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Those are pre-compiled GPU shaders. They're downloaded so your computer doesn't have to compile them while the game is running, which may cause very jittery fps.Every single day since the last Steam beta update, Steam downloads the following:
Why these 5 over-and-over?
(the 0-byte updates is a recurring bug in steam)
It's not terrible. Just gotta change one controller setting (inverted right stick) and it's cool.
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I am having troubles to connect to the Hitman 2 servers. Does anyone else also has this problem?
I finished the Gardens Between a few weeks ago. Fantastic puzzle game. A creative visual treat!
Bought World in Conflict and M&M 6-pack from GOG.
Wondering if I shoudl get any of the Anno games, but don't know if it's needed as I already own 1402 (Dawn of Discovery), 2070 and 1800.
Also, what's the best Settlers game? 2 Gold, 2 10th anniversary (3d) 3, or 4?
Wondering if I shoudl get any of the Anno games, but don't know if it's needed as I already own 1402 (Dawn of Discovery), 2070 and 1800.
Also, what's the best Settlers game? 2 Gold, 2 10th anniversary (3d) 3, or 4?
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Bought Dicey Dungeons on Itch. First time ever that a site charges VAT for me.
Not that bad but unusual. Will never understand why Americans show their prices before tax.
Not that bad but unusual. Will never understand why Americans show their prices before tax.
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Because america is an unapologetically capitalist country driven by overt consumerism and generating capital transactions is easier by showing lower prices than what the transaction will actually require.
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finished up A Plague Tale and other than a few clunky mechanics near the end it was a wonderful game. Good voice acting, story, graphics. Sold 8/10
Amazing. One of my fav games of last year. The game theme is so rich, the gameplay is interesting and different, the graphics first rate...
Also why did my web browser load this thread before the comments where you got it?
Kao 2 is a 8~9 out of 10 game for me. Like a lot of platformers have irritating stuff or sections and Kao has those, but they're not enraging and just has me chuckle, shrug and repreat said section I messed up in.
Wasn't someone posting about this last month and how it made no sense that they did the sequel first?
MetaSteam!
Its June already.
E3 extravaganza week upon us soon
Refn is gonna bless us with Too Old to Die Young
And then Steam summer sale to end the month
Potential to be the best and worst June of all time. Gonna be a great
Its June already.
E3 extravaganza week upon us soon
Refn is gonna bless us with Too Old to Die Young
And then Steam summer sale to end the month
Potential to be the best and worst June of all time. Gonna be a great
From what I've gathered-
The first game might be harder to port or not be well liked enough to warrant a re-release, at least for the time being.
The 2nd game is more recognized and well received so they released it first.
If you guys have been sleeping on Thea: The Awakening, correct that NOW!
I've played about 10 hours across 2 days now, and the game is just lovely!
Very interesting eastern European mythology which reminds me a lot of the Witcher games.
The whole background story that you are survivors of the apocalypse and have pretty much no idea what actually happened is really interesting and provides a good reason to explore the world.
The gameplay is a mix of 4X (with a single settlement), choose-your-own-adventure, survival, and card game.
Weird mix but it just works.
The card game that you solve most conflicts (violent or otherwise) with takes a while to learn, but when you do it works really well.
This is a 4X survival adventure where your characters actually are all named (except the weird cabbage-patch-appearing children) and you actually get a feel for your adventurers' progress and care about what happens to them.
The fact that you also only have one settlement makes you care a lot more about it.
I'm over 120 turns in and I have no clue how far along the main quest I am, but it is engrossing!
I've played about 10 hours across 2 days now, and the game is just lovely!
Very interesting eastern European mythology which reminds me a lot of the Witcher games.
The whole background story that you are survivors of the apocalypse and have pretty much no idea what actually happened is really interesting and provides a good reason to explore the world.
The gameplay is a mix of 4X (with a single settlement), choose-your-own-adventure, survival, and card game.
Weird mix but it just works.
The card game that you solve most conflicts (violent or otherwise) with takes a while to learn, but when you do it works really well.
This is a 4X survival adventure where your characters actually are all named (except the weird cabbage-patch-appearing children) and you actually get a feel for your adventurers' progress and care about what happens to them.
The fact that you also only have one settlement makes you care a lot more about it.
I'm over 120 turns in and I have no clue how far along the main quest I am, but it is engrossing!
