Exactly. This is one of the reasons people prefer PC. Making it more like consoles is not what we want.
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Yeah. I'm a bit annoyed about the fact that I can't move my ReCore saves to a Steam copy, I'm actually enjoying that game. I guess I'll try to finish it on UWP.
Did you mean audio stutter or crackling? Yeah, I got a little of that. I had to set windows power management to high performance and tinker around with the audio settings a bit.
I cut down on my drinking since I need to lose weight but I love Asahi Soukai and Sapporo. It's pretty common down here and usually can be had for less than $50 a slab (4x6 packs)true. I like Asahi and Kirin, but in America these are imports. They're hard to find and expensive as a result.
Usually have to raid the Asian supermarkets near me when they go on discount.
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Elon Musk bringing drama into the nier community i want to fucking die nothing is sacred anymore in this god forsaken hellworld kill me
Thankfully i can moderate myself somewhat nowadays, although i have no idea how i achieved that.
I know that feel. Often when i really like something i have to go all-in; and then i eventually grow completely exhausted from that new interest and begin hating it because of that.I wish I was strong like this. Instead I'm so pessimistic and always thinking about how much everything sucks... the moment I find something I like I hopelessly cling to it and always go overboard. I hate this aspect of myself, and it leads to all kinds of troubles. Like whaling on gacha, shopping for the rush(happy chemicals in my brain whenever I spend money lol), or getting addicted to MMO's.
Thankfully i can moderate myself somewhat nowadays, although i have no idea how i achieved that.
You called?
Octopath STILL in the top ten of the global top sellers!
Man I will never be able to complete zone 3 to unlock zone 4 as Cadence in Crypt of The Necrodancer..(somehow have zone 5 unlocked though).
absolutelyOctopath STILL in the top ten of the global top sellers!
disgusting
But a good sign for Japanese developers at least!
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I'm sure someone will create it. But, like always, if someone doesn't do it before you, do it yourself.
It's always a great way to hear about some smaller indie games, or to learn about heavily discounted packs.
Thankfully PSO2 can be rather casual friendly (especially in the end-game, though of course there's also stuff players can do that would last several hours).
The main draw of the game are emergency quests, a type of quest that can either happen randomly at the start of each hour or can be scheduled in advance (there's a new schedule for EQs every week). These emergency quests last around 10 to 40 minutes depending on the quest, so a more casual player can pretty much just play a single emergency quest session and feel like they've accomplished enough in the game for the day.
I have been playing WoW ten years since vanilla to various degrees, from raiding 5/7 to just levelling characters and deleting them once I reached max level and starting anew to multiboxing, pet collecting, pvp/arena, grinding/farming and playing the auction house (god how I enjoyed playing the auction house and flipping items, I don't know how many people I fleeced).
I only quit when I had to move for a few years in a place where my connection was so bad I didn't enjoy it anymore.
I had a lot of fun back then, I wouldn't go back now because most of my muscle memory is gone and I should start from scratches, also there really aasn't been any mmo that sucked me in to that degree, what I really liked in WoW was being very solo friendly and having all those activities to do regardless of being in a guild, with a group of friends or not.
I only quit when I had to move for a few years in a place where my connection was so bad I didn't enjoy it anymore.
I had a lot of fun back then, I wouldn't go back now because most of my muscle memory is gone and I should start from scratches, also there really aasn't been any mmo that sucked me in to that degree, what I really liked in WoW was being very solo friendly and having all those activities to do regardless of being in a guild, with a group of friends or not.
I really hope volvo will introduce cross-game cosmetics for Underlords, it'd just be fair. ;_;
I have this exact same problem. It's why $10 is too expensive for a gamepass -- I go through streakes where I play PC games every day, then maybe weeks where I don't touch the PC. $5/mo is cheap enough where I can accept wasting money, but $10 is too much. And there's definitely a psychological burden with having the subscription, where I actually get annoyingly preoccupied with making sure I'm using it and getting my money's worth. Overall, it's a fairly negative experience.
