less configuration hassle by exploiting such combinations that games don't commonly use.
So yeah, it seems like a wonderful pad for the specific type of use I got it for. If I didn't have my DualShock4 this wouldn't have been a great choice so waiting for the upcoming Retro-bit Saturn pad + modern inputs on top (sticks, extra shoulders etc) would have been the better course of action to get 6 face buttons and that sweet d-pad (as long as that pad proves equally great as it's gonna be more expensive with all the extras). But for anyone who already has an all purpose pad like a DS4 or an Xbox type pad or whatever and wants the 6 face button and dpad bliss of good old SEGA this should do.
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Finally getting started on Kiwami 2 and holy shit the performance requirements are way up. This game looks massively better than Kiwami 1 and the framerate shows it on my aging CPU& 1070. I can't just push max anymore. It's 1080p and 60fps pretty solidly tho so no complaining.
I can't downsample like a god anymore tho, RIP.
I can't downsample like a god anymore tho, RIP.
It's $40 in Indonesia, seems like the cheapest place according to Steamdb. But then again, it's not cheap either.
Ah Paris is going to be rainy this weekend, think I'm going to get my laptop from storage and play Thimbleweed park! (Probably just going to be stuck with oxygen not included)
Hey, sorry for being away from MetaCouncil for a while. My ISP had blocked MetaCouncil for quite sometime, but it's finally working.
For non-US Metacouncil people, please look into the post that I've made regarding regional pricing for Octopath Traveller on Steam.
For non-US Metacouncil people, please look into the post that I've made regarding regional pricing for Octopath Traveller on Steam.
Out constant ranting about the epic Store is now officially deemed hate speech
I'm expecting Epic's lawyers at my doorstep any time now
Serious question, what will you all do if egs actually becomes the hot new shit? And steam is only known for asset flips?
I don't see myself ever going there so it would be sad if things went to complete shit. I don't see it happening but stranger things have happened.
I don't see myself ever going there so it would be sad if things went to complete shit. I don't see it happening but stranger things have happened.
My ISP in India (Jio Reliance) has been acting weird, they blocked reddit at random times.
EdwardTivrusky OK i followed your steps and found a folder that was created after I failed to uninstall normally just now. Sadly at this point I am unable to follow the steps you mention since I didn't understand them properly ^^;
For one thing, I added -removeonly to the playonline details through register edit but it still gives the same error.
For one thing, I added -removeonly to the playonline details through register edit but it still gives the same error.
This is still mild, compared to the wildly inconsistent regional pricing big publisher put on their games.
Octopath is the latest one.
I skimmed that thread and found this article. Good stuff and should be the standard for regional pricing.
The Big Mac index
Anyway, a Big Mac costs $2.5 over here nowadays.
Microsoft partners with Sony for game streaming. This is really great to see for me. I wish Valve and Epic would work together like this to improve pc gaming.
I don't see this happening unless Valve becomes the bad guys and Epic becomes extremely pro-consumer. In that case, I would probably decide to support Epic after a while. But no way I will ever the support the company that Epic is today.
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I have consoles and don’t mind using them. Anything thats exclusive to Epic I’ll get on console if possible. If its PC only I won’t play it.
Its only a video game its not like I’ll die if I skip it.
This entire Twitter drama between rami, derek smart and john walker is hilarious
Best if all it's not even about games
Best if all it's not even about games
It's really hard to follow, but apparently rami and Derek got into an argument about eurafrican history, to which rami then brought up a personal story about his immigrant father which Derek followed up with accusations of lies which then ends in the three going
"What did you say about my father? What did you say? SAY IT AGAIN MOTHAFUCKA"
Literally schoolyard
The G Pro is a real nice mouse. Don’t think I want to go back to wired. Now what to do with my MX518 and G502?
Jesus
I think the simple act of engaging with smart instantly drags down the conversation to the level of a downgraded puddle. As a SC backer, I've been well-exposed to his brand of insane narcissism. Given that I'm not particularly fond of neither Rami nor John, I'd say they all deserve each other.
Yep bought Metro on release for my Ps4, finished it and resold it for about a 15% loss. Epic got nothing and Deep Silver got a whole lot less. Hopefully my copy is resold over and over.
I picked up a few Retro-Bit controllers as well, but for the original ports. I haven't had a chance to use the Saturn controller yet, but the Genesis controller feels really great. I might pick up a USB Saturn controller for a Raspberry Pi setup.
That art direction, those animations, those designs
I hope the gameplay is as good as it looks.
The current sale really drives home just how many Warhammer-related games there are on Steam. And a surprising number of them is good, too!
A huge change compared to the time when Games Workshop was extremely stingy with licensing for computer gaming.
A huge change compared to the time when Games Workshop was extremely stingy with licensing for computer gaming.
It's good, but I still find Transistors OST to be better.
I jumped to 2 because of similar recommendations, it's not like i have to worry about not getting the whole picture or missing good story in warhammer, there are more good books than i will ever read, more good games than i will ever play... even if i somehow became the ultimate warhammer 40k fanboy just consuming everything that is considered good is probably impossible in my lifetime
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