Yeah that's why I always stick to one game at a time, and occasionally I'd play maybe two games at most. With my attention span I'd never finish another game in my life If I started juggling multiple games at a timeHas that ever happened with any Steam game ever?
Hm. I wonder what game to focus on next. I've kinda reached a state again where I have a bunch of games started, but none of them are really a priority and I'm kind of indecisive
Guess that's a sign I shoul take a break and read some mango/watch some Kamen Rider until I'm in the mood for something again.
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yup, gonna be a fun monthPotential to be the best and worst June of all time. Gonna be a great
... until the
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There's only one thing I'm interested in about this show: will anyone actually dare to boo when Epic is using the word "exclusive"?yup, gonna be a fun month
... until thePCEpic Gaming Show, at least
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doubt it ... i'm pretty sure the first 10 rows will be "influencers" and other employees ... so everyone actually unhappy about that stuff will be waaaaay in the backThere's only one thing I'm interested in about this show: will anyone actually dare to boo when Epic is using the word "exclusive"?
Fantastic news! Finally.
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better late than never, lolFantastic news! Finally.
Still gonna watch it so I know which games I can delete from my wishlist and which one's to add.yup, gonna be a fun month
... until thePCEpic Gaming Show, at least
Also Day9 is great and Frankie is such a cutie pie
I plan on cutting at least good 15 titles from my wishlist. Mainly Zone of Enders, Crash Bandicoot and The Council.
Time to post some impressions!
-Finished Cat Quest.
It's a cute RPG, the writing is a lot of fun, and I really dig the overworld map aesthetic as play field.
Combat is fast and snappy, but... it has little more than one basic combo and a few simple spells to spam. That wouldn't be such a problem since the game is quite short but...
... the dungeon design is awful, with only two tilesets (and there's loads of dungeons), the quests are very shallow and completely guided from start to finish, it feels very, very repetitive. Loot is also flat upgrades of existing items, despite having a lot of different skins, they all feel way too samey. It just reeks of its mobile origins...
Got it for 2 bucks though, so that's ok, but otherwise the 12.99 price is hardly justified.
-Tried Kao the Kangaroo 2.
Nice little game, but I find the controls pretty weird, it's quite fast, except to turn around. Doesn't feel too good. That and the forced inverted camera, let me change it damn it.
-Played... way too much of Steamworld Quest.
It's... actually great?
I was a bit worried about the 2D level design, and yeah, it's not the best exploration that can be found in the genre. But it's not annoying and there's bobbles here and there to find. Plus it's pretty.
Otherwise the combat is really, really good. Plenty of combos to be found, both with single characters and groups, I could see myself playing another run with a completely different team later, always a good sign.
Even better than I expected.
Now I want a Baten Kaitos collection.
-Finished Cat Quest.
It's a cute RPG, the writing is a lot of fun, and I really dig the overworld map aesthetic as play field.
Combat is fast and snappy, but... it has little more than one basic combo and a few simple spells to spam. That wouldn't be such a problem since the game is quite short but...
... the dungeon design is awful, with only two tilesets (and there's loads of dungeons), the quests are very shallow and completely guided from start to finish, it feels very, very repetitive. Loot is also flat upgrades of existing items, despite having a lot of different skins, they all feel way too samey. It just reeks of its mobile origins...
Got it for 2 bucks though, so that's ok, but otherwise the 12.99 price is hardly justified.
-Tried Kao the Kangaroo 2.
Nice little game, but I find the controls pretty weird, it's quite fast, except to turn around. Doesn't feel too good. That and the forced inverted camera, let me change it damn it.
-Played... way too much of Steamworld Quest.
It's... actually great?
I was a bit worried about the 2D level design, and yeah, it's not the best exploration that can be found in the genre. But it's not annoying and there's bobbles here and there to find. Plus it's pretty.
Otherwise the combat is really, really good. Plenty of combos to be found, both with single characters and groups, I could see myself playing another run with a completely different team later, always a good sign.
Even better than I expected.
Now I want a Baten Kaitos collection.
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Funnily enough I went on a binge shopping spree yesterday for these two series! I bought all the Anno games on GOG since they're on a good discount, except for Dawn of Discovery since I have that one on Steam. I loved what little I played of Anno 1800 on Steam but I decided to play the older ones until 1800 becomes content complete, I also grabbed the complete Settlers collection on Uplay since it is also currently on sale (50%).