On separate topic, speaking of the consolization of PCs, this is a struggle that's been going on for literally decades. MS and other companies have always wanted to lock down the BIOS, make schemes where you can only run "trusted" apps on your PC, blah, blah, blah. They haven't been able to do it yet due to customer outrage, so keep pushing back loudly. It works.
ReCore is alright bordering on really good until you hit a 'sorry, pls collect x more orbs' wall and 'x' is A LOT higher than the amount of orbs you'll probably have. It forces you to go back through old dungeons and find them in the enviroment. Completed the game anyway but the second half is mostly padding.
Just got back from a 5 days vacation. Seems like I only have.... 27 pages to comb through! Not bad MetaSteam! Not bad!
It's okay though, it will be fun. I'm pretty sure that catching up will be so much fun, one single post at a time. Every... last... one... of... them...
It's okay though, it will be fun. I'm pretty sure that catching up will be so much fun, one single post at a time. Every... last... one... of... them...
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I was planning to play it next. Hearing about that padding is a bit disappointing.
I'll probably give it a go soon either way.
Speaking of Microsoft games, I just noticed there's finally a publisher page for Microsoft/Xbox Game Studio's on Steam (there wasn't one not long ago):
Steam Curator: Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Steam and Windows Store platforms.
Welcome back!
You'll find a few birthday wishes in there as well.
If you plan on going all in on idling, why not, but it's too late now for the next sale if you have ton of cards.
If you are like me and quickly fed up with the process, don't. I earned some spare change and fucked up my play time. Yeah.
Are we making a new thread for the summer sale or keeping everything to this topic?
At least the Definition Edition streamlines a lot of stuff and loading is non-existent on PC. Can't imagine how bad it must've been initially on Xbox where you had insane load times and were forced to go back to your base to change loadouts/bots (needed to get certainI was planning to play it next. Hearing about that padding is a bit disappointing.
I'll probably give it a go soon either way.
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I don't see a need for it personally, but I think it can be made to recommend or point towards certain deals or price discussion.
Welcome back! And yes, you got lots of content to go through!Just got back from a 5 days vacation. Seems like I only have.... 27 pages to comb through! Not bad MetaSteam! Not bad!
It's okay though, it will be fun. I'm pretty sure that catching up will be so much fun, one single post at a time. Every... last... one... of... them...
Damn I completely forgot about Max and Lococycle. Two games that I was somewhat interested in the past but ended buried back then. Anyway, I hope to see that page getting a lot more of games soon. Fable 2 / 3, State of Decay 2, Rare Replay, Forza...I was planning to play it next. Hearing about that padding is a bit disappointing.
I'll probably give it a go soon either way.
Speaking of Microsoft games, I just noticed there's finally a publisher page for Microsoft/Xbox Game Studio's on Steam (there wasn't one not long ago):
Steam Curator: Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Steam and Windows Store platforms.store.steampowered.com
Same thing. Now it's a bit to late (I have about 1.5K cards to drop) and I don't want to mess my playtimes more than I have done already. I just wish I could play more games with cards
This will be our very first big sale as a community. Though I don't remember there was a Winter sale thread back then.
So who knows?
I vote against a separate thread, since there aren't any new deals every day there shouldn't be that much to talk about after the first few days.
Truth: I'm too lazy to leave this one.
Truth: I'm too lazy to leave this one.
Yeah I could see that, just a thread for deals that might not be on steam that beat its price or something.
I think we kept everything to this thread last time lol. but i might be wrong
Yup that is the biggest flaw of sub services and it doesn't just extend to gamepass. Back in the day I saw so many people leave WoW because they wanted to take a few days or weeks off of the game but as long as they were subbed it was always in the back of their mind itching at them. They felt a need to justify the $15 a month in terms of playing X number of hours a month and if they didn't hit this made up threshold they "wasted" money.
Sure gamepass is great value...if you're using it all of the time. If it's sitting there for most of the month as you play other stuff you're just throwing away $10 and while that's not that much it adds up over time. There's a reason why corporations (in all forms of media) want to move to subs and it's not because it makes them less money. They have mastered human psychology and know what most of us are likely to do and that is to stay subbed and pay full price and forget about it most of the time.
I don't see why people would sub for months/years for gamepass, and end up like people say, months where you will barely touch it. I'm just going too treat it like a HB monthly thing, if there's enough games at that time worth paying 10 bucks or whatever the price ends up being, I'll pay and go through them that month, then just go back to play games on Steam etc, until there's a new game or a few new games worth paying 10bucks for.
Downside is unlike the HB monthly, you don't keep the games, but it's not a problem since I'll probably use it for single players that I'll never return to. Like right now, I think Metrox Exodus alone was worth the price of admission ( not counting the fact that it's just $1 even for this month, I'd have easily paid 10 bucks ) and I'm playing Hellblade as well ( actually started with this one! Pretty good game so far ), and will play Vampyr, CrossCode, Sunset Overdrive, Void Bastards and a few others.
Downside is unlike the HB monthly, you don't keep the games, but it's not a problem since I'll probably use it for single players that I'll never return to. Like right now, I think Metrox Exodus alone was worth the price of admission ( not counting the fact that it's just $1 even for this month, I'd have easily paid 10 bucks ) and I'm playing Hellblade as well ( actually started with this one! Pretty good game so far ), and will play Vampyr, CrossCode, Sunset Overdrive, Void Bastards and a few others.
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I hope that during the sale there won't be too much EGS talk. It has been way too much discussion about the store lately
I rather want all the EGS discussion to be in the EGS focused thread
I rather want all the EGS discussion to be in the EGS focused thread
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dunno ... you can always make one if you want
i'm sure more than a few people will contributeyeah, what Funktion saidI'm sure someone will create it. But, like always, if someone doesn't do it before you, do it yourself.
It's always a great way to hear about some smaller indie games, or to learn about heavily discounted packs.
but ... but i already do
jesus fucking christ, Hektor ...I really hope volvo will introduce cross-game cosmetics for Underlords, it'd just be fair. ;_;
yeah ... be sure to check out all the threads you've missed ... at least those with notifications
Humble Monthly is a sub and a bundle; the sub isn't mandatory. Gamepass and PS Plus are subs that serve as 'rental services' for lack of a better term :X
Anyways, playing through Casltevania Bloodlines and I'm play as Eric. I like his high jump and his spear weapon but unless it is because of his moveset, you have to hold a direction while jumping to have him jump in that direction, and you can move him after pressing jump. This can be annoyingly tricky in some sections @_@
It is a visually lovely game and has a nice soundtrack, a really solid Genesis/MD game IMO.
Anyways, playing through Casltevania Bloodlines and I'm play as Eric. I like his high jump and his spear weapon but unless it is because of his moveset, you have to hold a direction while jumping to have him jump in that direction, and you can move him after pressing jump. This can be annoyingly tricky in some sections @_@
It is a visually lovely game and has a nice soundtrack, a really solid Genesis/MD game IMO.
Yup, exactly. Just prepare your list of games you want to play, sub for a month, beat them, and move on. That's at least my plan.
Making a separate thread for the sale is honestly pointless., specially considering now that there are no dailies discussion dies after the first couple of days.
Totally down for a Hidden Gems thread however.
Totally down for a Hidden Gems thread however.
Article is 2 weeks old, don't know if it's been posted already, regardless I guess we might see an increase in mobile games popping up on Steam
BlueStacks Inside turns mobile games into ‘native PC’ games on Steam
one of the games mentioned
BlueStacks Inside turns mobile games into ‘native PC’ games on Steam
one of the games mentioned
For me, it really doesn't matter if I suspend the sub often. For example, I subscribed to gamepass PC for $1. I downloaded Turing Test, Gears 4, Thumper, and Wolfenstein 2. Seems like a great deal. I started with Turing Test, because it's fairly short. About halfway through the game, I started getting distracted wondering how much was left -- it's actually fairly short, but even so, I projected it will take me about a week to complete it given my usual time available for gaming. And that is just the base game -- if you want to do all the optional content, it's more time. Wolfenstein 2, which is next, is maybe twice as long.