I had the pleasure of fan-translating The Settlers 2 10th Anniversary Ed, great game. A must, in my opinion, closely followed by S4. Never played the first nor Settlers 7, though.
100% so. It's probably just a standard response from Telltale to cover their asses. Instead of confirming how each store handles the delisting, they are telling people to download it in case it goes down.
Neat! I have huge respect for fan translators. You guys are awesome! How long did it take you though?
Thanks! Unfortunately I've been out of the game for some good time but I hope to come back someday - fortunately though, more and more devs are releasing games with my native language (PTBR, or at least PTEU).
Regarding Settlers 2, I don't remember exactly how long the project went on, but I'd guess that 2 weeks translating about 100 ~ 400 lines (between subtitles and small lines like resource names) every now and then is a safe assumption. Then I asked a friend to do a play with it for a few hours to gather feedback, reworked some lines after that and sent it for release in the community I was part of then. So, in total 3 weeks and a half, give or take. There was some gigantic projects that took months with multiple people involved, though. Dragon Age 2, for example, was my last project in said community, and that one took a long, long time - 1 year and a half, I think.
Wow! Thanks for the insight. Even though three and a half weeks for Settlers 2 seem to be on the shorter side, I'm still impressed by the patience and dedication required to see the translation through. I don't even want to think about how exhausting it would feel to work on projects that take as long as Dragon Age 2
I once tried fan translating movies and managed to finish two projects before tapping out. That was 8 years ago, and if you ask me it's not long enough! But yeah It's good that more and more languages are supported nowadays. Now instead of translating games, you could also spend that time playing games! Apparently that's something people do instead of just buying games to feed the backlog monster
But I don't have anything to playWow! Thanks for the insight. Even though three and a half weeks for Settlers 2 seem to be on the shorter side, I'm still impressed by the patience and dedication required to see the translation through. I don't even want to think about how exhausting it would feel to work on projects that take as long as Dragon Age 2
I once tried fan translating movies and managed to finish two projects before tapping out. That was 8 years ago, and if you ask me it's not long enough! But yeah It's good that more and more languages are supported nowadays. Now instead of translating games, you could also spend that time playing games! Apparently that's something people do instead of just buying games to feed the backlog monster
I'm going to keep it small, looking for BlazBlue Crosstag Battle (just dropped to $30) and then any random super cheapo from way, way down at the bottom of the sea.
I really hope people boo. We need Blizzard April Fools guy to be in the audience.There's only one thing I'm interested in about this show: will anyone actually dare to boo when Epic is using the word "exclusive"?
it's going to be a extremely curated audience. Randy Pitchford is the worst kind of arrogant shithead and even he knew not to mention EGS exclusivity on stage.
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yeah, pretty much ... i'd be surprised if they just let anyone in and let them sit anywhere they want ... i can guarantee at least the first few rows will be curated to hell and back
God I genuinely wish Humble Bundle would sell Shadow Complex remastered instead of just buying the game on Steam
I guess I'm doing it wrong, I finished a game today. RUINER. I had a pretty bad initial experience with it, and it does have some fairly pointless quirks, but switching to a controller and just focusing on the main quest sorted it out. It's a solid game, I feel like it's a bit of polish away from a great one, but it nails the aesthetic something fierce.
I just bought Katana ZERO on sale (what's with these deadly action games and their capital letters?) so that'll probably be my next quick romp.
I just bought Katana ZERO on sale (what's with these deadly action games and their capital letters?) so that'll probably be my next quick romp.
I finished Yakuza Kiwami 2!
This game delivered the whole time I was playing be it with the story, the Majima scenes or the atmosphere in Kamurocho and Sotembori.
Edit: Some more things about Kiwami 2, might be kind spoilerish
This game delivered the whole time I was playing be it with the story, the Majima scenes or the atmosphere in Kamurocho and Sotembori.
Edit: Some more things about Kiwami 2, might be kind spoilerish
The elevator going up while you fight the Man in Black kind of reminded me of Street of Rage and I had the same impression when fighting against Terada and he was using a submachine gun, I'm not sure if it was intentional or not though.
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You'd probably get a EGS key if it was on Humble.God I genuinely wish Humble Bundle would sell Shadow Complex remastered instead of just buying the game on Steam
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