So let's say I don't manage to get through Wolfenstein 2, and I have to extend my sub. At the regular price of $10/mo, I've now paid $20 for Turing Test and Wolfenstein 2. I'd honestly have a way better experience buying those outright on Steam after they go on sale and play them at leisure without having to feel any pressure to get them done or skip content. Oh, and let's not forget that sometimes games will just drop off the gamepass.
And during all this, I'm neglecting games I really want to play on my Switch, because those aren't time limited. This is why I also really hate any kind of time-based mission in games -- don't fucking rush me. It's an instant turn off.
So, the experience with sub services probably varies a lot depending on the person. I have so many things on my backlog that it doesn't make sense to pay monthly for more games when I can just wait for them to go on sale withough putting up with the psychological time/money pressure of a subscription. If you don't care about that stuff, a sub is probably an awesome fit.
Final haul. I spent around $40-45 this sale on GOG, hopefully next Winter Sale the rest of the stuff I wishlisted would get a better discount. I grabbed most of the EA games I'd wanted like Crysis and Dead Space, can't be too sure with whatever dumb DRM EA slapped onto these games behaving properly nowadays :V
EDIT: Made a few more purchases so I spent a total of $55 cash this sale.
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I start mine tomorrow, I will be out for 10 days so imagine when I come back considering that Steam Summer Sale will have begunJust got back from a 5 days vacation. Seems like I only have.... 27 pages to comb through! Not bad MetaSteam! Not bad!
It's okay though, it will be fun. I'm pretty sure that catching up will be so much fun, one single post at a time. Every... last... one... of... them...
I am not sure whether this is actually due to the subscription constraint. Turing Test is not a great game. The setting is intriguing and that is why you want to try it. However, despite being short, the game features repetitive puzzles and a story which does not capture your attention. If you had bought the game, I believe that you would have had the same experience. Time is limited, there are many games out there, all competing for your attention, so at some point, you have to drop the less enticing games so that you can move forward.
After a month, if you have dropped Turing Test and have not played through Wolfenstein 2, you have to suspend, not extend.
If you have games which you want to play on Switch or in your PC backlog, then subscribing now does not make sense for you.
Only sub if you want to play ONE of the GamePass games RIGHT NOW,
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Just finished Armored Warriors, from the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle.
The game is a lot of fun! It has a very decent variation of weapons and accessories that your mech can pick up (arms, legs, ...), and it changes gameplay quite a bit, especially for a classic beat'em up.
Fans of beat'em ups, and/or arcade games, should consider buying this in an upcoming sale, since it's a very enjoyable package, and I think the price is very reasonable, especially considering you get 7 games.
And, their previous Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara release (which I remind you is a pack of licensed games, so it's bound to be removed when licensing expires) is also a lot of fun, and well worth a purchase:
The game is a lot of fun! It has a very decent variation of weapons and accessories that your mech can pick up (arms, legs, ...), and it changes gameplay quite a bit, especially for a classic beat'em up.
Fans of beat'em ups, and/or arcade games, should consider buying this in an upcoming sale, since it's a very enjoyable package, and I think the price is very reasonable, especially considering you get 7 games.
And, their previous Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara release (which I remind you is a pack of licensed games, so it's bound to be removed when licensing expires) is also a lot of fun, and well worth a purchase:
I wish MS made their games available through Geforce Now. Really cant be arsed to install Windows 10
This reminds me, if this is not on my wishlist, I need to change that. I don’t see these dropping much during the sale... but one can home.
Preservationists Are Racing to Save Ouya's Games Before They Disappear
The doomed gaming platform's servers will shut down on June 25, meaning fans and preservationists have to take matters into their own hands to preserve its catalog.
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Interesting story and a reminder that piracy can be a useful tool and everyone who disagrees is a brainless fart.
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no wonder the publishers are practically salivating at the mere thought of streaming exclusives
Interesting!
I knew bluestacks had a bad reputation years ago, maybe for bloatware ads? What's the situation today? I'd like to try some mobile games on PC, but I don't want to install junk software.
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